But its worse actually.  They’ve pulled the race card.

The Congressional Black Caucus is accusing the GOP of setting back black civil rights in this country.

Really — I’m not kidding.

“It’s really especially poignant that this year during Black History Month, the Republican leadership has proposed a budget for fiscal year 2011 that will fall most heavily, mind you, on the backs of the most vulnerable in our society: African Americans, Latinos, and poor, those who have been shut of the American dream,” said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), who described the cuts as ill-timed and destructive. Source

What is wrong with the cuts Rep Lee? Is it because maybe some of the hand outs people get in this country are going to change? Tell me how in the hell cuts to the Federal Budget will push back civil rights?

“At a time when we should be remembering and uplifting the accomplishments and contributions of African Americans, to the history, culture, civil rights and economy of America, we are literally during this month debating steps that will severely undercut and undermine that legacy,” she [Lee] said.

This women, and the CBC, are on dope. Anyone who believes this have to be high as a frackin’ kite.  Cuts to the Federal Budget do not take away “rights”.

On a side note about Lee, she is behind HR780 that would defund military operations in Afghanistan.

H.R.780 - To provide that funds for operations of the Armed Forces in Afghanistan shall be obligated and expended only for purposes of providing for the safe and orderly withdrawal from Afghanistan of all members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense contractor personnel who are in Afghanistan.

I wonder if Lee really believes what she was saying, or was she just spouting off the typical Democrat talking points.   There is no way in hell Federal budget cuts would set back Civil Rights in this country for ANYONE.  Its all about wanting to label the Republicans as haters of the black man.

Rep Lee – check your history and see which party in this country fought against civil rights for the black man.

In the 26 major civil rights votes after 1933, a majority of Democrats opposed civil rights legislation in over 80 percent of the votes. By contrast, the Republican majority favored civil rights in over 96 percent of the votes. Source

Then go eat some crow.

If you make $1,000 a week from your employer and you spend $2,000 a week, YOU have the deficit.   Now that you’ve over spent your paycheck, are you going to go to your employer and DEMAND they give you a raise to cover YOUR spending?

Right … tell me how that works out when you have to go apply for unemployment insurance shortly thereafter.

That is what is going on in Washington and Obama and his ilk are trying the Jedi mind trick on you to believe lowering taxes is increasing the government’s deficit.

Now, the Government is OUR employee and they are over spending.   They came to us and demanded more paycheck and we said NO on November 12th.

… and it looks like the President has decided to call names, kick rocks and blow snot bubbles instead of admitting the government’s checking account is overdrawn because it spent too damn much.

So you liberal hacks that are hyperventilating over this latest compromises ….  get over yourself.

And Mr. President as to your abysmal press conference today – grow a pair ( or ask for them back from Michelle).

… other than the people in his district that keep returning him to power must have the best drugs street cred can buy.

How else does he keep getting re-elected, even with the cloud of wrong doing floating around him like a Peanut’s cartoon?

From the New York Times:
Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

The House ethics committee ruled on Monday that there was evidence to support 13 counts of misconduct by Representative Charles B. Rangel, and began considering whether to formally convict and recommend punishment against him.

The ruling came after a dramatic and puzzling appearance by Mr. Rangel, 80, in which he protested that he could no longer afford to pay his lawyers, and indignantly walked out of the proceedings, calling them unfair.

Committee members were unmoved. Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California, noted dryly that Mr. Rangel, a Harlem Democrat, was responsible for paying his lawyers and that he had been advised by the committee beginning in 2008 to form a legal defense fund to do so.

This confused me too. Rangel has known he was going before the ethics committee for some time now.  I was hearing about this temper tantrum via Fox on XM and the people I follow on Twitter.

The only reason Rangel pulled this stunt was to try and get sympathy from somewhere. He knows his time is limited.  The Republicans have taken the House and they have the power finally to shut down Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac and further investigate the wrong doings by the likes of Rangle and his ilk that kept F&F from being stopped when GW Bush was in office.

