It’s Been A While; Nothing Has Changed

I have been on a blogging hiatus since early October of 2010, but it’s time to fire up the blog again. Run and get your spectacles, ladies and gentlemen, The Good Fight has returned.

As many able-minded Americans have undoubtedly noticed, spending in this great nation has reached a towering precipice. In this generation, this decade, and this very year, America faces a spending crisis of paramount importance.

Lately, budgetary debates has risen from the GOP’s attempt to pass a budget ripe with $100,000,000,000.00 (one hundred BILLION dollars) worth of cuts. Many of the House of Representative’s freshmen class is intent on fulfilling their promises to the American people of a reduction in spending and reining in federal spending.

Obama, on the other hand, has his own crowd to please – a crowd that has thinned considerably since 2 years ago. In a statement during a news conference yesterday, President Obama stated that there was “no reason at all for a government to shut down” over budgetary debate. Later in the day, the Oval Office issued the threat to veto a Republican spending plan.

News flash, Mr. President: If a “Republican” bill makes it to your desk, the official ‘debate’ is over… you are the deciding factor at that point in time.

The American people will remember your decision one of two ways. They will either see your veto as solidification of your dedication to spend money that the government does not have, nor has the means to easily collect, OR they will see you as dedicated to reducing spending immediately to control our ever-inflating national debt.

On A Side Note: It does make you wonder about true intentions when the White House whines ‘we don’t have any money’ and then the Vice President comes out saying that we need to build high-speed trains across the nation, at a cost of $53 Billion over the next 6 years. (No indication here that the VP has placed any forethought to the tottering fate of Amtrak’s subsidized rail lines or the potential long-term costs of starting and running a high-speed rail project)

This is America. Land of the obese, home of the enslaved.

Nothing has changed.

Welfare or Welfail?

In case you haven't heard, the United States' welfare system is NOT efficient...

I will use 2008 for the example here - that is the year of the most recent accessible data.

• The poverty line was at $10,830 for an individual.
• There were 39.1 million people living in poverty.
• The federal government spent $479.6 billion on welfare.

According to these statistics, each individual could receive $12,265.98 in cash from the federal government from welfare spending. But wait! Those facts are assuming that the government is 100% efficient in redistributing money. Even if the federal government was only 50% efficient (meaning the government wasted half of the money they took in), every individual under the poverty line would have received $6,132.99 - boosting a poverty-level worker's income by a staggering 56%!!!

It seems to me that if every citizen below the poverty line received an extra 56% over and above their regular income, the United States would not be experiencing poverty in the way we are now.

I wonder how much money those families in poverty actually received from their wonderful government welfare? Certainly not anywhere close to even 50%...

Knowledge is power.* Increase yours.

*Basic algebra is a part of that knowledge.

Mail Call!

Government is inefficient. Plain and simple. Need more proof? I present to you.... the US Postal Service!

Beware, irony lies ahead:

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The American Postal Workers Union has extended its internal election after thousands of ballots appeared to have gotten lost . . . in the mail.

The union's election committee was supposed to be counting those ballots this week in downtown Washington, D.C., following a tradition mail-in election. But the union announced that only about 39,000 ballots were turned in -- and that "a large number of union members had not received their ballots."

As Federal News Radio first reported, the union has responded by extending the deadline to Oct. 14.

Workers now have until close of business Thursday to ask for a new ballot. It's unclear whether the mail mix-up will become an eleventh-hour campaign issue.

The union of postal clerks is separate from the National Association of Letter Carriers, which comprises postal workers who deliver the mail.

Global (°F)ooling: Believe or Die

In case you haven't heard, the Eco-movement is picking up speed.

Before I continue, have a gander at their newest video: a video from the 10/10 project, who want everyone to cut their carbon emissions by 10% over the next year.

And yes, those are real ads. Paid for by the citizens of the UK, through their tax dollars.

