Nancy Pelosi, Drain Your Swamp
Mar 6, 2010 Political
Nancy Pelosi told us how wonderful Democrats were and that when they took control they would drain the swamp and let sunshine disinfect DC. She and her cohorts rode into power on a wave of anti Bush sentiment and their claims of the Republican “Culture of Corruption.”
To be sure, there have been and are corrupt Republicans but to listen to Pelosi one would think corruption is limited to that party. Pelosi and the Democrats have their own corruption to worry about and Pelosi seems none to eager to drain her own corrupt swamp.
The ethical woes facing Democrats are piling up, with barely a day passing in recent weeks without headlines from Washington to New York and beyond filled with word of scandal or allegations of wrongdoing. NY Times
Governor Paterson of New York is mentioned in the article but he does not fall under Pelosi’s purview.
The list of corruption and wrong doing on the left gets increasingly longer each day.
And the Washington Examiner points out the dirty money in DC with its Dirty Money Archives. Look at that long list of Democrats…
But don’t ignore the Republicans on the list. Like I pointed out earlier, the problem is on both sides.
Vote them all out and we can start over…
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Tags: corruption, dirty money, paterson, Pelosi, swamp
Why Is Paterson’s Color An Issue?
Apr 7, 2009 Political
New York Governor David Paterson is a poor leader. It is not hard to see (no pun intended) that he is lost in his position much like Obama is lost in his. Paterson, the accidental governor, is doing stupid things to try to close a budget deficit and he is causing a lot of problems. He is making Democrats nervous because they are worried that he might lose the next election to some evil Republican.
The high rollers in the Democratic party have told Paterson that he has until November to get his poll numbers up or they might decide to run someone else for his position. This is the business of the Democrats and of New Yorkers so I really don’t care about it but while reading the story I came across this:
“Nobody really wants to go to a sitting Democratic governor who’s African-American and say, ‘Hey. You’re a disgrace. Get out.'” NY Daily News
Why is it that his color makes any difference? They had to say that no one wants to go to an African American and tell him he is a problem. Why is this? Is it because they do not want to be labeled racist? The left screams racism all the time. I just can get my hands around the issue of his color. Why is it any part of the equation? They would not worry about color if they had to tell a white guy he was doing a terrible job.
They could have easily said no one wants to go to a sitting governor and say “Hey, You’re a disgrace. Get out” and left the race component out of it. Does the left have to constantly put race into an issue? I know the left is full of racists but a statement like this translates to; “we can’t get rid of the black guy. He has been oppressed and if we don’t help him out he will never get anywhere. Besides, people will say we were racially motivated.”
David Paterson is incompetent. His color has nothing to do with that. He is incompetent because he cannot lead. He and Obama have that in common, neither can lead. I don’t care what color they are because incompetence is not confined to one’s skin color. It is simple, he is incompetent because he cannot lead. He espouses liberal philosophies, the philosophies that have caused many cities and states to run up huge deficits. He is in the same boat and his inability to lead makes it impossible for him to solve the problem.
Democrats in New York have to worry about color but that color is red. That is the color of the ink the state is drowning in.
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Tags: color, Democrats, election, governor, incompetent, New York, paterson, race
A Democrat We Can Live With?
Jan 23, 2009 Political
David Paterson of New York has selected Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand of New York’s 20th Congressional District to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate. Clinton resigned her seat on 21 January to assume duties as Secretary of State.
Gillibrand is a Blue Dog Democrat and her positions are generally conservative. Her Wikipedia (FWIW) entry states:
Gillibrand is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition. She opposes gun control. She supports extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for middle class families; stem cell research; and the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act. Gillibrand opposes attempts to partially privatize Social Security. She strongly supported passage of the 2008 Farm Bill. Gillibrand broke with former Governor Eliot Spitzer on the issue of illegal immigration, opposing his plan to issue New York State drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. She supports same-sex marriage.
Not all of these are ideal positions but she is a Democrat. Considering the people who Paterson could have appointed, this is not a bad choice. Some of her negatives include opposition to Social Security privatization and support for gay marriage but she is against gun control (and endorsed by the NRA), in favor of tax cuts, and opposes issuing licenses to illegals.
She also opposed the financial bailout.
Paterson selected her in order to attempt to garner votes from upstate New York in his 2010 election bid (he was appointed so it is not a reelection). Regardless, he has done us a favor. Gillibrand might be the antidote for McCain as she might oppose the things he would favor.
Additionally, the seat she holds in the House is in a heavily Republican area of New York. This provides Republicans the chance to pick up a seat in the House.
Liberals are howling mad about her selection so it must be, at least partly, good for Republicans. Interestingly, the liberals claim she is not qualified because she has only been in the House for a short time. These would be the same people who want Caroline Kennedy who has no political experience and who supported Barack Obama who has very little experience.
We will have to wait and see how she works out but something tells me she will not be pushed around by the likes of Harry Reid.
I hope she provides some sense of balance to the Senate. Conservatives can use another voice.
Source:
New York Post
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Tags: conservative, gillibrand, New York, paterson, Senate
Fat Tax, Mileage Tax, What Next?
Dec 30, 2008 Political
The state of Oregon is looking at using GPS systems to track the number of miles people drive and then tax them accordingly. Those who are taxed by the mile will have their gasoline taxes rebated at the pump, or so says the Governor of the state.
