What is all the fuss about the new Arizona Illegal Immigration laws? You are either in this country legally or you are not. If you here illegally then you must be arrested and deported. Seems pretty simple to me. As soon as you climbed over, under or around a fence, hid in a truck, or what other means you arrived in the United States Illegally you became a criminal. the definition of Illegal is Prohibited by law; against the law; unlawful; illicit; not authorized or sanctioned. So you are not authorized to be in this country, GET OUT.
If I am pulled over by a police man I have to produce papers proving who I am (drivers license). In order to get a drivers license I have to bring a Social Security card with me to prove who I am. I am now working on a Federal Building and I have to go through a very rigorous background check by Homeland Security. I AM A LEGAL CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND I HAVE TO CARRY PAPERS TO PROVE WHO I AM. Why are we so concerned about criminals who have snuck into this country and use up our tax dollars. "They are not criminals", see the preceding paragraph.
"Racial Profiling is going to take place" . I hope not. I don't just want one race of illegal immigrants removed from this country, I want all races of illegal immigrants removed from this country. I don't care if you are white, black, yellow or any other color if you are here illegally GET OUT. I don't care if you are French, Canadian, Mexican, Croatian, Arab or Jew, if you are here illegally, GET OUT. I don't care if you are Catholic, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish or Atheist, if you are here illegally, GET OUT. I don't care if you are male, female, young or old, if you are here illegally, GET OUT.
"But he is the father of my children and I love him". Oh that is so sweet. Take your ass and follow your "love" back to whatever country they came from. Once you are on the other side of the border you can apply for the "love" of your life to become a legal immigrant.
Right now there are over 10 million illegal immigrants in this country. We have no idea if they are the good, hard working immigrant or the scumbag, terrorist immigrant. So lets kick all of the illegal immigrants out and start screening them to get back into the United States so we know who is here. The primary role of any government is to protect its citizens. I am a legal citizen of the United States and why should I be afraid in my own country. I shouldn't. I never used to have to lock my doors. Now my house is locked up tight and has enough fire power to protect me and my family from any and all intruders be they foreign or domestic.
"They do the jobs that Americans don't want to do". What they did was took the jobs that we as kids used to do. Kids today can't get a job and they don't learn how to work from the bottom up because the cheap labor is illegal immigrants. I worked in a car wash and washed dishes in a hotel restaurant and banquet room, I cleaned an office and scrubbed toilets when I was in High School. Now the illegals have those jobs. So where are our kids supposed to learn "boy I don't want to do this for the rest of my life". I hear people say kids today are lazy. I don't believe that. Kids today don't have a way to break into the job market because the starting jobs have been taken by the illegal immigrants. How do you break into an upper tier job if you have no experience at any job. I am who I am today because of the jobs I held in when I was younger.
Don't cry to me about civil rights for illegal immigrants, they have no rights. All they do is drive up the cost of health care, overcrowd our schools and jails, take jobs away from our children, use up our tax dollars and send the money they earn back to their homeland. If you want to live and work in this Country then learn the language and apply for a work visa. I have no problem with someone who can pass the screening process to enter this Country legally. If you can't pass the screening process then I don't want you here, GET OUT.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Joe Bonamassa Ohio Theatre 4/29/10
Joe Bonamassa may be a blues guitarist but he rocked Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday night. I have seen Joe Bonamassa before and although he was always good in the past, he has stepped up his playing a notch and his vocals have come into their own on this tour. The back up band was super, the sound was excellent and the lighting effects while simple were very effective in creating a mood. Joe mentioned the small crowds he used to play to in Cleveland in the past. 20 people at the Beachland Tavern 10 of whom were there for the two for one PBR's. He then moved up to the Beachland Ballroom where I first encountered this guitar virtuoso. I have seen Joe play at the House Of Rules and now a sold out show in the beautiful Ohio Theatre. This show by far was his best.
Mr. Bonamassa changes guitars through out the evening like a hooker going through rubbers. He started the concert with a double neck guitar, then came a black Gibson, a sunburst Gibson, a Gold Gibson, some weird looking Fender I guess, a red hollow body electric guitar, an accoustic guitar, a purple Gibson, a wine colored guitar and a flying V. Ten guitars and I am thinking I missed one or two changes in my notes.
