The election is over,
The talking is done.
My party lost, your party won.
So let us be friends,
Let arguments pass.
I'll hug my elephant,
You kiss your a . . . hem.
Here are some thoughts I had prior to loosing consciousness:
Nancy Pelosi is probably the only woman in the world who can wear a pea-soup-green suit and not look like a pile of sick.
Here comes the Cabinet members. Hmm . . . Yikes! I’ve seen pictures of that guy before, but I’ve never actually seen him. Mark my words, someday we will find out he is a child molester.
Finally, Obama is here, waiting to be announced. Good lord, could he hold his chin any higher back there? He does realize, doesn’t he, that it isn’t snowing and there won’t be anything to catch on his tongue. Right?? He’s going to wake up with a painful kink in his neck tomorrow morning.
Enough of the clapping already. I didn’t tune in and wait and extra 10 minutes for this man to show up just to waste my time watching televised clapping.
Great. It looks like the whole thing is going to be about clapping. Sit back down, Nancy.
Why can’t politicians actually speak when they give a speech? You know, speak from the heart, as if they really mean something. Why is every speech just a carefully crafted succession of sound bites?
Will somebody just give Nancy Pelosi some pom poms already?
Let me get this straight Mr. Potentate, you’re saying 95% of America is going to get a tax cut, you’ve just spent an extra fragillion dollars, you have the debt you inherited, AND you are going to cut the deficit in half by the end of your first term? What next? Are you going to pull a rabbit out of a hat? Maybe saw a woman in half? Please let it be Nancy Pelosi.
SIT DOWN NANCY!
So, when you say you are going to cut the national debt in half, are you just referring to the inherited debt, or are you referring to that PLUS the insane amounts of money you’ve just committed, by law, to spend? I think I know.
No earmarks in that bill. *SNORT*
Did the Speaker of the House just finish up a week of cheerleading camp, or what?
Need to get the credit flowing again? *Yawn* Really, how many times are you going to beat that drum? Any thinking person knows we’re in the trouble we’re in because too much credit was flowing. It makes no sense to say we can fix that by giving people more credit. We’re smarter than that Mr. Potentate. Move along.
Kudos to the republicans for having enough spine to stay in your seats while the rest of the room is following Nancy’s lead and doing the wave.
Yes, you’ve finally said something with which I can agree. Education does need to start at home. Just don’t start regulating that, mm’kay?
Good grief. She’s jumped up AGAIN and is clapping AGAIN. That must be one well-made bra that woman is sporting under her pea-soup-green get-up.
What a great post today on American Thinker. This really hits the nail on the head.
The westward-bound Conestoga wagons of the 19th century are an emblem of America’s expansion. They also offer a useful analogy for our current situation.
Why is that? In order for the pioneer family to successfully cross the Kansas prairie, they had to leave the family heirlooms, trunks, pianos and chest behind. Space had to be opened up for food and supplies for the family but the item that was most essential was grain for the teams that pulled the wagon. Care of the team, whether they were oxen, mules or horses was the most important factor. Without them, the wagon and the family were lost. If the team failed, the family was stranded on the prairie and they faced starvation and death. The pioneer also had to take great care of the wagon, a broken wheel or cracked axle meant disaster. Contrary to the movie depictions, the family walked beside the wagon. The women, children and pets walked. The only people who were allowed to ride were the sick and the injured. As soon as they got better, they had to get off and walk. Why? They couldn’t afford to burden the team with the extra weight. The survival and fitness of the team equaled success and survival.
These pioneers also had to count on themselves for protection. They faced many dangers and had no one to protect them from wild animals, Indians and thieves. As a result, they were heavily armed. Firearms were tools just like the axe and the shovel. They didn’t have the government to defend them, feed them or house them. Most of them survived and prospered. The ones who refused to drop the piano off at the river crossing and insisted on taking the extra baggage with them at the expense of food for the team usually failed. The team died or the wagon broke down and they were left in the middle of the prairie to face the winter with no food or shelter. There were no anti-gun advocates on the wagon trail either. Guns were their best friends.
Now look at the country a mere one hundred and fifty years later. We are in the middle of the prairie. The team pulling the wagon (the tax payer) has been pulling hard for years and they are getting tired. The wagon (the government) is loaded down to the railings. It is full and can’t hold any more. The axles are buckling under the strain and the spokes of the wheels are failing. There are some people riding the wagon that need to be there. They are the old, the sick and the unfortunate (social security, Medicare and temporarily unemployed). Unfortunately for the team, there are far too many who are on the wagon that shouldn’t be there. They have been on the wagon for generations and never plan to get off.
When the team dies, they will sit with the wagon until it rots and someone comes to save them. If a savior never shows up, they will die in place feeling sorry for themselves until their last breath.
So here we are in 2009. The team is faltering under the strain and it looks like they can’t pull the wagon much further. There isn’t much more they can give. The wagon is maxed out. The people on the wagon refuse to get off, in fact they demand more even when their doom is staring them in the face. The snow clouds are gathering and it looks bleak.
At least settlers in wagon trains were sometimes saved by the cavalry. Our so called leaders just arrived on the scene and put a 100 ton mill stone (stimulus package) in the wagon.
We are stuck here for the next two winters. Mike Williams
Spend a million dollars every day from the day Jesus was born until today, and you still won’t have spent as much as Congress just did with their porkulus spending bill.
