It’s interesting how things change over time.
One of these these things is not like the other. Three of the men to the left have proven without a shadow of a doubt that they are incompetent, criminals, or both. Chris Dodd received favorable treatment from CountryWide during the time that he was condemning “companies that form the foundation of our financial markets.” He also demanded that the “American taxpayers deserve to know how we arrived at this moment.” So do I. Speak up Mr. Dodd, I can’t hear you.
Barney Frank is a Fannie Mae apologist that has made plenty of money thanks to this government organization. When the Bush administration proposed much tighter regulation of the two companies, Frank was adamant that “these two entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are not facing any kind of financial crisis.” When the White House warned of “systemic risk for our financial system” unless the mortgage giants were curbed, Frank complained that the administration was more concerned about financial safety than about housing. saying ” Want a do-over Mr. Frank?
Tim Geitner is being ripped around the globe as the Boy Non-Wonder. Someone please explain to me how a man that couldn’t figure out how to use TurboTax is capable of turning around the most complex and powerful economy on Earth? (He can’t blame TurboTax, he knowingly hid income. Not only is he clueless, he is an arrogant criminal.) At least he’s seeking help from the citizenry.
But despite the wrongdoings, misgivings and criminality of their behavior, Dodd, Frank and Geitner are still gainfully employed. Not so for GM CEO Rick Wagoner. Just to be clear: I am not supporting Wagoner. He lead GM for six years and the company has nothing of value to show for it. He enjoyed his stay and will certainly enjoy his golden parachute (all big-time CEO’s have them, just wait for the press to get the details on his). But to be fired by the president is a sign of horrible things to come. This is socialism. America has made GM its bitch. Apparently Barack Obama wants to be Donald Trump and now he’s firing people. How far will the governments tentacles reach out? Where will the line in the sand be drawn? And, if Wagoner is supposed to take the fall as part of GMs willingness to receive our bailout money, why isn’t Ron Gettelfinger, president of the United Auto Workers Union not being asked to step down. When it came time for the “big three” to try and improve their situations, Gettelfinger had no interest in cooperating. Yet he too is still employed.
In this upside down Obama-Nation, I guess that makes sense.
President Obama, cut the crap with the inheritance comments. You won the election, as you are fond of telling your opponents. Stop lying to America and deal with reality please. Did Bush spend like a football pro at a topless bar? Yes he did. But Barack-O is making Bush look frugal by comparison. Some perspective:
The Federal Budget
Notice anything? For starters, President Bush decreased the budget every year starting in 2004,with the exception of 2008. Why the exception? A $300B tax credit has a way of skewing your averages. The budget in 2008 was $450B, not the $1.3T that Obama keeps referring to. The 2009 budget is the same as the 2008 budget because Bush never signed the budget as Wicked Witch Pelosi wasn’t worth the signature. Bush was pushing to have the budget balanced by 2010. And, given the trend starting in 2004 you can see that we were heading in that direction.
Enter Barack-O.
The majority of the 2009 budget shown above is the $700B TARP crap signed by President Obama, not President Bush. But wait, there’s more. The president does not allocate funds to the federal government (thanks Ed); Congress does. And who controlled Congress in 2007-2008? Last year Democrats pushed resolutions through that ended up in the omnibus spending bill that Barack-O signed earlier this month.
As to the positive sounding claim from the president and vice president of “cutting the budget in half in five years.” maybe they can. But look at the pretty picture above. When you cut the $1.85T you start with in2009 your goal is $900B by 2013. That’s twice the amount of the last Bush budget. It’s easy to cut something when you start by quadrupling it first and then claim savings later on.
I don’t remember any president in my adult life that has whined and complained so often about the problems of his predecessor. Obama is so focused on campaigning for higher office that he apparently doesn’t realize that he’s reached the pinnacle of higher offices in America. Barack-O, please stop campaigning. Try appointing some people to your damned Treasury Department (you’ve filled one of the 18 seats…)
The press is silent, as usual, worshipping at the altar of Barack-O. The lemmings will continue to believe that he inhereted everything bad in the world from the evil Bush Monster. And unless conservatives do something about this we will all be screwed again in four years. Spread the truth. Get loud.
Just a short comment here: When the government starts knee-jerking and voting to tax individual citizens based on the bonus that their employment contracts guaranteed them we need to worry. If CONGRESS would READ the bills that they SIGN, we might not be in this situation. But when you have a financially ignorant President scaring America and trying to get the masses to approve of massively stupid financial actions, you are setting yourself up for disaster. While paying bonuses to employees at a company that lost $61B last quarter may be obscene and offensive, drafting tax law to single out American citizens by name is legitimately INSANE. It sets a scary precedent, who will they tax next?
President Obama is redefining the word “incompetent” at light speed. Note to Neo-Libs: You thought Bush was bumbling? We aren’t even two months into this hell and we are quickly learning that Brack-O is good at one thing and one thing only: public appearances. Can we have a do-over for November? Oh wait, that’s right. Barack-O is omniscient, he is all powerful. He will pay our bills and heal the sick. He will unite America and the rest of the globe.
Mr. President: Go to hell, and take Geitner and Gibbs with you. And Dodd. And Frank. And Rengel. And Pelosi. And Reid. And the Olbermann/Matthews twins.
I like American Idol. I’m a musician, I married a musician, it’s one of our family guilty pleasures. But I miss the days when time American Idol used to be a “singing competition.” Simon occasionally uses this term during some of his critiques. But he’s not consistent. And the bias of the judges is getting easier to notice. For example, for whatever reason, they all love Megan, who I refer to as “Arm Tat.” She’s got an average voice at best, but the judges have her on a pedestal. Simon described her as “current” and “something that this competition needs.” Um, if Megan is current, current sucks.
I understand the need to stimulate ratings, hence the survival of the schizophrenic in the shiny shirt (he never took this seriously and took a slot away from someone that actually respected this amazingly rare opportunity), and the over-dramatic girly-boy, but c’mon. Some great singers got cut before the final group, so don’t tell me this is a “singing competition.” If it was, Jorge from Puerto Rico would still be in and Megan, Blind Guy, and/or Oil Rig guy would be out.
My prediction? It will be Danny versus Adam in a battle of straight versus gay America. Quality mature power vocals versus over-the-top Axel Rose/Freddy Mercury. If Adam saves “Sweet Child O’ Mine” for the finals, he will win.
I forgot it was St. Patrick’s Day. I’m not wearing green. Instead of changing my shirt I’m temporarily adopting a liberal attitude.
“Separation of church and state, maaaaan! This religious holiday is an attempt by the neo-cons to establish a theocracy man! I ain’t wearing no green shirt maaaaan, I’m not gonna be forced by The Man to succumb to the influence of radical Christians!”
Now I need to find some green beer…
