“Brother, Can You Spare A Dime,” Or More Like…
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on October 27, 2008 at 10:35 PM in 1st Amendment, ACORN, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Chicago politics, Civil Rights, Current Affairs, DNC idiocy, Domestic Terrorist, Earmarks, Economy, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Illinois senate, Iraq, John McCain, National Security, Social Security, Voter Fraud
“Give me all your money - I’m the government! I know how best to spend your hard earned wages - I’ll SHARE them with whomever I choose worthy! And while I’m at it, maybe I’ll take over your 401(k)s too, and give you a WHOPPING 3% interest on your “investment!
Aren’t I BENEVOLENT???” Woohoo!!! Where do I sign up? Well, I suppose I could vote for the Authoritarian Socialist in the election and have these dreams (cough, choke) come true! Yes, you, too could have your hard earned dollars go to spread the wealth around, apparently something the Civil Rights Activists didn’t work hard enough to do, according to Obama.
Oh, yeah - surely by now you have seen the video of Obama from 2001. A whole bunch of intrepid writers at No Quarter have dealt with this video and story in a most awesome fashion(Uppity Woman, LisaB, Matthew Weaver, Ani, to name a few), but someone else has weighed in, too. And I don’t mean me.
Well, except to bring you this, someone of whom you have surely heard - Johnny Mac. Yep, there’s a brand new Mac Attack on Obama’s long-held ideology of “spreading the wealth.” I might add, Obama can just feel FREE to share his millions of dollars any ol’ time he wants, though judging from the donations on his released tax returns, like so many other issues, he is ALL TALK and NO ACTION. What the hell else is new?
Anywho, Senator McCain was speaking in Ohio, land of the fraudulent votes by Obama staff (oh, McCain wasn’t talking about the fraudulent votes and ACORN, though I reckon he could have thrown that in there - maybe another day), and focused on the whole “lemme have your money and I’ll dole it out the way I see fit” mindset of Obama:
It’s been a long campaign and we’ve heard a lot of words, and great campaign trail eloquence. The amazing thing is that we’ve learned more about Senator Obama’s real goals for our country over the last two weeks than we learned over the past two years. It is amazing that even at this late hour, we are still learning more about Senator Obama and his agenda. He told Joe the plumber right here in Ohio he wants to quote “spread the wealth around.” It’s always more interesting to hear what people have to say in these unscripted moments, and today we heard another moment like this from Senator Obama.In a radio interview revealed today, he said that one of the quote — “tragedies” of the civil rights movement is that it didn’t bring about a redistribution of wealth in our society. He said, and I quote, “One of the tragedies of the Civil Rights movement was because the Civil Rights movement became so court-focused I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributive change.”
Good googly moogly. Did Obama REALLY say that? OUT LOUD?? Whew - “coalitions of power” has GOTTA mean ACORN, right? I mean, really, who else could it mean but the organization for whom he worked, to whom he has given almost a cool million from his own funds, and tons more from all of us. The one working overtime to amass so many voter registrations, legit and not, that they overwhelm election boards so they can’t POSSIBLY find all of the fraudulent ones…Just a guess on my part, though, since he didn’t SAY, “ACORN, the political and community organizers on the ground who can put together actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributive change.” Ahem. Nothing like that. Right.
But since Obama has been a bit unclear on what he actually MEANT by his whole Hope/Change thing, McCain can clear that up for you:
That is what change means for Barack the Redistributor: It means taking your money and giving it to someone else. He believes in redistributing wealth, not in policies that grow our economy and create jobs. He is more interested in controlling wealth than in creating it, in redistributing money instead of spreading opportunity. I am going to create wealth for all Americans, by creating opportunity for all Americans.
Pretty much! Hey! Guess who else holds these kinds of beliefs? Are you thinking who I’m thinking? Yes! Bill Ayers!!! The Marxist/Anarchist!
McCain then raises the Obama tax plan:
We’ve all heard his campaign trail promise: he says he only wants to tax the rich. But these unscripted moments and his record tell a different story. He supported the Democratic budget plan passed just this year that called for raising taxes on people making just 42,000 dollars per year. And Senator Obama has voted 94 times for tax increases or against tax cuts.Senator Obama may say he’s trying to soak the rich, but it’s the middle class who are going to get put through the wringer, because even the tax increase he admits to misses the target. To pay for nearly a trillion dollars in new government spending, his tax increase would impact 50 percent of small business income in this country, and the jobs of 16 million middle class Americans who work for those small businesses.
