AMEN!!!
Vodpod videos no longer available.
more about "English Is The Language Of These Unit…", posted with vodpod
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Cheney on Obama: ‘Recklessness Cloaked in Righteousness’
Vodpod videos no longer available.
more about "Cheney on Obama: ‘Recklessness Cloake…", posted with vodpod
Jihadist Training in US Prisons
For some reason this isn’t sitting too well with my gut:
Bad Books Behind Bars: An inventory of extremist Islamic texts in federal prisons
Especially after yesterday’s FBI bust.
Read the Bill? Perish the Thought!”
Brian Beutler of TPM may be enamoured by the tactics Waxman took to make sure his “C-r-ap N’ Ty-rade” bill would be heading our way in a few short days:
Faced with the possibility that the GOP minority might require the committee’s clerks to read aloud the 900-page Waxman-Markey climate change bill, or many of its 400-plus proposed amendments, the committee’s chairman, Henry Waxman (D-CA), hired a speed reader. An quick tongued, acting-clerk, if you will.
The quick tongued clerk soon had the RINO’s running back to their prehistoric caves whence they came, once again conceding to political theatrical blackmail:
Mary Katharine Ham of TWS gives a true constitutional perspective as to the trouble the Republican party is in for the next couple of years while the halls of Congress are thick with these spineless creatures who claim to represent us:
Democrats Cleverly Thwart ‘Nefarious’ Republican Scheme to Have Congress Read Cap-and-Trade Bill With Speed Reading Clerk
Heaven forfend! Who would want to make the committee, which is supposed to understand the bill, actually listen to the contents of all 900 pages of it?
Even if the reading of the bill is a partisan “stall tactic” on the part of the Republicans, intellectually honest folks who want government to function responsibly would have to admit it’s a pretty benign one—beneficial, even. The brouhaha over reading the bill is an implicit, disturbing admission that—yes!— your Congress will enact a 900-page bill heavily regulating the fundamental engine of the American economy and your life in unprecedented ways without ever having read it. Feel good about that?
Beyond TPM’s take, which is predictable from a left-leaning site, the laughter inside the hearing room from lawmakers themselves is illustrative of the darkly comic state of legislative affairs on the Hill. Just remember: This is only the attempted reading of one tiny amendment by a speed-reading clerk, no less, and the reaction in the chamber is, “Ho, ho, ho, imagine if we were actually serious about this! It’s ludicrous! The language is mystifying, the prose impenetrable. It’d be absolutely excruciating to read all of those words together, in a row. Someone once told me that’s what my monocle was for, but I absolutely refuse to believe it. Now, Alfred, collect my topcoat and cigars, and let’s head to the club for a brandy before someone else tries to burden us with the stewardship of the taxpayers’ money. Read the bill. Perish the thought!”
So, while this was going on today, I was calling DC and making my opinion be heard. Have you made that call lately?
1-202-225-2801 ~ Herseth-Sandlin’s DC office
I also received 3 letters today, 2 from Johnson and 1 from Thune. I’ll be working on an article on their contents over the weekend. I have to say that Johnson, or should I say his staff, is so well versed in using talking points vs actually answering the question that . . .
I am thinking of coming up with some kind of “SHAM-A-WARD” for their office. They are sooo deserving of it.
“HWMN-BLA”
(*) HWMN-BLA, pronounced HUMMN-BLAH. To be pronounced devoutly, while head-knocking on a cold floor
toward Washington, D.C.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mr “Unconstitutional in Chief” to Use Blackmail to Get His Way on Closing Gitmo
Here comes the threat to Congress…”Give me the money to close Gitmo or ELSE”!
This in from the GATEWAY PUNDIT:
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Obama Rallies Far Left Human Rights Groups Before Security Speech
In a sane world the president might meet with military or intelligence officials before a major speech on national security.But,Dear Leader Obama chose instead to meet with Far Left sham human rights groups (You know, the ones who somehow manage to blame America for every tragedy in the world while ignoring real human rights abuses) before his major post-Cheney national security speech today in Washington DC.
Greg Sargent reported that all three cable news outlets will carry Cheney’s speech tomorrow morning live directly after Dear Leader makes his speech.
