A) The Crawfish gives a mighty “OOH-RAH!” to former Corporal Dakota Meyer, USMC, who has been informed by President Obama that he will be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Afghanistan. He becomes the first living Marine to receive the MOH in 41 years. “Well done!”
B) I normally don’t put any comedy this early in the column, but I can’t pass this one up. Here’s a video of Barack Obama saying that FDR “was pretty fiscally conservative.” If Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachmann said something that outlandish, the media would crucify them.
C) The media is trying sooooo hard to make the GOP look like the bad and ignorant folks in the budget debate. PMSNBC’s Contessa Brewer (BTW, Contessa is the female version of Count, the 5th level of nobility after king/queen, prince/princess, duke/duchess, and marquis/marquess, so we know her level of spoiled bratness growing up) tried to explain a Republican Congressman that failure to pass a bailout would send the nation into a depression. When he disagreed, she questioned his credentials on economics, since the only people who know more than liberal media types are Democrat politicians. Epic Fail! Her opponent in this discussion was Alabama’s Mo Brooks, who graduated with high honors in 3 years from Duke with a degree in economics.
D) Speaking of media malfeasance, I must give language and content warnings for the video linked in this paragraph. Can you imagine what would happen if this had been a conservative show talking about Democrat politicians? How come there was no vast media outcry over this? Where is the National Organization of Women or any other feminist group on this subject? (@#^$ liberal hypocrites! Of course, there aren’t many liberal women worth taking to bed in the first place....
E) The jobless numbers went up again this week, and of course that news was UNEXPECTED according to the media.
F) Senator Harkin of Iowa must be turning corn into shine again. He refers to the Tea Party as a “cult fringe”, which is simply an acknowledgement that his party opposes anything that is actually written into the Constitution. Then he goes off saying that the debt was “mostly was racked up by a Republican House, a Republican Senate and a Republican President in the last 8 years.” Really? First of all, the GOP only held all three for 6 years. Secondly, they were being led by a big-government liberal who disguised his actions by calling them “compassionate conservatism”. Thirdly, the out-of-control spending began in January of 2007, when Red Nanny P-Lousy and Dingy Harry took control of Congress, then got shot full of steroids when Barack Hussein Obama MMM MMM MMM came to power. Here’s a timeline of the fiscal actions taken by Barack Obama and the Democrats since they took control of the government. You will notice that the public debt upon his inauguration was $6.31 trillion, and that number has gone up by $3.44 trillion in less than three years. QUIT BLAMING BUSH!
G) Even if we discount the first year of Bush’s Presidency, when there was a budget surplus and 9-11 had not crapped all over the economy, his other SEVEN years had deficits totaling $2.087 trillion. You won’t find any conservatives defending those numbers, as they prove yet again that W was a big-government liberal, but Obama has over 150% of that number in less than THREE years.
H) The Harry Reid-led Senate voted to not even bring up Cut, Cap, and Balance for debate on Friday, so they could quickly vacate DC. Dingy said that the bill was the worst piece of legislation to ever hit the Senate floor, although we all know that Obamacare was much worse. Reid said that the Senate could do no further work until the House passed a bill, since all revenue bills must, Constitutionally, originate in the House. Since he said that, it means that the only bill he will allow to be debated will be a big tax increase bill. The House has passed two plans, so the American people should be able to see who is refusing to do their jobs.
I) The President shifted blame for the lack of a drug d…er, debt deal to the media, saying a “splintered” media (with See-BS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, the Oprah Winfrey Network, Noo Yawk Slimes, Washington Compost, El Lay Times, Atlanta Journal of Constipation, HuffPo, and others on the left, and Fox News and Wall Street Journal on the right) fanning the flames so that there is no “compromise”, which Democrats always define as “the GOP letting us get whatever we want.” Yes, Barack Obama wants a cohesive media, all on the same page of the same playbook. You remember that…Pravda, Isvestia, TASS, Novotsi…
J) Then there are the Democrat cheerleaders at CNN, who are desperately trying to get all of you to miss an important bit of information in their latest polling data. It seems that each and every demographic that they polled supports a balanced budget amendment. This simply cannot be allowed!
K) Of course Moonshine Harkin and a few other Dems might be in a bit of trouble if the media ever gloms onto the roll call from a Senate vote in 1997 on a Balanced Budget Amendment. It’s not just the far-right “cult fringe” that supports such a measure, considering that Harkin, Biden, Durbin, Feinstein, and even Dingy Harry himself all voted for the BBA.
L) June’s existing-home sales numbers were down, and just like every other bit of bad economic news since Pelosi and Reid took over Congress in 2007, this news is (say it with me) “unexpected”. Truly “unexpected” economic news during the reign of King Barack I will be anything that is really positive.
M) The White House is whizzing on our heads and telling us it is raining…again. They are the most fundamentally dishonest Administration in history, making Billy Jeff and Trickydick look more honest than Abe. On Thursday, White House Propaganda Minister Carney had the chutzpah to announce: “Well, two things remain uncontestably true. The economy is vastly improved from what it was when Barack Obama was sworn into office as president.” This bunch must be smokin’ da crack, but watch the media pick up on that line and run with it. Although the words are usually attributed to Lenin or Goebbels, it could have come from our modern Democrats…a lie told often enough becomes the truth.
N) While on the subject of lies from this Administration, take a gander at the latest work from Janet Incompitano’s Department of Homeland Insecurity. Terrorists are really all white folks, even “Jihad Jane” has (artificially enhanced) bright blue eyes. Terrorists are people who oppose surveillance, who write on paper, who drive vans, and who wear hoodies. She wants all Americans to become informants. Kinda reminds us of the early Nazi Gestapo, the Soviet NKVD and KGB, and East Germany’s Stasi. Remember that the Administration put out a White House e-mail address for people to inform on those who opposed Obamacare? I self-reported, as did a bunch of my friends. The Anti Liberal Zone’s Gunny G self-reported over a hundred times! This is how dictators build and maintain their power.
O) Just before Independence Day, a study was released that showed how people who go to July 4th events are swayed to support conservative positions, presumably because conservatives actually love our nation while liberals want to “fundamentally change” it. Now comes another study, this time showing that the image of the American flag sways voters to Republican voting patterns. The Crawfish imagines that images of our military personnel and equipment or the Constitution probably do the same. Patriotism: one side has it, the other doesn’t. Fox News commenter “2fred” had a great comment on the story: “Since many Democrats are used to seeing stars, i.e. flitting flashes of brilliance dancing around their visual periphery due to drug usage, concussion, etc., the presence of actual stars had a canceling effect, thus they were able to see more clearly.”
P) Gunrunner and Castaway might have another brother. It looks like the US government has been selling weaponry to the Zetas drug cartel, including anti-aircraft weapons, through the U.S. Direct Commercial Sales Program, which is run by Hillary!’s State Department.
Q) I’m not sayin’ that Obamacare is a jobs killer. That’s because I don’t have to, since the proof is already available. There are many reasons that the American people opposed that bill, why it required many Congressional bribes to gain passage, and why so many supporters (SEIU, other unions, AARP) have asked for exemptions.
R) Democrats just don’t get it. What part of “illegal” is so damned hard to understand? What part of too much government spending is so hard to understand? Governor Patrick of Taxachusetts is now supporting a measure to let illegals pay in-state rates on college tuition, which means that the taxpayers of that state will now subsidize the college education of people who have no right to be in our country. Don’t subsidize them. DEPORT THEM!
S) John Boehner is an idiot. Then again, we saw that in the last round of budget negotiations.
T) The jobs market is really hell on the younger folks these days. They are the victims of a severe quadruple-whammy. First of all, our population is living longer, so a much larger investment portfolio is required for people to retire on. Secondly, our economy over the past 35 years or so has required two paychecks to support a family. This means that there are TWO older Americans taking up the jobs. Thirdly, the Baby-boomer crowd is the largest generation in our history, and they are the ones who should be starting to retire, but they aren’t. And lastly, the Obama-Pelosi-Reid economy has killed millions of jobs in our country. So how’s that hopey-changey stuff workin’ out for ya?
U) President Obama gave a foreign automaker a gift of $1.3 billion this week, when he allowed Fiat to buy the remaining Chrysler stocks Obama had purchased to bail out his buddies in the UAW. This “pays off” the debt 6 years early. Sensible people would have waited out a few more of those years to get back more of the taxpayers’ money, but what does Obama care about the taxpayers and our debt? His “assistant secretary for financial stability” (a job CLEARLY defined in the Constitution) actually bragged about it, saying “This is a major accomplishment and further evidence of the success of the administration's actions” when in a non-skewed universe the loss of $1.3 billion is considered another sign of this Administration’s failures.
V) Well, it looks like the scientific folks might have figured out why F-22 pilots were getting hypoxia. After looking at all of the complex systems, mostly the On-Board Oxygen Generating System, the cause appears to be something rather simple. Now let’s get those Raptors back in the sky!
W) Here is yet another reason to support Representative Allen West. He is strongly opposing the proposed sale of 125 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks to the Muslim Brotherhood. Sultan Bu’raq al Obama wants Egypt, meaning the Muslim Brotherhood, to have these tanks, since they have already announced their intention of resuming a state of war with Israel. Oh, and regarding his spat with Debbie the Ditz, she has a very bad memory, because here is a video showing who started the personal attacks, and how that person’s attacks were filled with lies about Allen West and every Constitution-loving Tea Party member.
X) For the Brain Dead Polling Information of the Week, we go to Public Policy Polling’s results from Tuesday. Forty percent unsure????
Y) I actually got the following story from two different e-mails, but Buck sent it first:
In 1952, Armon M. Sweat, Jr., a member of the Texas House of Representatives, was asked about his position on whiskey. What follows is his exact answer (taken from the Political Archives of Texas):
"If you mean whiskey, the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home, creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes the bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean that evil drink that topples Christian men and women from the pinnacles of righteous and gracious living into the bottomless pit of degradation, shame, despair, helplessness, and hopelessness, then, my friend, I am opposed to it with every fiber of my being.
However, if by whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the elixir of life, the ale that is consumed when good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer, the stimulating sip that puts a little spring in the step of an elderly gentleman on a frosty morning; if you mean that drink that enables man to magnify his joy, and to forget life's great tragedies and heartbreaks and sorrow; if you mean that drink the sale of which pours into Texas treasuries untold millions of dollars each year, that provides tender care for our little crippled children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitifully aged and infirm, to build the finest highways, hospitals, universities, and community colleges in this nation, then my friend, I am absolutely, unequivocally in favor of it.
This is my position, and as always, I refuse to compromise on matters of principle."
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“The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."- Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
The Constitution of the United States
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
7-20-2011 The Weekly Claw
What we have heyah, is a failure, to communicate. They’re trying to get their messages out, but the people have learned over the past couple of years to spot a large pile of bovine excrement.
A) Why does our President have such an aversion to the truth? In his 15 July presser he had 36 lies and deceptions. The worst possible trait in a leader is dishonesty.
B) “We don’t need a balanced budget amendment” says Mr. Big Spender. Passing one would be pointless anyway. The Democrats don’t abide by the Constitution as it currently is, so what makes you think they would abide by it with another restriction on their ultimate goal of unlimited federal government?
C) His Majesty wants the “largest deal possible” for deficit reduction, so Doctor/Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is putting up a plan that would cut $9 trillion over the next decade. That’s a pretty good start, but I’m sure we could get even more by adhering to that moldy old document from 1787. Of course, the only part of this plan that Obama will find acceptable will be the cuts in defense, which happens to be a Constitutional duty of the federal government.
D) His erstwhile challenger and current SecState, The Pant Suit, just praised Greece’s leadership in their debt crisis. Yes, they screwed up, had to get bailouts from US and from the EU, and their people are rioting because of the “austerity” measures, but that’s some fine leadership they’ve got.
