...from those self-serving assholes in Washington - especially the "Asshole-n-Chief":
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110430/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama
Do you think for one moment that the oil companies give one crap about what the prices are? They'll make "theirs" no matter what. Why does Europe pay E9 for a gallon? ...because they drive small efficient cars! Surprise! ...& do you think for one moment that cutting off $4B (tho not even a blip on their radar: ie Exxon made $11B profit this quarter) in subsides won't get to your wallet? "Shit flows down hill" as my old DI use to say. MORONS - get with it! Wake up & learn the rules!!...at least the basics, ferchris'ake!!! ...or continue to bend over w/ your drawers down.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
mooo . . .
...bits & pieces:
"...At the current price, the government would lose more than $11 billion, but the Obama administration is willing to accept the loss in order to cut its last ties to the auto manufacturer, the newspaper said, citing unnamed sources." --- this is a story about CenGov getting out of GM. Do you see "...the government would lose more than $11 billion, but the Obama administration is willing to accept the loss in order to cut its last ties to the auto manufacturer..." Do you morons out there get that? The Obama Administration is willing to endure the loss? The Gov't will lose $11 B! Hey fools, the friggin' Gov't doesn't produce anything. It hasn't a dime - other than what it wastes of yours that it steals under the guise of income tax. Don't you see any of that?
"...the Debt is at an all time high of #14.3 trillion dollars." Again, do you even have a hazy notion what that means? Tell you what, the Chinese do!
The US Dollar continues to slide. Check the commodities yourself - right there in the left column. Do you know what THAT means? Tell you what - again - the Chinese do!
Gold over $1500 / oz. Why'zat?
Gas predicted to go to $6 x summer - & you can bet if "they" predict that, it'll be a whole lot more! Do you know what that means? I bet you think you do, but it'll effect every facet of your existence - & the oil companies will realize record profits. Mooooooooo...
I can't go on. You cattle out there, lowing to yourselves, deserve what you have already gotten & what you have coming...
take the 45 seconds...
"545 vs. 300,000,000 People"
By Charlie Reese (final column for the Orlando Sentinel)
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
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> Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
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> Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
>
> You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
>
> You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
>
> You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
>
> You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
>
> You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
>
> One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
>
> I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
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> I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
>
> Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
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> What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
>
> The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
>
> It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
>
> If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
>
> If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
>
> If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ...
>
> If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
>
> There are no insoluble government problems.
>
> Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
>
> Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
>
> They, and they alone, have the power.
>
> They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.
>
> Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees...
>
> We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
>
> Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
>
> Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
>
> You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
>
> You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
>
> You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
>
> You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
>
> You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
>
> One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
>
> I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
>
> I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
>
> Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
>
> What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
>
> The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
>
> It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
>
> If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
>
> If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
>
> If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ...
>
> If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
>
> There are no insoluble government problems.
>
> Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
>
> Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
>
> They, and they alone, have the power.
>
> They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.
>
> Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees...
>
> We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
today is . . .
...the anniversary of Lexington & Concord. Do you even have an inkling of what that means? ...then? ...now?
Gas is over $4.00 / gal. & headed to $5+. Check the Quarterlies. The gas companies are making record profits once again - on your back. This country has regulations for everything. From your bumper to your bedroom. Now why do you suppose they refuse to regulate the oil companies? Because they - all of 'em: your president, senator & rep - all of them: owned x the monied interests (read: big-corp - aka big-oil, big-pharm, big-banks, big-etc.) & what do we do? Better question is what CAN we do?
"They" are aware of our apathy. "They" count on it. "They" produce major strategies on the assumption that we - the cattle - might bitch a bit, but then put our heads back down, graze quietly & give "them" no more trouble. "They" have fabricated the system to produce drey animals...& that is YOU. And I'm ashamed to say, ME.
So what can we do? I don't have an answer. I continue to bark-at-the-moon...but those boys back in 1775 had had enough. I've had enough too, but what do I do? Pound a stupid keyboard. I'm "cowed" like the rest of us...& I am ashamed.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
musings...
Just sitting around thinking on a warm Sunday afternoon on my back deck about the state of things. I promise not to bore you w/ my thought-process, but give it some thought yourself.
How have we come to the state of affairs we find ourselves? The entire world is in turmoil. The "have-nots" seem to finally have had enough, but that may not actually be the case...nor the cause. Time will tell.
...& how have we here in the States allowed the whole country to become an armed camp? The cops now pull you over & ask "...where are your papers"? You don't have to be black or brown. Everyone is "suspect".
...& the rich - & semi-rick - all live in these gated-communities. Walls to keep people out also keep people in.
The world has become an armed camp. How has this happened? We - humans - set the rules. Take a ride on your imagination for a moment & you're flying in on your saucer from another planet & look down & see the dominant species all killing each other - & those not actively engaged in that pursuit, are preparing. I mean, "WTF - over"? Would you stop x to have some tea? Well being here on the ground, I'll just keep my powder dry - & prepared - & hope "they" never come onto my back deck.
...& this label "terrorist"? What does that mean exactly? Keeping all the people frightened / terrorized? Well it seems to me then, that our Central Government is a terrorist organization. No? "Heresy" you say? Look closer.
Maybe I'm just an old fart, who like all the old-farts before me, lived in a better (different? ...no definitely better. Definitely.) time & are just grumpy & grouchy x the fact of being around so long.
I don't know. What I do know is that this whole set-up ain't right & doesn't have to be this way.
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