Budget deal

It looks like a major comprise has been reached regarding the debt ceiling and the budget. Although it is not a perfect deal by far, it may be something we can live with for now.

Many very Conservatives, especially Tea Party members, are decrying the compromise as a ‘sell-out’ by those Conservatives elected to the House in 2010. However, we must remember that it takes all three elements to get anything passed: the House, the Senate, and the Executive. Only the House is controlled by Republicans (and some of them are RINOs). The Republicans were also up against the media who were slanting the news in such a way that the Republicans were looking like stubborn politicians who only wanted to “give tax breaks to big business and throw grandma off the cliff.”

For anything to move forward there was going to have to be compromise. Tea Party Republicans are being vilified but to take a stand where everyone loses is not in anyone’s best interest. There was no way the Tea Party was going to get EVERYTHING their way but they were able to take significant steps towards getting more control on an out of control government.

Rather than continuing to gripe, moan, and complain about what didn’t happen, it is time for Conservatives to step up and celebrate the small victories. It is also time to start laying the foundation for future elections, especially the rapidly approaching 2012 elections. We need to work hard to maintain control of the House and then tackle the Senate and the Executive. We need more people in the Legislative Branch like Allen West, Marco Rubio, and Rand Paul. We need to work hard to make sure that Barack Obama is a one-term President. Then and only then can we truly make progress to fiscal responsibility.

Five Simple Sentences....important thoughts...

 These are possibly the 5 best sentences you will ever read:


1. You  cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by
legislating the wealth out of  prosperity.

2.  What one person receives without working for,
another  person must work for without receiving.

3. The  government cannot give to anybody anything that
the  government does not first take from somebody else.

4. You  cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.

5.  When half of the people get the idea that they do not
have  to work because the other half is going to take care
of  them, and when the other half gets the idea that it
does  no good to work, because somebody else is going
to  get what they work for, that is the beginning of the  
end of any  nation.

Can you think of a reason for not  sharing this?
Neither could  I...... 

You can’t legislate good parenting

This week a jury in Florida found defendant Casey Anthony not guilty of killing her two-year-old daughter, Caylee. Because of the circumstances surrounding this case and the fact that Casey Anthony did not report her daughter missing for over a month, many assumed her to be guilty.

Well, Casey Anthony was guilty. She was guilty of not being a good parent at the very least. Unfortunately bad parenting isn’t against the law of the land or the law of nature. Sometimes it seems that there should be a test before reproduction is allowed to take place, much like a test to see if one is smart enough to drive a car.

It is really hard to imagine any parent going for that length of time without calling authorities. Good parents would have called the police and would have been hysteric if a two-year-old was missing for minutes, let alone a month. Added to this, Casey partied to her heart’s content and did not seem to be actively looking for the missing child.

The United States was caught up in this drama and watched numerous television shows for months detailing every spoken word from the courtroom. When the verdict was handed down, the nation, for the most part, was outraged. People wanted to do something for Caylee. They wanted to see that little girl get some kind of justice, any justice.

Many states are now considering legislation, in light of this one case, to make it a crime to not report a child missing. Many are calling for a “Caylee’s Law.” This sounds good on the surface but a good parent does not need a law to tell them to report a missing child. A good parent knows how to parent.

Unfortunately we have become a society that encourages bad parenting. Teen mothers? No problem – high schools will allow teen moms to bring the little ones to school with them (and let someone else watch the child). Single mothers? No problem – welfare actually encourages and pays more for households when there are no responsible adult men around. Want to abandon your child? No problem – just drop the baby off at the fire or police station. Your child is an out of control little monster? Not your problem – it is society’s fault.

What we need is good common sense and solid family structure. Good parenting is learned from good examples not more legislation. We don’t need more laws that can’t or won’t be enforced.

~ Patty

There is no perfect candidate

Recently a conservative friend asked me “Why do Conservatives eat their own?” What he meant by that was that we tend to attack someone who might not share every point of view as our own.

Here is a big shocker for all to consider: There is no perfect candidate!

The race to replace Barack Obama as President of the United States has attracted quite the long list of Republican candidates. Each is developing a platform and each has agendas and ideas they would hope to implement if elected President.

Each has baggage as well.

What we don’t need is personal attacks on any of these potential candidates so early in the election season. The Democrats will attack and attack with a vengeance in due time. Republicans need to maintain a high ground amongst other Republicans. Recent televised debates were a welcome change from past attacks and praise for fellow Republicans was heard loudly and consistently from all participants. The media really didn’t like that. One moderator tried to provoke but to no avail. Kudos to the debate participants for this!

