Obey's Gambit - Raise Taxes To Pay For Afghanistan War

Greeting gentle readers,

Only a guy who feels so secure in his seat in Congress could propose the things Dave Obey proposes. I mean - this is a guy who pitches his own record albums on a campaign website:


Far Left: Dave Obey

1st he passed that $787 billion blunder we now jokingly call the 'Stimulus Package', now while we are in the height of a recession, he decides we need to raise taxes to pay for the war in Afghanistan. There are several good reasons to do this (from his point of view):

1) It silences critics on the right, after all, supporting the troops is patriotic right? Who would not support that?

2) He already passed a $787 billion stimulus bill, voted for national healthcare (TRILLION$) and all that spending is supposed to be "deficit neutral" right? So this is a tax to make sure we don't create a deficit by spending extra on national defense.

Here is the quote that tells it all:

"On the merits I think it's a mistake to deepen our involvement. But if we are going to do that, then at least we ought to pay for it. Because if we don't, if we don't pay for it, then the cost of the Afghan war will wipe out every other initiative that we have to rebuild our economy," he said. "Ain't going to be no money for nothing if we pour it all into Afghanistan."

Taken from:
Lawmakers Propose 'War Surtax' to Pay for Troop Increase in Afghanistan and
Pressure Builds Over Obama’s Afghanistan Plan

But don't take my word for it what Congressman Obey's cheif concerns are, read his own words:

"We have spent the last year in Congress debating how we will pay for health care reform, which is expected to cost nearly a trillion dollars over the next ten years. The Congressional Budget Office is earnestly measuring the cost of each competing health care plan, and has had most of Congress twisting themselves into knots in order to keep the health care bill deficit neutral. Shouldn’t it be asked to do the same thing with respect to money spent on the current wars? We have already spent nearly a trillion dollars on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - an effort that’s been paid for with borrowed money - and another ten years would cost about a trillion more. If we keep that up, it will devour our nation’s ability to address virtually any other priority." - emphasis mine

Are we talking about the war on terror or healthcare? It's hard to tell going by Dave Obey's favorite newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle:

"He said the ten-year cost of the war clocks in at $900 billion, about the size of the Democratic health care legislation."

He said?

And that 1st quote came from the 'Health Care Arena' section of Politico. So the image I'm getting is that National Defense (a priority outlined in our Constitution) takes a backseat to healthcare (something not addressed in our Constitution). I got a news flash for congressman Obey - If the Nation is not safe, what we pay the doctor, dentist or our insurance companies won't matter!

That is a 1st principle that goes all the way back to Hobbes, the 1st priority of a nation is the security of it's citizenry. A secure citizenry can enjoy Freedom, a people living in the condition of strife can't.

To put words in Dave Obey's mouth, "If we blow money on a silly war, there will be no money for our newly created and very expensive social programs, especially MY stimulus bill!"

Oh come on now congressman, you are more creative than that, you'll get the money from somewhere right?

Now that's the creativity that made the Democratic party great!

More articles about Dave's Public Policy Blunder:

CBS
David Obey Calls for War Tax on Wealthy

Reuters
The Afghanistan war surtax gambit

Wall Street Journal
Obey's Afghan War Surtax
The real liberal objection to the war on terror is that it takes away from domestic spending priorities like ObamaCare.

TIME Magazine
Obey's War Tax

The Washington Independent
Obey Wants a Deficit-Neutral Afghanistan War

WSJ - The Wealth Report
More Afghanistan Troops: Send the Bill to the Wealthy?

Here's one of my personal faves from Cody Willard at Marketwatch, just in case you think my intimation about congressman Obey's priorities are wrong:

"At any rate, let’s keep the record straight about Representative Obey’s voting on spending priorities, shall we?
David Obey on Budget & Economy

Democratic Representative (WI-7):

Voted YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending.

Voted YES on $800 Billion TARP Bailout

Voted YES on modifying bankruptcy rules to avoid mortgage foreclosures.

Voted YES on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package.

Voted YES on $15B bailout for GM and Chrysler.

Voted YES on $60B stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy."

Full blog here.

