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The Editorial Assassination of Grand Lake St Marys

July 23, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Death Care, Energy, Fiscal Irresponsibility, Fiscal Responsibility, Liberal MSM Bias, Libtards on Parade, MSM Ignorance, News, Ohio Politics, Opinion, Stupidity Comments Off

Today Mrs. Gribbit got a bit hot under the collar because of what some moron wrote in the Dayton Daily News about Grand Lake St Marys, the largest inland lake in Ohio. In order that the story is put into proper context, let me explain why Grand Lake St Marys is in the news to begin with.

There are two types of foreign algae growing in the lake that are producing neuro-toxic gasses. The state of Ohio has issued warnings not to come into contact with water in the lake. The exact source of the algae is unknown but agricultural run-off is highly suspected.

The author of an editorial in the Dayton Daily News puts the blame of not monitoring local farmers squarely on “local officials” in Grand Lake St Marys “community”. This infers that the “local officials” are a single body of elected persons who are charged with protection of the natural resources around the lake. Problem, because Grand Lake St Marys is located in two counties, there is no single body of “local officials” charged with said responsibilities. Each county has a different set of government officials.

As-far-as the local geography, on the Auglaize County side of the lake, I can think of no farms coming into direct contact with the lake. Between the city of St Marys and Grand Lake, there is a state park. South of the State Park on the eastern shore of the lake is a retirement community and a housing development which includes channels and boat slips accessing the lake. It isn’t until you cross the county line into Mercer County on the south side of the lake that you encounter any farm land. On the north side of the lake is a highway connecting St Marys with Mercer County’s largest city Celina, Ohio.

It is true that there are many farms in both Auglaize and Mercer Counties which raise livestock however, most of the farm land in both counties is used to raise grains. Corn, wheat, and soybeans are the cash crops of the area not as the article suggests cattle, hogs, and chickens.

As one who has been transplanted to the area from Ashtabula, OH via Dayton, I can say for certain that Auglaize and Mercer Counties do not raise as much livestock as other communities in this state. There are fewer dairies, cattle farms, hog farms, and chicken farms around here then there are in the eastern part of the state. That said however, I’ve not heard of Pymatuning Lake, Mosquito Lake, or Lake Erie being polluted by run-off from dairy and cattle farms. So that in itself renders the editorial writer’s point moot.

Several years ago, during the height of the spike in gasoline prices, many people began buying flex-fuel vehicles which utilize a fuel called E-85 as a way to keep their fuel consumption low. Ethanol was touted as a clean renewable alternative to gasoline and oil because it was refined corn. The process for distilling corn into alcohol (ethanol) produces a bi-product which can be expensive to dispose of or further refine into a substance as clean as drinking water.

In Lima, OH, there was an ethanol plant which did not have the facilities to further refine the corn-based bi-product into a clean material. Instead, they opted to give it to local farmers to spray on their fields to replace nutrients and many local farmers took advantage of this. Many of the local people suspect that it is this substance which has leeched into Grand Lake St Marys and I tend to agree with them. My reasoning? I find it difficult to believe that a new algae can develop from run-off that has been in the area for decades. Those farms aren’t new and neither are the crops or livestock they raise; but the algae is.

The only component recently added to the equation is that ethanol bi-product and yet, there is no mention of this in the Dayton Daily News editorial. Why? I suspect the political agenda of the green movement is preventing the idea of “a clean, renewable, alternative to gasoline” actually being a pollutant from being discussed. The greenies were so anxious to motivate the American economy away from oil that it seized an opportunity to push E-85 as a solution without knowing exactly what can of worms they were about to open. In typical liberal fashion, they pushed an idea as a solution without fully understanding what the long-range impact of their decisions would be. We see this with every liberal program, short-sightedness and myopia. Now, an entire community is made to suffer because of decisions at the federal level.

It is true that the farmers of the area had a choice to not accept the bi-product they sprayed on their fields but who among you would not jump at the chance to replace an expensive fertilizer with what is being marketed to you as a free, environmentally friendly, alternative to phosphates, ammonia-nitrate, and other harmful chemicals? Not one.

Lets face it campers, farmers do not have time to research the safety of a product. They take information provided to them and make their decisions. If someone is telling them that they are doing a good thing for the environment using this product which is derived from corn instead of chemical fertilizer, what farmer wouldn’t make that decision? Again, not one.

