OBAMA’S KATRINA

The U.S. Military has halted flights of seriously wounded victims of the earthquakes in Haiti to the United States due to a dispute over where they should be taken. As of yesterday, at least 100 patients needed to get to better hospitals or they could die, according to doctors on the scene. "There has been no policy decision by anyone to suspend evacuee flights," White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said. "This situation arose as we started to run out of room."

COMMENTS:

The United States is a big country with 48 states in the contiguous country. There are literally thousands of hospitals with emergency treatment facilities and hundreds that are equipped to deal with emergency traumas. How can we run out of room? Maybe they’re Republicans?

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. I saw that you say you don’t watch football much and couldn’t pick a Super Bowl winner. Then, you alluded to the Baltimore Colts. Where have you been for decades? They’re the Indianapolis Colts! (Chick ~ Cottonwood, CA)
A. I’m a hermit. I don’t pay attention to the trivial stuff. But, you did goad me into researching the situation, and I pick the Colts. The Saints come from Louisiana where what’s-her-face Landrieu just maneuvered her way into $300 million of our tax money in exchange for her vote in favor of the health care plan. Go Colts!


Q. Have you heard anything about what Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to do after he finishes his term as California’s governor? (Bertha ~ Helena, MT)
A. He’s NOT going to open a day care business in Page, Arizona with his wife Maria. I heard he might go into the movies.


Q. I can’t believe that Glenn Beck is now the second most-watched personality on T.V. right after Oprah. (Tim ~ Augusta, GA)
A. Me neither. What does Oprah have that he doesn’t have?

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there.” ~ Stephen Fry

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKclsian5aE&videos=LkX-n9zfJJQ&playnext_from=TL&playnext=1

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 78:

OBAMA MEETS WITH GOP

Well, the Republicans invited the President for tea and crumpets in Baltimore yesterday, and the President showed up. The subject for discussion was trying to find some middle ground where they could make progress in Washington. Of course, unable to resist the temptation, Obama chastised Republican lawmakers Friday for opposing him on taxes, health care and the economic stimulus; in return, the GOP accused him of brushing off their ideas and driving up the national debt. The exchange demonstrated that Obama and the Republicans are far apart on key issues.

COMMENTS:

Unlike the Democrats and in the interest of transparency, the Republicans agreed to let TV cameras into the room. All in all, it seems to me that Obama was there for the sole purpose of talking down to the Republicans and scolding them for standing up as Americans instead of caving in to his demands. Obama said, "So just a tone of civility instead of slash-and-burn would be helpful." That’s like the pot calling the kettle black.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. If they move the terrorist trials from New York, where do you think they will go? (Jill ~ Killeen, TX)
A. If Holder has anything to do with it, Brooklyn.


Q. Who do you think will win the Super Bowl, the Saints or the Colts? (Jim ~ Denver, CO)
A. I don’t pay much attention to football. I didn’t even know Baltimore was going to be in it.


Q. Why did Congress approve Bernanke for another term? (Kerry ~ Tempe, AZ)
A. They were afraid that if they didn’t, Obama would talk down to them. 

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.” ~ Clarence Darrow

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uokB79cxdw&feature=local_news

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 77:

'Round and 'round they go,
Where the trial lands, nobody knows.

GEITHNER’S AIG TESTIMONY SHUCKS AND DUCKS

Testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday was overshadowed by the pending State of the Union address, but it was major news in the making. Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner was the star witness as lawmakers on both side of the aisle attempted to get answers about “back door” bailouts of banks that had invested heavily in AIG and a resulting cover up by officials of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Geithner was Chairman of the FRBNY when the alleged cover ups occurred.


Some attendees at the hearings have asserted that the questioning was watered down. However, one lawmaker accused Geithner of offering lame excuses. Geithner claimed his actions were in the best interests of the American people: “For the first time since the Great Depression you were seeing a full-scale run on the financial system. People were taking their savings out of the banks, they were wondering if a dollar was a dollar.” He went on to deny involvement in the cover up, saying he had recused himself in the matter because he knew he was going to be nominated for his current job.

COMMENTS:

We didn’t get much in the way of answers to nagging questions. I wonder if he’s planning on properly filing his income tax return this year.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. I understand the Supreme Court Justices are grumbling that they may not attend any more of Obama’s State of the Union speeches? (Caroll ~ San Dimas, CA)
A. I don’t know why they’re so upset, either. He castigated and denigrated virtually everyone else in the country last night, except Pelosi and Reid, that is.


Q. Can the country draw a deep breath regarding the government-run health care plans? (Willis ~ St. Louis, MO)
A. It may well be back on the table in short order, cleverly disguised as a “jobs” bill. I heard someone in Congress yesterday say that passage of the bill would create hundreds of thousands of jobs overnight. I don't know why we need all of those jobs, either; after all, Obama saved over 2 million jobs last year. 


Q. Why didn’t Obama talk more about terrorism? (Winnie ~ Salt Lake City, UT)
A. Because, as he and Napolitano have said, “Their system works.”

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?” ~ Justice Antonin Scalia

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KMKD1Mi8o0&feature=ytn%3Amptnews

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 76:

PRESIDENT'S SPEECH

The Burney Hermit has nothing to say today, other than read www.myamericanopinion.com
Other than that, he's exhausted from shoveling Washington bull droppings. 

BIG NEWS TODAY NOT STATE OF UNION SPEECH; IT’S AIG ~ AGAIN!

