It appears the Obama and Geithner families know one another. Maybe this is why Timothy Geithner has become that “must have” economic expert that President Obama required as Treasury Secretary because no one else was qualified to save us.
Read this article from “The Chronicle of Philanthropy”…
http://philanthropy.com/news/government/index.php?id=6453
See the video, below, and the poll in which you can participate.
Heroes rise out of the ashes of despair and Rick Santelli has become one of mine following his capitalist rant during an MSNBC live interview at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group on Thursday in response to the recently passed and signed into law, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, more commonly known as the Economic Stimulus Bill. In this video he’s speaking the language of every thinking American who maintains a capitalist/ entrepreneurial desire to succeed on their own terms without government intervention. Rick emplores President Obama to empower the private sector to utilize its financial resources and keen insights to purchase and revitalize the currently financially toxic mortgage assets toward stabilizing the economy without utilizing taxpayer dollars. Like he says, the government can’t spend its way out of a recession, however, it can surely buy its way into socialism, which appears to be exactly what the President wants.
If you’re a fan of the underdog, which at this bleak time in our great nation’s financial history, every capitalist, supply-side touting American is, I know you’re going to really enjoy this one…
Take Less Than 30 Seconds to Voice Your Opinion on the Stimulus Bill Referendum Poll
I’ve taken Rick’s advice, since President Obama hasn’t yet done it, and have created a referendum poll on the President’s stimulus package. Make your voice known by going to the poll.
A friend of mine provided me this article. Here are some recent statements made by John Howard, Australia’s Prime Minister. I wonder if he would consider running against President Obama in 2012?
Prime Minister John Howard - Australia
Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to
get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head
off potential terror attacks.Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he
supported spy agencies monitoring the nation’s mosques. Quote: ‘IMMIGRANTS,
NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation
worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture.
Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in
patriotism by the majority of Australians.’‘This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and
victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom’‘We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese,
Russian, or any other language.. Therefore, if you wish to become part of
our society, Learn the language!’‘Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing,
political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian
principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is
certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God
offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your
new home, because God is part of our culture.’‘We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that
you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.’‘This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you
every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining,
whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or
Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great
Australian freedom,‘THE RIGHT TO LEAVE’.’ ‘If you aren’t happy here then LEAVE. We didn’t force
you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.’
This Newsmax.com article is being reprinted in its entirety and unedited, as follows…
It’s been reported that Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow wants hearings on “accountability” in radio, suggesting Democrats are eyeing a return of the Fairness Doctrine.
What’s not been widely reported is that the Michigan lawmaker is married to a media executive with ties to left-wing radio.
During a recent interview with syndicated radio-host Bill Press, Stabenow said: “I think it’s absolutely time to pass a standard. Now, whether it’s called the ‘fairness standard,’ whether it’s called something else — I absolutely think it’s time to be bringing accountability to the airwaves.”
She didn’t mention that her husband Tom Athans is the co-founder and former CEO of Democracy Radio, which supported “progressive” talk radio, and was executive vice president for programming at left-wing Air America.
Columnist Camille Paglia recently wrote: “Debbie Stabenow, who has been in the aggressive forefront of the campaign to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, is married to Tom Athans, who works extensively with left-wing radio organizations and was once the executive vice-president of Air America, the liberal radio syndicate that, despite massive publicity from major media, has failed miserably to win a national audience.
“Stabenow’s outrageous conflict of interest has of course been largely ignored by the prestige press, which should have been demanding that she recuse herself from all political involvement with this issue.”
Originally instituted in 1949 by the FCC, the Fairness Doctrine required broadcasters using the public airwaves to give equal time to opposing political views. The FCC repealed the measure in 1987.
Since talk radio is overwhelmingly dominated by conservative hosts, and liberal talk radio draws few listeners, the “equal time” provision would likely force many radio stations to pull popular conservative hosts from the air rather than air low-rated liberal hosts.