Before the show I had it all set up to get the set list from one of Joe's people after the show. I started talking to some friends that I ran into after the show and forgot to grab the set list. Forgive me if I get some of the names wrong but I think I got most of them. The first song was a slow bluesy tune that I don't know the name of, Oh well. He then stepped up the tempo for "Last Kiss". A led Zepplin sounding song "So Many Roads". "So It's Like That" had a nice keyboard solo in it played by Rick Mellick. My friend Rick informed me that this next song was written by Warren Haynes "If Heartaches Were Nickels", Joes vocals were excellent on this song. Eric Clapton wasn't present to play "Further On Up The Road". Joe and Rick Mellick stay on stage the other two players leave and the song is "Slow Gin", they started out slow and worked it into a crescendo. The band then rocked out to "Lonesome Road". A drum heavy "Happier Times" was a crowd pleaser. The heavy metal "Blue and Evil" had Joe really starting to smoke. They went back to a more traditional type of blues for "Three Times A Fool". Then came Jeff Beck's "Blues Deluxe". Another cover song, the Who's "Young Mans Blues". Joe now straps on an acoustic guitar and starts out in a Spanish sounding style, that morphs into a get down funky beat, then Joe just starts shredding until the guitar should just burst into flames, "Wake Up Dreaming", I thought I was dreaming it was that good. A Jeff Beck ethereal sounding song called "Mountain Time" finished out the set.
Chants of Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, went up from the crowd and Mr. Bonamassa blessed us with "Bird On A Wire" and "Just Got Paid" for the encore.
I must mention that the crowd was an older crowd considering Joe Bonamassa is only in his thirties kind of amazed me. I wonder why Joe's peers aren't coming out to see him. A lot of times when I go to concerts I feel like the old weird guy, tonight I was with many of my friends and a crowd averaging 50 years old if I had to guess.
The band consisted of Joe Bonamassa on guitar and vocals. Rick Mellick on keyboards which was a nice touch. In the past Joe was a three piece band. The keyboards added a welcomed warmth and depth to the music which was quite pleasing to the ears. Bass player Carmin Rojas stays somewhat unnoticed sitting on his bar stool but his bass lines are such a great compliment to Joe's guitar work, I hope the two of them stay together along time. I am sorry to report I did not catch the Drummers name but he was very strong and also was a compliment to the music. Overall I have to say it was a great show. Five Twirls in my mind, easy. If you ever get the chance and want to see one of the great new young guns of the guitar go see Joe Bonamassa.
PS. I would like to thank Rick and Debbie for inviting me and my Honey Bunny to a great show. I would also like to thank Dale and Sylvia for picking up the wonderful seats for us. Thanks and Rock on.
Mr. Bonamassa changes guitars through out the evening like a hooker going through rubbers. He started the concert with a double neck guitar, then came a black Gibson, a sunburst Gibson, a Gold Gibson, some weird looking Fender I guess, a red hollow body electric guitar, an accoustic guitar, a purple Gibson, a wine colored guitar and a flying V. Ten guitars and I am thinking I missed one or two changes in my notes.
Before the show I had it all set up to get the set list from one of Joe's people after the show. I started talking to some friends that I ran into after the show and forgot to grab the set list. Forgive me if I get some of the names wrong but I think I got most of them. The first song was a slow bluesy tune that I don't know the name of, Oh well. He then stepped up the tempo for "Last Kiss". A led Zepplin sounding song "So Many Roads". "So It's Like That" had a nice keyboard solo in it played by Rick Mellick. My friend Rick informed me that this next song was written by Warren Haynes "If Heartaches Were Nickels", Joes vocals were excellent on this song. Eric Clapton wasn't present to play "Further On Up The Road". Joe and Rick Mellick stay on stage the other two players leave and the song is "Slow Gin", they started out slow and worked it into a crescendo. The band then rocked out to "Lonesome Road". A drum heavy "Happier Times" was a crowd pleaser. The heavy metal "Blue and Evil" had Joe really starting to smoke. They went back to a more traditional type of blues for "Three Times A Fool". Then came Jeff Beck's "Blues Deluxe". Another cover song, the Who's "Young Mans Blues". Joe now straps on an acoustic guitar and starts out in a Spanish sounding style, that morphs into a get down funky beat, then Joe just starts shredding until the guitar should just burst into flames, "Wake Up Dreaming", I thought I was dreaming it was that good. A Jeff Beck ethereal sounding song called "Mountain Time" finished out the set.
Chants of Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, went up from the crowd and Mr. Bonamassa blessed us with "Bird On A Wire" and "Just Got Paid" for the encore.
I must mention that the crowd was an older crowd considering Joe Bonamassa is only in his thirties kind of amazed me. I wonder why Joe's peers aren't coming out to see him. A lot of times when I go to concerts I feel like the old weird guy, tonight I was with many of my friends and a crowd averaging 50 years old if I had to guess.
