This'n'That; November 11th [Vet'sDay;Apathy]

Veteran's Day It's here, the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month!! World War One [prior to WWII, known as "The Great War"] ended with the signing of an "armistice" at that time and date in 1918.

At 11 a.m. on 11 November 1918—"the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"—a ceasefire came into effect. Opposing armies on the Western Front began to withdraw from their positions. Canadian Private George Lawrence Price is traditionally regarded as the last soldier killed in the Great War: he was shot by a German sniper at 10:57 and died at 10:58.

President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. The United States Congress passed a concurrent resolution seven years later on June 4, 1926, requesting the President issue another proclamation to observe November 11 with appropriate ceremonies. An Act approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday; "a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day'." Emporia, Ks., U.S. Rep. Ed Rees, wrote and gained co-sponsors for a bill to make "Armistice Day" a federal holiday and guided it through Congress. President Dwight Eisenhower signed it into law on May 26, 1954. Congress amended this act on November 8, 1954, replacing "Armistice" with "Veterans," and it has been known as Veterans Day since. "Clown Prince" Displays Apathy Toward Military The "Clown Prince" again displayed complete apathy toward the U.S. military in general; the United States Army in particular!! Fluffy obama was well aware of the muslim massacre at Fort Hood when he took the podium for his daily photo op and blather. He elected to temporarily ignore the devistation to make closing remarks at the Tribal Nations' Conference in Oklahoma City. During his remarks, he-incorrectly-honored "Medal of Honor" recipient Dr Joe Medicine Crow with "a shout-out." Dr Medicine Crow has been awarded the Bronze Star and Légion d'honneur for his actions during WWII. He was never awarded the Medal of Honor!! Dumb-ass Fluffy-himself-DID award Dr Medicine Crow the "Presidential Medal of Freedon" on August 8, 2009!! It took Fluffy nearly a full two minutes to even mention the Fort Hood tradegy!! And only after his routine bullshit of thanking "everybody-and-his-brother" for showing up at this photo op/blather session. Fluffy is quoted in the pages of the New York Times advising us not to “jump to conclusions.” According to CNN, obama has also cautioned against a “backlash” against Muslims in the military and in the country. This—from the "Clown Prince" who bowed before the Saudi King; who betrayed Muslim women in his Cairo speech.

• AP reported last Friday that there had been “immediate” anti-Muslim “backlash.” What happened?
• Did armed bands of furious Islamophobes throw molotov cocktails at mosques?
• Did ferocious white supremacists maul fragile little girls in hijabs on their way to school?
• Did angry bigots spit at pious imams quietly going about their business?
• No.
• Had there been any report--any report at all--of any innocent, random Muslim being attacked in a “backlash” after the Fort Hood jihad?
• Nope. Not one. Americans are decent people. Americans believe people are innocent until proven guilty.

But Ibrahim Hooper and his fellow thugs at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) need to be able to claim that hate crimes are being committed so that they can claim victim status for Muslims and deflect attention away from such small matters as the jihad at Fort Hood

The only actual incidents of “backlash” the AP could come up with were incidents of people calling the Fort Hood massacre a "jihad attack" -- as if it is “Islamophobic” and hateful to note that a man was shouting “Allahu akbar” as he gunned people down, and that he gave out Korans hours before he started shooting people, and that he expressed sympathy for suicide attackers.

General Casey, the Army Chief-of-Staff is toeing "the company line"... supporting obama's chosen religion as opposed to supporting ALL religions and primarily Christianity. After all, America is a christian nation-NOT an islamic nation, as the "Clown Prince" has noted on occasion!!

On “Meet the Depressed”, when asked whether Muslim soldiers are conflicted in fighting wars in Muslim countries like Afghanistan and Iraq, Casey said: “I think that’s something that we have to look at on an individual basis."

Til Nex'Time....

