Representative Allen West (R-Florida) Sees The US Constitution Being Shredded

Representative Allen West (R-Florida) is top-notch.  Let me ask you this...who seems more Presidential, Representative West or the current President?  

The Left Has A New Party Line - "Our Opponents Are Putting Party Ahead of Country"

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The Old Media Stinks

UI: Organic - Big Journalism

Heh.  

The fresher the "news", the stronger the smell. 

Is Your Neck Sore From Watching The Stock Market Trends?

Dry Bones Blog - Spectator Sports 2011

"Dry Bones" writes: 

The daily reversals on the Stock Market are serious business. They are signs of the economic crisis, a possible "double dip" recession or worse, the collapse of the Dollar, etc. . . . yes, there is much to say about the current situation of one day's sell-off panic and the next day's mini-boom. But at heart I'm a cartoonist, so the up down motion of the market reminded me of a tennis match. I couldn't resist, gave in to temptation, and drew today's cartoon. Superficial, but fun. .

Anyone who has visited this blog and looked around knows that I am a fan of cartoons.  I have my favorites like Michael Ramirez and Chris Muir, and Dry Bones is one of those favorites.  The creator of Dry Bones, Yaakov Kirschen, will often add a commentary to his cartoons on his blog (for example the one quoted above in blue), and he also does an occasional cartoon from his archives that is as relevant to today's circumstances as it was when originally posted.  

Mr. Kirschen's comments today about the stock market are insightful.  The Obama Administration has put taxpayer dollars to use anywhere that they could get away with, and the Stock Market is certainly no exception (a high stock market average helps with fund raising), although in fairness the Bush Administration supported the Stock Market as well, though not to the level of spending that Obama has shown the willingness to go to.  Once all the cash that The Fed has authorized to be printed gains velocity in the US economy, there will certainly be a devaluation of the US Dollar (devaluation = inflation).  

If you are inclined to watch the stock market you would be well advised to stretch out those neck muscles and keep them limber. 

Barack H. Obama Runs for 2012 On The Taxpayer Dime and Meets a Tea Party "Terrorist"

Instead of dealing with the issue presented by the Tea Party people in this video, Barack H. Obama deflects their questions and attempts to obfuscate the point.  Oh, he's smoother at doing this with a teleprompter than without one like in this video, but he still is good at spouting the party line.  

If the Tea Party stance is successfully equated to terrorism by this President, we will see violations of Constitutional liberties like never before.

I'm waiting to see some video of people asking President Obama how we as a nation can afford to pay for this campaign trip that he is on while we sink deeper and deeper into debt.

We did get a couple of nice and secure buses for the POTUS and his entourage to travel around in though, didn't we?  I wonder if they are running them on cooking oil...

Warren Buffett Supports Funding the Massive Spending of Big Government

Breitbart: Warren Buffett says: 'tax me and my rich friends'

 "Our leaders have asked for 'shared sacrifice.' But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched," Buffett wrote. 

"My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress," he added. "It's time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice." 

Higher taxes so the US government can spend more...how will that help?

Mr. Buffett, I KNOW that you are aware that as soon as the recent increase in the debt ceiling happened, the government didn't try to cut expenses but instead spent almost all of the increased credit line overnight. I realize that you are a Democrat and all, but why support a massive influx of spending cash to an irresponsible government so it can get bigger?

At the time of this post, stocks in Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's company, were trading at $108,356.00 per share.  PER SHARE. This didn't happen by Warren Buffett making bad decisions.  There is something that doesn't meet the eye behind this proclamation from The Oracle of Omaha. 

Soros Implies That The Euro Will Replace The Dollar as International Reserve Currency

Soros suggests Greece, Portugal quit euro-zone - Yahoo! News

Soros, who made over $1 billion by betting against the British pound in 1992, also said he had no intention of playing the market against the common European currency.

"I am certainly not betting against the euro. Because the Chinese have a huge interest in an alternative to the dollar and will do everything possible to help Europeans save it," he said.

