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!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Bob Retorts!
I got a call today from a friend saying that bob(left wing,radical person from down the street) had replied to my reply to the column he wrote in the paper. I don't visit his site and I won't expose any of you to it. As a conservative, his rhetoric is enough to make vomiting sound fun. I asked my friend to paraphrase his response. Seems that bob is confused. He has a problem with all that is conservative. If you don't believe as he does then you are wrong. He does not feel you should speak out for what you believe , only so called "progressives" should be allowed to do so. His beliefs undermine "his equality for all" stance that he is always preaching. What he does not get(because he is lead by guilt, sin and the misgivings of those in power) is that the progress he is for will never come from taxing anything and everything we Americans buy, use, do and say. It's plain and simple stupidity to think otherwise. He also points out that democrats did not remove prayer from schools or take the Ten Commandments from government buildings. He points out that the Supreme Court did this. Really, they just came up with this idea and ruled on it? No, democrats cried and whined that it offended them, got it to court and it was then ruled on by democratic judges and the like. He also finds it necessary to point out that Jefferson County and Bessemer were won by obama during the election. Maybe that is why Jefferson county almost went bankrupt and Bessemer has a Mayor who is much like Leapin Larry Langford. Since the democrats have taken office in the area, both city and county governments have taken a turn for the worse. Crime, in the streets and in government have increased rapidly in the modern era in our area. I won't reply to anymore of his personal attacks against me or my beliefs. I'll just let him have all the fun!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thankful for the article
Recently this blog was the subject of a news article written by a Bessemer man who claims to be the "voice of progressives of Bessemer". I refuse to mention this person's name or the name of the little - read newspaper he writes for. This person, in writing this article, reassures me that he is full of hatred for America(and for me) and will stop at nothing to spread the lies and criminal agenda of his leader barak hussien obama(intentionally misspelled). As I have stated before, if you are a progressive, democrat or follower of obama and this blog pisses you off.......go away! This guy, whom we will call bob evidently views my blog daily and gets pissed off.
bobb starts his column by saying something like, we are closer to controlling health care for all Americans. I think he meant that the government is closer to controlling every aspect of American life. At least that's what his leaders goal is. I can't find the quote nor do I care to go through the trouble to google it but someone once said that America could be brought to it's knees without even using bullets. I believe that is the intent of the democrat party. By adding so many taxes the America as we know it will be broke. Half of you paycheck or more will go in the pockets of the criminal on the hill. Government gets fat and the middle class disappears.
He says that I am anti-American, anti-obama, anti health care reform. He is correct on the second two counts. He goes on to say I have offered no solutions. This draws me back to a line I just typed. Maybe he does not visit my blog daily. He would see that I have mentioned allowing Insurance companies to compete across state lines to draw premiums down. He says the Republicans don't have a bill. To me, that is much better than the one democrats have!
The other problems he mentions have been created or made worse by his leader. The economy-obama admitted that his "bailout" was a mistake. Really, you give billions to companies who have misspent money for years and expect that to work? I guess hussien had to repay his largest campaign contributors!
Two Wars-obama has met with General Stanley McCrystal 1 time in 11 months and refuses to take action or even respond to the call for more troops. This is the most pressing issue at hand and all he is focused on is putting America deeper into debt and stealing money from the working class and giving it to those who refuse to work.
The environment-what about it? Is he speaking of the mythical creation of "global warming"? This spawn of the democrat party as a way to embezzle more taxes from the American people? Laughable at best!
bob accuses Republicans of being in attack mode. I accuse progressives of being in Lie mode! They think America is stupid! When speaking of the estimated cost of health care reform they throw out a number in the billions and expect us to believe "it's already paid for", or "it won't increase the deficit"! Then, when reading the bill you see there is a tax on almost everything that was previously untaxed.
bob mocks my fear that his democratic constituents will dictate how we celebrate religious holidays. They have already taken prayer from schools, the Ten Commandments from all Government Buildings and are pushing to use the term Holiday Tree or Holiday ornaments. instead of using the word Christmas. If bob and his cronies have their way it WILL happen.
Bob criticizes my spelling or lack there of. Really, you wrote about that? Bob, has it ever occurred to you that I might take the time to spell a persons name correctly if I respect them and maybe I just don't give a damn to spell it correctly if I have no respect for that person or what they stand for? boob can write about me or my blog as much as he wants, I don't mind! It assures me that I am doing an admirable job voicing the concerns of fellow conservatives.
Next time bob, try to be more hateful, it becomes you!
bobb starts his column by saying something like, we are closer to controlling health care for all Americans. I think he meant that the government is closer to controlling every aspect of American life. At least that's what his leaders goal is. I can't find the quote nor do I care to go through the trouble to google it but someone once said that America could be brought to it's knees without even using bullets. I believe that is the intent of the democrat party. By adding so many taxes the America as we know it will be broke. Half of you paycheck or more will go in the pockets of the criminal on the hill. Government gets fat and the middle class disappears.
He says that I am anti-American, anti-obama, anti health care reform. He is correct on the second two counts. He goes on to say I have offered no solutions. This draws me back to a line I just typed. Maybe he does not visit my blog daily. He would see that I have mentioned allowing Insurance companies to compete across state lines to draw premiums down. He says the Republicans don't have a bill. To me, that is much better than the one democrats have!
