Friday, February 27, 2009
Ice Fishing
I'm going ice fishing this week up on the Lake of the Woods (which is a Minnesota/Canada border lake) and I'm hoping this doesn't happen.
Oops, my mistake, Obama is their messiah
I have to retract yesterdays post about Obama being an Angel and not the savior.
Apparently that was not the real Obama but actually a parade float.
Tricky Europeans.
The picture below was taken sometime yesterday on Wall Street as Obama was trying to convince the traders that all is well and that his stimulus package is the answer to our economic ailments.
He exhibited some of his powers when he turned water in to Bud Light.
Why Bud Light though? Why not a Sam Adams, Summit EPA, or some other really good beer?
Maybe his powers are limited after all.
Apparently that was not the real Obama but actually a parade float.
Tricky Europeans.
The picture below was taken sometime yesterday on Wall Street as Obama was trying to convince the traders that all is well and that his stimulus package is the answer to our economic ailments.
He exhibited some of his powers when he turned water in to Bud Light.
Why Bud Light though? Why not a Sam Adams, Summit EPA, or some other really good beer?
Maybe his powers are limited after all.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Obama the Angel?
I guess Obama is not the Savior . . . but he is an Angel according to some followers in Germany:
"A carnival float depicting a flying U.S. President Obama with Europe being dragged along is seen during the traditional carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. Rose-Monday-Parades in the carnival strongholds of Duesseldorf, Mainz and Cologne are watched by hundreds of thousands of revelers and mark the highlights of Germany's carnival season."
(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Best one liner in Obama's speech last night:
Referring to the $790 billion he won to jump-start the economy, he said he backed the measure,
“Not because I believe in bigger government — I don't".
Baaadump.
“Not because I believe in bigger government — I don't".
Baaadump.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Binyam Mohamed, a dangerous al-Qaeda terrorist, was just released.
Not sure on the specifics on why this terrorist was released but I'd sure like to hear them from our new President.
You can check out background on this guy and view Military Families United latest ad about it here
You can check out background on this guy and view Military Families United latest ad about it here
Friday, February 20, 2009
Time for the Chicago Tea Party!
Yeah!!!
Can't believe they actually had a capitalist on CNBC but check this out:
Can't believe they actually had a capitalist on CNBC but check this out:
Thursday, February 19, 2009
AG Holder: US is nation of cowards on racial matters
This is truly an amazing statement from our new Attorney General.
Not only to we have a black President and a black Supreme Court Justice but we also have our first black Attorney General.
Attorney General Eric Holder.
But yet we are a nation of cowards when it comes to racial matters!?!
Holder said, but "we, as average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race."
What's there to talk about? I'm white, your black and we are both human beings created in God's image. Ok, good talk. Thanks.
But wait that's not all.
Holder said the workplace is largely integrated but Americans still self-segregate on the weekends and in their private lives.
I guess we need to the government to intervene and arrange our social calendars in an affirmative action manner so that we spend more time with others who are of a different race.
That makes sense I guess.
I mean our social life is pretty much the only thing the government doesn't stick it's nose into in our lives. They might as tell us how to socialize as well.
Unreal. A nation of "cowards"?
Yet another ray of hope from "President Hope, Change and Future's" administration.
You can find the full article here
Not only to we have a black President and a black Supreme Court Justice but we also have our first black Attorney General.
Attorney General Eric Holder.
But yet we are a nation of cowards when it comes to racial matters!?!
Holder said, but "we, as average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race."
What's there to talk about? I'm white, your black and we are both human beings created in God's image. Ok, good talk. Thanks.
But wait that's not all.
Holder said the workplace is largely integrated but Americans still self-segregate on the weekends and in their private lives.
I guess we need to the government to intervene and arrange our social calendars in an affirmative action manner so that we spend more time with others who are of a different race.
That makes sense I guess.
I mean our social life is pretty much the only thing the government doesn't stick it's nose into in our lives. They might as tell us how to socialize as well.
Unreal. A nation of "cowards"?
Yet another ray of hope from "President Hope, Change and Future's" administration.
You can find the full article here
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
From Hope, Change & Future to Doom & Gloom
Pres. Obama's attitude sure has changed in the past few months. He campaigned on the three main themes of "Hope", "Change" and "Future" and now all he talks about is how we are doomed unless we ramp up government spending to record levels.
