Undecided on Who to Vote For?

Before you vote, before you go to bed, watch this.  Our country is in dire shape if we don’t get these people out of our government:

BP should plug the Spill with Speaker Pelosi

Is there ever enough blaming the Bush Administration? When will these people ever take some blame? How many times did GW blame the Clinton administration?

Pelosi blames Bush administration for BP oil spill.

By: Joel S. Gehrke Jr.
Special to the Washington Examiner

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., blamed the Bush administration for any lack of oversight leading up to the Gulf oil spill. The Obama administration, on the other hand, is blameless.

From Talk Radio News Service:

“Many of the people appointed in the Bush administration are still burrowed in the agencies that are supposed to oversee the [oil] industry,” Pelosi said when asked if Democrats could have prevented or mitigated the crisis by keeping a closer watch on the industry.

Added the Speaker, “the cozy relationships between the Bush administration’s agency leadership and the industry is clear…I’ve heard no complaints from my members about the way the president has handled it,” Pelosi stated.

On Friday, the Washington Examiner requested that Speaker Pelosi’s office release the list of Bush appointees to whom she was referring. We’ll let you know when we hear back.

Mexico Says: ‘U.S. troops OK, but no stopping illegals!’

At least we know where they stand don’t we. Unlike some over here that say one thing and do another.

By Chelsea Schilling

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INVASION USA

Mexico: ‘U.S. troops OK, but no stopping illegals!’

Foreign gov’t warns 1,200 soldiers must not enforce immigration laws

The Mexican government has announced it respects the Obama administration’s decision to send 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S. southern border to counter cross-border drug and weapons trafficking – just as long as the troops don’t enforce U.S. immigration laws.

The Embassy of Mexico in Washington, D.C., released the following statement on May 25:

Regarding the administration’s decision to send 1,200 National Guard servicemen to the U.S. Southern border, the government of Mexico trusts that this decision will help to channel additional U.S. resources to enhance efforts to prevent the illegal flows of weapons and bulk cash into Mexico, which provide organized crime with its firepower and its ability to corrupt.Additionally, the government of Mexico expects that National Guard personnel will strengthen U.S. operations in the fight against transnational organized crime that operates on both sides of our common border and that it will not, in accordance to its legal obligations, conduct activities directly linked to the enforcement of immigration laws [emphasis added].

Upon learning of the statement, former Rep. Tom Tancredo told WND, “The Mexican government can be assured that there will be no attempt to enforce immigration law by the National Guard because there is no attempt to enforce immigration law by the president of the United States.”

Statement from Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Tancredo said he is certain the statement was released after the Mexican government communicated its expectations with the White House.

“I guarantee you that before Barack Obama decided to send the troops, he called the president of Mexico to let him know,” Tancredo said. “Things like this don’t happen without that kind of communication. This is proof of that. What they’re doing here is reaffirming what the president told them.”

Tancredo said 1,200 troops for a 2,000 mile border is an inadequate number because there have been requests for up to 8,000, with 6,000 in the Arizona area alone.

Former Rep. Tom Tancredo

“Remember, 1,200 means 400 in three shifts,” he said. “If you do not have three shifts, what does it matter? You have 1,200 out there for eight hours a day and then you pull them back? It’s ludicrous!”

Arizona border residents told Fox News today that Obama’s wavering immigration policy is only making things worse.

“Every time our president talks to the Mexican president, or every time the word amnesty comes over the Mexican news, there is a flood of people,” said one unnamed resident who feared retaliation.

The residents said troops won’t deter illegal aliens and drug smugglers.

“There’s guys out here with no guns, and they’re our troops,” she said. “The Mexicans think we’re nuts.”

As WND recently reported, thousands of illegal aliens apprehended along the 2,000 mile border stretching through California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas aren’t even from Mexico. Many are citizens of countries that are known sponsors of terrorism, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Syria and Iran.

Tancredo said he doesn’t believe the U.S. government’s decision to send troops is intended to improve the situation.

“I don’t think anybody thinks this matters,” he said. “Obama certainly doesn’t. That’s why he’s doing it.”

He added, “The desire is not to fix the problem. The desire is to have amnesty. All of this is in anticipation of amnesty.”

Worldnetdaily.com

What is the Tea Party?