The Huffington Post reported:
Under heavy criticism for a series of decisions on national security that resembled, for some, those of the Bush years, President Barack Obama hosted a lengthy meeting on Wednesday with the leaders of several key human rights and civil liberties groups.
Addressed were the topics that promise to be front and center during the President’s major foreign policy speech scheduled for Thursday.
According to an attendee, Obama expressed frustration with Congress’ decision to remove funding for the closure of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay. The president declared that his hands were tied in some ways regarding the use of reformed military tribunals, though he pledged to try as many detainees as possible in Article III federal courts.
Speaking to human rights officials on Wednesday, the president also left the door open for the future release of detainee abuse photos, saying that his administration’s current opposition to the release was dictated by immediate concern over the complications it could cause to America’s mission in Afghanistan.
In an interview with the Huffington Post, Massimino detailed what she described as a “lively and detailed and serious” discussion on some of the days most vexing national security issues. Over the course of roughly an hour and fifteen minutes, Obama, along with Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Attorney General Eric Holder, advisers Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod, foreign policy hand Dennis McDonough, and counter-terrorism chief John Brennan, held court with a group of academics, as well as officials with the ACLU, Human Rights Watch, and the Center for Constitutional Rights.
I’m thinking that our brave men and women inthe military will have something to say about this one and it won’t be
“Hiel Obama”.
“Spring Cleaning”
Taking a few days to do some spring cleaning and planting, so in the meantime…
The Conservative forces are uniting and it’s time to get to work, let not one weed be left to grow, spread and destroy the fruitful garden that is the United States of America!
Dr Utopia’s ISM Potion: The Socialists Cure Against A Capitalist Republic
Who Knew.. Today’s Statist/Socialist/Marxist/Progressive Politicians learned all they knew from a 1950’s cartoon:
Makes ya wonder doesn’t it? Old Ronnie and Goldwater knew exactly what was in store back during the presidential campaign of 1964.
If Only . . . A Tale of the June Bug vs the Politician
Spring was short this year. We have gone from snow just a few weeks ago to near 90 degree weather and with that comes the yearly buzzing of the . . .
“June Bug“.
Now while they are really harmless creatures who come out of their underground world for such a short period of time, their constant buzzing and diving at you while out in public is totally annoying. Especially when you have been cooped up for a rather long winter and have been anticipating that 1st warm evening to just sit outdoors and enjoy the fresh country air on the log swing.
The June Bug’s seemingly lack of direction and ability to control its flight reminds me of many of the current elected officials in DC.
Soon these harmless pests tire and are back to crawling for cover, leaving the sidewalk or the drive a mess for you to sweep up.
If only it was that easy with a politician.
If only all we had to do was go to DC and sweep up the mess so a new swarm of would be fliers could come out the next day.
A new swarm of elected officials with better direction and the right kind of wings to take flight and soar while bringing the country back in the direction of Constitutionality.
Introducing: “Government Trucking Inc”
It seems we will now be the proud owners of a major trucking operation that was once 2 of the largest operations in the US that were on the brink of insolvency due to their pension plans and practices of not bidding freight rates that would sustain the operations. This I know, because we have to compete with them and are constantly having to either haul cheap to get moving or just plain let the wheels stay idle until competitive, fair marketed and rated freight is available. Rates are so bad right now thanks to these “RATE RAPERS”, and we knew it was only a matter of time before they went begging, but we didn’t think it would be our hard working dollars that would be bailing them out.
The ultimate question in my mind though is “why in the world would a transportation company need a billion dollars”?
…get this…”to keep their union pension plans afloat”!!!
This in this weekend from Land-Line magazine:
Less-than-truckload giant YRC Worldwide plans to seek a $1 billion bailout from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP.
The Wall Street Journal reported the company, based in Overland Park, KS, says it needs to shore up its pension plan, which has a $2 billion obligation over the next four years. Chief Executive Bill Zollars says YRC inherited pension obligations for many employees who never worked for the company as it is presently configured.
YRC has already negotiated a 10 percent pay cut for its union employees in exchange for partial ownership of the company.
In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Zollars said the company had other cost-cutting measures planned if necessary, including closing 20 more terminals across the country in cities where the company has more than one.
