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Friday, November 13, 2015

Trump and Putin

Just like Putin, Trump is exposing himself as a bully.  This last debate seems to bring home that argument.  During the debate, Trump did not know that China was not part of the Trans Pacific Trade Pact but the day after the debate he lashes out at the WSJ, FNN, FBN and other stations that they misinterpret what he said.  But those of us that watch the debate heard what he said and what he meant.  He did not know that China was not included in the TPP.  In addition, he claimed that he met personally with Putin in the green room before doing an interview on CBS.  We now know that Putin was in Russia and Trump was in the U.S.  It could be his Trump jet can fly faster than most of us realize.  He now has called Ben Carson a pathological liar and inferred he is a child molester without actually saying that.  This is not a person anyone would want as a leader of our country and the free world.  In other words, he is not presidential material.  Sometimes I wonder if he is in this campaign to get Hillary elected.  He sounds good during a campaign, but hopefully the voters will realize this when reality sets in.  Hopefully, not too late.  He may be a great builder that gets the job done, and he does, but when it comes to a presidential campaign, he acts more like a bully.  How dare you disagree with me.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

The Republican Debate and more

I believe it is time for the Republican field to be narrowed down.  This last debate on FBN shows that the field should be down to 6 candidates., 7 at the most.  It appears Cruz, Rubio, Fiorina, Christie, Trump and Carson are the only ones that appear to understand the issues, although Chris Christie has seen NJ advance economically that can be a factor in his candidacy.    Rand Paul has a decent tax plan, but leans towards being an isolationist, that has contributed to the world debacle that we see today through the Obama failure to be a leader on the world stage.  Anyone who has spent any time on this planet knows that when you withdraw or run away, a vacuum is created and another country or countries will step in.  Putin is following this model and the former Soviet Union Satellite countries should be worried that this rogue of a leader will attempt to bring them back into the fold.  Putin has until a new president is sworn in to make his move, unless for some ridiculous reason, that humans would never understand, Hillary got elected in which case he has at least four years to accomplish his grand design.  But, then again it would be difficult being president and serving time in Leavenworth.  Bill would then have the Oval office all to himself. Or should we say Oral office.  Somethings will never change. 

As for a tax plan, we all know that a 73,000 page tax code is beyond comprehension for most citizens and is only that large to the benefit of congressional members for their “friends” AKA as monetary contributors.  And our constitution is only 4 pages.  We need a reduction in taxes in all areas, to coincide with drastic reduction in government spending and elimination of numerous agencies.  The military is a prime example, in addition to other government agencies, where there is numerous waste on projects.  Some of the projects even the Pentagon does not want, but our legislators want these programs because they bring jobs and money to their district and will ensure a better chance of their getting re-elected.  Of course the fact that the programs were not wanted and would only increase the budget deficit does not matter since it is their pockets that are more important over government control of spending.  Yet, come campaign time, they will argue that we have out of control government spending and we need to send him/her to congress to cut government spending.  When was the last time you actually witness government cut spending that reduced the deficit and saw the government take in more money than it spent.  Well, that was when the republicans controlled congress and Bill Clinton was president.  Both parties worked together that resulted in a reduction in our deficit to about $5 Trillion.  Under the GW Bush administration we saw that deficit rise to $10 Trillion and now under Obama, it will rise to $20 Trillion by the end of his term.  Yet we hear the democrats claim we must spend more money to get the economy moving and the republicans claiming that we must have tax cuts and a reduction in spending.  So, who is right?  Well, if you could spend yourself into prosperity, we all would borrow money up to our neck and become rich, something those of us with a brain know will never happen.  Spending cuts and tax cuts would benefit the economy as long as we actually see both.  However, talk is cheap and we know congress loves spending money since it keeps them in office.  It is the old story, while looking at one hand, what is the other hand doing.  Just like Obama when he speaks on an issue, he says one thing but generally does the opposite.  But in both cases, sounds good at the time, especially since many voters do not think for themselves and wait for their favorite to tell them what is happening.   

