tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61993782116939837422024-02-18T23:06:20.593-08:00Political DiscourseGrowing knowledge by abolishing ignorancePrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-26340124275493090012013-01-05T17:47:00.000-08:002013-01-05T17:47:31.961-08:00The Evils of Gun Control or How The Media Murders <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hello Readers, it has been a while since my last post and quite a bit has happened since then and, I want to try to touch on most of the major issues that have popped up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess the first issue that I want to touch on is gun control due to the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is not a lot that I can say about this issue that hasn’t already been said but I will give you a brief look at my personal views on the issue as well as a link to an extremely well thought out post on the issue by one of my favorite authors, Larry Correia, that I recommend everyone read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Personally, I feel that the push to restrict and ban guns here in the US is something to be worried about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are millions of law abiding citizens in this country that love their guns and use them for numerous things ranging from self-defense to teaching their children responsibility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Taking away their access to the weapons that they use for these purposes not only puts them at risk from people who wish to do them harm but it also takes a valuable tool away from parents who realize the importance of teaching children at a young age to respect firearms and what they are capable of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not even going to get into the hunting aspect of this issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As for this apparent outbreak of mass shootings that seem to be happening around the country, notice that they only tend to happen in places where guns are either not allowed (such as schools) or are restricted to areas where only select people are allowed weapons and are positioned far away from the site where the shootings take place (Fort Hood) or if there is a heavy police presence, the police (as is the case with the Virginia Tech shooting) are not allowed to carry firearms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Due to this, I believe I can safely say that and unarmed populace is little more than cannon fodder to criminals who don’t respect the law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, think about what one of the first things a government does that wishes to enslave its citizens, they take away the citizens methods of protecting themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That said, I believe that a well-armed populace is the safest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Now, I believe the biggest problem when it comes to these mass shootings as well as the main contributing factor to the apparent increase in them is the sole fault of the media.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The media, in an effort to push liberal agendas on the issue of gun control has been sensationalizing these shooting and giving the shooters the lime light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This encourages more disturbed individuals to get their 15 min of fame by trying to do an equal to larger amount of damage and the news media eats it up because it gives them more tragedy (because everyone know only bad news sells) to report on that encourages even more violence… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Or so it would seem, but the honest fact of the matter is that there hasn’t really been a large increase in these mass shooting, there has only been an increase in the reporting on them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The media’s amount of reporting is the only differing factor; shootings aren’t really increasing like they are making it appear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of this I do believe if the fault of the media, but there is another factor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that the increased accessibility to information is the other reason that the media tends to go overboard with their reporting on these issues thus bombarding us with more and more stories like this as they (the media) tries to outdo one another in an effort to report the most sensational stories they can in order to attract the almighty viewership numbers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hmmm, ok guess I am not going to get to any of the other issues I wanted to talk about in this post but that is ok, I can get to them in the next one. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact I haven’t said all I want to say with this post but since I am giving you a very long post to read on this issue as well as what you have already read to get to the point where you are now I will drop it here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is the link to the post by Larry Correia - <a href="http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/an-opinion-on-gun-control/">http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/an-opinion-on-gun-control/</a>. Please read this post, whether you agree with gun control or not, it is all something to think about, that is all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-72812786599377861172012-12-05T06:59:00.000-08:002012-12-05T06:59:07.294-08:00The Fiscal Cliff is Looming...<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The fiscal cliff is looming, at least that is what the Media keeps touting these days, and why is it looming?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because those dastardly Republicans won’t compromise with the president by throwing all of their pledges, promises and morals out the window by giving the President exactly what he wants with no argument or debate in the process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, I hate to break it to the major news outlets, but that isn’t how the system is supposed to work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just because Obama won the election doesn’t make him the end all, be all, when it comes to how things are going to work in DC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama still has to work with Congress if he actually wants to achieve anything and, as loth as he is to do it, he has to reach across the aisle and start working with Congressional Republicans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If he refuses, as he has the last couple of years, then nothing will get done and we all will suffer for one man’s stubbornness and stupidity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t let the Media fool you into thinking that this is all because of the Republicans, they have been trying repeatedly to get things done and have been stonewalled by this administration and the Senate Democrats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And as for the Congressional Republican…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that no matter how this whole fiscal cliff thing plays out you are going to look like the bad guys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is due to a complacent Media that refuses to do their job and report the truth; instead, they choose to worship at the feet of the idol of Obama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Get over it and do your jobs anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We put you in office to prevent Obama and his socialist agenda from destroying the foundation of this great nation, not to turn tail and cower because you are afraid of looking bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you give in and help Obama destroy this nation, you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">will</b> be replaced in the next election.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If all the conservatives in this nation (and conservatives still are the majority) have to go Third Party in order to get people in DC who will stand up for conservative ideals and not cave to political pressure just because another party controls two of the three branches. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that this would take a while to accomplish but eventually, if the Republicans don’t wise up, they will find themselves completely out of power and a new party with have taken its place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So please, Republicans, grow a backbone and stand strong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t, we all lose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-41661307843474969002012-11-01T09:01:00.000-07:002012-11-01T09:01:49.814-07:00Hurricanes, Benghazi, Debates, Oh My!!!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Finally I have some time to sit down and write out some thoughts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was going to have this post focus on just the last Presidential debate but with Sandy hitting in the North East and the latest information about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya I have decide to shrink the debate talk down and address those two issues as well, so essentially you are going to get what should probably be three posts rolled all into one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ok, let’s start with the final Presidential debate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started off the debate wondering what the hell Romney was doing since the first question out of the gate was on Benghazi and Obama had just floundered about in an effort to avoid answering the question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Romney, polite as always, failed to seize what I thought was the perfect opportunity to start thrashing Obama right out of the gate with that question and as the debate rolled on I became more and more frustrated as Romney failed to directly attack the President at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were a number of times that Obama was put on the spot by the Moderator and all he could do is revert back to the talking points he had memorized or throw out false facts that he was clearly making up on the spot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, there was even one instance where Obama basically begged the American people to look up what he and Romney were talking about, claiming that then they would know who was telling the truth… well, it turns out Romney was the one giving the facts and Obama was giving falsehoods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite all of the interchanges though, Romney never really went on the attack, he just sat calmly by as if he were patently dealing with a child, and corrected the President when he was wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took until after the debate for me to realize what exactly it was that Romney was doing and now that I look back on it I think Romney shined despite my initial thoughts about the debate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Very simply put, Romney was being Presidential and letting Obama look like an inexperienced challenger who thought he deserved the position of President due to the fact that his name was Barak Obama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Constantly throughout the debate, Obama felt the need to remind everyone that he was the Commander in Chief and, due to this constant insistence, he came off looking like he was trying to remind himself… Not a good place for an incumbent to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Romney showed that he was above the petty squabbling that Obama kept trying to lure him into and through it all; Romney came out on the other side without one drop of mud on him while Obama looked like he had been wallowing in it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ok, on to Benghazi, Libya and I am going to have to be quick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In recent days there have been numerous leaks that have shown everything that the President’s Administration had been telling us was blatantly false.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far, due to recent evidence, it looks like the Administration has been trying to cover up the truth to protect itself and, as always, the truth is starting to come out and show the lies for what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People, this is serious, serious stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nixon was impeached for FAR less than what the Obama Administration has done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama has shown that he is more interested in winning and election than doing his job and making sure that American citizens are as safe as they can be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There have been memos and messages leaked that prove that the Ambassador was begging for more security as well as to asking for repairs to the consulate where in weeks before the attack a large hole was blown into an outer wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have messages saying how frustrated he was getting that no one in Washington would grant him the help that he felt that he needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that there were drones flying over the area taking real time video and transmitting it back to Washington DC as the attack was happening yet officials gave stand down orders to our military and CIA operatives who were ready to go assist the consulate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the Marines who were given that order defied it and lost his life in a heroic act trying to save the Ambassador as he and one other Marine held off the attackers for almost nine hours with one machine gun while trying to order a precision airstrike that never came.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those four brave souls that died during that attack were abandoned by the President and his Administration so that he could go party in Vegas with Jay-Z and Beyoncé before going on the David Letterman Show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Mainstream Media is just as guilty in this cover up as well due to their negligence in reporting on the story out of Benghazi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are doing what they can to protect Obama’s chances for re-election and clearly will go to no lengths to hide the truth at least until after November the 6<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ok, now for the last topic, Hurricane Sandy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those of you out there that are out of the loop or don’t pay attention to current events, a hurricane that was named Sandy hit in the North East around the New York/New Jersey are causing massive amounts of damage all along the eastern seaboard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far, the death toll (as of when I last heard it) was at 52 and is expected to rise as more people are found.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has cause billions of dollars of property damage and displaced millions of people from their homes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My thought and prayers go out to all those effected.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Due to the storm, Obama is seizing upon the opportunity to something to make himself look Presidential by actually doing his job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now before you think I am being harsh on the President, the only reason I said it like that was because of all the photo ops he took advantage of while on his tour of New Jersey… that and the fact that he seemed upset that New York told him to stay away so that they could actually get some work done in the aftermath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will say this though, it is nice to see Obama doing something to help out and to see him Monitoring the situation during and after Sandy as closely as he has… too bad he didn’t feel the need to perform his job like this when it came to Benghazi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">From these three things I have but one conclusion to make and it is my personal opinion, but I just call them like I see them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama, the current President of the United States of America, is more concerned with winning another four years in the White House than he is about the safety and wellbeing of the citizens he is supposed to represent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure, showing concern about Sandy and its aftermath shows that he can step up to the plate when his job is on the line, but that is too little, too late.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Benghazi is the main tell about Obama and how he feels about America, when he thought that it could be swept under the rug and downplayed, he did just that with the help of the Mainstream Media.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When it came out that America wanted answers he purposefully tried to hide and obfuscate the truth because he thought he could keep it under wraps until after the election, but when that began to hurt his campaigning he started to change his story while continuing to cover up as much as he could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How he must have breathed a sigh of relief when Sandy showed up, how he must have hoped for it to create a disaster that he could take advantage of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, you never waste a good crisis as the Dems like to say.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The American people have (for the most part) been watching and I feel confident that they have seen through Obama’s façade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only time will tell is this is true and I can’t wait to find out on November 6<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not saying Mitt Romney is the perfect candidate, but he is better by far in comparison with Obama and I believe that he will at least get us started on the path of economic prosperity once more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-90443247374711113042012-10-22T18:07:00.000-07:002012-10-22T18:07:19.374-07:00Obama Lied, People Died<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I realize that I haven’t posted about the debate Tuesday and the last Presidential debate is looming tonight so I am going to cover Tuesday’s debate now but I am going to keep this post short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My initial thoughts on it are quite simple really; I think Romney did very well considering he was apparently debating not only Obama, but the moderator as well since she felt the need to interject herself into the debate to take the heat off of the President.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Romney missed a lot of chances to call the President out on some of the lies that the President said and I don’t know why he didn’t call him out on them, but whatever the reason, it was a missed opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The moderator, Candy Crowley, was a disgrace to the process of the debate with the way she acted and I, personally, think she should never be allowed to handle anything political again due to the clear bias that she showed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama came out of the second debate sounding strong and sure of himself… that is as long as you don’t fact check most of what he claimed during the debate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, Obama apparently took a tip from Joe Biden’s debate performance and sat in the background snickering and giggling, though to a lesser degree than his running mate did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The debate was a town hall format supposedly filled with undecided voters which would have been a good format if it hadn’t been for several factors such as the fact that the Moderator got to pick who asked what questions after they had submitted them prior to the debate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This alloyed the Moderator to cherry pick questions that would give Obama the easiest time answering them, which she did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also interrupted and cut Romney off repeatedly, not giving him time to respond which, when you think about it, defeats the whole purpose of the debate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, just like the other two debates, the Democrat candidates had more time to speak, this time around four minutes worth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That makes roughly fifteen minutes more speaking time in all three ninety minute debates over the Republican candidates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the record that is roughly an eighteen percent difference in the allotted speaking time between the two tickets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">During the debate, Obama lied repeatedly in an attempt to cover up the truth about a multitude of issues such as when Obama claimed that gas prices are only low when the economy is bad, but I don’t really want to go into all of those, there are plenty of fact check sites out there that have ripped Obama’s portion of the debate to shreds and you can check them out if you really want to know all the gory details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be fair, Romney have his share of half-truths as well, for instance, when Romney claimed that Obama had cut oil production in half, that simply isn’t true, he has cut it by three quarters… for those of you who are not good at math, that is more than half.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once again though, I don’t really want to get into all of the lies and mistruths that were said, instead I want to focus on one blatant lie that Obama said and the Moderator stepped in to play fact checker on in an attempt to aid the President… and was wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When a question about the Libyan debacle came up, Obama claimed that the very next day he had called the attack against our Ambassador what it was, “an act of terror” and when Romney tried to call him on it, the Moderator stepped in and said that Obama was telling the truth and Romney was incorrect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later in an interview after the debate she had to correct herself and admit that Romney was in fact correct and both she and the President had been incorrect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The part of Obama’s speech that he was referring to was a segment where Obama did in fact say the words, “act of terror”, but not in reference to the event in Libya.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama was referring to the events of September 11<sup>th</sup> when the World Trade Center was attacked and the following attacks that had been stopped since such as the underwear bomber.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whenever he referred to Libya, he insisted that it was all caused by a random protest spurned on by a video on YouTube, in fact he and his administration kept on referring to the attack as a result of the video for two weeks after the attack happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He even went so far as to condemn the person who made the video, essentially saying that this individual had no right to make or say anything that is offensive or could be offensive to Muslims, talk about throwing the first amendment out the window.