Blogger Ann Althouse Attacked by Male Leftist Thug at Wisconsin Capitol

Althouse: Attack on Althouse at the Wisconsin Capitol 



We will see much, much more of this in the months leading up to the 2012 Election.  The Left will attempt to intimidate anyone who opposes them using "whatever means available" to defeat those who oppose the imposition of tyranny in the USA.

Would Mitt Romney be any different than Barack Hussein Obama as US President?

POLITICO: Tax increase key to Mitt Romney's '04 pitch to Standard & Poor's

 (Cartoon by Michael Ramirez)

 Well, let's see...Romney was governor of Massachusetts when RomneyCare was put into place in that state; RomneyCare is an individual health care mandate just like ObamaCare.  

Now it has become known that Romney lobbied Standard & Poor to raise Massachusetts' credit rating in 2004 because they had RAISED TAXES in an ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.  

From the article linked above in Politico:

“When I was governor, S&P rewarded Massachusetts with a credit rating upgrade for our sound fiscal management and the underlying strength of our economy,” Romney boasted. “That didn’t happen by accident. The president’s failure to put the nation’s fiscal and economic house in order has caused a massive loss of confidence that resulted in an embarrassing downgrade.”

But Romney’s case to S&P is a far cry from the anti-tax absolutism of the Republican Party he hopes to lead. Indeed, it bears a far closer resemblance to the right-of-center grand compromise rejected by House Republicans this year — dismissed because it would include new taxes and end tax breaks President Barack Obama described as “loopholes”.

The presentation to the ratings agency reveals that Romney’s administration made the case to Standard & Poor’s that his state was creditworthy because of both spending cuts — the current preferred GOP method — and new revenues, including fees he imposed and tax “loopholes” he closed. The presentation also prominently cited a controversial set of tax increases in the summer of 2002.

Is there any difference in substance between a Leftist Democrat like Barack Hussein Obama and a Squishy RINO Establishment Republican like Romney? 

You make the call!

They Lowered The Credit Rating? Why?

cartoon by Dry Bones (Yaakov Kirschen) - "Credit Rating"

Yeah, imagine that.  Its almost like it would be a good thing for a country to be out of debt just like it would be a good thing for you or I to be out of debt.  


Bones writes:

The fun in drawing this cartoon was the writing of all those IOU notes.

I had so much fun writing the little IOUs, that trimming them to fit inside the cartoon frame would have saddened me. So I convinced myself that breaking the frame was "okay". In fact it made the cartoon "better" ...and hey, I'm the cartoonist! Nobody can tell me what to do!

So I had my fun! I wrote all those IOUs and just didn't stop ...like America.

Evidently Wisconsin IS Conservative

Now that The People have spoken, it is time for the Unionists and other Leftists / Communists to find a Leftist Judge somewhere and challenge the will of The People in court.  

Count on it.  

The "Super Committee" - Death Knell for The US Constitution

Harry Reid super committee picks in place - Manu Raju and John Bresnahan - POLITICO.com

Cartoon by Michael Ramirez


The US Constitution puts the purse strings of the US Government into the hands of the US House of Representatives.  The "Super Committee" or "Super Congress" is both a violation and an affront to the US Constitution.  

The United States has reached a point where the forced ignorance of Government Education has such a majority of adherents that the current government can get away with basically whatever they want to do, no matter what the Constitution says. 

The Founders would have seen the danger here and recognized the Unconstitutional implications.  Sadly, those currently in elected office are simply ignoring this and hoping that We The People are too ignorant or complacent to do anything about it.  

Oh and by the way, what about that promised repeal of Obamacare?

Barack the Magic Suit, A Political Fairy Tale

‪Andrew Klavan: Barack the Magic Suit, A Political Fairy Tale.‬‏ - YouTube



It only takes a little less than 3 1/2 minutes to nicely summarize the vortex of lunacy and destruction that is Barack Hussein Obama, The Magic Suit.   Spot on, Mr Andrew Klavan!

