Monday, October 12, 2009
Obamacare
Don't forget when you calculate the actual cost of Obamacare, you must include Part 1; the $1.1 billioin for the 15-person (already appointed) panel headed by Ezekiel Emanuel (Ezekiel Emanuel: Deny Coverage to Elderly and Disabled for the...... ...Greater Good), and the $19.5 billion for the National Technology sharing hidden in the "hurry up and pass" stimulus bill plus Part 2; what they are trying to pass tomorrow.Read More
Hope PURPLE is your color...
SEIU! SEIU!! SEIU!!! Obama pledges to "Paint the Nation Purple"... http://www.breitbart.tv/uncovered-video-obama-leads-seiu-chant-after-vowing-to/
For the people by the people... NOT these days
Still on the fence, read this: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33891
Part 1 Obamacare hidden in the Stimulus Package
The Senate Finance Committee meets tomorrow to vote on, what else, healthcare. Read how Part 1 of Obamacare was cleverly hidden in the stimulus package: http://biggovernment.com/2009/09/27/obamas-two-part-health-care-plan-is-hazardous-to-your-health/
Friday, October 09, 2009
Changes are coming
For those of you who have read my posts in the past you will see some changes over the coming weeks. I'm not talking about the superficial changes that you've seen today... yes, I've changed the layout and the settings and deleted some old blogs... but those aren't the types of changes I'm talking about. No... I'm talking about something deeper. Something that goes to the core of who I am and that I cannot continue to ignore.
In the beginning my writings may seem no more than ramblings but I ask that you bare with me as I embark on this journey. For those of you who know me best, you know that this is where I make sense of my innermost thoughts. God has been speaking to me that it is time for me to face my giants and become the child He has always intended for me to be... I do not entirely know what that means yet... but I do that this calling is deep... that the time has come to speak out... to stand for something or to risk having nothing... and that I must still believe in the POWER of ONE.
I welcome you on my journey ...
Peace.
In the beginning my writings may seem no more than ramblings but I ask that you bare with me as I embark on this journey. For those of you who know me best, you know that this is where I make sense of my innermost thoughts. God has been speaking to me that it is time for me to face my giants and become the child He has always intended for me to be... I do not entirely know what that means yet... but I do that this calling is deep... that the time has come to speak out... to stand for something or to risk having nothing... and that I must still believe in the POWER of ONE.
I welcome you on my journey ...
Peace.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Thursday, September 22, 2005
One Voice... One Nation
This is an original letter pinned by my mother...at her request, I am very proud to post it and ask that anyone... everyone... read it and pass it on....
To: Members of The United States Congress
I understand that the ‘people’s house’ is for sale. I would like to make an offer. The short-term benefits are minimal; however, long-term benefits will outweigh any losses you might incur.
As we all know, the current owners of the ‘people’s house’ are special interest groups. They have the wherewithal to finance campaigns, provide lavish perks and determine the outcome of legislation through their highly paid lobbyists.
The offer I am making is on behalf of the ‘common folk’. For the purpose of this letter, common folk are defined as the portion of the American population who represent a larger percentage of voters than the current owners. They consist of various ethnic and religious backgrounds, and usually are middle to low /poverty income. Most were struggling to make ends meet prior to Katrina. Many have to choose between feeding their families and getting needed health care. Dental care is a luxury. They live pay day to pay day hoping energy cost will not prohibit them from keeping their families warm this winter. Some exist on welfare, a system that currently punishes those trying to get out of welfare by denying assistance once they get a job. These jobs are usually entry level, and health benefits are too expensive. Previous middle income, two wage earner families are struggling after downsizing has cost one of them their job. They include fathers, mothers, sons and daughters serving in Iraq and around the world. Many have lost loved ones serving this great nation. They have lost all confidence in their government, and lost the will to participate, knowing as individuals they can’t really make a difference. Their lives are so full just trying to survive that participating in the political arena seems to be a futile waste of time.
Here is the offer we are prepared to make:
1. We will offer you the opportunity to return to your job as a public servant with the possibility of advancement.
2. The United States, once looked upon by the world as a mighty nation, now appears to be no longer willing to take care of it’s own people. ("Many were struck by ... poverty, at times shameful, in rich America," Cordes told Vatican Radio.) You will be able go down in history for having restored us to a nation that is respected around the world, and a government that is once again “of the people, by the people, for the people.
The war in Iraq, the unprecedented hurricane season, and related expenses are threatening to break the backs of us ‘common folk’. You now have the opportunity to do the right thing and cut all the non- essential (porkbarrel) projects out of the transportation bill. Museums, walking and bike trails, highway beautification projects and the like are a nice thing to be able to do, but I suggest that you go over all the proposed funding bills and trim the fat. If you budgeted our tax dollars the same way we budget our household accounts, I am certain we could cover the cost of Katrina, and Rita without raising taxes or postponing the Medicare prescription drug plan.
