I agree with you stance against "Crony Capitalism" but you odd stance against those of us in the 1% and that somehow we control where we go and what we do. Also we give up many rights just so you can have yours and ask for nothing in return but you guys ask for everything to include what I’ve worked for just so you don’t have to work or whatever it is you’re really after. It’s also odd that the President would somehow side with you while continuing to fight multiple wars. Perhaps that’s because sometimes in life you have to fight and that’s the point you’ve missed. I agree that these wars haven’t been prosecuted with perfection and without mistake but neither has your ridiculous protest.
The reality of all of this is that I work for what I have and don’t want to steal or receive a handout in order to achieve what I can’t with hard work, drive and determination. I also don’t want to see some family however rich they may be regardless of how many generations have added to their family’s wealth being asked/told to pay more and more just because the government can’t say no to those who are unwilling to get up and do something with their life just because they need a vote. That goes for all the special interest and disenfranchised groups. Politicians using tax payer’s dollars just too essentially and “legally” buy votes whatever party you’re in and whichever side of the issue you stand on.
I also know that by working day in and day out that I’ll never be rich and the percentage that actually strike it rich in life are a small percentage. Fractions of a percent even, but I know I won’t have to ask or tell my neighbor to keep giving me money every time I need something and if I can’t afford something then I’ll have to find a way to purchase it or settle for a cheaper brand etc. However I’m not going to go and essentially steal from someone else who has worked so hard for what they have in the search for their American dream just so I can have mine and that’s what redistribution of wealth is. I don’t know where this idea of somehow that becoming wealthy or being a successful person is in some way criminal. It’s also odd to see the many people who back these types of protest are themselves the very thing that’s being protested.
Bottom line is I can agree with being outraged at those who have failed in business being made whole by the rest of us who pay taxes. I can see being outraged at crony capitalism and those politicians that say one thing but hedge their bets by doing something else just to play both sides. Besides for them it’s all about power and retaining it at all cost many even would give their very soul. They love the title as if it somehow makes them more then they’re when in fact the title they covet so much means even less given the way they achieved their office. Mind you not all office holders are this way, however a great many of them are due to the fact if they wish to continue to win election then they must at some point sell out in some way just to stay on the winning side. If not then money may not buy happiness but it certainly can buy an elective office.
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Occupy where!?
I agree there is such a thing as "Crony Capitalism", however the demands of the so called "Occupy (insert town) group" are far from well thought out. Many people are seizing the moment to bolster their own issues by showing up at these rallies so it seems that more people are there for one particular issue. Many people have organized a number of these marches without laying out any guide lines or demands, saying “we’ll figure out what we’re protesting once we arrive”. The reality at the end of the day from most of these protesters is that they want most of us to work harder so we can pay more in taxes that will ultimately go to support them and their way of life.
Leaving the rest of us who play by the rules and work for what we have to work until we die in order to allow these types to have a very nice standard of living better than our without working for it. Just because they believe somewhere along the way by someone else working to make it in this world and just by luck, chance or hard work made it that those people somehow owe them. It’s funny when you see the very same people who believed the very same things in the 1960s’ that protested along the same lines that are now rich given a pass it makes you scratch your head.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/10/occupy-atlanta-protesters-use-assembly-rules-to-prevent-rep-lewis-from-speaking/
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cronycapitalism.asp#axzz1aOtYzZ70
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Leaving the rest of us who play by the rules and work for what we have to work until we die in order to allow these types to have a very nice standard of living better than our without working for it. Just because they believe somewhere along the way by someone else working to make it in this world and just by luck, chance or hard work made it that those people somehow owe them. It’s funny when you see the very same people who believed the very same things in the 1960s’ that protested along the same lines that are now rich given a pass it makes you scratch your head.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/10/occupy-atlanta-protesters-use-assembly-rules-to-prevent-rep-lewis-from-speaking/
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cronycapitalism.asp#axzz1aOtYzZ70
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
We C.A.N. but you Can't!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=723907672&ref=ts#!/notes/we-can-change-america-now-community-page/pay-up/189447234419035
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"Many in Congress seem to be confused about what The People Want. It is time for those who caused the enourmous financial crisis to be held accountable. The middle and low income Americans did not create this mess and CAN NOT be the ones to further suffer the consequences. Let the wealthy, big business and Wall Street tycoons resolve their irresponsible actions! PAY UP!!! NO budget cuts that will further harm ANY middle or lower income individuals or families!!!"
