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What Does Scott Brown’s win mean?

lambo — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:44:42 +0000

Massachusetts being one of the most liberal states in the country just elected a Republican for Senator. Democrats held that seat for 58 years since John F. Kennedy defeated Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Scott Brown defeated Martha Coakley on a platform that he will fight health care.

What does this mean for Health Care? The Democrats? The Republicans? The political climate in general?

Brown’s victory strips the Democrats of the Super Majority in the senate that they previously enjoyed. Any changes made to the Senate version of the bill during conference will have to be voted on again.

With Brown’s win, it’s unlikely the bill will pass now. Democrats talked about getting the House to pass the Senate bill. However, the Senate bill has many provisions that isn’t popular with House members. Some have speculated that the votes are not in the House to flat out pass the Senate version.

President Obama suggested that the Health Care Bill might need to be scaled back. “I would advise that we try to move quickly to coalesce around those elements of the package that people agree on,” Obama said on ABC News.

However, the Democrats have fallen into the same trap that the Republicans did during the Bush Administration. The fact that your party controls Congress and the White House doesn’t mean that Americans totally accept your political aims.

A Little History…

In 2006, Democrats gained control of Congress mostly from a strong anti-war mood in the country. From 2006 to 2008, Democrats did very little to challenge President Bush’s foreign policies.

In 2008, then Senator Obama separated himself from Senator Clinton for his stance against the Iraq “War.” Later, he easily defeated Senator McCain for President. Again, McCain appeared to be a Bush Clone which the country rejected.

Some Democrats made bold claims that this election was a mandate for Democratic Party philosophy. They never really consider that this wasn’t so much Pro-Democrat/Obama views but more an Anti-Bush mood.

However a few months earlier, Obama and McCain BOTH voted for the Banker Bailout Bill. Polls showed that this bill was very unpopular with Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike. However, Washington with it’s typical elitist attitudes “knew” what was best for us. Yeah right!

A lot of Americans were also upset about how much this bill was rammed quickly through Congress without much review or transparency. Senator Obama stated then that under his Presidency, he would be more transparent.

However, President Obama has kept a lot of the same policies towards banks that President Bush did. (Not to mention his economic team has the same Goldman Sachs ties that Bush’s’ people had. More about Timmy-Gate later)

(To be fair as I type this, President Obama is on the TV talking about his new plans to regulate the Financial Industry, but I’m not holding my breath. These are the same people who donated the most to his campaign.)

The stimulus bill was also pushed through the Democratic controlled government. The bill was popular among Democrats and Keynesians. However, the bill didn’t garner much support from Republicans and Independents.

Last year, the House rammed through Cap and Trade on the last day before Fourth of July break. This bill was only popular among Democratic Voters. Again, no real transparency.

The Health Care Bill again being rammed through without much popular support among the American People particularly among the Independent voters. Senator Reid playing deal maker behind the scenes trying to stir up support. Some of the backdoor deals only upsets the populace more. (The Nebraska exception being an example which even embarrassed citizens of Nebraska as well.)

Another problem, polls show that people are more concerned about the economy and jobs. The Democrats just spent a year focusing on Health Care and still may fail passing it even with majority. (I would suggest if some version of Health Care still passes will not be liked by any group.) So they used all this political capital on Health Care instead of focusing on the economy.

President Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize, but for what? His campaign promised to bring our boys home quickly, but turned in the same “two” or “three” year promise that Bush continued to make. Obama added more troops to Afghanistan. Sent drone attacks into Pakistan, and now making a lot of noise about Yemen. Wow, something that some Republicans can actually support Obama, but again unpopular with Democrats and Independents.

SO how does Scott Brown’s victory tie into this???

I think even in one of the most liberal states, Massachusetts would elect a Republican is a statement, but what is that statement??? We hate Democrats? I don’t think so. We support the Republican agenda?? Folks, this is Massachusetts for crying out loud.

Take another look at the examples above of “A Little History…”

Massachusetts does show how the Independents are upset. For the longest time, people claimed to be independent when they were upset with the party they originally belonged. However when push comes to shove, they would still vote for their old party.

However, the Independents are no longer loyal to anyone. They are a fickle lot now. In 2006, they were upset about the wars so they elected the Democrats. They were unhappy with Bush in 2008 and elected Obama. Do they support the Obama agenda since his election? Massachusetts said no.

President Obama won the independent vote, but with his policies he has quickly lost that support.

The Republicans would be best serve also not to get cocky from this victory as a public mandate from the people. Even if they win big later this year in November. To both major parties, hear my warning…

Independents are not loyal to anyone.