London Riots - What Happens When A Welfare State Tightens Its Belt

There is a context to London's riots that can't be ignored - Guardian

The UK has long been a welfare state with a foundation of Socialism and the recipients of The Dole do not appear to appreciate that their government has found it necessary to constrict the handouts that they have come to take for granted. In addition to the destruction of property and personal injury involved, there has been widespread looting and home invasions, and the police and government authorities have been impotent in bringing it to a halt.  Whatever laws may be left in Great Britain have been consigned to the category of Situational Ethics, where it is okay to break in to stores and rob people in the streets and help yourself in order to redistribute the wealth.

Nina Power, writing in the Guardian: Since the coalition came to power just over a year ago, the country has seen multiple student protests, occupations of dozens of universities, several strikes, a half-a-million-strong trade union march and now unrest on the streets of the capital (preceded by clashes with Bristol police in Stokes Croft earlier in the year). Each of these events was sparked by a different cause, yet all take place against a backdrop of brutal cuts and enforced austerity measures. 

The United States is now in the rapid transition to a welfare state.  How long will it be before we see riots like are happening now in London?  Here's a hint - once the Entitlement Class that Barack Hussein Obama has been about the business of creating ever since he took office sees its government money start to dry up for any reason then it might be a good time to stock up on bread and milk.

If The Air That You Exhale is Taxed and Regulated, Will That Help the US Economy?

Supreme Court of The United States Upholds EPA's Authority to Regulate Carbon Dioxide

Cartoon by Michael Ramirez


All of us exhale Carbon Dioxide, so why is this gas that the has determined is an "air pollutant" not overwhelming life everywhere?  Well, because trees and green plants inhale carbon dioxide.  For example, the corn and wheat and oats and all of the plants that produce food need carbon dioxide to survive.  So when we exhale carbon dioxide (CO2) we are producing the air that plants need breathe in to survive and those plants in turn produce food.

The Supreme Court has affirmed that the EPA can regulate carbon dioxide.  What is the logical extension of this?  

Can the government tax us based on how much CO2 we produce individually?  

Can the government tax industries that produce CO2? Will those industries pass those taxes on to the consumers?  

What about people who receive "End of Life Counseling" under ObamaCare?  Will they count their CO2 production against their "productivity" when determining end of life decisions?

The Congress has not passed a "Cap-and-Trade" based law, but the EPA operates autonomously.  Think of it as Taxation Without Representation. President Obama and many others in Washington DC support this concept, and many in education are busy indoctrinating their students in this way of thinking. 

Will taxing the air we exhale help stimulate the economy and help the US upgrade its credit rating, and keep the US Dollar as the International Reserve currency...or will it just hasten the crumbling of the foundation of the USA?

What Happens to the US Economy when Electricity Rates "Necessarily Skyrocket"?

Whether the US Congress passes any sort of Cap and Trade  law or not, the EPA will unilaterally establish and enforce "Greenhouse Gas" restrictions under President Obama.  What will happen to the US economy then?  Which direction will it go - up or down?

Oh, and don't forget ObamaCare as it is phased in over the coming years with 2014 being the year that it is fully implemented.  That one is already law...

White House Attacks Tea Party Over Downgrade

Breitbart.tv » Dems New Spin: ‘The Tea Party Downgrade’



Saul Alinsky directed his followers to marginalize their enemies, to accuse their enemies of doing the very unsavory things that Alinsky and his people were doing.  The Leftists in government, a.k.a. Democrats, are apparently embracing this method in regard to the downgrade of the USA's credit rating.  

The TEA Party Representatives pushed for reforms that would have avoided the downgrade, but their efforts were stymied by Democrats and RINO Republicans, and the resultant debt-ceiling compromise between Democrats and RINOs led to the credit rating downgrade.

Since neither the Democrats nor the RINOs have much use for the TEA Party, it isn't a surprise that these talking points attempting to assign the blame for the credit rating downgrade to the TEA Party are being employed.  In this case, the Democrats are attacking the TEA Party, hoping to marginalize the TEA Party (see Saul Alinsky above), and you can bet that the RINOs won't stand in the way of this attack.

Is there really any difference between the Democrats and RINOs? I say very little, so little that they are in effect one single party.

Adding the TEA Party as a viable political party would give the US a two party system once again, instead of the one party cabal that has pushed us to the brink of collapse.  