Now there are TWO foreign algae growing in the water of Grand Lake St Marys that are producing toxic gasses. The state says, “do not come in contact with the water”. There is a state park on the shores of this same lake and yet, the author of the Dayton Daily News editorial gripes about state and federal funding being used to clean up the lake. He would rather it remain a toilet than to clean it up. The state of Ohio has the responsibility for that lake not as he implies “local officials” which are difficult to identify.

In the event you are not aware of the origins of Grand Lake St Marys, it was build by man to feed into the Miami and Erie Canal. The federal government paid for the lake to be dug in the first place so that goods could be transported from Lake Erie to the Mississippi via the Great Miami and Ohio rivers. Grand Lake St Marys was hand dug in order to supply water to the canal that made connecting Lake Erie with the river systems possible.

Before I go, let me just remind the author of the Daily News editorial that if not for Grand Lake St Marys, Dayton itself would never have grown to the size that its become. No Grand Lake, no canal. No canal, no trade on the Great Miami River. Food for thought.

As a Conservative, I agree that federal spending is out of control and needs to be curtailed. But why not start with Obama’s failed Porkulus, his invasive health care takeover, or other federal programs that are nothing more than political payoffs to labor unions; and take care of our waterways with the money saved? You know, spend money on the things we’re supposed to spend money on instead of paying off the special interests? Sounds logical to me.

/rant

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Obama “The Jobs Killer” and Uncle Teddy – Ohio’s Recipe for Disaster

July 6, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Democrat Incompetence, Elections, Fiscal Irresponsibility, Fiscal Responsibility, News, Ohio Politics, Opinion, Stupidity, Taxes, The Economy Comments Off

Many of you know already that I refer to Barack Hussein Obama as “The Emperor”; however, I also have a nickname for the Governor of Ohio that is just as scathing. I call Ted Strickland “Uncle Ted or Uncle Teddy” in the same mold as “Uncle Ho” for Ho Chi Minh. I mention this only to put the title of this post into context.

Earlier today, I was reading an editorial written by Wayne Allyn Root that appeared in the Las Vegas Review-Journal in which the author ripped apart The Emperor as being “Obama “The Jobs Killer”. He said…

Obama is as hopeless, helpless, clueless and bankrupt of good ideas as the manager of the Chicago Cubs in late September. This “community organizer” knows as much about private-sector jobs as Pamela Anderson knows about nuclear physics.

It’s time to call Obama what he is: The Great Jobs Killer. With his massive spending and tax hikes — rewarding big government and big unions, while punishing taxpayers and business owners — Obama has killed jobs, he has killed motivation to create new jobs, he has killed the motivation to invest in new businesses, or expand old ones. With all this killing, Obama should be given the top spot on the FBI’s Most Wanted List.

Not a word of these passages do I disagree with for the record. However, if Obama deserves “the top spot on the FBI’s Most Wanted List” Uncle Teddy deserves a spot right next to him.

Since he assumed the post of Ohio’s Chief Executive, he has so severely mismanaged our state budget that libraries in this state are operating under reduced hours, mental hospitals have been closed, museums have had to find new sources of funding, and the state’s largest inland man-made lake is polluted with an unknown substance which has caused the formation of two types of algae that are expelling neuro-toxic gasses. On top of all of this malfeasance, the state of Ohio has been hemorrhaging jobs during Uncle Ted’s watch to a tune of 500,000 jobs that will NEVER return. NCR has left the state utilizing Obama’s Porkulus Package to relocate to another state, DHL is gone, and GM Moraine is closed taking with it many large and small support companies. Yet he has the bold-faced audacity to run for another term?!?

Since I have brought up the subject of the polluting of Grand Lake St. Marys, let me add that the local population has a few yet unproven theories about what may have been the root cause.

A few years ago when gasoline prices spiked near $5.00 per gallon, many in this country were touting ethanol as a potential source of clean-cheap fuel. Problem – the production of ethanol is not exactly clean.

During the distillation process, a bi-product mash is produced. Rather than refining that mash down, a local ethanol plant was distributing it to local farmers to spread on their fields. The idea was that it is made from corn so it should be safe for the soil. That may be, but it isn’t safe for ground water. Some of the fields which were treated with this substance are within a couple of dozen yards of Grand Lake St. Marys. Locals are speculating that it was this substance that probably leached into the lake which is causing the release of these neuro-toxins. Not to mention, the air quality around the lake is horrendous.

The State has issued a warning about the lake. No swimming, no fishing, and if you use the lake for sport, do not come in contact with the water. Wonderful! Makes me want to jump on a SeaDoo for an afternoon in the sun! NOT!