Interesting article…and yes, the Tea Party is not Republican or Democrat…it’s real Americans who are fed up with both parties. I really wish people would quit trying to label it when they don’t know what it is to start with.

Kevin O’Brien: Who’s afraid of a little Tea Party? Everyone, fortunately

By Kevin OBrien, The Plain Dealer

April 08, 2010, 6:01AM

Democratic officeholders should be afraid.

Republican officeholders, too.

For many a year now, officeholders of both major parties have worked hard to earn the distrust of ordinary Americans. It appears that they finally have succeeded.

If only ordinary Americans hadn’t been so inattentive. If only ordinary Americans hadn’t been so trusting. If only ordinary Americans hadn’t been so damnably nice, the country would be in a better position to manage its finances today.

But when have Americans not tried to look for the good in every situation? When have we not been slow to recognize the need to deal with forces, foreign or domestic, aligning against our best interests?

Better late than never, a lot of ordinary Americans are waking up to the sobering reality that there really is no one they can trust. Not Democrats. Not Republicans. Not government. Not corporations. And certainly not corporations in league with government.

Hallelujah.

The people who are angry today are more in tune with this nation’s founders than ordinary Americans have been in decades.

The United States has an intricate system of checks and balances, and a government structure based on a separation of powers, and a Bill of Rights that safeguards the rights of states and the rights of the people precisely because the greatest collection of political talent and philosophical insight ever assembled on this continent — and maybe anywhere on this planet — looked at the concept of government and said, “We need to make a really small cage for this thing, then be careful not to overfeed it.”

We seem to have lost the care-and- feeding instructions about a century ago. We let government out of its little cage and it has been consuming everything it can lay its paws on ever since. In the last 45 years, it has been on a real binge, and in the last year and a half, it has taken bigger bites than a lot of people thought possible.

Ordinary Americans who care about freedom are finally getting a clue and — horrors! — they’re hollering at members of Congress. That’s right: Nice, trusting, formerly inattentive Americans are getting in the faces of the political class and calling them names.

Big (Joe Biden expletive deleted) deal. If members of the political class are too tender to endure a little well-earned rudeness from the people whose hard-earned money they like to “spread around,” then they ought to get out of politics. Maybe their successors will find the voice of the people less irritating.

A very, very few ordinary Americans are going so far as to threaten members of the ruling class with physical harm or property damage. That’s not fine.

All that does is damage the cause of the people who are loudly but peaceably petitioning their government for the redress of a growing list of very real grievances.

It also allows politicians on the left, including a president who now taunts opponents of his new health care law every time he speaks, to cast themselves simultaneously as victors and victims.

Finally, threats from the right allow the left to lump every proponent of individual liberty, self-reliance, limited government and limited government spending — the Tea Party movement, in general — in with nuts who might actually do some harm.

Don’t doubt for a second that the left is hoping desperately for someone to step all the way out of line. They thought they had their man — and early news reports said they did — when Joseph Stack crashed his Piper Dakota into an IRS building in Texas.

As it turned out, Stack proved to be a Marx-quoting lefty — the wrong flavor of nut.

So the left has to settle for a little name-calling of its own: “ignorant,” “racist,” “homophobes,” “hooligans,” “extremists.” The list, as you know, goes on and on.

It’s bunk, but it’s the script.

Tea Party folks are just patriots worried, with good reason, about the future of the country they love. They’re vocal and they’re inspiringly unaffiliated.

They scare the hell out of both political parties, because they’ve embraced distrust.

The Democrats fear them because they see through the left’s empty promise of utopia in exchange for freedom. The Republicans fear them because they’re pushy and because they’re loyal to their principles rather than to a party.

They make everyone uncomfortable. That’s healthy.

Spread the Word

A friend of mine, another Steve, sent this email to me.  I have sent it along to more than 20, and I thought this would be a great post for you to copy and send to your friends…especially the liberal ones.

An idea whose time has come

For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress.

Many citizens have no idea that members of Congress

• receive retirement checks till death; of the same pay earned after even only one term,

• they don’t pay into Social Security,

• they specifically exempted themselves from many laws they have passed

(such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment)

The latest is to exempt themselves from Health Care Reform they just passed…

Ordinary citizens must live under those laws.

Somehow, that doesn’t seem logical.

We do not have an elite that is above the law.

