Homer/Lockport Tea Party

I get really tired of hearing that this Economical disaster is President Bush’s fault. But what everyone seems to forget is that the Republican party only had a slight control of both houses from 2004-2006. After 2006, there are 2 things that happened which stopped our growth in it’s tracks: 1. The Clean energy act and 2. Minimum wage increase, which both had an effect on businesses. When energy costs more, expenses rise, and then minimum wage increases the costs of doing business as well. It was a fountain of economic flatulence that created a cloud of uncertainty in our economy and people pulled back, layed people off and shuddered prepared their businesses for an economic storm that came and is still lingering over us. With all this uncertainty, there is one thing that I’m sure of and that is that the Democrats in congress are to blame for this recession. All this information and it doesn’t even include the Community Reinvestment Act that forced banks to make bad loans.

The link below will bring you to this great article that walks you through the timeline of when the economy started taking a nose dive. There are 3 charts that show you when the elections took place, what bills where passed and that the unemployment numbers at that time. You can clearly see what legislation lead to the slow down. But I’m sure some will say that the economy was beginning to decline but if you look at the prior 8 years in graph #3, it’s full of hills and valleys. A decline doesn’t mean recession. it’s what you do to fix the problem that causes the recession.

Another point that I saw in the comments area said that “the president still needed to sign what Congress sent him into law.” If I remember correctly, 2007 was a congress that broke the record on doing the least amount of legislation in our countries history. Yes, the president tried to work deals with Congress, but they did not play nice in return. Elections matter, and when a greedy congress gets elected, they pretend to negotiate and force the minority to give up their principals while dangling a carrot in front of them. That is no excuse but after 2008, the big spending bills where they began to spend like drunken congressmen, that’s where it hit the fan. A great reason to remind our candidates that they must stay strong on principals and never negotiate them away.

I honestly hope that all future congresses use this model as “what not to do”. Please read this, absorb it and pass it on to your leftist family members and friends.

Proof: Democrats at Fault for the Recession

“Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.”   — Margaret Thatcher

A funny thing happened to me today. From the moment I awoke this morning, up until this moment has been a nightmare. Everything I was involved in seemed a bit off kilter. Everything I read didn’t make sense or ended up being a lie. I was honked at, as if it were my fault that he cut me off. Found out a friend’s Father died, the Power went out during a storm, as I was ordering dinner. The Register at the Grocery store broke after I loaded a full cart of items on to the conveyer belt.  It was one of the worst, no injury days I’ve had. As a result, I had a short fuse and a bit of a temper and I probably took it out on those around me. So, when I’m in this kind of rut, I like to end the day as early as I can so I can start a new course. I had planned on taking some sleeping pills to end this miserable day early . . .  but I clicked on one more link to read.

The link lead me to the “Text of H.R. 1586: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act” I like to skim all the way down the article to see what kind of nuggets I can find and then I start reading the whole bill. But as I was scrolling down toward the bottom, I found a very interesting section which contradicted the media and our Representatives. This passed week, I’ve read a dozen times that they cut food stamps and some other garbage to realocate funds in order to cover UNION TEACHERS, but guess what: THEY LIED. The link above will bring you to the bill, which told me a different story. Here are  just a few things that are being cut in the middle of 2 wars.

TITLE III

RESCISSIONS

Sec. 301. There is rescinded from accounts under the heading ‘Department of Agriculture–Rural Development’, $122,000,000, to be derived from the unobligated balances of funds that were provided for such accounts in prior appropriation Acts (other than Public Law 111-5) and that were designated by the Congress in such Acts as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

Sec. 302. Of the funds made available for ‘Department of Commerce–National Telecommunications and Information Administration–Broadband Technology Opportunities Program’ in title II of division A of Public Law 111-5, $302,000,000 are rescinded.

