Showing posts with label George Soros. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

This'n'That; April Second; Lord obama

What Hath He Wrought?
    What can we truly say
"Lord-on-High, Clown Prince obama-The Least-Honest-Among-Us"
has brought the masses? Come, on!!  Think about it, what's he brought to the table?!?  As a Conservative Constitutionalist--NOT in the "Tammy Faye Boehner" vein--I can think of nothing POSITIVE that he's brought to any table; let's check, in no particular order:
1.  In obama's latest fiscal kerfuffle with "Tammy Faye" Boehner was neither balanced, nor concerned with any long-range effects on the national debt, or
2.  The public's waiting for a "Clown Princical" threat toward Chief Justice John Roberts--on the currently debated DOMA and gay marriage issues--as he did during the obamaKare debates infront of the Supreme Court, or   
3.  "Clown Prince" obama has expressed a desire to do away with the 'debt ceiling,' thus giving an unlimited credit card to a man who's already maxed-out all his other credit cards, or
4.  "Clown Prince" obama regularly proves that he's controlled by someone/some other organization.  He continually flip-flops on various previous positions, as directed by The Bilderberg Group or the Bank for International Settlements. Can anyone spell gay marriage or DOMA--among many other topics--or
5.  For "Clown Prince" obama, Hurricane Sandy was little more than photo/blather ops between the U.S. mainland landfall on October 29 until the national election on November 6, 2012.  Many victims are STILL WAITING for aid and assistance--some FIVE MONTHS--from the obama failed FEMA, while the "Clown Prince" and family have taken THREE taxpayer-funded VACATIONS since re-immaculation, or
6.  We all remember the "Clown Prince" obama blatherings about how beneficial obamaKare would be to all Americans, especially the poor, the down-trodden, the homeless, the unemployed, the underemployed as well as the blondes, the brunettes, the bald and all the illegal aliens he's let cross the border!!  EVERY statement has turned out to be a bald-faced lie!!  "Clown Prince" obama is proving to be identical to that childhood friend you had whom you couldn't believe a word that came out of his mouth, or
7.  Thanks to "Clown Prince" obama, the Mexican drug cartels now have pretty-much free reign over most of the continental United States. the obama Regime's complete lack of a border security plan as well as 'playing-the-asshole' with the inane, insane cuts to border patrolmen to 'make the secastration hurt!'
    All these instances--as well as the many more you can think of--must be considered in both the 2014 and the 2016 elections.  Thankfully, we're gonna be rid of the "Clown Prince" in January, 2017, but who will be his replacement?  We now have to worry about whether he/she will have The Bilderberg Group's, the Bank for International Settlement's or the American Nazi-George Soros' mindset driving and funding them!!
    We also must be concerned with the 2014 elections in that the obamacRATics may shore up their majority in the Senate and/or gain a majority in the House of Representatives.  A one-party rule at the federal level will completely finish the obama-generated destruction of America and it's constitution!!  It will be a long, slow process but the "Clown Prince's" blind-followers must be reeducated in economic and fiscal reality.  Tho' many have tried, there's not a country on the planet that can provide everything-to-everyone, it's just not possible, no matter what the 'princely being' tells the populus!!
Comments, anyone?
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Friday, November 30, 2012

This'n'That; November Thirtieth #1; Watch Out!!

Your PRIVATE Retirement Funds WILL Go Away
    If "Clown Prince" obama and his minions have their way, the federal government will CONFiSCATE your IRAs, 401ks, 403bs, and other private monies you and I were smart enough to invest for the future!!  This has been in the planning stages AT LEAST since "Clown Prince" obama's 2008 'Campaign of Fluff;' thusfar, no one has had the balls to attempt it.
    The most recently proposed government Ponzi Scheme, the "GRA" system, I can find is dated October 8, 2010:
In a nutshell, under the GRA system government would seize private 401(k) accounts, setting up an additional 5% mandatory payroll tax to dole out a “fair” pension to everyone using that confiscated money coupled with the mandated contributions. This would, of course, be a sister government ponzi scheme working in tandem with Social Security, the primary purpose being to give big government politicians additional taxpayer funds to raid to pay for their out-of-control spending.
Just the day before [10/07/2010], Ross Eisenbrey successfully proved that the folks working in some think-tanks are just as incompetent as the "Clown Prince" they seek to impress through equality of ineptness!!
Mr Eisenbrey testified before the equally incompetent U.S. Senate:
"I have three main points to make in this testimony today:
1. Congress has made matters worse by focusing retirement policy on high-income households and neglecting low-income workers;
2. Congress and the Obama Administration will make matters even worse if they raise the Social Security retirement age; and
3. There are potential solutions to the retirement crisis, but tweaks and small changes at the margins won’t be enough."
    This has to be the largest pile of bullshit to keep resurfacing every cuppla' years.  I was involved in a corporate 401k when I was in the manufacturing sector, then involved in IRAs as a self-employed carpenter-cabinetmaker; then as a truck driver.  I have yet to encounter the bullshit the aforementioned articles say are the multitude of problems associated with both programs.  The 'GRA system' is just another Social Security-esque Ponzi Scheme to be freely raided as GRA funds are deposited in the 'general fund.'

     "Clown Prince" obama should not bear the entire brunt of this scheme to legally--once the Congress writes the law, slanted toward confiscation--steal the commoners' private retirement funds.  This has been going on in some form since "Slick-Willie" Clinton, and possibly before.  Therein lies the kerfuffle:  can anyone point to a government agency; a government department, a quasi-government organization that's run at a break-even point, and is fraud-free?!?  I think not!
    Take for instance, the U.S. Postal Service.  The Post Office recorded recent losses of $15.9 Billion (2012), $5.1 Billion (2011) and $5.8 Billion (2010).  It's been forecasted to have annual losses of $18.5Billion by 2015 if Congress doesn't address the important issues.  Remember the federal government--ultimately the Congress--runs Freddie Mac , Fannie Mae and Sally Mae.  See how efficiently they're run, right?!?  Can we expect the Congress to put the confiscated private retirement funds in a 'lock-box' for preservation?  I'm sure they will, much like the Social Security revenues.  The funds will stay in the 'lock-box' until the Congress--again, like the Social Security funds--finds some place to piss 'em away!!
    The aforementioned GRA confiscation plans will likely take place during the second "Clown Prince" obama Regime, as directed by The Bilderberg Group.  Both are finally realizing the unlikelyhood of the national debt EVER BEING REPAID.  The national debt (currently-$16.301 TRILLION) debacle will--and does--directly affect the country's credit rating, hence the Congressional borrowing power.  The Executive Branch--as demanded by The Bilderberg Group--will order private retirement funds seizure to preclude their socio-fascist form of government collapsing in upon itself.  The prevention of said inward collapse will allow the Congress to continue to borrow form outside sources; China, Russia, India, et al!!
Remember: Socialism works really, really well until the Congress runs out of OUR MONEY!!
[Thank Margaret Thatcher (former British Prime Minister) for that adapted sentiment]
Your thoughts??
Til Nex'Time....
Research 'Lie-Barry:'
http://news.coinupdate.com/us-departments-of-labor-and-treasury-schedule-hearing-on-confiscation-of-private-retirement-accounts-0431/
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/testforum.cgi?noframes;read=251134
http://www.chacha.com/question/how-much-money-does-the-federal-government-spend-every-hour
http://politicalvelcraft.org/2012/11/19/ira401k-confiscation-coming-cash-out-get-outside-of-the-system-into-gold-silver/
http://retirementblog.ncpa.org/guaranteed-retirement-accounts-trick-or-treat/
http://retirementblog.ncpa.org/a-surprise-is-really-no-surprise/
http://www.thecomingdepression.net/main-street/scams/fdic-wants-your-retirement-cash-to-save-banks-bloomberg/#axzz2Dht7qm4E
http://nesaranews.blogspot.com/2012/11/corporate-cabalists-have-designed-chaos.html
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
The Bilderberg Group; George Soros view:
http://mediamatters.org/research/2010/11/02/limbaugh-falsely-claimed-democrats-are-talking/172800



