Saturday, October 3, 2009

Cap and Trade

So I went to the gas station to fuel up and I notice all of these posters on the pumps about Cap and Trade. They say if Cap and Trade passes, the price of gas will go up 77 cents a gallon. That's around $12 more each fill-up for me. Naturally, I'm pissed. I've heard the rhetoric from Obama that Cap and Trade will cost no more than a postage stamp for American families each year. The Heritage Foundation has calculated the actual cost at about $1,870 per family of four. (That's all energy costs - not just gas costs.)

Then I go home and get the mail and find a flyer from my Rep. Ralph Hall. In it, he discusses why he voted against Cap and Trade:

"The Waxman-Markey bill (Cap and Trade) mandates that by 2050 Carbon Dioxide levels in the US by reduced by 83% below 2005 levels. These emissions levels are comparable to those of 1907 when the primary mode of transportation was horse-back.

According to Chip Knappenberger of the World Climate Report, this cap on carbon emissions would do little for the environment. Knappenberger reported that the temperature increases would be lowered merely hundredths of a single degree Fahrenheit over the next 40 years."

Thanks Congress. When people are losing their jobs en masse, businesses are tanking, families are struggling, you jokers want to increase our energy costs??!?! I think the question here is are you working for us or against us???

Friday, October 2, 2009

Socialized Medicine Makes Me Sick

I'm psyched that more and more people are coming around and realizing that the Dems Universal Healthcare Plan is simply BAD NEWS. Even more encouraging stats came out today.

I got a raging sinus infection this week. I'm no wuss but I thought I would have to call Sigourney Weaver to kill the alien that was about to burst from my forehead. I got a doctors appointment (I LOVE my doctor.) and went and sat in the waiting room for about 30 minutes to see her. As I suffered through each minute, I thought, my God, what will this be like when we're all on this mandatory public health plan. Sitting in a waiting room for hours and hours like they do in Canada and Great Britain.

I got called in to see my fantastic doctor. She spent as much time as I needed talking to me, examining me, counseling me on the medication she was prescribing me. With the public health plan, this poor woman wouldnt have this kind of time. She'd be churning out people like an assembly line, throwing government approved medicines at us. Knowing my doctor, she'd refuse to provide that type of care and she'd have to apply her talents some other field of business.

Next I went to the pharmacy. It was packed. I waited with about 10 other people for 25 minutes to get my prescription. I knew it would be 10 times worse with the public health plan.

I thought to myself, what if it wasn't just me, standing here in misery, wanting so badly to get my medicine, go home, go to bed and get better. What if I was here with a sick baby who was suffering and crying and begging to feel better as we sat in the waiting room for 6 hours waiting for treatment.

Furious, I called Harry Reid, one of the idiot Democrats who is still trying like hell to push this public plan through (despite the will of his constituents) and I gave his voicemail a piece of my mind. This is America. What the hell are they doing trying to force us all into health plans that we dont want. Plans that will cause our quality of care to decline considerably (just ask Great Britain) and for what - so illegal immigrants get free healthcare, so that people who choose tricked out tires over health insurance will be covered, so people who sit on their butts all day while I go to work dont have to pay???

Ludicrous. Call your reps and give them a piece of your mind. Start with dimwit Harry Reid. Here's his #: 202-224-3542.

More of Our Tax Dollars Flushed - Thanks Congress!

The Pork Report - from BigGovernment.com

Grateful Dead archive receives $615,175 federal grant; “The ultimate goal… is that everyone will have a Grateful Dead experience”

Renovation project at the Bill Clinton presidential center will receive $2.5 million of federal stimulus funds

North Carolina Department of Transportation spending $1.2 million of federal stimulus funds to renovate a lighthouse and another $3 million to paint a bridge

Congress approves $250 million increase in its own budget.

More...

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Great quote

"It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master."

- Ayn Rand

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Democrats vs. American Business

Banks are bad. Oil companies are bad. Insurance companies are bad. Drug companies are bad. That's the Democratic party line.

