I did it everyone else's way.

Here's the Difference

2012-09-12T08:46:00.004-05:00

My kids have asked me what the real difference is between liberals and conservatives. I've given that more thought today. I believe that people's initial reaction to things is the real thoughts on the process, as the light of day progresses they adopt a position more in line with the majority. Witness what the current crop of liberals in power in Washington did when confronted with the attacks in Libya and Egypt.

"U.S. Embassy Condemns Religious Incitement
September 11, 2012
The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others."

This is the administration's first response to the crisis and I submit its their real feelings, but we're not done yet. The Secretary of State then weighed in:

"Clinton said, “The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation.” However, she then added that “there is never any justification for violent acts of this kind.”"

So we apologize to the Muslims, then the Sec State basically doubles down on the apology, but finally gets around to the "...never any justification for violent acts..." acknowledgement. Then finally:

"I strongly condemn the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in

Benghazi, which took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris

Stevens. Right now, the American people have the families of those we lost

in our thoughts and prayers. They exemplified America's commitment to

freedom, justice, and partnership with nations and people around the globe,

and stand in stark contrast to those who callously took their lives."

From our President, the last one at about 8:00am CDT. So now they have the right answer to this attack on our country, but that was not their initial reaction, it was 'we're sorry that a private citizen exercising his First Amendment rights, produced a movie that you don't like'

Conservatives initial response?

"In a statement Tuesday night, Romney said he was outraged by the attacks and the death of the American consulate worker."

And that response has never changed. It was my initial response and still is.

While we're at it, I remember candidate Obama saying this:

' "It's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations," said then-candidate Obama.'I then looked up the definition of denigrate so I could see what Ms. Clinton said the United States deplores:

den·i·grate/ˈdeniˌgrāt/Verb: Criticize unfairly; disparage: "there is a tendency to denigrate the poor".
If what Mr. Obama said is not denigrating then the attacks on Christianity by Liberal "artists" is definitely, and some of their work is funded by our government.

So kids, this is the difference.

I love it

2012-09-10T10:14:00.002-05:00

Here's what the "progressives" are saying about the teacher strike in Chicago.

http://boldprogressives.org/chicagos-teachers-just-went-on-strike-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-why/

Notice the ~~detail~~ I mean lack there of. Its all nice platitudes about not being paid fairly having to work arduous hours for no pay, etc., etc.

Now here's another story that I've seen elsewhere:

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/316395/chicago-bled-dry-striking-teachers-unions-john-fund#

Teacher's on average make $30K more per year than the parents of the kids they teach, mentioned elsewhere, they have the shortest work day of any school district in the country and are only being asked to put in 30 minutes more per day. Only 15% of fourth graders are proficient in reading and only 56% of students actually graduate. 71% of the money for education in Chicago goes to teacher retirements.

So if you live your life based on emotion, believe the first article, if you like facts to based your decisions/opinions check out the second one.

UPDATE:

From another article:

"Salary figures provided by the Chicago Public Schools show teachers here have the highest average salary of any city in the nation."

Nice

2012-08-07T07:17:00.000-05:00

"...the driving force behind terminating the pensions of 20,000 salaried retirees at the Delphi auto parts manufacturing company.
The move, made in 2009 while the Obama administration implemented its auto bailout plan, appears to have been made solely because those retirees were not members of labor unions."

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/07/emails-geithner-treasury-drove-cutoff-of-non-union-delphi-workers-pensions/#ixzz22rV4JOBh

Obama: Buffett Rule will boost 'growth' (Meghashyam Mali/The Hill)

2012-04-14T21:30:00.000-05:00

Obama: Buffett Rule will boost 'growth' (Meghashyam Mali/The Hill):
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

"Obama: Buffett Rule will boost ‘growth’ — President Obama used his weekly address to continue pressuring lawmakers to pass his “Buffett Rule” proposal, saying the measure would make the tax code more fair and help fund needed investments to grow the economy."

This is delusional. Even Obama has to know that the government does not create jobs. He's already "invested" trillions of dollars into things that haven't gone anywhere. Solyndra anyone?

This country was built on capitalism, pure and simple. Are they clean as the wind blown snow? No, but lets not forget about Fanny and Freddy and the corruption they perpetrated. If we enforced the laws we have on the books to keep the corrupt away from the process, we can rebuild the greatness this country used to be.

Coexist

2011-09-29T12:07:00.001-05:00

I saw a bumper sticker the other day with all the world's religious emblems spelling out the word Coexist. Then I read the story about the Iranian pastor that will be put to death for converting to Christianity. How is that coexisting?

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They Changed the Rules and Forgot to Tell Me.

