John McCain's team will ruin Sarah Palin. I have no doubt.
I also have no doubt that Palin would not be supporting this massive socialism-tinged bailout bill if she was not having to parrot John McCain.
McCain is not a conservative. Said it many times. What he cares most about is bi-partisanship, which generally means Republicans selling out to appease Democrats. So, he's supporting this atrocious bailout to be bi-partisan, and dragging Sarah Palin down with him.
McCain could seize the moment of the bailout's historic failure in Congress today. He could champion real reform.
- repeal the Community Reinvestment Act as part of the bailout. It caused the subprime mortgage market, and the resulting implosion of the housing market.
- fix the flawed accounting rules and repeal Sarbanes-Oxley
- demand resignations of those who caused the crisis. Paulson, Dodd, Barney Frank. Pelosi, while you're at it.
But, he won't. He'll get in front of a microphone and blame House Republicans, because that's what he does. He wants the media to love him and that's how they'll love him. Guaranteed that's what he'll do - by tonight. Count on it.
And, he'll drag Sarah Palin down with him.
Sarah should rock everyone during the debate this week and oppose the bailout. Support a work-out. Demand reforms. That would shake things up.
Sarah Palin for President. Heck with McCain.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
My Take on the Bailout, A.K.A. Our Impending Socialism
1. I couldn't disagree more with the "bipartisan" congressmen and pundits who keep saying that we shouldn't be talking about who is at fault for this economic meltdown, but should just proceed with the $700 Billion Dollar Bailout. If you don't correctly identify the cause, how can you be sure that you are not feeding $700 Billion Dollars right into the same mechanism?
2. Make no mistake about it, the Democrats own the failure of Wall Street. If you pay any attention to this beyond what the media elites are feeding you, this is abundantly clear. Four specific reasons:
a. The "Community Reinvestment Act", brought into law by the Clinton administration. Forced banks to make more loans to low-income people, principally by abandoning credit analysis. This created the "sub-prime" mortgage industry which eventually imploded and caused this mess.
**Note: I saw a Vice President of Fox Business Channel on the premier of "Huckabee" this weekend. She just the day before "googled" the CRA and found out, "Oh my God", how directly involved this act was in the mess. Question: how did she get to be VP of a business channel and she's just finding out what I - a regular joe blogging in my pajamas - have known for weeks? Really. The ignorance of the people you are seeing in the media is staggering.
b. Wall Street and the GSE's (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) are run by Democrats. The CEO's and prinicpal players - all multi millionaires - are all Democrats. They vote donkey. They contribute heavily to Obama. They are former Clinton administration officials (like Jamie Gorelick, who was also the villian in 9/11 by authoring the intelligence "wall" while at Justice.)
c. Democrat officeholders, like Chris Dodd and Barney Frank, have not only pushed the whole sub-prime market on America but have also benefitted greatly from the political payback contributions of the Wall Street greedheads who were making millions before the implosions.
d. Democrats opposed all Republican efforts to reform the system and clamp down on the subprime market. The Bush administration tried in 2003 to reign in the market, and were stopped by Democrats. John McCain sponsored legislation in 2005 to regulate this out-of-control market, and was stopped in a party-line vote by Democrats. Democrats have controlled Congress since 2006 and could have gone after this before the implosion. They own the responsibility.
3. The price of a vote for a bailout by Congress should be a series of public resignations:
a. Treasury Secretary Paulson first of all. This meltdown happened on his watch. He should not be the architect of the rescue. He should be the first resignation.
b. Chairmen of Congressional banking committees. That would be Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, and probably others. Resign now.
c. The Republican chairmen of those same committees before 2006. If they are still in Congress, they should resign now.
d. Every Congressman who voted in committee in 2005 to stop the McCain sponsored regulation of the banking industry. Resign tomorrow.
That's what would really restore the confidence and support of a very angry America. Resignations on a mass scale.