The other problems he mentions have been created or made worse by his leader. The economy-obama admitted that his "bailout" was a mistake. Really, you give billions to companies who have misspent money for years and expect that to work? I guess hussien had to repay his largest campaign contributors!
Two Wars-obama has met with General Stanley McCrystal 1 time in 11 months and refuses to take action or even respond to the call for more troops. This is the most pressing issue at hand and all he is focused on is putting America deeper into debt and stealing money from the working class and giving it to those who refuse to work.
The environment-what about it? Is he speaking of the mythical creation of "global warming"? This spawn of the democrat party as a way to embezzle more taxes from the American people? Laughable at best!
bob accuses Republicans of being in attack mode. I accuse progressives of being in Lie mode! They think America is stupid! When speaking of the estimated cost of health care reform they throw out a number in the billions and expect us to believe "it's already paid for", or "it won't increase the deficit"! Then, when reading the bill you see there is a tax on almost everything that was previously untaxed.
bob mocks my fear that his democratic constituents will dictate how we celebrate religious holidays. They have already taken prayer from schools, the Ten Commandments from all Government Buildings and are pushing to use the term Holiday Tree or Holiday ornaments. instead of using the word Christmas. If bob and his cronies have their way it WILL happen.
Bob criticizes my spelling or lack there of. Really, you wrote about that? Bob, has it ever occurred to you that I might take the time to spell a persons name correctly if I respect them and maybe I just don't give a damn to spell it correctly if I have no respect for that person or what they stand for? boob can write about me or my blog as much as he wants, I don't mind! It assures me that I am doing an admirable job voicing the concerns of fellow conservatives.
Next time bob, try to be more hateful, it becomes you!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
A License required for your house...
A License required for your house...no longer just for cars and mobile homes...
Thinking about selling your house - A look at H.R. 2454 (Cap and trade bill) This is unbelievable!
Only the beginning from this administration! Home owners take note & tell your friends and relatives who are home owners!
Beginning 1 year after enactment of the Cap and Trade Act, you won't be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water efficiency standards of this Act. H.R. 2454, the "Cap & Trade" bill passed by the House of Representatives, if also passed by the Senate, will be the largest tax increase any of us has ever experienced. The Congressional Budget Office (supposedly non-partisan) estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four will be $6,800 per year. No one is excluded. However, once the lower classes feel the pinch in their wallets, you can be sure these voters get a tax refund (even if they pay no taxes at all) to offset this new cost. Thus, you Mr. and Mrs. Middle Class America will have to pay even more since additional tax dollars will be needed to bail out everyone else.
But wait. This awful bill (that no one in Congress has actually read) has many more surprises in it. Probably the worst one is this: A year from now you won't be able to sell your house. Yes, you read that right. The caveat is (there always is a caveat) that if you have enough money to make required major upgrades to your home, then you can sell it. But, if not, then forget it. Even pre-fabricated homes ("mobile homes") are included. In effect, this bill prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator.. To get this permission, you will have to have the energy efficiency of your home measured. Then the government will tell you what your new energy efficiency requirement is and you will be forced to make modifications to your home under the retrofit provisions of this Act to comply with the new energy and water efficiency requirements. Then you will have to get your home measured again and get a license (called a "label"in the Act) that must be posted on your property to show what your efficiency rating is; sort of like the Energy Star efficiency rating label on your refrigerator or air conditioner. If you don't get a high enough rating, you can't sell. And, the EPA administrator is authorized to raise the standards every year, even above the automatic energy efficiency increases built into the Act. The EPA administrator, appointed by the President, will run the Cap & Trade program (AKA the "American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009") and is authorized to make any future changes to the regulations and standards he alone determines to be in the government's best interest. Requirements are set low initially so the bill will pass Congress; then the Administrator can set much tougher new standards every year.
The Act itself contains annual required increases in energy efficiency for private and commercial residences and buildings. However, the EPA administrator can set higher standards at any time. Sect. 202 Building Retrofit Program mandates a national retrofit program to increase the energy efficiency of all existing homes across America . Beginning 1 year after enactment of the Act, you won't be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water efficiency standards of this Act. You had better sell soon, because the standards will be raised each year and will be really hard (i.e., ex$pen$ive) to meet in a few years. Oh, goody! The Act allows the government to give you a grant of several thousand dollars to comply with the retrofit program requirements IF you meet certain energy efficiency levels. But, wait, the State can set additional requirements on who qualifies to receive the grants. You should expect requirements such as"can't have an income of more than $50K per year", "home selling price can't be more than $125K", or anything else to target the upper middle class (and that's YOU) and prevent them from qualifying for the grants. Most of us won't get a dime and will have to pay the entire cost of the retrofit out of our own pockets. More transfer of wealth, more "change you can believe in." Sect. 204 Building Energy Performance Labeling Program establishes a labeling program that for each individual residence will identify the achieved energy efficiency performance for "at least 90 percent of the residential market within 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act."
This means that within 5 years 90% of all residential homes in the U.S. must be measured and labeled.. The EPA administrator will get $50M each year to enforce the labeling program. The Secretary of the Department of Energy will get an additional $20M each year to help enforce the labeling program. Some of this money will, of course, be spent on coming up with tougher standards each year.
