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Sunday, February 28, 2010

American Taxpayers Need To Continue To Subsidize Incompetent Federal Bureaucracies.

http://www.themoneytimes.com/featured/20100227/fannie-mae-reports-744bn-loss-2009-asks-153bn-treasury-id-10101874.html
Fannie Mae reports $74.4bn loss in 2009; asks $15.3bn from Treasury
The nation's largest mortgage finance company Fannie Mae reported a total loss of $74.4 billion in 2009 as compared to $59.8 billion last year.

The fourth quarter results of Freddie Mac exhibited a total loss of $7.8 billion, thus, making the total losses for 2009 to be $21.6 billion.

The losses for Fannie Mae are expected to continue. The mortgage monolith told Reuters, "We expect to have a net worth deficit in future periods, and therefore will be required to obtain additional funding from Treasury."

In plain English, NOT bureaucratic mumbo jumbo, "net worth deficit" means losses. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are losing money now, and expects to continue losing money in the future. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac expect to lose billions of dollars per year. The unspoken part of that report, is that they expect everyone who is NOT losing money, to give them more money so they can continue to lose billions of dollars per year for the foreseeable future.

Is this any way to run a business? Is this any way to run a country?

Another Obama Appointee Takes The Blame For Obama.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100227/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_white_house_desiree_rogers
White House social secretary Rogers resigning

Like all Barack Hussein Obama appointees, Desiree Rogers the White House social secretary, fell on her sword while being thrown under the bus. Even though she was only following Barack Hussein Obama's orders when she overrode the Secret Security agents, she will take the blame.

But this won't be the last time when a Barack Hussein Obama appointee does something that will reflect badly on the president or the United States. So it won't be the last time when another appointee, who was only following orders, is banished from the sight of Barack Hussein Obama. And it won't be the last time the new disservice refuses to explain exactly what is going on and why the public should be concerned with the gang of thugs currently ruining this country.

The Economy That Obama Saved, Is Watching Another Group Of Business Fail.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/26/BU891C79Q5.DTL&type=business
Hotel rates have biggest drop since Depression
In 2009, hotel room rates in San Francisco and the nation suffered their biggest annual decline since the Great Depression, according to an analysis of recently released data.

Barack Hussein Obama and his henchmen just came back from their "Brainwash America" tour. Unfortunately, the country and the economy is not cooperating with Barack Hussein Obama and his minions. The country and the economy continues to act as if the country is at the start of a great depression with no recovery in sight.

Just like Barack Hussein Obama attempting to save jobs by encouraging failing business to hire more staff, the hotels are trying to encourage unemployed people to stay at hotels by dropping their rates. Neither policy will work, because both policies refuse to acknowledge the real problem. We are in a great depression and the economy only is getting worse.
At least 15 San Francisco hotel owners have defaulted on their loans according to hotel industry analyst Alan Reay. Reay said 12 Manhattan hotels are in default, as are more than 20 San Diego hotels.

Until the economy starts to recover, all the analysts and economists can issue press releases daily about how shocked they are when improvements to the economy based on their baseless optimism doesn't come true.

For an economy to improve, the people must have confidence in their government. For the economy to improve, the government needs to STOP bailing out failing businesses. For the economy to improve, the government needs to stop telling businesses how to run their businesses. For the economy improve, the government needs to allow business owners to make a profit, and keep that profit.

For the economy to improve, the government needs to stop their war on capitalism or the economy will never recover.

Global Warming Panel Getting Hot (Under The Collar).

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ggK0SAzfuF-VQhX90rWvFeIjxkuwD9E4Q9Q00
Warming panel, under attack, seeks outside review

The cracked team of "Global Warming" "scientists" who are paid to believe in "Global Warming" are having problems. It seems that other scientists and non-scientists believe there is a place for truth and honesty in any scientific investigation. The "Global Warming" "scientists" are upset that people are starting to disbelieve their lies. The "Global Warming" "scientists" are looking into ways to combat this problem. At least any ways that don't require honesty and truth.

The "Global Warming" "scientists" are now pretending to take a 180 degree reversal and are asking for per review and an independent appraisal of their data. However, before you accept this newest sham announcement that the "Global Warming" "scientists" have changed their position on dishonesty and fraud, you need to read the fine print. The "Global Warming" "scientists" still believe that only someone on their payroll is honest and knowledgeable enough to actually review their work. Which is kind of like hiring a pedophile or rapist to review the prosecution of sex crimes.

I am eagerly looking forward to the whitewashed report this group of frauds will be presenting to brainwash the public into believing their newest fraudulent results.

Pelosi's Job To Defraud The Public By Passing Health Care Gets Tougher Every Day.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/02/pelosis-job-to-pass-health-care-gets-tougher-every-day/1
Pelosi's job to pass health care gets tougher every day

Yup. Pelosi's ability to force an ill conceived and poorly written Health Care Deform bill down the throats of the legislature and the public is getting more difficult every day.

First off, Barack Hussein Obama's Health Care Deform plan is about as honest as the "scientists" who work on brainwashing the public into believing there is "Global Warming". As more details of the fraud known as Health Care Deform get publicized, the opposition to Health Care Deform grows. While no democrat will admit this publicly, in private, many democrats required bribes to vote for the bill. Many more who didn't ask for bribes have suddenly developed an interest in their family, friends, local politics or anything else that will require them to retire and avoid the embarrassment of losing in their upcoming elections.

The Senate version includes ... back-room deals, like the infamous Cornhusker Kickback, that moderates find objectionable.


Honest people also find the back-room deals objectionable. I am not sure whether to exclude democrats from the previous statement because they don't qualify as people, or because they don't qualify as honest. In any case, the dishonest back-room deals were placed in the bills by the democrats because of the democrats lack of honesty and lack of concern for the American people.

If we can't expect honesty and above board dealings when the government writes this bill, how can we expect honesty and above board dealings when it is time for the government to enforce this bill?

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Death To Them All.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/0226/Qaddafi-calls-for-jihad-against-Switzerland-Is-it-funny
Qaddafi calls for jihad against Switzerland: Is it funny?
Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi called for jihad against Switzerland, the latest in a tit-for-tat dispute dating back to the 2008 arrest of one of Qaddafi's sons. Some find humor in the latest from the dictator.

There is nothing funny about this.

If my son and daughter-in-law got arrested for slapping around an uppity servant I would be upset too. Even if the charges were eventually dropped. Don't these servants know their place? Don't they know I am abov the law? Under the circumstances, I think it is entirely reasonable to demand all Christians on the planet join me in calling for a holy war against the country where this incident took place. I know that God agrees with me.

How can any Christian disagree with me when I know what is right and good?

No New Taxes. Raise The Fees!

http://www.4mrticket.com/?option=com_content&catid=4&id=74&view=article&Itemid=83&fontstyle=f-larger
California Traffic Tickets Fines

The State of California is having a terrible time balancing the budget. But I think they have finally figured out how to do it.

The State of California has started releasing some criminals from overcrowded prisons. They are on the right path. They just need to take it to it's logical conclusion.

Prisons don't earn any money. Shut them all down. Sell off all the prisons. Since the State of California was stupid enough to accept a union contract that won't allow them to fire any body for any reason, we can take all the prison personnel and administrators and let them loose on the public education system. After all, the prison officials have done such a good job of rehabilitating prisoners, I just know they will be equally effective in teaching students.

At this point, the police can stop chasing criminals. What with the criminal's civil rights, and the millions of dollars spend on the trials and multiple appeals, it doesn't make any sense to deal with criminals anyway. They have no money.

The State of California can just keep increasing the fees for traffic violations. The State of California recently raised most of the traffic tickets to three digit fees. Some are already four digit amounts. Anyone who can drive, can afford to pay tickets. If it turns out a criminal is driving and can't afford the ticket, confiscate the car. The criminal won't do that again! And the State of California will be able to sell the confiscated car at a profit.

As it is, the function of the police is slowly changing from "protect and serve", to "collect and observe".

If At First T.A.R.P. Doesn't Work, Try, Try Again.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2617067420100226
US Treasury loan fund to ease credit to small firms

T.A.R.P. Troubled Asshole Relief Program

The U.S.Treasury said that since the prior bank bailout didn't work, they will do the same thing all over again, but this time with even more money.

Like all government programs, the bank bailout program was ill conceived, and poorly executed. But like all government programs, those are the base requirements for any program that hopes to get funding. After all, with all the special interest groups lobbying to get their own pork project funded, politicians just don't have the time or the interest in doing anything for the voters who actually elected them to office.

California For Sale. No Reasonable Offer Refused.