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Monday, October 22, 2012

This'n'That; October Twenty-Second #1; Debate #3

What Can We Expect Tonight?
    The last presidential debate of the 2012 campaign season is tonight, hosted by Bob Schieffer of CBS News.  In recent debate history, Mr Schieffer has hosted the third-and-final debates in both the 2004 and 2008 election cycles.  As noted in a previous blog entry, the presidential and vice-presidential debates--since 1948--have not been hosted by anyone remotely considered conservative or even a middle-of-the-roader!
    During the two previous debates, Governor Romney has had to debate both "Clown Prince" obama AND the moderator.  The possible exception is Jim Lehrer (PBS) who appeared to be asleep-at-the-wheel for most of the first debate.  Candy Crowley (CNN) openly 'propped up' "Clown Prince" obama during the second debate.  Not only did she 'check the transcript'--as ordered--in her blatant efforts to guide "Clown Prince" obama, Ms Crowley repeatedly cut Governor Romney off before he could conclude his rebuttal remarks to whatever lie the "Clown Prince" was promulgating at the moment; openly guided the "Clown Prince's" remarks, points of response.
    Will we have the same conspiratorial 'prop-up' efforts in tonight's last debate?  I see much the same coming up.  Governor Romney will be hard-pressed to make his points, particularly due to having the same level of experience in foreign affairs; foreign policy, as does "Clown Prince" obama.
Rather than having the moderator duplicitous in the on-going conspiracy, why not have spokes-persons for the authors of the "Clown Prince's" foreign policy (The Bilderberg Group) like members George Soros or "Slick-Willie" Clinton, share the podium with Mr Schieffer?  Or maybe, the barackingham Palace 'decider-in-chief,' Valarie Jarrett?  We'd have the communist point-of-view represented by any one of the three!
    Governor Romney has several 'pluses' working for him; extensive preparation, extensive number of mock debates, extensive experience in LEADING FROM THE FRONT--as opposed to leading from the golf course--as well as the history of having 'won' the last two debates.

Comments, anyone?!?
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Verdammte Arschloch!
Til Nex'Time....
   

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Thursday, August 30, 2012

This'n'That; August Thirtieth #1; Who's Racist Now?!?

NO Speakers 'Of Color' Broadcast, Save One!
    Is there a reason?!?  Hell, yea!  The political racism in the obamacRATic national pamphleteer 'corpse' with The Bilderberg Group then through George Soros,  then through "Clown Prince" obama, then through NBC, then through MSNBC.  The party that portends support for 'all things, black' is the very party that has ceremoniously, vigoriously and economically had their 'jack-boots' on the collective throats of the black man, woman and child since they achieved freedom during the American Civil War!
S.C. Governor Nikki Haley
Secretary, Professor, Doctor Condoleezza Rice
    Until the broadcast of Condoleezza Rice's speech, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was the only speaker 'of color' to make it through the socio-fascist barracades onto the airwaves.  Most probably to the chagrin of both the Bilderbergers and George Soros, the two networks have illustrated the error of their ways with the broadcast of Secretary Rice's speech.
"obamacRAT-turned-republicRAT" Artur Davis
    Both networks--giving in to either fear or threat--missed out on two excellent speeches in the remarks of Mayor Mia Love and the remarks of 'obamacRAT-turned-republicRAT' Artur Davis.  Both spoke to their origins, the promise and the future of a non socio-fascist America.
Mayor Mia Love
   Soon--with the Romney Campaign able to dig into their post-convention warchest--the next 'Battle of The Airwaves' will begin.  The conservative voter will have a daunting task in blocking out the lies and bullshit propagated by the obamacRATic 'Chicago-style' thug politics.  Said 'lies and bullshit' are the "Clown Prince's" last and only remaining hope for success in the upcoming general election!!
Til Nex'Time....

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Monday, June 25, 2012

This'n'That; June Twenty-Fifth #3; Arizona v. owe-bama

As Usual, owe-bama Loses!
    With respect to Arizona's immigration enforcement law (1070),"The Supremes" issued their edict from-on-high:
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer-ONE
Sheriff Joe Arpaio-ONE
Conservatism-ONE
"Tea Party" Movement-ONE
owe-bama-ZERO
The Bilderberg Group-ZERO
George Soros-ZERO
Saul Alinsky-ZERO
Socio-fascism-ZERO
"Occupy" Movement-ZERO
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Verdammte Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

This'n'That; June Twentieth #1; Second Amendment

Remember "Joe The Plumber?!?"
    Sam "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher is the guy we all remember as having wormed a truism from then senator owe-bama when they were discussing the senator's small business tax plan:
"I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody.  It's not that I want to punish your success.  I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance at success, too...."
    Now, Mr Wurzelbacher is being 'raked over the coals' by speaking against the current regime which is subtly trying to restrict his--and every American's--right to bear arms under the U.S. Constitution.  He makes the following statements in a video for campaign to represent Ohio's 9th Congressional District:
"In 1911, Turkey established gun control.  From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were exterminated."
"In 1939, Germany established gun control.  From 1939 to 1945, six million Jews and seven million others, unable to defend themselves, were exterminated."
    This is exactly the end result the owe-bama Regime's "Fast and Furious" campaign was to achieve!  All said campaign actually accomplished--besides arming several hundred Mexican drug dealers--was the deaths of Border Patrolman Brian Terry and ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata.  The intended goal of the gun-running program was to create the artificial perception that the United States' Second-Amendment to the Constitution was so loose as to allow weapons from the U.S. to be traded across our international borders.  This aritificial condition was to be used in the future to denegrate and either re-write or remove said amendment from the Constitution.  Thus far, The Bilderbergers  and George Soros through "Clown Prince" owe-bama have been unable to accomplish this agenda item!
    Crap like this; crap the owe-bama Regime continually tries to pull on the American citizen is exactly why everyone should not only have privately owned weapons but secure a 'conceal and carry' permit for handguns.
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this verdammte Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_the_Plumber
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77591.html
http://www.rememberbrianterry.com/always-remember.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-57383089-10391695/second-gun-used-in-ice-agent-murder-linked-to-atf-undercover-operation/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal

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Friday, June 15, 2012

This'n'That; June Fifteenth #1; It's The Economy, STUPID!

