Conservative Musings

How to Change a Country (or) Who is Barack Obama?

Think about it.

 

If you are a supporter of Obama and you don’t see there is anything wrong with him, answer these questions. 

 

Question one:  Do you believe in the historic magnificence of the making of the

USA

?  Do you believe that the

US

has been the greatest country and has been a help and support to the rest of the world?

 

Question two:  Do you believe in socialism?  Do you believe that Europe,

China

and

Russia

have a better system than the

US

?

 

If you believe, like me, that the

US

is the greatest country and have helped other countries, then answer this:

 

If you wanted to turn this country into another type of country and wanted to change the way our government works, how would you do it?  Would you come in from another country and take it over through military action?  I don’t think so.  Our military and citizens would never allow it. 

 

The only way to change our government to a radical socialist/Marxist government is from the inside.  You change the minds of people through education and inside the government a little at a time. 

 

Enter Barrack Obama. 

Enter a news media that is so biased they don’t report anything bad on a candidate that could make that change and fool people into complacency.    Remember the media that thought it was important for the public to know about the whereabouts of George W. for two weeks of National Guard time?  Why do they not want to know about Rezco, Flager, Wright, Ayers, Rashid Khalid.  This man has the possibility of making huge changes in the way our country operates.  We deserve to know about the connections to the above people.  It will tell a lot more about who Obama is and how he will lead than speeches to the masses. 

 

Will people across our country be dubbed into thinking they are voting for one person and really voting for someone totally different?  If Obama wins the election, and a gain is realized in the House and Senate along with appointments to the Supreme Court, where will any accountability be?  

-Lady Colonel

Obama's new economy

Perhaps we need a reminder of this little story from an circulating e-mail:

Subject: New Economics

Once upon a time, on a farm in

Virginia

, there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered quite a few grains of wheat.

She called all of her neighbors together and said, "If we plant this wheat, we  shall have bread to eat.  Who will help me plant it?"

"Not  I," said the cow.

"Not  I," said the duck.

"Not  I," said the pig.

"Not  I," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen and so she did.  The wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden grain.

"Who will help me reap my wheat?" asked the little red hen.

"Not I," said the duck.

"Out of my classification," said the pig.

"I'd lose my seniority," said the cow.

"I'd lose my unemployment compensation," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen, and so she did.

At last it came time to bake the bread.

"Who will help me bake the bread?" asked the little red hen.

"That would be overtime for me," said the cow.

"I'd lose my welfare benefits," said the duck.

"I'm a dropout and never learned how," said the pig.

"If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen.

She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see.  They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share.  But the little red hen said, "No, I shall eat all five loaves."

"Excess profits!" cried the cow. ( Nancy Pelosi)

"Capitalist leech!" screamed the duck. (Barbara Boxer)

"I demand equal rights!" yelled the goose. (Jesse Jackson)

The pig just grunted in disdain. (Jimmy Carter)

And they all painted "Unfair!" picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.

Then a government agent came. He said to the little red hen, "You must not be so greedy."

"But I earned the bread," said the little red hen.

"Exactly," said the agent. "That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants.  But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle."

And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, "I am grateful, for now I truly understand."

But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her.  She never again baked bread, because she joined the "party" and got her bread free.  And all the Democrats smiled.  'Fairness' had been established.  Individual initiative had died, but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared... so long as there was free bread that "the rich" were paying for.

IS THIS A GREAT BARNYARD OR WHAT?

-Lady Colonel

Obama means spending!

Today, Obama gave a speech in which he said:

"Over the course of this campaign, I've laid out a set of policies that will grow our middle-class and strengthen our economy in the long-term. I'll reform our tax code so that 95% of workers and their families get a tax cut, and eliminate income taxes for seniors making under $50,000. I'll bring down the cost of health care for families and businesses by investing in preventative care, new technology, and giving every American the chance to get the same kind of health insurance that members of Congress give themselves. We'll ensure every child can compete in the global economy by recruiting an army of new teachers and making college affordable for anyone who wants to go. We'll create five million new, high-wage jobs by investing in the renewable sources of energy that will eliminate the oil we currently import from the Middle East in ten years, and we'll create two million jobs by rebuilding our crumbling roads, schools and bridges."

and also:

"To fuel the real engine of job creation in this country, I've also proposed eliminating all capital gains taxes on investments in small businesses and start-up companies, and I've proposed an additional tax incentive through next year to encourage new small business investment. It is time to protect the jobs we have and to create the jobs of tomorrow by unlocking the drive, and ingenuity, and innovation of the American people. And we should fast track the loan guarantees we passed for our auto industry and provide more as needed so that they can build the energy-efficient cars America needs to end our dependence on foreign oil."