E) On the flip side, the White House says that Barack Obama is showing leadership precisely by NOT putting forth his own debt reduction plan. When some of y’all start understanding their pseudo-logic, could ya explain it to the rest of us? The Crawfish sees leadership coming from the House GOP, as they have actually passed the Cut, Cap, and Balance plan. The Dems haven’t even put a budget up for a vote in the past three years!
F) AARP is up in arms over some of the debt reduction talk that might include cuts in Medicare. So why were they not concerned at all when they endorsed the Obamacare bill, which cuts $500 billion from Medicare? Oh, that’s right. Those cuts in Medicare would have been made up by certain for-profit insurance plans, with the main one being run by…AARP. Yes, it is okay for the government to make seniors pay more for health care as long as a left wing activist group profits from it. Got it!
G) While we’re discussing corrupt left-wing organizations, take a look at what has come out in court in the case of the SEIU vs. Sodexo USA. Yes, it is a manual for union goonery.
H) “In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. See, that’s why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service.” Those are the words of Marie Antoinette Obama (AKA: Moochelle, the First Grifter, Queen of the vacations). Career in public service? What job does she have? The answer is that she has no job, but DOES have 24 servants for her non-job, and the salaries for those servants is an annual $1,750,000.00 plus lavish benefits. Most of them also get to enjoy all of micHELLe’s air travel and vacations, all on OUR dime. She's not in "service".
I) How much of OUR money is spent on completely useless “studies”? This article talks about a few of them, but the main subject is a government-funded study on the member sizes of homo men and how that translates into whether they are pitchers or catchers. WHY???
J) Steve Wynn is one of the folks who completely revitalized Las Vegas. He describes himself as a “Democratic businessman.” So who does he blame for the current terrible business climate? Well, it ain’t a Republican.
K) “I have never done anything to hurt my country or the men and women who have fought and continue to fight for us.” So says Hanoi Jane Fonda upon her cancellation from QVC, which she blames on “political extremist groups.” Why are left wing extremists such obsessive and compulsive liars? Those of us who are political centrists (in other words, Constitutionalists) don’t have that utter lack of honor.
L) Here’s the newest suggestion from the Acolytes of the Goron. To reduce our carbon footprint and save energy, we need to go meatless one day per week. Are they going to tell the wagyu beef and chili dog munching royals in the White House? THIS native Texan only goes meatless on Fridays during Lent, and even then seafood is on the menu.
M) My co-worker Ed sent along this video of Obama voters in action.
N) Let’s see…China is in the middle of a huge military buildup that includes development of a stealth strike fighter, anti-ship cruise missiles, and long-range missiles that benefit from guidance system technology given to them by Monica’s boyfriend. Iran is also building up their forces and has not been shy about stating that they will eventually attack Israel and all of Israel’s supporters. Iran’s Mad Mullahs and the Psychotic Dwarf with the Funky Hair and High Heels in North Korea are jointly developing missiles and nuclear weapons that they wish to give to terrorist groups and terrorist supporting nations. The Muslim Brotherhood is taking over Egypt and has already said that they will declare war on Israel. Other muslim groups are bizzy throughout the Middle East. The liberals in America see all of this, and their reaction is: “Let’s slash the defense budget, since we hate everything America’s military stands for!” They want to cut our carrier force down to nine, while not procuring the F-35 for the Navy and Marines, even though the Hornet and the Harrier are in dire need of replacement. This is the same kind of thinking that ruined our military after Vietnam, but with the addition of the radical homo agenda. Senator Coburn’s $9 trillion reduction plan also includes screwing the Navy and Marine Corps pilots out of stealth technology. Why not just announce that non-USAF pilots are considered expendable?
O) You want some government waste to cut? Take a look at some of the tax deductions listed in a report by Senator Coburn of Oklahoma. Twenty pounds of boob job is deductable?
P) This will probably not come as a shock, but USA Today reports that workers in many federal agencies have such job security that they are more likely to die than to get fired or laid off. President Crawfish would definitely change that.
Q) The liberals love to blame Bush for everything that they screw up, so how ‘bout giving them a campaign point. Let’s have the GOP come out and say “We want to spend just like Bush did!” The Dems would love it, until reality manages to raise its head.
R) The Claw has a new home! Not only do I post this mess at Red White Blue News, AllMilitary.com, Blogspot, Patriot Action Network, and Paul Revere Media, but now I have my own writer page on Facebook where it shows up in the Notes.
If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at CrawfishsClaw@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.
“The American People will never knowingly adopt Socialism, but under the name of ‘Liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of it.” - Norman Thomas in 1944, 6 time Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
The Constitution of the United States
A) Why does our President have such an aversion to the truth? In his 15 July presser he had 36 lies and deceptions. The worst possible trait in a leader is dishonesty.
B) “We don’t need a balanced budget amendment” says Mr. Big Spender. Passing one would be pointless anyway. The Democrats don’t abide by the Constitution as it currently is, so what makes you think they would abide by it with another restriction on their ultimate goal of unlimited federal government?
C) His Majesty wants the “largest deal possible” for deficit reduction, so Doctor/Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is putting up a plan that would cut $9 trillion over the next decade. That’s a pretty good start, but I’m sure we could get even more by adhering to that moldy old document from 1787. Of course, the only part of this plan that Obama will find acceptable will be the cuts in defense, which happens to be a Constitutional duty of the federal government.
D) His erstwhile challenger and current SecState, The Pant Suit, just praised Greece’s leadership in their debt crisis. Yes, they screwed up, had to get bailouts from US and from the EU, and their people are rioting because of the “austerity” measures, but that’s some fine leadership they’ve got.
E) On the flip side, the White House says that Barack Obama is showing leadership precisely by NOT putting forth his own debt reduction plan. When some of y’all start understanding their pseudo-logic, could ya explain it to the rest of us? The Crawfish sees leadership coming from the House GOP, as they have actually passed the Cut, Cap, and Balance plan. The Dems haven’t even put a budget up for a vote in the past three years!
F) AARP is up in arms over some of the debt reduction talk that might include cuts in Medicare. So why were they not concerned at all when they endorsed the Obamacare bill, which cuts $500 billion from Medicare? Oh, that’s right. Those cuts in Medicare would have been made up by certain for-profit insurance plans, with the main one being run by…AARP. Yes, it is okay for the government to make seniors pay more for health care as long as a left wing activist group profits from it. Got it!
G) While we’re discussing corrupt left-wing organizations, take a look at what has come out in court in the case of the SEIU vs. Sodexo USA. Yes, it is a manual for union goonery.
H) “In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. See, that’s why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service.” Those are the words of Marie Antoinette Obama (AKA: Moochelle, the First Grifter, Queen of the vacations). Career in public service? What job does she have? The answer is that she has no job, but DOES have 24 servants for her non-job, and the salaries for those servants is an annual $1,750,000.00 plus lavish benefits. Most of them also get to enjoy all of micHELLe’s air travel and vacations, all on OUR dime. She's not in "service".
I) How much of OUR money is spent on completely useless “studies”? This article talks about a few of them, but the main subject is a government-funded study on the member sizes of homo men and how that translates into whether they are pitchers or catchers. WHY???
J) Steve Wynn is one of the folks who completely revitalized Las Vegas. He describes himself as a “Democratic businessman.” So who does he blame for the current terrible business climate? Well, it ain’t a Republican.
K) “I have never done anything to hurt my country or the men and women who have fought and continue to fight for us.” So says Hanoi Jane Fonda upon her cancellation from QVC, which she blames on “political extremist groups.” Why are left wing extremists such obsessive and compulsive liars? Those of us who are political centrists (in other words, Constitutionalists) don’t have that utter lack of honor.
L) Here’s the newest suggestion from the Acolytes of the Goron. To reduce our carbon footprint and save energy, we need to go meatless one day per week. Are they going to tell the wagyu beef and chili dog munching royals in the White House? THIS native Texan only goes meatless on Fridays during Lent, and even then seafood is on the menu.
M) My co-worker Ed sent along this video of Obama voters in action.
N) Let’s see…China is in the middle of a huge military buildup that includes development of a stealth strike fighter, anti-ship cruise missiles, and long-range missiles that benefit from guidance system technology given to them by Monica’s boyfriend. Iran is also building up their forces and has not been shy about stating that they will eventually attack Israel and all of Israel’s supporters. Iran’s Mad Mullahs and the Psychotic Dwarf with the Funky Hair and High Heels in North Korea are jointly developing missiles and nuclear weapons that they wish to give to terrorist groups and terrorist supporting nations. The Muslim Brotherhood is taking over Egypt and has already said that they will declare war on Israel. Other muslim groups are bizzy throughout the Middle East. The liberals in America see all of this, and their reaction is: “Let’s slash the defense budget, since we hate everything America’s military stands for!” They want to cut our carrier force down to nine, while not procuring the F-35 for the Navy and Marines, even though the Hornet and the Harrier are in dire need of replacement. This is the same kind of thinking that ruined our military after Vietnam, but with the addition of the radical homo agenda. Senator Coburn’s $9 trillion reduction plan also includes screwing the Navy and Marine Corps pilots out of stealth technology. Why not just announce that non-USAF pilots are considered expendable?
O) You want some government waste to cut? Take a look at some of the tax deductions listed in a report by Senator Coburn of Oklahoma. Twenty pounds of boob job is deductable?
P) This will probably not come as a shock, but USA Today reports that workers in many federal agencies have such job security that they are more likely to die than to get fired or laid off. President Crawfish would definitely change that.
Q) The liberals love to blame Bush for everything that they screw up, so how ‘bout giving them a campaign point. Let’s have the GOP come out and say “We want to spend just like Bush did!” The Dems would love it, until reality manages to raise its head.
R) The Claw has a new home! Not only do I post this mess at Red White Blue News, AllMilitary.com, Blogspot, Patriot Action Network, and Paul Revere Media, but now I have my own writer page on Facebook where it shows up in the Notes.
If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at CrawfishsClaw@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.
“The American People will never knowingly adopt Socialism, but under the name of ‘Liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of it.” - Norman Thomas in 1944, 6 time Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
The Constitution of the United States
Saturday, July 16, 2011
7-16-2011 The Weekend Claw
Believe it or not, there is something to pay attention to this weekend besides the debt crisis. The United States team is in the finals of the Women’s World Cup on Sunday! I’ll probably be nursing a good sunburn as I watch.
A) I have finally come up with the perfect line to scream every time Barack Obama (or most any Democrat) is speaking. Clara’s final line is pretty descriptive of this Administration as well.
B) Senator Turban Durbin has admitted what we all knew to be the real plan of the Dim-ocrats. He now states that the DREAM Act is just the “starting point” in their quest for amnesty for all illegals. Folks, they know that they are going to be losing their majority soon, and that the American people are solidly against any amnesty, so why are they still pushing it?
C) Here we go yet again with another group that is actually in favor of “freedom FROM religion” and can’t understand the simple words of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Governor Rick Perry is supporting and promoting an all-day prayer event next month, so the Freedom From Religion Foundation says that it is a violation of the Constitution since Perry’s actions give the impression that the state favors evangelical Christians. First of all, these are the actions of a STATE’S executive, not a federal executive. Secondly, Congress didn’t make any law regarding the event. Thirdly, no religion was established. So how is this event violating the “establishment clause”, which reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”? Why is it so hard for liberals to read the words?
Side note: The Crawfish looked up this story at HuffPo. It never fails to amaze me how much anti-Christian hatred fills that site. People were claiming that this shows Texas to be a Baptist theocracy, that this event is all anti-Semitism, and all sorts of junk. I wonder if this will finally be the set of comments that gets me kicked outta there, even though I just pointed out Constitutional reality and did not toss a single grenade into the mix. Oh, wait…I did respond to a Moderator who posted the anti-Semitism stuff and asked her to show what was anti-Semitical about it. THAT will get me booted.
