Robert Gibbs, Obama’s illustrious press secretary, was on Fox News with Chris Wallace this morning. He was doling out the same message that his boss has been touting. Scott Brown, recently elected to be the newest Massachusetts senator, was elected because people are upset about the past eight years. Yeah, Scott Brown got elected because the people in Massachusetts are so mad at George W. Bush. Scott Brown is a republican. Then Gibbs says today that people voted for Scott Brown because they support Barack Obama. HUH??? I don’t get it. They voted for Scott Brown because they don’t want health care jammed down their throats. The people of Massachusetts know what that is like and they don’t like it. The statewide health care plan is a failure. It is way over budget and people don’t get the care they were promised. Scott Brown campaigned as the 41st vote to take down health care reform. I can’t believe that I am saying this, but Nancy Pelosi actually had a sane comment. After polling the House of Representatives, there are not enough votes to pass any type of health care legislation at this time. This from Nancy Pelosi. I am convinced that Obama has no clue. He doesn’t listen to the people. He went to Ohio while he was campaigning for president. The unemployment rate was at 6.9 percent and he visited a drywall factory. He went to the same town in Ohio on Friday. The unemployment rate is at 10.9 percent and the drywall factory he visited in 2008 is now closed. Doesn’t he get it? Apparently not. He still talks about getting money back from banks that have already paid back TARP money. If you pay attention to the stock market, you will see that the stock market numbers have gone down since Obama started demanding pay back from the banks. The unemployment rate continues to go up as he continues to keep trying to tout “green jobs”, but he doesn’t see that “green jobs” are not the answer. He wants another stimulus package, but the first one didn’t work. He wants health care reform, but he refuses to listen to the American people who don’t want government intruding. What are you smoking, Mr. Obama?
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Where’s the transparency?
“A broken promise is bad enough in private life. It is worse in the field of politics.” – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President (1901-1909)
While then Senator Obama was campaining for the White House, he said several times that his administration would be transparent. We, the public, would know what is going at all times through web sites and C-Span. That is not happening. We have already seen the web site that is devoted to stimulus money and where is goes, is full of mistruths. Now, we are at the pinnacle of the health care debate and the negotiations that Obama said would be on C-Span are being held in back rooms and at the White House. President Obama or BO (that’s how I like to refer to him) isn’t getting much help from the Speaker of the House, Botox Nancy or excuse me, Nancy Pelosi. When a reporter reminded her that Obama said several times that all health care negotiations be open to C-SPAN cameras, she said “There are a number of things he was for on the campaign trail.” Ouch! I am sure BO didn’t like that at all. I think he should call C-SPAN up right now and offer them full access. Wouldn’t that be a bee in Mrs. Pelosi’s bonnet.
If you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours
Bribery seems to be the word of the day in Washington. As snow fell on the nation’s capital, senators from Nebraska, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Michigan to name a few were getting a sweetheart deal. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) made a big stink this week about wording in the bill about federally funded abortions. He said he could not vote for a health care bill that would allow this. Well, now he is on board. Apparently the wording has been reworked and Nebraska will never, that’s right never, pay for the additional people added to the Medicaid rolls. You the American taxpayer will be paying for those folks in Nebraska. Nice deal. This means that all the other states will be paying more. But Ben Nelson isn’t the only one voting for this bill because he got an early Christmas present. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) wasn’t thrilled with the bill either, but his state will now get $10 billion dollars in new funding for community health centers. Ben Nelson and Carl Levin (D-Michigan) also worked out an exemption for non-profit insurers in their states from a hefty excise tax. Similar insurers in the other states will pay the tax. In addition to the $10 billion going to Vermont, the state along with Massachusetts were given additional Medicaid funding. I am sure there is more, but this makes my blood boil. Here I thought Ben Nelson might really stand up for something, but all he did was fall down. If I was a senator from another state, I would be knocking on Harry Reid’s door asking for the same type of deals. Dirty Harry says that all states are treated differently and that it’s all about compromise. This health care bill has nothing to do with compromise. An overwhelming majority of Americans (56%) are against the health care bill. They are happy with their health care. President Obama comes out and says 31 million people are without health insurance. Well guess what, the 10.2% of people who are unemployed have no health insurance because they lost their jobs. What about that, Mr. President? Instead of taking care of the economy, he is worried about passing health care reform. There are things that can always be done better and things that can be improved, but ramming a health care reform bill down the throats of the American people is not the way to improve the health care system. I wonder what our founding fathers would think of this “compromise”. It’s plain and simple bribery and it makes me sick.