The so called penny tax plan that Rand Paul mentioned is a good start. This would cut one penny from every dollar authorized in a budget.  I would prefer two cents for every dollar spent as we need to reduce our deficit quicker or we may see economic disaster.  It is coming since we cannot continue down this road of increasing our budget year after year and no “real” budget cuts.  If we can do without, government cat too.  One talking points both members of congress like to employ is claiming all the cuts they made in the budget, but in reality is just cutting the previously authorized budget increases that each agency has built in to their budget.  Example: An agency may have a 10% increase coming, but congress reduces it to 7% and then claim all the cuts they made.  If you do not understand this, you think they are living up to their promise. You want actual cuts, agencies eliminated, a reduction in government employment and the reality that whether you like it or not, this must be done.  

Also, in case you do not know this, Social Security is actually a Ponzi scheme that requires many more people working and paying into SS so the retirees and those close to retirement can obtain their benefits.  Now, with a low worker participation rate, we are witnessing not enough money going into SS and eventually, SS will go Kaput.  With people living longer we may have to raise the retirement age for full benefits to closer to 70 years and have the SS money returned to the lock box and encourage the use of other forms of retirement funds for younger workers.   

With nearly 50% of the country on government assistance, we have a problem.  We cannot continue with half the country supporting the other half.  With the worker participation rate the lowest is over 38 years that very few mention, but point to an unemployment rate of 5% when many claim it is actually closer to 10%, since some are not looking for jobs or have taken part-time jobs just to have some income.  Of course we cannot talk about this since it would show the real unemployment rate.   

We need a new president that talks about budget cuts, government spending cuts and a reduction in government regulations that are strangling business both big and small from expanding, increasing employment or even staying in business.   

So, for this next presidential election, you need to do research on what is good for country, will save the country from oblivion and not what is good for the individual.  This begins with who has the best plan that reduces waste, government spending, and reduces our deficit from $20 Trillion quickly, and not a ten year plan.  By the way, central planning has never worked and we have all the communist, socialist and Marxist countries that have set the example on this.  Again as Regan said, Government is the problem, not the solution. 

 
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Anarchy is coming

We have seen what happen in Ferguson MO., Baltimore Md., with Black Lives Matter and now the University of Missouri and Yale in the past few days where constitutional laws are thrown out and mob force is the answer.  Now we have seen such behavior in Germany under Hitler, Stalin in the former Soviet Union, today in Venezuela and for 50 years in Cuba.  Any chance a person has to defend himself/herself against accusations whether true or false do not apply, but mob rule does.  And what the mob says is all anyone needs to know.   We will see this accelerate in the coming months as the election process continues and political correctness takes over.  Just wait until the republican and democratic conventions take place.  We may just see a repeat of 1968.  Obama ran on change and the seeds of destruction have been set.  Political correctness is screwing up this country and unless we the people stand up, your rights will be a thing of the past as the mob will rule.  
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Friday, November 6, 2015

Some interesting takes

So, we see numerous ads on television requesting only $19 a month to save animals from abuse.  Then they show what appears to actually be animals that have been or were abused.  Makes you want to break out your checkbook.  Then you say to yourself, we are talking about animals here.  Yes, we all love animals and do not want them abused and the Hollywood stars with their presentation can put you on a guilt trip if you ignore their plea. At least, some may go on a guilt trip. 

However, what if we did an ad for abused humans, especially those in the womb and show pictures of aborted babies and their body parts as well as sonogram pictures of babies in the womb.  Do you think the political correct crowd would even allow such a commercial to be shown on television?  After all, we know you can get jail time for abusing an animal, (Michael Vick) but destroy a human in the womb is just business as usual.  This is how we value life and we wonder why we see an increase in homicides and physical assaults and wonder why these crimes have no shock value as abused animals do.  As a society, this is how far we have fallen. 

