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Visuals of Obama/Reid/Pelosi's Drunken Spending Madness

I'm a visual person so these graphs are great . . .

Found these graphs at the blog Hillbuzz and thought they were just great as they show very clearly what Obama along with the Dems in Congress are doing to this country. 

What is also good is to see the years prior to Obama, in particular years 2008 and 2009 in the "Deficit" graph. It shows the impact of a Democrat Congress has on a budget. Yes, Bush should have veto the heck out of it.

Also look at the impact the Republican Congress had in 1994. Republicans need to keep this in mind if and when they take control of Congress and remember that they can reduce the deficit. Unfortunately, Republicans got drunk on power in the mid-2000s and forgot why they were there.

And the final graph is just chilling . . . 

Nelson Next Redemption Step is Obamacare SAY WHAT!!!

Nelson afforded prime opportunity to show Nebraskans he hears us . . .

It now appears that Obama, Pelosi and Reid have a new plan to get Obamacare passed and signed into law. And according to WashingtonExaminer.com Pelosi's own staff isn't being very quiet about it. 

And folks, this is where our Democrat Senator Ben Nelson comes into play. On first blush, I have a feeling that this is Nelson's worst nightmare. Obamacare, his Waterloo. Cornhusker Kickback, folks are still mad as hell about that and now Obama-Reid-Pelosi are bring that all back up again. Not good especially after Nelson just started down the redemption path with his recent support of the Republican filibuster against Obama's leftist wacko nominee for the National Labor Relation's Board.

So I'm sure that he is peaking around the corner right now and can't believe what he is reading and hearing that Obamacare is ALIVE!!!

So after Mr. Nelson stops shrieking, there is an opportunity that is presenting itself to him, but will he take it?

Nelson can take another step down the redemption path by playing hardball with Obama, Pelosi and Reid. He can gather other nervous Democrats(you can't turn around in a Democrat caucus meeting without running into one of those!) in the Senate and they should march up to the White House and let Obama know that if they try this "trick" as Pelosi's own staff member called it, to get Obamacare passed, then Nelson and his group will hold up every nomination that comes down to the Senate. They will join the Republicans and filibuster every Obama agenda item and they will be out in front of television cameras blasting Obama, Pelosi and Reid for bastardizing the legislative process. 

Bottom line, they should make it very clear, they will bring the Capitol to a complete and utter standstill if Obama-Pelosi-Reid forge ahead on Obamacare.

Now, the question is, how bad does Ben Nelson want to get back in the good graces of Nebraska voters?

I guess time will tell. 

Nelson Bewildered by Nebraskans' Anger

is the reality of his actions setting in yet . . .

Nebraska Democrat Senator Ben Nelson said in an interview today with the Fremont, NE Tribune, “I  think it was a mistake to take health care on as opposed to continuing to spend the time on the economy,”

He went on to say, “I would have preferred not to be dealing with health care in the midst of everything else, and I think working on the economy would have been a wiser move.”

While it appears that Nelson is trying to find some solid ground on which to step back onto with Nebraska voters, the Democrat still is living in a fantasy land when he claims that by holding out, he, Ben Nelson was able to get changes in the bill that “took a bad bill and made it better.”

He added, "I cannot understand the level of anger and frustration aimed at me because this language that I put together does ban (federally funded abortions). It absolutely bans it,” he said.  

Really? Well Senator, let's look at this reality:

Rep. Bart Stupak, a Democrat and leader in the House in getting tough pro-life language in the House's version of Obamacare described Nelson's self-proclaimed victory for pro-life in the Senate version this way:

"What the Nelson compromise does is recognize abortion for the first time as a benefit in a federal health plan. It mandates that at least one plan has abortion coverage. Those are drastic changes to the current law.” -National Review Online 12-24-09

Meanwhile, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following statement on 12-23-09 after Ben Nelson performed his supposed magic on the Obamacare bill in the Senate:

"Federal funds will help subsidize, and in some cases a federal agency will facilitate and promote, health plans that cover elective abortions."

