Obama May Be In Deep Trouble... with Chief Justice John Roberts, US Supreme Court
Anthony G. Martin - North St. Paul News
According to sources who watch the inner workings of the federal government, a smack-down of Barack Obama by the US Supreme Court may be inevitable.
Ever since Obama assumed the office of President, critics have hammered him on a number of Constitutional issues. Critics have complained that much, if not all of Obama's major initiatives run headlong into Constitutional roadblocks on the power of the federal government. Obama certainly did not help himself in the eyes of the Court when he used the venue of the State of the Union address early in the year to publicly flog the Court over its ruling that the First Amendment grants the right to various organizations to run political ads during the time of an election. The tongue-lashing clearly did not sit well with the Court, as demonstrated by Justice Sam Alito, who publicly shook his head and stated under his breath, 'That's not true,' when Obama told a flat-out lie concerning the Court's ruling.
As it has turned out, this was a watershed moment in the relationship between the executive and the judicial branches of the federal government. Obama publicly declared war on the court, even as he blatantly continued to propose legislation that flies in the face of every known Constitutional principle upon which this nation has stood for over 200 years.
Obama has even identified Chief Justice John Roberts as his number one enemy, that is, apart from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity and so on. And it is no accident that the one
swing-vote on the court, Justice Anthony Kennedy, stated recently that he has no intention of retiring until 'Obama is gone.' Apparently, the Court has had enough. The Roberts Court has signaled, in a very subtle manner, of course, that it intends to address the issues about which Obama critics have been screaming to high heaven. A ruling against Obama on any one of these important issues could potentially cripple the Administration. Such a thing would be long overdue.
First, there is ObamaCare, which violates the Constitutional principle barring the federal government from forcing citizens to purchase something. And no, this is not the same thing as states requiring drivers to purchase car insurance, as some of the intellectually-impaired claim. The Constitution limits the FEDERAL government, not state governments, from such things, and further, not everyone has to drive, and thus, a citizen could opt not to purchase car insurance by simply deciding not to drive a vehicle. In the ObamaCare world, however, no citizen can 'opt out.'
Second, sources state that the Roberts court has quietly accepted information concerning discrepancies in Obama's history that raise serious questions about his eligibility for the office of President. The charge goes far beyond the birth certificate issue. This information involves possible fraudulent use of a Social Security number in Connecticut, while Obama was a high school student in Hawaii. ..
And that is only the tip of the iceberg.
Third, several cases involving possible criminal activity, conflicts of interest, and pay-for-play cronyism could potentially land many Administration officials, if not Obama himself, in hot water with the Court. Frankly, in the years this writer has observed politics, nothing comes close to comparing with the rampant corruption of this Administration, not even during the Nixon years. Nixon and the Watergate conspirators look like choirboys compared to the jokers that populate this Administration.
In addition, the Court will eventually be forced to rule on the dreadful decision of the Obama DOJ suing the state of Arizona. That, too, could send the Obama doctrine of open borders to an early grave, given that the Administration refuses to enforce federal law on illegal aliens.
And finally, the biggie that could potentially send the entire house of cards tumbling in a free-fall is the latest revelation concerning the Obama-Holder Department of Justice and its refusal to pursue the New Black Panther Party. The group was caught on tape committing felonies by attempting to intimidate Caucasian voters into staying away from the polls. A whistle-blower who resigned from the DOJ is now charging Holder with the deliberate refusal to pursue cases against Blacks, particularly those who are involved in radical hate-groups, such as the New Black Panthers, who have been caught on tape calling for the murder of white people and their babies. This one is a biggie that could send the entire Administration crumbling--that is, if the Justices have the guts to draw a line in the sand at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Even Idiots Would Vote 9-0 Against Obamacare
Billy Roy Mitchum, a.k.a. the Chairman of the Hubbard City Cafe, called the court to order on this Monday morning coffee session of some importance. The subject of course was the same one before the Supreme Court on this very day, that being Obamacare, or as the lefties who coffee at the Hubbard City Drugstore call it, The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act of 2010. "Kick us off on this thing, Butch. Just what is this thing all about? With a name like that I have this feeling of urgency to hold onto my wallet."
Not guilty of understating things Butch Jackson, who collects facts, figures, and other tidbits of some importance and of some unimportance, did a full gainer into the issue at hand, "This case before the Supreme Court goes way beyond our wallets and probably is the most important issue to the future of this very nation. If Obama and our nation's greatest enemies who want to destroy and disrupt the American free enterprise system win, the destruction of our individual liberties and our nation's economy may become irreversible. It will signal that this country has crossed a threshold where the moochers are in the majority, even at the Supreme Court, and the producers are a minority causing the destruction of what has been the greatest country the world has known. To make this real simple the politicians like Obama are hellbent on convincing their voters that health care is a government given right and that it should be provided to those moochers who can not, or choose not, to buy it by the producers who are not paying their fair share."
"Butch, I think you jumped right to the main issue. I do believe on most things, and particularly on health care, the government over promises and under delivers, runs out of money, and then blames service providers (doctors, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, state governments, etc.). Lastly, the government then actually rations care by underpaying these same service providers who they claim are too greedy. The poor patient is far from protected as advertised. They wind up with poorer care and higher costs just opposite from what the politicians advertise. Everybody loses, which is Obama's intent being the the anti-colonialist that he is. Obama's plan is clearly to force everyone to buy insurance, to drive up the costs to the insurance companies, and to then blame the insurance companies for the rationing that has to follow. He then would put in place a single payer government run plan to replace the insurance companies and destroy the greatest medical industry in the world. He would dumb down a medical system which has dramatically increased life expectancy among other accomplishments. Obama will take over 1/6 of this country's economy bringing it down to the level of the rest of the world, and he will do this without ever firing a shot. He believes the US shouldn't have better health care than Kenya and the rest of the world."
"So Butch, how will this play out with the court?"
"Today, the court will hear arguments that the court should not be ruling on Obamacare because it is a mandated tax on those who do not buy insurance. The argument is that the court can not rule on tax policies until they are put into effect. The mandate doesn't go into effect until 2014."
