In the other 7 states, all the corpse-man know 'refudiate' is a word.

It's always an interesting compare and contrast on how the media treats conservatives over liberals, and in particular, this Administration.

Obama can time and again make false statements, mispronounce words and say things that are outright wrong. Those things are simply looked over or excused without a second thought from the mainstream.

Drunk Uncle Joe gets the same pass. Once, he said Ireland's Prime Ministers mother was dead. Crickets. Or how about that F-bomb he threw on the signing of the healthcare bill? Nothing. One more just for fun: he once told wheelcahir bound Senator Chuck Graham to "stand up and be recognized." Um, OK. Those are just for starters.

If the lamestream wants to mock our public figures when they screw-up-go ahead-but instead of covering up for those you drool after, how about a little honesty.......

White House using new math, again

On Wednesday the Obama Administration launched a media campaign touting the payback of bailout money given to GM more than a year ago. $5.8 billion was repaid nearly 5 years ahead of schedule. They are claiming this is proof the bailouts were successful and worth the risk.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said that while the administration doesn't believe that GM and Chrysler have escaped danger of another collapse, the news represents a validation of the president's decision to get involved with the automakers. "I'm making the case that, looking back, almost a year later from the president making a very difficult and unpopular decision to loan money to GM and Chrysler, in order to go through a structured bankruptcy, and save 1 million to 3 million jobs," Gibbs said, "I think we could all agree that the depth of our economic downturn would hardly have been helped with those million or so people additionally out of work."

Unfortunately, a few pesky facts are being left out of this fantastic and astounding revelation......First off, while it is super great and awesome that this $5.8 billion has been repaid early, there is the other $43 billion that was converted into free money and used to buy 61% of GM. There is an excellent chance most of that money will never be repaid-it will go right into the unions. Second, the million jobs saved?.....I wonder what the 65,000 folks just laid off would think about the jobs "saved". They are probably wishing they had been part of the that 1 million. Third, I'm curious, do you supposed the 65,000 workers laid off applied for unemployment benefits-which were then extended last week to infinity. How much will that cost the American Taxpayer?

If this is an example of success, I really don't want to see failure.

There is no fixing crybaby either.......

I would never condone violence or threatening behavior from or against anyone. That being said, much of the ridiculous information that has come out this week is a clear attempt to once again paint Tea Party and Conservatives as violent, racist, and out of control. It is pathetic to say the least.......there is no proof any of the violence OR "very mean talking" up to now has been perpetrated by a conservative or a Tea Partier. NONE.

Funny though.....I wonder how much concern the left shows for the daily threats received by Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and (just this week) Ann Coulter? Hmmm, let's ponder that for a moment.......oh right NONE.

Lest we forget this exact same narrative was played out last year when a window was broken at the DNC Headquarters in Denver, CO.

From the Daily KOS.
From ThinkProgress.
Even the Denver Post.

How ironic then, when it was shown to be a Democratic operative, once employed by the DNC, trying to make it LOOK as though someone from the GOP was responsible. Sad really. The left can't get us all worked up, so they have to make stuff up and blame it on us.

Even the Ft. Hood tragedy was pinned on the right before all the facts came out. Then to compound matters, once he was found to be a domestic terrorist, the press totally dropped the story. Alas, when they couldn't blame it on the right, they didn't want to talk about it any more.

Just this past weekend in St. Louis some members of various groups got together and held a candlelight prayer vigil and mock funeral (complete with casket) which started at Russ Carnahan's office and then moved to his house. On Monday following Russ filed a completely false and downright slanderous report with Jake Sherman of Politico. Russ claims the ceremony was threatening and the group placed the coffin on his lawn. Well, go watch the video and catch the news coverage-then I will leave you to make your own decision......

Time and time again, the more effective conservative groups, like Tea Party and 9-13'ers are, the more this type of thing is thrown our direction. We must continue to stand strong and not buckle under the pressure. It is imperative we act appropriately (as we already do) and we address quickly those who forget at times (as people who are passionate might) the best ways to continue this fight. Buck the rumors that are false, but never allow the message to get lost in the wilderness. Remember why you are here, then remember "all the rest is just noise"........

We need passion. We need boldness. We need to inspire and educate.

We don't need to lose our right-ness because we lost our cool.

Guest Post-The Screw You Politics Of The 2000-2001 Balanced Budgets

By: Brian Bollmann

In the 2008 election, both the Democrat and Republican candidates were touting the balanced budgets of the late 1990’s Clinton Presidency and Republican Congress. Over and over we heard how bad the Bush Presidency and Republican Congressed handled their fiscal responsibility and how all this would change with either Democrat or Republican option for President. Republicans and Democrats in 2000 – 2001: Good. Republicans and Democrats in 2002 – 2008: Bad. Everyone seemed to agree.

