Take a look at this and just remember elections in Nov. 2010.
U.S. House & Senate have voted themselves $4,700 and $5,300 raises.
1. They voted to not give you a S.S. Cost of living raise in 2010 and 2011.
2. Your Medicaid premiums will go up $285.60 for the 2-years andYou will not get the 3% COLA: $660/yr. Your total 2-yr loss and cost is-$1,600 or -$3,200 for husband and wife.
3. Over 2-yrs they each get $10,000
4. Do you feel SCREWED?
5. Will they have your cost of drugs - doctor fees - local taxes - food, etc., increase?NO WAY . They have a raise and better benefits. Why care about you? You never did anything about it in the past. You obviously are too stupid or don't care.
6. Do you really think that Nancy, Harry, Chris, Charlie, Barnie, et al, care about you?
SEND THE MESSAGE-- You're FIRED.
IN 2010 YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GET RID OF THE SITTING CONGRESS:
Up to 1/3 OF THE SENATE, AND 100% OF THE HOUSE.
MAKE SURE YOU'RE STILL MAD IN NOVEMBER 2010 AND REMIND THEIR REPLACEMENTS NOT TO SCREW UP.
It is ok to forward this to your sphere of influence if you are finally tired of the abuse.
Maybe it's time for the........Amendment 28
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators or Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."
It's time for retribution.
Let's take back America.
Belief fuels enthusiasm, and determined enthusiasm explodes into passion. It fires our souls and lifts our spirits
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Bribes!
Just a bit more information to make you “sick” concerning the health care issues..
It may be health care, but it really makes you sick......
Remember, several of the "on the fence" Democrats were convinced to vote for Reid's clotures -- not because of their principles -- but because they were BRIBED.
YOU READ THAT RIGHT. Just take a look at the PORK that was added to this monstrosity of a bill, just to bribe enough Senators to vote for it:
With the bill hanging in the balance, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) won a provision exempting his state from paying the usual share of costs for new Medicaid patients. The deal, which critics have dubbed the "Cornhusker Kickback," is expected to cost the federal government $100 million over 10 years.Before a close vote last month, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) won an even larger break for her state -- an estimated $300 million in extra federal spending, in a move now derisively called the "Louisiana Purchase."Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) made sure that certain insurance companies in his state are off the hook from a new $7 billion dollar tax.Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) got his kickback -- a $100 million bonus for the University of Connecticut… to do with whatever they want.Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) was "persuaded" to drop his concerns after Senator Reid offered his state a $10 billion grant for "community health centers"-money that could easily be funneled to facilities that perform abortions.Three states -- Pennsylvania, New York and Florida -- all won protections for their Medicare Advantage beneficiaries at a time when the program is facing cuts nationwide.Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) won a promise from Reid to support his plan to expand eligibility for health insurance.The Senators from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming will get the "Frontier Freebie" -- they'll see an increase in Medicare payments to hospitals and doctors, because "at least 50 percent of their counties are ‘frontier counties,' defined as those having a population density less than six people per square mile."Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate health committee, got a provision inserted to increase Medicare payments to certain "low-volume hospitals" in Grinnell, Keokuk and Spirit Lake, treating limited numbers of Medicare patients.Even the Democrats themselves are starting to complain about this obvious "Cash for Cloture" bribing going on. When Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) couldn't get past the reporters swarming Ben Nelson on her way to the cloture vote, she quipped, "I know I'm not as important as Senator Nelson. I didn't get the money for my state. I was too stupid."
It may be health care, but it really makes you sick......
Remember, several of the "on the fence" Democrats were convinced to vote for Reid's clotures -- not because of their principles -- but because they were BRIBED.
YOU READ THAT RIGHT. Just take a look at the PORK that was added to this monstrosity of a bill, just to bribe enough Senators to vote for it:
With the bill hanging in the balance, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) won a provision exempting his state from paying the usual share of costs for new Medicaid patients. The deal, which critics have dubbed the "Cornhusker Kickback," is expected to cost the federal government $100 million over 10 years.Before a close vote last month, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) won an even larger break for her state -- an estimated $300 million in extra federal spending, in a move now derisively called the "Louisiana Purchase."Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) made sure that certain insurance companies in his state are off the hook from a new $7 billion dollar tax.Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) got his kickback -- a $100 million bonus for the University of Connecticut… to do with whatever they want.Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) was "persuaded" to drop his concerns after Senator Reid offered his state a $10 billion grant for "community health centers"-money that could easily be funneled to facilities that perform abortions.Three states -- Pennsylvania, New York and Florida -- all won protections for their Medicare Advantage beneficiaries at a time when the program is facing cuts nationwide.Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) won a promise from Reid to support his plan to expand eligibility for health insurance.The Senators from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming will get the "Frontier Freebie" -- they'll see an increase in Medicare payments to hospitals and doctors, because "at least 50 percent of their counties are ‘frontier counties,' defined as those having a population density less than six people per square mile."Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate health committee, got a provision inserted to increase Medicare payments to certain "low-volume hospitals" in Grinnell, Keokuk and Spirit Lake, treating limited numbers of Medicare patients.Even the Democrats themselves are starting to complain about this obvious "Cash for Cloture" bribing going on. When Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) couldn't get past the reporters swarming Ben Nelson on her way to the cloture vote, she quipped, "I know I'm not as important as Senator Nelson. I didn't get the money for my state. I was too stupid."
