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The issue of HOPE

2009-06-15T18:27:00.000-07:00

He that lives upon hope ... will die fasting.

Benjamin Franklin

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Which of these two men will you have faith in?

Biden Speaks

2009-06-15T09:59:00.001-07:00

Biden says 'everyone guessed wrong' on jobs number

MR. GREGORY: But the point of the stimulus was it would stop the unemployment picture from getting worse, right? Wasn't that the claim?

VICE PRES. BIDEN: And it has.

MR. GREGORY: It has?

VICE PRES. BIDEN: It's not getting worse.

MR. GREGORY: ... Dr. Romer from the White House, the assertion was that you could keep unemployment at 8 percent and then it would go down after that. In fact, it's now at 9.4 percent.

MR. GREGORY: But the, but this package was sold on the premise that it would in fact keep unemployment at 8 percent. It's exceeded that...

VICE PRES. BIDEN: It wasn't sold on that. It was sold on it would create...

MR. GREGORY: That's what the report said, Mr. Vice President.

VICE PRES. BIDEN: Everyone guessed wrong, at the time the estimate was made, about what the state of the economy was at the moment this was passed. Now, we're going to recalibrate this in terms of what we've inherited, what in fact is going on out there.

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HERE'S THE PROBLEM, OBAMA HAS NEVER CREATED OR SAVED ONE JOB IN HIS LIFE, LET ALONE MILLIONS. HE SIMPLY DOESN'T KNOW HOW. ALL HE'S DOING IS GUESSING AND WE CAN NOT TRUST HIM.

Obama hurting unemployed

2009-06-15T08:51:00.000-07:00

Obama Screws "Mom & Pop"

2009-06-15T03:53:00.000-07:00

In the GM Bankruptcy, the Obama administration is forcing Main Street ... yes that's you and me folks ... to accept 10% of GM, while the Canadian/US Government gets 69% and Obama's Union Thugs get as much as 20%.

Obama ... you screw with our Families ... we will repay you come election day.

US Unemployment Rate

2009-06-14T15:15:00.000-07:00

US Unemployment Rate Gallops Ahead of Expectations

June 7 2009

The White House says America's employment picture is worse than the Obama administration had anticipated just a few months ago. The somber admission follows the latest jobless report showing the highest unemployment rate the United States has seen in more than 25 years.

Alabama Republican Senator Richard Shelby was asked if the United States is headed towards a form of socialism. Shelby noted that GM is just the latest private corporation to fall under government control since the financial crisis struck last year.

"They [federal officials] intervened last fall in the bank crisis," said Senator Shelby. "No one has ever done it on that scale before. Now the automobile crisis. There is no doubt that we are going to government intervention everywhere, government ownership [that is] unprecedented in this country. It is a slippery slope."

Obama & Unemployment

2009-06-14T14:28:00.000-07:00

Obama was Inaugurated Jan. 20th 2009

UNEMPLOYMENT SINCE THE

"OBAMA REIGN OF ERROR"

HAS DOUBLED

Barney Frank tells CNBC's Mark Haines "This Interview is Over".

2009-06-14T14:21:00.000-07:00

Obama Controled Media Gets Frazzled

2009-06-14T14:11:00.000-07:00

Media Elite Bows To His Master

2009-06-04T02:09:00.000-07:00

What Obama is doing ... is insane

2009-05-29T18:13:00.000-07:00

What ... Me Worry ... ?

Taxpayers are on the hook for an extra $55,000 a household ...

Leap in U.S. debt saddles taxpayers

Each household 12% deeper in red

By Dennis Cauchon
USA TODAY

Taxpayers are on the hook for an extra $55,000 a household to cover rising federal commitments made just in the past year for retirement benefits, the national debt and other government promises, a USA TODAY analysis shows.

The 12% rise in red ink in 2008 stems from an explosion of federal borrowing during the recession, plus an aging population driving up the costs of Medicare and Social Security.

That's the biggest leap in the long-term burden on taxpayers since a Medicare prescription drug benefit was added in 2003.

The latest increase raises federal obligations to a record $546,668 per household in 2008, according to the USA TODAY analysis. That's quadruple what the average U.S. household owes for all mortgages, car loans, credit cards and other debt combined.

"We have a huge implicit mortgage on every household in America — except, unlike a real mortgage, it's not backed up by a house," says David Walker, former U.S. comptroller general, the government's top auditor.