They say any time the Democrats and Republicans are in agreement – you know one thing – Americans are getting screwed.

I’ve seen this 1st graph many times showing that in 2000 and 2001 there was a budget surplus, and with the 9/11 attacks, the Bush wars, and the Bush economic policy, we went to hell in a hand basket and had to elect a Democrat Congress and the chosen one. Now we see that Obama has double-doubled-down on the debt and we will race to a debt greater than 100% of our GDP.

But there’s that nagging budget surplus in 2000 and 2001. There are the Republicans and Democrats in agreement. And, it still bugs me, tests credulity, and bothers me down to the cockles of my heart.

Out here in the real world, you know that your budget must stay within the amount of money you make. Let’s say you make $48,000, owe $75,000 on a house, and owe $15,000 on a car. At the beginning of the year, you owe, $80,000. Throughout the year you receive income of $4000 per month, you pay for food, utilities, clothing, entertainment, taxes and all the things you need throughout the year. You make payments on your house and your car. At the end of the year, let’s say you now owe $82,000. Did you budget properly? Did you spend more than you should have? Did you have a balanced budget? The answer is clearly no.

However, our elected officials and bureaucrats have been telling us for 10 years that the 2000 and 2001 budgets were balanced.

The next graph was created from data readily available on the White House web site at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/historicals/

A table “Table 7.1—Federal Debt at the End of Year: 1940–2015” lists the year-by-year Gross National Debt from 1940 – 2009 with estimates through 2015. A simple calculation determining whether debt went up or down for a given year shows that GROSS NATIONAL DEBT HAS RISEN EVERY YEAR SINCE 1968.

In 2008 and 2009, we added an incredible $1.9 Trillion to the national debt each year. But look back to 1999 - 2001; as you can see we also added to our Gross National Debt. In 1999, only a miniscule (by Federal Government standards) $23 Billion was added to the debt, but the bottom line, there WAS an increase in the Gross National Debt. The last year that the Gross National Debt went down was 1968.

In the real world where you and I live, this means the budget WAS NOT balanced. This means that the elected officials and bureaucrats are playing games with the numbers. This means that your Federal Representatives and Presidents are continuing to perpetuate this lie!

Surprised? I doubt it; I wasn’t.

So, now you know the facts. Now you are armed with information. The next time one of your elected liars tries to tell you that our wonderful Federal Government balanced the budget in 1999-2001, tell them they are perpetuating a lie and that you won’t stand for it.

And, to me, if the Tea Party wants to get active, the place to start is with a Balanced Budget Amendment.

More jobs lost in February?......all the fault of Global Warming falling from the sky.......

There is a very bad jobs report coming out on Friday that will tell us unemployment rose during February and it was the fault of the Global Warming blizzards that hit the east cost.

Economic officials on Monday were already spinning expectations for the report, saying it would be important to look past February’s figures to the “underlying trends,” according to White House economic adviser Larry Summers.
“The blizzards that affected much of the country during the last month are likely to distort the statistics,” Summers told CNBC.

This is just the latest in a string of excuses as to why we continually lose jobs these days. I wonder when they are going to figure out it is the declining economy and bad policy of this Administration that causes those numbers to go up every month......

BREAKING-Charlie Rangle Steps Down...of Geese & Ganders

After all this time Charlie Rangel has finally seen the errors of his ways.....or just doesn't want to be investigated by committee and has decided to leave his post as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. You know that committee, the one that is in charge of making most of the tax laws in this country. You know tax laws, right? The thing Charlie has been accused of over, over and over again of breaking.......

WASHINGTON - After being admonished by an ethics panel for accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean, Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that he will take a leave of absence from his chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means committee.
Rangel made the announcement to reporters on Capitol Hill, saying he would not answer any questions.

But as is par for the course in this Administration, Rangel admits no guilt and defends his actions by saying he had "no knowledge" that what he was doing was illegal. Never mind the fact that aids attempted to show Rabngel several times, evidence that trips to Antigua and St. Maarten were corporate sponsored and therefore illegal. Moreover, these trips barely scratch the surface of all the corrupt and illegal maneuvers this guy has made. From failing to disclose more than a half a million dollars in assets to using a rent controlled apartment in New York for his campaign headquarters, to cheating on his own taxes-it is clear Mr. Rangel feels he too is above the law and should bear no responsibility for his actions.

......if only we THE AMERICAN PEOPLE got the same and equal treatment under the law......

I'll take our eleventy billion ideas and four of yours......

President Obama indicated today he would be open to four whole ideas, offered by Republicans at the heath care summit last week. In a letter to congressional leaders Obama began what could essentially be construed as closing arguments in the long, drawn out health care debate.

President Obama signaled Tuesday that he will embrace four Republican ideas on health care, including a greater investment in medical malpractice tort reform, as he begins what an aide agreed was the "final act" in the administration's effort to overhaul the health-care system.

