US debt limit, Senate debate, $ 14.3 Trillion, China $ 800 billion, Japan, Oil exporting countries, Senator Richard Burr, NC senator, Terminate TARP amendment, Pay down national debt

From Senator Richard Burr of NC, January 25, 2010.

 
“Dear Friend,
Last week, the Senate began debate on increasing our nation’s debt limit by $1.9 trillion.  This would permit our total debt to climb to $14.3 trillion – the highest in our nation’s history.  I will not support any measure to increase America’s debt.  It is outrageous to consider shackling future generations with the impossibility of ever paying off such a sum.
American families must live within their budget, and the most reasonable way to stop adding to the debt is to stop Washington’s appetite for spending.  The federal government, however, doesn’t understand what it means to cut spending and prioritize in order to keep our country solvent.  Instead, the preferred answer is simply to raise the limit on how much debt is allowed. We will never see responsible and accountable government as long as this attitude prevails.
Did you know that China now holds some $800 billion of our debt?  Japan holds another $750 billion.  Oil exporting countries hold almost $200 billion.  Is this the way we should be operating our government?  Not in my opinion.
The way to deal with our current budgetary situation is to stop spending, plain and simple. My voting record is clear on this subject.  And I will continue to vote against legislation that involves out-of-control expenditures and against irresponsible budgets. 
Last Thursday, I co-sponsored an amendment with Senator John Thune that would have terminated the TARP program as a means to stop any future expenditure of funds not already spent. This bill would also have required any TARP repayments be used to pay down the national debt.  This amendment received 53 votes in the Senate – including 13 Democrats.  But, under Senate rules, 60 votes were required for its adoption, so it failed.
The Senate will resume debate on this legislation this week.  You can rest assured that I will be fighting to stop this before we bankrupt America. 
If you agree with my position on this and other issues, would you consider making a contribution to my campaign this week?  As we head into the last week of the month, I need to ask for your help in order to meet my goal for January.  If you would send $25 or $50 it would let me know that you stand with me in this fight to stop spending and to control our debt.  Just click here to make your contribution.
I want to keep fighting for you in the U.S. Senate.  This means my campaign must raise the funds necessary for this year’s election. Please consider making a contribution today.
Whether you can send a contribution or not, I’ll be on the job this week voting to stop this increase in our national debt.  It is wrong, and we must send a strong signal to those in charge in Washington that enough is enough. 
Sincerely,
 
Richard Burr
United States Senator”

112 responses to “US debt limit, Senate debate, $ 14.3 Trillion, China $ 800 billion, Japan, Oil exporting countries, Senator Richard Burr, NC senator, Terminate TARP amendment, Pay down national debt

  1. Jacqlyn Smith's avatar Jacqlyn Smith

    MY husband was told last week he and others will be demoted and he will be taking a cut in pay…..the only bright light is he has a job…..his company is doing what they have to to make a little profit…it is way past time for these Politicians to cut their pay and loose some benefits…..we can not afford these people anymore…..they do very little work and spend money like it is going out of style…..well it is going out of style….at this rate the dollar will crash and we the tax payer will be left holding the EMPTY bag!!!!

  2. Jacqlyn Smith's avatar Jacqlyn Smith

    Is Burr a DemoCRAP or a RINO?????

  3. Jacqlyn Smith's avatar Jacqlyn Smith

    BTW….remember when the FRAUD said he was going to get rid of dependence on this foreign oil……Sarah Palin is asking him…..where are all the energy independence plans…..and why aren’t we drilling here in our own country…..DRILL BABY DRILL

  4. It is becoming abundantly clear that Obama is not legally eligible to hold the office he now occupies – and that many in not only his own political party but in BOTH political parties are covering up that fact.

    The website for Kerchner et al v. Obama et al has links to innumerable treatises that clearly show the legal reasoning behind this truth (just search around on it a bit but especially the Jan. 19, 2010 Initial Appeals Brief ):

    http://puzo1.blogspot.com/

    … or, if that seems too legalistic check these two short videos which start slowly and really dig into the heart of the matter:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsX5DzZHkIU Three Little Words

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNGG8tIJNMY Merry Christmas OmeriKa!!

