Hillary Rodham Wants Socialism, Again
May 29, 2007 Political
Hillary Rodham said it took a village to raise our children and now she believes that our wealth should be redistributed. This idea is not new, it is called socialism and has been tried many times before.
The Democratic senator said what the Bush administration touts as an “ownership society” really is an “on your own” society that has widened the gap between rich and poor.
“I prefer a ‘we’re all in it together’ society,” she said. “I believe our government can once again work for all Americans. It can promote the great American tradition of opportunity for all and special privileges for none.”
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Beyond education, Clinton said she would reduce special breaks for corporations, eliminate tax incentives for companies that ship jobs overseas and open up CEO pay to greater public scrutiny. Yahoo News
The government getting involved in the economic opportunities or making a so-called fair playing field is a socialistic approach to economics. Interestingly, Hillary Rodham and her Democratic cohorts do not want us to privatize Social Security which would make a lot of the people on the lower end of the socioeconomic scale wealthier in their retirement years. There is no doubt that people who live on Social Security provided by the government will always be dependent upon the government and that is what the Democrats want, people who will always vote for them as great providers. Privatizing Social Security would allow people to live better lives in retirement.
I also notice that Hillary Rodham would like to have CEO pay more open to scrutiny but that she neglected to discuss the pay of former Presidents who make fortunes speaking and consulting. Why not open what they make up to scrutiny? Bill Clinton (and many others) has made millions of dollars speaking and consulting but that is not open to scrutiny. Speaking of open to scrutiny, Ms. Rodham failed to disclose her taxes this year. She has not indicated whether she will disclose the information but has, so far, taken the approach of other candidates and NOT disclosed her income and its sources. Additionally, Rodham failed to include the Clinton charity on her financial disclosure statement. Seems that she is not so willing to have her income under scrutiny.
Once again, Rodham shows that she is a socialist who believes in the do as I say, not as I do approach to leadership.
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Special Access To Congress 1-800-882-2005
May 25, 2007 Political
Thanks to my friend Trip at Webloggin for this information!
It has long been known that certain groups or people have unlimited access to Congress. Big time contributers, those with a lot of influence and people who espouse a pet project of a member have unfettered access, a direct line if you will, right to elected leaders. Jack Abramoff had access to quite a few members (from both parties regardless of what the Dems say) because he had a lot of money to splash around. A donation of $5000 buys two ears without distraction. This is wrong because all people who are represented should have the same access. If Soros can pick up the phone and call Hillary I should be able to do the same without getting some recording or receptionist to take my message. Hell, it is difficult to even get through to a member via email if you do not live in their area.
The immigration issue is out of control and an overwhelming majority of Americans do not want what is being forced upon them. Poll after poll shows this but since this does not help what they want to do, they ignore the polls. Constituents have been burning up the phone lines to express displeasure with this bill that will ultimately grant amnesty or reward ILLEGAL behavior and some members have backed away from the issue. People have had a hard time getting through because of the volume of calls that have been received. George Soros has set up a hot line that is for (Spanish speaking) people who support this bill to use. He has a special 800 number set up for people to have a direct line in without having to make a long distance call or waiting in line. Isn’t it ironic that people who do not want to wait in line to come here legally do not wait in line to express their opinion. Soros and the rest of the supporters have a lot of nerve but they will be defeated.
The thing about this is that Soros is paying for it and though he intended for it to be used by those who support the bill the number can be used by anyone. The phone has no way of knowing what you want to say to your elected leaders so you can call the number and bypass the instruction to get through to your members of Congress. I also do not believe that they are allowed to hang up on you if you are against the bill. I am not sure but I think there is supposed to be equal access and if they allow one group and not the other there could be problems.
So, I suggest that everyone who desires to call DC and express displeasure with this bill do so by using the number graciously provided by George Soros. This should save some long distance charges and allow more folks to get through.
I just dialed it and it works fine. The instructions are all in Spanish but if you press 1 when each Spanish instruction starts after three tries (or so) you are routed right to your Senator’s Office. I got right through without a wait, no busy signal, no nothing.
It was really nice of George to set this up for us. It shows several things; people with money have special access, the people in favor of this bill know it is in trouble, and private industry does things a lot better than the government.
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Did Edwards Learn Flip-Flopping from Kerry?
