What is a woman called who trades favors for money? Let’s look up the definition
Here’s a definition of ‘whore’ from Princeton
1) work as a prostitute
2) have unlawful sex with a whore
3) compromise oneself for money or other gains; “She whored herself to Hollywood“
4) prostitute: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
Now let’s examine one of the crucial votes the Democrats needed in the Senate over the weekend, in order to get the raping and pillaging of this country’s Middle Class started.
From the Washington ComPost, we have
“On the eve of Saturday’s showdown in the Senate over health-care reform, Democratic leaders still hadn’t secured the support of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), one of the 60 votes needed to keep the legislation alive. The wavering lawmaker was offered a sweetener: at least $100 million in extra federal money for her home state.”
Ok, so what they are really saying is that in order to get Landrieu to vote their way, she was going to have to have something to take to her constituents and say “Here’s what they offered if I voted you into involuntary servitude”.
“And so it came to pass that Landrieu walked onto the Senate floor midafternoon Saturday to announce her aye vote — and to trumpet the financial “fix” she had arranged for Louisiana. “I am not going to be defensive,” she declared. “And it’s not a $100 million fix. It’s a $300 million fix.”
Ok, so she was bought like a common streetwalker for $300 million. Ok, not quite so common for a hooker.
Let’s look at the next one, Lincoln from Arkansas.
“After Landrieu threw in her support (she asserted that the extra Medicaid funds were “not the reason” for her vote), the lone holdout in the 60-member Democratic caucus was Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas. Like other Democratic moderates who knew a single vote could kill the bill, she took a streetcar named Opportunism, transferred to one called Wavering and made off with concessions of her own. Indeed, the all-Saturday debate, which ended with an 8 p.m. vote, occurred only because Democratic leaders had yielded to her request for more time.
Even when she finally announced her support, at 2:30 in the afternoon, Lincoln made clear that she still planned to hold out for many more concessions in the debate that will consume the next month. “My decision to vote on the motion to proceed is not my last, nor only, chance to have an impact on health-care reform,” she announced. “
Once again, another politician has held out until she got what she wanted. Even though these are only two pronounced examples, you can bet there were many more that happened prior to Saturday’s vote. Because they weren’t the last couple of hold outs, they didn’t get the media exposure.
Another example was for Wyden of Oregon and for Nelson of Nebraska (the other late term holdout).
“Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) won a promise from Reid to support his plan to expand eligibility for health insurance. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) got Reid to jettison a provision stripping health insurers of their antitrust exemption.”
It’s funny how all the libs and the pro-health care reform idjits have been screaming about stripping the antitrust exemptions from the insurance companies, here’s an example of where the senator wanted it kept *in*. Remember, the antitrust exemptions are STATE laws, not federal laws.
In summary, listen to the Whore from Louisiana, this is not done yet. She still has not been paid enough and she admits it in public.
“But Landrieu had already made up her mind. She went to the floor during the lunch hour to say that she would vote to proceed with the debate — but that she’d be looking for much bigger concessions before she gives her blessing to a final version of the bill.
“My vote today,” she said in a soft Southern accent that masked the hard politics at play, “should in no way be construed by the supporters of this current framework as an indication of how I might vote as this debate comes to an end.” Among the concessions she’ll seek: more tax credits for small business and a removal of the version of the “public option” now in the bill. “
—> Gardie
I want to thank all of the veterans who have served in our armed forces. It is your willingness to sacrifice a part of your life in order to protect this country’s ideals that is what makes you such valuable people in our society.
Thanks to all of you, we are allowed to speak our minds, be the best we can be, and raise our families the way we see fit.
—>Gardie
Remember when Congress was pushing their stimulus package? Obama came out and plugged it, saying if it is passed, unemployment rates won’t exceed 8%? Today’s unemployment numbers show that, to borrow a phrase from someone famous now, “You Lied!”
