Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Same Ol' Song and Dance!
Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius has corrected three years of tax returns and paid more than $7,000 in back taxes after finding "unintentional errors" -- the latest tax troubles for an Obama administration nominee.
The Kansas governor explained the changes to senators in a letter dated Tuesday that was obtained by The Associated Press. She said they involved charitable contributions, the sale of a home and business expenses.
She and her husband paid a total of $7,040 in back taxes and $878 in interest to amend returns from 2005-2007.
Several Obama administration nominees have been derailed by tax issues, notably the president's first nominee for HHS secretary, former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle. He withdrew from consideration while apologizing for failing to pay $140,000 in taxes and interest.
Timothy Geithner also faced questions about his failure to pay back taxes before the Senate confirmed him as Obama's treasury secretary. Geithner apologized, saying it was an honest mistake.
And Hilda Solis was confirmed as Obama's labor secretary only after the confirmation process was delayed by news reports that Solis' husband recently had settled unpaid tax liens on his California auto repair business for about $6,400. White House officials said Solis and her husband were not aware of the liens.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Is This History in the Making? Or Repeating?
Too many coincidences for me,...
Anthony Casbar draws too many parallels to NOT notice:
"Last summer, then-candidate Barack Obama threw civil liberties to the
wind when he proposed “a civilian national security force that’s just
as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the regular
military. The expanded Americorps is not quite so disturbing, but a
number of provisions in the bill raise serious concerns."
To begin with, the legislation threatens
the voluntary nature of Americorps by calling for consideration of “a
workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all
able young people.” It anticipates the possibility of requiring “all
individuals in the United States” to perform such service – including
elementary school students. The bill also summons up unsettling
memories of World War II-era paramilitary groups by saying the new
program should “combine the best practices of civilian service with the
best aspects of military service,” while establishing “campuses” that
serve as “operational headquarters,” complete with “superintendents”
and “uniforms” for all participants. It allows for the elimination of
all age restrictions in order to involve Americans at all stages of
life. And it calls for creation of “a permanent cadre” in a “National
Community Civilian Corps.”
Lets take a look and compare. those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
excerpts from (Hitler a rise to power)
In January 1923, French and Belgian troops marched into Germany
to settle a reparations dispute. Germans resented this occupation, which
also had an adverse effect on the economy. Hitler's party benefited by
the reaction to this development, and exploited it by holding mass protest
rallies despite a ban on such rallies by the local police.
(sound familiar like the anti war rallies under bush)
The Nazi party began drawing thousands of new members, many of whom were victims of hyper-inflation and found comfort in blaming the Jews for this trouble. The price of an egg, for example, had inflated to 30 million times its original price in
just 10 years. Economic upheaval generally breeds political upheaval, and
Germany in the 1920s was no exception.
While in prison,
he (Hitler) wrote the first volume of Mein Kampf (2nd part was written in
1927-1927). It was partly an autobiographical
book (although filled with glorified inaccuracies, self-serving half-truths
and outright revisionism) which also detailed his views on the future of
the German people
(The messiah has written his own version of this called "The Audacity of Hope")
Once released from prison, Hitler decided to seize power constitutionally
rather than by force of arms. Using demagogic oratory, Hitler spoke to
scores of mass audiences, calling for the German people to resist the yoke
of Jews and Communists, and to create a new empire which would rule the
world for 1,000 years.
(Obama has done the exact same thing, sans the hatred of the Jews, and commies. now he uses the conservative, and rich. a loose term used to describe anyone who works for the betterment of their family)
Anthony Casbar draws too many parallels to NOT notice:
"Last summer, then-candidate Barack Obama threw civil liberties to the
wind when he proposed “a civilian national security force that’s just
as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the regular
military. The expanded Americorps is not quite so disturbing, but a
number of provisions in the bill raise serious concerns."
To begin with, the legislation threatens
the voluntary nature of Americorps by calling for consideration of “a
workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all
able young people.” It anticipates the possibility of requiring “all
individuals in the United States” to perform such service – including
elementary school students. The bill also summons up unsettling
memories of World War II-era paramilitary groups by saying the new
program should “combine the best practices of civilian service with the
best aspects of military service,” while establishing “campuses” that
serve as “operational headquarters,” complete with “superintendents”
and “uniforms” for all participants. It allows for the elimination of
all age restrictions in order to involve Americans at all stages of
life. And it calls for creation of “a permanent cadre” in a “National
Community Civilian Corps.”