May 24, 2007 Political
Anti-war candidate John Edwards is so disgusted with the war he wants people to use memorial Day to get out the message. He wants those troops home now which is not the plan the Administration is pushing. Edwards does not support President Bush and is not behind any of what he wants, but he was…
In this day and age of video tape, candidates should be careful to speak the truth, not what they think people want to hear…
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Joyous Day In Maryland With Electric Rate Hikes
May 24, 2007 Political
I have written several times before about the Baltimore Gas and Electric (BG&E) rate hike and why it is warranted. For those who are unfamiliar, I will give the condensed version. Maryland has had Democrats running the state for decades. The last Governor was the first Republican in more than three decades. In 1999, long before he served as Governor, the Maryland General Assembly and the Public Service Commission (PSC) along with Governor Glendening (a Democrat) decided that deregulation of the energy company would be good for business by forcing competition (O’Malley’s brother-in-law was a member of that PSC). The fact that some of the key players received a lot of money from lobbyists did not play into this (no, not at all). They passed a bill that held BG&E to 1993 electric rates for seven years. When that time was up there had been no competition (who wants to do business where you can not make money because you are held to 1993 rates?) and the rates were scheduled to go up 72%. Governor Ehrlich tried to get a plan that would ease this burden but indicated that eventually people would have to pay the piper. Baltimore City Mayor (Saint) Martin O’Malley opposed this plan, took it to court and got a 15% increase instead of the Ehrlich plan or the entire 72%.
Then, O’Malley ran a campaign based upon his concern for our working families and he told everyone he beat back Ehrlich and his PSC. O’Malley said the reason that they would not do anything was because Ehrlich and the PSC were in bed with the energy companies. The Saint Martin plan did not allow customers to opt in to pay the full increase. Instead, the government told people they had to phase it in and pay an interest charge (and this from people who can not balance their own budget). The legislators in Annapolis deferred any further rate talks until after the gubernatorial election which O’Malley won. The affluent people in the wealthy DC suburbs voted for him and the poor folks in Baltimore City and the poorer DC suburbs voted for him and that is all you need to win in Maryland because they are the most populated areas (and are infested with Democrats). People voted for Saint Martin because he was looking out for them, their champion and because he was a Democrat. Well, things seem to have changed a bit since Saint Martin pledged to prevent the 50% increase from taking effect (the next increase due under the plan worked out by Marty with the help of the court). He promised that he would not let the evil energy company screw the people, dragon slayer that he is.
Saint Martin got in office and appointed his own PSC, honorable people who were not like those business lackeys of Ehrlich’s. These were Saint Martin’s chosen ones who were going to look out for the people. During the last legislative session, Saint Marty’s first, nary a word was uttered about rate hikes as the state worried about pressing things such as smoking in bars and apologizing for slavery. The session ended without the issue being addressed and Saint Martin, who was so vocal about Ehrlich and rate hikes, was remarkably silent on the issue.
Today, Martin O’Malley’s Public Service Commission allowed the rate increase of 50%. The did it reluctantly, as if that makes a difference. They also did it because there was no legal basis to stop it. There was only a legal basis when a judge helped out Marty so he could look like the people’s champion. Here is what the PSC had to say:
“It is with reluctance, but with little legal option, the commission had determined that the supply cost justifies the rate hike,” Commission Chairman Steven Larsen said at an afternoon news conference. WBAL
The evil Ehrlich PSC had the same options but they were branded as unacceptable by the Saint. He and his Lt. Governor have vowed to do something to take the strain off working families but if they really could and if he really intended to when he was full of bluster while charging Ehrlich with crimes against humanity, wouldn’t he have done so before now? The truth is he scored a short term victory at the hands of the court and he won an election based partly upon a promise he had no intention of keeping. Marylanders who are in the BG&E service area will now pay a 65% increase.* That Saint Marty sure knows how to help the poor working stiffs.
I will start off by stating that the increase does not affect me because I moved out of their area several years ago and my utility company has increased with the market so I am where I need to be. The poor folks in Baltimore and the surrounding counties are the ones who are going to feel this and they are feeling it just in time for the hazy, hot, and humid Summer for which Maryland is famous. Just in time to run the AC and watch that electric meter spin like a Frisbee on steroids. And God help me, I love it.
I have known for a long time that pain is a great teacher. If a person grabs a pot lid and gets burned that person will check next time. People tend to avoid the things that hurt them. This rate increase is going to hurt a lot of people, especially this Summer when it is a million degrees in the shade. I am very happy that this will happen because the bulk of the people who voted for Saint Martin because he was their hero will be the ones affected and I want them to suffer. I want them to have to decide between being cool or eating. I want them to have to get rid of cell phones or cable TV to afford their electric bill. I want them to be screaming for mercy for voting for Martin O’Malley. Yes, I want this to be excruciatingly painful to them so they will think about their vote each and every time they open their electric bills.