Oh, the label will be like a license for your car. You will be required to post the label in a conspicuous location in your home and will not be allowed to sell your home without having this label. And, just like your car license, you will probably be required to get a new label every so often - maybe every year. But, the government estimates the cost of measuring the energy efficiency of your home should only cost about $200 each time. Remember what they said about the auto smog inspections when they first started: that in California it would only cost $15. That was when the program started. Now the cost is about $50 for the inspection and certificate; a 333% increase.. Expect the same from the home labeling program. Sect. 304 Greater Energy Efficiency in Building Codes establishes new energy efficiency guidelines for the National Building Code and mandates at 304(d) that 1 year after enactment of this Act, all state and local jurisdictions must adopt the National Building Code energy efficiency provisions or must obtain a certification from the federal government that their state and/or local codes have been brought into full compliance with the National Building Code energy efficiency standards.
http://www.nachi..org/forum/f14/cap-and-trade-license-required-your-home-44750/
Thinking about selling your house - A look at H.R. 2454 (Cap and trade bill) This is unbelievable!
Only the beginning from this administration! Home owners take note & tell your friends and relatives who are home owners!
Beginning 1 year after enactment of the Cap and Trade Act, you won't be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water efficiency standards of this Act. H.R. 2454, the "Cap & Trade" bill passed by the House of Representatives, if also passed by the Senate, will be the largest tax increase any of us has ever experienced. The Congressional Budget Office (supposedly non-partisan) estimates that in just a few years the average cost to every family of four will be $6,800 per year. No one is excluded. However, once the lower classes feel the pinch in their wallets, you can be sure these voters get a tax refund (even if they pay no taxes at all) to offset this new cost. Thus, you Mr. and Mrs. Middle Class America will have to pay even more since additional tax dollars will be needed to bail out everyone else.
But wait. This awful bill (that no one in Congress has actually read) has many more surprises in it. Probably the worst one is this: A year from now you won't be able to sell your house. Yes, you read that right. The caveat is (there always is a caveat) that if you have enough money to make required major upgrades to your home, then you can sell it. But, if not, then forget it. Even pre-fabricated homes ("mobile homes") are included. In effect, this bill prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator.. To get this permission, you will have to have the energy efficiency of your home measured. Then the government will tell you what your new energy efficiency requirement is and you will be forced to make modifications to your home under the retrofit provisions of this Act to comply with the new energy and water efficiency requirements. Then you will have to get your home measured again and get a license (called a "label"in the Act) that must be posted on your property to show what your efficiency rating is; sort of like the Energy Star efficiency rating label on your refrigerator or air conditioner. If you don't get a high enough rating, you can't sell. And, the EPA administrator is authorized to raise the standards every year, even above the automatic energy efficiency increases built into the Act. The EPA administrator, appointed by the President, will run the Cap & Trade program (AKA the "American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009") and is authorized to make any future changes to the regulations and standards he alone determines to be in the government's best interest. Requirements are set low initially so the bill will pass Congress; then the Administrator can set much tougher new standards every year.
The Act itself contains annual required increases in energy efficiency for private and commercial residences and buildings. However, the EPA administrator can set higher standards at any time. Sect. 202 Building Retrofit Program mandates a national retrofit program to increase the energy efficiency of all existing homes across America . Beginning 1 year after enactment of the Act, you won't be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water efficiency standards of this Act. You had better sell soon, because the standards will be raised each year and will be really hard (i.e., ex$pen$ive) to meet in a few years. Oh, goody! The Act allows the government to give you a grant of several thousand dollars to comply with the retrofit program requirements IF you meet certain energy efficiency levels. But, wait, the State can set additional requirements on who qualifies to receive the grants. You should expect requirements such as"can't have an income of more than $50K per year", "home selling price can't be more than $125K", or anything else to target the upper middle class (and that's YOU) and prevent them from qualifying for the grants. Most of us won't get a dime and will have to pay the entire cost of the retrofit out of our own pockets. More transfer of wealth, more "change you can believe in." Sect. 204 Building Energy Performance Labeling Program establishes a labeling program that for each individual residence will identify the achieved energy efficiency performance for "at least 90 percent of the residential market within 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act."
This means that within 5 years 90% of all residential homes in the U.S. must be measured and labeled.. The EPA administrator will get $50M each year to enforce the labeling program. The Secretary of the Department of Energy will get an additional $20M each year to help enforce the labeling program. Some of this money will, of course, be spent on coming up with tougher standards each year.
Oh, the label will be like a license for your car. You will be required to post the label in a conspicuous location in your home and will not be allowed to sell your home without having this label. And, just like your car license, you will probably be required to get a new label every so often - maybe every year. But, the government estimates the cost of measuring the energy efficiency of your home should only cost about $200 each time. Remember what they said about the auto smog inspections when they first started: that in California it would only cost $15. That was when the program started. Now the cost is about $50 for the inspection and certificate; a 333% increase.. Expect the same from the home labeling program. Sect. 304 Greater Energy Efficiency in Building Codes establishes new energy efficiency guidelines for the National Building Code and mandates at 304(d) that 1 year after enactment of this Act, all state and local jurisdictions must adopt the National Building Code energy efficiency provisions or must obtain a certification from the federal government that their state and/or local codes have been brought into full compliance with the National Building Code energy efficiency standards.
http://www.nachi..org/forum/f14/cap-and-trade-license-required-your-home-44750/
Monday, November 23, 2009
Monday Funny / Reality in a few years.