And my true favorite for the day from the Los Angleles Times which basically shows that congressman Obey is an aging hippie, molded by the Viet Nam era politics:

"David Obey came to Congress in 1969, a young Democratic congressman from Wisconsin, opposed to the Vietnam War and mindful of the funding it was draining from Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs.

Thirty years later, he is chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and adamant that Afghanistan is a similar quagmire that could bankrupt President Obama's domestic agenda."

It's not about fiscal responsibility, it's all about finding cover for Dave Obey's fiscal irresponsibility.

TTFN,

Jim

Obey CAUGHT Sending Pork To Family

As reported by the RPW:

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Research Briefings

Madison

01.30.2009

Dave Obey: Putting (His) Family First

by RPW Communications

“The American people want a plan to stimulate the economy and bring their jobs back. They cannot afford a trillion dollar scheme to use their hard-earned tax dollars to take care of the Democratic leadership’s friends and family...”

Amid doubt that his nearly trillion dollar "stimulus" plan would do much to help the economy come reports that House Approriations Chairman Dave Obey may have improperly pushed some of the pork in his son’s direction.

According to news reports, questions surround more than $2 billion for the National Parks Conservation Association – an organization whose chief lobbyist is Obey’s son, Craig Obey.

“As our country discusses the best plan of action to get the economy moving again, the mere appearance of impropriety is a drain on taxpayers’ confidence. Spending a trillion dollars of the taxpayers’ money is a dangerous action to begin with. Pork or pet projects have no business being included,” said Mark Jefferson, Executive Director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

The $2 billion Obey included for his son’s association would be a huge windfall for a group whose yearly budget is $2 billion. The wisdom of directing any money there as part of a jobs creation act is debatable; however, there are also questions of how the group would even be able to spend the money fast enough to make a difference. The Senate bill allows $802 million for the same group.

“The American people want a plan to stimulate the economy and bring their jobs back. They cannot afford a trillion dollar scheme to use their hard-earned tax dollars to take care of the Democratic leadership’s friends and family,” said Jefferson. “Obey’s constituents and the taxpayers across this country deserve better.”

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Those of us who live in the 7th District always knew he was involved in these sorts of things but he has finally gotten called out on it in the national media for once.

What Dave Obey has done along with what Rod Blagojevich has done illustrates the difference between Democrats and Republicans on 'Family Values'. When Republicans say, "Family Values" we mean ethics and morals, when Democrats say it they mean 'sending something of value to my family like a favor, a job or a government contract'.

More coverage of the Dave Obey scandal:

Stimulus bill has money sought by lawmaker's son

Is There a Family Connection in Some of the Stimulus Spending?

GOP wants investigation into lobbying by Obey’s son for Obama’s spending bill

EXCLUSIVE: Stimulus has plum for lawmaker's son

A few years back at a Republican event I was at one of our Republican congressmen said to me, "Jim, there are really 3 political parties in Washington, the are Democrats, there are Republicans and there are Appropriators." He went on further to say how both Republicans and Democrats often changed after spending several years on the appropriations committee. Well, according to U.S.News & World Report,

"Nancy Pelosi may be the top House Democrat, but Obey, as the party's top appropriator, is in the center of the action, with direct sway over the power of the purse."

Who is Dave Obey's top contributer? Farallon Capital Management located in San Francisco, Nancy Pelosi's district. Thomas F. Steyer, a senior partner at Farallon Capital Management, gave $1,000 to Nancy Pelosi and $5,000 to her PAC.

It seems clear to me that when you connect the dots and follow the money, the desires of San Francisco, not Northern Wisconsin, are driving Dave Obey's agenda and he is only looking out for #1.



TTFN,

Jim

Obama's (Cough, cough) Stimulus Plan

IT'S CHRISTMAS IN JANUARY!

It really boggles the imagination but basically while past stimulus plans gave tax breaks to individuals (who spend it) and businesses (that creates jobs/employment) this stimulus package mainly grows the government bureaucracy. This bill reminds me of the 1994 Crime Bill which was loaded with pork like midnight basketball programs.

Big winners: education, labor and government workers (rewards to unions):

Infrastructure
$30 billion: Transportation projects
$31 billion: Construction and repair of federal buildings and other public infrastructure
$19 billion: Water projects
$10 billion: Rail and mass transit projects

Education
$41 billion: Grants to local school districts
$79 billion: State fiscal relief to prevent cuts in state aid
$21 billion: School modernization ($15.6 billion to increase the Pell grant by $500; $6 billion for higher education modernization)

Read it all here and here.