D) This could be some of the best comedy ever if it wasn’t so serious. Dingy Harry and the rest of the Democrats have a new talking point for the media. They are saying that the debt limit impasse is all Eric Cantor’s fault, that Cantor is acting “childish” and “juvenile”, and that “Boehner needs to rein him in and let the grown-ups get to work.” This is coming from the party of the petulant spoiled brat who said he was going to tell his Mommy (“I’m going to the American people on this!” Even though the American people support Cantor’s position???), picked up his ball, and went home on Wednesday because he wasn’t getting the economy-killing tax increases and the smoke-and-mirrors fake budget cuts that he wanted. When the Democrats make it personal and start name-calling, you know that they have no real solutions to the problem.
E) Oh, and when the Democrats start using the race card, as Sheila Jackson-Lee did this week, you KNOW they have no coherent argument.
F) Obama threw reality completely out of the window on Friday, saying that 80% of the American people are “sold” in support of increasing taxes to lower the deficit. What poll is he reading? All of the polls show the exact opposite, including the Rasmussen poll cited a couple of paragraphs ago. In other words, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IS A LIAR! His lies are almost as bad as Eddie’s.
G) The Liar also said: “If they show me a serious plan, I'm ready to move, even if it requires some tough sacrifices on my part” while telling the GOP to be “ambitious.” Well, the GOP has already put forth serious plans, such as Senator Ryan’s plan, and the Administration and Senate Democrats shot them down. The GOP will put up “Cut, Cap, and Balance” this week, but Obama has admitted to not reading the proposal while blowing it off as not a serious plan, saying: “we don't need a constitutional amendment to do our jobs.” The Crawfish actually agrees, since the current Constitution’s limits on the federal government would bring us back into a surplus situation, so why bring forth an addition to the Constitution that would just be ignored like the rest of it?
H) The Democrats have finally acknowledged that a lot of their strategy in the budget negotiations is based on politics rather than doing what is good for the country, as if we didn’t already know that. This is the reason that they are opposing anything to do with reform of Medicare.
I) Neal Boortz has a plan that could take the continual Democrat threat of not paying Social Insecurity benefits off the table. The GOP could put forth legislation designating a priority in how the government spends money, putting debt payments first, followed by Social Insecurity, then military pay, then veterans’ benefits. His Majesty would surely veto it.
J) The Roger Clemens perjury trial came to an abrupt halt on Thursday with the judge declaring a mistrial because of gross misconduct by the Affirmative Action Attorney General’s prosecutors. Clemens was on trial for lying to Congress and faced up to 30 years in prison if convicted. Can someone please explain how members of Congress can seriously press charges against Clemens when the Senate declared on February 12, 1999, that perjury is not a serious crime, with every single Democrat voting in favor of Bill Clinton?
K) On Wednesday, I mentioned that the Obama Administration was arming Israel’s enemies in the Muslim Brotherhood with 125 M1A1 Abrams tanks. It has also come to light that the Administration is arming the enemies of the United States. Evidently, Operation Gunrunner has a twin. Operation Castaway has supplied thousands of weapons to MS-13 and other drug gangs in the Honduras area. It is definitely time to charge Eric Holder and Barack Obama with treason.
L) Speaking of Operation Gunrunner, the Affirmative Action Attorney General has been saying that he didn’t know about it. That’s interesting considering that in 2009 he gave a speech in Mexico in which he talked about Gunrunner, saying: “My department is committing 100 new ATF personnel to the Southwest border in the next 100 days to supplement our ongoing Project Gunrunner.” Now before any liberals try to say that this is made up info from some right-wing nutjob’s website, the link takes you to his speech on the Department of Justice’s website.
M) A tip of The Crawfish’s hat goes to our ol’ pal Peppermint, who sent me down a trail that gives us 20 ready-made charges for impeachment proceedings against Barack Hussein Obama. Don’t worry, none of these are of the “birther” variety. Now, does the GOP have the nads or the will to go through with them? I seriously doubt it.
N) Wednesday’s edition also included the story of Kenneth Gladney’s case against the SEIU thugs who beat him outside of a Russ Carnahan townhall meeting, and how the SEIU had not only stacked the jury, but had gotten the DA to appoint a rookie prosecutor. Well, the case evidently hinged on the testimony of one surprise defense witness who claimed that Gladney started the fight against the two goons who were much bigger than him. Now that the verdict has been reached, evidence shows that the defense witness was not in any position to see the beginning of the fight. She committed perjury in support of the SEIU thugs. Then again, she is a black SEIU activist, so lying in favor of union thugs who are beating up some Uncle Tom is part of her genetic makeup. A pastor and former trial lawyer who witnessed the entire incident, and whom the prosecution refused to call as a witness (under SEIU orders?), sums up this travesty of justice.
O) You’ve all seen those commercials for Hoveround or other motorized scooters, and they all point out that most people get them FREE! Well, actually it isn’t free, since Medicare (meaning those of us who work for a living) pays for them. In 1999, Medicare paid $259 million for those things. By 2009 that number had gone up 179% to $723 million. It gets worse. The Medicare Inspector General’s office says that 61% of the folks who got those chairs paid for by us in the first half of 2007 should not have qualified for them! Even worse, Medicare is billed an average of $4018 per chair when the normal price averages $1048. There’s even more fraud involved, so I’ll just let you read the story from USA Today and get your own blood pressure up.
P) Hundreds of leeches stampeded in Dallas Thursday morning. They were trying to get on a waiting list for “Section 8” housing vouchers, which means they were all clamoring to have you and me pay for their rent. Here’s a better idea: Quit being lazy, get jobs, have your baby daddy (or daddies as the case may be) pay for their chirrun, and stop using your money for pizza, beer, cigarettes, and crack. In other words, take personal responsibility for the lives of yourselves and your families. I know…novel concept for these cousins of “Peggy the Moocher”.
Q) Why is it that the only thing shocking about this story is that it is from Austria instead of California?
R) The Claw has a new home! Not only do I post this mess at Red White Blue News, AllMilitary.com, Blogspot, Patriot Action Network, and Paul Revere Media, but now I have my own writer page on Facebook where it shows up in the Notes.
If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at CrawfishsClaw@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.
“The American People will never knowingly adopt Socialism, but under the name of ‘Liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of it.” - Norman Thomas in 1944, 6 time Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
The Constitution of the United States
A) I have finally come up with the perfect line to scream every time Barack Obama (or most any Democrat) is speaking. Clara’s final line is pretty descriptive of this Administration as well.
B) Senator Turban Durbin has admitted what we all knew to be the real plan of the Dim-ocrats. He now states that the DREAM Act is just the “starting point” in their quest for amnesty for all illegals. Folks, they know that they are going to be losing their majority soon, and that the American people are solidly against any amnesty, so why are they still pushing it?
C) Here we go yet again with another group that is actually in favor of “freedom FROM religion” and can’t understand the simple words of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Governor Rick Perry is supporting and promoting an all-day prayer event next month, so the Freedom From Religion Foundation says that it is a violation of the Constitution since Perry’s actions give the impression that the state favors evangelical Christians. First of all, these are the actions of a STATE’S executive, not a federal executive. Secondly, Congress didn’t make any law regarding the event. Thirdly, no religion was established. So how is this event violating the “establishment clause”, which reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”? Why is it so hard for liberals to read the words?
Side note: The Crawfish looked up this story at HuffPo. It never fails to amaze me how much anti-Christian hatred fills that site. People were claiming that this shows Texas to be a Baptist theocracy, that this event is all anti-Semitism, and all sorts of junk. I wonder if this will finally be the set of comments that gets me kicked outta there, even though I just pointed out Constitutional reality and did not toss a single grenade into the mix. Oh, wait…I did respond to a Moderator who posted the anti-Semitism stuff and asked her to show what was anti-Semitical about it. THAT will get me booted.
D) This could be some of the best comedy ever if it wasn’t so serious. Dingy Harry and the rest of the Democrats have a new talking point for the media. They are saying that the debt limit impasse is all Eric Cantor’s fault, that Cantor is acting “childish” and “juvenile”, and that “Boehner needs to rein him in and let the grown-ups get to work.” This is coming from the party of the petulant spoiled brat who said he was going to tell his Mommy (“I’m going to the American people on this!” Even though the American people support Cantor’s position???), picked up his ball, and went home on Wednesday because he wasn’t getting the economy-killing tax increases and the smoke-and-mirrors fake budget cuts that he wanted. When the Democrats make it personal and start name-calling, you know that they have no real solutions to the problem.
E) Oh, and when the Democrats start using the race card, as Sheila Jackson-Lee did this week, you KNOW they have no coherent argument.
F) Obama threw reality completely out of the window on Friday, saying that 80% of the American people are “sold” in support of increasing taxes to lower the deficit. What poll is he reading? All of the polls show the exact opposite, including the Rasmussen poll cited a couple of paragraphs ago. In other words, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IS A LIAR! His lies are almost as bad as Eddie’s.
G) The Liar also said: “If they show me a serious plan, I'm ready to move, even if it requires some tough sacrifices on my part” while telling the GOP to be “ambitious.” Well, the GOP has already put forth serious plans, such as Senator Ryan’s plan, and the Administration and Senate Democrats shot them down. The GOP will put up “Cut, Cap, and Balance” this week, but Obama has admitted to not reading the proposal while blowing it off as not a serious plan, saying: “we don't need a constitutional amendment to do our jobs.” The Crawfish actually agrees, since the current Constitution’s limits on the federal government would bring us back into a surplus situation, so why bring forth an addition to the Constitution that would just be ignored like the rest of it?
H) The Democrats have finally acknowledged that a lot of their strategy in the budget negotiations is based on politics rather than doing what is good for the country, as if we didn’t already know that. This is the reason that they are opposing anything to do with reform of Medicare.
I) Neal Boortz has a plan that could take the continual Democrat threat of not paying Social Insecurity benefits off the table. The GOP could put forth legislation designating a priority in how the government spends money, putting debt payments first, followed by Social Insecurity, then military pay, then veterans’ benefits. His Majesty would surely veto it.
J) The Roger Clemens perjury trial came to an abrupt halt on Thursday with the judge declaring a mistrial because of gross misconduct by the Affirmative Action Attorney General’s prosecutors. Clemens was on trial for lying to Congress and faced up to 30 years in prison if convicted. Can someone please explain how members of Congress can seriously press charges against Clemens when the Senate declared on February 12, 1999, that perjury is not a serious crime, with every single Democrat voting in favor of Bill Clinton?
K) On Wednesday, I mentioned that the Obama Administration was arming Israel’s enemies in the Muslim Brotherhood with 125 M1A1 Abrams tanks. It has also come to light that the Administration is arming the enemies of the United States. Evidently, Operation Gunrunner has a twin. Operation Castaway has supplied thousands of weapons to MS-13 and other drug gangs in the Honduras area. It is definitely time to charge Eric Holder and Barack Obama with treason.
L) Speaking of Operation Gunrunner, the Affirmative Action Attorney General has been saying that he didn’t know about it. That’s interesting considering that in 2009 he gave a speech in Mexico in which he talked about Gunrunner, saying: “My department is committing 100 new ATF personnel to the Southwest border in the next 100 days to supplement our ongoing Project Gunrunner.” Now before any liberals try to say that this is made up info from some right-wing nutjob’s website, the link takes you to his speech on the Department of Justice’s website.
M) A tip of The Crawfish’s hat goes to our ol’ pal Peppermint, who sent me down a trail that gives us 20 ready-made charges for impeachment proceedings against Barack Hussein Obama. Don’t worry, none of these are of the “birther” variety. Now, does the GOP have the nads or the will to go through with them? I seriously doubt it.