The Response - a Call to Prayer

Why should we pray as a nation?

For the nation or kingdom that will not serve You will perish;
it will be utterly ruined. 
         - Isaiah Chapter 60 Verse 12

Obama Inherited a AAA Rating from Bush

 

Heh.  Now comes the lying distortions from The Left on how Bush is to blame for the downgrade to AA+ (Outlook Negative).

Crash apparently kills members of SEAL Team 6

AP sources: Crash kills members of SEAL Team 6

Seal Team 6 was the unit which effected the termination of Osama Bin Laden.

These are true heroes who quietly went back to work after that mission. 

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Associated Press has learned that more than 20 Navy SEALs from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden were among those lost in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

 

The operators from SEAL Team Six were flown by a crew of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. That's according to one current and one former U.S. official. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because families are still being notified of the loss of their loved ones.

One source says the team was thought to include 22 SEALs, three Air Force air controllers, seven Afghan Army troops, a dog and his handler, and a civilian interpreter, plus the helicopter crew. 

The sources thought this was the largest single loss of life ever for SEAL Team Six, known as the Naval Special Warfare Development Group.

Rest In Peace, Gentlemen.

 

Stagflation versus Hyperinflation: How the QE2 Funds Are Laundered

Regulators shut banks in Illinois, Wash. state

cartoon by Lisa Benson

So you're the US government and you have a dilemma.  You have this thing called QE2 (Quantitative Easing 2) which is basically where you print lots of Dollars and use them to buy up the Treasury Bills that folks like the Chinese no longer want because they are on to your scam to devalue the dollar by printing and circulating all of this money.  

So you're buying your own debt and printing tons of cash to do so and you need a way to put all of this money that you've printed into circulation without your citizens realizing it. 

One simple way is to shut down banks all across the country, not real large banks (in most cases) though, so there are no prominent national news stories about this.  Then you can pay out the FDIC Insurance claims with QE2 Dollars and no one is the wiser as you pump up the money supply, which of course will result in inflation and higher prices, while the economy stagnates at the same time.

From the article cited at the top of this post:

WASHINGTON (AP) - Regulators have shut down a small bank in Illinois and one in Washington, lifting to 63 the number of U.S. bank failures this year.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. seized Bank of Shorewood, in Shorewood, Ill., with $110.7 million in assets and $104 million in deposits. Bank of Whitman, in Colfax, Wash., with $548.6 million in assets and $515.7 million in deposits, also was shuttered. 

Heartland Bank and Trust Co. agreed to assume Bank of Shorewood's deposits and essentially all its assets. 

Columbia State Bank in Tacoma, Wash., agreed to assume Bank of Whitman's deposits and $314.4 million of its assets. 

The failure of the two banks is expected to cost the deposit insurance fund $160.4 million. 

Whenever a bank has more assets than deposits, the Feds can come in and order it closed.  Then, the FDIC has to pay the depositors for their deposits and another bank assumes the deposits and assets from the closed bank.  The depositors of the closed bank don't have accounts in the bank that assumes the deposits, they get their money back instead courtesy of the US Treasury's Deposit Insurance programs and the Quantitative Easing fund, which sort of "eases" an increase in the supply of money as a whole. Meanwhile another bank gets the funds, and assumes the assets, of the closed bank.  

After 150+ bank closures in 2010 and 60+ closures so far in 2011, one can see that a lot of money has been "eased" into circulation.

In years past, these banks which were forced to close would have found a way to stay in business and eventually strengthen their balance sheets.  Most of these are smaller regional banks who are managed by local decision makers and they are also integrated into the local business community.  Their investment decisions are more personalized, and they are only off balance now because of government programs like the Community Reinvestment Act which forced them to make poor risk loans that they would never have made in the past. The current US government doesn't want them to recover though, because they prefer everything, including banks, to be more centralized. 

There are 7574 banks currently in the USA and 407 of them could be in danger of closure by the government.  All of the closed banks would have their depositors reimbursed by the federal government bank insurance programs (which would allow QE2 funds to be disbursed into the money supply with resulting inflationary pressure), and then other banks would assume their deposits and assets.  