The phone rings and the lady of the house answers.
"Hello?"
"Mrs. Sanders, please."
"Speaking."
"Mrs. Sanders, this is Dr. Jones at St. Agnes Laboratory. When your husband's doctor sent his biopsy to the lab last week, a biopsy from another Mr. Sanders arrived as well. We are now uncertain which one belongs to your husband. Frankly, either way the results are not too good."
"What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asked nervously.
"Well, one of the specimens tested positive for Alzheimer's and the other one tested positive for HIV," the doctor said. "We can't tell which is which."
"That's dreadful! Can you do the test again?" Mrs. Sanders asked.
"Normally we can," the doctor said, "but the new health care system will only pay for these expensive tests just one time."
''Well, what am I supposed to do now?" she asked.
The doctor said, "The folks at Obama Health Care recommend that you drop your husband off somewhere in the middle of town. If he finds his way home, don't sleep with him."
"Hello?"
"Mrs. Sanders, please."
"Speaking."
"Mrs. Sanders, this is Dr. Jones at St. Agnes Laboratory. When your husband's doctor sent his biopsy to the lab last week, a biopsy from another Mr. Sanders arrived as well. We are now uncertain which one belongs to your husband. Frankly, either way the results are not too good."
"What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asked nervously.
"Well, one of the specimens tested positive for Alzheimer's and the other one tested positive for HIV," the doctor said. "We can't tell which is which."
"That's dreadful! Can you do the test again?" Mrs. Sanders asked.
"Normally we can," the doctor said, "but the new health care system will only pay for these expensive tests just one time."
''Well, what am I supposed to do now?" she asked.
The doctor said, "The folks at Obama Health Care recommend that you drop your husband off somewhere in the middle of town. If he finds his way home, don't sleep with him."
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Senate Health Care Bill Summary
**LEGISLATIVE UPDATE**
Senate Health Care Bill Summary
November 19, 2009 Contact: Michael Ciamarra 205.870.9900
As the Senate prepares for debate on Sen. Harry Reid’s “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (HR 3590), which has been dubbed by some pundits as Obamacare 2.0, we want to offer you an overview of the bill. The staff of Sen. Mitch McConnell has released a short summary of the Reid/Obama health care plan. Solutions that promote better individual health and wellness; promote health care financing to bring more consumerism and competition to the insurance market; medical malpractice reforms, and rooting out fraud and waste in the government-run programs of Medicare and Medicaid, amongst others, are not part of the Reid/Obama plan.
SHORT SUMMARY OF SENATE HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL
· Total Number of Pages: 2074
· Spending: The cost of the bill is $2.5 trillion over 10 years of full implementation (2014-2023).
· Taxes Increases: Taxes will go up $493.6 billion—nearly half a trillion dollars.
· Medicare Cuts: Medicare will be cut $464.6 billion—another half a trillion dollars.
· Abortion: The bill permits the use of accounting gimmicks that will, for the first time, allow federal dollars to go to plans covering abortion. The bill does not include the Stupak language, and as a result, National Right to Life describes the Reid bill language as “completely unacceptable” and said it would “result in coverage of abortion on demand in two big new federal government programs.”
· Government Plan: The bill includes a government-run plan and provides states with the possibility of opting out of participating in that plan. According to CBO, the government-run plan “would typically have premiums that were somewhat higher than the average premiums for the private plans in the exchanges.”
· Employer Mandate: The bill will impose $28 billion in new taxes on employers that do not provide government-approved health plans. These new taxes will ultimately be paid by American workers in the form of reduced wages and lost jobs.
ADDITIONAL CBO BACKGROUND:
· The bill would bend the federal cost-curve up. CBO says, “Under the legislation, federal outlays for health care would increase during the 2010–2019 period, as would the federal budgetary commitment to health care.” The coverage expansion would drive a net increase in government spending on health by $160 billion over 10 years.
· CBO scored the bill as reducing the deficit by $130 billion over FYs 2010-2019.
o However, CBO notes that the bill includes two budget gimmicks that hide the true cost of the bill. Doctors are assumed to get a 23 percent cut in 2011 which would carry into subsequent years. Fixing the SGR would cost $247 billion. Additionally, the CLASS Act generates $72 billion over the budget window, but later turns to deficits. Eliminating these two gimmicks means the bill would be $189 billion in the red. It would also put the real cost of the bill over a trillion dollars.
· The start dates for the individual mandate, exchanges, and employer penalties were all moved from July 1, 2013, to January 1, 2014.
o This is another budget gimmick to hide the true cost of the bill.
· 24 million people would be left without insurance.
· Unfunded mandates on the states: The bill mandates that states spend an additional $25 billion in Medicaid expenditures
· Taxes on uninsured individuals would total $8 billion.
· Taxes on employers from the “free-rider” penalty would total $28 billion.
· 5 million Americans would lose their employer coverage.
· Cuts to Medicare include: Permanent reductions in the annual updates to Medicare’s payment rates for most services in the fee-for-service sector of $192 billion; $118 billion in cuts to Medicare Advantage; $43 billion in DSH cuts; $23 billion in unspecified cuts by the Medicare Advisory Board.