4. Stop ACORN! One of the upsides of capturing voter's attention during this crisis should be the exposure of the corrosive effect on our politics brought by the group called ACORN. The Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now. Yes, community organizers, like Barack Obama who was a member and activist. This is a thoroughly disreputable leftist group that has been regualarly involved in voter fraud. They are a reliable source of campaign workers for leftist Democrats. (sorry, I'm being redundant there.) ACORN follow the tenets of the founder of the community organizer movement, Saul Alinsky - who wrote "Rules for Radicals". Those tenets include achieving "change" - by which he means massive income redistribution and the replacement of capitalism by socialism. Yes, that "change" which is currently being promulgated as the theme of one of Alinsky's disciples - Barack Obama.
Here's an excellent recap on Michelle Malkin's website on ACORN.
Why should this crisis bring focus on the scurrilous group ACORN? Because the Democrats in Congress were trying to insert a provision in the bailout that 20% of any recovered funds coming back to the government would go to leftist voter fraud groups including ACORN. We have to scrutinize the final bill to ensure that the provision was stripped out.
Finally, if you haven't watched it yet, you owe it to yourself to spend 10 minutes on YouTube and watch the video called "Burning Down the House, What Caused Our Economic Crisis". If you haven't watched it yet, then you don't know enough about the crisis to have an opinion. Seriously.
2. Make no mistake about it, the Democrats own the failure of Wall Street. If you pay any attention to this beyond what the media elites are feeding you, this is abundantly clear. Four specific reasons:
a. The "Community Reinvestment Act", brought into law by the Clinton administration. Forced banks to make more loans to low-income people, principally by abandoning credit analysis. This created the "sub-prime" mortgage industry which eventually imploded and caused this mess.
**Note: I saw a Vice President of Fox Business Channel on the premier of "Huckabee" this weekend. She just the day before "googled" the CRA and found out, "Oh my God", how directly involved this act was in the mess. Question: how did she get to be VP of a business channel and she's just finding out what I - a regular joe blogging in my pajamas - have known for weeks? Really. The ignorance of the people you are seeing in the media is staggering.
b. Wall Street and the GSE's (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) are run by Democrats. The CEO's and prinicpal players - all multi millionaires - are all Democrats. They vote donkey. They contribute heavily to Obama. They are former Clinton administration officials (like Jamie Gorelick, who was also the villian in 9/11 by authoring the intelligence "wall" while at Justice.)
c. Democrat officeholders, like Chris Dodd and Barney Frank, have not only pushed the whole sub-prime market on America but have also benefitted greatly from the political payback contributions of the Wall Street greedheads who were making millions before the implosions.
d. Democrats opposed all Republican efforts to reform the system and clamp down on the subprime market. The Bush administration tried in 2003 to reign in the market, and were stopped by Democrats. John McCain sponsored legislation in 2005 to regulate this out-of-control market, and was stopped in a party-line vote by Democrats. Democrats have controlled Congress since 2006 and could have gone after this before the implosion. They own the responsibility.
3. The price of a vote for a bailout by Congress should be a series of public resignations:
a. Treasury Secretary Paulson first of all. This meltdown happened on his watch. He should not be the architect of the rescue. He should be the first resignation.
b. Chairmen of Congressional banking committees. That would be Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, and probably others. Resign now.
c. The Republican chairmen of those same committees before 2006. If they are still in Congress, they should resign now.
d. Every Congressman who voted in committee in 2005 to stop the McCain sponsored regulation of the banking industry. Resign tomorrow.
That's what would really restore the confidence and support of a very angry America. Resignations on a mass scale.