Since all these companies are bad, doing bad things, let's just have the government run them. You know, since the government never does anything bad. Hey, what a minute...

I am so sick and tired of hearing about how a company trying to make money is evil. When a company produces a product or service in America, every single American has a choice to purchase it. No one is forced to. Americans are free and they have the right to make a choice about whether a product or service is right for them.

Insurance companies for example -
Insurance companies provide the service of insuring you or your property. They work with you to create the insurance package for you and you can say yes or no. You can choose to go with that company, another company OR to stay uninsured. Yes, there are people who choose to be uninsured. And they have the RIGHT to be.

In a recent town hall meeting in Montana, after being questioned about why he's vilifying insurance companies, Obama said that some insurance companies have said that they needed to take on more customers before they could make some of the drastic changes he is demanding of them. He made it sound like that was evil. Obama, this is a company, not a lollipop-gumdrop-kumbuya-not-for-profit-money-bin. These companies have to do what they can to stay in business, to keep their employees employed, to provide their customers with the services they were promised. Not only that, but they have a right to make a profit. Gasp! The Dems think a company making a profit is evil.

If an insurance company has bad practices and does evil things, they lose customers to another insurance company who is not doing those things. It's called capitalism. This goes with any business. If a person cant get a loan at one bank, they go to another bank. If the trainers at one gym are jerks, I go to another gym. It's competition in the FREE MARKET. And this free market allows Americans to have an abundance of choices - choices about healthcare, health insurance, checking accounts, motor oil, prescriptions, cereal, tampons, milk - EVERYTHING. That's what makes our quality of life so great.

And the Democrats want to kill that.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Can't Read the Bill? Can Conyers Read at All?




Um, well John, aren't you a lawyer? Oh and if you need a refresher on what you should be doing in your job as a Congressman, there's a great program called SchoolHouse Rock that you might want to watch.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Palin Power Hour

Unlike a lot of Republicans of late, Sarah is actually representing conservatives. Here are some excerpts from the Sarah Palin Power Hour, courtesy of our friends at Urban Conservative.

"You have such important jobs reporting facts and informing the electorate and exerting power to influence. You represent what could and should be a respected, honest profession that could and should be a cornerstone of our democracy. Democracy depends on you. And that is why our troops are willing to die for you. So, how about — in honor of the American soldier — you quit making things up. (cheers and applause) And don’t underestimate the wisdom of the people."

"We must value and live the optimistic pioneering spirit that made this state proud and free, and we can resist enslavement to big central government that crushes hope and opportunity. Be wary of accepting government largesse. It doesn’t come free, and often accepting it takes away everything that is free. Melting into Washington’s powerful, caretaking arms will just suck incentive to work hard and chart our own course right out of us — and that not only contributes to an unstable economy and dizzying national debt, but it does make us less free."

"Please, let’s not start believing that government is the answer. It can’t make you happy or healthy or wealthy or wise. What can? It is the wisdom of the people and our families and our small businesses and industrious individuals, and it is God’s grace helping those who help themselves. (whistles and cheers) And then this allows that very generous voluntary hand up that we’re known for enthusiastically providing those who need it."

The press called it "rambling". Have they listened to their own newcasts lately?

Sunday, July 19, 2009

We dont need Republicans like Mark Sanford

So Gov. Mark Sanford has written a letter apologizing to voters for his affair. And yet he hasn't resigned. He asks the people of South Carolina to "trust God in his larger work of changing me, and from my end, to work to becoming a better and more effective leader."

Sorry pal, you stopped being an effective leader when you disappeared for a week and no one could find you. Effective leaders think in the best interest of their constituents and act accordingly. Like Blagojevich before you, you've turned that office into a circus...and it looks like you are enjoying being ringmaster.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Thank a Soldier for Another Wonderful Day of Freedom



This video features a song by the extremely talented Mike Corrado. He is a Marine and an amazing musician. Thanks to "Jordanxxx" who made this video.

Happy Birthday America! Happy 4th to everyone!