N) Wednesday’s edition also included the story of Kenneth Gladney’s case against the SEIU thugs who beat him outside of a Russ Carnahan townhall meeting, and how the SEIU had not only stacked the jury, but had gotten the DA to appoint a rookie prosecutor. Well, the case evidently hinged on the testimony of one surprise defense witness who claimed that Gladney started the fight against the two goons who were much bigger than him. Now that the verdict has been reached, evidence shows that the defense witness was not in any position to see the beginning of the fight. She committed perjury in support of the SEIU thugs. Then again, she is a black SEIU activist, so lying in favor of union thugs who are beating up some Uncle Tom is part of her genetic makeup. A pastor and former trial lawyer who witnessed the entire incident, and whom the prosecution refused to call as a witness (under SEIU orders?), sums up this travesty of justice.
O) You’ve all seen those commercials for Hoveround or other motorized scooters, and they all point out that most people get them FREE! Well, actually it isn’t free, since Medicare (meaning those of us who work for a living) pays for them. In 1999, Medicare paid $259 million for those things. By 2009 that number had gone up 179% to $723 million. It gets worse. The Medicare Inspector General’s office says that 61% of the folks who got those chairs paid for by us in the first half of 2007 should not have qualified for them! Even worse, Medicare is billed an average of $4018 per chair when the normal price averages $1048. There’s even more fraud involved, so I’ll just let you read the story from USA Today and get your own blood pressure up.
P) Hundreds of leeches stampeded in Dallas Thursday morning. They were trying to get on a waiting list for “Section 8” housing vouchers, which means they were all clamoring to have you and me pay for their rent. Here’s a better idea: Quit being lazy, get jobs, have your baby daddy (or daddies as the case may be) pay for their chirrun, and stop using your money for pizza, beer, cigarettes, and crack. In other words, take personal responsibility for the lives of yourselves and your families. I know…novel concept for these cousins of “Peggy the Moocher”.
Q) Why is it that the only thing shocking about this story is that it is from Austria instead of California?
R) The Claw has a new home! Not only do I post this mess at Red White Blue News, AllMilitary.com, Blogspot, Patriot Action Network, and Paul Revere Media, but now I have my own writer page on Facebook where it shows up in the Notes.
If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at CrawfishsClaw@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.
“The American People will never knowingly adopt Socialism, but under the name of ‘Liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of it.” - Norman Thomas in 1944, 6 time Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
The Constitution of the United States
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
7-13-2011 The Weekly Claw
Hey, maybe I can get through this column without running out of letters this time…
A) The Crawfish, and I’m sure most of my readers will join me, offers my salute, a hearty traditional Navy “Well Done!”, and a big Army “HOOAH!” to Sergeant First Class Leroy Arthur Petry of the 75th Ranger Battalion. He becomes only the 2nd member of the Armed Forces to be awarded the Medal of Honor, Presented on Behalf of Congress (not “Congressional Medal of Honor”) by President Obama, and have the Medal presented to him instead of his family since 9-11.
B) It doesn’t happen very often, but every once in a while a Hollyweird type does something worth celebrating. Mila Kunis is starring in a new film all about having a sexual relationship with a man just for the sex, with no real ties. That is NOT worth celebrating. But hold the phone. A Marine in Afghanistan made a youtube video asking her to accompany him to the Marine Corps Ball at his home base in Greenville, NC. With the encouragement of her co-star, Justin Timberlake, she has accepted the invitation of Sergeant Scott Moore of the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines. OOH-RAH!
C) The SEIU is officially untouchable in the courts. The SEIU thugs who beat up black conservative Kenneth Gladney outside of an Obamacare townhall meeting in St. Louis were able to get the DA to appoint a prosecutor who had never prosecuted in a jury trial and to stack the jury with union members who declared the thugs not guilty of all charges, even though the beating was caught on video. Will someone stand up and pay for a REAL legal team to sue the crrrap out of the SEIU and Representative Carnahan?
D) How many of y’all remember the American Tradition Party Platform 2008? How much of that is still viable as a platform for us today? Okay, besides all of it?
E) The Obama Administration has completely lost touch with reality when it comes to the so-called “stimulus”. Now he is trying to say that the current rise in unemployment numbers and the lack of new jobs is proof that the “stimulus” worked as advertised. It worked exactly as us conservatives said it would, but nothing like the Democrats promised. We knew that it was designed to destroy the economy for years to come and boost government sector jobs alone. Two million fewer private sector jobs and record foreclosures means success? Obama is saying that state and local government jobs are being lost because there is no more federal money propping them up. Well, Wisconsin is showing how to change that little problem!
F) The latest poll numbers show that 69% of the American public opposes raising the debt ceiling, and when questioned about that, Barack Obama said that the American public doesn’t know anything about the debt ceiling, but “professional politicians” do. Listen up, Kenya boy. If we threw all of the “professional politicians” out of DC, we’d have a balanced budget and the government would be restrained to its Constitutional limits. The “professional politicians” are, as this ad so clearly and powerfully points out, like drug addicts.
G) On the debt ceiling talks, Senate Minority Leader McConnell said: “After years of discussions and months of negotiations, I have little question that as long as this president is in the Oval Office, a real solution is probably unattainable.” Continuing, he said that Obama “has presented us with three choices: smoke and mirrors, tax hikes, or default. Republicans choose none of the above.” As a result, Barack Obama is now threatening to not pay Social Security recipients, disabled veterans, and military retirees in August. He will, of course, blame the GOP for not accepting tax hikes that would in reality be just drops in the ocean.
H) You’ve just gotta love liberal “civility” in our national dialogue. On Fox News’ new show, replacing Beck, Democrat Bob Beckel says that people like Grover Nordquist who advocate reducing spending to the point of being at least 50% within the limitations of the Constitution are “terrorists” who deserve to be sent to Gitmo. The “terrorist” line is evidently the main DNC talking point, since damned near every liberal is using it these days.
I) Jeff Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, lectured the US Chamber of Commerce telling business owners that THEY needed to do more for job growth. Who in the (@#^ is Immelt to give that lecture? He sits on advisory panels for Obama and has received so many tax breaks for his company that GE doesn’t pay a dime of US taxes. He has also overseen the outsourcing of thousands of GE jobs, such as the manufacturing of light bulbs, to foreign nations. On a related note, Red Nanny P-Lousy kept all but 5 Dim in line to defeat a repeal of the ban on incandescent light bulbs. How much did GE shell out for that vote?
J) Wait a second…would Dear Leader lie to us? Of course he would, and has nearly every day since he first appeared on national television. Now he’s saying (again) that Social Insecurity is not adding to the deficit, when SS added $49 billion to last year’s deficit, and will add another $46 billion to it this year. Those numbers are going nowhere but up over the next couple of decades as the baby boomers leave the workforce and the socialists drive all private sector employers into oblivion.
K) He even lied about his mother for political gain during the Obamacare debates. Yes, his stories about his (damnit, she’s white) mom being denied health care coverage during her fight with cancer are quite incorrect. She had health care coverage, but did not have disability insurance. That is a BIG difference.
L) Do you know how to deactivate a cat? I coulda used this info a few years ago, but my one remaining tabby has grown out of his hyper years, and even his regularly active years.
M) As we have discussed numerous times, one of the biggest causes of the housing crisis was the Community Reinvestment Act, which was signed by Carter and put on steroids by Monica’s boyfriend. That act forced banks to give mortgages to people, especially minorities, who had no prospects of ever being able to afford them. You would have thought that this lesson had been learned. Along comes the most race-based Administration in history and the Affirmative Action Attorney General. Uh-oh. You can see what I’m about to say, can’t you? Yep, Eric “My People” Holder is forcing banks to give mortgages to blacks who can’t afford them, since the banks are raaaaaacist if they don’t do so. He is threatening investigations and legal action if the banks do not comply, and has already prosecuted banks that refused his orders to not adhere to actual business practices and banking standards. Welfare, food stamps, and other “public assistance” is to count as valid income on loan applications for minorities. Like Peggy the Moocher said in 2008, “I won't have to pay my mortgage, I won't have to put gas in my car. If I take care of him, he'll take care of me!”
N) What would you say about a government agency that gives money to left wing groups regularly so those groups can sue the agency? Well, in our current government that would be how the envirowackos at the EPA manage to get their nutjob agenda ordered through court action. This expose by Gunny G is sure to raise the blood pressure of all sane Americans. It has all sorts of far-left lunacy that is all tied together. Just beware…Gunny is a retired Marine, and he isn’t as restrained with his language as this retired Sailor.
O) There have been a lot of flash mobs in the news lately. Over the weekend there was one in Minneapolis, in which a white teenager, her mother, and her 4-year old sister were attacked. The race of the mob participants was not mentioned in the story, which was written by a black reporter, and all of the witnesses are adhering to urban gang policy of NO SNITCHIN’, so we know what it was. Contrast that mob to this flash mob from earlier in the month, and you will see stark differences in our society.
P) The head of the American Federation of Teachers says that we should look at the school systems of other nations, like Finland, and emulate them. She meant for us to do so because those nations give the unions even more power (conveniently not noting that those nations are going belly up because of their unions and extravagant governmental spending), but she gave The Crawfish just the opening I needed. We SHOULD emulate them, in that they spend much less per student, have much less disciplinary problems, and get much better results. Those nations also don’t pay for illegal aliens to go to their schools.
Q) Democrats always want Americans to bend over backwards to accommodate each and every person who is disabled in any shape of the term, whether it be physically, mentally, emotionally, or they just hate everything that is real America (that would be liberals). Now if a Democrat happens to be a minority race-baiter, those rules (like most rules in America) obviously do not apply. They are to have the disabled conform to THEM. Just ask Sheila Jackson-Lee.
R) The Obama Administration, while calling the Muslim Brotherhood a “largely secular organization”, has now decided to sell the Muslim Brotherhood 125 M1A1 Abrams tanks. Now think carefully before answering this question. What is the only nation on Egypt’s borders that could be considered less than an ally and has an army that includes modern tanks? Yes, the muslim President is selling the best tanks in the world to a muslim pseudo-government that is set to declare war on Israel. Once again, Barack Obama stabs one of our two greatest allies in the back.
S) How many of y’all know that Hillary! Clinton is Constitutionally banned from serving as Secretary of State? A few of us mentioned it back in early 2009, but it was never picked up by the Obamedia or anybody in the GOP. Well here it is, mid-2011, and that appointment is just part of a well-done essay showing how the Obama Administration is committing many of the same outrages that King George III did, as detailed in the Declaration of Independence, that caused our rebellion from England.
T) The Obama Campaign-affiliated Change.org has launched yet another attack campaign against a private business because that business has the audacity to be run by a Christian family with actual Christian values. This time, the target is Chick-fil-A, although others such as TOMS shoes and the Christian Values Network are also under attack. These left wing extremist groups just can’t fathom the fact that religious people are allowed to thrive even though they oppose the anti-Christian, anti-morality, pro-abortion, radical homo agenda. So go out there and EAT MOR CHIKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
U) A Mexican from New Mexico has won the first national Spanish Spelling Bee. Why in the world do we have a spelling bee for those who refuse to assimilate into the culture of the United States?
V) The Claw has a new home! Not only do I post this mess at Red White Blue News, AllMilitary.com, Blogspot, Patriot Action Network, and Paul Revere Media, but now I have my own writer page on Facebook where it shows up in the Notes.
If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at CrawfishsClaw@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.
“The American People will never knowingly adopt Socialism, but under the name of ‘Liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of it.” - Norman Thomas in 1944, 6 time Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
The Constitution of the United States
A) The Crawfish, and I’m sure most of my readers will join me, offers my salute, a hearty traditional Navy “Well Done!”, and a big Army “HOOAH!” to Sergeant First Class Leroy Arthur Petry of the 75th Ranger Battalion. He becomes only the 2nd member of the Armed Forces to be awarded the Medal of Honor, Presented on Behalf of Congress (not “Congressional Medal of Honor”) by President Obama, and have the Medal presented to him instead of his family since 9-11.