Speak for yourself, Sen. Schumer. I care a whole lot about your “porky little amendments.”
After a lifetime of playing by the rules, not going into debt, paying the mortgage, saving, and in general acting in a fiscally responsible manner, my husband and I now find our future coming smack up against a federal government that thinks it has the right to take the fruits of our labors and spread them around to those who have acted irresponsibly. To add insult, we are accused of being cowards and racists if we complain.
Guess what, it’s those who can’t stop talking about race that are the racists.* They need to get over themselves and get to work saving our country’s economy instead of apportioning it out to those who didn’t earn it.
Everyone who would like to be forced to pay for their neighbor’s mortgage please raise your hand. Then leave a message in the comments section and tell me how you think that will work for you. In fact, let’s have a little unscientific poll here, and everyone’s thoughts are welcome in the comments section.
Now, not only is the government taking taxpayer money to pay people’s mortgages, but the “community organizers” are breaking into homes and occupying them, in broad daylight and on camera, claiming it is their “right.” Will they be arrested and prosecuted, or pandered to and allowed to continue their destruction of our country’s rule of law?
It’s time to stop talking about rights and get back to responsibilities; good luck with that, though.
*In the interest of full disclosure, three members of my family are of other races, including the race Eric Holder is a member of and doesn’t seem comfortable with.
God Bless him, Rep. Price is doing the best James Stewart imitation I’ve seen in a long time.
He is referring to this resolution which passed the house unanimously:
Mr. LEWIS of California moves to instruct the managers on the part of the House that they shall not record their approval of the final conference agreement (as such term is used in clause 12(a)(4) of rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives) unless the text of such agreement has been available to the managers in an electronic, searchable, and downloadable form for at least 48 hours prior to the time described in such clause.
Apparently the democrats had no problems voting in favor of this because they knew it held no legal weight, whatsoever. This must be the “hope” and “change” Obama promised us. Not that Obama’s word is worth anything… He promised to give “every bill” 5 DAYS of “sunshine” (time to be read) before he signed it. He broke that promise last month, so I’m sure he’ll have no qualms doing so again.
Mr. Smith was able to fight the corruption in Washington because he was able to inform the public (though he certainly had issues with the media as well… some things never change). The question is, are there enough people NOT drinking the Obama cool aid who will stand up and speak out? Time is running out… if you haven’t placed a call to your representative or senator, please, do it NOW.
This is one of those topics you sort of know instinctively if you are prodded to think about it, but probably won’t think about on your own.
Earlier this week I sat through a presentation on Generational Workers and the differences they makes in their contribtions to a company. Of course these are all generalizations, but as you think of it and think of people you know, there is certainly truth lurking here.
The presenter said for the first time our country’s workforce is made up of four distinct generations of workers:
The Traditionalist – born before 1946, these people are 7% of the work force. They are hard working, dedicated and loyal to their company, are comfortable with established chain of command, knowledgeable, dependable, and often in positions of leadership. They are also financially responsible, only buying what they can afford. Fifty percent of the men in this group are military veterans, so they are very patriotic.
The Baby Boomers – born between 1946 and 1964, they not only were rebellious as youth but they were the first generation where women entered the work force in very large numbers. They are such a large group they have had to compete all through their lifetime – to get into college, to get a job, to get promoted, etc. That has made them very hard workers who expect others to work just as hard. They are dependable, but they want instant gratification and are spenders who are approaching retirement age with no savings and often large loads of debt. Many of them have no intention of retiring.
Generation X – born between 1965 and 1978, they are the smallest group and the one everyone else loves to hate. They were the first group to grow up with computers, so they are good with technology. They were also the first group to grow up as latch key kids, left home alone by their working boomer mothers. This made them independent and innovative, and many of them are very entrepeneurial. They will get your job done for you, but they will do it their way. They want to progress in their careers, and see the generations above them as a hindrance as they delay retirement.
The Millenials – born after 1978, this group uses all forms of technology well and can usually be found multitasking with gadgets. They don’t see why they should have to come to work at set hours, but are willing to take their work home to finish it. Their primary allegiance is to their friends, and they see nothing wrong with quitting a job and taking a lower paying one if they don’t have a support group of peers where they are or if they don’t respect their superiors. Raised in the era of self-esteem, they require a lot of positive stroking. They see nothing wrong with living at home with their parents. They also hate repetitive work and will not do it, which is going to cause problems for manufacturers who will need to replace older workers in repetetive jobs.
Anyway, I got to thinking about this not only in the context of the workplace, but also in the context of the political arena.
The Millenials will become an even larger group than the boomers, and they will be our voters of the future. Read that above description of them again. They will need somewhere to go when Mom and Dad no longer have a basement for them to live in – they are looking for someone to care for them so they can hang out with their friends forever. Rather than feeling pride through hard work, delayed gratification, innovation, competition, or any of the attributes of the older groups, they are on the road to becoming perpetual children.
They want a nanny state to take care of them.
This isn’t a generation gap – it’s a chasm. How did we get here?
Does it make sense — in a plan that’s supposed to “prepare America for the 21st century” — to borrow billions of dollars from China, so that we can mail out $500 checks to folks who don’t pay income taxes, so they can run down to Wal-Mart and buy more goods made in China? Patrick Buchanan