And finally there is Julie Schmit-Albin, Executive Director of Nebraska's Right to Life and a long time vocal supporter of Senator Nelson. Schmit-Albin writes the following on NRL's blog:

"Senator Nelson had a chance to ensure that the longstanding principle of the Hyde Amendment against federal funding of abortion with narrow exceptions, would be placed in the Senate healthcare legislation. He dashed any hope of that with his late-night agreement with Senators Reid, Boxer and Schumer on unacceptable language that he claimed would address pro-life concerns."

She went on to write:

"There is no pro-life Nebraskan more devastated by Senator Nelson's actions than myself. It's a very sobering day for myself personally and for pro-lifers across Nebraska and the nation. Senator Nelson obliterated the hope of pro-life Americans who saw him as the last man standing between expansion of government funding of abortion and the Hyde amendment."

Senator Nelson still is not living in the reality that is now on the ground in Nebraska. As sure as we have snow on the ground and sub-zero wind chills, the great majority of Nebraskans are pissed off at Senator Nelson. And he is only compounding the issue with his insulting ad  that  is running day and night where he looks in the camera and says "I listened to you". As my father would say , "The hell you did."

It is becoming very clear to everyone but Ben Nelson. As I said in an earlier blog entry, the recent decision by Byron Dorgan, Democrat Senator of North Dakota not to run for re-election is the fate that is awaiting one Ben Nelson unless he does something very dramatic to change the dynamic. Such an opportunity will present itself in the next few weeks in U.S. Senate . . . 

Subzero & Blizzard In Eastern Nebraska But Heating Up In DC

it warms the heart on these bitter cold days . . .

We are now in the midst of our third blizzard of the winter season in Eastern Nebraska. Gore is right, this Global Warming is hell. Sub zero wind chills and 40 mph winds and snow. Meanwhile in Washington, the Democrats are apparently bound and determined to stoke the anger of their constituents across the country.

I continue to be amazed how tin-eared these folks are or they figure they've gone this far and are taking the Kamikaze approach. The latest is this closed door, secret meeting at the White House to reconcile the two version of Obamacare into one bill. The President's own words from the campaign trail just one year ago that he would hold these meeting with C-SPAN cameras present, are being played over and over again on television.

Meanwhile, Republican House member Eric Cantor of Virginia is doing his best to throw more gasoline on the fires in each of the Democrat House members home states. The blog Hot Air has an article on a memo just released in which Cantor explains how the Reid/Pelosi/Obama behind-closed-doors meeting on Obamacare will make Democrats lives even more difficult at home. It's a must read.

This Is Just Too Much Fun . . .

but Republicans have a lot of work to do . . .

2010 is starting off with the House of Cards know as the Democrat Party, starting to see some cards fall by the wayside. Yesterday it was Senator Dorgan of North Dakota and today it appears that Dodd of Connecticut will announce he is not running for re-election. In reality, that should help keep that seat in Democrat hands since Connecticut is one of those leftist-head-in-the-sand states in the Northeast.

For a broader look, Larry Sabato, a professor at the University of Virginia and someone who gets a lot of face time on TV made these comments this morning in Politico:

"What a difference a day makes. Two Democratic senators, both likely reelection losers, throw in the towel. The incumbent Democratic governor of key swing state Colorado shocks everyone by declining to run for a second term. And the all-but-certain Democratic nominee for governor of Michigan, Lt. Gov. John Cherry, drops out because he can’t raise money. Maybe it’s just a series of coincidental announcements but it sure looks like a January panic by Democrats.

These are my preliminary conclusions:

(1) Since last summer we’ve all been saying that 2010 would be a good year for Republicans. It’s turning out that way. January is a big retirement month, and it is often the time when speculation becomes reality.

(2) Looking just at the Senate, Democrats can now be fairly certain they aren’t going to have 60 seats anymore come 2011. Actually, Dodd’s drop-out may save a seat for them, if state AG Richard Blumenthal steps into Dodd’s shoes as the party nominee. But Dorgan’s seat is a goner as long as Gov. John Hoeven (R) runs. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) is very shaky. Also in serious to deep trouble: Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), and the Democratic open seats in Delaware and Illinois. Democrats may not lose all of these seats, but some defeats are probable. Republicans now seem likely to keep most, but not necessarily all, of their open seats (Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Ohio), plus their two endangered incumbents, Richard Burr (R-NC) and David Vitter (R-LA). A multi-seat gain for the GOP in the Senate is now the best bet.

