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Monthly Archives: March 2009
U.S. Constitution 1787 – 2009
Congress just passed a law doing President Obama’s bidding, that of ‘getting those bonuses back.’ These are the same bonuses that the President approved when he signed that stimulus bill on Friday the 13th. That was also the day that the media watchdog died.
If the day comes that this bill passes the Senate and Obama signs it, that will be the day that our Constitution died.
related link: UPDATE:Sen Reid: Senate Should Take Up AIG Bill Before Apr 6
No, Not THAT America
On the economy, President Obama told a few million people in America that we will recover from this if we can get back to the values that built America. So why is he doing all that he can to re-write those values?
“We need to get back to a place where people know enough is enough,” he said. “If we can get back to those values that built America, then we’ll be OK.”
That was right after he promised to do everything he could to “get these bonuses back.” He is referring to using the power of the federal government to take the incomes of private citizens. 70 in particular of our 300 million citizens.
The seismic readings from across the Potomac are coming from our founding fathers turning over in their graves.
MSNBC: President promises on ‘Tonight Show’ to get payments back
Dear FairTax Supporters
Nearly 50,000 of your fellow FairTax supporters have already signed the our “Save the Nation” Petition to President Obama.
Plainly speaking–we need you, too.
This is such a very dangerous time for America and each of us must do everything we can to change the course of the nation. Only the FairTax is big enough to solve our economic crisis without borrowing and spending so much money that massive debt cripples our economy for generations to come…
That’s why I’m asking you to take a moment now to tell the President we need the FairTax.
Momentum for the FairTax continues to grow–and for good reason. The FairTax is a real and permanent stimulus plan that America needs now more than ever. While our petition to the President makes this point very clear, it will only be heard if we have at least 100,000 names from grassroots citizens like you–who care deeply about their country and know that we can do better. Here’s the hopeful news: Your support has already had a huge impact in the past few weeks alone. Indeed, we’ve placed full-page FairTax ads in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Tulsa World, and Investor’s Business Daily. Yesterday, Members of Congress even discussed the FairTax on the U.S. House floor during a one-hour “Special Order.” And speaking of Congress, we just picked up four more co-sponsors for H.R. 25, the FairTax bill, bringing our total to 51 this session. And we continue to add new names to our FairTax citizen army everyday thanks to your support of the FairTax cause.
And thanks again for all you do to support the FairTax.
Sincerely,
Ken Hoagland
National Communications Director
Socialism, Government Control Advance
Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats are making the move to socialism and total control over our lives on every front. Here’s my account of how far they have come in such a short time. Total or partial control over the financial industry, the auto industry, and most recently dictating how much people in the private sector should be allowed to make. If they can reach directly into your wallet, what’s left? The news media, specifically the print media, newspapers. That’s what’s left.
Is this the kind of change that Obama voters wanted? Somehow I don’t think so. But it is the kind of change we got.
This video from Rush pretty much nails it down for you.
related links: Pelosi asks DOJ to allow newspaper consolidation | House sets up vote today on taxing AIG bonuses
Clearing The Way To Your Wallet
For weeks now, every media outlet has been railing against AIG for paying out bonuses to some of their employees. An easier issue to demagogue does not exist and everyone is on board with it.
The new CEO of AIG says the bonuses are part of their employment contracts. Now, because the government has given AIG billions of dollars to ‘bail them out,’ the administration feels that they have a right to intervene in the employee/employer relationship and pick the pocket of the employees, or ‘workers’ as Obama likes to refer to wage earners.
It was reported early on, but not since about a week or two ago, that the employment contracts like those being harangued by the media are normal for Wall Street traders. That they operate on a ‘low’ weekly salary, and the nut of their income comes in the form of a bonus arrangement based on whatever is well known in the industry and that these contracts were part of the terms of their employment.
If all the above is true, then it is easy to see how dangerous it is that the government is talking about interfering with that employee/employer relationship by voiding the contracts and not paying the ‘workers.’
It feeds the populist feeding frenzy of eating the rich. Only in a socialist state my fiends.
Liberal Radio Network To File Bankruptcy
You have to give the Drobny’s an E for effort. They were also co-founders of Air America Radio, which has also gone bankrupt and changed hands a few times since then. From the Wall Street Journal . . .
Nova M Radio Inc., a competitor to troubled radio network Air America, is filing for bankruptcy liquidation, according to the company’s co-founder, amid mounting disarray in the small world of liberal talk radio.
Anita and Sheldon Drobny, a married couple from Chicago, founded Nova M in 2006 and have been funding the business partly out of their own pockets. Compounding their troubles: Nova M’s highest-profile host, Randi Rhodes, vanished from the airwaves earlier this month. Mrs. Drobny also said that her husband is currently hospitalized for problems stemming from the stress of dealing with the network, which has 34 affiliates.
From the Radio Equalizer . . .
In a troubling development for Sheldon Drobny’s fledgling NovaM libtalk network, flagship station KXDE / Little Rock has dumped his “progressive” format and switched to sports, according to talk radio reporter Perry Simon.
Rush Has Zero Impact, Part 2
Following up on an opinion piece in the Pensacola News Journal by Air America Radio host Mike Papantonio, the Lunch Counter post Rush Has Zero Impact was essentially, a copy of the comment I made on the PNJ’s website where the talk show host’s column first appeared.
Curiously enough, that same comment does not pass moderation on the Huffington Post, where the same article appeared today.
No, I’m not complaining. Just observing the thin skin of the Air America Radio people on Baylen Street. Actually, it is the Fairness Doctrine in action, as they would like it. Liberals in action are so amusing.
FairTax Press Release
The Pensacola Fair Tax Advocates will be bringing the facts on the Fair Tax to Pensacola. The Fair Tax is an alternative method to the current tax system for financing the federal government, and is an economic engine all on its own when compared to the current taxing system. The Fair Tax would do more to revitalize our economy and at no cost to future generations than the proposals currently coming out of Washington. If you would like to know more, like why and how the Fair Tax is a better way to finance the government, please join us on Tuesday evening 6PM to eat, 7PM for the presentation, March 31, 2009 at Jerry’s Cajun Cafe.
The FFTEA (Florida Fair Tax Education Association) is recruiting Fair Tax advocates. Now seeking Community Coordinators in the Panhandle in Congressional District 1. Please come and enjoy the food, fellowship, and fun in getting the word out about the Fair Tax.
Ross Calloway, Co District Director (FFTEA) Call 850-512-9860 for more info or visit our website at http://www.meetup.com/Pensacola-Fair-Tax-Meetup-Group/ or my blog at https://rosscalloway.com/fair-tax-economic-recovery/
White House, Fundamentals Sound
My how things change when you leave politics out of it.
During the fall campaign, Obama relentlessly criticized his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain, for declaring, “The fundamentals of our economy are strong.” Obama’s team painted the veteran senator as out of touch and failing to grasp the challenges facing the country.
But on Sunday, that optimistic message came from economic adviser Christina Romer. When asked during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” if the fundamentals of the economy were sound, she replied: “Of course they are sound.”
Never mind Obama. How’s the media going to take this 180?