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_14477615?source=rss#4166742242572393361
California puts 11 office buildings up for sale

The politicians of the State of California once again get a chance to show off their ignorance and stupidity.

The politicians of the State of California are facing a long term budget crisis. The politicians are trying to spend more money than they have. If the politicians can't acquire the money through outrageous tax hikes, and outrageous usage fees for services, then they will sell off any / all assets the State of California owns. Which is a perfect short term solution to a long term problem. Unless the crooked and dishonorable politicians have something even sleazier up their proverbial sleeves then the State of California will eventually run out of assets to sell.

Can you imagine a private person or business buying the state capital, and then trying to evict the state legislature when it fails to pay rent?

City Of Los Angeles All Wet.

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_14477588?source=rss
Less than half of 30 debris basins are cleared as storm arrives
Twelve of the 30 key debris basins protecting mountainside communities were 100 percent cleared this morning as a new storm bore down on the Southland.

In yet another budget saving measure, the City of Los Angeles, is NOT cleaning 18 of the 30 debris basins that would prevent the hillsides from sliding down and destroying homes owned by residents of Los Angeles. Instead of cleaning the debris basins (which is expensive and time consuming), the city has decided to revamp the threat levels associated with mud slides and destruction of private property. Evidently a warning of impending doom is more than adequate to the ungrateful tax payers of the city.

Seems like a win-win situation to me. The City of Los Angeles can complain they don't get enough money to do what is necessary to provide adequate services. The City of Los Angeles can also sit back and laugh at the residents stupid enough to believe the that millions of dollars siphoned out of the wallets of the residents will be spent wisely or will ever be enough to meet the demands of the elite ruling class of the City of Los Angeles.

L.A.City Council Embraces Obama's Socialist Plan To Reduce Existing Businesses.

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_14477579?source=rss
L.A. Council tentatively approves phasing out noiser jets at Van Nuys Airport

The Los Angeles City Council, in an effort to help reduce the number of active businesses in the area, are planning on banning noisier jets from landing at the Van Nuys airport. This will help crush the economy and lower the tax base by forcing the noisier jets to either spend vast quantities of money to make less noise when flying, or go elsewhere. In the midst of this Great Depression that Barack Hussein Obama calls a recovery, I suspect the owners of the jets will not only look to move their flights elsewhere, but also move their businesses. Which is a win-win situation for the Los Angeles City Council. Since it will reduce the tax base, and thus reduce tax income, it will give the City Council an excuse to raise the taxes on the local wealthy (anyone who still has a job-government workers don't count).

Students Demonstrate Correct Way To Protest Budget Cuts. With Violence.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100227/ap_on_re_us/us_university_cuts_protest;_ylt=Aq0pyGfETrIuRakxxFn11pdvzwcF;_ylu=X3oDMTJ2b3JsOXQxBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMjI3L3VzX3VuaXZlcnNpdHlfY3V0c19wcm90ZXN0BHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDZnVsbG5ic3BzdG9y
Late-night protest at UC Berkeley turns violent
A late-night demonstration over budget cuts turned violent in Berkeley when protesters broke into a campus building, torched trash cans, smashed windows and threw rocks and bottles at police, authorities said Friday.

Students staged a protest over the proposed education funding cuts. And like all good students, they decided to show the world what they have been learning in school. So as part of their protest, the demonstrators destroyed public and private property. Thy also attacked the law enforcement officials who were trying to stop the destruction of public and private property.

I am sure their teachers will be proud of them for showing contempt for the country they live in.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Govrnment Incompetence Is The New Competence.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100225/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_immigration_e_verify
Report: E-Verify misses half of illegal workers
The online tool E-Verify, now used voluntarily by employers, wrongly clears illegal workers about 54 percent of the time, according to Westat, a research company that evaluated the system for the Homeland Security Department. E-Verify missed so many illegal workers mainly because it can't detect identity fraud, Westat said.

In other works, flipping a coin will get you better results than depending on the federal government to supply the correct information.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano claims that using government math (lies), their system is much more effective than independent testing reveals.
The Obama administration has made cracking down on employers who hire people here illegally a central part of its immigration enforcement policy, and there are expectations that some Republicans in Congress will try in coming weeks to make E-Verify mandatory.


The federal government is planning on punishing employers who hire an illegal worker. The government is providing a tool to determine status of illegal worker. The tool is wrong more often than it is right. Which means that the individual employer will be responsible for the mistakes the government makes. All just a part of the federal government's war on capitalism.

Westat, a research company has determined that even though the current system is wrong 54% of the time, it is more accurate than the old system.

Now doesn't that make you feel proud of the way the (federal) government works? Aren't you glad this is the level of competence you can expect from the (federal) government when performing any service for the public?

All Prisoners Look Alike.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100226/ap_on_re_us/us_inmate_mistaken_release;_ylt=AuAJJoJc4eAb9d64IwrPivBvzwcF;_ylu=X3oDMTMwbmZvMHJpBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMjI2L3VzX2lubWF0ZV9taXN0YWtlbl9yZWxlYXNlBHBvcwMxNwRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA2Z1bGxuYnNwc3Rvcg--
Md. inmate leaves prison by impersonating cellmate
An inmate serving three life sentences for attempted murder convictions pretended to be a cellmate who was due for release and walked out of a Baltimore prison, corrections officials said Thursday night.

Three times the security guards checked the prisoners identification. And three times they failed to notice that the identification card did not match the person holding the card. The security guards never did notice their mistake. It was brought to their attention hours later by the prisoner who was supposed to be released.

If this is the level of care the government uses when watching a convicted felon, what do you think you can expect from the government when they are overseeing your health care issues?

Obama Moderates Open Discussion, But Refuses To Listen To Republicans.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1968248,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
Obama Finds No Common Ground at Health Care Summit

Of course not. Barack Hussein Obama was not looking for common ground at the health care summit. Barack Hussein Obama was looking to embarrass the republicans into voting for the already existing Health Care Deform bill that was written by democrats and special interest groups, and for which a number of democratic politicians have already been bribed to vote for.

"Americans", said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, "don't have time for us to start from scratch. Many of them are at the end of the line."


You lie! One of Barack Hussein Obama's henchmen, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was slinging out the lies as fast and as furious as Barack Hussein Obama. One of the more offensive lies, was the one about they should pass a bad bill because they don't have time to write a good bill. Of course the biggest lie of all, was said by the liar-in-chief, Barack Hussein Obama, when he claimed this was a bipartisan (you lie) meeting he was going to moderate (you lie). Another big lie, was when Barack Hussein Obama said he was there to listen to what the republicans had to say. I guess for Barack Hussein Obama, showing up with a bill already written, is a good way to show you are open to listening to other points of view.

For those of you with a short attention, try and remember about a year ago. The liar-in-chief was busy lying to the congress, the senate and to the American public about how critical it was to pass the stimulus / bailout (welfare for the wealthy) plan immediately. There wasn't time to read the bill. There wasn't time to discuss the bill. There was barely enough time to pass the stimulus / bailout (welfare for the wealthy) plan before the entire economy of the United States came to a crashing halt. Guess what? The bill passed. All the too big to fail wall street wizards received billions of dollars in bail out money and they paid themselves millions of dollars for a job well done. The economy of the United States came to a crashing halt. Many business have failed since then. Millions of people have lost their jobs since them. Millions of people are facing losing their homes since then. Ever since, Barack Hussein Obama has been trying to brainwash the American people into believing that he saved the economy.

Are you sure you want to see the politicians pass a health care
bill that people won't have time to read and won't have time to discuss? Are you sure you want to see what Barack Hussein Obama and his merry men are capable of doing to the health care system (1/6 of the entire economy)?

"We'd love to have a five-page bill," Obama said to the Republicans who had arrived toting copies of the massive Senate-passed legislation. "It would save an awful lot of work. The reason we didn't do it is because it turns out that baby steps don't get you to the place where people need to go."


You lie! The real reason why Barack Hussein Obama doesn't want a five-page bill, is that there would be no place to hide the pork for the special interest groups. Do you really think that it takes two thousand pages of text to reform the health care system? I could do it in one sentence.

Give the entire country the same health care plan the politicians have.

Or, another way of putting it.

Force all politicians to give up their current health care plan, and take the one they are forcing on the American public.

"We cannot have another year-long debate about this. So the question that I'm going to ask myself and I ask of all of you is, is there enough serious effort that in a month's time or a few weeks' time or six weeks' time we could actually resolve something?" Obama said as the session drew to a close.