"But I thought Obama claimed this wasn't a tax when he tried to sell it the folks in 2010? Didn't he say it was a 'fine' instead?"
"Right on , BM. He did say that before he then changed because he hopes the tax issue works better with the high court. Remember HOPE and CHANGE? Obama will change the truth in a minute is he hopes it will help him bring you and me to our knees."
"This guy is really a slime ball. On day two I understand the court will hear arguments about the big issue. That being can the federal government use the Interstate Commerce Clause to force citizens to buy a product. This is called the Mandate. If the court rules that citizens are not protected from mandates like this then I guess I would have the question just what rights are protected by the Constitution? We would be just a few steps away from having to buy electric cars, solar power generators, and eating sprouts in our salads like those idiots in California. Hell my guess is they would be just around the corner from forcing some government selected percentage of us into same sex marriages, like it or not."
Butch loves it when Billy Roy makes extrapolations like that. "No doubt but this slope would go beyond slippery if the court goes hay wire. This could get slicker than goose poop on hot pavement. The third day the court hears arguments as to whether Obamacare is constitutional if the mandate is excluded. In other words if I can't force the cows to drink, can I still force them to the water?"
BM started summing up since most of the coffee drinkers were long gone as they suffered from severe apathy and needing to get back to their important activities and stuff, "This like most big political issues today is about freedom. Our founders knew the only way our Republic could survive was if people were not only free to act, but to think as well. Most folks think even Supreme Court Justices don't think these days. The four Libs vote one way while the four Conservatives vote the other way, and the one Moderate named Justice Kennedy swings according to what side of the bed he got out of that morning. These guys like most of us are not independent thinkers, but thoughtless, gutless sheep. What a shame. Wouldn't it be great if the justices were honest enough to vote 9-0 that this stupid government takeover clearly violates the Constitution as written by our founding geniuses? Any idiot knows you can't force someone to buy insurance if they don't want to. Free people are accoutable for their actions. No insurance, no assistance with your health care bills. Wouldn't it be great if our Supreme Court Justices were as smart and as honest as an idiot? Wouldn't it be great is one time they would rule against moochers?"
Think about it,
Jim
Not guilty of understating things Butch Jackson, who collects facts, figures, and other tidbits of some importance and of some unimportance, did a full gainer into the issue at hand, "This case before the Supreme Court goes way beyond our wallets and probably is the most important issue to the future of this very nation. If Obama and our nation's greatest enemies who want to destroy and disrupt the American free enterprise system win, the destruction of our individual liberties and our nation's economy may become irreversible. It will signal that this country has crossed a threshold where the moochers are in the majority, even at the Supreme Court, and the producers are a minority causing the destruction of what has been the greatest country the world has known. To make this real simple the politicians like Obama are hellbent on convincing their voters that health care is a government given right and that it should be provided to those moochers who can not, or choose not, to buy it by the producers who are not paying their fair share."
"Butch, I think you jumped right to the main issue. I do believe on most things, and particularly on health care, the government over promises and under delivers, runs out of money, and then blames service providers (doctors, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, state governments, etc.). Lastly, the government then actually rations care by underpaying these same service providers who they claim are too greedy. The poor patient is far from protected as advertised. They wind up with poorer care and higher costs just opposite from what the politicians advertise. Everybody loses, which is Obama's intent being the the anti-colonialist that he is. Obama's plan is clearly to force everyone to buy insurance, to drive up the costs to the insurance companies, and to then blame the insurance companies for the rationing that has to follow. He then would put in place a single payer government run plan to replace the insurance companies and destroy the greatest medical industry in the world. He would dumb down a medical system which has dramatically increased life expectancy among other accomplishments. Obama will take over 1/6 of this country's economy bringing it down to the level of the rest of the world, and he will do this without ever firing a shot. He believes the US shouldn't have better health care than Kenya and the rest of the world."
"So Butch, how will this play out with the court?"
"Today, the court will hear arguments that the court should not be ruling on Obamacare because it is a mandated tax on those who do not buy insurance. The argument is that the court can not rule on tax policies until they are put into effect. The mandate doesn't go into effect until 2014."
"But I thought Obama claimed this wasn't a tax when he tried to sell it the folks in 2010? Didn't he say it was a 'fine' instead?"
"Right on , BM. He did say that before he then changed because he hopes the tax issue works better with the high court. Remember HOPE and CHANGE? Obama will change the truth in a minute is he hopes it will help him bring you and me to our knees."
"This guy is really a slime ball. On day two I understand the court will hear arguments about the big issue. That being can the federal government use the Interstate Commerce Clause to force citizens to buy a product. This is called the Mandate. If the court rules that citizens are not protected from mandates like this then I guess I would have the question just what rights are protected by the Constitution? We would be just a few steps away from having to buy electric cars, solar power generators, and eating sprouts in our salads like those idiots in California. Hell my guess is they would be just around the corner from forcing some government selected percentage of us into same sex marriages, like it or not."
Butch loves it when Billy Roy makes extrapolations like that. "No doubt but this slope would go beyond slippery if the court goes hay wire. This could get slicker than goose poop on hot pavement. The third day the court hears arguments as to whether Obamacare is constitutional if the mandate is excluded. In other words if I can't force the cows to drink, can I still force them to the water?"
BM started summing up since most of the coffee drinkers were long gone as they suffered from severe apathy and needing to get back to their important activities and stuff, "This like most big political issues today is about freedom. Our founders knew the only way our Republic could survive was if people were not only free to act, but to think as well. Most folks think even Supreme Court Justices don't think these days. The four Libs vote one way while the four Conservatives vote the other way, and the one Moderate named Justice Kennedy swings according to what side of the bed he got out of that morning. These guys like most of us are not independent thinkers, but thoughtless, gutless sheep. What a shame. Wouldn't it be great if the justices were honest enough to vote 9-0 that this stupid government takeover clearly violates the Constitution as written by our founding geniuses? Any idiot knows you can't force someone to buy insurance if they don't want to. Free people are accoutable for their actions. No insurance, no assistance with your health care bills. Wouldn't it be great if our Supreme Court Justices were as smart and as honest as an idiot? Wouldn't it be great is one time they would rule against moochers?"
