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Please stop spinning in your graves long enough to ponder these questions:
1. Did you guys ever anticipate that there would be a move made by some subsequent Congress or President to take away from Americans the right to defend themselves? Oh, so that’s why you wrote the Second Amendment? Wow.
2. Did you guys ever conceive of the possibility that there would be an attempt to silence the voices of dissent in this country? Oh, now I get it. That’s why you wrote the First Amendment!
3. Now, fellahs, if the boys in Washington ever grew too big for their britches and decided to start taking away the rights of the states or the powers of the populace, what then? So, the Tenth Amendment covers that?
4. Let’s take the case of where the Central Government takes money from its citizens and spends it, such as in giving it to banks and financial institutions, and then fails to account to the people as to exactly how that money was eventually spent? Really? Section Nine of the Constitution says you can’t do that?
5. Do you mean to say that we Americans would have the right to go after the perpetrators of such infractions against the Constitution and to remove them from office under Articles of Impeachment?
Hey, guys. Thanks for the info. You can go back to spinnnnnnning, now.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
SPECIAL POSTImagine that you are a lender, such as a bank, mortgage company, etc. You make money by lending out money in return for repayment of the principal plus interest. You get the money you will lend out by borrowing it from the Fed or taking in savings accounts and you pay interest on both of those. So, when you set the rate of interest you will charge borrowers, you have to make enough money to pay the interest on the money you will borrow, plus your operating costs and plus a reasonable expectation of profit for you and your stockholders.
Along comes the government and says that they are cutting the rate of interest on money you have already loaned out. But, there is no provision to cut the rate you pay for borrowing the money you are lending out, so you are now losing money on your loans.
What is your natural reaction?
You stop making loans.
Here the Prez and Congress are, advocating and practically ordering that Judges reset interest rates on existing housing loans. At the same time, they ask why banks and mortgage companies are not making housing loans.
And you really think that these idiots in Washington have enough brain matter to lead us out of this economic mess we're in?
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
SPECIAL POSTAre you really upset about the way Washington is spending our money and handling the economic crisis? Or, are you just giving it lip service?
Check this site out: http://newamericanteaparty.com/That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
The major unanswered question hanging around in the dust of the economic stimulus bill is whether or not Fancy Nancy got her condoms. I’ve heard no recent mention of her $150 million for that Trojan project, pardon the not-so-subtle play on words.
Dirty Harry, no longer referred to as “Mr. Clean,” got his high-speed rail project from Lala Land to Vegas included, but the half-wit still has absolutely no clue; we're not going to have even a shekel among all of us left to gamble with after we pay for these “stimulating” economic bills. The Messiah is telling everyone to stay away from Vegas, anyway. Harry should’ve at least included $150 million for Viagra…it would’ve made for a nice package when coupled with Nancy’s condoms.
Is it true that Good old Barney shortened his name from Frankfarter? Anyway, now that he’s getting another $200 + billion to throw into the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae bad loan projects, he’s got to be having an erection that doesn’t require any Viagra! Don't you wonder why only a few "select" Americans will be able to qualify for these new loans? Maybe being gay will help. Sorry, Barney...It was a slip of the tongue.
One way to keep us from carping about their total xxxxxxxx to is xxxx us up with the “xxxxxxxx” Doctrine. That’s censorship, pure and simple and, when tied in to obvious control of what news we’re being allowed to get, it is tantamount to xxxxxxxx. Undoubtedly, I xxxxxxxx should have not have said that.
I was going to start off with a tirade about gun control. I’m far along enough in these Short Shots that I’ve run out of bullets and I’ll pull the trigger on that idea…. But, I do need to point out that gun sales are shooting sky high. And, it's not the crooks and thugs who are buying them. Those guys are smart enough to steal theirs, so they don't have to go through a background check.
I hear they’re working on a federal law to ban the use of cell phones while smoking. Evidently, people are getting confused and burning their ears off by mistake. Further, the word is that the microwaves are being infected with second-hand smoke.
Fear not, my friends. One more scotch is all I need to really get going…
No, we’re not going to have “National Health Care.” Yes, they will have a national database with all of your healthy history info, they will be able to monitor what medical treatments you get, they will decide who to pay for what services, and you’ll be given their list of providers. But, you’ll still be able to decide where to park, so that’s not really nationalized health care.
You probably have already heard this, but there’s another “stimulus” plan already in the works. It’ll starting trickling out next week after the Messiah meets with Congressional leaders on Monday. You might ask where all of the money is going to come from, besides the printing presses. I heard through the grapevine that they’re bringing back the Tea Tax. Personally, I think their plan is to drive us all to drink more and then to raise the tax on booze….