The other part of not having the perfect candidate comes during the actual general election. One way to assure that this current administration is awarded a second term it to pout and not vote simply because the Republican nominee “isn’t conservative enough” or “is too conservative” or “black” or “a woman” or whatever other stupid reason. Sometimes both candidates ‘stink’ and you just have to hold your nose and vote for the one who smells the least offense.

There were many, many Republicans who stayed home and didn’t vote in 2008 because they had issues with the McCain/Palin ticket. How did that work out?

~ Patty

Can't Clear the water til you get the pigs out...

An old West Virginia Hillbilly saying: You cannot get
the water to clear up until you get the pigs out of the creek.

*SOME OF YOU MAY APPRECIATE THIS AND SOME OF YOU MAY NOT.*
*I DO NOT APOLOGIZE FOR SENDING THIS BECAUSE OF IT'S TRUTH.*

*If any other of our presidents had doubled the
national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in
one year, would you have
approved?*

*If any other of our presidents had then proposed to
double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved? *

*If any other of our presidents had criticized a state
law that he admitted he never even read, would you think that he is just
an ignorant hot head? *

*If any other of our presidents joined the country of
Mexico and sued a state in the United States to force that state to
continue to allow illegal
immigration, would you question his patriotism and
wonder who's side he was on? *

*If any other of our presidents had pronounced the
Marine Corps like Marine Corpse, would you think him an idiot? *

*If any other of our presidents had put 87,000 workers
out of work by arbitrarily placing a moratorium on offshore oil drilling
on companies that
have one of the best safety records of any industry
because one foreign company had an accident, would you have agreed? *

*If any other of our presidents had used a forged
document as the basis of the moratorium that would render 87000 American
workers unemployed would you support him? *

*If any other of our presidents had been the first
President to need a Teleprompter installed to be able to get through a
press conference, would
you have laughed and said this is more proof of how
inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the
scenes? *

*If any other of our presidents had spent hundreds of
thousands of dollars to take his First Lady to a play in NYC, would you
have approved? *

*If any other of our presidents had reduced your
retirement plan holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a
majority stake in GM, would you have approved? *

*If any other of our presidents had made a joke at the
expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved? *

*If any other of our presidents had given Gordon Brown
a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown
had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you
have approved? *

*If any other of our presidents had given the Queen of
England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought
it a proud moment for America ? *

*If any other of our presidents had bowed to the King
of Saudi Arabia would you have approved? *

*If any other of our presidents had visited Austria and
made reference to the nonexistent "Austrian language," would you have
brushed it off as a
minor slip? *

*If any other of our presidents had filled his cabinet
and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in
their income taxes,
would you have approved? *

*If any other of our presidents had stated that there
were 57 states in the United States , wouldn't you have had second
thoughts about his capabilities?
*If any other of our presidents would have flown all
the way to Denmark to make a five minute speech about how the Olympics
would benefit him walking
out his front door in his home town, would you not have
thought he was a self-important, conceited, egotistical jerk. *

*If any other of our presidents had been so Spanish
illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican
ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to
flub it when he tried again, wouldn't you have winced in embarrassment? *

*If any other of our presidents had burned 9,000
gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you
have concluded he's a hypocrite?*

*If any other of our presidents' administrations had
okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet
fighter in downtown
Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have
wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11? *

*If any other of our presidents had failed to send
relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people
killed or made homeless than
in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major
ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence? *

*If any other of our presidents had created the
position of 32 Czars who report directly to him, bypassing the House and
Senate on much of what is
happening in America , would you have ever approved. *

*If any other of our presidents had ordered the firing
of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional
authority to do so, would you have approved? *

*So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes
him so brilliant and impressive? *

*Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all
this in 24 months -- so you have that much time to come up with an answer.*

*Every statement and action in this email is factual
and directly attributable to Barrack Hussein Obama. Every bungle is a
matter of record and completely verifiable. *
AND NOW, HE ACTUALLY WANTS US TO RE-ELECT HIM. 


WAKE UP AMERICA 2012 IS UPON US.


*"All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to
do nothing."*

Here comes the attacks

Michele Bachmann has formally announced her candidacy for President of the United States. As soon as the announcement had been made (and for some reporters, even before Congresswoman Bachmann's announcement), the attacks were starting. I even saw a post from one blogger who referenced her breasts!

Every slip of the tongue is magnified to make Michele Bachmann look stupid. Good luck with that, reporters. Congresswoman Bachmann is extremely intelligent and will prove each and everyone of those reporters wrong in the long run.

This brings us to the double standard in the media when it comes to women candidates for national office, regardless of the political affiliation.