2011-09-05T11:53:00.000-05:00

So, did you know that its is no longer permissible to put two spaces after sentences? Apparently with the advent of computers and proportional type, we no longer need to differentiate between the end of one sentence and the beginning of the next. Why? You know some things are very unimportant and this I would think would be one.

2011-08-20T12:32:00.003-05:00

Obama Blames Congress For Recession
A child...that's how our President is behaving. Apparently, hope and change only works when everyone agrees with him. If things don't go his way, its everyone else's fault. Mr. President, please show some leadership and help the country get back on its feet, don't just blame those you think are causing the problem. That isn't going to save jobs.

What me Worry?

2011-08-08T15:06:00.001-05:00

I just finished listening to the President talk about the US being downgraded by S&P. His response was not what I'd thought it'd be. It was...we don't need no stinking S&P to tell us anything. In other words they got it wrong, the markets (which have been plummeting all day) are well aware that we are a AAA country.

Then I saw a report from a liberal blogger saying it was a math error on the part of the S&P, no worries...

These people don't ever seem to get it, math error or not. Whether we believe these folks that everyone else does or not. We are spending way more than we should to keep our country solvent.

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Average Length Of Unemployment Surges To New All Time Record 40.4 Weeks (Tyler Durden/ZeroHedge)

2011-08-05T17:24:00.000-05:00

Average Length Of Unemployment Surges To New All Time Record 40.4 Weeks (Tyler Durden/ZeroHedge): " Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge:

Average Length Of Unemployment Surges To New All Time Record 40.4 Weeks — We already learned that the one biggest red flag in unemployment data had been raised when we found that the labor force participation rate was the lowest since 1984. Now we find that the other critical data point …"

So let's see, then according to our President, extending the unemployment benefits will create jobs immediately. So how is this story relevant.

We're taking advice from Gangs now

2011-07-20T12:39:00.001-05:00

From Wikipedia: A gang is a group of people, through the organization, formation, and establishment of an assemblage, share a common identity.[1] In current usage it typically denotes a criminal organization or else a criminal affiliation.

So why is anyone with half a brain, listening to what a "Gang" of six in congress want to do as far as the economic problems we are having?

There are some "facts" that folks just don't want to recognize:

A welfare recipient never created a job. Rich people create jobs, they do this by investing their money to become richer. I'm not rich, but I invest in mutual funds to get richer, these funds invest in companies that allow the companies to make more and better products and thereby create jobs. But I'll tell you I won't invest if more of the money I want to invest has to go to pay taxes. I paid once already, when I got my pay check. If it doesn't make me richer, I won't do it. I think anyone with any kind of self respect would say the same. My son recently started working more fully than in the past (he's a college student) and he approached me the other day and asked why he can't keep all the money he earns? My point exactly. So to increase taxes on the rich because they can afford to pay more than the rest of us, may not truly punish the rich, they're rich already (and they'll find a way to keep it anyway), but it has proven through history to hurt those that need a job.

Social Security was supposed to be a safety net. Back in the day, not everyone had a 401k, and yes companies were not real nice when it came to providing a retirement plan for their workers. The government decided it should help those that needed it. But here's how its supposed to work, I work, I put a certain amount of my money into my social security account, my employer does the same. I quit work after a distinguished career and I draw that money from my account until its used up. Simple. How this simple concept got turned into the greatest ponzi scheme in the world, I'll never know. With everyone now insisting that their employer provide 401ks and other pension plans that have bankrupted many companies, why is Social Security still needed? I've seen hundreds of commercials from lawyers telling folks that if their claims for benefits are denied they'll fight the government to get the money they deserve. What! Please see the above as to how this program is supposed to work. I'm making arrangements apart from Social Security for my retirement cause it won't be there when I retire, not enough people left in the back end of the ponzi to pay me.

The government won't "default" in August. The government receives anywhere between $130-$200B per month in revenue, the interest on the debt, the only thing we can truly default on, is about $43B per month. So the government "makes" enough to cover their debt without defaulting. Social Security, Medicare, DoD, Education, etc. are not obligations of the government. We can't default on them. I have credit loans that I have to pay or go to jail or have the item taken away from me. I don't have to buy food. Its nice if I want to keep living, but its not an obligation. So lets quit bloviating shall we?

The country's problem is we are spending way more than we take in. The only thing we can control is the spending. I wish I could just go to my employer and tell him that I want more money cause I spent everything he's given me and then some. That's what our government is doing, but to raise taxes instead concentrating on real spending reform will get the government the same answer I would get from my employer, you can live within the money you get or not get money.

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US To Help Finance Cellulose Ethanol Plant

2011-07-07T22:39:00.000-05:00

US To Help Finance Cellulose Ethanol Plant: "The U.S. Energy Department is offering a $105 million loan guarantee for the construction of the first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant."

And so congress is arguing over whether to raise taxes or "kill" seniors and we're spending $105M for an ethanol plant. Somethings just make you say hhhmmmm.