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Rising Tides: Part 1-The Joker

lambo — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:10:53 +0000

I’m sure most of you have seen the picture of President Obama with the Joker make up in the style that Heath Ledger wore in the Batman movie with the word “socialism” underneath him. This picture leaped from the streets of Los Angeles (hardly a conservative stronghold) unto the internet. The picture has been the center of much discussion in both the media and the blogs. (Both conservative and liberal)

What concerns me is: I’m seeing an element from the Left that I feel is just as bad as the Neo-Cons are from the Right. These Neo-Libs are just as obnoxious and closed minded as their counterparts on the Right. During the Bush years, if you spoke out against President Bush, the Iraq War, Patriot Acts (Hardly, what a true Patriot would support), the War Commissions Act, Gitmo and various other things: you must be UnAmerican! Unpatriotic, or even worse…A Terrorist!

I guess I’m a terrorist then.

The Neo-Cons were effective (sadly) in pushing this belief system out. Now the Neo-Libs are doing the same thing with this picture of the Joker.

Their claim is: This picture is RACIST!

What the hell?

How can one justify that claim?

However, these are the same people that had no issue with a similar picture of President Bush wearing the same styled makeup on the cover of Vanity Fair.

The Joker is a psycho nut on a power trip. I can see resemblance with Bush. What about Obama?

He has expanded the war in Afghanistan. He has not repealed the Patriot Acts or the War Commissions Act. He promised last March that he would close Gitmo within a year. In April 2010, let’s see if he keeps that promise. We will be out of Iraq by 2011. I’m not holding my breath. The Government took over the GM. The House passed Cap and Trade in a way that was very similar to the Banker Bailout Bill from last September. Something President Obama campaigned against during the election after the Banker Bailout was approved. His policies towards Wall Street thus far have been very similar to his predecessor.

If one wants to suggest the Bush picture as the Joker is justified, one could argue that Obama’s is as well.

Okay, if you don’t like the picture… If you think the picture is unfair criticism… If you think it is off base…

I would have no issue with anyone from the Left making a case for any of these points. However calling it racist????

Is all the criticism from the Right towards President Obama racially based? With the Neo-Libs, you would think so.

As I surf the web checking out various political forums, I have seen discussions about various topics and eventually a Neo-Lib will step in and call those arguing against President Obama policies racists. I have also seen various reports that Conservative Blacks are being called “Uncle Tom’s.”

Earlier in the year, Janeane Garofalo said on Keith Olbermann’s show, “It’s not about bashing Democrats, it’s not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don’t know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up. That is nothing but a bunch of teabagging rednecks.”

I will not deny that there are racist idiots who can’t stand the fact that our President is a black man. However, I doubt everyone that has attended Tea Party events are all racists as Janeane Garofalo claims.

Presidents will always be criticized. Remember the head masks of Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and Clinton? So if one makes a mask of Obama, are they going to be a racist?

I can’t say with a 100 percent absolute certainly that the creator of the Obama as Joker picture isn’t a racist. However, I do believe the Neo-Libs who are making such claims have no evidence to support their statements.

Perhaps, we all, both Left and Right are seeing too much in the picture. Maybe, the artist really thinks Obama is just a joker. Who knows?

Anyone who has heard the podcast knows I’m not a Bush or Obama supporter. Well, I guess I have to live with the fact that to the Neo-Cons that I’m a terrorist, and to the Neo-Libs, I’m a racist.

What will I do now?

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Bernanke On Fire, Where’s the gasoline?

lambo — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:35:00 +0000

Here are two interesting videos as Big Brother Ben Bernanke getting grilled by members of Congress. He’s feeling the heat as Ron Paul’s HR 1207 is gaining momentum. Also, Americans are starting to understand the fraud that the Federal Reserve really is.

This first video, Senator Sanders (I-VT) goes off on him about how transparent the Federal Reserve is.

This second one, Rep. John Duncan(R-TN) asks The Dark Lord of Sith Bernanke what would happen if HR 1207 were to passed. Basically, Little Ben says that our economy would collapse.

When you put these two videos together, Bernanke is saying that we are more than willing to work with Congress and the people, but only how we deem too. I loved his comment if the GAO audited the Fed, it could mean that Congress would start dictating monetary policy. I think someone need to point out to Little Ben that Article I-Section 8 of the Constitution already gives Congress that authority. Senator Sanders did a great job about asking him about who received these funds from the Federal Reserve.