There simply is no excuse for Charlie Rangel to pull the stunt he did yesterday. You can’t tell me there isn’t one liberal attorney out there who wouldn’t have signed on to Frank’s defense team. I don’t buy it Charlie — you are a disgrace to the Congress, Your District, and the American People.

Obama said otherwise ….

But we knew it was a lie then and now we have further proof it was a lie.

Caller to Rush Limbaugh today read him letters he received from HHS Sebilious in May 2010 that he would not lose his coverage through Medicare Advantage.  He received another letter in August (I believe) from his insurance carrier for Medicare Advantage, advising him they will no longer provide him coverage under Medicare Advantage.   The caller went on to tell Rush he has been quoted a plan by his insurance agent for $2500.  I didn’t catch if that was for an annual policy, but probably is.  Rush asked the caller what he was paying before and told Rush just co-pays and deductibles.

Rush directed his listeners to the Politico (a very left leaning website) and this article:   Medicare actuary: Reform will cost some seniors

A Medicare official concedes that seniors may have to dig deeper into their wallets next year thanks to the health care law.

The new analysis obtained by POLITICO finds the health care overhaul will result in increased out-of-pocket costs for seniors on Medicare Advantage plans.

Richard Foster, the actuary for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, also tells Senate Republicans that the overhaul will result in “less generous benefit packages” for Medicare Advantage plans next year. Foster is independent from the administration and non-partisan.

Surprised?  Hell No. 

Didn’t Nancy Pelosi tell us we had to pass the bill to find out what is in it?

Well what is in it is a pile of BS that stinks beyond high heaven.

This is what you get with Hope & Change with no substance.

The DemoRATS are going to try and push this through during the lame duck session of Congress after November 2nd.

Unions = Government Theft

Look at the map and you will see the forced-into-a-union states are the ones that are controlled by DemoRATS and are being hit the hardest in this Obama economy.

If you don’t want your Right-To-Work State to go the way of Michigan and California, CALL – EMAIL – FAX your congressional representative now and demand this not pass EVER!

This is another power grab by the failing unions and the DemoRATS who are going to do everything they can to keep the support of the unions.

We have enough money stolen from us by the US Government and local States out of our paychecks – if this passes, UNION DUES YOU MAY NOT AGREE TO PAY will also be taken out of your paycheck.

We are slowly losing our ability to manage our own, hard-earned money.  There are actually people in this country who believe we should all give our paychecks to the government and then the government will determine how much of what we earned we get to keep and use for ourselves.

STOP THIS NOW! 

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Evidence to follow …

Comedian Stephen Colbert’s scheduled appearance on Capitol Hill Friday elicited mixed reactions from lawmakers, with some grateful for his participation and others incensed he had been invited in the first place.

The star of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” will testify at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing about his experience working with immigrant laborers. Source

Why anyone in the halls of congress would believe that a late night, d-list comedian would having anything to say about illegal immigration after working 10 hours in a vegetable field is beyond me.  

Is this congress’ attempt at making those of use who refuse to bend on the issue of illegal immigration into fools?

Yes – that’s probably exactly what it is.

But you have to admit they do have the public’s attention. 

Of course, they may not realize that we the public are laughing at them and not with them.

Elections of consequences …

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But not really.  See – all he did was show his true colors, again, and the left, again, turned a blind eye.  The left then continued down the “all republicans are racist” road  — right off the cliff.

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Tuesday slammed Republicans for blocking comprehensive immigration reform and told Hispanics they shouldn’t be treated differently because “their skin’s a tone darker” than that of America’s early European immigrants.

“I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican, OK,” Reid said, speaking to Latino supporters whose votes he needs to win re-election in November. “Do I need to say more?” – Source

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Of course this is the same buffoon who stated that Barack Obama would win the presidential election because of his light skin and no negro dialect (unless he needed it).

The democrats / liberals / progressives in this country are allowed to besmerch, attack, be cruel and down right stupid in their deeds and words and the left just turns a blind eye.  But let a republican or conservative make a stupid statement that doesn’t have anything to do with race, the left starts twisting it to look bad.