USA TODAY used federal data to compute all government liabilities, from Treasury bonds to Medicare to military pensions.

Bottom line: The government took on $6.8 trillion in new obligations in 2008, pushing the total owed to a record $63.8 trillion.

The numbers measure what's needed today — set aside in a lump sum, earning interest — to pay benefits that won't be covered by future taxes.

Congress can reduce or increase the burden by changing laws that determine taxes and benefits for programs such as Medicare and Social Security.

Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., says exploding debt has focused attention on the government's financial challenges. "More and more, people are worried about our fiscal future," he says.

Key federal obligations:

•Social Security: It will grow by 1 million to 2 million beneficiaries a year from 2008 through 2032, up from 500,000 a year in the 1990s, its actuaries say. Average benefit: $12,089 in 2008.

•Medicare. More than 1 million a year will enroll starting in 2011 when the first Baby Boomer turns 65. Average 2008 benefit: $11,018.

•Retirement programs. Congress has not set aside money to pay military and civil servant pensions or health care for retirees. These unfunded obligations have increased an average of $300 billion a year since 2003 and now stand at $5.3 trillion.

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Nahhh ... Don't worry ... Be Happy ... Obama is in total control ...

What Obams says ...

2009-03-09T18:23:00.000-07:00

... nobody would be happier than me to stay out of (the market)

"Well, I just think it’s clear by the time we got here, there already had been an enormous infusion of taxpayer money into the financial system. And the thing I constantly try to emphasize to people if that coming in, the market was doing fine, nobody would be happier than me to stay out of it. I have more than enough to do without having to worry the financial system. The fact that we’ve had to take these extraordinary measures and intervene is not an indication of my ideological preference, but an indication of the degree to which lax regulation and extravagant risk taking has precipitated a crisis."

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Anyone care to bet Obama won't remain happy "to stay out of it"?

Mark this post.

Well ... we are off !

2009-03-02T18:45:00.000-08:00

Obama beats early retreat on promise to fight pork

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite campaign promises to take a machete to lawmakers' pet projects, President Barack Obama is quietly caving to funding nearly 8,000 of them this year, drawing a stern rebuke Monday from his Republican challenger in last fall's election.

"So much for the promise of change," McCain said in the first of many assaults he is likely to make against pork-barrel spending this year.

White House Budget Director Peter Orsazg said Sunday that the new administration wants to "move on ... get this bill done, get it into law and move forward."

Obama is hardly the first president to promise to make Congress change its pork-barreling ways, and he certainly won't be the last. But he is the first to retreat so quickly, after only six weeks in the White House.

I wonder ... how many more campaign promises Obama will break before the American People wake up ?

Arizona Tea Party

2009-03-02T18:17:00.000-08:00

No more bail outs

Our children cannot afford them

At least some people are geting it ...

2009-03-01T14:40:00.000-08:00

Up North Conservative

This is funny ...

2009-03-01T13:19:00.000-08:00

In one of those silly online polls, people were asked:

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It's been a long week and you've decided to have a date night. Who would you pick to babysit your kids?

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid President Barack Obama

And the winner is ....

91.06% Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee
1.02% Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani
0.23% Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
7.69% President Barack Obama

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Hee Hee Hee ... 92% of the American People wouldn't trust Obama, even for a few hours, with their kids!

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What I can't understand is why they would trust him spending trillions upon trillions of their future ...

Global Warming Headline News March 1st 2009

2009-03-01T09:28:00.000-08:00

Snow blankets most of Alabama in winter storm

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A rare March snow blanketed much of Alabama and winter storm warnings are in effect along the East Coast.

Scott Unger of the National Weather Service office in Birmingham says a winter storm warning for Alabama is in effect until 3 p.m. Sunday mostly for several northern and eastern counties — with much of the rest of the state under a winter storm advisory.

Unger says snow accumulations could reach up to five inches in some areas of Alabama.

The weather service says winter storm warnings are in effect from northern Georgia and the Carolinas through the Mid-Atlantic states into New England. Forecasters warn that eight to 14 inches of snow is possible in the Philadelphia area.

Nor'easter could dump more than 6 inches of snow on Boston

A nor'easter headed up the coast is expected to drop six or more inches of snow by Monday morning on most of southern New England, starting Sunday evening, forecasters said.