It seems the world is not promoting outrage over the slaughter of Christians in the Middle East and the destruction of 2000 year old relics.  But, let a Muslim be killed, engage in terrorism (for the record we know from President Obama, Muslims do not commit terrorist acts) or speak out against Islam, and President Obama and his minions will call you suffering from Islamophobia. 
How do we make America great again?  Maybe, if the dumb and clueless voters that make up about 70% of the voters would educate themselves on the issues and truth, maybe we could restore our country.  But, you may have a better chance of winning a mega lottery.  Our educational system has been filling our children with such Marxist/Socialist ideology, from 1st grade through college that they believe this is the way to go.  Still waiting for anyone to tell me what Marxist/Socialist countries have been more successful than the United States since George Washington became president.
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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Migrants Destroying Europe

Interesting article from LifeZette, a new web site that everyone should visit.

- LifeZette - http://www.lifezette.com -

Destroying Europe from Within

Posted By Edmund Kozak On November 5, 2015 @ 5:13 AM In Poli |   
 
European governments have failed to adequately address the disastrous “refugee” crisis, threatening the fabric of society and forcing their citizens to take drastic measures in defense of their countries and cultures.
What is portrayed by the mainstream media as a largely humanitarian catastrophe is in fact no such thing. A significant portion of “Syrian refugees” pouring into Europe are not Syrian — according to the European Union — nor are they even refugees.
Most of the “refugees” are not starving, shivering women and children fleeing ISIS, but are in reality mostly males — according to U.N. figures released earlier in the year — seeking greater economic opportunity. Certain European countries’ generous welfare states, like Germany and Sweden, are particularly attractive to migrants.
These migrant moochers will strain Europe’s welfare systems. A German government document leaked last week revealed that more than 80 percent of migrants entering that country are unskilled, and at least 400,000 of them are expected to claim benefits — at an estimated cost to the German taxpayer of $953 million.
Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said recently her country faces collapse due in part to the economic strain of the migrants. But these newcomers threaten more than just Europe’s fragile economic stability.
Muslim migrants — many hailing from countries where women are treated like chattel and standard female fashion consists of a burka — have difficulty interacting with Western women. Numerous reports have surfaced of Muslim migrants harassing European women because of their dress. One school in Germany warned its female students not to wear revealing clothing in order to avoid “misunderstandings” with Muslim migrants.
The more sinister side of this cultural “misunderstanding” is the astronomical rise in rapes in countries that have allowed in large numbers of migrants. 
The more sinister side of this cultural “misunderstanding” is the astronomical rise in rapes in countries that have allowed in large numbers of migrants. The numbers of rapes in Sweden exploded along with the scale and pace of immigration from Muslim countries. Germany, too, has seen rapes increase due to the migrant crisis.
Then there is the significant threat posed by terrorists.
It’s more than likely that Islamic terrorists — whether from ISIS or another organizations — were embedded among the thousands of migrants who entered Europe with no security check whatsoever. ISIS operatives have stated as much, and earlier this year various people smugglers reportedly confirmed they have transported ISIS fighters into Europe.
Europeans, however, have not taken this new Islamic invasion quietly, and have responded exactly as one would expect given their leaders’ perceived inability or unwillingness to handle the crisis. On the political side, right-wing parties that promise to tackle Muslim immigration are beginning to dominate polls across Europe, with significant electoral success in France, Austria, Sweden, Poland and Hungary.
In Germany, the anti-Islamic immigration group PEGIDA has led marches drawing crowds of more than 10,000 people. Shotguns are effectively sold out in Austria as people prepare to defend themselves and homes. Unsurprisingly, a majority of these new, Austrian shotgun buyers are women.
This year also saw a number of arson attacks in Germany against “refugee” shelters — 150 in the first six months of 2015 alone. Sweden has experienced similar arson attacks against “refugee” centers, with five attacks occurring during two weeks in October.
Of course, the American mainstream media is practically silent, for as long as liberals and their media allies in the U.S. continue to shill for mass immigration, multiculturalism, and Western self-loathing, the last thing they want the American people to see is what these concepts have brought the people of Europe.
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Hillary said it

