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Bipartisan support means little as jobs bill is eviscerated
Reid does hack job on bill
By all accounts, the jobs bill was on the path to victory. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that he was going to cut the bill from $ 85 billion to $ 15 billion, cutting it to about an eighth its former size.
How did he do it? Fox News also reports that he cut “key priorities of both Republicans and Democrats.” Why did Reid sabotage the bill? Well, there’s no official word from Reid on that, but there are plenty of others out there willing to offer up their theories. If Reid were to be asked why, it would likely be that it was a way to save money.
What will the jobs bill do?
The jobs bill, in its stripped down form, doesn’t make it easier for businesses to borrow money, but it does offer tax breaks to employers who make new hires. Fox News says:
The $ 15 billion bill includes a $ 13 billion payroll tax break for employers who hire new workers; $ 35 million for small business depreciation; $ 2 billion for “Build America Bonds” for infrastructure; and a one-year extension of the highway bill.
Reid removed several extenders, including funding for research and development, and a provision to decrease the estate tax. The estate tax extender had a lot of Republican support.
Why did Reid take a chainsaw to the bill?
Fox News reports that Reid gutted the bill due to “criticism that the Democratic-sponsored jobs bill would not primarily create new jobs.” Christian Science Monitor says:
Senator Reid appears to be making a political calculation that the GOP will have a difficult time voting against his own, stripped-down version of jobs legislation. That’s because Reid has left the bill’s central job creation provisions intact, while jettisoning tax breaks and other provisions intended to win Republican support.
As for what Reid himself had to say about it, the only quote out there from him is this: “We are going to move a smaller package than talked about in the press. Republicans are going to have to make a choice. We have a bipartisan bill that will create jobs, according to the CBO, immediately.” He added “I don’t know in logic what they could say to oppose this.” The results remain to be seen!
On budget deficits, Obama is agnostic
Will the tough budget deficit decisions be made?
It turns out “agnostic definition” is something Google searchers want to know. It probably doesn’t have anything to do with religion, as the word is usually applied in that context. It has a few others uses, however. Courtesy of the New York Times‘ “Word of the Day,” here’s a snapshot:
agnostic •ag-’näs-tik, əg-• noun and adjective
noun: someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
noun: a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)
adjective: of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism
adjective: uncertain of all claims to knowledge
Obama’s budget: endless cash loan or lesson in vocabulary?
The Swamp ran an article bearing the “Obama Agnostic” headline about the deficits.” Reigning the federal deficit in can lead to higher taxes on the middle class, but Obama is promising it won’t happen. Instead of committing to one particular idea or strategy, he’s staying “agnostic” and waiting for an idea.
No taxes, no cuts?
Obama told the press we can’t simply “cut our way out of this problem.” Tax increases and cuts in Social Security and Medicare might be where Obama goes, but he didn’t give Bloomberg any definitive answers. He is staying “agnostic,” which is the sort of typical non-committal language native to politicians.
Do anything but commit
I understand political gamesmanship. I also understand that repairing something as large as our national debt is a tremendously complex task. The budget Obama proposed cuts it to $ 1.267 trillion, improving on the $ 1.56 projection – but he’s eyeing $ 727 billion by 2013! Remaining agnostic won’t get you very far, as tough decisions will have to be made right away to meet a 2013 deadline. The recession has made things harder, and people are harder up for cash loans than in a while. Make a decision and stick with it.
Political Bumper Stickers: The Funny Side of Politics
Politics brings out the best and the worst in people, whether it is the candidates grasping for votes or the electorate themselves, but there is a great deal of fun to be had from watching the great democratic process in action.
One of the funniest aspects of the political arena is the number of political bumper stickers which make their appearance, not just at election time but whenever a “popular” politician is in office.
We should all be grateful for free speech!
So here is a selection of vehicular commentary on the political scene for your enjoyment:
George “W” Bush
Love him or hate him, George gave us more fun than any president since the last one. Bushism’s litter the modern lexicon and here are just a few to cause a smirk or two:
· Bush – End of an Error
· Bush – Like a Rock, Only Dumber
· If You Can Read This You Ain’t Our President
· Impeachment: It’s Not Just For Blowjobs Anymore – oh, Bill! You're up next - at least your wife is!
· We Need a President Who Is Fluent In At Least One Language
There are so many more, but it’s just not fair to concentrate on Ole’ George, so let’s take a look at someone else.
