The Govt. Bail Out Summed Up In One Pic

Nuff said.

bailout FACTS (not opinions)

Stimulus Quick Facts

 

  "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have." - Thomas Jefferson

 

 Total Cost of Stimulus Legislation: $825 billion

•   How does this compare?

                  - In 1993, the unemployment was virtually the same as the rate today (around 7%). Yet, President Clinton’s proposed stimulus legislation *only* contained $16 billion in spending

 

                  - The total cost of this one piece of legislation is almost as much as the annual discretionary budget for the entire federal government.

 

                  - This legislation nears a trillion dollars. President Reagan said the best way to understand a trillion dollars is to imagine a crisp, new stack of $1000 bills. If you had a stack four inches high, you’d be a millionaire. A trillion-dollar stack of $1000 bills would measure just over 63 miles high.

 

                   - In $20 bills, a trillion dollar stack would be 3150 miles high. That’s about the distance between DC and Trujillo, Peru.  

• President-elect Obama has said that his proposed stimulus legislation will create or save 3 million jobs. This means that this legislation will spend about $275,000 per job. The average household income in the U.S. is $42,000 a year.

• This bill provides enough spending to give every man, woman, and child in America $2,700.

• This bill will cost each and every household $6,700 in additional debt, paid for by our children and grandchildren.

• Although this legislation has been billed and described as a transportation and infrastructure investment package, but only three percent ($30 billion) of this package is for road and highway spending.

• Much of the funding within the proposed stimulus package will go to programs which already have large, unexpended balances. For example, the draft bill provides $1 billion for Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), which already has $16 billion on hand. And, this year, Congress has plans to rescind $9 billion in highway funding that the states have not yet used. 

• Deficit spending will not expand the economy. If that were true, then the current $1.2 trillion deficit -- the largest in history -- would already be rescuing the economy. $800 billion more will not change that.

• Trade groups state that every $1 billion in highway “stimulus” can be spent creating 34,779 new construction jobs. But Congress must first borrow that $1 billion out of the private sector. The private sector then loses or forgoes roughly the same number of jobs.

• Japan responded to a 1990 recession by passing 10 “stimulus” bills over 8 years (building the largest national debt in the industrialized world). Their economy remained stagnant and their per capita income went from the second highest in the world to the tenth highest.

Media Is Bias

Before I get started on this topic I want to be VERY clear about one thing.  I am a conservative.  I am for small government, and I am not in any way for the progressive socialist movement. 

The last few months I have been just absolutely disgusted by the mainstream media.  They have been so biased, and I think that as the years play out and time passes people will look back at the media today and they will be using it as a lesson as what we should try to avoid in the future. 

The Media has become so arrogant, that they send the message that they have the power to decide what is right and what is important.  The word “fair” has no meaning any more.  You can see it time and again, and the last few months with this Presidential election it is more apparent than ever.  The way the media has been talking about Obama is amazing.  They treat him like he is the greatest man on the earth, and he can do no wrong.

Obama is the epitome of political correctness.  He is smooth, good looking, a great public speaker, Muslim background, Black, and White at the same time.  He has got it goin on, and of course he can do no wrong.  He has said things that if they were said by anyone else they would have ruined themselves.  He has said things like,

“she is a typical white person”

“Clinging to god or religion as a means to vent their frustrations”

However thanks to Obama he has opened the door for other people to say things, and when the media jumps ALL OVER THEM we can kindly direct them to how they let Obama get away with saying racist and elitist things.  Obama is not a typical black person.  I can go into details about it but I don’t think that I need to do so.  I have no beefs with the fact that he said it.  I see nothing wrong with what he said because it is true.  There are such things as a typical white person.  I don’t think that the typical white person today is racist like he was implying with the above quote, but I would count myself as one of them (the typical (non racist) white person).  The problem I have is the fact that the media lets him get away with it for reasons I don’t understand, and if someone else like John McCain said the opposite like “typical black person,” it would never disappear. 

I am ok with Obama being treated like the messiah, but I don’t like that he gets it with no basis for it.  I no doubt believe that Obama is an honorable man, but I don’t think he is as good as the media is portraying.  EVERYONE makes mistakes, and we ALL have problems in life.  It is ok to have them, and I would have a problem if one did not have any.  Obama is never portrayed to have them, and if one does they are squelched by the media very quickly.  McCain is played out to have nothing but problems.  I do not believe that is true. 