How about we return to reason? How about the people of the state deciding to not allow an inept political hack like Strickland to remain in charge? How about electing someone who has a plan to return our state to economic stability? How about electing someone who authored the budget that resulted in the federal budget surplus that Bill Clinton is so often credited with? That person is former United States Congressman John Kasich.

John has a plan to return Ohio to economic stability. Uncle Ted doesn’t. John has a plan to attract new business to Ohio. Uncle Ted doesn’t. John doesn’t see the solution to the state’s budget deficit in new and expanded taxes. Uncle Ted does.

So how about November 2nd being Uncle Ted’s notice to clean out his desk? Elect John Kasich because our state needs someone with a plan.

[NOTE] The ethanol plant cited in this post was closed in 2008 due to economic insolvency. Define that as ethanol being economically nonviable.

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How Awake Are The People – Ohio Issue 1 Is The Gauge [UPDATED]

May 4, 2010 Fiscal Responsibility, News, Ohio Politics, Opinion, Taxes Comments Off

My question is a simple one. In a year when the American people as a whole seem to be on top of the out of control spending in Washington, I’m interested in finding out if this fiscal awareness will translate down into state and local races. At issue? Ohio Issue 1.

On the surface Issue 1 seems rather harmless. Increase funding for the Third Frontier Program without raising taxes. WOW! Increased spending on what seems to be a popular state funded program without raising taxes? How is this possible?

The answer is… debt.

Last year Uncle Ted decreased funding for libraries and museums in Ohio and laid-off thousands of state workers due to the budget deficit. When he took office in 2007, T-Shirt Ted closed 4 state mental hospitals – because of funding. But now we are to believe that Issue 1 – which by-the-way they have erroneously camouflaged as a jobs issue – will not increase taxes but will increase funding. If this is true, then where is the money coming from? Debt is the only answer.

To be honest, until this came up I wasn’t aware of what the Third Frontier Program was so I looked it up. It isn’t really a jobs plan as the political ads would have you believe. It is a state funded internship program. At least that is all I’ve been able to find on the subject. So for all their claims that it will increase jobs in Ohio – I’m a bit sure that is what the Dominos ads call “puffery”.

According to Merriam-Webster:

Puffery – : exaggerated commendation especially for promotional purposes

In other words- hype. OH! Sort of like ~~Emperor~~ President Obama.

Ohio Issue 1 is the gauge. The political gauge of just how closely the electorate is watching the fiscal imbalances not only in Washington, but at the state capital as well.

[UPDATE 1338] Further clearification on what exactly Third Frontier is.

Ohio’s Third Frontier Program – From their own website…

The Third Frontier Internship Program was inspired by our drive to bring talented students together with dynamic companies in an effort to position Ohio for long-term growth and heighten our state’s high-tech capabilities in the evolving knowledge-based economy.

Established in 2002, our program links Ohio students with rewarding internship opportunities that provide great hands-on experience within Ohio’s private sector business community. Our goal is to build a young, talented workforce for the future and assist students in gaining valuable work experiences that can lead to permanent full-time employment in Ohio after graduation.

The program will reimburse up to 50 percent of the intern’s wage, or no more than $3,000 for a 12-month period. Following an intern’s graduation, your firm will have the opportunity to offer full-time employment to an individual who is well prepared for a future career with your organization. emphasis mine

As I stated above – puffery. The claims of increasing Ohio jobs are misleading. But this follows a pattern of dishonesty utilized by those who believe that the taxpayer is an endless wellspring of revenue. It cannot be done. If the state funds this program without directly increasing taxes the only answer is debt which will lead to tax increases eventually.

Today is the primary in Ohio and this issue IS on the ballot. I voted to reject it and I encourage you to do so as well.

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Rep. Jim Jordan Responds To SOTU

January 28, 2010 Announcements., Barack Hussein Obama, Democrat Incompetence, Fiscal Responsibility, News, Opinion, Taxes, The Economy Comments Off

Rep. Jim Jordan (R OH-4) has issued a statement in response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union (aka: Democrat pep talk).

For the past year, President Obama and Speaker Pelosi have led the nation on a reckless course of uncontrolled spending and a massive new government expansion into the private businesses and personal lives of Americans.

These big-government policies, from the $787 billion stimulus bill that failed to create jobs, to the budgets and bailouts that are creating an insurmountable debt for our children and grandchildren, have been disastrous to our economy.

Tonight, the President said he wants to increase federal spending even more, then “freeze” spending at an ultra-high level. Continuing this irresponsible level of spending will further put this country on a collision course with disaster.

Last week, the voters of Massachusetts sent a clear message to Washington – stop the big spending. The President heard the same message when he visited with job-creators in Ohio last week – big spending doesn’t create jobs.