This is what bullies do to win because on their own merits they can’t.   Reid was saying what a lot of people were saying about Obama – with out the street slang tinged, heavily accented by southern living, Obama could bridge the gap between black and white voters. 

Reid is an ass that needs to be shoved to the curb just like Spector was in PA.  

If the voters in Nevada keep Reid in office, then maybe Obama’s advise about not going to Vegas and spend money would be good to take.   Because I sure as heck don’t want to give anyone my money that hasn’t gotten the good sense of a goose to vote out a pig like Harry Reid.

Change is a comin’ … November …

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That is a LIE.

The health care bill attacks those of us with insurance already and increases fees and expenditures to the point it will eventually force us off that insurance and onto Medicare (government health care and control).  I will fight to the bitter end to stay on private insurance.  Below is a copy of the Revenue Offset Provision in the Obama-care bill that will increase fees for the already insured to try and force us out of paying for our own coverage.   This is how the socialists will take over if not stopped.

Obama Care Bill – Revenue Offset Provision, or: Screw the Employee to raise money Provision

Title IX: Revenue Provisions – Subtitle A: Revenue Offset Provisions – (Sec. 9001, as modified by section 10901) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax of 40% of the excess benefit from certain high cost employer-sponsored health coverage. Deems any amount which exceeds payment of $8,500 for an employee self-only coverage plan and $23,000 for employees with other than self-only coverage (family plans) as an excess benefit. Increases such amounts for certain retirees and employees who are engaged in high-risk professions (e.g., law enforcement officers, emergency medical first responders, or longshore workers). Imposes a penalty on employers and coverage providers for failure to calculate the proper amount of an excess benefit.

(Sec. 9002) Requires employers to include in the W-2 form of each employee the aggregate cost of applicable employer-sponsored group health coverage that is excludable from the employee’s gross income (excluding the value of contributions to flexible spending arrangements).

No longer will health care insurance be considered a benefit as it will now be included as part of your salary.

(Sec. 9003) Restricts payments from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending arrangements for medications to prescription drugs or insulin.

So those of us that use Insulin are going to get screwed for needing that medication?

(Sec. 9004) Increases to 20% the penalty for distributions from a health savings account or Archer medical savings account not used for qualified medical expenses.

Who is going to get that 20%? You guessed – the government. Shove that shiv in the employee’s back!

(Sec. 9005, as modified by section 10902) Limits annual salary reduction contributions by an employee to a health flexible spending arrangement under a cafeteria plan to $2,500. Allows an annual inflation adjustment to such amount after 2011.

(Sec. 9006) Expands reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations (other than tax-exempt corporations).

(Sec. 9007, as modified by section 10903) Requires tax-exempt charitable hospitals to: (1) conduct a community health needs assessment every two years; (2) adopt a written financial assistance policy for patients who require financial assistance for hospital care; and (3) refrain from taking extraordinary collection actions against a patient until the hospital has made reasonable efforts to determine whether the patient is eligible for financial assistance. Imposes a penalty tax on hospitals who fail to comply with the requirements of this Act.

WTF? What if the community refuses to participate in your assessment Obama? Are you going to punish the hospital like you threaten later on in this section? So people are going to be allowed to go to the hospital but not have to pay if they can’t? I thought that’s what this damn bill was suppose to be for!

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress on information with respect to private tax-exempt, taxable, and government-owned hospitals regarding levels of charity care provided, bad debt expenses, unreimbursed costs, and costs for community benefit activities.

(Sec. 9008) Imposes an annual fee on the branded prescription drug sales exceeding $5 million of manufacturers and importers of such drugs beginning in 2010. Requires the HHS, VA, and DOD Secretaries to report to the Secretary of the Treasury on the total branded prescription drug sales within government programs within their departments.

Screwing the manufacturer of the medications that keep us alive. Where do you think said manufacturers are going to shuffle the costs off to for these fines/fees? Yup – to you and me.

(Sec. 9009, as modified by section 10904) Imposes an annual fee on the gross sales receipts exceeding $5 million of manufacturers and importers of certain medical devices beginning in 2011.