Think about it,
Jim
Monday, March 19, 2012
Remembering Vietnam and Our Kids
A good friend sent this to the folks at the Hubbard City Cafe. The statistics below are evidence of the horror of war, and particularly when a war is politicized as was Vietnam. With the Obama politics being played in the Middle East this is a reminder of the COSTS of such politics. The most shocking fact to me was the largest group of fatalities were the 18 year olds in Vietnam. Each of us should think of an 18 year old we know today and take a good close look at these precious kids.
Please take the time to read this, and think about it,
Jim
THE VIETNAM WALL
A little history most people will never know.
Interesting Veterans Statistics off the Vietnam Memorial Wall
There are 58,272 names now listed on that polished black wall, including those added in 2011.
The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by date and within each date the names are alphabetized. It is hard to believe it is 37 years since the last casualties.
The first known casualty was Richard B. Fitzgibbon, of North Weymouth , Mass Listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as having been killed on June 8, 1956. His name is listed on the Wall with that of his son, Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard B. Fitzgibbon III, who was killed on Sept. 7, 1965.
There are three sets of fathers and sons on the Wall.
39,996 on the Wall were just 22 or younger.
8,283 were just 19 years old.
The largest age group, 33,103 were 18 years old.
12 soldiers on the Wall were 17 years old.
5 soldiers on the Wall were 16 years old.
One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock was 15 years old.
997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam ..
1,448 soldiers were killed on their last day in Vietnam ..
31 sets of brothers are on the Wall.
Thirty one sets of parents lost two of their sons.
54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia . I wonder why so many from one school.
8 Women are on the Wall. Nursing the wounded.
244 soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War; 153 of them are on the Wall.
Beallsville , Ohio with a population of 475 , lost 6 of her sons.
West Virginia had the highest casualty rate per capita in the nation. There are 711 West Virginians on the Wall.
The Marines of Morenci - They led some of the scrappiest high school football and basketball teams that the littleArizona copper town of Morenci (pop. 5,058) had ever known and cheered. They enjoyed roaring beer busts. In quieter moments, they rode horses along the Coronado Trail, stalked deer in the Apache National Forest . And in the patriotic camaraderie typical of Morenci's mining families, the nine graduates of Morenci High enlisted as a group in the Marine Corps. Their service began on Independence Day, 1966. Only 3 returned home.
The Buddies of Midvale - LeRoy Tafoya, Jimmy Martinez, Tom Gonzales were all boyhood friends and lived on three consecutive streets in Midvale, Utah on Fifth, Sixth and Seventh avenues. They lived only a few yards apart. They played ball at the adjacent sandlot ball field. And they all went to Vietnam . In a span of 16 dark days in late 1967, all three would be killed. LeRoy was killed on Wednesday, Nov. 22, the fourth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Jimmy died less than 24 hours later on Thanksgiving Day. Tom was shot dead assaulting the enemy on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
The most casualty deaths for a single day was on January 31, 1968 ~ 245 deaths.
The most casualty deaths for a single month was May 1968 - 2,415 casualties were incurred.
For most Americans who read this they will only see the numbers that the Vietnam War created. To those of us who survived the war, and to the families of those who did not, we see the faces, we feel the pain that these numbers created. We are, until we too pass away, haunted with these numbers, because they were our friends, fathers, husbands, wives, sons and daughters. There are no noble wars, just noble warriors.
Please pass this on to those who served during this time, and those who DO Care.
I've also sent this to those I KNOW do care very much, and I thank you for caring as you do.
Please take the time to read this, and think about it,
Jim
THE VIETNAM WALL
A little history most people will never know.
Interesting Veterans Statistics off the Vietnam Memorial Wall
There are 58,272 names now listed on that polished black wall, including those added in 2011.
The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by date and within each date the names are alphabetized. It is hard to believe it is 37 years since the last casualties.
The first known casualty was Richard B. Fitzgibbon, of North Weymouth , Mass Listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as having been killed on June 8, 1956. His name is listed on the Wall with that of his son, Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard B. Fitzgibbon III, who was killed on Sept. 7, 1965.
There are three sets of fathers and sons on the Wall.
39,996 on the Wall were just 22 or younger.
8,283 were just 19 years old.
The largest age group, 33,103 were 18 years old.
12 soldiers on the Wall were 17 years old.
5 soldiers on the Wall were 16 years old.
One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock was 15 years old.
997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam ..
1,448 soldiers were killed on their last day in Vietnam ..
31 sets of brothers are on the Wall.
Thirty one sets of parents lost two of their sons.
54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia . I wonder why so many from one school.
8 Women are on the Wall. Nursing the wounded.
244 soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War; 153 of them are on the Wall.
Beallsville , Ohio with a population of 475 , lost 6 of her sons.
West Virginia had the highest casualty rate per capita in the nation. There are 711 West Virginians on the Wall.
The Marines of Morenci - They led some of the scrappiest high school football and basketball teams that the littleArizona copper town of Morenci (pop. 5,058) had ever known and cheered. They enjoyed roaring beer busts. In quieter moments, they rode horses along the Coronado Trail, stalked deer in the Apache National Forest . And in the patriotic camaraderie typical of Morenci's mining families, the nine graduates of Morenci High enlisted as a group in the Marine Corps. Their service began on Independence Day, 1966. Only 3 returned home.
The Buddies of Midvale - LeRoy Tafoya, Jimmy Martinez, Tom Gonzales were all boyhood friends and lived on three consecutive streets in Midvale, Utah on Fifth, Sixth and Seventh avenues. They lived only a few yards apart. They played ball at the adjacent sandlot ball field. And they all went to Vietnam . In a span of 16 dark days in late 1967, all three would be killed. LeRoy was killed on Wednesday, Nov. 22, the fourth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Jimmy died less than 24 hours later on Thanksgiving Day. Tom was shot dead assaulting the enemy on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
The most casualty deaths for a single day was on January 31, 1968 ~ 245 deaths.