You lie! The real reason why we can't have another year-long debate, is that a majority of the American public has finally seen who and what Barack Hussein Obama and the democrats really stand for. The American public don't like what they see. The American public are voting the democrats out of office as fast as they can. Which means the democrats will lose their majority in the congress and the senate. Which means the democrats will NOT be able to force a badly written and unwanted Health Care Deform Bill down the throats of the American public.

San Francisco Persecutes Silent Majority.

http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/SF-stops-benefits-bamboozle-85453427.html#2782464528861547807
SF stops benefits bamboozle
The City is rooting out those who should not be receiving health benefits — in one case even someone who died 16 years ago — and the savings so far represent $30,000 a month.

Like every other city, and every other state in this country, the city of San Francisco is looking for ways to increase revenue, and decrease payouts.

One of the ways the City of San Francisco has figured out to decrease payouts, is to stop paying for health benefits for people who have been dead for more than 15 years. I think San Francisco is unfairly picking on a minority that is unable to speak up for themselves. While there are more dead people than living people, the number of dead people who worked for the city is a minority of the total number of dead people in San Francisco. And if anybody needs health benefits, the dead probably need health benefits more than most people. After all, if the dead get injured, they don't heal. Since I know San Francisco doesn't want to offend any minority group, I hope that they will shortly reverse their position, and continue paying health benefits for the dead. What better way for the city to show they care about former government employees. And besides, I am sure the dead people are probably working as hard as many of the living people,

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Unemployment Rate Skyrockets. Continuing Proof That Great Depression Is Over.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704479404575087221234312794.html?mod=WSJ_business_EconomyNewsBucket
Jobless Claims Jump Again

Once again the political and economic leaders are shocked, I say shocked, to find that the number of people filing for unemployment benefits is rising. Unfortunately for America, none of the political and economic leaders of this country studied any economic system other than communism (which doesn't care about homes, jobs or businesses).

Barack Hussein Obama and his band of merry men just came back from their "Brainwash America" tour where they were trying to convince the public that the stimulus bill (welfare for the wealthy) of last year saved the economy (without saving any jobs, without saving any business or without preventing homelessness). Barack Hussein Obama and his minions could honestly talk about saving America because as communists, they don't care about jobs, businesses or homeleessness. So they don't know that they really didn't save America. Either that, or they are all consummate liars. Which based on their political campaign and policies being promoted in the congress and senate, they are all consummate liars. Unfortunately, with millions of people losing their businesses, their jobs, and their homes, the people have a tough time believing in the message of the "Brainwash America" tour.

So until Barack Hussein Obama gives up his communist eeducation, and tries something that really works, the United States will NEVER recover from the Great Depression that has barely gotten started.

Second Class Citizen Sues For Right To Advertise Second Class Status.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/25/BALB1C6HR5.DTL
Muslim woman files complaint over head-scarf firing

A woman wearing a hijab, is showing respect for her religion. Her religion, as practiced in the Middle East believes that:
- A girl who was raped gets sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in jail because she met and talked to a boy she didn't know.
- A 75 year old woman gets sentenced to 40 lashes and four months in prison for having two unrelated men in her home.
- A man gets sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 5 years in prison for talking about his sex life on television.

The Muslim religion teaches disrespect for women. Women should not be allowed out of the house. Women should not be given an education. Women should be sold off to men as soon as they are of marriageable age (10 years old). Women are not allowed to own property.

Since this woman is upset at having to remove her hijab in public, maybe we should treat her as all the rest of the Muslim world believes women should be treated. Kick her out of school, banish her to her home, and sell her off to the first man who offers to buy her.

Why should America grant her more rights than her religion and culture believe she should have? After all, to the Muslim men, she is only fit to exist as a baby factory to produce future suicide bombers who will be taught to kill all non-Muslims.

Health Care Deform. The Best That Lobbyists Money Can Buy.

http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2010/February/24/Lobbying-Wednes.aspx
A Bird's-Eye View Of Health Overhaul Lobbying
The Center for Public Integrity's new "analysis of Senate lobbying disclosure forms shows that more than 1,750 companies and organizations hired about 4,525 lobbyists — eight for each member of Congress — to influence health reform bills in 2009."

Is this what the democrats call a bipartisan process? The democrats will allow thousands of lobbyists to influence the Health Care Deform bill. But somehow exclude all the republicans.
"Businesses and organizations that lobbied on health reform spent more than $1.2 billion on their overall lobby efforts," the report finds, out of a total of $3.47 billion for all reported lobbying last year. However, the amount spent on health overhaul issues is not reported independent of other issues the same organizations lobbied on. The total number of lobbyists working on health care doubled last year.

The federal government is planning on spending over $1 trillion dollars on their Health Care Deform bill. For a mere 1% of that, or $1.2 billion, the lobbyists are seeing that their money is well spent.

It is too bad we don't live in a democracy where the voice of the people can be heard.

Federal And State Employees Aid Kidnapper / Rapist In Avoiding Getting Caught For Decades.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,544263,00.html
Questions Arise Over How Kidnapper Went Undetected

It was easy for Phillip Garrido, the kidnapper / rapist to go undetected for decades. The parole agents who were supposed to keep an eye on him didn't. The police officers who were called because of complaints didn't investigate. There were people living in tents in the back yard and even the housing / zoning inspectors never showed up to find out why this was going on. In fact, every system the government had in place to prevent this kind of thing from happening, was in place, but was non-functional.

Won't you be much happier when these kinds of people will be overseeing your health care system.

Mentally Ill Prisoner Wants Continued Access To Rape Victim. Promises Nothing Bad Will Happen.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587383,00.html
Man Charged in Jaycee Dugard Kidnapping Is Mentally Ill, Lawyer Says

Phillip Garrido, who is planning on pleading not-guilty by reason of insanity, wants to have continued access to the young girl he kidnapped and then raped for 18 years.

I wonder what the courts will say?

After all, Phillip Garrido did have two children with the girl he kidnapped and raped for 18 years. Doesn't that give him some kind of parental rights?

After all, Phillip Garrido is claiming to be mentally ill. What could a mentally ill person possibly do in a situation like this to make things worse for the girl he kidnapped and raped for 18 years?

Considering how quickly (sarcasm) the government system apprehend Phillip Garrido, what could possibly go wrong with giving a mentally ill individual access to a girl he kidnapped and raped for 18 years?

Don't you appreciate the fact that our government does everything in it's power to protect the rights of the criminals?

Good Bond Ratings Are For Sissies.

http://www.kfiam640.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=153218&article=6807677
L.A. City Credit Rating Drops
Standard and Poor's on Tuesday lowered its rating of the City's credit from "AA" to "AA-minus."

Evidently the City of Los Angeles is not bothered by the prospect of having it's bond ratings lowered. The City of Los Angeles must be counting on the bankrupt State of California and the bankrupt United States of American to bail them out. After all, isn't the City of Los Angeles too big to fail?
"It's going to cost us millions of dollars more to borrow as a standard way of operating," City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana said.

Don't you just love optimism.

As the City of Los Angeles continues to prove they would rather go bankrupt than balance the budget, the bond ratings will continue to plummet. Eventually, the the City of Los Angeles won't be able to borrow money (because nobody will want to loan them money). And if the the City of Los Angeles resorts to raising taxes enough, anyone with a job or money will leave the city. At which point, the most of the people left will be the politicians and government employees. The rest of the people left will be all the people on welfare or otherwise too poor and too uneducated to be able to leave the city for better opportunities elsewhere.

Thus the City of Los Angeles will be able to prove that balancing the budget is for wimps and weaklings.

Obama Urges CEOs To Rally Behind Socialist Agenda.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704240004575085402488899096.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
Obama Urges CEOs to Rally Behind Business Agenda
"As president of the United States, my interest is to reward—or at least not disadvantage—companies who are creating more jobs and doing more business within the borders of this country," Mr. Obama said in remarks prepared for delivery Wednesday to the Business Roundtable.

Just about everything Barack Hussein Obama has done since getting elected has been to punish (disadvantage) businesses. When Barack Hussein Obama took tax money from successful businesses to give to bigger failing businesses, he was NOT rewarding, but penalizing companies who are creating jobs. When Barack Hussein Obama whipped up hatred for the wall street wizards who paid themselves their normal bonuses out of the stimulus money (which provision was written into the stimulus bill) he was drumming up support for the free market? When Barack Hussein Obama created the federal pay czar (at outrageous salary, answerable only to himself) it was because he thought that successful businessmen shouldn't make more money than unsuccessful businessmen. Barack Hussein Obama's newest jobs creation bill rewards businesses for giving raises to existing employees without making it any easier to exist as a business.
"Contrary to the claims of some of my critics, I am an ardent believer in the free market," Mr. Obama said. "I want everyone in this room to succeed. I want your shareholders to do well, and I want your workers to do well."

