And the economy is exactly where they said it would be WITHOUT the taxpayer shafting stimulus package.
Apparently the whole stimulus thing was for naught. Debt for generations without any decent result.
Great.
Monthly Archives: May 2009
No due process….not innocent until proven guilty
THIS is gonna be ugly in a year or two……First they will call anyone they don’t like a “suspected terrorist”. Then they will expand the things that they can hold up (other than transferring a firearm) to end up where if you aren’t in favor of something the government does, and are vocal about it, they can prevent you from operating a car (by not letting you renew your driver’s license, or whatever they want like travel from your state, simply in the name of security. “Appropriately suspected” my ass.
Eric Holden SHOULD not even let this bill see the light of day. as it is unconstitutional…..But he will let it and it could pass.
No right to face your accuser or the charges. Just your name on a list with the reasons redacted….If you have evidence that someone is a terrorist then charge them, if not, then leave them alone.
“First they came for for the Jews…and I remained silent…….”
See the rest here if you need to educate yourself.
And think about dusting off that rope if your congressman votes for it. I bet you have a tree handy……..
As the Western Rifle Shooter’s Association says:
“Build a politician a fire, and he will be warm for a day.
Set a politician on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.”
Kinda hard to argue with ain’t it?
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“I have no problem with rich people who supported Barack Obama, but those who express surprise at his class warfare political chatter and passion for the regulation of business simply were not paying attention.”
Visit TigerHawk. for the rest of the story.
Sure hope that those that voted for Mr. O enjoy the “Change” that they voted for. It’s no surprise for most of us who voted against him. I can see the folks who had nothing and therefore nothing to lose. But well educated, intelligent, hard working people? WTF were they thinking? It’s nopt like he has changed his spots or anything. He’s being what he is….A socialist.
At least we have a politician who is actually following up on his campaign promises…..For whatever that might be worth.
More from Thomas Paine
Worth watching, and a good idea.
I’m up for it.
How about you?
It worked in the 60’s and 70’s. Hell, it even got us to give up in Vietnam….
Might work this time too. If nothing else it’ll shake up Mr Obama and his minions.
Theft writ large
More on the Chrysler ripoff bailout:
Via Hot Air:
| We have two more updates to the Chrysler bankruptcy story, neither particularly surprising but rather depressing nonetheless.
First, the bankruptcy court has revealed the list of senior creditors objecting to the deal the Obama administration attempted to cram down their throats through threats of public attacks. How long before someone arranges another AIG-style rich-hunt (h/t HA reader Geoff A)? The names of nine dissident Chrysler debt holders were disclosed Wednesday, but a number of others chose to avoid the spotlight first put on them a week ago when President Barack Obama publicly chastised them for not supporting his plan for the automaker. The nine lenders, which include previously disclosed members Stairway Capital Management and OppenheimerFunds Inc., represent just $295 million of Chrysler’s total of $6.9 billion of secured debt. Previously, lawyers for the group estimated its size at 20 members with about $1 billion in debt. The shrinking numbers attest to the real power of a “madman theory of the Presidency” on investors. So far, it appears that the creditors have decided to continue in opposition to the plan, but they are now down to a small minority of the overall senior creditor interest. My guess is that the judge rolls over them fairly quickly. Of course, that’s what has happened to the American taxpayer under this plan, too, although Barack Obama seems awfully quiet about it. The administration buried the fact that they don’t expect repayment on any of the TARP funds granted to Chrysler, and won’t even keep a position in the company for any extended period of time. The American taxpayer literally will get nothing for the billions of dollars showered on Chrysler, from which the UAW and FIAT will benefit the most. Henry Blodgett says, “Suckers!” The White House confirmed yesterday that the $8 billion in “bridge loans” the U.S. taxpayer has given to Chrysler over the past six months, including $4 billion in bankruptcy financing, won’t be paid back. Taxpayers also won’t be getting a big slug of Chrysler stock in exchange. Instead, the wreckage of Chrysler will be divided up among Fiat, Chrysler’s unions, and Chrysler’s debtholders. Which means that the taxpayers’ $8 billion was just a gift to these three consitituencies. Blodgett wonders whether the Obama administration will explain its “gift” to the saps who paid for it. I’d say that the explanation is obvious. The White House wanted to pay off the UAW and used the shell of Chrysler to do it. That’s not the work of a madman, but a calculated political act. And ANOTHER: “The administration isn’t kowtowing to the unions; it’s trying to prevent massive job loss. Chrysler employs about 60,000 people. This is a rounding error in the number of jobs that have been lost since this recession began. To put it another way, we could have taken the $8 billion or so we gave to Chrysler and given every one of the company’s employees $133,000 to start their own War on Poverty, while still providing much of their pensions through the PBGC. Of cours, the new Chrysler is going to cut many of those jobs, so the cost of actual jobs saved will probably top $200K per. For as long as the company lasts. Which most analysts do not expect to be long, given that their super secret surprise scheme for turning everything around is to have Chrysler sell retooled Fiats to a country with one-seventh the population density and almost twice the birthrate of Italy.” As Insty says…Read the whole thing. |
The weight of your carry gun is ligher than the weight of the regret you might carry for the rest of your life…..