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>American Crossroads has a great video montage up of Obama and his administration claiming that it was all the videos fault (and each clip is dated) and I truly hope they release it onto the airwaves as an attack ad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Simple fact of the matter is, Obama blatantly lied to us, the American people, about this event and people died due to his and his administrations incompetence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is not the only thing that they have lied about though and, as we all know, the truth has a way of catching up to the lie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-44426772492391847482012-10-15T17:25:00.000-07:002012-10-15T17:25:01.881-07:00I Need An Adult, or, Children Cry As America Dies<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ok, let me start off by apologizing for my long absence from this blog, I have been dealing with some personal issues as well as 60 hour work weeks as I try to stay afloat in this crappy economy that our Government has given us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was never my intent to be gone for so long and I hope that you, my dear readers, will forgive me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to thank you for reading my blog still or, if you area first time reader I would like to thank you for giving me a shot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once again, I want to remind everyone that this blog is not a news blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its sole purpose is to be a place for me to express my opinion about a number of things, most of which will be political in nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am an independent conservative though I tend to lean more toward the Republican platform than the Democrat platform and as such my view will be along these lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are offended my potentially disagreeable views please leave now, if not, then welcome and feel free to leave comments in the comment section, especially if you want to have a discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I encourage discussions in the comments section and tend to participate in them when they occur; all I ask is that everyone remain civil and polite.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ok, now with that out of the way, I want to talk about the last two debates that we have had in the Presidential race, or, more appropriately, I want to talk about the performances of Obama and Biden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I may get into Romney and Ryan a little bit in order to contrast them against their opponents but, this is mainly going to be a comparison of the two Dems that are running for re-election.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main reason I want to focus on them is that I find the two extremes that we got in their performances fascinating… also there is the fact that I find that both of those performances have hurt their re-election chances due to the extremes they went to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Obama, during his debate against Romney, appeared lackluster and he looked as though he didn’t want to be there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Considering the trouncing that he got, I wouldn’t have wanted to be there either if I were him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Throughout the entire debate, Obama kept hanging his head, looking at the floor, looking at the ceiling (maybe w\he was trying to find his teleprompter?) and generally looking anywhere else other than at his opponent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this debate, the point was to have each candidate address each other and have a lively discussion about their views on the topics that was set forth from the question presented by the moderator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is kind of hard to do that when you won’t even acknowledge the presence of the other candidate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Romney held his own on the stage by directly addressing Obama and looking straight at him the entire time no matter who was speaking and he managed to do this while remaining respectful of Obama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama on the other hand kept addressing the audience while avoiding his counterpart as well as begging the moderator for more time to speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For someone who spoke as much as Obama did, he sure didn’t say much of anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end Obama got way more time to talk then Romney did, but you wouldn’t know that if you listened to the MSM (Main Stream Media).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The way that Obama acted during the debate with Romney came off almost as if he were a sullen child who was being forced to do something he didn’t want to do and then complaining about not getting able to do it enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All in all, he came off as arrogant and rude during this debate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Biden on the other hand, or Mad Joe as I like to call him, really came off as a crotchety old man who occasionally reverts back to an infantile state when he was debating Ryan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this debate, the candidates were supposed to address one another as well as the public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ryan pulled this off very well, full of class and style, Mad Joe on the other hand did manage to address the people he was supposed to address (unlike Obama) but it was his antics the entire time that kept him down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whenever Ryan was speaking about anything (some of which were very serious subjects) Mad Joe was busy rolling his eyes, cackling, giggling, throwing his hands up in the air and most importantly, constantly interrupting Ryan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ryan to his credit did not reach over that table and bitch slap Joe Biden, I would have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the flip side, when Biden was speaking, Ryan was quiet and polite, letting Mad Joe say what he wanted to say without stooping to the oh so low level of Joe. Once again we have the Dem candidate whine about not getting enough time to speak and, like Obama, Joe really didn’t say much that was worth anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also there were several times that when Biden was speaking he got visibly angry, shaking his finger at the moderator and the audience as if he was restraining himself from lashing out and striking them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Joe spoke he refused to say Ryan’s name once, instead referring to Ryan as “my friend” constantly, which is a very rude snub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, whenever Ryan was speaking, Joe pulled the infantile act and then when it was his turn to speak, he became the crotchety old man, neither of which is an attractive way to act if you want people to vote for the ticket you are on in a Presidential race.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I guess the best way to finish this post up would be to compare the Democrat ticket verses the Republican ticket’s performances in these two debates…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone who has read my previous posts knows exactly how I feel about Romney, I don’t like the man but as time goes on I find myself being more and more comfortable with a Romney Presidency, especially now that he has Ryan on the ticket and considering that if he doesn’t win this election we are looking at four more years of Obama’s crappy policies and Constitution breaking maneuvers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The way the two tickets look to me after these first two debates is like this, the Obama ticket has two people on it that have proven themselves to be immature, arrogant and contemptuous in the way it handles itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not above lying about everything and anything to the American people if it thinks that it will get it re-elected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will even go so far as to double down on those lies when called out on them in front of the American people while on stage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is not leadership and leadership is what we so desperately need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, the Romney ticket held its own in a cool, calm and mature fashion, despite all of the slanderous half-truths and blatant lies that were thrown against it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took the high road during the debates when many others would not have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For its efforts, the Romney ticket has come out of these debates so far looking even better for not having soiled their shoes in the much that the Obama Ticket is wallowing in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Romney ticket is what leadership should look like and with any luck (and a whole lot of votes) the Romney ticket is the leadership we will get.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not the perfect ticket nor is it the perfect answer for the problems that this nation faces but it is a step in the right direction after four years of a socialist in the White House who does everything he can to stand against America and all she believes in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I know that I promised over twitter that I was going to post this last night, but I found that I was still so angry over SCOTUS’s that most of what I had to say would have been extremely emotionally driven and counterproductive to an intelligent conversation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Let me start of by saying that I think SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) really dropped the ball on this one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only did we have Justices that should have been required to recuse themselves (Kagan is a prime example) due to a conflict of interests, but we also had Justices that decided that in order to make the law valid, they would effectively rewrite the law to make the penalty that fell under the commerce clause a tax instead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course everybody knew from the start that it was a tax but the language in the law stated that it was a penalty and that the commerce clause was what gave the authority to enact said penalty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, the Chief Justice (Roberts) decided that while the current wording made the law unconstitutional, he would rule on it as if it were a tax and effectively renames it as a tax in the written statement that was presented with the Court’s decision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Effectively, this is a declaration from Chief Justice Roberts that the Supreme Court can now use judicial activism to rewrite laws in order to fit whatever personal agenda the members of the Court have but that is not the only fall out that will come with this horrible (and in my opinion if the Justices could be held accountable, which they can’t be, illegal) decision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The second major piece of fallout from this decision effectively gives Congress the ability to tax your actions or lack thereof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SCOTUS basically said that by making this penalty a tax, Congress can tax you for your choice not to buy health insurance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Taken to its logical conclusion where does this end?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not in a good place, that’s where.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Congress can tax you for not buying something like health insurance, what is to keep them from taxing you for not buying healthy food?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What if they want to tax you for not buying Brussels sprouts because the poor Brussels sprout farmers aren’t making enough money to cover their employees’ health insurance? (By the way, health insurance costs are going to skyrocket.) Let’s take this one step further, what if they want to tax you if you don’t vote?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What if they want to tax you if you don’t buy the exact make and model of car that they feel everyone should be forced to drive?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you see where I am going with this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SCOTUS has just given Congress the power of tyrannical rule through taxes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have declared that Congress has the ability to tax citizens for anything that they wish as long as it is just that, a tax.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Well, now the question is, what can we do about it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The way I see it, we only have a few options, one of which is preferable, the others are not so preferable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The first and best option is the one I would really prefer to have happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It starts with electing Romney (as much as I dislike the man I will take him over the commie in the White House right now) and gaining the majority in the Senate while maintaining the majority in the House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Romney then will need to repeal Obamacare with the help of the Senate and the House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After that, several Constitutional Amendments need written and put up for a vote.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of those Amendments needs to limit the taxing powers of Congress in such a way that this can never happen again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next needs to limit the powers of the Supreme Court to restrict the use of Judicial Activism to rewrite laws in order to make them constitutional.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The third needs to make it to where the Justices are held accountable to the will of the people. (I personally like Tom Kratman’s approach with the amendments ate the end of “State of Disobedience” where all the justices are on the ballot during every Presidential election and the one that gets the most votes is removed and the new President gets to replace him/her with a new Justice.) Forth, we need an Amendment that states that any laws that Congress pass apply equally to the members of the ruling body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order for get all of that done we would have to have politicians in office with the guts to pull of that kind of bold legislation… unfortunately I don’t think politicians like that exist anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After those Amendments are written, then we the people need to go and vote them in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The second option which I don’t like as much because it would be even harder to do is to forget about winning the Presidency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Focus only on gaining a veto-proof House and Senate, and then have them enact all the steps I laid out in the first option.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The third option I like even less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is revolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like this option because of the potential for bloodshed, but it wouldn’t be the first time blood has been shed for our freedom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be quite honest, the prospect of a second American Revolution frightens me, but I see it as a potential future that will become necessary in order to preserve what little is left of this once great nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really hate to say that but that is one of the only ways we have left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope and pray that it never gets that far.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The fourth option I dislike as much as the third.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This option involves all of the conservative states that still believe in the American Ideal of freedom announcing their succession and forming their own nation independent of the liberal states.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I dislike this option because I see another Civil War happening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like the first Civil War, it would be about a multitude of reasons with State’s and Citizen’s rights being at the forefront.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I know none of these options are particularly great, but the way I see it they are all we have left aside from becoming complacent in letting our freedoms slip away faster and faster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was going to go into how this law is going to hurt everyone that the Libs are saying it would help but I have ran out of time for now so I will have to take that up at another time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you for reading and remember to vote this November.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aim for Option #1 with me please.</span></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-68481179990128820512012-05-23T07:21:00.000-07:002012-05-23T07:22:37.080-07:00It Takes A Heartless Man Sometimes<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">OK, so Obama’s campaign has come out and said that it is all about focusing on Mitt Romney’s time with Bain Capital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Honestly is that the best that they can do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are using Romney’s time with Bain to paint him as a heartless human being that cares nothing for the people that he hurts in pursuit of the all-mighty dollar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is clearly a misrepresentation of the job that Romney did for Bain and in my opinion the way that the Obama campaign is painting him actually helps him considering that this election cycle is more than likely going to revolve around the economy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Now, to get things that have been twisted by the left straightened back out…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, Romney worked for Bain Capital by taking companies that were going down the toilet fiscally and turning them around to where they were once again making money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes this involved making hard decisions about who and what to cut from those companies which did in turn hurt people and their families as they found themselves without jobs, but think about all the jobs Romney saved in the process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every cut Romney had to make had to be painstakingly gone over to weight the cost verses the benefit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If he had to cut more jobs then he saved at any one of these companies then the cost would have been too high.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The whole point of his job was to make sure that the least amount of cuts are made in order to get the company out of the red and back into the black.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Obama’s campaign is painting this as a horrible and black hearted thing that Romney was doing and, if you are a bleeding heart liberal that would rather see the entire company go under with everyone losing their job as opposed to a select few, it might be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the facts can’t be denied Romney did what was necessary and because of his actions, those companies survived and prospered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I know I have my problems with Romney; I just don’t like the man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think he is a lite version of Obama socially but I do recognize that when he has a job to do that involves pulling something out of the fiscal fire his track record is remarkable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe, if he is as heartless as Obama’s campaign suggests, we need someone who can look at our Government’s budget with a heartless eye and make the painful yet necessary cuts to pull us out of the hole Government has dug us into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both sides are to blame, don’t get me wrong, both sides put us here but whereas were digging the hole with a spade before, Obama came in with a backhoe and said “Let’s see deep we can get this”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope Romney will take that same backhoe and fill the hole back in before digging with a spade again at the least, at best I hope that he can get us back into the black though I realize with the Government that is almost impossible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In closing I say, give Romney a chance to heartlessly fill in Obama’s hole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I realize some will get buried in the aftermath but we are in so deep because of the last 6 years that some sacrifices will have to be made by all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need a heartless man to repair the damage done by men with weak hearts so that a man or woman with a strong and firm heart can step in afterward.</span></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-57460296956608876232012-04-20T08:47:00.000-07:002012-04-20T08:47:40.137-07:00It's A Dog Eat Dog World<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ok, the silliness that has gotten started about the whole dog thing between Romney and Obama is starting to get on my nerves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, in 1983, Mitt Romney took a 650 mile trip with his family to their vacation home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, their dog was on the roof of the car the whole way, but he was in a carrier that was strapped down and had a windshield to protect the dog from the wind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes the dog got sick during the trip, but it was because he had gotten into some human food that disagreed with him before the trip, not because he was so terrified from being on top of the car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dog was used to traveling in that fashion and, if he is like most dogs, he more than enjoyed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact that people would suggest that this is a valid concern in the upcoming election is just stupid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact that Obama would use this as an attack against Romney is stupid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because there are more important issues to worry about than if some carries their dog in a kennel that is strapped down to the top of their vehicle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As for this retaliation from the Romney camp about the fact that Obama grew up knowingly eating dog… So what?