After a brief spell of milder weather, Old Man Winter is making a comeback. Boston is expected to see 6.6 inches of snow by 7 p.m. Monday. Some areas in the interior could get as much as a foot, according to the National Weather Service.

Where Is That Damned Global Warming ~ When You Need It???

Obama Spends !

2009-02-26T21:50:00.000-08:00

Obama Shifts Course with $3.5 Trillion Budget

President Obama's $3.5 trillion budget proposal, the largest in history, presents a dramatic break from policy and a shift in governmental priorities.

Much of the spending is being done with money the government does not have, creating a $1.75 trillion deficit next year alone.

"The president's beginning to make President Bush look like a piker when it comes to spending," House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner of Ohio said.

Almost $1 trillion of the spending, $989 billion, comes from new taxes ... Obama will also push an additional $353 billion in new tax hikes on businesses.

"So, if you've got a restaurant or you have a small business and you're getting hit now with a tax rate that's going to jump from 35 percent up to 41 percent. Well, where do you, where do you pay for that? You lay people off," he said.

Protest (and stop) the tax increases proposed by big-spending politicians at the federal, state, and local levels

2009-02-25T17:52:00.001-08:00

Dear Arizona Taxpayer:

Join the Arizona chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP), allied pro-taxpayer organizations, and hundreds of activists for an Arizona Taxpayer Tea Party, this Friday, February 27, at noon at the Tempe Beach Park to protest (and stop) the tax increases proposed by big-spending politicians at the federal, state, and local levels. Wally the (Empty) Taxpayer Wallet will also be in attendance.

Two weeks ago, AFP delivered to Congress over 430,000 names of Americans who signed AFP’s NoStimulus.com petition. The liberals in Washington went ahead and passed the Spendulus package, but American taxpayers are now mobilized for the next fight.

And there are plenty of fights coming.

Obama, Pelosi and Reid are continuing the Bush-Paulson tradition of using your tax dollars to bail out people who got themselves into bad mortgages.

Gov. Jan Brewer and the majority in the Arizona Legislature have held firm thus far against raising taxes to fix the gigantic state deficit caused by over-spending. They are, however, taking heavy political flak from the spending lobbies and newspaper editors, and will need our help during the budget battles in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, cash-hungry local politicians are raising property tax levies.

Join us in sending a powerful message to the politicians, special interests, and the mainstream media by taking part in the Arizona Taxpayer Tea Party.

Our initial meetup will be at 11:45 a.m. at the Tempe Beach Park, west of the Mill Avenue Bridge. A parking lot is available next to the park, on Rio Salado Parkway.

Map:

Please let us know you will attend by sending an email to infoAZ@afphq.org.

18th-century attire welcome. Tar and feathers optional.

For Liberty,

Tom Jenney
Arizona Director
Americans for Prosperity

This Is Important ...

2009-02-25T16:11:00.000-08:00

Compare ...
Dow Jones Industrial Average vs Gold
Since The Election

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Dow Down 20%

Gold Up 35%

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Why Do People Buy Gold?

It's easy to answer the question "Why buy gold?" U.S. consumers are seeing their buying power dwindle and unemployment rates rise as the government deploys crazy tactics in a hopeless effort to slow deflationary economic pressures.

If you follow the news you heard President Barack Obama publicly warn that the US economy was "very sick" and "the situation is worsening."

According to a November 30, 2008 Los Angeles Times report, the Federal Reserve had, by that date, actually loaned, committed, and guaranteed amounts totaling over $8.5 trillion. Minimal fiscal improvements have surfaced from these government tactics. Subsequently in 2009, the US budget deficit will exceed $1 trillion while the national debt will pass $11 trillion.

This news is sending thinking investors into gold as they wait for an inflationary time bomb to drop . . . Consider this scenario:

The slowdown of the US economy is evidently cyclical, moving from less buying power to lost jobs and less demand for goods. To stimulate buying, the Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates dramatically to free up credit and stimulate purchasing. Resulting low bond yields will eventually cease to draw foreign investors, who fear the purchase of diluted dollars.

The Treasury will print more dollars to buy up bonds, diluting the dollar's value even more. A hyperinflation cocktail is about to be served.

That's reason enough to protect your buying power with gold, but there's more…

China and other Asian countries are still lending the US money and buying up its bonds, but to a lesser degree in past year. Their buying will continue only as long as consumers and businesses buy sizable amounts of Asian goods and services.