B) It doesn’t happen very often, but every once in a while a Hollyweird type does something worth celebrating. Mila Kunis is starring in a new film all about having a sexual relationship with a man just for the sex, with no real ties. That is NOT worth celebrating. But hold the phone. A Marine in Afghanistan made a youtube video asking her to accompany him to the Marine Corps Ball at his home base in Greenville, NC. With the encouragement of her co-star, Justin Timberlake, she has accepted the invitation of Sergeant Scott Moore of the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines. OOH-RAH!
C) The SEIU is officially untouchable in the courts. The SEIU thugs who beat up black conservative Kenneth Gladney outside of an Obamacare townhall meeting in St. Louis were able to get the DA to appoint a prosecutor who had never prosecuted in a jury trial and to stack the jury with union members who declared the thugs not guilty of all charges, even though the beating was caught on video. Will someone stand up and pay for a REAL legal team to sue the crrrap out of the SEIU and Representative Carnahan?
D) How many of y’all remember the American Tradition Party Platform 2008? How much of that is still viable as a platform for us today? Okay, besides all of it?
E) The Obama Administration has completely lost touch with reality when it comes to the so-called “stimulus”. Now he is trying to say that the current rise in unemployment numbers and the lack of new jobs is proof that the “stimulus” worked as advertised. It worked exactly as us conservatives said it would, but nothing like the Democrats promised. We knew that it was designed to destroy the economy for years to come and boost government sector jobs alone. Two million fewer private sector jobs and record foreclosures means success? Obama is saying that state and local government jobs are being lost because there is no more federal money propping them up. Well, Wisconsin is showing how to change that little problem!
F) The latest poll numbers show that 69% of the American public opposes raising the debt ceiling, and when questioned about that, Barack Obama said that the American public doesn’t know anything about the debt ceiling, but “professional politicians” do. Listen up, Kenya boy. If we threw all of the “professional politicians” out of DC, we’d have a balanced budget and the government would be restrained to its Constitutional limits. The “professional politicians” are, as this ad so clearly and powerfully points out, like drug addicts.
G) On the debt ceiling talks, Senate Minority Leader McConnell said: “After years of discussions and months of negotiations, I have little question that as long as this president is in the Oval Office, a real solution is probably unattainable.” Continuing, he said that Obama “has presented us with three choices: smoke and mirrors, tax hikes, or default. Republicans choose none of the above.” As a result, Barack Obama is now threatening to not pay Social Security recipients, disabled veterans, and military retirees in August. He will, of course, blame the GOP for not accepting tax hikes that would in reality be just drops in the ocean.
H) You’ve just gotta love liberal “civility” in our national dialogue. On Fox News’ new show, replacing Beck, Democrat Bob Beckel says that people like Grover Nordquist who advocate reducing spending to the point of being at least 50% within the limitations of the Constitution are “terrorists” who deserve to be sent to Gitmo. The “terrorist” line is evidently the main DNC talking point, since damned near every liberal is using it these days.
I) Jeff Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, lectured the US Chamber of Commerce telling business owners that THEY needed to do more for job growth. Who in the (@#^ is Immelt to give that lecture? He sits on advisory panels for Obama and has received so many tax breaks for his company that GE doesn’t pay a dime of US taxes. He has also overseen the outsourcing of thousands of GE jobs, such as the manufacturing of light bulbs, to foreign nations. On a related note, Red Nanny P-Lousy kept all but 5 Dim in line to defeat a repeal of the ban on incandescent light bulbs. How much did GE shell out for that vote?
J) Wait a second…would Dear Leader lie to us? Of course he would, and has nearly every day since he first appeared on national television. Now he’s saying (again) that Social Insecurity is not adding to the deficit, when SS added $49 billion to last year’s deficit, and will add another $46 billion to it this year. Those numbers are going nowhere but up over the next couple of decades as the baby boomers leave the workforce and the socialists drive all private sector employers into oblivion.
K) He even lied about his mother for political gain during the Obamacare debates. Yes, his stories about his (damnit, she’s white) mom being denied health care coverage during her fight with cancer are quite incorrect. She had health care coverage, but did not have disability insurance. That is a BIG difference.
L) Do you know how to deactivate a cat? I coulda used this info a few years ago, but my one remaining tabby has grown out of his hyper years, and even his regularly active years.
M) As we have discussed numerous times, one of the biggest causes of the housing crisis was the Community Reinvestment Act, which was signed by Carter and put on steroids by Monica’s boyfriend. That act forced banks to give mortgages to people, especially minorities, who had no prospects of ever being able to afford them. You would have thought that this lesson had been learned. Along comes the most race-based Administration in history and the Affirmative Action Attorney General. Uh-oh. You can see what I’m about to say, can’t you? Yep, Eric “My People” Holder is forcing banks to give mortgages to blacks who can’t afford them, since the banks are raaaaaacist if they don’t do so. He is threatening investigations and legal action if the banks do not comply, and has already prosecuted banks that refused his orders to not adhere to actual business practices and banking standards. Welfare, food stamps, and other “public assistance” is to count as valid income on loan applications for minorities. Like Peggy the Moocher said in 2008, “I won't have to pay my mortgage, I won't have to put gas in my car. If I take care of him, he'll take care of me!”
N) What would you say about a government agency that gives money to left wing groups regularly so those groups can sue the agency? Well, in our current government that would be how the envirowackos at the EPA manage to get their nutjob agenda ordered through court action. This expose by Gunny G is sure to raise the blood pressure of all sane Americans. It has all sorts of far-left lunacy that is all tied together. Just beware…Gunny is a retired Marine, and he isn’t as restrained with his language as this retired Sailor.
O) There have been a lot of flash mobs in the news lately. Over the weekend there was one in Minneapolis, in which a white teenager, her mother, and her 4-year old sister were attacked. The race of the mob participants was not mentioned in the story, which was written by a black reporter, and all of the witnesses are adhering to urban gang policy of NO SNITCHIN’, so we know what it was. Contrast that mob to this flash mob from earlier in the month, and you will see stark differences in our society.
P) The head of the American Federation of Teachers says that we should look at the school systems of other nations, like Finland, and emulate them. She meant for us to do so because those nations give the unions even more power (conveniently not noting that those nations are going belly up because of their unions and extravagant governmental spending), but she gave The Crawfish just the opening I needed. We SHOULD emulate them, in that they spend much less per student, have much less disciplinary problems, and get much better results. Those nations also don’t pay for illegal aliens to go to their schools.
Q) Democrats always want Americans to bend over backwards to accommodate each and every person who is disabled in any shape of the term, whether it be physically, mentally, emotionally, or they just hate everything that is real America (that would be liberals). Now if a Democrat happens to be a minority race-baiter, those rules (like most rules in America) obviously do not apply. They are to have the disabled conform to THEM. Just ask Sheila Jackson-Lee.
R) The Obama Administration, while calling the Muslim Brotherhood a “largely secular organization”, has now decided to sell the Muslim Brotherhood 125 M1A1 Abrams tanks. Now think carefully before answering this question. What is the only nation on Egypt’s borders that could be considered less than an ally and has an army that includes modern tanks? Yes, the muslim President is selling the best tanks in the world to a muslim pseudo-government that is set to declare war on Israel. Once again, Barack Obama stabs one of our two greatest allies in the back.
S) How many of y’all know that Hillary! Clinton is Constitutionally banned from serving as Secretary of State? A few of us mentioned it back in early 2009, but it was never picked up by the Obamedia or anybody in the GOP. Well here it is, mid-2011, and that appointment is just part of a well-done essay showing how the Obama Administration is committing many of the same outrages that King George III did, as detailed in the Declaration of Independence, that caused our rebellion from England.
T) The Obama Campaign-affiliated Change.org has launched yet another attack campaign against a private business because that business has the audacity to be run by a Christian family with actual Christian values. This time, the target is Chick-fil-A, although others such as TOMS shoes and the Christian Values Network are also under attack. These left wing extremist groups just can’t fathom the fact that religious people are allowed to thrive even though they oppose the anti-Christian, anti-morality, pro-abortion, radical homo agenda. So go out there and EAT MOR CHIKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
U) A Mexican from New Mexico has won the first national Spanish Spelling Bee. Why in the world do we have a spelling bee for those who refuse to assimilate into the culture of the United States?
V) The Claw has a new home! Not only do I post this mess at Red White Blue News, AllMilitary.com, Blogspot, Patriot Action Network, and Paul Revere Media, but now I have my own writer page on Facebook where it shows up in the Notes.
If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at CrawfishsClaw@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.
“The American People will never knowingly adopt Socialism, but under the name of ‘Liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of it.” - Norman Thomas in 1944, 6 time Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
The Constitution of the United States
Saturday, July 9, 2011
7-9-2011 The Weekend Claw
A) We will start the weekend column with a tragic story from The Crawfish’s area. On Thursday evening, Lieutenant Shannon Stone of the Brownwood, TX, Fire Department travelled three hours with his 6-year old son, Connor. They were on their way to see Connor’s favorite baseball player, Josh Hamilton, and the Texas Rangers play against the Oakland A’s. Hoping to get a foul ball to take home, they even stopped on the way and got Connor a new baseball glove. Grab your tissues before you read this account of what happened, then please say a prayer for that little boy.
And now back to our regularly scheduled column.
B) On Wednesday, we brought you the story of how many aides worked at the White House. Today, we bring you a story about how many of them got raises, mostly well above the national average, in the past year. We also note that at least 17 of them have jobs listed as “engagement”, which actually means politicking, pandering, and campaigning on the taxpayers’ dime.
C) This Administration has really fallen into the typical liberal pattern. Whenever there is bad news, it is released on Friday. This time, they announced (quietly) that only 18,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate “UNEXPECTEDLY” rose to 9.2% (month after month the expected bad results from Keynesian economic policies are announced and every time they say that it is “unexpected”), which Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) quickly noted was “not a surprise.” Then they turned around and announced that the jobs numbers from April and May were wrong. The total from those two months had been announced at about 88,000 combined, but they were reduced by 44,000. Just think, 15 months ago the Administration promised that we’d be seeing 250,000 to 500,000 jobs created each month “soon.” Then in April, Obama said, “Today is an encouraging day. We learned that the economy actually produced a substantial number of jobs instead of losing a substantial number of jobs. We are turning the corner.” We turned the corner from 162,000 new jobs in March to less than 23,000 in April, with most of those coming from a McDonalds hiring spree. So how’s that hopey changey thing workin’ for ya, America?
D) Since the numbers still suck, the Administration is going into severe denial mode for the upcoming campaign, saying that Americans don’t measure the economy or even care about such numbers as unemployment, jobs numbers, or GDP, and that unemployment won’t even be a key issue in the 2012 election. In other words…”Media, stop reporting these bad numbers! Keep America’s mind on unimportant stuff like Casey Anthony!” If the media doesn’t help out, the people might happen to notice that there are 2,400,000 fewer people employed since the so-called “stimulus” was passed with only 3 Republicans voting for it (all in the Senate).
E) This will, I’m sure, come as a big shock to all of you, but the EPA is implementing new regulations that are designed to raise electricity prices by about 23% in most of the nation, reduce the amount of electricity produced in most of the nation, kill 1.4 million jobs, and put the coal industry completely out of business. They are doing this on their own (well, at the direction of Barack, who is doing it at the direction of George Soros, who will make more money from his Brazilian energy holdings because of it), without Congressional approval, because they can. Remember, King Barack promised that he would do this. Will the GOP take a stand for the American people and write legislation to prevent this action? Figger the odds.
F) Despite all of the work that the W Administration did to make it happen, the Obama Administration is taking all of the credit for the birth of a new nation, South Sudan. What a bunch of narcissistic egomaniacs.