The "Battle of Ohio"
    With "Clown Prince" owe-bama firing from Cleveland, Mitt Romney firing from Cincinnati, the Battle of--and for--Ohio had a relatively minor skirmish yesterday, June 14th.  From the regime's forces there was nothing new in the form of proposals and policies to correct the continuing economic down-slide; there was an increased assigning of blame to that evil Bush-43!!  From the Romney Campaign, the usual definite, concrete economic solutions were evident along with showcasing the "Clown Prince's" inept handling of the problem; his handling of nearly all problems facing the regime.
    Early on in his 'unremarkable-remarks,' the "Clown Prince" jumped on the "Dubya-Decade," 2000-2009:

"Long before the economic crisis of 2008, the basic bargain at the heart of this country had begun to erode.  For more than a decade, it had become harder to find a job that paid the bills--harder to save, harder to retire; harder to keep up with rising costs of gas and health care and college tuitions.  You know that; you lived it."

"During that decade, there was a specific theory in Washington about how to meet this challenge.  We were told that huge tax cuts--especially for the wealthiest Americans--would lead to faster job growth.  We were told that fewer regulations--especially for big financial institutions and corporations--would bring about wedespread prosperity.  We were told that it was key to put two wars on the nation's credit card; that tax cuts would create enough growth to pay for themselves.  That's what we were told.  So how did this economic theory work out?"
    Well, let's see.... just how did this economic theory work out? 
During the entirety of that evil President George W. Bush's two terms, the AVERAGE unemployment rate was 5.75%.  The highest was 5.8% (January 1, 2003); the lowest was 4.2% (January 1, 2001).
[ http://www.multpl.com/unemployment/table ]
During just 41 months (January 1, 2009-May 1, 2012) we've had the "Clown Prince" as our exalted ruler, the AVERAGE unemployment rate was 8.4%.  The highest was 10.1% (October 1, 2009); the lowest was 7.8% (January 20, 2009-Immaculation Day).
[ http://mollysmiddleamerica.blogspot.com/2012/06/unemployment-rate-when-obama-took.html]

To continue with my joyfully exposing the "Clown Prince's" taking-liberties-with-the-truth (read: blatant lies!), let's touch on the jobs creation rates of each president:
That evil President George W. Bush: created a NEGATIVE 583,000 jobs over the entirety of his two terms.
"Clown Prince" owe-bama: created a NEGATIVE 841,000 jobs in JUST 41 MONTHS of his reign.
[http://www.truthfulpolitics.com/http:/truthfulpolitics.com/comments/u-s-job-creation-by-president-political-party/]
    "Clown Prince" owe-bama is clearly reading and believing his own 'press!'  No one in their right mind would believe the blusterful blather coming out of barackingham Palace!!  Most of his 'Cleveland Speech' was a rehash of his 2008 campaign speeches, so how are we to expect any substantive solutions here?? Without a positive record on which to campaign, we can expect 'more-of-the-same' from the "Clown Prince."  Rush Limbaugh has correctly labeled him: barack o-BLAME-o Kardashian, the Celebrity of the United States as opposed to PrezUnitedStates!! 
('Ja ever listen to media teleprompter readers? That's how they mispronounce 'the President of the United States.'  Not only that: check out how they say 'social security....' that becomes "sosh-s'keridy")

    With the clear exception of some of today's college students and recent graduates, the American voters have a clear alternative to this mindless Bilderberg/George Soros mouthpiece!!!!
Til Nex'Time....

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Friday, June 8, 2012

This'n'That; June Eighth #1; "Slick Comes Clean!

"Slick-Willie" Forces obama's Mouth er.. Hand
    As is he is wont to do--a coupl'a days ago--President "Slick-Willie" Clinton went off the reservation in answering an economic question from Maria Bartiromo of CNBC:

Ms Bartiromo: "So what about this upcoming fiscal cliff?  Because a lot of people are worried and the markets certainly have been reacting to the idea that these Bush tax cuts will expire at year end along with the spending programs that will expire.  Should these programs and those tax cuts be extended?"
    "Slick" should have followed the 'Bilderberger Playbook'--as edited by George Soros--in his reply, which would have forced a supportive reply from Mr Clinton.  He also touched on the effects of excessive spending on the American economy, a definite 'no-no' in the socio-fascist world "Clown Prince" owe-bama lives in.  The former president admits--as the American taxpayer fully knows--that the country is now in a 'double-dip' recession:

"Slick Willie:"  "What I think they should do is to find a way to keep the expansion going.  They wil probably have to put everything off until early next year.  That's probably the best thing to do right now.  I don't have any problem with extending all of it now, including the current spending levels.  They're still pretty low, the government spending levels, but I think they look high because there's a recession."
    Whew!! 'That done it!'  "Slick-Willie" is gonna be taken to the woodshed over this one!  Not only is he advocating for a continuation of those evil Bush tax cuts, he's admitting that the country's already in a double-dip recession!!  This ain't gonna be pretty!!
Til Nex'Time....

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Friday, May 25, 2012

This'n'That; May Twenty-Fifth #1; "Clown" Quotes

With No Accomplishments....
    ...."Clown Prince" owe-bama is running around the country vilifying 'anything, Romney!'  Today, let's examine some of his "clownisms" and try to extract some modicum of truth from each of them, if that's even possible!
    Here are some quotes from the "Clown Prince" blather opportunity (May 23rd) at the Hyatt Regency-Denver, Denver, Colorado:
    Do these quotes sound as disingenuous to you as they do to me?!?  Just more-of-the-same; more class-warfare.  It's us (even though the "Clown Prince" is a 1%er) against them.  Of course, owe-bama isn't going to mention that President George W. Bush gave 'ruler-elect' owe-bama control and management of the remaining TARP bailout funds in December, 2008, PRIOR TO his immaculation.  The "Clown Prince" then proceeded to line up payments to his supporters and donors!
"....a shrinking number of Americans were doing fantastically well, while the vast majority, a growning number were struggling to get by.  Falling incomes, rising costs, the slowest job growth in a half a century--that's what we were confronting." 
"....And it was all a house of cards that collapsed in the most destructive crisis since the Great Depression.  And just to give people a sense of perspective--in the last six months of 2008, even while we were campaigning, nearly 3 million of our neighbors lost their jobs; 800,000 lost their jobs the month I was sworn into office."
     One might think that the "Clown Prince" really has compassion for those suffering--many at their own hand--during the owe-bama Depression.  The teleprompter programmers are taking some editorial license regarding the statics owe-bama cites; normally they use the figure of 6 million jobs lost, always forgetting to mention that owe-bamanomics has only returned 4 million jobs to the economy.  The irony is not lost that the "Clown Prince" is in California, blathering on about his devistating economic inexperience; California is more bankrupt than the United States, if that's possible.
   During his next opportunity, the "Clown Prince" blathered at the likes of Don Cheatle, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Susan Wojcicki (a Google VP),  and many others of the same ilk; one-percenters, all!!  Here are some quotes from the May 24th blather opportunity, held at the Goldman family residence, Atherton, Ca.:

