Why The Rush To Vote On Spending Bill?

Barack Obama said it was dire and we would have a catastrophe if it was not completed. The Democrats said it had to be done. They were so hasty, looking out for you of course, that they broke their promises to post it on the web (5 days from Obama and 48 hours from Congress) for review. It had to be done right fricking now. So the bill was delivered near midnight on Thursday and voted on Friday.

Not one member of Congress read it. No one had the time to read it even if they wanted to.

The votes were cast by people who have no idea of what the complete bill contains. The Democrats said it had to be done quickly and so they broke their promises and voted. The reason it had to be done quickly is so that Nancy Pelosi could board a jet and travel to Europe. She will get a little business done while sightseeing at taxpayer expense. It also had to be done quickly to keep the public from seeing too much of what was in it.

Obama expressed his satisfaction and gratitude at the hard work done to get the bill passed. We have catastrophes to avert you know. Surely he was waiting at the White House for the bill to be delivered so that he could sign it into law. Time is of the essence as he told us so he must have been eager to get his BO tacked to the signature line.

Nope. The bill that had to be completed at warp speed will not be signed until Tuesday and the Sainted One will sign it in Denver, the site of his imperial acceptance speech.

So can anyone tell me why there was such an urgency for the bill to be voted upon on Friday? I understand that the members of Congress wanted to get their week long holiday in but we pay them to work in DC for as long as they are needed there. Why is it that they could not have scheduled the vote for Monday and taken the weekend to read the damned thing? I know Pelosi needed to catch a plane but the House had enough votes without her so she could have left. I know the true leaders would stay but no one in Congress is a true leader or they would not have been worrying more about getting home than getting this right.

Imagine how much better informed they would have been if they could have had Friday and the weekend to read 400 or so pages a day and digest all that is involved. It would have given them time to see what waste is in the bill and the opportunity to inform their constituents. It could have been posted on the web so citizens could read it as well.

But therein lies the problem. The Democrats do not want people to closely scrutinize what is in the bill. That might cause even greater uproar and discontent. It might lead to some actually having to defend the position taken when it comes time for reelection. No, can’t have the people or their elected officials actually knowing what is in there.

Most of these people are lawyers. How many of them would tell a client to sign a document without reading it? This is exactly what they did when they voted for the bill. They put their signatures to legislation that they did not read. That is irresponsible and it is definitely not leadership.

Now reasonable people can debate whether some of the items in the bill are important. The issue is, did they belong in THIS bill? The bill is supposed to be a stimulus bill so there are many items that should have been left out and introduced through the normal legislative process.

If Nancy Pelosi thinks it is important to have rodent habitats or prevention of STD programs then those items should have been introduced as part of the normal process and debated on their individual merits. The members of Congress used the economic emergency to push through things that are not stimulative in order to get what they wanted without having to follow normal procedures.

They used the crisis to get what they wanted just like Rahm Emanuel said they would.

Anyone who feels comfortable with this bill or thinks that all the items in it are necessary should not be allowed in public without a head guard and a chaperone.

The Democrats and their president abused the legislative process in order to push an agenda and they did it with little or no regard for the American taxpayer. They saddled out descendants with debt in order to get what they wanted without having to do it the right way.

Shame on them and shame on any moron who thinks this is appropriate.

Big Dog

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Obama Illegitimate Until He Proves Otherwise

There has been an issue with Barack Obama since well before the general election and that is, is he qualified to serve as president? This issue does not deal with his skill to hold the job (in that case he is definitely unqualified), no in this instance it deals with his qualification under the Constitution. Is Barack Obama a natural born citizen as required by our Constitution or has the biggest con game in America been perpetrated by the man who wants to move us to Socialism and his henchmen in the DNC?

Before we go any further let’s dispense with the fraud that his supporters will undoubtedly bring to light. No you morons, Obama did not provide a copy of his birth certificate and his BIRTH CERTIFICATE was not verified by anyone. A Certificate of Live Birth (COLB) was released. It was verified as real, big deal. A COLB is just proof that a birth is registered in Hawaii, not that the bearer was actually born there. Hawaii allowed foreign births to be registered up until the mid 1970s and it is possible that the reason Obama has not released the vault copy of his BIRTH CERTIFICATE is because he was not born in the US. For you moonbats who insist that this is a closed issue because The One has demonstrated his US birth, you are delusional and your argument lacks credibility. The COLB is not, nor will it be, a valid proof of citizenship.

