Shut Up Andy Rooney

I was taking it easy today, Sunday, taking in some afternoon football and enjoying my 1 day off this week and after San Diego beat up on the Miami Dolphins, I got up to get something to eat. I don't normally watch Sixty Minutes but it came on after the game so I just left it on while I fixed my dinner. When I got back to the TV, Andy Rooney was on "complaining" about how hard it is for him to be on vacation.

Now, I'm sure he thought this sarcastic, tongue in cheek bit he did about being on vacation was funny but it just didn't strike me that way. As a matter of fact, while he was whining about how planning his vacation was such a chore and how he didn't like having all that unstructured time off to have fun and do whatever he wants, I was thinking just how ridiculous he really is. He stated that he is on vacation during the off season of the show, basically from sometime in May until September. Somewhere between 4 and 5 months.

So basically, while he's whining about having all that vacation time, I got to thinking, he works about 7 or 8 months out of the year. Then I got to thinking about how much money he makes, so I did a little research and found a news story about his pay being suspended back in 1987 because he was refusing to work in support of writers that were on strike. It stated he got paid about $7700 per week. I figured if he got even a 3 percent raise per year, he should be making over $12,000 per week today. Hmmm...

Now, I know he's not really complaining about it. He's making a joke of complaining about it, which means he's really bragging about it. Either that or he actually thinks that everybody gets 5 months vacation every year. Maybe that's funny stuff to spoiled, rich people but it's kind of an insult to us regular folks that have to work all year and only get two or three weeks vacation every year, maybe 4 if we're lucky.

So basically, here's a guy that works, what, 5 minutes a week for maybe 30 weeks out of the year and makes probably, oh somewhere in the neighborhood of $350,000 for his really tough, demanding work schedule. His job is to whine and complain about something or other, whatever strikes his fancy. It's not like he has to spend any time researching his topic or do any investigative reporting. This week he's whining and complaining about having too much time off from work for leisure and he got paid $12,000 for this diatribe, bragging about his excessive vacation time.

Good work if you can get it I guess... But I wish he'd just shut up.

Letter to Our Newest Senator

I received a newsletter from our newest Senator, George LeMieux today. In it, he said that he cast his vote against the confirmation of Cass Sunstein for the head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and he voted for blocking federal funds to ACORN, the radical activist group that our government has been funding for quite some time. I was glad to see he voted intelligently in these two instances.

Now, I'm sure that the Democrats confirmed Sunstein and his strong anti-constitutional views and I'm sure that the Democrats passed more funding for ACORN so they can keep trying to commit voter fraud and help prostitutes subvert the law and evade taxes, but at least Senator LeMieux voted correctly, the Democrats are another matter. Anyway, I decided to write an email to Senator LeMieux and let him know that I am watching what he does, so I am printing the email here:

Congratulations Senator, I'm glad to see at least one member of congress vote in the best interests of the people, at least in your first two votes anyway. Keep up the good work and always keep the constitution in mind when you're deciding how to vote on an issue. More government control = LESS freedom. Let's make this the country with the MOST freedom again.

And if you want my views on healthcare, I do believe we need to fix a few problems with the system we have. We DO NOT need to revamp the entire system. For example, taking steps to increase competition to help control costs is a first step. Maybe require doctors and clinics to post a pricelist of all routine procedures so people can more easily compare costs would help make it easier for people to shop around for the best price. Same thing for dentists too. The consumer needs more power here, not the government. If it doesn't work, then take stronger measures. I believe we need to TAKE SMALL STEPS when we make changes to ward against unforeseen detrimental consequences.

If the main concern is the people that don't have insurance, make the insurance companies offer low cost or partially subsidized, depending on need, (the taxpayer pays for the uninsured anyway right?) insurance to the poor as a group with group rates. People that leave their jobs or become unemployed do need access to low cost insurance so they should be covered under this also. The main idea is, the government can be involved in an oversight capacity but MINIMALLY. WE DO NOT WANT GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTHCARE.