"....we had lost 8 million [jobs] before our economic policies had a chance to take effect.  And we've still got a long way to go here in California and all across the country.  There are a lot of folks who are hurting, people out of work or underemployed, people whose homes are $100,000 underwater and hove no sense of how they'll ever get out from under the debts that they've accumulated.  There are an awful lot of young people here who are extraordinarily talented, but don't see a path or a vision for the future...."
    With the current regime providing a hammock rather than a safety net, the country's miscreants feel a right to abuse the system, knowing owe-bama will absolve them of all personal responsibility.  I hate to keep linking 'the Bilderbergers' to the owe-bama Depression, there's no way--until a history of this era is written--to confirm their complicity.  George Soros readily confirms his!!  While owe-bama feigns sorrow and concern for the economic woes of both the nation and whatever state he's in, the devistation is going exactly as planned.  Just as Adolf Hitler did in the 1930s German Republic: after bringing the country to it's economic knees, rebuild it in any socialist-fascist form the ruler prefers!
    Just an hour-and-a-half later, his handlers assembled more donors at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City for the "Clown Prince" to blather at.  All three donor events used the same unremarkable remarks with few alterations: 

"....we watched a record surplus that was squandered on tax cuts for folks who didn't need them and weren't asking for them.  We saw two wars being waged on a credit card.  We saw speculation  in the financial sector, reaping huge profits for a few folks who were making bets with other people's money, but it was a flimsy kind of success.  Manufacturing left our shores."
     Let's break up the 'unremarkables' into more managable segments:
'We saw two wars being waged on a credit card-'  What--exactly--has the "Clown Prince" done to correct that?!? Zero-point-shit!!  Everything the current regimes does--it does on China's "American Express" card!
'....speculation in the financial sector.... huge profits.... making bets with other people's money....'  Where's the illegality, here?!?  These 'speculators' were contracted by their investors to turn the largest profit possible.
'Manufacturing left our shores.'  Of course it did.  Those companies were following the money trail; the owe-bama money trail that GAVE $3Billion to Brazil to develop THEIR off-shore drilling and production at the expense of domestic oil production in the United States, so we can be--to quote owe-bama again--"their largest customer."
    For the life of me, I can not fathom how "Clown Prince" owe-bama can stand in front of any crowd--even his supporters--and spout this bullshit with a straight face!  Such blatant lies as to make Pinocchio blush!!
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

This'n'That; May Twenty-Third #1; 'The Message'

'The Message' Must Be Maintained!
    Now that former Governor Mitt Romney has been anointed "the presumptive candidate" by the national pamphleteer 'corpse,' the obama re-immaculation campaign is ramping up it's denegration of 'all things Romney!'  Knowledge is everything in the public's vetting of both candidates.  To that end, Governor Romney should spend several weeks 'educating' the general voting public--both alive and the deceased in Chicago cemetaries--as a partial basis for their self-vetting of BOTH CANDIDATES.
    The governor might bode well to start with pertinent definitions, like those of venture capital, venture capitalists, a vulture capitalist, an angel investor, etc.  To this end--were it my campaign, I'd--gain an interview with a major national pamphleteer, broadcast in prime time to explain the definitions.  Here Governor Romney could--in addition--explain both Bain Capital's and his personal position in the business world of venture capitalism.  If an interview is unlikely, the governor should consider as many 30 second-1 minute ads (part 1, part 2,  part 3, etc) as necessary to accomplish the aforementioned.
    If the mult-part 'info-mercial' ads are the medium of choice, the final part should be a comparative compilation of Governor Romney's accomplishments contrasted with "Clown Prince" owe-bama's "accomplishments."  While the governor can easily compile the Bain Capital accomplishments under his captaincy, here are some of the "Clown Prince's" accomplishments for comparison:
  • 1.   Solyndra Solar; $535 Million; bankrupt
  • 2.   Evergreen Solar; $5.3 Million; bankrupt
  • 3.   SpectraWatt; $half-million; bankrupt
  • 4.   Energy Conversion Devices; amount unknown; bankrupt
  • 5.   United Solar Ovonic (Unisolar); amount unknown; bankrupt
  • 6.   Amonix; amount unknown; greatly declining value
  • 7.   SunPower; amount unknown; greatly declining value
  • 8.   Abound Solar; $400Million; 50% layoffs; greatly declining value
  • 9.   NRG Energy (solar,wind,vehicle) $1,200Million; greatly declining value
  • 10. First Solar; $5,350Million; stock price: 1008-$311.14, current-$13.60; greatly declining value
  • 11. BrightSource; $1,600Million; various subsidiaries bankrupt; greatly declining value
  • 12. Mountain Plaza, Inc; $10Million; truckstop electrification; bankrupt
  • 13. A123 Systems; $300Million (+$135Million-California); batteries; bankrupt
  • 14. EnerDel (+Ener1); $118.5Million; Lith-ion batteries; bankrupt
  • 15. Beacon Power; $43Million; energy storage; bankrupt
  • 16. Fisker Auto; $529Million (+$7,500 buyer credit); pending bankruptcy
  • 17. Tesla Motors; $465Million (+$7,500 buyer credit); probable bankruptcy
  • 18. [GM] Chevy Volt; Parent $100,000Million bailout; suspended production; dismal sales; dismal outlook
  • 19. Bright Automotive; failed promise of $450Million forced bankruptcy
  • 20. Nevada Geothermal Power; $164.5Million; probable bankruptcy
  • 21. Olsen's Crop Svc/Olsen's Mills Acquisition Co; $10Million; grain storage-ethanol production; bankrupt
    Both "Clown Prince" owe-bama and Governor Romney--in one aspect--are exactly the same!! Both are venture capitalists with two glaring distinctions!! 
Governor Romney is highly successful while the "Clown Prince" is a dismal failure;
Governor Romney used funds from voluntary investors; The "Clown Prince" used funds from involuntary investors--THE U.S. TAXPAYER!!  
The Bilderbergers and George Soros will have to find a new narrative for vilification, the 'venture capitalist' theme ain't gonna work when Governor Romney takes my advice!!
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....  

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Friday, May 18, 2012

This'n'That; May Eighteenth #1; 'WE' Don't Understand

Socio-Fascist Policies NEVER WRONG!
    "TurboTax-Tim" Geithner, owe-bama's YESman at the Treasury Department blathered upon the Greater Baltimore Committee, a group of regional businesses and nonprofits.  The Bilderbergers--through George Soros and the "Clown Prince"--trotted "Turbo-" out to pave the way for the next round of disagreements over increasing the debt-ceiling (socio-fascist: borrowing restrictions).  Here's a couple of quotes from Geithner's blusterful blather:
"It's not responsible to put at risk the people's confidence in the credibility of the United States."
"Raising the debt limit does not have to be a crisis.  It's a crisis of Congress' making."
    We have to remember that before "TurboTax-Tim" became owe-bama's first deputy chief Underboss for financial lies and obfuscations, he was one of the 'high muckedy-muck' architects of the 2008 global financial owe-bamaGeddon.  At the time in question, "Turbo-" was the President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York!!