The band consisted of Joe Bonamassa on guitar and vocals. Rick Mellick on keyboards which was a nice touch. In the past Joe was a three piece band. The keyboards added a welcomed warmth and depth to the music which was quite pleasing to the ears. Bass player Carmin Rojas stays somewhat unnoticed sitting on his bar stool but his bass lines are such a great compliment to Joe's guitar work, I hope the two of them stay together along time. I am sorry to report I did not catch the Drummers name but he was very strong and also was a compliment to the music. Overall I have to say it was a great show. Five Twirls in my mind, easy. If you ever get the chance and want to see one of the great new young guns of the guitar go see Joe Bonamassa.
PS. I would like to thank Rick and Debbie for inviting me and my Honey Bunny to a great show. I would also like to thank Dale and Sylvia for picking up the wonderful seats for us. Thanks and Rock on.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Browns Draft 2010
The first three rounds of the NFL draft are over. Mike Holmgren and Tom Heckert have made their picks and I am some what dismayed by their number one pick, Joe Haden. Joe Haden is rated very highly by all of the intellects connected with the NFL draft. He was a very good NCAA player. He has one attribute that has me wondering if he was a good pick, his height. Brandon McDonald was a very good open field tackler and was quick enough to stay with the wide outs but he was to small to defend in the jump ball situation. You know the situation a 6'6" wide receiver splits out and goes deep enough to get the first down or touchdown. The ball is thrown high enough that the receiver can jump to get it but the 5'10" midget playing corner back can't. I hope Joe Haden has springs in his legs to jump high enough because for the past three years I have suffered with McDonald being to short to cover the jump ball. All of the top prospects at corner back were 5'10" or 5'11". The Browns could have waited until the second round to pick up the taller Chris Cook out of Virginia or Jerome Murphy from South Florida, but they didn't.
In the second round the Browns pick up T. J. Ward, strong safety from Oregon another small defensive back at 5'10 and a half inches. Like Haden Ward is known for his open field tackling. The Browns look to be shoring up their run defense but again I don't like the short guys on pass defense. I will have to wait and see I guess.
The Browns second pick in the second round, the 59th pick overall, is running back Montario Hardesty from Tennessee. Hardesty is obviously a Mangini pick. Mangini likes ball players that will run through a brick wall when he tells them to and won't question him. Hardesty was banged up much of his college career and still compiled some impressive stats. He was a team leader as a captain of the team even when he didn't start in 2008. Hopefully he can stay healthy and run inside as well as outside to gain some yards for the Browns.
Our third round pick, 85th overall, is a big name player who possibly because of his size slipped to the third round, Colt McCoy. McCoy is the winningest Quarterback in NCAA history with 45 wins. He is accurate but does not have the strongest arm. Hopefully he can take two to three years of learning on the bench and developing his arm before he has to be called into duty. Remember the Browns have Jake Delhomme at QB now.
The Browns final pick in the third round at number 92 overall is Shawn Lauvao, Offensive gaurd from Arizona State. At 6'2" and 315 pounds he is a big boy that can certainly help shore up the Brown's offensive line. Plus all of those Hawaiian kids do well in the NFL because of their discipline.
Right now it does not look like a bad draft but I am concerned by the lack of height. It will be interesting to see how these players pan out. Is Heckert, Holmgrin and Mangini's first draft together pure genius or a bust, only the season will tell. A defensive backfield filled with midgets does not make me feel confident in our ability to cover the pass. My man Nick Sorenson at back up safety is the tallest DB at 6'3". Abram Elem at starting safety is 6'0". The rest of the DB's are 5'10". In my humble opinion we are way to short in the defensive backfield to play competitively in the NFL. I hope I am wrong, but I doubt it.
In the second round the Browns pick up T. J. Ward, strong safety from Oregon another small defensive back at 5'10 and a half inches. Like Haden Ward is known for his open field tackling. The Browns look to be shoring up their run defense but again I don't like the short guys on pass defense. I will have to wait and see I guess.
The Browns second pick in the second round, the 59th pick overall, is running back Montario Hardesty from Tennessee. Hardesty is obviously a Mangini pick. Mangini likes ball players that will run through a brick wall when he tells them to and won't question him. Hardesty was banged up much of his college career and still compiled some impressive stats. He was a team leader as a captain of the team even when he didn't start in 2008. Hopefully he can stay healthy and run inside as well as outside to gain some yards for the Browns.
Our third round pick, 85th overall, is a big name player who possibly because of his size slipped to the third round, Colt McCoy. McCoy is the winningest Quarterback in NCAA history with 45 wins. He is accurate but does not have the strongest arm. Hopefully he can take two to three years of learning on the bench and developing his arm before he has to be called into duty. Remember the Browns have Jake Delhomme at QB now.