At issue here is whether Barack Obama is a natural born citizen of the US. There are many indicators that he is not and thus not qualified to serve as president. Two years ago, Sarah Herlihy, who has ties to Obama, wrote this:

The natural born citizen requirement in Article II of the United States Constitution has been called the “stupidest provision” in the Constitution, “undecidedly un-American,” “blatantly discriminatory,” and the “Constitution’s worst provision.” Since Arnold Schwarzenegger’s victory in the California gubernatorial recall election of 2003, commentators and policy-makers have once again started to discuss whether Article II of the United States Constitution should be amended to render naturalized citizens eligible for the presidency. Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution defines the eligibility requirements for an individual to become president. Article II provides:

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

Although these sixty-two words are far from extraordinary, the natural born citizen provision is controversial because it prevents over 12.8 million Americans from being eligible for the presidency. Source

Does anyone on this planet think she actually had any concern for Arnold Schwarzenegger? Does anyone really think her concern was for poor Arnie or was she laying the groundwork for the future of the Lightworker? Admittedly, this piece does not mean Obama is not natural born, it is just one piece of an interesting puzzle.

Obama’s grandmother in Kenya says that she was at the bedside when he was born. She has stated this a number of times and she has not changed her story. The media pay little attention to this but she has said it more than once. The people in Kenya have stated they are having celebrations in Obama’s birthplace (and it is not in Hawaii).

Obama’s travels as a youth and young man tend to indicate that he was not an American citizen because he went to places Americans were not allowed to go. If he had an American passport he would not have been allowed to enter. If he had any other passport he is not natural born because he would have given up his American citizenship because the US did not recognize dual citizenship with these countries because they would not recognize them.

Obama has refused to release his college records. Those records could very easily demonstrate that he was registered as a citizen of another country. Of course they could show that he was registered as an American though one would think that he would release anything that helps prove his claim. Perhaps he was registered as a Muslim and he does not want people to know that because he said he was never a Muslim (and the media gave him a pass on that lie).

No hospital on Oahu claims to have had Obama or his mother as patients. I realize that calling hospitals for information is a shot in the dark and what you get might not be accurate because of confidentiality but Obama and his sister said he was born there and they named different hospitals. Both of those facilities claim that Obama and Obama-momma were not there. Once again, this is the least reliable because people are asking about events from nearly 50 years ago. Do we expect the hospitals to be able to find old paper records now? That is what birth certificates are for.

And therein lies the issue. The easiest thing that Obama could do to clear the issue up is to release his vault copy birth certificate. It would cost about $10 to get it and I am willing to bet that Hawaii would wave the fee for Obama. Instead, Obama has spent untold amounts of money to keep his birth certificate under lock and key. His records in Kenya, where one reporter alleges to have seen a Kenyan birth certificate, have been locked up tight. In Hawaii, whatever documents the state has on the Messiah are locked away as well.

I am not convinced that Obama is qualified under our Constitution to be president. I realize that there are those who will claim that this is sour grapes because he won but this is not accurate. This issue has been out there since he was still slugging it out with Hillary. It has been ignored by the media and the public. I readily admit that I did not want Obama as the president but he won. If he is qualified then good for him and bad for America. However, he has failed to demonstrate his qualification. I don’t care how many of his buddies think the Constitutional requirements are stupid, the fact is they are the law and they apply to Obama just like they do everyone else.

I realize that Democrats believe that our Constitution is one of convenience. If they want something they will jump all over the issue of the Constitution but if they do not agree with something they will say it is living and that it is subject to interpretation. The fact is, it is not a living document and it says what it does for a reason and it is our duty as citizens to ensure it is followed by the lawmakers who work for us.

This is my entire issue. I don’t care if it is Obama or Ronald Reagan, if they fail to demonstrate they are Constitutionally qualified then they should not hold the office. Unfortunately, there are many who think we have bigger fish to fry. This, to them, is not a big deal. None of the news networks are interested in covering this. Where are Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh and all the other voices of conservatism? Have they begun practicing for the imposition of the fairness doctrine? Of course, I imagine if Obama’s birth certificate is revealed and it shows him unqualified these entities will be all over the airwaves telling us how they were on top of it. Bill O’Reilly, who is silent on the issue, would tell us he caused it to happen and that he is looking out for us….

As it stands right now, the issue will be up to the courts ruling on any number of the lawsuits filed challenging Obama’s status.

I predict the Supreme Court will take a pass on the issue. The Court lacks the testicular fortitude to do the right thing no matter how hard it is. Some of them will worry about riots if they rule The One unqualified and others will worry that they looked partisan and had agendas. They will worry that they will be viewed in a bad light when in reality they will only be doing their job under the very Constitution that they have sworn to uphold.