    Just when do The Bilderbergers; does George Soros; does "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" think we actually fell off the turnip truck.... yesterday?!?  The "Tea Partiers" among us prove time and again:
we conservatives are alive-and-well and will fight to the proverbial death, those who do not uphold the tenets of the United States Constitution!!  There are many arguments to be made against each and every member of the United States Congress, but that's another discussion for another day.  The focus is on the upcoming potential kerfuffle involving the debt ceiling.  If said 'ceiling' is this flexible, this arbitrary, why even have one?!?  It makes no sense to say to the Bilderbergers, et al: 
"Here's the borrowing 'line' and tell your 'Clown Prince' to not cross it." 
When the "Clown Prince" nears said line and begs for more, the Congress tells the Bilderbergers:
"Here's the NEW 'LINE' and tell your 'Clown Princeto not cross it.  Oh, and by the way, we need some spending-limitation concessions from your 'Clown Prince.'"
    Now is the time for Speaker of the House, John Boehner to put away his 'whiny-face' and absolutely refuse to raise the debt-ceiling.  The Congress has done it repeatedly--ten times since 2001!  The actual debt-ceiling started in 1939 as an evolution of the 'Second Liberty Bond Act of 1917,' and rightfully so.... some measure had to restrict the ruthless spending of President Franklin Roosevelt which itself, continued the RooseveltDepression until well after WWII.  Just as President Roosevelt was restricted; so must be the Bilderbergers, George Soros, and on to "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist!!"
    Oh--in case ya forgot--the most important election since 1788 is coming up in November, a mere 172 DAYS from today!!   http://www.fubowear.com/ has many yard signs, tee-shirts, bumper stickers, cozzies, etc, to express the "Tea Party," the conservative point of view.  Another good site is http://www.fredstates.com/.
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

This'n'That; May Seventeenth #2; Ego Out-Of-Control!!

Bilderbergers, Soros "Runnin' Scared!"
    Watching their FAILING efforts to insure that America--as we know it--goes socialist, the Bilderbergers are grasping at straws!!  In continuing efforts to prop up the current regime at every turn, they've taken to "slow-jammin' history."  They have injected "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" into every presidential biography--save President Gerald R. Ford--from Franklin Roosevelt to President George W. Bush (43).
    As you check the URLs below, you'll find that a "Did You Know ?" section has been added to put the best possible light on the owe-bama FAILURES as they relate to the cited president.
Enjoy!
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelt
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/harrystruman
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/dwightdeisenhower
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johnfkennedy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/lyndonbjohnson
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/richardnixon
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jimmycarter
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgehwbush
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/williamjclinton
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgewbush

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

This'n'That; April Twenty-Fifth #3; Unremarkable Remarks

"Princely" Unremarkable Remarks, UNC
Taxpayer Funded Campaign Stop
(Student Loans)
UNC-Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, N.C.
April 24, 2012
    Later today, I am getting together with Jimmy Fallon and the Dave Matthews Band right here on campus. We’re going to tape Jimmy’s show for tonight so I want everybody to tune in, make sure it has high ratings. 
[....] the reason I came to Chapel Hill today is to talk about what most of you do here every single day -- and that's study, I assume.  Higher education is the single most important investment you can make in your future.  So I'm proud of all of you for doing what it takes to make that investment -- for the long hours in the library -- I hope in the lab, in the classroom. This has never been more important.
    Whether you're here at a four-year college or university, or you're at a two-year community college, in today’s economy, there's no greater predictor of individual success than a good education.  Right now, the unemployment rate for Americans with a college degree or more is about half the national average. The incomes of folks with a college degree are twice as high as those who don’t have a high school diploma. A higher education is the clearest path into the middle class.  Now, I know that those of you who are about to graduate are wondering about what’s in store for your future. Not even four years ago, just as the global economy was about to enter into freefall, you were still trying to find your way around campus. And you’ve spent your years here at a time when the whole world has been trying to recover, but has not yet fully recovered from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the worst economic crisis in most of our lifetimes -- and that includes your teachers.
Being truthful, I--your exalted ruler--might have said:  College--as an economic indicator--has little value.  College is where you might apply yourself to the project of advancing your knowledge, unfettered by commie-lib professors with their purpose of indoctrinating new minds to the ways of marxism, fascism; all the -isms necessary to spread their communistic manifesto.  In many instances, an impossible task!  
    Most college students today, are in school at the financial behest of their parents, grandparents or some other benefactor.  It's the rare student that does more than part-time work, that being to finance their incidentals.  Largely, the current college student is completely unphased by the cost of said education.  Do you realize that the tuition costs rise at a rate three-times greater than the rate of inflation?!? 
SIDEBAR:  With the Federal Reserve printing money--willie-nillie--the official inflation rate is being kept artifically low.  This blogger has seen the unofficial inflation rate as illustrated by a loaf of bread:  In the last six-months, a store-brand loaf of 'italian' bread has risen from $1.29 to $1.99 per loaf!  That's an increase of ten-cents per month in price, with no commensurate increase in value!!
The current affects of my lack of a clear--beneficial--domestic economic policy have pretty-much destroyed the jobs markets!  You have me--as well as yourselves--to blame for having no employment upon graduation; one cannot be afraid to get his or her hands dirty in the persuit of success.                                                                                                             
    Our businesses have added more than 4 million jobs over the past two years, but we all know there’s still too many Americans out there looking for work or trying to find a job that pays enough to cover the bills and make the mortgage. We still have too many folks in the middle class that are searching for that security that started slipping away years before the recession hit.  So we’ve still got a lot of work to do to rebuild this economy so that it lasts, so that it’s solid, so that it’s firm. But what I want you to know is that the degree you earn from UNC will be the best tool you have to achieve that basic American promise -- the idea that if you work hard, you can do well enough to raise a family and own a home, send your own kids to college, put a little away for retirement. That American Dream is within your reach.  And there’s another part of this dream, which is the idea that each generation is going to know a little bit more opportunity than the last generation. That our kids -- I can tell you now as a parent -- and I guarantee you, your parents feel this about you -- nothing is more important than your kid’s success. You want them to do better than you did.  You want them to shoot higher, strive more, and succeed beyond your imagination.
    So keeping that promise alive is the defining issue of our time. I don’t want this to be a country where a shrinking number of Americans are doing really, really well, but a growing number of people are just struggling to get by. That’s not my idea of America.  I don’t want that future for you. I don’t want that future for my daughters. I want this forever to be a country where everybody gets a fair shot and everybody is doing their fair share, and everybody is playing by the same set of rules.  That’s the America I know and love. That’s the America within our reach.  I think back to my grandfather. He had a chance to go to college because this country decided every returning veteran of World War II should be able to afford it, should be able to go to college.  My mother was able to raise two kids by herself because she was able to get grants and work her way through school.  I am only standing here today, Michelle is only who she is today because of scholarships and student loans. That gave us a shot at a great education. We didn’t come from families of means, but we knew that if we worked hard we’d have a shot.
Being truthful, I--your exalted ruler--might have said: Years ago--when the "baby-boomers" were raising their kids; your parents--very few parents were able to just send their kids off to college.  In many families, the college student only enrolled for classes after he'd worked for six-months or a year, earning the tuition-and-expense money.  When did it become the norm for a student to be 'handed an education,' financially?!?  A far-more-beneficial path would be the one I just mentioned.  The continuing student would have 'a bit of dirt under the fingernails;' a work ethic that would serve him well throughout his or her life!! 
    My mother was involved in my early-life little more than the four-years I lived with her and her then-husband in Indonesia.  My grandmother, Madelyn Dunham was an essential figure in my upbringing, having lived with her until left for the mainland and college.  We--my grandparents' household--were not poor or even middle-class, by any stretch of the imagination!   My grandfather worked as a government employee at the Honolulu Municipal Water Station.  My grandmother was a vice-president at The Bank of Hawaii from 1970 until her retirement in 1986.  They gave me practically anything I wanted, growing up, and--unbeknownst-to-them--financing my excursions into the consumption of drugs of various kinds.
    This country has always made a commitment to put a good education within the reach of all who are willing to work for it. That’s what makes us special. That’s what made us an economic superpower. That’s what kept us at the forefront of business and science and technology and medicine. And that’s a commitment we have to reaffirm today in 2012.  Now, everybody will give lip service to this. You'll hear a lot of folks say, yes, education is important -- it’s important.  But it requires not just words but deeds. And the fact is, that since most of you were born, tuition and fees at America’s colleges have more than doubled. And that forces students like you to take out a lot more loans. There are fewer grants. You rack up more debt.  Now, the average student who borrows to pay for college now graduates with about $25,000 in student loan debt. That’s the average -- some are more.  Yes -- because some folks have more debt than that.
    Americans now owe more on their student loans than they do on their credit cards. And living with that kind of debt means that this generation is not getting off to the same start that previous generations -- because you’re already loaded up with debt. So that means you’ve got to make pretty tough choices when you are first starting out. You might have to put off buying a house. It might mean that you can’t go after that great idea for a startup that you have, because you’re still paying off loans. Maybe you’ve got to wait longer to start a family, or save for retirement.  When a big chunk of every paycheck goes towards loan debt, that’s not just tough on you, that’s not just tough for middle-class families, it’s not just tough on your parents -- it’s painful for the economy, because that money is not going to help businesses grow. I mean, think about the sooner you can start buying a house, that’s good for the housing industry. The sooner you can start up that business, that means you’re hiring some folks -- that grows the economy.
    And this is something Michelle and I know about firsthand. I just wanted everybody here to understand this is not -- I didn’t just read about this. I didn’t just get some talking points about this. I didn’t just get a policy briefing on this. Michelle and I, we’ve been in your shoes. Like I said, we didn’t come from wealthy families.  So when we graduated from college and law school, we had a mountain of debt. When we married, we got poorer together.  We added up our assets and there were no assets.  And we added up our liabilities and there were a lot of liabilities, basically in the form of student loans. We paid more in student loans than we paid on our mortgage when we finally did buy a condo. For the first eight years of our marriage, we were paying more in student loans than what we were paying for our mortgage. So we know what this is about.  And we were lucky to land good jobs with a steady income. But we only finished paying off our student loans -- check this out, all right, I’m the President of the United States we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago.  That wasn’t that long ago. And that wasn’t easy, especially because when we had Malia and Sasha, we’re supposed to be saving up for their college educations, and we’re still paying off our college educations.
Being truthful, I--your exalted ruler--might have said:  I have done nothing relative to the escalating costs of a quality college education.  Had that been at the fore--as I'm making it now--I should have gone after 'Big-Ed' much like I continue to vilify 'big oil!!'  I did not.  That's but one of my many shortcomings, my many failures!! As I continually paint a rosy picture of my involvement with the student-loan legislation, you have to know that as a U.S. senator--of some several days--I failed to vote in July, 2007 as well as September, 2007--nor did I sign on as a co-sponsor--of the current loan legislation!!  How well I prove that one can lie-by-omission!! 