The Browns final pick in the third round at number 92 overall is Shawn Lauvao, Offensive gaurd from Arizona State. At 6'2" and 315 pounds he is a big boy that can certainly help shore up the Brown's offensive line. Plus all of those Hawaiian kids do well in the NFL because of their discipline.
Right now it does not look like a bad draft but I am concerned by the lack of height. It will be interesting to see how these players pan out. Is Heckert, Holmgrin and Mangini's first draft together pure genius or a bust, only the season will tell. A defensive backfield filled with midgets does not make me feel confident in our ability to cover the pass. My man Nick Sorenson at back up safety is the tallest DB at 6'3". Abram Elem at starting safety is 6'0". The rest of the DB's are 5'10". In my humble opinion we are way to short in the defensive backfield to play competitively in the NFL. I hope I am wrong, but I doubt it.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Captains Game 4/21/10
My Honey Bunny and I joined some of our friends and went to the Cleveland Captains game last night. It was an enjoyable experience. A very nice spring night if you dressed for it. The temprature started to drop towards the end of the game so you needed to add a layer of clothing to stay comftrable. The Captains beat the Loons 6 to 5.
The highlight of the evening was the opening act. Mr. Robert Lippucci sang the National Anthem. Mr. Lippucci said he was a little nervous before he took the field. This fabulous tenor belted out a traditional version of the Anthem. No hip hop or jazzed up version Rob sang it the way it was written. His voice quivered a little in the very beginning but once he got into the song he belted it out like Rocco Scotti. I give my friend a ton of props it takes guts to go out in front of a large crowd filled with family and friends and sing solo one of the hardest songs to sing. Rob started out low so that he would have enough range to hit the high notes. A common mistake amongst singers of the National Anthem is they start out to high and they run out of voice when they get to the high notes.
When Mr. Lippucci finished a roar from the crowd went up and he received a standing ovation. I got a tear in my eye I was so proud of him. Rob says he will probably try again next year at a Captains game. I can't wait until he moves up to a CSU game, Cavs game or maybe even the Indians. I hope to get a chance to sing a duet with Rob when the Earls are in town playing in August. Keep your pipes warmed up because I will try and give you a run for your money. Congratulations Mr. Robert Lippucci you can scratch Singing the National Anthem at a ballpark off of your bucket list. Good Job.
The highlight of the evening was the opening act. Mr. Robert Lippucci sang the National Anthem. Mr. Lippucci said he was a little nervous before he took the field. This fabulous tenor belted out a traditional version of the Anthem. No hip hop or jazzed up version Rob sang it the way it was written. His voice quivered a little in the very beginning but once he got into the song he belted it out like Rocco Scotti. I give my friend a ton of props it takes guts to go out in front of a large crowd filled with family and friends and sing solo one of the hardest songs to sing. Rob started out low so that he would have enough range to hit the high notes. A common mistake amongst singers of the National Anthem is they start out to high and they run out of voice when they get to the high notes.
When Mr. Lippucci finished a roar from the crowd went up and he received a standing ovation. I got a tear in my eye I was so proud of him. Rob says he will probably try again next year at a Captains game. I can't wait until he moves up to a CSU game, Cavs game or maybe even the Indians. I hope to get a chance to sing a duet with Rob when the Earls are in town playing in August. Keep your pipes warmed up because I will try and give you a run for your money. Congratulations Mr. Robert Lippucci you can scratch Singing the National Anthem at a ballpark off of your bucket list. Good Job.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Sucked in by the Machine.
Dear loyal readers of the Moral Compass I owe all of you an apology. I have neglected my duties as of lately in bringing you entertainment reviews and political commentary. I have fallen prey to the most modern obsession that is plaguing mankind right now, technology addiction. I have seen people in the past obsessed with playing Atari games. Then portable Game Boys became the rage. Texting consumed people to the point that I thought there was something wrong with the persons back because their head was always hanging down looking at their stomachs. Internet porn can become a problem when your eyesight starts to go just like your mother warned you. I see people who can afford blackberries not wanting to be disturbed by human interaction unless there is an app for it. As rude as it is for people to ask you to put your thoughts on hold so they can return a text while you are standing right in front of them, I was infected with something far worse. I became ill from Face Book.