Whether it’s Joe the Plumber here in Ohio or the working men and women across this country, we shouldn’t be taxing our small businesses more as Senator Obama wants to do, we need to be helping them expand their businesses and create jobs. America didn’t become the greatest nation on earth by giving our money to the government to “redistribute.” In this country, we believe in spreading opportunity, for those who need jobs and those who create them. And that is exactly what I intend to do as President of the United States.
According to the Wall Street Journal, when Obama says $250,000, he REALLY means more like $164,500, since that is when the tax hikes will kick in. There’s more:
Mr. Obama’s most dramatic departure from current tax policy is his promise to lift the cap on income on which the Social Security payroll tax is applied. Currently, the employer and employee each pay 6.2% up to $102,000, a level that is raised for inflation each year. The Obama campaign says he’d raise the payroll tax rate on incomes above $250,000 by as much as two to four percentage points — though it’s unclear if that higher rate would apply to the employee, the employer, or both.In any case, lifting the cap would change the nature of Social Security from an insurance program — which pays out based on how much you paid in — into a wealth-transfer program that is far more progressive.
Huh - that seems to be a theme with Obama. Sharing the wealth. Oh, no, wait - sharing YOUR wealth however he sees fit. There is much more about his tax policy in the WSJ article (h/t to a No Quarter reader - sorry - can’t find your name now!). McCain adds:
My opponent’s massive new tax increase is exactly the wrong approach in an economic slowdown. The answer to a slowing economy is not higher taxes, but that is exactly what is going to happen when the Democrats have total control of Washington. We can’t let that happen. We need pro-growth and pro-jobs economic policies, not pro-government spending programs paid for with higher taxes…I’m not going to spend $750 billion dollars of your money just bailing out the Wall Street bankers and brokers who got us into this mess. I’m going to make sure we take care of the working people who were devastated by the excesses of Wall Street and Washington.
I have a plan to hold the line on taxes and cut them to make America more competitive and create jobs here at home. We’re going to double the child deduction for working families. We will cut the capital gains tax. And we will cut business taxes to help create jobs, and keep American businesses in America. Raising taxes makes a bad economy much worse. Keeping taxes low creates jobs, keeps money in your hands and strengthens our economy.
Exactly. There is more in Senator McCain’s address to Ohio today, including more on the economy:
If I’m elected President, I won’t spend nearly a trillion dollars more of your money. Senator Obama will. And he can’t do that without raising your taxes or digging us further into debt. I’m going to make government live on a budget just like you do.I will freeze government spending on all but the most important programs like defense, veterans care, Social Security and health care until we scrub every single government program and get rid of the ones that aren’t working for the American people. And I will veto every single pork barrel bill Congresses passes.
I’m all for keeping an eye on the $700 BILLION bailout, especially with reports coming out today that bankers are planning billions - yes, I said BILLIONS - in bonuses to the very people who helped to get us into this position, as well as raises to employees, and maybe buying some more banks - with YOUR MONEY!!!! Maybe that whole oversight wasn’t such a bad idea after all…
McCain continued, saying:
Let me give you the state of the race today. There’s eight days to go. We’re a few points down. The pundits have written us off, just like they’ve done before. My opponent is working out the details with Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid of their plans to raise your taxes, increase spending, and concede defeat in Iraq. He’s measuring the drapes, and he’s planned his first address to the nation for before the election. I guess I’m old fashioned about these things I prefer to let the voters weigh in before presuming the outcome.What America needs now is someone who will finish the race before the starting the victory lap … someone who will fight to the end, and not for himself but for his country.
Obama has been claiming victory almost from the day he got into this race, if you ask me. For some reason, he refused to be held to the same standard as any other potential nominee EVER, refusing even to be properly vetted (see Larry Johnson’s excellent presentation by a former FBI agent on this very issue). What was more amazing is that he was allowed to get away with it, so we are just now - a WEEK before the election - getting some information that has been available for SEVEN YEARS. Wow.
We do know John McCain, though, and we know he is telling the truth when he says:
I have fought for you most of my life, and in places where defeat meant more than returning to the Senate. There are other ways to love this country, but I’ve never been the kind to back down when the stakes are high.