Friday, July 3, 2009

Only Dead Fish Go with the Flow

Argh! **Teeth Gnashing** Has everyone had a lobotomy? I'm screaming at FoxNews. Sarah Palin is dropping out because she can't take the heat? Please! This woman ran on the principles of being a true conservative and an efficient and effectual governor. As she stated in her speech today, since her VP campaign, the attention that she has garnered and the sheer volume of attacks that she has endured have eaten up time (not just for her but for her entire staff) and money (not just hers but $2 million of the Alaskan taxpayers money). By no fault of her own, she has been rendered a less effective and efficient governor than she was before she became the superstar that she is today. And true to her word, she is stepping down to allow the Lt. Governor to continue the incredible work that she began 3 years ago. The problem is that we are so used to politicians being these self-serving, incompetent, impotent, spendaholics that when someone like Sarah Palin makes a move that is in the best interest of her constituents, we call it "not being able to take the heat."

Friday, April 17, 2009

America: The Cause of All the Worlds Problems

















Hey, did you know that everything bad that has ever happened in the world is America's fault? No kidding! I didn't know that either until Barack was elected president and told me. Turns out that it goes way beyond supplying Mexico with guns and consuming all their drugs. It goes beyond being arrogant and harming great nations like Cuba and Venezuela. Our negative impact on the world goes back to biblical times. Did you know that it was actually the United States, and not Ramses II, who enslaved the Hebrews? Bet you didn't know that the United States was organizing Crusades against Muslims in the 11th century, 200 years before Christopher Columbus discovered the New World. Are you aware of the fact that America is directly responsible for the spread of the Bubonic plague across Europe? All true - just ask some of our leaders.

Let Them Drink Tea!

By this point, you'd think that there was nothing the media could do that would surprise us anymore. It's no secret that their collective brain views Obama as the second coming and that all the real estate between New York and L.A. is populated by banjo-picking hayseeds. They no longer hide their agendas like they once attempted to do in the interest of preserving some semblance of journalistic integrity. Their opinions and goals are now clearly spelled out. So then why was I so surprised at how the liberal media viewed the tea partiers? Why was I surprised when they called us "racists" and "hicks" and "puppets of FoxNews?" Why was I surprised when they started using teabagging jokes about us in their newscasts?

At first, I was pissed. I sat down, cracked my knuckles and got ready to type up some hatemail to all those so-called news networks. But then I realized something. When a person starts throwing out those kinds of labels, it's because they have nothing else intelligent to say. It's like a kid arguing with another kid on the playground and then calling him "Fat."

By calling all the tea partiers "racists" and "hillbillies", you don't have to do the work to investigate the true reason behind the protests. These journalists could have spent some time actually listening to people and comprehending this activism but that would take too much time and effort. It's easier just to slap some derogatory label on the whole thing and hop back on a plane to the Hamptons.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

To Marcus and Dasy

Our hearts are broken for decorated Navy Seal, fellow Texan and American Hero Marcus Luttrell. On April 1st, some fiends went on a dog-killing spree and killed his beloved therapy dog Dasy with a 9 mm. Marcus had been given Dasy as a a gift to help him recover from his injuries as well as the traumatic experiences he endured during his mission in Afghanistan. (For details, read his book: Lone Survivor - linked at right). He even named Dasy after his three fallen comrades. Marcus expressed that his bond with the 4 year old yellow labrador was so strong that he felt she was his daughter. As someone who loves their dogs like children, I cannot begin to imagine how he feels. I encourage everyone to say a little prayer for Marcus and for Dasy. I will also say a prayer that those dog killers die in jail.

Biden the Blowhard

It's fairly easy to see why Obama's handlers never let Joe Biden talk during the campaign. If Barack has a tongue made of gold, then Joe's tongue is, well, horse manure. According to a recent news article, Biden stated that he chastised then President George W. Bush on more than one occasion.

"I remember President Bush saying to me one time in the Oval Office," Biden told CNN on Tuesday, "'Well, Joe,' he said, 'I'm a leader.' And I said: 'Mr. President, turn and around look behind you. No one is following.'"