Barack Hussein Obama must have a funny idea of what a free market is.

All of the czars Barack Hussein Obama has appointed are communists who hate the free market. Before Barack Hussein Obama started running for president, he was very vocal about his communist mentors and friends. He spoke quite eloquently about the communist agenda (spread the poverty). All the bills that Barack Hussein Obama has supported are for the government to get bigger, and ineptly try to perform some of the functions of the free market. These are NOT the actions of someone who believes in the free market. They are the actions of a true believer in communism.

So it is NOT just the critics of Barack Hussein Obama that say he is not a believer in the free market. It is all Barack Hussein Obama's prior speeches that say he is not a friend to the free market. It is all Barack Hussein Obama's friends speeches that confirm that Barack Hussein Obama is no friend to the free market or freedom. If it walks like a communist, if it acts like a communist, if it supports bills that the communists support, then it must be a communist, no matter what speeches it makes in public.

Los Angeles Is Magnet City For Stupid Students. Or Is That Stupid Teachers?

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/LAUSD%27S+GRADUATION+RATE:+44%25+DISTRICT+6TH+WORST+AMONG+U.S.+CITIES,...-a0147315702
LAUSD'S GRADUATION RATE: 44% DISTRICT 6TH WORST AMONG U.S. CITIES, NEW STUDY FINDS.
Just 44 percent of Los Angeles Unified students receive a high school diploma making the 727,000-student district's graduation rate among the lowest of large urban school districts, a national study released Tuesday found. ... The study, which looked at U.S. Department of Education graduation rates for the 2002-03 school year, found California's graduation rate to be about 71 percent, slightly better than the nationwide average.

The Los Angeles Unified School District can take pride in knowing that there are school systems out there that are worse than they are. Although the L.A.U.S.D. are trying to use the "new math" to prove that there may be more than 5 other school districts doing a worse job.

Of course the parents may not be as happy at seeing that the L.A.U.S.D. pays the highest teachers salaries in the country and has the lowest education rate in the country (there goes that new math again). Considering how high the taxes are in Los Angeles and California, it is frustrating to know that it would be cheaper to send your child to some third world country and you would know you are providing a better education at a fraction of the cost.
"We have a 50 percent dropout rate amongst our students," Schwarzenegger said. "The grades are bad. I don't think they're really creating there the future for California."

Actually, the school system is creating a future. A future of welfare and unemployment. Not the kind of future I would choose for myself. But evidently the kind of future the "teachers" and the government have chosen for the students currently in the "educational" system.

Rhode Island Schools Have Radical Idea. Fire Teachers Who Don't Teach.

http://www.projo.com/education/content/central_falls_teachers.1_02-13-10_A8HEI7Q_v61.3a65218.html
Central Falls to fire every high school teacher
2008-2009: Test scores remain a problem at Central Falls High School as only 3 percent of 11th graders are proficient in math in 2008 and 7 percent in 2009.

Central Falls High School must be an interesting place to go to school. "Teachers" are not required to teach. Students are not required to learn. Factor in that the "teachers" are being paid a salary of 3.5 times the amount the average citizen earns in Central Falls, and you can begin to see the anger at the "teachers" and the school.

Of course, after the students graduate (does it count as graduation if you flunk all your courses all the time, but manage to show up for class most of the time) they may have difficulty getting any job that requires an education. But what does that have to do with schools?

But there was room for hope by the "teachers" union. From 2008 to 2009 the math proficiency scores improved from 3% to 7% of all the students attending the school.

If there actually was an increase in the math proficiency scores of 4% per year, and if this rate of increase stays steady, it will only take 12 years for 50% of the students to be able to master basic math proficiency by the time they graduate. Of course the 4% increase could be one time fluke. In which case, it could take hundreds of years to raise the proficiency scores to above 10% of the students. Let's not even think about the students that subjected to this kind of inadequate education.

Based on the test scores, and the "teachers" unwillingness to work with the administration to solve this problem, the school can now go out and hire baby sitters for $1 or $2 per hour and get at least the same test scores. And the students won't be any worse off than they would have been with the "teachers".

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Hospitals Kill More People Than Hand Guns.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L51D20100222
U.S. hospital infections killed 48,000: report
Pneumonia and blood-borne infections caught in hospital killed 48,000 patients and cost $8.1 billion in 2006, according to a report released on Monday.

Because more people die in hospitals than are killed by hand guns, the federal government is considering banning hospitals.

The federal government stated that the ban on hospitals will serve multiple purposes. It will help balance the budget (since many hospitals are subsidized by medical and medicare payments). It will provide increased work for undertakers and funeral homes (from the higher death toll). It will provide additional work for lawyers (who can sue doctors for performing surgeries in offices and homes). It will send a message to the health care community that the days when they can take advantage of the general population are over.

The onion.com was quoted as saying that if I "ever attempt to write a humorous article again, they will have my literary license revoked."

Government Non-Interference. Sets Profit And Salary Levels For Private Business.

http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2010/February/23/Obama-plan-insurers.aspx
Insurers Reject Obama's Proposal For A Rate-Hike Review Panel

Why are the insurance companies upset with Barack Hussein Obama's proposal for the federal government to regulate a private companies ability to make a profit. After all, Barack Hussein Obama has already put in place a pay czar to regulate how much any private business (public agencies can pay anyone they want as much as they want) can pay their executives. You would think that the insurance companies don't understand they are located in a communist country, where the political leaders regulate everything.

Newest Bubble To Burst. Confidence In Obama And The Federal Government.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-23/consumer-confidence-in-u-s-fell-more-than-forecast-in-february.html
Consumer Confidence in U.S. Falls More Than Forecast (Update2)
Confidence among U.S. consumers fell more than anticipated in February to the lowest level since April 2009 as the outlook for jobs diminished ...

Barack Hussein Obama and his band of merry men just concluded their "Brainwash America" tour. Polls were taken to see how well Barack Hussein Obama and his minions did in convincing the public that the economy has already been by saved by the $800 billion stimulus (welfare for the wealthy) bill that was passed a year ago. Evidently Barack Hussein Obama and his henchmen weren't very convincing. Or maybe it is more difficult to believe the "Hype And Confusion" why you are jobless and homeless.

Authorities In Colorado Consider Actions Against Hero.

http://www.latimes.com/kdvr-benke-shooting-022310,0,1205879.story
Shooting: Math teacher's heroics likely saved lives

The local law enforcement infrastructure in Littleton, Colorado were very upset to find out that a gun wielding killer was disarmed by an unarmed victim.

A law enforcement official (who refused to be named) stated that "There is a reason why private gun ownership is banned. When a victim is unarmed, he is less likely to protect himself. A victim who won't protect himself is more likely to need the police state. This provides full employment for police state. So, even though the math teacher didn't use a gun to defend himself, his actions in defending himself and the students at his school were still highly inappropriate. At best, the math teacher may have saved a few inconsequential lives. At worst, he may have provided a focal point for victims who believe they should have the right to defend themselves."

The unnamed law enforcement official went on to say "The math teacher probably didn't warn the alleged shooter before attacking him. The math teacher probably didn't read the alleged shooter his rights. The math teacher probably may have even hurt the alleged shooter, a clear violation of the alleged shooters civil rights. The unprovoked attack by an unarmed victim on an alleged shooter may even provide grounds for the alleged shooter to sue the math teacher."

A nameless A.C.L.U. (American Communist Leftists United) spokeshole stated that "While the math teacher didn't use a gun to protect himself, we are none the less in agreement with the police state. We believe the math teacher should be censured for protecting himself and his students. The 31st amendment to the constitution clearly states that no individual has the right to protect themselves from any threat, public or private."

The onion.com was quoted as saying that if I "ever attempt to write a humorous article again, they will have my literary license revoked."

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Government Celebrates Manipulation Of Unemployment To Show Improvement.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100223/us_nm/us_usa_economy_jobs_poll;_ylt=Ap2dyh6fE3F9iRlzd7qz.Jys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNzNmhtYzhkBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTAwMjIzL3VzX3VzYV9lY29ub215X2pvYnNfcG9sbARjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzYEcG9zAzMEcHQDaG9tZV9jb2tlBHNlYwN5bl9oZWFkbGluZV9saXN0BHNsawNuZWFybHkyMHBlcmM-
Nearly 20 percent of U.S. workers underemployed

The government gleefully lied to the public about the drop of the unemployment rate to 9.7%.

The government is able to lie like this, because they have carefully defined unemployment to exclude people who have been unemployed for so long they have run out of unemployment benefits and have given up looking for jobs.

