Charlie Rangel Is An Amateur

Tax dodging.

Hiding income.

Ethics violations.

And the list goes on and on.

And Charlie may very well get away with a slap on the wrist.

What do I base that conclusion on?

Well, Charlie can’t hold a candle to Pennsylvania Congressman Paul Kanjorski.

In spite of the following story being all over the news, Kanjorski won re-election in 2008 and is running again in 2010.

If the voters wouldn’t hold accountable a man who funnels 10 million dollars to his own family, what the hell makes you think the House Ethics Committee is going to do anything to Charlie?

Read it for yourself:

TidbitsThursday, June 21, 2007 By: Leslie K. PaigeWastewatcher, June 2007
Congressman Kanjorski (D-Pa.) joins a mushrooming list of members of Congress whose earmarking habits are getting a lot of media attention.

Over an eight-year period, Rep. Kanjorski steered $10 million in earmarked federal funding (from the Energy and Defense Departments, as well as the Economic Development Administration) to Cornerstone Technologies, LLC, which employed his four nephews and his daughter as either owners or board members.

The ostensible purpose of the grants was to do research on using high-pressure jets of water to pulverize anthracite into microscopic particles for subsequent use in vehicle parts.

Cornerstone has now declared bankruptcy, but while contracts were flowing, the company was paying hefty salaries to at least two of Kanjorski’s nephews.

Not only was Cornerstone funded with federal contracts, one of its affiliates, Pennsylvania Micronics, run by other Kanjorski relatives, also benefited from subcontracts.

A former head of Penn State’s Energy Institute is quoted in a June 3, 2007 Scranton Times-Tribune as saying “It was like the Three Stooges meet anthracite.”

Our Troops Will Be Stuck In Iraq Forever

Or at least until we have a new administration in Washington.

The White House had announced in July that by August 1st National Guard troops would be stationed on the Arizona border, the main entrance point for illegal immigrants.

On August 11th, Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napalitano said it would still be weeks before the troops, which were supposed to have been in place 10 days earlier, would begin to arrive.

The White House is blaming the delay on the difficulties involved in the logistics of the deployment.

So let me see if I understand this.

The same administration that is promising to begin bringing home thousands of U.S. troops from Iraq can’t figure out how to move 1,200 National Guard troops from one part of America to another part of America.

Don’t stop sending our troops the care packages just yet.

And Napolitano?
She’s doing what she usually does.

Hope And Change Becomes Fear And Rage

Barack Obama rode a wave of deceit into the White House in 2008.

Many members of Congress will be riding that same wave of deceit out of town this November.

What the President and the members of his party still fail to grasp is that first, people are getting tired of hearing the blame for all of America’s ills laid at the doorstep of George Bush, and second, they don’t care!

They just want the problems fixed.

Two years into Obama’s term. and all we are hearing is that “if we hadn’t taken the steps we took, we would be even worse off.”

That is the biggest load of BS I have ever heard!

Even if it were the truth, it doesn’t matter!

The economy is still in the toilet.
We are still fighting two wars.
Congress continues to spend money we don’t have.
The threat of another horrific terrorsit attack is still looming.

And some of these numbskulls can’t figure out why the voters are so angry?

Please.

Health Care Amnesty For Illegal Aliens?

( I originally published the following during Hazleton Pennsylvania mayor Lou Barletta’s 2008 Congressional race.)

Today one of us was speaking to a woman who works in a physician’s office here in Hazleton.
She told us that because they treat Hispanic patients and get reimbursed through a federal program, the government has made a requirement that the office has to hire a translator.
According to this woman, the amount that the office is reimbursed would not make hiring a translator cost-effective.
She also made mention of the fact that Hazleton has many residents that have emigrated here from Eastern Europe, but that there is no requirement for a translator for these people because they have at least made an effort to learn to speak English!
What’s next, a translator riding on an ambulance?
Imagine an EMT or Paramedic responding to a call in Hazleton.