It started out simple enough, a person on my e-mail asking me to join Face Book. Sure why not. You start meeting many of your old friends from past lives and it all seem like fun. Then one of your so called friends tells you about a thing called Farkle. Not all people get started on Farkle just like not all alcoholics get started on Strohs. No, you may have gotten your first taste of alcohol form Boones Farm or MD 20 20 or Black Velvet. Believe me there are many different flavors of games on FB to whet your gaming appetite on. I just happened to start on Farkle then moved on to Slot Machines ( I am still on level 2 but I have all of my keys). Yes then I got sucked in by Word Drop ( I had the high score amongst all of my friends who played thanks to the word Whitehorse). Word Drop led me to Bubble Pop ( I was sooo close to getting a perfect score after three weeks of practice) just one more time, almost, Ok this is the last one, fifteen more minutes, only until one O clock, two O clock, Three O clock. Screw it let me try Bejeweled. Bejeweled became my heroin. It is a one minute game that will consume you for hours. I can do better than that, I have done better than that, I need more coins so I can afford boosts to the game. And pretty much for a month and a half instead of writing I have been sucked in by the machine, my compulsive personality took over and I became a Computer Zombie.
I apologize.
It took one of my loyal readers, a devil to some RI666, to smack me up side the head and say "what the hell is going on with the Moral Compass you have not written in over a month. I miss reading your blog, get off your lazy ass and write something". And to Mister 666 I say thank you. You have snapped me out of an addiction that like most addictions just makes you senselessly waste time.
I forgot that I have a responsibility to my public and just like Tiger Woods I hope you can forgive me too. Like Ben Rothlesburger who was smart enough not to have any witnesses by posting guards at the bathroom door, May God watch over all of us. Like Shaun Rodgers, the dumb ass, who doesn't know there is a locked and loaded firearm in his overnight bag that he is carrying through an airport I ask you to pardon me.
Yes people I am one of the fallen but now I am back. And to all of those people who are tending to your gardens on Farmville "get off of your lazy asses and get outside and do some real gardening". Forgive me and I will try and not get sucked in by the machine again.
It started out simple enough, a person on my e-mail asking me to join Face Book. Sure why not. You start meeting many of your old friends from past lives and it all seem like fun. Then one of your so called friends tells you about a thing called Farkle. Not all people get started on Farkle just like not all alcoholics get started on Strohs. No, you may have gotten your first taste of alcohol form Boones Farm or MD 20 20 or Black Velvet. Believe me there are many different flavors of games on FB to whet your gaming appetite on. I just happened to start on Farkle then moved on to Slot Machines ( I am still on level 2 but I have all of my keys). Yes then I got sucked in by Word Drop ( I had the high score amongst all of my friends who played thanks to the word Whitehorse). Word Drop led me to Bubble Pop ( I was sooo close to getting a perfect score after three weeks of practice) just one more time, almost, Ok this is the last one, fifteen more minutes, only until one O clock, two O clock, Three O clock. Screw it let me try Bejeweled. Bejeweled became my heroin. It is a one minute game that will consume you for hours. I can do better than that, I have done better than that, I need more coins so I can afford boosts to the game. And pretty much for a month and a half instead of writing I have been sucked in by the machine, my compulsive personality took over and I became a Computer Zombie.
I apologize.
It took one of my loyal readers, a devil to some RI666, to smack me up side the head and say "what the hell is going on with the Moral Compass you have not written in over a month. I miss reading your blog, get off your lazy ass and write something". And to Mister 666 I say thank you. You have snapped me out of an addiction that like most addictions just makes you senselessly waste time.
I forgot that I have a responsibility to my public and just like Tiger Woods I hope you can forgive me too. Like Ben Rothlesburger who was smart enough not to have any witnesses by posting guards at the bathroom door, May God watch over all of us. Like Shaun Rodgers, the dumb ass, who doesn't know there is a locked and loaded firearm in his overnight bag that he is carrying through an airport I ask you to pardon me.
Yes people I am one of the fallen but now I am back. And to all of those people who are tending to your gardens on Farmville "get off of your lazy asses and get outside and do some real gardening". Forgive me and I will try and not get sucked in by the machine again.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Jim Bunning and GOP opposed to the American Worker
Jim Bunning has stood up and stopped a vote from being conducted for the passage of an extension to unemployment benefits. He claims he wont allow a vote until the legislature can show how they are going to pay for the 8 Billion dollar extension. Not one GOP member tried to talk Senator Bunning out of his power play. Not one GOP member has come out and spoke out against Jim Bunning. Do Mr. Bunning and the GOP even have a clue how much pain and suffering is going to be unleashed across the United States if unemployment benefits are disrupted for even only one week to the 1.1 Million of unemployed workers. Unemployed workers who have already been cut to the bone by a lack of jobs that the GOP and their cronies have created. Kids will have to go without good meals, bills will have to go unpaid and, medication will have to go unbought pain and suffering will rain down on the already downtrodden.