I have supported the concept of a freeze, but the baseline number must be much lower. If the President is willing to freeze non-security spending at the levels from when he took office last year – before the stimulus, before the other big increases – then you will find Republicans ready to work with him.

If the administration is serious about fiscal responsibility, then let’s get to work – but it’s going to take more than budget gimmicks and bloated baselines to get our economy moving again.

The only reason why Obama is proposing a freeze on spending now is to insure that Republicans don’t lower spending on the designated programs for the remainder of his Infestation. The numbers being thrown around concerning budget savings generated by the proposed freeze are insignificant in relation to the over-all budget. It is my feeling that this proposal by Obama is disingenuous. He only wants to insure that the political payoffs that he was able to forced through Congress while his Party had the 60-vote super majority remain in place.

Last week I was watching an interview on Fox News that involved Bob Beckel (Democrat Strategist) and a Conservative (who I don’t recall). Beckel was attempting to make a point that allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire is “just allowing them to return to Clinton era levels”. Fine Bob. How about we first cut spending back to Clinton era levels before we mess with tax rates. Then if the country is still running a budget deficit, we can discuss tax increases. Because raising taxes will do nothing to cut the deficit as long as Congress continues to spend money.

Oh, and before the Clintonian Koolaid Kids claim that I’m endorsing Clinton era policies remember 1 thing. A Republican Congress passed the budget that ran a surplus. More over, it was a Republican who wrote the bill – John Kasich who happens to be running for Governor of Ohio.

/rant

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Putting Tuesday Into Context – GOP Are You Listening?

January 21, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Death Care, Elections, Fiscal Responsibility, GOP/RNC, Health Care, News, Opinion, The Economy, US Senate Comments Off

Scott Brown’s victory is not only historic in that a Republican was elected to an office from a State that hasn’t been won by a Republican since 1973. It is even more historic on HOW he did it. The Republican Party as a whole needs to take a careful look at HOW Brown won. Duplicating the Brown campaign is essential to complete victory in November 2010.

Scott Brown ran on a platform of the Tea Party movement. Plain and simple. He ran an issues based campaign refraining from personal attacks. Is it permissible for a candidate to attack their opponent on an issue? Of course. But leave families out.

Massachusetts voters rejected the personal attacks of the Coakley campaign and the Emperor’s attacks on his pickup truck. Massachusetts voters recognize that the out of control spending of Washington is the problem. Massachusetts voters recognize that the Emperor’s Death Care bill would balloon the federal budget even more than he and his minions in Congress were able to do with the Porkulus, Omnibus, and Cash-for-Clunkers. Massachusetts voters recognize that the federal budget deficit and out of control national debt and unfunded liabilities are a problem that the people of this nation can no longer live with. So they did now what the nation is preparing to do in November. And thank Almighty GOD they did.

The Tea Parties opposition is rooted in this Infestation’s fiscal irresponsibility. Should Republicans return to the same fiscal irresponsible ways of the Bush era, they too will be targets of public angst.

We’ve had a taste of the Progressive Movement and we (collectively) do not like it.

The Obama Infestation clearified the differences between Conservatives and liberals (Progressives). If the GOP runs all of its races on Conservative Principles (Tea Party Principles), the GOP will win. That is the lesson of the Brown victory. Should the GOP deviate from the Brown plan – failure is inevitable and we will slip further toward Progressive Socialism.

The people of this nation want true economic recovery and that does not mean additional federal spending that only truly translates into political payoffs. The people of this nation understand that true economic recovery can only happen when the government gets out of the way and allow the economy to recover on its own. More taxes cannot accomplish this. The economy is more important to the People than universal health care but the leftists do not understand this truth.

I have said many times…

You cannot legislate universal health, but you can legislate universal sickness.
You cannot legislate universal prosperity, but you can legislate universal poverty.
You cannot legislate universal happiness, but you can legislate universal despair.

The Obama Infestation and Pelosi/Reid Politburo are attempting to legislate universal sickness, universal poverty, and universal despair a la the Cloward-Piven Strategy for Socialist Revolution. And you all now know this.

As for the calls for Brown to consider a 2012 Presidential run? SHUT UP!

We are now suffering under a President who, once elected to the US Senate, shifted his focus to a Presidential run. What has that gotten us?

Emperor Barry ran for President and won only because no one knew who the hell he was. If we knew then what we know now, I doubt he would have even gained his Party’s nomination.