Chances are, the call they will be responding to will involve a person who doesn’t speak or understand English. The patient can’t tell the first-responder what’s wrong, and the EMT or Paramedic can’t make the patient understand what treatment they are trying to perform.
But you could be sure that if the person that was being treated didn’t feel that they received the highest level of care, the ACLU would be right there ready to file a lawsuit for negligence.

Anyway.

We didn’t want to put this lady on the spot.
We didn’t ask if she thought that any of the people being treated were illegals.
But we were left wondering what has happened to our country when a first-responder could possibly be sued for not speaking a foreign language, and how someone who claims not to speak or understand English still knows enough to receive free medical care.

Barack Obama Has A Memory Problem

Actually, his memory is fine.

However, just as most liberals choose to due, they tend to “forget” things that are not helpful when it comes to promoting their agenda.

President Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is a case in point.

Listen to Obama’s statements during this podcast on the nomination of Harriet Myers, then let’s see what happens if those “Party of NO” Republicans dare to attempt to subject Kagan to the sort of scrutiny that the President recommended.

Barack Obama:Enemy Of The People

With each passing day,it becomes more and more apparent that President Obama is more concerned with how he appears to liberals in general than he cares about the safety and well-being of the American public.

His latest example of putting style over substance is his threat to have the Department of Justice take legal action against Arizona’s recently passed immigration control law.

The measure, SB1070,  which is an adaptation of a rarely-enforced federal statute, is seen by bleeding hearts as a “threat to civil rights.”

Such an attitude completely ignores the monetary strain that illegal immigrants place upon social services, not to mention the increase in violent crime, drug dealing, etc. that Wasington has overlooked for years.

So Mr. President, if I where you I would spend some time thinking about the civil rights of American citizens.

Even the ones who were misguided enough to vote for you.

Remember the Healthcare Alamo

On March 6, 1836 General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna stormed the Alamo recapturing the mission-turned-fort for the Mexican Army. The fall of the Alamo was due to… well, the number of fighters. A series of events leading up to the battle (caused in large part by a general feeling that the Mexicans would not be back anytime soon) resulted in a 200 man defense stationed at the Alamo against a Mexican force of several thousand.

Much to the surprise of the commanders at the Alamo, General Santa Anna arrived with thousands of Mexican troops on February 23^rd. Instead of surrendering, the small force decided to hold down the fort and pray reinforcements would arrive before the Mexicans could take it back. Reinforcements did not arrive in time and all defenders of the Alamo were slain including such famous American figures as David Crocket and James Bowie. There simply were not enough of them to hold off the much more numerous Mexican forces.

Upon notification of the fate of the Alamo’s defenders, General Sam Houston had no choice but to retreat until he had enough troops to face Santa Anna’s well-trained army. Finally, on April 21^st with a force of approximately 1,200, Houston caught up to Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. It took 18 minutes for Houston’s army to take the field and win the battle. The next day Santa Anna was captured and agreed to remove all Mexican troops from Texas — later recognizing Texas’s independence.

The similarities between the Battle of the Alamo and the battle over government-run healthcare thus far have been amazing. For example, the original troop count at the Alamo was around 170 with 32 reinforcements coming in from Gonzales shortly after the Mexicans arrived. In the House of Representatives, each of the 178 Republicans voted against the Senate’s version of a healthcare overhaul bill with 34 Democrat reinforcements joining them.

Additionally, the Republicans in both houses of Congress along with the majority of American people have held back the health care assault for about 13 months now, symbolic of the 13 day standoff at the Alamo.

And just as the fall of the Alamo was an unfortunate result of troop numbers, so was the case with the passage of health care “reform” and the vote count. The defenders of the republic just did not have enough people in office to vote against this legislation and — with the shameless, Chicago-style tactics of the White House and Democrat leadership — its passage was inevitable.

After having lost the Alamo and 200 men in such a brutal fashion, Sam Houston surely wanted to attack Santa Anna’s army right away, but he had to wait until he could raise the number of enlisted men to do so properly. Houston’s prudent strategy enabled him to win the Battle of San Jacinto in swift and devastating fashion. Likewise, the American people are forced to wait until November to vote their reinforcements into office, and it is expected that Republicans will win the 2010 mid-term elections in a comparable way to Houston at San Jacinto.

