Hanoi Jane Fonda

Hanoi Jane Fonda

WTG QVC!!!

No we will NOT FORGET that you are a TRAITOR to this great Country, 'Hanoi' Jane Fonda.

B-b-b-But It's HIS Fault

B-b-b-But It's HIS Fault 

The  Washington  Post babbled again today about Obama inheriting a huge deficit from Bush. Amazingly enough, a lot of people swallow this BULL. 

So once more, a short civics lesson. 

Budgets do not come from the White House.  They come from Congress and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democratic Party. 
Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for FY 2008 & FY 2009 as well as FY 2010 & FY 2011. 
In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases. 

For FY 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office.  At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the FY 2009 budgets. 
And where was Barack Obama during this time?  He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete FY 2009.  Let's remember what the deficits looked like during that period:    (below)

 If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the FY 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending.  After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.

If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. 
In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.

White House Payroll

It's amazing the waste of our tax dollars in this spreed sheet offering.  No wonder our finances are in such disarray.  I dare say anyone knows just how many people are on the pay roll.  Once you start adding in the staffers for the Senators and Representaives and the Supreme Justices and all the other 'official offices' employment is just another desk in someone's office corner.

I guess the one that really sets me off the most is the people managing the affairs of the First Lady.  Check this out:

Schake, Kristina K.
Special assistant to the president and director of communications for the first lady
$114,000

Winter, Melissa E.
Special assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff and director of operations for the first lady
$120,000

Jarvis, Kristen
Special assistant for scheduling and traveling aide to the first lady
$60,000

Jones, Kristin T.
Special assistant and personal aide to the first lady
$50,000

August, Hannah M.
Press secretary to the first lady
$70,000

Lee, Stephanie A.
Executive assistant to the chief of staff to the first lady
$45,000

Starkey, Frances M.
Director of scheduling and advance for the first lady
$90,000

Ledbetter, Howli J.
Director of correspondence for the first lady
$50,000

Cleland, Jeannette M.
Deputy director of scheduling and events coordinator for the first lady
$66,300

Sanders, Trooper
Deputy director of policy and projects for the first lady
$85,000

Fitts, Alan O.
Deputy director of advance and trip director for the first lady
$66,300

Vrazilek, Lauren S.
Deputy associate director of correspondence for the first lady
$42,000

Frye, Jocelyn C.
Deputy assistant to the president and director of policy and projects for the first lady
$140,000

Tchen, Christina M.
Assistant to the president and chief of staff to the first lady
$172,200

For a GRAND TOTAL of a mere $1,170,800.00 for ONE YEAR
And in case you don't have a calculator handy, that will be $4,683,200 for ONE (4 year) TERM
Of course this doesn't include any expenses that might be included for their 'jobs'.

You can see the whole thing here:

http://spreadsheets.latimes.com/white-house-salaries/

From looking at the spreadsheet it's no wonder he has all kinds of time to play golf.  Lots of other people are running the White House.

Obama’s Economists: Each Job ‘Saved or Created’ by the Stimulus Cost $278,000 (So Far)

Michelle Malkin » Obama’s Economists: Each Job ‘Saved or Created’ by the Stimulus Cost $278,000 (So Far)

As Jeffrey Anderson at the Weekly Standard pointed out, the White House releasing a fiscal report on the Friday before a long holiday weekend can only mean one thing: There’s not much good news in it for the White House, and, ergo, taxpayers.

Such is the case with the White House Council of Economic Advisors’seventh quarterly report on the impact of the “stimulus”:

The council reports that, using “mainstream estimates of economic multipliers for the effects of fiscal stimulus” (which it describes as a “natural way to estimate the effects of” the legislation), the “stimulus” has added or saved just under 2.4 million jobs — whether private or public — at a cost (to date) of $666 billion. That’s a cost to taxpayers of $278,000 per job.

In other words, the government could simply have cut a $100,000 check to everyone whose employment was allegedly made possible by the “stimulus,” and taxpayers would have come out $427 billion ahead.

Mind you these are Obama’s own economists, so the report is like an employee’s performance evaluation that was filled out by the employee. The absolute truth is probably much more bleak.

Over ten years, the CBO says the stimulus will raise the federal deficit $830 billion — $43 billion more than originally estimated.

Which brings us to President Obama’s weekly address:

Now, it would be nice if we could keep every tax break, but we can’t afford them. Because if we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, or for hedge fund managers and corporate jet owners, or for oil and gas companies pulling in huge profits without our help — then we’ll have to make even deeper cuts somewhere else. We’ve got to say to a student, ‘You don’t get a college scholarship.’ We have to say to a medical researcher, ‘You can’t do that cancer research.’ We might have to tell seniors, ‘You have to pay more for Medicare.’

Or how about we say to the White House, “You don’t get to spend the remaining $164 billion earmarked for a ‘stimulus’ that is clearly a failure.”

To steal a line from a military recruiting campaign years ago, “it’s a great place to start” — but unfortunately the painfully obvious options never seem to be on the table.

Biden to Union Members: If You Vote Republican, Don't Ask Me For Any Help - FoxNews.com

Biden to Union Members: If You Vote Republican, Don't Ask Me For Any Help - FoxNews.com

Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged it wasn't a political event, but it still didn't prevent him from sending this warning to Teamsters union members during his address at their annual convention in Las Vegas this past Friday.

"And don't any of you, by the way, any of you guys vote Republican," Biden said. "I'm not supposed to say, this isn't political. ...don't come to me if you do! You're on your own, Jack!"

Biden provided the closing address at the 28th Annual International Brotherhood of Teamsters Convention at the Paris Hotel on Friday. The Vice President, who is known for his straightforward style, didn't hide his feelings about the current labor union fights across the country. He believes they are under attack by his Republican rivals for no apparent reason.