As a lifelong yellow dog Democrat until 5/31/08 (when the RBC/DNC took votes cast, and certified, from Clinton and GAVE them to Obama making it clear the fix was in, and the DNC was no longer democratic), I knew all about Senator McCain. One may disagree with his policies, but one cannot, with any credibility, challenge his patriotism or his dedication to the country he serves. He concludes:
I know you’re worried. America is a great country, but we are at a moment of national crisis that will determine our future.Will we continue to lead the world’s economies or will we be overtaken? Will the world become safer or more dangerous? Will our military remain the strongest in the world? Will our children and grandchildren’s future be brighter than ours?
My answer to you is yes. Yes, we will lead. Yes, we will prosper. Yes, we will be safer. Yes, we will pass on to our children a stronger, better country. But we must be prepared to act swiftly, boldly, with courage and wisdom.
I’m an American. And I choose to fight. Don’t give up hope. Be strong. Have courage. And fight.
Fight for a new direction for our country. Fight for what’s right for America.
Fight to clean up the mess of corruption, infighting and selfishness in Washington.
Fight to get our economy out of the ditch and back in the lead.
Fight for the ideals and character of a free people.
Fight for our children’s future.
Fight for justice and opportunity for all.
Stand up to defend our country from its enemies.
Stand up, stand up, stand up and fight. America is worth fighting for. Nothing is inevitable here. We never give up. We never quit. We never hide from history. We make history.
Now, let’s go win this election and get this country moving again.
Could you please add, “Fight for free speech” while you are at it, Senator? That seems to be something the Obama camp would like to curtail. I, for one, think it’s mighty important. Just sayin’. Ahem.
Don’t you feel like McCain is channeling Hillary Clinton? Seems that way to me, anyway. I don’t agree with all of his policies, but I do think he is a man of honor, of integrity, a public servant burning with a passion for this country and her well-being, thus OUR well-being. Obama? Not so much. Obama seems in it for him and him alone, with an eye to imposing his true ideology and beliefs on this country once he has bamboozled and hoodwinked enough people to get him in (one way or the other - see comment regarding ACORN above) for HIM, not us, HIM. McCain seems to see Obama for who he is, and is fighting for this country to not fall into the hands of one who wishes to “redistribute the wealth” of the citizens any more than it already is (think Social Security), or to put our economy at greater risk.
Like I said, Obama - redistribute your OWN wealth, if you want (hey, maybe your buddy Warren Buffet will let you spread HIS around), but leave mine the hell alone.
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The Precious will drive commerce underground and have less to “redistribute” or as “reparations.”
We’ll stop him on November 4! PUMA power!
Let B.O. and Company try to take my savings and investements. I’ll cash it out and squirrel it away. I don’t want to say where. “The Wealth Distributor” might come a lookin’ for it.
Be careful. He might do like Hitler did and have your kids and family snitch you out. Then you’ll be going to the “re-education camps.”
Thanks. I’ll keep that in mind.
I am stashing my money under my mattress! Helllll noooo!
I beg people to vote for McCain…..he is the safer bet! He has integrity and we don’t have to doubt that he loves and honors this country.
Like Palin said today…. this is not the time to try out socialism! She is Sooooo RIght….!!!!
He and his pals…. WILLL ALL BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE….should he be elected…LAUGHING THIER BUTTS OFF!
Knowing they could outright bamboozle people…. THEY have been plotting this for MANY MANY YEARS … that is what is so scary.
Stop him
You know, a couple months ago a vote for McCain was going to be a protest vote by me. But when I filled out my mail in ballot and marked down McCain/Palin as my choice, I did it with pride because I’ve grown to trust and admire him more than I could imagine.
Yes and McCain is channeling Hillary bigtime. Whoot!
I know, me too. I honored his service to the country before, but now, I like him.
I am trying not to be angry at how ignorant voters are. I just don’t get ANYONE voting for Obama. He flat out tells everyone about the ridiculous plans that he has to send this country into hell and morons are still voting for him. Guess it’s all about the handout???
It’s all about the handout, and hatred for Bush built up over 8 years, both naturally with incumbency (keep in mind it is very rare [Bush 92] for a party to hold the presidency after a two term presidency) and with media programming about Bush being “evil”.
It’s the greatest bribe ever offered, by the greatest politician to emerge from the dirtiest local political climate, Chicago, in America, where bribes are commonplace and unashamedly done (see pay to play, Stroger (Cook County Chairman, took over with money and his name from his dad in 2006, and Obama endorsed him) and Daley (obama endorsed him in 2007, king of pay to play)
The most amazing part of all of this is that OBama has gotten away with hiding his payoff to the middle class and poor as a “tax cut” for so long.
