Dems To Plunge The Knife Deeper Into Economy

A word of advice to the economy from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, Barney Frank and all the rest of the democrats in Congress: 

“Just stop breathing, will you?” 

Nancy Pelosi (D) CA

If the economy would just die, already,  maybe the Democrats would STOP wasting any more time trying to kill it. On second thought, naw… like a serial killer, they simply enjoy plunging the knife into the victim too much. 

OK, enough of the Glenn Beck-type theatrics. The point is, Democrats in Congress are preparing to raise the federal borrowing limit by nearly $2 trillion.  You remember what a trillion dollars is, don’t you? Alan Speakman summed it up nicely in a rant not long ago. Click here to fully comprehend what a trillion dollars is, and then realize the Democrats want to raise the ceiling (or deepen the pit) by double that amount.     

Double. 

 ”Nothing to see here, folks… keep moving please. Nothing to see here…”  At least that’s what they’re hoping you’ll think. 

 

Barney Frank (D) MA

 Make no mistake: This is another nail in the coffin of our economy. It’s another nail in your children’s future. And your children’s children.

This will most likely be another “Let’s slip this through  in the middle of the night” deals. Maybe they can lock out the Republicans from any debate again like they did with the health care bill. No point in having those negative nabobs of negativism putting a downer on the party, eh? 

 According to Fox News: 

Congress is poised to lift the federal borrowing limit by as much as $1.8 trillion before the end of this year, a number large enough to avoid revisiting the matter next year when Democrats will have to defend their majority in midterm elections. 

Harry Reid, (D) NV

Translation: They’re attempting to pull the wool over our eyes by being able to tell us, “See? We’re not fiscally irresponsible!  We were 2 trillion away from our borrowing limit at the last election and we’re STILL 2 trillion under our limit. And yet, we’ve managed to bring you health care reform…” 

The truth had best smack you in the face as hard as the Democrat’s arrogance:  

The Treasury is nearing the current debt ceiling of $12.1 trillion, and Congress must authorize raising the amount the United States can borrow to avoid the country going into default to its creditors. 

You can read the entire article here. 

Let’s humanize this: Imagine, you were about to lose your home to foreclosure because the bank had a clause buried deep in your mortgage that stipulates the bank can raise the interest level (and, therefore, your monthly payments) an absurd amount. Imagine now that they did that. So that affordable monthly mortgage payment of $1,200 will now cost you $1,900.  

Suppose now, you realize, ”I can’t afford that $1,900 per month,” but know you could borrow enough money to make the payments. On the surface, life would look fine. Your family is able to stay in the home, you’re employed full-time. To others, you appear to be living the dream. But YOU know that beneath the facade, your finances are  a ticking time bomb. You just hope the kids will be grown and off on their own before your credit house of cards comes crashing down. 

Now you have some idea of what the Democratic Congress is about to do.  Except there’s a couple of small details:  

•  It’s YOU they are obligating for the additional trillions of dollars. Because when it comes to indebtedness, we are the government.
• We are already committed to unsustainable debt.
• These Congressmen don’t give a rat’s ass who the overblown spending hurts. They just don’t want to have to raise the borrowing limit in the light of day or during a re-election year.
• In fact, one would have to wonder how many of these public servants have already set up their off-shore retirement, knowing exactly what their irresponsible spending is going to result in.

Keep this in mind. It’s your money. If this doesn’t make you mad, you’re not awake. But you’d better awaken fast. Ask any serial killer: It’s always easier to plunge the knife into a sleeping victim.    

Gerry Ashley

Things Are A Lot Better

 

Obama explains to a bipartisan meeting at the White House on Wednesday how much better things are these days, and admonished Republican leaders for “trying to frighten the American people”.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters that Obama made the admonition during a bipartisan meeting at the White House on Wednesday, producing a chart to show Republicans that “things are a lot better.”…

After seeing the chart, even House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) expressed his satisfaction at and complete agreement with the President’s incontrovertible proof.

Stoutcat

H/T: Riehl World View

Something Rotten in Denmark?

Evidently there is much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth in Copenhagen today, as the three main groups attending the “Kool Kids Konference” are all throwing major hissy fits. The Guardian reports:

The UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray today after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents that show world leaders will next week be asked to sign an agreement that hands more power to rich countries and sidelines the UN’s role in all future climate change negotiations.

The document is also being interpreted by developing countries as setting unequal limits on per capita carbon emissions for developed and developing countries in 2050; meaning that people in rich countries would be permitted to emit nearly twice as much under the proposals.

The so-called Danish text, a secret draft agreement worked on by a group of individuals known as “the circle of commitment” – but understood to include the UK, US and Denmark – has only been shown to a handful of countries since it was finalised this week.

What a scandal and a hissing!

• Developing countries are upset because they will not be allowed to emit nearly as much carbon as the developed nations. Unfair!
• Developed nations are upset because this little secret plan got leaked. Unfair!
• And the United Nations is upset because it takes power and money (lots and lots and lots of money) out of their hands and places it elsewhere. Really unfair!