Lets take a look and compare. those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
excerpts from (Hitler a rise to power)
In January 1923, French and Belgian troops marched into Germany
to settle a reparations dispute. Germans resented this occupation, which
also had an adverse effect on the economy. Hitler's party benefited by
the reaction to this development, and exploited it by holding mass protest
rallies despite a ban on such rallies by the local police.
(sound familiar like the anti war rallies under bush)
The Nazi party began drawing thousands of new members, many of whom were victims of hyper-inflation and found comfort in blaming the Jews for this trouble. The price of an egg, for example, had inflated to 30 million times its original price in
just 10 years. Economic upheaval generally breeds political upheaval, and
Germany in the 1920s was no exception.
While in prison,
he (Hitler) wrote the first volume of Mein Kampf (2nd part was written in
1927-1927). It was partly an autobiographical
book (although filled with glorified inaccuracies, self-serving half-truths
and outright revisionism) which also detailed his views on the future of
the German people
(The messiah has written his own version of this called "The Audacity of Hope")
Once released from prison, Hitler decided to seize power constitutionally
rather than by force of arms. Using demagogic oratory, Hitler spoke to
scores of mass audiences, calling for the German people to resist the yoke
of Jews and Communists, and to create a new empire which would rule the
world for 1,000 years.
(Obama has done the exact same thing, sans the hatred of the Jews, and commies. now he uses the conservative, and rich. a loose term used to describe anyone who works for the betterment of their family)
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Its Just One Laugh After Another in the Obamessiah's Realm
The country's economy is going to hell, our grandchildren will still be paying for the Porkulus Plan, but the Obamessiah still finds time to make an ass of himself (again!)
I guess when Obama was told he'd be going to a place were no one speaks English, riots and armed gangs rule the streets, and access to electricity and water was scatter shot, eh thought he was on another foreign excursion!
I guess when Obama was told he'd be going to a place were no one speaks English, riots and armed gangs rule the streets, and access to electricity and water was scatter shot, eh thought he was on another foreign excursion!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Next Group Under the Bus,....
HT Drudge,...
The American Legion Strongly Opposed to President's Plan to Charge Wounded Heroes for Treatment
WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leader of the nation's largest veterans organization says he is "deeply disappointed and concerned" after a meeting with President Obama today to discuss a proposal to force private insurance companies to pay for the treatment of military veterans who have suffered service-connected disabilities and injuries. The Obama administration recently revealed a plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in such cases.
"It became apparent during our discussion today that the President intends to move forward with this unreasonable plan," said Commander David K. Rehbein of The American Legion. "He says he is looking to generate $540-million by this method, but refused to hear arguments about the moral and government-avowed obligations that would be compromised by it."
The Commander, clearly angered as he emerged from the session said, "This reimbursement plan would be inconsistent with the mandate ' to care for him who shall have borne the battle' given that the United States government sent members of the armed forces into harm's way, and not private insurance companies. I say again that The American Legion does not and will not support any plan that seeks to bill a veteran for treatment of a service connected disability at the very agency that was created to treat the unique need of America's veterans!"
But, wait,...how can private insurance step in when the Obamistake is planning on nationalizing our healthcare??
Thursday, March 12, 2009
One a Day,....and Not a Vitamin in Sight!
Atlas Shrugs,...and makes perfect, hilarious sense:
C'mon, he's worse than we even imagined.
Don Surber has this over at the Daily Mail (hat tip Larwyn):
52 days, 52 mistakes
Let me count them up, in no particular order. Some are big. Some are small.
We all make mistakes. Here’s his:
1. A do-over on the oath of office.
2. Tim Geithner.
3. Bill Richardson.
4. Tom Daschle.
5. Eric “Nation of Cowards” Holder.
6. Leon Panetta.
7. Arne “Cappuccino” Duncan.
8. Hilda Solis (OK, her husband has the tax liens).
9. Nancy Killefer.
10. Charles Freeman Jr.
11. Ron Kirk.
12. Adolfo Carrion.
13. Banning offshore oil again.
14. Letting Nancy Pelosi write the $787 billion “stimulus’ plan.
15. Relying on Tim Geithner to explain it.
16. It is a $13-a-week stimulus, or as his wife said of Bush’s plan: “You’re getting $600. What can you do with that? Not to be ungrateful or anything. But maybe it pays down a bill, but it doesn’t pay down every bill every month.”
17. Going to a press conference without a TelePrompTer. I… Uhh… Umm… Could you repeat the question?
18. Using a TelePrompTer at a press conference. Big boys don’t need training wheels.
19. “Good evening, everybody. Please be seated. Before I take your questions tonight, I’d like to speak briefly.” 1,228 words later he took his first question.