· Only 19 million people will get a subsidy to help them buy health insurance.
o None of the 162 million people with employer-based care will even be eligible for a subsidy.
· The government plan would have higher premiums than private plans. CBO said the government plan would “typically have premiums that were somewhat higher than the average premiums for the private plans in the exchanges.”
o With the opt-out provision, two-thirds of Americans are expected to have a government plan available in their state.
o Co-ops are included but would have “very little effect.”
· The CLASS Act would reduce deficits by $72 billion in the 10-year budget window, but “would begin to increase budget deficits” in the decade following 2029.
· The IRS would need $5-$10 billion to expand and implement the provisions in the bill.
· The costs of the subsidies in the exchange would grow at 8 percent a year.
· The tax on high value plans will quickly be applied to almost all plans. CBO expects the revenues from the Cadillac Plan tax to grow at 10-15 percent per year outside the budget window.
· Includes a $15 billion “Prevention and Public Health Fund” slush fund.
· CBO says it would be “difficult” to maintain the predicted savings over a long period of time—meaning that the plan will likely run deficits when savings do not materialize.
The Alabama Policy Institute (www.alabamapolicy.org) is an independent, non-profit research and education organization. As a resource to federal, state and local government, the media and citizens, we research the issues being debated in Montgomery and Washington and provide our analysis and ideas through our publications and reports.
For information or comments, contact Michael Ciamarra, Vice-President of the Alabama Policy Institute, 402 Office Park Drive, Suite 300, Birmingham, Alabama 35223, 205.870.9900 or e-mail michaelc@alabamapolicy.org.
Senate Health Care Bill Summary
November 19, 2009 Contact: Michael Ciamarra 205.870.9900
As the Senate prepares for debate on Sen. Harry Reid’s “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (HR 3590), which has been dubbed by some pundits as Obamacare 2.0, we want to offer you an overview of the bill. The staff of Sen. Mitch McConnell has released a short summary of the Reid/Obama health care plan. Solutions that promote better individual health and wellness; promote health care financing to bring more consumerism and competition to the insurance market; medical malpractice reforms, and rooting out fraud and waste in the government-run programs of Medicare and Medicaid, amongst others, are not part of the Reid/Obama plan.
SHORT SUMMARY OF SENATE HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL
· Total Number of Pages: 2074
· Spending: The cost of the bill is $2.5 trillion over 10 years of full implementation (2014-2023).
· Taxes Increases: Taxes will go up $493.6 billion—nearly half a trillion dollars.
· Medicare Cuts: Medicare will be cut $464.6 billion—another half a trillion dollars.
· Abortion: The bill permits the use of accounting gimmicks that will, for the first time, allow federal dollars to go to plans covering abortion. The bill does not include the Stupak language, and as a result, National Right to Life describes the Reid bill language as “completely unacceptable” and said it would “result in coverage of abortion on demand in two big new federal government programs.”
· Government Plan: The bill includes a government-run plan and provides states with the possibility of opting out of participating in that plan. According to CBO, the government-run plan “would typically have premiums that were somewhat higher than the average premiums for the private plans in the exchanges.”
· Employer Mandate: The bill will impose $28 billion in new taxes on employers that do not provide government-approved health plans. These new taxes will ultimately be paid by American workers in the form of reduced wages and lost jobs.
ADDITIONAL CBO BACKGROUND:
· The bill would bend the federal cost-curve up. CBO says, “Under the legislation, federal outlays for health care would increase during the 2010–2019 period, as would the federal budgetary commitment to health care.” The coverage expansion would drive a net increase in government spending on health by $160 billion over 10 years.
· CBO scored the bill as reducing the deficit by $130 billion over FYs 2010-2019.
o However, CBO notes that the bill includes two budget gimmicks that hide the true cost of the bill. Doctors are assumed to get a 23 percent cut in 2011 which would carry into subsequent years. Fixing the SGR would cost $247 billion. Additionally, the CLASS Act generates $72 billion over the budget window, but later turns to deficits. Eliminating these two gimmicks means the bill would be $189 billion in the red. It would also put the real cost of the bill over a trillion dollars.
· The start dates for the individual mandate, exchanges, and employer penalties were all moved from July 1, 2013, to January 1, 2014.
o This is another budget gimmick to hide the true cost of the bill.
· 24 million people would be left without insurance.
· Unfunded mandates on the states: The bill mandates that states spend an additional $25 billion in Medicaid expenditures
· Taxes on uninsured individuals would total $8 billion.
· Taxes on employers from the “free-rider” penalty would total $28 billion.
· 5 million Americans would lose their employer coverage.
· Cuts to Medicare include: Permanent reductions in the annual updates to Medicare’s payment rates for most services in the fee-for-service sector of $192 billion; $118 billion in cuts to Medicare Advantage; $43 billion in DSH cuts; $23 billion in unspecified cuts by the Medicare Advisory Board.
· Only 19 million people will get a subsidy to help them buy health insurance.
o None of the 162 million people with employer-based care will even be eligible for a subsidy.
· The government plan would have higher premiums than private plans. CBO said the government plan would “typically have premiums that were somewhat higher than the average premiums for the private plans in the exchanges.”
o With the opt-out provision, two-thirds of Americans are expected to have a government plan available in their state.
o Co-ops are included but would have “very little effect.”