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is having a hearing today that could blow Tim Geithner off the map. “The hearing will examine the federal bailout of American International Group (“AIG”), the payment of $62.1 billion to counterparties of AIG’s credit default swaps (“CDS”), and efforts to conceal information about these payments from the American people,” according to a special House Report. The report discusses the Federal Reserve Board of New York, (of which Geithner was Chairman), and its attempts to keep details of bail transactions to AIG secret from the American public. http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/images/stories/Reports/20100125aigstaffreportwithcover.pdf

COMMENTS:

There’s never a dull moment with these White House clowns. Ringling Brothers should book the act.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Did I hear that the Congressional delegation that went to Copenhagen for the hot air conference paid $2,200 per night per person for rooms? (Quint ~ Los Angeles, CA)
A. Yes. Plus food, plus airfare. Where’d you expect them to stay, Motel 6? After all, they ARE elected officials, you know. Don’t forget to kiss their shoes next time you see one….


Q. Do Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid really think they can win reelection? (Will ~ Las Vegas, NV)
A. Why not? This is what all of those favors for big business, insurance companies, malpractice lawyers has all been about, priming them up for campaign contributions. These two bandits will be able to out-advertise their opponents 10 to 1. By the time the 2010 elections get here, either one of them will be able to pay off the whole national debt…


Q. I’ve just really gotten interested in finding out what is going on in Washington. The Scott Brown thing got me interested and the more I find out about what the House and the Senate are doing to our country, the madder I get. (Francine ~ Tukwila, WA)
A. Don’t get mad; get even.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.” ~ Calvin Coolidge

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL_qGMfbtAk&feature=popular

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 74:

Pressure builds in Congress to deny funding for the trials in New York City.

BUDGET FREEZE COMING?

The President will announce in his State of the Union Address tomorrow night that he is responding to Americans and their concern over the national debt and the budget by… freezing the budget. He’s on our side, right?

COMMENTS:

Form your own opinion, but watch for smoke and mirrors. On Monday the suit cost $100. On Tuesday, the suit cost $150. On Wednesday, we have a sale…. 20% off! The suit costs $120.
Last year, he raised the budget by 12%. Now… listen very carefully to what he says tomorrow night.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Now that we’re a year down the road, would you rather have Bush as President, or Obama? (Bernice ~ Troy, MI)
A. No.


Q. Do you think the media will start reporting more honest news? (Marlene ~ Payson, AZ)
A. No.


Q. How can we control campaign spending and keep the big corporations from buying so many political favors? (Brad ~ Gary, IN)
A. Get rid of any and all methods of writing such contributions off taxable income. Then, fund political campaigns by the government, with stepped increases according to how many individual people sign up to support individual candidates; the more support you can show, the more money you get to run your campaign. Finally, but most important, throw out anyone and everyone who has been bought off in the past. Yes… as I have advocated here for months… we need to vote every damned Washington politician out…out…out this November.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws” ~ Plato

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuvM3DvCNv0&feature=topvideos

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 73:

DARTH VADER IS ON YOUR SIDE?

Barack Obama is now on the stump telling us he is on our side. Yes, come hell or high water, he is going to get Health Care passed this year. Yep, Cap & Trade needs to be done. Yep, we need to spend more money on a stimulus. Yep, we need to raise the national debt. And, he’ll even see if he can’t turn his attention a tad toward really creating some jobs, you know, to add to all of those jobs he saved last year. After all, this good old boy really has our best interests at heart. Why don’tcha all drop by the White House next week and we’ll have a beer?

COMMENTS:

Oh, and yes… He’s the same Barack Obama who said to us just a few short months ago, “Shut up and get out of the way.” Well, he obviously still doesn’t get it, so I’ll say it:


No, Emperor or Messiah or Ruler of the World… however it is that you defiantly and really see yourself… No, Darth Vader… YOU shut up and get out of the way! We Americans are now taking charge of our OWN destiny, and we surely don’t need you to tell us how to go about it.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. What do you think Obama is going to say in his State of the Union Speech? (Janice ~ Arlington, TX)
A. Well, if he’s going to talk about all of the good things he got accomplished last year, it’ll be a very short speech.


Q. Did I hear Osama Bin Laden say that the only reason he and his people are committing terrorist acts is that no one will sit down and talk? (Gene ~ Spokane, WA)
A. Something like that. I can just visualize it now: First, Obama bows and then they head on out to the lawn to have a beer. Maybe Joe will join them again…


Q. Where does Obama get the gall to say that the same thing that swept Brown into office swept him into office? (Lance ~ Pocatello, ID)
A. From the same Cracker Jack box that he got his Hawaiian Certificate of Live Birth in?

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy.” ~ Milton Friedman

(No worry folks, we have Tim Geithner and Ben Bernanke to protect us! )

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJlaIi2HBkM

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 72:

I think Gitmo is still open and KSM and the boys are still down there?   

BIDEN IN BAGHDAD!

COMMENTS:

If that doesn’t sound like a lullaby, what does?

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. I hear that Obama is in a rant about a Supreme Court decision? (Polly ~ Corpus Christi, TX)
A. The law Congress made a few years ago limited the amount of money that corporations and individuals could spend to support a political candidate through payment for advertising. The First Amendment to the Constitution places no limits on Freedom of Speech, so the ruling was to be expected. Obama is a lawyer, he knows the rules. I think he’s just ticked off over Scott Brown and the fact that he (Obama) probably contributed to Coakley’s loss by showing up in Massachusetts to campaign for her.


Q. What was all of the hullabaloo about a dog being rescued from a canal? (Preston ~ Wilmington, DE)
A. Have you noticed how all of the news in this country just dries up over the weekend? Here we have the Haiti thing, North Korea and Iran with their nuclear threats, Afghanistan, terrorism, Nancy Pelosi having a snit-fit… and the only thing they can come up with of substance on the news is the story about a wet dog.