I think Billy Ayers and his cronies have played a hand in this by contributing to the dumbing down of America via his education career. These Obama supporters have zilch in critical thinking skills.
Interesting that Obama and Ayers didn’t use any of those millions in Chicago for math and science programs which would have helped build critical thinking.
And how do Chicago schools rate nationally with all their influence from Ayers and Obama?
Lower than a snake’s ass
Great that the server is back up and working again!
The momentum is moving toward mcCain-Palin!
Obama is hemorrhaging votes!
10 reasons not to vote for Obama #10. Judgment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jpmryi87gQ
I watched all 10 reasons not to vote for Obama.
10. Judgment
9. Media Darling
8. Heartbeat Away (Joe Biden, foot in mouth etc.)
7. Consistency (Flip Flopper — who know what the hell Obama really believes in?)
6. Out of the Mainstream.
5. Too Many Democrats (clumsy way of saying that there needs to be a balance of power between the branches of Government.)
4. Divisive Politics (well no damn kidding — how about Obama being a sexist pig.)
3. Taxes and Spending (or how about spread the wealth around — back to the TOPIC of this current thread.)
2. Foreign Policy (you know the argument that Obama was a child in some foreign country makes him an expert in Foreign Policy.)
1. Experience (or rather his lack of experience — Obama has the thinnest resume of any Prez candidate in history.)
You can find the links to the rest of the YouTube videos for reasons 9 through 1 at the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jpmryi87gQ
This was well done — Hillary’s reasons why Obama should NOT be the candidate are still valid today. Hillary’s video Clips from debates were used in the review of reasons why we should say NO WAY Obama.
Thanks for the post, Amy.
You know what struck me the MOST about that 2001 interview? Obama’s true accent, and way of speaking. It is completely opposite from how he speaks now, now that all of America is listening.
Back in 2001 he was speaking publicly the way he did through most of his adult life up to that point, with Ivy League accent at all.
But now that he really needs to play on white guilt, he’s speaking as though he’s channeling Dr. King: very southern and preacher-like.
He hadn’t yet mastered his hypnosis technique.
Funny, but true, McHope!
He was accused, early on when he first started running for some kind of office, of sounding “too white.” That’s a common complaint for biracial kids. I just tell my kids to sound human. JMO.
I have a friend who lives in Chicago and she said that he NEVER spoke with an accent like he has now until he started running for president. It’s just more of the facade with him…
Very telling.
I think any areas with a high cost of living will go to McCain. California’s cost of living is pretty high and $250000 isn’t really upper class. Those people don’t want Clinton’s tax rate again, so I wouldn’t be suprised if California goes for McCain.
I live in the Bay Area, and I hope California goes for McCain, but I’m not counting on it. There are too many latte liberals here who have white guilt and can’t wait to elect a black President, regardless of whether he is qualified or has experience. It really is sad; in my opinion, it’s racists to vote for or against anyone based simply on race.
Thank god the media cannot control the internet users who have hit Obama’s “distro yo dough’ video 1,633,098 times now!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take that Tank Media!!!!!!
HA HA!! MSM can’t control that can they?
got a link?
I watched the 3rd Jihad video http://thethirdjihad.com/
mentioned by Uppity on her website in a comment.
I’m concerned that Obama wants to decrease our military strength and future defense systems. Based on what I’ve heard him say abroad and here I really don’t think he has our best interests at heart.
I won’t feel at all safe if he and Biden are in office. I’m praying McCain and Palin pull this off.
BINGO.
Why? He’s not an American!
Based on what I’ve heard him say abroad and here I really don’t think he has our best interests at heart
What has he said?
Didn’t Biden say once that Isreal would just have to get used to an Iran with nuclear weapons?
The L.A. Times Suppresses Obama’s Khalidi Jew Bashing Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GtKU_lQhIE
The relationship (and video evidence) of Obama and Khalidi is being covered up by the LA Times!
Isn’t the LA Times owned by the Chicago Tribune?
Hmmm…
I will use my vote to fight for free speech, free elections, economic freedom, opportunity, and the security of this nation. I will vote for McCain/Palin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ0zDobf4Uk
NOBAMA
—John McCain
Can B.O. say that?
Yes he can, ass. Can you? You can certainly say that you are an idiot.
He can say it, but can he prove it?!?
