OBAMA CUTS 'EM OFF AT THE KNEES! I didn't think it could get any worse, but here it is.
Yesterday Obama signed an Executive Order that seeks to single handedly accomplish what Congress has refused to do. Congress again is inconsequential to King Obama. This is an absolute abuse of the power Obama has as president. Even Politico, not a Conservative organization, questions Obama's motive behind this action stating it will "compel disclosure of ...campaign contributions" that financed "ads against Democrats during the 2010 elections."
What the EO does is mandate that all businesses seeking to contract with the federal government first disclose their political contributions. It doesn't stop with the business itself. It applies to the political spending of all officers and directors as well. In a nutshell, the EO is an attempt to use executive power to punish or silence political adversaries, while rewarding supporters.
Of course, the EO does not apply to Democrat-allied groups that receive grants and assistance from the federal government, such as Planned Parenthood; nor does it apply to any Unions, which bankroll so many Democratic campaigns and which have bragged about their spending power having helped elect BO. They believe they are the King of the Hill due to the millions they spend on Democrat campaigns. "We're the big dog," states Larry Scanlon, head of the AFSCME (government employees' union). Oh, and don't forget, Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO leader, is the most frequent visitor to the White House. His union and every union is exempt from this outrageous EO.
BO and his Czars say it's all about "disclosure." They'll drag out any nice sounding words to justify another power grab. But this is not about disclosure. If it were the EO would include every group contributing any dollars to political campaigns. It is all about INTIMIDATION.
While the nation reels from a crashing economy and crushing debt, gas price approaching $5 per gallon, the political earthquake in the Middle East, our involvement in three wars, (didn't BO say he'd end Iraq and Afghanistan and bring our troops home? But now he sends us to Libya with no approval of Congress), unemployment at record highs, a housing industry destroyed by the power-broker crooks in Washington, S & P downgrading the U. S. credit rating, with all of this going on BO finds time to conjure up ways to hurt his political "enemies," as he characterizes them.
BO believes determining one's political leanings is a prerequisite for determining the qualifications of of any company wanting to do business with the government. Political contributions will absolutely be used by this crooked, corrupt administration in determining whether or not a company is awarded very lucrative federal contracts.
As evidenced in Wisconsin last month, public disclosure of campaign contributions will lead to boycotts of businesses, death threats, intimidation and dissension. You all watched as the unions vandalized the Capital, wrote threatening letters to businesses, and made State Senators fearful for their own safety. Historically similar efforts to punish companies for their political views are spread like debris through the political landscape.
So now American businesses have to make a choice. Do I support the party in power in hopes that I can continue my livelihood, or do I support the candidate I believe will do the best job? And lest you think your little business won't have to comply, think again. The EO includes everyone from the zipper maker for military uniforms, to the daycare facility operator for federal workplaces, to landscapers who service national parks, to food vendors for all federal buildings, to newspaper/magazine vendors in federal buildings, basically any company wanting to do business with the feds. Do you get it yet?? Pony up for the party in the White House or risk paying the price, meaning no contracts, no jobs. Slimy, slimy, slimy.
Obama's only purpose with this EO is to stifle political speech to further his chances to win reelection. He has no respect for the Constitution and Free Speech. He has no respect for the Supreme Court which already issued an opinion on campaign contributions. In fact, he blasted the Supreme Court last year during the State of the Union address for their support of the First Amendment. The Supreme Court has spoken. To Obama it means nothing. He is using the Executive Order power of the presidency to render the Supreme Court worthless, just as he has rendered Congress worthless.
To any Obama supporters who might be left, ask yourself, are you better off than you were two years ago? Honestly, are you happy with what you've seen for two years? You have cast one vote that is destroying the greatest nation on earth. If you cast another one in 2012 then you have no one but yourself to blame for the total demise of America. I hope you are all smarter than you were in 2010 and don't fall for the empty promises, the lies, the fraud, graft, deceit and corruption that is hunkering down in the White House.
And yes, yes, I know, there are crooks in both parties. You are correct about that. But never before has a president completely usurped the power of the Judicial branch and the Legislative branch like Obama has. Never before have we had a president who believes he is above the Constitution, the Supreme Court and Congress. God help us.