20. Going after Rush Limbaugh.
21. Going after Rick Santelli.
22. Going after Jim Cramer.
23. “Never waste a good crisis.”
24. Obama supporter Warren Buffett: “I don’t think anybody on December 7th would have said a ‘war is a terrible thing to waste, and therefore we’re going to try and ram through a whole bunch of things and — but we expect to — expect the other party to unite behind us on the — on the big problem.’ It’s just a mistake, I think.”
25. Writing a love letter to Vlad and Dmitry.
26. Putting Poland under the bus.
27. Putting Tibet under the bus.
28. Putting Israel under the bus.
29. Taking Cuba out from under the bus.
30. Having his tax cheat go after the tax cheats in Switzerland. Cognitive dissonance.
31. “Karzai has a bunker mentality.”
32. Iran has plans to Marine One helicopters.
33. “I won.”
34. BlackBerry singing in the middle of the night/ Take these golden secrets and learn to fly…
35. Obama: “If Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off.” CEO: No. There will be more layoffs.
36. DVDs to Gordon Brown.
37. “You can’t take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers’ dime.” Vegas convention bookings nosedive.
38. Wagyu.
39. Reset/overcharge button given to Russia.
40. Taking a 4-day holiday weekend before signing “emergency” legislation.
41. “I did think it might be useful to point out that it wasn’t under me that we started buying a bunch of shares of banks. It wasn’t on my watch. And it wasn’t on my watch that we passed a massive new entitlement — the prescription drug plan — without a source of funding. And so I think it’s important just to note when you start hearing folks throw these words around that we’ve actually been operating in a way that has been entirely consistent with free-market principles and that some of the same folks who are throwing the word ’socialist’ around can’t say the same.”
42. Stiffing Chicago for nearly $2 million for that Election Night par-tay.
43. Caroline Kennedy.
44. Bombing Pakistan.
45. Sending the bust of Sir Winston Churchill back to the British.
46. “President Obama has accomplished more in 30 days than any president in modern history.”
47. A window is not a door.
48. Doctors must perform abortions.
49. Signing earmarks while denouncing them.
50. Adding signing statements while denouncing them.
51. Quadrupling the deficits, while denouncing them.
52. Missing the Gridiron Club dinner.
But be of good cheer. He has 1,409 days left to make up for his stumbles out of the starting gate.
C'mon, he's worse than we even imagined.
Don Surber has this over at the Daily Mail (hat tip Larwyn):
52 days, 52 mistakes
Let me count them up, in no particular order. Some are big. Some are small.
We all make mistakes. Here’s his:
1. A do-over on the oath of office.
2. Tim Geithner.
3. Bill Richardson.
4. Tom Daschle.
5. Eric “Nation of Cowards” Holder.
6. Leon Panetta.
7. Arne “Cappuccino” Duncan.
8. Hilda Solis (OK, her husband has the tax liens).
9. Nancy Killefer.
10. Charles Freeman Jr.
11. Ron Kirk.
12. Adolfo Carrion.
13. Banning offshore oil again.
14. Letting Nancy Pelosi write the $787 billion “stimulus’ plan.
15. Relying on Tim Geithner to explain it.
16. It is a $13-a-week stimulus, or as his wife said of Bush’s plan: “You’re getting $600. What can you do with that? Not to be ungrateful or anything. But maybe it pays down a bill, but it doesn’t pay down every bill every month.”
17. Going to a press conference without a TelePrompTer. I… Uhh… Umm… Could you repeat the question?
18. Using a TelePrompTer at a press conference. Big boys don’t need training wheels.
19. “Good evening, everybody. Please be seated. Before I take your questions tonight, I’d like to speak briefly.” 1,228 words later he took his first question.
20. Going after Rush Limbaugh.
21. Going after Rick Santelli.
22. Going after Jim Cramer.
23. “Never waste a good crisis.”
24. Obama supporter Warren Buffett: “I don’t think anybody on December 7th would have said a ‘war is a terrible thing to waste, and therefore we’re going to try and ram through a whole bunch of things and — but we expect to — expect the other party to unite behind us on the — on the big problem.’ It’s just a mistake, I think.”
25. Writing a love letter to Vlad and Dmitry.
26. Putting Poland under the bus.
27. Putting Tibet under the bus.
28. Putting Israel under the bus.
29. Taking Cuba out from under the bus.
30. Having his tax cheat go after the tax cheats in Switzerland. Cognitive dissonance.
31. “Karzai has a bunker mentality.”
32. Iran has plans to Marine One helicopters.
33. “I won.”