    All this blather about the tough time "Michelle Antoinette" and I had in repaying our student loans?!?  Complete bullshit!!  Remember, any money I earned was a direct result of government at some level; I've never worked-for-wages in the private sector.  I made dam'-good-money plying my trade as a community agitator, using Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" to my advantage.  "Michelle Antoinette" has also never suffered financially, either as a single person, married person or mother.  She's been over-paid in various legal positions as a result of my influence as a community agitator.  She even had a 'no show job' with the University of Chicago hospitals earning well over a quarter-million-dollars as late as 2006!  Where's "the pain" of repaying student loans with a family income approaching a half-million-dollars annually?!?  This blather is nothing more-or-less than thinly disguised campaign bluster.                                                                                                                        So we have to make college more affordable for our young people. That’s the bottom line. And like I said, look, not everybody is going to go to a four-year college or university. You may go to a community college. You may go to a technical school and get into the workforce. And then, it may turn out that after you’ve had kids and you’re 35, you go back to school because you’re retraining for something new. But no matter what it is, no matter what field you’re in, you’re going to have to engage in lifelong learning. That’s the nature of the economy today. And we’ve got to make sure that’s affordable.  That’s good for the country; it’s good for you. At this make-or-break moment for the middle class, we’ve got to make sure that you’re not saddled with debt before you even get started in life.  Because I believe college isn’t just one of the best investments you can make in your future -- it’s one of the best investments America can make in our future. This is important for all of us.  We can’t price the middle class out of a college education. Not at a time when most new jobs in America will require more than a high school diploma. Whether it’s at a four-year college or a two-year program, we can’t make higher education a luxury. It’s an economic imperative. Every American family should be able to afford it.   So that’s why I’m here. Now, before I ask for your help -- I’ve got something very specific I’m going to need you to do. But, North Carolina, indulge me. I want to briefly tell you what we’ve already done to help make college more affordable, because we’ve done a lot.  Before I took office, we had a student loan system where tens of billions of taxpayer dollars were going to banks, not students. They were processing student loan programs except the student loans were federally guaranteed so they weren’t taking any big risks, but they were still taking billions of dollars out of the system. So we changed it.  Some in Washington fought tooth and nail to protect the status quo, where billions of dollars were going to banks instead of students. And they wanted to protect that. They wanted to keep those dollars flowing to the banks.  One of them said -- and I’m going to quote here because it gives you a sense of the attitudes sometimes we’re dealing with in Washington. They said, it would be "an outrage" -- if we changed the system so that the money wasn’t going through banks and they weren’t making billions of dollars of profits off of it -- said it was "an outrage."  And I said, no, the real outrage is letting these banks keep these subsidies without taking any risks while students are working two or three jobs just to get by. That’s an outrage. That’s an outrage.  So we kept at it, we kept it at -- we won that fight. Today, that money is going where it should be going -- should have been going in the first place -- it’s going directly to students. We’re bypassing the middleman. That means we can raise Pell grants to a higher level. More people are eligible. More young people are able to afford college because of what we did. Over 10 years, that’s going to be $60 billion that’s going to students that wasn’t going to students before.
Being truthful, I--your exalted ruler--might have said:  Then again, you may work for your mother's cousin-the family plumber.  A quality--hands-on--education to be sure! I AM asking for your help!  I care not, the quality; the costs of your education.  All I care about is pacifying George Soros, this time with my re-immaculation!!
    I--and by 'I' I mean ME--took over the student loan program not for any real benefit for the consumer but for the singular control of who, why and where anyone--from the upcoming high school graduates to the senior citizen looking to advance his knowledge--attends institutions of higher learning.  The banks did assume some risk in issuing a student loan as well as the processing fees they were entitled to.  To that end, name one--JUST ONE--federal program that's run efficiently and economically?!? 
Ha!!
Gott'cha!! 
There is none; it was a trick question!!  
So how can the justification be made that it was good for the consumer to have the student loan program under the auspices of the federal government?!?
Another trick question!!  
    It matters not that in ten years there'll be more grants.  With the economy continuing to "go-to-hell-inn'a-handbasket" there will be fewer and fewer students enrolling in college; hell, they'll be lucky to be able to afford to have the basic necessities!
    Now, then, last fall, I acted to cap student loan payments faster, so that nearly 1.6 million students who make their payments on time will only have to pay 10 percent of their monthly income towards loans once they graduate.  Now, this is useful -- this is especially helpful for young people who decide to become teachers, or maybe they go into one of the [....]  social work or one of the helping professions.  And they may not get paid a lot of money, but they’ve got a lot of debt. And so being able to cap how much per month you’re paying as a percentage of your income gives you a little bit more security knowing you can choose that profession.  And then we wanted every student to have access to a simple factsheet on student loans and financial aid, so you can have all the information you need to make your own choices about how to pay for college. And we set up this new consumer watchdog called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and so they’re now putting out this information. We call it “Know Before You Owe.” Know before you owe. It’s something Michelle and I wish we had had when we were in your shoes -- because sometimes we got surprised by some of this debt that we were racking up.  So that’s what we’ve done. But it’s not enough just to increase student aid. We can’t keep subsidizing skyrocketing tuition or we’ll run out of money. And colleges and universities, they’ve got to do their part also to keep college costs down.  So I’ve told Congress to steer federal aid to those schools that keep tuition affordable, that provide good value, that serve their students well. And we’ve put colleges on notice: If you can’t stop tuition from just going up every single year a lot faster than inflation, then funding you get from taxpayers, at least at the federal level, will go down -- because we need to push colleges to do better, and hold them accountable if they don’t.
Being truthful, I--your exalted ruler--might have said: Even the most incompetent boob among us should realize that the longer the term of the loan, the higher the interest paid.  THAT is the reason for the 10% cap on payments!  More revenue to the Treasury that my regime will undoubtedly piss away, faster than it comes in! All those 'helping professions' I mentioned...?!?  They're all controlled by the appropriate union.  How do unions vote?!?  The way they're told!! By whom?!?  What ever owe-bamacRATic politician, in whatever owe-bamacRATic level of government  that needs that controlled vote to win election; re-election!  
    Are you--the student--really dumb enough to think that we--the socio-fascist politician--will actually force institutions of higher learning to reduce their income?!?  That makes absolutely no sense!  Much like the "Buffett Rule"-completely stupid!!"  Nothing more than polictical posturing!  We--the socio-fascist politician--are wholly dependent on professors, grad-student lecturers--as I was--and other administrators for the indoctrination of the student to the socio-fascist mindset.  We have no other way--yet--to influence the vast numbers that colleges, universities and trade schools have!
     Now, public universities know well, and Governor Perdue knows well -- states also have to do their part by making higher education a higher priority in their budgets.  I know that Bev is fighting hard to make tuition affordable for North Carolina families. That’s a priority for her. But last year, over 40 states cut their higher education spending. And these budget cuts have been among the largest factors in tuition increases at public colleges over the past decade. So we’re challenging states to take responsibility. We told them, if you can find new ways to bring down the cost of college and make it easier for students to graduate, then we’ll help you do it.  But I want everybody here, as you’re thinking about voting, make sure you know where your state representative and your state senator stands when it comes to funding higher education.  They’ve got to be responsible. They’ve got to be accountable as well to prioritize higher education.   All right. So helping more families, helping more young people afford a higher education; offering incentives for states and colleges and universities to keep their costs down -- that’s what we’ve been doing. Now Congress has to do their part.  They need to extend the tuition tax credit that we put in place back when I came into office. It’s saving middle-class families thousands of dollars.  Congress needs to safeguard aid for low-income students, like Pell grants, so that today’s freshmen and sophomores know that they’ll be able to count on it.  That’s what Congress has to do. Congress needs to give more young people the chance to earn their way through college by doubling the number of work/study jobs over the next five years.  That's what Congress needs to do.  And then there's one specific thing -- and now this is where you come in -- there's one specific thing that Congress needs to do right now to prevent the interest rates on student loans, federal student loans, from shooting up and shaking you down. So this is where you come in. I want to explain this, so everybody listen carefully.  