Saturday, September 17, 2011

Freedom is man’s power to exercise his own faculties as he chooses as long as he prohibits no other man from doing the same.  Law exists to ensure that no man takes another man’s life - other than in self-defense - or deprives him of his liberty or property.  If it is wrong for one man to plunder, then surely it is equally wrong for a group of 20 men to plunder.  And if it’s wrong for 20 men to plunder, then it’s equally wrong for 100 million men to plunder - even if they have codified it into law. 

Consider, then, the Obamacare individual mandate.  It is perhaps the most egregious use of government force in our lifetime, if not our nation’s history.  It makes a mockery of American freedom.  You cannot be trusted to determine your own health insurance needs, your governing betters declare, so they will take that liberty from you, as well as a good measure of your property.  As government-run health care continues its inexorable decay, many of you will ultimately pay with your lives. 

The above is an excellent quote from an excellent article.  Read the whole thing. 

Freedom is man’s power to exercise his own faculties as he chooses as long as he prohibits no other man from doing the same.  Law exists to ensure that no man takes another man’s life - other than in self-defense - or deprives him of his liberty or property.  If it is wrong for one man to plunder, then surely it is equally wrong for a group of 20 men to plunder.  And if it’s wrong for 20 men to plunder, then it’s equally wrong for 100 million men to plunder - even if they have codified it into law. 

Consider, then, the Obamacare individual mandate.  It is perhaps the most egregious use of government force in our lifetime, if not our nation’s history.  It makes a mockery of American freedom.  You cannot be trusted to determine your own health insurance needs, your governing betters declare, so they will take that liberty from you, as well as a good measure of your property.  As government-run health care continues its inexorable decay, many of you will ultimately pay with your lives. 

The above is an excellent quote from an excellent article.  Read the whole thing. 

Friday, September 16, 2011

In this case, the company owner happens to be a big Democratic Party donor.  And in the pursuit of giving preference to a specific company, the White House undercut a legendary four-star general and potentially undermined U.S. national security.  Adding fuel to the explosive story: at one time President Obama was a personal investor, with $50,000 of his own money. 

The company?  It’s called LightSquared.  And you’re likely to hear more about it in the future.  The scandal involves the White House overruling the Pentagon, endangering the American GPS commercial marketplace, and playing favorites to a single company — all to please a well-positioned Democratic donor and advance an Obama pet project. 

A disturbing report yesterday by Eli Lake at the Daily Beast charges that the White House pressured U.S. Air Force General William Shelton, commander of the U.S. Space Command, to change his testimony about his opposition to a $14 billion LightSquared wireless internet project.  The Space Command and Gen. Shelton warned that LightSquared could cripple the Pentagon’s Global Positioning System (GPS).  Lake writes that the White House took sides in favor of LightSquared and against the Pentagon:

Shelton’s prepared testimony was leaked in advance to the company.  And the White House asked the general to alter the testimony. 

Other commercial industry figures agreed that the new wireless system could interfere with aviation safety, disrupt military and rescue operations, and interfere with high-tech farming equipment and consumer navigation devices. 

The fact that Obama has invested his own money into this company makes the scandal all the more revolting.  This man has absolutely ZERO respect for the office of the Presidency.  Zero, Zip, Nada. 

Louie Gohmert, a Republican representative from Texas, sat in the House chamber last Thursday night and listened while President Obama told members of Congress to pass his plan for job creation, which he called "The American Jobs Act."  The weekend went by, but House Democrats didn't submit an official piece of legislation with Obama's proposals. 

Nearly a full week passed.  Still no bill. 

So Gohmert took matters into his own hands.  He submitted his own bill and titled it, "The American Jobs Act of 2011." 

Below is the shortened version of the bill from the above article.  Go here for the full text. SECTION 1.  SHORT TITLE.This Act may be cited as the ''American Jobs Act of 2011''. 

