“This is the functional equivalent of bombing innocent civilians” Eleanor Holmes Norton

“This is the functional equivalent of bombing innocent civilians” Eleanor Holmes Norton, Democrat

Eleanor Holmes Norton, Democrat showing how the “New Civility” in Washington works.  The District of Columbia should have more local control, but for 6 months the House, Senate, and White House failed to pass a budget, now when the Republican House actually does so, Jesse Jackson, the Senate, and the White House don’t like it and refuse to go along.  Well, as the President said in January 2009, “[They] won.”

They should have passed a budget when they were obligated to do so instead of passing the buck and then complaining when someone comes along who is responsible enough to follow the Constitution.

 

See :http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/politics/delegate-eleanor-holmes-norton-upset-over-treatment-of-dc-during-shutdown-resolution-talks-040711#ixzz1IwLGdyF2

“If Boehner shuts down the government I am taking my trash to his house”-Facebook event

“If Boehner shuts down the government I am taking my trash to his house”-Facebook event.  So, let’s get this straight: if the Democrat controlled House, Senate and President FAILED to pass a budget for 6 months and waited until the Republican House is sworn in, and the President FAILS to sign another continuing resolution, this is the Republicans fault?  Never mind the irresponsibility of failing to do so for half a year.  Never mind that there are 3 parties involved – the House, Senate and President and yet these idiots choose to pick one to blame.

Then you have Jonah Goodman and Nolan Treadway implementing the “New Civility” by advocating dumping trash at John Boehner’s House in Washington DC.  It is nice to see that the “New Civility” only applies to certain groups.

Stop expecting everyone else to pay for your stuff and maybe we wouldn’t be in such a bad place budget-wise.  Take responsibility for your own life, help others, and don’t force others to pay for your choices.

Democrats the party of “No!”

The Facebook event is here.

CNN: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/07/facebook-event-lets-dump-trash-at-boehners-pad/

the least we can do to meet our responsibilities is produce a budget

“At a time when you are struggling to pay your bills and meet your responsibilities, the least we can do to meet our responsibilities is produce a budget. That is not too much to ask for. That is what the American people expect of us, that’s what they deserve. You want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games and realize it is not my way or the highway,” President Obama, April 6, 2011.

 

Given that the Democratic House and Democratic Senate and President failed to produce a 2011 budget at any time between January 1, 2010 and January 2011 – when the Federal Fiscal Year begins October 1 – the President has a lot of nerve to say “produce a budget.”  Where was the President in August 2010?  September 2010?  October 2010?  November 2010?  December 2010?  Where were the calls then to “produce a budget”?   I guess the President, House, and Senate preferred to play political games between July 2010 and January 2011, when the Republicans took control of the House.

Plenty of people have short attention spans, but one would expect the President to remember the facts.

After the President’s statement that “I won” on January 23, 2009, the President states today that they have to “realize it is not my way or the highway.”  Yet another about face.  Does he expect that to be forgotten too?

BBC says patients wait months for operations

Surgeons say patients in some parts of England have spent months waiting in pain because of delayed operations or new restrictions on who qualifies for treatment.

In several areas routine surgery was put on hold for months, while in many others new thresholds for hip and knee replacements have been introduced. The moves are part of the NHS drive to find £20bn efficiency savings by 2015.  For the full story from the BBC, click here.

 

 

If the Democrats don’t act responsibly, they are to blame for the shutdown

The meme is that if the Republicans don’t do what the Democrats want, they are to blame for the shutdown. Why is that?  Why isn’t it that if the Democrats don’t do what the Republicans want, they are to blame for the shutdown?  I guess that just doesn’t play as well in the press.

When the entire basis of your electoral success is promoting living at the expense of someone else and your voters expect you to vote them money from someone else’s income, responsibility is pretty much out the window.

Extremists in Washington spending like drunken…politicians?

In March 2011 the Federal Government grossed $194 Billion in tax revenue and paid out $65.898 Billion in tax refunds ($62 Billion to individuals, $3.8 Billion to businesses) and paid out a net 1.05 TRILLION.  The politicians will spend your money to buy your votes.  The EXTREME SPENDERS in Washington will dig a hole too large to be filled soon, but in order to maintain power the extreme spenders will not care.  (source: U.S. Treasury).