  5. Jacqlyn @ 1:13 pm I believe in our environment but all along the Oil Companies have been innovating and are the best stewards of the earth that modern technology allows them to be. I also believe in alternative energy solutions. All they need to do is tell the truth.
    http://www.seattlepi.com/opinion/372085_murdockonline25.html
    Offshore oil drilling — cleaner than Mother Nature
    DEROY MURDOCK
    NEW YORK — Painfully high vehicle- and jet-fuel prices are propelling popular demands for extracting the estimated 18 billion barrels of petroleum that rest beneath America’s coastal waters.
    After rescinding previous executive-branch objections, President Bush said July 14, “the only thing standing between the American people and these vast oil resources is action from the U.S. Congress.” Capitol Hill Democrats claim offshore drilling poses unacceptable ecological risks. This is yet another overblown worry.
    Democrats and other environmental naysayers cite the 80,000 barrels that spilled six miles off of Santa Barbara, Calif., inundating beaches and aquatic life. This hydrocarbon Hindenburg haunts the memories of those who witnessed it.
    But this genuine catastrophe occurred in January 1969 — nearly 40 years ago. That era’s drilling technology has gone the way of Flower Power and black-and-white TV. Innovation has boosted the safety and environmental reliability of offshore drilling.
    The Santa Barbara spill accelerated oil companies’ efforts to prevent such disasters. Beyond compliance with 17 major permits and 90 different federal regulations, offshore operators frequently conduct accident training and safety exercises. Sensors and other instruments now help platform personnel monitor and handle temperatures and pressures of subsea oil, even as drill bits whirl.
    Hurricanes are manageable, since oil lines are capped not at the surface, but at or beneath the ocean floor. Even if oil platforms snapped loose and blew away, industrial seals restrain potentially destructive petroleum hundreds or even thousands of feet below the waves. Thus, 3,050 offshore structures endured Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in August and September 2005 without environmentally damaging petroleum spills. While 168 platforms and 55 rigs were destroyed or seriously damaged, the oil they pumped remained safely entombed, thanks to heavy underwater machinery.
    As the U.S. Minerals Management Service concluded, “due to the prompt evacuation and shut-in preparations made by operating and service personnel, there was no loss of life and no major oil spills attributed to either storm.”
    “The technology of the drilling industry may have improved, but offshore drilling is a dirty business, and it still leads to oil spills due to failed equipment, aberrant weather, or human error on a frequent basis,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said in July 19’s Houston Chronicle.
    Feinstein is correct. U.S. offshore oil drilling is not perfectly tidy. It’s only 99.999 percent clean. Indeed, since 1980 — as MMS figures indicate — 101,997 barrels spilled from among the 11.855 billion barrels of American oil extracted offshore. This is a 0.001 percent pollution rate. While offshore drilling is not 100 percent spotless, this record should satisfy all but the terminally fastidious.
    Ironically, in terms of oil contamination, Mother Nature is 95 times dirtier than Man. Some 620,500 barrels of oil ooze organically from North America’s ocean floors each year. Compare this to the average 6,555 barrels that oil companies have spilled annually since 1998, according to MMS.
    Thanks to Earth’s curvature, these operations can stay out of sight. Rep. John Peterson, R-Pa., proposes new drilling, but at least 50 miles offshore, well past the 12-miles beyond which the horizon hides oil equipment from the eyes of surfers and beachcombers.
    Critics also dismiss offshore development since its benefits supposedly would take ages.
    “You wouldn’t see any full production out of any oil drilling off the coasts until 2030,” presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama claimed June 20 in Jacksonville, Fla. The Illinois senator added: “It will take a generation to reach full production.”
    Currently mired in red tape, Chevron’s Destin Dome field off Florida could produce within four years. Southern California deposits could yield within five to 10 years. Besides, as Confucius said: “The best time to plant a tree is 10 years ago. The second best time is now.”
    America is like a vagrant who shakes a tin cup, pleads for change, and yet refuses to touch his $1 million trust fund. Before President Bush flies back to Saudi Arabia to beg sheiks to open their spigots, the United States should rely on our own offshore oil and gas. The fact we can do so more safely than ever leaves the Democratic Congress no excuse not to stand aside — now!

  6. Did anyone call their local school board? I would like to know what they told you. Thanks!!

  7. Copied from the “blacklistednews.com, While it’s a bit long, the author has “done his homework” and cites the true amount of money involved in Ovomit’s administration’s lunacy …….. the figures come at you like they were shot from a machine gun and are truly frightening……be aware……..

    http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-7149-0-5-5–.html

    RichardL

  8. http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/
    Chuck Baldwin site.Alot of info.

  9. Benaiah 12:38 pm. from previous post,

    I don’t want to make a big deal of this because fundamentally it doesn’t matter if bin Laden is dead or alive. He has sufficient followers that will continue to represent him anyway.

    However the link you posted was the same that I did, my point being that if you look closely at that photo it is not of bin Laden, not even a younger version.

    I will also reiterate, dialysis is a serious end stage complication of kidney disease. It is a holding ground at best to keep people alive. Either you succumb to kidney disease or you successfully respond to a transplant. The average life span once on dialysis is 5 years and that IS with advanced medical equipment, not in the hills of Afghanistan, where medical equipment would be makeshift at best.

  10. Jacqlyn Smith's avatar Jacqlyn Smith

    Terminate TARP amendment, US debt limit
    10 responses so far ↓

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    GBAmerica // January 25, 2010 at 1:05 pm

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    Jacqlyn Smith // January 25, 2010 at 1:08 pm

    MY husband was told last week he and others will be demoted and he will be taking a cut in pay…..the only bright light is he has a job…..his company is doing what they have to to make a little profit…it is way past time for these Politicians to cut their pay and loose some benefits…..we can not afford these people anymore…..they do very little work and spend money like it is going out of style…..well it is going out of style….at this rate the dollar will crash and we the tax payer will be left holding the EMPTY bag!!!!
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    Jacqlyn Smith // January 25, 2010 at 1:11 pm

    Is Burr a DemoCRAP or a RINO?????
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    Jacqlyn Smith // January 25, 2010 at 1:13 pm

    BTW….remember when the FRAUD said he was going to get rid of dependence on this foreign oil……Sarah Palin is asking him…..where are all the energy independence plans…..and why aren’t we drilling here in our own country…..DRILL BABY DRILL
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    jtx // January 25, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    It is becoming abundantly clear that Obama is not legally eligible to hold the office he now occupies – and that many in not only his own political party but in BOTH political parties are covering up that fact.

    The website for Kerchner et al v. Obama et al has links to innumerable treatises that clearly show the legal reasoning behind this truth (just search around on it a bit but especially the Jan. 19, 2010 Initial Appeals Brief ):

    http://puzo1.blogspot.com/

    … or, if that seems too legalistic check these two short videos which start slowly and really dig into the heart of the matter:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsX5DzZHkIU Three Little Words

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNGG8tIJNMY Merry Christmas OmeriKa!!
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    GBAmerica // January 25, 2010 at 1:21 pm

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    Michelle // January 25, 2010 at 1:23 pm

    Jacqlyn @ 1:13 pm I believe in our environment but all along the Oil Companies have been innovating and are the best stewards of the earth that modern technology allows them to be. I also believe in alternative energy solutions. All they need to do is tell the truth.

    ****************************************

    The DemoCRAPS have been against the drilling for years……we must make them move on this before it is too late…..also….TBoonePickens has been out there again lately trying to get people to listen to him about Natural Gas….he knows what he is talking about but it seems the politicians are ignoring him…..could it be that his ideas will take money out of their pockets….who are they protecting and why can’t we have more energy independence with Natural Gas……BTW…..Nuclear energy would be even better…..what is our corrupt government hiding on this issue as well…..I’m tired of depending on the Middle East and Chavez…the SOB…for our energy……these people despise us!!!

