Don't expect a soft landing.

“You know, I've personally flown over 194 missions and I was shot down on every one. Come to think of it, I've never landed a plane in my life.”

                                                   …..Admiral Benson, Hot Shots, 1991

Sometimes, it is clear that the US congress is giving us flying lessons but has never landed a plane in its life.

I for one believe that every time Congress says we have to do something or the sky will fall, what they suggest is guaranteed to be the exact wrong solution.

Every time they get on TV and smile and say, we reached an agreement…it means that the conservatives have folded and the agreement is exactly what the liberals want.

Every time Pelosi and Reid open their mouths, not only is it a waste of time listening to them, they are stealing a part of your life that you will never get back again.

And now, we can add Boehner and McConnell to the time wasters, the stealers.

Not one of these so-called leaders has ever landed the plane, let alone safely!!

They are Admiral Bensons…pompous fools that do nothing but make promises they have no intention of keeping, give advice they would never follow in their own lives, create crises that they have to fix, and then smugly and sanctimoniously state stuff like…

“It is good that we have got past this debt crisis thing….now we can go back to working hard on the things that matter to Americans…like jobs”…Pelosi (paraphrased)

You have got to be kidding me, right?

And you get the Republican fools standing up and saying stuff like “It is the best we could do!”

Idiots….

And this one…”We only hold half of one third of the government…we could not do more.”

OK…I have heard it all before…the excuses, the deliberate lies, the smiles and the strutting….none of it amounts to a hill of beans compared to the danger these idiots have thrust this country into.

I expect it from the Democrats…no surprises there. But the Republicans have totally sold out under the guise that they could “not do any better”.

Boehner and McConnell strutting around as though they are the smartest people in town do nothing to convince me. They are just third rate clowns who can’t get a serious seat at the clown table controlled by Obama.

Ok...it is easy to be critical without offering any suggestions. We all know this…and Obama has once again proven it can be a winning tactic. All you have to do is get the Republicans to start negotiating with themselves, and they will eventually fold. This is a tactic that the Clown-in-Chief uses regularly (along with blaming the Republicans for doing what HE is actually doing). The Republicans are either too damn stupid or too damn smug to understand what is going on….

…so I will tell them what every conservative knows should have happened.

1. When cut, cap and balance was passed by the House and sent to the senate where it was procedurally dumped, the House should have doubled down.

What I mean by this is that it should have immediately turned around and made the cuts bigger, deeper and sooner and sent the new bill back to the senate inside of 24 hours.

When the senate procedurally dumped that one, the House should have doubled down again, getting specific on cutting the pet projects of Obama.

While it is certainly clear that the Senate would not vote for these bills, it would also become increasingly clear that it was the senate that was not doing it’s job.

2. When Obama held press conferences telling everyone it was the recalcitrant Conservatives who were not willing to negotiate, the House leadership should have stood up and said “Damn right we are not gong to negotiate. We are not going to sell out on what we think is right for this country. We have presented multiple bills to the Senate and they refuse to debate them. We will continue sending bills to the senate, with each one being closer to what we want than the last. When the senate chooses to debate those bills, we will then be able to move forward. Until then, we will continue to stand by what we believe, and what we were elected to do. If that means the debt ceiling remains where it is, so be it.”

What did the Republicans do? They back pedaled every time. They have no damned backbone and shudder at the very thought of having to fight for what they believe…bunch of cowards!

3. While doing 1 and 2 above, they should have been out (in numbers) putting on a strong united face and explaining to the people what would REALLY happen if the debt ceiling was not raise. What would really happen would be a partial government shut-down…and that, by itself, would help to reduce the waste in the Federal Government.

They should have stood up at every available microphone and called Obama out for his lies. They should have used every available mouthpiece to show that the Democrats were playing politics, and not disclosing the truth.

This should have been all about getting the truth out there, not the political hyperbole. If people knew the truth, they would not have been in such a hurry to buy the BS coming from both parties.

4. Obama should have been forced to veto a bill. He should never have been allowed to demand a bill that allows the debt increase to go through to cover the period of time beyond his election. This whole crisis was manufactured. Obama knew back in August of last year that the debt ceiling would be hit by now. He had ample time to get exactly what he wanted through the democratic controlled House and Senate with no problems. So, why did he not do that?

That is simple. Because he wanted to be able to blame Republicans if it all went to hell.

He can now blame Republicans if the credit rating is downgraded (which WILL happen - if not now, in a few months or a year or two - but it WILL happen)…after all, it was them who held up the negotiations…it was their House that passed the bill that caused the downgrade. He can stand up and say that it was a bipartisan agreement and both parties believed it was the best for the country….yadda, yadda, yadda….

None of this would have been hard to do….none of it.

It would have taken some bravery; it would have taken great conviction: it would have taken a desire to win; it would have taken an unrelenting belief that what was happening to this country was it’s own destruction; and it would have taken complete honesty.

Sadly, all of this is lacking in the crop of useless lying cheating politicians in Washington.

I am being somewhat unfair here. There are some who stood up to be counted right to the end. I admire the strength of  Ron Paul, Michelle Bachmann, Tim Scott, Steve King, and the rest of the twenty-two Republicans who had the intelligence, the courage, and the conviction to refuse to vote for raising the debt ceiling.

As for the others? No more need be said.