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Saturday, April 23, 2011
BRUTE FORCE - THE WHITE HOUSE MUZZLES POLITICAL DISSENTERS
Thursday, April 7, 2011
PROSSER DEFEATS KOPPPENBURG BIG TIME
What a day it has been in Wisconsin. As of Wed. this week. Kloppenburg was claiming the prize of all prizes, I won, I won, I am going to the WI Supreme Court - but only by 205 votes. Her grabbing the brass ring was slightly premature. Did she not think there would be a recount? And then this morning on the news came the announcement that after rechecking the ballots before submission to the state, Winnebago County found some votes that had not been counted. After they were included Prosser was ahead of Kloppenburg by 40 votes. Still too close to call, and still on the way to a recount. But tonight the Oscar goes to Justice Prosser. Waukesha County found a "human error" which caused nearly 15,000 votes from the city of Brookfield to be excluded from the early count of ballots. The data was sent from Brookfield to the Clerk's office but did not get transferred to the final report given to the media. Brookfield is a heavily red area, casting 10,859 votes for Prosser and 3,456 votes for Kloppenberg. The inclusion of these ballots netted Prosser over 7,000 votes. A lead this large may be enough to prevent an automatic re-count. Kloppenburg would still have 3 days to ask for a re-count, but she would have to pay for it herself. The Brookfield count appears to be legitimate. There were Dems and Reps there during the counting process, and all agree that the final count is 100% accurate. So no funny business to be had. Do you think the Democrats will finally get the message? They didn't get it from the 2010 election. They didn't get it for weeks while they caused $7 million in damage to the Capital. They didn't get it when 14 Senators left the state to avoid doing their jobs. They didn't get it when they squatted in the Capital for weeks instead of staying on their jobs. And now, when the union/Dem voter turnout was monumental, all voting for Kloppenburg, they have lost. I wonder if they will get it now? The equally strong Republican turnout was due to the over-the-top reaction the unions and government workers had to Walker's reforms. The fleeing of the Dem legislators, storming the Capital, the fraudulent sick slips, teachers abandoning their classrooms, the death threats, the intimidation, the law breaking. They sure didn't make a very good impression on the whole country. Conservatives rallied to get out their vote due to the exhaustion and revulsion they felt at the hysterical tantrums exhibited by the Left. They Are Fed Up! Conservatives also had a very clear understanding of what was in play. There is a very real threat that the lawful acts of the legislature will not play out without interference from a politically motivated court, Judge Sumi, who has issued an injunction against Walker's bill. There is a very real possibility that her activist antics will drive the issue right to the Supreme Court. We all saw that. And we weren't about to let the WI Supreme Court be controlled by Kloppenburg, a DNR activist prosecuter with no experience on the bench. Do you remember when the GOP finally won Illinois and beat the Daley machine by holding outstate votes until after Cook County/Chicago had to report their vote numbers? The Dems didn't know how many votes they had to create to win, and after the outstate totals were released, the Dems realized that, ooops, they guessed wrong. Now I don't want to say that's what happened in WI, but it is strange, I think, that Prosser was winning throughout the entire vote count, and even when the reporting precincts were over 99% he was still ahead by about 900 votes. And then suddenly with 1% left to report Kloppenburg takes the lead by 205. But the Dems didn't know about Brookfield! I suspect this was not intentional, but well Played, Wisconsin Republicans, Well Played.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
OBAMA'S TAX PAYER SLUSH FUND