· The CLASS Act would reduce deficits by $72 billion in the 10-year budget window, but “would begin to increase budget deficits” in the decade following 2029.
· The IRS would need $5-$10 billion to expand and implement the provisions in the bill.
· The costs of the subsidies in the exchange would grow at 8 percent a year.
· The tax on high value plans will quickly be applied to almost all plans. CBO expects the revenues from the Cadillac Plan tax to grow at 10-15 percent per year outside the budget window.
· Includes a $15 billion “Prevention and Public Health Fund” slush fund.
· CBO says it would be “difficult” to maintain the predicted savings over a long period of time—meaning that the plan will likely run deficits when savings do not materialize.
The Alabama Policy Institute (www.alabamapolicy.org) is an independent, non-profit research and education organization. As a resource to federal, state and local government, the media and citizens, we research the issues being debated in Montgomery and Washington and provide our analysis and ideas through our publications and reports.
For information or comments, contact Michael Ciamarra, Vice-President of the Alabama Policy Institute, 402 Office Park Drive, Suite 300, Birmingham, Alabama 35223, 205.870.9900 or e-mail michaelc@alabamapolicy.org.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thoughts for Friday
I am glad it's Friday! It's been a long week. Next week will be a short one as we get ready for Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for? I have alot to be thankful for. My wife and three little girls, my family, my job and my health just to name a few. I am happy with my life!
Watching the news last night I learned that the liberal estimate for the cost of the health care bill would be about 850 Billion. Then I change the channel and find out that is wrong and it will be 2.5 Trillion. If it passes, we will start paying taxes on it immediately and won't see it take effect until 2014.
Here is a list of SOME of the taxes we will be paying...
Excise tax on charitable hospitals
Tax on innovator drug companies
Medical device manufacturing
Tax Health insurance
Medicare payroll tax
Blue cross blue shield tax hike
Tax on cosmetic medical procedures
The medicine cabinet tax - You are no longer allowed to use health savings accounts or are no longer allowed to use flexible spending accounts or health reimbursement on pretax dollars to purchase nonprescription over-the-counter medicines except for insulin.
The employer mandate tax - If an employer does not offer health care coverage and at least one employee, at least one employee qualifies for a health tax credit the employer must pay an additional nondeductible tax of $750 for all full-time employees. FOR ALL EMPLOYERS REGARDLESS OF NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
Then there is a tax that will hurt the most, the Income Surtax. If you are single in 2014 you pay an extra $95, in 2015 you will pay an extra $350 and in 2015 an extra $750.
If you are single plus one, 2015 you pay $700, and 2016 you will pay $1500. In an additional health care surtax.
Those are just the surcharges!
If you decide not to buy Government Health care you will pay an additional $2250.00 or 8% of your income.
We must stop this legislation. This plan will break America. The government can't even run Medicare correctly. How will they run it for everyone?
We won't be able to afford it as companies raise prices to cover all the new taxes they will be paying. We will be reduced to a impoverished country!
Let me ask you this. If your taxes go up by 1/3, groceries, gas, clothing and all services go up any at all and your employer starts cutting your hours to cover the extra they have to pay, just to stay in business, will you be able to afford it?
Watching the news last night I learned that the liberal estimate for the cost of the health care bill would be about 850 Billion. Then I change the channel and find out that is wrong and it will be 2.5 Trillion. If it passes, we will start paying taxes on it immediately and won't see it take effect until 2014.
Here is a list of SOME of the taxes we will be paying...
Excise tax on charitable hospitals
Tax on innovator drug companies
Medical device manufacturing
Tax Health insurance
Medicare payroll tax
Blue cross blue shield tax hike
Tax on cosmetic medical procedures
The medicine cabinet tax - You are no longer allowed to use health savings accounts or are no longer allowed to use flexible spending accounts or health reimbursement on pretax dollars to purchase nonprescription over-the-counter medicines except for insulin.
The employer mandate tax - If an employer does not offer health care coverage and at least one employee, at least one employee qualifies for a health tax credit the employer must pay an additional nondeductible tax of $750 for all full-time employees. FOR ALL EMPLOYERS REGARDLESS OF NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
Then there is a tax that will hurt the most, the Income Surtax. If you are single in 2014 you pay an extra $95, in 2015 you will pay an extra $350 and in 2015 an extra $750.
If you are single plus one, 2015 you pay $700, and 2016 you will pay $1500. In an additional health care surtax.
Those are just the surcharges!
If you decide not to buy Government Health care you will pay an additional $2250.00 or 8% of your income.
We must stop this legislation. This plan will break America. The government can't even run Medicare correctly. How will they run it for everyone?
We won't be able to afford it as companies raise prices to cover all the new taxes they will be paying. We will be reduced to a impoverished country!
Let me ask you this. If your taxes go up by 1/3, groceries, gas, clothing and all services go up any at all and your employer starts cutting your hours to cover the extra they have to pay, just to stay in business, will you be able to afford it?
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Ft. Hood murderer appointed by Obama Home Security team
Check it out. Nidal Hasan, was a Homeland Security advisor on the Obama
transition team
(He was a participant and is listed on Page 29 of the document and page 32 of the PDF file at bottome left of page).
