A simple letter from John Adams to his wife Abigail.
Its been 233 years since this country began. We forget the struggle it was to create and to keep this country going. Here is a letter from John Adams to his wife. My favorite part is in bold below.
Philadelphia July 3d. 1776
Had a Declaration of Independency been made seven Months ago, it would have been attended with many great and glorious Effects . . . . We might before this Hour, have formed Alliances with foreign States. — We should have mastered Quebec and been in Possession of Canada …. You will perhaps wonder, how such a Declaration would have influenced our Affairs, in Canada, but if I could write with Freedom I could easily convince you, that it would, and explain to you the manner how. — Many Gentlemen in high Stations and of great Influence have been duped, by the ministerial Bubble of Commissioners to treat …. And in real, sincere Expectation of this effort Event, which they so fondly wished, they have been slow and languid, in promoting Measures for the Reduction of that Province. Others there are in the Colonies who really wished that our Enterprise in Canada would be defeated, that the Colonies might be brought into Danger and Distress between two Fires, and be thus induced to submit. Others really wished to defeat the Expedition to Canada, lest the Conquest of it, should elevate the Minds of the People too much to hearken to those Terms of Reconciliation which they believed would be offered Us. These jarring Views, Wishes and Designs, occasioned an opposition to many salutary Measures, which were proposed for the Support of that Expedition, and caused Obstructions, Embarrassments and studied Delays, which have finally, lost Us the Province.
All these Causes however in Conjunction would not have disappointed Us, if it had not been for a Misfortune, which could not be foreseen, and perhaps could not have been prevented, I mean the Prevalence of the small Pox among our Troops …. This fatal Pestilence compleated our Destruction. — It is a Frown of Providence upon Us, which We ought to lay to heart.
But on the other Hand, the Delay of this Declaration to this Time, has many great Advantages attending it. — The Hopes of Reconciliation, which were fondly entertained by Multitudes of honest and well meaning tho weak and mistaken People, have been gradually and at last totally extinguished. — Time has been given for the whole People, maturely to consider the great Question of Independence and to ripen their judgments, dissipate their Fears, and allure their Hopes, by discussing it in News Papers and Pamphletts, by debating it, in Assemblies, Conventions, Committees of Safety and Inspection, in Town and County Meetings, as well as in private Conversations, so that the whole People in every Colony of the 13, have now adopted it, as their own Act. — This will cement the Union, and avoid those Heats and perhaps Convulsions which might have been occasioned, by such a Declaration Six Months ago.
But the Day is past. The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America.
I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.
You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. — I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. — Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not.
John Adams
Source: Massachusetts Historical Society
When Did We Lose the First Amendment?
The First Amendment to our Constitution seems to have disappeared. It appears we lost it on June 27, 2009.
In an LA Times interview with California State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass is asked the question, “How do you think conservative talk radio has affected the Legislature’s work?”
The Speaker answers with this gem…
The Republicans were essentially threatened and terrorized against voting for revenue. Now [some] are facing recalls. They operate under a terrorist threat: “You vote for revenue and your career is over.” I don’t know why we allow that kind of terrorism to exist. I guess it’s about free speech, but it’s extremely unfair.
Its unfair… Its terrorism. Oh yes we don’t want competition for these jobs of running the state of California and we certainly don’t want any Constitutional Ballyhoo.
Ok for all you Constitutional slackers let’s look at the 1st Amendment.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
It appears that Bass doesn’t believe in the right of the people to petition the Government for a redress of grievances; a right guaranteed by one of the most powerful documents ever created.
There’s a lot of stupidity and tyranny locked into those few words. The First Amendment guarantees the right to petition the government for redress of grievances, even apart from the “free speech” issues Bass casually discards. Elected politicians are accountable to the people who elect them in a free society. Politicians do not acquire lordly status when they go to the Assembly, or anywhere else. The Hot Air Blog
How the hell is it that our “leaders” don’t understand the foundation of the Government they work for? I guess it’s because America aka the voters are so caught up in non-important matters as to ignore the particularly important ones.