Well, if you haven't heard about it yet, you will soon. It was all over the news for the last few days. But I'll fill you in here and now. ObamaCare, we all know what this government power grab was all about. Of course, America really needed to have it forced upon us. And we aren't supposed to be concerned that over 1,000 businesses and most unions have been given waivers and don't have to be involved in the plan. And as the details leak out the taxpayers continue to be the patsy. Yesterday it was disclosed that contained in ObamaCare is a $5 billion slush fund. It's officially called the Early Retirement Reissuance Program, or ERRP for short. It is designed to help companies pay the costs of health care for their early retirees. So far over $2 billion has been given away, and the other $3 billion is spoken for, so a program that was supposed to last until 2014 will be out of money by mid-2012. Yesterday Obama slaves announced that they were closing the program because the money was all used up. Yep, another case where the Obama fools miscalculated the real dollar amount of their give away. No wonder they don't have a 2010 budget yet, well into 2011. They can't add! Anyway, you are probably thinking, well, another giveaway, what's the big deal? They've become so common with Obama's Tooth Fairy approach to taxpayer money. So here's the Big Deal! The recipient list reads like a list of Obama's top campaign donors, with six of the top ten being labor unions. Nowhere on the list are companies with a true financial need. The money is going to Obama Cronies. So here goes, THE LIST: UAW (auto workers' union), $207 million, a real sweet deal for auto workers. But wait, UAW had already received $3.4 billion from Obama's GM bailout. AT & T, $141 million, and of course, AT & T really needed tax dollars. They only had a NET PROFIT in 2010 of almost $20 billion and around $55.5 billion over the last four years. And there's more. AT & T is the biggest political campaign donor since 1990, and they greased the political wheel to the tune of $15.4 million in 2010. They apparently give in order to get. General Motors, $20 million. GM, previously received a taxpayer bailout in the neighborhood of $50 billion. GM profit for 2010 was $4.7 billion, but they still were given $20 million in ERRP money. Oh, I must not forget to tell you. The Obama Car, the Chevy Volt, which the government helped them build? GM is after yet another government handout to help them market this stinker of an auto. Seems like very few people want the car, so GM is getting a real "frosting on the cake" handout - a $7500 tax credit per vehicle. Oh, and it wouldn't be fair if I didn't mention the rest of the unions who were on the receiving end of ERRP funds. More than $6 million went to various Teamsters unions. Millions went to the United Mine Workers, AFL-CIO, United Food and Commercial Workers, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). In case you didn't know, that's the union that's boycotting Wisconsin businesses who don't walk the union walk. And let's not forget Jeffy Immelt, former head of GE, one of the most frequent visitors at the White House to see his buddy Obama. GE got over $36 million in ERRP funding, while GE made $14 billion in 2010 profit and paid ZERO income tax on that money. GE donated $500 million in campaign cash in 2008 to elect our ethical President so we could all have change we can believe in. I guess the donated money was money well spent by GE. And in case you've forgotten or didn't know, the government (you and me) guaranteed $340 billion of the debt that GE's financial services arm had amassed to -- yup, you got it -- bail them out, prop them up, or buy them off - you can call it whatever you want to call it. It amounts to fraud and cronyism. But then, what's a billion here or a billion there? It's just funny money, printed in the Monopoly Money Room. Oh, yes, can't forget Verizon. They got $92 million in ERRP funds too. They spent $16.75 million in lobbying politicians in 2010. Verizon was surely needy. Their 2010 revenues were $106.6 billion, and their net profit was over $33 billion. But they needed our cash so Obama ponied up the bucks. See how this works? It's government sold to the highest bidder. It's Chicago politics in Washington. It's how every banana republic operates. Obama and the Dems have their very own personal ATM, using our money, handing out cash like cotton candy. And we are supposed to "shut up and sit in the back of the bus." It's sick, it's twisted, and it's now out in the open for all of us to see. Just open your eyes. Now I know some of you are going to say "but these companies donated to both Republican and Democratic candidates," and you'd be somewhat right. Most of it goes to Dems, but yes, some does to to Reps. But go back to the beginning of this post. This slimy provision was put into Obamacare by Obama and Crew. So please be sure to point your finger in the right direction.
Friday, October 22, 2010
UNION CAMPAIGN ADS FUNDED BY TAXPAYERS
We are winding down to November 2, and with Obama screaming about the Chamber of Commerce accepting foreign campaign contributions, which isn't true, but Obama doesn't care about truth, we now find out who the REALLY BIG CAMPAIGN SPENDERS are. It's AFSCME, the largest public employees' union.