Q. With all of the horrendous weather in California this past week, did you have bad weather in Burney? (Pete ~ Death Valley, CA)
A. The only things I saw around Burney were a few flakes, yesterday. They were riding around in a pickup truck with Massachusetts plates.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.” ~ Harry S. Truman

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZylQXm-vis&feature=topvideos

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 71:

MAJOR COMPANIES FED UP WITH CONGRESS

Many major American companies are fed up with calls from Congressional campaign officials asking for political contributions and fear that the situation will only get worse as a result of the Supreme Court ruling that corporations and unions can spend unlimited money on ads urging people to vote for or against candidates. The companies are evidently sick and tired of the aggressive arm-twisting tactics. Roughly 40 executives from companies including Playboy Enterprises, ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's, the Seagram's liquor company, toymaker Hasbro, Delta Airlines and Men's Wearhouse sent a letter to congressional leaders Friday asking them to approve public financing for House and Senate campaigns. It appears that, it many cases, Members of Congress themselves are making the solicitation calls.


COMMENTS:
These tactics are aggressive strongarm tactics that result from an atmosphere of graft, corruption and bribery. You cannot legislate ethics; either the Congressional representative is ethical, or they are not. The answer is to remove them all. 500 or so more unemployed people won’t change the figures anyway, and if we don’t vote them out, Obama will claim that he saved 500 jobs.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Isn’t the 10% unemployment figure due for a change soon? (Manny ~ Atascadero, CA)
A. Yes. 43% of the states report an increase in unemployment. I believe the 10% figure was manipulated last month. As Obama says, let’s not quibble over numbers?


Q. A year ago, I heard that we were scrubbing the terrorist threat color code. What’s going on now? (Blanche ~ Los Angeles, CA)
A. Britain just elevated its threat level. Why? We don’t know, and that issue doesn’t seem to be very high on our Administration’s list of priorities.


Q. Do you think that Obama or the Congress understands the real implications of Brown’s win in Massachusetts?
A. No. They are still thinking that it is they who run the country, not us.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“Political Correctness doesn't change us, it shuts us up.” ~ Glenn Beck

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6_xgKWzhRw&feature=player_embedded

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 70:

SO LONG, CONAN

Tonight is O’Brien’s last night on NBC.

COMMENTS:

Tomorrow night may be NBC’s last night. Their ratings are in the toilet. Maybe he’ll do a guest appearance on the Robert Gibbs Comedy Hour...

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. O’Reilly doesn’t think we should be sending any more money to Haiti? (Doyle ~ Hot Springs, AR)
A. He’s not against humanitarian aid per se, but he’s got a point. Billions of dollars have been given to Haiti in recent years and the country has become more impoverished, which means that the ruling class has been glomming on to it. The correct answer is to provide the money where we, or the United Nations, (if you can trust them), administers the money to be certain that it directly benefits the people. Or, they could just give it to Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu or Tim Geithner.


Q. Given the upset in Massachusetts, is the Health Care Plan now dead? (Serena ~ Lawton, OK)
A. The White House Emperor will allow the Health Care Plan to fold right after he produces his birth certificate. Besides, no one from ACORN has given it a death counseling yet.


Q. While all of these issues have been going on in the U.S., what’s been going on in Iran and North Korea? (Sarge ~ San Antonio, TX)
A. Uranium enrichment.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

"You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." ~ Rahm Emanuel

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4aQCiRjvZY&feature=topvideos

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 69:

TALIBAN’S DEVASTATING RAIDS ON KABUL

Taliban militants wearing explosive vests launched a brazen daylight assault Monday on the center of Kabul, with suicide bombings and gun battles near the presidential palace and other government buildings that paralyzed the city for hours. The attacks come during the winter season when the Taliban has traditionally laid low, at least until mid-April.

COMMENTS:

If I recall correctly, the U.S. Commander of the Afghanistan operation, General Stanley McChrystal, told President Obama his need for additional troops was immediate, and Obama shunned him for weeks. When Obama finally did act, it was with fewer troops than requested and in a sequential time-delay mode. Obama gets the full blame on this one; he was warned by many people to listen to his chosen commander and to react promptly. I think he was too involved in getting his health care passed.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. You predicted that the Senate and House would have the Health Care Plan passed and on the President’s desk by now. What happened? (Fred ~ Sparks, NV)
A. Thanks to the American public, things have been stalled. The Massachusetts Senate Race and the CBO intervened. Another “deadline” for passage has passed. Maybe America has finally had its fill? Take the Massachusetts election, for example.


Q. Why did Brown win in Massachusetts? (Chloe ~ Philadelphia, PA)
A. There are a lot of guesses going around. I think it simply was a vote for the better, more patriotic American candidate. Massachusetts may be a totally Democratic state, but they are patriotic Americans first and foremost.


Q. Do you think Martin Luther King Jr. would approve of Obama’s Presidency? (Carla ~ Fair Oaks, CA)
A. No. King was an American first and always.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/17678508

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 68:

DAMNED FAR LEFT LIBERAL COMPUTER DEMONS!

DUE TO TECHNICAL UPLOADING ISSUES, THE HERMIT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PUBLISH AND WILL RETURN TOMORROW.

OFF

IN HONOR OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, THE HERMIT HAS TAKEN THE DAY OFF. 

SENATE GETTING SECRET HIDEAWAYS

The Capitol is adding a new perk for our illustrious Senators: unmarked secret hideaways in the bowels of the Senate chambers. This will allow Senators to hold secret meetings, or to just get away from their jobs on the Senate floor without being disturbed by angry taxpayers and news reporters.

COMMENTS:

Now we go from screwing the public to playing hide-and-go-seek? Why don’t we throw in a merry-go-round, a few slides and some monkey bars?

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. There was another security scare, this time at JFK Airport yesterday. When will the TSA and other officials get their act together? (Yvonne ~ Dover, NH)
A. I don’t know that anyone in this Administration is taking their job seriously. It could be much worse: they could be unionized, which Obama is in favor of doing. Maybe, if we made them fly on a daily basis, they’d get better at making sure proper security is in place.


Q. How can they be giving special tax breaks to union members? Isn’t that unconstitutional? (Mickey ~ Winston-Salem, NC)
A. Not according to Reid, Pelosi and the S.E.I.U.