(Sec. 9010, as modified by section 10905) Imposes on any entity that provides health insurance for any United States health risk an annual fee beginning in 2011. Defines “United States health risk” as the health risk of an individual who is a U.S. citizen or resident or is located in the United States with respect to the period the individual is so located. Exempts entities whose net premiums written are not more than $25 million. Requires all entities subject to such fee to report to the Secretary of the Treasury on their net written premiums and imposes a penalty for failure to report.

(Sec. 9011) Requires the VA Secretary to study and report to Congress by December 31, 2012, on the effect of fees assessed by this Act on the cost of medical care provided to veterans and on veterans’ access to medical devices and branded prescription drugs.

We’re going to screw the Veteran, then do a tax-payer paid for study to see how badly this screwing effects the protectors of our country.

(Sec. 9012) Eliminates the tax deduction for expenses for determining the subsidy for employers who maintain prescription drug plans for Medicare Part D eligible retirees.

(Sec. 9013) Increases the adjusted gross income threshold for claiming the itemized deduction for medical expenses from 7.5% to 10% beginning after 2012. Retains the 7.5% threshold through 2016 for individual taxpayers who have attained age 65 before the close of an applicable taxable year.

(Sec. 9014) Imposes a limitation after December 31, 2012, of $500,000 on the deductibility of remuneration paid to officers, directors, employees, and service providers of health insurance issuers who derive at least 25% of their gross premiums from providing health insurance coverage that meets the minimum essential coverage requirements established by this Act.

(Sec. 9015, as modified by section 10906) Increases after December 31, 2012, the hospital insurance tax rate by .9% for individual taxpayers earning over $200,000 ($250,000 for married couples filing joint tax returns).

Here is the “rich” tax again on those making $250,000 a year …

(Sec. 9016) Requires Blue Cross or Blue Shield organizations or other nonprofit organizations that provide health insurance to reimburse at least 85% of the cost of clinical services provided to their enrollees to be eligible for special tax benefits currently provided to such organizations.

…remember in November…

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“Being an American is not a matter of blood or birth, it’s a matter of faith,” President Obama declared at a speech he gave on immigration.

WTF!!????!!!

Mr. Obama – I am an American by BIRTH!  Screw you and you anti-american bullshit.

…. and now – Botox Gran-Nan!

Unemployment benefits are creating jobs faster than practically any other program, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.

Talking to reporters, the House was defending a jobless benefits extension against those who say it gives recipients little incentive to work. By her reasoning, those checks are helping give somebody a job.

“It injects demand into the economy,” Pelosi said, arguing that when families have money to spend it keeps the economy churning. “It creates jobs faster than almost any other initiative you can name.” Source

I have NEVER in all my adult years following politics heard such stupidity out of the mouths of supposedly educated people.

November … November …

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I have met some pretty unsavory people in my life but this women takes the cake. No matter how much she professes “its for the people” the more she proves by her actions it is not.

Nancy Pelosi doesn’t give a rat’s ass about “the people”. Everything she does in Washington is about “her” and her party.

Now she’s claiming affinity with the tea party people.   Nancy – these are the same people you claimed (without facts) they were carrying swastika’s and were inciting violence.

Nancy, Nancy, Nancy – we see through your botoxed facade and call your bluff.

You’re draining the swamp has done nothing but back it up with more putrid rotten political flesh than any other Speaker of the House. Your staunch support of the vile Barney Frank is just one example. Your actions, or in-actions, speak louder than words and your words no longer have weight with the American People.

The main-stream, lame, media can try and paint you with a rose-colored brush, but we smell the rottenness of your words and deeds through it all.

We are not fooled Nancy. Oh you may keep your Senate seat because we all know the land of fruit, nuts and flakes are progressive to the point of communism and will keep reelecting their favorite flake. BUT – after November 2010 – you will no longer have the window office in the corner that reads “Speaker of the House” over the door. No, hopefully they will remodel some broom closet in the basement near the boiler room for you next stint in congress.

Nancy – you play a good game of poker. But then I would be able to hold a straight face too if I had it tightened up with a botulism toxin daily.

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