In a letter to congressional leaders, Obama said he is also "open" to increasing Medicaid reimbursements for physicians, stepping up efforts to combat fraud in the health-care system and ensuring that people who buy insurance on so-called insurance exchanges could participate in health savings accounts.

Is it nit-picky of me to notice he seems to be applying a band-aid to a dismemberment injury and that there are some outright factual problems?

First off, what in the world does "a greater investment in medical malpractice tort reform" even mean? Does that mean we will have tort reform? I know we have all be told a zillion times that tort reform is meaningless; it will save pennies compared to the overall cost of health care. What is a greater investment? They will take even more money from trial lawyers to ignore the problems that out of control medical malpractice suits bring? Who is making the investment.....the taxpayer, like when we invested in GM or the lobbyists, like when they invest in getting their way? I'm afraid if any Republican lawmakers talk about this as a good thing my head will explode. This is clearly politician speak for "we won't actually do anything."

President Obama also talks about increasing Medicaid reimbursements to doctors. That's a GREAT idea....or not. First off, we all know the Medicaid system is already going broke AS IS. Increasing payments won't make Medicaid cost less. Also, I thought they were getting a whole bunch of money to pay for the new, improved health care system by decreasing reimbursements to doctors. Did President Obama forget he said that? I didn't. This administration keeps spending money we don't have. I'm all for increasing reimbursements to doctors, if the system can support it. Under the current system and any thus far proposed, it can't.

This is clearly a ploy to either get a few Republican votes or to appear to give Democrats the cover they need to vote for this behemoth. Neither is acceptable and neither should happen. The entire plan needs to be scrapped and a new small steps need to be taken. The government should not be involved in health care in any way, shape or form. It is ridiculous for President Obama to try to paint these four-and mostly pathetic-ideas as "bi-partisanship". Its a pat on the head to Republicans at best and should not be enough to sell them on this crap.

Stop scaring people.....unless you're Obama

Yesterday, President Obama, being interviewed by Charlie Gibson, told the American people if his healthcare legislation does not pass the country will go bankrupt. Didn't he just tell Republicans earlier this week to "stop scaring people" with misinformation.......

I guess that only applies if your not the President.

The president laid out a dire scenario of what will happen if his health care reform effort fails.

“If we don't pass it, here's the guarantee….your premiums will go up, your employers are going to load up more costs on you,” he said. “Potentially they're going to drop your coverage, because they just can't afford an increase of 25 percent, 30 percent in terms of the costs of providing health care to employees each and every year. “

The sad fact is, if the current proposals pass, the American people will go bankrupt. What President Obama fails to acknowledge is all of those things are what is going to happen under his plan. Employers will drop coverage all together, forcing people into some kind of public plan-which will be there in the end, make no mistake about that-or they will switch over to plans that have more out of pocket costs, higher deductibles and worse coverage. For the people hardest hit by rising medical costs, there is no relief:

Having this new, mandated “coverage” will not stop you from being bankrupted by accumulated medical debt should you get seriously ill. Insurance that does not protect you from financial ruin if you get sick makes a mockery of the entire concept health insurance.

President Obama can say it over and over, and louder and louder, but this bill does nothing to actually protect the individual who needs it the most. We currently have a system that provides emergency care for all people and that, unfortunately, leaves the middle-class out in the cold if you have a serious health issue-you face high co-pays and out-of-pocket costs under many plans, that's true-but guess what? Those costs are higher and the coverage provided is worse under this plan. The middle-class pays higher premiums, has more out-of-pocket costs and will still go bankrupt if faced with a true medical crisis.

I agree with the President on one issue: this Administration should stop scaring people with lies and mis-information. If you really want true healthcare reform, then dump this crap you're looking at right now and put real reforms in a much smaller bill. Only address the actual problems we have-stop trying to take over of 1/6th of the economy, while doing nothing for those that need it most. How about that Mr. President?

Smoke and Mirrors? More like Smokin' Crack...

In what can only be described as the biggest lie told........today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid claims his new healthcare bill will cost $$848 billion in the first 10 years.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid claims that his health care bill costs about $848 billion in the first 10 years, well under President Obama's $900 billion target.

That's for 10 years of revenue-gathering, but only six years of service, according to the analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.

Adding in expenses beyond the 10-year mark drastically skews the overall cost, making the $848 billion a mere fraction of the long-term price tag of overhauling America's health care system -- and that's if no changes are made to the legislation during that time

This is ridiculous. They will pass something the majority of the American people do not want with lies and falsehoods. It's bad enough that they can never stick to a budget to begin with, but the chances of them not adding to it and not changing legislation over the years is negative eleventy-trillion-gazillion. The truth is, not only are there no cost savings in the bill (again, just because you are paying less doesn't mean it costs less) but in fact in the first ten years of actual spending, the costs explode and go up to around $2.5 trillion.