Q. I hear that British scientists have been able to turn stem cells into pork? (Gary ~ Medford, OR)
A. Just what we need, more politicians.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea.” ~ Newt Gingrich

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqT_dPApj9U&feature=popular

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 64:

ECONOMIC INDICATORS GOING SOUTH…AGAIN

Despite Administration claims that holiday sales were up over last year and that unemployment is getting better, statistics just released show that December retail sales were down .3% and unemployment is rising faster than expected.


COMMENTS:
The economic stimulus continues to work 180 degrees opposite of what Obama and Geithner promised…promised. Now, Obama trumpets that passage of the Health Care Plan will create more jobs. Surely, it will create new jobs, but jobs lost will far out-number new jobs created. Everything this man says turns out to be boneheaded. If he handed me a million dollars tomorrow, I’d have to check it thoroughly to see if it was counterfeit.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Do you think Glenn Beck might run for political office? (Amanda ~ Seattle, WA)
A. He’d have to do a lot of soul searching. If he has an addictive personality, (as he has indicated and power is addictive), could he become another corrupt, unethical power monger like Pelosi or Reid or the rest of them?


Q. With Obama going to Massachusetts Sunday to stump for Coakley, do you think that will guarantee her a win on Tuesday? (Ira ~ Annapolis, MD)
A. No, but it might guarantee her a loss.


Q. It seems to me that Rush Limbaugh really stepped into it this time by claiming that the only reason Obama is reacting to the Haiti situation is to gain political points. (Zulu ~ Norwalk, CA)
A. Think back to the massive earthquakes, rains and floods that devastated the Phillipines last year. Obama barely recognized that the disasters had happened. Why not? What political purpose would it serve? I agree with Limbaugh on this one, not that I’m against helping Haiti. But, remember that keeping the media focused on Haiti means that no one is focused on what is happening in the House on the Health Care Bill. Hand me an aspirin.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” ~ Margaret Thatcher

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VenrJCDRT2M&feature=ytn%3Amptnews 

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 63:

HEALTH CARE SET TO PASS THIS WEEKEND: NO 72 HOUR REVIEW WINDOW!

Word leaked out late yesterday from Capitol Hill “anonymous sources” that the House of Representatives has reached an agreement with major unions over the tax on “Cadillac Policy” issues. Details of the agreement are not readily forthcoming, but the sources did say that a number of major concessions were made by the White House in exchange for the unions dropping their objections to the policy tax. The House will probably vote on the revised plan sometime before Saturday morning and their bill will immediately be forwarded to the Senate for their approval by Monday morning when the Bill will be forwarded to the President. The public will not be allowed to see or comment on the Bill until after it becomes law.


COMMENTS:
If true, and I believe it is, this is an OUTRAGE! It is obvious that threats have been made and more dirty dealing has taken place. It is also obvious that what Obama wants is far more important to Congress than what we want. This violates every fundamental principle in the Constitution.
NOTE: Word coming out this morning is that the unions have agreed to taxes on their "Cadillac" medical insurance plans, not beginning until 2018, in return for which they get complete protection from taxes on dental and vision plans forever, drug companies get taxed at a higher rate, (which will be passed on to the taxpayers), and non-union members will pay higher premiums for less coverage.  Although they are saying this will be passed "within days," late tonight or early tomorrow morning for the House is still the apparent target time. 
 

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Obama wants to tax the banks on the basis of “getting our money back.” But, won’t the banks just pass the taxes on to us as consumers? (Arlo ~ Chicago, IL)
A. Yes, so it amounts to another hidden tax on you and me. These guys have so, so much smoke and mirrors going on, they make used car salesmen look like priests.


Q. Why is Google pulling out of China? (Archie ~ Houma, LA)
A. Search me.


Q. I hear there is a White House “Czar” in charge of transparency, and that Vice President Biden has been having meetings with him? (Clarice ~ Sun Valley, ID)
A. I heard that, too. But, if so, the meetings on transparency are being held in secret. Go figure that one out.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“The only thing worse than a liar is a bad liar.” ~ Lucy Liu

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6_xgKWzhRw&videos=D-BY3UKtOZY&playnext_from=TL&playnext=1

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 62:

MASSACHUSETTS SENATE RACE GETS UGLY

A reporter for the WEEKLY STANDARD was viciously shoved down against a wrought-iron rail Tuesday night near a Capitol Hill fundraiser for Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley. The “shover” is alleged to be one Michael Meehan, who was engaged as a "communications consultant" for the Coakley campaign at the behest of the Democratic Party. The victim, reporter John McCormack, was helped to his feet by Meehan, the "communicator," and then shoved again.

COMMENTS:

This display of physical aggressiveness has manifested itself many times in the past year, at Tea Parties, at Town Hall Meetings and at other events where the so-called “elite” have resorted to physical attacks against those whom they perceive to be political enemies. These are the people who refuse to responsibly debate issues, who shout out those who challenge them and who resort to name-calling and bully tactics when all else fails. I really intended to keep my nose out of Massachusetts’ political business until this happened. The Coakley Camp simply must be defeated at all costs.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. All of the sudden, here is another rush, rush emergency drill to get the Health Care plan onto the floor of the House, voted on and then stampeded into the Senate and voted on and passed by the end of the weekend. What’s the big "crisis" this time? (Karn ~ Laguna Beach, CA)
A. Obama, Reid and Pelosi have huddled over the last two days and determined that there is a realistic possibility that Scott Brown, a Republican running to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, might win. Brown has pledged to vote against the health care plan. The temporary incumbent has announced he will continue to support it. If Brown gets elected and sworn in before the Senate votes, the Health Care Plan goes down in flames, because that is the key 60th vote. Undoubtedly, the dealing, arm-twisting and outright threats continue in the back rooms of the Capitol as Reid and Pelosi work feverishly to beat the deadline of next Tuesday’s Massachusetts vote. Obama and his henchman Rahm Emanuel are putting the muscle on Reid and Pelosi to deliver, “or else.” Thus, this really is a time for us to “cling on to our guns and religion,” because those goons obviously don’t care that we don’t want their stupid health care plan.