4. Stop ACORN! One of the upsides of capturing voter's attention during this crisis should be the exposure of the corrosive effect on our politics brought by the group called ACORN. The Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now. Yes, community organizers, like Barack Obama who was a member and activist. This is a thoroughly disreputable leftist group that has been regualarly involved in voter fraud. They are a reliable source of campaign workers for leftist Democrats. (sorry, I'm being redundant there.) ACORN follow the tenets of the founder of the community organizer movement, Saul Alinsky - who wrote "Rules for Radicals". Those tenets include achieving "change" - by which he means massive income redistribution and the replacement of capitalism by socialism. Yes, that "change" which is currently being promulgated as the theme of one of Alinsky's disciples - Barack Obama.
Here's an excellent recap on Michelle Malkin's website on ACORN.
Why should this crisis bring focus on the scurrilous group ACORN? Because the Democrats in Congress were trying to insert a provision in the bailout that 20% of any recovered funds coming back to the government would go to leftist voter fraud groups including ACORN. We have to scrutinize the final bill to ensure that the provision was stripped out.
Finally, if you haven't watched it yet, you owe it to yourself to spend 10 minutes on YouTube and watch the video called "Burning Down the House, What Caused Our Economic Crisis". If you haven't watched it yet, then you don't know enough about the crisis to have an opinion. Seriously.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Let Sarah be Sarah
The euphoria of John McCain naming Sarah Palin as his Vice President nominee is wearing off, and reality is setting in for me.
Yes, it was the right choice. Brilliant, in fact. Yes, she's qualified. Yes, she's awesome.
But.........two things threaten to take her down:
1. The media hates her. Absolutely. She is a threat to them, not only because they were caught off guard having no idea who she was, but because they are mostly elitist liberals and she is a confident conservative woman. By having her Down's Syndrome son, instead of aborting him, she is a direct threat to the sacrament of abortion - which is the most sacred dogma of today's Democrat party. So, they must take her down.
You need evidence of that? After Charlie Gibson's sneering condescending look-down-my-glasses-at-the-white-trash interview? How about perky Katie Couric editing an interview with Palin intentionally to make her look bad? Nothing new at CBS, I can assure you. (Dan Rather, pick up the white phone - oh, wait, where is Dan Rather the forger now?)
The media is out to get her. That's a given.
But the bigger threat to Sarah is John McCain's campaign staff. They have no idea what principles animate Sarah Palin. She's a conservative, and they assuredly are not! They see her massive appeal to America, but have no idea why.
So, what McCain's staff is stupidly doing is squashing her. Keeping her away from reporters. Forcing her into McCain's anti-conservative principles - which are primarly kiss-butt liberal positions to get the media's adoration.
Let Sarah be Sarah!
McCain's team can't hold her down forever. She will shine. And the debate is the place to do it.
Sarah should kick out her debate prep team and be herself!
Yes, it was the right choice. Brilliant, in fact. Yes, she's qualified. Yes, she's awesome.
But.........two things threaten to take her down:
1. The media hates her. Absolutely. She is a threat to them, not only because they were caught off guard having no idea who she was, but because they are mostly elitist liberals and she is a confident conservative woman. By having her Down's Syndrome son, instead of aborting him, she is a direct threat to the sacrament of abortion - which is the most sacred dogma of today's Democrat party. So, they must take her down.
You need evidence of that? After Charlie Gibson's sneering condescending look-down-my-glasses-at-the-white-trash interview? How about perky Katie Couric editing an interview with Palin intentionally to make her look bad? Nothing new at CBS, I can assure you. (Dan Rather, pick up the white phone - oh, wait, where is Dan Rather the forger now?)
The media is out to get her. That's a given.
But the bigger threat to Sarah is John McCain's campaign staff. They have no idea what principles animate Sarah Palin. She's a conservative, and they assuredly are not! They see her massive appeal to America, but have no idea why.
So, what McCain's staff is stupidly doing is squashing her. Keeping her away from reporters. Forcing her into McCain's anti-conservative principles - which are primarly kiss-butt liberal positions to get the media's adoration.
Let Sarah be Sarah!
McCain's team can't hold her down forever. She will shine. And the debate is the place to do it.