Brown has yet to speak on the floor of the Senate. He hasn’t even cast a vote yet. For the love of Pete, he hasn’t even been sworn in. Can we please refrain from pushing the man into something that he may not wish on his worst enemy?

Let him concentrate on doing the things that he has promised to achieve in the Senate.

/rant

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Sharrod Brown – The Harry Reid of Ohio

This morning I received an email “newsletter” type correspondence from one of my Senators. I say “my” Senators with a bit of jest because neither of them fully represent my interests OR the interests of Ohio. Voinovich is a spinless RINO and Brown – well let us just say that Sharrod Brown is Harry Reid’s vote in Ohio. What Harry wants, Brown will be there to supply.

Michael Medved wrote in an article that he authored for Townhall.com earlier in the week…

Harry Reid is such an incomparably inept boob, such an easy target for ridicule and criticism, that his withdrawal from the upcoming battles might actually dim Republican prospects.

Borrowing from the words of Michael Medved…

Sharrod Brown is such an incomparably inept boob, such an easy target for ridicule and criticism, that he invites said ridicule by being functionally unable to think for himself. He is a lemming willing to sacrifice his political career by following those whom he believes to be smarter than he into the abyss of political irrelevancy and sacrificing the people of Ohio in the process.

Brown, like Emperor Obama and the rest of the ultra left, has read Robert Creamer’s prison tome, ‘Stand Up Straight: How Progressives Can Win’, which not only outlined how liberals could infest all aspects of government, but outlined the current Death Care bill being pushed through on The Hill.

Creamer actually said on April 25, 2008:

We need to reduce the credibility of the private insurance industry… This is a political campaign. We need to bring down the positives and bring up the negatives of our opponents. And the private insurance industry is our opponent in this battle. [1]

Universal, single-payer, health care is their way to control you and me. With it, they have everything in place to completely orchestrate how we live our lives. Because they would be the financier of public health, they can then tell the public how to live in order to remain healthy. Salt – no good. Transfats – no good. If it’s no good it will become illegal. An Orwellian nightmare to say the least.

Some may say, ‘but this bill isn’t single-payer.’ No it isn’t. Not yet anyway. But it can become single-payer over time and that is the true goal. Pay attention to the words used by those advocating its passage. They will use a keyword “framework”.

“Framework” is the instrument to install a single-payer system. Let me remind you that single-payer systems around the world are failing. They are a HUGE expenditure to the public treasury in the nations where it is implemented and services are often times denied or delayed in such a fashion that they become irrelevant and people die do to inaction.

Progressives have been working toward this for over 100 years. Wilson wanted this, Roosevelt wanted this, Johnson wanted this, Clinton wanted this, and now Obama is going to force it because he has stooges like Sharrod Brown in place to vote for it no matter the costs to his personal political career.

Sarah Palin coined a phrase last summer that was largely misunderstood. She said that this bill would install death panels. Taken out of context, liberals pounced on her for erroneously saying that the Emperor’s plan to have advisory meetings with seniors about end of life decisions were not a “death panel”. But that isn’t what she meant.

The death panels that Palin warned about isn’t the end of life counseling, it is the rationing body that necessarily must be set up to decide who gets what treatment at what cost. But even Sarah was wrong about its “framework”. That doesn’t exist in the Death Care bill. It actually was in the Porkulus bill.

That’s right. The authority for the rationing board actually has already passed. They concealed it within another bill so that when this debate came about they could honestly say, “there is no rationing body in this bill.” Also concealed in the Porkulus was a provision requiring all hospitals computerize all medical records and make them available to the above mentioned rationing body for review and payment. And Sharrod Brown voted for the Porkulus.

I know that this is 2010 and Brown’s seat isn’t up for re-election until 2012. I also know that there is an existing seat up in my state that is in contention. Voinovich is retiring – Thanks be to GOD – and Rob Portman is running for the seat. But we cannot advance as a nation or as a state if we allow Brown to remain a second longer than necessary. He was a bumbling moron as a Congressman and he’s nothing more than Harry Reid’s ‘yes man’ in the Senate.

Ohio needs to identify the man or woman who will remove that imbecile from his seat in 2012. The nation requires it of us as Ohioans to be responsible for who we send to the Senate. We mustn’t get caught up in who is going to replace the Emperor and lose sight of the bigger picture. We need good men and women to take the reigns of the House and the Senate as well. And don’t forget about the State Houses.

We have Portman who will in all likelihood defeat whichever bumbling boob the Democrats nominate to replace Voinovich and we have John Kasich and Mary Taylor to fill the top spots in the state.