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes Obama knew it was dog when he ate it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, he was a young man at the time living in Indonesia with his step-father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, dog is a common dish over there that people eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I must reiterate, once again, that is not an important issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The fact that these two candidates want to attack each over issues dealing with dogs when there are much more important issues at hand is just ridiculous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know Obama can’t run on the real issues that plague our nation today because it would just highlight his failures, but he could run against Romney’s plans that he has presented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not a perfect plan but it would stick to the issues at hand when it comes to his opponent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for Romney, he really needs to call Obama out on all the failed policies of his administration that have gotten us to the point that we are at now, highlight the failures and present reasonable solutions to get us to a better place both fiscally and globally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Seriously, is too much to ask to our presidential candidates to behave adults and cut out the childish behavior by addressing the serious issues that face out nation in an open and honest fashion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it?</span></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-87568840213654594472012-04-11T17:00:00.000-07:002012-04-11T17:00:50.659-07:00Some Thoughts on the Eventual Republican Nominee<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Well, I know it has been a while since my last post and a lot has happened in the political realm, but never fear, I am back for a little bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Work has gotten extremely busy for me so I have not had as much time to focus on my novel as I would like, so I have put it on the back burners for now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This doesn’t mean that I am going to start posting regularly on my blogs once more, because more than likely I am not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just don’t really have the time to do that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do have the time to really sit down and write blog posts out regularly, much less work on my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When work slows down a bit I can pick the novel back up but till then I think I will stick to sporadic blog posts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once I finally finish the novel, I will be back to posting regularly on my blogs while I take a break between books and start focusing on trying to sell them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But anyway, on to what I was focus on for this post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It looks like we finally have our Republican nomination even though Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich refuse to drop out of the race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Technically I guess you could say that we are still in primary season, but look at our “choices”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a choice between the crazy guy, Ron Paul, the career politician that idolizes FDR, Newt Gingrich, and Obama-lite, Mitt Romney.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not really much of a choice there is it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not that there really is a choice left, Romney is so far ahead in having delegates that there really in no way that Gingrich or Paul can catch up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Romney is going to have this one in the bag and that is mainly due to the people who say “anyone but Obama,” which is a dangerous attitude to have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is for that reason that we lost all of the truly good conservative candidates early in the primaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The liberal news media saw those candidates as the largest threat to Obama’s presidency and went after them full force to knock them out before they could get any serious ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In doing so, the liberal media effectively made the “anybody but Obama,” people say “It’s ok, anybody will be better than what we currently have so let’s not stand by the people that are clearly to best choice, drop them and move on to the next best thing.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That kind of thinking is what has now saddled us with Mitt Romney, aka Obama-lite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">You may be wondering why I call Romney Obama-lite, well if you will recall from previous posts I referred to Mitt as Obama 2.0.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason I call him this is due to how similar he is to Obama in policies when it comes to things like healthcare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Granted Mitt has publicly stated that government healthcare is a state’s issue not a federal issue but the fact remains that Romneycare was the base that Obamacare was built on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Due to this I have pretty much determined that regardless of who wins the presidential election, we, as a nation, are screwed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Really when you think about it, it boils down who do we want to destroy us. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama will take us down fast and quick, look at the job he has done so far, and our destruction will insure that the new Communist States of Obamica forms quickly, left hordes of mindless worker drones to fill the gaps left by all the sane people who fled or were killed because they were a little too free thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t believe that that would happen, do some research and see what happens to educated people and people who won’t conform in communistic states.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mitt on the other hand will take a softer approach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t get me wrong, it will be the almost same one that Obama would take, just scaled back, which, would cause it to linger on for quite a time longer then Obama’s would and be devoid of the heavy communistic leanings that Obama would employ which would also make it drag out longer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The up note of Mitt is, even though he would kill us eventually, if we survive his term, we may survive to get a conservative in office that can fix all the crap either of these two idiots can do to us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">AT LEAST HE’S NOT A COMMIE!!!</span></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-89122395585399014242012-02-21T09:13:00.000-08:002012-02-21T09:13:34.578-08:00Obama's SotU Speech In A Nutshell And Why I am Done With It<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I do want to finish Obama’s State of the Union speech, but somehow I think that that isn’t going to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason for this is because of several different things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first reason being that I didn’t realize how little of the speech I would be able to address per post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have done six posts already and only just hit the half way mark on the speech, so in light of that let me sum the whole thing up in a nice and neat little package.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama’s SotU speech is basically an unrealistic wish list of what he wants to accomplish no matter how badly it exceeds his authority or goes against the Constitution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact Obama goes so far as to say in it that he feels the problem with the Government as it is… is that there is too much Government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Normally, I would agree, but the way that he means it is that he feels that 3 branches of government are too much, therefor in his SotU speech he actually asks Congress to turn over their over to the Executive branch , in other words, him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one paragraph alone where he says this provides me with enough material for an entire blog post, but, I won’t go into that because that is not the point of this post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The fact that it took me six posts to get halfway through his speech is pathetic, not on my part, but on his.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He thinks that we the people are a bunch of ignorant fools who hang on his every word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His blowhard attitude comes across in his long winded, lie filled, explanation to why he wants to be America’s first dictator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Looking back, the way I should have covered his SotU speech was by taking highlights and going over them, but the more I read of it the more I became convinced I needed to go through it word for word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was my mistake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I apologize to those who were reading it and were looking forward to me finishing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The second reason is that there are other things in the news I want to talk about and cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As long as I was focusing on Obama’s SotU speech then I was taking my attention away from more current events that I feel are more important than Obama’s narcissistic babbling on about nothing relevant to the real world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The third reason is that I have started on my second novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those of you that have been following me for a while know that last year I took some time off from posting to write “Shadows of the Western Moon” and for those of you that follow my other <a href="http://princessarylin-musingsofamadpoet.blogspot.com/">blog</a> where I talk about my non-political writings, you will be happy to know that “Tears of the Western Moon” is now in the works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once I finish this one I will probably start promoting these books in an effort to sell them to a publisher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Also, since I am focusing on my second novel now, my postings will become fewer and further between until the novel is finished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will still post here on Political Discourse, I will just be a bit more selective about what I post because I don’t want to waste your time or my time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of that, I am mainly going to try to hit on subjects that deal with the current Presidential and congressional elections, unless Obama does something stupid, which he more than likely will, in which case I will cover that as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Anyway, thank you for your time and patience.</span></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-41374176476879143662012-02-09T10:39:00.000-08:002012-02-09T10:42:39.150-08:00Obama's State Of The Union 2012 Part 6<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We can also spur energy innovation with new incentives. The differences in this chamber may be too deep right now to pass a comprehensive plan to fight climate change. But there's no reason why Congress shouldn't at least set a clean energy standard that creates a market for innovation. So far, you haven't acted. Well tonight, I will. I'm directing my Administration to allow the development of clean energy on enough public land to power three million homes. And I'm proud to announce that the Department of Defense, the world's largest consumer of energy, will make one of the largest commitments to clean energy in history - with the Navy purchasing enough capacity to power a quarter of a million homes a year.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This whole statement makes me laugh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, come on, everyone knows that Global Warming, err, that is to say, Climate Change, is a myth that has been propagated by years of falsified data and research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not saying that we shouldn’t try to be good stewards of the planet, but we don’t need to base what we do on lies that have been spread by people who have an agenda to promote their cause by falsifying information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for the rest of Obama’s statement here, I just find it funny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll let you figure out why.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wow, he is delusional.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh well, I guess that is why they call it a wish list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is what this entire speech is, a wish list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sounds good but you know none of it is feasible nor will it ever get done.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Actually, our infrastructure is not that bad compared to the rest of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot of people like to show pictures of a bridge that collapsed in the central northern US to say we need the Federal Government to invest more in American Infrastructure then they off set it with pictures of brand new bridges built in Germany and China.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What they don’t tell you it the American bridge collapsed when there was an earthquake (something that doesn’t often happen in that region) that was worse than the bridge was designed to withstand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile the Chinese and German bridges are not typical bridges that are seen in those nations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you were to take the percentages of bridges that are advanced in design and in good repair compared to the ones that are not, you would see that despite the fact that China and Germany spend 4 times as much money (percentage wise) on infrastructure as the US does, the US is far better off.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“During the</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Great Depression</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, America built the </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Hoover Dam </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and the</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Golden Gate Bridge</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. After World War II, we connected our States with a system of highways. Democratic and Republican administrations invested in great projects that benefited everybody, from the workers who built them to the businesses that still use them today.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the next few weeks, I will sign an Executive Order clearing away the red tape that slows down too many construction projects. But you need to fund these projects. Take the money we're no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our debt, and use the rest to do some nation-building right here at home.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How about use all of that money to pay down the debt and let the states worry about their own roads and bridges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only money that the Federal money that is needed is for the interstate road way systems, which is already over funded though you wouldn’t know it due to the wasteful spending of the people who run it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not take the existing money and (as Obama puts it) clear some of that red tape away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that then they would find out that they have more than enough money for what is needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This really does sound good, as a homeowner myself that has been effected by the housing decline; I can see the benefit of this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, I am hesitant to believe this or to trust that it will truly help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason for this is the money that will fund this has to come from somewhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The unfortunate truth is that it is most likely going to be gained by raising taxes or cutting the tax breaks that home owners get.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Either one of these is almost guaranteed to be worse than what we currently have to pay, effectively not saving us, the homeowners, anything.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What Obama is saying here is true, but it is also misleading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rules and regulations do help the free market to work better, but only when they are used in moderation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The biggest thing that is hurting the free market today is overregulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the whole reason that we had the trouble that led to the recession and the housing market collapse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you overregulate, things either can’t get done that need to get done or the multitude of rules gets abused by playing the rules against themselves.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ok, where to start… I guess I will start with the gulf oil spill…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama, you really dropped the ball on that one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You took over 90 days to respond to it all the while, blocking all outside help that was trying to lend a hand to help contain and clean it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That spill was your Katrina and you just used it to play class warfare politics by taking the opportunity it presented to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You used it to shut down a good portion of the industry that refines oil, hurting thousands of families in the process, and to promote your environmental agenda that does not take the US citizen into consideration. You could care less about clean air or clean water, all you care about is if promoting them promotes you and your agenda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Also, stop lying about the health insurance companies; I am sick of hearing you tell the same lies about them over and over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for the health insurance companies charging more for women over men, (and I know I am going to catch flak for this one, but bear with me) they should charge more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women have more expensive testing (and they are tested more often than men) that they need to have done simply because they are women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men’s healthcare, in general, is less expensive; therefor they should charge less for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t that men are better than women or vice versa, it’s just that our bodies are made differently therefor testing is done differently and costs differing amounts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So on that note Mr. Obama, shut your mouth, you will be more honest that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I believe as strongly as ever that we should take on illegal immigration. That's why my Administration has put more boots on the border than ever before. That's why there are fewer illegal crossings than when I took office.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This statement simply is not true, look it up.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The opponents of action are out of excuses. We should be working on comprehensive immigration reform right now. But if election-year politics keeps Congress from acting on a comprehensive plan, let's at least agree to stop expelling responsible young people who want to staff our labs, start new businesses, and defend this country. Send me a law that gives them the chance to earn their citizenship. I will sign it right away.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As I have pointed out before, the Republicans in Congress has been trying to do what Obama is claiming he wants done, but the Dems in the Senate as well as the President himself have been getting in the way of any reforms being passed because it doesn’t match exactly what they think should be in the reforms that have been presented.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“You see, an economy built to last is one where we encourage the talent and ingenuity of every person in this country. That means women should earn equal pay for equal work. It means we should support everyone who's willing to work; and every risk-taker and entrepreneur who aspires to become the next</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Steve Jobs</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I agree, too bad our President doesn’t practice that he preaches.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“After all, innovation is what America has always been about. Most new jobs are created in start-ups and small businesses. So let's pass an agenda that helps them succeed. Tear down regulations that prevent aspiring entrepreneurs from getting the financing to grow. Expand tax relief to small businesses that are raising wages and creating good jobs. Both parties agree on these ideas. So put them in a bill, and get it on my desk this year.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And once again, The Congressional Republicans have been trying to do this repeatedly.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Innovation also demands basic research. Today, the discoveries taking place in our federally-financed labs and universities could lead to new treatments that kill cancer cells but leave healthy ones untouched. New lightweight vests for cops and soldiers that can stop any bullet. Don't gut these investments in our budget. Don't let other countries win the race for the future. Support the same kind of research and innovation that led to the computer chip and the Internet; to new American jobs and new American industries.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The President has spent the first 3 years in office blocking things like this because he things that green energy is more important and in that vein he and his administration continue to throw money down a hole that has only proven fruitful in Europe where they subsidize around 90% of the research and costs with only a maximum of about a 50% return on the investment. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Nowhere is the promise of innovation greater than in American-made energy. Over the last three years, we've opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration, and tonight, I'm directing my Administration to open more than 75 percent of our potential offshore oil and gas resources. Right now, American oil production is the highest that it's been in eight years. That's right - eight years. Not only that - last year, we relied less on foreign oil than in any of the past sixteen years.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This statement is so false it isn’t funny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama has done everything he can to prevent and block oil and gas exploration as well restricting the production to an all-time low since the Carter years with Job killing regulations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Obama really is serious about opening 75% of our offshore resources, why has he worked toward blocking it when Republicans have been calling for it for this for the last 6 years?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*sigh* We have more than 2% of the of the world’s oil reserves.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To Obama: Stop saying you want to do something when you have clearly shown in the past that you do not, seriously, just because it is an election year doesn’t mean that you can forget the last 3 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, and while I am thinking about it, the companies that drill for natural gas do disclose the chemicals that they use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to get Government approval in order to use them, you dunderhead.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The development of natural gas will create jobs and power trucks and factories that are cleaner and cheaper, proving that we don't have to choose between our environment and our economy. And by the way, it was public research dollars, over the course of thirty years, that helped develop the technologies to extract all this natural gas out of shale rock - reminding us that Government support is critical in helping businesses get new energy ideas off the ground.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The funding that Government put toward natural gas research has actually done as much to restrict the methods for getting natural gas as it has helped it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dirty little secret, there is no truly clean energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As much as Obama and environmentalist want to think that there is, there isn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every form of energy comes with some form of waste and pollutant attached to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes even the batteries that he is so proud of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, and the renewable energy market is only thriving because of Government grants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without those is would have slipped into nothingness because it is inefficient as an energy source.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also if you are wondering why I say that there is not clean energy… Think about everything that goes into making clean energy happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you do you will find something that isn’t quite as clean as they would lead you to believe.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“When Bryan Ritterby was laid off from his job making furniture, he said he worried that at 55, no one would give him a second chance. But he found work at Energetx, a wind turbine manufacturer in Michigan. Before the recession, the factory only made luxury yachts. Today, it's hiring workers like Bryan, who said, "I'm proud to be working in the industry of the future."”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Our experience with shale gas shows us that the payoffs on these public investments don't always come right away. Some technologies don't pan out; some companies fail. But I will not walk away from the promise of clean energy. I will not walk away from workers like Bryan. I will not cede the wind or solar or battery industry to China or </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Germany </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">because we refuse to make the same commitment here. We have subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that's rarely been more profitable, and double-down on a clean energy industry that's never been more promising. Pass clean energy tax credits and create these jobs.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">True, investments don’t pay out right away, that is the way of the world, and it is rare that they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also some technologies don’t pan out and some companies do fail… like Solyndra, which Obama knew was going to fail yet gave them half a billion dollars of tax payer money anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They only reason that china and Germany have such seemingly good solar, wind and battery industries is because they pay out the ass to subsidize them and they are slowly being dragged into a hole because of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is why China is starting to invest in oil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oil is the only source of energy that has proven profitable all over the world, all other forms of energy fall short in comparison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not saying that we shouldn’t research these sources of energy, we should and hopefully one day it will pay off, but we need to go about it much wiser then we have because otherwise we are just wasting money that can be better spent.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Jackie Bray is a single mom from North Carolina who was laid off from her job as a mechanic. Then Siemens opened a gas turbine factory in Charlotte, and formed a partnership with Central Piedmont Community College. The company helped the college design courses in laser and robotics training. It paid Jackie's tuition, then hired her to help operate their plant.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want every American looking for work to have the same opportunity as Jackie did. Join me in a national commitment to train two million Americans with skills that will lead directly to a job. My Administration has already lined up more companies that want to help. Model partnerships between businesses like Siemens and community colleges in places like Charlotte, Orlando, and Louisville are up and running. Now you need to give more community colleges the resources they need to become community career centers - places that teach people skills that local businesses are looking for right now, from data management to high-tech manufacturing.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You know, all of this sounds good but there is just one tiny problem with what Obama is saying here, every American already has the same opportunity that this woman named Jackie had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the way the free market works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a business wants someone bad enough because they demonstrated that they have something special to bring to that business, then they will go out of their way to hire those individuals and train them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t need the Government for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Obama wants to help out the smaller businesses that may struggle to afford training people like this then I say fine, but larger companies like Siemens can already afford to do this without government assistance, oh and while I am at it… don’t attach a bunch of strings because then none of the businesses that could use the money would be willing to because it would not be worth it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As for the training programs being different, that is because different states require different things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This boils down to a state issue and the Federal Government needs to keep their hands out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The states reserve the right to set these regulations because of the different circumstances in each state.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For less than one percent of what our Nation spends on education each year, we've convinced nearly every State in the country to raise their standards for teaching and learning - the first time that's happened in a generation.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Actually, what he is calling raising standards is in truth lowering them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason I say this is class rooms now can only move as fast as the slowest student in them and we have done away with the special education programs that were reserved for the slower and more challenged students in an effort to make them feel better about themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we want to raise the standards we need to reinstitute the special education programs so that those students that need it will be able to get the education they need while the students that do not require that level of special attention can get the education they need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the current system we are holding our brightest students back and they are suffering for it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“But challenges remain. And we know how to solve them.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yes we do, vote Obama out and get rid of the Department of Education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turn the education system back over to the states.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“At a time when other countries are doubling down on education, tight budgets have forced States to lay off thousands of teachers. We know a good teacher can increase the lifetime income of a classroom by over $250,000. A great teacher can offer an escape from poverty to the child who dreams beyond his circumstance. Every person in this chamber can point to a teacher who changed the trajectory of their lives. Most teachers work tirelessly, with modest pay, sometimes digging into their own pocket for school supplies - just to make a difference.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let's offer schools a</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> deal</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the best ones. In return, grant schools flexibility: To teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test; and to replace teachers who just aren't helping kids learn.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once again I have to say, if Obama really means what he said than you need to turn the education system back over to the states.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also in order to do what he claims he wants then we seriously need to look at tenure and reform it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tenure is one of the reasons that we have teachers that should not be teaching in our schools and the sooner they can be held responsible the sooner thing will be able to improve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Traditionally, the Dems are against tenure reform because that puts the teachers that try to indoctrinate student toward the liberal agenda at risk.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have to disagree with this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every student that drops out does it for their own reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some do it because they know they won’t graduate and that allows them to enter the work force earlier to get valuable experience, others drop out so that they can get their GED and move on to college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are numerous reasons that students drop out of high school, some good some bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This call to change the way that students can drop out is not a good one because he does not want circumstances taken into consideration.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“When kids do graduate, the most daunting challenge can be the cost of college. At a time when Americans owe more in tuition debt than credit card debt, this Congress needs to stop the interest rates on student loans from doubling in July. Extend the tuition </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">tax credit </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">we started that saves middle-class families thousands of dollars. And give more young people the chance to earn their way through college by doubling the number of work-study jobs in the next five years.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All of this I actually agree with the President on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Of course, it's not enough for us to increase student aid. We can't just keep subsidizing skyrocketing tuition; we'll run out of money. States also need to do their part, by making </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">higher education </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a higher priority in their budgets. And colleges and universities have to do their part by working to keep costs down. Recently, I spoke with a group of college presidents who've done just that. Some schools re-design courses to help students finish more quickly. Some use better technology. The point is, it's possible. So let me put colleges and universities on notice: If you can't stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down. Higher education can't be a luxury - it's an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And then Obama drops the ball here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The states do their part; the main thing that is driving tuition costs up is the fact that the Federal Government restricts what can be taught at each university and college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This makes some schools worth more than others and since those schools are worth more, they charge more because they have to pay more to the professors that they have to hire. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the universities and colleges were allowed to teach any programs they desired instead of having to conform to what the Government dictates (which they do because they don’t want a lot of competition between universities and colleges on the programs that are taught.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Can these schools do more to lower costs?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes they can and they should, but threatening to take funding away from them if they don’t comply with your will is just wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If this were to happen the more tuitions costs would just go up that much more to make up for what the Government won’t cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Higher education is a luxury despite what the President says.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are plenty of programs out there to help people who cannot afford to pay for it on their own, but the recipient has to earn the right to get that money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you can’t afford it and don’t have the drive to do what it takes to get the student loans, scholarships or grants to help you pay for it then you don’t need it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone has a fair chance at getting a higher education, they just have to want it, but they are not entitled to it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Also, think of it like this, if everyone went to college and graduated then the value of that education would drop drastically because the job market would be flooded and then you would have a bunch of highly educated people who could not get the jobs that they have been educating themselves for over the course of the last 2 to 4 years (assuming they stop with their bachelor’s degree).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of these people would refuse to do any “lesser” jobs because they would think it was beneath them, after all, who wants to flip burgers when you have a degree in engineering of physics? Just saying.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Let's also remember that hundreds of thousands of talented, hardworking students in this country face another challenge: The fact that they aren't yet American citizens. Many were brought here as small children, are American through and through, yet they live every day with the threat of deportation. Others came more recently, to study business and science and engineering, but as soon as they get their degree, we send them home to invent new products and create new jobs somewhere else.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That doesn't make sense.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yes it does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they want to stay in the US they can apply for citizenship like any other LEGAL citizen that has immigrated has done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for the children, I hate to say that they should be punished for the crimes of their parents but, at least they can still be with their family once they all are sent back to where they came from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the parents demonstrate that they have no respect for American laws, and then they should be punished, unfortunately the children are affected too, but the parents should have thought about that before they broke the law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>American children suffer everyday as they are shipped off to foster homes because their parents broke the law, children that are here illegally should not be given any special treatment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure it isn’t their fault, but they are their parent’s responsibility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If their parents bring them then they should leave with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they want to come back then they should have to do like everyone else and go about it the legal way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cases of people seeking asylum are different and should be treated differently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we are not currently talking about people seeking asylum in the US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If the foreigners that come to the US for whatever reason want to stay then they should have the respect for the nation that they wish to live in and strive for citizenship the proper way.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More in part 5.</span></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-35096470193666053792012-01-31T08:58:00.000-08:002012-01-31T08:58:57.741-08:00Obama's State Of The Union 2012 Part 3<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What's happening in Detroit can happen in other industries. It can happen in Cleveland and Pittsburgh and Raleigh. We can't bring back every job that's left our shores. But right now, it's getting more expensive to do business in places like </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">China. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile, America is more productive. A few weeks ago, the CEO of Master Lock told me that it now makes business sense for him to bring jobs back home. Today, for the first time in fifteen years, Master Lock's unionized plant in Milwaukee is running at full capacity.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So we have a huge opportunity, at this moment, to bring manufacturing back. But we have to seize it. Tonight, my message to business leaders is simple: Ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country, and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While it is getting more expensive to do business in places overseas, the reason for that is simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The global economy is suffering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefor the costs of doing business anywhere is going up, including here in the US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama wants to know what it will take to bring manufacturing back to the US, that is simple too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Get rid of him and every politician that thinks like he does when it comes to over regulation, that will bring more jobs back to the US because it will make it easier for manufacturing businesses to do business here in the US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, make the entire US right to work so that unions can’t force people to join them if they want a job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unions have been one of the biggest hindrances to the manufacturing market for a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not saying to do away with the unions because they can be a good thing when they do what they are supposed to do, but give the hard working Americans a choice whether or not they want to join.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For the record, the Dems are the ones who wrote, promoted and passed the laws that set the system up like this. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“So let's change it. First, if you're a business that wants to outsource jobs, you shouldn't get a tax deduction for doing it. That money should be used to cover moving expenses for companies like Master Lock that decide to bring jobs home.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m all for taking away the tax deductions that he is talking about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The money that a business saves just from going overseas won’t be affected so they will still go overseas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But what we should not do is have taxes raised on businesses that choice to operate in a friendlier environment so that the money can then be sent to businesses that chose not to go overseas. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Second, no American company should be able to avoid paying its fair share of taxes by moving jobs and profits overseas. From now on, every multinational company should have to pay a basic minimum tax. And every penny should go towards lowering taxes for companies that choose to stay here and hire here.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">American companies pay more than their “fair share” (by the way, I am getting sick of hearing that phrase, it is a stupid thing to say) in taxes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They still pay taxes when it comes to importing and exporting goods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should not be taxing operations in in foreign countries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The countries that those businesses operate in tax them for what is done there we should not penalize the company for trying to make an extra profit because that does come back home to make more jobs here in the US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I agree that we should incentivize businesses to stay here in the US, but we don’t need to do it by raising taxes on multinational businesses just so we can subsidize businesses that won’t go overseas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The business model that a business uses should be based off of where they can get best quality work for the lowest price so that they can them turn around and invest in the economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doing what Obama suggests will kill our import export trade and make the economy even worse.