  11. GBAmerica, Thank you for posting the youtube video of Cuck Baldwin on Israel….He is not against Israel as O, Clinton and others….Bush believes in replacement theology which is doctrine of the methodist denomination (not all) so the land for peace and divide Jerusalem proposals….It is recorded of the 6 day war in Israel that they had 5 countries warring against them, wasp and hornets swarmed in and stung the enemies hands and faces as they were trying to fire their weapons, many of their enemies saw gigantic warriors (angels?) standing in their way and retreated in fear…..Needless to say Israel won in 1967!! Supernaturally yes…..I have my answer on where Chuck Baldwin stands on Israel….God bless

  12. For those of you that remember that I wrote the appropriate editor at the Sacramento Bee about the Ellie Light letters, he has replied. It was short:

    “We have not received a letter by an Ellie Light.”

    However, since I originally wrote him, I discovered this on the Sac Bee website:

    http://www.sacbee.com/847/story/2470774.html

    So, I have replied to him with that awkward fact. While his statement may actually be true, because it seems the Bee reprinted the letter – they still printed it. If I get a reply, I’ll post it.

  13. Aside from Orly running, I will restate that Andy Martin is running for Senate. Primary Feb. 2nd.

  14. Jacqlyn Smith's avatar Jacqlyn Smith

    I just received this email from that SOB
    David Plouffe….couldn’t stand him before the election and I can’t stand him even more NOW….is this a joke…..these people never learn……WHAT PART OF WE ARE TIRED OF YOUR HOPE AND CHANGE AND WE AREN’T GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!! What a stupid A$$ Liberal! I am NO friend of the establishment!!!

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Friend —

    On Wednesday evening, President Obama will deliver his first State of the Union address. It comes at a critical moment.

    We must regroup, refocus, and re-engage on the vital work ahead. So let’s watch it together at a State of the Union Watch Party in your neighborhood.

    We’ve hit some serious bumps in the road recently in our march toward change. We always knew it would be difficult, but this past week has definitely been a hard one, for all of us.

    But this movement didn’t come so far without making it through some challenging times. It’s at moments like these when we need you most. People are hurting. Our country is at a crossroads, and in communities like yours all across America we must all fight for the progress our families and businesses need to thrive.

    The President’s resolve has never been stronger to keep fighting for health insurance reform, for lasting job creation, and to rein in the big banks and fight the undue influence of lobbyists. Wednesday’s speech will be a pivotal moment for us all to get on the same page and continue the fight together.

    In just two days, OFA(the FRAUD for Americ…I added that)…… supporters like you will be gathering at State of the Union Watch Parties in living rooms and community centers across the country. You can share ideas and experiences — and I’ll be joining on the phone for a special strategy huddle before the speech.

    Find and RSVP for a State of the Union Watch Party near you:

    http://my.barackobama.com/AttendSOTU

    I hope you can join us,

    David Plouffe

    P.S. — Volunteers have set up hundreds of Watch Parties over the last few days. But if there isn’t one yet near you, just sign up to host one yourself. It’s easy and fun, local OFA organizers will help you with any questions you have, and it’s an incredibly important way to let supporters near you be part of the action:

    http://my.barackobama.com/HostSOTU

  15. Carmen,
    Your welcome,I put his site up also after the videos so everyone can go in at read on him.
    I just wish I knew about him in 08.Media never had him out there.
    God Bless You also!

  16. Jacqlyn Smith's avatar Jacqlyn Smith

    NOW here’s the email I wanted to see…..it is from Tim Phillips…..

    AmericansforProsperity.org

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    Dear Jacqlyn,

    This Wednesday evening, President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at a crucial time for our free market principles and our nation.

    Due to the hard work of folks like you and the American people’s strong voice, the president’s health care takeover has been slowed. As a result of his liberal agenda, the president’s personal poll numbers are among the lowest for any president just finishing a first year in the White House.

    But, Wednesday night the president will attempt to redefine the health care issue, and really, his entire presidency.

    We must make sure our message is heard on this crucial night — by members of Congress and the media.

    So Americans for Prosperity is hosting town hall meetings across the nation on Wednesday night beginning one hour before President Obama speaks. CLICK HERE FOR LOCATIONS AND TO JOIN US

    I hope you’ll join grassroots activists like yourself to hear our “pre-response” to the president’s speech and to send a message that this attempted big-government health care takeover must end now. Then, we’ll settle in together and watch President Obama’s speech, after which you will have the opportunity to respond during a question and comment period.

    If you cannot join us in person, please go online to AmericansforProsperity.org at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time to see a live video stream of our anchor town hall meeting from the great state of Arkansas. I’ll be there with local and national speakers to deliver our message.

    This weekend I looked at President Obama’s address to Congress last January. In the opening minute he promised to focus on job creation and getting our economy moving again. But, sadly he’s broken his promises, focusing instead on a big government agenda that:

    * Passed a $787-billion “stimulus” bill that simply poured more money we don’t have into pet projects and to political allies. The president promised his “stimulus” bill would ensure that unemployment did not go above 8%, but today unemployment stands at 10% and real unemployment at 17%, according to Department of Labor numbers.

    * Called for cap-and-trade legislation that will raise taxes on gasoline and utility bills, kill hundreds of thousands of jobs, and encroach on the freedoms of Americans as they live their daily lives — all in the name of a global warming ideology that is called into question more and more each day.

    * Passed a fiscal year 2010 budget that raised non-defense discretionary spending by 12% at a time when American families and businesses are having to cut back their budgets.

    * And, with jobs being lost and Americans deeply concerned about government spending and our economy’s future — the president actually decided his top priority was to try and spend trillions on a government health care takeover that would reduce patient choice, hurt the quality of our health care and create over 100 new government agencies with tens of thousands of new federal bureaucrats.