Sec. 303. Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are rescinded from the following accounts in the specified amounts:

• ‘Aircraft Procurement, Army, 2008/2010’, $21,000,000;
• ‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, 2008/2010’, $21,000,000;
• ‘Procurement of Ammunition, Army, 2008/2010’, $17,000,000;
• ‘Other Procurement, Army, 2008/2010’, $75,000,000;
• ‘Weapons Procurement, Navy, 2008/2010’, $26,000,000;
• Other Procurement, Navy, 2008/2010’, $42,000,000;
• ‘Procurement, Marine Corps, 2008/2010’, $13,000,000;
• ‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2008/2010’, $102,000,000;
• ‘Missile Procurement, Air Force, 2008/2010’, $28,000,000;
• ‘Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force, 2008/2010’, $7,000,000;
• Other Procurement, Air Force, 2008/2010’, $130,000,000;
• ‘Procurement, Defense-Wide, 2008/2010’, $33,000,000;
• ‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, 2009/2010’, $76,000,000;
• ‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, 2009/2010’, $164,000,000;
• ‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 2009/2010’, $137,000,000;
• ‘Operation, Test and Evaluation, Defense, 2009/2010’, $1,000,000;
• ‘Operation and Maintenance, Army, 2010’, $154,000,000;
• ‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy, 2010’, $155,000,000;
• ‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps, 2010’, $25,000,000;
• ‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, 2010’, $155,000,000;
• ‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, 2010’, $126,000,000;
• ‘Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve, 2010’, $12,000,000;
• ‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve, 2010’, $6,000,000;
• ‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve, 2010’, $1,000,000;
• ‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve, 2010’, $14,000,000;
• ‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard, 2010’, $28,000,000; and
• ‘Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard, 2010’, $27,000,000.

Sec. 304. (a) Of the funds appropriated in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), the following funds are rescinded from the following accounts in the specified amounts:

‘Operation and Maintenance, Army, 2009/2010’, $113,500,000;

‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy, 2009/2010’, $34,000,000;

‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps, 2009/2010’, $7,000,000;

‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, 2009/2010’, $61,000,000;

‘Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve, 2009/2010’, $3,500,000;

‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve, 2009/2010’, $8,000,000;

‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve, 2009/2010’, $1,000,000;

‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve, 2009/2010’, $2,000,000;

‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard, 2009/2010’, $1,000,000;

‘Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard, 2009/2010’, $2,500,000; and

‘Defense Health Program, 2009/2010’, $27,000,000.

This is after they cut defense spending budget earlier last month. Their one duty that is spelled out in our Constitution and they are cutting that before other wasteful bills that supply millions of dollars for research on mating habits of the Pelosi field mouse.

Remember when we first got into the war, after 911, and the Regressives complained that we didn’t have the right equipment? That Rumsfeld was sending our sons and daughters to their death with inferior armor and weapons? How can this 111th Congress have the testicular fortitude to cut major military funds during 2 wars for non federal teachers, after the fuss they made in the Bush years? Why couldn’t they use a portion of the $400 BILLION from the stimulus bill that has yet to be spent? Remember when that ultimatum: Pass it or we’re doomed? I don’t know about you, but I’m getting tired of the fear tactics. If when you drove a car, you had to shift into “D” for DOOMED, who in their right mind would drive?

If they’re policies are so good, whey must they LIE about everything? Why do Democrats run as Conservatives and then get into office, spend lots of money and strip our military before anything else? I can promise you one thing, if we were conservative in our policies, we wouldn’t have any of this trouble that we are facing. But when the economy is going great, people relax and spend freely. It’s that moment when people begin to want the finer things and begin to splurge or waste their funds. They vote for liberals (and sometimes RINOs)  to spend the surplus and spread the wealth around. But when times are tough, everyone becomes more conservative. You see, Conservatism isn’t a party, it’s a philosophy. Everyone who’s gone through the great depression knows what Conservatism is. It’s when you have $10 in your pocket, you only spend $1 and save the rest incase a Marxist get elected. And when they are elected, everyone is a target. They pit neighbor against neighbor to scare you into giving in to their demands. Only full cooperation will be acceptable. If you have too much, they take it and give it to your unfortunately lazy neighbors. If you work hard, they tell you to slow down so that they don’t look bad. If you go behind their back, they will put you in the poor house, or as they did in Europe, in a shallow grave.

When something doesn’t make sense, there is always a lie involved. Take money from citizens to spend it so that citizens can have money? But when they need to cut their budgets, they do it in the most peculiar fashion: by cutting military funds first. If it’s a city, they cut police and firefighters first so you can feel the pain and accept a tax hike.  If you believe in the theory of Relativity, then nothing that is happening makes any sense. If I can’t pay my bills, I do not cut food first? I don’t sell the tires on my car because I will need my car with tires to get to work on time. I don’t cut off the water so I can continue my cable subscription with all the channels including the sports package. Nobody starts a diet to lose muscle and keep their fat. Our Government does and they have been doing it for over 80 years.