G) A Fort Worth Police Officer was shot on Thursday. The shooter has a record of drug, burglary, and assault convictions. So will somebody please explain how someone can have those 3 types of convictions and still be on the street? Don’t try to say that he did his time, because he’s only 25. Oh, and the media reports never did mention the perp’s skin color, until the mugshot was released. I wonder why…
H) This week came an announcement that had us all on pins and needles. The National Education Association, the biggest of the teachers unions, will indeed endorse Barack Obama in 2012. These are some of the people from that group, so is it any wonder that they support a dictator who violates federal law after federal law? Oh, and by the way, the cheating Atlanta teachers and administrators aren’t to blame. It is ALL BUSH’S FAULT! I really did think we were starting to get away from that line.
I) Most of the media, and lots of stay-at-home women around the country, are up in arms over the Casey Anthony verdict, even though the jury gave the only verdict possible based on the evidence. These same people are mostly pro-abortion. So if little Caylee had been killed two and a half years earlier, they would have had no problem with it.
J) The Hyde Amendment prohibits federal funds from being spent on elective abortion, so why are federal funds such as Medicaid being used to finance abortions in the District of Corruption? That is a violation of federal law and must be prosecuted. Oh poo. The prosecution would have to be approved by the Affirmative Action Attorney General. Like that’ll ever happen.
K) Speaking of Holder and his “people”, more and more cities are seeing “flash mobs” rampaging through the streets and stores, causing lots of damage, terrorizing the populace, and stealing whatever they want. One of the latest examples happened in the South Oak Cliff section of Dallas. Once again, the media refuses to identify the color of the perps, but as is almost ALWAYS the case video shows them to be black. Of course those of us who happen to notice are always declared to be raaaaacists.
L) The Affirmative Action Attorney General is probably not happy with some county sheriffs out west. It seems that they have had it with federal agencies trying to outmuscle local law enforcement.
M) How’s this for a campaign bombshell? From Breitbart TV: “Janice Hahn, congressional candidate in the special election to replace Democrat Jane Harmon in California's 36th District, is under fire for new charges that she used her position as a city councilwoman to funnel money to gang members and criminals in an effort to ‘keep the peace’ between warring gangs in her Los Angeles district.” Real nice.
N) Wow, this bunch of “educators” isn’t pushing the radical homosexual agenda, are they? No gender roles or identification, “tolerant” (aka endorsing) of LGBT “people”, and most of the books have homosexual themes. This is coming to America if the Dim-ocrats have their way. If you don’t believe it, just note how the Secretary of Education (an unconstitutional federal department) is advising school districts to help students start student organizations for queers, bisexuals, trisexuals (they’ll try anything), and transgenders (which should never be school-aged). If students started a normal-only organization, that would get shut down immediately as discriminatory and intolerant.
O) Barack Obama appointed Brenda S. Fulton to the United States Military Academy’s Board of Visitors, which advises the President on matters concerning West Point. This appointment of a bulldyke activist for a homosexual military shows exactly what road the Democrats want to take our military down. Morale-down, fighting ability-down, equipment-used up and/or outdated, aptitudes for fashion and interior design-WAY UP!
P) Obama’s nominee for the #3 slot at Foggy Bottom is a wacko acolyte of Madeline Half-Bright. Wendy Sherman describes Kim Jong-Il as “smart, capable and supremely confident. He’s not a lunatic.” Coddling to communist dictators is something all sane governments avoid, but it seems to be a specialty of Democrat Administrations since January of 1977.
Q) When you read this headline, just remember that this is a Cleveland news site.
R) Every single Democrat (and the three ‘pubs) who voted for the so-called “stimulus”, and the man who signed it, are all now officially accessories to murder. You see, some of that money went to fund ATF Project Gunrunner, which has resulted in many deaths including that of an American Border Patrol agent, Brian Terry. If any of them try to say that they didn’t know about Gunrunner, here is proof that it was introduced in the House in 1999 before being slipped into the “stimulus”.
S) The Dims are making lots of noise about increasing taxes on “the rich” in order to lower the deficit. The top 1% earn about 20% of the income in the US, and pay 38% of the taxes. If the leftists taxed that 1% at a 100% rate, they would take in about what the Obama deficit is, currently. The catch is that they already pay $392 BILLION. A 100% rate would be $1.6 TRILLION, and those people would immediately move away, taking their businesses with them, and they would pay nothing the next year, and their employees would be out of work as well. Now if we’re talking a 25% tax surcharge on professional athletes and their agents…that’s one that The Crawfish could support.
T) The new left-wing talking point is that the GOP is a bunch of terrorists trying to kill the American government. Obama, in his Twit-fest, said that the GOP “is holding a gun to the head of the American people.” The reality is that the Democrats, through their profligate unConstitutional spending, are the ones trying to kill off our great nation. The conservatives are the ones desperately trying to yank the bullets out of that gun.
U) Socialist Van Jones, the former “green czar” for His Majesty, said “We do not have to keep suffering like this America because we are not broke. We were robbed, and somebody has our money.” Yes, WE were robbed. We were robbed by the unConstitutional entitlement programs giving billions of dollars every year to leeches who are too lazy to get a job, but can afford puh-lenty of booze, cigarettes, pot, and crack. WE know it wasn’t his people who were robbed, because they got their money from US!
V) The black leeches of Louisiana are at it again. 1,300 of ‘em just got a settlement for $62,000,000.00 of YOUR MONEY in a lawsuit against the government because they say the gummint didn’t give the chocolates enough rebuilding money after Katrina. The discrimination was supposedly real because the gummint paid out on their wrecked homes’ appraised values instead of how much it cost to build nice, new, fancy homes for the chocolates. First of all, the appraised value is the maximum amount they should have gotten from ANY source, not the appraised value plus $47,692.31 each (before the trial lawyers screw ‘em out of 50% of it) of OUR money. Secondly, they should have been getting their rebuilding money from their insurance companies, and if they didn’t have insurance it is their own damned fault. It is not MY responsibility to pay for THEIR houses.
W) A non-dryback sued a Colorado hospital over brain damage her baby suffered during delivery four years ago, and the city settled for $700,000.00. Since the parents were illegal, and therefore so was the baby, they should not have had any standing in an American courtroom. In fact, they should have been kicked out of the country. If anything, they should have paid the hospital for their services instead of getting free money, free services, and unConstitutional citizenship from an anchor baby.
X) Oh, and it may come as a bit of a shock to the Democrats, but when they tried to invoke the Vienna Conventions to prevent the execution of a double-rapist, illegal alien murderer this week, they not only had a previous SCOTUS decision against them, but the Vienna Conventions have no standing at all in the United States because the Senate has NEVER RATIFIED them! You see, libs, we are a nation of laws, not of proposed laws.
Y) Y’all really ain’t gonna believe what is in some of the bills before the California legislature. I doubt our friend Brian R has even gotten wind of this story. That these ideas have even gotten to the point of having bills written and introduced shows how far into the realm of insanity (drug induced?) the leaders of that state have gone. And to think that these people call US “extreme”!?!?
Z) I was doing some cleaning in my living room and came across a patch on the bookshelf. The patch was from the Gathering of Eagles III rally and counter-protest in September of 2007. It brought back good memories of The Crawfish bonding with his daughters as we stood up for America against the moonbats.
AA) Rahm Emanuel got an e-mail from the Cook County Elections Supervisor this week that confirmed the death of Osama bin Laden. He is now a registered voter in Chicago.
If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at CrawfishsClaw@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.
“The American People will never knowingly adopt Socialism, but under the name of ‘Liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of it.” - Norman Thomas in 1944, 6 time Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
The Constitution of the United States
And now back to our regularly scheduled column.
B) On Wednesday, we brought you the story of how many aides worked at the White House. Today, we bring you a story about how many of them got raises, mostly well above the national average, in the past year. We also note that at least 17 of them have jobs listed as “engagement”, which actually means politicking, pandering, and campaigning on the taxpayers’ dime.
C) This Administration has really fallen into the typical liberal pattern. Whenever there is bad news, it is released on Friday. This time, they announced (quietly) that only 18,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate “UNEXPECTEDLY” rose to 9.2% (month after month the expected bad results from Keynesian economic policies are announced and every time they say that it is “unexpected”), which Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) quickly noted was “not a surprise.” Then they turned around and announced that the jobs numbers from April and May were wrong. The total from those two months had been announced at about 88,000 combined, but they were reduced by 44,000. Just think, 15 months ago the Administration promised that we’d be seeing 250,000 to 500,000 jobs created each month “soon.” Then in April, Obama said, “Today is an encouraging day. We learned that the economy actually produced a substantial number of jobs instead of losing a substantial number of jobs. We are turning the corner.” We turned the corner from 162,000 new jobs in March to less than 23,000 in April, with most of those coming from a McDonalds hiring spree. So how’s that hopey changey thing workin’ for ya, America?
D) Since the numbers still suck, the Administration is going into severe denial mode for the upcoming campaign, saying that Americans don’t measure the economy or even care about such numbers as unemployment, jobs numbers, or GDP, and that unemployment won’t even be a key issue in the 2012 election. In other words…”Media, stop reporting these bad numbers! Keep America’s mind on unimportant stuff like Casey Anthony!” If the media doesn’t help out, the people might happen to notice that there are 2,400,000 fewer people employed since the so-called “stimulus” was passed with only 3 Republicans voting for it (all in the Senate).
E) This will, I’m sure, come as a big shock to all of you, but the EPA is implementing new regulations that are designed to raise electricity prices by about 23% in most of the nation, reduce the amount of electricity produced in most of the nation, kill 1.4 million jobs, and put the coal industry completely out of business. They are doing this on their own (well, at the direction of Barack, who is doing it at the direction of George Soros, who will make more money from his Brazilian energy holdings because of it), without Congressional approval, because they can. Remember, King Barack promised that he would do this. Will the GOP take a stand for the American people and write legislation to prevent this action? Figger the odds.
F) Despite all of the work that the W Administration did to make it happen, the Obama Administration is taking all of the credit for the birth of a new nation, South Sudan. What a bunch of narcissistic egomaniacs.
G) A Fort Worth Police Officer was shot on Thursday. The shooter has a record of drug, burglary, and assault convictions. So will somebody please explain how someone can have those 3 types of convictions and still be on the street? Don’t try to say that he did his time, because he’s only 25. Oh, and the media reports never did mention the perp’s skin color, until the mugshot was released. I wonder why…
H) This week came an announcement that had us all on pins and needles. The National Education Association, the biggest of the teachers unions, will indeed endorse Barack Obama in 2012. These are some of the people from that group, so is it any wonder that they support a dictator who violates federal law after federal law? Oh, and by the way, the cheating Atlanta teachers and administrators aren’t to blame. It is ALL BUSH’S FAULT! I really did think we were starting to get away from that line.
I) Most of the media, and lots of stay-at-home women around the country, are up in arms over the Casey Anthony verdict, even though the jury gave the only verdict possible based on the evidence. These same people are mostly pro-abortion. So if little Caylee had been killed two and a half years earlier, they would have had no problem with it.
J) The Hyde Amendment prohibits federal funds from being spent on elective abortion, so why are federal funds such as Medicaid being used to finance abortions in the District of Corruption? That is a violation of federal law and must be prosecuted. Oh poo. The prosecution would have to be approved by the Affirmative Action Attorney General. Like that’ll ever happen.
K) Speaking of Holder and his “people”, more and more cities are seeing “flash mobs” rampaging through the streets and stores, causing lots of damage, terrorizing the populace, and stealing whatever they want. One of the latest examples happened in the South Oak Cliff section of Dallas. Once again, the media refuses to identify the color of the perps, but as is almost ALWAYS the case video shows them to be black. Of course those of us who happen to notice are always declared to be raaaaacists.
L) The Affirmative Action Attorney General is probably not happy with some county sheriffs out west. It seems that they have had it with federal agencies trying to outmuscle local law enforcement.