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Recipe
I have not had much time for writing lately with Christmas shopping, wrapping gifts, babysitting and working. Instead, to hold your interest, I thought I would share one of my favorite Christmas recipes with you.
Tequila Christmas Cookies
1 cup of water1 tsp baking soda1 cup of sugar1 tsp salt1 cup or brown sugar4 large eggs1 cup nuts2 cups of dried fruit1 bottle Jose Cuervo Tequila
Sample the Cuervo to check quality.
Take a large bowl,check the Cuervo again, to be sure it is of the highest quality,pour one level cup and drink.
Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butterin a large fluffy bowl.
Add one peastoon of sugar. Beat again. At this pointit's best to make sure the Cuervo is still ok, try anothercup just in case.
Turn off the mixerer thingy.
Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cupof dried fruit.
Pick the frigging fruit off the floor.
Mix on the turner.
If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaters just pryit loose with a drewscriver.
Sample the Cuervo to check for tonsisticity.
Next, sift two cups of salt, or something. Who geevesa sheet. Check the Jose Cuervo. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.Error! Filename not specified.
Add one table.
Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you canfind.
Greash the oven.
Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fallover.
Don't forget to beat off the turner.
Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish theCose Juervo and make sure to put the stove in the wishdasher.
Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butterin a large fluffy bowl.
Add one peastoon of sugar. Beat again. At this pointit's best to make sure the Cuervo is still ok, try anothercup just in case.
Turn off the mixerer thingy.
Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cupof dried fruit.
Pick the frigging fruit off the floor.
Mix on the turner.
If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaters just pryit loose with a drewscriver.
Sample the Cuervo to check for tonsisticity.
Next, sift two cups of salt, or something. Who geevesa sheet. Check the Jose Cuervo. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.Error! Filename not specified.
Add one table.
Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you canfind.
Greash the oven.
Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fallover.
Don't forget to beat off the turner.
Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish theCose Juervo and make sure to put the stove in the wishdasher.
Cherry Mistmas !
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
6 year olds,Crayons and lies....
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs recently ridiculed Gallop Poll numbers that show obama's record low approval rating at 47 percent. This is the lowest approval rating of any president in 70 years. G.W. Bush had an 83% approval rating at this point in his presidential career.
It is rather comical to me how Mr Gibbs, born in Auburn Alabama and a North Carolina State grad, uses the Gallop Poll when they benefit the administration. Such as when he quoted Gallup poll numbers to show support for obama's stimulus plan. A plan that put us further into debt and one that most 6 year olds with crayons would have voted no to if given the chance.
Gibbs even sent out the following email to reporters that praised the findings of the Poll
"As President Barack Obama heads to Indiana and Florida over the next two days to sell his economic stimulus plan to a somewhat skeptical Congress, White House and congressional Democrats are moving around new poll data that suggests the public is broadly supportive of the bill.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs sent out an email to reporters this morning touting the data -- from a Gallup survey -- that showed roughly two-thirds of the public approves of the way Obama is handling the passage of the economic stimulus package while just 31 percent say the same of congressional Republicans."
When they speak volumes about the ineffectiveness of obama he likens them to a wildly fluctuating EKG, labeling their results as the equivalent of ‘a 6-year-old with a crayon.'
Now, about obama's speech on job creation at the Brookings Institute.
What can I say? It was more of the same. He used the letter "I" 44 times in this speech and took 5 opportunities to blame current problems on the Bush Administration.
In one instance he says that when he took office, America was 1.8 Trillion in debt. Really? Now we are over 8 trillion in debt! I guess that is Bush's fault also.
He also says this about the TARP program "no program" has been "more necessary" to digging the country out of the economic hole". Hahahaha, are you serious. Have you seen deficit numbers?
He dinged the Bush administration for assembling the TARP program in a way that was "understandably" hasty but not well thought out and noted (obama voted yes to TARP) that his administration had fixed those implementation problems.
