Some mean looking guys right ?
Wonder who they work for ?
they work for us, the people, well, I mean the citizens, no, I mean the State.
Is that right ? Yeah I guess that's right.
You see, as employees of the Government, paid for by all of us, you know, We the People, I would imagine that these fine gentlemen would be the cream of the crop in our front line of defense when it comes to border security, or some type of terrorist threat, or anything where some type of the threat of extreme violence was to be encountered.
It seems when this picture was taken, these men were dressed out and readied because the Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign was scheduled to fill the streets in St. Paul Minnesota.

So whats the big deal ?

Well, yesterday millions watched and prayed as Debbie Stabenow brought her S 3706 to the floor. She gave a good nine minutes worth of time to it, and then it was left on the floor, literally.
Stabenow had done what she had promised, that she would get it out there, and now most of the Senate are relaxing at home, wondering what to do about their re-election bids, and some about retirement.
The S-3706 would have offered the 99ers more free cash, and would have supplied them enough revenue to get them through the holidays, but what then ?
I have asked in recent post to offer assistance if possible, offer some side jobs to someone, try to hit some yard sales, anything.
If you do not agree with the Government becoming involved in the states business, and you agree with smaller Government. If you think there should be cuts in spending, and want to stand behind the representatives that want to say NO to the out of control spending, and the welfare state, then support them by showing the big Government that you can be a charitable person.

Take some things to the food bank
If your kids outgrow some clothes, pass them down to someone
If your friend is out of work, he is still your friend, stop in and see if he needs something.
log onto Craigslist and check your city. find someone to rake your leaves or something, or give something away
Better yet, it will be cold soon, maybe if you had a spare room ?
Could you really sleep at night knowing a family has been put out in the streets ?

This is not the post that I had intended to write today, but as I watch the rain and wind blow past my window, I know there is someone out there right now that is cold and wet, and has had everything ripped away from them.
They worked hard, everyday, just to come in on a Friday to a pink slip in their paycheck, and now they are thrown out with the trash.

No Support and No Change

I am not at all biased as to the sites I visit. I am open to every ones ideas about music, food, relationships, and yes of course, politics.
This morning was no different, and I made my rounds reading the feelings of some folks thinking Steve Colbert should be drug through the streets, and some thinking he is a shining example of just what a huge joke Congress has become.
I turned to a blog I sometimes go to today that must have picked up on the posts that I had done on the unemployment issues, and the people left behind in this Country, and he too had told a story of how cuts had left his family and friends huddled together with next to nothing.
Their Government had made promises to them that never appeared, and they were left with a realization that no help was ever going to reach them.
We see in the news today the riots in their streets, and the attacks against their police, and we hear people like Glenn Beck and Neil Cavuto try to explain to us that without the cuts to these extreme Government handouts, their Country will be bankrupt.
I read on his site that there was a lot of warning, and so much time to prepare, but the people, including himself always thought it could never happen to a country like his.

Today on the Unemployed Friends forum, I read this...

Below are the results from my calls to finance committee members - as you can see, this is a political very hot potato - nobody wants to commit. Please call and ask for their support - especially your Republican representatives.

Senate Finance Committee Members by Party Affiliation
Democrats:

* Max Baucus, Montana, Chairman - (202) 224-2651 - 99 weeks is enough
* Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia---(202) 224-6472-no comment
* Kent Conrad, North Dakota--(202) 224-2043-not released an opinion
* Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico--(202) 224-5521-hasn't released a statement
* John Kerry, Massachusetts--(202) 224-2742 -favor
* Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas--(202) 224-4843--no response
* Ron Wyden, Oregon--- 202-224-5244-hasn't issued a statement yet
* Charles Schumer, New York---202-224-6542--supports
* Debbie Stabenow, Michigan--Sponsor
* Maria Cantwell, Washington---202-224-3441--no statement yet
* Bill Nelson, Florida--202-224-5274-no statement yet
* Robert Menendez, New Jersey-- 202.224.4744--hasn't released a statement
* Thomas Carper, Delaware--(202) 224-2441--hasn't released a statement

Republicans:

* Chuck Grassley, Iowa, Ranking Minority Member-(202) 224-3744-hasn't indicated
* Orrin Hatch, Utah--(202) 224-5251--hasn't indicated
* Olympia Snowe, Maine--202-224-5344-no public opinion yet
* Jon Kyl, Arizona-- (202) 224-4521-answering machine
* Jim Bunning, Kentucky--202.224.4343-hasn't issued a statement
* Mike Crapo, Idaho--(202) 224-6142-staffer can't find any information
* Pat Roberts, Kansas--202-224-4774-no information
* John Ensign, Nevada--(202) 224-6244-considering support
* Mike Enzi, Wyoming--(202) 224-3424-still debating
* John Cornyn, Texas--202-224-2934-mailbox full- staffer didn't know

Let me just say, they don't care.
They really don't. I hate to be the one to lay it out here, but with them losing ground in the primaries, and the tea party people, and the Republicans rolling out this contract thing about all this great stuff they are gonna do, no one cares about the family of people that will come home tonight, and sit around the table while the kids work on homework, and Dad figures how he is gonna get the light bill paid, and Mom is on the phone trying to get a couple days extension on the cable bill.
No one cares they have a half a tank a gas to get around till Friday, but the Republican robocaller will call and ask for a $25.00 donation
No one cares that the boss told Dad that this pipe job will be shutting down because of permits in another week, so he may be laid off for a few months.


You know what Obama, sometimes a lot of us wish you would put the damn thing in D and then hold it in the floor, just make sure you have some of them Washington folks with you

Has Congress Lost Touch With Reality ?

Colbert comes to Washington to do what ? Make fun of them ? To put on a show ? What did he accomplish ?

Waste about $125,000 dollars of our money.

Lets see him do a spot about that on his show, about how much wasted time that little stunt took, and the money that cost us.

Big freakin deal, that was just a feather in his ratings hat, and a diversion for the left, oh yeah, dont forget, somewhere in another less attractive place they were discussing the black panthers that were scooted away that hadbeen in front of a pooling place in uniform with a nightstick.

And lets not forget also the folks living in cars, boxes, and under bridges, you know the ones that WERE working just a few months ago, like 99 weeks or more ago, thats what they call themselves, the 99ers, the ones that have exhausted all the unemployment bennie available and are now left with no place left to live, no place to go, nothing.

I know there are the few " cheaters " that maybe took advantage of the system, but let me tell you, no man is going to sit back and let his family go hungry and homeless if he can help it, he would shovel shit from a ditch for a can of beans first, thats why I do not think these people are cheaters.

Debbie Stabenow dangled the carrot in front of them before they went on their vacation claiming they would get some help when she got back. Many of the Dems signed on to back her up and it that S 3706 was going to save them all.

I go back to the message boards that are mostly operated by Dems, and I am shocked at what they have been posting, completely bashing their party, and very doubtfull that their vote for Obama was wortwhile.

Today, I checked back in and read that Stabenow had announced that she was going to debate the S 3706 bill in the coming week, and all of a sudden you would have thought Heavens gates have opened.

Wait a minute, Stabemow said she would debate the bill, you know, shake the carrot.

Am I the only one that gets this ?

Let me try this another way, when people get desperate, when they are tired, hungry, dirty, and have no place to go, they are open to a lot of things that they normally would not open themselves up too. They become willing to walk into some false hope.

For 9/11, I asked that we help someone, to pass on that feeling you had after you saw those buildings fall, and the Pentagon burning, and the feld in Shanksville.

I took it with with my gorup of friends and raised some money for the homeless, help some people so they had a place to stay, made a few connections with them and got them some work on local farms, and had a big cook out with burgers and dogs and crabs, all donated, and the folks had a great time, but most of all, they had some respect, and had some dignity, and they felt like they were not forgotten.

One man I talked to had done construction all his life, framing houses, siding, roofing, like that. He had to sell his tools, his truck, everything to feed his kids, then lost his home. He was renting a trailer for $425 a month that had no AC, and was ashamed that everything was gone.

Is he cheating the system ? Do you think he is not looking for work ? I guess he chose this spot in life.