We better take our country back this November and bring responsible adults to the table. Lets Teach these unaccountable spend-a-holics what happens when you trash our constitution, free of charge. No more $40 billion bills supporting failures! No more mystery candidate theater. No more deal makers who sell out everyone except themselves. No more empty promises! No More repenting after  spending, or supporting Mosques at Ground Zero, or overturning 7 million voters, no more czars, or vacation 27 hours after returning from a vacation! NO MORE!

Lets all become teachers and give these clowns a free lesson on who’s boss: We The People.

I feel better now, maybe I can finally end this miserable day. Sweet dreams of November.

“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.”

- John Marshal

Great second Amendment video.  No, it’s not a hard question little girl! Youth is no excuse.

Pass this video on to your friends . . . and God bless America and our weapons that keep us free.

Posted 07/23/2010 07:26 PM ET

Finally taken down by the rules he thought he didn’t have to play by. AP View Enlarged Image
Scandal: The former Ways And Means chairman faces possible expulsion for playing fast and loose with his finances and taxes. Since that’s what the Congress has done with ours, maybe they should all face expulsion.

It is said absolute power corrupts absolutely, and for much of his 40 years in Congress, many spent riding herd on the nation’s tax code, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., had absolute power over our tax laws and finances. He was, in political terms, 10 feet tall and bullet-proof. Not anymore.

We don’t know if his shenanigans got too much for even House Democrats to handle or if they just felt they had enough problems this November, particularly on the issue of taxes, to have as one more albatross around their neck — someone who made avoiding them an art form.

The House Ethics Committee, an unintentional oxymoron, has voted to form an adjudication panel that will now conduct something similar to a trial of an investigative panel’s findings that Rangel has committed serious ethics violations that warrant some kind of action.

This may or may not be significant, but this is the first time in eight years such a panel has been formed, the last time being one that resulted in the expulsion of Rep. James Traficant, D-Ohio, who later went to prison.

Rangel was forced out four months ago as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee after it became known that he failed to pay 20 years of back taxes on $75,000 of rental income from a Caribbean villa and had illegally rented multiple rent-stabilized apartments in a Harlem building, one of which he used as an office. He was also admonished by the committee for going on a corporate-paid junket to the Caribbean.

Rangel also has been accused of using his congressional letterhead for soliciting large corporate donations for a center named after him at CCNY while heading Ways and Means. He preserved a tax shelter for an oil-drilling company, Nabors Industries, whose chief executive donated money to the Rangel Center.

All in all, he failed to reveal to Congress more than $600,000 in assets and tens of thousands of dollars in income. And, for good measure, breaking House rules, he stored his vintage Mercedes in the congressional garage.

Rangel seemed to believe that either the rules didn’t apply to him or he was just smarter than everyone else. This arrogance of power permeates this Democratic Congress, which has burdened future generations with unconscionable levels of debt, taxation and regulation. We saw health care reform that will lead to higher costs and rationing, imposing a system Congress exempted itself from.

Rangel believed that he didn’t have to play by the rules. Neither does this Democratic Congress, which spends money we don’t have on stimulus packages that don’t stimulate while sucking all the economic oxygen out of an economy gasping for air.

It used to be that congressmen were rewarded with long service for bringing home the bacon. In Rangel’s case, he used his incumbency to live high off the hog while helping to tax Americans to death and then taxing that death.

The mood of the country is changing, and voters want representatives who feel they work for the people, and not the other way around.

Americans seem to be saying: “Don’t help us anymore — we can’t afford it.” To the Charlie Rangels of the world, we indeed need to say: “Don’t help yourselves at our expense either.” This is just one more thing for voters to remember in November.