Let’s just look at the last week. TV News Devotes 28 Hours to Michael Jackson; 93% of Cable Airtime. While the media was eating up Michael Jackson’s death they failed. The media missed Iran having a major upheaval over a tainted election. Congress is working on the largest tax of all time, a tax that will kill our economy. Obama is attempting to spend Trillions of dollars on social programs like government healthcare insurance. Many important issues are being swept aside by the mainstream media and in turn our 2 second attention spans and a society that is showing signs of missing a moral compass are not monitoring what is important to this country.
No one is watching our political leaders. Our political leaders are as confused as anyone as to right and wrong. Our leaders choose to cheat, lie and do whatever with impunity. We see failure to pay taxes, failure to promises and committments including family bonds. We as a society have lost our ability to choose right from wrong. We have become confused as to what is what. Our societies moral compass is broken. Unfortunately if we don’t change, we will find bondage as the country as we are crushed under a massive debt created by a failure to choose good from evil.
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection ACT (NREPA)
Fish Lake national Forest
I love the outdoors. I love living in Utah where we have millions of acres that can be used for recreation. I spent 4 days last week in one of our National Forests enjoying the wilds with my family that includes a pregnant wife, a young child (age 3) and a foster son with disabilities. I mention this because if this land was designated wilderness we would not have been able to enjoy it.
Last night I read about a new bill making its way through Congress that looks to limit 24 million acres of land in many of my bordering states. These are areas I have access to use but they are under attack. I write this post to stick up for their rights.
I hate it when some idiot from New York who has never been to my state, and is not elected by me, but has the balls to tell me and my state how we will be forced to handle public lands in my area. This is exactly what is happening to neighboring states with House Bill H. R. 980 also known as the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection ACT (NREPA). Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) is trying to designate 24 million acres of National Forest land in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming as Wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Why is this bad? The name of the bill sounds sappy nice. Who doesn’t want to preserve the wilds? The problem is Maloney wants to make the land completely unusable. Turning it into NWPS land makes the land completely useless. The land is already protected because it is National Forest. It is managed by the US Forest Service whose mission is “to provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people in the long run.”
It’s about use people. National Forest land is useable to all people. It can be used by hikers, campers, atvs, jeeps, mountain bikers and many other kinds of outdoor recreation. Different businesses can be permitted to use Forest Service Land. It is not an open free for all of raping the forest. Businesses must get permits and permission to use the land. Everything requires an environmental study to see the impact.
There is an economic cost to closing land. Utah schools are heavily funded by logging and mining on Federal lands. When the ability to mine or log is limited the ability to fund Utah government disappears. It leaves a large economic gap. It also limits recreation and tourism dollars by strongly restricting outdoor activity thus lowering sales tax and related business associated with recreation.
What good is a wilderness if there are no jobs to fund trips into the vast expanse of our world? Extreme limiting of our natural resources is a recipe for disaster. Just take a look at how poor countries with no natural resources are. It is impossible to be an economic powerhouse without natural resources. Just look at North Korea. I am not endorsing a systematic rape of all timber and minerals of America but we do need to use them and use them prudently. Wilderness designation locks them away forever.
Closing this land by making it “wilderness” limits what can be done with the land. It limits economic uses as well as use by the public. It limits access. It limits land managers ability to manage the land to the best of their ability.
On federal lands in the United States, Congress may designate an area as wilderness under the provisions of the Wilderness Act of 1964. Wilderness areas are subject to specific management restrictions. Human activities are restricted to non-motorized recreation (such as backpacking, hunting, fishing, horseback riding, etc.), scientific research, and other non-invasive activities. In general, the law prohibits logging, mining, roads, mechanized vehicles (including bicycles), and other forms of development. -National Wilderness Preservation System.
Zach has disabilities that make hiking extremely difficult
Wilderness designation removes all mechanical travel including biking. The system limits access to the handicap, the elderly and others with mobility problems. It limits the use of chainsaws to clear existing trails; it limits the use of helicopters in the maintenance of land, people rescues and other necessary jobs including the logging of damaged, diseased and dying forests.
Wilderness designation also limits logging which despite what a lot of environmentalists think is often beneficial to the forest. Look at the damage of the bark beetle. Even famous enviromental activist Robert Redford has allowed logging on his Sundance Resort. Redford understood that the health of the forest sometimes neccesitates man’s help when fires and other natural forest elements are limited by man. The forest in its natural state fixes its self but with the absensce of fire the forest needs the help of man. Logging can and must be done responsibly. We are a long way away from the irresponsibility of strip logging.