The Labor Department said Friday that the U.S. economy lost a net total of 263,000 jobs last month, from a downwardly revised 201,000 in August. That’s worse than Wall Street economists’ expectations of 180,000 job losses, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters.
What does this mean? It appears that even the pros were blindsided. They wanted to believe, but they were wrong…
The key thing that few are talking about, and especially the Obama Administration, is that after the unemployment benefits run out, those who are still unemployed are not counted any more. They are removed from the statistics. The bad part is if we DO count these folks, the picture is much worse. Here is an accounting:
If laid-off workers who have settled for part-time work or have given up looking for new jobs are included, the unemployment rate rose to 17 percent, the highest on records dating from 1994.
Meanwhile, the number of people out of work for six months or longer jumped to a record 5.4 million, and they now make up almost 36 percent of the unemployed — also a record.
17%! These are just the people who have settled for part-time jobs so they can continue to support their families or just plain be responsible, or have completely given up. 36% of those unemployed have been out of work for more than 6 months. Simple subtraction shows us that 100% - 36% = 64%. This means 64% of the people unemployed have been unemployed for less than 6 months. For you who want to blame Bush, this means that 64% of those currently unemployed became unemployed under the Bamster’s watch. Do ya feel ’stimulated’ yet?
All told, 15.1 million Americans are now out of work, the department said. And 7.2 million jobs have been eliminated since the recession began in December 2007.
15.1 MILLION people!
The department said 571,000 of the unemployed dropped out of the work force last month, presumably out of frustration over the lack of jobs. That sent the participation rate, or the percentage of the population either working or looking for work, to a 23-year low.
The unemployment rate would have topped 10 percent if the labor force hadn’t shrank, Fabbri said.
See? It’s all how you spin the numbers. If these people had been counted, we would have blown through 8% like a rocketship to Mars.
Now here’s one of the real problems. Unemployment is one thing, but this prolonged period of unemployment is beginning to affect Social Security. Those older folks who get laid off, are retiring out of frustration.They are also going after disability as well, also coming out of the Social Security Trust Fund.
Older, laid-off workers are dropping out and requesting Social Security at a faster-than-expected pace, according to government officials. The Social Security Administration said earlier this week that applications for retirement benefits are 23 percent higher than last year, while disability claims have risen by about 20 percent.
Tell me this isn’t a REALLY BAD THING.
Now, back to the Obama glossing over. Trying to make it look better than it is. You might say it is a coating
Shinola
of Shinola.
“We still think the overall trend is moving in the right direction,” said Christina Romer, chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. “We’re going from much larger job losses earlier this year. They are moderating. We want them to moderate more.”
Since when do these numbers look like things are getting better?
| Jan-09 | 8.50% |
| Feb-09 | 8.90% |
| Mar-09 | 9% |
| Apr-09 | 8.60% |
| May-09 | 9.10% |
| Jun-09 | 9.70% |
| Jul-09 | 9.70% |
| Aug-09 | 9.60% |
| Sep-09 | 9.80% |
It seems the one person who understands what the economy can do is disputing the Bamster:
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that even if the economy were to grow at a 3 percent pace in the coming quarters, it would not be enough to quickly drive down the unemployment rate. Bernanke said the rate is likely to remain above 9 percent through the end of 2010.
There are many more indicators that point towards the actual unemployment rates, as well as several of the bad side effects, from this long period of unemployment due to an inept leader who is still acting like he’s on the campaign trail. For additional information, check out the AP article.
—>Gardie
Joe Wilson was publicly rebuked in Congress because he shouted out “You lie!” when Obama said illegals would not get free health care under his ObamaCare plans. The fact is, illegals WOULD get covereage. In fact, Obama seems to be swingin wide with the truth these days.
He told two anecdotes about how people lost their private insurance or were denied coverage, and used these to push for his version of health care reform. Well, as usual, when the public gets to see the truth, it’s not always as it seems. CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press Writer, wrote this:
One of President Barack Obama’s health care “horror stories” is about a woman who, he says, lost her health insurance on the verge of breast cancer surgery because she didn’t disclose a case of acne to the insurer. That’s not what happened.