We do not want government run ANYTHING, because the government cannot run anything right! Is there any government program that is actually run well and that doesn't run in the red? Does our government ever show any fiscal responsibility? If our government was a large corporation and had to present their books to a congressional hearing to get a government bailout, what would all the windbags in congress tell them? They would tell them that they don't know how to run a company and their company is run by a bunch of greedy crooks who've run the company into the ground and just want all the perks they can get and to milk the system for everything it's worth and then jump out with a golden parachute. They'd tell them they have to change their ways and do things right. Hell, they'd probably tell them their company is too far gone and their isn't enough money in circulation to save them. Are you starting to get the idea?

Our government sucks wind. If you want to clean something up, if you really want to fix something, then start in your own house. Make government work first before you start trying to run everything else.

Regards,
Marvin J. Miller
U.S. Citizen and Voter

I don't know if he will heed what I say, I'm only one guy, but by if a bunch of people start telling him the same thing, he will have to start listening. It's time we started telling these guys in our government what we want them to do. We need to start pumping emails and letters into our government to let them know that we are watching, we are involved, we care, and we will start holding them responsible for what they do and if they don't do what we want, vote them out of office. It's time we started using the power we have and vote their corrupt asses out at the first chance we get.

Get involved. You can email Senator LeMieux at: info@lemieux.senate.gov or find your Senator at: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm and your Representative at: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

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Socialists In Our Government

I don't know if many of you realize that our government is moving more and more toward socialism. I know a lot of you will scoff at that notion and just blow it off, insisting that can't be true. Well, listen up. Listen to what these people are actually saying when they speak. We have socialists in our government and some of them have been there a for years. Now they have a president that is one of them so they are a little more free in speaking out, all you have to do is listen.

Take a look at congresswoman Diane Watson of California. Listen to her as she says what a great leader Fidel Castro is and the great health care plan he put in place down there in communist Cuba.

Just what I want in my government, someone who thinks Fidel Castro is a wonderful guy who does great things.

I wonder what kind of reception she would get if she said that in a speech down in Miami...

A Congressman That Gets It

Ok, I finally found a member of congress that is actually making some sense when he speaks. Give a listen.

Too bad the Democrats aren't listening. They are going to do what THEY want and they aren't listening to ANYONE that has a different view than them. They aren't even listening to their constituents.

Stay tuned friends and neighbors, we're in the midst of a socialist takeover.

Hey Democrats, Your Elitism is Showing

Yet again the democratic party is showing what they really think of the American people. You know, us regular folks, the ones that go to work every day and pay our taxes and basically keep the country running.

It seems there have been a lot of people just like me, who think the Obama administration is mortgaging our future and spending the country into oblivion, have been showing up at their “Town Hall” propaganda meetings and voicing their displeasure. They’ve been making it known that they don’t want government run healthcare and they’re starting to see that we’re in for big tax increases in the near future and they’re not too happy about that either.

Well, it seems the socialist machine doesn’t like dissention. They don’t like anyone speaking out against their grand plan that they intend to foist upon us so they have launched a smear campaign. They are calling anyone that speaks in opposition to them an “angry mob” and saying they’re all just a bunch of right wing radicals.

They did the same thing after the tea parties. They trivialized the people that voiced their opposition to them, called them names and tried to sweep them under the rug. They’re trying to make it seem like they are a bunch of loons simply because they don’t see things as they do.

The main reason is that they look down on regular people. They ridicule and scoff at the common man. They think we need them to take care of us because we “don’t know what’s good for us” but they will take care of us in spite of ourselves. If you don’t believe me, just give a good listen to how they speak to and about people other than their fellow elites. People like Andrea Mitchell who was speaking about those opposed to the Obama health care plan who said, “they may not know what’s good for them.”

Right… I’m not smart enough to know what’s good for me. I can’t figure out that my existing health care coverage is better than any plan run by the federal government. Because they do such a great job running Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc… Tell me something; is there anything that the government runs that they actually run well?