Q. I see there may be over 100,000 dead on Haiti. I’ve always wondered how they deal with so many deaths all at once. (Sally – Tonopah, NV)
A. It’s a real problem. You have lack of infrastructure as well, no water, no electricity, no sewer. The threat of serious disease is an imminent danger. They will have mass burials or cremations within the next day or so, as soon as they can identify the dead. The hidden blessing here is that their main government building, the Presidential Palace, was totally destroyed, so you won’t have a bunch of politicians moping  around, wringing their hands, grand-standing and getting in the way of things.


Q. What is all the ruckus at NBC really about? (Thad ~ Yonkers, NY)
A. NBC has been suffering from declining ratings. When Obama came along, they misread the public and threw all of their media weight behind the Obama agenda. Like the NEW YORK TIMES debacle, Americans saw right through it and ratings plummeted even faster. In a desperate effort to shore up its late night line-up, it decided to move the vastly popular Jay Leno into an earlier time slot and to replace his later show with Conan O’Brien. The plan backfired, with Leno’s ratings taking a dive and O’Brien’s never really taking off. Now, NBC is trying to “fix” the mess it has created, and both Leno and O’Brien are ticked off. In the meantime, NBC’s overall ratings are dropping faster than even Obama’s ratings, if you can believe that. The most endangered species in the whole state of New York right now is the NBC peacock.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” ~ Mao Tse-Tung, (from his ornament on the White House Christmas Tree?)

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAIYOntogJs

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 61:

A.I.G. BACK IN THE NEWS

In what could turn into a major political scandal involving Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner, the head of the House of Representatives Oversight Committee, Rep. Edolphus Towns of New York, issued a subpoena for fuller disclosure into whether the New York Federal Reserve improperly urged AIG to limit discussions of payments to banks. Geithner was in charge of the N.Y. Federal Reserve at the time.

COMMENTS:

There’s much, much more brewing in the pot about Geithner, AIG and payments AIG received from the Feds after Geithner took over as Secretary of the Treasury. Geithner may refuse to testify, because he’s busily working away on his income tax return.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Why did the Republicans fall all over themselves about Senator Reid’s “racial” remarks? (Kit ~ Silver Springs, MD)
A. Reid is the epitome of the word “politician” and, being politicians themselves, they are jealous. A politician, by the way, is defined as a person who will double-cross that bridge when they come to it.


Q. I heard on TV yesterday that they have been trying to pass a government-run health care system since the days of Teddy Roosevelt. If that’s true and they haven’t been able to do it, and 55% of Americans are still solidly against government-run health care, why do they keep trying to cram it through? (Cyrus ~ Atlanta, GA)
A. Because “they” feel they are superior beings; power makes them all-knowing, all-seeing, almighty potentates. They think their poop doesn’t stink, but you can smell the stench of Congress all of the way to Hawaii; it makes a sewer plant smell like a rose garden.


Q. The gay movement has tried again, again and again to force Californians to allow same-sex marriages. They’ve been overwhelmingly voted down, again and again. Now, they’re turning to violence in the streets in front of the Court House. Why do we allow them to continue like this? (Ellen ~ Auburn, CA)
A. For the last couple of decades, the majority in this country has allowed the minority to push its agendas, whatever they are, and to rule the day. Now, the majority has had its fill and it is firmly pushing back. Gays can’t come to grips with the fact that they have two choices: quit bellyaching, or move to a jurisdiction where their views are in the majority. That’s what makes America great; they have the freedom to make that move, whereas they’d be tossed in prison or have their heads cut off in other countries.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.” ~ Dick Armey

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxUud3yOsSk&NR=1&feature=fvwp

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 60:

Yes, it’s already been two months since Obama announced that the trials of the top five terrorists would be held in New York City, whether the public liked it or not.

PALIN GETS A JOB: FOX!

Late yesterday afternoon, the word came out that Sarah Palin is finally taking a job with Fox Broadcasting. She’ll be a political commentator.

COMMENTS:

Valerie Jarrett and the Prez must have had serious hissy fits over that news! If I’d had any inkling this was going to happen, I would have purchased loads of stock in a toilet tissue company. Maybe Glenn Beck will share his red phone with her?

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Is the Republican Party, under the direction of Michael Steele, ready to take back some Congressional seats in the 2010 elections? (Nick ~ Barstow, CA)
A. The Republican Party has yet to display any discernable quality of leadership, including Michael Steele. Maybe they can try finding one on American Idol.


Q. Do you think there will be a big turnover of seats in Congress in November? (Chet ~ Waco, TX)
A. Yes. I think almost every seat up for election will have a new resident but, unless there is a drastic change, new Democrats will be replacing incumbent Democrats. I see some gains for Republicans, but not anything to get excited about. However, the fresh blood will hopefully get the message across that all Americans, regardless of political leaning, are totally upset with what they have seen on Capitol Hill for the last few decades. Right now, the Republicans don’t have the slightest idea of who they really are, with the possible exception of…Sarah Palin.

Q. The Terminator offered a very strict budget to California last week and the legislators have been quick to say they will not pay any attention to it. What do you think will happen? (Terrie ~ Hollister, CA)
A. The only alternative they have is to raise taxes. If they do that, they’d better outlaw and confiscate all guns first, or some of those in Sacramento might get shot. What got them into this mess is the same cavalier attitude about governance that now infests Washington. Maybe a good, stiff dose of Ex-Lax will help relieve their problem, although I think that is a very remote possibility.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

"Keep your government hands off my Medicare." —a protester at a health care reform town hall meeting in Simpsonville, S.C., commenting on the government-created Medicare program, and quoted by The Washington Post on July 28, 2009.