Thank You.
To: Members of The United States Congress
I understand that the ‘people’s house’ is for sale. I would like to make an offer. The short-term benefits are minimal; however, long-term benefits will outweigh any losses you might incur.
As we all know, the current owners of the ‘people’s house’ are special interest groups. They have the wherewithal to finance campaigns, provide lavish perks and determine the outcome of legislation through their highly paid lobbyists.
The offer I am making is on behalf of the ‘common folk’. For the purpose of this letter, common folk are defined as the portion of the American population who represent a larger percentage of voters than the current owners. They consist of various ethnic and religious backgrounds, and usually are middle to low /poverty income. Most were struggling to make ends meet prior to Katrina. Many have to choose between feeding their families and getting needed health care. Dental care is a luxury. They live pay day to pay day hoping energy cost will not prohibit them from keeping their families warm this winter. Some exist on welfare, a system that currently punishes those trying to get out of welfare by denying assistance once they get a job. These jobs are usually entry level, and health benefits are too expensive. Previous middle income, two wage earner families are struggling after downsizing has cost one of them their job. They include fathers, mothers, sons and daughters serving in Iraq and around the world. Many have lost loved ones serving this great nation. They have lost all confidence in their government, and lost the will to participate, knowing as individuals they can’t really make a difference. Their lives are so full just trying to survive that participating in the political arena seems to be a futile waste of time.
Here is the offer we are prepared to make:
1. We will offer you the opportunity to return to your job as a public servant with the possibility of advancement.
2. The United States, once looked upon by the world as a mighty nation, now appears to be no longer willing to take care of it’s own people. ("Many were struck by ... poverty, at times shameful, in rich America," Cordes told Vatican Radio.) You will be able go down in history for having restored us to a nation that is respected around the world, and a government that is once again “of the people, by the people, for the people.
The war in Iraq, the unprecedented hurricane season, and related expenses are threatening to break the backs of us ‘common folk’. You now have the opportunity to do the right thing and cut all the non- essential (porkbarrel) projects out of the transportation bill. Museums, walking and bike trails, highway beautification projects and the like are a nice thing to be able to do, but I suggest that you go over all the proposed funding bills and trim the fat. If you budgeted our tax dollars the same way we budget our household accounts, I am certain we could cover the cost of Katrina, and Rita without raising taxes or postponing the Medicare prescription drug plan.
Thank You.
Pig, Pig, Pig WHOOooeee... Damn somethin stinks!
Message to Majority Leader Delay (R-Texas) and your party lovin, lazy, never worked a day in your life, spoiled, good ol’ boy, what you can’t earn you buy, stupid Republicans:
The recently passed transportation bill is not an integral part to anything other than fattening your own wallet… the fact that you can stand before the press and suggest to the American people that our nation’s economic prosperity is in any way connected to the pork lining of this bill is insulting and epitimizes all that is wrong with our country today.
Please, go right ahead, try to explain to me how any of these things are going to help our nation out of our current crisis:
- $3 million for the National Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio, where the Packard automobile was first produced
- $1.5 million for the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich.
- $400,000 for the Erie Canal Museum in Syracruse. New York
- $14 million for the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
- $125 million for a bridge linking Gravina Island to the town of Ketchikan in Alaska (Ketchikan is a town of 8,000 people… its airport is on the nearby Gravina Island… currently you have to take a 7-minute ferry ride from the airport to the town…. To save people that 7-minute ride, Alaska wants to build a $315 million dollar bridge)
- $2 million to construct a garage on the campus of Lipscomb University, in Nashville, Tennessee
- $4 million for a graffiti-elimination program in Queens and Brooklyn
- $500,000 for sidewalks and landscaping in Glennville, Ga
- $1.5 million for horse trails in High Knob, Va
- $850,000 for a bike and trolley path in Hattiesburg, Miss
- $2million for a parking facility in Bozeman Montana
Is there not any shame? Where is the morality of our nation? Are we too engrossed in our I-Pod, blogging, latte loving, reality TV shows, Lost lives to realize that any threat that we face from outside our borders is no worse than what we are doing to ourselves…. Look around you… people are losing their homes, their jobs, gas prices are staggering and I guarantee you will continue to rise… poverty, discrimination, and racism is alive and well in America.
And let’s not forget the all-mighty, never done wrong, greasy palmed, never broke a sweat in his life, doesn’t know the meaning of budget, can’t make a decision without consulting his broker, Bush… … we wouldn’t be having this discussion at all if Bush had some balls and would have vetoed the damn thing …. So much for his promise to hold the highway bill to $256 billion… Hello, President Bush, I know you are a lil slow sometimes… but guess what… you do have the ability to VETO. Not that the American People would know it…. You haven’t vetoed a single bill in over four years…. no president since John Quincy Adams has gone four years without a veto… there’s something to be remembered for.
Is anyone getting all of this?
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