SEC.  2.  REPEAL OF CORPORATE INCOME TAX.(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 11 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:(b) "AMOUNT OF TAX.—The amount of the tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be zero percent of taxable income. ''.(b) REPEAL OF ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX FOR CORPORATIONS.—Subparagraph (B) of section 55(b)(1) of such Code is amended to read as follows:(B) CORPORATIONS.—In the case of a corporation, the tentative minimum tax for the taxable year is zero. ''.(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— ( 1) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1445(e)of such Code are each amended by striking ''35 percent'' and inserting ''0 percent''.(2) Subparagraph (A) of section 7518(g)(6) of such Code is amended by striking ''34 percent'' and inserting ''0 percent''.(3) Paragraph (2) of section 53511(f) of title 46, United States Code, is mended by striking ''34 percent'' and inserting ''0 percent''.(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by section shall apply to taxable years beginning after this December 31, 2011, except that the amendments made by subsection (c) shall take effect on such date. 

New Study: Romneycare Cost Massachusetts 18,000 Jobs Okay so if RomneyCare cost the Bay State 18,000 jobs, do we simply multiply that by 50 to figure out what ObamaCare will cost the nation (900,000)?  Or do we figure the percentage of RomneyCare unemployed relative the population of Mass (6,547,629) and then apply that percentage to the whole nation (311,800,000) which would equal 857,165 unemployed people nationwide. 

Now, I know this is so absurdly simply an extrapolation to be utterly useless but then again ask yourself can the country afford to lose any more jobs due to an unnecessary and asinine law? 

Oh and if you want any more reasons to want Obamacare repealed check out this hell here: CLASS-less Behavior as it is yet another emerging scandal for Obama along with the Fast & Furious cover-up and the Solydra fiasco. 

To paraphrase: Government and taxes are the price one pays for civilization (aka rule of law, property rights, etc.). 

That said and I think we can all agree on it, where Schakowsky fails is when she adds "What government is, is those things we decide to do together.”  Which begs the question who is the "we" that "decides" what "we" are doing "together".  Sorry for the scare quotes but from someone with Schakowsky's track record (and her husband's fraud), there is no "we" just her and the liberal agenda.  Those who don't like it, as far as she is concerned, do not matter. 

And it is this idea that makes the question "How much of our money do we get to keep?"  so necessary to ask.  It reminds both the questioner and the questioned that taxes do not magically appear in government coffers.  Taxes are (in)voluntarily taken from one's paycheck or bank accounts and given to the government to protect our interests. 

“We have a paper trail of so many people knowing that the only way the attorney general didn’t know is he made sure he didn’t want to know,” Issa said. “ But if you don’t want to know something of this sort then you shouldn’t have the job he has.  And ultimately one of the questions is, if he didn’t know, is he that inept that he is dangerous to have as the attorney general, and that is for the president to decide.” 

Operation Fast and Furious was a botched gun walking operation where Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents facilitated the sale of weapons to Mexican drug cartels via straw purchasers.  Straw purchasers are people who could buy guns in the United States legally, but did so with the intention of turning around and selling them to drug cartels. 

“This thing was dumber than Iran-Contra, and as a Republican I hate to say that, but this was so dumb that there was no chance of it ever yielding the kind of solutions that they claimed it would,” Issa said on Ingraham’s show. 

“For every person the American people have elected to sponsor legislation of public benefit, special interests have more than one former legislative advocate now working on the inside in Congress,” said Jock Friedly, founder of LegiStorm. “ That represents a large network of people to influence decisions and to provide valuable intelligence.” 

Actually the article above is very much like my husband's most recent book, "Stealing You Blind".  You should buy it! 

Sunday, September 11, 2011

But other than pointing to staggering unemployment figures and gas prices that remain nearly double what they were when the president took office in 2009, it's difficult to convey the magnitude of the Obama energy crisis in the Gulf of Mexico.  The consequences of this crisis far exceed in terms of human and economic losses those occasioned by the Deepwater Horizon disaster that was used to justify the Permatorium in the first place. 

Read the whole thing but more importantly watch the video below.  Basically, if Obama wants "shovel-ready jobs" the fastest and best more would be to simply lift the asinine moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and off our coasts. 

Every American, regardless of political ideology, should be livid that the FBI gave at least $70,000 of “seed money” to murderous felons so that they could buy firearms.  The FBI knew these weapons were destined for narco-terrorists, and that they would be used to target not just other murderous cartels but to terrorize innocents.