The bottom line on all of this?  Lots more cash in circulation and upward pressure on prices for everything.


Welcome to Centralized Banking, Obama-Style.

S&P Downgrade of US Credit Rating Will Cost Lots and Lots

S&P downgrades US credit rating from AAA 

cartoon by Michael Ramirez

The credit rating of the USA has been downgraded and it will cost billions of dollars immediately, because the lower the credit rating the higher the interest rate for every dollar that is borrowed. 

There are more consequences though.

The US dollar will soon, very soon, no longer be the International Reserve Currency.  This, of course, is something that the Chinese have wanted for a while now.  You remember them don't you? They are the ones who basically own the USA's debt.  They are tired of being concerned about how much their T-Bills will lose in value as the Treasury's printing presses run on overdrive.  They want something more stable than the US Dollar as the Reserve Currency, and who can blame them for that?

Throughout history there have been countries who have been preeminent throughout the world for a time.  When the US rose to prominence it had a foundation that was solid, and financial principles that reflected that, debt or no debt.  Now, we have a "Living Constitution" that reflects our lack of foundation while the sinking sand of overt Socialism in the US is getting softer every day, and our approach to finances reflects this.  There is no long-term consideration of the effects of spending all the money that we can print and borrowing more.  

The foundations are crumbling, and when enough of the foundation of anything is gone, it will collapse.

I'm afraid that this is going to cost us lots and lots of money...and more than that as well.  

I hope that I am wrong...I REALLY hope that I am wrong.

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) Asks Media To Censor Out Tea Party Ideas

Breitbart.tv » Sen. Kerry Begs Media to Stop Giving ‘Equal Time or Equal Balance’ to ‘Absurd’ Tea Party Ideas The Left shows once again that they cannot compete in the marketplace of ideas so they instead resort to ad hominem attacks and censorship in an attempt to squash free speech and critical thinking.

If The US Government Wants To Create Jobs They Need To Get Out Of The Way

cartoon by Michael Ramirez


The only kind of jobs that the US government can create are government jobs, which are paid with taxpayer dollars.  

Where do taxpayer dollars get generated in a healthy economy?  In the Free Enterprise sector, that is, by small business for the most part, and by whatever large industry is left in the US.

The larger the government grows, the more taxpayer money it takes to run it.  In addition, the larger the government grows, the more rules and regulations and legal restrictions it places on businesses in the US, both large and small.  Why?  More than any other reason, simply to justify the existence of a large government monstrosity.  

What happens to Free Enterprise when the government becomes such a monstrosity?  It gets swallowed by the government machine and stops being a source of tax money.  

Does Big Government dry up and die without more sources of tax money?  Well, it should, but what it actually does is print more money and buy its own bonds so it can finance itself, sort of, while this process also devalues the very money that it is printing because there is more money in circulation which allows inflation to occur.  

What does this mean to the average US citizen?  To put it simply, one can of peas may seem like a big meal someday...

What Is A Promise From A Muslim Worth To A Jew?

the Dry Bones Blog - LAND FOR WORDS

If Israel goes back to the pre-1967 borders, parts of the country will be 9 (nine!) miles wide, and the entire country would be in the range of not only rocket attack but also artillery attack from across the border.  Would you be happy about that?  I know I wouldn't if I lived in Israel as a Jew. 

Yaakov Kirschen writes on Dry Bones:

"Apparently our Prime Minister would surrender land in exchange for a statement? Not even a promise? Just a statement? "Land for Words"?

When we surrendered Sinai we weren't that naive. We insisted on signed agreements! Of course the signer of those agreements is now on a stretcher in a court in Cairo, facing a possible death sentence, and the signed agreements have gone up in smoke, like the gas pipelines in Sinai."

So apparently Israel's experience with signed agreements with their Arab and Muslim neighbors is that those agreements are not honored by their Arab and Muslim neighbors.  

I'm not shocked by this...are you?  

Why, if written agreements are not honored, would one make verbal agreements and expect them to be honored?