This is just unbelievable. I remember a time when everyone complained about wire tapping and accused the Bush administration of violating our civil rights, but when it’s financial tapping, as it is in this case  –  all you hear are crickets. Open your bank accounts because here comes big Gov. We can’t ask illegals for papers but when it comes to American Citizens, they can ask for any of your private info without probable cause. Elections have consequences.  This is unconstitutional and violates the 4th amendment which states:

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

At least illegals in Arizona have to be stopped for violating an existing law before they are asked for papers. If this passes the Senate next week, all they have to do is profile us and demand that we show them everything. This is exactly what they are trying to project onto all of their opponents and they are passing it themselves. The Statists like Saul Alinski use this as a strategy to distract everyone. It’s like a chess game; you’re watching the pawn that is being threatened when your queen is about to be taken. Ignore what they say and watch what they are doing. And what they are doing is trampling on our civil rights and labeling everyone else the bad guys. Curious how there hasn’t been any kind of coverage on this topic and it’s one of the worst that I’ve seen. I’ve said that before but this really is getting worse every day. Please contact your reps and Senators. I know that it will probably be a wasted email but it has to be done.

The Article explaining it is here:
Financial Regulatory Bill Approved by House Gives Feds Power to Subpoena Any Record from Any Financial Institution Without Establishing Any Probable Cause

Friday, July 09, 2010
By Matt Cover, Staff Writer

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”

– Abraham Lincoln

As the days go by, the economy continues to get worse. People are cutting back, losing jobs and this Government has not stopped spending, printing, talking about spending, proposing new taxes and blaming Bush for this economy’s faults. A few weeks ago, I read dozens of articles that claimed that this will be a summer recovery and that we have clear sailing ahead. Clear sailing unless you’re sailing around Louisiana of course. Are those sail boats equipped with oil suckers?

The Democrats, all claim that all they need is $50 billion more and things that didn’t work before will suddenly work. But Alan Greenspan has a different story. Now, I’m not the biggest fan of this guy but I do know that, when you are in the position that he was in, he could only do what Congress let him do. Now that he is in the private sector, you’re hearing his greatest fears and the outlook is just as murky as the sail boats in Louisiana. When you read his article at American Thinker, you’ll find that you know it to be true. Who will you believe? The same people who said that Obama is the most transparent President in History but nobody can seem to find his college transcripts, his records from the Illinois Senate, not even his cousin “Pookie“. . . the list goes on. Or do you believe the man who ran America’s economy for almost 30 years? When he says our economy is in dire straights, people should take it seriously. I know I do.

Just today, my neighborhood held a community garage sale. There were no shortage of shoppers walking from house to house. There were more than I’ve ever seen. To me, this says that more people are looking for bargains because money is tight. Nobody in my neighborhood can print money like our Government so they must stop spending, create new budgets and stick to them in order to keep their cars and homes. The very word “economy” comes from Greek word: oikonomia, from oikonomos which means “household manager”.

This is my reality also. I am my own household manager and my wife and I don’t go out anymore, but when I do, I choose places where I’m not tempted by impulse buys or as my wife calls them “Unauthorized Purchases”. We stopped going to movies, we buy alot more sliced sandwich meats, hot dogs and Ramen Noodles because they are quick, cheep, last longer and yummy. I used to buy Ramen Noodles when I was in college because I was always broke, so history repeats itself. But cutting back is not going to fix the problem: it’s the result of bad choices; cause and effect. Cutting back will only make these children in charge tax us more. At this rate, we’ll be in soup lines trying not to anger our soup nazi government by 2012. “NO SOUP FOR YOU!”

The only way we can fix this problem is by making better choices this November. Aren’t you tired of letting the children make the rules in your wonderful country? Just imagine if your kids where your home manager. Ice cream for breakfast lunch and dinner! Are you ready to make some tough decisions that need to be made for the sake of America? The time for minding our own business is over. We MUST pay attention to what is going on. For Cryin’ out loud, Greece is selling islands to pay their debt. Did you ever think that selling islands would be Greece’s best option? What happened to their Oikonomia? or is it more like Ai Caramba! And we are on the same track!

I was asked to post some articles on this site recently because of the article that I choose to forward to my friends and family. Quite a few of them were Democrats. But since I began sending articles in 2008, something interesting has happened: They are no longer Democrats, they thank me for sending them articles and they tell me stories about the people who thank them on their lists.  So, lets all work together and spread truth and facts. This November, we need to Change it back! Not back to the Bush era or even Reagan’s. My target is the original state of the Constitution. These Democrats have to be stopped before we find out that we must choose which islands and states that we have to sell. We can not allow these thieves to take what they want, excrete on us, pay off their friends as they make us feel guilty that it’s our own fault, we hate our planet, our children and we’re all racists after working all day to create products that people avoid because they’re at garage sales.