Yea So What?

2009-08-17T19:22:00.000-05:00

There are times when the simplicity of life dictates that you engage in pointless babble.

Most Tweets Pointless Babble: So What? | The Blog Herald

American Thinker Blog: A doctor responds to Obama's NYT op-ed

2009-08-17T10:17:00.001-05:00

I'd trust a doctor about healthcare, long before a community organizer and definitely before a member of congress.

American Thinker Blog: A doctor responds to Obama's NYT op-ed

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Poll: Health care costs too expensive, Americans say - CNN.com

2009-08-16T14:47:00.000-05:00

OK. So if the below is true then why/how can secretary SEBELIUS say the following: "And I think there’s a general recognition that the system we have in America is fundamentally broken. We spend more than any country on Earth. Our health results look like we’re a developing nation. So we have to reform the system. "

Poll: Health care costs too expensive, Americans say - CNN.com: "More than eight in 10 Americans questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Thursday said they're satisfied with the quality of health care they receive.

And nearly three out of four said they're happy with their overall health care coverage."

White House appears ready to drop 'public option' - Yahoo! News

2009-08-16T14:35:00.001-05:00

Do they really have a plan in mind or what. If they fight this long for something that isn't that important, makes me wonder if they really are interested in the public good.

White House appears ready to drop 'public option' - Yahoo! News

We broke the bank! - Washington Times

2009-08-16T14:00:00.001-05:00

What more can be said.

We broke the bank! - Washington Times

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What about Home Mortgages don't you understand

2008-11-03T12:33:00.002-06:00

1977
President Carter, pressed by grass-roots organizations (though opposed by the banking industry) signed the Community Reinvestment Act to boost lending in poorer communities, regardless of the borrowers' ability to repay their home loans.

1990s
Community organizer Barack Obama worked closely with ACORN activists. Employing the intimidation tactics of radical activist Saul Alinsky that Obama had learned and was teaching, activists crowded bank lobbies, blocked drive-up teller lanes and demonstrated at the homes of bankers to browbeat them into risky lending in poor and minority communities. Those who resisted were accused of racism.
At first, the GSEs resisted purchasing risky mortgages. Eventually the Clinton administration instructed them to substantially increase the percentage of these mortgages in their portfolios.

I thought George W. was the one to blame.

Promote the General Welfare

2008-11-03T12:08:00.002-06:00

"So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted."

So much for that part of the constitution.

We Should Trust Them Why?

2007-06-14T08:58:00.000-05:00

Michelle Malkin makes a great case for asking why we should trust our government on the immigration issue. I'm not sure I know of any laws that the government needs to follow it has. I'm not talking the big issues like murder, but the small ones that are controversial. Gun control, immigration, etc.

Any moron can read the current bill and understand that illegal aliens will be legal within 24 hours of filing without paying for any fines, without any of the triggers (BTW: All the triggers are subject to availability of funding).

How long are we going to standby and let the folks in Washington run this country into the ground for money and or power. When will we take back our country for us.

I fought for and served my country for 20 years for what, to be led to this!

Our Wonderful Homeland Security Department

2007-05-30T11:50:00.000-05:00

And this is the agency that will enforce the new immigration reform?

What good is a no-fly list...
By Michelle Malkin · May 30, 2007 12:01 PM
...if a banned passenger can still get on a plane? That's the question the feds need to answer in the case of the Atlanta man infected with a super TB strain:

An Atlanta-area man — infected with a rare, potentially deadly type of tuberculosis — is under federal quarantine at Grady Memorial Hospital with an armed sheriff's deputy outside his door following his odyssey on international flights, including some to smuggle himself back into the country.
The globe-trotting tale of the man, his fiancee, their wedding and honeymoon abroad — and conflicting recollections of what he was told about his disease and whether he could travel — culminated Tuesday with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issuing an international health alert.
The CDC is working with airlines to contact passengers who took two transatlantic flights — a May 12 Air France flight from Atlanta to Paris and a May 24 Czech Air flight from Prague to Montreal — to alert them that they may have been exposed to extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis...
...The man says he and his bride were in Rome on their honeymoon when they got a message to call the CDC. The CDC official said that they needed to cancel their trip and return home and that the CDC would call the next day with travel information. The patient says he and his wife canceled plans to move on to Florence the next day as they awaited the CDC's instructions.
The next day, instead of giving the couple travel arrangements, the man said a CDC staff member told him he'd need to turn himself into Italian health authorities the next morning and agree to go into isolation and treatment in that country for an indefinite period of time.
"I thought to myself: 'You're nuts.' I wasn't going to do that. They told me I had been put on the no-fly list and my passport was flagged," the man said.
The man said the CDC told him he could not fly aboard a commercial airliner with his disease. "We asked about the CDC jet and they said no, there wasn't funding in the budget to use the jet," he said.
Dr. Martin Cetron, director of the CDC's division of global migration and quarantine, did not respond to repeated requests for an interview. Cetron told The Associated Press: "He was told in no uncertain terms not to take a flight back."
CDC spokesman Tom Skinner said the agency was considering sending the CDC's jet to Italy to retrieve the man — when he disappeared and didn't meet Italian health authorities.
"We're sitting in a hotel room in Italy and we're looking at each other and we're on our honeymoon and the authorities are coming in hours," the man recalled. They made the decision to run.
To evade the no-fly list, which they assumed only involved jets bound for the United States, the man and wife flew into Canada and drove a car into the U.S. At every check of their passports, he said they feared being caught, but weren't.

Homeland security? What homeland security?

Economics be Damned!

2006-11-09T12:56:00.000-06:00

You know, I took a series of economics classes in college and despite some very sophisticated information to grasp, there are some relatively easy concepts to follow. Supply and Demand are still at work and have been since the beginning of commerce. S&D works for the labor market as well. Hence I could not see why anyone, who knows anything about economics would want to saddle the economy with a brake such as the minimum wage increase.

Never mind the fact that only 2% of workers in the country actually make the minimum wage. And most of those are under 24 and live at home. But according to the Democrats, its why we voted the way we did on Tuesday.

But I think I've found the real reason why the Democrats like the minimum wage. It seems that its a big slice at the big business.

...despite the fact that the minimum wage's purchasing power is now at the lowest point in more than 50 years and business profits are soaring.

Well, if business profits are soaring, then we should take more money from them to give to that 2% that is actually getting this wage.

Never underestimate the Military

2006-11-02T08:32:00.000-06:00

I guess this says it all.

This is Compassionate?

2006-10-27T12:20:00.000-05:00

OMG: Democrats are supposed to be compassionate? I've read blogs from both sides and this I never see on the conservative blog.

"Hoo boy. Now and then, when I lose emotional discipline and actually watch Bush, see him sneer and wink and look tough for press-conference cameras; or Cheney lurk like some monstrous slab of sociopathic suet behind Bush's shoulder. Or I stare at Rumsfeld's prissy fits of manically arrogant doubletalk (Is Rumsfeld clinically mad?-- burbling his nonsense on and on and on, waving his arthritic deathgrip hands?). Or I watch Condi stammer and stutter through her lies. Or I actually attend to statements by Dr. Formaldehyde Frist; or observe "genial" mouth-breathing witless Denny Hastert, that lying slanderizing thug --At these times I fall to apoplectic musing, which I would like to share with you: Namely, besides impeachment and a one-way trip to the Hague, what else could properly express the fitting destiny these despicable soul-bewormed monstrosities deserve?"

I'm sorry, did you ever meet any of these people. Until you do I think you have absolutely no right to make these kinds of statements. Where is there any type of civility?

Democrats Hate Democrats

2006-10-24T11:00:00.000-05:00

This is rich, I always thought Democrats did no wrong in elections, it was that vast right-wing conspiracy that want to disenfrachise voters, but now apparently Democrats are admitting they do it too.

"...Let's look at the big picture here. That's 387,000 dollars in cash on the streets of Connecticut that Lieberman won't disclose. This is a clear violation of the entire rationale for FEC laws, because from now on anyone can simply disguise their spending in petty cash logs that they don't reveal. Lieberman could have spent this on vote-buying, intimidation, or illegal cash payments to ward bosses, and he probably did so, or at least that's what the rumors all across the Connecticut Democratic Party machine suggest. But we don't know. And Joe Lieberman is hiding what he should reveal, and lying about it."

I guess its just a matter of who your enemy is...if its a Republican or a Democrat that you don't like any more, anything is possible.

The Obama Question

2006-10-23T15:18:00.000-05:00

There has been allot of talk amongst the MSM and the bloggers about the reasons for the apparent anointing of Senator Obama (D) Illinois as the new presumptive nominee for '08. Why is this, since we all know that Hilary is the queen of the Democratic party?

I think I have a take. There are some, even in the Democratic party, that believe Hilary is unelectable. But the Clinton machine, must have its 'second' victory to cement Bill's legacy. So if Hilary is unelectable, lets find someone who is and pair the two together.

This is a win-win for the Dems. Obama seems to be everyone's darling. Hilary needs time to convince the American public that she can lead the country. So why not put Obama as the Pres, with VP Hilary. That way in four/eight years Hilary runs as the party favorite to replace the second black president in American History (Bill being the first).

This would also take the up and coming Obama out of future politics due to the been there done that syndrome. I can't see how this would fail, oh wait, but they'd want to rule according their convictions....what were they again?