We were warned.

TTFN,

Jim

Thanks Guys!

Thanks Paul, thanks Jim, Thanks Tom,

Thanks for not voting for the 'stimulus package'



Yeah, that one. It's a 'package' all right, but it ain't no economic stimulus!

So,

Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!


           Paul Ryan                     Jim Sensenbrenner                           Tom Petri

We know that the 'stimulus' package has a hole in the bottom of it anyway with a diameter of about 488 feet:

244 big spenders standing in a circle times the average human width of 2 feet

244bs x ahw = 488 feet

Notice too how 'Big Spenders' and 'Bull S***' have the same mathematical value of BS?

Of course I didn't use 'Washington math' so the hole in the package could be exponentially LARGER once bureaucrats, lobbyists and staffers are included.

But they knew that, so thanks again guys.

TTFN,

Jim

Dave Obey, The Obama Czars, California & Other Communists

Greetings gentle readers,

This one gets a little complicated but bear with me, there is a tasty treat inside this story. You may recall in the past I demonstrated that Dave Obey and Nancy Pelosi were joined at the hip in fundraising. Well I dug deeper and found Farallon Capital Management was a significant contributor to Clinton aide / Illinois House member / Obama advisor Rahm Emanuel.

Keep in mind these numbers are to the best of my ability to datamine the web, they could be even higher. What or who is Farallon Capital Management you may be asking? It's led by Thomas (Tom) Steyer, one of these twisted guys who embraces both liberalism and capitalism. Probably because Steyer is a protege of a Clinton crony, Robert Rubin (of Goldman Sachs fame).

Now as you know, Dave Obey is the member of Congress who put his name on the so-called $787 Billion stimulus (also called simuless, porkulus, etc) bill, heck - even Governor Jim Doyle says so! Well . . . not long ago a group called the Apollo Alliance took credit for it:

Here (original link)

and here (Google cached)

Now who might you ask is a prominent member of the Apollo Alliance?

Yup - self-avowed Black Nationalist & Communist Van Jones, now Barack Obama's 'Green Jobs Czar'. Like hey, he's both a Czar and a Communist - how cool is that? This guy obviously did not go through any standard White House FBI background checks or Congressional 'advice and consent', besides the above he is also a '9/11 truther'. But let's not dwell on that, what is even more shocking is this guys ties to power at the highest levels of our government.

Apollo Board Member Van Jones Accepts White House Post

Also:

Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Awards

Individual Thought Leadership

• Winner: Van Jones

Guess what member of Congress has been going to the Aspen Institute for years?

Click on photo below for clearer, larger pic:

and years:




and compare to top:




So is it safe to assume that Dave Obey was present at the Aspen Istitute event where Van Jones received his 'Individual Thought Leadership' award? Did Congressman Obey take part in voting for Van Jones to receive that award? If so, on what basis?

Furthermore, Dave Obey is THE AUTHOR of the $787 Billion 'stimulus' bill which Van Jones' group the Apollo Alliance claimed it wrote. The Apollo Alliance and the Aspen Institute are organizations working together for common purpose - to create Green Jobs. Furthermore, the Apollo Alliance has been working with Barack Obama since at least 2005 while he was still only a freshman Senator to bail out the auto industry:

While Apollo focuses on maintaining consensus, the Breakthrough Institute aims to compete on the terrain of concrete and controversial legislative proposals. To wit, it has been collaborating with the office of Senator Barack Obama on a bill it hopes he will propose later this year known as the Automotive Competitiveness and Accountability Act. It would relieve the pressure on U.S. automakers to bankroll the rising costs of legacy health insurance -- an expense that doesn't burden their foreign competitors -- and, in exchange, obligate them to invest heavily in energy-efficiency technologies and comply with substantially more aggressive fuel-economy standards. It represents a new way of thinking about environmental policies, says Hendricks, “offering a bailout to the [auto industry] from these hugely debilitating health costs they're grappling with but linking it to an accountability for achieving public purposes.”
From Shooting the Moon by Amanda Griscom Little September 18, 2005

Now who started all these bailouts in the 1st place? You may say Bush did and that would be somewhat true but who's advice did he follow to bail out the banks and the auto industry?