"Look at Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, Florida, Pennsylvania. Did you ever think in 2011 you would be fighting for the right to work for less again?," said Biden. "What in God's name did any organized labor union do to the collapse of this economy? ... [I]t's bizarre, but that's the case they're making."

Republican governors in several states have sought to curb Union power in an effort to balance their state's budgets.

Biden also jokingly took a jab at the GOP, suggesting they change their logo.

"Jimmy," said Biden, referring to Teamsters Union president James R. Hoffa, "your (the Teamsters Union) logo is the horse's head. Their (GOP) logo should be the other horse's end."

But when it came to discussing the importance of keeping collective bargaining for labor unions, Biden was in no laughing matter.

"In their vision, you have no place at all. With our vision, you are the place!" said Biden. "We stand with you, organized labor, because with you we will restore the American dream."

Biden's next trip will be to Chicago on Sunday, where he'll deliver a speech at the National Education Association's annual meeting.

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Did anyone tell Joe that the logo for the Democrat Party, his Party, is the Donkey/Ass?

Ass: animal resembling horse with long ears: an animal resembling a small horse with long ears, sometimes used as a beast of burden. The donkey is a domesticated descendant of the wild ass.

And then there are some people who fit their Party's logo to a 'T'.

Landry Presides Over House, Blocks Recess Appointments

Landry Presides Over House, Blocks Recess Appointments - THE DEAD PELICAN 2011© Landry Presides Over House, Blocks Recess Appointments
July 01, 2011--5:31 PM CDT
WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing his efforts to prevent President Obama from making another recess appointment, Congressman Jeff Landry (R, LA-03) today presided over a pro forma session in the United States House of Representatives. After his service as Speaker Pro Tempore, Congressman Landry released the following statement:

This morning - under the instruction of Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor, and Whip McCarthy - I presided over a pro forma session in the United States House of Representatives, preventing Congress from going into recess and blocking President Obama from issuing recess appointments.
Let me begin by saying that under normal circumstances, the House of Representatives should not involve itself nomination fights. The Founding Fathers clearly intended the Senate to handle the nominees through a vetting process. However, when liberal lobbyists, unions, and community organizers direct the White House to subvert the will of the Senate, extraordinary steps must be taken to return transparency to our government and sanity to our political appointees.
Recess appointments are intended to maintain the continuity of our government during periods when the Senate is not in session. They are for situations when nominees cannot be considered or confirmed, not for political expediency. This isn't 1852; Congress isn't out of session for 4 months at a time; it doesn't take a week for members to come back to Washington.
The last recess appointment President Obama made was Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board. Becker's nomination was rejected by the Senate. He is a man who argues that employers should have no say in union formations and who ruled that a private company could not relocate to a non-union state.
It is widely anticipated that the President will use a recess appointment to name Elizabeth Warren the head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, soon-to-be one of the most powerful positions in the Federal government. This is very troubling considering Warren wants the government to approve every credit transaction that citizens enter into. If President Obama really wants to fill a position, he should make his nomination and send it to the Senate.
The American people sent a loud message last November that America needs to end Washington practices that are fundamentally wrong. They elected a strong group of conservative freshmen to return accountability to the American people. And they sent us to end the status quo in Washington. So to those who will argue that past presidents have also made recess appointments, I say the fact that Administrations have long abused the recess appointment process doesn't make it right.
That is why patriots like Representatives Tom Marino, Ben Quayle, Allen West, and 73 other freshmen have joined my efforts to hit the "kill switch" - a provision the Founding Fathers gave the House to utilize when the Senate's advice and consent is being circumvented by a hostile Administration. This kill switch comes in the form of adjournment resolutions.
Under Article 1, Section 5 of the Constitution, the House of Representatives can prevent the Senate from recessing by withholding its consent. Simply put: we do so by voting down, or not considering, a Senate adjournment resolution. And when we do so, we block the Administration's ability to make recess appointments.

My actions today are just the beginning. Representative Jeff Duncan will be in Washington on Tuesday, leaving his home district to ensure Congress stays in session. And Republican leaders will be here to ensure Congress does not recess for the rest of President Obama's term.

I applaud Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor, and Whip McCarthy for their leadership and for their commitment to a transparent government - a government that belongs to We the People. I thank them for listening to our freshman coalition and taking the appropriate steps necessary to block President Obama from making recess appointments.

Recently, Congressman Landry led a coalition of 77 freshmen in a letter to House leadership requesting all appropriate measures be taken to prevent any recess appointment by the President for the remainder of the 112th Congress.

I have liked this man since he took office.  It seems everyday I read any new article about Rep Landry he is giving it his all to get America back to the way the Founding Father's wanted this Government to operate.  He's ridiculed by some, made fun of by others, called vulgar names by a few and still doesn't swerve from the path he is following.  Do I agree with him 100% on everything?  No.  But that is what makes us human.  There are a few Freshmen in the House of Reps that have taken their Oath and Allegiance to their job as s-e-r-i-o-u-s.  They see where this current President is leading this Country and they are trying to get us back on the correct route.  If only we had 400 members of this type in the House of Reps and 95 or so members in the Senate, we'd all ready be running on a four-lane highway instead of just trying to get back on a narrow path.
It's hard when you have to fight a bunch of Liberals that think all they have to do is raise taxes and then live the good life until the next tax vote comes around.
GEAUX REP LANDRY, GEAUX!!  Show those liberals that they can't scare a coonass from the Great State of Louisiana.  We got meaner alligators and snakes in our swamps than those lizards and snakes in D.C.