Well I declare-- be the peeps waking up? Read also the comments and find the one about Fred Thompson and his utttely clueless "Big Magnet" comment
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/11/19/john-cornyn-declares-he-will-continue-the-war-against-conservative-candidates/#postcomment
BTW, this entire Seneca blog was started because of Cornyn, Hutchison, and Lamar Smith's vote for the TARP. Good to see that I am not alone.
Showing posts with label tarp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tarp. Show all posts
Friday, November 19, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Out Democrating the Democrats
"To me it demonstrates that Washington, the White House, the administration, the President himself seems to be disconnected from the mainstream of America," Cornyn said. ~John Cornyn - Republican Senator (TX) commenting on one of Obama's recent pronouncements
So says one of those that, in a display of his own disconnectedness from the American People, and over their objections, voted FOR the TARP bailout where $750 billion of taxpayer money went to support the very people that caused the mess in the first place.
They say it is time for a third party - I say it is high time for only one party - the democratic party - until the Republican Party itself gets connected with the American People. And the Republicans wonder why they can't get that last smidgen of voter turnout to put them over the top and take them into power.
News Alert Republican Party - The reason you constantly have lost and the reason you lost the last election is because you alienate those voters that in their disgust at seeing you trying to out-democrat the democrats, decide to stay home. Think of it this way, if John Kennedy were alive today he would say that George Bush was a fine Democrat.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The Stimulus Shell Game Explained
It's a slow day in a little East Texas town. The sun is beating down, and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit...
On this particular day a rich tourist from back east is driving through town. He stops at the motel and lays a $100 bill on the desk saying he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night.
At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, picks up the $100 bill, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves town.
No one produced anything. No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now out of debt and now looks to the future with a lot more optimism. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is conducting business today.
~ Sent by Bobby, who got it from somebody else, who got it from ....
On this particular day a rich tourist from back east is driving through town. He stops at the motel and lays a $100 bill on the desk saying he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night.
*As soon as the man walks upstairs, the owner grabs the bill and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.
*The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to retire his debt to the pig farmer.
*The pig farmer takes the $100 and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier of feed and fuel.
*The guy at the Farmer's Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to the local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer her "services" on credit.
*The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with the hotel owner.
*The hotel proprietor then places the $100 back on the counter so the rich traveler will not suspect anything.
At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, picks up the $100 bill, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves town.
No one produced anything. No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now out of debt and now looks to the future with a lot more optimism. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is conducting business today.
~ Sent by Bobby, who got it from somebody else, who got it from ....
Sunday, August 2, 2009
A Boot is Still a Boot
Starbucks - Bulverde Texas
I saw a fellow reading The 5000 Year Leap, and since we had just had a TeaRally, I stuck up a conversation by asking if he liked the book. He said the he did and that he was amazed at how far off the tracks the country has moved from the ideals that made the country in the first place.
Now, here is where it becomes distressing, for these preliminaries lead to a discussion of Statism and Big Government, and in that vein, I mentioned how the "Big-Government Problem" is not confined to the Democrats, but that the Republicans are helping hand-in-hand to expand the power of the Federal Government over our lives. Essentially, it being that the Democrats come from one direction while the Republicans come from the other - with the pocketbook of the citizen in the middle. To try and drive the point home that "our" party is power hungry just as are the Democrats, I mentioned that the thing that was the straw that broke my back was when our Republican Senators Hutchison & Cornyn, and my District 21 Representative Lamar Smith, ALL voted for the first TARP bailout - over the objections of their constituents.
Now, think of it. I had just told him that the Republicans were ½ the problem. Was there any light that went off in his head? Was there any nod of agreement? ABSOLUTELY NOT. Even though that I was telling him that his Republican Senators and his Republican Congressman sold him out, he was going to avoid that ugly fact and continue to think that it is all Obama and those evil Democrats.