In 2004, on HBO's Real Time with Bill Mahar, Biden said "When I speak to the president - and I have had plenty of opportunity to be with the president, at least prior to the last election, a lot of hours alone with him. I mean, meaning me and his staff," Biden said on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" in April 2006. "And the president will say things to me, and I'll literally turn to the president, say: 'Mr. President, how can you say that, knowing you don't know the facts?' And he'll look at me and he'll say - my word - he'll look at me and he'll say: 'My instincts.' He said: 'I have good instincts.' I said: 'Mr. President, your instincts aren't good enough.'"

Hmmm. Well, numerous Bush aides, former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer and Former Advisor Karl Rove have all disputed these assertions. Rove even commented "It didn't happen." Rove, a FOX News contributor, said in an interview with "On the Record, "I hate to say this, but he's a serial exaggerator. If I was being unkind, I would say liar, but it is a habit he ought to drop."

Candida P. Wolff, Bush's White House liaison to Capitol Hill, said the only meetings she remembered between Bush and Biden also included other lawmakers. She said such meetings were held in the Cabinet Room or the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, not the Oval Office, and certainly did not last for "hours."

This is not the first time the veracity of Biden's assertions has been challenged. In 1988, he dropped out of the presidential race after being accused of plagiarizing British Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock. The Washington Post also cited "the senator's boastful exaggerations of his academic record."

Last year, liberal Slate magazine recalled that "Biden's misdeeds encompassed numerous self-aggrandizing thefts, misstatements, and exaggerations that seemed to point to a serious character defect."

Also last year, Biden came under fire for telling a questionable story about being "shot at" in Iraq.

"Let's start telling the truth," Biden said during a presidential primary debate sponsored by YouTube in July. "Number one, you take all the troops out -- you better have helicopters ready to take those 3,000 civilians inside the Green Zone, where I have been seven times and shot at. You better make sure you have protection for them, or let them die."

But when questioned about the episode afterward by the Hill newspaper, Biden backpedaled from his claim of being "shot at" and instead allowed: "I was near where a shot landed."

Biden went on to say that some sort of projectile "landed" outside a building in the Green Zone where he and another senator had spent the night during a visit in December 2005. The lawmakers were shaving in the morning when they felt the building shake, Biden said.

Wow. How's that for transparency. You think this guy's gonna be honest with you when the going get's tough?

Or is it that Obama is just as full of crap, only he's much better at saying it?

Friday, February 27, 2009

Great PR Skills

It's no secret that Obama's got marketing saavy. His campaign was the most well marketed campaign in American history - when you bought into Obama, you bought into the Obama brand. It went beyond campaign slogans and bumper stickers, it was an Obama channel on Dish Network, it was an Obama MySpace page, it was an Obama commemorative plate. He wasn't campaigning for the presidency, he was campaigning to be elected Celebrity-in-Chief.

And there's my point:

When President Obama gives a speech, he's telling the public what they want to hear...and leaving out the whole truth. That's what you've gotta do to keep the opinion polls high. Like today for example, when he announced that by August 31st, 2010, all American troops will be pulled out of Iraq.

The truth is that 50,000 troops will be staying in Iraq 2010 and beyond and they will still be in harms way. Regardless of what he tells "his fans", Obama knows that removing all American troops from this fragile region will destabilize it and could throw the fledgling democracy into chaos. (Making all those American lives lost in vain.)

Another example is the recently passed omnibus stimulus bill. For some time, Obama has been outspoken about his alleged opposition to earmarks. Well, he must not be that opposed because this bill contains 8,571 earmarks (inserted by Democrats and Republicans) and he supports it.

Oh and what about Obama pledging to cut wasteful spending and focus on getting the economy back on track? What about the transparency of government that he promised? Hmmm, well the bill is about 70% social programs and only about 30% actual stimulus and job creation. He's allowing the Democrats to cloak their stale social agenda in the guise of economic stimulus, spending an unprecedented amount of precious taxpayer money in the midst of desperate economic times? How's that for transparency?