If this issue is not important enough to pursue then we lose standing. In the future, how can we expect the courts to take us seriously when we have an issue with them in regard to the Constitution? What happens to our standing in the future when they make some rule denying free speech or taking guns away or if they require people to perform so many hours of (non punitive) community service without recompense? All these would violate the Constitution but if we allow them to dictate the terms on which items are challenged then we will certainly lose standing and in the not too distant future our founding documents will be little more than words on paper.

Those who fear riots are cowards. The people who wrote our Constitution knew they would be at war when they signed it and they did so anyway. Those who allow fear to decide their protection of our Constitution dishonor the men and women who have spilled blood protecting it and those it governs since our country was formed.

If Obama fails to actually be transparent like he swore he would when he was pandering for votes then his legitimacy will remain in question. If he cannot obey the law then why should the rest of us obey anything he and his Congress comes up with? Screw them. They have no regard for the law so why should the rest of us worry about anything they put forward. Until Obama proves he is qualified to be president, anything he signs is not legitimate.

It is amazing that in 2000 when George Bush won the lawsuit that Al Gore filed, the left went bonkers and called Bush the Illegitimate President. Now, eight years later, they have their own guy who might actually be illegitimate and they are ignoring it.

I said before that if he won he would be my president but he will not be my president until he proves that he is qualified under the rules contained in the document he will swear to uphold. Until Obama proves he meets the criteria then he is illegitimate.

Barry, spend the $10 and put this issue to rest.

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Obama Has to Win The Election First

Barack Obama’s spiritual adviser and inspiration for his book, Jeremiah Wright, has told his congregation (which included Obama) that the chickens have come home to roost. Looks like now Barack Obama is counting them before they have hatched as are his fellow Democrats.

Obama and the Congressional Democrats are working behind the scenes to craft legislation that includes billions of dollars in spending that they will try to ram through during the lame duck session of Congress and the Bush administration. They are starting Obama’s first 100 days a bit prematurely but they are waiting until after the election so as not to tick off voters who might not be too happy with all the additional spending. The Democrats say that this legislation is important and Obama says it should happen now but now to them means after they have safely avoided the wrath of voters.

It seems a bit premature to have Obama and the Democrats working on things for would be president elect Obama since he has not actually won the election. Yes, he is up by 6-8 points nationally and leads the electoral votes but these polls are small samples (and might not be weighted correctly) so they might not be an accurate portrayal of how the events will unfold. Besides, anything can happen in three weeks.

Barack Obama, or any Democrat for that matter, should be up by a substantial margin given all that has taken place. Hillary Clinton would probably be walking away with this election had she not been slighted by her party. The polls look good for Obama but there is a nagging fear among Democrats that things could change. That fear is not so overwhelming as to keep them from planning for the win.

This might all be part of a coordinated effort among the Democrats, the Obama campaign and the media. For several weeks they have used this manufactured economic crisis (which should have been left to self correct) as a bat with which to beat McCain and the Republicans. The media and the Democrats have been reporting that the race is all but over, Obama is way ahead, McCain has gone negative because he has nothing left to lose and leaving us with the impression that the election is a mere formality. It would not surprise me to find out the MSM is manipulating poll data to favor Obama especially when one sees such differing results. Only time will tell but the media lost all credibility this election cycle when they stopped reporting news and started being cheerleaders for Obama.

This might be by design in order to dampen the spirits of Republicans and to keep them from showing up at the polls. This could be part of a Chicago style assault in order to so disparage the Republican party that they throw in the towel and concede defeat. Given that Obama won his state and federal seats by unscrupulous tactics, it is not beyond the pale that his campaign and the media would work together to steal another election.

The Obama campaign has already put out talking points for tonight’s debate to highlight The One and to discredit John McCain. This, as I see it, is a preemptive strike to take the fire out of John McCain who has vowed to kick Obama’s rear in this debate. Obama has provided his allies in the media with ammunition to help ward off blows from McCain.

He is a slick little politician but he is not change. He is typical Chicago politics and he will say or do anything to win.

My friend Eric has a good primer for John McCain and it is worth the read for all others. It lays out the questions Obama has failed to answer and that the media failed to investigate.

Obama’s Me Too Moment Backfires

…When he could not remember the soldier’s name on his bracelet.

I was convinced that there were no real gaffes in the debate last night. I knew that Obama had agreed with McCain a lot and that that would be in an ad just as I knew that McCain not mentioning the middle class (he mentioned no social classes) would be in an Obama ad.