    We’ve got to make sure the record of this president is brought before Americans this Wednesday night as he delivers his State of the Union speech, because this health care battle is not over.

    In fact, it’s at an important point with Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid still saying they want to move forward with an aggressive health care bill.

    Your hard work and sacrifice have won us some breathing room to protect our freedoms. But Wednesday night is a big night for us as well as the president.

    Send a message to your members of Congress and to the media that free-market activists are calling for an end to this attempted health care takeover. And, we’re calling for the president and Congress to end their big-government, big-spending, tax-increasing ways NOW.

    Tim Phillips

    PS: Stay in the fight and have some fun as well. Join us this Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time for one of our Americans for Prosperity town hall meetings. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS and to let us know you’ll join us either in person or online this Wednesday.

    One last thing. The president has recently attempted to shift the focus from his big-government agenda by attacking fellow Americans with overheated populist rhetoric that seeks to find villains instead of solutions. It’s a tired old tactic from the Left — remember Al Gore doing it in the closing days of the 2000 campaign? But, we’ll also be urging the president to end these negative attacks.

  17. Jacqlyn Smith's avatar Jacqlyn Smith

    FYI…..IMPORTANT*********

    Go here to find a town hall close to you to watch the FRAUD’S speech and then have your voice heard afterwards……

    http://afpsotu.eventbrite.com/

  18. JS

    Speaking of one of the “road bumps” that idiot Plouffe mention in his letter, does anyone know when Scott Brown will be sworn in?

    I imagine that Obummer does not want Senator Brown in attendance for the speech on Wednesday, stealing attention from him.

  19. Michelle–yeah, it’s the principle that if you say the same thing over and over some people will believe you even if it’s not true.

    It’s just like the old saying about being caught in flagrante: deny, deny, deny!

  20. Jacqlyn Smith's avatar Jacqlyn Smith

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    Ladyhawke // January 25, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    JS

    Speaking of one of the “road bumps” that idiot Plouffe mention in his letter, does anyone know when Scott Brown will be sworn in?

    I imagine that Obummer does not want Senator Brown in attendance for the speech on Wednesday, stealing attention from him.
    ******************************************

    I think I heard it will be the first week of February!!!

  21. Ladyhawke // January 25, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    Last i heard, Brown was to be seated on Feb. 10th

  22. JS & kidmon,

    I just found this transcript of a Greta interview on FoxNews. Winslow was Brown’s campaign Chief Counsel:

    VAN SUSTEREN: When is he going to get sworn in?

    WINSLOW: We’re still waiting to see. There’s a formal process, which is the certification of the results at the state level, followed by a swearing in ceremony. There’s an informal process where the Senate could simply by consent swear him in by waiving their internal rules and customs.

    But for the time being, we believe the formal process is going to apply, and the earliest possible time that could be would likely be February 10th for the certification and thereafter for swearing in. So we are aiming for February 11th.

    VAN SUSTEREN: Why is that? I take it that your secretary of state, who sent a letter on behalf of Congresswoman Tsongas before she was certified to the House, this is to the senate. Did the secretary of state from Massachusetts send a similar letter for Senator-elect Brown?

    WINSLOW: Not just a similar letter, the identical letter. The state secretary went to bat the very next morning without even asking in writing his team, and he signed a report of the unofficial vote results, which right down to the secretary of the Senate that same morning.

    You’re right, Congresswoman Tsongas sworn in 48 hours later. Actually Senator Kennedy when he was elected in a special election for this seat in 1962 was sworn in the next day. So it really depends on the formal or informal preferences of the bodies in power at that time.

    VAN SUSTEREN: The letter has arrived in the United States Senate. Have they responded and said we are going to do like we did with other members or we’re going to think about it or we’re not going to do it. What is the response?

    WINSLOW: Our understanding is the Senate has a rule, rule two, which requires the certification to be submitted, and that is still pending here in Massachusetts. And there’s a waiting period for vote tallies to be reported up from the local cities and towns to the state.

    VAN SUSTEREN: What changed since Senator Kennedy — has that rule come into effect since Senator Kennedy was sworn in?

    WINSLOW: I’m not sure, but at the end of the day the Senate could be by consent seat Senator-elect Brown whenever it chose to. In the absence of consent we have to go through the formal process, and that’s what we’re going through now.

  23. I wonder what home schoolers teach their children about the requirement for the office of President? Did anyone call their school, school board?

  24. As a registered Dem I have to say are you kidding me? We can’t run away from you fast enough.
    Jacqlyn Smith @ 1:50 pm
    “State of the Union Watch Party”
    I am not going to watch it, nor would I invite my friends over for torture.

  25. ok call them and ask, who is barry Soetoro? please someone call and ask. 🙂

  26. twe @ 2:02 pm
    I thought it was an Obama sign, not Neo-Nazis.

  27. Scott Brown on radio today (Feb 11th for swearing in he says):

    http://audio.waaf.com/m/audio/28535199/sen-elect-scott-brown.htm?pageid=17973

  28. twe-so in a minute (approx)-it explains what a 2,000 page bill could not. I thought it would be nice to whittle it down to 20 pages-these guys could get it down to a half a page.

  29. Michelle: the sign itself says Nat’l Socialist Movement (there is a picture on the link)

  30. This was posted on the last thread:

    Question for the month by usapatriots-shout

    On January 15, 2010 Barack Obama SIGNED a check for 60 billion dollars ($60,000,000,000) to Andy Stern’s Service Employer International Union(SEIU). This check was related to the union’s so called “Cadillac insurance program). Now that it appears the government takeover universal health care program may not go forward, will SEIU return the $60,000,000,000?

    Or WHERE’S THE MONEY?
    Show us the money! Where’s the money?

    Along these lines, how about the government return to the tax payers Obama’s “porkulus” $787,000,000,ooo he plundered from us in January 2009!