The lesson here is to know that the public is being told what they want to hear, rather than what they need to hear. In a time like this, do we want a celebrity or do we want a president?

Monday, February 16, 2009

Abraham Lincoln: REPUBLICAN



Today, as Obama raves on about the legacy of Lincoln, I want to remind everyone that Abraham Lincoln was one of the founders of the Republican Party and was the first Republican President.

Viva la GOP!

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Reaganomics vs. Obamanomics

Just read a great article from the Wall Street Journal. Here it is:

Reaganomics vs. Obamanomics
By Peter Ferrara, Director of Entitlement and Budget Policy for the Institute for Policy Innovation.

"In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama said, "The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works -- whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified." Or as administration spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said in January, the touchstone is, "What will have the biggest and most immediate impact on creating private sector jobs and strengthening the middle class? We're guided by what works, not by any ideology or special interests."

Unfortunately, this rhetoric is not true. Mr. Obama's economic policy is following not what has been proven to work but liberal ideology.

The best way to understand this is to compare what's being proposed now with what Ronald Reagan accomplished. In 1980, amid a seriously dysfunctional economy, Reagan campaigned for president on an economic recovery program with four specific components.

The first was across-the-board reductions in tax rates to provide incentives for saving, investment, entrepreneurship and work.

The second component was deregulation to remove unnecessary costs on the economy. In today's world, that would especially mean removing the onerous restrictions on energy production -- allowing drilling offshore and onshore for oil and natural gas, revival of the nuclear power industry, and construction of more electric power plants.

Third was the control of government spending. In 1981, Reagan forced through Congress not only his famed, historic tax cuts, but also a package of budget cuts close to 5% of the federal budget -- equivalent to roughly $150 billion today. In constant dollars, nondefense discretionary spending declined by 14.4% from 1981 to 1982, and by 16.8% from 1981 to 1983. Moreover, in constant dollars, this nondefense discretionary spending never returned to its 1981 level for the rest of Reagan's two terms. By 1988, this spending was still down 14.4% from its 1981 level in constant dollars.

Even with the Reagan defense buildup, which helped win the Cold War, total federal spending declined to 21.2% of GDP in 1989 from 23.5% of GDP in 1983. That's a real reduction of 10% in the size of government relative to the economy.

The fourth component of the Reagan recovery plan was tight, anti-inflation monetary policy, which was spectacularly successful. Inflation was cut in half to 6.2% in 1982 from 13.2% in 1980, and cut in half again to 3.2% in 1983.

We know such policies work because they turned around in just two years an economy far worse than today's. We were suffering from multiyear, double-digit inflation, double-digit unemployment, double-digit interest rates, declining incomes, and rising poverty. In fact, what we suffer with today is not the worst economy since the Great Depression, but the worst economy since Jimmy Carter -- the last time liberals were dominant politically and intellectually.
The Obama administration's economic policies do not include any of the four Reagan components. In fact, the stimulus plan is the greatest increase in government spending in the history of the planet. Meanwhile, the Fed is furiously reinflating, sowing more havoc down the line. Mr. Obama is still promising future increases in tax rates by letting the Bush tax cuts lapse, because for ideological reasons he thinks even current rates are too low. And instead of deregulating for more energy production, he is still promising massive increases in regulatory barriers -- through global warming cap-and-trade legislation -- to increased production from proven energy sources to serve an extreme environmentalist ideology.
This is why America seems so hopeless right now, and so depressed. We are stuck going in exactly the wrong direction on economic policy because of currently dominant ideological fashions.

A natural economic recovery will begin sometime this year, not because of the president's policies, but because soon this will be the longest recession since World War II. However, thanks to the administration's retrograde policies -- cut from the cloth of the 1970s and even the 1930s -- the recovery will not be what it should be. Rather, unemployment will remain too high, and inflation will resurge, recreating the disastrous economic results we suffered the last time Keynesian policies were dominant."

Friday, February 6, 2009


Geitner and Killifer and Daschle, Oh My!