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx7hdtzp-P8

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 59:

REID’S APOLOGY TO OBAMA: Racial Overtones?

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (Democrat from Nevada), called President Obama Saturday to apologize for remarks he made during the 2008 political campaigns. Reid had then referred to Obama in private talks as "light-skinned" and speaking "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one," according to a new book on the campaign by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. The apology came after the renowned Senator Cleanface realized that his earlier remarks might hurt his reelection campaign.

COMMENTS:

One must presume that, if Prince Harry was not running for reelection, the apology would not have been forthcoming.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Who do you distrust the most, Obama, Reid or Pelosi? (Quint ~ Arlington, TX)
A. Yes.


Q. Did you feel that big earthquake near Ferndale, CA on Saturday way up there on top of Mt. Burney? (Garth ~ Galveston, TX)
A. I felt the water splash in the commode. Whoooopie! I haven’t been that moved since Obama’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech.


Q. If you were President, how would you deal with terrorists? (Nanners ~ Montpelier, VT)
A. I surely would not give them their Miranda Rights and let them plea bargain in a civilian court. Maybe I’d lock them up in a back room in the Capitol with Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Rahm Emanuel to talk health care. Now, that would be a fate worse than death.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“This is a scandal, ... This is only the tip of the iceberg. ... We're talking about billions of dollars.” ~ Harry Reid, (before he learned the word “trillions.”)

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whaeCsiKHlY&feature=pyv&ad=4179241862&kw=nancy%20pelosi

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 58

PELOSI SINKS TO NEW LOWS

Nancy Pelosi’s approval ratings have slipped to between 31% and 34%, depending on which poll you read.

COMMENTS:

Since Americans only give Congress a 22% approval rating, I suppose that makes the Princess a winner.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. I hear that Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer are going to the General Motors car show next week. (Berenda ~ Oroville, CA)
A. They just want to rub it in American’s faces that the government now owns General Motors. If that doesn’t give you gas, nothing will.


Q. How come your blog came out late yesterday? (Pete ~ Lake Havasu, AZ)
A. Are you serious? Are you serious?


Q. I heard that Nancy Pelosi took a cheap shot at the President the other day, and I missed it. What happened? (Carlisle ~ Norman, OK)
A. She was asked about Obama’s countless promises to have health care hearings held in the open on C-SPAN while they are now being held total secret, and she almost split her girdle while laughing about Obama's broken campaign promises.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“I'm very proud of my leadership of the Democrats in the House of Representatives and proud of them to make history, choosing a woman as their leader. I'm proud of the fact that we have had unity in our party... We have clarity in our message. We know who we are as Democrats.” ~ Nancy Pelosi

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_h5GYBHsQQ&feature=related

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 57

AIRLINE SECURITY INADEQUATE

President Obama interrupted the Glenn Beck Show on Thursday to report to the nation that he was upset with the fact that a would-be bomber got aboard a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day and, rather than blame any one person, he once again said that it was a “systemic failure” and the system needs to be fixed.

COMMENTS:

Let’s just forget, for a moment, everything that happened after the bomber got on the plane; let’s not talk about the father alerting the U.S. Embassy or any of the other things that happened. Let’s just deal with one individual in a foreign airport buying a one-way ticket with cash, while carrying no luggage. That’s it; that’s all anyone needs to know. This guy gets interviewed and searched before he gets on the plane, straight and simple. But, that didn’t happen. That is not a “systemic failure,” it’s a pure violation of standard procedure, and people need to be fired. The rest of what happened, you can call “systemic” if you want, but this basic violation of procedure is so blatant that you have to ask whether or not it was deliberate, that the bomber had collusion. The fact that angle has not been investigated and no one got fired tells me that airline security is definitely lacking.


As a side note, it seems that, whenever Obama has an announcement to make, which is almost every day he wants his mug in front of the nation, he picks 5:00 PM Eastern during the Glenn Beck Show on Fox. I wonder why that is?

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Do you really think they are going to pass this version of the Health Care Bill when so many Americans are against it? (Peggy ~ Manchester, CA)
A. They haven’t backed off yet, have they? Maybe Ray Stevens can persuade them otherwise, (you really need to see the video, below.)


Q. Last year, you predicted another major economic bust in 2010. Many top economists say otherwise. (Carole ~ Las Vegas, NV)
A. My opinion stays the same. Some major companies have already announced layoffs. The purchase of used houses has plummeted. And, I’m in good company: James Chanos, a multi-billionaire Wall-Street investor, is now predicting that the economy is about to tank again, big time. “Dubai times 1,000 - - or worse,” he says. And, according to what I hear, there hasn’t been a big rush of gamblers heading to Vegas, either. Even Harry Reid doesn’t go to Nevada anymore but, then again, who wants him?


Q. Is California going to be able to make good on the millions of dollars it has “borrowed” from taxpayers by “temporarily” increasing their tax withholdings? (Kristen ~ San Jose, CA)
A. Not unless they make friends with Timmy Geithner and Barry Obama.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“Are you serious? Are you serious?” ~ Nancy Pelosi (when asked about the constitutionality of the Health Care Plan. Doesn’t she have such a pretty, demure smile when she says those things?)

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/raystevensmusic

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 56:

As I predicted a few days ago, they are plea bargaining with the Christmas day bomber.

ILLINOIS PRISON BREAK

Three men escaped from a prison in Illinois yesterday.


COMMENTS:
Isn’t that the same state where they are going to house the Gitmo terrorists? They were almost immediately armed and dangerous, not that escaped terrorists would have the same luck. Maybe they can be recruited as community organizers… ACORN calling? 

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. The news yesterday was that mice with Alzheimer’s have shown improvement when using cell phones? (Ginny ~ Saint Paul, MN)
A. Yes, but only when talking. The mice show no improvement when text messaging.