Hilary Clinton
We could have take a look at her husband, Bill Clinton and “W’s” predecessor, but Hilary provokes the kind of right-wing ire that liberals feel with Bush;
· Hilary – Just Like Your Ex-Wife, Only Bitchier!
· “Run Hilary Run!” – this was the best-selling political bumper sticker in New York because Republicans adopted it too – the difference was, they put the sticker on the front fender;
· GOPee on Hilary; and
· Monica’s X-Boyfriend’s Wife for President
Now we could go on for quite some time yet, but in the interests of political balance, it is only fair we make sure every political figure get’s the same exposure.
President Obama
President Obama is suffering from what many president’s before him have experienced – a turn in public acceptance and approval after they get elected. President Obama is in the midst of major legislative efforts with the financial crisis and getting a healthcare system established, and both these areas are fertile ground for bumper sticker aficionados:
· Obamacare – 9 out of 10 Illegal Immigrants Prefer It;
· Nobama (the ubiquitous play on words);
· HONK! If I’m Paying Your Mortgage
· One Big Ass Mistake America
· So, How’s That Hope and Change Working Out for You?
Thankfully, President Obama still has another three years of office to run, so there is plenty of time to iron out the kinks in any humor argument. At the next election who do you think will be running against him – Sarah Palin perhaps?
Ex-Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin
Going rogue seems to be what Sarah is all about these days, after quitting as the Governor of Alaska, ostensibly to spend more time with her family (or plotting on the takeover of the free world by becoming the first female US President).
No stranger to controversy, Sarah provokes the best and worst in people:
· I Can See Russia from My House (no she couldn’t);
· Coldest State, Hottest Governor;
· I Wanna be Sarah’s Intern!;
· McMilf 2008; and
· Pregnant Unwed High School Dropouts for Palin!
Scandalous Politician
Thedailyzing.com is pleased to present the much anticipated video clip, “Scandalous Politician,” a short mockumentary music video of slime ball politicians who were caught in illegal, scandalous acts such as: soliciting prostitutes, taking bribes, committing tax fraud, soliciting minors, and running a prostitution ring out of their home. We thought we would take some time to let you know what your current political figures Larry Craig, William Jefferson, Mark Foley, Eliot Spitzer, Charlie Rangel and Barney Frank have been doing while lurking in dark corners. We know not everyone likes to follow politics, due to it being slimy in nature. With that in mind we used the greatest art form of all time… comedy, well we like to think so anyway, to bring you this humorous video. We hope you enjoy it and pass this entertaining, bi-partisan and educational zing on to your friends, co-workers and family members. Thedailyzing.com is keeping their eyes on politicians and political figures for any scandalous, illegal and idiotic doings and won’t hesitate to call them out on it. Turns out we stay pretty busy with all of the shenanigans going on in Washington. Though our political and moral views are those of conservative values, we recognize a slime ball when we see one and won’t hesitate to call them out, no matter what side of the isle they rest there scandalous behinds. We spend time sifting through the slime and sleaze so you don’t have to.
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Politics – Some Political Wars Leave No One Untouchable
One of the ways to learn what people are thinking about current problems is what things they want. This is by their reactions to their daily life through polls of public opinion. It is often possible to determine how millions of people feel about any matter of common interest by asking a smaller number of people by a much larger group called a sampling. Through the polling of small samples many things can be learned about public opinion in a very short span of time and at little expense.
The HARP program (Home Affordable Refinance Program) is designed for mortgages owned by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in which the homeowner can afford their monthly payments but is unable to refinance because they currently owe more than their home is worth. Under this program Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will allow them to refinance up to 105% of the value of their home at today’s market interest rate. In order to qualify for this program you must have a satisfactory credit rating.
Polling is primarily an instrument for finding out about people’s needs, preferences and options. It is also well adapted to the collection of data concerning housing, employment statistics, health, information levels and countless other factual characteristics of the population or sub-group within a population. Polls serve an important function in today’s society where communications and co-operative action extend over wide areas and large numbers of people.
The polls results if they are presumed to be trustworthy, the poll must be carefully and competently planned and carried out. There are six basic steps involved in polling: They are, select the sample, pretest the questions, exactly define the objectives, formulate the questions, interview the sample and tabulate analyzing the results.