Multimillionaire Jesse Jackson Says "Big Government Is Us By Another Name"

Breitbart.tv » Jesse Jackson: ‘Big Government Is Us By Another Name’



 Yes, Jesse Jackson is a millionaire many times over.  In this video he has his audience repeating phrases after him.  At about the 3:20 mark he gets them to repeat "big government is us by another name".  


Hey Jesse..how about spreading the wealth one time?

China Can See That The USA is Bankrupt

Niccolo Machiavelli on Big Peace -China: Obama Has Failed To Defuse ‘Debt Bomb’; Chinese Govt Downgrades US Debt

Since the "Debt Ceiling Crisis" has made everyone forget about Obamacare and The Stimulus and QE2, let's get back to a Reality Check.  China, which is the largest holder of US Treasury debt, is not happy that we continue to print tons of Dollars thereby devaluing their holdings.  At this point, they don't care that we are a huge customer for their consumer goods. They refuse to attach a falsely high value on US Dollars.  

From the article:

...a failure to rein in US borrowing could “jeopardise the well-being of hundreds of millions of families within and beyond the US borders”, the official Xinhua news agency said in a blistering commentary on the deal.

“The months-long tug of war between Democrats and Republicans…failed to defuse Washington’s debt bomb for good, only delaying an immediate detonation by making the fuse an inch longer,” the commentary said.

“Meanwhile, the madcap farce of brinkmanship has disclosed yet another ticking bomb in the heartland of the sole superpower in the world — the crippling tendency to politicise the economics while trivialising the politics.”

China, sitting on the world’s biggest foreign exchange reserves of around $3.20 trillion as of the end of June, is the largest holder of US Treasuries.

Xinhua’s comments came as China’s central bank said it would continue to diversify its foreign currency investments, signalling growing concerns in Beijing over the US debt crisis and economic downturn.

“China’s foreign exchange reserves will continue following the principle of diversified investment, enhancing risk management,” People’s Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan said in a statement.

“Large fluctuations and uncertainty in the US treasury bond market will affect the stability of international monetary and financial systems, which will hurt global economic recovery.”

In other words, the Chinese can see that the US is circling the drain financially and they are no longer going to be tied to our cloudy economic future by making a long-term commitment to prop us up by buying T-Bills. 

What will our government do in response? More "Quantitative Easing"? 

Sounds like bankruptcy to me, too.

 

‪Dangerous Men‬‏

‪Dangerous Men‬‏ - Wild Bill for America on YouTube



The battle lines have been drawn.  

"You're Gonna Pay"

Wilson Getchell “You’re Gonna Pay”



This sums it up nicely.  Even if you are part of the fairly large subset of Americans who pay no direct taxes, you're still gonna pay.  

Left Forces Choice Between Economic and National Security

Morning Bell: Liberals Force Choice Between Economic and National Security

Take away the adequate funding of defense while waging war and you end up with lots more than just a downgrade in the credit rating of the United States and the change in World Reserve currency to something other than the US dollar.  

Those on The Left who have no regard for the United States want an excuse to weaken our country's military while also weakening the country from within in every way possible including but not limited to financial, moral, and social.

In addition to the $1 trillion, the framework sets up a “special” congressional committee that would seek $1.4 trillion in “deficit reduction” by the end of 2011. Of course, for liberals, “deficit reduction” is synonymous with “higher taxes.”

If the commission’s recommendations are not enacted, across-the-board spending cuts would be triggered, half of which (nearly $500 billion) would come from national security spending, and apparently none of which would come from the ever-growing, budget-busting entitlement programs. This provides Democrats on the committee a powerful bargaining position. Agree to their tax hikes or gut defense. It is a dangerous choice conservative lawmakers should not have to make. The defense cuts would compromise our nation’s security and the tax hikes would compromise our nation’s economy.

Sadly, some liberals view our nation’s national security as a bargaining chip and fail to recognize that (1) defense spending is not the cause of the problem, and (2) these cuts put our troops and our national security at risk. Without adequate security, our nation will begin an avoidable decline and lose superpower status.

The winds of Fundamental Transformation are blowing strong in Washington DC.  

Does anyone even remember "Repeal ObamaCare" anymore?