M) How’s this for a campaign bombshell? From Breitbart TV: “Janice Hahn, congressional candidate in the special election to replace Democrat Jane Harmon in California's 36th District, is under fire for new charges that she used her position as a city councilwoman to funnel money to gang members and criminals in an effort to ‘keep the peace’ between warring gangs in her Los Angeles district.” Real nice.
N) Wow, this bunch of “educators” isn’t pushing the radical homosexual agenda, are they? No gender roles or identification, “tolerant” (aka endorsing) of LGBT “people”, and most of the books have homosexual themes. This is coming to America if the Dim-ocrats have their way. If you don’t believe it, just note how the Secretary of Education (an unconstitutional federal department) is advising school districts to help students start student organizations for queers, bisexuals, trisexuals (they’ll try anything), and transgenders (which should never be school-aged). If students started a normal-only organization, that would get shut down immediately as discriminatory and intolerant.
O) Barack Obama appointed Brenda S. Fulton to the United States Military Academy’s Board of Visitors, which advises the President on matters concerning West Point. This appointment of a bulldyke activist for a homosexual military shows exactly what road the Democrats want to take our military down. Morale-down, fighting ability-down, equipment-used up and/or outdated, aptitudes for fashion and interior design-WAY UP!
P) Obama’s nominee for the #3 slot at Foggy Bottom is a wacko acolyte of Madeline Half-Bright. Wendy Sherman describes Kim Jong-Il as “smart, capable and supremely confident. He’s not a lunatic.” Coddling to communist dictators is something all sane governments avoid, but it seems to be a specialty of Democrat Administrations since January of 1977.
Q) When you read this headline, just remember that this is a Cleveland news site.
R) Every single Democrat (and the three ‘pubs) who voted for the so-called “stimulus”, and the man who signed it, are all now officially accessories to murder. You see, some of that money went to fund ATF Project Gunrunner, which has resulted in many deaths including that of an American Border Patrol agent, Brian Terry. If any of them try to say that they didn’t know about Gunrunner, here is proof that it was introduced in the House in 1999 before being slipped into the “stimulus”.
S) The Dims are making lots of noise about increasing taxes on “the rich” in order to lower the deficit. The top 1% earn about 20% of the income in the US, and pay 38% of the taxes. If the leftists taxed that 1% at a 100% rate, they would take in about what the Obama deficit is, currently. The catch is that they already pay $392 BILLION. A 100% rate would be $1.6 TRILLION, and those people would immediately move away, taking their businesses with them, and they would pay nothing the next year, and their employees would be out of work as well. Now if we’re talking a 25% tax surcharge on professional athletes and their agents…that’s one that The Crawfish could support.
T) The new left-wing talking point is that the GOP is a bunch of terrorists trying to kill the American government. Obama, in his Twit-fest, said that the GOP “is holding a gun to the head of the American people.” The reality is that the Democrats, through their profligate unConstitutional spending, are the ones trying to kill off our great nation. The conservatives are the ones desperately trying to yank the bullets out of that gun.
U) Socialist Van Jones, the former “green czar” for His Majesty, said “We do not have to keep suffering like this America because we are not broke. We were robbed, and somebody has our money.” Yes, WE were robbed. We were robbed by the unConstitutional entitlement programs giving billions of dollars every year to leeches who are too lazy to get a job, but can afford puh-lenty of booze, cigarettes, pot, and crack. WE know it wasn’t his people who were robbed, because they got their money from US!
V) The black leeches of Louisiana are at it again. 1,300 of ‘em just got a settlement for $62,000,000.00 of YOUR MONEY in a lawsuit against the government because they say the gummint didn’t give the chocolates enough rebuilding money after Katrina. The discrimination was supposedly real because the gummint paid out on their wrecked homes’ appraised values instead of how much it cost to build nice, new, fancy homes for the chocolates. First of all, the appraised value is the maximum amount they should have gotten from ANY source, not the appraised value plus $47,692.31 each (before the trial lawyers screw ‘em out of 50% of it) of OUR money. Secondly, they should have been getting their rebuilding money from their insurance companies, and if they didn’t have insurance it is their own damned fault. It is not MY responsibility to pay for THEIR houses.
W) A non-dryback sued a Colorado hospital over brain damage her baby suffered during delivery four years ago, and the city settled for $700,000.00. Since the parents were illegal, and therefore so was the baby, they should not have had any standing in an American courtroom. In fact, they should have been kicked out of the country. If anything, they should have paid the hospital for their services instead of getting free money, free services, and unConstitutional citizenship from an anchor baby.
X) Oh, and it may come as a bit of a shock to the Democrats, but when they tried to invoke the Vienna Conventions to prevent the execution of a double-rapist, illegal alien murderer this week, they not only had a previous SCOTUS decision against them, but the Vienna Conventions have no standing at all in the United States because the Senate has NEVER RATIFIED them! You see, libs, we are a nation of laws, not of proposed laws.
Y) Y’all really ain’t gonna believe what is in some of the bills before the California legislature. I doubt our friend Brian R has even gotten wind of this story. That these ideas have even gotten to the point of having bills written and introduced shows how far into the realm of insanity (drug induced?) the leaders of that state have gone. And to think that these people call US “extreme”!?!?
Z) I was doing some cleaning in my living room and came across a patch on the bookshelf. The patch was from the Gathering of Eagles III rally and counter-protest in September of 2007. It brought back good memories of The Crawfish bonding with his daughters as we stood up for America against the moonbats.
AA) Rahm Emanuel got an e-mail from the Cook County Elections Supervisor this week that confirmed the death of Osama bin Laden. He is now a registered voter in Chicago.
If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at CrawfishsClaw@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.
“The American People will never knowingly adopt Socialism, but under the name of ‘Liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of it.” - Norman Thomas in 1944, 6 time Socialist Party Presidential Candidate
The Constitution of the United States
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
7-6-2011 The Weekly Claw
This weekend, real Americans celebrated our independence, while liberals plotted the end of that independence.
The Crawfish gives a big salute to Command Sergeant Major Jeff Mellinger, who is retiring from the US Army after thirty nine years of service. He is the last of the Vietnam-era draftees to leave the Armed Forces of the United States.
After the verdict in the Casey Anthony case, Sheriff Jerry Demmings said, “As a verdict has been rendered we ask our community to respect the decision the jury and court have made today. In doing so, we ask for your continued, peaceful acknowledgment of that verdict. Historically, there have been other high profile criminal prosecutions throughout our nation that resulted in civil disobedience. Please, I ask this community that regardless of one's personal beliefs about the innocence or guilt of Casey Marie Anthony, that you maintain your peaceful resolve.” As The Crawfish heard that statement, I wondered what in the world he was thinking. In this case, the Sheriff is black, the defendant was white, and this wasn’t El Lay, DC, Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago, or Miami. The likelihood of rioting was nil!
As long as we’re discussing strange court cases, the Michigan anti-discrimination ruling from a panel of the 6th Circuit last week had some interesting language written into it. According to the two Clinton-appointed judges in the majority, the 14th Amendment’s “equal protection” clause is unConstitutional. They also said that the law would have political effects, so it must be thrown out. Uh, isn’t that part of the point when bills go through a legislature and the electoral process? Politics are illegal in legislatures and in elections? Thanks again to Monica’s boyfriend.
How stoooopid can this Administration really be? It seems that every week brings them to a new low in pushing their radical agenda, and this week doesn’t change the pattern. The US Embassy in the muslim country of Pakistan held a big Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride celebration in support of “human rights” including those of LGBT weirdoes in Pakistan. Not only is that in support of something abhorrent to most Americans and a major no-no in all of the world’s major religions (Islam calls for execution, the Bible calls it an abomination), but it is an INTENTIONAL diplomatic slap in the face to the people of Pakistan, which is something you do NOT do even to a nation full of muslim terrorists and muslim terrorist sympathizers.
Meanwhile, India’s Health Minister stated that homosexuality is an unnatural western “disease”. He’s close, but not quite correct. It is unnatural, but it is a CHOICE that brings on diseases and is promoted heavily as “natural” and “cool, hip, in, (insert whatever word they’re using now)” by those infected with the “progressive” mental disease of liberalism.
Barack Obama has yet again violated federal law. This time, he funneled money to ACORN through HUD, in violation of Public Law 111-117. It must be good to be a dictator who can pick and choose what laws to follow.
Barack Obama is trying to get a stay in the execution of an illegal alien who raped and murdered a 16-year old girl in San Antonio seventeen years ago, saying it would do “irreparable harm” to US interests and put us in breach of international treaties (the Vienna conventions, which give people in countries other than their own access to the legal folks in their Consulates before questioning when accused of crimes). Sorry, King Putt, but there are a few problems with that. First of all, Vienna only applies to people who are LEGALLY in the nation where they commit a crime. Since this guy was here ILLEGALLY, he has NO rights. Secondly, Vienna only applies to nations with real governments. Mexico’s “government” only governs a few cities and tourist areas, while the drug lords control most of the country. Thirdly, the Supremes have already ruled that the Vienna conventions apply to federal law enforcement, but not to the states. Fourth, this non-dryback has been on death row longer than his victim was alive, so he should have been executed when George W. Bush was Governor. Rick Perry is rightfully telling the Administration to whizz up a rope.
Let’s see here….Chrissy “Tingly Leg” Matthews is supposedly a Catholic, and the Catholic Church says abortion is a mortal sin, period. Jim Crow laws were enacted by Democrats to keep blacks “in their place.” Abortions kill more black babies tha all other races combined in America. Planned Parenthood’s founder, Margaret Sanger, wanted abortion to be used to kill off the black race. So will someone puh-leeze explain how Matthews can make the logic leap to compare the regulation of abortion clinics to Jim Crow laws? Blacks should be HAPPY that some states are cracking down on abortion mills. It would give them a higher percentage of the vote in two decades if those death factories were shut down! Tingle Boy doubled down on his moonshine-infused Obama Kool Aid by later saying that the GOP was committing economic terrorism, was like the Wahhabis, and needs to “stop dicking around.” How does he stay employed?
The White House marxist Animal Farm moment of the week comes from propaganda minister Carney, who said Americans “just want us to get something done that’s sensible, that spreads the sacrifice and spreads the prosperity.” So when are the Democrats going to have the 50% who pay no federal income tax start sharing in the sacrifice? When is Moochelle going to sacrifice by not having a taxpayer-funded White House party with celebrities or foregoing taxpayer-funded weekly vacations? Some pigs are more equal than others.
Why in the wide, wide world of sports does the White House need 454 aides? This isn’t just a dig at the Obama Administration, who pays that bunch a combined $37.1 million per year even after cutting 15 aides worth $1.7 million this year. He only has 8 more aides than W had, and that payroll is $4 million more than W’s. Some of those aides are for the First Grifter, who has no official governmental duties and as such deserves no staff of her own that she doesn’t pay for out of her own pocket.
When the Obama Administration releases a report on Friday afternoon leading into a holiday weekend, you know that they are trying to avoid any media and public notice. Such was the case this weekend, as the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors released their “Seventh Quarterly Report” on the effects of the so-called “stimulus that Obama, Reid, and P-Lousy championed with such fanfare in the first month of the reign of King Bu’raq al Obama. The report shows that the taxpayers have paid over $278,000.00 per job supposedly “created or saved” by this Administration. In other words, each of those people whose jobs were “created or saved” (2.4 million if you believe the Obamites, even though there are almost 2 million more people out of work since the “stimulus” was passed) could have been given a check for $100,000.00 and we would have saved $427,000,000,000.00. By the way, the same Council said in their “Fifth Quarterly Report” that the so-called “stimulus” had “saved or created” 2.7 million jobs, which means that the “stimulus” has caused the LOSS of 300,000 jobs in the past six months.