Now we have a little insight into why Obama said to not jump to
conclusions about Nidal Hasan.
This murdering Muslim who killed and wounded the people at Fort Hood , Texas was an advisor to Obama's Homeland Security team.
Look on page 29 of the Homeland Security Institute link below.
Http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/old/PTTF_ProceedingsReport_05.19.09.PDF
transition team
(He was a participant and is listed on Page 29 of the document and page 32 of the PDF file at bottome left of page).
Now we have a little insight into why Obama said to not jump to
conclusions about Nidal Hasan.
This murdering Muslim who killed and wounded the people at Fort Hood , Texas was an advisor to Obama's Homeland Security team.
Look on page 29 of the Homeland Security Institute link below.
Http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/old/PTTF_ProceedingsReport_05.19.09.PDF
You Women should be ANGRY!
Yesterday a federal advisory board (not a single Oncologist among them) decided that from now on Women should wait another 10 years to have a mammogram performed. The American Cancer Society said it disagrees with the findings of the task force and continues to recommend annual screening, including mammograms, for all women beginning 40 and over.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, D-Florida, who was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer at 41, called the panel's recommendations "really disturbing" and "absolutely irresponsible."
The Preventive Services Task Force reviews medical data and bases recommendations on effectiveness and risks involved. It is composed of 16 health care experts, none of whom are oncologists.
We are here folks! Not only will your tax dollars be used for the slaughter of unborn Babies, it will prevent women from recieving preimptive testing for breast cancer. This government agency will tell you that testing is not needed. Cancer is beatable if diagnosed early on. With these new restraints wich are sure to be inforced by obamacare, you will not know you have cancer until it's too late.
In other words, if you get cancer the government will say it's too expensive to treat and since you are 50 or over you won't be paying taxes that much longer.....so we won't get the money we spend to fight your cancer back in taxes.........so just die!
This sounds harsh, I know.....but open your eyes, it's happening.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, "My message to women is simple. Mammograms have always been an important life-saving tool in the fight against breast cancer, and they still are today."
"This is how rationing begins," said Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee. "This is the little toe in the edge of the water. And this is where you start getting a bureaucrat between you and your physician."
If you think this is wrong, write your senator and let him/her know that they will be voted out of office if they vote yes for the healthcare bill!
Another thing. If you are a left winger, progressive democrat, liberal activist or if you agree with or are happy with the obama administration, this blog is not for you! If you leave comments on this blog they will be deleted and not aproved. I care nothing about being fair to you. The administration you support is not fair to the American people. I hope this pisses you off!
Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, D-Florida, who was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer at 41, called the panel's recommendations "really disturbing" and "absolutely irresponsible."
The Preventive Services Task Force reviews medical data and bases recommendations on effectiveness and risks involved. It is composed of 16 health care experts, none of whom are oncologists.
We are here folks! Not only will your tax dollars be used for the slaughter of unborn Babies, it will prevent women from recieving preimptive testing for breast cancer. This government agency will tell you that testing is not needed. Cancer is beatable if diagnosed early on. With these new restraints wich are sure to be inforced by obamacare, you will not know you have cancer until it's too late.
In other words, if you get cancer the government will say it's too expensive to treat and since you are 50 or over you won't be paying taxes that much longer.....so we won't get the money we spend to fight your cancer back in taxes.........so just die!
This sounds harsh, I know.....but open your eyes, it's happening.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, "My message to women is simple. Mammograms have always been an important life-saving tool in the fight against breast cancer, and they still are today."
"This is how rationing begins," said Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee. "This is the little toe in the edge of the water. And this is where you start getting a bureaucrat between you and your physician."
If you think this is wrong, write your senator and let him/her know that they will be voted out of office if they vote yes for the healthcare bill!
Another thing. If you are a left winger, progressive democrat, liberal activist or if you agree with or are happy with the obama administration, this blog is not for you! If you leave comments on this blog they will be deleted and not aproved. I care nothing about being fair to you. The administration you support is not fair to the American people. I hope this pisses you off!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Sarah Palin's Book
Sarah Palin's book is now on sale. I have heard alot of hoopla surrounding it. I plan to read it one day(time permiting). Will you be buying a copy? Palin is being tight lipped about weather she plans to run for President in 2012. The only issue I see with her being president is that the Terrorists and people from the Middle East do not respect women. It may be a problem for her dealing with those crazies, we will just have to wait and see. If she does run and wins, she should be primed and ready to deal with those crazies after dealing with the radical progressives in this country. They are alot like terrorists themselves! What do you think of Palin as president?
Sarah Palin will be in Birmingham on November 23, 2009 for a book signing. The event will occur at Books A Million at Brookwood Mall at 4:30pm or 7pm. These are the two times listed by two different news sources.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
A Real American Girl
BUTTE, MONTANA
Shotgun Pre-teen vs. Illegal Alien Home Invaders:
Butte, Montana November 5, 2007
Two illegal aliens, Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26, probably believed they would easily overpower home-alone 11 year old Patricia Harrington after her father had left their two-story home.
It seems the two crooks never learned two things:
(a) They were in Montana, and
(b) Patricia had been a clay shooting champion since she was nine.
Patricia was in her upstairs room when the two men broke through the front door of the house. She quickly ran to her father's room and grabbed his 12 gauge Mossberg 500 shotgun.