    The bottom line reality is Obama doesn’t know the first thing about economy, making a profit, or even holding to a budget. He thinks money just continue flowing like the Amazon River. Neither he nor Michele Evita ever earned a dime. They have either lived most of their lives on the looting of government grants or Saudi handouts to buy them the presidency.

    Throw “O-bum-a” out in 20 10. Failure is not an option. Yes we can! Yes we will!

  31. Michelle 240: yep

  32. Please, help your friends to keep informed, pass this on to your friends

    All I’ve got to defend my country to take her back and restore her to the republic under the Constitution written by our fore fathers is my own not very great voice—but at least I have a voice–. So do you. Share your voice with me and shout in protest so loud we will be heard in every corner of the universe!

    In one short year, look what they have done to America!

    www. Blogtalkradio.com/Usapatriots-shout

    Mieke & Therese to discuss:

    The Significance of Scott Brown’s Win

    Empowering all patriots!

    Taking Back America from the “Progressives”

    (This is America. It can’t happen here. It did!)

    Monday, January25, 2010, 3:30 PST

    Join us for the discussion

    646-727-3865

  33. Afternoon Abby Ann’s mom!

  34. SueK 244: Yep! Of course, we knew this all along!!

    One of the things people love about Scott Brown is his humility. He’s down-to-earth. O could learn much from him.

  35. twe // January 25, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    Abby Ann’s *adoptive* mom, twe :).

    Still lining up all the players for the grand adoption on Saturday!

  36. twe // January 25, 2010 at 2:54 pm

    The only things I hear coming out of Barky’s ‘boca grande,’ twe, are:

    mememememememe

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

    A shrink would have a field day with this guy!

  37. Jacqlyn Smith // January 25, 2010 at 1:58 pm
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  38. venice // January 25, 2010 at 1:35 pm

    I agree with you…

  39. Did anyone call?

  40. Perhaps its time for We the People to inform China that we aren’t shareholders in the bankrupt United States Corporation, and that we aren’t gong to its debt.

  41. Perhaps its time for We the People to inform China that we aren’t shareholders in the bankrupt United States Corporation, and that we aren’t going to pay its debt.

  42. Patriot Dreamer's avatar Patriot Dreamer

    t-shirt out already:

    “Who is Ellie Light”?

    http://www.zazzle.com/who_is_ellie_light_tshirt-235801376403731638

  43. The guy subbing for Tom Sullivan today was just talking about Obama’s saying that the same feelings that swept Brown into office swept him in also.

    The broadcaster said that if Obama actually believes that, “He’s either really, really stupid or borderline nuts. I think he’s borderline nuts.”

    For those that may not know, this is a national talk show.

  44. Patriot Dreamer's avatar Patriot Dreamer

    And now,

    “Who is Mark Spivey?”

    http://patterico.com/2010/01/24/who-is-mark-spivey/

  45. Proofs on who killed Brandon Lee and MJ!!! This video is blocked in numerous countries!!!

    The Illuminati CONTROLS even the USA army.. They controls the Court, Media, Government..

  46. SueK @ 2:44 pm
    I have always thought Obama delusional, he just keeps reinforcing the thought. Crazy as a loon.

  47. Margie,
    Call about what please??

  48. Should Ben Bernanke be re-confirmed AT ALL? Vote below!

    http://www.chooseliberty.org/bernanke.aspx?pid=im&t=or

  49. SueK @2:44

    The Wall Street Journal commented on the story you posted, with a really funny title:

    “You’ve Got Me, Babe”

    http://online.wsj.com/article/best_of_the_web_today.html

  50. Benaiah,

    Sorry for the misunderstanding. Nuance is difficult to discern on a blog.

  51. SueK 2:44pm.

    Just wait. It’s going to get even better.

  52. Ladyhawke // January 25, 2010 at 3:26 pm

    Hey Ladyhawke,

    He’s not just mentally ill, he actually believes that it’s all about him.

    I think the voters’ remorse is starting to avalanche…

  53. SueK @ 2:54 pm
    re: Abby, do you believe in love at first sight?

  54. venice // January 25, 2010 at 3:31 pm

    Hi venice,

    Seem as though you’ve got some inside info up there?????

    It’d be amusing if it weren’t so tragic.

  55. SueK 2:44pm

    I’ll go one step better. Everyone can throw out all psychiatric textbooks, because the country is going to witness in full regalia the meaning of narcissism.

  56. Patriot Dreamer @ 3:14 pm
    re: Who’s Ellie Light
    Who’s Barack Obama
    Barry Soetoro
    Steve Dunham
    and ? many other aliases.

  57. Michelle // January 25, 2010 at 3:32 pm

    Michelle, in this case, I believe in love at ‘no sight!’ She is already loved :).

  58. SueK,

    As I said earlier I don’t relish witnessing the torment.

  59. venice // January 25, 2010 at 3:37 pm

    It is sad when you think about it, venice. I see people like him every day, and we all know someone whose so angry at the world that it’s impossible to deal with them.

    It must be horrible to live like that.

  60. venice // January 25, 2010 at 3:30 pm

    No harm no foul…

    If Osama bin Laden did indeed have end-stage renal disease, unless he had received a kidney transplant, he would be dead by now.

    This raises an interesting question, if he is alive, then when, where, and by whom did he receive a kidney transplant?

  61. SueK,

    It’s beyond horrible. That’s when drugs become necessary and why I’ve always said fundamentally I feel sorry for Obama. He has nowhere to go but down. Those in power made sure of that last Tuesday, just as we predicted.

  62. Benaiah,

    Well that’s a whole new ball park. The black market for live organs first of all is a nightmare. But I don’t think someone the likes of bin Laden would have any trouble receiving a kidney. The advantage of kidney transplants is that people have 2 and can donate one quite readily without adverse effects. However there is the matter of organ rejection requiring immunosuppression. But for kidney recipients, kidney transplant is among the most successful of all transplants.

    However I still don’t think bin Laden is alive. The fact that they have to resort to a look alike photo I think supports that.