This is not supposed to be an Anti-Obama Blog and I am sorry that is has that spin, but as I said I am a conservative.  It is supposed to be about the media bias.  The last week the unthinkable happened.  I became 3 times more disgusted with the media than I was before.  When Sarah Palin was picked to be McCain’s VP the media went on a frenzy. It is apparent that the media does not like to be surprised.  They probably feel that they should have had the chance to vet all of the potential people, and when someone off of their radar was picked what did they do?  They went NUTS!  They had nothing prepared.  No one did but a few, and those people had nothing but good things about her and that would just simply not do.  Mainstream media was embarrassed.  We are not supposed to make our own choices on how we feel about a person!  The Media is supposed to do it for us!  What was McCain thinking not letting the Media make the choices on if she was good or not?  Well I am glad that he did. 

Just in case you don’t know.  The McCain campaign intentionally kept this a secret.  There was not a whole lot of communication so that the media could not get a sniff of it.  The face to face meeting prior to the selection was made in secret, and when she was brought down for the official announcement she was brought down on a normal commercial airline and stayed in an $89 a night motel, and was checked in under a different name.  Was this fair?  I don’t know, and quite honestly I don’t freakin care!  The Media will say that this was not a fair way to do this, but who cares what they think.

The Obama campaign has such a grip over McCain in the media of course the McCain campaign is going to play this out right to upstage Obama as best as they can.  They let us all know about this choice right after Obama’s speech and totally blew him out of the news.  It was great.  There was nothing on this person out there,  and for a couple of days I had all the time I needed to my research on this lady and find out who she is, and what she stands for without having to wade through all of the bias media mud.  The Media did not like this at all because if one did this they would probably like her, and I mean a lot.

One would find that she is just like us.  She is what Obama and Biden pretend to be.  She is real, and knows what life is like for the rest of us.  So as this happened what did the media do?  They posted awful things, and got dirty in their tactics.  Attacking her family, making false outrages claims with no proof whatsoever.  I am not going to say what they were, as you can do a Google search and find out all of them in about 5 seconds.  They had nothing prepared on how to tear her down as a person and as a politician so they had to get dirty about it. 

I just hope that as the weeks play on that the media will calm down and take a more fair, and honorable approach on how they deliver the news to us.  There are some people that due to what they have done I will not even watch because I am so disgusted at how poorly they go about News Broadcasting.  It is ok to like one person more than another and to let it come out in your message, but please be more honorable and fair in how you do it.

If you want to attack her, than attack her.  Leave her family out of it.  We had to do it for the Clintons with Chelsea.  I just want to see some sort of fairness on the news.  I am talking about within the same organization.  MSNBC could perhaps try to be a little fairer in what they say about the republicans in contrast to the democrats.  MSNBC and the New York Times are the absolute worst about biasness.  They are so bad about it, and it is so obvious.

In 3 days the New York Times carried 67 articles attacking Sarah Palin. Everything from "she's no Hillary"; to her hair looks "20 years out of date"; to "her Fargo accent"; mentioning her husband DUI charge from TWENTY-TWO YEARS ago; attacking her 17 year old pregnant daughter; bringing up "trooper gate" without key details, and on and on. Maybe a little over the top? Barack Obama has been on the cover of Time Magazine SEVEN times this year alone...McCain, twice. Obama stories have outnumbered McCain news stories by almost 4-1 in the media.

I am going to conclude with one example of how different the media can be.  Just with a simple picture.

I have SPS Really Bad

Man I have a wicked case of SPS (Sarah Palin Syndrome).  The more I learn about this woman the more I am filled with hope for the future of this country.  The more I see and hear about this woman the more and more I like her.

Tonight I watched her give an AMAZING speech!  At the Republican National Convention she gave a speech so amazing I was cheering at home for her.  She is Real, and I can identify with this person.  When I look and Obama and or Biden, there is absolutely NOTHING I can identify with.  They try to make him out to the a man of the people, and that Biden is just like us.  Well I am here to tell you that they are not, unless you make LOTS of money a year.  Like 4 million last year to keep up with Obama.  They don't have a clue what my life is like.

When Palin talks, and you just give here 10 minutes to tell you about herself you can see that she is a regular person.  She has a family, and it is filled with highs and lows.  She has a son that is about to be deployed to Iraq.  Her husband is a fisherman, and a great husband.  She also is the mother a special needs child.  She is a person that knows how hard it can b

e at home, and that there is a proper way to help out people.  She understands that Taxing us into oblivion is not the way to do that.