Apparently trickle down (aka Supply side) economics only work when you increase the money supply by increasing government spending (rather than by cutting taxes).
The same Liberals who decried President Reagan's trickle down economics via tax cuts are now promoting trickle down economics via government spending.
The problem is that the bailout bill is not a true stimulus of the economy and it will cause mass inflation in a few years. At least when you cut taxes and allow individuals and businesses to keep more of what they earn you are naturally stimulating the economy and letting the free market work.
If the politicians really want to help this economy and make sure this doesn't happen again they need to do two things IMO:
1) Regulate the mortgage industry correctly once and for all. Only allow fixed rate mortgages. Get rid of ARMS, Balloons and reverse mortgages. Have strict guidelines for the loans purchased by companies that sell them as securities (like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) on the market. Do not allow them to buy crap loans. If crap loans are not allowed to be sold on the market they will cease to exist since the loan originator definitely does not want to be stuck with them.
2) Cut taxes across the board.
If our politicians do these two things and stay the out the way this economy will recover and probably faster than if you were to artificially pump $800 billion or so into the economy.
But Obama knows that if things do not stabilize or improve within 3 years he is done so he is doing whatever he can to stay in power even if it means short term gain and long term loss.
The saddest thing about all this is our poor kids are the ones who are going to pay for Obama (and Bush's) mistakes in all this. They are the ones who will be stuck with all of this debt and a much bigger government. There will be "change" but probably not the type of "change" people had in mind when they elected this President. Or maybe it is.
Here's another good article from the WSJ on all this found here
Apparently trickle down (aka Supply side) economics only work when you increase the money supply by increasing government spending (rather than by cutting taxes).
The same Liberals who decried President Reagan's trickle down economics via tax cuts are now promoting trickle down economics via government spending.
The problem is that the bailout bill is not a true stimulus of the economy and it will cause mass inflation in a few years. At least when you cut taxes and allow individuals and businesses to keep more of what they earn you are naturally stimulating the economy and letting the free market work.
If the politicians really want to help this economy and make sure this doesn't happen again they need to do two things IMO:
1) Regulate the mortgage industry correctly once and for all. Only allow fixed rate mortgages. Get rid of ARMS, Balloons and reverse mortgages. Have strict guidelines for the loans purchased by companies that sell them as securities (like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) on the market. Do not allow them to buy crap loans. If crap loans are not allowed to be sold on the market they will cease to exist since the loan originator definitely does not want to be stuck with them.
2) Cut taxes across the board.
If our politicians do these two things and stay the out the way this economy will recover and probably faster than if you were to artificially pump $800 billion or so into the economy.
But Obama knows that if things do not stabilize or improve within 3 years he is done so he is doing whatever he can to stay in power even if it means short term gain and long term loss.
The saddest thing about all this is our poor kids are the ones who are going to pay for Obama (and Bush's) mistakes in all this. They are the ones who will be stuck with all of this debt and a much bigger government. There will be "change" but probably not the type of "change" people had in mind when they elected this President. Or maybe it is.
Here's another good article from the WSJ on all this found here
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Collin Johnson
WCCO did a cool story on my 10 year old nephew this Friday. He has a God given gift when it comes to music and he's pretty fun to watch on stage.
You can find the story and video here
You can find the story and video here
Thursday, February 12, 2009
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Monday, February 9, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Rotary and Lions Clubs part of "Zionist conspiracy"!
This is from Jihad Watch today. Too funny!
"They gather funds and give them to America and the Israeli Zionists.'' Conspiracy Paranoia Alert from modern, moderate Indonesia: "Rotary Club a 'threat' to Islam," from Agence France-Presse, February 2 (thanks to all who sent this in):
INDONESIAN Islamic hardliners have called for a ban on international organisations the Rotary Club and the Lions Club, saying they are part of a Zionist conspiracy, reports said today.
The People's Ulema Forum (FUU) said the clubs were "infidel'' fronts for Freemasonry and the world Zionist movement and threatened Islam in the world's most populous Muslim country.
"They gather funds and give them to America and the Israeli Zionists,'' FUU chairman Atian Ali Mohammad Da'i was quoted as saying in The Jakarta Globe daily.
"We urge all Muslims to renounce membership in the Rotary Club and the Lions Club. Otherwise they can consider themselves infidels.''
He called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to ban the groups....
Friday, January 30, 2009
What's this? . . . A politician with common sense?