  63. jbjd,

    According to the following Massachusetts General Law, on the certification for nomination of Obama by the Democratic Convention, “The surnames of the candidates for president and vice president of the United States shall be added to the party or political designation of the candidates for presidential electors.”

    Isn’t certifying the surname “Obama” for Barack Hussein Obama fraudulent in Massachusetts if indeed his surname isn’t Obama?

    Benaiah

    MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAW

    Chapter 53: Section 17A. Procedure

    […]

    Every certificate of nomination of a candidate endorsed for nomination by such a convention …shall include such facts as are required by section eight. Such certificate shall be signed, sworn to and filed with the state secretary as required by section five.

    […]

    Chapter 53: Section 8. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers; contents; party designation

    Section 8. All certificates of nomination and nomination papers shall, in addition to the names of candidates, specify as to each, (1) his residence, with street and number, if any, (2) the office for which he is nominated, and (3) except as otherwise provided in this section and except for elections which are not preceded by primaries or political party caucuses, the political designation, if any, which he represents, expressed in not more than three words. This information, in addition to the district name or number, if any, shall be specified on the nomination paper before any signature of a purported registered voter is obtained and the circulation of nomination papers without such information is prohibited. Certificates of nomination made by convention or caucus shall also state what provision, if any, was made for filling vacancies caused by the death, withdrawal or ineligibility of candidates. The state committees of the respective political parties at a meeting called for the purpose shall nominate the presidential electors. The surnames of the candidates for president and vice president of the United States shall be added to the party or political designation of the candidates for presidential electors. Such surnames and a list of the persons nominated for presidential electors, together with an acceptance in writing signed by each candidate for presidential elector on a form to be provided by the state secretary, shall be filed by the state chairmen of the respective political parties not later than the second Tuesday of September. Said acceptance form shall include a pledge by the presidential elector to vote for the candidate named in the filing. To the name of each candidate for alderman at large shall be added the number of the ward in which he resides. To the name of a candidate for a town office who is an elected incumbent thereof there may be added the words “Candidate for Re-election”.

    […]

  64. venice // January 25, 2010 at 3:49 pm

    Unfortunately, venice, I think he’s self-medicating, which would answer the questions of his erratic behavior and delusions of grandeur…

    No rational human being would consistently preach that it ‘s ‘all about him.’

  65. GB… call your local school / school board and ask how they are educating students about the requirement to be a U.S. President. How are they defining a natural born citizen. I know I was taught… born to American citizens in America, or if at a time of war, other area’s deemed American soil. Everyone seems afraid to call and ask, therefore this is tyranny !!!

  66. SueK,

    Yes, probably has his entire life. But now it’s worse, because he has waited an entire lifetime for this chance and has subordinated everything to that end. I read somewhere that he had dreams of becoming president in elementary school.

    It’s sad, but he also has to take responsibility for setting 350 million people on a path to poverty and for destabilizing a global economy. And that’s just the beginning of the list.

  67. Margie,
    Will do,Thank You!

  68. New ad by Mario and Charles…

    Obama an Unconstitutional Illegal President – 20100125 Issue Wash Times Natl Wkly – pg 5

  69. ACTION ALERT – Please send this letter to your senator in OPPOSITION OF BERNAKE NOMINATION.
    (found @ http://www.tarpley.net)

    My dear Senator,

    I am writing to urge you to vote against the confirmation of Ben Bernanke for a second term as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Bernanke has failed in his responsibilities both as a banking regulator and in his administration of Federal Reserve lending. Bernanke presided over the final phase of the $1.5 quadrillion financial derivatives bubble which is the central cause of the present world economic depression. He was the principal advocate for the reckless and irresponsible policy of bailing out bankrupt money center institutions, allowing them to live on as zombie banks at astronomical taxpayer, but with no corresponding benefit whatsoever for the economic life of the broader society. Bernanke is responsible for the super-toxic alphabet soup of Federal Reserve lending facilities like the TAF, the TALF, and so forth. These betrayals of the public trust have offered 0% credit to predatory institutions including Wall Street banks, insurance companies, credit card companies, money market funds, and other financial institutions. Bernanke has thus used public resources to subsidize financial speculation in all of its most destructive forums, while doing almost nothing to provide cheap credit for production that would benefit factories, farms, mines, building construction, small business, exports, scientific research, energy production, and infrastructure building. Economic activity in all of these fields is now dying for lack of credit, which is being denied by the very institutions Bernanke is trying to save. Everything that Bernanke has done is diametrically opposed to the rational credit policy needed to fight an economic depression.

    Bernanke must therefore be rejected. Instead, the Senate should support a new Fed chairman with the qualifications necessary to preside over the nationalization of this illegal, unconstitutional, and failed institution. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 must be repealed. The future of the Fed is as a bureau of the United States Treasury responsible for providing cheap federal lending as a public utility for productive activity in the form of tangible physical commodity output, not speculation and financial services. In the future, the size of the money supply, short-term interest rates, and the approved categories of lending must be taken out of the hands of unelected and unaccountable cliques of predatory bankers, and deliberated in the full glare of publicity by the House, the Senate, and the president, as the United States Constitution actually requires. Because of Bernanke’s pattern of subservience to Wall Street interests, it is clear that he cannot be the official suited to to carry out this historic transition. Worse, reports concerning telephone calls made by Treasury Secretary Geithner in September 2008 suggest that Bernanke may also be a party to illegal operations by the Fed in regard to the bailout of AIG and its derivatives counterparties at that time. It is unthinkable that the Senate would approve Bernanke unless and until these grave suspicions have been cleared up.

    Today’s newspapers suggest that Bernanke, even if he should be rejected by the Senate this week, would still attempt to stay in power as a member of the Board of Governors through 2020, exerting his power through his colleagues presently on the board. This would amount to nothing less than a bankers’ insurrection. In this eventuality, the Congress must swiftly impeach Bernanke and remove him from office immediately.

