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Veterans Are Worthless, By b. obama.
Posted by: | CommentsHi ass holes, I’m b. obama. I just wanted to pass along a little bit of info CNN wrote about me. Don’t get excited, I didn’t say “Hope” or “Change” at any time. I know, disappointing. What would you do without those words?
Anyway, I was just writing to let you know that I really don’t give a flying fuck about Veterans in this country. I mean, after all, I’m not one of them. No sirs! I was busy getting a college education at Harvard. Yup, I can sure relate to you middle class folks. I know how tough it can be for you sometimes. But for those of you who served in the military, I cannot relate. So, fuck you. I say it with a smile on my face. Seriously, just because you were injured, maimed, or had something else terrible happen to you during your service to this country doesn’t entitle you to anything. It especially does not entitle you to a second thought from me.
What? You didn’t see this coming? How in the hell not? Don’t you idiots remember one of my first military snubs? Oh c’mon, it was the night I took office for Christ’s sake! I was invited to the Medal Of Honor recipient innaugural ball. I was the first commander in chief in over 50 years to snub those lazy pricks. I heard a few of those guys had jumped on grenades to save the lives of their buddies. Sounds like another cheap sob story to me. So fuck ‘em!
That leads me to what I want to do now. This one is hilarious. I want Veterans to pay for their own medical care via their own private insurance. You see, I’m not really sure what the hell I’m doing in office. I’m winging it. I’ve gotten a whole slew of morons to think I’m the messiah, but truthfully, I have no idea what the hell’s going on. So, I figured I’d mix it up and say things like, “We can save money here by spending more money here.” People believe it, so why not? I’m worth a few million, not like I’ll be hurting if the economy tanks. So the plan is, if you get a leg cut off in the middle of a firefight or something (like I care), you just go see a doctor, pay a copay and they’ll let you be seen. See? Isn’t that nice? Just don’t forget to pay your ridiculous monthly premiums. I don’t know why they have those. I get my medical care for free. And everything else for the next for years. That only gives me enough time to save up around $2 Million dollars. What a rough life.
lol
To all my army dudes or whatever, I hope you don’t mind my plan. It’ll be better in the longrun. I really don’t know how, but the only way I can make AIG pay for it’s crimes (just kidding, I’d never hold the truly guilty people accountable) is by fucking you every which way I can! It is for the better, and you will thank me!
Oh yeah, how could I forget? Here’s a link to the article CNN wrote about me:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/10/veterans.health.insurance/index.html
And in case you’re feeling too lazy to click a link:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed Tuesday that the Obama administration is considering a controversial plan to make veterans pay for treatment of service-related injuries with private insurance.
Lawmakers say they’d reject a proposal to make veterans pay for treatment of war wounds with private insurance.
But the proposal would be “dead on arrival” if it’s sent to Congress, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, said.
Murray used that blunt terminology when she told Shinseki that the idea would not be acceptable and would be rejected if formally proposed. Her remarks came during a hearing before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs about the 2010 budget.
No official proposal to create such a program has been announced publicly, but veterans groups wrote a pre-emptive letter last week to President Obama voicing their opposition to the idea after hearing the plan was under consideration.
The groups also cited an increase in “third-party collections” estimated in the 2010 budget proposal — something they said could be achieved only if the Veterans Administration started billing for service-related injuries.
Asked about the proposal, Shinseki said it was under “consideration.”
“A final decision hasn’t been made yet,” he said.
Currently, veterans’ private insurance is charged only when they receive health care from the VA for medical issues that are not related to service injuries, like getting the flu.
Charging for service-related injuries would violate “a sacred trust,” Veterans of Foreign Wars spokesman Joe Davis said. Davis said the move would risk private health care for veterans and their families by potentially maxing out benefits paying for costly war injury treatments.
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A second senator, North Carolina Republican Richard Burr, said he agreed that the idea should not go forward.
“I think you will give that up” as a revenue stream if it is included in this April’s budget, Burr said.
Murray said she’d already discussed her concerns with the secretary the previous week.
“I believe that veterans with service-connected injuries have already paid by putting their lives on the line,” Murray said in her remarks. “I don’t think we should nickel and dime them for their care.”
Eleven of the most prominent veterans organizations have been lobbying Congress to oppose the idea. In the letter sent last week to the president, the groups warned that the idea “is wholly unacceptable and a total abrogation of our government’s moral and legal responsibility to the men and women who have sacrificed so much.”