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Our Brother’s Keeper
You may not see him walking down the street. His head is cast down and he is packing all of his belongings on his back. If you happen to walk by, he probably won’t make eye contact. You may even cross the street to avoid him. He is homeless. The day before Thanksgiving, Bill and I had the opportunity to volunteer at the Joy Junction /City of Albuquerque Annual Thanksgiving Dinner for the homeless. We were greeters. We stood at the doors and greeted everyone that walked in. There were many that didn’t smile, but more that did. We got handshakes and thank yous. We weren’t doing anything special just saying hi. But as I thought about this on the way home, our smiles could have been the first smiles they have seen in days. Albuquerque, unfortunately, has a high homeless rate. Joy Junction is the largest emergency homeless shelter in the state. We saw a man with six or seven sweaters on and a bag that held his possessions. We saw families with small children, couples and singles. I don’t know why the people that were enjoying the warmth and the Thanksgiving dinner were there or how they got to the point of homelessness. There is always someone out there that needs our help. We can offer a smile or a word of encouragement or we can do more. We can donate our time. We are living in hard times particularly now with the economy the way it is. If you have something you can spare, donate it. Sleeping bags, blankets, food, socks, gloves, hats, whatever you may have to help someone that needs it. The simple acting of smiling to welcome someone to a dinner has changed me. I hope during this holiday season and beyond you will seek out ways to serve those in your community. After all, we are our brother’s keepers.
Iran + USA = Ain’t going to happen
President Obama strides while he walks. He has a certain confidence about him. This can be good and this can be bad. Everyone needs self confidence, but the president’s is a little more ego than anything else. Since being elected, he has claimed that the stimulus bill has helped our economy, but why is there a 10.2% unemployment rate. Then he thinks he can go to Copenhagen and Chicago will be given the Summer Olympic Games for 2016. Didn’t happen. There there is Iran. For some reason he thinks he can just have a peaceful meeting with the leaders of this country and everything will be okay. When I was a kid, I watched the ABC World News with my dad almost every night. I remember seeing images of the ayatollah and thinking what an evil man he was. I made a comment like I wish he would just die. I know it was a horrible thought. Then the next morning, my dad told me I had got my wish and that the Ayatollah Khomeini had, in fact, died. My dad, who flew all over the world while serving in the Air Force, said Iran was the only country he didn’t feel safe. That is saying something. I wonder why the Obama administration continually wants to be “friends” with a country that doesn’t want to reciprocate. It doesn’t make sense. During a recent meeting of the Iranian parliament, the MPs shouted in Farsi, Death to America. Yeah, I think they really want to just get along. Hardly. Iran is an evil country run by evil people. That’s all there is too it. I know that not all Iranians are bad. It’s their government. There have been uprisings in the street to protest the sham election of Ahmadinejad this past summer. The Obama administration turned a blind eye to the protesters much as they did the protesters in our own country reacting to health care reform. The protesters of Iran are looking to Obama and saying you are with us or against us. Right now, he’s against them. He has a dream of a nuclear free world which would be wonderful, however, you can’t negotiate with terrorists and Iran is a terrorist state. Until Obama figures this out, Iran will still be working on their nuclear program despite sanctions and they will still hate us.