The most casualty deaths for a single month was May 1968 - 2,415 casualties were incurred.
For most Americans who read this they will only see the numbers that the Vietnam War created. To those of us who survived the war, and to the families of those who did not, we see the faces, we feel the pain that these numbers created. We are, until we too pass away, haunted with these numbers, because they were our friends, fathers, husbands, wives, sons and daughters. There are no noble wars, just noble warriors.
Please pass this on to those who served during this time, and those who DO Care.
I've also sent this to those I KNOW do care very much, and I thank you for caring as you do.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
How Is Our Commander and Chief Doing With His Good War?
Butch Jackson just can't let the Afghanistan thing alone. Guess it is because Butch lost his Dad in the military. "The Obama strategy of surrendering in the Middle East was clear. Call Afghanistan the 'good' war and Iraq the 'bad-Bush' war. Pull out of Iraq leaving only an embassy, and who cares if the Iranians take over. Commit to a 'token surge' in Afghanistan giving the soldiers only half of what they ask for while at the same time announcing our pull out date by 2014 so that no enemy in the 'good' war would take us seriously. He thought they would be smart enough to just wait us out. And lastly, Obama would negotiate with the 'good' Taliban and charm them into at least saying they would co-operate with a coalition once we left. Meanwhile Obama would sit in Washington and harass anyone he determined was a 'bad' guy with unmanned drones."
"So how do you think its going Billy Roy?"
Oops, of course Butch knows that BM can't leave this topic alone since we have lost more young soldiers since the half-assed surge than we did in the 8 years before not to mention a lot of really good Brits as well. "Well, surprise, surprise the latest set of events ain't good. A U.S. soldier is suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians in a solitary shooting spree early Sunday. These attacks followed by a few weeks the killing of two U.S. officers at the hand of an Afghan soldier working in Kabul's secure Interior Ministry. He shot a Colonel and Major in their heads. Earlier still, Korans and Islamic religious materials were burned at Bagram Air Field in response to the captured terrorists using them to pass notes."
Billy Roy continued,"Both of these killings have huge psychological and political impact. The psychological pressure on every side of the Afghanistan conflict has become enormous. The war has gone on for more than 10 years, and while the Taliban have always opposed U.S. and NATO troops, supporters of the regime of Afghan President Hamid Karzai now distrust them as well. The United States is looking for a way out, and Karzai supporters understand what this might mean to them personally, like they could take slugs in the back of their heads as well."
"The United States and its allies now face both the Taliban and the growing dissatisfaction of other Afghans. In other words Obama has no friends which is criminal since the smart alec's key stated intent with the American-led 'surge' was to win Afghan 'hearts and minds'. This is what seems to happen particularly when weak leaders try to play politics with wars. What happened to the 'Powell Doctrine' of never committing American troops without the intention of WINNING?"
"So BM, what would you do? You sound anti-war", Butch in a rare moment put his leader on the spot.
"I am absolutely anti-war with a commander in chief who is hell bent on retreating from our role as leader of the free world. This President is out to sabotage us whether we are negotiating treaties with the Russians, playing footsie with sanctions and diplomacy with the Iranians, trading food and money to the Koreans for false promises on their nukes, supporting every terrorist uprising we can find in the Obama Spring, or worst of all, doing everything he can to cripple the Israeli's ability to defend themselves. I HOPE we bring every soldier home asap until we can CHANGE this administration."
With that BM adjourned this coffee break.
This writer doesn't believe Obama is the only saboteur. The Republican Presidential candidates that want to hack at each other and take this silly media driven race to the Republican Convention are sabotaging the Republican Party and the American people as well. This process is the only thing I know that can re-elect a bad joke like Barrack Hussein Obama.
Think about it,
Jim
"So how do you think its going Billy Roy?"
Oops, of course Butch knows that BM can't leave this topic alone since we have lost more young soldiers since the half-assed surge than we did in the 8 years before not to mention a lot of really good Brits as well. "Well, surprise, surprise the latest set of events ain't good. A U.S. soldier is suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians in a solitary shooting spree early Sunday. These attacks followed by a few weeks the killing of two U.S. officers at the hand of an Afghan soldier working in Kabul's secure Interior Ministry. He shot a Colonel and Major in their heads. Earlier still, Korans and Islamic religious materials were burned at Bagram Air Field in response to the captured terrorists using them to pass notes."
Billy Roy continued,"Both of these killings have huge psychological and political impact. The psychological pressure on every side of the Afghanistan conflict has become enormous. The war has gone on for more than 10 years, and while the Taliban have always opposed U.S. and NATO troops, supporters of the regime of Afghan President Hamid Karzai now distrust them as well. The United States is looking for a way out, and Karzai supporters understand what this might mean to them personally, like they could take slugs in the back of their heads as well."
"The United States and its allies now face both the Taliban and the growing dissatisfaction of other Afghans. In other words Obama has no friends which is criminal since the smart alec's key stated intent with the American-led 'surge' was to win Afghan 'hearts and minds'. This is what seems to happen particularly when weak leaders try to play politics with wars. What happened to the 'Powell Doctrine' of never committing American troops without the intention of WINNING?"
"So BM, what would you do? You sound anti-war", Butch in a rare moment put his leader on the spot.
"I am absolutely anti-war with a commander in chief who is hell bent on retreating from our role as leader of the free world. This President is out to sabotage us whether we are negotiating treaties with the Russians, playing footsie with sanctions and diplomacy with the Iranians, trading food and money to the Koreans for false promises on their nukes, supporting every terrorist uprising we can find in the Obama Spring, or worst of all, doing everything he can to cripple the Israeli's ability to defend themselves. I HOPE we bring every soldier home asap until we can CHANGE this administration."
With that BM adjourned this coffee break.