I am so saddened that even the people that go to the tea parties, when led by a celebrity to "boo" the Republicans and the Democrats, do so with gusto; yet in their heart of hearts, when you get them "one-on-one" to look inside, you can see that they feel that it is all the Democrat's fault, and think that if the Republicans can boot them out then things will be all good and fine. They completely ignore that it was BUSH that came to Congress and wanted a $700 billion appropriation in 3 days.
In sum it will not be good if Obama has his way, nor will not be all good and fine if the Republicans with their current brand of Corporatism and Statism come back to power, because a boot is a boot and feels the same on my neck whether it is worn by a Democrat or a Republican.
In sum, I think that it is appropriate to remember - It is Not Left vs Right - It is the STATE vs YOU.
I saw a fellow reading The 5000 Year Leap, and since we had just had a TeaRally, I stuck up a conversation by asking if he liked the book. He said the he did and that he was amazed at how far off the tracks the country has moved from the ideals that made the country in the first place.
Now, here is where it becomes distressing, for these preliminaries lead to a discussion of Statism and Big Government, and in that vein, I mentioned how the "Big-Government Problem" is not confined to the Democrats, but that the Republicans are helping hand-in-hand to expand the power of the Federal Government over our lives. Essentially, it being that the Democrats come from one direction while the Republicans come from the other - with the pocketbook of the citizen in the middle. To try and drive the point home that "our" party is power hungry just as are the Democrats, I mentioned that the thing that was the straw that broke my back was when our Republican Senators Hutchison & Cornyn, and my District 21 Representative Lamar Smith, ALL voted for the first TARP bailout - over the objections of their constituents.
Now, think of it. I had just told him that the Republicans were ½ the problem. Was there any light that went off in his head? Was there any nod of agreement? ABSOLUTELY NOT. Even though that I was telling him that his Republican Senators and his Republican Congressman sold him out, he was going to avoid that ugly fact and continue to think that it is all Obama and those evil Democrats.
I am so saddened that even the people that go to the tea parties, when led by a celebrity to "boo" the Republicans and the Democrats, do so with gusto; yet in their heart of hearts, when you get them "one-on-one" to look inside, you can see that they feel that it is all the Democrat's fault, and think that if the Republicans can boot them out then things will be all good and fine. They completely ignore that it was BUSH that came to Congress and wanted a $700 billion appropriation in 3 days.
In sum it will not be good if Obama has his way, nor will not be all good and fine if the Republicans with their current brand of Corporatism and Statism come back to power, because a boot is a boot and feels the same on my neck whether it is worn by a Democrat or a Republican.
In sum, I think that it is appropriate to remember - It is Not Left vs Right - It is the STATE vs YOU.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
If None Have Read It, Then Who Wrote it?
Ever wonder just who it is that writes these 1200 page bills of drivel and ill conceived thought?
Ever wonder if a 96 year old Supreme Court Justice, or any judge, or any current Supreme Court nominee, writes their own opinions?
Begs the question, doesn't it, of exactly whose ideas and whose opinions are being pushed.
Another point to make is that on those 900 page bills that are being pushed as coming out of nowhere (TARP I), the fact is that they do not come out of nowhere. Make no mistake, THAT thing was in its 899'th page of draft way before Bush and Paulson went on their binge of hysteria to try and sell a "crisis".
Same goes for the stimulus/porklus, ObamaCare, and yes my friends, even the Patriot Act.
Ever wonder if a 96 year old Supreme Court Justice, or any judge, or any current Supreme Court nominee, writes their own opinions?
Begs the question, doesn't it, of exactly whose ideas and whose opinions are being pushed.
Another point to make is that on those 900 page bills that are being pushed as coming out of nowhere (TARP I), the fact is that they do not come out of nowhere. Make no mistake, THAT thing was in its 899'th page of draft way before Bush and Paulson went on their binge of hysteria to try and sell a "crisis".
Same goes for the stimulus/porklus, ObamaCare, and yes my friends, even the Patriot Act.
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