But who will we have to fill our Congressional Districts? Are they for government health care? Jim Jordan is not and I’m glad of that. Jordan will be returned to Congress for another term that is no question. But what of your Congresscritter? Have they voted for the leftist agenda while in Congress? If so it’s time for forced retirement.

The current Congress (House and Senate) is spending this nation into the proverbial poor house. The national debt is approaching $13 Trillion with unfunded liabilities in excess of $120 Trillion. If your Congresscritter or Senator isn’t voting this new spending down, he/she is part of the problem and must go. If your Congresscritter and Senators are voting to reject this new spending, we need more like them.

But be careful. In as much as we need a change from the current tax and spend mentality, we do not need fiscally irresponsible Republicans either. If we are going to be ruled by liberals we may as well have the genuine article.

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H/T: The Glenn Beck Program: Robert Creamer Strikes Back [12/10/09] [↩]

Today on ‘As The GOP Searches’…

June 27, 2009 Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama Lies, Chicago Politics Goes National, Fiscal Irresponsibility, Fiscal Responsibility, News, Obama Fascism, Opinion, Pelosi - The Wicked Witch of the West, Presidential Candidates, Presidential Politics, The Economy, The Wicked Witch of the West, U.S. House Comments Off

Here are a few things that I do know about the NEEDED candidate for 2012. He (or She) will have to be a fiscal Conservative. First there was Bush who, in the aftermath of September 11th, shed any semblance of fiscal conservatism and began to spend like a Democrat. He failed to reign in spending through his veto pen and allowed the federal government to grow.

Then, in their infinite stupidity, the American people saw fit to follow a spender with an even bigger spender. Barack (Barry) Hussein Obama is spending money like a horn-dog in a strip club. He’s bleeding money out of the private sector at a rate that is unsustainable. As he makes claim after claim that his agenda is geared to create jobs, the states are hemorrhaging jobs daily. The national unemployment rate is nearing 10% and many states like Ohio and Michigan have long since passed that mark.

Yesterday, the US House passed his ‘Cap and Tax’ plan which will shed millions of additional jobs from our economy and raise the cost of living on EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD. So much for only raising taxes on the rich and giving 95% of Americans a tax cut huh Mr. President?!? If this guy had a brain he’d simply be stupid but as he is he’s more dangerous than Kim Jong Mentally Ill, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and even Osama bin Laden.

The man (or woman) that is chosen to replace this destructive “person” (for the lack of a better word) will definitely have to have the knowledge and capability to turn around all of Obama’s harmful initiatives. But who will that be? Your guess is as good as mine.

If America learned anything from the GOP primary in 2008, Mitt Romney has the ability to make lemonade out of lemons. Obama is leaving the American people will little more than said lemons. I would not be surprised in Mr. Romney is called on by the American people to pick up the pieces left by this living, breathing, example of the accuracy of the Peter Principle. Would you?

Peter Principle - Theory that people rise in their career in every hierarchy to the level of their own incompetence; based on the book The Peter Principle and Why Things Always Go Wrong by Lawrence J. Peter. Work in organizations is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence. SOURCE

All this being true, the GOP should not be engaged in 2012 speculation. Now, it should be concentrating on taking back a majority in both houses of Congress. After yesterday’s vote in the House on ‘Cap and Tax’, both houses are poised for a dramatic shift. 43 Democrat members of Congress helped secure their re-election possibilities while 8 so-called Republicans shot theirs all to hell. Knowing that had these 8 turn-coats held the line, ‘Cap and Tax’ would have failed the American people may not be willing to forgive those who turned their backs on them. Let us hope not anyway.

In 2010, any Republican who has sided with SanFranNan at any time during this session of Congress should be called out and held accountable by the Party and the People.

/rant

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Boehner: Rejected Stimulus Dollars Should Be Returned to U.S. Treasury to Pay Down National Debt

April 24, 2009 Announcements., Fiscal Responsibility, News, Opinion, The Economy View Comments

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) today applauded Reps. Jean Schmidt and Michael Turner for announcing they will introduce legislation to allow Warren County (OH) to return rejected federal “stimulus” dollars to the U.S. Treasury to pay down the national debt.

“Local leaders in Warren County, Liberty Township and other communities are standing up for our children and grandchildren by taking a principled stand against Washington’s insistence on spending money we simply do not have,” Boehner said. “The funds Warren County has declined should be returned to the federal Treasury to reduce the national debt, and I commend Jean Schmidt and Mike Turner for their leadership in writing legislation to help ensure this happens. I hope House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will allow the bill to come to a vote immediately once it is introduced.