Five years ago, Congress cut the rate on federal student loans in half. That was a good thing to do. But on July 1st -- that’s a little over two months from now -- that rate cut expires. And if Congress does nothing, the interest rates on those loans will double overnight.  So I’m assuming a lot of people here have federal student loans. The interest rates will double unless Congress acts by July 1st. And just to give you some sense of perspective -- for each year that Congress doesn’t act, the average student with these loans will rack up an additional $1,000 in debt -- an extra thousand dollars. That’s basically a tax hike for more than 7 million students across America -- more than 160,000 students here in North Carolina alone. Anybody here can afford to pay an extra $1,000 right now?  I didn’t think so. So stopping this from happening should be a no-brainer. Helping more of our young people afford college, that should be at the forefront of America’s agenda. It shouldn’t be a Republican or a Democratic issue.  This is an American issue.  The Stafford loans we’re talking about, they’re named after a Republican senator. The Pell grants that have helped millions of Americans earn a college education, that’s named after a Democratic senator. When Congress cut those rates five years ago, 77 Republicans in the House of Representatives voted for it -- along with a couple hundred Democrats  including the Democrats who are here.   So this shouldn’t be a partisan issue. And yet, the Republicans who run Congress right now have not yet said whether or not they’ll stop your rates from doubling. We’re two months away. Some have hinted that they’d only do it if we cut things like aid for low-income students instead. So the idea would be, well, all right, we’ll keep interest rates low if we take away aid from other students who need it. That doesn’t make sense.  One Republican congresswoman said just recently -- I’m going to quote this because I know you guys will think I’m making it up --  She said she had
"very little tolerance for people who tell me they graduate with debt because there’s no reason for that."
 I’m just quoting here. I’m just quoting. She said, students who rack up student loan debt are just sitting on their butts, having opportunity "dumped in your lap."  I mean, I’m reading it here, so I didn’t make this up. Now, can you imagine saying something like that? Those of you who have had to take out student loans, you didn’t do it because you’re lazy. You didn’t do it lightly. You don’t like debt. I mean, a lot of you, your parents are helping out, but it’s tough on them. They’re straining. And so you do it because the cost of college keeps going up and you know this is an investment in your future.  So if these folks in Washington were serious about making college more affordable, they wouldn’t have voted for a budget that could cut financial aid for tens of millions of college students by an average of more than $1,000.
They certainly wouldn’t let your student loan rates double overnight. So when you ask them, well, why aren’t you making this commitment? They say, well, we got to bring down the deficit. Of course, this is the deficit they helped run up over the past decade.  Didn’t pay for two wars. Didn’t pay for two massive tax cuts. And now this is the reason why you want students to pay more?  They just voted to keep giving billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to big oil companies that are raking in record profits. They just voted to let millionaires and billionaires keep paying lower tax rates than middle-class workers and their secretaries.  They even voted to give an average tax cut of at least $150,000 to folks like me, the wealthiest Americans -- a tax cut paid for by cutting things like education and job training programs that give students new opportunities to work and succeed.
Being truthful, I--your exalted ruler--might have said: Contrary to the popular beliefs, money does not cure all ills!  The answer is not money, if it were, why do those institutions that are not the Texas Aggies, the Notre Dame Irish, et al, with athletic programs that support far more acitivities than do the budgeted funds from government continue to exist.  I promote more government spending for one reason: controlCONTROL; C-O-N-T-R-O-L!!  So long as the institutions take government money--at any level--said schools are obligated to bend to the will of said governmental entity!!  If government money were "the be-all, to end-all" then why is there at least one specific contrary institution, that being Hillsdale College?!?  Hillsdale College is one of the very few in the entire United States that take absolutely no government funds of any sort; from any level!  Nor do they allow students--or perspective students--to take federal grants or loans.  Where the hell is MY CONTROL in that?!?
    Now, that’s their priorities. And that doesn’t make any sense. Do we want to keep tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans who don’t need them and didn’t ask for them? Or do we want to make sure that they’re paying their fair share?  Do we want to keep subsidizing big oil, or do we want to make sure we’re investing in clean energy?  Do we want to jack up interest rates on millions of students, or do we want to keep investing in things that will help us and help them in the long-term -- things like education and science, and a strong military and care for our veterans?  We can’t do both. We can’t have it both ways. We’ve got to make a choice about what our priorities are.  You know, I’ve said this before, but I’m just going to keep on repeating it: In America, we admire success. We aspire to it. I want everybody to be rich. I want everybody to work and hustle and start businesses and study your tails off to get there.  But America is not just about a few people doing well. America is about giving everybody a chance to do well.  Everybody -- not just a few -- everybody.  That’s what built this country. That’s what the American Dream is all about.  A lot of us had parents or grandparents who said, maybe I can’t go to college, but some day my son, he’ll go to college and I’ll be so proud of him. A lot of us had parents or grandparents who said, maybe I can’t start my own business, but maybe some day my daughter, she’s going to start her own business, she’s going to work for herself.  A lot of us had parents or grandparents who said, I may be an immigrant, but I believe that this is a country where no matter what you look like and where you come from, no matter what your name is, you can make it if you try. 
    North Carolina, that’s who we are. That’s our values. That’s what we’re about. So, no, "set your sights lowe" -- that’s not an education plan. "You’re on your own" -- that’s not an economic plan. We can’t just cut our way to prosperity.  Previous generations made the investments necessary for us to succeed, to build a strong middle class, to create the foundation for America’s leadership in science and technology and medicine and manufacturing. And now it’s our turn. We’ve got to do the right thing. I want one of you to discover the cure for cancer, or the formula for fusion, or the next game-changing American industry.  And that means we’ve got to support those efforts.  So if you agree with me, I need your help. I need you to tell your member of Congress, we’re not going to set our sights lower. We’re not going to settle for something less. Now, all of you are lucky, you already have three congressmen who are on board. So don’t -- you don’t need to call them.  They’re already doing the right thing. But I’m asking everyone else who’s watching or following online -- call your member of Congress. Email them. Write on their Facebook page. Tweet them -- we’ve got a hashtag.  Here’s the hashtag for you to tweet them: #dontdoublemyrate.  Your voice matters. So stand up. Be heard. Be counted. Tell them now is not the time to double interest rates on your student loans. Now is the time to double down on smart investments to build a strong and secure middle class. Now is the time to double down on building an America that lasts.  You and me, all of us here, every single one of us -- we’re here only because somebody, somewhere, felt responsibility not just for themselves, but they felt responsibility for something larger. It started with them feeling responsible for their families. So your parents sacrificed, your grandparents sacrificed to make sure you could succeed. But then they thought bigger than that. They thought about their neighborhood, they thought about their community, they thought about their country. Now -- [....]  And now it’s our turn to be responsible. It’s our turn to keep that promise alive.  And no matter how tough these times have been, no matter how many obstacles that may stand in our way, I promise you, North Carolina, there are better days ahead.  We will emerge stronger than we were before. Because I believe in you. I believe in your future. I believe in the investment you’re making right here at North Carolina.  That tells me that you share my faith in America’s future. And that’s what drives me every single day -- your hopes, your dreams. And I’m not quitting now because, in America, we don’t quit.  We get each other’s backs. We help each other get ahead.  And if we work together, we’ll remind the world just why it is that America’s the greatest nation on Earth.
Being truthful, I--your exalted ruler--might have said:  We--and by 'we' I mean the owe-bama Regime--must invest in what works!!  Be it fossil fuels, be it in revising the tax code to eliminate tax deductions for those evil oil companies.  The best single change--which would benefit those at every level of the citizenry--is to reduce federal spending to the level that minimal borrowing would be necessary. 
That ain't gonna happen under my--read: Soros'--watch!!
I rely on those with not'ta whole lot'ta common sense to ensure that my re-immaculation campaign will continue on schedule.  I need this second term as your exalted ruler to complete the conversion of the United States of America into a completely socio-fascist state!!  I would've had it done, excepting that dam' "Tea Party" Movement.  With the loss of control over the House of Representatives, I no longer had that dupe-marionette, Nancy PORKlosi to do my bidding; much as 'pinky' reid does each day!!
    I have one benefit probably NONE OF YOU will ever achieve:  No matter how long I rule, I will continue with this--nearly half-million-dollar paycheck--FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!  That's another financial burden you'll have to bear, so....
ya better find a job....
and it better be a good one!!
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