This writer doesn't believe Obama is the only saboteur. The Republican Presidential candidates that want to hack at each other and take this silly media driven race to the Republican Convention are sabotaging the Republican Party and the American people as well. This process is the only thing I know that can re-elect a bad joke like Barrack Hussein Obama.
Think about it,
Jim
Monday, March 12, 2012
A Warning From California To Dumb Conservative American Rednecks
Dear Billy Roy,
I live in California. If you were wondering what living in Obama's second term would be like, wonder no longer. We in California are living there now.
California is a one-party state dominated by a virulent Democratic Left enabled by a complicit media where every agency of local, county, and state government is run by and for the public employee unions. The unemployment rate is 12%.
California has more folks on food stamps than any other state, has added so many benefits and higher rates to Medicaid that we call it "Medi-Cal." Our K-12 schools have more administrators than teachers, and smaller classes but lower test scores and higher dropout rates with twice the per-student budget of 15 years ago. Good job, Brownie.
This week, the once and current Gov. Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown had to confess that the "balanced" state budget adopted five months ago was billions in the red because actual tax revenues were billions lower than the airy-fairy revenue estimates on which the balance was predicated.
After trimming legislators' perks and reducing the number of cell phones provided to state civil servants, the governor intoned that drastic budget reductions had already hollowed out state programs for the needy, law enforcement and our schoolchildren. California government needed more money.
Echoing the Occupy movement, the governor proclaimed the rich must pay their fair share. Fair share? The top 1% of California income earners currently pays 50% of the state's income tax.
California has seven income tax brackets. The top income tax rate is 9.3%, which is slapped on the greedy rich earning at least $47,056 a year. Income of more than $1 million pays the "millionaires' and billionaires'" surcharge tax rate of 10.3%.
Brown's proposal would add 2% for income over $250,000. A million-dollar income would then be taxed at 12.3%. And that's just for the state.
Brown also proposed a one-half-cent sales tax increase, which would bring sales taxes (which vary by county) to 7.75% to 10%. Both tax increases would be on the ballot in 2012.
The sales tax increase proposal immediately brought howls of protest from the Left (of Brown!). Charlie Eaton, a sociology grad student at UC Berkeley and leader of the UC Student-Workers Union, said, "We've paid enough. It's time for millionaires to pay."
At least five other ballot measures to raise taxes are circulating for signatures to get on the 2012 ballot in California. The governor's proposals are the most conservative.
The Obama way doesn't end with taxes.
The governor and the state legislature continue to applaud the efforts of the California High Speed Rail Authority to build a train connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco. Even though the budget is three times the voter-approved amount, and the first segment will only connect two small towns in the agricultural Central Valley. But hey, if we build it, they will ride.
And we don't want to turn down the Obama bullet-train bucks Florida and other states rejected because the operating costs would bankrupt them. Can't happen here—we're already insolvent.
If we get into real trouble with the train, we'll just bring in the Chinese. It worked with the Bay Bridge reconstruction. After the 1989 earthquake, the bridge connecting Oakland and San Francisco was rebuilt with steel made in China. Workers from China too. Paid for with money borrowed from China. Makes perfect sense.
In California, we hate the evil, greedy rich (except the rich in Hollywood and in sports, and in drug dealing). But we love people who have broken into California to eat the bounty created by the productive rich.
Illegals get benefits from various generous welfare programs, free medical care, free schools for their kids, including meals, and of course, instate tuition rates and scholarships too. Governor Perry, California has a heart. Nothing's too good for our guests.
To erase even a hint of criticism of illegal immigration, the California Legislature is considering a unilateral state amnesty. Democrat State Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes has proposed an initiative that would bar deportation of illegals from California.
Interesting dilemma for Obama there. If immigration is exclusively a federal matter, and Obama has sued four states for trying to enforce federal immigration laws he won't enforce, what will the President do to a California law that exempts California from federal immigration law?
California is also near fulfilling the environmentalist dream of deindustrialization.
After driving out the old industrial base (auto and airplane assembly, for example), air and water regulators and tax policies are now driving out the high-tech, biotech and even Internet-based companies that were supposed to be California's future.
The California cap-and-trade tax on business in the name of reducing CO2 makes our state the leader in wacky environmentalism and guarantees a further job exodus from the state.
Even green energy companies can't do business in California. Solyndra went under, taking its taxpayer loan guarantee with it.
No job is too small to escape the regulators. The state has even banned weekend amateur gold miners from the historic gold mining streams in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
In fact, more and more of California's public land is off-limits to recreation by the people who paid for that land. Unless you're illegal. Then you can clear the land, set up marijuana plantations at will, bring in fertilizers that legal farmers can no longer use, exploit illegal farm workers who live in hovels with no running water or sanitation, and protect your investment with armed illegals carrying guns no California citizen is allowed to own.
The rest of us only found out about these plantations when the workers' open campfire started one of those devastating fires that have killed hundreds of people and burned out thousands of homes in California over the last decade.
It was said after California's Proposition 13 in 1978 cut property tax rates and was copied in other states, that whatever happened in California would soon happen in your state.
You'd better hope that's wrong.
Roger Hedgecock
Former mayor of San Diego
I live in California. If you were wondering what living in Obama's second term would be like, wonder no longer. We in California are living there now.
California is a one-party state dominated by a virulent Democratic Left enabled by a complicit media where every agency of local, county, and state government is run by and for the public employee unions. The unemployment rate is 12%.
California has more folks on food stamps than any other state, has added so many benefits and higher rates to Medicaid that we call it "Medi-Cal." Our K-12 schools have more administrators than teachers, and smaller classes but lower test scores and higher dropout rates with twice the per-student budget of 15 years ago. Good job, Brownie.
This week, the once and current Gov. Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown had to confess that the "balanced" state budget adopted five months ago was billions in the red because actual tax revenues were billions lower than the airy-fairy revenue estimates on which the balance was predicated.
After trimming legislators' perks and reducing the number of cell phones provided to state civil servants, the governor intoned that drastic budget reductions had already hollowed out state programs for the needy, law enforcement and our schoolchildren. California government needed more money.