Sarah should kick out her debate prep team and be herself!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Socialism Rising
Did I suddenly wake up in a socialist country this morning? Did we vote on that while we were sleeping?
I've been worried for a while now about socialism lurking in the background, waiting to wreak itself on our country if the unimaginable happens and Barack Obama is elected. How could it not? Barack Obama has been steeped in Marxist associates and mentors since back in high school. Frank Marshall Davis, Saul Alinsky, William Ayers, et al. Even his most influential mentor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who built his church on the foundation of the thoroughly Marxist Black Liberation Theology. Obama, the single most liberal Senator in office, is steeped in Marxism and Socialism.
I was going to give him until March or so before we went full tilt into Marxist legislation.
Don't I feel silly. I was way to optimistic to believe we had until March.
It turns out President Bush is in a race to beat him to it.
Way too few people understand that the Federal Government pumping untold billions into "bailouts" to private companies like the Wall Street banks - in exchange for equity positions in those companies - is socialism. What else would you call government ownership of business?
OPPOSE THE BAILOUT!!!
Newt Gingrich went on record today predicting that anyone who votes for the bailout this week will be defeated in November. If we had any sense, he would be right.
It shouldn't wait until November. There should be firings right now. Cabinet members who had responsibility to keep our economy from melting down, and have failed extravagantly to do so, should be fired immediately. Paulson. Bernake. And their important deputies. President Bush needs to do that tomorrow. To not do so is gross negligence.
Democratic Congressional leadership, who caused this crisis with government intrusion into the capital markets to require these banks to make loans "more acessible" and caused the sub-prime meltdown, should resign tomorrow. That would be Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, and everyone who championed the Community Reinvestment Act. To not do so is gross negligence.
I'm not enthralled with government at the moment. Nor, do I want to hand them $700 billion dollars in the hope that they will fix the mess that they caused.
What a mess.
I've been worried for a while now about socialism lurking in the background, waiting to wreak itself on our country if the unimaginable happens and Barack Obama is elected. How could it not? Barack Obama has been steeped in Marxist associates and mentors since back in high school. Frank Marshall Davis, Saul Alinsky, William Ayers, et al. Even his most influential mentor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who built his church on the foundation of the thoroughly Marxist Black Liberation Theology. Obama, the single most liberal Senator in office, is steeped in Marxism and Socialism.
I was going to give him until March or so before we went full tilt into Marxist legislation.
Don't I feel silly. I was way to optimistic to believe we had until March.
It turns out President Bush is in a race to beat him to it.
Way too few people understand that the Federal Government pumping untold billions into "bailouts" to private companies like the Wall Street banks - in exchange for equity positions in those companies - is socialism. What else would you call government ownership of business?
OPPOSE THE BAILOUT!!!
Newt Gingrich went on record today predicting that anyone who votes for the bailout this week will be defeated in November. If we had any sense, he would be right.
It shouldn't wait until November. There should be firings right now. Cabinet members who had responsibility to keep our economy from melting down, and have failed extravagantly to do so, should be fired immediately. Paulson. Bernake. And their important deputies. President Bush needs to do that tomorrow. To not do so is gross negligence.
Democratic Congressional leadership, who caused this crisis with government intrusion into the capital markets to require these banks to make loans "more acessible" and caused the sub-prime meltdown, should resign tomorrow. That would be Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, and everyone who championed the Community Reinvestment Act. To not do so is gross negligence.
I'm not enthralled with government at the moment. Nor, do I want to hand them $700 billion dollars in the hope that they will fix the mess that they caused.
What a mess.
Monday, September 01, 2008
Media Clueless about the Awesome Sarah Palin
I have to admit, I am laughing myself silly at the incredible cluelessness of the mainstream media journalists (so called) and pundits on the topic of Sarah Palin. Really, how did these people get their jobs?