I won't bore you with commentary on the whole speech.....here it is in a nutshell
blame Bush
I inherited a desperate economy
blame Bush
TARP necessary, that's why I supported it, but Bush and Paulson sucked at it.
blame Bush
blame Bush
Deficit a huge problem
blame Bush
But look at this $200 Billion I found! Don't ask how and on whom I'll spend it because it's necessary
blame Bush
Green jobs, hooray!
blame Bush
I run deficits better than Bush!
one last blame Bush
God bless America ...exit stage left.
And Gibbs says Gallop = 6yr old
Seems we have a 6year old ruining this country!!!!
It is rather comical to me how Mr Gibbs, born in Auburn Alabama and a North Carolina State grad, uses the Gallop Poll when they benefit the administration. Such as when he quoted Gallup poll numbers to show support for obama's stimulus plan. A plan that put us further into debt and one that most 6 year olds with crayons would have voted no to if given the chance.
Gibbs even sent out the following email to reporters that praised the findings of the Poll
"As President Barack Obama heads to Indiana and Florida over the next two days to sell his economic stimulus plan to a somewhat skeptical Congress, White House and congressional Democrats are moving around new poll data that suggests the public is broadly supportive of the bill.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs sent out an email to reporters this morning touting the data -- from a Gallup survey -- that showed roughly two-thirds of the public approves of the way Obama is handling the passage of the economic stimulus package while just 31 percent say the same of congressional Republicans."
When they speak volumes about the ineffectiveness of obama he likens them to a wildly fluctuating EKG, labeling their results as the equivalent of ‘a 6-year-old with a crayon.'
Now, about obama's speech on job creation at the Brookings Institute.
What can I say? It was more of the same. He used the letter "I" 44 times in this speech and took 5 opportunities to blame current problems on the Bush Administration.
In one instance he says that when he took office, America was 1.8 Trillion in debt. Really? Now we are over 8 trillion in debt! I guess that is Bush's fault also.
He also says this about the TARP program "no program" has been "more necessary" to digging the country out of the economic hole". Hahahaha, are you serious. Have you seen deficit numbers?
He dinged the Bush administration for assembling the TARP program in a way that was "understandably" hasty but not well thought out and noted (obama voted yes to TARP) that his administration had fixed those implementation problems.
I won't bore you with commentary on the whole speech.....here it is in a nutshell
blame Bush
I inherited a desperate economy
blame Bush
TARP necessary, that's why I supported it, but Bush and Paulson sucked at it.
blame Bush
blame Bush
Deficit a huge problem
blame Bush
But look at this $200 Billion I found! Don't ask how and on whom I'll spend it because it's necessary
blame Bush
Green jobs, hooray!
blame Bush
I run deficits better than Bush!
one last blame Bush
God bless America ...exit stage left.
And Gibbs says Gallop = 6yr old
Seems we have a 6year old ruining this country!!!!
Monday, December 7, 2009
SEC Championship
What a birthday! The only way this one could have been better was if my family had been there with me, oh and maybe I win the lottery with the tickets I bought on the way home. We arrived in Atlanta around 3pm Friday. As we waited for other friends to arrive we stood on the balcony overlooking Baker Street and listened as the Gator fans yelled and taunted us. Our hotel was full of Gator fans. We took it all in, knowing after the game we would have our fun.
Frustrated but not deterred we call yet another taxi. This time the guy takes us straight there. The place was packed and we were hungry. We knew we would not get anything to eat waiting on the "beeper" to go off that would signal our table was ready. We made our way to the balcony where we found a waitress without much to do. She takes our order and we eat in the frigid Atlanta air.
We get up Saturday morning and make our way to the Innisfree Tailgate party by gate A.
We froze to death for several hours until we decided to go the the Conference center and visit SEC Fanfare. Once again, packed with obnoxious Gator fans! 
We got to see Bergwood!
After the game we returned to our room! Still no Gator's! They had turned in or left town! We ordered a pizza and watched the Texas vs. Nebraska game!
Our other friends arrived and we left for the Hudson Grill. We call a taxi and give the driver the address and name of the place, She drives and drives as we watch the meter increase with every minute. We arrive at the Hudson Grill in Buckhead where we believe there to be a Pep Rally complete with cheerleaders, Big Al and the like. We pay the taxi driver 35 bucks! The place was full of Bama fans, however it was not as crowded as we expected. We asked the hostess about the Pep Rally and she says it's at the other Hudson Grill! What??? Have we been duped? The taxi driver spoke her best spanglish but obviously did not understand our directions.