Robin Lynn Beaton, 59, of Waxahachie, Texas, indeed had her insurance suspended and then terminated when she needed it the most. Hers is a cautionary tale about how an insurance company can act in a seemingly arbitrary manner to revoke coverage for lifesaving treatment.
But not for the reasons Obama cites.
She “was about to get a double mastectomy when her insurance company canceled her policy because she forgot to declare a case of acne,” he said in one telling.
Beaton did not lose her insurance because she failed to own up to a skin problem in her past. She lost it because, when enrolling in the plan, she had not reported a previous heart condition and did not list her weight accurately.
The story continues:
In Beaton’s case, the insurance company opened an investigation after her visit to a dermatologist and just before her scheduled breast cancer surgery, forcing postponement of her operation almost on the eve of it. The earlier problems on her enrollment form were discovered and her coverage was canceled.
To some lawmakers, that’s outrageous enough — never mind the acne story.
Rep. Joe Barton, Beaton’s Republican congressman in Texas, fought the insurer until it restored her coverage, enabling her to get the surgery 10 weeks after it was postponed. She told The Associated Press she owes Barton and his aides her life.
But somewhere along the way, Beaton’s case became a White House tale of an insurer canceling coverage because she forgot to report acne.
In another anecdote:
Even in his painstakingly prepared speech to Congress, Obama got some material facts wrong.
He said an Illinois man died because his insurance company found an undisclosed case of gallstones in his past, canceled his insurance and delayed a stem-cell transplant for his cancer. The man did lose his insurance, but got it back retroactively and had treatment that his family says extended his life for nearly four years.
Of course, this is nothing, but Obama tried to make a big deal out of it. The above emphasis is mine, but it goes to show that Obama is trying to twist the facts to make them suit his end goal, he wants to hose us all so that illegals and irrespsonsible people get health care they neither want, or are entitled to.
There is a lot more detail in the article than I have posted here, you cna read it for yourself, but it just supports my opinion even more. What’s interesting is that this is the AP that is actually doing the fact checking, and proving that Obama is playing with the facts, and Joe Wilson was more right than he knew about ObamaCare…
—>Gardie
Iran is building nukes, where is Obama?
The economy continues to tank, where is Obama?
Afghanistan needs more soldiers, where is Obama?
Unemployment continues to rise, where is Obama?
The Clintons believe Carter and think only racists disagree with Obama, where is Obama?
Obama is on his way to Finland to beg to bring the Olympics to his scandal ridden city.
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Find out how the TARP money was REALLY distributed, and why no one really knows where it went or what it was used for. A really simple way to understand how they pissed it all away with no accountibility. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=15420
GOP Lawmakers Push for Cancellation of U.S. Funds to Qaddafi Foundations
The State Department notified lawmakers earlier this month of its intent to disburse $2.5 million in economic aid to Libya, including $400,000 for Muammar al-Qaddafi’s foundations. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/26/gop-lawmakers-push-cancellation-funds-qaddafi-foundations/?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r5:c0.061026:b27972272:z0
Obama Addresses Hitler Reference on Health Debate at Black Caucus Conference
Obama’s remarks about Nazi leader Adolf Hitler referred to signs some people have waved outside of often testy town hall meetings around the country this summer where lawmakers discussed changing health care. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/26/obama-addresses-hitler-reference-health-debate-black-caucus/?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r2:c0.132955:b27979786:z0
Iran’s nuclear chief said Tuesday his country built its newly revealed uranium enrichment facility inside a mountain and next to a military site to ensure continuity of its nuclear activities in case of an attack. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,556922,00.html
So far this year alone Colorado Ethics Watch has brought legal action against all Republican leaders at the Capitol, including Attorney General John Suthers, Secretary of State Mike Coffman, Senate Minority Leader Andy McElhany, and House Minority Whip Cory Gardner. Taylor has gone after no top-ranking Democrats.