Lets make a deal: I’ll keep posting interesting, informative and frightening articles with some commentary for you to read and your only job is to spread the word. If everyone changes the mind of 1 democrat, communist, fascist or RINO (but I repeat myself), November will be the largest landslide message that not even ZerO can ignore. And if he tries to ignore it, at least his rule making, freedom smashing, property steeling days will come to an end. The adults will be in charge again enforcing the rules while the kids will have their allowance and they will pull the weeds again.

Be sure to read this article and educate yourself as well as your friends and family, and lets put a stop to this downward spiral. GOD BLESS AMERICA!

“Some people see taxes and ask ‘Why?’ I see things that have never been taxed and ask ‘Why not?’”

- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy

Here is the article:

Greenspan’s Call of Despair
By Vasko Kohlmayer of American Thinker

“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action”.

- George Washington

Here is the Article: Is U.S. Now On Slippery Slope To Tyranny?

How to Fight Back against Public Unions: A Primer.

The term “social justice” is now commonly used by leftist activists, clergy, educators, judges, and politicians to describe the goal they seek to achieve with many of their policies. No precise definition of “social justice” is ever offered by the left. Instead, the term is always used in a vague way — as if everyone already knows, or should know, what the seemingly well-intentioned phrase “social justice” means.

So, what exactly is “social justice”?

Social justice is the complete economic equality of all members of society. While this may sound like a lofty objective, what it really means is that wealth should be collected by the government and evenly distributed to everyone. In short, social justice is communism. It is rooted in the Marxist idea that the money people make and the property they own do not rightfully belong to the people who make the money and own the property.

“Justice,” in the Marxist context, means economic equality. This is the Marxist utopian ideal that all members in a society should receive the same amount of compensation, regardless of occupation, skill, or work ethic. The oft-quoted socialist mantra, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need,” comes from this concept.

Social justice can be accomplished in only one way in a capitalist society — by wealth redistribution. Continue reading>>

Great Highlights in Marxist Leadership”: Or, When Change Turns Malignant

Obama: “I’d love to spend time venting and yelling at people”
Presuming Barack Obama considers cursing himself an act of blasphemy, he will certainly relish therapeutic yelling at others for the enormity of his own incompetence (as he admitted wanting to do on Larry King recently).

What makes observing Obama’s on-the-job training more egregious is his determination to taste every conceivable failure. He’s like the moth that can’t resist flying into the candle, again and again, till both wings are reduced to smoldering stumps. Yet, Barack’s genius for falling-short merely puts him into the pantheon of other notable Marxist leaders. The curious suicide impulse of socialist leaders to stagger from one banana skin to another is the topic of this essay.

Each epic Marxist leader, such as Lenin, Stalin, and Mao caused suffering, chaos and destruction at an unimaginable level. American leftist leaders like the insufferably self-righteous ex-president Jimmy Carter also have wrought misguided havoc in the name of the poor, downtrodden, and unpopular, at the price of capitalism. And now Barack Obama joins this august list. But what most people don’t know, because they cannot conceive of such profound evil, is Marxism and socialism, are predicated upon the collapse of capitalism. This, then, might put into context the various strange elements of Obama’s ruling style, which seems to specialize in condemnation of the greedy, but puts very little stock in the virtues of capitalism and the American way of life.

Why do Marxists always fail? Three reasons:
A rebellious nature that first draws them to socialism, being a total opposition to capitalism, freedom and human rights;

Normally, an utter lack of traditional leadership experience;
Typically, being blinded by megalomania; ie manic self-love.

Before listening to White House advisers Anita Dunn and Van Jones extolling Chairman Mao Zedong, we ought to recall leftist dictators probably murdered somewhere between 150-200 million innocent souls last century. Does that stand for nothing? Can anyone argue, in the face of such pure evil, that Mao, Stalin, or Lenin ought to be described as role models in any conceivable scenario?
Where does Barack Obama fit in here?

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