But why this transportation company?
Maybe because as the WSJ reported: they have that special connection with “The One”?
Or maybe connections with one of the already bailed-out firms?
Unionized Yellow Transportaion and Roadway Transportaion are the biggest “thorn in the side” to hard working independent truckers. Their practices of manipulating the freight market by keeping rates too low for the little guy to be able to compete with, is the ultimate cause of their downfall. Rates to low to sustain their commitments and contracts with the unions.
Meet YRC Worldwide, Yellow-Roadway Worldwide, Inc, soon to be Government Trucking Inc.
Yep, just another Fortune 500 company and one of the largest transportation service providers in the world, is the holding company for a portfolio of successful brands including YRC, YRC Reimer, YRCLogistics, New Penn, Holland, Reddaway and YRC Glen Moore. Building on the strength of its heritage brands, Yellow Transportation and Roadway, the enterprise provides global transportation services, transportation management solutions and logistics management. The portfolio of brands represents a comprehensive array of services for the shipment of industrial, commercial and retail goods domestically and internationally.
Now, call me ignorant, but how successful can you be if your going to the government for a $1 Billion dollar bail-out? Being around and in the trucking industry all my life, I know the only time we have gone to the bank was when we needed new equipment or when were needed a start-up loan. NEVER did we go to the bank to keep our employee obligations afloat.
After finding the previous connections, I decided to go play a game of “connect the dollars” via MUCKETY and I have to say, it was hard to decide which connections to use, the list is long, but here are the prominent ones:
The Connection:
The main character is Carl W. Vogt, who is not only the Chairman of the Federal Transportation Board, he is also a Director of YRC Worldwide Inc.
YRC is also in deep with House minority leader, John Boehner, (R) Ohio as well as the top Republican PAC group. YRC is also connected to none other than the DNC via Howard Dean who is also a Director of YRC and it goes on and on.
So, why will I expect YRC to get their bail-out?
Let’s just say they are coming into the “GREEN” for the “NON” global warming agenda to ruin our economy:
“The transportation providers of YRC Worldwide Inc. participate in programs and processes for protecting and preserving the environment. These strategies have the twin goals of reducing our carbon footprint while optimizing our corporate resources. Our industry-leading companies effectively and aggressively promote greenhouse gas reduction strategies, waste reduction, and conservation across their daily operations.”
There you have it folks.
It doesn’t matter your industry or occupation, the unions and the government have their greedy hands in it all to wipe out the little guys for their socialist, fascist, marxist global agenda.
We will all soon be part of “Government Worldwide Inc”.
I’ll have more on these self-insured mega trucking operations later in the week after I get through all the paperwork and phone calls to get the intial BS out of the way from another “mega mishhap” due to one of their drivers inability to handle his equipment. The 2nd in 2 years time:
This was yesterday……………………………………………………………………………………………………….This was 2 years ago
Both happened at truck stops, this weeks happened while innocently parked with plenty of room all around for another truck to maneuver, the other that happened a couple years ago was while the truck was parked at the fuel islands. In that case, the “BIG” company drivers tried to get out of it by pretending to…get this..”speak no English”. They were allowed to get back in their company truck, that had expired plates, and continue on, onto the truck scale, where the driver continued to wreak havoc doing more damage to his company rig as well as the guard posts at the scale. It took nearly 8 months to get compensated from that self-insured national corporate trucking operation. You see, they thought that they should only have to reimburse us according to their company rates, not what we actually were contracted to work for, and they also thought that they shouldn’t have had to pay for the rental truck we had to lease to deliver and finish the run.
So, my 1st action tomorrow: call Thune’s office and fill them in on this little web of deceit.
Then onto the task of prying out of the hands of another self-insured mega trucking corporation, what is due to us to fix our equipment and make sure we are compensated for the revenue we will loose while it is in the body shop.
There you go Patriots, you now have a hint of what “Government Trucking Inc” will be like. For us, it will just be another day and another dollar in their favor.
God Bless, drive safe and remember to thank a trucker should you happen along their path.
UPDATE: thought I would share our co-driver with you. She has 14 years of experience and a perfect driving record…
Constitutionally Speaking 