With bank credit lines frozen and unemployment rising dramatically, US consumer buying power continues its erosion as spending systematically decreases. Foreign investment holders may soon catch on to US inflation worries and sell off their dollar-denominated reserves, moving to more stable currencies. Some already have. Massive Treasury sell-offs could lead to dollar freefalls and interest rate spikes, then hyperinflation. The dollar would be worthless, wiping out American savings and retirement accounts in unprecedented amounts.

So why buy gold?

Buy gold as an investment. Buy gold as a hedge against inflation. Buy gold to preserve wealth.

Statistics show the only asset groups making gains in 2008 were Treasuries, corporate bonds, and gold.

Historically, the value of gold has risen with inflation, outperforming other investment vehicles during periods of economic turbulence. Even during hardy economic times, gold often finds its way into a prudent investor's portfolio.

Many leading economist find today's financial landscape comparable to that of the Great Depression-even Weimar Germany. Now is absolutely the time to begin thinking about moving assets to gold, before the dollar writes itself into history's books as the next great fiat currency collapse.

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If Obama-nomics succeeds, Gold will fall & stocks will rise.

Obama Speaks ...

2009-02-25T04:10:00.000-08:00

Obama warns of more financial pain to come

US President Barack Obama has used his first address to Congress to warn that more taxpayer money may be needed to bail out American banks.

As concerns over the health of US banks gripped markets, Mr Obama acknowledged a recent plan to shore up financial institutions choked with bad assets "will require significant resources from the federal government - and yes, probably more than we've already set aside."

Obama also said he would not allow the near bankrupt US auto industry to collapse, saying millions of jobs and scores of communities depended on it. "I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it,"

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The Republicans have been swift with their response in a televised rebuttal issued by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.

"Democratic leaders say their legislation will grow the economy. What it will do is grow the government, increase our taxes down the line and saddle future generations with debt,"

"Who amongst us would ask our children for a loan so we could spend money we do not have on things we do not need. That is precisely what the Democrats in Congress just did."

Obama ... you just don't get it!!!

The Dow Jones Industrial Average Since Obama Elected

2009-02-24T03:51:00.000-08:00

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The Dow

11/4/08 - 9,711.46
2/23/09 - 7,092.64

DOWN 27%

Thank You Barack !

WE LOVE YOU !!!

Hillary Rodham Clinton ... Then & Now

2009-02-23T16:53:00.000-08:00

Senator Clinton Hints She'll Make America's Debt a Campaign Issue

March 2, 2007

Senator Clinton's renewed push to reduce America's dependency on foreign-held debt is raising questions about whether economic protectionism and further restrictions on free trade will emerge as a prominent theme in the race for the White House.

"Obviously, the level of our debt that is now held by central banks and foreign government is a problem. And I don't want the administration to ignore this wake-up call and just hit the snooze button again."

Mrs. Clinton said the increase in foreign-owned debt coupled with the loss of manufacturing jobs and the increased dependence on foreign-made products is creating a "slow erosion of our own economic sovereignty."

Clinton urges China to keep buying Treasury bond

Feb. 22, 2009

BEIJING – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Washington and Beijing must work together if the world is to rebound from the financial crisis and she wants the Chinese to remain committed to investing in America.

"I don't think it's realistic to expect that we will see global recovery without Chinese and American cooperation and leadership," she said during an interview Sunday with the popular talk show "One on One."

With the export-heavy Chinese economy reeling from the U.S. downturn, Clinton has sought in meetings with President Hu Jintao, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Premier Wen Jiabao to reassure Beijing that its massive holdings of U.S. Treasury notes and other government debt would remain a solid investment.

I wonder ... do the Chinese think this woman is as insane as we Americans do?

The key thing for the American people to realize is ...

2009-02-22T21:44:00.000-08:00

Don't get caught up in all the numbers. Just remember, it's your money. When politicians spend, they get it from you. And if they say they're going to give you a free lunch, just remember, they're using your credit card, your money...... You're eventually going to be getting the bill.
Steve Forbes

Listen to Robert Gibbs reply ...

2009-02-21T09:49:00.000-08:00

"The majority of the American people apparently support blocking or making major changes to the Stimulus Bill according to a Gallop Poll, are you worried at all that you've lost control of the process on how this Bill is received?"

Robert Gibbs ... what an ELITIST SNOB

Rock On Rick!

2009-02-20T21:52:00.000-08:00

Thanks Renee!