So what to do about this brouhaha? Well, I think the best-case scenario is if the representatives from the developing nations, the developed nations, and the United Nations all leave Copenhagen in a huff and have nothing more to do with such a stupid conference ever again.

Face it. The earth has been slowly warming since the end of the Little Ice Age back in 1850. Is some of that warming caused by human beings? Probably. Is much or most of it due to circumstances having nothing to do with human activity? Certainly. Is there anything we can do about it, regardless of cause? Precious little in the grand scheme of things, despite what the “scientists” are claiming.

And until the scientists at East Anglia can come up with a better excuse than, “The dog ate our homework” to explain why they can’t show any raw data, I say we scrap Copenhagen, scrap Kyoto, scrap the CRU, scrap NOAA/GHCN, scrap NASA/GISS, and start again.

It behooves all of us as human beings to live on this earth conscientiously. If I speak of “responsible stewardship” I’ll probably get branded as a wingnut born-again Christianist, but so what? We do need to be responsible stewards.

We also need things like fuel to power all the great inventions that allow us all to live in relative comfort and safety. That stewardship therefore also includes discovering things like reliable, large-scale renewable fuel sources; and until we find and develop those, responsible exploitation of the riches that lie beneath our own soil and on our own shores, rather than outsourcing our needs to countries which would rather see us all under sharia law, and which do their drilling in far less eco-friendly ways.

Global warming scams aside, if we are not responsible stewards, we may bequeath our children and grandchildren an environment as unpleasant to live in as their indebtedness from the cost of nationalized healthcare will be to live with. And we don’t need a conference in Copenhagen, Kyoto, or anywhere else to remind us of that.

UPDATE: HotAir suggests: “What this is really about is first-world nations getting last-minute cold feet at the thought of massive wealth transfers to some unreliable partners.”

Stoutcat

Reid Digs Deep, Achieves New Low In Class

Harry Reid

If class were cash, Harry Reid, the personification of the Peter Principle at work in the Senate, would be as deeply in debt as he and his ilk have put the United States government (i.e., the American taxpayer).

In his latest political regurgitation, he is comparing those of us who oppose this health care reform bill to supporters of slavery. Never mind that it was the Republican Party that was founded as the anti-slavery party back in the 1850s. Never mind that it was a democrat (Strom Thurman) who failed in his attempt to filibuster the Civil Rights bill of 1957  and it was actually the Republicans who led the fight in support of the bill.  Note: Thurman would later (1964) cross over the aisle to the Republican side.

Side note: Since my high school days, I’ve been criticized for writing run-on sentences. Well, folks, prepare for the crowning achievement of a life dedicated to the fine art of the run-on sentence, as I attempt to put this into some perspective:

Harry Reid, the cowardly traitor who had the audacity to stand in the hall of the United States Senate and announce “The war in Iraq is lost”  (bringing aid and comfort to the enemy) while our young men and women were winning the surge…

(let me catch my breath)

… the same Harry Reid who  is part of the Congress that has enslaved our children and grandchildren as debtors to foreign powers for the next century (if we’re lucky it will only be that long) due to the  ”tax and spend”  spree that has tripled the deficit since Obama has taken office…

(one more breath and I think we’re there)

… now points his finger at those of us who are smart enough to see what his ignorance misses (the unsustainable debt he’s imposing) and is accusing us as being the ones supporting slavery.

Wow, Harry.  You just never learn, do you? The government reforming health care is like asking the fox to reform hen house security. And I’m pretty sure the chance of success is about the same.  And if this bill becomes law, it will without doubt push the United States economy beyond the point of no return.

More on that in an upcoming rant.

Gerry Ashley

From Inside the Asylum, The Inmates Are Running the Nation

 

It’s the only thing that could explain the insane craziness going on. Hotair reports:

For the first time ever, the Environmental Protection Agency has declared a naturally-occurring substance in the air a danger to human health.  Carbon dioxide, which has existed as a major component of Earth’s atmosphere for billions of years — and which is necessary for plant growth — is now a declared pollutant.  The determination gives the EPA wide-ranging authority over the operations of energy production and manufacturing…

Clearly, there’s only one solution:

Stoutcat

H/T: Watts Up With That

Who To Kill First: Grandma Or Convicted Murderers?

 
If  the Senate passes Healthcare Reform, will elderly patients be given the same appeals process as convicted murderers?

The execution of Beltway Sniper John Allen Muhammed on Tuesday brought to mind a disturbing thought that should trouble anyone regardless of your position on the death penalty. It exposes yet another absurdity of Barack Obama’s Healthcare Reform. 

Staci Lynn Jazvac

In Raiford, Florida, 47 year-old Michael Rivera sits on death row, convicted of the murder of 11 year-old Staci Jazvac in a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale… in 1986. At the time, I was working with John Walsh  (now host of “America’s Most Wanted”) at the Adam Walsh Child Resource Center.  Staci lived about a mile from me. I became close friends with Staci’s mom as we assisted her through the search, recovery and after-effects of this tragedy. Rivera was convicted the following year. It left an impression that still haunts me today.