Q. Now the TSA people are saying that they actually had in their possession information that the NW Airlines bomber should be watched and that they had planned to interview him after he landed? How do they have the audacity to say such things? (Henry ~ Buffalo, NY)
A. They’re being groomed to run for the U.S. Senate.


Q. What made Obama decide to go ahead and allow C-Span to broadcast Congressional hearings on the Health Care Plan negotiations? (Sidney ~ Martinez, CA)
A. He got so much heat about all of his promises that he decided he had no choice. So, out of the hours and hours of closed-door secret hearings going on, he’s going to allow the C-Span cameras in there for… one hour. How’s that for an in-your-face “up yours?”

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“Never trust a government that does not trust its own citizens with guns.” ~ Thomas Jefferson

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxUud3yOsSk&videos=tnmouqQ6CNc&playnext_from=TL&playnext=1

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 55:

HEALTH CARE TO BE HAMMERED OUT IN TOP SECRECY

House and Senate leaders, presumably Pelosi and Reid, are now holed up in a secreted room in the Capitol, huddling with White House officials, (presumably Emanuel), hammering out the language of the new Health Care Bill that will be rushed, without reading, to the floor of the House where it will be passed and then rushed to the floor of the Senate where it will be passed, all without reading or airing or discussion. And, we will all be blamed for making much ado about nothing.

COMMENTS:

And then, the wrath of the people will shake Washington to its ugly, bitter, unethical, corrupt, slimy and nasty roots. The day is closer than you think.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Will Janet Napolitano get fired? (Margo ~ Hannibal, MO)
A. That’s the way the system works.


Q. How come all of the sudden some of the top Democrats are announcing they’re through with politics? (Alice ~ Des Moines, IA)
A. It’s easier to make that decision than to run again and be embarrassed to find out that you only got two votes…yours and your wife’s.


Q. I heard that James Von Brunn, the guy who shot the guard at the holocaust museum and who dies in prison, was actually a Shasta County, (California) resident? (Myron ~ Susanville, CA)
A. At one time he was a real estate agent for Associated Brokers in Shingletown. His racism now appears to be a dead issue.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.” ~ Spiro T. Agnew

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiyqvuTxaEs&feature=topvideos

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 54:

The State of Illinois has agreed to vacate their prison in the northwestern part of the state, thereby clearing the way for the feds to lease it or buy it for incarcerating the Gitmo boys.

GITMO YEMENI TERRORISTS NOT GOING BACK TO YEMEN

The President announced during a transportation security briefing yesterday that Yemeni terrorist prisoners being held at Guantanamo will not be sent back to Yemen after all. In making that announcement, he did not reveal what his plans are for those prisoners other than to say again that GITMO will definitely be closed down.

COMMENTS:

Whatever the real reasons are for Obama to reverse himself on this decision, this is the only right choice. Thank Allah, he finally did something right.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. A friend tells me they are already trying to establish a national park to honor Barack Obama? Can this be true? (Maxine ~ Hercules, CA)
A. Yes, but they have a problem. Hawaii wants to have the park established on January 20th, inauguration day, and they want it named after his place of birth. His half-sister says he was born in one hospital, he says a different one. A report on World Net Daily says that sheriff’s deputies are stationed at both hospitals to keep any investigator from asking the question. Another relative insists he was born in Kenya. My proposal? Area 51, underneath the space-alien landing pad.

Q. I understand that the EPA has fired a researcher who says that global warming does not exist? (Rhett ~ Boulder City, NV)
A. Yes, they did it over the holidays so that the right-wing extremist press wouldn’t get wind of it.


Q. Did Nancy Pelosi use an Air Force jet to fly her to Hawaii for the holidays? (Bing ~ Santa Maria, CA)
A. I’m not sure, but I did hear that her broom has been in the shop for routine maintenance.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“If we ever hope to rid the world of the political AIDS of our time, terrorism, the rule must be clear: One does not deal with terrorists; one does not bargain with terrorists; one kills terrorists.” ~ Meir Kahane

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDMeDmV0ufU

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 53:

TAX PREPARERS FACING TOUGHER SCRUTINY

The I.R.S. says it is going to require people who prepare tax returns for others to pass tests and register with the government. The I.R.S. says that it believes that there are those out there who do not know what they are doing and who are giving bad advice and completing bad returns. Eventually, tax preparers will be required to complete annual training and will be subject to penalties for unethical conduct.

COMMENTS:

Okay, guys. Aunt Millie is 89, blind and in a convalescent home and needs to file a tax return, and her nephew John has been doing that for her during the last five years. Now, you are going to make him register and pass a test? Is this one of Mr. Geithner’s brilliant ideas? Are you Obama guys all on drugs, or what?

TODAY’S QUERIES &ANSWERS:

Q. When there was the big uproar about all of the ugly back room deals made by Senators leading into the Christmas Eve vote to shove health care up our hind ends, some of the Senators fluffed it off by saying, “That’s how the system works.” How do you feel about that? (Marlin ~ Shreveport, LA)
A. That’s a lame excuse for unethical and un-American activities. That’s why we need to show them how OUR system works by voting them all out in November….all of them, both Republican and Democrat.


Q. I hear that the Justice Department is working on making some kind of a deal with the Christmas airline terrorist? (Wayne ~ Portsmouth, NH)
A. Yes. They are going to offer him a reduced sentence or some kind of immunity in exchange for revealing information about Al Queda. God forbid they get caught water boarding.


Q. I hear that the City Manager in Redding is refusing to take his pay raise. Is he some kind of a nut? (Bernie ~ Palo Cedro, CA)
A. I admire him for doing the right thing. Maybe by doing that they can keep a secretary or some other needy person employed. It’s that kind of thinking that America used to be made of. Outside of that, he may be a nut, I don't know; never met the man. 