The groups included The American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
At the time, a White House spokesman would neither confirm nor deny the option was being considered.
Oh yeah….
Yes We Can! (screw as many of you sheep as we want)
Later morons!
b.
Audit the Fed
Posted by: | CommentsWAKE UP FOLKS.
Right now, you and I are seeing the worst plundering of a nation’s wealth in the history of civilization – all led by the out of control Federal Reserve.
If you and I don’t act today, I’m afraid this crisis will end with the economic ruin of every man, woman and child in the United States.
Just think about the scope of the problem for a minute: The Fed pumps trillions of dollars in fiat currency into a system already overloaded by the massive amount of dollars committed to the economic bailouts in recent months.
This TOTALS:
More than the socialist New Deal…
More than the entire Iraq debacle…
More than the 1980’s savings and loan mess…
More than the Korean War…
COMBINED.
Where will it all end?
It’s time you and I put a stop to an out of control Federal Reserve. And Ron Paul has a bill before Congress to do just that. That’s why it’s vital you fill out your personal “Audit the Fed” petition in support of Congressman Paul’s bill.
Today, $9.7 TRILLION in taxpayer dollars in bailouts and loans have been agreed to by Congress, the Bush and Obama Treasury Departments, and the Federal Reserve. Poll after poll shows the American people are fed up and are ready for fresh leadership to make their voices heard in Washington.
That means it’s a perfect time to unleash a revolution on the out of control Fed!
Please complete this petition urging your Congressman to cosponsor and a seek roll-call vote on Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed Bill — the first step toward ENDING THE FEDERAL RESERVE once and for all!
As I know (or hope) you’re aware, the Federal Reserve’s inner-workings are shrouded in secrecy, and their meetings are off-limits to the public. Just recently, the Federal Reserve told Congress “NO WAY” when asked to account for TWO TRILLION DOLLARS in taxpayer-backed loans!
Well, why do you think they refused?
They know coming clean with Congress and the American people on how they doled out those two TRILLION dollars would result in an anti-Fed firestorm.
So can you imagine the impact of a full-scale audit?
You and I will finally be able to show the American people that the Federal Reserve System leads to:
*** Constant economic crises — the housing crisis and the resulting chaos is just one example of an economic bubble created by centrally-planned interest rates and money manipulation;
*** The destruction of the middle class – as fuel, food, housing, medical care and education costs soar, everyone who is NOT on the government dole is forced to make do with less as the value of their money slowly decreases;
*** Currency destruction — history shows us that riots, violence and full-scale police states can result when people finally realize fiat money isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on and REFUSE to accept it.
And unless you and I do end the madness in Washington, D.C., we may be closer than we’d like to think to learning that history lesson first hand — right here on the streets of our towns and cities. That’s why your commitment to helping the Campaign for Liberty fight this battle is so vital.
Just a few months ago, there was no chance of passing any legislation like Ron Paul’s Audit-the-Fed Bill. So I guess there has been one “CHANGE.” But with the piling up of trillions of dollars in out of control “bailouts” of Wall Street and international bankers, even many politicians in Washington, D.C. want to show you they’re “being responsible”.
What better way for Congress to do this than by auditing the Federal Reserve to account for the trillions stolen from the U.S. taxpayers?
There will be many battles you and I must fight over the coming months to take back our country. But this one is set to rage in Congress in just a few short weeks. And, it’s a bill we CAN pass!
You see, after regulating, taxing, spending, borrowing and printing us into what looks like the worst recession in decades, establishment politicians and power brokers are assuring us they are working hard to “fix” our economic woes.
So they want to do something (anything) to show you they care. That’s why Dr. Paul’s bill is positioned to move forward this year.
And since very few politicians understand the Federal Reserve System, they do not understand the threat this bill poses to the borrow-and-spend system they continually vote for.
Please visit this website to have a petition automatically generated and sent to your representative.
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/campaigns/auditthefed.php#1
Bailout, Bullshit, and other things.
Posted by: | CommentsFrom: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/04/obama.executive.pay/index.html
“Pledging to take “the air out of golden parachutes,” President Obama
announced Wednesday that executives of companies receiving federal
bailout money will have their pay capped at $500,000 under a revised
financial compensation plan.”