I would love to give my commentary on her speech, but I don't think it needs any.  I am sure that the media is going to sound byte her to death, but if you don't watch the entire speech then you have nothing to say about her.  She covers it all, and shows that she is every bit as qualified to do the Job as our beloved savior Barrack Obama if not more so.  (yes I watched the ENTIRE DNC)  

As soon as I find a video of the entire speech I will link it here for you to see if you missed it.

My Thoughts on the Canidates (more a rant against Obama)

Oh boy I can't wait for the election year to be over. I am not sure what I am going to blog about. I really don't want to talk about the candidates so much, but I feel compelled to do so. I want to lend my opinion about the different candidates and perhaps this will shed some light on why I do it so much.

First I want to state, that I am a conservative (not a Republican). I believe in capitalism, and letting the free market work out problems. I think the Federal Government is very bad at business and money. If I could I would never do business with them based on their track record of how they run things. Sadly I must do business with them or I will go to jail. I hate hate hate hate hate hate socialism, and I feel that is is my right to fail miserably in life and business, and also I feel that it is my right to make so much money that I light 20 dollar bills on fire just because I think it is funny and I will not miss it. If I work hard I want my money to stay with me, and not be taken from me and given to the commonwealth of the world.* Also if I fail, I want to fail and pick MYSELF up, and hit life again.

With that said here is my take on the candidates. I REALLY dislike both of them, however I dislike one WAY more than the other.

1. McCain, John: A Democrat disguised as a Republican. I am having a hard time seeing the difference between the two parties now a days. It seems that Republicans are just Democrats that like Bankers. But I feel that he would not screw up the country beyond fixing. There are many many many things about him that I do not like for example, he is not good with Economics. I feel that right now the nation needs someone that help the Economy as it is in need of some big time help. I do however, feel that his foreign policy will be alright. I don't think he will allow the US to be bullied, and he will not kill the military.

2. Obama, Barrack: If you just looked at how the media treats this man you would think that he is our Savior. Here to save us all from the bad things of the world! I have so many problems with this man I am not even sure where I need to begin. What has the man done? Not much in his EXTREMELY short government history. He is a socialist in every sense of the word, and scares me to death what he will try to do with this country should he win. I am honest and truly scared of him winning. I will vote for McCain only because I am running away from Obama. Has nothing to do with the likability of McCain, just that I am terrified of Obama.

He twists things all the time to make them sound better than they are. He can inspire a large group of people, but he does not put any real substance to his speeches. He just uses the right words that invoke the kind of emotion that he wants from people. (just a quick note: inspiration should not be a good reason to vote for a man. Last I checked Hitler was pretty good at it too) He makes promises that can't be kept and people believe that he can for example:

"Barrack Obama promises to fast track alternate energy!" Uhhhh first of all do you really think that we are going slow on it? Last I checked there are lots and lots of people, groups, organizations that are going as fast as they can, and they could care less what the President says. IT sure does sound good though. "Fast Track" lets see if I can do it.. . . . oh I got one "I Chris Terrell promise that if you elect me president I will fast track our education policies." that was fun, I see why he does it all the time.

His new tax policy will raise it so much, that if you make over 250,000 dollars a year you will be taxed 57% did you catch that? 57% of you income will be TAKEN from you. That is 142,500 dollars taken from you, leaving you with 107,500. "Well the rich people don't really need that money, other much poorer and needier people need it, and they wont notice it anyway" or "they are just paying their fair share." I know I am going to sound like a hater but, I DON'T CARE!! If I make that money you can guarantee I worked my butt off for it, and I don't want anyone taking it from me! It is MINE!

When I look at him I see a man good at what he does and he knows it. Sadly what he does is not tell the truth or represent the people. He does, and will do what HE wants and that is all that matters to him.

So there you have it. I don't like either of them, but I think some things about Barrack Obama that I can't say on the Internet, but I think he is a lier, and a deceiver. His wife is awful, and he has constantly surrounded himself with terrible people. I hope he does not win, but if he does may God be with America because we will need him more than ever to hold it together.

I know I have been extremely harsh, and politically incorrect, but I am scared so badly of this man, that I must say what I can to whomever I can about this man. This is in no way an attack on his supporters. Like whom you please, but I will not like Obama.

*I think that it should be my choice whom I give money to, and I feel that it is my responsibility as a member of society, and because God told me to. I just don't want someone forcing to do so, and not giving me any say in it. I feel that wealthy people should give but it is still their choice.