“The trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ passed by Congress recently was an act of generational theft, putting hundreds of billions of debt on our children and grandchildren to pay for projects that in far too many cases will not create jobs. We could have passed legislation that created twice as many jobs at half the cost. I and Rep. Eric Cantor personally presented the President with just such a proposal. Unfortunately, this more responsible approach was rejected by the Democratic Congress, and our now our children are paying the price,” Boehner noted.

NOTE: On March 17, 2009, Warren County Commissioners voted unanimously to reject $373,000 in federal stimulus dollars that were earmarked for the purchase of three shuttle vans. Warren County, however, did not apply for the money, and officials made clear that the county’s current fleet of vans adequate to suit residents’ needs. In rejected the funds, commissioners said they were concerned about funding requirements once the federal dollars dried up.

Boehner represents Ohio’s 8th District, which includes all of Darke, Miami and Preble counties, most of Butler and Mercer counties, and the northeastern corner of Montgomery County. He was first elected to Congress in 1990.

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BOEHNER ON THE OBAMA BUDGET: “THE MORE HE TALKS ABOUT IT, THE LESS PEOPLE LIKE IT”

March 31, 2009 Announcements., Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama Lies, Fiscal Responsibility, GOP/RNC, Libtards on Parade, Lunatic Lefties, News, Opinion, Presidential Distortions, Presidential Politics, Taxes Comments Off

GOP BUDGET ALTERNATIVE SET TO CURB SPENDING, CREATE JOBS, & CONTROL DEBT

In a weekend story entitled “Weeks of Obama’s Budget Sales Pitch and Support Still Slips,” the Los Angeles Times reported that the more Americans learn about the President’s budget, the more unpopular it becomes. And a new Washington Post/ABC News poll released today found that the American people are increasingly skeptical about the President’s economic proposals. Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) addressed this point today at a press conference:

“There’s no question that [families and small businesses] are struggling and as they struggle it’s pretty clear that the budget that’s being presented by the President spends too much, taxes too much, and it borrows too much from our kids and grandkids. The President has been on this big road show over the last two weeks. He was out in California doing town hall meetings, he was on the Leno show, was on 60 Minutes, came up here last night to rally support for his budget, but it seems like the more he talks about it, the less people like it. And it’s clear that the numbers in support of his budget continue to collapse because as more Americans find out how much spending is in here and how much debt is going to be laid on the backs of our kids and grandkids, it continues to lose support.” (AUDIO)

Working on a better solution, Budget Committee Ranking Republican Paul Ryan (R-WI) previewed the GOP alternative he will unveil tomorrow, noting it will be “a budget that is lower on spending, that is lower on deficits, that is lower on taxes, that is lower on debt and higher on jobs.” Ryan also pointed to a chart highlighting the stark difference in spending and debt between the Obama budget and the Republican alternative:

While the Obama budget spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much, the GOP alternative set to be introduced tomorrow will strengthen the economy and restore fiscal sanity by letting families and small businesses keep more of what they earn; ensuring federal budget doesn’t grow faster than family budgets; committing to real entitlement reform and expanding Americans’ access to affordable health care; ending the bailouts to protect taxpayers; reducing gas prices through an “all of the above” energy plan; and fighting inflation so prices of goods and services remain stable.

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Rosemary:

I don’t care what the GOP says now, I want action. I’ve had enough of the talk. If it were not for Conservatives, nare a one of them would hold office. If they don’t listening, they will find out what it’s really like to be left out in the cold. How dare they treat us like idiots!

We have supported them through thick and thin, and they want us to believe that all of a sudden they remembered why we sent them there? HA! No way. I’m a ‘show me’ type of gal, and I’m very angry.

Speaking about herding hundreds of cats, why is it they don’t remember NOT to spend money when we have a Republican president? I love George Bush, but I did not agree with everything he put forward.

Let’s see:

Prescriptions for free? Ha! Why do I have to pay for Bill Gates’ medication?
No Child Left Behind? WE ARE NOT THE EDUCATION BUSINESS.
Illegal alien amnesty? We shut that down right quick.

And that’s only a few. As quickly and harshly as we shut down the push to give ILLEGAL aliens amnesty, that is nothing in comparison to how quickly we will throw these bums out. I’ve had it. No more money. Stop calling me. Stop cutting down those trees to send me junk mail. Just stop it.

Do your job. They may have a wee bit of credibility IF they had shown an ounce of stones when they were in charge. Boehner has to go. He is not a leader. None of them ever stood up for President Bush when he was under attack. No. They just ran and hid in the DhimmiRats caucus. We do NOT need people of that ilk.