Tired of being sick and tired
I am sick and tired. I mean really sick and tired. I don’t want to do anything. I don’t have H1N1. I don’t know how I avoided getting it after being around a bunch of kids who had it. We came home unscathed from Utah. No my problems are all about Crohn’s. I had a colonscopy in September. It was really rough. I was sore for a week or so. I started feeling better, but now I am down and out. It really stinks. I have abdominal pain and it’s no fun. My favorite thing is my heating pad. I am restricted to a soft diet. How unfair! I am in the land of green chilies and good Mexican food and I can’t eat it. I get to eat jello, pasta, pudding, etc… I guess it’s okay, but it sure doesn’t fill me up. I have lost weight and I just don’t look good. I fit right in for Halloween. No makeup required. I just started on a new medication and I hope it kicks in soon. It’s called Cimzia and it’s two shots that Igive to myself. It’s been a week so I bet it will be another week before I feel any results or at least that’s what I hope. I know that Crohn’s is something I have to live with and for the most part I do. There are a lot of times that I push through the pain and just get out and do the things that I need to do. This time I am having a hard time. I am going to get IV Iron next week so I hope that after that procedure I will be back to my old self and that this pain goes away. Then I will be back to writing about the things that drive me crazy like the health care reform bill that is currently being shoved down the throats of Americans and I can write about the people who drive me crazy like Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Until then….
Can’t stop thinking about H1N1
It is hunting season in Utah which for our family means family and fun. This year everything is being thrown off course by the H1N1 flu. Yesterday, my nephew tested positive. So now he along with all of his siblings along with two cousins are quarantined at my sister-in-law’s house. My first reaction was I am not going. Bill is already there. After some thought, I am going up there tomorrow. We will be staying a motel. We may quarantine ourselves in the motel until Saturday which is the real reason I am going up there. My niece is being blessed that day. She is a miracle baby and plus I haven’t seen her yet. I know we will be okay. I did call everywhere to see where the vaccine was available, but it’s not in New Mexico yet. The Air Force clinic where we get our care won’t have the vaccine until November. Which makes me wonder if the government really knows what is going on. Of course, the answer is no. The CDC is warning everyone to get the vaccine, but there aren’t any to be had. My sister in law in Salt Lake City tried to get one this morning. They had 1400 vaccines and 3000 to 4000 people showed up. This leads me to another question, are we all going a little crazy over this? I know I have. It’s the unknown. This is a new strain and nobody seems to know anything about it. They do have a vaccine so that’s good. It’s scary for me because my kids are more susceptible to getting it. As we age, we get some immunity. That’s why people over the age of 65 are not going to be given the vaccine until those who are in the “danger zones” get it. From everything I have read, it is considered to be mild once you get it. Of course it’s no fun being sick, but the majority of people who do get sick will start feeling better in a few days. So when the vaccine is available, my family will be in line. But until then the H1N1 is never from my mind.
Mop Brigade
Grab a mop and get involved. Call, email, write, visit your representatives. They need to know that they are in Washington to represent you. The American people have to stand up and shout. The messes we are mopping up are ones that Obama has created. He may think he, Pelosi and Reid are cleaning up the former administration’s messes, but they are just stepping in their own. Mops Unite!
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Grab a mop!
Because President Obama doesn’t know how to do anything but campaign, he was in San Francisco last night at a $34,000 per couple dinner Democratic fundraiser. He, of course, took the opportunity to blame former president George W. Bush for all of his woes. Of course, Obama must have forgotten that he has been in office for nine months so he owns everything now. He made this comment to the crowd of 160.
“When I’m busy, and Nancy’s busy, with a mop cleaning up somebody else’s mess, we don’t want somebody sitting back” criticizing, he told the crowd. “Grab a mop. We need help.”
I think you might be mopping with the wrong end of the mop, Mr. President. Your approval ratings are dropping. Conservatives and Liberals are upset about healthcare, the economy, Afghanistan and just about everything else that is going wrong. The Olympics aren’t coming to Chicago, but you did win the Nobel Peace Prize. I don’t know how that happened. Apparently, it’s for the peace you may bring to the world, but everyone says no. Russia has said no when it comes to Iran. Israel and Palestine have said no when it comes to holding peace talks. Honduras said no when asked to take back their deposed president. Several European countries have said no when it comes to taking prisoners from Guantanamo Bay. Doug Wilder, former governor of Virginia, said no when you asked him to support the Democratic nominee running for governor in Virginia. Everyone is saying no. I don’t think you get it. The American people are grabbing a mop and they are working to mop up the messes you are making. You don’t seem to like free speech, but I think you need to start listening and get ready for the mop brigade.