It seems that climate change is gaining momentum at a monumental pace! Reminds me of the good ole days, back when the Nazi party brainwashed an entire population to murder those who did not fit into their master plan. Maybe it's just me, but this seems a little bit of a far stretch - a little bit extreme - for believers of a scientific theory to impose their lifestyles on everyone. According to them, if you choose not to conform - to live your life the way you want to - it's no problem. Just die.

Not only is this ad inflammatory and absolutely disgusting, it reveals something rather shocking about the 'green movement'. According to them, you can either get on board with their program or get out of the way (they're obviously more than happy to extinguish your pathetic life for you!).

Considering this, it should be no surprise that the White House now wants the public to completely stop using the phrase "global warming" to describe the alleged phenomenon that is taking the world by storm (pun definitely intended).

Barack Obama's science advisor, John Holdren, wants the world to refer to global warming as "global climate disruption". He urged people to "start using the phrase during a speech last week in Oslo." Apparently, the term 'global warming' does not strike the correct amount of fear into the hearts and minds of the global population.

So apparently the Eco-Nazis have a few ideas of their own. Introduce 'global warming' to the people, allow opponents of the theory to take hold of the phrase, and then dub it to be not politically correct. Introduce 'climate change' in it's place. Same thing.

And now the latest: introducing the phrase 'global climate disruption'... because 'climate change' 1) has been assaulted and ridiculed by opponents to the point of exhaustion and 2) it doesn't place enough fear in the hearts of the individuals and the global community. Because we should all be afraid of the Earth...

They can't gain enough support from credible science, so they now choose to scare you into believing. Sounds like a bit of fear-mongering to me!

After the smoke settles, who knows what will happen to the 10/10 organization; my guess is they'll feel no repercussion at all for their murderous ideals. They even released a statement about the video, thanking the volunteer video crew and cast, and then saying:

"At 10:10 we’re all about trying new and creative ways of getting people to take action on climate change. Unfortunately in this instance we missed the mark. Oh well, we live and learn."

New and creative ways, eh? I guess if you can't convince them with science, you can always just blow them away. You're trying to motivate people to "take action"?? Should we now throw a cautious eye towards our liberal friends who believe the climate change falsehood? Are they going to blow us to pieces if we don't buy Eco-friendly light bulbs from Lowe's??

Tasteless, my friends. Just plain tasteless.

Decisions, Decisions...

While walking down the street one day a Corrupt Senator was tragically hit by a car and died.

His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.

"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," says the Senator..

"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from the higher ups. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity."

"Really?, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the Senator.

"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.

The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.

Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people. They played a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and the finest champagne.

Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who is having a good time dancing and telling jokes.

They are all having such a good time that before the Senator realizes it, it is time to go.

Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises...

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens in heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him, "Now it's time to visit heaven.."

So, 24 hours passed with the Senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.

"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity."

The Senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell."

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell..

Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above.

The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulders.

"I don't understand," stammers the Senator. "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"

The devil smiles at him and says, "Yesterday, we were campaigning, Today, you voted..."


Elections have consequences.

The International Stage

In case you haven't heard, President Obama is setting up to square off against Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the United Nations General Assembly.

It is no surprise that Iran's fiery - and deranged, as some would say - leader is at odds with the United States and the UN as a whole. Iran has been placed under economic sanctions after it proceeded with its nuclear program against the wishes of the global community.

President Ahmadinejad claims that Iran will only use their nuclear power - which they are now able to harness in nuclear power plants - for peaceful means. His promise however, is empty, especially considering his numerous vows to wipe Israel off the face of the planet. Nuclear might is a bad thing for a sworn enemy of Israel to seize. Correct me if I'm wrong.

When it comes to the international stage however, President Obama does not have the sway that he would like to. In reality, his abilities to negotiate on an international scale are almost non-existent - take the 2016 Olympic bid for example. The only way Mr. Obama is likely to 'beat' Mr. Ahmadinejad is in a thumb-war...

This is the man we elected. Elections have consequences.