“I remain incredulous that any Democrat who professes liberal values would give a moment’s thought to supporting a return of the Fairness Doctrine to muzzle conservative shows,” Paglia opined.
“Government surveillance of the ideological content of talk radio is a shocking first step toward totalitarianism.”
It’s estimated that over 350 U.S. financial institutions are permitting the use of Mexican ID cards in place of passports, U.S. drivers licenses and other forms of U.S. government identification for individuals to open banking accounts. It is, generally, understood that illegal aliens are using these Mexican IDs to obtain these accounts from which they can wire money back to Mexico and these unscrupulous institutions are realizing the wire transfer fees on these exchanges as a profit center worthy, in their minds, despite the 2003 FBI testimony before Congress that identified these cards as being used in identity fraud and terrorist activities.
Chevy Chase Bank (Arlington, VA) has gone as far as to initiate a program which encourages acceptance of these foreign IDs called the “Hispanic Banking Initiative”. Well, one personal banker at Chevy Chase has had enough. Read the full WND story here…
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88994
The $65.5 trillion financial obligations of the United States, including medicare and social security, now eclipse the gross domestic product (GDP) of the entire world, and that’s before the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) or the so-called economic stimulus package monies are considered. The government, in their current reporting, makes no consideration for medicare and social security benefit net present value changes in the year that they accrue, only when they are distributed, therefore the government is substantially underestimating our true debt. According to experts, our tax dollars earmarked for these programs and our future use are no longer being placed in a theoretical “lockbox” for future distribution to us. In other words, these tax monies that are being withheld weekly from our paychecks are being diverted to fund current and future “real-time” social welfare programs without consideration for the impact upon the future obligations. If a U.S. company did this, their officers would be in federal prison. In the U.S. government, apparently, it’s the status quo.
What makes a bad situation worse is the current U.S. economic instability. Foreign entities like China, Japan and other major holders of U.S. dollar foreign exchange reserves have funded our government spending obligations for a long time, however, now the experts say this will not continue. This will force the Federal Reserve to “monetize the debt” or, in other words, simply print cash to fund these obligations. This will lead to further inflation and, in their words, “threatens the viability of the financial system”.
If you can’t fund your debt, you are considered bankrupt. The experts believe the U.S. Treasury is already printing money in order to meet the government’s financial obligations. Therefore, the U.S. is bankrupt.
Expansion of socialism needs to stopped before it goes any further. Social welfare spending must be curtailed, not expanded, or total collapse of our economic system will result, in the words of the experts.
Please read this very revealing WND article to get a better understanding of that which the U.S. Treasury and the President are complicit in keeping from all of us hard-working taxpayers…
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88851
Liberal Senators aren’t content to enjoy a virtual propaganda monopoly on every media outlet. They want to mandate “fairness” or equal time on talk radio, too, despite the fact that it would be economically unviable for radio stations to do so because it’s been proven that virtually no one listens. Why would they, when they can get their fill of liberalism and socialism on ABC, CBS, NBC, most cable news and prevalently on the Internet.
Listen to the ridiculous arguments that these Senators have in support of the “Fairness Doctrine” and, conversely, the intelligent arguments opposed to the equivalent of government censorship, in this WND article…
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88603
Here is the content of an email I sent earlier today to Arlen Specter (R-PA), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) in advance of the vote they are anticipated to make on the Senate floor later today…
Subject: Economic Stimulus (Spendulus) Bill
You represent a swing vote on the most socialist legislation since the New Deal. In fact, this legislation makes the New Deal look like a capitalist venture. The problem is that this legislation has very little to do with economic stimulus. It does, however, have everything to do with power. Liberals want to create a bureaucratic socialist state that they rule by implementing every entitlement that they have ever considered in their wildest dreams, thus solidifying their position as the savior to the non-productive class, ever increasing in population, assuring themselves power for decades. Please explain to me how this is going to create jobs in the next few months… ever?