Oh yeah, Hank Paulson!



. . . who worked at . . . drumroll please . . .

Goldman Sachs! The Wall Street company that Robert Rubin worked at, whose protege is Tom Steyer who runs Farallon Capital which gives money to Barack Obama (who wanted to bailout the automakers in 2005), Nancy Pelosi, Rahm Emanuel & Dave Obey who wrote the $787 Billion stimulus bill that was really written by the Apollo Alliance which until recently employed Van Jones who received an award from the Aspen Institute which is Dave Obey's favorite travel sponsor. Whew!

Yeah, Van Jones

Dave Obey,


With friends like these . . .

TTFN,

Jim

Democrats + Our Money = Goofiness

Cost of Stimulus Legislation: $825 billion

$335 million to help prevent STD's (give rubbers to poor people for free) was part of it but got pulled when it got held up to the light of day (average Americans found out). Pelosi defended it saying contraception is good for the economy. Well, maybe in 'Frisco where they are used as frequently as Kleenex and Tylenol but the rest of America is a little more reserved. I guess for Pelosi, subsidized condoms would be 'pork' in more way than one.

President Obama has said that his proposed stimulus legislation will create or save 3 million jobs. This means that this legislation will spend roughly $275,000 per job. Average household income in the U.S. is $42,000 a year - between 1/6th and 1/7th of that amount. While reading the 647 page bill, I noticed there are some very large sums for buaeucratic 'Inspector generals' and their staff:

Department of Agriculture—Office of Inspector General’’, $22,500,000.

Department of Commerce—Office of Inspector General’’, $10,000,000.

Department of Defense—Office of the Inspector General’’, $15,000,000.

Department of Education—Departmental Management—Office of the Inspector General’’, $14,000,000.

Department of Energy—Office of Inspector General’’, $15,000,000.

Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Office of Inspector General’’, $19,000,000.

Department of Homeland Security—Office of Inspector General’’, $2,000,000.

Department of Housing and Urban Development—Management and Administration—Office of Inspector General’’, $15,000,000.

Department of the Interior—Office of Inspector General’’, $15,000,000.

Department of Justice—Office of Inspector General’’, $2,000,000.

Department of Labor—Departmental Management—Office of Inspector General’’ $6,000,000.

Department of Transportation—Office of Inspector General’’, $20,000,000.

You get a real sense of Democratic priorities here when Transportation gets 10 times more than either the Department of Justice or Homeland Security, nevermind the original idea for $335 MILLION for rubbers! The party of Clinton still live on, only the deck chairs appear to have been rearranged.

Seriously though, what we have is a government jobs bill that grows the government bureaucracy. Not one that builds roads or bridges primarily (the typical Democratic staple) but one that fills desks with people pushing paper and generating red tape. I mean, if the average American family earns $42 K, why do we need to spend $275 K per person? For the 6 to 7 bureaucrats per normal citizen who will administer it?

There is also $75,000,000 - that's Seventy-Five M-I-L-L-I-O-N dollars to help people quit smoking. If I go to opensecrets.org, will I find that hypnotists were major contributors to the DNC or what? Who stuck that one in there? Now quitting smoking would be a good thing for plenty of people but should the government spend that kind of money on it? Is the prescribed method known to be highly effective? Is this really government's role?

Entire Bill Here.

TTFN,

Jim

More On Apollo Alliance, Dave Obey, Jim Doyle & Wisconsin Dems

Greetings,

There were some things I left out of my previous post because I thought it was long enough. If you dig deeper, Van Jones' Apollo Alliance also is dug deep in Wisconsin through an organization called COWS (Center On Wisconsin Strategy) all the way to the governor's mansion.

A Renewable Power Report: Alternative Energy Could be Big Benefit for County

By: Mike Ivey

From: Madison Capital Times

Date: 2/1/2006

excerpt:

The report was pegged to legislative consideration of AB15, a bill adopting recommendations from Gov. Jim Doyle’s Task Force on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency calling for the state to get 10 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2015. Less than two percent currently comes from renewable sources.

State officials said today the report reinforces the governor’s commitment to growing the economy and making the state more energy efficient.