Go HERE or HERE to learn why we should all own a firearm and know how (and especially when!) to use it.
This is the type of scenario that makes me suggest to every firearm owner the following:
Practice,
Practice,
Practice!
Having a firearm is not in itself a skill. You must learn how to handle it. If you don’t know, get instruction. Having the knowledge, the muscle memory and the hand eye coordination that comes with practice (and more practice and more after that) is what allows people to overcome the fear and the shock of a situation……and get the job done. You have to keep those skills sharp too. Hone them at least monthly. Further, you need to take the time to think where when and how you will deploy your firearm. Game out scenarios in common social situations and environments. At the bank, the grocery store, the Kwiki-Mart etc. Plan your cover and concealment (if applicable to the location). No plan you can make will survive the first few seconds of an actual encounter as details of the situation will always be different, but you will have the advantage of having thought things through, which is more than most people ever do.
If you can in your AO, get a CCL and carry. But even if you can’t (such as in Illinois), still have the forethought to plan what happens in your home. Room by room plan things out.
It could save your life…..or even more important, the life of a loved one.
Become a sheepdog!
Or learn to say BAAAAHHHH.
Your choice.
Israel ain’t kidding
They are gonna bail on things if Obama doesn’t keep the status quo as to Israel and the Islamic states that threaten them.
I’d bail, were I them, because Obama is gonna hang them out to dry anyway….
More HERE.
I guess it comes down to “either you fix it, or we will”.
My guess is that Mr. Obama won’t step up. So the state of Irael will do what is best for the state of Israel.
Bet that the rest of the islamic states just stand there and watch, as they are effectively powerless to stop it.
They will cry and moan, and scream about the innocent people killed and the violation of airspace and all that, but in the end, they will respect Israel as a worthy adversary, rather than a pushover like the US under Mr. Obama.
Of course, we all know that the Iranians are only enriching uranium for peaceful purposes. We can trust ’em….sure we can……they haven’t ever broken promises before.
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SO the money that the taxpayers gave to Chrysler does not get paid back…..EVER. We the people get fucked and the unions and the fatcats get kissed. We’d have done better to burn the money….
NICE. Where can I get a deal like that???? Read the article….notice that the entire amount of money spent on the Big 3 could have purchased all of their competitors…..
Theft on a grand enough scale and it isn’t theft apparently.
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Crap!
I finally get the tractor to start, and I find this>>>>
Now I gotta wait about 2 weeks to use it.
Damned robins.
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Interesting comments on Cap and Trade…
“Think back to 1905.
The Wright brothers had just made history. Coal and wood heated homes. Few had telephones or electricity. AC units were handheld fans. Ice blocks cooled ice boxes. New York City collected 900,000 tons of vehicle emissions – horse manure – annually, and dumped it into local rivers. Lung and intestinal diseases were rampant. Life expectancy was 47.
Today, President 
And:
“In 1862 the Civil War was raging. Nine of ten Americans were farmers (versus 2% today). The industrial revolution was in its infancy. Malaria halted construction on the Washington, DC aqueduct. Typhus and cholera killed thousands more every year. Life expectancy was 40 – half of what affordable hydrocarbon, hydroelectric and nuclear power helped make it today. “
I betcha that the “elite” will not reduce their lifestyle to accommodate a reduced carbon footprint….A la AlGore’s huge energy gobbling mansion and houseboat…and private jets to all those lectures he gives….
But the rest of us……?
I bet that there is a population reduction thought in there somewhere too….
If the cap and trade reduction thing is gonna work, it’s gotta be global (not that I think it’s needed, but that’s another discussion for another time…) The US’s per capita and per acre emissions are lower that India and China….No matter what we do, they dwarf our emissions.
So what exactly is he trying to accomplish? Just more tax revenue???