The government is also excluding people who are underemployed. These are people who are so interested in working, that they are willing to work at jobs that pay less than welfare and other benefit programs that cater to the homeless and unemployable.

So when you factor in all the people that the government statistics exclude, you actually have a closer to 30% unemployment rate.

Yup. Seems like an economic recovery to me.

Are People Stupid Because Movies Are Stupid?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8530405.stm
Three films that would make Einstein blush
An American physicist is calling for Hollywood producers to tone down the fanciful science in movies - and restrict themselves to just one scientific flaw per film. But which are the worst offenders when it comes to bad science films?

Is "An Inconvenient Truth" one of the movies the American physicist upset with? If not, we have a problem. The "scientist" who invented "Global Warming" is willing to admit that he might be wrong. He is even willing to admit we may be in a cooling period. Many "Global Warming" "scientists" believe that using non-scientific data, and then exaggerating the results is perfectly acceptable. How is that different from movies where non-scientific data is exaggerated for effect?

Many movies are truth impaired. But does it matter? Most movies are not documentaries. They area not trying to teach. They are simply trying to tell a story. They are exaggerating for effect.

Everybody knows that every word out of the mouths of every politician and government employee is a lie. There are no warning labels on politician and government employees. The mass media acts as if the politicians and government employees all tell the truth. Is this harming our country and the world?

Own A Dog, Go To Jail.

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/h/4111-federal-racketeering-lawsuit-stuns-hsus
Federal Racketeering Lawsuit Stuns HSUS
Feld is leveling bribery, fraud, obstruction of justice, and money laundering charges against HSUS and two of its corporate attorneys, three other animal rights groups, Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal, and all three of that firm’s named partners.

The only reason why HSUS is stunned by the lawsuit, is that like all unholier than thou groups, they believe that they are above the law.

Evidently animal rights activists are about as honest as the mafia and the "Global Warming Scientists". And like the mafia and the "Global Warming Scientists", the truth needs to be dispensed with in the pursuit of their goals. Evidently no crime (bribery, fraud, obstruction of justice, money laundering) is to heinous to be avoided in the pursuit of their goals.

The only surprise in this mess, is that P.E.T.A. (People Enthusiastically Terminating Animals) (which has a 95% kill rate for animals they take in for care and adoption) was not part of the original bogus lawsuit.

Register Hot Dogs, Not Hand Guns.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/22/children.choking/?hpt=C1
Labels urged for foods that can choke kids
(100 child deaths per year ... a rough estimate of how many children choke to death on food every year, according to the most recent statistics from a 2002 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study.

Is 100 children dying per year serious? Lets look at it from the governments perspective.

In 1999, according to government reports, there were 28,874 gun-related deaths in the United States. This was considered horrible by the United States government, and they have therefore decided to ban guns.

In 1999, according to government reports, 41,611 people were killed and 3.4 million people were injured in automobile accidents. This is considered acceptable, and there are no plans to ban automobiles.

What conclusion can we draw from this?

It could mean that the government prefers you use a car to kill someone rather than using a gun. It is always so difficult to know what special interest group has bribed the government to take a ludicrous position.

Or it could mean that there is some magic number of deaths used to decide a products acceptability. If the number of deaths is below the magic number, the deaths and injuries are bad and the product must be stopped at all costs. If the number of deaths is above the magic number, the deaths and injuries are acceptable, and there is no need to prevent the usage of the product.

If this is the case, then it probably means that we need to ban hot dogs, grapes, raw carrots, apples and peanuts. At least until we can get the deaths caused by them up to the death rate of automobiles, at which point, we would no longer need to regulate / ban them.

I'll Sleep On That.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/02/dont-knock-naps-they-make-you-smarter/1
Don't knock naps, they make you smarter
The longer we stay awake, the less able our brains are to learn.

If this is true, then I think I know a few people who have been awake for more than a few weeks.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Wealthy Celebrities Create Addictions To Excuse Their Actions.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61I61S20100219
Tiger Woods case puts spotlight on "sex addiction"

Is it possible that some people are addicted committing crime? Do they have a 12 step recovery program for criminals? Maybe they shouldn't put criminals in jail. The state of California is currently letting criminals out of jail early. Is this the first step?

Is it possible that some people are addicted committing violence against other people? Do they have a 12 step recovery program for recovering police?

Is it possible that some people are addicted to sex with subordinates? Is it possible that some people are addicted to telling lies? Is it possible that some people are addicted to taking money to act against the best interests of their bosses? If so, then electing them to political office is not good for the country or the individuals.

Am I addicted to eating regularly and living indoors. Do they have a 12 step recovery program for that?

Global Warming. Now Just For True Believers.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-22/climate-change-fervor-cools-amid-disputed-science-defections.html
Climate-Change Fervor Cools Amid Disputed Science, Defections
The latest blow to those urging action against global warming came last week, when Yvo de Boer said he would step down as United Nations climate chief, two months after 193 countries meeting in Copenhagen failed to reach a binding agreement on curbing greenhouse gases.

The United Nations can't even agree that Muslim terrorists killing civilian men, women and children is bad. How can they be expected to agree on anything else that is even remotely controversial.

This article goes on to explain how unfortunate that all the opportunists (Al Gore and others) who are selling pollution rights (carbon credits) might not be able to continue to earn the outrageous amounts of money they have been expecting since they were able to put over the fraud of "Global Warming" on the whole world. Trading in carbon credits (giving people permission to pollute) is hardly the kind of thing an honest or honorable person who believed in "Global Warming" would engage in.

Some of the big companies that initially supported the "Global Warming" initiatives are finally starting to realize that they were only crippling their own efforts to stay in business.

Of course the revelation that the "Global Warming" "science" is based on anecdotal and fraudulently manipulated evidence created by biased activists (with no scientific background) that was then grossly exaggerated to make their point has caused many intelligent (the unintelligent people believe, no proof necessary) people to reassess their belief in something that cannot be seen or proved.

Benedict Arnold Schwarzenegger Supports Fellow Democrats On National Television.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-schwarzenegger22-2010feb22,0,5169454.story
Arnold Schwarzenegger criticizes fellow Republicans

Arnold Schwarzenegger was interviewed on television yesterday. It is a good thing that the media performing the interview and the media reporting on the interview are part of the left wing conspiracy to make this into another communist country. Otherwise, someone might have asked Arnold Schwarzenegger a question he would not want to answer and would not want people thinking about.

Since when is Arnold Schwarzenegger a republican? He may have run as a republican, but his actions as a governor show no understanding and no interest in the republican platform. With Arnold Schwarzenegger's support for the "green" agenda, with his support for more taxes, he is doing nothing even remotely close to the republican party platform. So, if Arnold Schwarzenegger is a republican, it is a RINO (Republican In Name Only).

In the interview Arnold Schwarzenegger goes on to attack republicans as hypocrites. As a hypocrite, it is important Arnold Schwarzenegger be able to recognize other hypocrites. Arnold Schwarzenegger complains that republicans who fought against the stimulus (welfare for the wealthy) bill, then proceeded to take credit for any imagined benefits it provided the local voters. All citizens in this country who pay taxes (which leaves out Barack Hussein Obama's appointees) have watched their money go down the drain on the stimulus (welfare for the wealthy) bill. In an effort to at least get some of the money being taken from their citizens funneling back into their communities, the republicans have been making noises like this is a good thing. While it may not be good, would it be better for the republicans to tell their communities that they are being taxed, but getting nothing for their money? And thus force the government to send the money to some other community?

In the interview Arnold Schwarzenegger goes on to complain that the "tea party" movement as "just an expression of anger and dissatisfaction."

Just? Arnold Schwarzenegger may not have been born in America, so Arnold Schwarzenegger never studied American history, but the American revolution, was a few people who were "just" unhappy with the government and their policies. It did not take a lot of people to overthrow the repressive and corrupt government that didn't care about the citizens. Our current government is much more repressive and corrupt than what the original patriots revolted against back in the American Revolution.

Thee "tea party" movement may just be the beginning of the citizens (patriots) reclaiming the government from the political elite ruling class.

It's The End Of The World As We Know it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/opinion/21friedman.html
The Fat Lady Has Sung

Op-Ed Columnist for the New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman has it all wrong. These are not the lean years. This is the end of the American Empire.

After of decades of governmental incompetence (at all levels, from both parties), we are seeing the results of what we have worked so hard for.