I have lots of thoughts here.  We have just spent $700 billion in a bail-out plan.  We spent over $600 billion in a budget.  There is talk about giving the families who can't pay their home loans money to do that.  Now, Obama says he will give 95% of American's a tax cut.  He will eliminate taxes on seniors that make under $50,000.  (Remember, seniors are growing in number every day since the baby boomers are arriving.)  The comment on health care is rather vague but it appears that he is going to bring down the cost of health care?  How does that work?  Dictate what doctors are allowed to charge?   The government is going to invest in preventive care...how much is that going to cost?  We will have the chance to get the same health care that Congress has?  I assume that means free since theirs is free.  An army of new teachers, at a cost of what?  How do you make college affordable?  I thought that is what grants and scholarships were for along with student loans.  Is he proposing something new?  Another cost?  We're going to rebuild our roads.  How many of these things do you really think will occur? 

The second paragraph is where it gets really weird.  Since when did small businesses and start up companies have capital gains?  Can anyone explain this one?  Does Obama know what a capital gain is and how that works on tax forms?

-Lady Colonel

 

Obama wants to help businesses by providing higher taxes

Today, Obama said "once the bailout plan is passed, "we need to move with the same sense of urgency to help families on Main Street. We don't just need a plan for bankers and investors, we need a plan for autoworkers and teachers and small business owners."that just like we were rescuing "Wall Street", we needed to rescue and provide for "Main Street."  Interesting.

Hmmm!  Main Street = small businesses.  Those are the same ones that Obama wants to punish by additional taxes.  Oh wait, they are to be more patriotic and be forced to pay higher taxes.  I guess paying higher taxes is getting help???

-Lady Colonel

McCain/Palin - A Great Ticket

John McCain made a brilliant move on so many fronts by picking Sarah Palin for V.P.  I had heard about her some time ago because of her bold moves in Alaska, but I did not think about her as a VP candidate, because I was concentrating on all the traditional candidates that everyone was talking about.  I have read a great deal about Sarah today and AM I IMPRESSED!  There has been a lot said today and her accomplishments have certainly been discussed but no one has touched on the some of these accomplishments and the character that America has been looking for for quite some time. 

From wikipedia:

1) She ran for City Council in 1992 and served two terms from 1992 to 1996.  She made a campaign promise to reduce the salary of her position and followed through with it and reduced property taxes by 60%. 

2) She also served as president of Alaska Conference of Mayors.

3) She was appointed Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004 and resigned over a lack of ethics of fellow Republican leaders. 

4) In 2006, she ran against the Republican incumbent Governor and won the primary for Governor.  Later, winning the election. 

5) She promoted and successfully got an ethics bill and did away with pork barrel spending that had gone on by other Republicans. 

6) While she initially supported the Gravina Island Bridge project, once it became a source of wasteful spending involving large sums of federal money, she opposed and stopped the project. 

7)  In Alaska, she has won the public support with ratings of 76% to 90% approval. 

I can not believe the things I have heard today especially the comment from John Roberts from CNN on Friday's "Newsroom" program.  We used to call CNN, "the Clinton News Network", because they are so liberal.  However, when this man makes the comment, "There's also this issue that on April 18th, she gave birth to a baby with Down's Syndrome...Children with Down's syndrome require an awful lot of attention.  The role of Vice President, it seems to me, would take up an awful lot of her time, and it raises the issue of how much time will she have to dedicate to her newborn child?" 

Now, let's be truthful here - If someone like McCain, McConnell, Bush or Cheney had made that comment or even Sean Hannity, or Rush Limbaugh, the NOW gang would be in an uproar.  Even Obama and Biden would be in on the lynching.  That is a very sexist thing to say.  How she handles her home life is none of John Robert's business.  That is up to her and her husband.  What if her husband had been the pick for V.P., this comment wouldn't have entered into the conversation. 

Great job McCain!  I'm very excited about this Presidential ticket.

-Lady Colonel

U.S.'s High Tax Rates

Liberals are known for their love of taxes.  One would think that liberals have not met a tax they did not like.

Currently, the U.S. has the 2nd highest corporate tax rates in the developed world, behind Japan.  However, if including state taxes in places like California or other high tax states, some companies in America are paying the highest tax rates in the world.

Liberals have the idea that, if we raise taxes, we make more money.  They have never believed that when prices rise on something, people do less of it.  Take what fuel prices have done to the American people.  We are buying less fuel, because we can't afford buying the same amount of gallons that we used to.  Likewise, if taxes on something go up, people do less of that, too.

One point that the Wall Street Journal uses to prove this point:

The average European nation has tax rates on corporate income 10 percentage points lower than the U.S., but those countries on average raise 50% more as a share of GDP in corporate taxes than does the U.S., according to a 2007 study by the Treasury Department. Ireland with its 12.5% rate captures a higher share of its GDP (3.4%) in corporate taxes than the U.S. does (2.5%) with its 39.3% rate.

What is Barack Obama's answer to this?  Raise tax rates on companies.  Duh!  Surely is one way to speed up outsourcing jobs out of the country.  Or outsourcing corporate ownership.

-Colonel Steve

Liberal Math

It's sad that we don't teach math in the schools as well as we used to.  Sadder still when we let liberals use this math they learned to enact legislation with (which may explain our tax code!).  Now we see first hand, in print, how that math knowledge shows itself in print.