(3) The gubernatorial picture is much more mixed, with Democrats likely to gain in some places and Republicans in others. And all pigs are equal but some are more equal than others. A Democratic pick-up in California will be worth four or five other medium-sized states. Nonetheless, I would expect Republicans to net several governorships in November, and you’ve just seen two likely prospects. Last summer the Crystal Ball put Michigan in the GOP column; Cherry’s exit just confirms it. Colorado, like Nevada and some other swing states that voted Democratic in 2008, may well swing back to the Republicans in 2010. The gubernatorial picture is complicated by 21 open seats among the 37 races, and the fields haven’t shaken out in many places. Still, with 21 open seats so far and a number of incumbents quite insecure, there’s a good chance that a majority of the fifty states will have new governors come 2011—with dramatic implications for redistricting.

(4) Now we can all see clearly why President Obama is pushing so hard for his agenda in his first two years. He’s unlikely ever again to have anything approaching his current 20-seat margin in the Senate and 40-seat margin in the House. With almost no GOP votes for his bills in either house, Obama’s programs are barely scraping by as it is, especially in the Senate. The key question: Will the January panic by Democrats shake any Senate vote loose on health care reform? Probably not, but everybody will be watching closely. It may also be difficult for the President to get his other controversial items (climate change, immigration reform, etc.) passed. As one semi-threatened Democrat said to me just before Christmas, “I’ve taken all the tough votes for Obama that I intend to take this term.” That sentiment may well spread and harden in the Democratic caucus."

But Republicans must keep their eye on the ball and it appears that National Republican Chair Michael Steele acknowledges that fact.

I believe that no matter what state, the Republican needs to first acknowledge Republican's past errors on spending that took place and then focus on the deficit and out of control spending; Obama's grasp for power with Washington controlling all aspects of our lives and the Democrats continued belief that if we talk nice to the bad guys that they will leave us alone and there will be no more "man-made disasters". We need to be respectively aggressive yet challenge the Democrat that each is running against to defend his or her votes and support for Obama/Reid/Pelosi policies and practices. God knows there is enough out there to keep Democrats floundering around as Obama's team keeps shoveling out more new policies and proposed legislation by the day.

See below, this should make you all warm and cozy in your homes at night. It's funny but sadly true:

A Year Of Lessons for the American People

"be careful what you wish for" might be the subtitle of this past year . . .

It was about this time last year that the financial melt down began that would effect almost every working man and woman in this country. Our 401K and retirement and college funds sank like a rock; the housing market blew up and we elected a Liberal dressed in moderate sheep's clothes talking about change you can believe in.

One year later, we are still trying to dig out financially and we have experienced the Liberal change of Obama and the Democrats and it's not what we hoped for.

Obama, Pelosi and Reid and the rest of the Democrats in Washington over the past eight months have spent OUR TAX MONEY like drunken fools. They are threatening to push this country into bankruptcy.

Our U.S. Senator Ben Nelson has been a major player in this financial mismanagement. He helped forge the agreement in February that allowed the Obama Stimulus plan to pass the U.S. Senate. It was Ben Nelson who stood before cameras so proudly announcing that his hard work had gotten the Scamulus plan down below $800 BILLION. Just click here and you can go to Senator Nelson's own web site and see just how gosh darn proud he is of spending just under $800-billion of our hard earned dollars. Of course, we all know how well that has all worked out since it was passed:

• Unemployment escalating to over 9%
• layoffs continuing across the country
• consumer demand and confidence in the toilet

But, hey, good old Ben sure is proud of spending that $800-billion of our money. You think he might have just figured out that we could have spent that $800-billion in each of our own house budgets? Naw, we aren't smart enough to figure these things out only the really important guys in Washington can do that for us simple rural folk.

And now, here we are in first days of September and Obama just adjusted his increase in national debt over the next 10-years upward by another $2-TRILLION to $9-TRILLION. Let me repeat, this is the amount of increase that OBAMA is going to ADD onto the national debt over the next 10 years. Folks, he has done this is in just eight short months. What the heck will the figure be after four years!!!!