Resindez was the first to get up to the second floor only to be the first to catch a near point blank blast of buckshot from the 11-year-old's knee crouch aim. He suffered fatal wounds to his abdomen and genitals.
When Garza ran to the foot of the stairs, he took a blast to the left shoulder and staggered out into the street where he bled to death before medical help could arrive.
It was found out later that Resindez was armed with a stolen 45 caliber handgun he took from another home invasion robbery. That victim, 50-year-old David O'Burien, was not so lucky. He died from stab wounds to the chest.
Ever wonder why good stuff like this never makes it onto NBC, CBS, PBS, MSNBC, CNN, or ABC News?
Here an 11 year old girl, properly trained, defended her home, and herself . . . against two murderous, illegal immigrants . . .. and she wins.
She is still alive. Poor David O’Burien is not so lucky.
Now that is Gun Control!
Thought for the day:
Calling an illegal alien an 'undocumented immigrant' is like . . . .
Calling a drug dealer an 'unlicensed pharmacist'
Shotgun Pre-teen vs. Illegal Alien Home Invaders:
Butte, Montana November 5, 2007
Two illegal aliens, Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26, probably believed they would easily overpower home-alone 11 year old Patricia Harrington after her father had left their two-story home.
It seems the two crooks never learned two things:
(a) They were in Montana, and
(b) Patricia had been a clay shooting champion since she was nine.
Patricia was in her upstairs room when the two men broke through the front door of the house. She quickly ran to her father's room and grabbed his 12 gauge Mossberg 500 shotgun.
Resindez was the first to get up to the second floor only to be the first to catch a near point blank blast of buckshot from the 11-year-old's knee crouch aim. He suffered fatal wounds to his abdomen and genitals.
When Garza ran to the foot of the stairs, he took a blast to the left shoulder and staggered out into the street where he bled to death before medical help could arrive.
It was found out later that Resindez was armed with a stolen 45 caliber handgun he took from another home invasion robbery. That victim, 50-year-old David O'Burien, was not so lucky. He died from stab wounds to the chest.
Ever wonder why good stuff like this never makes it onto NBC, CBS, PBS, MSNBC, CNN, or ABC News?
Here an 11 year old girl, properly trained, defended her home, and herself . . . against two murderous, illegal immigrants . . .. and she wins.
She is still alive. Poor David O’Burien is not so lucky.
Now that is Gun Control!
Thought for the day:
Calling an illegal alien an 'undocumented immigrant' is like . . . .
Calling a drug dealer an 'unlicensed pharmacist'
When did America bend this low?
When did we stoop low enough to elect a president that finds it appropriate to bow to another world leader? It happened!
This jesture was disrespectful to our country, it's past and future leaders and all of it's citizens. He even went so far as to give a deeper bow than he did to the King of Saudi Arabia. I have not looked into it but I bet you won't find another instance of an American president bowing to foriegn leader. This man is a disgrace to America and the office of president. Citizens who voted for him should be ashamed. Most are, however hateful radical progressives think he is sliced bread. They follow him like a cult leader and will never admit he has done wrong.
This jesture was disrespectful to our country, it's past and future leaders and all of it's citizens. He even went so far as to give a deeper bow than he did to the King of Saudi Arabia. I have not looked into it but I bet you won't find another instance of an American president bowing to foriegn leader. This man is a disgrace to America and the office of president. Citizens who voted for him should be ashamed. Most are, however hateful radical progressives think he is sliced bread. They follow him like a cult leader and will never admit he has done wrong.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Veterans Day Ceremony - November 11, 2009 - Arlington National Cemetery.
During the National Anthem EVERYBODY in the picture is either saluting or has hand over their heart - All except ONE. He is a sorry disgrace to our military, our veterans and our country. He will bow to the king of Saudi Arabia, but won't salute or respect our veterans.
During the National Anthem EVERYBODY in the picture is either saluting or has hand over their heart - All except ONE. He is a sorry disgrace to our military, our veterans and our country. He will bow to the king of Saudi Arabia, but won't salute or respect our veterans.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Norman Mattoon Thomas
Norman Mattoon Thomas (11/20/1884 - 12/18/1968)was a leading American Socialist, Pacifist and 6 time presidential candidate for the Socialist party of America.
The Socialist Party candidate for President of the U.S. Norman Thomas said this in a 1944 speech...
"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But, under the name of liberalism, they will adopt ever fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened".
He went on to say: "I no longer need to run as a presidential candidate for the socialist party. The democrat party has adopted our platform".
In case you live in a cave.......Tennessee lost, Auburn lost and Alabama rolled over Mississippi State 31-3 and looked much improved, Mark Ingram ran for 149 yards and improved his chances of winning the Heisman Trophy. It was a great day of College Football!
The Socialist Party candidate for President of the U.S. Norman Thomas said this in a 1944 speech...
"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But, under the name of liberalism, they will adopt ever fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened".
He went on to say: "I no longer need to run as a presidential candidate for the socialist party. The democrat party has adopted our platform".
In case you live in a cave.......Tennessee lost, Auburn lost and Alabama rolled over Mississippi State 31-3 and looked much improved, Mark Ingram ran for 149 yards and improved his chances of winning the Heisman Trophy. It was a great day of College Football!
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