This'n'That; August Twenty-Fourth #1; Statistics

A Plethora Of Information!
    Anyone who regularly reads this blog knows I like to research my information, particularly when the subject is the failed rule of "Clown Prince" obama.  To that end, I happened to be 'wandering around' the 'net looking for federal deficit and spending statistics.
    I did find statistics going back to 1790!!  Not exactly what I was looking for, but interesting, never-the-less.  For instance, did you know the weekly budget (food, shelter, clothing and 'other') for a family of three (in Philadelphia) in 1833 was $3.19-1/2!!  Yup!! That's not hundreds-of-dollars, but three-DOLLARS and change!!  Another somewhat disheartening fact:  the first year for federal spending totaling more than one-billion-dollars: 1865-the last year of the U.S. Civil War; the first year of federal 'reconstruction.' ($1,297,555,224.41).
    It would be funny if it weren't so sad: early monetary statistics calculated funds right down to the PENNY.  Today, the entire federal budget of 1865 would be considered merely 'a rounding error!!'
Some of the URLs I found on this topic:
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/
http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/1878-01.pdf
http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaq5.html
http://www.foodtimeline.org/cummings.pdf
Til Nex'Time....

This'n'That; May Twenty-Seventh #2; Spending 'Hoax!'

The owe-bama Spending Hoax Revealed
    By now everyone on the planet--excepting maybe, a couple of folks in Appalachia who don't really give a crap--has read or at least heard of, the Rex Nutting fictional piece on the owe-bama spending phenomenon:
http://articles.marketwatch.com/2012-05-22/commentary/31802270_1_spending-federal-budget-drunken-sailor
'PolitiFact'--using the same flawed methodology--agrees with the Nutting piece:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/may/23/facebook-posts/viral-facebook-post-says-barack-obama-has-lowest-s/
The 'politicalmath' guy is highly adept at explaining all things 'numbers,' and as such exposes the flawed methodology for what it is, a thinly-veiled attempting at putting a 'smiley-face' on the owe-bama out-of-control socio-fascist, economy-destroying spending:
http://www.politicalmathblog.com/?p=1786
    After reading all three articles, one thing continues to be blatantly clear:  the national pamphleteers' clear and unrelenting bias is all-the-more evident!  Not only does the next president--former Governor Mitt Romney-- have to battle the sitting ruler, he must contend with and counteract owe-bama's in-the-tank national pamphleteers.
Til Nex'Time....
www.marketwatch.com
www.politifact.com
www.politicalmathblog.com

This'n'That; May Twenty-Seventh #1; Roadtrip!

Courtesy Of Dana Perino and "The Five"
    Most of the "The Five" shows I see are DVR'd so I kinda lose track of what day's show I'm watching.  I normally do have a pad and pen at hand for notes on important political topics.  One of the two shows I watched Friday evening had Dana Perino talking about a 'debt-and-deficit-roadtrip.'  So I giggled it and found this URL:
www.bermanpost.com
On the 'Berman' site, I found the video to which Ms Perino referred:
http://politicalmath.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/the-national-debt-road-trip/
Not only is said video/audio well made, most informative, it seems to be factually correct.  Although originally produced in May of 2009, it uses the "Clown Prince's" own budget projections as well as factual spending numbers.
The 'politicalmath' URL has a written narrative for those who are audio-ically challenged!!
    I thank Dana Perino and those producers on "The Five" who found this video and brought it to a 'second-life.'
Til Nex'Time....
[Closed circuit to Mitt Romney:]  Governor, this video should be incorporated into your next '"Clown Prince" owe-bama versus republicRATics spending' video ads.