Frustrated but not deterred we call yet another taxi. This time the guy takes us straight there. The place was packed and we were hungry. We knew we would not get anything to eat waiting on the "beeper" to go off that would signal our table was ready. We made our way to the balcony where we found a waitress without much to do. She takes our order and we eat in the frigid Atlanta air.
We get up Saturday morning and make our way to the Innisfree Tailgate party by gate A.
We froze to death for several hours until we decided to go the the Conference center and visit SEC Fanfare. Once again, packed with obnoxious Gator fans!We got to see Bergwood!
Game time brought excitement. As the fans made their way to their seats I wondered where all the Gator fans were. The Bama seats were filled at least 30 minutes before game time. I got to see my wife's Aunt and Uncle whom I had no idea would be there. I also noticed fans of other Schools had made the game. Auburn, South Carolina, Miami and even a pack of Penn State fans were in attendance.
As we held Florida to 3 and out on the first possession, I thought to myself, this thing is over! Alabama totally dominated Florida in every aspect of the game. I now know why we struggled against auburn. Maybe the team thought auburn would be easy like the 2008 contest. Maybe they had their minds on ripping the Gators apart. Whatever the case Alabama is the best team in the country and has been all year and will be after we play the Longhorns in Pasadena California on January 7th 2009.
I noticed toward the end of the 3rd quarter the gator fans had left the building amid the chants "go home gators" and "Tebow", "Tebow", "Tebow" as they showed Timmy crying on the jumbo tron.
It's over Gators. You had a nice run but it is Alabama's turn now! We have a tradition of winning at Alabama, more so than any other school in the country. Our recent success is made even sweeter by knowing all the turmoil the program has gone through. Coaches like Mike Price, Dennis Franchone and Mike Dubose have left the program in a state of disarray. I have a feeling we will enjoy much more success in the coming years!
After the game we returned to our room! Still no Gator's! They had turned in or left town! We ordered a pizza and watched the Texas vs. Nebraska game!ROLL TIDE!!!!!!
Friday, December 4, 2009
From a Recon Marine in Afghanistan
From the Sand Pit. It's freezing here. I'm sitting on hard, cold dirt between rocks and shrubs at the base of the Hindu Kush Mountains , along the Dar 'yoi Pomir River , watching a hole that leads to a tunnel that leads to a cave. Stake out, my friend, and no pizza delivery for thousands of miles.I also glance at the area around my a** every ten to fifteen seconds to avoid another scorpion sting. I've actually given up battling the chiggers and sand fleas, but them scorpions give a jolt like a cattle prod. Hurts like a bastard. The antidote tastes like transmission fluid, but God bless the Marine Corps for the five vials of it in my pack.The one truth the Taliban cannot escape is that, believe it or not, they are human beings, which means they have to eat food and drink water. That requires couriers and that's where an old bounty hunter like me comes in handy. I track the couriers, locate the tunnel entrances & storage facilities, type the info into the handheld, and shoot the coordinates up to the satellite link that tells the air commanders where to drop the hardware. We bash some heads for a while, and then I track and record the new movement.It's all about intelligence.. We haven't even brought in the snipers yet. These scurrying rats have no idea what they're in for. We are but days away from cutting off supply lines and allowing the eradication to begin.I dream of bin Laden waking up to find me standing over him with my boot on his throat as I spit into his face and plunge my K-Bar through his frontal lobe. But you know me, I'm a romantic. I've said it before and I'll say it again: This country blows, man. It's not even a country. There are no roads, there's no infrastructure, there's no government. This is an inhospitable, rock pit sh** hole ruled by eleventh century warring tribes. There are no jobs here like we know jobs.Afghanistan offers two ways for a man to support his family: join the opium trade or join the army. That's it. Those are your options. Oh, I forgot, you can also live in a refugee camp and eat plum-sweetened, crushed beetle paste, and squirt mud like a goose with stomach flu, if that's your idea of a party. But the smell alone of those 'tent cities of the walking dead' is enough to hurl you into the poppy fields to cheerfully scrape bulbs for eighteen hours a day.I've been living with these Tajiks, Uzbeks, Turkmen, and even a couple of Pushtuns, for over a month-and-a-half now, and this much I can say for sure: These guys, all of 'em, are Huns... actual, living Huns... They LIVE to fight. It's what they do. It's ALL they do! They have no respect for anything, not for their families, nor for each other, nor for themselves. They claw at one another as a way of life. They play polo with dead calves and force their five-year-old sons into human cockfights to defend the family honor. Huns, roaming packs of savage, heartless beasts who feed on each other's barbarism. Cavemen with AK-47's. Then again, maybe I'm just cranky.I'm freezing my a** off on this stupid hill because my lap warmer is running out of juice, and I can't recharge it until the sun comes up in a few hours. Oh yeah! You like to write letters, right? Do me a favor, Bizarre. Write