The New York Times ran as story on how, supposedly, companies are evading taxes.  Powerline chewed up their analysis very well, noting that no company pays takes on gross receipts (total revenue), but on profits.  As also noted by others, some companies (oh, say like General Motors and Ford) had NO PROFITS to tax.  Shame on these car companies to use the tax dodge of losing money!

You don't need to be an accounting, math, economic, or engineering major to figure the simple math needed to know that companies don't pay taxes on losses, total revenues, or any other weird number.  It's simple profits.  Period.  Also, all politicians, including liberals, have set tax laws in place to allow certain loopholes for taxing purposes.  Things like investing in new products, developing alternate energies, protecting the environment, or simply investing in downtrodden economic areas.  Companies that use these loopholes shouldn't be lambasted for doing it.  Politicians want them to do it, so don't beat them up when they do.

-Colonel Steve

Fuel Costs Influences Emergency Care

Consider this fallout of higher fuel costs.  Nine of the local eighteen fire district's have quit responding to the more minor medical requests.  This leaves those requests in the hands of Louisville Metro EMS.

Part of this decision lies in having separate boards and taxing districts for the fire departments and for Metro EMS.  Each fire district must consider the funds they do have and how they manage it.  This sticks them smack in the middle of the proverbial rock and a hard place.  Raise taxes, get complaints on how they used the tax dollars given to them, or cut services.  Ouch.Consider this fallout when John Yarmuth gives his answers on how he's going to fix the real emergency of higher fuel costs.  Consider his answers:

• Combating Speculation - Chase off so called speculators means less cash in the futures market, making them less fluid.  Consider the success stories of how companies like Southwest Airlines use hedging to keep their prices low.  This goes out the window if "speculators" flee the market.

• "Use it or Lose it” - This is a push for oil companies to use the 68 million acres they already have leases on, instead of drilling at ANWR.  Sure, there is oil there.  It boils down to a cost/benefit issue.  There is SO much more oil at ANWR that could be gotten by drilling few holes to get to.  Drilling in the 68 million acres will require more drilling rigs, more manpower, more chances of oil spills hurting the environment, and more chances of hurting areas people actually visit (ever been to ANWR?).

• Stop filling the SPR - Oh, great idea!  Quit filling our reserves so that when we have a bigger emergency, we don't have anything to pull from.  Brillant!

• Release Oil from the SPR - Coupled with the "Stop filling the SPR" produces a double whammy on our reserves.  What part of the word "reserves" don't we understand here?

• Long-term Solutions - This is a push towards alternate energies.  Bravo!  Great idea!  I'm all for it.  Just one question - How long is it going to take us before we see this in the real world?  10 years?  20 years? 50 years?  What do we do in the meantime?  Solar technology have been worked on since at least the 1970's.  So has wind turbine technology.  How much of that is out there now?

Come on, John, open up more drilling.  We know that will work.

-Colonel Steve

Quote of the Day

"There is a large block of Republicans, particularly economic conservatives, who just feel that the Republican Party in Washington completely let them down.  The Republicans have really given these donors no reason to give." - Anthony Corrado, government professor at Colby College in Maine who specializes in campaign finance.

Sadly, by reading the article that quote above came from, one finds out that Barack Obama becomes the big winner of these donors.  The pork stunts that senators and representatives did, leading up to their defeat in 2006, has continued to lead to this.  Considering that the RNC coffers are much lower than the DNC right now, one would hope the message is getting across.

The biggest sadness in this centers around what Barack Obama will do economically if he becomes the one sworn in January 2009.  If these donors are truly economic conservatives, they best be looking at Obama's tax plans.  These donors could have done 1 of 3 things:  1) continued giving to republicans, 2) give nothing to anyone, or 3) give to democrats.  In my opinion, they should have chosen 2, over choice 3 they followed.  Maybe, by buying Obama's ear, some message might sink in with him, but somehow I doubt it.

-Colonel Steve

Jefferson County Taxes Going Up

A recent state law change will cost those of us working in Jefferson County a little more in taxes starting July 1st.  This state law change requires the occupational tax to be applied also to money deducted for medical benefits and other pre-tax money.

Louisville Metro government, which collects 1.25 percent of the occupational tax, says it expects about $5 million annually. That is separate from the amounts that will be collected by the school district and TARC.

That's about the same amount the proposed occupational tax increase to pay for expansion of the library system would have cost him had it not been rejected by voters last fall.

Interesting.  Sounds like a politician's dream come true.  But what does Jerry Abramson say?

Chad Carlton, a spokesman for Mayor Jerry Abramson, said the city has argued against the change for years because it wants local control over tax issues.

So, let's see.  A library tax goes down in defeat, and the mayor is sad for that.  A back-door tax increase, for the same amount comes through, and he is sad for that.  Sounds to me like the mayor wishes he had gotten credit for a tax increase.  Speaks volumes to me.

-Colonel Steve