Smoke and mirrors indeed........

Healthcare paid for on the backs of those who can afford it the least

Thank goodness we are getting government run healthcare that does NOTHING to lower the actual cost of medical care, but simply spreads the cost of it to others-in particular those who can afford it the least:

Also, a provision that raises the threshold at which medical expenses become tax deductible, from 7.5 percent of income to 10 percent of income, would reportedly yield the government $15.2 billion in new revenue from sick and disabled Americans with high out-of-pocket medical costs.

I guess all those horror stories being promoted about how people are losing everything due to high out of pocket costs will not go away with the government running things, but will now increase the amount people are paying out of pocket. At least their suffering will end sooner, they will be bankrupt sooner.

In addition to this complete fallacy of cost savings, we can also look forward to these additional taxes, which may reduce the cost to the government, but does nothing to help the people.

-- $201 billion in new taxes on high-premium health care plans.
-- $83 billion in new taxes paid by workers who will receive less employer-sponsored coverage or lose that coverage altogether but will be compensated with higher
wages or monetary benefits, which are taxable.
-- $23 billion in penalty fees paid by employers who do not comply with the federal insurance mandate.
-- $4 billion in penalty fees paid by individuals who don’t have health insurance.
-- $16 billion in new income and Medicare payroll tax revenue due to changes in Medicare.
-- $180 billion in other tax revenues items calculated by the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT).

The more information that comes out about this thing, the more disgusting it gets. There is absolutely nothing in here that reduces the cost of medical care. Nothing. NOT ONE THING. They are simply penalizing all Americans-then taking that money and spreading it around. I hope even the people who are in favor of the government running healthcare see the fallacy in this proposal. People will still be without insurance, costs will continue to rise and the government will just pound the people-ALL PEOPLE-for all the money they are worth to pay for it.

Talk about false information.....

So, the President really is a liar....or worse

Rep. Bart Stupak (D.-Mich.) says when the President claimed "no federal funds will go to pay for abortions" in his Sept. 9 speech to a joint session of Congress, he wasn't talking about a real plan, only one that exists in his head. It is outrageous that the President would play games like this with the American people. This isn't first grade President Obama-don't play word games to get people to fall for your bullshit.

In his speech to the joint session of Congress, Obama directly rebutted the claim that the plan would fund abortions, calling it a “misunderstanding.” But in his later telephone conversation with Stupak, according to the congressman, Obama said that when he claimed in the speech that the plan would not fund abortions he was not talking about the House plan, he was talking about his own plan.

CNSNews.com read Stupak the verbatim transcript of President Obama’s joint-session-speech statement about abortion funding: “And one more misunderstanding I want to clear up: Under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions.”

CNSNews.com asked Stupak: “Is that a true or false statement?”

“That is exactly what he said,” said Stupak.

“But is it an accurate statement?” askedCNSNews.com.

“I called him,” said Stupak.

“I called the president--had a discussion with the president. And I read exactly what you just said. And he said: ‘What it says is “under my plan”’—meaning the president’s plan. And I said: ‘With all due respect, sir, you do not have a plan. The only plan we have out is the House plan.’ So, I don’t know if it is a game of semantics or what.”

CNSNews.com then asked Stupak if Obama was referring to a plan that existed only ‘theoretically, some different plan than the one you actually drafted in committee?”

“Correct. Correct,” said Stupak. “And when I pointed this out, he said: ‘Go back and work with the people on your committee and get this matter worked out. Work with the speaker. Work with us, would you?’ And I said: Yes, I would. And we have tried. But we haven’t been able to resolve our differences because we do not want public funds going for abortion.”

What a disgusting perversion of words. Way to go Mr. President.

So it's Governement, not Insurance that wants to screw you.

It would seem those big bad Insurance giants, who always have only their own self-interests at heart, are now letting the American people in on some facts about the latest incantation of Reid's sweet healthcare bill.

“The overall impact will be to increase the cost of private insurance coverage for individuals, families and businesses above what these costs would be in the absence of reform,” said Karen M. Ignagni, president of the trade association....."

"The report says that the cost of the average family coverage, now $12,300, will rise to $18,400 in 2016 under current law and to $21,300 if the Senate bill is adopted. Likewise, it said, the cost of individual coverage, now $4,600, will average $6,900 in 2016 under current law and $7,900 under the bill."

So, it seems that we the American people can look forward to restricted access to care, higher taxes and higher premiums. Yeah, definitely a good move.

The Dems of course dispute these findings-because they are inconvenient to getting the bill passed. They claim tax credits and cuts to Medicaid, which they claim will lower costs, have been ignored. Except-no they haven't.