The Bush Administration gave away close to a Trillion Dollars to the banks and the insurance companies without any stipulations. Just gave it away. Obama then gave the banks and the insurance companies over a Trillion dollars with stipulations that the GOP thought was unfair. Not that he was giving the money to the "Money Changers" and the Insurance People but that he was putting stipulations on the money so that the money might be repaid to the American People. A bank and or an insurance company produces nothing. They make nothing. They add nothing to exports to other nations, and yet they were too important to let fail. Now we come to the American unemployed worker and we are looking at 8 Billion Dollars, less than 1% of what was loaned to the banks and insurance companies, and these jackals known as the Republican party block a vote from taking place to help. ARE THEY OUT OF THEIR MINDS. If you want to get money into circulation plus help the unemployed give them the money they need to spend it out of necessity. The Banks have locked up all of the money giving to them and are not handing out loans to even rich people with good credit. All those Trillions of dollars only helped a select few rich people it did not help the economy.
The Banks and Insurance Companies reward their employees with Billions of dollars in bonuses per year even when the banks were failing. Congressmen and Senators when they do a bad job we have to wait until the next election then vote them out of office and they are punished with a nice pension and health insurance for the rest of their lives. Their is no punishment for ineptness in any of these situations. Everyone just keeps getting rewarded for being stupid, for playing games, for running America down the drain. The only people that get punished are the middle class and poor Americans. We keep paying with the sweat off our brows and blood in our veins for the rich and powerful in this country.
Well I am finally fed up with it all. The last time I looked all of the Right Wing pundits were completely wrong and Obama did nothing to prevent me and all Americans from bearing arms. It is time to punish the banking and insurance company CEO's. It is time to make Congressmen and Senators pay for not protecting our American way of life. Yes it is time for the REVOLUTION. If we take a Jim Bunning and maybe a couple other of his friends and shoot them and hang them in Public Square, or better yet on the mall in front of the Capital Building maybe the rest will start to do what is right. Maybe the rest of the Congressmen and Senators will realize that there are consequences to their decisions and they will start to work for the good of America and stop punishing the small and downtrodden American blue collar constituents. Shoot a couple of bank CEO's and hang their bodies on Wall Street and maybe instead of rewarding stupidity with Million Dollar bonuses they will raise the interest paid on a savings account which would help the American population.
These thief's, these robbers, these crooks, need to be stopped before they completely wash America down the drain. At this point in time things have gotten so out of control the only answer is REVOLUTION. Block the Drain with the blood of the people who have gotten us here, our elected officials. They must be punished. My father told me when I was a young man never mess with a mans paycheck. Well you just messed with thousands of peoples paychecks and now you must pay. Vote nonincumbant get rid of professional politicians. Rise up my people rise up, bear arms if you must, the time is now to revolt.
PS: This has to be one of the biggest bonehead moves that I have seen come out of either party. By no way am I saying that the Democrats are innocent in their folly, they just were not the ones to blame for sticking it to the American People this time. If a Nancy Pelosi gets caught in the cross fire I would not be upset. The great Philosopher John Lennon warned that their was going to be a Revolution.
The Bush Administration gave away close to a Trillion Dollars to the banks and the insurance companies without any stipulations. Just gave it away. Obama then gave the banks and the insurance companies over a Trillion dollars with stipulations that the GOP thought was unfair. Not that he was giving the money to the "Money Changers" and the Insurance People but that he was putting stipulations on the money so that the money might be repaid to the American People. A bank and or an insurance company produces nothing. They make nothing. They add nothing to exports to other nations, and yet they were too important to let fail. Now we come to the American unemployed worker and we are looking at 8 Billion Dollars, less than 1% of what was loaned to the banks and insurance companies, and these jackals known as the Republican party block a vote from taking place to help. ARE THEY OUT OF THEIR MINDS. If you want to get money into circulation plus help the unemployed give them the money they need to spend it out of necessity. The Banks have locked up all of the money giving to them and are not handing out loans to even rich people with good credit. All those Trillions of dollars only helped a select few rich people it did not help the economy.
The Banks and Insurance Companies reward their employees with Billions of dollars in bonuses per year even when the banks were failing. Congressmen and Senators when they do a bad job we have to wait until the next election then vote them out of office and they are punished with a nice pension and health insurance for the rest of their lives. Their is no punishment for ineptness in any of these situations. Everyone just keeps getting rewarded for being stupid, for playing games, for running America down the drain. The only people that get punished are the middle class and poor Americans. We keep paying with the sweat off our brows and blood in our veins for the rich and powerful in this country.