The problem with designating additional Wilderness Areas is that any type of active management, such as timber thinning or prescribed burning, is restricted on those parts of the forest. However, trained wildlife biologists know that active management is the key to forest diversity.
Many people believe that wilderness protects the forest and its wildlife species from man. Science simply does not corroborate that belief, in fact the studies above and many more prove that active forest management, including prescribed fire, reduces the build-up of fuel levels within the forest and protects against catastrophic wildfires and protects biodiversity. Further, wilderness designations severely limit what can be done to mediate the damages after a catastrophic event such as a wildfire or storm.
National Wild Turkey Federation Senior Wildlife Biologist Dowd Bruton of Traphill, N.C Testimony before members of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
There are too many people that think that wilderness designation is the best way to protect the forest from man. It is not. All it does is limit the management’s ability to manage federal lands and fails to make a better healthier wilderness.
Because of this I am asking everyone to send a message. I have included my letter below.
The Honorable Nick J. Rahall II
Chairman Committee On Natural Resources
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Washington DC -20515-0001
Dear Chairman Nick J Rahall II (D-WV),
As a concerned and responsible motorized outdoor recreationist, I am writing to ask that you oppose H.R. 980, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA), introduced by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY). The bill will designate 24 million acres in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming as Wilderness and components of the national Wilderness Preservation System.
H.R 980 would close all the trails to responsible motorized access in these areas. Our public lands are for the enjoyment of all Americans and not just an elite few. Enthusiasts include families with small children who recreate together, active senior citizens and the handicapped who enjoy the freedom to access the outdoors that off-highway vehicles provide. We cannot afford to close any more trails to responsible motorized recreation without providing an alternative riding opportunities. Therefore I am asking you to please oppose H.R. 980.
Sincerely
Eran Bair
A List of a Few of the Many Blogs I Read
I love the internet for reading. I really don’t like sitting down and reading a book as I would rather read on the internet. I think its because I think the information in books maybe stale due to its process writing, rewriting, editing and publishing. The real time of the internet allows to follow things in a more timely manor.
Blogs are a great way to get information that I am currently interested in. I have included a few blogs that I read and they are in no particular order. Enjoy!
Daily Blog Tips @ www.dailyblogtips.com/
I like this blog because the author posts often. The posts generally give me good ideas as far as creating and gathering readers for my blog. The blog gives tips and tricks to improve any blog website. The other includes a lot of promotion ideas as well as tips and tricks for blogging software. One of my favorite posts is 43 Web Design Mistakes You Should Avoid. If only all webmasters read and followed these tips.
Clearly Departed @ www.clearlydeparted.com/
I once worked for Josh, the author of this blog. I have found much of the information he shares on the internet to be well written. I have followed his donloper.com (web designer/SEO blog) for years and I find clearly departed an interesting political blog. Maybe it’s because we have similar backgrounds but I often find myself agreeing with his point of view. We are both “native Californian’s living in exile.” Josh beat me to the punch with this blog post Why I am Leaving the Republican Party. I was thinking of writing this exact post. I love it.
Harvey Mackay’s Weekly Column @ www.harveymackay.com
Harvey Mackay is the CEO of an envelope company. His experience has allowed him to become a Business Advice Columnist and Blogger. Harvey shares incredible insights to common problems of businesses both large and small. I love to read his column and wished he published every day. I would read them all. One of my favorites is The Second Ten Commandments.
How to Make My Blog @ www.howtomakemyblog.com
This blog gives you real steps to increase the value of your blog. It often is information that is for established webmasters to tweak their sites for a little more oomph. I like the post 24 plugins that I currently use on my blog and why you should use them too. I have found some unique content on this site. One of these days I will use all this information to create my dream blog. I have the idea but just haven’t pursued it.