Echoing the Occupy movement, the governor proclaimed the rich must pay their fair share. Fair share? The top 1% of California income earners currently pays 50% of the state's income tax.
California has seven income tax brackets. The top income tax rate is 9.3%, which is slapped on the greedy rich earning at least $47,056 a year. Income of more than $1 million pays the "millionaires' and billionaires'" surcharge tax rate of 10.3%.
Brown's proposal would add 2% for income over $250,000. A million-dollar income would then be taxed at 12.3%. And that's just for the state.
Brown also proposed a one-half-cent sales tax increase, which would bring sales taxes (which vary by county) to 7.75% to 10%. Both tax increases would be on the ballot in 2012.
The sales tax increase proposal immediately brought howls of protest from the Left (of Brown!). Charlie Eaton, a sociology grad student at UC Berkeley and leader of the UC Student-Workers Union, said, "We've paid enough. It's time for millionaires to pay."
At least five other ballot measures to raise taxes are circulating for signatures to get on the 2012 ballot in California. The governor's proposals are the most conservative.
The Obama way doesn't end with taxes.
The governor and the state legislature continue to applaud the efforts of the California High Speed Rail Authority to build a train connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco. Even though the budget is three times the voter-approved amount, and the first segment will only connect two small towns in the agricultural Central Valley. But hey, if we build it, they will ride.
And we don't want to turn down the Obama bullet-train bucks Florida and other states rejected because the operating costs would bankrupt them. Can't happen here—we're already insolvent.
If we get into real trouble with the train, we'll just bring in the Chinese. It worked with the Bay Bridge reconstruction. After the 1989 earthquake, the bridge connecting Oakland and San Francisco was rebuilt with steel made in China. Workers from China too. Paid for with money borrowed from China. Makes perfect sense.
In California, we hate the evil, greedy rich (except the rich in Hollywood and in sports, and in drug dealing). But we love people who have broken into California to eat the bounty created by the productive rich.
Illegals get benefits from various generous welfare programs, free medical care, free schools for their kids, including meals, and of course, instate tuition rates and scholarships too. Governor Perry, California has a heart. Nothing's too good for our guests.
To erase even a hint of criticism of illegal immigration, the California Legislature is considering a unilateral state amnesty. Democrat State Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes has proposed an initiative that would bar deportation of illegals from California.
Interesting dilemma for Obama there. If immigration is exclusively a federal matter, and Obama has sued four states for trying to enforce federal immigration laws he won't enforce, what will the President do to a California law that exempts California from federal immigration law?
California is also near fulfilling the environmentalist dream of deindustrialization.
After driving out the old industrial base (auto and airplane assembly, for example), air and water regulators and tax policies are now driving out the high-tech, biotech and even Internet-based companies that were supposed to be California's future.
The California cap-and-trade tax on business in the name of reducing CO2 makes our state the leader in wacky environmentalism and guarantees a further job exodus from the state.
Even green energy companies can't do business in California. Solyndra went under, taking its taxpayer loan guarantee with it.
No job is too small to escape the regulators. The state has even banned weekend amateur gold miners from the historic gold mining streams in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
In fact, more and more of California's public land is off-limits to recreation by the people who paid for that land. Unless you're illegal. Then you can clear the land, set up marijuana plantations at will, bring in fertilizers that legal farmers can no longer use, exploit illegal farm workers who live in hovels with no running water or sanitation, and protect your investment with armed illegals carrying guns no California citizen is allowed to own.
The rest of us only found out about these plantations when the workers' open campfire started one of those devastating fires that have killed hundreds of people and burned out thousands of homes in California over the last decade.
It was said after California's Proposition 13 in 1978 cut property tax rates and was copied in other states, that whatever happened in California would soon happen in your state.
You'd better hope that's wrong.
Roger Hedgecock
Former mayor of San Diego
Friday, March 9, 2012
Obama: The Anti-Reagan
The Hubbard City Cafe loves Ronald Reagan. And why not? President Reagan brought the Soviet Union to their knees while growing the US economy for 92 straight months at almost 5 per cent per year. The Stock Market during this period of time doubled and 19 million new jobs were created.
In a rare moment Billy Roy Mitchem took the floor to actually kick off a discussion, it being his favorite topic, The Gipper, "Reagan was a man of ideals. He believed in the importance of FREEDOM. He believed the base of FREEDOM was FAITH. He said in front of the Berlin wall, 'This wall will fall because it can not withstand FAITH. This wall can not withstand FREEDOM.' Mikhail Gorbachev, who Reagan defeated, talked of the Reagan faith on The Gipper's 100th birthday,'He was driven by a sincere religious belief that influenced his morality. He was a great man,' according to the former Russian leader."
Butch Jackson, local historian and reciter of facts and figures, not to mention many opinions, "Right on BM. Compare this to the current President. The guy is the anti-Reagan. His idea of freedom includes forcing religious institutions to violate their beliefs as evidenced by the constitutional violation of forcing employers to offer things like morning after abortion pills to their employees, obviously an attack on freedom and faith."
Billy Roy recaptured the floor, "Reagan understood the correlation of military and economic strength. He said, 'We must put our economic house in order so we can once again show the world by example that ours is the best system for all who want security and freedom.' Even before his election Reagan said,'Power is not only sufficient military strength but a sound economy, a reliable energy supply, and credibility- the belief by any potential enemy that you will not choose surrender as the way to maintain peace'."
Butch couldn't resist, "Obama has the economy on its knees with record deficits and debt, high unemployment even with the cooked books he keeps, an outright attack on America's ability to produce hydrocarbons and nuclear energy, and of course the only cuts in spending Obama supports is cutting the military. This is anti-anti Reagan on steroids. And then you have the Obama credibility thing. Do you honestly believe that any American ally (UK, Iraq, Afghanistan, and of course Israel) believes anything Obama says? And as far as surrender, Obama is racing to the exits in Iraq, Afghanistan, and refuses to challenge Iran and Syria. This week his lackey, Leon Panetta, said we would not even discuss the deployment of troops with our own legislature without first getting 'International Approval'. Reagan knew how to make America the world leader because that was his obsession. Obama took the Reagan play book and reversed everything because his obsession is to destroy our standing in the world which he calls transformation."