The group was quick to clear Gov. Bill Ritter of any wrongdoing with his connection to his campaign manager Greg Kolomitz’s alleged misuse of funds. Kolomitz was accused of writing checks to himself out of Ritter’s inaugural account, a violation of state election law. Just a day after the news broke CEW issued a press release stating, “The fact that Governor Ritter did the right thing by proactively investigating the misuse of his campaign funds does not abrogate the need for a formal investigation.”
This is the same mindset as the bunch of ‘tards that were harassing Palin in Alaska for supposed ethics charges. http://facethestate.com/articles/litigious-chantell-taylor-it-again
It’s been a week since Pelosi ran her mouth about the CIA lying to her and has kept quiet until yesterday. She had a press conference, and the press being the wolves they are, asked her more about her position and if she was going to provide proof the CIA lied.
She came out and said, “I have already said what I am going to say about this and I’m not going to say any more.” When the press persisted, Steny Hoyer, her potential replacement if she gets booted, tried to step in and she pushed him away.
When there was a vote in the House to actually form a committee to investigate her and the CIA, and to determine who was really lying, the vote was killed along party lines. Imagine that. Why would all of those Dems vote against an investigation if the truth was to be gained, and to prove that Bush and his CIA lied to her? Why would they pass up a chance to see the former Bush Administration embarrassed? What happened to the truth commission she was going to for in order to find out “Who knew what and when?”
The reason why no single Democrat voted for an investigation was because of two reasons: it would have proven her to be a liar; it would have proven that she DID know about water boarding being used on Gitmo slime; and last but not least, the reason there was no investigation is because she threatened many of those committee chairmen with their high ranking positions.
She has the power to replace high ranking committee members with other Dems that are more loyal to her.
This is not about the truth, justice, or the American Way. This is about power, greed, corruption, and revenge; and Nancy Pelosi is playing Queen right now and she is protecting her castle.
I think that she has become ineffective. We shall see how people react to her in the future.
—>Gardie
Ok, sorry I haven’t written anything in a while. I was working on a long and involved diatribe on how the so-called “Culture of Corruption”, as Pelosi called it, was over and done with now that Bush is out, and the Democrats were in charge of everything. The only problem is, I don’t have to describe or compare and contrast the “Culture of Corruption”. The daily media does it for me.
The first few crooks we have are the Secretary of Treasury, Timothy F. Geithner, who owed $34,000 in back employment taxes.
He’s no different from those people — you know who you are — who overestimated their charitable contributions or “forgot” about that $500 cash payment they received when it came time to do their taxes. Even after the IRS audited him in 2006, Mr. Geithner paid back taxes only for the two years — 2003 and 2004 — for which he had been audited. He did not bother to amend his 2001 and 2002 returns until late last year, when the tax issue came up during the Obama vetting process. (note 1)
He was given a pass by the media and the IRS because he paid it back as soon as the media found out about it. It appears the statute of limitations had run out so was not legally obligated to pay it back. As a side note, this guy’s resume also includes working for the Federal Reserve when much of the mortgage fraud was going on…
The next person we have is good old Tom Daschle. He is also having some tax issues. It appears he was ‘loaned’ a limo and driver, whose value was about $500,000 over the years. Tom had not paid various employment taxes for this guy, to the tune of about $133,000.
“The average American would likely face criminal charges with tax evasion of this size, yet he did not address the issue until he was nominated,” he said.
Daschle has since paid $146,000 in back payments and interest, and apologized on Monday for what he called income tax errors. Obama said Monday that he “absolutely” stands by Daschle despite the revelations. (note 2)
This, in fact, *has* happened to Americans not in the favor of major politicians. Take Wesley Snipes, for example.
On April 24, 2008, Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison for willful failure to file federal income tax returns under US Tax law. While defense lawyers urged leniency, prosecutors argued that Snipes should be made an example of because of his fame.