2009-02-20T21:47:00.001-08:00

The trouble with socialism ... is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

~ Margaret Thatcher

Obama Signs ... Stocks Swoon

2009-02-17T14:42:00.000-08:00

Various Headlines

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Wall Street tumbles in early trading
Stocks are tumbling in early trading, with investors uneasy about the government's ability to turn the still-weakening economy around. ...

Stocks tumble on Wall Street
Stocks tumbled on Wall Street on Tuesday as investors grew more doubtful that the government can quickly turn around the still-weakening US economy. ...

US stocks tumble to 3-month low
US stocks plunged yesterday morning as investors are concerned that the stimulus package would not be enough to revive the economy. ...

Stocks slump despite stimulus
Dow ends at 3-month lows, with Wall Street sliding even as President Obama signed into law the $787 billion economic stimulus plan. ...

US stocks dive
NEW YORK - US STOCKS dived on Tuesday as investors worried about whether government remedies would cure the sick economy ...

Traders discount stimulus effects, send stocks down 4%
Stimulus, schmimulus. Wall Street sees no instant gratification for the economy or financial sector, so traders sold heavily today.

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The Obama Damage:

S&P 500 off 4.5%
Dow Jones down 3.8%
Nasdaq shed 4.1%
Gold up 3.13%

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Way To Go Barack ... !!!

Obama says it wont be enough ...

2009-02-17T13:50:00.000-08:00

Signing Stimulus Bill, Obama Does Not Rule Out Another

February 17, 2009

President Obama has not ruled out a second stimulus package, his press secretary, Robert Gibbs, said on Tuesday, just before Mr. Obama signed his $787 billion recovery package into law with a statement that it would “set our economy on a firmer foundation.”

While “there are no particular plans at this point for a second stimulus package,” he added, “I wouldn’t foreclose it.”

Barney Frank Wants More Money

2009-02-16T12:21:00.000-08:00

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$50 Billion to Help People Pay Their Mortgages May Not Be Enough

Monday, February 16, 2009

House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D.-Mass.) said Sunday he does not think the $50 billion in tax dollars the Obama administration intends to use to help people pay their mortgages will be enough.

Meanwhile, on “Fox News Sunday” hosted by Chris Wallace, Obama adviser David Axelrod suggested the $50 billion mortgage bailout could double to $100 billion.

Obama Advisers Say Financial Crisis Will Cost More

2009-02-16T12:07:00.000-08:00

Paul Volcker, chairman of the president's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, told senators it's going to cost "lots more billions of dollars" to deal with the meltdown.

"It's going to cost more money to deal with this financial crisis," Paul Volcker, chairman of the president's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, told members of the Senate banking committee. "It's going to be lots more billions of dollars."

Earlier, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the government will have to do "substantially more" to address the crisis.

Muslim Television Channel Founder Charged With Beheading His Wife

2009-02-16T11:50:00.000-08:00

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Muzzammil Hassan, who founded Bridges TV in November 2004 to counter anti-Islam stereotypes, surrendered to police Thursday.

"Every day on television we are barraged by stories of a 'Muslim extremist, militant, terrorist, or insurgent,'" Hassan said in the 2004 release. "But the stories that are missing are the countless stories of Muslim tolerance, progress, diversity, service and excellence that Bridges TV hopes to tell."

Bastards ...

2009-02-16T04:11:00.000-08:00

Stimulus Verdict: A $3.27 Trillion Porker

Congressional Budget Office reports the actual figure is now closer to $3.27 trillion.

The plan has more than $3 billion in “neighborhood stabilization” and Community Development Block Grant funding, much of which may go to benefit ACORN, a low-income housing and voter registration “community” organization that is under federal investigation for its suspicious voter registration practices.

UNBELIEVABLE ...

Federal obligations exceed world GDP

2009-02-14T17:27:00.000-08:00

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Does $65.5 trillion terrify anyone yet?

February 13, 2009

As the Obama administration pushes through Congress its $800 billion deficit-spending economic stimulus plan, the American public is largely unaware that the true deficit of the federal government already is measured in trillions of dollars, and in fact its $65.5 trillion in total obligations exceeds the gross domestic product of the world.

The total U.S. obligations, including Social Security and Medicare benefits to be paid in the future, effectively have placed the U.S. government in bankruptcy, even before new continuing social welfare obligation embedded in the massive spending plan are taken into account.

