Sunday, January 19, 2014
MISSING IN ACTION
Because the volume of readership on Sundays is extremely low, the BURNEY MOUNTAIN HERMIT will no longer be posted on Sundays unless some big, magnanimous event such as Obama's resignation should occur. My incredible wit, insight and humility will continue six days a week, Monday thru Saturday. Thanks for your readership.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
U.S. ADVERTISES FOR FOOD STAMP SIGN-UPS IN MEXICO
Breitbart.com is reporting that although the new omnibus spending bill prohibits advertising in foreign countries for food stamps, it also provides for the continuation of advertising in Mexico for food stamps. Senator Jeff Sessions said: “It has become increasingly clear that the mission of the food stamp program has moved from targeted welfare assistance for those in need into an aggressive drive to expand enrollment regardless of need. To cite just one example, a character in a USDA-produced Spanish language ‘radio novella’ tries to convince a friend to enroll in food stamps even though that individual says ‘I don’t need anyone’s help.’”
COMMENTS:
“Continuation?” Who
in this country ever knew that we were advertising in Mexico to encourage
Mexicans to come to the U.S. and sign up for food stamps in the first place? This should be front page news. When will these endless revelations of Obama
bullshit ever end?
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. What is your opinion on Harvey Weinstein saying he is
going to “take down the NRA?” (Jan ~
Klamath Falls, OR)
A. Okay, there Harvey… Take your best shot. I think you’ll need more than a ten-round
magazine.
Q. This amazes me.
The guy testifying in Congress says that the ObamaCare system is not
able to tell them how many people have signed up for ObamaCare and made their
initial payment. Well, if they don’t
know that figure, how can they possibly claim how many people have signed up at
all? (Fannie ~ Dunsmuir, CA)
A. I’m going to answer your question with a question: Can
you name one instance, just a single one, where statistical facts provided by
Obama or his administration on any subject have turned out to be correct? We
have 57 states? Unemployment is
6.7%?
Q. The Democrats are
going to try and impeach Christie?
(Oland ~ Minneapolis, MN)
A. If they make this
move, as they are talking about, and we do not impeach Obama for his many
transgressions against the law and the Constitution… we deserve to lose our
freedoms.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“The only conduct that merits the
drastic remedy of impeachment is that which subverts our system of government
or renders the president unfit or unable to govern.” ~ Charles Ruff
TODAY’S VIDEO:
Friday, January 17, 2014
ARE CRIMINALS WORKING IN OBAMACARE POSITIONS
The NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE has reported that one in seven of ObamaCare navigators hired in New Mexico is cross-referenced in the NCIC database. 38 Health care “guides,” or navigators, got their jobs regardless of their listing in the criminal database.
COMMENTS:
This has been mentioned before, and DHHS and Obama have yet
to do anything about it. Anyone using a
navigator is susceptible to having his or her personal and confidential information
compromised. The report does not
indicate how the backgrounds of individuals working at the ObamaCare website or
within DHHS are investigated, or if they are at all. This means you have to consider any
information you provide to a navigator or through the website is at increased
risk of ending up in the hands of a convicted criminal.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Is the IRS issue of deliberate attacks against
conservative groups and withholding of tax exempt status now dead? (Jeremiah ~ Sacramento, CA)
A. By Holder and the Obama Administration, yes it is a dead
issue. In fact, it never existed; it was manufactured by the Republicans. The fact that over 900 organizations who
applied over three years ago still have no answers regarding their tax exempt
status is immaterial. Now, there may be civil lawsuits against
Obama, but I would be willing to bet that there will be no hearing before a
court before Obama and his thugs leave office.
Q. What do you think Obama is going to say in his State of
the Union Address? (Miyah ~ Barstow, CA)
A. Nothing that he hasn’t already said before: Blame Bush
and the Republican obstructionists; ObamaCare is the best thing to happen to
America since the discovery of electricity; he is going to move ahead with gun
control legislation, but he doesn’t want your guns; and immigration and jobs
are his top priority. There will be no
move toward reconciliation, only fire, brimstone, spit and venom. Snakes are good at spitting out venom.
Q. Middle-aged men
who drink more than 2-1/2 drinks per day lose cognizant function and six years
of memory, according to a recent study.
They have all of these damned studies going all of the time. Do you put any stock in them? (Lim ~ South San Francisco, CA)
A. Maybe that
accounts for Obama’s lack of cognizant function and the fact that he can’t
remember what he said yesterday. Studies
are like statistics and polls; they can be manipulated to say anything the
author wants them to say.
TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/01/14/obama-threatens-more-executive-action-ive-got-a-pen-and-ive-got-a-phone/
Thursday, January 16, 2014
IRS GOING AFTER SARAH PALIN’S FATHER
Shortly after Sarah Palin agreed to run with John McCain against Barack Obama in the 2008 elections, the IRS started to harass Palins father; six subsequent IRS tax investigations have been conducted without any negative result, according to Chuck Heath Jr, Palin's brother.
COMMENTS:
And the FBI has decided, without any overt attempt at an investigation
at all, that the IRS has no political agendas.
If you believe that, you are beyond help. If you don’t get it by now, what we have for
a President that is, you really need to see a shrink. And that’s a fact.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. How do you react to the story that the Clintons have an
enemies list? (Patrick ~ Phoenix, AZ)
A. It seems to me that all Democrats have enemy lists. Considering how many enemies the Clintons have made, it’s
probably a big whopper. I suppose the ultimate
insult these days would be to NOT have your name on that list.
Q. They say that the Spanish version of the ObamaCare
website is so poorly translated that no one can make any sense out of it. Those in the Mexican communities have started
referring to it as “Spanglish.” Why does
Obama insist on making an ass out of himself with this ObamaCare? (Juanita ~ National City, CA)
A. What difference at this point does it make? (Sorry, I
stole that line from Hillary,).
Q. I hear that John McCain was censured. How come that hasn’t made the news? (Tessie ~ Ruidoso, NM)
A. Because he wasn’t censured by
Congress. The Maricopa County Republican
Committee had a meeting and voted 1,150 to 351 to censure him for not standing
up to the values of the Republican Party.
Their resolution cited McCain’s criticism of
the Party’s stand on the debt ceiling, gun rights,
judicial nominees and his defense of the Democrat’s position on amnesty and
ObamaCare. I’ve always said he was a Donkey
in an Elephant’s clothing.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
”Computers make it easier to do a
lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to
be done.” ~ Andy Rooney
TODAY’S VIDEO:
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
OBAMA FLIPS OFF CONGRESS
Obama told his Cabinet yesterday that he intends to use all
of his Executive Powers to accomplish things that Congress is refusing to do or
is not taking action on. "We're not
just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we're
providing Americans the kind of help they need," Obama said Tuesday as he
convened his first Cabinet meeting of the year. He said he would instruct his
department heads to "use all the tools available to us" to assist the
middle class.
COMMENTS:
Is this an out-of-control, insolent and impeachable President,
or not?
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Why would Obama lie about the terrorist attack claim and
allege that the video was at fault for inciting riots at Benghazi? (LeGrande ~ Tremonton, UT)
A. Perhaps all of these scandals have merely been
distractions to allow Obama and his goons to put into place the things that
need to happen for their take-over of the country. We don’t know what sinister reason he had,
but we do know that he is a prolific liar.
You cannot believe a single
word that he says… not one. I even
question his birthplace again. If the
truth be known, I’d think the scoundrel was born under a rock.
Q. Do I understand that the Department of Justice is not
going to pursue criminal charges or any more investigation into the IRS vs Tea
Party scandal on the basis there is no evidence of political involvement? This is Holder’s DOJ investigating Obama’s
IRS? Doesn’t this smack of a lie and
cover-up? (Isaac ~ Redding, CA)
A. Yes, on all counts.
Come on, now… What did you really expect? The “investigators” have yet to speak with
any of the organizations alleging the criminal conduct. The only way you’re going to get the truth
out of this gang of thieves is by waterboarding them.
Q. What is your reaction to Iran’s claim that they have won
and the U.S. has surrendered regarding the new temporary agreement to reach an
agreement? (Kim ~ Arlington, WA)
A. They are telling the truth. Let’s get back to what Obama said in the
first weeks of his Presidency, that he does not see any reason why any nation
should be denied a nuclear program. Obama
has done everything possible to assist the Iranians in achieving their goals,
and now he’s giving them the access to the money they need to finish the
job.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
”The contest for ages has been to
rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.” ~ Daniel Webster
TODAY’S VIDEO:
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
U.S. GOVERNMENT PUSHING ILLEGAL DRUGS?
THE BLAZE is reporting that the government worked with the Sinaola drug cartel from 2000 to 2012; in exchange for information on rival cartels, the U.S. allowed the Sinaolas to smuggle illegal drugs across our southern borders.
COMMENTS:
That seems to be the way it always is with our government
these days; the ends justify the means. Notice
that this philosophy runs across both the Bush and the Obama administrations. Where
is our national conscience, or do we really have one anymore?
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. There’s a big flap over searches occurring at the
borders. What’s your opinion regarding
privacy rights vs. national security?