Newspaper Girl @ www.newspapergrl.com
I am going to come clean on this one… I am a recent convert. Back in the day I was reading a popular local entrepreneur blog who would sometimes pimp this blogger. I tried to read her and found her well…snooty. I now find her writing more palatable. She has some very good insights into online marketing. I am glad that I have rediscovered her blog and have changed my opinion. She is a local Utah blogger. I liked this post: Social Media – Simple Steps to Get Started
Mashable @ www.mashable.com
The site claims to be “the social media guide”. I would agree if its social media related they know about it and have written about it. The blog updates quite often. I have seen 30 updates in 24 hours. It almost updates too often. It is a good site to keep up to date on trends. The site offers how to as well as news. It is one of the best social media sites on the internet. There are too many posts to pick a favorite. If you are running a web company, marketing company or SEO I suggest following this site.
Michelle Malkin @ www.michellemalkin.com
I love people who expose the truth in politics. She says what a lot of people would like to say but don’t. Yes she is conservative but so am I. She slams idiots when they do dumb things. You have to love that. Right? She has a lot of great posts. This one is one of my favorites at the moment. The 8 cap-and-tax Republicans…and the 44 Democrats who voted no I hope to find more time to blog about the retardation of the Cap and Fraud that is about to demolish any economic recovery. In the mean time follow Michelle and she will keep you up to date with government silliness.
I hope that with this post you find at least one new blog to read.
Ronald Reagan Understood the Peril of Socialized Medicine.
Last week I wrote that I thought our country was in dire straits and that we are going down a road of unsustainability. I mentioned Obamacare our new nationalized non-choice healthcare system that is being proposed and marketed across the nation like a pair Jehovah’s Witness’s spreading a message of hell at the airport. I am extremely worried about the price at $1.6 Trillion (which is governmentese for $4 trillion).
Today I read a blog that mentioned a speech from a former President. I find it interesting that Ronald Reagan in 1961 gave a speech about socialized medicine and how to defeat it. I think it is as relevant today as ever. Ronald Reagan is 50 years later spot on.
As if we’re not already overextended enough financially, the issue of National Health Care is now on the table once more vote. Here’s some perspective you might find interesting.
Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American people would never vote for socialism. But he said under the name of liberalism the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program.
One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It’s very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project. Most people are a little reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people who possibly can’t afford it.
Now, the American people, if you put it to them about socialized medicine and gave them a chance to choose, would unhesitatingly vote against it. We had an example of this. Under the Truman administration it was proposed that we have a compulsory health insurance program for all people in the United States, and, of course, the American people unhesitatingly rejected this.
Let’s take a look at social security itself. Again, very few of us disagree with the original premise that there should be some form of savings that would keep destitution from following unemployment by reason of death, disability or old age. And to this end, social security was adopted, but it was never intended to supplant private savings, private insurance, pension programs of unions and industries.
Now in our country under our free enterprise system we have seen medicine reach the greatest heights that it has in any country in the world. Today, the relationship between patient and doctor in this country is something to be envied any place. The privacy, the care that is given to a person, the right to chose a doctor, the right to go from one doctor to the other.
But let’s also look from the other side, at the freedom the doctor loses. A doctor would be reluctant to say this. Well, like you, I am only a patient, so I can say it in his behalf. The doctor begins to lose freedoms; it’s like telling a lie, and one leads to another. First you decide that the doctor can have so many patients. They are equally divided among the various doctors by the government. But then the doctors aren’t equally divided geographically, so a doctor decides he wants to practice in one town and the government has to say to him you can’t live in that town, they already have enough doctors. You have to go someplace else. And from here it is only a short step to dictating where he will go.
This is a freedom that I wonder whether any of us have the right to take from any human being. All of us can see what happens once you establish the precedent that the government can determine a man’s working place and his working methods, determine his employment. From here it is a short step to all the rest of socialism, to determining his pay and pretty soon your children won’t decide when they’re in school where they will go or what they will do for a living. They will wait for the government to tell them where they will go to work and what they will do
What can we do about this? Well, you and I can do a great deal. We can write to our congressmen and our senators. We can say right now that we want no further encroachment on these individual liberties and freedoms. And at the moment, the key issue is, we do not want socialized medicine.
Former Representative Halleck of Indiana has said, “When the American people want something from Congress, regardless of its political complexion, if they make their wants known, Congress does what the people want.”