“I’m really concerned.  I think we face the most predictable economic crisis in history. A lot of us sitting in this room didn’t see this last crisis as it came upon us. But this one is really easy to see. The fiscal path we are on today is simply not sustainable. This debt and these deficits that we are incurring on an annual basis are like a cancer and they are truly going to destroy this country from within unless we have the common sense to do something about it.

I used to say that I got into this thing for my grandchildren.  I have eight grandchildren under five years old. I’ll have one more in a week. And my life is wonderful and it is wild. But this problem is going to happen long before my grandchildren grow up. This problem is going to happen, like the former chairman of the Fed said, or the Moody’s said, this is a problem we’re going to have to face up.  It may be two years, you know, maybe a little less, maybe a little more. But if our bankers over there in Asia begin to believe that we’re not going to be solid on our debt, that we’re not going to be able to meet our obligations, just stop and think for a minute what happens if they just stop buying our debt.

What happens to interest rates?” And what happens to the U.S. economy? The markets will absolutely devastate us if we don’t step up to this problem. The problem is real, the solutions are painful, and we have to act.”

Erskine Bowles, March 2011, chief of staff to President Bill Clinton

 

 

 

Blaming Terry Jones for Violence in Afghanistan

General Petraeus stated that burning the Quran “was hateful, it was intolerant and it was extremely disrespectful and again, we condemn it in the strongest manner possible.”  Harry Reid added that the Quran burning by Pastor Terry Jones in Florida was “a publicity stunt” and stated that “I think people should understand the consequences of what they do under the guise of religion.”  People are blaming Terry Jones for the deaths in Afghanistan.

Let’s look at some of the ramifications of ignoring the First Amendment (and the rest of the Constitution) and property rights when convenient. First, Terry Jones, the flag burners, bible burners, Andres Serrano (“artist” of “Piss Christ”) – among others – are morons and some of the dumbest people around.  However, in the United States they do have the right to do what they do, whether or not it is right to do so.  Burning any book, flag or being disrespectful is not something anyone I know would do, but compared to the fanatical, terrorist, radical Muslims who killed and beheaded U.N. workers, the burners look sane.

However, people are blaming Terry Jones for the deaths in Afghanistan, let’s try and trace other “blame” following that same “logic”.  Some examples:

* If the KKK were to say “If blacks don’t ride at the back of the bus, then we’ll kill someone”.  Then you have “blacks” (I don’t like the term) who don’t ride at back of the bus and the KKK kills people and says, “But it was the black’s fault, we warned them” that it would occur.  Is it reasonable to blame the KKK or the “blacks”?  After all the KKK was angry and the “blacks” didn’t follow the rules set out by a bunch of radicals.  Of course, that is not reasonable.  The blame lies with the crazy people who committed the violence and no one else.

* If I eat pork or cow post it on YouTube and someone in Isreal or India is insulted and starts rioting, who’s fault is it?  The people rioting.  No one else.  They need to grow up and take responsibility for themselves.

* Perhaps Andres Serrano is responsible for Terry Jones and consequently Afghanistan because he may have been the one that got Terry Jones angry with the “Piss Christ” “art”?  Or perhaps it was the hypothetical college professor who is to blame for teaching Andres Serrano that intolerance of others is acceptable and should be considered “art”?  How far back does the blame go?  Blaming anyone else for Terry Jones is as reasonable as blaming anyone else for the insanity of extremists in Afghanistan.

* What if a group of people said “If you perform an abortion, we’ll start rioting.”  An abortion occurs and riots start, is it the fault of the Doctor who performed the abortion?  Of course not.  It is the responsibility of the people rioting.

Similarly, it is the responsibility of the people who did the killing in Afghanistan for their actions.  Face it, they are radical and extremists.  If they aren’t mature enough to handle reality except through violence, it shows just the nature of the individuals involved.  We have freedom of speech and expression in the United States, you don’t like it?  Too bad, they’ll just keep showing their immaturity and radical nature.

 

Katherine Windels charged with two felony counts for death threats against Wisconsin lawmakers

Madison, WI — A 26-year-old woman was charged Thursday with two felony counts and two misdemeanor counts accusing her of making email threats against Wisconsin lawmakers during the height of the battle over Gov. Scott Walker’s budget-repair bill.   In part she stated “Please put your things in order because you will be killed and your families will also be killed due to your actions in the last 8 weeks. I hope you have a good time in hell.”

 

The New Civility.  And this from an elementary school teacher in Madison.