Wow. Paving the way for a true socialist economy. While it’s understandable that the American public is pissed off about CEO pay and bonuses due to the bailout of these companies, who the hell is obama to cap pay in the private sector? Last time I checked, shareholders of these companies are supposed to vote on this kind of thing. So much for democracy. It doesn’t stop there… this just opened a door to cap the pay of other CEOs in the private sector who haven’t received bailout money. It will happen. Thanks to obama. How would you feel if you were the CEO of your own company and some ass hole who you don’t work for came along and told you to take a pay cut? The same guy who claims to care about the taxpayer is going to screw us every which way.
It’s a bit contradictory don’t you think? Just look at the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Don’t know what it is? Google it. It makes it easier for people to sue over pay bias. obama needs to keep his nose out of the private sector! Not only is this allowing more government intervention in private companies, but who is going to pay for all of the legal garbage? TAXPAYERS.
My good friend brought up a good point last night that most people don’t bother to think about… if obama knew what the hell he was doing, he’d be focusing on the economy as opposed to the private sector. Our country’s money is not backed by gold. It’s really not backed by anything. Need more money? PRINT MORE!
He’s also following clinton’s failed policy. You remember bill clinton right? He was the first black president. Bush was blamed for what clinton did to the housing market. Under clinton, anyone and everyone could buy a house, regardless of credit, regardless if they had money in the bank. It didn’t matter. Clinton wanted everyone to have a home. Wonderful!
So, lots and lots of broke people got into homes and what happens when someone who is broke can’t pay make mortgage payments? They forclose! Fortunately for clinton, this takes a few years to happen in large doses. Bush is sitting in office and the housing market nearly collapses. Millions of people who don’t pay attention to ANYTHING blame Bush, having absolutely no bloody clue that he didn’t cause it to happen. Clinton could have prevented 9/11 after the first WTC attack. But no, he just sat in his office getting blown by some dumbass. Americans conveniently forget about this one as well. Another clinton mess for Bush to clean up. And people have the nerve to bitch about Bush.
Next thing we know, some jerk-off is screaming “CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE” and he gets voted into office. For what? All talk. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve heard say, “I’m voting for him cuz I want to see someone black in power.” So much for educated voting.
Instead of change, now we have a new stimulus package in the works, and what’s among the writing on the wall? TAX BREAKS FOR NEW HOME BUYERS. Sound familiar? That’s right, let’s get MORE people to buy homes that can’t afford them! They’ll get a tax break that they’ll gladly piss away on an SUV or some other garbage they don’t need. $600, $700 a month for a car payment, $1,500, $2,000 for a mortgage payment…. After a couple years of struggling, pililing up credit card debt because their mortgage and car payments are so high they can’t buy food with money and they’ll go bankrupt, forclose, etc…. Anyone see a pattern here?
So much for change, obama. You’re doing the SAME shit clinton did.
I’d also like to know what you plan on doing with all of the prisoners from guantanamo bay. Bring ‘em all here? I find it ironic that you believe terrorists and people who have killed and would attempt to kill our own people have more rights than a innocent, unborn fetus. So more for a chance at life. Not only do you leave the door open for others to kill our people, you also support killing before birth. Is that what you call population control? Maybe you should PLAN something before telling everyone to just do it.
But wait, there’s more.
I’m a little curious about why you are leaving it up to each state to determine emissions standards. You do realize, I mean, after all, you give good speeches, that you’re going to make life more difficult for the auto industry. If each state has different standards, the auto makers have to build each car to a different standard. This slows production time. It increases production costs. Which in turn increases the overall price on every vehicle. People don’t want to buy cars when prices go up. The auto industry can’t sell as many cars…. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see where this one is going.
And speaking of where one is going…. Were you paying attention at all to where the hell you were going when you walked into the press room? And then you had the balls to get angry at the press for asking questions? That’s what the press does, ass hole. They ask questions.
I’d also like to know how the global poverty act has slipped under the noses of so many people. Maybe the voters chose to ignore it, like everything else when they voted for you. This country is already in debt. Handing over nearly $1 TRILLION to the U.N. (which is by far one of THE most useless organizations on earth) isn’t exactly smart economics. Where is this money going to come from? Oh that’s right… people like me who pay taxes. You make $400k a year, and you get everything for free, so it’s not like you have to worry about it. That’s ok, we’ll just print more money!
