2009 Stimulus - Death of Democracy

So the stimulus package has been signed, sealed and delivered. Well...maybe not delivered just yet...

Oh I am sure the Ted Kennedy allotment will get delivered. Let's not forget the money for the high speed rail between California and Las Vegas benefiting whom? Oh and yes the money to be allotted for STD's and some rodent in San Frisco.

Be aware though, that there was absolutely no pork in this stimulus package. I forgot President Obama promised jobs through this package. We will see if jobs will be delivered through this passing or not.

Well, was it just me or did Obama, repeatedly through the media, tell Congress to not get bogged down in details about the Stimulus but just push it through? Wasn't there an urgency from him to get it passed so that millions of Americans could get much needed help? Didn't Obama stress the need for politics as usual to stop so that America can get moving again?

Naturally Obama did not want details of the stimulus revealed simply because if America knew what was in it they would be appalled. This is our money getting tossed around. Obama through Congress passed the largest spending spree in American history and they are not done yet.

Does money grow on trees? Is anyone out there wondering where all this money is coming from? Are all those who voted for Obama not questioning anything?
The future of this country is being thrown at the feet of our grand kids and no one is saying anything. Sure the conservative talk show hosts are, the republicans are squirming but what about the throngs of blind followers who voted for Obama.

If you voted for Obama I have to ask you this: are you blindly following along or will you come to a point where you start questioning things?

This blog is about commons sense. Someone somewhere down the line pays for this current government's spending. Do not talk about President Bush and the Iraq war. Bush has done nothing of this sort. In fact the double minded dems and liberals lam blasted the president for his spending on the war on terror.

Will any citizen question the wisdom of this spending spree or will the majority follow blindly along.

Obama said it was the responsibility of the government to bail out the banks and the people. Says who?

Is is really the business of the government to grow larger? Is it the business of the government to bail out lenders, who got into this mess in the first place under pressure from a democratic president and congress? Is it the business of the government to bail out people who had no business getting loans they knew they could not pay back?

Is it the business of the government to take over health care and thus eliminate your choice of doctor and treatment options? Is it the business of the government to take over the banks partially or completely thus restricting our freedom with currency? Is it the business of the government to begin a database housing every Americans personal medical history? (This is in the stimulus package that was passed)

When government grows freedoms disappear - President Bush did nothing to cause Americans to lose their freedoms in the passing of the Patriot Acts.

You watch...just watch...as government grows freedoms disappear...the death of democracy. Will any of you be willing to question or will you just learn to goosestep?

Economic woes?

Of course we are all well aware of the dire economic news that has been the forefront of every news report for the last several months. Not that any responsible news organization would over dramatize the situation or exaggerate any facts. In fact our own President has elected to offer up some drama. President Obama has said, "The time for talk is over. The time for action is now."

Appearing before the Energy Department Obama called on lawmakers, "...rise to the moment. No plan is perfect." Obama urged the Republicans to change the "politics as usual" stuff and vote for the bailout that now is over 900 billion.

Remember, this blog is about common sense. Obama and the dems have none.

This "bailout" or "stimulus" package is absolutely no such thing. What it is, is pork politics as usual. If our President had any leadership skills he would call on all of this pork to be cut. If the GOP had any leadership skills they too would ask that all pork be cut. Remember America, we pay for this "stimulus" ultimately. We pay for it. Do not forget that.

To really stimulate the economy investment would go back into infrastructure which would lead to jobs, congress should continue to lower taxes, open up drilling off the mid Atlantic and in Montana and the Dakotas as this too would lead to job creation and eventually fresh supplies of gas, approve new energy spending in wind and solar. The list could go on and on.

Instead we see a "stimulus" package of over 900 billion that is stuffed to the gills with pork. You can find these details on the Internet.

Bottom line? Obama is desperate for this to be passed so that he can look like a mover and shaker to those loyalists that voted him in. Granted, any President wants to see his agenda move forward. But this one is costly because it will not stimulate anything but taxes for future Americans who have to pay for this nonsense.

Remember folks, this is just round one of things to come. Obama is also going to move ahead with his war on capitalism and those opening salvos have already come by his proposal of putting a salary cap on business's that are receiving bailout money.