Twenty-three years have passed and Rivera is still sitting on death row.

According to a 2004 report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, it costs an average of $22,650 per prisoner, nationally, to maintain our prison systems (the report is available on-line at the above link).

Allowing for the fact that the figures in 1986 were undoubtedly lower, it’s still safe to say, Michael Rivera has been housed and fed for nearly a quarter of a century at the cost of about a half-million dollars of taxpayers money alone. Never mind the fact that Staci’s family never got to see her grow up, but have to deal with the fact that her killer has been able to live on. Rivera has his own web page where he solicits money for his various  appeals and even advertised on a social page, looking to get married… all at our expense, of course. 

Now, add to the above, that if the Healthcare Reform Bill passes in the Senate (the House of Representatives already passed it in the still of the night last week-end), it will mean that strict cost cutting measures will need to be enforced, left up to panels consisting of bureaucrats who, contrary to the lies of the Obama administration, will decide who gets care and who doesn’t. Liberals object when we refer to these review boards as “Death Panels” but, in point of fact, that’s exactly what they will be, at times.

Only the naive would believe otherwise, but the cold hard facts are that there will be people in their senior years who will be told, “Sorry, but you’re too old to get a liver transplant. You no longer contribute to Society. You eat up precious resources that could be used to save younger members of our society that have many years to contribute. You’ve had a long life compared to them, so we’ll have to decline your request.” 

It may not be those exact words, but the sentiment will be the same.

We have our priorities seriously skewed when we can spend a half million dollars to warehouse a convicted murderer for 23 years, yet we have to tell senior citizens who may well have never broken a law in their lives they are being sentenced to a hasty “death by healthcare denial.”

Welcome to the world of “Change You Can Die With,” courtesy of our Democratic Congress and, your host, “Mmm-Mmm-Mmm, Barack Hussein Obama.”

Gerry Ashley

An Unsustainable Narrative

I wonder how much longer the media will attempt to spin the Fort Hood massacre as  “pre-virtual vicarious Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”. ABC News reports today:

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

So, Chris Wallace, do you now have any thoughts as to whether religion played a role in Hasan’s attacks at Fort Hood? 

And Time Magazine: still think it was “secondary trauma” that caused him to shout, “Allahu Akbar”?

How about you, Cape Cod Times? Still mystified as to Hasan’s motives?

Closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge does not mean that the situation does not exist. It is the somewhat more dignified version of sticking your fingers in your ears and singing, “La la la la, I can’t hear you!”

Retired Army lieutenant colonel Allan West doesn’t have his fingers in his ears, and his eyes are wide open. Via Stacy McCain, here’s West’s take on the situation:

We have become so politically correct that our media is more concerned about the stress of the shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan. The misplaced benevolence intending to portray him as a victim is despicable…

This is not a “man caused disaster”. It is what it is, an Islamic jihadist attack…

As Stacy says, read the whole thing.

If we continue to allow ourselves to be lulled back into a 9/10 mentality, we are doomed to see a repeat of 9/11, and on a larger, more horrific scale.

In the meantime, how much longer will the media persist in their narrative? These aren’t the jihadis you’re looking for. You can go about your business. Move along. Move along.

UPDATE:  Sissy Willis says “The media treat it like a case of non-denominational shoplifting.” And they do.

Stoutcat

They Still Don’t Get It

I just don’t understand how so many people/groups/media sources can remain in a 9/10 mindset. But they persist. The latest example comes from my local paper, the Cape Cod Times, which ran a front page headline yesterday on the Fort Hood massacre:

“A mystery”? A mystery?! Are you kidding me?

When our media can’t even face the concept that a horrible act of islamist terrorism was perpetrated on an Army base in our very heartland, there’s something extremely wrong.

Or as Jim Treacher tweeted: “If this idiot had been wearing an I Kill Unbelievers 4 the Glory of Allah t-shirt, they’d still be going whuh-whuh-why did he do this?”

H/T: Vanderleun at AmericanDigest

Stoutcat

Stay Classy, Code Pink

This is just pathetic. The harpies from Code Pink were out tonight harrassing the children – yes, the children! – waiting in line for the White House Hallowe’en party.

What a bunch of witches.

Stoutcat

Source: Yahoo News

Leftists’ Post-Ironic Convergence

 

In a hilarious display of no doubt unintentional irony, the director and several stars of the new film, “The Age of Stupid“, avoid a reporter’s question on just how they arrived at the premiere. Given that the film posits that the most damaging threat to the human race is air travel, it seems a reasonable question to ask.

Clearly, not only is it not a reasonable question, anyone who asks it becomes persona non grata, as the director demands that the hapless reporter be removed from the press area.

Age of Stupid, indeed.

Stoutcat

H/T: Weasel Zippers