Government incompetence can be see in the failure of the education system to actually teach students anything useful, like reading, writing, arithmetic, thinking, ... With the policy of "no moron left behind" students were moved to the next higher grade, without having to learn anything from the prior grade. Thus we are currently having record levels of students dropping out of high school. And even with the high drop out rate, the remaining students are having difficulty passing the exams that prove they learned anything in school. Since political correctness took over, it has became racist to deny minority students access to college. So today we have students in college who can not read or write in any language. Students who are capable of learning in college are being denied access so that students who can't learn anything in college have a chance to attend college.

Government incompetence can be see in the support for the "green" platform. It is offensive to the "greens" to do anything to the environment that might effect it. So most of our production of goods has been shipped overseas. This blends nicely with the current education system. The skill set of most high school attendees at the current low level are currently qualified for the only jobs still available in this country (may I have your order please).

The Muslim religion clearly states that it is moral to kill non-Muslims. With political correctness, it is inappropriate to make any plans for national security using this knowledge, as it is racist.

While in this country everybody claims we need to provide more rights for women and minorities. The Muslim religion clearly states that women are second class citizens, and not worthy of education or respect. So in an effort to appease the the Muslims, the feminists have accepted this double standard.

Thanks to an inadequate education, the average American has become overweight (or obese). The government answer is to tax everybody and ignore the problem. And the rest of the government answer, is to take over health care.

Political correctness states that Americans are the cause of ALL problems in the world today. So if we just punish all Americans, everything else would be fine. So Americans need to be punished for fighting the Germans in World War II. The Americans need to be punished for allowing many communist dictatorships (which kill their citizens and take away their rights) to fail. The Americans have successfully built an economy that provides for more than subsistence, so they need to be punished for global warming (because no other nations on the planet caused the problem).

But now it feels as if we are entering a new era, “where the great task of government and of leadership is going to be about taking things away from people,” said the Johns Hopkins University foreign policy expert Michael Mandelbaum.


This is NOT a new era. This is the same old era, only bigger, and worse. The great task of government always has been and always will be to take away things from the citizens. No government can exist that doesn't take things away from citizens. The task of government is to brainwash the citizens into thinking that the government stealing from them is a good thing, and that the government is providing a useful service by stealing from the citizens.

President Obama’s bad luck was that he showed up just as we moved from the fat years to the lean years.

Barack Hussein Obama's bad luck was being picked by the democrats to run for president. Barack Hussein Obama has never had a job in his life. Barack Hussein Obama doesn't know what real work is. Barack Hussein Obama is a communist. All his friends are either communists, or hate America, or both. All of which make Barack Hussein Obama spectacularly unqualified to be president of the United States. So while the United States is collapsing all around us, Barack Hussein Obama is trying to brainwash the public into thinking that this is recovery. All the while Barack Hussein Obama is working on his communist agenda of spreading the poverty.

Thomas L. Friedman believes that Barack Hussein Obama is interested in nation building. Bills for the government to take over health care, bills to restrict what businesses and citizens can do (cap and trade) are NOT the work of someone trying to build a nation, but of someone working to destroy a nation.

Thomas L. Friedman believes that the republican party is behaving irresponsibly. He claims that the budget mess is entirely the republican party's fault. Even if true, Barack Hussein Obama managed to double the deficit in less than a years time, and Barack Hussein Obama is working on doubling the deficit a few more times before he leaves office.

If the budget mess is the republican party's fault, then the economic mess is the democratic party's fault. The democrats were the ones who insisted that it was biased and racist to prevent people who couldn't afford homes to buy homes. The government forced banks to make loans for these people. The banks, not wanting to be stuck with the worthless loans, were allowed to sell the worthless loans to wall street, which not wanting to get stuck with these worthless loans, turned around and packaged the loans to make them easier to resell. So when the economy started having problems, all the worthless loans obviously became worthless which caused the problem to become much worse.

If Obama fails, we all fail.


Wrong again. For America to succeed, Barack Hussein Obama and his communist policies must fail. Otherwise the country that was founded in 1776 and wanted to provide citizens with freedom will more closely resemble the communist countries that want to deny freedom.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

The United Arab Emirates Vows To Become A Sanctuary Country For Terrorists.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61K1EG20100221
UAE summons EU envoys, vows justice in Dubai killing
The use of forged passports in the assassination of a Hamas militant in Dubai is a global security threat, a United Arab Emirates minister said Sunday, vowing to bring those behind the killing to justice.

The United Arab Emirates believe that anyone who kills a Hamas terrorist is a threat to global security.

Hamas is a peaceful organization. Hamas believes that the only peaceful solution to the Middle East problem is destroy the state of Israel, and kill all Jews. Only then will peace be possible in the Middle East. Anyone who opposed these peaceful plans deserves to be killed.

The world seems to agree with Hamas, as nobody seems to object to the killing of civilian men, women and children.

So, anybody who kills a Hamas terrorist deserves to be killed. Anybody who opposes a Hamas terrorist deserves to be killed. Anybody who doesn't approve of the Hamas policies and goals deserve to be killed.

Only then, will we have peace for our time.

Medicaid The New Universal Health Care?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-02-18-medicaid-states-spending-cuts_N.htm
Economy forces states to reduce Medicaid spending
Medicaid enrollment climbs
Monthly enrollment in Medicaid, the government program that provides health insurance for the poor, hit almost 47 million in June 2009, an increase of 7.5% from a year earlier. For the first time since the early 1990s, enrollment grew in every state.

Barack Hussein Obama's wish for universal health care is approaching.

Barack Hussein Obama's war on capitalism seems to be the main component working towards universal health care. The economy keeps getting worse. As businesses are forced to close, employees are terminated. As the economy worsens, businesses (not governments) either have to reduce salaries of staff, or close the doors of the business. Thus unemployment continues to climb, and salaries (for everyone except politicians) continues to drop. Which means people are less able to afford normal insurance. Which means that more people are eligible for Medicaid.

Of course Medicaid will never become universal, as most politicians are smart enough to exempt themselves from Medicaid and provide themselves with the Cadillac insurance policies they are denying the rest of the public.

Health Care Deform Works. NOT!

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-health-insurance21-2010feb21,0,1016462,full.story
A cautionary tale in healthcare reform
What do you call a Health Care Deform bill that causes individuals to drop their insurance (because they can't afford it), causes insurance premiums to triple (where still issued), and causes insurance companies to stop issuing health care insurance to individuals?

The Barack Hussein Obama Health Care Deform Bill.

Many of the features that Barack Hussein Obama wants in his health care deform bill and been tried, and been colossal failures in New York, New Jersey, Kentucky and Washington.

But don't worry. Just because the Health Care Deform didn't work in various states in this country, doesn't mean that it won't work for the whole country.

Why else would Barack Hussein Obama have to bribe congressmen to vote for the bill? Why else would Barack Hussein Obama have to bribe unions to support the bill? Why else would Barack Hussein Obama ignore the national outcry from people who oppose his bill? Why else would Barack Hussein Obama be preparing a sham debate on national television to brainwash America into believing that the republicans agree with him?

Why?

The Golden State Expects Golden Showers Of Revenue.

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/h/4110-the-golden-state-soda-tax
The Golden State Soda Tax
California lawmakers are considering imposing a $1.5 billion “soda tax” on the economically beleaguered residents of that nearly bankrupt state. State Senator Dean Florez (D-Fresno) has proposed to tax sweetened drinks at the rate of a penny per teaspoon of sugar in an ill-guided attempt to control obesity rates. That would add an extra 9 to 10 cents to the average can of pop.

Like any good criminal enterprise, the State of California can do no wrong. Therefore spending more than you extort (tax) from your victims (all residents) is not wrong. Threatening to break kneecaps (release convicted felons early) is not working. So some other scheme is necessary.

Charging more for food (soda, sugar) is one of the new schemes the criminal class (politicians) is looking into. Their plan is to have an additional tax on soda. Their justification for this tax, is that with more than 60% of the people in this country overweight, the State of California is looking to overcharge 100% of the people. Kind of like trading in carbon credits, but for food. And much like the carbon credit, this tax which is supposed to punish the overweight (but punishes the thin as well), has nothing to do with solving the problem. The extra funds will NOT go into any kind of program to deal with the problem of overweight. The extra revenue (tax) simply goes into the general fund, for the usual porks and perks that the politicians expect to waste money on.

Don't you like politicians who always look for short sighted solutions to long term problems?

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Balancing The Budget, Los Angeles Style.

http://www.kfiam640.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=153218&article=6796940
Mayor Shuts Down Two City Departments

The city of Los Angeles is making great strides in balancing the budget.