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Third, if you're an American manufacturer, you should get a bigger tax cut. If you're a high-tech manufacturer, we should double the tax deduction you get for making products here. And if you want to relocate in a community that was hit hard when a factory left town, you should get help financing a new plant, equipment, or training for new workers.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once again, don’t have much of a problem with what he is saying here but I think he wants to go about it all the wrong way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for the subsidizing he is suggesting see my previous comment.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But that is not what he is saying; he is saying he wants to punish businesses for going overseas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for him signing tax reforms right way… Why hasn’t he or the Senate Dems back any of the tax reforms that are currently sitting in the senate because Harry Reed won’t even let them be brought to the floor?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are going to say it Obama, you should at least look like you are trying to what you claim you want to do.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We're also making it easier for American businesses to sell products all over the world. Two years ago, I set a goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years. With the bipartisan trade agreements I signed into law, we are on track to meet that goal - ahead of schedule. Soon, there will be millions of new customers for American goods in Panama, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Columbia</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, and</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> South Korea</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Soon, there will be new cars on the streets of Seoul imported from Detroit, and Toledo, and</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Chicago</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That is just a dream as long as Obama and the Dems keep up their policies when it comes to taxation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact of the matter is when it comes to exporting you have to create a friendly environment for businesses here in the US, including the ones that are forced to import due to regulations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until you do that, the costs of American products are going to be too high in an overseas market and you will be throwing money down a hole while trying to succeed, especially since most other nations see our good as inferior with the exception of our food exports.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I will go anywhere in the world to open new markets for American products. And I will not stand by when our competitors don't play by the rules. We've brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration - and it's made a difference. Over a thousand Americans are working today because we stopped a surge in Chinese tires. But we need to do more. It's not right when another country lets our movies, music, and software be pirated. It's not fair when foreign manufacturers have a leg up on ours only because they're heavily subsidized.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This statement makes me laugh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama knows that he only goes all over the world to take vacations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for bringing cases against our competitors in other nations, so what, the fact of the matter is if China or Russia are going to abuse the rules then that is what they will do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama and his administration can’t stop that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their bringing cases against foreign imports has not created jobs, it has just raised the cost on those imports that has actually hurt production in the US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only reason that unemployment is starting to drop is because despite what his administration has done the American market is strong and will recover, just at a slower rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the way, did you notice the little nod toward SOPA and PIPA?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more on that you can read my post about those two bills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As for the last part of this statement, the reason that foreign manufacturers have a leg up on us isn’t subsidies, it is the fact that labor is significantly cheaper, which is one of the things that is killing manufacturing here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some companies here in the US that, due to unions, have to pay their lowest paid workers a minimum of $25 an hour plus provide a complete benefits package.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If these manufacturers were allowed to either cut wages or make the work pay for part of their benefits then they would have an easier time competing worldwide.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Tonight, I'm announcing the creation of a Trade Enforcement Unit that will be charged with investigating unfair trade practices in countries like China. There will be more inspections to prevent counterfeit or unsafe goods from crossing our borders. And this Congress should make sure that no foreign company has an advantage over American manufacturing when it comes to accessing finance or new markets like</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Russia</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Our workers are the most productive on Earth, and if the playing field is level, I promise you - America will always win.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Umm, we have laws and departments in the government that already do this why do we need another?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make the ones that are supposed to be handling this do their job of get rid of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for what Obama is saying Congress should do, they have been trying to accomplish that but Obama and the Senate have been stonewalling them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once again, yes we do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Get rid of Obama and elect someone who cares about America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main issue when it comes down <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to this is education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to turn education back over to the states instead of dragging all states down to the lowest common denominator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Department of Education has done more to hurt education in this country by introducing programs like “No Child Left Behind” (more like no child gets ahead) which was passed under Bush.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to challenge our children in order for them to succeed, but until he stop holding them back until the ones that struggle catch up, that is not going to happen.</span></div>
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<br /></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-50572346440654954542012-01-30T08:45:00.000-08:002012-01-30T08:45:47.421-08:00Obama's State Of The Union 2012 Part 2<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I hope you enjoyed Part 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am going to be a bit more pithy for part 2 so that hopefully I can get through more of this speech because otherwise it is going to take me about 10 parts to finish it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is Part 2 for your viewing pleasure. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ok, I agree with Obama on the first part of this statement, long before the recession jobs were leaving our shore to go to foreign soil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This mainly happened during the Clinton years when the Dems had control of the House and the Senate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When bush came into office he killed some of the Clinton taxes and regulations which then started to pull us out of the hole that Clinton had put us in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes the wealthiest in the country got wealthier from it but we also say them hiring more people once they had more money to do so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was Reganonics in action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then once the Dems got control of the House and Senate during the Bush years that is when we saw the tide start to turn toward the negative which led us to the recession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot of people, Obama included, want to blame Bush for this but if you look at the facts, while Bush didn’t help, the Dems are the reason the recession happened, after all the House has the power of the purse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Obama says that technology has made some jobs obsolete, he neglects to say that it also created countless new jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wants to blame kiosks and ATMs for unemployment which is just silly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, when he talks about cost growing and paychecks not for most Americans he needs to realize that the core reason for that is him and his party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They income killing regulations that they have introduced along with refusing to pass a budget when the Republicans have offered multiple budgets has created an uncertainty that has prevented growth and increased costs.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“In 2008, the house of cards collapsed. We learned that mortgages had been sold to people who couldn't afford or understand them. Banks had made huge bets and bonuses with other people's money. Regulators had looked the other way, or didn't have the authority to stop the bad behavior.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thank you Barney Frank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is all, look it up if you don’t get it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“It was wrong. It was irresponsible. And it plunged our economy into a crisis that put millions out of work, saddled us with more debt, and left innocent, hard-working Americans holding the bag. In the six months before I took office, we lost nearly four million jobs. And we lost another four million before our policies were in full effect.” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once again, thank you Barney Frank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, for that last sentence…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually the recession could have been avoided if the Dems would not have gotten in the way of some of the stuff that the Republicans managed to squeeze through at the end of the last Bush term.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama and the Dems policies actually slowed the recovery by allowed us to slip into the recession that they themselves had constructed in order to create an atmosphere of uncertainty so that Obama could get elected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To put in in the words of one of Obama’s key advisors “Never waste a crisis.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Those are the facts. But so are these. In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than three million jobs. Last year, they created the most jobs since 2005. American manufacturers are hiring again, creating jobs for the first time since the late 1990s. Together, we've agreed to cut the deficit by more than $2 trillion. And we've put in place new rules to hold Wall Street accountable, so a crisis like that never happens again.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Poor, poor, Obama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He really needs a fact checker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Businesses have not created more than 3 million jobs, they have reopened those positions… and in some cases those jobs can be counted multiple times due to reopening, then having to close the position again, then reopening again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It makes it sound good if you count if all like that but it is not realistic, otherwise unemployment would be much lower.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, it is not the most jobs since 2005 (which is right before the Dems took control of both the House and Senate) it is the most since 2008, when Obama took office</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As for the line about American Manufacturers hiring again for the first time since the 90’s… That is utter BS and I am calling Obama on that.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The truth behind the deficit cut is simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t cut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They agreed to reduce spending not cut spending; there is a big difference there. On top of that the reduction turned out to be in the million not the trillions, I did a post on this when it happened, go read it please.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As for the Wall Street thing… They were just playing by the rules and regulations that the Dems placed there for them; can you blame them for wanting to make more money?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So when you think about it, this is really all the Dems fault for making rules that they didn’t like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So what do they do, they change them which shakes things up so much that they have now gimped Wall Street which is one of the things that is slowing the economic recovery.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The state of our Union is getting stronger. And we've come too far to turn back now. As long as I'm President, I will work with anyone in this chamber to build on this momentum. But I intend to fight obstruction with action, and I will oppose any effort to return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis in the first place.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is to you Mr. President.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No it isn’t and no we haven’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need to stop lying about being willing to work with anyone that was in that chamber because you have purposefully obstructed anything the Republicans have tried to do because it didn’t fit your vision of how things should be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for your fighting obstruction with action… learn your place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You do not have the power to go over Congresses head unless they let you and you have overstepped your bounds way to many times for most Americans to feel comfortable with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have been the obstructionist and you, while you were in the Senate, were one of the people that wrote the policies that brought about this “economic crisis”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So get over yourself you narcissistic fool.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“No, we will not go back to an economy weakened by outsourcing, bad debt, and phony financial profits. Tonight, I want to speak about how we move forward, and lay out a blueprint for an economy that's built to last - an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This would be all fine and dandy if I thought Obama really believed the words that he was reading off of his teleprompter but the facts are very simple if you look at Obama’s past performances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the exact opposite of everything he has done in the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could it be possible that the man has had a change of heart?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, but not likely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama is only saying this now because he knows that he has severely hurt his chances at reelection and he is trying desperately to get the American people back on his side otherwise he knows that he will be a one termer that will be known as he already is as the worst President in American history.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“On the day I took office, our auto industry was on the verge of collapse. Some even said we should let it die. With a million jobs at stake, I refused to let that happen. In exchange for help, we demanded responsibility. We got workers and automakers to settle their differences. We got the industry to retool and restructure. Today, General Motors is back on top as the world's number one automaker. Chrysler has grown faster in the U.S. than any major car company. Ford is investing billions in U.S. plants and factories. And together, the entire industry added nearly 160,000 jobs.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obama left out some key details in this. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bailout of General Motors and Chrysler began under Republican President George W. Bush, something Obama failed to mention. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama then picked up the ball once he was elected and earmarked more money which then finished the job. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Ford, which Obama mentions, never asked for a federal bailout nor did it receive one. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ford has managed to get along quite well on its own without a bailout as the other auto companies should have been able to as well. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, as part of its restructuring, Chrysler is not really a U.S. automaker anymore. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Italian automaker Fiat now owns a 30% share, and it will eventually go to 51% under terms of the U.S. bailout and its bankruptcy restructuring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On top of that, I think that Volkswagen would have a problem with the claim that GM is on top as the world’s #1 automaker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Volkswagen has outperformed everyone else on the world market and is proud of it; GM hasn’t even come close to their numbers.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once again I think Obama either needs to hire a new fact checker or quit lying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The American people are sick of this kind stuff from our politicians.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More to come with Part 3.</span></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-63835859631625955412012-01-27T08:53:00.000-08:002012-01-27T08:53:07.968-08:00Obama's State Of The Union 2012 Part 1<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Ok, I have debated with myself on how to approach the President’s State of the Union speech and after agonizing over how to present it to you, I figured that the best approach would be in multiple parts where I present it verbatim section by section and break it down for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will allow me to point out all of the truths, half-truths and lies (as well as my own opinionated opinions) that are held within it, so please bear with me; this is a long winded speech. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So without further delay, here it is.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow citizens fought - and several thousand gave their lives.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We gather tonight knowing that this generation of heroes has made the United States safer and more respected around the world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the first time in nine years, there are no Americans fighting in Iraq. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the first time in two decades, Osama Bin Laden is not a threat to this country. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of Al Qaeda's top lieutenants have been defeated. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Taliban's momentum has been broken, and some troops in</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Afghanistan </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">have begun to come home.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ok, not a bad start for the President, I will give him that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There aren’t many lies in what he says here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the things he does here is sets it up to sound ling all of the things are due to him though which is not the whole truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He talks about there being no Americans still fighting in Iraq which is a blatant lie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We still have a lot of private contractors that are over there and they have to fight everyday just to be able to do the job that has been given to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter how he wants to spin it, Americans are still at risk in Iraq, especially since he pulled all of the troops that were supposed to be protecting them out of the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iraq is quickly falling into chaos because he decided to ignore his generals and pull the troops out of that country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He should really give Bush the credit for some of these deeds yet his narcissism won’t allow him to do that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he talks about the USA being safer and more respected in the world due to our troops that have sacrificed themselves overseas, he isn’t lying, yet one of the things that he neglects to say is that due to his incompetence we actually have lost that safety and respect that the troops have bought us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also mentions Osama Bin Laden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sorry, but the last time I checked that was a mission that carried over from Bush.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama just happened to be lucky enough to be in office when the time to take Bin Laden out arose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He really should have given credit to where it was due, Bush and Seal Team 6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He also mentions that most of Al Qaeda’s to lieutenants where defeated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is true, most were taken out under Bush, not him though, once again, it would have been nice to see him man up and give credit where it was due.