Word to the Wise

Abraham Lincoln is revered by not only Americans, but worldwide for his leadership, honesty, wisdom, and strength of character. His words are quoted and published probably more than any other American President. He is admired by both the left and right and President Obama likens himself in many ways to Lincoln and seeks to emulate himself in the Lincoln mold. Maybe the current leadership in Washington should heed these words of the great man from Illinois:

"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot further the brotherhood of many by encouraging class hatred. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves."
--Abraham Lincoln

Honey, I Want A Divorce

The following letter has been going around the internet for the last few weeks, but I think it is too funny not to post here:


Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists and Obama supporters,

We've stuck together since the late 1950s, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know that we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly this relationship has run its course. Our two ideological sides of America cannot and just will not ever agree on what's right. So let's just end it right now while we can do it on friendly terms. We can smile, shake hands, chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and each go our own way.

So here's a model separation agreement. Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by land mass, each taking a portion. That's going to be the difficult part, but I'm sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy. Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate taste. We don't like redistributive taxes so you can have those. You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU. And since you hate guns and you hate war, we'll take the firearms, the cops, the NRA and the military. You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell. But you are going to be responsible for finding a biodiesel vehicle big enough to haul them around.

We'll keep the capitalism, the greedy corporations, the pharmaceutical companies; we will keep Wal-Mart and Wall Street. You can have the homeless, the homeboys, the hippies and illegal aliens. We will keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, the greedy CEOS and all of the rednecks. We'll keep the Bibles and we'll let you have NBC and Hollywood.

You can be nice to Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer anybody that threatens us. You can have the peaceniks and the war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we will provide them with security. You won't have to worry about it. We will keep our Judeo-Christian values. You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism and Shirley Maclaine. You can also have the UN, but we will no longer pay the bill.

We will keep the SUVs, the pickup trucks and the oversize luxury cars. You can have the compacts, the subcompacts and every Subaru station wagon you can find. You can give everybody healthcare, if you can find any practicing doctors. We will continue to believe that healthcare is a privilege and not a right. We will keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the national anthem, and I am sure you will be happy to substitute in their place "Imagine." I'd like to teach the world to sing "Kumbaya" or "We are the world." We will practice trickle-down economics and you can give trickle-up poverty your best shot. And since it so offends you, we will keep our history, our name and our flag.

Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along other like-minded liberal and conservative patriots. And if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the friendly spirit of parting, I'll bet you ANWAR which one of us will need whose help in about 15 years.

Sincerely,
John J Wall
Law student and an American

P.S. You can also have Barbara Streisand and Jane Fonda

Bailout Bonuses – THE HORROR!!!!!

"Outrageous!"
"Despicable!"
"Unacceptable!"
"Preposterous!"
"Unthinkable!"
"Travesty!"
"Commit Hari-Kari!" (love that one :) )

I must admit that I was impressed by the synonyms that members of Congress were able to summon to express their collective "outrage". However, Congress is made up mostly of lawyers, so the gift of gab shouldn’t be impressive, just par for the course.

So what is the fuss all about? Well, it seems that an organization that on the surface looked productive and serving the needs of its stakeholders was really just a shell game, taking risky moves and poor decisions and directed by a few fueled by greed and lust for power! Wait a minute…I’m confused…are we talking about AIG or Congress?

For members of Congress to lambast AIG for poor decisions and frivolous waste to the taxpayer’s money is the typical "pot calling the kettle black." For the life of me I can’t see how members of Congress could make the statements on national TV with a straight face. I kept expecting the staff members standing in the background to breakout in sniggles and laughter. But since no one was laughing, I came to one of two conclusions:

1) Either these members of Congress are so stupid and dense, that they don’t even realize the hypocrisy and truly think that they mean what they say or
2) They are so smart and full of bullshit that these arrogant and pompous bastards truly understand that they can play that popular game now taking America by storm, WEALTH ENVY!

Unfortunately, my guess is on #2. Now, I do not stand with AIG and think that paying out bonuses when you have had by all admission a "shitty year". Shame on AIG management and board of directors! However, they do have a contract and for Washington to arbitrarily void contracts is very, VERY dangerous!

But let’s look at who really should be fired (or commit ‘Hari-Kari’) based on performance:
- $11 Trillion dollars in debt.
- $2 Trillion spent in last 60 days.
- $1.7 million recently authorized to study pig odor.
- 9,000 earmarks worth $8.5 billion in recent Omnibus bill.
- $787 billion spent to "stimulate" the economy…in 2010?, 2011?, 2012?
- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debacle.
- Social Security going broke because money was borrowed to fund other projects such as pig odor studies.
- Medicare going broke.
- Medicaid in shambles.
- Tax cheats running finance and tax committees. Tax cheat head of the IRS!
- Corruption, lobbyists, campaign fund irregularities
- Automatic pay raises on $178,000 salary + staff expenses + insurance + pension + dozens of other little "perks".

Now who is taking the American taxpayer for a ride? I say, "Outrageous!"

Watch this YouTube video and be "outraged":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs