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Honduran President Had Vote Results Prior to Vote

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:04:18 GMT

Babalu' Blog translates Spanish articles detailing information claimed to be found on the computers of deposed Honduran President Mel Zelaya.Honduran authorities have seized computers found in the Presidential Palace belonging to deposed president Mel Zelaya. Taking a page right out of the leftist dictator's handbook, these computers, according to the news report, contained the official and certified results of the illegal constitutional referendum Zelaya wanted to conduct that never took place. The results of this fraudulent vote was tilted heavily in Zelaya's favor, ensuring he could go ahead and illegally change the constitution so he could remain in power for as long as he wanted to. ACORN, I'm sure, is taking notes.This is the man that the OAS, the UN, and the Obama State Department want the Honduran people to reinstall as their leader.We already know that Obama has no problem with voter registration fraud, so I guess it shouldn't be all that surprising that he backs another President who tried to steal an election. Also note that Obama has no problem sitting down and talking with Iran's AmaDinnerJacket after he fraudulently took the Iranian election and then his regime systematically murders those who protest. And, just yesterday we heard the O declare that Obama health control would pass, even though neither the Senate or House has actually voted; and, more importantly, polls show a majority of Americans oppose government health care control.Babalu' asks why the US Press doesn't bother to report this story; that's pretty obvious isn't it? Obama's ACORN rarely got negative press while they were committing voter registration fraud in at least a dozen states and we hear little about the aftermath in court.

$50 Billion Foreclosure Program Not Working

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:38:16 GMT

Just as the $787 billion stimulus package isn't stimulating anything but the federal deficit, the Democrat's $50 billion plan to stop foreclosures, isn't. In fact, foreclosures are up 15% from 1 year ago.Economist Mark Zandi suggests:a simple program that covers any homeowner who took out a mortgage between 2005 and 2008 that was clearly unaffordable when it was made, with straightforward criteria to determine that.Zandi and others argue that the modifications should focus on reducing struggling homeowners' outstanding principal on homes that have lost much of their value. Now just why should US taxpayers finance someone else's mortgage let alone those that were "clearly unaffordable" at the time they were taken? Isn't that fraud? Why should US taxpayers reduce the principal only on struggling homeowners homes where the value has fallen? Isn't this a support of failure?Face it, I don't agree with Americans being forced to subsidize anyone else's mortgage; but if this should happen, wouldn't it be best to assist those who were always paying their mortgage on a reasonable sized home (based on their income) until the poor economy caused them to lose their job?

Dictator Declares: Health Care Control Is Going to Happen

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:07:03 GMT

Forget that O lied when he said that under his health care control program you could absolutely keep your own plan and your own doctor. Forget that a majority of Americans do not want government controlled health care. Forget that without government administrative costs (including 31+ new government agencies), government health care control will cost $1.5 trillion. Forget that this is yet another government take over of a private industry. Forget that your Senators and Representatives haven't even voted on the health care control bill. And most of all, forget that the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) now says Obama's control of health care will add $239 billion to the already sky high USA deficit. Don't worry about that little deficit addition because House Democrats have come up with "new accounting rules" to cover it over. After all, if you don't admit it and the public can't see it, it isn't there! Seniors can really appreciate this provision not discussed by the MSM: One troubling provision of the House bill compels seniors to submit to a counseling session every five years (and more often if they become sick or go into a nursing home) about alternatives for end-of-life care (House bill, p. 425-430). The sessions cover highly sensitive matters such as whether to receive antibiotics and "the use of artificially administered nutrition and hydration." Yes, there's just something wrong with the government controlling both social security payments and senior health care since by denying health care, one can save costs of paying social security! The New York Post article also points out: The Senate bill allocates huge sums to "community transformation grants," home visits for expectant families, services for migrant workers -- and the creation of dozens of new government councils, programs and advisory boards slipped into the last 500 pages. In other words, hard working Americans need to give up their private health care so that the US Government can grow and restructure America to the government's liking.The bottom line is: The self-appointed dictator O says "it's going to happen" and that's the end of the discussion. Now in the famous words of Barack Hussein Obama: "Buck Up" America.

Massive Protest in Iran Yesterday

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:27:37 GMT

From Revolutionary Road blogToday Friday 17 July, in various sections of Tehran, we are once again witness to mass demonstrations in Iran. There are reports that there are more than 2 million people giving slogan in the main streets and squares of Tehran. Some of the slogans are: "Down with Dictator," "Free all Political Prisoners," "Coup d'etat government; resign, resign," "Down with Ahmadinejad;" "Our Neda isn't dead; it is the government that dead," amongst others. There were also slogans saying "People didn't get killed to make concessions" (ma koshteh nadadeem keh sazesh koneem), referring to a rejection of any behind the scene wheeling and dealings between the opposing factions of the regime. More at The Times Online

Believe Me Then or Believe Me Now

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:56:58 GMT

Barack Hussein Obama believes you and I are stupid and suffer from Alzheimer disease to boot. Why else would he tell us not to believe our lying eyes or remember his lying words a mere four months ago?In Feb. 2009 Congress and Barack Hussein Obama insisted that the Pork =U Less had to be passed immediately to prevent the loss of jobs and to quickly create new jobs to the tune of 3 to 4 million. The immediacy was so important that BHO had to break his five day on the Internet promise for legislative review of any bill and Congress was "forced" to pass a bill that no one even read.Now BHO claims his Pork = U Less is ahead of schedule and is working exactly as expected, it was not designed to work in 4 months. Well hello BHO and Congress - not only is the Pork =U Less not working 4 months later, but things have gotten much worse. We have lost 2.3 million jobs! The only thing that is "working", is what Republicans and Conservatives told you would happen - Pork =U Less merely raised the deficit. Only 7% of this $787 billion has even been allocated as of now and those allocations include saving a damn mouse in California while the entire state goes belly up!

Federal Budget Unsustainable

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:14:07 GMT

The Director of the Congressional Budget Office,Doug Elmendorf, states in testimony before the senate: Under current law, the federal budget is on an unsustainable path, because federal debt will continue to grow much faster than the economy over the long run. And the congressional reaction? Let's pass a health care bill that will add $1 trillion to that debt.Oh, maybe they believe Joe Biden and have subscribed to his theory that we have to spend money to keep from going bankrupt!UPDATERead Michelle Malkin's column Inside the Monstrous Obamacare Bureaucracy. Note that the $1.5 trillion cost (most of it over the last 5 of 10 years, when the program really gets going) does not include the administrative costs which creates 31 or more new government bureaucracies! Surely these new entities will need one or more new czars, positions BHO has been so fond enough of creating that we already have 31 (more than Russia ever had). I guess this is BHO's backup plan for creating jobs that the Pork = U Less didn't create.

Government Looking for Humor Contractor

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:07:51 GMT

You've got to be kidding. This is a joke, right? The Department of Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD),is looking for a source to present "humor workshops"!The Contractor shall conduct two, 3-hour, Humor in the Workplace programs that will discuss the power of humor in the workplace, the close relationship between humor and stress, and why humor is one of the most important ways that we communicate in business and office life. Participants shall experience demonstrations of cartoons being created on the spot. The contractor shall have the ability to create cartoons on the spot about BPD jobs. The presenter shall refrain from using any foul language during the presentation.Why didn't they just hire Al Franken?

A Reckless Congress

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:15:58 GMT

I can't say it better than The Wall Street Journal article, but I think I might redo the title to something along the lines of: American People Sold Out by US Government.It's an important read since it explains why the health care plan rocketing through the Congress is smoke and mirrors, will destroy the USA and most certainly will add a huge tax on the middle class within a few years of its inception. What's most hideous about it all (besides what it will do to human beings in the future) is that our Congress knows these details and apparently simply doesn't care.At the forefront is Nancy Pelosi, who gets all incensed that the CIA "lied" to her (by her claims only), but has absolutely no problem bald faced lying to the American people whom she was elected to serve.

Another Large Crowd Gathers for Vice Liar in Chief

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:39:44 GMT

It wasn't long ago that Joe Biden showed up to a over whelming crowd of 100. Today, he's topped that record with a huge crowd of 140.Hey Joe, maybe it's your financial wizardry!you're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'" Biden said. "The answer is yes, I'm telling you."

Let Me Say It Again: Buck Up America

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:30:59 GMT

You patriots out there need to keep paying your taxes and tighten your belt because the USA is going through some very tough times. The government needs all of you to put your nose to the grind stone and just work a little harder for the prosperity of the USA. So, Buck Up America - after all, here's your government, hard at work trying to save the bankrupt Social Security Program.

Health Care Bomb Shell

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:36:55 GMT

IBD Editorials found it on page 16 and do remember, that the last minute amendments haven't even been added yet.When we first saw the paragraph Tuesday, just after the 1,018-page document was released, we thought we surely must be misreading it. So we sought help from the House Ways and Means Committee.It turns out we were right: The provision would indeed outlaw individual private coverage. Under the Orwellian header of "Protecting The Choice To Keep Current Coverage," the "Limitation On New Enrollment" section of the bill clearly states:"Except as provided in this paragraph, the individual health insurance issuer offering such coverage does not enroll any individual in such coverage if the first effective date of coverage is on or after the first day" of the year the legislation becomes law.So we can all keep our coverage, just as promised - with, of course, exceptions: Those who currently have private individual coverage won't be able to change it. Nor will those who leave a company to work for themselves be free to buy individual plans from private carriers. Now remember, as IBD points out, that the "government option" will cost the patient 30-40% less, subsidized by everyone else.Next, if your employer moves to the "government option"; you, my friend, are STUCK on government health care. You may not go purchase your own insurance because you detest the government health care program (though of course your congress people can continue to do so). Over time, all Americans will find their private insurance failing because the private plans have to pay not only for their own coverage, but also subsidize the government plan. Employers will quickly move to the "government option" because it costs them less.As for me, if the health care offered isn't good enough for the "public servants" I employ to represent me, it's not good enough for me.

But Let's Pass Crap & Tax Anyway

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:46:55 GMT

Scientists' Best Predictions May Be WrongNo one knows exactly how much Earth's climate will warm due to carbon emissions, but a new study suggests scientists' best predictions about global warming might be incorrect. And, let's not mention that many scientists disagree with the theory that human created carbon dioxide causes global warming.

Buck Up American People

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:23:57 GMT

Wonder if that's what he said to Michelle when she bought those $540 tennis shoes for her food bank appearance. Why didn't O tell his family to buck up when they went to Russia, kissed off the Russians and spent the night in the most expensive restaurant in the city? Did Michelle really have to sport a $875 purse while unemployment skyrockets and O tells us to buck up?Buck Up? Would this before or after O stops serving wagyu beef at the white house party nights complete with Hollywood stars?Buck up? O claims the American people want government health care. That simply isn't so IF you also ask the people if they want health care for which the price tag is over $1.5 trillion and comes with government deciding who gets treated and who isn't worthy.

Health Care Cram Down

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:00:56 GMT

Divide and conquer still seems to be the political operative words. And again I warn anyone willing to accept this "tax the rich" scheme to look at what has happened with federal income tax, social security, welfare and medicare. Yesterday the House Democrats introduced a $1.5 trillion public health care plan riddled with new taxes and surtaxes on successful Americans aimed at redistributing their wealth, in the form of rationed government health care, to lower income brackets.(Read the true unknown costs estimates by the CBO and highlights from Michelle Malkin and The American Spectator.)Once passed and once the government doesn't get the revenues they overly optimistically planned, along with the overly pessimistic costs of the program skyrocketing out of sight - they will come after you and me.You also have to ask yourself why the country as a whole would believe that the "rich" should pay for everyone's health care. With income tax itself the argument is: the rich benefit more from a prosperous economy which helps them make more money, plus they are assumed to "use more" government services; therefore they should contribute more to continue the country prosperity. However, a health care tax (even disguised in a federal income tax) in no way benefits the "rich". They won't grow more prosperous if you and I do or don't have health care. They can't sell more goods and services just because you can now "freely" go to the doctor (if you can wait in the line long enough that is).In fact we will remove an entire industry of high income earners (doctors) by allowing the US Government's involvement in health care. Lawyers that bring health care related lawsuits will probably also drop out of sight. And while that may or may not be a good thing, it does mean another industry producing the "rich" no longer exist. It also will eventually mean that your doctor isn't accountable for injuries done to his patients due to lapse in judgment, a care factor and over all competence.You can also anticipate that the "rich" will do everything within their power to remove their money from the US tax system. They will search for more loopholes, cheat more and may even leave the country because they have less incentive to "play ball" in the USA.As all this happens, the US government will do as it has done in the past when faced with a short-fall of revenues to overall costs - lower the bar on whom they will tax and raise the tax. Gateway Pundit reports: David Axelrod, Obama's senior political strategist, said during an interview in his White House office. "If we're going to get this thing done, obviously time is a-wasting." Yet Axelrod, threatening that the Democrats were going to ram health care through Congress even if Republicans didn't get in line, said "Ultimately, this is not about a process, it's about results."Really? If it's about results shouldn't we, unlike Pork =U Less, actually make sure the results produce what the American people want? Actually the rush is for the same reasons this administration rushes through everything - get it done before people (those whom government serves) realize the foolhardy details and can organize a stoppage of it.So when you think the Congress is going to provide you "free" health care, think again. It's going to cost and over time the cost is going to grow along with the number of people paying the cost.UPDATE: More being written through the day. One very good run down is Keith Hennessey comparing the government "penalty" (read: tax Obama promised you wouldn't see) for not purchasing health insurance versus the cost of the insurance and the damage it causes to a family's finances.great flow chart of the health care bureaucracy. UPDATE: I thought this was a joke! It turns out, that it is not.Nine Reasons Pelosi's Healthcare surtax is disastrous. James Pethokoukis points out that this "surtax" proposed for health care is not the first tax by Obama in a mere 6 months of operations and would actually tax some Americans more than 50% of their earnings. We can also count on the fact that it certainly won't be the last as the deficit climbs to heights never seen.

Visit to Russia Went Well

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:57:02 GMT

The liberals want us to believe that O's recent world wind tour (with daughters and wife in tow)which included Russia was well received. Watch your lying eyes.Then of course there's the part of the tour where O lied to the Pope when the Pope tried to get O to see that abortion is murder. O claims he will attempt to reduce abortion but doesn't mention that his health care plan will provide abortions free, causing taxpayers to foot the bill of irresponsible people whether they support abortion or not. Shamelessly lying to the Pope probably isn't a good idea.