With all this buzz about the tax woes of several of Obama's cabinet picks, I keep hearing from the media about "how questions have been raised about Obama's vetting process". The truth is that Obama learned of these candidates' tax issues during the vetting and still went on to select them. It was not until the American people learned of these closet-skeletons that the furor began and Killifer and Daschle stepped down. Geitner was actually confirmed and is our new Treasury Secretary, ironically overseeing the IRS.

In a recent interview with Chris Wallace, Obama said:

"I consider this a mistake on my part, one that I intend to fix and correct and make sure that we're not screwing up again," Obama said.

"We can't send a message to the American people that we've got two sets of rules -- one for prominent people and one for ordinary people," Obama said, defending his administration's standards.

"So this is a mistake -- probably not the first one I'm going to be making in this office, but what I'm absolutely committed to doing is fixing it," he said.

Great. He wants to fix it...so why isnt Geitner gone? Hmm? Oh, then listen to this:

Obama denied influencing Daschle's decision to withdraw, which caught a number of senators by surprise Tuesday. Though Daschle caught flak for revelations that he had failed to pay more than $130,000 in taxes, the former Senate majority leader has strong personal ties on Capitol Hill, and several Democrats said they thought he still could have won confirmation.

Obama said the decision was Daschle's.

This is just another great example of Obama's PR saavy. He says that he made a mistake and that he is going to do everything he can to fix it, that there shouldnt be two sets of rules, but then he does nothing. Killifer chose to withdraw, Daschle chose to withdraw. Geitner was confirmed and is not being removed from his position anytime soon.

Should we have HOPE that Obama will soon stop surrounding himself with unethical people?

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

SH*T, the SCHIP

(I dedicate this post to all those morons who argued with me before the election that Obama was going to lower taxes, you were proven wrong in the 1st 100 days. Hell, the first 30 days.)


AP Wire, February 4, 2009:

"President Obama has signed a bill extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children. The bill calls for spending an additional $32.8 billion on the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Lawmakers generated that revenue by raising the federal tobacco tax. Obama said it is a key step toward his promise of universal health care coverage for all. [It] will mean an estimated 2.4 million children who otherwise would have access to private insurance will join the State Children's Health Insurance Program instead." (Source)


Read that again - they've added coverage for 2.4 million children who already have access to private insurance! This added coverage expands the possible coverage to 350% of the federal poverty line. This means that a family of four making up to $74,200 can receive free government healthcare! And here's the kicker, the bill grants states the ability to determine the limits of a particular family's income (ignoring capital gains, subtracting housing expenses, etc). So, in essence, a family making more than $74,200 could still be eligible if the state allowed it. (Source)


And now for the tax increase part. The money for this wonderful bit of socialism will come from jacking up the tobacco tax. The tobacco tax has now increased from 62 cents to $1.01.


I hate cigarettes as much as the next person but this is a HUGE tax increase and didn't Obama say something about lowering taxes? And, my friends, this is just the beginning.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE!

It's no secret that personal responsibility and accountability in America have gone out the window. We live in a world where you can blame a tobacco company for giving you lung cancer after you've smoked all your life. Where you can sue McDonalds for making you fat. Where you can run up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and just file for bankruptcy.

Why should we be surprised when companies like Wells Fargo and Citigroup who are accepting bailout money turn around and spend millions on things like private jets and lavish employee trips? It's just par for the course.

And why should these companies ever worry about being held accountable? The very people who should be going after this irresponsible behavior are busy engaging in crooked behavior of their own. Congress is rife with corruption on both sides of the aisle. Our leaders are engaging in activities such as allowing the housing market to implode while getting sweetheart mortgage deals (Chris Dodd, Kent Conrad, Alphonso Jackson) Like committing tax fraud (Charlie Rangel, Al Franken). Like getting kickbacks (Ted Stevens).

Want to start turning this country around? Take your leaders to task. Get mad and give these dickheads a call. Write a letter. Most importantly: DONT ELECT CROOKS IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!