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I posted this to show how stupid some people/groups are, no thought our problems could have anything to do with them. Let’s see entitlement programs that blocs of voters just will not do without, but their mentality isn’t to bare any of the burden. Blame Congress for forcing them into their situation where they just can’t live without subsistence, also bloated government pensions. Labor Union strangulation and massive earmark or pork barrel projects on-top of out of control government budgets. Let’s see once the government adds a new program whether it be a social program or nobody overseas the massive Executive Branch Bureaucracy to include independent agencies.
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--------Here's What is Says in the Event You Can't Read it!------------
"Many in Congress seem to be confused about what The People Want. It is time for those who caused the enourmous financial crisis to be held accountable. The middle and low income Americans did not create this mess and CAN NOT be the ones to further suffer the consequences. Let the wealthy, big business and Wall Street tycoons resolve their irresponsible actions! PAY UP!!! NO budget cuts that will further harm ANY middle or lower income individuals or families!!!"
--------------------------Here's What I Say----------------------------------
I posted this to show how stupid some people/groups are, no thought our problems could have anything to do with them. Let’s see entitlement programs that blocs of voters just will not do without, but their mentality isn’t to bare any of the burden. Blame Congress for forcing them into their situation where they just can’t live without subsistence, also bloated government pensions. Labor Union strangulation and massive earmark or pork barrel projects on-top of out of control government budgets. Let’s see once the government adds a new program whether it be a social program or nobody overseas the massive Executive Branch Bureaucracy to include independent agencies.
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Don't Expect to Much
"I've found that people will never let you down if you expect the worst from them."(My own quote)
It's sad that the more you do for people the more they want from you. Then comes the one time you can't help them and that's all they all of a sudden remember not all the times you went out of your way to provide extra help. So the reality is why go above and beyond for someone if they're never going to remember it? Why help anyone if they're going to throw it in your face the one out of a hundred times you just can't assist them? Why don't they go and ask their so called friends? People are users for the most part which is why I say expect the worst and if you get something better then you'll never be let down again. Not a sermon just a thought. haha
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It's sad that the more you do for people the more they want from you. Then comes the one time you can't help them and that's all they all of a sudden remember not all the times you went out of your way to provide extra help. So the reality is why go above and beyond for someone if they're never going to remember it? Why help anyone if they're going to throw it in your face the one out of a hundred times you just can't assist them? Why don't they go and ask their so called friends? People are users for the most part which is why I say expect the worst and if you get something better then you'll never be let down again. Not a sermon just a thought. haha
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
Eric Cantor's Ambition
Let's be real serious about Cantor and his "ambition", I think it's great! So as long as people on the outside only see the party as a whole and of course the House Republicans getting along then a little ambition can go a long way. Let's face it the Republican Party, the Democratic Party and our nation as a whole for that matter needs fresh ideas in order to truly move forward and be viable long term. The House Republicans may take back the House with Boehner’s "steady as she goes" attitude but that's not going to work once they capture the House by whatever margin, I bet however it will be rather narrow. However if they truly have ideas that most Americans love or at least buy off on in great numbers and give the Republican party a mandate then the legislative branch’s part of the “ship of state” (which is the engine room in my opinion) will begin to start working again.
Right now it seems that “Scotty” (imagine Nancy Pelosi as Scotty) is down in the engine room saying “I’m giving her all she’s got Captain” but right now for America all the House “has got” isn’t good enough. Funny, as I’m typing this I’m using a Scottish accent! Anyway, let’s be real the House is in a stalemate and will be until November. If the Democrats retain control of the House then we’ll see one of two things happen. One: They will have fewer seats; if this happens then they will likely feel the need to take a page from Leader Boehner’s playbook and play it safe until 2012 which will be a death blow for Americans who are struggling. Two: If they by some miracle gain seats which is unlikely to happen we may see the playing it safe strategy or they will send countless bills to the floor. This strategy could also be bad news for struggling Americans or Americans who are managing to stay afloat or it may be quite the opposite.
Whichever scenario plays itself out it will perhaps play into the Republicans favor in 2012. If the first scenario happens then Republicans can say they told us so but they better have some ideas of their own (enter Eric Cantor) or 2012 will be a coin toss. If the second scenario plays out then the John Boehner “steady as she goes approach” hasn’t and will not work. But what will more than likely happen is the Republicans will regain the House pure and simple. It will not be a land slide majority or anything like that and they’ll need to work with centrist and conservative Democrats to pass almost everything especially anything controversial. John Boehner will become Speaker and Cantor Majority Leader. This will allow Cantor to lead a renaissance among House Republicans which will up his stock for higher office and the stock of the party going into 2012. Boehner will be perhaps placed in the annals of Republican Speakers with the likes of Newt Gingrich and others. Not that he's in the same league as Newt but if Cantor's ideas work out then Boehner will enjoy much of that success since he'll be Speaker. So it’s a win-win for Cantor, Boehner and Republicans if his ideas are adopted. So I say keep thinking and keep that fire and “ambition” going as the House needs new ideas along with the Republican Party and of course our beloved country.