Billy Roy came loaded for bear, "Reagan understood conventional conservative economics that when the wealthy invests their capital in the economy it creates prosperity. He knew that these investors were encouraged through tax cuts. He knew the tax cuts should be balanced with reductions in government spending in social programs and other domestic areas. He called for massive tax cuts over a 3 year period. He said, 'We cut taxes in 1981 by 25 percent which triggered falling inflation (remember Jimmy Carter), falling interest rates, and the strongest economy in 30 years.' He did this while increasing defense spending from $130 billion in 1980 to $280 billion in 1988 which resulted in bankrupting the Soviet Union. Even with these spending increases the economy completely recovered by 1983."
Billy Roy continued, "Butch, I know you are going to comment on Obama's ability to cut defense spending and still run trillion dollar deficits with an economy that doesn't seem to be able to grow more than a pitiful 1 1/2 to 2% annually. And of course Obama's 'anti-Reagan' strategy is to raise taxes on investor/producers and redistribute to the Obama moochers. I agree with you, Butch, Obama isn't dumb. He is accomplishing just what the has set out to do. That is to weaken the mean old colonialist United States of America. It is as plain as the nose of your face. What a shame that a nation that produced a Ronald Reagan could let this skinny little angry kid destroy everything he built."
Think about it,
Jim
In a rare moment Billy Roy Mitchem took the floor to actually kick off a discussion, it being his favorite topic, The Gipper, "Reagan was a man of ideals. He believed in the importance of FREEDOM. He believed the base of FREEDOM was FAITH. He said in front of the Berlin wall, 'This wall will fall because it can not withstand FAITH. This wall can not withstand FREEDOM.' Mikhail Gorbachev, who Reagan defeated, talked of the Reagan faith on The Gipper's 100th birthday,'He was driven by a sincere religious belief that influenced his morality. He was a great man,' according to the former Russian leader."
Butch Jackson, local historian and reciter of facts and figures, not to mention many opinions, "Right on BM. Compare this to the current President. The guy is the anti-Reagan. His idea of freedom includes forcing religious institutions to violate their beliefs as evidenced by the constitutional violation of forcing employers to offer things like morning after abortion pills to their employees, obviously an attack on freedom and faith."
Billy Roy recaptured the floor, "Reagan understood the correlation of military and economic strength. He said, 'We must put our economic house in order so we can once again show the world by example that ours is the best system for all who want security and freedom.' Even before his election Reagan said,'Power is not only sufficient military strength but a sound economy, a reliable energy supply, and credibility- the belief by any potential enemy that you will not choose surrender as the way to maintain peace'."
Butch couldn't resist, "Obama has the economy on its knees with record deficits and debt, high unemployment even with the cooked books he keeps, an outright attack on America's ability to produce hydrocarbons and nuclear energy, and of course the only cuts in spending Obama supports is cutting the military. This is anti-anti Reagan on steroids. And then you have the Obama credibility thing. Do you honestly believe that any American ally (UK, Iraq, Afghanistan, and of course Israel) believes anything Obama says? And as far as surrender, Obama is racing to the exits in Iraq, Afghanistan, and refuses to challenge Iran and Syria. This week his lackey, Leon Panetta, said we would not even discuss the deployment of troops with our own legislature without first getting 'International Approval'. Reagan knew how to make America the world leader because that was his obsession. Obama took the Reagan play book and reversed everything because his obsession is to destroy our standing in the world which he calls transformation."
Billy Roy came loaded for bear, "Reagan understood conventional conservative economics that when the wealthy invests their capital in the economy it creates prosperity. He knew that these investors were encouraged through tax cuts. He knew the tax cuts should be balanced with reductions in government spending in social programs and other domestic areas. He called for massive tax cuts over a 3 year period. He said, 'We cut taxes in 1981 by 25 percent which triggered falling inflation (remember Jimmy Carter), falling interest rates, and the strongest economy in 30 years.' He did this while increasing defense spending from $130 billion in 1980 to $280 billion in 1988 which resulted in bankrupting the Soviet Union. Even with these spending increases the economy completely recovered by 1983."
Billy Roy continued, "Butch, I know you are going to comment on Obama's ability to cut defense spending and still run trillion dollar deficits with an economy that doesn't seem to be able to grow more than a pitiful 1 1/2 to 2% annually. And of course Obama's 'anti-Reagan' strategy is to raise taxes on investor/producers and redistribute to the Obama moochers. I agree with you, Butch, Obama isn't dumb. He is accomplishing just what the has set out to do. That is to weaken the mean old colonialist United States of America. It is as plain as the nose of your face. What a shame that a nation that produced a Ronald Reagan could let this skinny little angry kid destroy everything he built."
Think about it,
Jim
Friday, March 2, 2012
How Stupid Do They Think We Are?
Butch thinks the Obama anti-colonialist socialist saboteurs have out done themselves this week, "Even the sleaze man himself, Bill Clinton, couldn't support Obama and his political bed partner, Hillary, this week on the pipeline from Canada. Old William Jefferson, who ain't looking any better these days unlike Butch and I, said he would EMBRACE the Keystone pipeline."
"Now Obama is making an idiot pitch about ‘recapturing $4 Billion of the taxpayer's money that he says are being given to the evil oil companies’. Any idiot knows energy subsidies are measures that keep prices for consumers down and reduce costs for consumers and producers. These subsidies are intended to ensure adequate domestic supply by supporting US production and to reduce our import dependency. Those against these subsidies want to reduce oil consumption, drive up the price, and spend tax payer money on wind and solar. In the same speech Obama announced another $2 Billion give-a-way to help his wind farm buddies. What do you think about that B.M.?"
Billy Roy, who has been in intensive training in preparation for his 'Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year' award this very month, took a fairly deep breath before responding with that patented BM smile, "Well, I guess given the choice between EMBRACING Hillary or an old cold pipeline, I would jump that pipeline every time."