34. BlackBerry singing in the middle of the night/ Take these golden secrets and learn to fly…
35. Obama: “If Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off.” CEO: No. There will be more layoffs.
36. DVDs to Gordon Brown.
37. “You can’t take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers’ dime.” Vegas convention bookings nosedive.
38. Wagyu.
39. Reset/overcharge button given to Russia.
40. Taking a 4-day holiday weekend before signing “emergency” legislation.
41. “I did think it might be useful to point out that it wasn’t under me that we started buying a bunch of shares of banks. It wasn’t on my watch. And it wasn’t on my watch that we passed a massive new entitlement — the prescription drug plan — without a source of funding. And so I think it’s important just to note when you start hearing folks throw these words around that we’ve actually been operating in a way that has been entirely consistent with free-market principles and that some of the same folks who are throwing the word ’socialist’ around can’t say the same.”
42. Stiffing Chicago for nearly $2 million for that Election Night par-tay.
43. Caroline Kennedy.
44. Bombing Pakistan.
45. Sending the bust of Sir Winston Churchill back to the British.
46. “President Obama has accomplished more in 30 days than any president in modern history.”
47. A window is not a door.
48. Doctors must perform abortions.
49. Signing earmarks while denouncing them.
50. Adding signing statements while denouncing them.
51. Quadrupling the deficits, while denouncing them.
52. Missing the Gridiron Club dinner.
But be of good cheer. He has 1,409 days left to make up for his stumbles out of the starting gate.
Experience, not Bread and Circuses
Courtesy Heading Right:
We’ll always have Berlin…. the days when it was all “Hope” and “Change” and governance was just a word. The cheering throngs, the coordinated signs, the events and emotions and condescension palpable. If the atheists could suspend their values for a moment, surely they too would acknowledge that last summer - in Berlin - that from the hereafter, Leni Riefenstahl looked upon Obama’s European debut with great pride in his stagecraft.
Okay, maybe not. And certainly not now. President Barack Obama was for many Americans and Europeans and Africans a welcome change from the presidency of George W. Bush. After all, War is hard. No one likes to be inconvenienced by terrorism, bombings, kidnappings, beheadings, hijackings, and fights with OPEC over oil, and with Ghaddafi over their stash of WMDs, and Iran over nukes, and seriously - who isn’t tired of the Palestinian problem? Like, Hamas? It’s like - we’re tired, man. We want some hope-n-change.
War is hard. Of course, to be honest - it’s not like America - or George W. Bush picked this fight. Poverty is not a motivator for Usama bin Ladin. He’s got a few hundred million dollars in liquid assets. I don’t think he’s losing sleep over Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. And he’s probably laughing that President Obama actually believes there are “two” Talibans. One that we can work with, and one we can’t. My guess is that the ones we can work with were the spectators in the soccer stadium back in the pre-9/11 days when they beheaded women and stoned them to death for having an ankle exposed. But hey, they were just watching. So, compared to the guy with the machete - they were pretty moderate.
44: Obama’s Shaky Start on Foreign Policy
by Media Lizzy — published on March 12th, 2009
by Media Lizzy — published on March 12th, 2009
We’ll always have Berlin…. the days when it was all “Hope” and “Change” and governance was just a word. The cheering throngs, the coordinated signs, the events and emotions and condescension palpable. If the atheists could suspend their values for a moment, surely they too would acknowledge that last summer - in Berlin - that from the hereafter, Leni Riefenstahl looked upon Obama’s European debut with great pride in his stagecraft.
Okay, maybe not. And certainly not now. President Barack Obama was for many Americans and Europeans and Africans a welcome change from the presidency of George W. Bush. After all, War is hard. No one likes to be inconvenienced by terrorism, bombings, kidnappings, beheadings, hijackings, and fights with OPEC over oil, and with Ghaddafi over their stash of WMDs, and Iran over nukes, and seriously - who isn’t tired of the Palestinian problem? Like, Hamas? It’s like - we’re tired, man. We want some hope-n-change.
War is hard. Of course, to be honest - it’s not like America - or George W. Bush picked this fight. Poverty is not a motivator for Usama bin Ladin. He’s got a few hundred million dollars in liquid assets. I don’t think he’s losing sleep over Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. And he’s probably laughing that President Obama actually believes there are “two” Talibans. One that we can work with, and one we can’t. My guess is that the ones we can work with were the spectators in the soccer stadium back in the pre-9/11 days when they beheaded women and stoned them to death for having an ankle exposed. But hey, they were just watching. So, compared to the guy with the machete - they were pretty moderate.
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