This'n'That; November 10th[ClownPrinceBribes;GreenJobs;TeaPartyPatriots]

True Costs Of obamaCare Farce [Since when.... have Americans travelled to foreign shores for medical care?? Other than the recent phenomenon of going to India and elsewhere for less expensive surgical procedures, Americans rarely opt for foreign health care. By-and-large, other nationalities TRAVEL HERE for medical and surgical procedures!! These obamacRATs and their self-designated leader the "Clown Prince," are even MORE CROOKED THAN A SNAKE'S BELLY!!] Just prior to the obamacRATs' rubber-stamping obamaCare reform the "Clown Prince" revealed endorsements by the AMA and the AARP. The endorsements are all bought and paid for:

• **The American Medical Association (AMA) was facing a 21 percent cut in physicians reimbursements under the current law. The "Clown Prince" promised to kill the cut if they backed his bill. The cuts are in a law requiring annual 5-6 percent reductions in doctor reimbursements for treating Medicare patients. Congress rolled the cuts over each year, suspending them but not repealing them. They accumulated to 21% this year. As with other world rulers, the "Clown Prince" FORCED the AMA to support his bill!!
• **The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) got a windfall in return for its support of fluffyCare. With a subsidiary insurance company, AARP is one of the primary suppliers of Medi-gap insurance, a high-cost privately purchased coverage that picks up where Medicare leaves off. But President Bush-43 passed the Medicare Advantage program, which offered a subsidized, lower-cost alternative to Medi-gap. Under Medicare Advantage, the elderly get all the extra coverage they need plus coordinated, well-managed care, usually by the same physician. So more than 10 million seniors went with Medicare Advantage, cutting into AARP Medi-gap revenues. To solve their problem, the "Clown Prince" eliminates subsidies for Medicare Advantage thus forcing the elderly to pay more for coverage under Medigap, but the AARP — which supposedly represents them — will make more money.
• ##(If this galls you, join the American Seniors Association, the alternative group. Contact sbarton@americanseniors.org.)
• **The drug industry backed fluffyCare by putting it's considerable advertising budget at the disposal of obama's fascist handlers. In return they'll get a 10-year limit of $80 billion on cuts in prescription drug costs. (A drop in the bucket of their almost $3 trillion projected cost over the next decade). They also have fascist assurances that it will continue to bar lower-cost Canadian drugs from coming into the U.S.
• **Insurance companies were to get access to 40 million new potential customers. But when the Senate Finance Committee lowered the fine that would be imposed on those who don't buy insurance from $3,500 to $1,500, the insurance companies jumped ship and now oppose the bill--for the worst of motives.
• **The only industry that refused to knuckle under at the outset was the medical-device makers. By standing on principle, they're now subject to additional taxes imposed by the Senate Finance Committee!! The new taxes will apply to devices like automated wheelchairs, pacemakers, arterial stents, prosthetic limbs, artificial knees and hips, and other necessary devices.

Porkulus-25Bln; "Green" Jobs-Zero!! [One of the porkulus plan's most prominent programs, a $25 billion “energy efficiency” program is as disfunctional as the rest of the fascist regime currently in office!! It was promoted as creating kaZillions of "green" jobs..... did it??]

• **In Baltimore, the 300 block of East 23 1/2 Street is getting patched up in time for winter. One economic stimulus program is paying to insulate 11 rental rowhouses, another is paying for furnaces and a third is covering the cost for reflective roofs to be installed by prison inmates in a job-training program.
• **The block is part of one of the biggest initiatives ever undertaken by the federal government, a nationwide push to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. But as the national unemployment rate crosses into the double digits and Republicans question the stimulus program’s impact, the work on East 23 1/2 — even with all of its activity — has so far not produced a single job.
• **Nine months after Congress passed the $787 billion stimulus package, there is little tangible to show for one of its biggest single areas of investment, the $25 billion energy-efficiency effort. That points to one of the central tensions of President Obama’s landmark stimulus package: His goal was to inject money quickly into the economy while at the same time laying the groundwork for his broader, transformational agenda on energy, education and health care.

Are You One?? Both the "Clown Prince" and the house leaders showcased obamacRATs’ newest colleague, Rep Bill Owens, who last Tuesday won a special election in upstate New York. In the campaign, Mr. Owens gave unabashed support to the pending House health care bill, despite the opposition of national conservative groups, including the new Tea Party Patriots. The "Clown Prince," during his private pep talk to obamacRATs, recognized Mr. Owens’s election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers....