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One thing Obama failed to mention though is that were one lieutenant has fallen, two have taken the place of the one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He talks about the momentum of the Taliban being broken, well that is true, yet they have not been deterred.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Taliban is more determined now then every to take us out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh, and before I forget, I can’t argue with the fact that troops are starting to come home from Afghanistan because they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though he really needs to go and look back at history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He need to look at what all actually led up to allowing 9-11 to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama is making all of the mistakes Clinton made that set us up for the events of September 11<sup>th</sup>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“These achievements are a testament to the courage, selflessness, and teamwork of America's Armed Forces. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At a time when too many of our institutions have let us down, they exceed all expectations. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They're not consumed with personal ambition. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don't obsess over their differences. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They focus on the mission at hand. They work together.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want to comment on this statement so bad, I do but I’m afraid I might come across as bitter…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Screw it, here it is…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is obviously a jab at the Republican controlled Congress and Wall Street as well as capitalism as a whole in order to appeal to the Occupy zombies that drool over his every word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What he fails to mention is the fact that him and his party are the direct cause of these institutions supposedly letting us down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Democrat party has pushed legislation for the last 6 years that has caused Wall Street and the whole capitalistic system to fail us by over regulating and obstructing the system from doing what it is supposed to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On top of that, the Congress has done its job to the best of their ability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have passed budgets and bills that have been completely ignored in the House so that the Dems in the House would not have to go on record as voting them down because they know that if they did they would be voted out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is one of the reasons we have not had a budget passed for over 1,000 days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Obama and the Democrat party would do their Job things would have gotten done and we would not be where we are now.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Imagine what we could accomplish if we followed their example. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about the America within our reach: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A country that leads the world in educating its people. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An America that attracts a new generation of high-tech manufacturing and high-paying jobs. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A future where we're in control of our own energy, and our security and prosperity aren't so tied to unstable parts of the world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An economy built to last, where hard work pays off, and responsibility is rewarded.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thinking about it and wishing for it is fine Mr. President, but you actually have to do something to make this happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far you have done everything in your power to prevent any of the things you mention here from having a chance to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t have it both ways you know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We can do this. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know we can, because we've done it before. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the end of World War II, when another generation of heroes returned home from combat, they built the strongest economy and middle class the world has ever known. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My grandfather, a veteran of Patton's Army, got the chance to go to college on the GI Bill. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My grandmother, who worked on a bomber assembly line, was part of a workforce that turned out the best products on Earth.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Actually the strongest economy and middle class that the US has ever had came from when Regan was President.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for the troop being able to build a strong economy and middle class… How?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You fired a good chunk of them that will now become an unnecessary burden on society because of your incompetence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If this was your desire you should have kept them employed so that they could be called out on a moment’s notice and once they returned to the US put them to work on domestic projects like protecting our borders… but wait, you don’t want that either. But you know what; I am done addressing you Mr. President. I have more important people to talk to… like your employers, the American people.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The two of them shared the optimism of a Nation that had triumphed over a depression and fascism. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They understood they were part of something larger; that they were contributing to a story of success that every American had a chance to share - the basic American promise that if you worked hard, you could do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send your kids to college, and put a little away for retirement.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obama talks about the American dream as if it were a thing of the past, and if he would be honest about it he would tell you that if he had his way it would be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact of the matter is the American dream still lives though if we continue to allow people like him to dictate our lives to us then the dream will die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything he is talking about Americans being able to do in the past tense is still possible and will remain so as long as we the people have the guts to hold on to it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The defining issue of our time is how to keep that promise alive. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No challenge is more urgent. No debate is more important. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well, while a growing number of Americans barely get by. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What's at stake are not Democratic values or Republican values, but American values. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have to reclaim them.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, I actually have to agree with Obama here, I do; and the path to restoring our nation defiantly isn’t re-electing this idiot into office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we need in order to do what he states here is to elect someone who will be brutally honest with the American people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also we the people have to have the patience to let said individual do what needs to be done to pull us out of the hole that we are in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, none of the people we currently have running for the office of President are the type of person that we need and that is solely our (the American peoples) fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have always felt that brutal honesty is the best policy but as long as we have silver tonged politicians in office instead of honest hard working Americans, we will never get it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With this line Obama has laid out the exact reason that he does not need to be re-elected.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That is it for part 1, I hope to have part 2 up soon, but as I said before, this is a long winded speech.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was hoping to get more in this post but I have already gone on much longer then I wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of my posts are between 2 to 3 pages in Word; this post is 4 pages just to give you an idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know how many posts it will take to get through this whole thing but I hope it has been educational for you and you will come back for all the parts as I get them up.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-40888231196785703262012-01-26T05:56:00.000-08:002012-01-26T05:56:08.049-08:00What Is To Come And A Letter To Obama<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Just to let all of you who read my blog know, I am slowly but surely working my way through a transcript of Obamas State of the Union speech.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I plan on breaking the whole thing down piece by piece, dissecting it so that you won’t have too. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will more than likely be a multi-part post because of how long winded the speech is and all the crap there is to talk about that is in the speech.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once I finish slugging through the whole thing I will get to work on the posts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for your time and patience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Though, since I have you here…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know if you have heard about Obama’s childish little blow up at the Governor of Arizona, Gov. Jan Brewer because she didn’t talk favorably about him in her book. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let us examine this for a minuet…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a Republican Governor of a mostly Republican state that has been targeted by Obama and his Justice Department over the state trying to enforce immigration laws by making their own since the Federal Government refuses to do its job on Obama’s orders…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On top of that, the DoJ is targeting individual law enforcement agencies in her state with the express interest of preventing them from enforcing the laws that protect its citizens…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Talking to you now, Obama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You wonder why she talked poorly about you in her book?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps because of all the crap you have done to try to harm her state and the people therein.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are you so narcissistic that you can’t comprehend that if you treat people poorly that they are going to return the favor?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you understand that your idiotic actions have consequences?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What kind of world do you live in?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you live in a fantasy land where you do no wrong and everyone loves you because there is no other way that they could possibly feel since you obviously are the second coming?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You sicken and disgust me with how pathetic you are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need to grow the hell up and get over yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just because you won the election (and through increasingly suspicious means…) doesn’t mean everyone is going to like you and the bs line that anyone who doesn’t line you must be racist is just that, bs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You want to know why I don’t like you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t like you because you are actively trying to destroy the country that I love with your socialistic and communistic policies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has nothing to do with your race so get over it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are supposed to be an adult, act like one and quit crying you sniveling little baby!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Sorry about that, my dear readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to get that out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, I hope to have my breakdown of Obama’s speech part 1 up soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you once again for your time and patience.</span></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-18916462132820027132012-01-25T11:37:00.000-08:002012-01-25T13:27:46.509-08:00SOPA and PIPA - The Path To Obstruction<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Ok, I know I am a little late to the game with this piece, but I feel this needs to be said therefor I am saying it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The subjects I am going to talk about are the now infamous SOPA and PIPA bills that have yet to be presented in Congress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily SOPA has been set on the back burner for now while congress tries to figure out a way to change the language so that it is not as intrusive as it is in its current form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least that is the story that is being fed to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that Congress is just waiting for our short term memories to forget about SOPA so that they can try to pass it again under a different name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PIPA is still up for a vote soon unless something drastic happens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully, the internet wide protests that occurred when SOPA was about to be brought up will have had an impact on PIPA, if not, then maybe we will have another protest only wider spread.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ok, I guess since not everyone out there keeps up with current events, I need to start out by telling you all what SOPA and PIPA are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I will start with SOPA, which stands for “Stop Online Piracy Act”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of the two bills, SOPA is the more extreme in its language and potential execution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It intended to help fight copy right infringement on </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">foreign websites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the tools SOPA provided allowed the U.S. Department of Justice could seek court orders requiring Internet service providers such as AOL, Comcast and Charter to block the domain names of “infringing sites”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, Comcast could prevent its customers from accessing megaupload.com.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, this was one of the parts of SOPA that was dropped due to the opposition as well as the impracticality of actually enforcing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other tool would allow rights holders to seek court orders requiring payment providers, advertisers and search engines to stop doing business with an “infringing site”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of this, the rights holders would also be able to request for funding to be cut off from an “infringing site”, and that all search links leading to the offending site be required to be removed. Then site in question would have five days to appeal any action taken against them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, SOPA defines an “infringing site" as any site that is "committing or facilitating" copyright infringement, this blankets both domestic and foreign sites. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now on to the subject of PIPA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PIPA stands for “Protect Intellectual Properties Act”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the most part, PIPA is almost identical to SOPA with the main difference being the language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I said before SOPA is the more extreme of the two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whereas SOPA is very broad in its reach when it comes to a site that is committing or facilitating" copyright infringement, PIPA only target sites that have “no other significant use other than copyright infringement”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What this mean is, if any website has any purpose other than providing copyrighted material it should be safe from the ramifications of the bill, though a site will still have to prove that it is for other uses other than pirating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sites that fileshare such as Rapidshare should, in theory, be safe from prosecution because they remove copyrighted material as soon as the owner of copyright requests it, while sites like Megaupload and PirateBay would be targeted due to their attempts to obstruct any attempts to force the removal of copyrighted material.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Speaking of Megaupload… want to see something that should terrify you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go to megaupload.com and then come back here, I’ll wait…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is terrifying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because, Megaupload is based out of Hong Kong and the owner of the site was arrested from his home in New Zealand when the FBI had the site brought down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah, anyway, Megaupload is supposedly NOT a victim of the fallout from upset bureaucrats over the dismissal of SOPA, yet I find the timing very suspicious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I digress.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now that I have given you some info on SOPA and PIPA I am going to tell you about my opinion of these two bills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SOPA and PIPA both are good in their intentions, they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main problem with them comes in the language that is used in the bills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am all for protecting an individual’s intellectual properties, I am, but this hits a little close to home with me in the aspect of writing, therefor I am going to approach this from that viewpoint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, if someone stole the novel I wrote and distributed it without my permission and I, then, was unable take make any money off of it due to that, I would be upset.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know some people think that authors that get published make tons of money on their books, but unless an author is extremely prolific or well sold, such as Stephen King, they are not going to make a lot of money off of their writing (unless they are very lucky).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When someone takes their book and uploads it to a site so that it can be distributed illegally that cuts into the sales of the book which cuts into the profits of the publisher and the royalties of the writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lack of sales creates lack of prints which then, if taken to its ultimate end, creates lack of work for the author.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some companies that have found a way to profit from allowing books to be downloaded free of charge on select titles (Baen is one of them) but once again I digress.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SOPA and PIPA, like I said before are written with good intentions but they take the anti-piracy laws that we currently have and hype them up on steroids creating monstrous blanket laws that will infringe upon everyone’s life negatively in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t care who you are, once these laws go into effect no one will be safe from them, and if taken to the extreme that everyone is afraid they will be taken to, even the owners of the properties that these laws are meant to protects will be harmed by them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine an internet without ANY copyrighted material on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the most extreme that these laws could potentially be taken too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I doubt they would go that far but dumber things have happened, after all look at who we currently have as President.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A realistic example of what is most likely to come out of either of these laws being passed is something along these lines…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you like to read or write fan fiction (fan stories based on intellectual properties such as popular books, games and TV series), you would no longer be allowed to write and distribute your stories nor could you receive and read the stories of others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sites like YouTube and Deviant Art would have over 90% of their content stripped from them if there were not shut down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could no longer read movie or book reviews online because they are based off of intellectual properties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep in mind, this is a realistic scenario.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sites that offer services like Netflix could be shut down at the whim of someone who thinks that they are not getting paid enough for the rights to be displayed by those services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The internet as we know it would go away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SOPA and PIPA don’t need to just have the language changed; they need to be completely retooled in order to help strengthen our current anti-piracy laws instead of trying to override them with blanket laws that are so vaguely worded that they can be interpreted however anyone wants to interpret them to suit their desires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it is, the laws we currently have are not effective, but I would take what we have over having our freedoms online striped from us almost completely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we go down the path that SOPA and PIPA inadvertently will place us on, we will be brought that much closer to a communistic society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here in America we should realize the value of freedom and work to defend that freedom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For too long we have let the politician that sit in Washington slowly strip us from our natural born freedoms while telling us that it is for our own good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hell, we currently have 32% of the population of this country who are happy with a President that has effectively said he wants to be our Dictator and will do what is necessary to become said Dictator (more on that in my next post where I tear apart Obama’s State of the Union speech.) if re-elected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to stand up and tell Washington DC “NO MORE!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and then start pushing for a real change that preserves and restores our freedom to where it should be.</span></div>