We are counting down to the end  of the current federal fiscal year on Sept. 30th. Obama along with his good Democrats like Ben Nelson will on Sept. 30th record a record smashing deficit of $1.6 TRILLION, the largest deficit every posted by the Federal Government. In fact, it’s FOUR times larger than the previous high deficit. This all thanks to Senator Nelson and his good friend President Obama who not only spent $787 BILLION in the Scamulus plan back in February but also blew the doors off the current fiscal budget with a pork laden-spring-reconciliation spending bill. And yet, Senator Nelson went around Nebraska last month as if he had nothing to do with all of this outrageous spending.

It’s amazing what we can learn from history and in this case we need look no further than the actions of our founding fathers, who were beyond their years in wisdom. They anticipated times such as we face today.

In our Constitution and in particular in the second paragraph of our Bill of Rights, the founders wrote the following as guidance on how to deal with the likes of Mr. Nelson:

  “ . . . Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government . . .”  

In applying this to modern day America, it is clear that Mr. Nelson and those of his ilk in Congress need to have their terms in Washington abolished. For Mr. Nelson, that means in 2012 when he is up for re-election. It is incumbent upon us to remember the monetary malpractice to which Mr. Nelson is subjecting our children and grand children. We Nebraskans are a fair people but we also do not have our heads bury in the Sandhills.

Other Central Plains Democrat U.S. Senators and when they are up for re-election:

Up for re-election 2010:

•     Dorgan-North Dakota
•     Bayh-Indiana
•     Bennett-Colorado
•     Feingold-Wisconsin
•     Mikulski-Minnesota

 Up for re-election 2012:

•     Klobauchar-Minnesota
•     Kohl-Wisconsin
•    Conrad-North Dakota 
•    McCaskill-Missouri
•    Tester-Montana
•    Nelson-Nebraska

Related articles today (just click on underlined area and you will be sent to article):

GayPatriot on Congress' continual poll slide

JustOneMinute's lead article entitled "Runs As A Centrist, Governor As A Lefty"

The One Positive Impact of Obamacare

Obama has awaken America . . .

President Reagan once described the most terrifying words in the English language as:

"I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

That has never been more true and it definitely has the American people's attention. In fact, Mr. Obama's first eight months have so rattled an otherwise disengaged public that a majority of them have swung into action. 

For far too long, we have allowed those in Washington to fill the vacuum that the citizens of this country allowed to happen by our lack of interest. We have allowed those inside the Beltway to move us farther and farther from the original intent that our founding fathers expressed in the Tenth Amendment to the Bill of Rights:

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution,

nor prohibited by it to the States,

are reserved to the States, or to the people."

The outpouring at the town halls across this country are of a sleeping giant who has risen to find the folks that we are sending to Washington DC are in way too many cases not there to represent our desires but rather to represent their personal desires. Far too often, our representatives get caught up in the power and are more concerned about making the social shakers in Washington DC happy and making the State run media their friend.

If Obamacare has had one positive impact on American it is that it has awaken those of us out in the farms and small towns of the central plains and in the cities and suburbs across this country. It is time my friends to neither back off or back down. Rather it is time to heed these words of wisdom from President Reagan:

Government exists to protect us from each other.

Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

Obamacare, Cap and Trade, the Ben Nelson(D-NE) led Stimulus plan and Cash-for-clunkers go way beyond what the founding fathers had in mind when they toiled in those hot, steamy rooms in Philadelphia hammering out the most amazing document probably ever composed.

Ben Nelson (D-NE) and his fellow Democrat have taken financial malpractice to a whole new level and the plans that Obama and these Democrats have in mind go against all that the country stands for.

As President Reagan said so well:

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream.

It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

To Obama, Pelosi, Reid and Nelson and all the other Democrats in Washington, let us make it very clear: Game On. If you are not liking how the American people have risen up against Obamacare, then keep up this lunacy and you really will not like what you wake up to on November 3, 2010 . . .

The Great Emptiness That Is A Democrat's Brain

apparently Democrats have a retention issue with what they read . . .

Obama, Pelosi, Hoyer, Reid and the flakes over the DNC might want to consider these words from someone I think they may know:

"I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose."

And those wise words come from none other than:

The Audacity of Hope by Barrack Obama   p. 39       

Pelosi and the Swamp

well isn't this just special . . .

"You must drain the swamp if you are going to govern for the people."