When Sarah Palin was running for Vice President in 2008, the media attacked her with a viciousness never before seen in the United States. Her folksy manner of speaking was ridiculed. However, Joe Biden's profanity laced asides were just laughed off. Personally I would rather hear a "Golly gee" than the F-bomb that comes from the potty mouth of Vice President Biden.

Also in 2008 Hilary Clinton was running for the Democratic nomination for President. We heard constant attacks on her laugh, her attire (she of the pant suits - nothing wrong with that, really), and her thick ankles as ankles would have any bearing on her ability to lead. Although I would probably not agree with even a fraction of the issues with Ms. Clinton, how she looks and how she dresses should NEVER have been a topic for discussion.

In 1984, Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman to run for Vice President of the United States from either the Democratic or Republican parties. Perhaps we were more civil 27 years ago but I don't recall Ms. Ferraro being attacked like today's modern women. What is the difference? Perhaps it is because there are more news outlets and every one of them is vying for market share and feel the need to some how stand out. Here's an idea - how about we reward those reporters who take the high road and discuss qualifications and not personal attributes!

~ Patty

I like IKE means more than ever now...

When I was a kid, I couldn't understand why Eisenhower was so popular.  Maybe this will explain why. Sent by a friend.     General Eisenhower Warned Us.   It is a matter of history  that when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead. He did this because he said in words to this effect: 'Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened' This week, the UK debated whether to remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offends' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred. It is not removed as yet.. However, this is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving into it. It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended. This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the, six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians, and 1,900 Catholic priests Who were 'murdered, raped, burned, starved, beaten, experimented on and humiliated' while many in the world looked the other way! Now, more than ever, with Iran , among others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure the world never forgets.              This e-mail is intended to reach 400 million people! Be a link in the memorial chain and help distribute this around the world. How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center 'NEVER HAPPENED',                because it offends some Muslim??? Do not just delete this message; it will take only a minute to pass this along.       FREEDOM ISN'T FREE...SOMEONE HAD TO PAY FOR IT!

But it's not my fault.....

B-b-b-but it's his fault .... He started it"..... The Washington Post babbled again today about Obama inheriting a huge deficit from Bush. Amazingly enough, a lot of people swallow this nonsense. So once more, a short civics lesson. Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democratic Party. Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for FY 2008 and FY 2009 as well as FY 2010 and FY 2011. In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases. For FY 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the FY 2009 budgets. And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete FY 2009. Let's remember what the deficits looked like during that period: (below) If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the FY 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets. If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th. There is no way this will be widely publicized, Unless each of us sends it on! This is your chance to make a difference. Stay Focused, Connected, Informed & Inspired... Also don 't forget to forward to everyone you know..

Not the Hope and Change We wanted ????

____________________________________________________________

 

After two years of Obama ... Here's your change! January 2009 TODAY % chg Source Avg.. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S. $1.83 $3.44 84% 1 Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) $43..48 $99..02 127.7% 2 Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) $38..74 $91..38 135.9% 2 Gold: London (per troy oz.) $853.25 $1,369.50 60.5% 2 Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL $3.56 $6.33 78.1% 2 Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL $9.66 $13..75 42.3% 2 Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. Fob $13..37 $35..39 164.7% 2 Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall 7.6% 9.4% 23.7% 3 Unemployment rate, blacks 12.6% 15.8% 25.4% 3 Number of unemployed 11,616,000 14,485,000 24.7% 3 Number of fed. Employees 2,779,000 2,840,000 2.2% 3 Real median household income $50,112 $49,777 -0.7% 4 Number of food stamp recipients 31,983,716 43,200,878 35.1% 5 Number of unemployment benefit recipients 7,526,598 9,193,838 22.2% 6 Number of long-term unemployed 2,600,000 6,400,000 146.2% 3 Poverty rate, individuals 13.2% 14.3% 8.3% 4 People in poverty in U.S. 39,800,000 43,600,000 9.5% 4 U.S.. Rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings 5 9 n/a 10 Present Situation Index 29.9 23.5 -21.4% 11 Failed banks 140 164 17.1% 12 U.S.. Dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate 89.76 82.03 -8.6% 2 U.S.. Money supply, M1, in billions 1,575.1 1,865.7 18.4% 13 U.S.. Money supply, M2, in billions 8,310.9 8,852.3 6.5% 13 National debt, in trillions $10..627 $14..052 32.2% 14 Just take this last item: In the last two years we have accumulated national debt at a ratemore than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire nation's history.Over 27 times as fast. Metaphorically speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH and a car rockets past you in the left lane. 27 times faster, it would be doing 7,555 MPH! Sources:(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal; (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA; (6) U.S. Dept. Of Labor; (7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller; (9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board; (12) FDIC; (13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury THE PRESIDENCY SOME WILL APPRECIATE THIS AND SOME WILL NOT. HOWEVER, ALL OF IT IS TRUE. So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 24 months -- so you'll have one year and ten months to come up with an answer. Every statement in this email is factual and directly attributable to Barrack Hussein Obama. Every bumble is a matter of record and completely verifiable. EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS... I WONDER HOW MANY WILL FORWARD THIS ?