One thing is clear whoever is responsible for the attacks planned it out ahead of time gave the fact that the graves that some of the bodies were placed in was carefully dug up ahead of time. As the investigators look farther into the details of the case, they are starting to discover not only do the Ampatuan family who are considered partners with warlords and deadly militia’s control the people in the towns but also many of the police officers around the area.
For participating lenders in the HAMP program the Federal Government has sweetened the pot by giving them an incentive to modify an applicant’s loan. For each of the first 5 years of the modification the Feds will pay your lender a certain amount per month for accepting the modification. In addition, as a homeowner, if you make your new modified payment on time you may be eligible for ,000 in principle reduction for every year you make your payments on time – up to 5 years
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In this Political Season, Why Cursing Matters
Editor’s Note: Just when you thought you had heard everything possible blamed on George W. Bush, comes this little piece picked up from the great cloud of contributed content.
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Is it just me, or has the world gone mad for expletives? I have never heard so many being used in everyday language as are being spewed today. Everyday people are letting themselves speak like sailors whenever and wherever they feel like it. Is it a sign of the times? Or, am I just more sensitive as I grow older?
You see “colorful” language all over the Net. You hear it on TV and in almost every movie. Friends that you never thought would dream of overusing foul language are doing so at an alarming rate. What is the urge that is driving these people? F-bombs abound like they are a mandatory necessity for proving one’s bravado and toughness. Is it the economy? Maybe so. All I know is, we live in a cursing world now.
You might think I’m a little on the prudish side, but I am not a church-goer, or some lilly-white namby-pamby. Expletive-riddled dialog abounds on every street corner, in every coffee house, in the work place, at home, in every bar (well, I suppose that’s no surprise), in many public cell phone calls, on so many blogs, forums and in emails, your favorite social network and plenty of other places too numerous to mention. It’s almost like you are a pariah if you don’t curse. What the HECK is going on here?
Are we all foul-mouthed wannabes yearning to be free? I think the overuse of expletives not only demeans civilization, but the more you use them, the more you dilute what you are trying to communicate. Sure, they can create shock value, but after using so many, the effective shock dissipates.
Is this curse-at-any-cost world we live in a sign of these troubled economic times where the lack of jobs, homes and money has turned us all into angry downtrodden people? After all, it is The Great Recession, and many of us don’t know how we’re going to be able to earn enough income to sustain ourselves and our families. The fact that we, as a nation, find ourselves in 2 losing and fatiguing money-draining wars must also be taking its toll. The death and maiming of our Troops, as well as those poor souls in the host countries, is absolutely unimaginable and unacceptable. The overall national and global situations we find ourselves in are incredibly demoralizing, to be sure, but is that a license for letting-fly with any and all foul language that comes to mind? Does overall fear and depression give way to this style of communication? Do “the rich get richer as the poor get poorer” realities we face have something to do with it? How about the fact that our taxes are paying to bail out the crooks who caused our economic meltdown while they continue to conduct business as usual? I don’t really have an answer. I’m merely speculating on what the underlying root causes for this trend may be, that’s all.
Now, let me briefly discuss how the First Amendment works. I do not know of any right we Americans possess that is more important and more powerful than the Freedom of Speech. We all deserve to be able to speak our minds at anytime and using any language that we see fit. The inalienable right to have your say is more vital to democracy than any other single right we have. But, when one insists on speaking their peace with a seemingly endless stream of gutter language, well, the message can easily get lost in a sea of filth.
Now, for the kicker: I find MYSELF cussing more than ever before, too. So, what’s my excuse? I prefer to blame it all on George W. Bush!
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What to Get David Cameron for Christmas
Editor’s Note: Here is a little opinion piece from across the pond. Too bad we didn’t get it before Christmas. In any event, Gordon Brown is headed – much like US liberals – for the Island of Misfit Political Hacks.
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He’s measuring the curtains, he’s planning the colour scheme and choosing the furniture.Barring a miracle, like alien invasion, the revelation that Gordon is indeed the reincarnation of John Maynard Keynes himself, or the Sun scoop of Nick Griffin being the love child of Ken Clarke and a heroin addled jazz singer, most pundits believe that Dave will soon be in number 10 leading a Tory government.
