Posted on March 30, 2009 by 84rules
I can’t disagree with the title here. I see it everywhere. I see it on television. I see it in the retail stores. I see it on the Internet. There are a great many people who seem to simply not care about what is happening to their own nation. I’m certain there were similar attitudes [...]
Filed under: Politics | Tagged: Capitol Hill Coffee house, Communists, Europe, General Motors, Germany, GM, JB Williams, Nazis, Obama, Russia, socialism, Timothy Geithner, William L. Shirer | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 30, 2009 by 84rules
The United Nations, that lovely bastion of anti-Americanism, wants to control the world’s economies by invoking the hoax of human-induced climate change. The very first paragraph of the Fox News story covering this says it all and should send chills up your spine: A United Nations document on “climate change” that will be distributed to [...]
Filed under: Global Warming, Government, Politics, United Nations | Tagged: Climate Change, Global Warming Hoax, greenhouse gases, Obama, out-sourcing, U.N., United Nations | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 30, 2009 by 84rules
Bi-partisanship? Not from Joe Biden. He insulted at least half of the fire fighters in the United States by speaking the following words in a speech to the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF): It isn’t about — you’ve heard this trite phrase — Democrats and Republicans. Hell, some of you guys are still stupid [...]
Filed under: Politics | Tagged: Fire Fighters, IAFF, Joe Biden, Republicans, Stupid enough | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 27, 2009 by 84rules
One of Obama’s campaign promises was that he would make the government “more transparent.” Well, we are still waiting for that transparency to emerge. If anything, Obama and the Democrats have worked to make things more secretive. For example, the way the Republicans were excluded from meetings where the porkulus/spendulus package was written. The broken [...]
Filed under: Corruption, Economy, Government, Politics | Tagged: Fannie Mae, FOIA, Freddie Mac, Obama, Rahm Emanuel | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 27, 2009 by 84rules
Back on March 11th, I posted the following blog entry: Gitmo Prisoners Defend ‘Blessed’ 9/11 Attack 84rules March 11, 2009 I recieved a few responses to that post, none of which I could publish because of the use of profanity or because the responders made illogical and irrational arguments without providing any evidence to back [...]
Filed under: Politics | Tagged: Barack Obama, Dennis Blair, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, release, Terrorists, United States | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 26, 2009 by 84rules
Just yesterday I posted about a Congressional hearing in which Rep. Michelle Bachmann asked Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner to cite the Constitutional basis for all the new powers that the Obama Administration wants in order to go in and take over private businesses. Although the main crux of that post was the fact [...]
Filed under: Politics | Tagged: Ben Smith, Bernanke, Council on Foreign Relations, Eric Zimmerman, global currency, Michele Bachmann, Obama, Timmothy Geithner | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 25, 2009 by 84rules
This is something that all legislators, Democrat and Republican, should be doing. They should always question whether or not a policy or proposed bill has a basis somewhere in the Constitution. I don’t mean from court rulings or extensions of court rulings. I mean in the document itself. For any particular bill in front of [...]
Filed under: Constitution, Government, Politics, Social Issues | Tagged: Constitution, Daily Kos, Huffington Post, Michelle Bachmann, Obama, Secretary of the Treasury, Tim Geithner, video | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 24, 2009 by 84rules
I know there are still several libs out there who stamp their feet and whine like little children that Obama is not a socialist. Well, you can put your faux temper tantrums back into the closet for another day. All doubt about Obama’s intentions of sending the United States into a socialist disaster similar to [...]
Filed under: Corruption, Economy, Government, Politics | Tagged: Chris Buckley, David Brooks, Doug Kmiec, Geithner, Obama, Sarbanes-Oxley, socialist, TARP, Wall Street | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 24, 2009 by 84rules
Ever wonder how criminals select their targets for their next crime? Very few do so randomly. Most size up a situation and carefully consider the risks before going in and doing the dirty deed. Rapists often stalk their victims before moving in to strike. Robbers case houses to determine which ones will be the easiest [...]
Filed under: Constitution, Government, Gun Control, Justice and Courts, Politics | Tagged: Appalachian Trail, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, concealed guns, mugger, national parks, NRA, rapist, robber, wildlife refuges | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 23, 2009 by 84rules
If you happen to be seeking direction, or maybe are a little (or a lot) confused by what you see happening in Washington D.C. versus what you were taught in your 9th grade Civics classes, then I recommend the following website for you: The 9-12 Project The 9-12 Project is for those of us who [...]
Filed under: 9-12 Project, Government, Politics, Social Issues | Tagged: 12 Values, 9 Principles, 9-12 Project, Forgotten Man, Geroge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, William Graham Sumner | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 20, 2009 by 84rules
Frank Wolf (R-VA) is usually a stalwart Congressman who fights hard for the 10th District. But, his vote of “Yea” on HR 1586, the retroactive taxing of bonuses paid to AIG, shows that he is no longer worthy of our trust or respect. Here’s why he needs to go: Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 [...]