"The federal government's deficit is hemorrhaging at a pace which threatens the viability of the financial system," Williams added. "The popularly reported 2009 [deficit] will clearly exceed $2 trillion on a cash basis and that full amount has to be funded by Treasury borrowing.

"It's not likely this will happen without the Federal Reserve acting as lender of last resort for the Treasury by buying Treasury debt and monetizing the debt," he said.

"Monetizing the debt" is a term used to signify that the Federal Reserve will be required simply to print cash to meet the Treasury debt obligations, acting in this capacity only because the Treasury cannot sell the huge of amount debt elsewhere.

"Truthfully," Williams pointed out, "there is no Social Security 'lock-box.' There are no funds held in reserve today for Social Security and Medicare obligations that are earned each year. It's only a matter of time until the public realizes that the government is truly bankrupt and no taxes are being held in reserve to pay in the future the Social Security and Medicare benefits taxpayers are earning today."

"Shy of the government severely slashing social welfare programs, federal deficits of this magnitude are beyond any hope of containment, government or otherwise," he said.

"Put simply, there is no way the government can possibly pay for the level of social welfare benefits the federal government has promised unless the government simply prints cash and debases the currency, which the government will increasingly be doing this year," Williams said, explaining in more detail why he feels the government is now in the process of monetizing the federal debt.

"Social Security and Medicare must be shown as liabilities on the federal balance sheet in the year they accrue according to GAAP accounting," Williams argues. "To do otherwise is irresponsible, nothing more than an attempt to hide the painful truth from the American public. The public has a right to know just how bad off the federal government budget deficit situation really is, especially since the situation is rapidly spinning out of control.

"The federal government is bankrupt," Williams told WND. "In a post-Enron world, if the federal government were a corporation such as General Motors, the president and senior Treasury officers would be in federal penitentiary."

THANK GOD I NEVER HAD CHILDREN ...

I'm Gunna Follow Three Things Durring The Obama Reign ...

2009-02-14T16:55:00.000-08:00

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The Stock Market

US Unemployment

US Misery Index

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Dow Jones Industrial Average

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Nov 4th 2008 ~ Election Day
8,693.96

Feb 13th 2009 ~ Friday The 13th
7,850.41
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Down 11% in Three Months!

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Americans Unemployed

Nov 2008 - 6.8
Dec 2008 - 7.2
Jan 2009 - 7.6

Up 12% in Three Months!

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US Misery Index

Nov 2008 - 7.77
Dec 2008 - 7.29
Jan 2009 - 7.63

Down 2% in Three Months!

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LET'S SEE HOW WE DO ...

OBAMA ... THE BALL IS ALL IN YOUR COURT NOW.

Monday Will Be A Tragic Day For America ...

2009-02-14T13:51:00.000-08:00

Obama will sign the Porkulus Bill On Monday ... ahemm ... Presidents Day.

God Help Us All

SURPRISE! Dems Break Promise ...

2009-02-13T18:07:00.000-08:00

Stimulus Bill to Floor Friday

02/12/2009

In a press conference Thursday, the House Republican leadership spoke candidly about being kept out of the House-Senate conference on the Obama-Pelosi-Reid so-called “economic stimulus” bill. They confirmed they had not yet seen the text of the bill as of 4 p.m.

Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he was unsure how many Democrats would vote with Republicans again on this bill but that he thought Republicans “may get a few” Democrats to side with them. The fact that the Demos have now broken their promise to have the public able to see the bill for 48 hours may drive more Dems into the Republican camp.

“[I] don’t know, ‘cause they haven’t seen the bill either,” Boehner said.

“The American people have a right to know what’s in this bill,” Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind) told HUMAN EVENTS after the press conference. “Every member of Congress -- Republicans and Democrats -- voted to post this bill on the internet for 48 hours, 48 hours ago. We’ll see if the Democrats keep their word.”

Actually -- as of 5:15 pm, the Democrats had broken their word. The stimulus bill -- which we still haven’t seen -- will be released late tonight and will be brought up on the House floor at 9 am tomorrow.

The following statement was released by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer at 4:57 p.m.:

"The House is scheduled to meet at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow and is expected to proceed directly to consideration of the American Recovery and Reinvestment conference report. The conference report text will be filed this evening, giving members enough time to review the conference report before voting on it tomorrow afternoon."