So what do you think? Do you think Obama and his crew can run your healthcare better than what you have now? Do you trust them to tell you what procedures you’re allowed to have? NO? Oh my… you might just be a right wing radical nut job angry mobster that doesn’t know what’s good for him…

Shame on you.

Change? Only for the worse...

I’ve been following the polls a little bit lately and I read the other day that our President’s approval rating has been falling lately. Gee, maybe there’s hope after all. Maybe the people of this country are starting to realize what he is doing and what he is really all about.

People didn’t like President Bush so they voted for Obama because they wanted a change. They didn’t like the Bush administration because they felt he was in bed with big oil and big business. They thought he circumvented the constitution and civil rights with the patriot act after 911. And people thought he started the war in Iraq without cause and they wanted our troops out of there. They thought he ran the federal deficit up too much with reckless spending. So they voted for change…

Now we have the Obama administration and these are the changes I'm seeing:

Obama certainly isn’t in bed with big oil, but he certainly is in bed with big green. The bill they say will save the environment, Cap and Trade, will make tons of money for somebody. If not Obama directly, his cronies like Al Gore and company stand to get rich many times over if it passes and they’re going to get rich on your dollars and mine since it’s going to cost us much more for all forms of energy including natural gas, electricity, heating oil, gasoline, etc. and it won’t do one thing to improve the environment – nothing. We just changed from making the former president and his cronies rich to making the new president and his cronies rich.

Let’s see… Civil rights, the right to choose what’s best for oneself without government interference. With the Obama health care bill, we are going to have government run healthcare shoved down our throat whether we want it or not. Everyone will be forced to buy healthcare insurance whether they want it or not. How’s that for right to choose, huh? We’ve also got government takeover of private business. I wonder how that jives with the constitution… You think the government was in your life too much under Bush? Wait until you get a full dose of real Obama Socialism. It’s coming and coming fast. What a wonderful change, huh?

As for the war in Iraq, have they started pulling those troops out of there yet? Are we bringing the boys home like Obama said he would do? Do you see anything different? What has changed? By the way, is he going to blame the troop buildup in Afghanistan on President Bush too? Because that’s the only place they’re going to go when he pulls them out of Iraq, if he pulls them out of Iraq.

As for the deficit, there’s just no contest there. If you thought Bush was a big spender, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. We’ve had the biggest deficit increase in history under our current president. Bush is really small time compared to this guy. We had a growing deficit under Bush and now we have a deficit increasing by absolutely monumental proportions under Obama. Do you like that change?

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Get ready for the tax increases. He’s not raising your income taxes right now, that’s coming later. Right now, he’s raising every other form of tax he can think of. Most people don’t even realize it yet, but they are starting to see it. Slowly, people are starting to see through the lies. They are starting to realize that all the democrats spending will have to be paid for somehow. Change? That’s all you’re going to have left in your pocket after the democrats are done…

The only change I see is that we have more problems, more government incompetence, more corruption, more partisanship, more cronyism… Basically, everything that was bad under Bush is now worse under Obama.

Hey, all you Obama supporters, are these the changes you wanted?

The National Debt

I don't know about you, but I am worried. I have a very bad feeling about where our country is headed with it's fiscal policy since Obama became president and the democrats control every aspect of our federal government.

For anyone with more than a handful of operating brain cells, it's not hard to figure out that our federal government, in the hands of the democrats, are spending our country into oblivion, but to really put it in perspective and have it illustrated in easy to understand terms, take a look at this video:





Now, for those of you that continue to argue that the Bush administration spent all the money and put us in debt, or he started it, or it's all his fault, or he put us on the road, or whatever lame way you try and blame him, it doesn't wash. The argument is not valid, period.

Make no mistake about it, when our economy reaches severe depression level and we have runaway inflation, record unemployment levels and interest rates at unaffordable rates, it will be the fault of Obama and the democrats and nobody else.

Hang on people, it's going to be a very rough ride...