Bits and pieces from an article in the West Central Tribune (Willmar, MN):
For Oberstar, recovery bill what’s needed; for Peterson, bill does little to generate jobs in stagnant economy
By Don Davis ddavis@wctrib.com
ST. PAUL — An economic stimulus package that would send $4.5 billion to Minnesota deeply divided two of the state’s most powerful politicians.
“It is a wide-ranging investment in America,” U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar said.
“This would go against everything I have been for,” U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson countered.
Peterson joined 10 other Democrats and all House Republicans in voting against the measure that passed 244-188. He said that passing no bill would be better than the one the House backed.
“We need to let this thing (economy) bottom out and then spend the money to fix it,” Peterson said, adding that is not what people want to hear.
The bill heads to the Senate next week, where Peterson predicted it will inflate to more than $900 billion, and is due on President Obama’s desk by mid-February.
Peterson said the bill does not do enough to create jobs. He said it should have focused on “programs directly resulting in job creation and infrastructure projects, and for unemployment compensation and food stamps.”
His biggest complaint is that the $819 billion, plus $350 billion in loan interest payments, just add to the country’s debt.
“We are borrowing this money from China,” he said.
Eventually, Peterson added, China will stop lending money to the United States, and interest rates will soar.
and this is classic:
“Maybe I shouldn’t have taken economics in college,” he said. “It would have been easier to go along with this.”
So true. Thank you Rep. Peterson. You've given me a small ray of hope that there are still politicians who think and do what is right.
For Oberstar, recovery bill what’s needed; for Peterson, bill does little to generate jobs in stagnant economy
By Don Davis ddavis@wctrib.com
ST. PAUL — An economic stimulus package that would send $4.5 billion to Minnesota deeply divided two of the state’s most powerful politicians.
“It is a wide-ranging investment in America,” U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar said.
“This would go against everything I have been for,” U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson countered.
Peterson joined 10 other Democrats and all House Republicans in voting against the measure that passed 244-188. He said that passing no bill would be better than the one the House backed.
“We need to let this thing (economy) bottom out and then spend the money to fix it,” Peterson said, adding that is not what people want to hear.
The bill heads to the Senate next week, where Peterson predicted it will inflate to more than $900 billion, and is due on President Obama’s desk by mid-February.
Peterson said the bill does not do enough to create jobs. He said it should have focused on “programs directly resulting in job creation and infrastructure projects, and for unemployment compensation and food stamps.”
His biggest complaint is that the $819 billion, plus $350 billion in loan interest payments, just add to the country’s debt.
“We are borrowing this money from China,” he said.
Eventually, Peterson added, China will stop lending money to the United States, and interest rates will soar.
and this is classic:
“Maybe I shouldn’t have taken economics in college,” he said. “It would have been easier to go along with this.”
So true. Thank you Rep. Peterson. You've given me a small ray of hope that there are still politicians who think and do what is right.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Limbaugh - American Hero :>)
Limbaugh Responds to Obama [Byron York]
According to an account in the New York Post, President Barack Obama yesterday told Republican leaders, "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done." With George W. Bush now off the stage, it may be that Obama and some of his fellow Democrats view Limbaugh, and not John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, or any other elected official, as the true leader of the Republican opposition. This morning I asked Rush for his thoughts on all this, and here is his response:
There are two things going on here. One prong of the Great Unifier's plan is to isolate elected Republicans from their voters and supporters by making the argument about me and not about his plan. He is hoping that these Republicans will also publicly denounce me and thus marginalize me. And who knows? Are ideological and philosophical ties enough to keep the GOP loyal to their voters? Meanwhile, the effort to foist all blame for this mess on the private sector continues unabated when most of the blame for this current debacle can be laid at the feet of the Congress and a couple of former presidents. And there is a strategic reason for this.
Secondly, here is a combo quote from the meeting:
"If we don't get this done we (the Democrats) could lose seats and I could lose re-election. But we can't let people like Rush Limbaugh stall this. That's how things don't get done in this town."
To make the argument about me instead of his plan makes sense from his perspective. Obama's plan would buy votes for the Democrat Party, in the same way FDR's New Deal established majority power for 50 years of Democrat rule, and it would also simultaneously seriously damage any hope of future tax cuts. It would allow a majority of American voters to guarantee no taxes for themselves going forward. It would burden the private sector and put the public sector in permanent and firm control of the economy. Put simply, I believe his stimulus is aimed at re-establishing "eternal" power for the Democrat Party rather than stimulating the economy because anyone with a brain knows this is NOT how you stimulate the economy. If I can be made to serve as a distraction, then there is that much less time debating the merits of this TRILLION dollar debacle.