I truly don’t care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever.

The self-serving must stop.

This is a good way to do that.

It is an idea whose time has come.

Have each person contact a minimum of Twenty people on their Address list, in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message.

This is one proposal that really should be passed around.

Proposed 28th Amendment to the  United States  Constitution

“Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the  United States  that does not apply equally to the elected officials, Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the  United States .”

Pink Slipping Congress

Great campaign started by World Net Daily, now getting great coverage.  They’ve even created a shortage of pink paper according to WND:

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=117593

Make Mine Freedom

From the cold war era, 1948…eerie….

 

From the Resistance

Thanks Bill, we shall pass this on!

From the Patriotic Resistance:

I have noted that many elected officials, both Democrats and
Republicans, called upon  America to unite behind Obama.

Well, I want to make it clear to all who will listen that I AM NOT
Uniting behind Obama!

I will respect the Office which he holds, legitimately questioned, and
I will acknowledge his abilities as an orator and wordsmith and pray
for him, BUT that is it.

I have begun today to see what I can do to make sure that he is a
one-term President!

Why am I doing this?

It is because I do not share Obama’s vision for  America ;

I do not share his Abortion beliefs;

I do not share his radical Marxist’s concept of re-distributing wealth;

I do not share his stated views on raising taxes on those who make
$150,000+ (the ceiling has been changed three times since August);

I do not share his view that the military should be reduced by 25%;

I do not share his views on homosexuality and his definition of
marriage;

I do not share his spiritual beliefs (at least the ones he has made
public);

I do not share his beliefs on how to re-work the healthcare system in
America ;

I do not share his Strategic views of the  Middle East , and certainly do
not share his plan to sit down with terrorist regimes such as  Iran .

Bottom line, my  America is vastly different from Obama’s, and I have a
higher obligation to my Country and my God to do what is Right!

For eight (8) years, the Liberals in our Society, led by numerous
entertainers who would have no platform and no real credibility but for
their celebrity status, have attacked President Bush, his family, and
his spiritual beliefs!

They have not moved toward the center in their beliefs and their
philosophies, and they never came together nor compromised their
personal beliefs for the betterment of our Country!

They have portrayed my America as a land where everything is tolerated
except being intolerant!

They have been a vocal and irreverent minority for years; they have
mocked and attacked the very core values so important to the founding
and growth of our Country!

They have made every effort to remove the name of God or Jesus Christ
from our Society!

They have challenged capital punishment, the right to bear firearms,
and the most basic principles of our criminal code; they have attacked
one of the most fundamental of all Freedoms, the right of free speech!

Unite behind Obama?  Never!

I am sure many of you who read this think that I am going overboard,
but I refuse to retreat one more inch in favor of those whom I believe
are the embodiment of Evil!

PRESIDENT BUSH made many mistakes during his Presidency, and I am not
sure how history will judge him. 

Majority rules in  America , and I will honor the concept; however, I
will fight with all of my power to be a voice in opposition to Obama
and “his goals for  America .”

I am going to be a thorn in the side of those who, if left unchecked,
will destroy our Country!!  Any more compromise is more defeat!

I pray that the results of this election will wake up many who have sat
on the sidelines and allowed the Socialist-Marxist anti-God crowd to
slowly change so much of what has been good in  America !

“Error of Opinion may be tolerated where Reason is left free to combat
it.”
(Thomas Jefferson)

Obama Revelling in Power unseen in Decades

From Reuters:

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Barack Obama is revelling in presidential power and influence unseen in Washington for decades.

Barely 100 days in office, the U.S. president and his Democratic Party have firm control over the White House and Congress and the ability to push through ambitious plans.

Now, with the coming retirement of a Supreme Court justice clearing the way for him to appoint a successor, Obama already is assured a legacy at the top of all three branches of government — executive, legislative and judicial.

On the corporate front, the federal government’s pumping of billions of dollars in bailout money into banks and auto companies has given Obama the power to force an overhaul in those industries, a remarkable intervention in capitalist industries by the state.

Americans are giving him leeway as well. His job approval ratings are well over 60 percent, giving him political capital to undertake big challenges.

His political opponents, the Republicans, are in disarray, reduced in numbers and engaged in an internal struggle over how to recover from devastating election losses in 2006 and last year.