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Right now it seems that “Scotty” (imagine Nancy Pelosi as Scotty) is down in the engine room saying “I’m giving her all she’s got Captain” but right now for America all the House “has got” isn’t good enough. Funny, as I’m typing this I’m using a Scottish accent! Anyway, let’s be real the House is in a stalemate and will be until November. If the Democrats retain control of the House then we’ll see one of two things happen. One: They will have fewer seats; if this happens then they will likely feel the need to take a page from Leader Boehner’s playbook and play it safe until 2012 which will be a death blow for Americans who are struggling. Two: If they by some miracle gain seats which is unlikely to happen we may see the playing it safe strategy or they will send countless bills to the floor. This strategy could also be bad news for struggling Americans or Americans who are managing to stay afloat or it may be quite the opposite.
Whichever scenario plays itself out it will perhaps play into the Republicans favor in 2012. If the first scenario happens then Republicans can say they told us so but they better have some ideas of their own (enter Eric Cantor) or 2012 will be a coin toss. If the second scenario plays out then the John Boehner “steady as she goes approach” hasn’t and will not work. But what will more than likely happen is the Republicans will regain the House pure and simple. It will not be a land slide majority or anything like that and they’ll need to work with centrist and conservative Democrats to pass almost everything especially anything controversial. John Boehner will become Speaker and Cantor Majority Leader. This will allow Cantor to lead a renaissance among House Republicans which will up his stock for higher office and the stock of the party going into 2012. Boehner will be perhaps placed in the annals of Republican Speakers with the likes of Newt Gingrich and others. Not that he's in the same league as Newt but if Cantor's ideas work out then Boehner will enjoy much of that success since he'll be Speaker. So it’s a win-win for Cantor, Boehner and Republicans if his ideas are adopted. So I say keep thinking and keep that fire and “ambition” going as the House needs new ideas along with the Republican Party and of course our beloved country.
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Blaming Backwards
This is the oddest thing, when in fact it's the Obama administration that is and has been "aiming `backwards`" or shall I say blaming backwards. Almost every day since his inauguration we would hear a sound bite or read a report where Obama is once again blaming Bush for something else. Bush this Cheney that yadayadaya! Albeit in recent months those sound bites and reports aren't quite as frequent but ever prevalent. I’m not saying that some or many of the things he’s had to deal with isn’t Bush’s fault but pointing fingers so as to take any burden of correcting the problem off of himself is ridiculous.
He ran for the job on a platform to “Change” and fix Washington, the Government and the mistakes of Bush. But since being elected he’s done a lot of the “Changing” but none of the fixing because as we’re coming to find out he doesn’t know how and after all that’s o.k. because it’s Bush and Cheney’s fault. I guess it’s easier to point fingers as to why you can’t or will not do something by blaming someone else! By doing this he perhaps thinks that people will forgive him for not attempting to do something because after all it’s not his fault. He again perhaps feels that if he attempts and fails that that is somehow worse than not trying at all. It would show America that he’s in fact not perfect. So what we’re left with is the blame game. Blaming Bush for pushing “Humpty” off the wall won’t put him back together again.
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He ran for the job on a platform to “Change” and fix Washington, the Government and the mistakes of Bush. But since being elected he’s done a lot of the “Changing” but none of the fixing because as we’re coming to find out he doesn’t know how and after all that’s o.k. because it’s Bush and Cheney’s fault. I guess it’s easier to point fingers as to why you can’t or will not do something by blaming someone else! By doing this he perhaps thinks that people will forgive him for not attempting to do something because after all it’s not his fault. He again perhaps feels that if he attempts and fails that that is somehow worse than not trying at all. It would show America that he’s in fact not perfect. So what we’re left with is the blame game. Blaming Bush for pushing “Humpty” off the wall won’t put him back together again.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
General McCHrystal Not Quite Patton or MacArthur but Right
I'm currently serving in Iraq and this may very well get me into trouble that is if anyone actually read it but nonetheless I support the General. Hey "Mr. President" a title that may not be ever taken away from you but at least the job will soon. Hey America we only have until January 20th 2013 then he'll be hitting the bricks. It's time we get rid of the lot of you that think holding office is about how you look or what you want people to think. It's about actually doing something and taking care of business. You, Nancy (I need more Botox and another facelift) Pelosi and Harry (I'm too old to know the reality of things) Reid are about to be shown the door along with your power hungry Secretary of State Hillary (I only stayed with Bill to ride his coattails) Clinton.
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