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In case you didn’t hear about it on the mainstream media (and there is no reason why you would have heard about it via them), one of the Dems has tried to repeal the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution. This is the amendment that limits presidents to two terms or eight years.
The text of the bill can be found here.
Here is the text of the bill:
HJ 5 IH
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 5
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 6, 2009
Mr. SERRANO introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:
‘Article–
‘The twenty-second article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.’.
Mr Serranno is the Democrat representative from New York. What does this tell you? The Dems want The Appointed One to be puppet while they rule the country. We could call him “President Puppet Obama”.
—>Gardie
The US Treasury announced this weak they sold $700 BILLION worth of treasury bonds. What most people don;t understand is that means they just bought $700 BILLION worth of money from the Federal Reserve Bank.
Inflation is beginning. Just hide and watch.
—>Gardie
No, not literally, but you might as well. It’s amazing how this administration, who can barely keep his party, the Democrats, under control.
I haven’t written in over a month because i have kind of been waiting for a break where I might be able to delineate from one crisis and another, but it hasn’t happened.
First, we dealt with the tax cheat, Tim Geithner, being appointed and approved, to the Secretary of the Treasure and, hence, the head of the IRS. This guy owed $34,000 because he claimed Turbo Tax didn’t catch what he owed for one reason or another - of course it wouldn’t, if he didn’t tell it about his expenditures.
Second, we deal with the bank bailout package, which was supposed to pull AIG back from the brink of failure. The insurance company was supposed to be too big to fail, for whatever that means. If it’s being run poorly, let it fail. That’s what the US Bankruptcy Courts are for. They were designed to do exactly what this company needs.
Third, we have the issue with AIG sending $20B of the US taxpayers bailout money to European banks. What does the US Government think this insurance company did? Obviously, they didn’t look very deeply into AIG’s business model. They insure foreign companies as well as US companies. If the foreign governments are afraid of the repercussions of AIG failing, let them cough up some money too.
Fourth, we have issues with AIG employees getting $426 million in bonuses. Yes, they had contracts for these retention bonuses. This a normal part of business.
Fifth, Tim Geithner and Chris Dodd point fingers at each other about who put the wording into the bailout bill that allowed the bonuses. Dodd didn’t, and then he did but with dates, then with no dates, then it was at the behest of the Treasury’s suggestion.
Sixth, in order to quell the public’s outrage at the bonuses, they try to invalidate and cancel the contracts. Geeze, can you imagine what it would be like to do business of any kind in the US if the govt was able to invalidate any contract they didn’t like?
Seventh, Congress and the Senate try to cover their butts and return themselves to the public’s favor by trying to figure out how to illegally write a tax that affects only those people falling into this specific circumstance. They write a law that allows them to tax the employer 35% of bonus, and then tax the employee 35% of the bonus. The whole concept of this tax is called a punitive tax which is illegal under the 14th Amendment, or the Due Process Clause. It’s funny how this bonus, having been honestly earned, is being taxed at a tax rate designed to take it all away. Some incentive to do better.
Eighth, The Appointed One comes out and says he takes responsibility for all that happened.
Ninth, The Appointed One says he bowls like a retard at the Special Olympics.
I don’t even know where to start on this. I guess the one thing that was never mentioned in all of the nonsense about the bonus packages is that these were officially identified as ‘retention bonuses’. Let’s discuss the common meaning of a ‘retention bonus’. A retention bonus is identified as a compensation given or promised to a person who commits to stay on with a company as they are swirling the drain. Basically, they are compensated for staying long enough to turn out the lights when all of their former co-workers were out getting the leftover jobs. Personally, I have always considered those getting the retention bonuses as the brave or dedicated folks. They risk not being able to find another job, and are usually compensated fairly well for this risk.
As you can see above, there are a lot of reasons to be very afraid of this current administration. They don’t care about what they are doing to the rule of law in this country, nor are they paying attention to any repercussions coming down the pike.
—>Gardie