Have a blessed day.

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House Republicans Unveil The True Road to Recovery

March 26, 2009 Energy, Energy Independence, Fiscal Responsibility, GOP/RNC, News, Taxes, The Economy, U.S. House View Comments

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement on the “Road to Recovery,” a detailed plan to curb spending, create jobs, and control the debt, in contrast to the irresponsible budget proposed by President Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress, which spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much:

“Families and small businesses across America are struggling and looking to Washington for solutions. Unfortunately, the President’s budget spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much. Republicans have a better solution. Our Road to Recovery plan curbs spending, creates jobs and cuts taxes, and controls the debt at a time when the American people deserve responsible answers during this economic crisis. The President’s budget will hurt the economy and destroy jobs. By contrast, our Road to Recovery plan will strengthen the economy, create jobs, and restore fiscal sanity in Washington.

“This isn’t the first time Republicans offered better solutions, and the President and Democrats in Congress know that. This year, House Republicans have offered alternatives on the economy and jobs, children’s health care, college and retirement savings, and housing. Now, our Road to Recovery plan builds on the better budget principles I outlined for the President last week. It’s time for Washington Democrats to start doing what’s in the best interests of the American people and work with us to produce a fiscally-responsible budget that creates jobs and helps middle-class families.”

NOTE: The House GOP’s Road to Recovery plan curbs spending, creates jobs and lowers taxes, and controls the debt by:

Letting families and small businesses keep more of what they earn;
Ensuring federal budget doesn’t grow faster than family budgets;
Committing to real entitlement reform and expanding Americans’ access to affordable health care;
Ending the bailouts to protect taxpayers;
Reducing gas prices through an “all of the above” energy plan; and
Fighting inflation so prices of goods and services remain stable.

I was once again invited to participate in a conference call with Rep. Boehner this morning where he outlined this plan. Participants were given an opportunity to ask questions. I asked…

As the Democrat Caucus pushes forward with implementing the President’s budget and in the process eliminates his much touted “Middle-Class tax cut”, is the GOP Caucus prepared to take the Democrats and their President to the mat in the coming election (meaning the midterms) and remind the American people who exactly is responsible for raising taxes on the poorest segment of the population during the recession with the elimination of the 10% tax bracket and increased taxes on tobacco and other consumer products?

In his answer the Minority Leader assured us that we “don’t have to worry about that”. That a number of really good Conservative candidates are coming forward to challenge the liberals in the upcoming midterms.

The reason I asked the question was that the Democrats were left virtually unchallenged in the 2006 & 2008 elections on the subject of tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans when in fact the Bush tax cuts created a lower tax bracket that was previously non-existent. When they are allowed to expire, that 10% bracket will be eliminated and those taxpayers currently paying that lowest rate will see a 50% increase in their rate when they find themselves back in the 15% bracket. Combine that with the implementation of new taxes on tobacco products on April 1st of this year and calls for an increase in the gasoline tax, the regressive nature of the Obamaramadingdong’s budget and tax proposals will hit all Americans. But they will have a larger impact on the poorest of the population. I am concerned that the liberal media will cover over these facts come election time should the GOP mount an ineffective campaign against the liberal fiction machine.

Another Ohio Blogger asked about the lack of Blue Dog Democrat opposition to the Obamaramadingdong’s agenda to which Rep. Boehner said that they are nothing more than “lap dogs for Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and President Obama”. And that there are very few actual Conservative Democrats in the House.

When Justin Higgins brought up the subject of the national tea parties and asked whether or not they are being getting any attention on ‘the Hill’, Rep. Boehner reminded us that the hastily thrown together legislation that House Dems put together to insulate themselves from responsibility in the AIG bonus fiasco was a result of public outrage and that Congress responds to the engaged electorate. From this I took that we should be wearing out the phone lines, bombarding the emails, clogging the fax machines, and generally making ourselves into a force that the elected elites cannot ignore and eventually, we’ll get heard.

There have been calls on the public to send tea bags to their elected officials to protest the fiscal irresponsibility of the current Congress and their President – Obamaramadingdong. My information is that these tea bags are NOT being received by your elected elites. Because the bags can contain a potentially hazardous substance, they are being disposed of before delivery. Instead, the current method is to remove the tag from the tea bag and mail that in.

Just think, a typical box of tea bags contains 100 bags of tea. One has the ability to enjoy the tea and send each Senator a tea bag tag from just 1 box. Estimated retail cost $3. Postage on the other hand…

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