According to Rep Earl Blumenauer [d-Or], who supports the health care bill, the "Clown Prince" asked, “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit” obamacRATic voters “and it will encourage the extremists.”

Til Nex'Time....

This'n'That; November 9th[Vultures]

The Vultures-Plus One Day

There they were-like vultures sitting in the trees, waiting to fight over the carrion; to take for their own use-items they had no sentimental attachment to nor financial investment in!!

Let me set the stage, here..... We're talking about a family of two parents and five children. The parents, hard workers-both, managed to keep the family in "hearth and home" until they left the nest.

• "Mister"... one of those guys that could "talk a leg off a chair;" had a compassion for the work-a-day folks and most furry animals. Mister passed away in the late 1990s.
• "Missus".... [to me] seemed like one of those ladies who didn't brook most pointless conversations; protected her young brood; worked part-time when necessary; lived an independent life in her later years; frugal, but not a penny-pincher. She passed away a couple of months ago after failing to recover from a broken hip.

Both had their shortcomings which in some cases, were visited upon their children. Ah... THE children!!

• Daughter One: "Typhoid Mary" She enjoys pretending to be on the near-fringes of the social elite. She dragged her anti-social husband to the "festivities."
• Daughter Two: "Ann-A-Rexic" She subconsciously enjoys being subjected to the persecutions of husband "Buzzy." All remedial advice falls on deaf ears. Thank GAWD, HER husband wasn't available!!
• Daughter Three: "The Young Miss Lovely" She's one who is a friend to the deserving; started at a young age helping Mother both in the kitchen and raising her brothers. She put her life on hold for the last 10-15 years to ensure her mother would NEVER see the inside of a nursing home!!
• Son One: "Slick-Willie" I've used this term for years to describe America's 42nd president, which I now realize denegrates the former president-but aptly applies to Son One!! When parental help is needed, he has other plans; when there's a free meal, he's there-trailed by his XL wife and morbidly obese daughter-with knife and fork at the ready!!
• Son Two: [No nickname...] As with Daughter Three, truely a fine person!! He--again like Daughter Three--put his life on hold for these past many years to ensure his mother was well taken care of. While he rarely "measured up" in his father's eyes, he NEVER STOPPED ensuring that BOTH had access to any and everything they needed... including his love!!

NOW, the crux of the matter: [To understand the story, one has to realize that the children with the definite exception of Daughter Three and Son Two, didn't "gave a rat's ass" what happened to their parents, unless there was a benefit to them, either financial gain or "cast-off" glory; "Oh, my dad was such a wonderful man"....or..... "my mother was a budding artist who gave it all up to be with my father"..... crap like that!!] Son Two was made the executor of his mother's estate. My guess is that he was designated as such due to his unequivocal honesty and his refusal to be swayed by or "take any shit," from anyone!! ...much to the chagrin of Son One!! Practically from the moment they graduated from high school, the "tyrannical trio" ignored their parents... unless.... they needed money or a shoulder to cry on; they always had "somewhere else to be" at holidays, birthdays and anniversaries. Hence, THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEIR OWN PARENTS!!!!

Now we arrive at Sunday, November 8, 2009. The relatives--children and grandchildren--were given the opportunity to come to the house and pick out items they wanted that had meaning to their parents. The grandchildren knew more about their grandmother the tyrannical trio did!! The trio went for monetary value over sentimental value.... "Where did Mom get this?? Whadd'ya think it's worth??" [Son One's mate and I stood apart, wanting to shout: "Ya dumb bitch.... If ya ever showed up at Christmas Dinner, ya'd know who gave it to her, and what it's importance to her was!!!" ...or.... "No, ya dumb bastard... ya can't have that TV, Son Two gave it to mom..... Where were YOU when she needed something??] We also stood aside and watched while Daughter Three and Son Two bit their tongues to keep from screaming at their siblings!! Finally, the day ended; the carrion was in the back seat or in the truck bed and the vultures went back to "their home trees" to preen and gloat over their ill-gotten gains!!! GAWD!! This is depressing to put into words!!

Til NexTime....

