by Bill O'Connell on July 17, 2010
President Obama’s new tack on the campaign trail is to get people to forget the last year and a half and try to scare the voters by saying, “Remember who got us into this mess and who is getting us out of it.” Is that supposed to rally the voters to the Democrats jamming budget busting program after budget busting program down their throats? Let me make two points to any voter to whom that strategy may give pause.
- George W. Bush isn’t running for office
- According to the Bureau of Economic Statistics, the recession started in December of 2007. Who was in control of Congress for a full year by December of 2007? That’s right, the Democrats.
So if you want to punish those who were in charge when the recession hit, with Bush gone, that leaves the Democrats. Fire away.
by Bill O'Connell on August 1, 2009
Can anyone offer us a deal to give us cash if replace our Congressional Clunkers? How about the health insurance companies? They’d probably kick in, since they are Congress’ new whipping boy. Oil companies, coal companies? They get bashed every time Congress screws up and bans nuclear power, offshore drilling, ANWR, and coal as the price of oil climbs. Banks who didn’t take TARP money? Well Congress wants to set their salaries now.
Congressional Mileage
How much liberty per dollar are we getting for the money guzzling Congressmen and Senators who pull down $169,300 per year (more for committee chairs, and Speaker Pelosi who weighs in at $217,400)? And this doesn’t begin to count their expense budgets, gold plated health care, etc. I’m sure we could get much better mileage from a smaller government and a Congress that only meets half a year. I’m willing to bet that the longer Congress stays in session the more trouble they get us into, while consolidating their power and feathering their own nests.
Here’s the Plan
Let’s set up a fund. We’ll let Goldman Sachs run it, as they seem to know how to turn a buck. Anyone can contribute to the fund, no limits. For every Congressman who voted for the Stimulus, Cap and Trade, and the Health Care disaster and is run out of office, the fund will pay out a percentage of the fund to everyone who registered and voted. The percentage will be calculated as the percentage of these clunkers who are retired out of Congress.
Think about it. If you are a voter who really, really believes that the Stimulus, Cap and Trade, and the government takeover of our health care system is a good thing, you will vote to re-elect the members of Congress who voted the same way. However if you don’t, then perhaps you need a little personal stimulus to cross party lines, or set aside ideology, and vote the bums out. It might even help improve voter turnout. And why not? If ACORN can get illegal aliens and dead people to vote for their candidates, we need a way to fight back.
What do you think?
by Bill O'Connell on July 17, 2009
Dred Scott Redux
In case you didn’t believe me in my post Stay on the Plantation that liberals think all “good” blacks belong to the group labeled “blacks” and if you don’t conform, watch out. California Senator Barbara Boxer, blithely walked into a buzz saw named Harry Alford, when he called her on gratuitously trying to put him in a box with the NAACP. Watch here: Senator Boxer Accused of Race Politics
The Audacity
You see, Harry Alford, CEO of the Black Chamber of Commerce, which represents business interests, has an issue with some legislation before Senator Boxer’s committee. He had the temerity to oppose what she wanted to do. So she said she was going to enter into the record a study by the Pew Research group (okay), a resolution by the NAACP (uh-oh), and a statement by John Grant, the CEO of “100 Black Men of Atlanta,” (huh?). And Harry pounced. What do these other black groups have to do with what he’s saying? He was quite incensed that as a black man, the Senator obtained documents from other black organizations who agreed with her, despite the relevance to energy policy. It was clear, the point was to isolate Harry Alford. Clearly show that he was off the plantation and that he better get back on the plantation, or trouble was coming.
Dred Scott Redux
Blacks are supposed to belong to the Democratic Party. If a black person should be as audacious as to speak their mind and not in concert with Democratic Party orthodoxy, then send out the troops to bring them back. It doesn’t matter if what they bring to bear on the recalcitrant person is relevant; just pile it on until they are shamed into returning to the fold or fading away into obscurity.
Liberty is under attack in the vilest way.