So write, and if your representative writes back to you and tells you that he or she too is for free enterprise, that we have these great services and so forth, that must be performed by government, don’t let them get away with it. Show that you have not been convinced. Write a letter right back and tell them that you believe in government economy and fiscal responsibility; that you know governments don’t tax to get the money the need; governments will always find a need for the money they get and that you demand the continuation of our free enterprise system. You and I can do this. The only way we can do it is by writing to our congressmen even we believe that he is on our side to begin with. Write to strengthen his hand. Give him the ability to stand before his colleagues in Congress and say “I have heard from my constituents and this is what they want.”
Write those letters now; call your friends and them to write them. If you don’t, this program I promise you will pass just as surely as the sun will come up tomorrow and behind it will come other federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have known it in this country. Until, one day, as Normal Thomas said we will awake to find that we have socialism. And if you don’t do this and if I don’t do it, one of these days we are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children, what it once was like in America when men were free.
Ronald Reagan was a truly great American. America misses this great man. I hope another Reagan comes along and soon. America needs a hero in this darkest hour. I don’t think Obama is the man.
The Governator’s Flight Gets Terminated.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had his flight end sooner than expected when the cockpit filled with smoke and landed at Van Nuys Airport. Schwarzenegger took a photo and twitpic‘ed it and tweeted.
And his tweet….
A little adventure just now when my plane made an emergency landing. All’s ok, though.
And do you wonder if his first thought was damn budget cuts in CA. It is interesting to see Twitter making waves in the world.
US Senator Barbara Boxer rips Brigadier General for calling her Ma’am.
Every time I turn around I see revolting behavior from our elected leaders. The latest piece of trash is Senator Barbara Boxer’s despicable actions towards a General in a hearing on Katrina.
Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was testifying on the Louisiana coastal restoration process in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He began to answer one of Boxer’s questions with “ma’am” when Boxer immediately cut him off.
“You know, do me a favor,” an irritated Boxer said. “Could say ’senator’ instead of ‘ma’am?’”
“Yes, ma’am,” Walsh interjected.
“It’s just a thing, I worked so hard to get that title, so I’d appreciate it, yes, thank you,” she said.
“Yes, senator,” he responded.
Boxer failed to understand the basic military protocol in addressing a ranking position.
Seems like BARBIE’S got a real PROM-QUEEN complex.
She didn’t “EARN” anything. She “WON” a popularity contest. That’s hardly the equivalent of facing an armed enemy in toe-to-toe combat in a fight to the death, and being recognized by your peers for your valor. That’s how General Walsh EARNED his title.
BARBIE … YOU’RE A FLAKY DITZ! GO AWAY!
StimulateTHIS from a comment on The Hot Air Blog
I thought this was a good way to sum up the scene.
“We would call them ’sir’ or ‘ma’am’ or ’senator such-and-such’,” Army spokesman Lt. Col. Nathan Banks said. Banks said any of those terms would be “appropriate” when addressing a senator.
According to one guide, the Navy and Coast Guard typically use “mister” or “miss” to address officers below the rank of commander, and “sir” or “ma’am,” or a specific title, to address anyone at that rank or higher.
“You can never go wrong by using ‘Sir’ or ‘Ma’am,’ but it is a nice touch if you can properly address a senior officer,” says the guide, Military Protocol: Uniformed Services. Fox News
In a piece of irony… it appears that Faith in the Military is the only area gaining ground.
Bottomline is Barbara Boxer is an unhappy woman. There is no length she will not go to in order to make others miserable. She makes Nancy Pelosi seem like an amatuer biotch.
So what type of nut job is Boxer… Making a Mockery gives her an extreme nut.
Project Vote Smart gives a similar results from congressional scorecards.
American Civil Liberties Union – 83% for 2005–2006 -A Group I would never align with…
American Land Rights Association – 11% for 2006 -That’s right kids she doesn’t want you to have rights as a land owner or to enjoy public lands other than naked and barefoot.
Americans for Tax Reform – 5% for 2006 -Typical liberal wanting everyone to pay more tax.
AFL-CIO – 100% in 2006 -A lovely bunch of people NOT.
Conservative Index-John Birch Society – 20% for Fall 2004 -This one confuses me John Birchers have any like for this woman. WOW.
Family Research Council – 0% for 2006 -That is right she doesn’t like families either.