Yes. Since 1664. Now take a hike!
nuff said. Where’s that real bc Barry Soetoro?
Richmond Times-Dispatch Endorses McCain
“We urge Virginians — who will play a crucial role in the national decision for the first time in more than a generation — to vote for John McCain for president. He is the right man for our perilous times.”
Read full endorsement here…
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/opinion.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-10-26-0058.html
Country First!!
McCain-Palin ‘08
Hillary ‘12
Good, at least some in the media have a brain.
Keep hearing juicy news that California might go red!!! Hope it is true.
California is a red state with blue trim along the coasts. It’s not as blue as people think.
Well, maybe all the celebs will have some breakdowns soon and the Coasts will be glued to TMZ instead of voting. Or maybe someone will secretly switch the botox with water. What a disaster that would be. Nancy’s face would actually look human!!
That’s too delicious to contemplate.
Totally agree. I am a CA resident, and have always thought this type of thing is still possible here. As AF catfish says, it is largely a red state, except for the some urban and coastal areas. There is a hotly contested anti-gay marriage proposition on the ballot that may bring out conservatives to the polls who might not otherwise have been too enthusiastic about McCain. California is also in fiscal meltdown, and may agree with Palin that this isn’t the time to try out socialism.
Also, Hillary won this state in the primary by a wide margin.
But even more importantly to me because it is current information, both my wife and I have noticed many of our acquaintances and friends who were once perhaps undecided on whether to support McCain, or were definitely supporting Obama, have switched to supporting McCain. It is a steep hill to climb but it is possible.
Why did your friends switch to McCain? Throw me a bone, I’m in San Francisco surrounded by Obots. I’m a Dem too this is torture!
Good. Glad to see some Obots can be reformed. I’m afraid the ones at my school can’t. The teachers have gone real botish. I was talking to my government teacher today about the Socialisttape and she said she didn’t see anything particularly wrong with what Obama said!!!!!!! A GOVERNMENT TEACHER!!!!! Did she miss the part where he talks about moving beyond the constitution? Botomized!!!!
Ask her if she’s ever read the Constitution (you can always say that someone else put you up to asking the question—some crazed relative, for example). You might want to point out the 10th Amendment in particular. It has a small
point about power deriving from the people.
Now I must get some sleep!
well we are red here in my part of CA vif the state goes red I will cartwheel in the streets!!
If CA goes red, Bambi is toast. The caviar will spoil at his victory party.
I love a natural high..
I see very few Obama tags in this town. I am seeing more McCain stickers where I go.
If only all the rural people plus some of patriots in the city could vote McCain this state could surprise everyone and go Red.
Why shouldn’t Washington go red? I’d love to see that with this election. I’m from next door, li’l ol’ Idaho, but have family scattered around Washington. A lot of them are conservative (as a left leaning moderate, I’ve always been the black sheep). I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed.
McCain/Palin ‘08
Is it racist to ask about this question about reparations he asked law students in 1996?
What I find really interesting is that the Obama Campaign and DNC have spend over 1 BILLION DOLLARS so far on this campaign….
Think about all the foreclosures that could have been helped, all the people fed and clothed and housed….Hmmmmm
Obama has been spending like there is no tomorrow..
He is spending so far 2 MILLION on election night.
So if he gets elected what will he spend of taxpayers money on inauguration. Not to mention all the changes he has already said he would make to the white house; remember the basketball court.
The Obamacrats have highlighted the obscenity of this political season — Obama opted to try to buy this election and to spend lavishly in a time when many people are having a rough time financially.
I hope that so sort of curbs can be on the obscene $$$ spent on this election by the Congress — perhaps there’s no much chance of that if the Obamacrats control congress.
Even a few million of that money could have been used for the good of humankind and the world — but no it is being used for ego enlargement of a bloated individual.
Perhaps all the endless tv and radio spots by the One will begin to seem obscene by the majority of voters.
Thankfully I don’t have a TV and have no idea how oppressive the constant drone of Obama’s ad are playing to working America.