“It’s right in line with a lot of the things Gov. Doyle has been trying to do,” said Aaron Olver, executive assistant in the Department of Commerce.

Doyle has previously called for state government to get 10 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2006 and 20 percent by 2010.

Nothing wrong with pursuing alternative energy, what is wrong is the Democratic Party picking winners and losers rather than letting the market decide.

Here's another story:

Sweet Victory: Governors Embrace Apollo Alliance

posted by Katrina vanden Heuvel on 07/20/2005 @ 6:03pm

excerpt:

The Apollo Alliance, one of the best progressive ideas of the millennium, gained some important new supporters last week. Six new Democratic governors--Rod Blagojevich (IL), Jim Doyle (WI), Christine Gregoire (WA), Ted Kulongoski (OR), Janet Napolitano (AZ), and Brian Schweitzer (MT)--joined an earlier three--Jennifer Granholm (MI), Ed Rendel (PA), and Bill Richardson (NM)--in embracing the Alliance's goal of achieving sustainable American energy independence within a decade.

Hmmm, so we've got Rod Blagojevich, Jim Doyle, Janet Napolitano & Bill Richardson here . . . I just can't make this stuff up folks. An impeached governor, a lame duck, last term unpopular gov and 2 Clinton cronies - all allied with this Apollo Alliance which used to have Van Jones as one of it's 'award winning' members - and yes, Van Jones is involved with COWS.

Highlighted Screenshot of Apollo Alliance webpage below:

Now let me be perfectly clear, I'm not opposed to alternative energy or Green Collar jobs at all, those are something beneficial. What I am opposed to is the Democratic Party putting more and more restrictions in the form of laws (like Cap & Trade - a law passed to make Al Gore rich!) and regulatory rules that will punish energy industries such as oil, gas, coal & nuclear power and pass laws and ease regulations on ones that they favor rather than letting the free market decide.

It is also just plain sinister to manufacture an energy crisis and keep oil prices artificially high by not allowing for more drilling in places like Alaska and off the Gulf of Mexico where EVERYONE who has not been hiding under a rock KNOWS there is plenty of gas & oil!

But instead Doyle & the Democrats pass laws and start initiatives that favor Green Collar jobs over other businesses they don't like:

Doyle says energy funds will create thousands of jobs

By: Thomas Content

From: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Date: 3/13/2009

Excerpt:

Ostovich opened the doors of her home in the 3200 block of S. 6th St. to U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Gov. Jim Doyle and U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore Friday. The politicians toured the house to see an example of the home-weatherization program that's about to get a boost in funding from the federal economic stimulus package.

Yeah - the stimulus package that was written by either Dave Obey or the Apollo Alliance - or both.

TTFN,

Jim

Things Not Going Well For Dave Obey & Democrats

What's this man frowning about?



Oh yeah, that so-called stimulus flop you authored (or was it Van Jones? I forget) and that Gov Jim Doyle's appointees at the DWD were supposed to implement.

Word is that Wisconsin's unemployment is the highest it has been 26 years (gee, wasn't Dave in Congress back then too?) and that the number of jobs saved or created by the stimulus package is a bloated number. It would be one thing, I suppose if it had been reported only on FOX NEWS but it has been covered even more by the Democrat-friendly Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal, not exactly a journal of right-wing opinion.



I'd frown too.

TTFN,

Jim

Dave Obey Points The Finger At Himself

Now call me crazy - but if I had written a really bad bill I'd do one of two things:

1) Try to fix it to redeem myself

or

2) Lay low and keep my mouth shut

Since I'm not an adviser to Dave Obey and his staff does not seem to be giving him good advice (or he is so foolish himself he isn't accepting good advice, another sign he needs to go) he is out attacking the results of his own bill. Yes, that is right, he is attacking the outcome of his own legislation. I don't know why because months ago he reassured us that mistakes would be made but, "So what" as he said right?

If Dave Obey's projected response was "So what?" then what are we worried about right?

My favorite Dave Obey fix-my-bill-before-the-people-figure-this-out quote comes from the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune:

"The inaccuracies on recovery.gov that have come to light are outrageous, and the administration owes itself, the Congress and every American a commitment to work night and day to correct the ludicrous mistakes," Obey said in a statement issued late Monday.