FreedomWorks – 17% for 2006 -This is due to her socialistic views.
Gun Owners of America – 0% for 2006 -No she doesn’t support The Constitution either but supports gun bans in spite of their total ineffectiveness.
NARAL Pro-Choice America – 100% for 2006 -Can we call her a baby killer?
National Association of Wheat Growers – 0% for 2005 -Farmers hate her too… for all the limits and rules she has imposed upon farmers all of which have raised costs.
National Federation of Independent Business – 0% for 2005–2006 -No good conscience socialist wants independent business.
National Journal – Composite liberal score of 95% for 2006 -Only 95% liberal… I thought it would have been 100.
National Rifle Association – F for 2006 -Shocker anti-gun, anti-2nd amendment, anti-Constitution.
National Right to Life Committee – 0% for 2005–2006 -Baby killing is only appropriate by doctors not warriors.
National Taxpayers Union – 11% for 2006 -That’s right she wants anyone who works to pay for everyone else.
Republican Liberty Caucus – 10% for 2005 -Does this make her only 90% liberal.
Secular Coalition for America – 90% on 2006 scorecards -Don’t want religion either it clashes with killing babies.
United States Chamber of Commerce – 25% for 2006 -She is anti business.
I thought this summed it up nicely.
CNN blasted by New Social Media
Over the last 10 years the media as we know it, print and TV have been dying a slow painful death. I remember the rise of 24 hour news with the rise of CNN. I remember watching the first gulf war live on CNN. Lately the print and even TV news has begun to fail.
Why is print and TV failing? It may seem simple…the internet. The internet has splintered the audience. TV and print are now vying for same pool of money but now the internet news properties are also drinking from the same pool.
However I don’t think it’s just the internet. Sure the internet has made the profits lower for TV and print but I think that TV and print have lost their reporting edge. It has certainly trimmed the fat from the large organizations and killed the smaller firms. But that isn’t the only reason.
The main reason the mainstream media is failing is that they have lost their ability to report important news with authority. The mainstream media have lost their authority and integrity. No longer are the major news organizations seen as a neutral authority. They are now seen as being biased. They have lost their neutral perspectives and now favor things that in the past they wouldn’t have favored. Like ABC pimping the Presidents new and improved social medicine.
It’s not just ABC that is biased. MSNBC has Keith “I hate all things Republican” Olberman who does nothing but slam Republicans as well as Fox News who apparently are completely biased to the conservative side of the spectrum. I think most people want the facts given to them in a neutral manner so they can decide for themselves.
Because of bias and agenda’s people have sought alternative sources for their news. The mainstream media also seem to be more obsessed with pop culture nonsense instead of news. I mean how much Britney Spears crap can a network run? Who cares if she didn’t wear panties to some party at PDiddys. The public has found millions of other sources available in real time on the web. One source that has popped up recently is the social networking tool Twitter.
Since last Friday Twitterers has crucified CNN for their Iranian election coverage. Just do a twitter search with the hash tag #CNN Fail. The tweets blasting CNN has been huge. It has been so huge that CNN has had to address it and produce content refuting the tweets. It has also become so important that..
The State Department this week asked Twitter to postpone a scheduled maintenance shutdown of its service to keep information flowing from inside Iran amid the growing crisis over its disputed election. Associated Press.
I think this is a positive step for media and for the media consumer. More options mean more coverage and no longer can the mainstream media stay biased and stay in business. News followers want facts not opinions masquerading as facts.
Is it Barack Obama or Jimmy Carter?
Our Country is in Dire Straits. Our leaders have gone on a spending binge that has us on a course to a financial meltdown. We have lost control of everything. It seems its 1979 all over again.
These are some of the headlines from today.
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that worrying about the U.S. government’s finances “keeps me awake at night” and the country needed to start planning now to tackle soaring deficits. Washington Post
Obviously Obama doesn’t give a rats ass. Barack Obama is now pushing his latest spending frenzy with a $1.6 trillion dollar socialized medicine plane. I understand that healthcare costs are out of control but socialized medicine is not the answer. Just ask anyone who has endured it.
Senate sources say the latest cost estimates for health care legislation are around $1.6 trillion over 10 years. Yahoo News
Another source states the real number is closer to 4 trillion dollars.