I am so happy that people think California can go Red. I live here with all of the Hollywood IDIOTS who are voting for Obama. Like they have any grasp on what the hell life is about. I got in an argument with a producer on Friday who told me that “Obama doesn’t know Bill Ayers. They’ve met a few times because they were on the same board.” ROFLMAO. How moronic can people BE? I explained to this dimwit that Obama launched his career in Ayers’ living room and he called me a liar. These freaks don’t even listen to FACTS. I wouldn’t let my DOG in the same ROOM with Billy “America Makes Me Puke” Ayers. It’s completely unacceptable to vote for a man who shares his political views with, is a long time friend, associate and neighbor of an unrepentant TERRORIST who tried to kill AMERICANS and “wishes he would have done MORE” bombings. WTF is wrong with these people? OHitler couldn’t even get a job as an FBI agent with his shady criminal friends and dirty criminal behavior yet some fruitcakes want this creep in the WHITE HOUSE? Can anyone share a big ole WTF with me?
WTF!
(Always happy to oblige.)
Hollywood is about creating its own reality.
When I lived there, I kept being asked to get closer, and work in it. Would have meant more money, but I like real life way too much. Guess I’m too Idahoan for that.
Oh, and speaking of Idaho. I have spread what the MSM Obots have said about Palin’s degree being from some backwater, hick college in Idaho. And made sure to let them know Peggy Noonan was one,too. Not appreciated. Barky kept saying Idaho would go blue? See something else turning blue first!
WTF!! LOL!!
ObamaisaFraud–You should join our PUMA LA group (we’re all on the Westside). We watched the debates together and trashed His Eminence the whole time–LOL!!
CA won’t go red, but I believe a lot of the swing states will. Obama and his Bots may be in for a very rude awakening next week.
Good question — does Ayers even have a dog?
Do dogs run from Ayers (or try to pee on his leg?)
Mainstream media has really done a job for Obama — and they have beat in the negative message about McCain (too old/bush 3) and Palin (she’s an icky female).
As far as I’m concerned in my life the mainstream media does not exist - I do see selected video clips — my choice which ones I few and WHEN I view them.
My sister said something similar to me, OIAF - she refuses to believe they have any real connection. I suggested she actually do some RESEARCH and stop drinking the Kool Aide. Huh - wonder why I haven’t heard anything back from her?
KintheNorthwest…
Yup…Let’s don’t forget the AMERICA SUCKS WORLD TOUR and the TOGA PARTY AT MILE HIGH. Obama spends like a drunken sailor. He’s going to take OUR bank accounts, make us surrender our hard earned cash, and spend it any way he wants because it will just be him, Pelosi and Reid spending like thieves. Makes me puke. What a disaster.
Did you see this yesterday?
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2008/10/23/would-obama-dems-kill-401k-plans.html
Would Obama, Dems Kill 401(k) Plans?
From the comments:
“I’m encouraged that Obama will make our senior citizens earn their paychecks. Michelle spoke at length that people will be made to work and there will be no shortages of volunteering opportunities. Let’s clean up our streets, get seniors out raking leaves, picking up trash, cleaning up dog droppings in our parks, mowing city property, mentoring children in the schools and serving other useful functions. Every government dollar provided should be met with enthusiastic joy and reciprocity by the receiving citizen. An idle citizen is an unappreciated citizen.”
I guess my question is:
If Bozo raises my tax rates, say by 3 %, does that mean I will have to pick up 3% more dogshit before Michelle lets me have my Social Security “paycheck”?
LMAO
Oh how communistic of Mrs. Obama.
One think I remember about East Berlin back in the 1970s when I visited — it was so clean. There were lots of “volunteers” who cleaned the streets and sidewalks.
Seems like a whole lot of seniors already work — because SS is NOT enough.
I’ve read/heard of their confiscating our 401’s. What about IRA’s and CD’s?
I just asked a question, and I get slammed?
Oh, wait. I know what that’s all about.
In answer to your question, the Democrats are saying that they’re going to take our 401k’s, cash them out, and have a mandatory retirement savings account for all working people. I think it’s a mandatory 5%. And you’ll get taxed on all that.
I call that a BIG tax hike, but that’s just me. And we make a lot, oh so much less, than $250k.
Thanks!
No problem. More tax hikes without calling it a tax hike. So weary of that.
I do give Obama credit for his highly analytical approach to governance based on a historical perspective. He has carefully studies the administrations of four past presidents, both Democrats and Republicans, and has adopted elements of their programs into one unified platform. He looks to Hoover for raising taxes and increasing protectionism in response to a slowing economy caused by economic collapse on Wall Street which lead to a decade long depression, He borrows from Johnson’s out of control spending on social programs and printing money to finance it all which lead to the highest rates of inflation in the post war era. He envies Nixon’s secretiveness and destroying of political enemies through domestic spying and smear campaigns. Finally, he refuses to be outdone by Carter who brought us prohibitively high interest rates (12% mortgages and over 20% secured consumer loans like auto loans) that stagnated the economy without stopping the underlying inflation still left over from the Johnson money printing years and insistence that every threat to the interests of the US and its allies be met with vacillation and appeasement.