This is where hope relies on the continuation of similarities between these two battles though.

The November elections are a far way off yet and Democrats will no doubt try changing the subject to new, more popular agenda items immediately after passing this atrocious law to try and get back in the good graces of the public before votes are cast at the ballot box. The assumption is that the public will have a short attention span and forget about the health care process if Democrats can finally be seen as focusing their attention on job creating initiatives. If Democrats could spin a convincing argument that they are acting to improve economic conditions, many of them may stand a chance of holding on to their seats.

While the general public can at times demonstrate a short attention span, it is not likely the Democrats’ strategy will work. The problem being that the health care legislation will have the immediate effect of destroying existing jobs as well as untold amounts of future jobs with increases in taxes and regulation. Furthermore the Bush tax cuts are set to expire at the end of 2010 adding to the massive tax increases the new health care entitlement will create. There is reason to believe the expiration of these tax increases will come into play around election time, since expectations of future costs play a large role in businesses offloading employees. Short of renewing the Bush tax cuts, there is nothing the Democrats can do that will mitigate the negative effects they are having on the economy and the prosperity of average voting citizens.

Moreover, countless lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the health care legislation will be filed once the bill is signed. These suits will be commanding headlines continuously between now and November, and will eventually get to the Supreme Court. As the threat of a decision to overturn the bill gains ground, Americans will be aware and engaged. Having the health care overhaul challenged in the courts will be a strong negative for Democrat candidates and will keep the attention of their constituents focused on voting them out.

Just as Texan soldiers cried out “Remember the Alamo!” at the Battle of San Jacinto, current outrage needs to be kept fresh in the minds of the disapproving public in order to see the predicted mid-term election defeat through to its end. While it is not likely that Republicans can gain enough seats to repeal the bill and override a veto from President Obama, majorities in both houses can be won and the bleeding can be stopped.

The Battle of the Alamo was a heroic fight that played a pivotal role in the eventual addition of Texas to the union, but it was a costly and devastating loss at the time. Fourteen years went by before the U.S. Army rebuilt the fortifications at the Alamo after being destroyed by Mexican troops who were ordered out. Here’s hoping it does not take quite as long to rebuild what the Democrats have destroyed since last January.

Hawaii To Ignore Birthers

The House Judiciary Committee of Hawaii is considering passing a bill that would allow the state to ignore requests for a copy of Barack Obama’s birth certificate.

“Birthers” are folks who believe that Obama was not born in Hawaii as he claims, thus is not a natural-born U.S. citizen, and therefore is ineligible to be President.

This is in spite of assurances from Hawaii Health Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino stating that she has seen records proving that Omama is a natural-born U.S. citizen.

However, one state officials remarks have me wondering.

When questioned about he pending legislation, Lorrin Kim, the head of the Hawaii Department of Health’s Office of Planning, Policy and Program Development had this to say:
“Sometimes we may be dealing with a cohort of people who believe lack of evidence is evidence of a conspiracy.”

Lack of evidence??

Lorrin, you either have Barack Obama’s birth certificate, or you don’t.

Which one is it?

November Is Coming

With a vote on health care “reform” possibly coming at any moment, no is the time to let your member of Congress know that if they vote “Yes” on Obamacare, you will be voting “NO” against them this November.
Click on the link below to visit the Americans For Prosperity project where you can sign the petition voting NO on Obamacare:

November Is Coming

The Tide Begins To Turn Against Obama

A Gallip poll released today shows that more Americans are against Obama than there are people supporting him.

This should come as no surprise to anyone who has been paying attention.

Obama has been on a downward trend for months, a decline in popularity unmatched by any other President in recent memory.

Not only is President Obama and his Democrat colleagues in Congress alienating the average citizen, they are also losing the backing of their formerly fawning supporters in the mainstream media:

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