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles.” ~ Red Skelton

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.flixxy.com/san-francisco-1905-historical-footage.htm

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 52:

Obama insists NW Flight 253 terrorist be tried in civilian Court and Yemen national terrorists be returned to Yemen from GITMO.

F.B.I. STATS DON’T SUPPORT GUN CONTROL

The FBI has issued its preliminary 2009 crime report, showing that the number of murders in the first half of 2009 decreased 10 percent compared to the first half of 2008. If the trend holds for the remainder of 2009, it will be the single greatest one-year decrease in the number of murders since at least 1960, the earliest year for which national data are available through the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Also, the per capita murder rate for 2009 will be 51 percent lower than the all-time high recorded in 1991, and it will be the lowest rate since 1963 - a 46-year low. Final figures for 2009 will be released by the FBI next year.

COMMENTS:

That probably has something to do with the well-known research that shows a dramatic increase in crime in countries where guns have been confiscated.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. I hear the Republicans are hurting for money? (Gemael ~ Southfield, MI)
A. They have no message, no leadership, no platform. Who wants to contribute to that?


Q. The news they seem to be trying to cover up is that 20 million Americans were on unemployment compensation last year. How can they get away with this? (Faye ~ Redding, CA)
A. The two despicable things about this is (1) that there are probably another 10 million who have given up looking, fallen off the unemployment rolls, or dramatically under-employed and (2) these people are losing their cars, their homes, their furniture, their dignity and their self-respect. This, while Obama and Pelosi are off sunning themselves in Hawaii and scheming on how to get a Health Care Plan passed and Cap & Trade enacted and bailing out Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae….again.


Q. The way you keep harping on Obama, you must be a racist. (Denver~ Richmond, CA)
A. I don’t care if the guy IS black; I still think he’s the worst President this country has ever had, or will ever have again. Yes, he’s even worse than Jimmy Carter.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“Politics isn't just a game of competing interests and clashing parties. The people of America expect us to seek public office and to serve for the right reasons. And the right reason is to challenge the status quo and to serve the common good.” ~ Sarah Palin

TODAY’S VIDEO: The Future of America?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY6hwNA6kY8&feature=fvhl

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 51:

And, he’s going to send Gitmo prisoners back to Yemen so they can get us again? Maybe they’ll fly on Northwest….

OBAMA’S INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATION

The TSA has admited that a second person on board Northwest Flight 253 was detained and investigated after a bomb sniffing dog identified his luggage as suspect, a fact previously denied, but alleged by several passengers. According to the admission, this person was later released after it was determined that his luggage did not contain bomb materials.

COMMENTS:

It seems that every day brings a new revelation that some branch or department of the Administration has bungled something, from costing more than $20,000 for each $4,500 old car credit for the “Cash for Clunkers” debacle, to spending some $870,000 for each $187,000 house saved from foreclosure, to faulty and misleading facts on the Economic Recovery website, to… well, the list goes on and on. This underscores the valid assumption that the Administration has been built around incompetent high-level management. Since most scholars agree that Obama is no dummy, the hiring of incompetents must have been deliberate, and the only viable reason for knowingly hiring incompetents is that you intend to take actions that are either unethical or illegal and you don’t want intelligent people working for you who might question what you are doing.


So, what is Obama up to?

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. Do you believe Obama will run for reelection in 2012? (Melissa ~ Northridge, CA)
A. I do not believe Obama will finish his first term as President.


Q. Given the fact that so many states are in financial straits, why did the Senate vote to saddle the states with Medicaid costs? (Remmy ~ Brooklyn, NY)
A. To hide the true costs of the Health Care Bill they passed.


Q. With the state employee furloughs and severe cutbacks in some services, is California now going to be able to balance its budget? (Dee ~ Oxnard, CA)
A. No. They are still running a projected deficit of $21 billion over the next 18 months. The legislature, having not learned yet that raising taxes causes more businesses and individuals to leave the state, is looking to raise tax rates when it starts its next session. If they do so, the average Californian will be paying out about 55% of his gross taxable income in federal and state income taxes plus hidden taxes.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers.” ~ Ron Paul

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://patriotupdate.com/stories/read/2280/Guilt-by-association-1-in-3-fear-punishment

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 50:

THE HERMIT’S 2010 PREDICTIONS

1. Harry Reid will not win Nevada's Democratic nomination to be reelected to the Senate
2. Nancy Pelosi will win reelection in November, getting a paltry 51% of the vote.
3. More than 50% of the Congressional seats up for reelection will have new people sitting in them after November.
4. Republicans will make only marginal gains in November.
5. Obama’s approval rating will drop below 30% 
6. The stock market will plummet again in the first quarter of 2010.
7. Unemployment will surge in the 1st quarter of 2010.
8. Sarah Palin will run for and win a Congressional seat.
9. There will be a major terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
10. Obama will not produce his birth certificate in 2010.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. I’m told that Native American Indian Tribes are in the process of buying back thousands of acres of land. What’s your opinion? (Bethany ~ Wendover, NV)
A. Yes, and that’s good. The white man gave most of them the shaft bigtime back in the 1800’s. Since history shows that they were by-and-large a peaceful society with ethics and values, my hope is that they will buy back the entire country and throw out all of the butt heads in Washington.

Q. In light of the many events of last year, what is your opinion of 2010 and beyond? (Benny ~ Burbank, CA)
A. There’s a poll out that says the majority of Americans are afraid that we are losing our freedoms and we need to be careful who we associate with. 

Q. If you could wave your magic wand and change anything you want, what would it be? (Janet ~ Sepulveda, CA)
A. I would ask, and pray for, the return of Christ to the face of Earth. We all need to come to grips with the fact that we have totally screwed this planet up, in every respect. 


TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQ6nIsgKW0&feature=video_response

THE OBAMA TERRORIST TRIALS - DAY 49:
Is he really going to send 90 Gitmo prisoners back to Yemen?