With all due respect, you give Obama far too much credit.
It’s his entourage of advisors who have done all the borrowing from past administrations.
Obama is merely a mouthpiece.
LOL. You’re both so right.
OT, but check out O’s latest desecration of an iconic American symbol. This isn’t ill-advised design … this intentionally reflects Obama’s grievous intentions and profound contempt for this country.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/10/obama-desecrate.html
OK what I really hate is all that spacey-hopey-cloudy blue in all his logos. As if he’s descending from the heavens. But desecration of the seal is bad too.
Thank you! I’ve been trying to find the second one (all blue). Notice how the eagle is standing on the flag, and turning away from the viewer. If Bill Ayers didn’t design it, his thoughts did.
What’s all this talk about California going red? Have I missed something?
California is blue, but people getting excited over early voting/mail-in voter tally’s (number of demos vs. republican) so far. See redstate.com for story.
No it won’t go red, it just will be a lot closer than people think.
Wouldn’t it be great though?
If BO/Pelosi/Reid/Dean/Brazile lost CA? The shiver that would go up their spines would be priceless to watch.
Even if CA does go to Obama….we refuse to add to his popular vote totals.
I’d be happy right now if Pelosi lost.
So would I.
That woman is a menace.
Not sure if they could pry her loose though.
Cat in NJ…That’s just plain vile. He thinks he is above the law. The Logan Act, desecrating the Presidential Seal, etc. Who does this freak think he is? I mean, COME ON. I have to ask again…WTF?
The problem is TIME is with NObama. That is sad
RRRA,
Thank you so much for the post.
Every time I read, or hear, about 5/31/08, I get this overwhelming feeling of rage. It strengthens my resolve.
For those who still think it can’t happen here… let me start with it already did once…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Eagle
How many people realize just what the old “new deal” was. I read an article just the other day where Kerry was talking about a “new deal II”. Do we really want another new deal? The last new deal took WWII to pull us out of the deep mess we were into. The stakes could not be higher.
My wife just made me watch cBS about Obama’s fund raising. Seems that Obama gets far more money from the wall street fat cats than McCain.
The reason…Obama will not prosecute or investigate Lehmman bros or Fannie,Freddie etc..What a sneak
McCain..A real man of the people!!
Also Obama’s illegal contributions are finally making it on Pravda news..
LOL. Seattle “Mc”Moss. LOL.
Nice moniker.
get ready to be made really really upset:
http://ahillarybmccainamericafirst.com/?q=node/34
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
Amazing post, Amy. Great work as usual.
I’m still wondering about him voting to raise taxes on people making $42K. The only answer I heard about that was that it wasn’t true, it was just a non-binding resolution.
Okay, but he voted YES on something, and it was a tax hike. As my father used to say to us, he’s equivocating!
Helter Skelter, that was Charles Manson’s goal, and it was a consideration of the Weather Underground. Create chaos in the economy, the social structure, and the government, until the whole thing falls apart. Class and race warfare erupt in the mess, and people will eventually begin to want a strong dictatorial government to take control, and they will sacrifice their freedoms for a perceived order.
I’m not saying this will happen, I’m merely stating that the goal of radicles like Ayers is a similar scenario, they’ve been dormant for a while, but their internal compass still points that way. Obama has been saturated in this twisted way of thinking for years. His own admissions reveal his most influential mentors have been men like Frank Davis, Rev. Wright, Fr. Pflager, and I believe Ayers to a great extent, all men with stated hatred for the status quo.
What Obama calls a “tax cut” is actually a euphemism for welfare, and welfare is really a euphemism for reparations. Obama is setting back race relations 40 years by trying to stir up resentment and unrealistic expectations in the AA community by hinting that he will redistribute wealth from the top down. He has pit one group against the other, exactly as Hitler with the Jews. Obama’s loyalty to the AA’s is far greater than his loyalty to this country, but his loyalty to himself is greatest of all. His Narcissistic quest for power is already opening wounds that have almost healed, there are already hints that, win or lose, there will be racial conflict.