Friday, January 30, 2009

Sprinkle on a Little Macho Sauce

Check out the video below and the other videos by Macho Sauce Productions on Youtube.

This guy has so many fantastic points that he wraps up in passionate, often sarcastic, fun videos. We need more stuff like this to show people that the GOP isnt just made up of old white males. That conservative values are just as inspiring, if not more inspiring than all that Hope and Change socialist crap that the Dems are spoonfeeding.

New RNC Chairman: Michael Steele


I could not be happier that the RNC has picked Michael Steele to be the next Chairman. I've seen this guy in action on FoxNews. He's got more brains in his pinkie nail than the whole of the Democratic Party.

I hope that he's the shot in the arm that the party needs.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Republican Hero of the Day: Congressman John Carter


Our forebearers created this system of government under the tenet that no man should be above another. No one would be king and have a special set of rules for himself. We are all equal. We are all subject to the same rules and restrictions. No one is above the law, from the President on down to the lowliest street urchin.

Thanks to John Carter for reminding our leaders of this fact.

Fight the Good Fight!

Republican Renaissance?

Perhaps. After several months of being pissed off about how spineless Republicans have been in the face of Obamaland socialism, I've gotten a small reprieve from my rage.

1) House Passes $819 Billion Stimulus (RAGE RAGE RAGE)
Not a single Republican voted for the it. (GO GO GOP!)

While I'd like to credit this common sense thinking to our GOP leaders getting back to their roots, I really think that this vote is just evidence of what a huge stinking pile of crap this stimulus is. Not a single Republican wants to hitch his dingy to this sinking ship. If the stimulus passes, it will only be a matter of time until it is revealed to be a spectacular failure doing nothing to stimulate the economy and the American people will see it for the tax-payer-oppressive piece of pork that it is. America will have only the Democrats to blame.

2) This one is my favorite: "GOP Congressman Intros 'Rangel Rule,' Eliminating IRS Late Fees"
It's getting to be pretty much a daily occurance for me to thank God that I live in Texas. While the rest of this country slowly slips into a cesspool of amorality, personal entitlement, and utter insanity (AL FRANKEN???? SENATOR???? I WAS BORN IN MINNESOTA AND I AM ASHAMED TO SAY IT!), Texas, with our big toiling pump jacks and fiesty longhorns seems to be one of the few places in which the dream of America's founders is still alive and well.

To the point, right. Anyway, I now have another thing about Texas to love: Republican Congressmen John Carter. Give this man a kiss for me. Here's the article:

"Rep. Carter introduced a bill Wednesday to eliminate all IRS penalties and interest for paying taxes past due. The legislation calls for the creation of what he calls the, "Rangel Rule," -- drawing attention to the recent legal issues of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., enabling citizens who fail to pay taxes on time to do so later with no additional fees. Rangel, who writes the country's tax policies, acknowledged last fall that he failed to pay thousands in real estate taxes for rental income he earned from a property in the Dominican Republic. As of September 2008 the Harlem Democrat reportedly paid back more than $10,000 in taxes but that did not include any IRS penalties.

"Your citizens back home should have the same rights and benefits that come to you as a member of congress. You shouldn't be treated any differently under the law than your citizens back home," Carter said. (AMEN!)

He added that citizens should receive the "same courtesy" that the IRS is allegedly granting Rangel and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who also recently acknowledged a failure to pay taxes. Carter penned a letter to Rangel earlier this month requesting that he either pay the IRS fees or join him in co-sponsoring the legislation establishing the rule.

"As Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, I believe you set an example for all American taxpayers in your dealings with the IRS, and that you must do so in a way that enforces blind justice without regard to wealth or status," he wrote in the January 6th missive.

A spokesman for the New York Democrat would not comment on the state of the tax issue, which is currently under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, but did respond to the Carter bill.

"This legislation is unnecessary. All taxpayers currently receive equal treatment under the law," Rangel spokesman Emile Milne said. (SOURCE: FOX NEWS)

Oh really, then why aren't these assholes in jail like I would be if I committed tax fraud?!