  70. Our government preaches to other countries re: free and fair elections. It would have been one thing if the people of the United States of America were advised before the election that Obama was ineligible-some may have voted for him anyway. This information was purposefully withheld from the general public, in many cases those who attempted to inform were threatened.
    The United States did not have a free and fair election according to this article, therefore our country should do the world a favor and stay out of their elections, until they are able to get our own countries elections back to free and fair.
    http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Free+and+fair
    3.-1. Public elections. These should be free and uninfluenced either by hope or fear. They are, therefore, generally made by ballot, except those by persons in their representative capacities, which are viva voce. And to render this freedom as perfect as possible, electors are generally exempted from arrest in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach of the peace, during their attendance on election, and in going to and returning from them. And provisions are made by law, in several states, to prevent the interference or appearance of the military on the election ground.

  71. Venice & Benaiah, re: bin Laden

    Here’s a site with interesting info on the “fake” tapes.

    http://www.the-office.com/fakebinladen.htm

    Mid-way down, there clips from an article printed in The Japan Times, 2006, on new computer graphics technology in Hollywood that could actually have old stars rise from dead…”a computer graphics clone of the actor not only able to utter never-spoken lines of dialogue, but also designed to be framed by the camera from every possible angle…”

  72. Thanks GB… If anyone stays in touch with Orly, maybe she will put it on her site… Call Schools and ask how they are educating students about the requirement to be President of the United Stated. I know I was taught, born to citizen parents on American soil or if at a time of war, other areas deemed American soil. More/less a generation thing….

  73. JustMe,

    A quote from your link:

    “The videotape, which purportedly showed a jolly Osama Bin Laden confessing to the 9/11 attacks, was made public on December 13, 2001, while the real Osama bin Laden, physically gaunt and graying, (who, a month or so earlier had already been described as looking pale and haggard, his left hand never moving), was prepared for burial. The immobile left arm, Dr. Sanjay Gupta had observed on CNN, suggested that bin Laden had suffered a stroke, adding that this, plus a “frosting of the appearance” suggested that bin Laden was in the final stages of kidney failure”.

    Yes, this is what you might expect in the final stages of kidney failure.

  74. Hey everybody – remember a few days ago that I predicted that Robert Gibbs would soon complete his morphing into Baghdad Bob?

    Well – HE DID IT, it’s official!. Did you see him on Fox News Sunday? Total meltdown maniac. Baghdad Bob lives another day – to spew incredible inane NONSENSE!

    Exhibit A: He says Brown was elected for the exact same reasons as Obama, therefore his election is good for Obama. When Chris Wallace reiterated the three main planks of the Brown platform – which are all viruently anti-Obama, Baghdad Bob says: Yeah, that’s what he preached but not why the people voted for him. Then he went further to claim that they did independent “exit polls” and that all the people who voted for Brown love Obama!

    (I’m not making any of this up!)

  75. Carlyle @ 5:10 pm
    I saw that interview also, you summed it up correctly. No, you are not crazy-they are.

  76. Carlyle @ 5:10 Not the Gibbs interview-but Chris Wallace on “some things you just can’t spin”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aRaqoBMEKY

  77. Venice,

    Thanks for posting the quote. There’s no doubt in my mind he’s dead. I’ve known for some time.

    Also on that site, there’s a copy of the alleged funeral announcement as it appeared in an Egyptian paper.

    Every time poll numbers plummet, as they have now with Obama, they will pull this out of their bag of tricks. Gets really old and it’s embarrassing how our gov’t continues to use this ridiculous propaganda, while other countries around the world know full well he’s dead. They’re all sitting back laughing at us and saying, “stupid Americans.”

  78. Let The Real War Begin With These Bastards

    Today January 25, 2010 I returned to Social Security as instructed on 1-11-10. This morning Supervisor Lucy Cruz admitted that Social Security LIED in their letter dated January 8, 2010 and that SSA Employee Boothe LIED to my face during our meeting on 1-11-10.

    Mrs. Cruz also admitted that I am being investigated based on “agency information” and that SSA will not provide me with any info as to what the allegations made are nor who made them. This is America where the accused has the right to know what they are accused of and by whom.

    Today these bastards have picked the sore one too many times. You want to see one crazy individual when they have been pushed one to (sic) many times these bastards are fixing to see just that.

    Robert Gibbs, Rahm Emmanuel, Joe Biden, Barack & Michelle Obama, and David Axelrod are about to find out just what one individual is capable of when you push them from behind too many times.

    http://www.larrysinclair.com/

  79. Danny @ 5:33 pm check out this article, see if it is the same things that they are doing to them. They are still in the process of back checking, this is an update.
    http://hillbuzz.org/
    January 25, 2010
    Can Trolls and “Puma Hunters” be tracked back to the DNC and Organizing for America themselves?
    Posted by hillbuzz under Uncategorized | Tags: Bettycracker, BigotBasher, Daily Kos, DemocraticUnderground, Kevin K., Puma Hunters, Sean S., Snarkopolitan, Wonk Hussein
    For the past week, we’ve been thrust into the sort of maelstrom John Grisham conjures for his characters: for whatever reason, out of the blue, one day ordinary people find themselves up against a ruthless conspiracy bent on their destruction.
    We’d never heard the term “Puma Hunter” until this week, though we were aware of sporadic attacks on people like Darragh Murphy at PUMApac.org or Will Bowers, two of the most prominent and outspoken Democrats who witnessed the brutal attacks of the Left upon Hillary Clinton supporters during the primaries, and, like us, decided they could not “shut up and sit down” once the Left’s “Lightbringer” was awarded the nomination and began his general election campaign. PUMA stands for “People United Means Action”, which sums up the grassroots movement that emerged after the DNC’s Rules & Bylaws Committee met on May 31st, 2008 and essentially awarded the nomination to Obama, despite the clear will of the voters. On that day, many of us saw the fix was in, and we became determined to make sure the American people would ultimately realize a coup within the DNC itself had installed George Soros-funded socialists in place to seize and forever alter the former Democrat Party

  80. Michelle,

    On many public appearances it seemed to me Barry, the fraud, was as high as a kite. Knowing he was using cocaine as late as 1995–that we can establish–knowing cocaine flows like water in the Chicago party people–I can not help wonder if he is still using cocaine.