Here are the two most glaring areas in which they are demonstrating less-than-competence:
1. Who is Sarah Palin?
Almost the entire media herd completely missed Sarah as a possible running mate selection for John McCain. All of them, completely caught off guard and dumbfounded.
I called it. Little old me, a private citizen at home blogging in my pajamas. Astute readers will scroll down to my July 4th post this year and read where I urged John McCain to fly to Alaska to research the question of drilling for oil, and while he's at it to name Sarah Palin as his VP. Me, two months ago. I knew who she was and how powerful her nomination would be. Why didn't the network news divisions know this? Really.
2. McCain did it to woo Hillary voters:
All of the commentary that I watched and read this weekend focused on that reason for Palin's selection - blatant pandering to win the mad Hillary voters.
Wrong. Really, how do these people get on television.
The main reason for McCain to choose Sarah Palin was to fix McCain's main problem: securing his base and getting them out to vote for him.
You can't win without your base, and McCain's base was in trouble. Just ask me, I'm the base and I don't like John McCain. Do you know how many conservative Republicans were telling themselves "okay, Ill vote for him but I have to get drunk to do it"? Lots, that's how many.
McCain needs his base. Not only did he not have the base secured, but he was in danger of further aggravating his base with his VP pick. Lieberman, who he wanted to pick, would have caused an outright revolt at the convention. All of the other picks would have divided the base to some degree - Romney, Ridge, etc. Pawlenty was safe, but would excite no one.
There was one candidate, admittedly out on the margin of public awareness, who the base was chattering about - Sarah Palin.
Here's the bottom line: the announcement of Sarah Palin ELECTRIFIED the base, and NO ONE thought that John McCain could even hold the base this year let alone thrill the base. He did it with this pick and now he has the base solidly locked in and eager to work for his election. That's what the choice of Sarah Palin was all about.
Wooing mad Hillary voters is just a bonus.
Okay, all of you mainstream media slackers: you are welcome for the lesson. Now, don't let this happen again.
Here are the two most glaring areas in which they are demonstrating less-than-competence:
1. Who is Sarah Palin?
Almost the entire media herd completely missed Sarah as a possible running mate selection for John McCain. All of them, completely caught off guard and dumbfounded.
I called it. Little old me, a private citizen at home blogging in my pajamas. Astute readers will scroll down to my July 4th post this year and read where I urged John McCain to fly to Alaska to research the question of drilling for oil, and while he's at it to name Sarah Palin as his VP. Me, two months ago. I knew who she was and how powerful her nomination would be. Why didn't the network news divisions know this? Really.
2. McCain did it to woo Hillary voters:
All of the commentary that I watched and read this weekend focused on that reason for Palin's selection - blatant pandering to win the mad Hillary voters.
Wrong. Really, how do these people get on television.
The main reason for McCain to choose Sarah Palin was to fix McCain's main problem: securing his base and getting them out to vote for him.
You can't win without your base, and McCain's base was in trouble. Just ask me, I'm the base and I don't like John McCain. Do you know how many conservative Republicans were telling themselves "okay, Ill vote for him but I have to get drunk to do it"? Lots, that's how many.
McCain needs his base. Not only did he not have the base secured, but he was in danger of further aggravating his base with his VP pick. Lieberman, who he wanted to pick, would have caused an outright revolt at the convention. All of the other picks would have divided the base to some degree - Romney, Ridge, etc. Pawlenty was safe, but would excite no one.
There was one candidate, admittedly out on the margin of public awareness, who the base was chattering about - Sarah Palin.
Here's the bottom line: the announcement of Sarah Palin ELECTRIFIED the base, and NO ONE thought that John McCain could even hold the base this year let alone thrill the base. He did it with this pick and now he has the base solidly locked in and eager to work for his election. That's what the choice of Sarah Palin was all about.
Wooing mad Hillary voters is just a bonus.
Okay, all of you mainstream media slackers: you are welcome for the lesson. Now, don't let this happen again.
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