It looks like there is a defining moment that I had not picked up. I was not watching the screen at the time so I did not see it but it is starting to get traction today. It is well known that John McCain wears the bracelet bearing the name of a soldier killed in Iraq and he tells the story about how it was given by the mother of the dead man and how she asked not to let her son die in vain by losing (The Obama Plan). Obama must have known McCain would say something, or at least his handlers prepared him for the possibility. After McCain told his story Barry said something like, me too, me too, I have a bracelet too and it has the name of uhh, uhh, uhh, it was given to me by the mother of (looks at bracelet to get name) Sgt. Ryan Jopek who said to me not to let other mothers go through this grief. Watch the video:

Obama could not remember the name of the soldier that is engraved on the bracelet he has. I am not saying his story is untrue or that he only wore the bracelet for the debate (though if anyone on the campaign trail could get a picture of him without it…). Before all the liberal twits get their panties in a wad, I don’t think wearing one is some requisite to be president. However, if you are going to wear one you need to wear it all the time and not for political gain and if you are going to reference it you need to know the name on it.

I think the McCain camp or one of the 527s could make a great ad out of this gaffe by Obama. This is worse than a sigh or looking at a watch. He was conveying to America that the mother of a soldier asked him to wear the bracelet with her son’s name and not to let this happen to another mother and that he was so moved by it he wears that bracelet. But he also conveyed that he was not moved enough to remember the guy’s name.

With regard to “me too”, The New Republic points out that Obama agreed with admitting Georgia and the Ukraine to NATO. This is the same position that Sarah Palin had when Charlie Gibson interviewed her and the answer that caused him to have seizures at the idea we might have to assist Georgia, were it in NATO, if the Russians attacked it. It is the position all the Palin bashers say was the wrong one but nary a word when Obambi said it.

At least he did not have to look at a bracelet to get the name of the country…

In a related story, a study shows liberals tend to be cowardly and conservatives do not. Might explain why there are so many conservatives in the military and why liberals refuse to confront our enemies.

Others:
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UPDATE: NewsBusters reports that the family of SGT Jopek asked Obama not to wear his bracelet earlier in the year. Seems that mom gave it to him as a personal thing and she is upset Obama is using it for political stunts.

Big Dog

40th District California; Don’t Vote for Ken Sherman

This is from my friend Kender’s site. He lives in California and he wants the word to get out about Ken Sherman. If you live in California’s 40th district don’t vote for the guy. If you don’t live there but know someone who does, tell them not to vote for him. Now for Kender’s piece:

By Kender of Kender’s Musings
The title* of this post is specifically to get it shown at the top of searches on Google so that when people search for Ken Sherman they find it and know why I think he shouldn’t be running for the Assembly seat in the 40th District of California which he is seeking.

Ken Sherman is a piano teacher, which while being a noble and decent profession, in no way qualifies him for a political office.

You can see the first post I did on Sherman here. I explain in that post why he shouldn’t even be consider by anyone that considers themselves a conservative, but I want to recap that and tell you why I am posting about this again.

Ken Sherman has posted (and taken down when it was pointed out what he did) anti-semitic videos on his only website, a myspace page. Any candidate for an office higher than Student Council at a high school should have an actual website. I have no idea if Ken is running a campaign on the cheap, he doesn’t know any better or he is simply thinking that only a myspace page is good enough, because Ken won’t return calls.

Ken has also promoted events sponsored by Move On Dot Org, an extremely far left group. The event he promoted on his myspace page was a candle light vigil against the war, which by default means he is against the troops.

Ken’s campaign manager has posted lies about Ken’s opponent, Armineh Chelebian, while at the same time failing to divulge his position in the campaign. While it may not be illegal to post comments without divulging your position in a campaign, it is extremely unethical to do so, especially when you are posting comments in favor of your employer and posting lies about your employers opponent.

Theer has been some speculation amongst some activists here that Ken Sherman is a mole from the Democrat party, and is only running to secure the nomination so he can drop out and leave the seat uncontested for the Democrats. If Ken Sherman does win next Tuesday, and drops out of the race I’d like to see the Attorney General of California open an investigation into Ken’s finances and those close to him. I’d be willing to bet that if he is a mole, he has a handshake deal with the Dems to get paid for securing the seat for them. But that’s just a theory of mine.

I tried several times to speak with Ken, and after reaching him on his cell he said he’d call me later. His steadfast refusal to get together for a one on one so he could present his side of the issues is proof positive to me that he is hoping to ride this out until Tuesday.

So spread the word. Don’t vote for Ken Sherman if you live in the 40th district in California. If you do and by some stretch of the imagination he wins you will be getting what you voted for. An unresponsive person of questionable character.

*DISCLAIMER; These are my thoughts only. I am not connected in any official capacity with any campaign for any office.

Additionally, this website is not affiliated with any politician or political campaign.

*I changed the title from his original.

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