    He’s lost weight. There are dark circles under his eyes and the lines in his face have deepened. I first began to suspect him when he was laughing on one of his interviews early on and the interviewer asked him if was “punch drunk”. Then Obama said he was only indulging in “gallows humor”–whatever that is. I suppose it goes with his other crazy statement “wee weed out” . Does any one know what these statements mean?

    Get rid of the fraud in 2010. Failure is not an option. Yes we can. Yes we will.!

  81. Biden in Baghdad
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100123/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq

    …American commanders are trumpeting security gains in places such as the western Anbar province as a sign that their partnership with Iraqi security forces is working, and that the local troops can keep the country safe.

    But fears are growing about a possible resurgence in sectarian tensions — fed by the Shiite-dominated government’s plans to blacklist more than 500 parliamentary candidates over suspected links to Saddam Hussein’s regime.

    In Baghdad, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met with Iraq’s leaders Saturday to try to alleviate the pressures….

    ‘Chemical Ali’ executed, Iraqi government spokesman says
    http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/25/chemical.ali.executed/index.html?hpt=T2

    …Al-Majeed had been held in United States custody since his capture in 2003. But he was handed over to the Iraqi authorities in the 24 hours before his execution, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill told CNN’s Diana Magnay on Monday.

  82. Impeccable Timing – 48 hours before The State of The Union Address

    A purportedly new audio tape of Osama Bin Laden claiming responsibility for the failed Christmas Day underwear bombing attempt has surfaced, once again, at the most politically opportune time for the White House, with the State of The Union Address now just 48 hours away.

    It is unclear as to why Bin Laden waited over four weeks to deliver his message at a time when the underwear bomber story has all but dropped out of the headlines.

    One thing is certain however, Al Qaeda seem to like running P.R. for the White House. Previously tapes have been released hours before the State of The Union Address in [b] BOTH 2006 and 2007.[/b] Bin Laden also previously popped up on the eve of the 2004 election, leading the late Walter Cronkite to muse that the whole farce was a Karl Rove orchestrated set-up.

    snipped from:
    http://www.prisonplanet.com/bin-ladens-impeccable-timing-boosts-obama-ahead-of-sotu-address.html

  83. Sorry about the bolding codes in previous post. Obviously, they didn’t work.

  84. ………….from a previous post……..

    JustMe, I read the links you gave me and what stands out to me was that it was already being discussed to divide America up into ten zones back in Nixon’s time. I had no idea it went that far back. I have no doubt that all of this ties into Agenda 21.

    If you come across any recent info on Codex Alimentarius and what Interpol is up to lately in the U.S., let me know, I’d appreciate it.

    I know Codex Alimentarius was suppose to go into effect on 12/31/09.

  85. **** New Post ****

  86. An official White House photo depicting the nutjob with his feet up on the Resolute Desk?

    http://hotairpundit.blogspot.com/2010/01/another-new-photo-from-white-house.html

    Are there any adult advisers?

  87. I don’t see a new post?????

  88. OK. I give up! Where’s the post?

    CW–are you OK?

  89. twe-I thought I was going crazy?

  90. Michelle–I hope CW is OK. He put up the “new post” notice at least 20 minutes ago.

  91. Anyone know CW’s phone # or addy? Would you please let him know there’s no new post? At least, see if he is OK. Thanks.

  92. Obama Would ‘Rather Be Really Good One-Term President’
    http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/president-obama-good-term-president/story?id=9657337

    President Obama, buffeted by criticism of his massive health care reform bill and election setbacks [and the fact that he knows he isn’t eligible], said today he remained determined to tackle health care and other big problems despite the political dangers [THE ELIGIBILITY ISSUE] to his presidency.

    “I’d rather be a [DICTATOR] really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president,” he told ABC’s “World News” anchor Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview today.

  93. HEY EVERYONE–it has now been over 30 minutes since CW typed ‘new post’…and there has not been a new post in that time.

    Will someone who has his phone number/addy please let him know?…most importantly, please check to see that he is alright.

  94. If you live in Texas..please support Medina.I know Sara is being paid to cheerlead for Perry but us border-staters NEED A STRONG BORDER ENFORCER NOW!
    Vote for her…she takes questions directly from voters on the air unlike the other two. It’s a primary and we can afford to speak our minds at the ballot box.

  95. twe,

    The addy is in my computer, which is in the shop. Lemme see if I can remember!

  96. ******NEW POST****NOW UP!!!!!

  97. **** Try Now ****

  98. Keep calling the Repubs. offices.Give them Kershners
    blog puzo1.blogspot.com
    Tell them to contact him,retired Commander of the Navy lawsuit against them,Congress and BHO
    Contact Orly Taitz,who is trying to save America,spoken all over the world,so the world knows the facts,fraudulent activities and more.
    Say she has several military and former Ambassador,Dr.Allen Keyes as clients.
    She has documents showing Fraud so call her and get the facts.
    She also knows about spending 2 million on hiding student loans,college records,medical records,thesis etc,etc
    http://www.orlytaitzesq.com CALL HER CONGRESS,BECOME A PLAINTIFF IN HER CASE
    Time for them to help her save America NOW!!
    http://www.wnd.com breaking news daily
    http://www.repubx.com great articles
    http://www.riseupforamerica.com lots of info

    http://www.repubx.com

  99. Michelle // January 25, 2010 at 5:29 pm

    Hah! Excellent.

  100. “I’d rather be a [DICTATOR] really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president,” he told ABC’s “World News” anchor Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview today.
    —————————-
    Well, I guess he blew that…….

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