Atheists angry with street sign honoring 9-11 firefighters

In a neighborhood in New York City a new street sign has been erected to pay tribute to and to honor seven firefighters from Engine 202 and Ladder 101 firehouse who died on September 11, 2011; this sign is very near that firehouse. The new street sign is "Seven in Heaven Way."

Atheists in NYC are angered and are citing the United States Constitution and its "separation of Church and state" as a means to question the legality of the street sign. They go on to state that the concept of Heaven is "specifically Christian" and that the victims of the 9/11 attacks were not solely Christians.

Let's break all of this down:

• Of course the victims of 9/11 were not solely Christians. The attacks on the United States killed people from all backgrounds and religions and even, I suppose, some atheists.
• Heaven is not a specifically Christian concept. Many of the religions of the world have some concept of an afterlife whether it is called Heaven or Paradise or something else. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all directly refer to Heaven.
• Separation of Church and state isn't really a part of our United States Constitution. The first amendment in the Bill of Rights reads, in its entirety, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
• The street sign does not compel one to adapt a religion but rather the sign simply honors those seven heroes, all from this one firehouse.

There is a misconception that the United States Constitution forbids religion in public areas.

The first amendment does not say that - it says (reading it again) that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. It also says we can't have laws prohibiting the free exercise of religion. What has been interpreted as a ban on religion was actually a ban on a state religion such as what was in place in England in the 18th Century. In other words, Congress can not say that all citizens must be a member of a specific church. For instance, we don't all have to be Methodists. We can choose to be Baptists, or Catholic, or Jews, or Muslims, or Buddhists, or even Atheists. We are not to be forced into joining a particular religious group but on the other hand we are free to express our religious beliefs (the second part of that first amendment - the freedom of speech part).

So is this street sign in New York City violating the Constitution? Of course not. No one is coercing anyone to convert to Christianity or even mention the word Heaven. The atheists are free to look the other way if it offends them and since the street in question has another name, they are free to use "Richards Street" rather than "Seven in Heaven Way" when giving directions.

~ Patty

Another Great Opinion

I didn't write this, but see nothing wrong with it. 

Put me in charge of food stamps. I'd get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans, blocks of cheese and all the powdered milk you can haul away.  If you want steak and frozen pizza, then get a job.

Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I'd do is to get women Norplant birth control implants or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs, alcohol, nicotine and document all tattoos and piercings. If you want to reproduce or use drugs, alcohol, smoke or get tats and piercings, then get a job.

Put me in charge of government housing.  Ever live in a military barracks? You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair.  Your "home" will be subject to inspections anytime and possessions will be inventoried. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your own place.

In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or you will report to a "government" job. It may be cleaning the roadways of trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you.

Before you write that I've violated someone's rights, realize that all of the above is voluntary. If you want our money, accept our rules.

Before you say that this would be "demeaning" and ruin their "self esteem," consider that it wasn't that long ago that taking someone else's money for doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self esteem.

If we are expected to pay for other people's mistakes we should at least attempt to make them learn from their bad choices.  The current system rewards them for continuing to make mistakes and bad choices.

AND while you are on Government subsistence, you no longer can VOTE!  Yes, that is correct.  For you to vote would be a conflict of interest. You will voluntarily remove yourself from the voting rolls while you are receiving a Government welfare check. If you want to vote, then get a job. 

Assuring Obama is a One-Term President

The race is on. Several people have stepped forward and expressed an interest in or have already filed papers to run for the Republican nomination and be the candidate that will challenge Barack Obama in 2012.

After watching the two televised debates thus far, I can tell you that all who participated in debates, either in South Carolina or New Hampshire, would make a much better president than what Obama has been so far, and, truthfully, I don't see him improving in the next 18 months.

I also really liked the debate participants attacking Obama and his policies and not each other. Any ammo used by Republicans against Republicans is ammo the Democrats can also use against Republicans.

If we all agree that we don't want to see Obama in the White House until January of 2017 then we must stand behind whatever candidate is chosen by the voters in the primaries. In 2008 there were many who were upset with either John McCain or Sarah Palin or both. There were some who sent a message and voted for Barack Obama simply because they didn't like the Republican ticket. I ask you "how did that work out for you?"

Everyone has issues. The job of an intelligent electorate is to chose the best candidate, not the perfect candidate.

~ Patty