The media has a spotlight on you… that whole 100 days in office thing is a joke. You haven’t even been in office long enough to stink up the oval office chair and you have fucked up everything you’ve touched.
You know, I don’t even like rush limbaugh… but he’s got some good points. He wants obama to fail. The problem is that his failures are going to be passed on to someone else, just like clinton. However, I don’t recall clinton pissing and moaning about who his people can and can’t listen to. Might as well go straight to the source and tell the person speaking they aren’t allowed to speak… freedom of speech? Not so much anymore. obama policies WILL fail in the longrun, but they look pretty to people who ignore history and reality, so right NOW it’s the in thing to do. We’re a society of instant gratification. The sheep of this country are too impatient to let things work themselves out without constant government intervention.
You’d think someone so well-spoken would be intelligent enough to do some background checks on the people he hires. Tax evasion doesn’t exactly look so good on a resume. It’s human to make mistakes. Absolutely. But being Jesus Christ incarnate doesn’t exactly allow for that. If you want to act like you know what you’re talking about, you’d better show it. And obama has been unable to do so thus far.
Lastly, I’m thankful that I’m no longer in the Air Force. Clinton screwed the military, just as obama will. Blowing off the Medal of Honor recipients was his very first action as CiC to the military community. He was the first to snub them in 56 years. So much for showing your respect to those who have fought and died for YOU and this country. Egotistical prick.
I think it should be a requirement that anyone who runs for president has to have served at least 4 years in the military. Preferably enlisted, just so they have personal experience at the bottom of the shitpile that rolls down from the top.
This article just proves my point:
http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=9786443&nav=menu193_2
He has no idea what the difference is between the DoE and the DoD. Idiot.
obama is not my president. I do not support personal agenda.
Hello, I am unaccountable – part 2
Posted by: | CommentsToday started off in a great manner. I had a pleasant commute to work, enjoyed a Starbucks coffee on the way, and watched the sun rise. I get to my desk, and had an e-mail waiting for me with a subject line of “Letter From Our CEO”. This letter talked about how the company used to get third party capital from a certain bank and now they do not feel comfortable with that bank. They then stated they would stop using third party capital altogether, but it would involve some pain. The pain is that they are going to delay our payroll for 2 weeks–essentially we are working with no pay for two weeks. I would feel safe betting that the CEO and executives are not included in this payroll delay.
Instead of the company holding itself accountable for it’s financial problems, the are instead putting the burden on us employees. They gave us a 3 day notice stating that we won’t be getting paid on Friday this week. Just like every American, I have bills to pay and mouths to feed. My creditors provide services to me with the agreement that I will pay them in return. If I don’t pay them on time, they will be holding me accountable with late fees, phone calls, notices, etc. I agree to provide services to my employer in exchange for timely compensation. The part that bothers me is if my employer doesn’t pay me on time, there is no retribution whatsoever. I can’t send them late fees or put a ding on their credit. I cannot do anything. I just sit here knowing that I gave them a bunch of time and in my position time equals money. The kicker is that my employer is a subcontractor to another company, so my employer is getting paid for the work I have performed–but they are not passing that pay on to me.
Once again, it seems that the only people being held accountable for anything are the honest, hard-working, middle-class people who live within their means. I would love to boycott my company, but I am stuck in a hard place because I am the breadwinner for my family. If I walk off the job in protest, there are a hundred people waiting to take my job. I have to eat their financial problems because the executives won’t hold themselves accountable. I have to somehow continue to be motivated to work for this company despite the fact that I just gave them 80 hours of work for free. And I also have to try and convince myself that my company isn’t on the verge of collapse–because e-mails like these almost always come before the real bad news.
Something smells fishy here.
Hello, I am Unaccountable
Posted by: | CommentsAs I am driving to work on this dreary Monday morning, I encounter a bit of congestion on the freeway–but not enough to slow down traffic. A few minutes later, I see flashing lights behind me. It is an unmarked law-enforcement SUV, and he is apparently heading to an emergency of some sorts. I make my way over to the right shoulder to let him by, and notice that there is nothing identifying this vehicle as even being an official vehicle other than the flashing lights in the grill and on the back doors. The license plate was a state government plate, which (in my state) could mean it was a state, county, city, or educational institution vehicle.