The City of Los Angeles, will be closing 2 departments. But rather than terminating all the personnel, the city will be transferring most of the staff to other departments in the city. Only 13 people will be terminated. This will save the city $3 million dollars. The city will still be short by $212 million. Why at this rate, it will ONLY take between 4 to 12 months to balance the annual budget.

Can you say rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic?

Health Care Deform Is Not Dead Yet.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSHEALTH20100220
TAKE-A-LOOK-Obama tries to revive healthcare reform effort
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to publish his
healthcare plan as early as Sunday or Monday ...

Barack Hussein Obama is making plans for the health care summit to be broadcast on national television.

As part of his bipartisan efforts, Barack Hussein Obama is combining the worst features of the existing Health Care Deform bills that were passed by the democrats in the house or that were passed by the democrats in the senate. By bringing in a complete vote ready Health Care Deform bill, Barack Hussein Obama will be able to show the world how he is capable of listening (but not paying attention) to anything that anybody says.

This seems like a perfect way to end his administrations "Brainwash America" tour that is currently in progress.

Bank Failures. And The Hits Just Keep On Coming!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704511304575075950889213516.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
U.S. Bank Failures in 2010 Rise to 20

Another week, another 4 bank failures.

Yup.

The stimulus / bailout (welfare for the wealthy) bill from last year really saved the economy and jobs. Although it didn't save these 4 banks. Or the 185 banks before them that failed. Or the projected dozens of banks expected to fail later this year.

Although, maybe the plan is to let ALL the banks fail until there is only one left. At which point it really will be too big to fail.

Taxes Keep Getting Worse.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2707_132/ai_115405768/
IRS's "free" advice often wrong

The Infernal Revenue Service Agents who answer the telephone are wrong between 20% to 35% of the time.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/19/news/economy/tax_cheating/index.htm
Are you a tax cheat?
"People can't figure it out so they just put down a number that seems pretty good to them," he (Mark Luscombe, a tax analyst at CCH) said. "The laws get more and more complicated each year and people just have less time to figure out the right way to do it so they might try to cut some corners."

If I understand this comment correctly you are a tax cheat if you don't understand the collection of loopholes known as the United States Tax Code and you make a mistake when filling out your own return.

I wonder if Mark Luscombe, a tax analyst at CCH, was including the Infernal Revenue Service Agents who answer the telephone and provide incorrect advice to people trying to prepare their own tax returns?

A recent survey said that 13% of those polled believe that cheating on your tax return is acceptable. This is up 4% from the prior year. This is less than the percentage of tax cheats that Barack Hussein Obama has nominated and appointed to political office. The increase in tax cheats is good, as the rate of increase in tax cheats is less than the current inflation rate. And at this rate, it will take more than 20 years for 100% of the people to believe that cheating on your taxes is acceptable. Long before then the tax code will have gotten so complicated (new taxes and new exemptions), that even with paid professional help, it will be impossible to prepare a tax return correctly.

Although you may not need to worry about the future complications to the tax code. With the rate of the current economic recovery, we may all be unemployed and thus no longer need to file returns.

Five Muslim Food Preparers At Fort Jackson Harassed By Non-Muslims.

http://blogs.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror/archive/2010/02/18/update-five-muslim-soldiers-arrested-at-fort-jackson-in.aspx
Update: Five Muslim Soldiers Questioned at Fort Jackson in South Carolina

Five Muslim terrorists who were in the army at Fort Jackson in South Carolina tried to poison the food supply.

Where is Barack Hussein Obama when you need him?

Right Barack Hussein Obama is in the middle of his "Brainwash America" tour to convince the country that all the unemployment, homelessness and business closures have nothing to do with the recovering economy.

We need Barack Hussein Obama to tell us that these are not terrorists. We need Barack Hussein Obama to tell us why these men are not enemy combatants. We need Barack Hussein Obama to tell us to be sympathetic to the Muslim people.

We need Barack Hussein Obama to lie to us that our security is good and we have nothing to fear for these unrelated incidents. Then he can go back to lying to us about the state of the economy.

Charity Begins At Home. So Give Yourself A Raise, And Claim You Are Doing Good Works.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/18/cbsnews_investigates/main6221248.shtml
"Feed the Children" Charity Under Fire
Exclusive: CBS News Investigation into a Billion-Dollar-a-Year Charity That Solicited Aid for Haiti

The "Feed the Children" charity is being run along the lines of a government project.

The executives are fighting among themselves. The executives are siphoning off funds for their own personal use. The executives are taking credit for things that other people are doing. The executives are taking credit for things they claim they are doing, where nothing is actually being done. The executives are firing underlings who are telling the truth (whistle blowers) about the situation to investigative reporters. The majority of funding pays salaries and other expenses unrelated to the actual work for which the organization was actually created for.

You know, just the typical fraud and deception you can expect from any government organization. Except this time it is being perpetrated by a private organization.

Obama Continues With His "Brainwash America" Tour.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/19/AR2010021904115.html?hpid=topnews
Obama makes an impassioned plea for health-care overhaul
We knew that this wasn't going to be popular," Obama said. "But we did it because it was the right thing to do."

Barack Hussein Obama has NEVER done the right thing in his life. When given the option of choosing between the right thing and the left thing, Barack Hussein Obama ALWAYS chooses the left thing.

Barack Hussein Obama was in Las Vegas as part of his "Brainwash America" tour (where Barack Hussein Obama and his henchmen try to convince the public that even though there is increasing unemployment, increasing home foreclosures and increasing business bankruptcies the economy is really recovering) when he stated that nothing would stop him and the democratic party from foisting his vision of Health Care Deform on the American public.

Barack Hussein Obama also asked for the republicans to participate in the sham broadcast wherein Barack Hussein Obama would be the unbiased moderator at the White House (neutral grounds) for a bipartisan effort to pass the existing Health Care Deform legislation without making any changes to it.

Does it make sense to plan for retirement?

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/19/business/AP-US-Family-Finance-Roths-for-Teens.html
Teen's Roth IRA Can Be Savvy Investment in Future

The federal government is currently spending trillions of dollars it doesn't have. The federal government is planning on spending trillions of dollars in the future that it doesn't have now, and won't have in the future. Do you think this will cause runaway inflation? Want kind of investment will survive this?

Keep in mind, that that the social security tax, which is money taken out of your paycheck to fund your retirement, is not put into a retirement fund. It is put into the general fund, so that it can be spent on raises, or additional interns, or future stimulus bills or whatever other pork project the politicians get bribed to fund.

Also keep in mind what can happen to your own private retirement account.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112003812.html
Argentina to Nationalize Pension Funds
Argentina's Senate on Thursday night gave final approval to the government's plan to nationalize the private pension system in an attempt to protect retirement investments from the international financial crisis.

Wouldn't it be nice to believe that the federal government will balance the budget and not allow debt to overwhelm the country?

Don't hold your breath.

After spending almost a trillion dollars on the stimulus / bailout (welfare for the wealthy) to create an economic recovery that didn't include unemployment, homelessness and business bankruptcy, Barack Hussein Obama is setting up a committee to figure out who in the government is spending trillions and getting nothing for it in return (other than bonuses for people who have looted their companies and then looted the country).

The obvious answer to retirement planning is to get some kind of union job working for the government. The unions won't allow the government to fire any of the union workers. And since you can't get fired, you don't have to work very hard. So you can keep this job until they cart you off in a box.

Is Terminating Employess In An Effort To Reduce Costs And Save The Business Legal?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100219/ap_on_bi_ge/us_boeing_layoffs;_ylt=Ahw2D.v73pnSpNlp8eLj9NKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNsbGp2NHUzBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMjE5L3VzX2JvZWluZ19sYXlvZmZzBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDNQRwb3MDMgRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA2JvZWluZ3NlbmRzbQ--
Boeing sends more than 1,000 layoff notices

I think by now, that everybody knows that the United States is having serious economic problems. I am curious. Why is it legal for private businesses to terminate employees in an effort to save their business from going bankrupt, and it is not legal for government to terminate employees to keep from going bankrupt?

Left Wing Media Ask Left Wing Authority To Criticize Request For Honest government.

http://www2.counton2.com/cbd/news/local/article/pitts_introduces_bill_to_ban_u.s._currency_in_state/113078/
Pitts introduces bill to ban U.S. currency in state
State Rep. Mike Pitts has introduced a bill that would require South Carolina to abandon U.S. currency as legal tender.


Dr. Neal Thigpen, a left wing communist radical thinks this bill is ridiculous.

Let's ignore for the moment that as a left wing communist radical, Dr. Neal Thigpen has a bias towards dishonest government and large government.

Instead let's explain why the communists are upset with this kind of bill.