I had a skill saw, an a drill in my shed I took to him on Tuesday, and a box with some hammers and tape measures and chalklines and stuff. I have not used them in years. I also took him a number to a guy I know that wants some rabbit cages built, its not much, but we have to help each other.

What have you done to help someone ?

Recession Map

This map is a great visual aid to show the decline of our country since January 2007.

Take note on how the areas DC do not change to much, the area that contains many Government workers.

When having conversations with people around here about the state of our country, there are a few that always chime in and say " Give Obama a chance, he has only been in office a short time "

Well, how much longer should we wait ? How much farther should we slide down into the pit ?

If you were riding along with someone that was headed for a tree at 65 miles an hour, how close to the tree would you get before you said something ? how close would you get before you grabbed the wheel ?

Don't Get Mad At Me Bob

I stopped on a blog that is written by someone that is an Obama supporter the other day.

I do read him regularly and do leave comments on occasion.

In his last post, I read again about how he believes that the Republicans are twisting the truth, and are greedy, propaganda spreading, right wing wackos

The typical comments I see on many left wing sites, but this post ended in a dangerous comment

" They are all about money, greed, and deceit and when you try to take a little from them, watch out for them, because they will stop at nothing to save their precious money. If there is ever an organized effort to start a civil war against Republicans, sign me up! "

I had left a comment that questioned his need for a war on Republicans, which was deleted, and then later received a message from him that said

" to Lot2learn, your an idiot, stop visiting my site. "

I guess his " war " effort is a secret, or maybe the realization that what the Republicans have been saying is true, and is leaving him a little ashamed

Putting the blame on Bush has exceeded it's time limit, and it is time to realize that this administration is wrong

It's OK over there in leftie-land, we can still save this Country

Put the Kool-Aid down and take a step back

Open your eyes and see for yourself that we do not want to bankrupt our nation, we do not want communist czars, we do not want tax cheats managing the IRS, and we do not want big government or socialism

A war with the Republicans ?

A civil war ?

Is that what we really need ?

Cap & Trade Disgrace

Cap & trade.
Another power grab by the Obama group, and another plan to send more people into unemployment and line the pockets of the Obama supporters.

Democrat Senator Byron Dorgan



Democrat Senator John Dingel



Democrat and President B.H. Obama



Lets see now.
Cap & trade just a big tax.
Cap & trade will raise our utility bills.
Obama says our electric bills would skyrocket.
We do not even know for sure if global warming is even real.
This is just another way to shake he American public down for more money.
Here is a simple explanation of what all this Cap & Trade is



A fellow blogger that I visit, The Obamanation of America recently ran this post....

Sign The Cap And Trade Petition
Senator Jim Webb and Senator Mark Warner,We the people of the State of Virginia and the United States of America are opposed to the implementation of Cap and Trade. We believe that if passed, this bill will raise our energy costs by as much as $3000 dollars. We as citizens believe that this bill has nothing in it to preserve/help the environment and instead uses false science to advance big government. We are not fooled by this secret tax upon us and wish for it to be struck down immediately. Please vote NO on the Cap and Trade Senate Bill and support the people who vastly oppose this bill.Here is the link to sign it: http://www.aktnow.com/petition/citizens-against-cap-and-trade

You can find his blog here

http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/the-obamination-of-america

I have signed, and also have spoken directly to my state representatives and found that we share the same views on the Cap & Trade bill.

My friends, we must make the people in DC remember that they work for us, and that they need to listen to what we say, or they can start looking for another job.
The 2010 elections will prove it

Did We Get Any Answers ???

I was waiting for an answer last night. I wanted to hear what gloom and doom is waiting for us if we do not spend 1.5 million on tennis courts in Northern Va.

I want to know why we need dog parks in California, and why it is a priority to re-sod and landscape the grounds at the national mall

I wanted to know why this managed health care plan is set to limit health care to seniors, and decide for you what medical procedures you can and can not have done

I want to know why throwing good money, that we don't even have, after bad is going to help us get on the right track

We need to prepare for whats coming because allowing the government to remodel their offices, and buy new vehicles, and throw more money at the global warming crap does not affect what happens to people in the unemployment office down in Dallas Georgia, or Mt. Eagle Tennessee, or even down here in the Northern Neck of Virginia where I live

I did hear a few things last night that did make me laugh. Obama said, once again, that he walked into this debt. He failed to mention that he helped create this mess. He also failed to mention that the decisions made by the Democrats sent the housing mess out of control.

