03-17-09

 

Are you ready to SCREAM BLOODY MURDER!!??   

    After getting a $170 BILLION bailout from the Federal Government, AIG Insurance is about to pay out $165 MILLION in bonuses to it's senior executives. The Obama administration as well as The Senate's top Republican are  angered about the move and plan to prevent future paments. AIG has argued that the bonuses were covered under contracts signed prior to the bailout and witholding the bonuses would lead to breach of contract suits by the payees. However, AIG Chairman Edward Liddy did say future payments would be restrained. These are the same CEOs who just about ran AIG into the ground. These IDIOTS need to be shown the doors to their prison cells, not rewarded for their incompetence....Or Corruption.

 

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     Last week, President Obama signed off on a $410 BILLION omnibus spending bill aimed at keeping the Federal Government running for the remainder of the current fiscal year. Although he campaigned on a pledge to curb spending on congressional pet projects (AKA: "Earmarks", AKA: "PORK"), Obama signed off on 7991 such projects, totalling $5.5 BILLION. Granted, some earmarks can serve some public service. The problem is that some spending can lead to abuses like bribes and kickbacks. Obama said theis was an "Imperfect" bill and has stated future spending will subject to more severe scrutiny. "Imperfect," Mr. President? $787 BILLION in Your first "Stimulus" package, now another $410 BILLION? That's $1.197 TRILLION you have signed off on since your inaguration. And you've only been in office less than two months. For that kind of money...Our tax money...We deserve PERFECTION!!! This one definitely goes down as a broken promise. This and your promise not to have lobbyists working in the White House.

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    Strangely absent from the $410 BILLION omnibus spending bill President Obama signed off on was funding for Washington, DC's  program that alloweed inner city school children to attend private schools within the District. Some 1700 city students benefitted from the $12.1 Million voucher program started by Then-President George Bush in 2004. Teachers unions oppose vouchers because private schools, for the most part, do not have unionized teachers. Democrats rely on union support and have long opposed school vouchers so as to appease teachers unions. Question: Whatever happened to the Democrat's pledge to better this country "For the Children"?  I guess helping children get a quality education is not part of that pledge if it conflicts with organized labor. Mr. President, don't your daughters attend a private school? How about leading by example and send them to public school? Jimmy Carter did.

 

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     After the 9/11 attacks, the Department of Homeland Security determind that the Speaker of the House of Representatives be given acces to govenment-owned aircraft for the puopose of travelling from Washington to his/her home district and eliminate the need for their using commercial airliners. The Speaker of the House is 3rd in line for the Presidency under the line of succession as stated in the 25th Amendment. At the time this policy was established, Dennis Hastert (R-IL) was Speaker. All he needed was a short range jet to get home. Now, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is Speaker and needs a plane with a longer range. The problem is that she insists on using a high-end G5 luxury jet, citing the long-range requirement and security concerns related to the need to land and refuel a smaller plane. Allegations also exist that Pelosi and her aides have cancelled flights at the last minute, costing the Department of Defense (which operates the aircraft) a fortune. It is ironic that Pelosi railed on Auto execs who came to DC on private jets looking for bailout money. Hey, Nancy. Why don't you just hitch a ride on a military C-130 and save the taxpayers some money and grief? Better yet, why don't you just pony up and buy a new broom?

 

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     What do you call a person who is trying to kill an American serviceman in wartime or stage a terrorist attack on American soil? If you call them an "enemy combatant," you are wrong.  The Obama administration has dropped the term for suspected terrorists and that international law will govern the detention of terror suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay Prison, which Obama wants shut down. From now on, they will be referred to in legal standing as "detainees". Let me get this straight. If a person plants a bomb or tries to kill an American soldier, they are not an "enemy combatant"? They are an enemy, they are in combat against us. Enemy + Combatant = "Enemy Combatant"....DUH!! I guess common sense violates international as well as federal law. But then again, international law is a joke. 

 

"Enough Said!"   AARRGGHH!!!