Everyone knows that when the Fed increases the money supply, inflation rises. However, the inflation increase is not an overnight reaction. It does take time for prices to rise to the new money supply level. The banks (among others) receives these funds first and make their purchases with the new money WITHOUT the inflation increase. The Inflation is not felt until the money has worked its way into the system. TRANSLATION- When the money finally works into the hands of the people, inflation has kicked in while the fat cats who first received these funds are immune to it. So when the fat cats receive the money, it has a higher value. Once we get our hands on it, the money is worth less. The Federal Reserve policies insure this.

Seriously, can we allow the Federal Reserve to keep acting in secret? We know that they discuss policies with other Central Banks. Why should we know about these discussions? Also, why can’t we get a list of the major stockholders of the Federal Reserve? (A Private Bank with private shareholders)Is there any other company that isn’t subjected to an audit? (Either by the SEC or IRS) So why shouldn’t the GAO audit them. It is our money they are playing with!

Please, call your Representative and tell them to support HR 1207.

Lambo

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Wow, The Supreme Court Ruled 8-1

lambo — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:45:30 +0000

I guess it was bound to happen sometime. A Supreme Court ruling which wasn’t a 5-4 vote. This one was 8-1. Wow, impressive! I’m even more impressed by the fact; it is one they got right.

Miracles never cease.

Savana Redding, a 13 year-old girl, was stripped searched for drugs. What was the drug? Cocaine? Pot? Heroin? Crack? Ecstasy? LSD? If you said, “None of the above” reward yourself with your favorite beverage next time you are out and about.

At Arizona’s Safford Middle School, the MALE vice principal, Kerry (I’m a perverted idiot) Wilson told Miss Redding to remove her clothes and shake her bra and underwear for the dreaded contraband, Ibuprofen. Yes, Folks! Ibuprofen! We must protect our teens from the evil Ibuprofen epidemic!

Why the stripped search?

Because one of her classmates was found with the evil Ibuprofen and told officials that she received the pills from Savana. I could understand searching the girl’s locker. I could understand searching her book bag. A strip search for Ibuprofen? I also wonder why the hell the Vice Principal spent so much effort and energy into this? (Perhaps, I don’t want too!) For Ibuprofen?

I have really wondered about school’s policy about OTC medications. I know here in Texas where we had an honor student suspended for a week, because she forgot she left a bottle of Midol in her book bag. Again, do these idiots have better things to do? Guess not, hence them being idiots!

Did Mr. (I’m an perverted idiot-said twice for reinforcement) Wilson inform the parents of the strip search? If he felt a stripped search was necessary, why didn’t he call for a female school official to do it? (Because he is a perverted idiot?-Third time for even more reinforcement.)

I really have to wonder by the state of our public schools where a male vice principal thinks he has the right to strip search a 13 year-old girl without notifying the parents for the evil drug Ibuprofen. I would also have to wonder about it if he suspected something else like cocaine or what not.

The only negative about this ruling… The school officials can’t be sued. If I was Ms. Redding’s parents, I would be furious. I think they should be allowed to sue the school for having denying them and their daughter’s Fourth Amendment Rights.

Oh! By the way… The Lone Moron who ruled in favor of Safford Middle School… Clarence Thomas.

Lambo

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HR 1207 Has 222 Cosponsors! A Majority!

lambo — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:07:03 +0000

Congressman Ron Paul’s office announced today that his bill to Audit the Federal Reserve has received it’s 222nd cosponsor. Here is the statement from Dr. Paul’s office:

For Immediate Release
June 11, 2009

Audit the Fed Bill Reaches Crucial Benchmark

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Paul’s Federal Reserve Transparency Act, HR 1207, has reached and surpassed the level of 218 cosponsors in the House of Representatives, which means it is now cosponsored by a majority of the members.

The 218th cosponsor was Dennis Kucinich (OH-10), and the bill has since received its 222nd cosponsor.

“The tremendous grass-roots and bipartisan support in Congress for HR 1207 is an indicator of how mainstream America is fed up with Fed secrecy,” said Congressman Paul. “I look forward to this issue receiving greater public exposure.”

Hearings on Federal Reserve transparency are expected within the next month, as part of the Financial Services Committee’s series of hearings on regulatory reform.

We need to keep the pressure on. “Some” members will try to cut the teeth of the bill out. The Federal Reserve also has hired a “lobbyist” to help with their image on Capital Hill. Also, two Republicans have crawled out from under the rocks from Dr. Paul’s district to challenge him in the upcoming Republican Primary next year.

I’m sure the Federal Reserve and the other Wall Street Bankers will do their best to kill this bill in committee and in the Senate. If the Fed is audited, I’m sure the billions (trillions?) of dollars that Wall Street has stolen from us since last September will quickly dry up.