Switching from paper money to gold or silver is the only way to force honesty in government. It is also the only way to force the reduction in size of government.

The problem with abandoning the dishonest paper currency (print more whenever you need more=counterfeiting) of the United States, and switching to honest gold and silver, is that it removes one of the most important ways the federal government has of stealing money from the citizens. More important than even taxation.

For simplification purposes, let us say that an economy consists entirely of $100 of currency, 10 oranges, 9 individuals and 1 government, with the money evenly divided among them ($10 each). Under this scenario, each orange costs $10.00 each. Each individual is able to buy 1 orange. Now let us say that the government decides to print an additional $100. The government now has $110, and the rest of the individuals now have $90. For a total of $200.

What do you think happens to the prices of oranges, and the distribution of ownership of oranges? If the price of oranges remains unchanged, the government can rush in and buy all the oranges, leaving nothing for the individuals. If the seller of oranges realizes the increased amount of currency, he can raise the price to $20 per orange. The seller will now be as well off as he was before. However, now the government can still 5 oranges, and none of the individuals can afford any oranges.

What has happened, is that the government which doesn't produce anything, but only consumes, had taken part of the production out of society for itself. Leaving the general public much worse off than before.

This is why all governments prefer paper money to gold and silver. This is why you should be suspicious of the motives of any one who supports paper money instead of gold and silver coin.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Government Planning For Education.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/18/business/la-fi-china-grads19-2010feb19
Young, educated and jobless in China

China recently decided they needed more educated citizens to aid with their economic growth program.

Normally, in a communist country, when you want something (product, service, college graduates), you start production. When you see you have too much, you stop production. (In a communist country, actually any country, government programs once started continue until they are stopped. This is what passes for planning.) How do you know when you have too much production? When 1 million college graduates show up for 15,000 job openings. This is planning. Government style.

While this kind of planning is adequate for the government purposes, it does cause some minor problems. Like what do you do with the excess production? Considering that it was government planning that caused the problem, obviously an equally insightful government plan will solve the problem. Considering this is China, where the government plans and manages everything, the solution is simple. You either kill the excess college graduates, or you find alternative work for the college graduates. What alternative work is available for college graduates? Manual labor in the rice fields. Problem solved.

Don't you just love government planning.

U.N. Climate Chief Quits. Refuses To Admit He Is Incapable Of The Hypocrisy And Lies Needed For Office.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DUPPR00&show_article=1
UN climate chief quits, leaves talks hanging

Very interesting.

This news article manage to discuss the U.N. Climate Chief talking about what has happened in the past, what is happening now, and what he hopes for the future.

But not once did the article talk about the fraudulent "science" used to create the "Global Warming" hoax. Not once did they talk about how even the "scientist" who created "Global Warming" has admitted that we the world may be in a global cooling period since the middle ages.

It is good to know, that even in defeat, the hypocrites, frauds and liars infesting the United Nations refuse to acknowledge their participation in the "Global Warming" fraud.

We Don't Need No Education.

http://www.creators.com/opinion/john-stossel/education-too-important-for-a-government-monopoly.html
Education: Too Important for a Government Monopoly
When The Washington Post asked George Parker, head of the Washington, D.C., teachers union, about the voucher program there, he said: "Parents are voting with their feet. ... As kids continue leaving the system, we will lose teachers. Our very survival depends on having kids in D.C. schools so we'll have teachers to represent."

Which pretty much says it all. All the teachers are concerned with is their job. Which is obvious to any one who looks at the decades of incompetence and mismanagement in the school system.

Fewer and fewer students graduate each semester. The students that do graduate are less capable than the prior students. With the "No moron left behind" and other government polices designed to move students through the system, the emphasis on learning has fallen by the wayside. At this point in time, the colleges are so desperate to prove they are not racist, they are admitting students who can't read and write in any language. While this kind of education is adequate for a third world country (which we are rapidly becoming), it is completely inadequate for a high tech culture (which we are devolving from).

Is it any wonder that our current crop of politicians are uneducated incompetent idiots who pander to the lowest common denominator? After all, they have had the benefits of the best education (which is not very good) that government bureaucrats are capable of providing.

New Improved Airport Security. As Bad As It Ever Was.

http://wcbstv.com/local/newark.airport.security.2.1502898.html
Frustration Mounts After Latest Newark Breach
TSA: Agent Flagged Wrong Passenger For Rescreening, But Person In Question With Carry-On Was Never Found


After the underwear bomber was subdued by passengers on an airplane, many of the alphabet soup of security agencies [T.S.A. (Thousands Standing Around), F.B.I. (Fumbling Bureaucratic Idiots), ...] promised they would improve security at airports. It looks like they have improved security. Or is this proof that the changes made security worse. Anyway. Twice in the last six weeks the airport security personnel (may I have your bomb please) screwed up in a way that caused the airport to be closed down for hours and travelers delayed for days.

If this is the new, improved security, I think I know what to expect from the new improved Health Care Deform coming our way.

My Government Is Frugal With Your Money. Ha, Ha, Ha.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/feb/02/obama-dont-blow-cash-vegas-during-tough-times/
Obama responds to Harry Reid criticism; Goodman upset over remark
"This isn't how responsible families do their budgets. When times are tough, you tighten your belts," he (Barack Hussein Obama) said at a New Hampshire forum today. "You don't go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don't blow a bunch of cash in Vegas when you're trying to save for college. You prioritize. You make tough choices. And it's time your government did the same."

Barack Hussein Obama and his minions are currently in the middle of his "Brainwash American" tour (I really did save the economy, you are just too stupid to notice) took time out to put his foot in his mouth again.

This time, Barack Hussein Obama was blaming Americans for going to Las Vegas to spend money on travel and vacations and business conventions.

Is it time for another beer summit conference? Or can Barack Hussein Obama insult and disparage Las Vegas a few more times before he needs to do a beer summit conference?

"It's time your government did the same (stop wasting money)?" I will believe that when Barack Hussein Obama stops pushing for the Health Care Deform bill. I will believe that when Barack Hussein Obama admits that the stimulus (welfare for the wealthy) was a fraud and it will be repealed. I will believe that when and no more tax money (from citizens) will be used to prop up ailing multi-billion companies that are incapable of generating anything other than multi-million dollar salaries for company executives (Freddie Mac and Fannnie Mae).

Previously Barack Hussein Obama has stated that the only way to save the American economy is for everyone to blow all their money as fast as possible. And Barack Hussein Obama is putting your money where his mouth is, by wasting trillions of dollars on lame brained schemes as fast as possible.

Barack Hussein Obama is in the process of setting up a committee to figure out why the government is spending so much. I wonder if they have instructions to ignore his prior stimulus bill and his future Health Care Deform bill. Both of which have cost and will cost trillions of dollars. More than all the other prior debt added together since the creation of this country.

So after listening to the contradictory statements and outright lies from Barack Hussein Obama, it is no surprise when the Mayor of Las Vegas refuses to attend a Barack Hussein Obama Town Hall meeting.

Tea Parties. Not Just For Mad Hatters Any More.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/us/politics/16teaparty.html
Tea Party Lights Fuse for Rebellion on Right

Barack Hussein Obama has been busy creating an bipartisan coalition.

Not in congress or the senate where Barack Hussein Obama still believes that a bipartisan effort is meeting with competing special interest groups behind closed doors and excluding Republicans. No. The bipartisan coalition that Barack Hussein Obama has been creating is the Tea Party movement.

The Tea Party movement was inspired by Barack Hussein Obama's hatred of capitalism, freedom and everything America used to stand for. The Tea Party movement was inspired by the Department of Homeland Security deciding that anyone who has ever been in the military, anyone who believes in the bill of rights, anyone who is against abortion, anyone who is against illegal immigration is more of a threat to this country than Muslim extremists who are actively attacking American and killing Americans. The Tea Party movement was inspired by the stimulus (welfare for the wealthy) bill which rewarded criminal behavior with massive bailouts and bonuses for the executives that ran their businesses into the ground causing the economic collapse we are currently facing. The Tea Party movement was inspired by the government continually talking about how they saved the economy, while millions of people lost their jobs, while millions of people are losing their homes, while uncounted numbers of businesses closed down. The Tea Party movement was inspired by the current tax structure that requires the average American to pay over 25% of what they earn to the various government taxation organizations. The Tea Party movement was inspired by the government version of Health Care Deform which would make it a crime to not have health insurance. The Tea Party movement is inspired to grow every time a politician opens his mouth to say how well the system is working and how the system is working for the betterment of the citizens.

The Tea Party movement is here to stay. It will be interesting to see if any of the current crop of politicians are here to stay.