This is not the inevitable result of having a black candidate, there are many more qualified and honorable African Americans that would make excellent Presidents, the “Country First” type. Obama isn’t one of them, by far. With masterful slight of hand he has pulled the race card at every possible chance, but he’s such a good magician that most people fail to notice. I don’t fully understand the cult of personality, or the shared psychotic disorder of his faithful, but I sure hope they snap out of it before Nov. 4.
When McCain quotes Obama, it makes me think of Jesse Jackson’s group, and his version of redistribution of wealth. It only makes it to those at the top of the scheme.
Jesse tried to shake down Silicon Valley and one of CEOs, T j Rodgers came out against him and revealed him for what he was. A shakedown artist.
Article with info about TJ and some of Jesse’s tricks throughout the years.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27032
Anyway, a neighbor of ours was like a union rep for the pharmacists in an Oakland hospital on ‘Pill Hill’. They would be present during surgeries in order to prep medicine. The doctors and nurses went against the cuts that wanted to take them out of the OR due to safety reasons.
The whole place was going to strike, and their union called Jesse Jackson in for some reason. Pulled the staff onto the street, which was blocked off on both ends of the street. With police barriers and of course Jesse received a police escort.
He came up to the podium said some lame generic speech that had nothing to do with the situation at hand. Not even a MadLib ‘insert issue here’ during the speech.
All about being oppressed, nothing about the safety of the patients. Absolutely nothing. Then he left.
Well, they were upset at the money their union wasted on inviting Jesse to speak. All they could get out of their union was the price for his generic speech. Something like $5000, but that didn’t include the airfare, hotel, food, and entertainment for his group. Or the police escort plus the cost of police barriers shutting down the road.
Expect the same type of solutions from Obama.
No substance, no solutions, just a speech from a sponge intent on sucking up tax dollars for themselves.
http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/filephoto16.html
“Rev. Jesse Jackson initiating mediation which lead to a victory for striking hospital workers in Oakland, California - 1992. Photo by Nic Paget-Clarke.”
Not sure if this is actually the event described upbove. My personal timeline thought it was after 92…but look how interested he is in this event at the same Pill Hill. On his cellphone making a call…is ‘leading a mediation.’
Obama has no shame…
he has the gall to talk about Redistribution of Wealth, Spreading the Wealth around…
yet what does he do for his poor constituents in Chicago? the murder capital?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2F3mA0ATQ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnESx4KDeQI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCY5sUsEM7E
Obama is pathetic…
when Obama talks about Spreading the Wealth around…
what he realling means is grabbing cash from tax payers in the name of the poor and downtrodden so that he can then funnel it into his pockets and his cronies pockets…
this is the truth
Chicago is the evidence… the BEST evidence of what Obama would do to America…
it is really that simple!
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
To be shocked at Democrats looking for something new to tax is like being shocked at con artists looking for some new easy mark.
My apologies– comparing Democrats to con artists was a bit injurious to the hard working, bona fide con artists of the world.
Does anyone believe a freshman senator from ILL made it from the State Senate in his state to the presidency without power behind him? Does anyone believe he has collected $600mil in increments of $10 and $20 dollars? Does anyone believe the msn will report this story on his true intentions to redistribute the wealth in this country? The trolls change the subject when honest questions are asked about his policies or background are mentioned. Surely he will have to pass security clearance once elected? George Soros writings on Globalization sound aultristic on the face of it. Who wouldn’t want to end world hunger if they could? In his ‘”world View” there is only one thing standing in the way of achieving this goal and that is the US of A. To give all countries equal vote in the WTO would reduce this country in power to Uganda. There is just one warning sign to his philosophy: Every country where he has interfered in the cur ency, he has benefited and the country has suffered and he has meddled in many countries. Just as the UK where he is known as “{The man who broke the bank of England”. Or Malaysia where the president of that country has called him a thief. There’s France where he was convicted of fraud in connection with short selling. He spent some time in Argentina and that country’’s currency suffered at the hands of his investments. He has invested heavily in org in this country to influence our elections. Why has a Hungarian Jew spent so much time and money on elections in the US and why does he want to break the power of this country under the guise of WTO and the IMF? He has invested or donated huge amounts of money to different media groups here; from GE to PBS. I don’t know the answers to these questions, but given the state of the economy here, I think it might be relevant and consistent with his support of Barack Obama.
You forgot, Soros also meddled with the Thai bhat and caused trouble there too! He also has a puppet named Orban in Hungary ready to lead, in case he has to go home.