I normally wouldn’t have a problem yielding to an emergency vehicle, but today I did. You see, this unmarked law enforcement SUV turned off his lights after he passed the majority of the traffic. The congested spot was going the speed limit and not slowing down traffic, but apparently this was too slow for the unmarked cop car. The unmarked vehicle passed me and the others at a speed that was well over the speed limit. A few miles later, the SUV was back in traffic and doing the speed limit–but with no flashing lights. This left me even more confused until I realized what had happened over these short few miles–we crossed county lines and he is probably now in jurisdiction where he has to behave. The bottom line is the cop used his flashing lights to get around traffic even though he had no legitimate need to do so. This person is someone who feels they are above the law and are entitled to not only use emergency lights in an unofficial manner, but also to drive at speeds above the speed limit. And because they are in a semi-unmarked cop car outside of their jurisdiction, they know there is pretty much a guarantee they will get away with it. I am going to call this person, Officer Unaccountable.
What happened to folks being accountable for their actions? Slowly over time, this cop morphed into the pile of garbage he is because folks didn’t hold him accountable for minute and trivial things. It probably started with him speeding in his cop car, then morphed into him driving his cop car to his house 25 miles away (even though he is only supposed to drive it a maximum of 5 miles), then he was promoted and talked his way into an unmarked car, and soon realized that cars will yield to his emergency lights even if he just uses them for fun. Today, it would take me hours to trace down what agency this vehicle belongs to and who I would need to contact to file a complaint.
This story has bearing on things locally and nationally. Everyone is pissed off about big executives getting huge bonuses and making millions of dollars. Being upset at them is ridiculous–you need to be upset at all the people that enabled them to get to this point. An assembly line worker didn’t just walk into a CEO position one day and have money thrown at them. These CEOs worked their way up the corporate ladder, and eventually were making ridiculous amounts of money. Who enabled them? The shareholders did. In a normal corporation, there is a board of directors. This board of directors is elected by the shareholders. Shareholders who are pissed off about the executives should stop whining and begging for government intervention–and instead should use their shareholder voting rights to elect different leadership. But oh no…Why would the shareholders ever hold themselves accountable for the idiots they have allowed to be in power? I am going to call these folks Mr. and Mrs. Unaccountable Shareholder.
What about all the people and businesses asking for a bailout? This is just getting ridiculous. In a normal world, people are held accountable for their financial decisions. When you sign the dotted line on a new mortgage, you agree to make payments as agreed upon in the loan contract. You should have done your homework prior to signing this line and determined how much you could afford to borrow. Instead, you have more idiots who went out and got a $250K adjustable rate mortgage on a house with an artificially inflated value. And when the interest rates went up, these folks came crying to the government for help. The flood of homes in this situation caused housing values to drop back to where they should be and this made a perfect storm. The folks, like me, who bought a reasonably priced home with a FIXED-RATE mortgage, have no worries–except about how they are going to be paying for the STUPIDITY of others. Instead of holding the “stupids” accountable, the government is instead helping them pay for their mortgage and rewriting the contract loans for them. Mr. and Mrs. Live Above Our Means are crying out claiming that the banks are to blame, yada yada yada bullshit. I would love to hear them out, but the last time I checked–the banks were not holding guns to their heads, forcing them to sign the papers for the adjustable rate mortgage for their overpriced stupid house.
Now…what about the banks? Have the banks done wrong? Nope. The banks have merely done what people have allowed them to do. The entire banking mess stems from the passage of the Federal Reserve Act in 1913. This act created a PRIVATE centralized banking system, with very little accountability and oversight. Over a period of several decades, this private banking system has devalued the US dollar by creating massive amounts of money out of thin air. They have done this through fractional lending and this practice ultimately ends with a collapse of the dollar. Citizens of the USA need not cry about how the banks have ruined everything, but instead should cry out to the government to END the Federal Reserve banking system. The US Government, not the banks, needs to be held accountable for the current fiasco.
Some things will never change though. Things will remain the same as long as folks keep watching American Idol and believing that creating trillions of dollars of new currency to bail out our economy. Officer Unaccountable, Mr. & Mrs. Unaccountable Shareholders, and Mr. & Mrs. Live Above Our Means will remain unaccountable and will continue to see themselves in the wrong light–instead of doing what is right and admitting they have done some wrong.