Obama was angry that Merrill Lynch used $1.2 million of TARP money to remodel an executive suite. Excuse me, but didn't Merrill have to hire a decorator and contractor? Didn't they have to buy the new furnishings? What's the difference in that and Merrill loaning that money to a decorator, contractor and goods supplier to remodel Warren Buffet's office? Either way, stimulus in the private sector occurs. Are we really at the point where the bad PR of Merrill getting a redecorated office in the process is reason to smear them? How much money will the Obamas spend redecorating the White House residence? Whose money will be spent? I have no problem with the Obamas redoing the place. It is tradition. 600 private jets flown by rich Democrats flew into the Inauguration. That's fine but the auto execs using theirs is a crime? In both instances, the people on those jets arrived in Washington wanting something from Washington, not just good will.
If I can be made to serve as a distraction, then there is that much less time debating the merits of the trillion dollar debacle.
One more thing, Byron. Your publication and website have documented Obama's ties to the teachings of Saul Alinksy while he was community organizing in Chicago. Here is Rule 13 of Alinksy's Rules for Radicals:
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
According to an account in the New York Post, President Barack Obama yesterday told Republican leaders, "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done." With George W. Bush now off the stage, it may be that Obama and some of his fellow Democrats view Limbaugh, and not John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, or any other elected official, as the true leader of the Republican opposition. This morning I asked Rush for his thoughts on all this, and here is his response:
There are two things going on here. One prong of the Great Unifier's plan is to isolate elected Republicans from their voters and supporters by making the argument about me and not about his plan. He is hoping that these Republicans will also publicly denounce me and thus marginalize me. And who knows? Are ideological and philosophical ties enough to keep the GOP loyal to their voters? Meanwhile, the effort to foist all blame for this mess on the private sector continues unabated when most of the blame for this current debacle can be laid at the feet of the Congress and a couple of former presidents. And there is a strategic reason for this.
Secondly, here is a combo quote from the meeting:
"If we don't get this done we (the Democrats) could lose seats and I could lose re-election. But we can't let people like Rush Limbaugh stall this. That's how things don't get done in this town."
To make the argument about me instead of his plan makes sense from his perspective. Obama's plan would buy votes for the Democrat Party, in the same way FDR's New Deal established majority power for 50 years of Democrat rule, and it would also simultaneously seriously damage any hope of future tax cuts. It would allow a majority of American voters to guarantee no taxes for themselves going forward. It would burden the private sector and put the public sector in permanent and firm control of the economy. Put simply, I believe his stimulus is aimed at re-establishing "eternal" power for the Democrat Party rather than stimulating the economy because anyone with a brain knows this is NOT how you stimulate the economy. If I can be made to serve as a distraction, then there is that much less time debating the merits of this TRILLION dollar debacle.
Obama was angry that Merrill Lynch used $1.2 million of TARP money to remodel an executive suite. Excuse me, but didn't Merrill have to hire a decorator and contractor? Didn't they have to buy the new furnishings? What's the difference in that and Merrill loaning that money to a decorator, contractor and goods supplier to remodel Warren Buffet's office? Either way, stimulus in the private sector occurs. Are we really at the point where the bad PR of Merrill getting a redecorated office in the process is reason to smear them? How much money will the Obamas spend redecorating the White House residence? Whose money will be spent? I have no problem with the Obamas redoing the place. It is tradition. 600 private jets flown by rich Democrats flew into the Inauguration. That's fine but the auto execs using theirs is a crime? In both instances, the people on those jets arrived in Washington wanting something from Washington, not just good will.
If I can be made to serve as a distraction, then there is that much less time debating the merits of the trillion dollar debacle.
One more thing, Byron. Your publication and website have documented Obama's ties to the teachings of Saul Alinksy while he was community organizing in Chicago. Here is Rule 13 of Alinksy's Rules for Radicals:
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
Friday, January 23, 2009
Courageous Woman!
Arab Woman gives Muslims a Thrashing! - click here
Def. worth a watch. I wonder how much longer she will live. She definately has guts to say the least.
Def. worth a watch. I wonder how much longer she will live. She definately has guts to say the least.
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