Experts speak of Obama in the same league as such transformational presidents as Democrat Franklin Roosevelt, who led the United States through the Great Depression and World War Two, and Republican Ronald Reagan, who led the country to victory in the Cold War.

“I cannot in my memory remember a time when a president of the United States has had more influence,” said Democratic strategist Doug Schoen, who worked in the Clinton White House.

“Not only is it his moment, it is a level of influence and power for a president that is literally unprecedented from any time since the New Deal and Franklin Roosevelt. If he handles it right, it could be his century.”

STROKE OF LUCK

Obama is seeing evidence that with power comes the occasional stroke of luck.

A gift came in the party switch this week by Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter from the Republicans to the Democrats.

It could give the Democrats unfettered authority. If and when Minnesota Democrat Al Franken overcomes a recount battle and takes his Senate seat, Democrats will have a 60-vote supermajority in the 100-member Senate.

The announced retirement of Supreme Court Justice David Souter has given Obama the opportunity to put his imprint on the highest U.S. court and replace one of the court’s liberals with another liberal voice.

Although he will not be able to change the court’s balance of power from a conservative majority any time soon, he will be able to select a justice likely to remain on the bench long after Obama has left the White House.

How long will his luck last?

With the U.S. economy reeling and millions of Americans without jobs, Obama has his work cut out for him. He has a long list of challenges, and spoke of them at a news conference this week.

“If you could tell me right now that, when I walked into this office that the banks were humming, that autos were selling, and that all you had to worry about was Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, getting healthcare passed, figuring out how to deal with energy independence, deal with Iran, and a pandemic flu, I would take that deal,” Obama said.

Pollster John Zogby said that after his first 100 days, Obama now embarks on another weighty period in which Americans will want to see evidence that his $787 billion economic stimulus approved in February is working.

“I think by late June, they are going to have to start seeing some of these economic indicators stabilizing or at least some orange cones and hard hats out on the roads — something that indicates either a stemming of the tide or some kind of progress,” Zogby said.

Those who keenly watch the poll numbers also point out that while Obama is personally popular, some of the items on his agenda are less so.

“I think he will always stay personally popular,” said Republican strategist Charlie Black, who was a senior adviser on Republican John McCain’s presidential campaign last year. “But when you test the individual policies, a majority will tell you we’re spending too much money.”

“On the policy proposals the jury is out as to how popular they will be,” he said.

The Nanny State exists in Tennessee

Just wanted you to know that socialism and nanny state are alive in Tennessee.

From the Nashville Tennesseean – www.tennesseean.com

NASHVILLE (AP) — State employees are facing a $600 surcharge that goes into effect next year for everyone in the employee health system who smokes or has a smoker for a spouse.

The Tennessean reports state officials hope the surcharge will provide an incentive for employee smokers to quit and save Tennessee an estimated $3,400 a year in lost productivity and smoking-related health claims per worker.

To help smokers quit before the Jan. 1, 2010, deadline, the state will offer discounts on prescriptions and over-the-counter products like nicotine gum and patches starting May 1.

Employees will be also allowed to take part in six-week smoking cessation seminars on state time. The state held its first stop-smoking seminar Monday.

Brian Haile, deputy director for the state’s Division of Benefits Administration, which oversees coverage for some 270,000 adults and children covered by state employee health insurance said “having money on the line can give smokers the push they need to quit.”

“It’s been known to triple the effective quit rate if there’s an economic incentive for doing so,” Haile said.

It’s not yet known how much it will cost the state to help its workers and retirees kick the habit, but Haile estimated it could cost several hundred thousand dollars. The costs will be offset by the smoking surcharge, once the insurance change goes into effect.

Starting in the fall, everyone on the health care plan will be asked to fill out a form, identifying themselves as a smoker or a nonsmoker. Anyone caught lying would face civil and legal penalties for perjury and would have to pay up to $300 in damages to the state.

Jim Tucker, executive director of the Tennessee State Employ-ees Association, said the smoking surcharge has not sat well among some of the workers his group represents. He added, however, most workers agree something has to be done to reduce health-care costs before the state has to impose another double-digit insurance premium hike, as it did a decade ago.

“The health plan (cost) has almost doubled in the last five years,” said Tucker. “It’s been very controversial, just targeting the smokers, when obesity is a much larger health problem for so many people.”