(Geraldine ~ Berkeley, CA)
A. When you arrive at a port or an international airport,
customs can go completely through your luggage and personal belongings. The problem is that these searches have
extended into digital cameras, laptops and tablets, voice records and so
forth. I believe that when you cross the
border, you agree to be searched; but when it gets into reading diaries and
intruding into data and picture files, I think there needs to be reasonable
suspicion. I also believe that they have the right to detain you until a judge
can rule on the issue of probable cause.
Now, once you are in the country and away from the border crossing, I
believe they have no right to search you or your belongings at all without a
judge’s order or probable cause. We must
have national security; that’s a given.
We do NOT have to give up our
unalienable rights in order to get our national security.
Q. The cybersecurity breach at Target is far worse than we
were first led to believe. Now it’s up
to 100 million files compromised. And
there are other retailers affected as well, including Microsoft and Neiman
Marcus. How can we protect
ourselves? (Gina ~ Fremont, CA)
A. Not by hiring the guys who designed the ObamaCare
website, that’s for certain. Here’s the
thing: if retailers or anyone else are going to maintain information about you
in data files, information that could cause you physical or fiscal harm, they
have a responsibility to protect that information. Now, there may be nefarious types out there
seeking to obtain that information, but the responsibility to protect you lies
with the owner and operator of the data file.
So, you need to read your agreement with the company and see what language,
if any, that it contains about cyber security.
If they do not agree to hold you harmless through collecting and
retaining such information, you shouldn’t open a charge account there and I’d
be leery of using a bank card as well.
Q. Why are the Republicans now starting to push for amnesty
for the illegal aliens? (Don ~
Springfield, OR)
A. They are of the opinion they have to in order to get the
Mexican vote. The fact they are willing
to give up getting the conservative vote or the Tea Party vote in order to do
so speaks for itself.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.”
~ Will Rogers
TODAY’S VIDEO: (This’ll
probably end up being the funniest video of 2014. It’ll certainly get your mind
off of ObamaCare for a few minutes… Turn up the sound.)
Monday, January 13, 2014
IRAN DEAL IS NO BIG DEAL
Iran and six world powers announced yesterday that they've
agreed on the terms for implementing a recently struck nuclear deal.
COMMENTS:
Here we go again with a rerun of a deal announced a month or
so ago. Iran is going to “begin to” scale
back its nuclear program while allied nations remove sanctions and fork over
$550 million in access to frozen Iranian funds.
The funds will be transferred by February 1st. Payments will continue through July, when all
of $4.2 billion will be transferred. Of
course, “beginning” to wind down a nuclear program could take 1,000 years. At the same time, Obama threatened Congress
they’d better not be adding any more sanctions, or else. This whole arrangement is undoubtedly the
biggest sham, the biggest smoke and mirrors program to hit the world stage in
at least a century. Gobbledygook is the
only way to describe it.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Why are the press, media and Democrats so obviously
foaming at the mouth over Chris Christie when there are so many bigger issues
to be resolved, like Benghazi, the IRS, Fast & Furious, the NSA and
ObamaCare? (Hester ~ Park City, UT)
A. Because they don’t want you thinking about Benghazi,
the IRS, Fast & Furious, the NSA and ObamaCare. As a matter of fact, they don’t want you thinking
at all; they want you to be just like them: dolts in a fog, standing next to Nancy Pelosi.
Q. How can they justify cutting unemployment or military
pensions when so much money is being wasted by our government? (Celia ~ Shingletown, CA)
A. Further with respect to our government screwing around
with our money comes the revelation that they’ve just spent almost $225,000 on
a research project to develop custom-fitted condoms. A third to half of men complain that their
condoms don’t fit well, and they’re less likely to use them, according to a
report. I don’t know about you, but I
always thought they make great water balloons.
Sometimes, when I hear these stories I just want to sit down and suck on
a bottle of rot-gut gin.
Q. I can’t believe they are hiring an attorney who defended
a cop killer to work in the Justice Department.
Have they lost leave of their senses?
(Chang ~ Jerome, AZ)
A. You’re talking about Debo Adegbile, the new guy in charge
of a civil rights department. Considering
that the cop killer was a member of the Blank Panthers and that Eric Holder
refused to prosecute Black Panthers who intimidated white Philadelphia voters
at the polls in the 2008 elections, what would you expect? I’m just surprised that Obama hasn’t named
Bill Ayers to a cabinet post yet.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Why is it, every time I think about condoms, the subject of
politicians comes up?” ~ The Unknown
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TODAY’S VIDEO:
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