"Clown Prince" Weekly Blather; February 11th

A Patriotic Response To The "Clown Prince;" 02/11/2012
barackingham Palace,
District of Corruption
February 11, 2012
    In recent weeks, we’ve seen signs that our economy is growing stronger and creating jobs at a faster clip. While numbers and figures will go up and down in the coming months, what cannot waver is our resolve to do everything in our power to keep stoking the fires of the recovery.  And the last thing we should do is let Washington stand in the way.  You see, at the end of the month, taxes are set to go up on 160 million working Americans. If you’re one of them, then you know better than anyone that the last thing you need right now is a tax hike. But if Congress refuses to act, middle class taxes will go up. It’s that simple.  Now, if this sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve been here before. Back in December, Congress faced this exact same predicament. Ultimately, thanks to your voices, they did the right thing – but only after a great deal of bickering and political posturing that put the strength of our economy and the security of middle class families at risk. We can’t go through that again.
[What I'm not telling you:    Here we go again!  We going to create enormous amounts of drama over $17.50 in the average Americans' weekly paycheck.  For my part, I intend to continue my various 'warfares' right up through the November elections.  Oh, by-the-way; that election is a mere 270 days from today, on November 6, 2012.  
{BACK to the teleprompter!}
     Neither major political party really cares about this $17.50.  It's nothing more than a 'political football,' to be kicked back-and-forth across the aisles of Congress.  Essentially, we're fighting over 8 and 3/4 loaves of store-brand Italian bread; 4 and 1/2 pounds of hamburger; 4 and 1/2 gallons of gasoline; less than two trips around your lawn by the neighborhood kid and his-or-her lawnmower!!   As he did with the 'General' Holder-sanctioned Brian Terry and Jaime Zapata murders, the George Soros media and political manipulation 'machine' is developing plans as we speak, to force Speaker John Boehner to weep before the cameras, then back down on this class-warfare issue.  You might remember the last time:  Soros forced Speaker Boehner to back pedal on Rep Darrelll Issa's insistance that 'General' Holder be charged with perjury for his knowledge and participation in the "Fast'n'Furious" scandal; vast amounts of evidence and testimony notwithstanding!!]
Congress needs to stop this middle class tax hike from happening. Period. No drama. No delay. And no ideological side issues that have nothing to do with this tax cut. Now is not the time for self-inflicted wounds to our recovery. Now is the time for common-sense action. And this tax cut is common-sense. If you’re a family making about $50,000 a year, this tax cut amounts to about $1,000 a year. That’s about $40 in every paycheck. I know there are some folks in this town who think $40 isn’t a lot of money. But to a student or a senior who’s trying to stretch the budget a little bit further? To a parent who’s filling up the tank and looking at rising gas prices? To them, $40 can make all the difference in the world.  And so can your voice. I hope you’ll pick up the phone, send a tweet, write an email, and tell your representative that they should get this done before it gets too late. Tell them not to play politics again by linking this debate to unrelated issues. Tell them not to manufacture another needless standoff or crisis. Tell them not to stand in the way of the recovery. Tell them to just do their job. That’s what our middle class needs. That’s what our country needs.  In the wake of the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, we’re getting things going again. And we’re going to keep at it until everyone shares in America’s comeback.
[What I'm not telling you:  Notice how we just 'picked' the annual wage of $50,000?!?  That number is purely policitcal in that it makes the potential 'tax-hike' appear much larger than the amount that really affects the majority of American wage earners.  2007 statistics are the most recent available to the general public.  Those statistics--from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development--reveal that the United States' median income is $31,111--a far cry from the $50,000 I read from the teleprompter!!  When actual numbers are considered, the tax benefits are reduced from $40 per paycheck ($20 per week!!) to a far more relevant amount of LESS THAN $12.00 per week!!  It's all about class warfare; about economic warfare.
    As I urge the public to contact their representatives in support of this tax scam, the public might consider that tax obligations are far from the most immediate peril to their paycheck; FEDERAL SPENDING IS!!  The informative 'U.S. Debt Clock" (http://www.usdebtclock.org/) indicates that currently, there are approximately 140,979,180 'souls' in the American workforce.  My 2012 budget proposal suggests that I MIGHT BE HELD TO deficit spending of $901 BILLION.... Whoop-tee-doo!!! 
For the ease of computation, let's assume that all nearly 141 MILLION workers are median wage earners, earning the aforementioned $31,111; that there are 2,080 work-hours in the standard work-year; that given the previous assumptions, the median hourly wage is $14.96.
Essentially, that means just this year, the INDIVIDUAL median American worker must work 4,274.5 HOURS!!  Does the reader realize that to accomplish this, the median worker will work his standard 2,080 hour work year at the $14.96 hourly rate.  To satisfy just this year's projected annual deficit,  each median worker must work an additional 1,463 hours at 'time-and-a-half!!'  This will result in a workday--EVERY DAY, five-days-a-week for an entire calendar year--of 13.85 HOURS-PER-DAY!!  AND.... EVERY-DAM'-DOLLAR of said annual earnings would have to be GIVEN to the federal government to satisfy JUST this year's deficit spending!!
    Every year of my dictitorial rule, I'm amazed at the numbers of spineless, whiney-assed, 'go-along, to-get-along' congress-persons who're elected to try to reign me in!!  As much as I hate to admit it; the "Tea Party" Movement is on the right track; less spending, smaller government and reduction or elimination of entitlement programs.  It'll never gain enough traction to stop me--actually, stop George Soros--from massive 'credit-card' spending; from growing said entitlements as a method of 'voter-base enhancement!']