a letter to CNN and tell Wolf and Anderson and that awful, sneering, pompous Aaron Brown to stop calling the Taliban 'smart...' They are not smart. I suggest CNN invest in a dictionary because the word they are looking for is 'cunning.' The Taliban are cunning, like jackals, hyenas, and wolverines. They are sneaky and ruthless, but when confronted, cowardly. They are hateful, malevolent parasites who create nothing and destroy everything else. Smart... Pfft. Yeah, they're real smart.They've spent their entire lives reading only one book (and not a very good one, as books go) and consider hygiene and indoor plumbing to be products of the devil. They're still trying to figure out how to work a Bic lighter. Talking to a Taliban warrior about improving his quality of life is like trying to teach an ape how to hold a pen; eventually he just gets frustrated and sticks you in the eye with it.OK, enough. Snuffle will be up soon, so I have to get back to my hole. Covering my tracks in the snow takes a lot of practice, but I'm good at it.Please, I tell you and my fellow Americans to turn off the TV sets and move on with your lives. The story line you are getting from CNN and other news agencies is utter bullsh** and designed not to deliver truth but rather to keep you glued to the screen through the commercials. We've got this one under control. The worst thing you guys can do right now is sit around analyzing what we're doing over here, because you have no idea what we're doing, and really, you don't want to know. We are your military, and we are doing what you sent us here to do.You wanna help? Buy Bonds America ..
Saucy JackRecon Marine in Afghanistan
Semper Fi"
Freedom is not free...but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share!
Saucy JackRecon Marine in Afghanistan
Semper Fi"
Freedom is not free...but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
The War on Terror
In hussein's speech last night, he announced he would send an additional 30 thousand troops to Afghanistan. It's about time! Our troops have been sitting, waiting on a decision. obama says they have been calling for more troops since 2001. Donald Rumsfeld called the president out on this saying that if they had been calling for more troops he never heard them. Once again like a 5 year old, obama takes a stab at the Bush administration. Really, what have you done obama? You have waited nearly a year after having General McChrystal's recommendation on your desk. You need to stop focusing on the shortcomings on the mostly ineffective 2nd term of the Bush administration and move on. Do what is right for America!
I agree with sending more troops to Afghanistan, however I don't think you can put a timeline on it. It may take 3 months or it could take 3 years. With the governments record with estimating, budgets, time frames and the like, I am lead to believe it will take much longer than the 18th months obama has allowed for in his announcement. With a recent Rasmussen poll proving that 71% of Americans are angry with the direction our country is headed, it seemed obama was talking out both sides of his neck.
So....after bowing to our enemies, now we announce to the whole world when and where and for how long we will attack them. Seems we are long removed from Operation Shock and Awe. Do I expect anything less from this "president"? No! In fact I'm shocked that he is not fighting the war by himself, using only diplomacy. He used the letter "I" 47 times in his speech at West Point. As if he alone made this decision. I think he had a little help in making the decision. Maybe he is finally realizing that muslims want to kill us. Oh wait, he knows they are because he is one.
Ramping up troop levels is a good idea! Now lets see how he plans to pay for it. Here's an Idea. If it costs 100 billion why not have Afghanistan pay us 200 billion to help them out. This would decrease the deficit at a rapid rate. If you need the American military to help your country it will cost you! The economy improves and taxes go down........everyone is happy!
I agree with sending more troops to Afghanistan, however I don't think you can put a timeline on it. It may take 3 months or it could take 3 years. With the governments record with estimating, budgets, time frames and the like, I am lead to believe it will take much longer than the 18th months obama has allowed for in his announcement. With a recent Rasmussen poll proving that 71% of Americans are angry with the direction our country is headed, it seemed obama was talking out both sides of his neck.
So....after bowing to our enemies, now we announce to the whole world when and where and for how long we will attack them. Seems we are long removed from Operation Shock and Awe. Do I expect anything less from this "president"? No! In fact I'm shocked that he is not fighting the war by himself, using only diplomacy. He used the letter "I" 47 times in his speech at West Point. As if he alone made this decision. I think he had a little help in making the decision. Maybe he is finally realizing that muslims want to kill us. Oh wait, he knows they are because he is one.
Ramping up troop levels is a good idea! Now lets see how he plans to pay for it. Here's an Idea. If it costs 100 billion why not have Afghanistan pay us 200 billion to help them out. This would decrease the deficit at a rapid rate. If you need the American military to help your country it will cost you! The economy improves and taxes go down........everyone is happy!
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