Well I am finally fed up with it all. The last time I looked all of the Right Wing pundits were completely wrong and Obama did nothing to prevent me and all Americans from bearing arms. It is time to punish the banking and insurance company CEO's. It is time to make Congressmen and Senators pay for not protecting our American way of life. Yes it is time for the REVOLUTION. If we take a Jim Bunning and maybe a couple other of his friends and shoot them and hang them in Public Square, or better yet on the mall in front of the Capital Building maybe the rest will start to do what is right. Maybe the rest of the Congressmen and Senators will realize that there are consequences to their decisions and they will start to work for the good of America and stop punishing the small and downtrodden American blue collar constituents. Shoot a couple of bank CEO's and hang their bodies on Wall Street and maybe instead of rewarding stupidity with Million Dollar bonuses they will raise the interest paid on a savings account which would help the American population.
These thief's, these robbers, these crooks, need to be stopped before they completely wash America down the drain. At this point in time things have gotten so out of control the only answer is REVOLUTION. Block the Drain with the blood of the people who have gotten us here, our elected officials. They must be punished. My father told me when I was a young man never mess with a mans paycheck. Well you just messed with thousands of peoples paychecks and now you must pay. Vote nonincumbant get rid of professional politicians. Rise up my people rise up, bear arms if you must, the time is now to revolt.
PS: This has to be one of the biggest bonehead moves that I have seen come out of either party. By no way am I saying that the Democrats are innocent in their folly, they just were not the ones to blame for sticking it to the American People this time. If a Nancy Pelosi gets caught in the cross fire I would not be upset. The great Philosopher John Lennon warned that their was going to be a Revolution.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
The Failure of American Politicians
If you have been elected to a public office in the past decade you have let the American people down. It doesn't matter if you are Democrat, Republican or Independent. Right Wing, Left Wing or Centrist. Capitalist, Socialist or Communist. It doesn't matter, you have failed the American people and you have failed at what you were elected to do. You were elected to run the greatest, most prosperous country in the world and to keep it the greatest and most prosperous country in the world. You have failed. Why have we failed?
Our forefathers set up a Democracy where a two and sometimes three party system evolved. An exchange of ideas was supposed to take place and a compromise was supposed to be reached that would benefit and be for the good of the American people. All parties were working for the good of the American people. Since the Nixon administration our government has been degenerating into a bunch of spoiled school children that don't care about anything but themselves. Our Professional Politicians are more worried about filling their war chests for the next election than they are about the issues at hand. They need to take care of lobbyist and special interest groups who have money that can be funneled into their campaigns for reelection. Pork barrel and earmarks stall and overwhelm our economy not for the good of the majority of people but for the good of the politician and his wealthy influential friends.
Filibusters have reached an all time high where over 80% of all Bills in the past year were filibustered by the Republicans. I hear the Democrats rubbing their hands together waiting for me to pounce on their obstructionist opponents. Not today. Filibusters have been on a rise for the past decade which means that the Democrats started filibustering more and more Bills while they were the minority party during the Bush years. The Republicans have just taken it a step farther than the Democrats. Is the filibuster being done for the good of the American people? NOOOO. It is being done trying to disgrace the opposite party, so in the next election the Professional Politician can claim that the other party didn't get anything accomplished. In reality nobody accomplished anything other than take a paycheck out of my pocket.
No Politician is concerned about the American people any more and that is why we are in the mess we are in. They are too concerned about keeping their jobs and not about the issues. Politicians are not graded on their performance. They are graded on their looks and on how much money they can raise for their next campaign. Very few times does a candidate with less money in their war chest, than their opponent, win an election.
Voting along party lines does not help the American people either. It is done to preserve the Ideals of the radical Right and the radical Left. Most Professional Politicians come from the far Right or the far Left there are very few true centrists in politics. Yet I believe that around 70% of the American population falls somewhere in the middle, with 15% each going to the extreme Right or Left. So why don't these Professional Politicians do what would be good for 70% of the country and find some middle ground to agree on? Because they need the party backing for their next election. Independents don't usually win elections as is evident by the lack of number of them.
Most politicians are not good businessmen as is evident by the number of bankruptcies filed by congressmen and senators. So why are we entrusting these men with Trillions of dollars with no consequences if they fail to spend the money wisely, when they can't even take care of their own finances. Most politicians as a matter of fact are Attorneys not businessmen.