Filed under: Constitution, Corruption, Government, Politics | Tagged: 10th District, AIG bonuses, Bill of Attainder, Commonwealth of Virginia, Ex Post Facto, Frank Wolf, recall, resign, step-down, unconstitutional | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 20, 2009 by 84rules
Here are copies of the letters I emailed to Senators Webb and Warner concerning the retroactive taxes Congress wants to impose on the bonuses to be paid to employees of AIG. Feel free to copy and paste this message and send it to your own Senators: [Senator], I am writing you to ask you to [...]
Filed under: Constitution, Economy, Government, Politics, Taxes | Tagged: AIG, Barack Obama, Bill of Attainder, bonuses, Chris Dodd, Ex Post Facto, HR1586, Jim Webb, Mark Warner, unconstitutional, Virginia | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 20, 2009 by 84rules
Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States may very well be on the chopping block. Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted to impose a 90% tax on the bonuses given out to AIG employees. Now, the bonuses are not at issue here. Whether they are right or wrong, good [...]
Filed under: Politics | Tagged: AIG, Barack Obama, Bill of Attainder, bonuses, Chris Dodd, congress, Constitution, Ex Post Facto, House of Representatives, Smoot-Hawley, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 19, 2009 by 84rules
Remember Baghdad Bob? He was the Iraqi government official who went on TV swearing up and down that there were no Americans in Baghdad during the 2003 Iraq War. As he was making this proclaimation, a U.S. Army M-2 Bradley fighting vehicle drove by in the background. It was one of the most hilarious moments [...]
Filed under: Government, Health Care, Politics, Social Issues | Tagged: Cannock Chase, Jenny Hope, Socialized Health Care, socialized medicine, Stafford, Staffordshire | 7 Comments »
Posted on March 18, 2009 by 84rules
Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution of the United States of America clearly and unambiguously states: “No Bill of Attainder or Ex Post Facto Law shall be passed.” I’m sure we all remember this from our 4th grade history lessons. That’s where I learned that “Ex Post Facto” means “After the Fact.” But, apparently, [...]
Filed under: Corruption, Economy, Government, Politics, Social Issues | Tagged: AIG, bonuses, Chris Dodd, Constitution, democrats, Dodd Amendment, Ex Post Facto, Max Baucus, Obama | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 17, 2009 by 84rules
Don’t you just love it when a Senator steps on his/her own foot and trips him/herself up? I do. That’s why I am blogging about Senator Chris Dodd and his hypocrisy about bonuses being paid out by American International Group (AIG). While Congress was working on the porkulus/spendulus bill, Sen. Dodd added an amendment that [...]
Filed under: Corruption, Economy, Government, Politics | Tagged: AIG, American International Group, bailout, Barack Obama, bonuses, Chris Dodd, Connecticut, porkulus, spendulus, UAW | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 17, 2009 by 84rules
How many times have we read stories about “honor killings” or forced marriages or abuse of Muslim children? Far too many times. I used to think that most (if not all Europeans) were simply too scared to speak out in the face of a Muslim culture that is coming to dominate them. Well, over in [...]
Filed under: Government, Justice and Courts, Politics, Social Issues, Terrorism | Tagged: arranged marriage, arson, Honor Killing, Islam, Lord Justice Wall, Muslims, Pakistan, Sharia law, United Kingdom | 4 Comments »
Posted on March 16, 2009 by 84rules
Have you ever seen the movie Bridge On The River Kwai? There is a scene where Alec Guiness (Colonel Nicholson) comes to his senses about having helped the Japanese build a railroad bridge and then asks, “What have I done?” Such is happening today with people who supported Barack Obama during the campaign. They are [...]
Filed under: Government, Mass Media, Politics | Tagged: Alec Guiness, Barack Obama, chas Freeman, Christopher Buckley, Cliff Thier, David Brooks, Martin Peretz, P.J. O'Rourke, Robert Malley, useful idiots, What have I done | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 12, 2009 by 84rules
If the Democrats are trying to paint themselves as the party of fiscal responsibility, they are failing miserably. The porkulus/spendulus bill was the major indicator that the Dems have absolutely no intention of ever bringing spending under control. Now, they have to look at ways of paying for that pork-laden legislation as well as paying [...]
Filed under: Economy, Government, Health Care, Politics | Tagged: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, healkth care, health care benefits, Lori Montogomery, Max Baucus, Ron Wyden, Socialized Health Care, Taxes | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 11, 2009 by 84rules
This is yet another example how the Dems and their media surrogates seem to think that we Americans don’t have very good memories or that we are not smart enough to see the contradictions in their words and actions. The recent flap over Rush Limbaugh’s comments that he wanted to see Obama’s policies fail are [...]
Filed under: Corruption, Government, Mass Media, Politics, Social Issues | Tagged: Barack Obama, Bill Sammon, Craig Charney, fail, Harry Reid, James Carville, President Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Stanley Greenberg | Leave a Comment »