This'n'That; Oct 13th

It Ain't A "Tax Cut!!!" All the politicians, both parties, aren't really giving the American people a tax cut!!! All they're doing is re-assigning the source of the government income: For instance if the politician promises a $10 Billion tax cut for a particular segment of the population, they will just increase taxes on another segment/area; increase federal fees, etc. The only way there can be a true tax cut is to have a corresponding and EQUAL cut in federal spending.... i.e., in defense, education, housing, commerce, medical/medicines, etc. All of which are SACRED COWS!!!! and thus "untouchable" by those hoping for re-election. You notice that NONE OF THE CAMPAIGNING POLITICIANS ever mentions any cuts in federal spending. They just want to increase the size of government as a method of "buying" votes via their lofty financial promises, hopefully enough to get elected. Once elected most of their schemes and bullshit will fall by the wayside.... They got what they wanted.... TO HELL with the commoner that fell for all the "fluff" that put them in office!!! The Bail-out Scheme: After the congress wrote the blank check to the Treasury Department, who's watching the purse strings? We know who "HOLDS" the purse strings-Henry Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury..... .....BUT....... Who's "watching" the purse strings?? Who is auditing the expenditures, determining who/what is worthy of all this "free money??" Bail-Out Basics: $810 Billion [the added pork notwithstanding] into the hands of the Treasury Secretary, exclusively!! The Secretary has UNPRECENDENTED powers to draw on public entities with NO GROUND RULES, WHATSOEVER!!! The Secretary can waive "specific provisions" of our contracting laws, the Federal Acquisition Regulation [FAR] if he determines that "urgent and compelling circumstances make compliance with such 'provisions' contrary to the public interest." The Bail-Out Bill does not define "PROVISIONS." The Bail-Out Bill does not stipulate who will be charged with drafting and monitoring the contracts. The Secretary does not have to inform governmental watchdog agencies concerning bail-out activities. These agencies will have access to the information, but will only be able to report on the contracts after they have been issued and paid. So....... We'll know who's screwing us; how badly we're being screwed........... BUT only after WE'VE BEEN SCREWED!!! This is a "history rerun.... We've been here before!!! Anyone remember the S&L bailout of the late 1980s? The Resolution Trust Corporation was founded in 1989 to dispose of loans and other assets from the Savings and Loan debacle. With predictable results, the taxpayer "took it in the shorts" as we did during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In both instances, a multitude of contracts were issued, seemingly to line someone's pockets. Although the participants are different, the end result will probably be the same. No one seems to study and learn from history. Til nextime.....