So this Christmas will be cause for some quietly confident celebration in certain political households and knocking back the bitter booze of commiseration and certain defeat in others. What sort of Bullingdon Club boys toys would be appropriate for the soon to be crowned ones? The port will be flowing and the cheeses stinking late into the night as the cuts are planned and the privatisations discussed. But before slapping his thigh and shouting “to London Puss”, Dave should beware of getting into the pantomime spirit too much, lest he receive Christmas gifts from nasty Baron Tebbit of Chingford.
In true panto villain tradition, such an offering could only serve to remind him of hubris under the guise of something practical and evoke the ghosts of Christmas past.The gift we speak of is, of course,none other than the Thatcher nut cracker.She was the iron lady with balls of steel, which is no mean feat for a woman, but very useful when you want to break some heads (or unions for that matter) and put the cabinet’s nuts in a vice.
As a stocking filler, the Maggie Thatcher nutcracker probably ranks alongside the Black Spot in terms of popularity. Who would have thought that the lady who insisted she wasn’t for turning would turn out to be a right cracker (granted the less charitable or left-leaning might say just downright crackers). The great thing about this marvellous incarnation is that it doesn’t really matter if you loved her or hated her. She’s still absolutely brilliant, and after all, what trembling Conservative grandee (including Alan Clark) hasn’t dreamt of having his nuts crushed between the thighs of a powerful woman?
US Defense: Some Useful Historical Info
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is an important federal department which deals with coordinating and supervising all agencies directly involved with national security and military matters. The DoD is one of the biggest tenants at The Pentagon and is made of three chief sub-departments, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Forceand the Department of the Navy.
Some other DOD groups include the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the Missile Defense Agency, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the famed National Security Agency (NSA).
In terms of the department’s history, it was set up based on some specific plans constructed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 19 December 1945, President Harry S. Truman proposed the creation of a new unified Department of National Defense. The plan was mulled over and was eventually passed in 1947.
On July 26, 1947, Truman finalized the National Security Act of 1947 which set up the National Military Establishment which would begin active operations in September, 1947. The Establishment had the unfortunate abbreviation NME which resembles ‘enemy’ and it was, in 1949, baptized the DoD.
Before the creation of the DoD, US armed forces were separated into various departments which lacked any real central authority. The Marine Corps was still a separate service under the Naval Department while the Coast Guard remained under the control of the Treasury Department.
The Department of Defense’s budget was about 7 billion in 2007 though this figure does not include tens of billions more in supplementary spending on things like nuclear weapons testing and design.
During time of war, the DoD has authority over the Coast Guard. According to the US Code, the Coast Guard is always considered one of the five branches of the US armed services. During times of official war the Coast Guard operates as a branch of the Navy even though the Coast Guard has not been under the full control of Navy since World War 2.
The official command structure of the Department is defined by the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986, made law by President Ronald Reagan in October, 1986. This Act changed the command of the United States military and it introduced the most significant changes to the Department since it was established.
Under the Act, the command structure passes from the US President, through the Secretary of Defense, to the commanders of all military forces (COCOM). The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is mainly responsible for readiness of the US military and serves as the President’s military adviser while remaining outside of the chain of command.
10/3/09 Weekly Republican Address: Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI)
Conservative Blog submits this for your viewing pleasure. Unfortunately, the lefties don’t believe their agenda is ‘job-killing.’ When they wind up unemployed in 2010, they’ll understand a bit more.
Rep. Miller: “Republicans hope that the President and Speaker Pelosi will put aside their job-killing agenda and help promote policies to get Americans working again.”
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How many people are ready to vote against the Republican Party ways again in 2008 Senate selections.?
Here is a little exchange that came in last year from another blog site:
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We need to put a stop to this president, but the U.S. Senators of the Republican party, time after time Vote for the President 85%+ of the time, and anything to do with the war or to over ride the presidents Veto, the Republican Senators have no balls to over run, this president. So this next year i’m not a Republican anymore, I will vote against the Republican party the rest of my life, which under Bush may not be much longer. How many of you feel the same way!
I’ve been a Republican for half a century. I’m not going to vote for any Republican until they rid the party of the neocon vermin that has usurped it.
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Now that we are well into multi trillions in debt, about to have our health care solen by liberal government… how do you like your Hope and Change now?
Elections are about choices. Sometimes they are not great choices, but an adult sometimes has to choose between the lesser of two evils. The voter above just invited catastrophe by getting angry rather than thinking through the problem. Now we have to figure out a way to survive the next three years.