This'n'That; November 7th[Ryan-Porklosi;The34;Cao]

Rep Ryan's Analysis of "Porklosi Plan"

[Rep Paul Ryan [r-Wi] said the following as his analysis of how the Porklose verision of fluffyCare will RAPE Wisconsin residents and small businesses:]

If you use Christina Romer’s multiplier, her economic model - the Obama Administrator’s Economic model, [Speaker Pelosi’s Government Takeover of Health Care] will cost us 5.5 million jobs. A surtax on small businesses, bringing the small tax rate to 45 percent in Wisconsin, that top tax rate is 54.27 percent. If you take a look at the 8 percent payroll tax on all those employers who are going to shift their employees into the public plan, I would say 23 percent payroll tax on those workers and those firms. Outside actuaries are telling us from 50 to 66 percent of employers are going to dump their people into the exchange. That means that many employers with a 23 percent payroll tax on their employee, a 45 percent federal top tax rate on small businesses, and we’re going to do this in the middle of a recession when we have 10.2 percent unemployment? Technically, we’re probably out of this recession, but this is a sure fire way of getting us back into one.

The democRAT "No" List:

[If your representative is on this list, you are 'the lucky ones!!' No matter your political leanings, if you agree with his or her "no" vote, I strongly suggest that you send a note agreeing with their position and thanking them for siding with the majority of Americans! [Rasmussen poll: 54% against fluffyCare]. Sadly, my representative democRAT "Geeze-Louise" MacIntosh Rodham Slaughter, exercised her option as a member of the ruling class to ignore we serfs and voted "yea" as expected!!]

The list of 34 " democRAT rebels:

• Frank Kratovil [Maryland, 1st]
• John Adler [New Jersey, 3rd]
• Parker Griffith [Alabama, 5th]
• Artur Davis [Alabama, 7th]
• Bobby Bright [Alabama, 2nd]
• Bart Gordon [Tennessee, 6th]
• Jim Marshall [Georgia, 8th]
• Mike Ross [Arkansas, 4th]
• Gene Taylor [Mississippi, 4th]
• Charlie Melancon [Louisiana, 3rd]
• Travis Childers [Mississippi, 1st]
• Ike Skelton [Missosuri, 4th]
• Colin Peterson [Minnesota, 7th]
• Walt Minnick [Idaho, 1st]
• Michael McMahon [New York, 13th]
• Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin [South Dakota, At-Large]
• Dan Boren [Oklahoma, 2nd]
• Suzanne Kosmas [Florida, 24th]
• John Tanner [Tennessee, 8th]
• Harry Teague [New Mexico, 2nd]
• Larry Kissell [North Caroling, 8th]
• Jim Matheson [Utah, 2nd]
• Eric Massa [New York, 29th]
• Glenn Nye [Virginia, 2nd]
• Allen Boyd [Florida, 2nd]
• Mike McIntyre [North Carolina, 7th]
• Chet Edwards [Texas, 17th]
• John Barrow [Georgia, 12th]
• Rick Boucher [Virginia, 9th]
• Tim Holden [Pennsylvania, 17th]
• Daniel Lipinski [Illinois, 3rd] **Fluffy's home district!!
• Brian Baird [Washington, 3rd]
• Lincoln Davis [Tennessee, 4th]
• John Boccieri [Ohio, 16th]

These ladies and gentlemen are to be congratulated for standing up to the likes of nancy porklosi and her "arm-twisters!!" While they're not republicRATs, they atleast respect the wishes of the majority of Americans! Sadly-but expectedly- my representative, "Geeze-Louise" McIntosh Rodham Slaughter, blindly goes along with the majority of the ruling class. She long ago lost the power to think for herself; without other "rulers" or her "attendents" guiding her every thought-chances are really good that she'd be "outstanding in the rain" for hours-at-a-time!!! A special note about Rep Eric Massa: For many years, I lived in the southern reaches of his district-in Steuben County, N.Y., so I followed the district when it was in the news. When I lived there, the seat was filled by Amo Houghton [of the 'Corning Glass' family] or recently, Randy Kuhl. Remember, Mr Massa got all the press by saying that he'd vote the way HE FELT, regardless of his constituents' thoughts. Maybe he did; maybe he didn't... but contrary to "Geeze-louise's" position-he voted in favor of the MAJORITY OF AMERICANS!!