</span></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-3291797892611450052012-01-20T14:53:00.000-08:002012-01-20T14:53:22.817-08:00The Pipeline Of Shattered Dreams or Obama Is Playing Politics Again... Big Shock.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">OK, today’s topic is the Keystone Pipeline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why am I talking about the Keystone Pipeline?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because I feel that this is going to become a key issue in the Presidential election.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those of you who have been living under a rock or that just don’t keep up with the news, the Keystone Pipeline is supposed to be a massive pipeline that carries oil all the way from our neighbors in the north, Canada, to the grand state of Texas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Canadians have a bunch of oil but no refineries to process said oil into viable fuels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They offered to let the USA have a portion of said oil (lessening out dependence on the Middle East for oil since our politicians are too scared of environmental terrorist (environmentalists are terrorist as defined by me because of their attempts to terrify people over the effects we have on the environment) to drill here in the USA any more) if they could use the refineries in Texas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the catches to this deal was that we would be responsible for constructing and maintaining our portion of the pipeline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Naturally one of the biggest draws of this project would be the amount of jobs that would come from the massive amounts of construction to build this pipeline across the US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, not only do you have the construction jobs for building it, you also have the jobs that come with maintenance on the pipeline as well as the extra Jobs that would open in the refineries that are all along the Gulf Coast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The jobs at the refineries would help stimulate the economies all along the Gulf Coast which has been suffering since the Obama/BP oil spill by putting people back to work in those regions that were laid off because of the Obama administrations actions afterword.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, as it turns out, this wonderful pipeline that would have been a God send to our struggling economy will probably never happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because Obama is afraid of losing his environmentalist voting base.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">You see, three years ago when this project was first proposed Obama was for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had three years to make sure all of the environmental impact studies were done and completed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As well as making sure that all the plans for the pipeline were drawn up and complete as well as alternative plans in case something were to happen to prevent the initial plans from being used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then when crunch time came around he froze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of an issue that was raised about an aquifer that supplies water to five states was right in the center of where the pipeline was planned to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Naturally that raised concerns for the people in those states about potentially having their water contaminated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The solution seemed easy, use one of the backup plans to reroute the pipeline to bypass the aquifer, but, as I said before, Obama froze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He sat around for days trying to decide on what to do (I suspect that his teleprompters were on the fritz) because the environmentalists were raising hell about the apocalyptic ramifications for building this pipeline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually he announced that he had made a decision… to not make a decision, at least not until after the 2012 election.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Since Obama refused to act the Republicans in the House decided to force him to make a decision on the issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They include a provision in the “Obama Tax Cut Extension Bill” (You can find my earlier post on that if you look) that required him to make a decision on the pipeline in order for his “Tax Cut” to be extended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were generous and gave him till March to make a decision to either state building the pipeline within 6 months of his decision or to not build it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama chose not to build it, going against not only the Republicans, but even his own union base that were hopeful for the jobs and the money that came with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Now he is trying to blame HIS decision on the House Republicans for forcing his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fact of the matter is no one can make you do anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama chose this all on his own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of Obama decisions, Canada isn’t going to wait around for us to get with the program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are going to sell their oil to the Chinese and Russians instead because they can’t afford to not do anything with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Obama keeps talking about how much he has helped and improved our economy since Bush messed it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The simple fact is, if you look at the major factors that screwed our economy, you will find Obama’s name on most of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama took the mistakes that Bush started and made them worse with his policies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, a recession that should have been relatively easy for us to climb out of is still slowly dragging us down, despite how much Obama wants us the think otherwise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is kind of like the games he is playing with the unemployment numbers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He keeps claiming unemployment is going down and, according to the numbers he presents, it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the numbers he is flashing everywhere are extremely falsified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To get the true unemployment numbers you have to count not only the people currently getting unemployment, but also the people who can’t get it anymore because they either have given up on finding a job or have been on it for so long that they no longer qualify for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real unemployment numbers are closer to 18% instead of the 8.4% Obama is bragging about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On top of preventing thousands of new jobs that will come with the pipeline, Obama has also added to the unemployment numbers by firing thousands of soldiers in the military with his plan to cut defense spending.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact here is something interesting for you to go and research… Go and look up all the things that led to 9-11 happening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at all of the things that Clinton did that allowed 9-11 to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything that Clinton did, Obama is now trying to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well that is material for another post, but it is something that you might find interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that I have successfully gotten off topic why don’t I try to get back on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The whole point that I am trying to make with the Keystone Pipeline is that just like everything that Obama has done since he has taken office, his decision on it is harmful to our economy and our job market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pipeline is just one in LONG list of screw ups that have harmed our nation as a whole and unlike the Bush screw ups, Obama’s screw ups are intentional.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is cold and calculating in what he is doing in an attempt to get us to give up and turn to someone to save us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He thinks that if he can get us to that point then he can swoop in and rescue us from ourselves by becoming Supreme Leader (sound familiar?) who knows all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that this is Obama’s plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course he initially thought that we would be at that point by the end of his first term, but he didn’t count on the intelligence of the American people as a whole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to stand against him in the ballot box and let our voices be heard, not only in the Presidential election, but the Congressional, Senate, State and local elections as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to get rid of anyone who has supported Obama and his politics of destruction, then and only then will we begin to heal as a nation while becoming strong once again on the World Stage.</span></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-21224550348997569912012-01-19T09:56:00.000-08:002012-01-19T09:56:13.428-08:00Of All The Starving Children<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">First off, this is a rant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why because I can contain it no longer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a certain commercial that has been playing on the radio where I live now for about a year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not name the organization or its web address because I don’t want to promote them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This organizations commercials usually feature a pathetic sounding child (sometimes an adult but mostly children) talking about how they struggle with hunger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They quote some statistics then talk about how they were told they could grow up to be anything they want to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ending line is literally “I want to grow up to be someone who doesn’t go to bed hungry at night”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then an announcer starts talking about who you can donate money on their web site and that each dollar you donate provides seven, yes you heard right, seven meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ok, let’s start with the statistics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the commercial they claim that 1 in 4 children in America “Struggle with hunger”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do they get that number?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doesn’t that seem a bit high?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a theory about how they get that statistic (aside from the fact that, as anyone who has studied statistics would tell you, you can make statistics say whatever you want them to say) and I am going to share it with you now…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jessica: I am good, how are you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Caller: I am doing well, thank you for asking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jessica, I want to ask you a question and you can answer me honestly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have you been hungry in the last week?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jessica: I am hungry right now, but-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Caller: Thank you Jessica, That is all I need to know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maybe I am being mean or maybe not, but I really find the 1 in 4 hard to believe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not denying the fact that there are children that go hungry here in the USA but, the fact remains that we as a nation have the world’s fattest poor people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now you don’t get fat (at least not the type of fat that we are) by going hungry… Unless…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a statistic that says that 1 in 6 adults are morbidly obese… Hmmm… Couple that with the 1 in 4 children struggle with hunger… Eureka!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have got it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the adults are eating the food for themselves instead of giving it to their children!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes I know I am being ridiculous, but I am just expressing how ridiculous I feel these commercials to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like I said before, I know that there are children in America that go hungry and my heart goes out to them, really, but I think that this organization is a fraud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Let’s look at the other huge problem I have with this ad, the line about every dollar you donate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If food was that cheap nobody in America would have to worry about penny pinching when it came to buying groceries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This line is just ridiculous. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they were really serious about feeding people, then they would be asking for non-perishable food items to fill food banks that they could then give out to families in need before asking for money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact that they only ask for money sends red flags up for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can understand the organization wanting money, after all you have to pay for a way to transport the food, store the food and pay the people to do all the work that comes with all that food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the fact that they don’t want food, they just want money? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems suspicious to me, just saying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Now on to what I think is the true heart of the matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there are this many children in the USA “struggling with hunger” then why haven’t the states stepped in with DHR and removed those kids so that they can go somewhere that they will be fed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, what about the school systems?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Children from “under privileged families” (I always hated that term, but that is a whole other rant) have programs where the get free breakfast and lunch at school on the taxpayers dollar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The schools in most places will even feed them when school is not in session.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On top of that they are talking about implementing a program to cover supper as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guess the next thing to happen will be that the schools just let the children live there, call is a taxpayer funded boarding school. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, what about the communities that the hungry children live in?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the things that used to make our country so great was the generous nature of the American citizen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What has happened to that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once upon a time, if a community knew that it had a family that was suffering from hunger that was a part of that community, then the people came together and helped that family out as best as they could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not everyone in that community could afford to help with money or food, but they could at least give time if nothing else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What has happened to the generous nature we had as a nation?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I personally blame the Government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason for this is that once the government started raising taxes so that it could step in and provide services like child welfare, WIC and food stamps, the people of the community saw two things happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First they saw that they had less money with which to provide help to their neighbors in need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second since the Government was handling the responsibilities of the community, they saw that there was no need for the community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This broke the communities and neighborhoods down to the point that the people in them started to ignore one another as well as the needs of those around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t mean to say that this applies everywhere or to everyone, but it does apply to more than not and to make matter worse, it is getting worse with each generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We as a nation, as a people, need to learn to come together once more and support those that are in need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to elect people into office who will have the guts to stand up and shut these programs down that have only served to make up more dependent upon the Government, then have the integrity to also lower taxes so that we the people will have the money that should rightfully be ours anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not saying that this is a change that needs to occur overnight, it needs to be done slowly so that the people of this nation have time to adjust back to where we came from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that if that were to happen, we as a nation would learn once again what it means to be a community which will in turn make us stronger.</span></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-58568589892983945532012-01-18T17:45:00.000-08:002012-01-18T17:45:31.079-08:00Welcome to Dictatorship<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">You know what really disturbs me about this election year?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, several things do, but I will try to approach them one at a time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I have mentioned on my previous post, I feel that we the American people, are getting shafted no matter who wins the Presidential election this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On one hand we have a President who is trying to become a Dictator and on the other hand we have 5 fools who are ripping each other to shreds in order to become top dog so that they can then take on said Dictator President.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Why am I calling Obama a Dictator?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, simple fact is that he has placed himself in a dictorial role in the last year and wants to strengthen that roll to give himself absolute power that he thinks he naturally should have as President.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But how do I know that is what he thinks or wants?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Honestly, I don’t, but given his past actions and some of the things that he has said recently, I challenge you to say I am wrong with a straight face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Listen to some of the things Obama has said in some of the speeches he has given recently. No really, go listen to them right now, I’ll wait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You back?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now tell me with a serious face that Obama doesn’t want to be a Dictator went he said that it was his duty to bypass Congress when Congress failed to act as he wanted them to act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe, and I may be a little off on this, but I believe his exact words were “If Congress fails to act as they need to, then it is my duty as President of the United States to use my authority to dictate through executive order what needs to be done.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like I said, I may be remembering that wrong, but I do know for a fact that if I am not remembering the exact wording correctly, then at least the exact nature of what he said is there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As disturbing as it is that we have a President that has gone power mad and breaking the law constantly, that is not the most disturbing thing, nor is the fact that no one in Congress will step up and file a motion for impeachment against this despicable excuse for a President.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, the most disturbing thing about this whole thing in regards to Obama is what I call the “Obamites” or sometimes I call them “Obamies” (Obamies = Obama zombies).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During Obama’s first Presidential election, these were the idiots that sat there moaning out the “Yes we can” chant which reminded me of either zombies or cultists as that are only capable of thinking what their master (Obama) tells them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These Obamites are eating Obamas words up when he goes on about how he is going to do what it takes to pass his agenda even if it means throwing the Constitution and all the laws of the land out the window.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These idiots were actually cheering him on and encouraging him to go even further then he has so far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These dunderheads want to be ruled with an iron fist as long as it means that they won’t ever have to think for themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And yes, the Occupy idiots as a whole fall into this category too, I will explain that in a later post when I can find their “list of demands” (yes, like what hostage takers have).