AFSCME has spent $88 million to influence this election. And most of it spent to keep Democrats in control of Washington. And where does AFSCME get all that money? UNION DUES paid by their members. And their members are paid by states, feds, school districts and municipalities. And the money for their wages, benefits and pensions comes FROM US!
Oh, I almost forgot. The public employee unions also got $160 billion in stimulus money to prop up union wages, pensions and benefits. And don't forget the $30 million Obama gave the teachers' union to save their jobs.
What a round Robin joke this is. Obama/Dems give the unions more than $160 billion of YOUR MONEY, the unions pay wages/benefits to their members with YOUR MONEY, the unions charge their members an average of $360 in union dues, again, YOUR MONEY, which is then used to directly influence upcoming elections so that the Dems can keep control of the purse strings and continue to bail out the unions and public employees with YOUR MONEY.
In the meantime, can you still pay your bills? Is your house in foreclosure? Is your house worth less than your mortgage amount? How much has your retirement fund lost? Do you still have a job? Or are you afraid of losing your job? Do you still have health insurance? Can you pay your kid's college bills? Can you put gas in your car and food on the table? Or is it getting harder and harder to take care of things. Uncertainty and Fear? You bet! Yet the unions have a guaranteed source of revenue - YOU AND ME.
In the last 2 years Washington spent over $1 trillion each year with little or no result. They just ran their second yearly deficit of over $1 trillion. And since they spent all this money? Unemployment is up and growth is down.
But a select group of American workers have been shielded from this stinking recession. Their jobs, benefits, retirement, insurance have all been saved -- by YOUR TAX DOLLARS.
Let's put the unions on notice. This country can no longer afford you. We can't afford your guaranteed salaries, benefits and pensions. We can no longer afford the cost of these bloated and expensive contracts that the Democrats continue to give you. We can not afford to support ourselves and you too.
There are more government workers in unions today than in private employment. And with the rapid expansion of the federal government in the last 2 years that number continues to grow. The non-government worker simply cannot pay for this any longer.
We are going to put an end to this madness on November 2. So get ready.
AFSCME has spent $88 million to influence this election. And most of it spent to keep Democrats in control of Washington. And where does AFSCME get all that money? UNION DUES paid by their members. And their members are paid by states, feds, school districts and municipalities. And the money for their wages, benefits and pensions comes FROM US!
Oh, I almost forgot. The public employee unions also got $160 billion in stimulus money to prop up union wages, pensions and benefits. And don't forget the $30 million Obama gave the teachers' union to save their jobs.
What a round Robin joke this is. Obama/Dems give the unions more than $160 billion of YOUR MONEY, the unions pay wages/benefits to their members with YOUR MONEY, the unions charge their members an average of $360 in union dues, again, YOUR MONEY, which is then used to directly influence upcoming elections so that the Dems can keep control of the purse strings and continue to bail out the unions and public employees with YOUR MONEY.
In the meantime, can you still pay your bills? Is your house in foreclosure? Is your house worth less than your mortgage amount? How much has your retirement fund lost? Do you still have a job? Or are you afraid of losing your job? Do you still have health insurance? Can you pay your kid's college bills? Can you put gas in your car and food on the table? Or is it getting harder and harder to take care of things. Uncertainty and Fear? You bet! Yet the unions have a guaranteed source of revenue - YOU AND ME.
In the last 2 years Washington spent over $1 trillion each year with little or no result. They just ran their second yearly deficit of over $1 trillion. And since they spent all this money? Unemployment is up and growth is down.
But a select group of American workers have been shielded from this stinking recession. Their jobs, benefits, retirement, insurance have all been saved -- by YOUR TAX DOLLARS.
Let's put the unions on notice. This country can no longer afford you. We can't afford your guaranteed salaries, benefits and pensions. We can no longer afford the cost of these bloated and expensive contracts that the Democrats continue to give you. We can not afford to support ourselves and you too.
There are more government workers in unions today than in private employment. And with the rapid expansion of the federal government in the last 2 years that number continues to grow. The non-government worker simply cannot pay for this any longer.
We are going to put an end to this madness on November 2. So get ready.
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