Privacy advocates worry that the system will be used to track people though the government says it cannot and will not do that. However, if it involves a GPS then they can track people so the capability is there. Will they? One can most assuredly believe they will the first time a child is abducted or some other emergency exists. They will justify their acts based on public safety or “its for the children.”
The move is designed to improve revenue for the roads (though they never use the taxes for that exclusively). Revenue is down since people are driving fewer miles and using fuel efficient vehicles, what they wanted us to do in the first place. Now they want to tax per mile which means it will be easier for them to generate revenue by simply increasing the amount per mile drivers are taxed. There is no word on how the state will handle vehicles that drive primarily on roads that are not maintained by the state such as roads on private property.
I think this is a bad idea and it will lead to invasion of privacy. It will also lead to people paying more in taxes. I would not be surprised if people who are mobile move out of the state to avoid it.
Put Down That Sugary Drink
In New York, Governor Paterson has proposed 88 new taxes in an effort to shrink the state’s growing deficit. Seems to me that cutting waste would be the first step but Paterson is a Democrat and they never met a tax they didn’t hike.
One of the most controversial taxes is the tax that will be levied on sugary drinks like non diet colas. The state is using its power to levy taxes in order to force behavior on people. This will only lead to people going to other states to buy sugary drinks. Look at how they already avoid paying taxes on tobacco. Pretty soon, the Indian reservations will be selling mail order cola.
The interesting thing is that they want to curb obesity by taxing sugary drinks when artificial sweeteners have been linked to obesity. The artificial sweeteners might actually cause the body to crave more sugar leading to people eating more.
Regardless, this is a bad idea. First of all it is not the state’s job to decide what people should or should not drink or eat. This is an individual choice and if people become obese then that is their concern. The fact of the matter is everyone is going to die and depriving people of what they enjoy (or taxing it so they cannot afford it) only delays the inevitable. Life is a sexually transmitted terminal condition.
The state claims that people’s health is its only concern but the fact is the state wants to make money and taxing sugary drinks is how they are going about it. I can guarantee that if everyone decided to stop drinking sugary beverages and stuck to diet drinks, water or milk then the state would either tax them or find something else to tax. The state will find a way to increase revenue when the flow of money slows or stops because of behavior they wanted. See above about Oregon.
When will this insanity end? What next? Will they tax red meat or fatty foods because they increase the risk for high blood pressure and heart disease? Will they tax people with emphysema (or other COPDs) more because they use oxygen less efficiently?
This is a slippery slope because once this camel gets its nose under the tent there will be no stopping it. Government can decide what it thinks is healthy and what it thinks is not and increase taxes according to its own arbitrary standards all in the name of looking out for the people and their health.
It is not government’s job to decide for us how we manage our health. This is a matter of personal responsibility (something government knows nothing about) and it is up to each person to decide what is best.
Taxes are nothing more than a form of involuntary servitude where the fruits of our labor are confiscated. We work and our money is taken but we have little say in how it is spent, spending that usually involves a huge amount of waste.
I propose a fathead tax. Then people like Paterson would be required to pay more in taxes.
Come to think of it, so would all politicians.
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Tags: behavior, big brother, New York, oregon, paterson, taxes
Community Organizer Equals Racism, New Talking Point
Sep 10, 2008 Political
The attacks against John McCain and Sarah Palin have been coordinated. The Obama campaign sends out the talking points and the surrogates all harp on the same issue. The public is supposed to believe that all these liberal twits came up with the same idea at the same time. Governor Paterson of New York today told people that McCain’s and Palin’s use of the words community organizer were code word for black and were racist remarks. It is a sure sign that Obama is in trouble because he is telling his surrogates to play the race card.
A commenter on Ben Smith’s blog reported this about the recently demoted Chris Matthews:
Yesterday Chris Matthews on Hardball mused that when Guliani made light of Obama’s “community organizer” background, he was secretly playing the race card.
Sure, Matthews said Giuliani but he has to mix it up a bit so they do not appear to be the mindless drones that they are.
My question is, are there not white community organizers? Is that job some sort of affirmative action set aside that only black people can perform? I have not heard that being a community organizer was solely a black person’s job.
Since I assume white people can do that job (and do it everyday) I can only assume that Paterson is the racist. He automatically assumes that white people would not or could not do the job and that it is reserved for blacks. That makes him the actual racist.
The Obama campaign is desperate. The assumed coronation is now in jeopardy. Obama is not happy at all to be behind and it looks like the decision to forgo public funds will hamstring him and the decision not to select Hillary will burn him. He might not get what he needs. He is striking out like a treed raccoon.
In any event, keep an eye on the news. Notice how many surrogates use the same phrases or make the same arguments. It goes to the media wing of his campaign (the MSM) and then it goes to other prominent Democrats and liberal talk show hosts and pretty soon they are all parroting the same thing. Palin didn’t really have that kid, she belonged to a secret secession society, she was trying to ban books, she wanted to make schools teach creationism. As soon as it hits the surrogates they all say it.
It is a sign that things are not well in liberal land. Obama is reeling from what is supposed to be an easy win.
He might win in November but he will be bloodied when he crosses the finish line.
Tags: community organizer, Obama, parrots, paterson, racism, talking points