The Lone republicRAT "Yes" Vote:

[The lone republicRAT "yes" vote originated from a district that includes city-center, New Orleans and most of the lands south of Lake Ponchartrain. This is the area that's continually devastated when the hurricanes come through the northern Gulf Coast. As such, most of the residents tend to gravitate toward and remain on "the government teat." It's somewhat understandable that Mr Cao [pron: gow] would vote that way; his constituents already getting all the government largess they can-even more should assure him of re-election!! "I have always said that I would put aside partisan wrangling to do the business of the people. My vote tonight was based on my priority of doing what is best for my constituents," Cao said. Til Nex'Time....

"Clown Prince" Weekly Blather; November 11th

A Patriotic Response To the "Clown Prince" 11/07 Weekly Address Saturday, November 7, 2009 I’d like to speak with you for a few minutes today about the tragedy that took place at Ft. Hood. This past Thursday, on a clear Texas afternoon, an Army psychiatrist walked into the Soldier Readiness Processing Center, and began shooting his fellow soldiers. It is an act of violence that would have been heartbreaking had it occurred anyplace in America. It is a crime that would have horrified us had its victims been Americans of any background. But it’s all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable because of the place where it occurred and the patriots who were its victims. The SRP is where our men and women in uniform go before getting deployed. It’s where they get their teeth checked and their medical records updated and make sure everything is in order before getting shipped out. It was in this place, on a base where our soldiers ought to feel most safe, where those brave Americans who are preparing to risk their lives in defense of our nation, lost their lives in a crime against our nation. Soldiers stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world called and emailed loved ones at Ft. Hood, all expressing the same stunned reaction: I’m supposed to be the one in harm’s way, not you. Thursday’s shooting was one of the most devastating ever committed on an American military base. And yet, even as we saw the worst of human nature on full display, we also saw the best of America. We saw soldiers and civilians alike rushing to aid fallen comrades; tearing off bullet-riddled clothes to treat the injured; using blouses as tourniquets; taking down the shooter even as they bore wounds themselves. We saw soldiers bringing to bear on our own soil the skills they had been trained to use abroad; skills that been honed through years of determined effort for one purpose and one purpose only: to protect and defend the United States of America. We saw the valor, selflessness, and unity of purpose that make our servicemen and women the finest fighting force on Earth; that make the United States military the best the world has ever known; and that make all of us proud to be Americans. On Friday, I met with FBI Director Mueller, Defense Secretary Gates, and representatives of the relevant agencies to discuss their ongoing investigation into what led to this terrible crime. And I’ll continue to be in close contact with them as new information comes in. We cannot fully know what leads a man to do such a thing. But what we do know is that our thoughts are with every single one of the men and women who were injured at Ft. Hood. Our thoughts are with all the families who’ve lost a loved one in this national tragedy. And our thoughts are with all the Americans who wear – or who’ve worn – the proud uniform of the United States of America; our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and coast guardsmen, and the military families who love and support them. In tribute to those who fell at Ft. Hood, I’ve ordered flags flying over the White House, and other federal buildings to be lowered to half-staff from now until Veterans Day next Wednesday. Veterans Day is our chance to honor those Americans who’ve served on battlefields from Lexington to Antietam, Normandy to Manila, Inchon to Khe Sanh, Ramadi to Kandahar. They are Americans of every race, faith, and station. They are Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and nonbelievers. They are descendents of immigrants and immigrants themselves. They reflect the diversity that makes this America. But what they share is a patriotism like no other. What they share is a commitment to country that has been tested and proved worthy. What they share is the same unflinching courage, unblinking compassion, and uncommon camaraderie that the soldiers and civilians of Ft. Hood showed America and showed the world. These are the men and women we honor today. These are the men and women we’ll honor on Veterans Day. And these are the men and women we shall honor every day, in times of war and times of peace, so long as our nation endures. [What I'm not telling you: My primary reasoning in the depravity of this situation is that it takes the spotlight off me and the obamaCare I'm trying to jamb down your throats!! I realize that those dead, wounded and their families are grieving; grieving terribly!! I sympathize with them!! This will be enough blather for today; I'm sure there'll be many more lies and obfuscations next Saturday.]