Words spoken by none other than Nancy Pelosi in 2006. I think Pelosi might want to get the waders on because she and her fellow Democrats are sinking fast in that there swamp. Go to Gateway Pundit for a really special announcement by Madame Speaker. 

Hey Boys and Girls, It's Time for The Story of The Magic Bag of Free Money

can cash for houses or cash for dairy cows be far behind . . .

Hey, since the cash-for-clunkers is being considered such a great success and it's apparently not costing anything based on the proponents use of the phrase "free money" then using Washington DC logic, this is only just the beginning.

Think about it. What is the most depressed industry out there right now . . . come on, you live in one. That's right. It's housing. Well, since we have all this "free money" apparently just appearing out of no where and since politicians just love to spend money(and we've seen that a plenty through the first half of this Administration) then it just follows that Mr. Obama, The Wicked Witch of the West Pelosi and the delusional one, Harry Reid should go back behind the magic curtain and find some more of that "free money" and give it to new home owners.

So let's do the calculations for the bumbling trio:

California and Nevada are two of the hardest hit states. Of course having folks like Pelosi and Reid representing those states pretty much tells you a thing or two about the logical thought process out there. That said, according to Real Estateabc.com, the median home price as of July 29th in the West reached $214,800.

So let's say we are giving $4,500 for a $20,000 car which means that the "free money" is paying for 22.5% of the car cost

If the median home price in the West is currently $214,800 then based on the clunker percentage, the "free money" that should be available to potential new homeowners would be:

$214,800 X 22.5% = $48,330

Just think the impact on the housing market all this "free money" could have. Obama and Pelosi can keep going back behind the magic curtain and keep bring out bag after bag of "free money". This is euphoria. This is nirvana. I mean how much better can it get. 

Ok, so let's look around and see what other wonderful deeds we can do with "free money". Hey, look again out west where so many dairy farmers are located and to Wisconsin, the cheese state. In all seriousness, the dairy farmers are struggling with depressed milk prices. They are so depressed that folks are trying to figure out how to reduce the supply. Well, hey, look no further than the bumbling trio and their magic bag of "free money".

To take milk out of the system, Obama should be willing to use some of the "free money" to buy milk cows and euthanize them. Logic says since Obama has stated publicly that he views older people in this country as expendable then a few milk cows shouldn't be any concern.

Ok so, let's do the math. A milk cow is worth, uhhh, well, I found the following on the home page of the Journal of Dairy Science:

For decisions involving the purchase of dairy cattle, cow cash value can be defined as net income over remaining herd life plus terminal salvage value. Cow net income per month was predicted from income curves, and life expectancy was estimated using standard life table techniques. Estimates of cow net income per month over 13 calvings were calculated for cows with 27 combinations of cow characteristics (including parity, stage of lactation, fertility, producing ability, salvage value, and health problems) in combination with nine milk and feed prices. Remaining herd life was estimated for each cow parity, pregnancy status, and stage of lactation. For each parity, lactation stage, and pregnancy status combination, appropriate estimates of cow net income per month over estimated remaining herd life were discounted to the cow’s present age, summed, and added to a terminal cow salvage value. These observations of cow cash value were analyzed by regression analysis. Parity, producing ability, and milk price had the most effect on cash value. Cash value was highest at freshening in second lactation with a consistent pattern of change after calving in all parities. Prediction equations can estimate the maximum price or depreciation for a particular animal and the relative values of different animals.

Ok, the guy who wrote that must be a former IRS actuarial! So this could be a bit more tricky, better hit the Internet again.

Well, I did find in Bestfarmbuys.com site that someone was selling a "brown swiss, bred to an angus for a Feb. 2010 calf" for $1000.00. Great. That makes the calculations much easier.

Ok, so using the 22.5% Cash-for-Clunker figure

$1000 X 22.5% = $225

Obama-Pelosi-Reid could buy milk cows by going behind the magic curtain and get a bag of "free money" to cover the first $225 for each dairy cow that is sold and euthanized and thereby reducing the average dairy heard size down from the current average of 800 cows.

Gosh, I like magic . . .

I know this has all been silly but this is how absolutely absurd this is all getting. But hey, if you are looking for a dairy cow or a house or a new car then this whole magic curtain and bags of "free money" just make Liberals light up and gets that tingly feeling running down their legs . . .