You’ll be relieved to know: there’s no truth to the gossip that, after Nancy embarrassed CitiBank into giving up its new corporate jet, she arranged to buy it with taxpayer funds to fly back and forth between California and D.C. The plane she actually had taxpayers buy is a much larger 200-seater. Don’t forget, Nancy, it’s against the law in California to top off your tanks……
What this world needs now is some good, reliable Storm Troopers to keep us from grabbing our guns, clinging onto our religions, jumping into our SUV’s and driving to Washington to throw all of those fatherless politicians OUT!
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, xxxxxxxxxxxx submitted.
Here I sit, hangin' around the bar at the Nugget Casino in beautiful downtown Searchlight, Nevada, waitin' fer good ol' Harry to come back from Washington fer the holiday, and wonderin' who paid for that jet plane that flew that Senator Brown from his family funeral back to D.C. and then back to the funeral in Ohio so he could vote "Yes" on that stimulus thing.
Oh, Congress didn't do it? What a relief! Huh? The White House provided the plane?
Whaddya mean I should dummy up and have another beer?
I'd say this was MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted, but I hear that Americans can't HAVE opinions any more....
SPECIAL POSTIf you vote "Yes" on the Stimulus Bill as it exists at this moment, don't plan on spending a nice quiet Valentine's Day and Presidents Day weekend at home, because you're going to get your head handed to you on a plate.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
Once upon a time in a land close, close nearby, (hereinafter referred to as “Humpty Dumpty Land”), there lived a handsome Irish King by the name of Barack, who lived in a big white castle surrounded by millions and millions of peasants. His Lady in Waiting, Princess Nancy, and his charming Prince Harry were ever at his beck and call, always ready and willing to make the King appear to the peasants to be a really good King and to defend his whims and nonsense to the bitter end.
Princess Nancy had her little House on the Hill that was hers to rule, and she strutted through the massive halls of her house with arrogant authority, as if to dare even the mightiest of detractors to open their flippin’ mouths. Her fraternal brother, Prince Harry, also had a House on the hill and he, too, strutted through his own massive halls with arrogant authority, etc, etc, etc.
One day, a famine plagued the land, and King Barack was fearful that the famine would ruin his tax revenues. If that were to happen, he would have no money to spend and, after all, everyone knows that he who has all of the kingdom’s money rules the roost. So, he called together his Lady in Waiting and Prince Charming and told them they would have to spend some of their money to get rid of the famine.
Now, they, being not as dumb as they looked, realized that in order to spend more money they had to get more money, and that would mean finding a way to raise taxes and to make the peasants happy at the same time. They thought, and they thought, and they thought with such worry; how could they please their King?
“I know!” exclaimed Harry, “We’ll borrow the money from the kingdom on the other side of the pond, and we won’t have to raise taxes at all until long after we and the King are dead and long gone! We’ll spend all the money the King wants to spend and we’ll all be happy as clams again!”
“What a fabulous idea,” the Lady in Waiting agreed, and they promptly wrote edicts and directives and told their house choirs to sing and sing along.
The peasants heard of the dastardly plan, and were very worried about all of the money their children and grandchildren would have to pay to the King in taxes to retire the debt owed to the faraway land. And the King, smooth talker as he was, gathered the peasants and made them feel much better. “Do as I say,” he smiled, “or the sky will fall on your worthless butts tomorrow.”
The peasants were furious, but what could they do? After all, he was the King, she was the Lady in Waiting, and the Prince was charming. So, they all zipped their lips. And the King borrowed the money and what money he could not borrow he printed anyway, and King Barack, Princess Nancy and Prince Harry spent money, and money and money.
But, alas, the famine did not go away. And all of the Kings horses and all of the King’s stooges could never put Humpty Dumpty Land together again. And, that's MY AMERICAN OPINION, peasantly submitted.
Special PostIt has just come out that we overspent billions of dollars when we bought stocks and troubled assets from the banks and financial institutions...to the tune of 80 billions wasted! Now for the icing on the cake:
President Obama is "on the muscle." He is practically demanding that the "Economic Stimulus Bill" be passed, and passed immediately. In doing so, he is making it plain that he does not care what a growing number of Americans think about the pork-laden bill, and he doesn't care that the price tag is ballooning, either.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has joined the President by saying that he will not tolerate the new group of 17 Senators who are trying to change the Bill into something that is more responsible to America.
The "Gang of Three," Reid, Pelosi and the President, are now threatening Americans that this Bill had better pass, and pass now, or something BAAAAAD is going to happen.
And, now they want it passed by tonight!
If we Americans are going to let them get away with this, we deserve what we are going to get and we need to bend over on the well-known freeway, pronto. We need to call, email, fax, telegram all of them; get them off their bar stools and let them know what we are thinking: This bill, in its present form, is pure, unadulterated el toro poo poo. We're not arguing the need for some kind of action, but this kind of action and cavalier treatment of we Americans by them is not acceptable. Repeat...NOT acceptable.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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How do you justify hounding Daschle out of running for Health and Human Services Secretary due to his "tax issues," when you idolize Geithner and put him in charge of the nation's money as Treasury Secretary while he had his own "tax issues?"
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