Seriously, only Bernie Madoff is the only person of note who has been indicted for all the money woes on Wall Street? I believe there will be more indictments if HR 1207 becomes law. Perhaps some CEOs of Major Banks? The current and former Fed Chairmen?

The fight has only begun.

Forward and onward!

No Retreat and No Surrender!

Lambo

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Gay Marriage and Other Things

lambo — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:32:21 +0000

If you all recall, Gay Marriage was one of our first shows. A friend sent me the link to this video, and I thought I would share. This video captures brilliantly what can happen if basic civil liberties and human rights are denied. This concept doesn’t just apply to gay marriage. This also applies to all of our precious liberties.

Lambo

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CNN’s Coverage: Fair?

lambo — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:34:16 +0000

CNN Covering a Liberal Protest

I am going to be critical of CNN’s reporting, but before I do. I can already hear the liberals pointing out Fox News. Fair and Balanced? Yeah right! I am not going to defend Fox’s reporting either. It is pretty self-evident that they do have a conservative bias. I would go so far to say that they are Neo-Con biased.

Now we have established that Fox News is biased toward the Conservative Point of View, I will say again that CNN has a Liberal Bias. There are liberals in the world who don’t see this as there are conservatives that don’t see the bias with Fox.

Now to CNN..

CNN reported on the Tea Party that was held in Chicago. The CNN reporter described the event as a right winged event. To a certain extent, I can’t dispute that. However, the way the event was portrayed by CNN as a group of right wing nuts. The reporter really did not focus on the issues behind this movement.

After the report was broadcasted to CNN, the reporter got a tongue lashing by one of the participants of the event for not reporting the event fairly.

You decided… Fair Coverage?

I have to give credit and thanks to Founding Bloggers for the video.

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An Update… A person on my twitter posted this CNN reporter covering a left winged protest

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Ragman’s Rants – Fiscal Conservation

Ragman — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:59:45 +0000

Times are tough…no doubt about that. Especially for the hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their jobs or are going to lose their jobs. Everyone of us knows that in tough financial times whether it be at home or at work that something has to give. If money is tight you immediately stop spending on things you don’t need.

So why is it that the federal government, in this time of economic downturn, continue to spend like a drunken sailor when clearly their tax revenues are down? Shouldn’t they be finding ways to cut costs, scale back, tighten the belt? For grins, lets say I am the federal government and I have just lost 20% of my income. Instead of cutting back and living within the remaining 80%, I decide to spend 30% more on credit and hope that my 20% revenue comes back. At best I’ve lost 10% and at worst I’m now 50% more in debt. Either way you look at it, this is a lose lose solution.

Just think about California, the state budget is heavily in the red because of down tax revenues. The state is working to cut costs and live within their means. They have to do this because they do not have the option of just printing more money. Our federal government is printing us into oblivion.

If things are as bad as Mr Obama says, shouldn’t he be bringing home the troops….stopping all aid to other countries…..cut grants…..and definitely cutting unnecessary government services?

This stimulus or should I say steal-from-us will do nothing for the economy just as the last one did nothing. This is just our government destroying the value of our currency and taking an unchecked run at the printing presses for their own gains.

Wake up America before it is too late!

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Taking Pictures of Police in UK Illegal

lambo — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:04:51 +0000

If you take a picture of a police officer in the UK after February 16th, you could be arrested. According to the British Journal of Photography, the Government claims that the law is a terrorism protection measure.

This makes no sense!

The UK is known to have a high volume of public cameras. So it is “ok” for the British Government filming your activities, but you can’t film them?

I guess you could make an argument that a terrorist would want to photograph police officers as a means to mark their patrol routes. However, this is not enough to justify the trade off of citizens having the right to document the activities of our public officials.

Over the last few years, we have seen an increase of police abusing their positions making on the internet like such sites as YouTube.

Sorry, I have a hard time believing that this is not the real reason.

Lambo

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Ragman’s Rants – Got Change?

Ragman — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:11:29 +0000

Welcome to a new area named Ragman’s Rants. This area will contain my thoughts….er….rants on topics that are on my mind. A little disclaimer though – my thoughts won’t always contain views from both sides of the fence. That being said, lets get on with it.

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Obama has only been in office for a few weeks and he has already killed innocent women and children with authorizing the recent missile strikes in Pakistan.

Obama is calling for the government to be more open. When asked about the missile strikes, a response of “no Comment” was received. So much for the government being more transparent

Obama is calling for the increase in the number of troops in Afghanistan.

Obama is calling for close to 1 Trillion dollar stimulus package.

Sounds like more of the same to me. Got change? I think not.

(see what one long time congressman has to say about it) (Youtube)

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