How childish and petty can the Administration be? Consider that there was a grand celebration over the weekend at and around the US Embassy in London for the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan. Dignitaries abounded. Lady Thatcher, whose health prevented her from attending, sent a fine statement. There was one person conspicuously absent, Louis B. Susman. Susman happens to be the Obama Administration’s Ambassador to the Court of Saint James. The only reason for his absence would be that he was ordered to not attend. Since Obama is the worst President in history, it would not do for his Ambassador to celebrate the life of the greatest President of the 20th century.
Somehow, this little story doesn’t seem too far-fetched (thanx to Poll Katz member Bill):
A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy International airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a compass, a slide-rule and a calculator. At a morning press conference, Attorney General Eric Holder said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement.
He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.
'Al-Gebra is a problem for us', the Attorney General said. 'They derive solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values.' They use secret code names like "X" and "Y" and refer to themselves as "unknowns" but we have determined that they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country. As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
When asked to comment on the arrest, President Obama said, "If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, he would have given us more fingers and toes."
White House aides told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the President. It is believed that another Nobel Prize will follow.
If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at CrawfishsClaw@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.
“Do not ever let anyone claim to be a true American patriot, if they ever attempt to separate religion from politics.”-George Washington
The Constitution of the United States
The Crawfish gives a big salute to Command Sergeant Major Jeff Mellinger, who is retiring from the US Army after thirty nine years of service. He is the last of the Vietnam-era draftees to leave the Armed Forces of the United States.
After the verdict in the Casey Anthony case, Sheriff Jerry Demmings said, “As a verdict has been rendered we ask our community to respect the decision the jury and court have made today. In doing so, we ask for your continued, peaceful acknowledgment of that verdict. Historically, there have been other high profile criminal prosecutions throughout our nation that resulted in civil disobedience. Please, I ask this community that regardless of one's personal beliefs about the innocence or guilt of Casey Marie Anthony, that you maintain your peaceful resolve.” As The Crawfish heard that statement, I wondered what in the world he was thinking. In this case, the Sheriff is black, the defendant was white, and this wasn’t El Lay, DC, Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago, or Miami. The likelihood of rioting was nil!
As long as we’re discussing strange court cases, the Michigan anti-discrimination ruling from a panel of the 6th Circuit last week had some interesting language written into it. According to the two Clinton-appointed judges in the majority, the 14th Amendment’s “equal protection” clause is unConstitutional. They also said that the law would have political effects, so it must be thrown out. Uh, isn’t that part of the point when bills go through a legislature and the electoral process? Politics are illegal in legislatures and in elections? Thanks again to Monica’s boyfriend.
How stoooopid can this Administration really be? It seems that every week brings them to a new low in pushing their radical agenda, and this week doesn’t change the pattern. The US Embassy in the muslim country of Pakistan held a big Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride celebration in support of “human rights” including those of LGBT weirdoes in Pakistan. Not only is that in support of something abhorrent to most Americans and a major no-no in all of the world’s major religions (Islam calls for execution, the Bible calls it an abomination), but it is an INTENTIONAL diplomatic slap in the face to the people of Pakistan, which is something you do NOT do even to a nation full of muslim terrorists and muslim terrorist sympathizers.
Meanwhile, India’s Health Minister stated that homosexuality is an unnatural western “disease”. He’s close, but not quite correct. It is unnatural, but it is a CHOICE that brings on diseases and is promoted heavily as “natural” and “cool, hip, in, (insert whatever word they’re using now)” by those infected with the “progressive” mental disease of liberalism.
Barack Obama has yet again violated federal law. This time, he funneled money to ACORN through HUD, in violation of Public Law 111-117. It must be good to be a dictator who can pick and choose what laws to follow.
Barack Obama is trying to get a stay in the execution of an illegal alien who raped and murdered a 16-year old girl in San Antonio seventeen years ago, saying it would do “irreparable harm” to US interests and put us in breach of international treaties (the Vienna conventions, which give people in countries other than their own access to the legal folks in their Consulates before questioning when accused of crimes). Sorry, King Putt, but there are a few problems with that. First of all, Vienna only applies to people who are LEGALLY in the nation where they commit a crime. Since this guy was here ILLEGALLY, he has NO rights. Secondly, Vienna only applies to nations with real governments. Mexico’s “government” only governs a few cities and tourist areas, while the drug lords control most of the country. Thirdly, the Supremes have already ruled that the Vienna conventions apply to federal law enforcement, but not to the states. Fourth, this non-dryback has been on death row longer than his victim was alive, so he should have been executed when George W. Bush was Governor. Rick Perry is rightfully telling the Administration to whizz up a rope.
Let’s see here….Chrissy “Tingly Leg” Matthews is supposedly a Catholic, and the Catholic Church says abortion is a mortal sin, period. Jim Crow laws were enacted by Democrats to keep blacks “in their place.” Abortions kill more black babies tha all other races combined in America. Planned Parenthood’s founder, Margaret Sanger, wanted abortion to be used to kill off the black race. So will someone puh-leeze explain how Matthews can make the logic leap to compare the regulation of abortion clinics to Jim Crow laws? Blacks should be HAPPY that some states are cracking down on abortion mills. It would give them a higher percentage of the vote in two decades if those death factories were shut down! Tingle Boy doubled down on his moonshine-infused Obama Kool Aid by later saying that the GOP was committing economic terrorism, was like the Wahhabis, and needs to “stop dicking around.” How does he stay employed?
The White House marxist Animal Farm moment of the week comes from propaganda minister Carney, who said Americans “just want us to get something done that’s sensible, that spreads the sacrifice and spreads the prosperity.” So when are the Democrats going to have the 50% who pay no federal income tax start sharing in the sacrifice? When is Moochelle going to sacrifice by not having a taxpayer-funded White House party with celebrities or foregoing taxpayer-funded weekly vacations? Some pigs are more equal than others.
Why in the wide, wide world of sports does the White House need 454 aides? This isn’t just a dig at the Obama Administration, who pays that bunch a combined $37.1 million per year even after cutting 15 aides worth $1.7 million this year. He only has 8 more aides than W had, and that payroll is $4 million more than W’s. Some of those aides are for the First Grifter, who has no official governmental duties and as such deserves no staff of her own that she doesn’t pay for out of her own pocket.
When the Obama Administration releases a report on Friday afternoon leading into a holiday weekend, you know that they are trying to avoid any media and public notice. Such was the case this weekend, as the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors released their “Seventh Quarterly Report” on the effects of the so-called “stimulus that Obama, Reid, and P-Lousy championed with such fanfare in the first month of the reign of King Bu’raq al Obama. The report shows that the taxpayers have paid over $278,000.00 per job supposedly “created or saved” by this Administration. In other words, each of those people whose jobs were “created or saved” (2.4 million if you believe the Obamites, even though there are almost 2 million more people out of work since the “stimulus” was passed) could have been given a check for $100,000.00 and we would have saved $427,000,000,000.00. By the way, the same Council said in their “Fifth Quarterly Report” that the so-called “stimulus” had “saved or created” 2.7 million jobs, which means that the “stimulus” has caused the LOSS of 300,000 jobs in the past six months.
How childish and petty can the Administration be? Consider that there was a grand celebration over the weekend at and around the US Embassy in London for the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan. Dignitaries abounded. Lady Thatcher, whose health prevented her from attending, sent a fine statement. There was one person conspicuously absent, Louis B. Susman. Susman happens to be the Obama Administration’s Ambassador to the Court of Saint James. The only reason for his absence would be that he was ordered to not attend. Since Obama is the worst President in history, it would not do for his Ambassador to celebrate the life of the greatest President of the 20th century.
Somehow, this little story doesn’t seem too far-fetched (thanx to Poll Katz member Bill):
A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy International airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a compass, a slide-rule and a calculator. At a morning press conference, Attorney General Eric Holder said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement.
He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.
'Al-Gebra is a problem for us', the Attorney General said. 'They derive solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values.' They use secret code names like "X" and "Y" and refer to themselves as "unknowns" but we have determined that they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country. As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
When asked to comment on the arrest, President Obama said, "If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, he would have given us more fingers and toes."
White House aides told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the President. It is believed that another Nobel Prize will follow.
If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at CrawfishsClaw@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.
“Do not ever let anyone claim to be a true American patriot, if they ever attempt to separate religion from politics.”-George Washington
The Constitution of the United States
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Stuff to cut from the budget, a Claw supplement
This info came to me in multiple e-mails.
TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over next Ten Years
These are the programs (55) that the Republican House has proposed cutting. Read to the end, and if it sounds like proper fiscal management please forward to your list of folks who will approve of these cuts.....
These cuts do not require partisan consideration. They're non-essential - and BOTH parties should agree to simply eliminate all of those listed below.....contact your Representative!
1) Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings.
2) "Save America's Treasures" Program. $25 million annual savings.
3) International Fund for Ireland. $17 million annual savings.
4) . Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings.
5) . National Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings.
6) National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings.
7) Hope VI Program.. $250 million annual savings.
8) Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings.
9) Eliminate duplicative education programs. H. R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually .............get it passed, eliminate all 68
10) U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.
11) Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings.
12) Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings.
13) John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings.
14) Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings.
15) Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings.
16) Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings
17) Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%. $600 million annual savings.
18) Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings.
19) Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings.
20) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings.
21) Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings.
22) Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings.
23) New Starts Transit. $2 billion annual savings.
24) Exchange Programs for Alaska , Natives Native Hawaiians , and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts . $9 million annual savings
25) Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings.
26) Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings.
27) Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings.
28) Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings.
29) Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.
30) Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings.
31) FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings.
32) Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings.
33) Economic Assistance to Egypt. $250 million annually.
34) U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings.
35) General Assistance to District of Columbia. $210 million annual savings.
36) Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings.
37) Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.
38) No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings.
39) End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
40) Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.
41) IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
42) Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings. WHAT?!?!
43) Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
44) Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.
45) Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.
46) Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings.
47) Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. $12.5 million annual savings
48) Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings.
49) USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings.
50) Subsidy to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings.
51) Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.
52) Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.
53) Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings..
54) HUD Ph.D. Program. (?)
55) Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.
TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years
The question is: What was all this doing in the budget in the first place?
TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over next Ten Years
These are the programs (55) that the Republican House has proposed cutting. Read to the end, and if it sounds like proper fiscal management please forward to your list of folks who will approve of these cuts.....
These cuts do not require partisan consideration. They're non-essential - and BOTH parties should agree to simply eliminate all of those listed below.....contact your Representative!
1) Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings.
2) "Save America's Treasures" Program. $25 million annual savings.
3) International Fund for Ireland. $17 million annual savings.
4) . Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings.
5) . National Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings.
6) National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings.
7) Hope VI Program.. $250 million annual savings.
8) Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings.
9) Eliminate duplicative education programs. H. R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually .............get it passed, eliminate all 68
10) U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.
11) Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings.
12) Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings.
13) John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings.
14) Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings.
15) Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings.
16) Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings
17) Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%. $600 million annual savings.
18) Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings.
19) Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings.
20) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings.
21) Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings.
22) Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings.
23) New Starts Transit. $2 billion annual savings.
24) Exchange Programs for Alaska , Natives Native Hawaiians , and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts . $9 million annual savings
25) Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings.
26) Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings.
27) Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings.
28) Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings.
29) Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.
30) Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings.
31) FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings.
32) Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings.
33) Economic Assistance to Egypt. $250 million annually.
34) U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings.
35) General Assistance to District of Columbia. $210 million annual savings.
36) Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings.
37) Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.
38) No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings.
39) End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
40) Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.
41) IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
42) Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total savings. WHAT?!?!
43) Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
44) Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.
45) Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.
46) Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings.
47) Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. $12.5 million annual savings
48) Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings.
49) USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings.
50) Subsidy to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings.
51) Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.
52) Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.
53) Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings..
54) HUD Ph.D. Program. (?)
55) Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.
TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years
The question is: What was all this doing in the budget in the first place?
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