Translation: How dare the bureaucracy mess up my bill!

The whole thing reminds me of that passage from Holy Writ that says that a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. To be sure the only thing that is stable about the economy Dave Obey's stimulus bill created is the rising unemployment figures and rising gold prices that are stimulated by many first-time bullion buyers who think there will be a coming economic crash. A crash caused by the new cap & trade bill, the stimulus bill, the auto bailout and our governments predilection to print money like we are making Lay's potato chips.

TTFN,

Jim

Strike A Blow For Freedom! Dump Obey - Elect Duffy!

Elections belong to the people. It is their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters. - Abbie Hoffman

So what?
David Obey


Can you tell these hippies apart?

In order to cover up for the failure of the first stimulus bill, Dave Obey has just helped pass a more modest (cough, choke) second stimulus bill. But democrats are not calling it that, they are calling it an 'omnibus' bill - one that costs $447 Billion. Congressman Obey also arranged to hand out $11 Billion in earmarks in fiscal year 2010. How does congressman Obey think we will pay for it when his usual partner in crime Speaker Nancy Pelosi killed his war tax?

I mean when Obey goes left of Nancy Pelosi - can he still really be representing central and northern Wisconsin? Dave Obey seems stuck in a rut, his answer to every problem is to tax or spend. He doesn't seem to have much imagination for any other ideas. I mean with guys like Dave Obey around, we'd have more fiscal sanity if Doctor Evil were in charge of the Federal Budget:

We don't have to take this much longer though, we have a choice. On December 16th in 1773 was when the first Boston Tea Party. Go to StrikeABlowForFreedom.com and contribute to his challenger Sean Duffy. Duffy is a movement conservative. He is a 4 term District Attorney in Ashland Wisconsin who has spent the last 7-8 years of his life locking up the bad guys. Duffy is a father of 5 with #6 on the way. His beautiful and talented wife Rachel just recently wrote a book on being a stay at home mother.

I've had the pleasure to have known Sean since 2003 as a Republican Party activist. Sean is a family man who has strong conservative values all-around, especially in regards to the rule of law as well as economics and values. Maybe I'm a little biased having known Sean, but don't you think this is *the kind of guy we need* as an antidote to the corruption, expediency & end-justifies-the-means mentality of Obey & Obama? I sure do.

Click Here

Want to make a statement? Give $12.16 in memory of the date of the Boston Tea Party. Can't do that much? Give $5. You can do better? Give $50 or $100. Whatever, just give Sean something so he can charge on to beat Dave Obey - the chairman of the appropriations committee who has shepherded every bailout, every porkbarrel project, every penny of wasteful spending since the Democrats took control of the House.

TTFN & God Bless,

Jim

PS: This blog is the sole work of the author and the author alone and not the work of or opinion of any political party or campaign committee.

Dave Obey - "So What?"

Greetings,

Here's an ad to make Dave Obey's 'Just For Men' hair turn gray:



For any who doubt what the ad says:

Don't count on stimulus job tally

Earmark-Free Stimulus Bill Lacks Spending Direction

And to hear him say, "So what?" watch this:



Many ads spin, this ad tells the truth! Dave Obey could care less about us.

Mad yet? There is a solution

GIVE!

Sean Duffy For Congress

TTFN,

Jim

Glenn Beck on Obama's "Spending Freeze" Also Known As The 8 Twinkie Diet

Greetings,

If you haven't seen this - WATCH! This is all you need to know about the Obama "Spending Freeze" in plain English with an easy to understand analogy:

Glenn Beck- January 27, 2010 (Part 1/5)


Glenn Beck- January 27, 2010 (Part 2/5)

Speaking as a junk food junkie I can relate - I mean if I stop getting 2 Hardees burgers . . .

Hardee's Portobello Melt


Hardee's Bacon-Cheese Thickburger


then can I call it a diet if I get 1 Monster Burger?

Hardees MonsterBurger


and maybe have a king-size Kit-Kat bar later?

Because let me see, we got the bank bailouts, the auto-industry bailouts, Dave Obey's $787 Billion 'Stimulus' bill, what else? Anyways, I'm glad that Obama wants to freeze spending - now that he has increased it to all time record highs!