While BM had the floor, "They really seem to be testing the stupidity of the American people slash voter. In a really sickening event Obama, and those lackey military leaders he has in Afghanistan since he yanked out Patreous, apologized for burning the docs that Taliban terrorists were using to pass information along to each other, and then claims his apology was to protect soldiers lives and that it had 'calmed' things. Meanwhile no American soldier, even though they are in training roles, can turn their back on any Afghan. Seems weird? It is perfect for Obama. Six soldiers, including a Colonel and Major, have been murdered with shots in the back of their heads after the apologies. The American people are ready, and will become more ready, to get the hell out of there which is what Obama wants. He has tried to get the Taliban to negotiate and get 'commitments from the good Taliban' they will behave after we pull out. The Taliban knows how weak Obama is and how much he wants out. They clearly are using the Koran caper and assassinations to make Obama's knees even weaker while making the American public sick of the whole thing."
Butch came back in, "Well put BM. Obama talked about the ‘good war’ and now the ‘good Taliban’. The Taliban has publicly taken credit for each of these murders. I just read where an administration official said, ‘There is no less a commitment to our long-term relationship with Afghanistan. But is there a concern now that many will question the need to stay? Yes, especially in an election year.’ So you are right on BM. Obama will use this to pull out and then when our ‘good war’ turns the country back over to the Taliban terrorists, Obama will say it ‘was the will of the people’.”
“Personally, I would like to pull our entire troops home from any place of danger while this saboteur is in office. Obama's intentions are to weaken the US around the world, and if I had my way, I would not waste one more young soldier for this morally corrupted commander in chief (no capital letters here). Clearly the current military leaders are not standing up to Obama. So there is no help there. This is a truly sad time in our nation’s glorious history."
Even Mom had had enough of Obama’s attack on the American intelligence, “So the President and the Democratic Senate pass laws that first, everyone has to either buy insurance or get it ‘free’ from their employer. Secondly, they tell us what must be in the insurance coverage. And now, they force employers to provide plans that cover not only contraceptives but morning after abortion pills. Clearly their next steps will be to force everyone to cover late term abortions as well. What Constitution could they be reading that would make them believe they can legally do any of this? Clearly this is about the right of a citizen or religious organization to practice their faith which is guaranteed in the United States of America’s Constitution. Do they really believe the American people are this dumb? They are spinning it that the Republicans and religious fanatics are against contraceptives.”
Well Butch has several more items scribbled on the back of his Lucky Strike pack but he has learned that it is time to quick speaking once your audience has left the Café, and at this point in time, the parking lot dust was really flying.
Think about just how stupid do they think we are,
Jim
"Now Obama is making an idiot pitch about ‘recapturing $4 Billion of the taxpayer's money that he says are being given to the evil oil companies’. Any idiot knows energy subsidies are measures that keep prices for consumers down and reduce costs for consumers and producers. These subsidies are intended to ensure adequate domestic supply by supporting US production and to reduce our import dependency. Those against these subsidies want to reduce oil consumption, drive up the price, and spend tax payer money on wind and solar. In the same speech Obama announced another $2 Billion give-a-way to help his wind farm buddies. What do you think about that B.M.?"
Billy Roy, who has been in intensive training in preparation for his 'Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year' award this very month, took a fairly deep breath before responding with that patented BM smile, "Well, I guess given the choice between EMBRACING Hillary or an old cold pipeline, I would jump that pipeline every time."
While BM had the floor, "They really seem to be testing the stupidity of the American people slash voter. In a really sickening event Obama, and those lackey military leaders he has in Afghanistan since he yanked out Patreous, apologized for burning the docs that Taliban terrorists were using to pass information along to each other, and then claims his apology was to protect soldiers lives and that it had 'calmed' things. Meanwhile no American soldier, even though they are in training roles, can turn their back on any Afghan. Seems weird? It is perfect for Obama. Six soldiers, including a Colonel and Major, have been murdered with shots in the back of their heads after the apologies. The American people are ready, and will become more ready, to get the hell out of there which is what Obama wants. He has tried to get the Taliban to negotiate and get 'commitments from the good Taliban' they will behave after we pull out. The Taliban knows how weak Obama is and how much he wants out. They clearly are using the Koran caper and assassinations to make Obama's knees even weaker while making the American public sick of the whole thing."
Butch came back in, "Well put BM. Obama talked about the ‘good war’ and now the ‘good Taliban’. The Taliban has publicly taken credit for each of these murders. I just read where an administration official said, ‘There is no less a commitment to our long-term relationship with Afghanistan. But is there a concern now that many will question the need to stay? Yes, especially in an election year.’ So you are right on BM. Obama will use this to pull out and then when our ‘good war’ turns the country back over to the Taliban terrorists, Obama will say it ‘was the will of the people’.”
“Personally, I would like to pull our entire troops home from any place of danger while this saboteur is in office. Obama's intentions are to weaken the US around the world, and if I had my way, I would not waste one more young soldier for this morally corrupted commander in chief (no capital letters here). Clearly the current military leaders are not standing up to Obama. So there is no help there. This is a truly sad time in our nation’s glorious history."
Even Mom had had enough of Obama’s attack on the American intelligence, “So the President and the Democratic Senate pass laws that first, everyone has to either buy insurance or get it ‘free’ from their employer. Secondly, they tell us what must be in the insurance coverage. And now, they force employers to provide plans that cover not only contraceptives but morning after abortion pills. Clearly their next steps will be to force everyone to cover late term abortions as well. What Constitution could they be reading that would make them believe they can legally do any of this? Clearly this is about the right of a citizen or religious organization to practice their faith which is guaranteed in the United States of America’s Constitution. Do they really believe the American people are this dumb? They are spinning it that the Republicans and religious fanatics are against contraceptives.”
Well Butch has several more items scribbled on the back of his Lucky Strike pack but he has learned that it is time to quick speaking once your audience has left the Café, and at this point in time, the parking lot dust was really flying.
Think about just how stupid do they think we are,
Jim
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