I found out that the Washington Post was more concerned about Obama's feeling on A-Rod doping up than how much this stimulus will cost our children

And for the first time ever, the President called on an extreme left wing media outlet, the Huffington Post, who instead of asking if the President was concerned for his aunt that was in the states illegally and facing deportation, asked about prosecuting the previous administration for war crimes

I hate to get all preachy now, but I think it's time. With or without this bill, all of us need to learn self reliance. We need to stand on our own 2 legs and take care of ourselves and not get sucked into the welfare system that the government is offering. Less government, more people.

Do we want to continue to live free, or let Washington make our decisions for us ?

This is enough of this mess and all those suits inside the beltway can hold hands and walk into a wood chipper for all I care. I want a change, and Obama's not bringing it.

Disagree ? Go drink your freakin Kool-Ade

What Happens Now ?

Great job there America, well at least 51 % of you.
I will let anyone reading this know that I am heading into a a very heated, and politically incorrect post.
Let that be the first topic, The " political correctness " of what we hear on the radio, see on the TV, and read on sites like this one. Get your fill of it now because it will soon be a thing of the past thanks to the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine.
Yes it will happen, so do not leave me links in my comment section that show Obama having no interest in doing it. He already has, for months his " truth squad " has been going after the press for negative stories about him and his campaign.
When it came to an issue that could damage him, instead of confront it he would throw some lawyers at the problem, make a joke about it, or send the squad to deal with it. I have said before on many of my posts that I will fight for my right to free speech, and will stick to my beliefs.

Yeah, sure, laugh it off. Obama is going to bring us together, he will bring us peace and prosperity, and you need another hit of that Kool-Aid too
How did Obama get elected ? Could it be the legislation he has passed to help the working guy.
Maybe all the times he voted down the programs that cost us more than they were worth
What has he done to earn the right to become the leader of our nation ? Oh yeah, that's right, he did a little dance on the Ellen show
No people, Obama did not win the election for any past actions, the LEFT won it for him. They made sure he had the connections, and the money, and the votes to put him in office
And now what do you think the left wants ? Everything. They are entitled. Obama is their child, and he will do as they please.
And hey, lets not forget who else is standing to the left with him, you know, Ried and Pelosi ?
Yeah, it will be like a big reunion when the all get to sit down together and start their agendas.
But lets ice the cake, shall we ? They can do as they please without question because the left wing media will never say a negative thing about what they do, and if they get out of line, they will get smacked on the nose with the paper that the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE is written on

What about our economy ? What are your plans as a middle class worker in the United States ? Well let me help you get started in your plan to prepare for our new economy, find your unemployment office.

The big companies that pass out the work to the contractors go for the lowest bid, they have no choice. That means cuts in pay, and cuts in labor, otherwise known as the middle class. Yeah, raise the taxes to help pay for the welfare checks you want to send out, put us all out of work

It makes me effin sick that my friends and coworkers are on unemployment or having to work at wal-mart for $6.00 an hour because the government is taxing these large companies into bankruptcy

What about the big test Joe Biden was talking about ? Well, do I need to tell you about Russia moving their missiles to their borders ? Should I remind everyone about Obama's anti-gun stance ? Do we really need to discuss the fact that leaving the war on terrorism will only bring it here to our shores ?
And last but not least, what will happen to our constitution ? Obama has said that is is " flawed and outdated " Will he write us a new one ? It should go along great with the new one he will rip us.
I can only hope that you Obama supporters get what you think you deserve, and I hope you take it without complaint
No, I am not convinced that Obama will fix the economy, I am not convinced that he can create a health care plan that will benefit anyone, and I am not convinced that he can keep our country safe, and I think that when the honeymoon with him is over, and that should be around March or April, It will be a bad breakup
As long as I am able, I will remind you Kool-Aid drinkers just what a great choice you have made,