This might sound mean spirited and nasty to many of you and I intend it to be. The people who vote to put tax and spend Democrats in charge of Maryland year after year do so based on promises of more government handouts and more social programs. They are never concerned that those who worked and paid taxes had to support them through those programs. They never cared because it was some other person who had to pay and not them. Well now they have to pay and I want it to be the most agonizingly horrible pain they have had to deal with in their lifetimes. I want them to understand that it is just as painful for us taxpayers to foot the bill for them as it is for them to pay their electric bills. I want them to understand that because of social programs put in place by the people they vote for, we taxpayers have had to do without so they could benefit and I want them to get burned so badly by this that they think carefully before they blindly select anyone so long as there is a D after his name.
Add the tax increases on gasoline, sales of goods, and a number of other things that Saint Martin will get next year and we have the makings of a real pain fest for some time to come. What you reap, so you shall sow and these folks are definitely reaping what they have sown. It is about time their selection hurt them instead of the tax base.
I feel badly for elderly folks who will be in the heat and have to decide between cat food and AC but they voted for Saint Marty too so they can either see if he will let them stay at the Governor’s mansion or find out now which cat food is the most palatable.
Oh my, this will be a fun Summer. I wonder how long it will be before the folks demand O’Malley’s head on a platter? I bet O’Malley blames Ehrlich for the whole mess long before the people make that demand.
As an aside, Bob Ehrlich and his PSC must feel a bit of vindication over all of this. I am sure that Ehrlich actually feels terrible about it and is worried about the people it will affect. He has a hell of a lot more class than I do.
I say, let them eat cake.
*This was changed to correct wrong numbers.
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Murtha Skates Again, Avoids Reprimand
May 23, 2007 Political
The next time a Democratic politician tells you that he opposes the culture of corruption and that, if elected, everything will be open and honest, take that politician out back and beat him soundly. When the Democrats ran their last campaign honesty was their best policy (to fool the sheeple) and now that they are in the majority they have done nothing to garner the trust of the people. Corruption, as I have said many times, runs across both sides of the aisle and the Democrats have been corrupt for years. It does not seem to matter to the people who vote to put jackasses like Murtha in office time and again even though he was caught on video tape trying to take a bribe. Murtha has been known for years as a back room politician who wheels and deals and is big on earmarks. He loves to spend taxpayer money paying off people with big bucks and he is not bashful about it. His latest earmark was what caused the fray. He earmarked $23 million dollars for a program that the federal government has been trying to shut down because it is not cost effective. It is in Murtha’s district so he added the money back into the war supplemental.
This made one Republican, Mike Rogers, expressed his displeasure and Murtha sought him out and confronted him in a hostile manner. Murtha then told Rogers that he better not ever try to get anything in a bill because it would never make it. Murtha threatened to base decisions about future requests by Rogers on Rogers’ vote on Murtha’s money which is a violation of the House rules. Rogers asked that a vote be held to Reprimand Murtha for his violation. I knew this would not pass because the Democrats are in the Majority and there are not enough of them with spines who will stand up for what is right despite their campaign promises. Two Democrats voted against the measure (in Murtha’s disfavor) and that was the total number who had enough testicular fortitude to do the right thing. The donks held their noses and helped out Murtha. This is not speculation on my part because many expressed displeasure at voting to protect him:
Still, several Democrats said some party members found it distasteful to vote to protect Murtha. My Way News
This folks, is what you voted for. These are people who lack the courage of their convictions. These are people who told you they were as pure as the driven snow and that they would run a clean shop and yet each day that passes exposes the corruption that has existed for quite some time. Whether it is Pelosi exempting businesses in her district or Feinstein helping to award her husband’s company defense contracts, the Democrats have shown that they are corrupt and that they do not give a damn about what people think. The fiasco with Murtha shows that they will protect one of their own over their own honor and over the best interests of the taxpayers. People in his Pennsylvania district should not be allowed to breed and Republican Tim Murphy should get a swift kick between his legs (for voting in Murtha’s favor).
Couple this with the culture ending immigration bill that the President, some Republicans and most Democrats are pushing on us despite overwhelming objection from a majority of the country and it is easy to see that these jokers are all poor leaders who have been around way too long.
It is time to vote against any incumbent in 2008. Americans, left or right, Republican or Democrat, or anything in between should band together to vote every incumbent on the ballot out of office. If we put fresh faces in office we can work together to find common ground in addressing the needs of our country.
Speaking of ILLEGAL immigration and the amnesty bill, please remember to sign the petition.
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