FEMA FUMBLES THE BALL ON STATEN ISLAND

FEMA and local officials hold a Town Hall Meeting which quickly erupts with angry Staten Island residents voicing their frustration at the lack of response to Hurricane Sandy.

Residents are sleeping in their cars while their kids are bunking out elsewhere.  No homes, no electricity, no sewer/water, no food, no clothing, no Christmas.  That's FEMA for 'ya.  It's the government.  Don't expect efficiency.  Don't expect help.  Expect millions of dollars to be spent on government FEMA jobs supporting thousands of government workers who serve no purpose other than to shuffle papers in an attempt to justify their existence.

And then there's I-Promise-To-Cut-The-Red-Tape-Obama.  Remember when Katrina happened and within a week the Main Stream Idiots blasted Bush for FEMA's inefficiency?  Well, where are the screaming voices of the MSI today?  SILENT!  Wouldn't want to call Obama and his FEMA employees bungling morons, now would we?  And where on earth are the Sean Penns and the Hollywood elites who held telethons like they did for Katrina and Haiti?  Nowhere to be found.  And don't look for a visit from the Messiah.  He will be jetting to Hawaii for 3 weeks for a luxurious vacation with his family, which will cost the taxpayer around 4 million dollars.  It's just another coin added to the 16 trillion dollar deficit.

Here are my thoughts on what may be going on here.  I know it'd be easy to look at these people and ask the logical question, How Many Of You Voted For The Screwball In The Whitehouse, Not Once, But Twice?  And the logical reaction is that elections have consequences, and they are getting what they voted for, so no empathy here.  But if you fact check just a little you will find that some of the boroughs where these newly homeless people live are typically Red, not Blue.  That means they tend to vote Republican.  Could that be why Obama and his FEMA workers have ignored them?  No Dem voters, so why bother?

Or maybe it's this fact.  When you watch this video you will notice the white skin color of most of the people.  I suggest that maybe they aren't black enough to warrant government help.  Or how about this idea?  Maybe they are too middle class, they're not poor enough, like the Katrina and Haiti victims.  If that's the case, then I would suggest that they paint their faces black, go back to FEMA and claim racism.  That word always gets a reaction.

Or maybe it's the simple fact that the government cannot efficiently run a popcorn stand, much less an emergency response department.  Imagine what we are in for with Obamacare.

BE SURE TO WATCH THE ENTIRE VIDEO.  THE LAST SPEAKER TELLS IT LIKE IT IS.

OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL

Bin Laden is dead. I believe that to be true. I know our government has often lied to us throughout our history, and I believe Obama would do anything to create an "event" that portrays him favorably (he is in full-time campaign mode for 2012). But I believe BL is gone from this world thanks to our Special Ops military team. And I will give Obama credit for making the decision to go get him in Pakistan, even though there is information coming out now that Obama was reluctant and had to be dragged kicking and screaming to sign off on the "get Bin Laden" operation. But Obama in the end made the right decision.

But let's not lose sight of some important facts. During the 2008 campaign Obama promised to "bring the troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan." He swore he was going to "close GITMO" in his first days in office. His focus was not on getting BL, but rather closing down the War on Terror. This is a president who won't even call it a War on Terror. This is a president who wants to be friends with the terrorists. This is a president who ordered our military to wash and wrap and bury BL at sea after 45 minutes of prayers in Arabic, supposedly according to Islamic burial tradition, while thousands of people who died in the World Trade Center are in a garbage dump on Staten Island. Now I ask you, does anyone think BL was a true Muslim, practicing Islam? If BL was an example of what Muslims believe, God help us. But Political Correctness reigns in the White House.

Obama wants to take all the credit for "getting" BL. He doesn't mention the fact that in 2007 under Bush a connection was made to a BL courier that took 4 years to cultivate and ultimately led to the resulting raid and death of BL. This event isn't something that just happened in the course of a few months. Bush-era decisions led to Bin Laden's elimination. If Obama had gotten his way he would have done away with all of Bush's National Security practices. What a hypocrite.

And now Obama is going to Ground Zero. Did you know he hasn't been there since the last photo op during the 2008 campaign? New Yorkers who died there have not been important to him until now. He has barely acknowledged what NYC went through, and now he's meeting with the families. All the times he's been in NY to raise money for his presidential campaign, he has never stepped foot at Ground Zero since becoming president. So why is he going to NY now? Call me just a little suspicious. It's because he would never waste an opportunity to further his reelection chances, and this is a nothing more than an opportunistic photo op.

The real heroes here are our military. I give great credit to them, especially the Navy Seals, for executing a mostly flawless take down of BL. I find satisfaction in the fact that the last face Bin Laden saw was the face of a Navy Seal, the face of America. I pray that the ceremony today brings further closure to those who lost loved ones on 9/11 and to all Americans who have continued to mourn the murderous event. May we all move on in unity so we can resolve the very important economic issues we face.

SLAP MY HAND CHARLIE

Charlie Rangel, 40 year Congressman from Harlem in NY. He just got reelected. Does that make him a Career Politician? He's 80 years old.

For over 2 years he's been charged with multiple House ethics violations. Finally, right after the election, of course, the House Ethics Committee finds him guilty of egregious ethical behavior. The activities that got him in trouble are very troublesome, including tax evasion and using campaign funds to pay personal legal bills. WOW! Another cheater in the House.

So what does the House Ethics Committee do? They "censure" him. Instead of expulsion, they slap him on the hand.

Expulsion appears in the Constitution. Censure does not. Censure is similar to a reprimand. It's a nothing penalty! It's a pass. It's letting the fox into the hen house knowing the fox is up to no good. Censure simply means Old Charlie will stand in the well of the House while the Speaker of the House rebukes him. That means Nancy Pelosi gets to take Charlie to task for his lack of ethics and honesty. The same Nancy who said "we are going to drain the swamp." Now Nancy, in case you haven't noticed, there is so much toxic waste in the swamp it's unlikely it will ever be drained during your tenure. That's because you are part of the pollution.

Now that the House has made their determination I wonder if the IRS and other agencies will investigate Charlie? You can bet they would if you or I or some other "commoner" were evading taxes. Anyone else would be looking at penalties, fines and interest.

This slap on Charlie's hand is a microcosm of the uncontrolled corruption in Congress. They never pay the price for their deeds. They just snicker and look the other way.