Meanwhile, at an earlier presser Thursday, Pelosi -- while talking about legislation regarding school construction funds -- said it was vital to see the language of a bill before making decisions. ReadtheStimulus.org had the following quote:

“With all of this you have to see the language. You said this --- I said that --- I understood it to be this way --- you know, we wanted to see it in writing and when we did that then we were able to go forward."

"Around here language means a lot. Words weigh a ton and one person's understanding of a spoken description might vary from another's. We wanted to see it. And not only just I had to see it, I had to show it to my colleagues and my caucus. We wanted to take all the time that was necessary to make sure it was right."

Congressional members are also exchanging barbs via the popular social network Twitter. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) twittered, "Don't know when we're going to vote. Will the no votes delay vote just because they can? Speed is important. They know that."

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) twittered back, “Those in favor of speed over commonsense may just be afraid of letting the People know what they are ramming through.”

UPDATE: The Democrats finally made the bill's language available around 11 p.m. Thursday, approximately 10 hours before members meet Friday to consider the bill and 38 hours short of the time promised Americans to review the bill.

Sad but TRUE ...

2009-02-13T17:15:00.001-08:00

Not one Representative has even read this ...

Almost One Trillion Dollars ... and not one of these DUNDERHEADS have read it.

If you're concerned ...

2009-02-10T19:19:00.000-08:00

That We Cannot Afford One Trillion In New Government Spending

Click Here ...

After all, it's your money.

How much money is One Trillion Dollars?

2009-02-10T17:15:00.000-08:00

$1,000,000,000,000.00

When trying to comprehend a trillion-dollars of new government spending, you might calculate how much money that represents per person in the U.S.

One trillion dollars divided by 300 million Americans comes out to:

$3,333 per American.

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A million seconds is about 11½ days.
A billion seconds is about 32 years.
A trillion seconds is 32,000 years.

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One trillion stacked one dollar bills would reach 68,000 miles, one-third of the way to moon.

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If you spent $1 million a day since Jesus birth, you still wouldn't have gone through $1 trillion dollars today.

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The national debt is now topping $11 Trillio n,
next add in the $700 billion bank rescue
and the Obama/Pelosi/Reid One Trillion Dollar Pork Barrel Package ...

And that Ladies & Gentlemen equals 13 Trillion Dollars we owe the Federal Government.

Or $43,329 for every man, woman and child.

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Thirteen Trillion Dollars ... a terrible thing to waste.

How does it go now ...

2009-02-10T01:23:00.000-08:00

Oh yeah ... TAX FIRST then SPEND!

Oh My God ... Did you see this?

2009-02-09T18:10:00.000-08:00

Joe Biden says: 30 Percent Chance We'll Get It Wrong

"If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30 percent chance we're going to get it wrong,"

Thanks Joe!

All Aboard ...

2009-02-08T10:50:00.000-08:00

The Obama/Pelosi/Reid - Trillion Dollar - Run Away Train - Express!

Wonder where it will end ...?

Nancy Pelosi ...

2009-02-08T10:02:00.002-08:00




Is too STUPID to live.

Hey Nancy ... there are only 300 MILLION people in the USA!!!

And the sad thing is, the CNN - Bubble Headed Blond Bimbo didn't know that either!

The Unholy Alliance ...

2009-02-07T15:26:00.000-08:00

Press & The Democrat Party

One & The Same

The future of Bernard Madoff ... ?

2009-02-05T19:56:00.000-08:00

The question is ... what will be our future?

Financial Help From Obama

2009-02-05T02:49:00.000-08:00

Obama Reaching Out

Let's Share The Pain ... Errr ... The Wealth ... Yeah, That's What I mean ... The Wealth

Todays Weather Report ...

2009-02-04T18:41:00.000-08:00

February 04, 2009

Maine News

January is third-coldest in Caribou

CARIBOU -- Last month went down as the third coldest January on record in the northern Maine city of Caribou and the fifth coldest in Bangor.

The National Weather Service says Caribou's average temperature for the month was 2.5 degrees. The only colder Januarys were in 1994, when it averaged minus 0.7 degree, and 1957, when it was 1.3 degree.

Bangor's average temperature for the month was 10.1 degrees -- nearly 8 degrees below normal.

According to the weather service, Portland had its 17th coldest January in 69 years of record-keeping. For the month, the average temperature was 17.5 degrees, which was 4.2 degrees below normal.