The next time you take flying lessons, make sure it is from someone who has actually landed a plane. The Congress is full of Admiral Benson’s…and we MUST weed them out.

Stupid is as stupid says…..

……devereaux

Let's party like we live in the White House!

Let me get this right.....it is only Tuesday today, right?

With the amount of stupidity seen in the last day or so, I would have sworn we had reached the weekly limit. Just goes to show that there is no limit on stupidity.

At least there is some signs of intelligence with Mitch McConnell clearly laying blame at Obama's feet, and stating that he doubts that the solution can be found for the debt question while this man remains in office. Good stuff. And John Boehner seems to have found a pair too.

But it seems that some in politics think there is no limit on how much debt the nation can carry.

But I digress....

My thoughts today revolve around something far more sinister than the onerous debt this nation carries. However the whole debt question is a very good example of what I find so disturbing.

Here's the thing.

Obama comes out yesterday and holds his dog and pony show, telling everyone how important it is to raise the debt ceiling. He once again demands that the wealthy pay their fair share. He explains that the middle classes carry too much of the burden and the rich are not. He sounds very reasonable when he says things like...:compromises are necessary, because if both parties do not move closer to each others position, no resolution is possible". (Paraphrased)

He tells everyone how he has moved in his position and will move further if the Republicans will just give up some ground too.

Huh?

This is the man who proposed a budget with a $1.6 trillion deficit for 2012. And NOW he says we have to deal with debt...we have to compromise...we have to work together? (Where does he think the deficit funding will come from?)

This President is the most deceitful, lying piece of crap ever to have sat in the oval office. The nature of politics is that you measure the temperature of the electorate and give them what they want in order to get re-elected. I get it. But in the past this has been largely moderated by the need to do what is right for the Country.

This President has no concern with what is right or wrong for the country. He has no moral compass, and no fear of recrimination. He will say whatever he needs to say to appease the voters. He will do whatever he needs to do to get the next vote. He is a total narcissist, unconcerned about anything but his own self interest.

So...let's have a quick look at what he does.

- he first states his position....very clearly...that as President of the country he has a responsibility to tell the folks what the realities are, but to be careful not to spook them

- he then says that if the debt limit is not increased your children will be unable to eat safe food

- he then attaches safe food to the jets used by corporate America and the wealthy...effectively saying that if they don't pay more for their jets, your kids won't get safe food

Now he is forced to move into a second stage of  his arguments because the first ones were not able to bring about the result he wanted...

- now he tells everyone how wonderful he is and that the republicans now have to move their ideals closer to his

- he blames the republicans for not being able to reach an agreement (notwithstanding the fact that his own party has not reached agreement)

- he develops the sound bytes for the liberal politicians to use...the rich must pay more so that social security payments can be met

- Charlie Rangel suddenly gets religion and asks what Jesus would do

- Harry Reid and Nacy Pelosi get more vocal about the millionaires and billionaires causing the problem

- corporate jets become the solution
(Don't forget that just a few years ago the use of accelerated depreciation rates for corporate jets was encouraged and fully supported by Obama....he now sees them as the perfect foil for his class warfare plans.)

- the threat of unsafe food for your kids was not immediate enough...so now he makes it clear that if the debt limit is not increased, your social security checks will possibly not get mailed...because there may not be enough money in the coffers.

Does this sound like a President who is a leader...who leads from the front, who encourages everybody to keep working through the tough times...who is uplifting, confident, pragmatic and assured of his role?

Or does it sound like a bully, a miscreant who gets what he wants at any cost, who lies, deceives, threatens and uses scare tactics in an attempt to mold his subjects into his way of thinking?

I know I will be accused of crazy talk. I know the left will call me a fool and worse. I know that I risk retaliation from readers by saying this...but I also will continue to expound the truth whatever the cost.

This President is the most insidious and dangerous person ever to be in the White House. He knows that 47% of the population pay NO income taxes. That is the 47% that will vote for him in the next election as long as he continues to promises to take from the wealthier and give to them.

He makes it clear that it is the government's role that everybody has the same opportunities. And gets the same results. Effort is NEVER included in these discussions except with the mandatory "if you work hard you will succeed" crap that he spouts from his mouth. What he means is, if you work hard and succeed, the government will take what you have and give it to the lazy who don't work hard!

This man is evil. I don't know how clearer I can make this. He wants YOUR money  to use to buy the votes and favor of everyone else. He wants your effort, to keep the country moving, so that his lazy constituents can vote for him. He wants the sweat from your brow to pay for the bad choices of the clueless.

As Maggie Thatcher said...socialism is wonderful, until you run out of other peoples money.

Well, that is about where this country is at right now. We have almost run out of other people's money and now have to borrow to stay alive. Sure we can steal some more from the wealthy, but that will not solve the problem...in fact it will make NO difference apart from buying votes from the clueless.

So...let's follow Obama's lead and raise our personal debt limits...and then do it again in 2 years...and again a year later. Let's just live beyond our means, and party like we live in the White House. Let's pay no regard to the concept of saving for the future, paying our bills, matching our expenses with our revenues.

Let's follow the President's lead and use the same responsible fiscal guidelines he uses.

How long do you think you could last that way? A year? Two? Maybe just a few months?

No problem....Obama will send you a check whenever you need one!

Stupid is as stupid says.

......devereaux