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On top of all the stupidity I have mentioned so far surrounding Obama, to make matters worse; we have the Republican field of candidates that are destroying each other for the chance to then have what is left of them destroyed by someone who, by all rights should be imprisoned, should not even have a chance to win the Presidential election because of how badly he screwed up during his first term.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one person who I think had the best chance of beating Obama got ran out of the race due to his opponents and the liberal media trying to remove him due to the fact that he was clearly the best choice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I am talking about Herman Cain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man had to quite due to all of the deceitful attacks against him from both sides because he was the biggest threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do I know that the attacks, or if you prefer, sexual allegations against him were false?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That fact that once Mr. Cain announced that he was suspending his campaign, all the women accusing him vanished from the limelight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now what are we left with?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Five bickering fools who all think that they have a chance against Obama when they are doing all of his dirty work for him in the primaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To be fair, they do have a chance to beat Obama, an idiot who is brain dead from huffing too many fumes would have a chance at beating Obama, that is how bad he screwed up in his first term.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are listening Barack, that is what governing against the will of the people gets you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the fact still remains that by the time one of them gets to Obama, they will have bloodied and bruised themselves so bad that they won’t stand a chance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What the Republicans should have done is focus on how they as individual candidates compare to Obama then let the people chose which one they think is the best candidate to go against the Dictator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, they try to go after each other while going after Obama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Idiots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I hope we will one day be able to restore this great nation back to its former glory but as long as this kind of idiocy is allowed to continue, nothing will change for the better and we will keep tracking toward destruction.</span></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-48595634522753659682012-01-04T14:39:00.000-08:002012-01-04T14:39:04.820-08:00The Song Was Sung By The Fat Lady<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I hate to be the one to bear bad news but I feel it necessary now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the things that I feared would happen has happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As such, I am now calling the Presidential election.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know, I know, you are thinking that is too early to call, but trust me when I say, no it isn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter who wins the election at this point, none of them will be any better than what we already have in office, Barack Obama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real losers this election year are the American people, plain and simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Michelle Bachmann dropping out there are no more real fiscal conservatives left in the running with the exception of the one person who terrifies me the most due to his global and social policies, Ron Paul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In case you are wondering what exactly I mean, I am talking about the few choices that we have left in the Republican field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">First, there is Mitt Romney.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Obama had a magic mirror that would show what he would be like if he were white instead of mixed, the reflection would show Mitt Romney.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“What do you mean by that?” you are probably asking yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Am I making a statement about the fact that Obama is a “black” man?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am just saying that the only difference between the two is as superficial as skin color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As much as Mitt tries to talk about how wrong Obama is and how bad his policies have been, he can never get away from the fact that everything he has stood for in the past mirrors Obama and his policies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since that is the case, if Mitt gets elected to run against Obama, we will have a choice of Barak Obama the second term vs. Mitt Romney, Obama 2.0.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Second, there is Newt Gingrich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little man is so twisted in his political views that half the time he is staring up his own ass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Newt doesn’t know which way he is coming or going from, nor does her care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is going to keep barreling ahead, even if it means that he ends up with his head in his ass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He calls himself a fiscal conservative but his record sings a different tune.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man is a fan of big government and is of the opinion that government is there to help the people through increasing regulation and restrictions of freedoms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Third, there is Rick Santorum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This man like a spinning coin, he spins round and round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You never know which way he is going to land till he lands and then you are not sure that you like the side he lands on, but that’s ok, he’ll just spin a little more till he thinks that you are happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His policies are designed to fit whomever he is directing them toward in his lackluster fashion and he will never commit to one thing or the other out of fear of offending someone, somewhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Forth, there is John Huntsman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you know who John Huntsman is?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t feel too bad, most people don’t know him either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moving on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I, myself have said for years that this makes SS a tax as opposed to an investment and the fact that money gets given to other people rather than the ones that put it there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By this I mean the people who are currently putting the money there, I know the people who invested in the years long gone are now getting paid for what they put in, but the simple fact is, the money they are getting is our money not theirs… theirs got wasted years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know it sounds cruel to talk about it like that but the simple fact is once we get to the point to where we are supposed to get our return on out SS investment, we will be the ones leeching off of the current generation that is paying in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is if SS can last long enough for us to even see a return on our “investment”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is one reason I supported George W. Bush’s push to allow people to invest the money that would have gone to SS in stocks instead, there would be a better chance for us to see an actual return on our money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But once again, I am getting off topic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fact of the matter is, the only way that Obama and the Dems can claim what that the “tax cut” that they were pushing for is just that… a tax cut, is to say that SS is a tax which is something that they have vehemently denied for decades.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Now on to what this “tax cut”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What the Dems want to do is provide an extension for the current “Social Security Tax Holiday” which reduces the amount of SS that is cut from your check when taxes (and your “investment”) are taken out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Dems did this to make it look like they could be tax cutters like the Republicans were under George W. Bush.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the reality of the situation is this… the money that they have cut from being withdrawn goes into the SS system which is already being strained because of wasteful spending and a lack of planning ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because we are now putting less money in the system that means that when it comes time for us to get out return (once again to remind you… if SS is still around at that point, which would be a miracle) there will be even less money there for our twilight years because we put less in then we should have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On top of that, the people who are currently receiving our money (because their money has been wasted) have less money to pull from because of the decreased revenue, therefor the Federal Government has to borrow the remaining amount that SS is supposed to cover from other countries or the Fed (but that is a whole other topic all together).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So in light of all this information you are probably wondering why the Republicans are even wanting to push for an extension on this “tax cut” period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer is simple really; they don’t want to look like the party that caused people to have less take home money on their paychecks going into an election year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would make them look like they have compromised their principles by “raising taxes” on hard working Americans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course this isn’t true, but we are talking about politics here, are you really surprised?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So it that is the reason that they are for the extension then why are they pushing to make it last a year?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because as I mentioned before, only extending it for two months puts an unnecessary burden on employers, making them have to spend more time and money when calculating the numbers to pay their employees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least with a one year extension, while not good for everyone as a whole, it would help the people who create jobs which would hopefully encourage them to create more jobs since they would have more money because the taxes would be simpler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So why did Speaker Boehner cave then and give the Dems the two month extension instead of holding out for the one year extension like he said he would?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that part of that deal was an agreement that they would come back in January and begin talks about a one year extension again, but if he is going to let the Dems push him around like that, then when they go to talk about them again things won’t go as he hopes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has placed himself in the weaker position because now the Dems know that all they have to do is lean on him a little and he will fold…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn’t this first time Boehner has demonstrated this lack of spine either which only encourages the Dems further.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am sick of the lackluster leadership that the Republican Party has had in the last few years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is time for someone who had the guts to stand up for the good of our nation, not the good of their political career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes that means looking like the bad guy (or girl) from time to time, but something has got to change, otherwise we will become a reflection of Europe and I don’t know if you have paid any attention to what is going on over there at the moment, but it is not pretty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to remove Speaker Boehner and replace him with someone who has a spine and will stand for conservative principles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we don’t do that, nothing will change any time soon.</span></div>PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-56314815163466351642011-12-22T05:42:00.000-08:002011-12-22T05:43:20.024-08:00Where I have been...Hello to all the people who actually take the time to read my blathering commentary about the current political atmosphere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I have not posted anything since October, so I thought I should tell you all why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hklB7u-aXONtdG1aHq4CC97No7fjBWeIFzy_xN3iTylfMkthO2iurarDQyy-k5nyUgx4G2Ha4sjr8hpF1u_5UrnshTXjOlbdHcVQc8KbUGPyxDPHflCpkGOKpXz7pWRDuZbjOO1Cp57L/s1600/Winner_180_180_white.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hklB7u-aXONtdG1aHq4CC97No7fjBWeIFzy_xN3iTylfMkthO2iurarDQyy-k5nyUgx4G2Ha4sjr8hpF1u_5UrnshTXjOlbdHcVQc8KbUGPyxDPHflCpkGOKpXz7pWRDuZbjOO1Cp57L/s1600/Winner_180_180_white.png" /></a>In November, I participated in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and as it was such, I wrote a novel (Novel in this case is defined as 50,000 words of more).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was able to complete my novel in by November the 25<sup>th</sup> and because of the stress of writing that much that fast, I decided to take some time off from writing afterward. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not a professional writer, nor have I ever taken any writing classes, so the novel was an attempt to see if I could do it and if I enjoyed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out I enjoyed it quite a bit, plus I think the novel isn’t half bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Since that is the case once December rolled around I started the editing process on my novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far I am about three quarters of the way through the first edit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have added about 2,000 words to the original body of work as well as correcting a lot of the grammar mistakes I have made in the initial writing of the story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My ultimate goal by the time I finish all of the editing for the book is to have between 70,000 and 100,000 words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know how to accomplish this, but hey, I will let the story go where the story goes.<br />
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I will be back to the blogging about politics soon, but I really feel the need to keep my focus on this book for the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lord knows I am missing out on a LOT of material that the lefties are giving me to talk about that, but with the novel I just haven’t had time to do all the research I need to do in order to make sure that you, my faithful readers, are well informed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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If any of you readers out there are curious about the book, I am going to post some information about it on my other blog <a href="http://princessarylin-musingsofamadpoet.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">“Musings of a Mad Poet”.</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a blog I initially started as a place to challenge myself with poetry exercises but that has initially gone by the wayside because I got to the point that I didn’t want to post any more poetry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For a while I have been wondering what to do with that blog but now I think I have a use for it again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I plan on keeping people who are interested in my book up to date on it through that blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will still use it for its original purpose from time to time, but mostly it will be dedicated to my nonpolitical writings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I may even change its name to something catchy like “Excessively Boring Drivel That Will Make Your Eyes Bleed” though I doubt it.<br />
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Anyways, back to the point…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am still here, nothing has happened to me, just been busy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe as my writing improves I will be able to reach a point to where I can handle both me political and nonpolitical writings simultaneously. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check back at least once a week here, I am going to try to have some new stuff up by mid-January at the latest, though I hope to have it much earlier.PrincessArylinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02641227661167873583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199378211693983742.post-49214222303220327482011-10-10T17:58:00.000-07:002011-10-10T18:03:33.657-07:00"We Are the 99%"... Misinformed<br />
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The “Occupy” people ( I say Occupy people instead of Occupy Wall Street people because it is no longer restricted to Wall Street) claim they are the 99%, that capitalism doesn't work for them, it only works for the top 1%. That is one of their claims. They are gravely misled, capitalism works for anyone in America who has the gumption and drive to succeed. For capitalism to work you have to be willing to get off your ass and take a risk that in the end turns into a profit (financial, emotional, or both) for you. </div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="stream_story_4e937f633e0d71a96428161"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="profile_minifeed"></a>The problem with the Occupy people seems to be that they want others to do for them instead of doing for themselves. This alone makes them less then 99% it makes them more like the bottom 50% (you know, the ones that look to the government to provide for them instead of trying to earn a living) who want to drag other down to their level. They have no respect for hard working Americans who are trying to make a living in this tough economy, instead they try to rile them up into a frenzy by asking questions like “Are you ok with the fact that you probably paid more in taxes last year than corporations, yes or no?” Lets analyze this question for a second. </div>
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First, this question is a misleading question, it interjects the assumption that first, most people are paying more in taxes then the “Evil Corporations” This is not true. The question is meant to play on the emotions of the individual asked in order to make them have a negative view of corporations. After all, ARE YOU OK with this horrible situation? Don't you think you should be angry about it? The situation is not being thrust upon you, this question just assumes that you are a faceless victim and then it thrusts this perceived situation upon you, never giving you a chance to counter the claim. It is designed make the person who was asked assume that these evil corporations have been weaseling their way out of paying taxes, leaving the rest of us (Americans) to pick up the burden. The fact of the matter is most Americans (51%) pay no taxes at all with the exception of sales tax, and even then there are some that avoid that as well. The average working American actually falls into the 35% that only pay 25% of this nations taxes. The top 1% that the Occupy people are attacking pay 45% of the taxes, almost half of US tax revenue. The remaining 13% pay the remaining 30%. </div>
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Secondly, the question is ended in such a way to make it a yes or no question. This is not a yes or no question because everyone's financial situation differs and I can promise you, the Occupy people more then likely pay a lot less in taxes then corporations. The question is designed to guide the person asked into thinking about it on simplistic yes or no terms, throwing logic and reason out the window, thus making the person asked more malleable to the Occupy logic or lack there of. Once they have the hook set they can start feeding more misinformation to the individual asked in order to recruit them to the cause.</div>
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In asking idiotically misleading questions like this, the Occupy people look to bring emotionally charged people (useful idiots if you will) into their fold where they can keep feeding them lies in order to make them angrier. This will eventually lead to a mob mentality. When you think about it, that will be ideal for the Occupy people, because ultimately every mob needs someone to direct them in order to make them as effective for the Occupy movement.</div>
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These people think that they are the core of the Occupy movement, but they don't realize that they are carefully getting worked into a mob, instead it is the people who are masterfully directing these useful idiots that are the real core. These Occupy protesters don't even realize that the masterminds behind this movement are actually some of the people that fall into the 1% (like George Soros) that they claim to hate. Fact of the matter is, if the masterminds behind this movement succeed in what they are trying to bring about, it will drive the people they are using (the protesters) into the ground, giving them a platform to snatch up the power that they think should be theirs. </div>
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If you are one of the people who finds themselves getting sucked into the Occupy Movement, be careful. If it continues at the rate that it is growing we will start to see rioting start soon from these Occupy groups. Get out before it comes to this, once we hit the stage where rioting starts it will be too late to get out. The Occupy Movement is getting close to that point, they are already displaying images of bankers and CEOs being hung as well as displaying the likeness of CEOs heads on pikes. It is only a matter of time before these people turn to full blown violence. Get out while you can, please!</div>
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I'm going to build upon these and other thoughts in future posts so sorry if this one seemed rushed, I just don't have time to put all my thoughts down for you. I will leave you with one last thought to consider, <em>Remember, they are calling for REVOLUTION not reform, that alone should be call for alarm.</em></div>
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