When discussing world problems, Hillary indicated that we see the migrants fleeing the Middle East due to global warming.  Now we have a buffoon in the White House and a incompetent running for the office.  Are we screwed up as a country or what?
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Liberals vs. Conservatives

As you listen to both the democrats and republicans debate this upcoming election, it is obvious to see the difference between a liberal and a conservative. Liberals believe that government can solve all problems by just throwing money at the issue.  Liberals have what they consider great ideas, but after implemented they realize, but will not admit, the idea will not work.  However, they will never admit their idea failed, but will claim not enough money (your tax dollars) was given and more money would be needed for success.  The stimulus bill of nearly $900 Billion is a prime example of throwing money at shovel ready projects, except after the programs failure they had to admit the projects were not shovel ready and just laughed (Obama).  This was a $900 Billion dollar laugh that they could do since the money did not come from their pockets.  But, rather than admit failure, they have continuously requested another stimulus package since the original proposal did not receive enough funding.  Of course Father Joe Biden was supposed to provide a report on this stimulus package, and we are still waiting for that report. 

President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, introduced us to his Great Society boondoggle and not only did the democrats take our social security money, but also used the budget process to continue funding these program.  After Trillions of dollars, nothing has improved for those that were earmarked for this funding, but in fact more people and families are on welfare, unemployed, uneducated and out of wedlock pregnancies increased.  The program and all its affiliated spending programs just increased our deficit, but speak to a liberals and they will claim we just did not spend enough.   
Conservatives believe that you the individual can do better if given the opportunity through education, vocational training and investing ones money wisely in given an opportunity for success since it is your money and not someone else’s.  As President Reagan once said, Government is not solution to our problem, Government is the problem.  Right now, under the Obama administration we have seen our debt rise from $10 Trillion to nearly $20 Trillion and will exceed this amount by the time his administration ends. 
This presents a problem for our country on how can we reduce our debt?  Listen to a liberal and they will say, we need to invest (spend) more while the republicans believe we must make cuts in spending and make sure the governments income exceeds spending.  One cannot spend themselves into prosperity and neither can government.   So, we must cut and the people must realize you will not get rich by spending and borrowing money.  Eventually, you will have to face reality of either cutting spending or bankruptcy.  Some of these cuts will affect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs that liberals still believe have not caused our deficit, but spending more will reduce the deficit. Remember, it was the democrats that proposed taking our SS money from the so called lock box and replace the money with IOU's.  If someone could explain that logic to me, I would appreciate it.  Everyone must take a hit in government cuts to get us back to reducing our deficit.  All programs must be on the agenda.  In fact since we have over 635 government agencies, I believe we can cut these down to a handful.  Especially, since the states can perform these functions better and cheaper.  We can start with the EPA, Education and Bureau of Land Management.
If our constitution can be only four pages that has run our country for over 225 years, we do not need over 70,000 of IRS tax code.  As candidate Carly Fiorina indicated at the last debate, we only need 3 pages.  The present IRS tax code is made for the benefit of political cronies and our politicians add to this code every year to benefit their friends or contributors not us the voter that put them in office.

Of course we must end with the great success we are seeing with the great liberal program AKA Obamacare that is not experiencing what most people with half a brain knew would happen, too expensive, not providing the promises and still will have 30 million uninsured that this monstrosity was supposed to eliminate.  But, liberals will not accept this assessment and will demand we need more money and more government dictates to make this plan succeed.  But, we all know this program never had a chance to succeed as it was forced through without debate and under the cover of Christmas Eve, was voted on in Congress and passed by the democrats manipulating the voting process.  But, we know we can save this program by spending more money.  If you believe that, I know a bridge in Brooklyn for sale.











 
 
 
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