This attitude flies in the face of patriotism and the principles set forth by the founding fathers. You are NOT a patriot if you vote for this bill in its current form. There are no quick fixes to this economy and this bill will do little to that which would be accomplished by leaving everything alone and letting natural selection sort everything out (resourceful, solvent companies will survive and non-resourceful, insolvent ones will fail). It does, however, stand a very high probability of creating bureaucracy and government control that may never be able to be undone. We need immediate solutions which will empower corporate America and the working class, not long term increased spending. When has increased government spending ever improved an economy (and don’t tell me the New Deal, because all you need to do is look at the numbers to see that the Great Depression truly ended when World War II began – capitalism to the rescue).
You stand on the precipice looking into the abyss. You can either choose to jump along with the other Obama following lemmings and drag the rest of the electorate with you or you can step back and ponder the creation of a job bridge which will stimulate economic recovery and growth. Your place in history will be established by the decision you make on the floor of the Senate today. Choose wisely, for your sake and for that in the overwhelming best interest of the millions of hard-working Americans who employ you and whom you were elected to represent.
Thank You,
Greg Garrett
Liberal Democrats and Republicans are at it again with their interest to undermine freedom of speech and the free market by reinstituting a federal mandate to be placed upon media outlets that would dictate their commentary programming despite the economic viability of such programming. “The policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that became known as the ‘Fairness Doctrine’ is an attempt to ensure that all coverage of controversial issues by a broadcast station be balanced and fair”. Here’s a link to more information on the “Fairness Doctrine”…
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/fairnessdoct/fairnessdoct.htm
This FCC policy which was instituted in 1949 was eliminated early in the Reagan Administration and there have been several attempts by Congress to put it into law, however, it has always met with Presidential veto.
It seems, despite President Obama’s statement during the campaign to not be interested in revisiting this because diversity is something to be encouraged on the airwaves, he has recently been quite vocal about his opinion of talk radio by making statements like “You can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done.” His position and proposals presented on the the White House website mirror those of a liberal think tank report published by John Podesta in June, 2007 called “The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio”. Now, many in Congress appear to be lining up to pen legistation to this effect, which will certainly get rubber stamp approval by Obama. Here’s the full WND article…
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88113
As we all know, the reality is that the only way there can be any “fairness” in broadcasting today is for freedom of speech to prevail and for the free market to dictate what programmers will air. Liberals have tried many times to create liberal commentary shows like Air America, however, they never last because nobody listens to and/or watches them. Thinking and intuitive people, those who subscribe to the values and beliefs of our founding fathers and know that adhering to this is what made America the great nation it is today, naturally gravitate to conservatism and that’s the reason for the resounding success of conservative talk radio and cable shows. The mainstream media is on longer a news outlet, but is predominantly a commentary and advertising conduit for liberal policies and proposals. Conservative talk radio and television is required so the American people have an opportunity to understand the other side to that which they are bombarded via the mainstream media. If it is gone, there is nothing to fuel and inform those of us who are interested in taking action to counteract the socialist assault which is currently being perpetrated upon our great nation by the mainstream media, the Obama administration and Congress.
This CANNOT happen. Please contact your Congressmen to let them know how you feel about this. You can, also, sign and forward to others, WND’s petition which will be presented to Congress…
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=87882
The stimulus bill (now coined the “spendulus bill”), which is planned to be voted upon in the Senate within the next few days, contains deliberate and unconstitutional verbiage “prohibiting uses of funds” for any building which is used primarily for religious activities. Tom DeMint and other House Republicans vehemently fought to have this ludicrous content removed prior to Democrat-only passage of the bill in the House, unfortunately, they were unsuccessful. Apparently, these liberal hardliners are intent and blatant about continuing their assault and marginalization of religion in America. See the entire WND article here…
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88178
This bill CANNOT be allowed to pass. Our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren will pay the price for decades what is done here in the next few days, if we don’t act now. This is an attempt to perpetrate upon the American people the largest socialist government enterprise and transfer of wealth from producers to non-producers in the history of the world. Please contact your Senators to voice your OUTRAGE at…
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
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