All I got to say is, "Pass me the box of Twinkies Mr. President."



TTFN,

Jim

Sean Duffy Endorsed by 7th Congressional District Republicans

1st came the endorsement from Sarah Palin

Yesterday on Saturday, March 6th 2010 came the endorsement from the movement conservatives who attended the 7th Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin's annual District Caucus.

In a room filled with no smoke (except perhaps the smoke emitted from Dan Mielke's ears) Sean Duffy was overwhelmingly endorsed by the members of the 7th Congressional District Republican Party. In stark contrast to the NY-23 race in which the RINO Dede Scozzafava was chosen by a handful of party bosses, Duffy (a Conservative Republican) was endorsed by 406 delegate votes (84%) -vs- delegate 78 votes (16%) for Dan Mielke. After several procedural and time-wasting votes, Duffy earned that 84% on the very 1st candidate endorsing ballot.

I had the honor myself to both speak in favor for the endorsement and to cast my ballot for Sean in the endorsement. Just before the balloting when Sean Duffy said he would accept the endorsement the room filled with electricity and many conservative activists in attendance uttered words like "Yesss!" and "Finally!" There was a real feeling among many of the delegates present that the wheels of history were being set into motion. This election cycle, this candidate, Sean Duffy will topple one of the most out-of-touch members of Congress, Dave Obey, author of the failed $787 billion dollar (so-called) 'stimulus' bill.

Dave Obey - Wisconsin's own Milk Carton politician

Don't let your office door in Wausau hit you too hard on the butt when you finally move home to Arlington, Virginia Dave!

TTFN,

Jim

More Bad News For Obey - Sarah Palin Endorses Sean Duffy

Greetings,

Ever see a big snowball roll down a hill?



Today Sarah Palin threw a big snowball down a hill at Dave Obey.

. . . AND the world took note:

Palin backs Obey opponent

Sarah Palin endorses Obey challenger Duffy

Palin endorses Duffy in northwestern Wisconsin congressional race

Palin targets Obey in Wisconsin

Palin backs GOP House challenger

Palin endorses Wisconsin candidate

Sarah Palin endorses Obey challenger Duffy

Palin endorses Obey challenger Duffy

Sarah Palin blasts stimulus, endorses Sean Duffy

Sean Duffy Money Bomb/Tea Party Meme Bustin'/Open Thread

Palin endorses Duffy

Looks like an attractive pairing!



TTFN,

Jim

The Stimu'less' Bill is Unconstitutional!

Greetings,

From here on in BTW, I'm calling the current bill the stimu'less' package because it is less 'stimulus' and more SPENDING on bureaucracy!

But anyway - recently a little known provision has been found in the bill that is unconstitutional, that is, if you still believe in the 'Free Exercise' clause of the 1st Amendment:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

According to FOX News:

"The provision bans money designated for school renovation from being spent on facilities that allow "religious worship." It has ignited a fury among critics who say it violates the First Amendment and is an attempt to prevent religious practice in schools."

So that would mean for example, NO MONEY for a Catholic or Lutheran parochial school or any denominational college or seminary.

The article further says:

"According to the bill, which the Democratic-controlled House passed despite unanimous Republican opposition, funds are prohibited from being used for the "modernization, renovation, or repair" of facilities that allow "sectarian instruction, religious worship or a school or department of divinity."

So I guess that would include hospitals too, Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, Jewish, etc. All those facilities have chapels right? What about little towns like mine in the upper Midwest that ONLY have ONE hospital which happens to be owned by the Catholic church?

So much for Obama the 'Christian' President and so much for the Catholic case for Obama! I wonder how many people were suckered by that liberal PAC?

Of course this is not a bad thing necessarily, when F.D.R. was President, the Supreme Court struck down the worst parts of the New Deal. Perhaps once passed this bill or parts of it can be challenged in court and summarily struck down . . . hmmm . . . food for thought.

TTFN,

Jim

What Scott Said

Why I'm Not Lining Up for Stimulus Handouts
We've been down the spending road, and the result is a state budget in terrible shape.

By Scott Walker from the Wall Street Journal Opinion Page
February 28th, 2009

Be sure to see Scott at the Lincoln County Lincoln Day Dinner coming soon on March 15th.

TTFN,

Jim