I think we need to get rid of PERS and have all public employees be dependent on Social security like the rest of us. I feel that all congressmen and senators should have to purchase their own health insurance like a private contractor has to. Any laws passed by Congress and the Senate should pertain to the politicians who pass them as well as all the rest of Americans. Lets stop letting Politicians who are not affected by certain laws vote on these issues. If they have such good ideas on what we need, then how come they are not covered by the same retirement system and insureance as we the people are? What makes them so special? Why don't they like the plans they have stuck us with? Things have got to change.
Any politician that votes strictly along party lines needs to be voted out of office. Any politician that filibusters more than one Bill in a two year period needs to be voted out of office. any politician that has been involved with a company that has filed for bankruptcy or personally has filed for bankruptcy needs not to be elected. Any politician that tries to insert pork into a Bill or earmark funds that only benefit a few rather than the majority of people needs to be voted out of office. If you have the chance to vote for a businessman over a Professional Politician please do it. Until our elected officials start compromising, talking across the aisle and voting for Bills that are for the good of the majority of people and not the special interest and the minority of people America will remain on the brink of collapse. If things don't change soon we all better call Rosetta Stone and learn how to speak Mandarin Chinese.
Our forefathers set up a Democracy where a two and sometimes three party system evolved. An exchange of ideas was supposed to take place and a compromise was supposed to be reached that would benefit and be for the good of the American people. All parties were working for the good of the American people. Since the Nixon administration our government has been degenerating into a bunch of spoiled school children that don't care about anything but themselves. Our Professional Politicians are more worried about filling their war chests for the next election than they are about the issues at hand. They need to take care of lobbyist and special interest groups who have money that can be funneled into their campaigns for reelection. Pork barrel and earmarks stall and overwhelm our economy not for the good of the majority of people but for the good of the politician and his wealthy influential friends.
Filibusters have reached an all time high where over 80% of all Bills in the past year were filibustered by the Republicans. I hear the Democrats rubbing their hands together waiting for me to pounce on their obstructionist opponents. Not today. Filibusters have been on a rise for the past decade which means that the Democrats started filibustering more and more Bills while they were the minority party during the Bush years. The Republicans have just taken it a step farther than the Democrats. Is the filibuster being done for the good of the American people? NOOOO. It is being done trying to disgrace the opposite party, so in the next election the Professional Politician can claim that the other party didn't get anything accomplished. In reality nobody accomplished anything other than take a paycheck out of my pocket.
No Politician is concerned about the American people any more and that is why we are in the mess we are in. They are too concerned about keeping their jobs and not about the issues. Politicians are not graded on their performance. They are graded on their looks and on how much money they can raise for their next campaign. Very few times does a candidate with less money in their war chest, than their opponent, win an election.
Voting along party lines does not help the American people either. It is done to preserve the Ideals of the radical Right and the radical Left. Most Professional Politicians come from the far Right or the far Left there are very few true centrists in politics. Yet I believe that around 70% of the American population falls somewhere in the middle, with 15% each going to the extreme Right or Left. So why don't these Professional Politicians do what would be good for 70% of the country and find some middle ground to agree on? Because they need the party backing for their next election. Independents don't usually win elections as is evident by the lack of number of them.
Most politicians are not good businessmen as is evident by the number of bankruptcies filed by congressmen and senators. So why are we entrusting these men with Trillions of dollars with no consequences if they fail to spend the money wisely, when they can't even take care of their own finances. Most politicians as a matter of fact are Attorneys not businessmen.
I think we need to get rid of PERS and have all public employees be dependent on Social security like the rest of us. I feel that all congressmen and senators should have to purchase their own health insurance like a private contractor has to. Any laws passed by Congress and the Senate should pertain to the politicians who pass them as well as all the rest of Americans. Lets stop letting Politicians who are not affected by certain laws vote on these issues. If they have such good ideas on what we need, then how come they are not covered by the same retirement system and insureance as we the people are? What makes them so special? Why don't they like the plans they have stuck us with? Things have got to change.
Any politician that votes strictly along party lines needs to be voted out of office. Any politician that filibusters more than one Bill in a two year period needs to be voted out of office. any politician that has been involved with a company that has filed for bankruptcy or personally has filed for bankruptcy needs not to be elected. Any politician that tries to insert pork into a Bill or earmark funds that only benefit a few rather than the majority of people needs to be voted out of office. If you have the chance to vote for a businessman over a Professional Politician please do it. Until our elected officials start compromising, talking across the aisle and voting for Bills that are for the good of the majority of people and not the special interest and the minority of people America will remain on the brink of collapse. If things don't change soon we all better call Rosetta Stone and learn how to speak Mandarin Chinese.
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