It isn’t enough that Barack Hussein Obama is pimping his plan at every dog and pony show but he has now commandeered the All Barack Channel (ABC) to run his govermercial care bull. In addition to running his govermercial care the President is failing to provide equal time to the other side of socialism. How convenient? Where the hell is Michael Moore and his in convenient hijacking of public TV channels? The FCC wouldn’t allow this shenanigans during an election. The RNC has filed a complaint to ABC News but was mocked.
Thanks for the logo Michelle Malkin
On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care — a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm! Drudge Report
Thats odd no rebuttle by the “other” party. Didn’t Bush at least do that?
Obama to propose strict new regulation of financial industry. The plan would give the government new powers to seize key companies whose failure jeopardizes the financial system, as well as creation of a watchdog agency to look out for consumers’ interests. LA TImes
Can anyone name a company that any government entity has run better than the private sector? Oh yeah none. Obama has created more “government” owned companies than any other President other than maybe Hugo Chavez. Look for more taking of power from private hands and giving it to the government.
And why is government so inefficient in business? It is because there is no incentive to do otherwise. No government employee makes more money for saving time or money like in the private sector. There is also the ego and power boost of kingdom building in government. You gather employees and money to create more power for your government department.
Anyone with half a brain can figure out that the auto bail out was a scam by the Obama administration to seal in the UAW vote in the next election. We didn’t need to bail out the auto industry. It would have been just fine under bankruptcy. The only difference is that with this bail out the unions survive another day. A huge mistake sooner or later those huge labor costs are going to have to pay up.
The Federal Reserve, already arguably the most powerful agency in the U.S. government, will get sweeping new authority to regulate any company whose failure could endanger the U.S. economy and markets under the Obama administration’s regulatory overhaul plan. Washington Times
Oh yes we need more power in the Federal Reserve to balance financial power. NOT! We need it spread out so that one group doesn’t become too powerful and upset the balance. Can’t anyone see the problem with our economy. We had a financial sector get to far out of whack and it killed its investment vehicle real estate. Everything else in our economy is just fall out from a stark market “correction”.
Obama Says U.S. Jobless Rate to Reach 10% This Year and China, the largest U.S. creditor, with $767.9 billion of debt, has shifted purchases of Treasuries into shorter-maturity securities amid concern about unprecedented debt sales. Bloomberg News
Um that’s awkward with our key investor changes investment strategies.
We had to pay out $700 billion in porkulus I mean stimulus because we would lose too many jobs without it. Um didn’t the President say that unemployment would not rise above 8%. We are currently at 9.5%.
So what lies ahead in our future…
Let’s look to the ultimate American socialist state Kalifornia.
California Democrats Seek Tax Boost as Battle Looms Bloomberg News
It appears with the economy in the crapper, no jobs, no revenue no money so the answer must be raise taxes especially on energy a key component to job creation. Hello friends we are about to see a tax increase that is unmatched in the 233 Year history of America. I suspect we will see more tea parties very soon.
Sugarhouse Trolley Coming Soon.
Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker is trying to shove down our throats more “green” or at least the thought of it being environmentally friendly. I am beginning to think of Becker as the Salt Lake City Socialist. Becker is all spend spend spend despite having to ask for cuts in both pay and benefits to his employees.
Becker’s latest boondoogle is a trolley line in Sugarhouse. Dictator Becker wants to spend $50,000,000 for a slow moving trolley line that runs a grand total of 2 miles or $48 a foot. UTA expects the streetcar system dreams it might get at least 2,300 riders a day. At that pace it would take 15 years at $4 a ride to pay the $50,000,000 off.
According to the UTA’s own study, capital investment for expanded bus service on 2100 South would cost only $10 million. The streetcar would cost $37 50 million. Buses are more expensive to operate, but you could run expanded bus service for 26 years on the difference in capital cost between buses and the streetcar.
Nothing like wasting another $50 large among friends and contributors.
But don’t panic just yet because Mayor Becker is begging the Federal Government to invest wildly on this. Becker is asking for 50% investment from all Americans in this trolley sham. I smell bacon in the pork package.
I suspect that the Democrats control of everything will be short lived just like it was the last time. Its too bad people forgot the Jimmy Carter years.
