Glenn Beck recently delved into the story behind Goldman Sachs, and the government’s participation in their failure. Of course, as with all government interventions to financial institutions, this one is so fraught with shady deals and questionable practices.
Where is the left on this, requiring “transparency” of dealings with the “big, evil corporations” in the United States? As usual, it’s the double standard when it comes to something that can actually help the federal government grow more in its national power grab. This case is absolutely no exception, and perhaps is becoming the new “rule.”
Glenn Beck hit a home-run on this segment today. All of us should hear this as a rallying cry and stand up for the Republic which we are losing at a break-neck speed!
We are about the lose the best healthcare system in the WORLD, yet so many apathetic people sit by and do nothing, thinking “oh, well…I can’t stop it.”
You CANNOT think that way! You must make your voices heard, and make them heard loud AND often! They work for US, people…not the other way around.
Last night on Greta’s show, she showed some undercover video, obtained by ABC News, of a Social Security Administration “retreat” for apparent stress-relief workshops, and this retreat was held at the Waldorf Astoria/Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona.
A spokesperson from the SSA’s regional office said the conference was essential, that teleconferencing was not an option, and that all 675 managers needed to meet in person.
The SSA provided ABC15 with a list of courses provided at the conference, which included “Techniques to Empower You,” “Mentoring the Generations,” and “Emotional Intelligence.”
But the information provided by the SSA did not mention an after-hours casino trip, family members staying at the hotel, or the 20-minute dance party ABC15 observed.
What is the reason? SSA employees (and the Chairman) felt they deserved a pampering get-away retreat, and it only cust U.S. taxpayers a measely $700,000.00 – that’s all. Not so bad, right? /sarc
Stephen Moore, economist who writes for the Wall Street Journal, was on to discuss this vulgarity in the face of our economic crises we are currently facing. Now this is not exhorbitent bonuses paid to execs of “private” companies that were bailed out; this was a spa and retreat for a GOVERNMENT AGENCY and its employees, and that agency is already completely broke with no money to spend! So how in the hell was this allowed to happen? Oh, yeah, that’s right. The Obama government and his favored agencies can apparently get away with what they want.
Recently, Michael Cannon of the CATO Institute was on Glenn Beck to explain how Obamacare will work. America, wake up! I know a lot of you hate Glenn Beck, but just consider the ramifications of the Obamacare bill itself, including the astronomical costs and almost insurmountable beaucratic red tape that will stand between you and your doctor.
Folks, if you don’t stand up and make your voices heard, you’re only playing into their hands. Remember one of the first Radical principles is to “overwhelm the system” so we feel helpless and hopeless, and we just give up with an “oh well” shrug of the shoulder.
STOP IT! STOP IT NOW, AND GET ENGAGED! YOU CAN HELP SAVE THIS COUNTRY FROM THIS PURVEYOR OF FASCISM. We are LOSING this Republic and we cannot afford to let that happen.
Apathy is no excuse. If you love America, you are duty-bound as an American citizen to defend this nation. Don’t shirk your responsibilities as a free American.
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Listen…I’m no fan of Obama, and like Mark Levin, I’d vote for a can of orange juice before I’d vote for Obama in 2012. Somewhere along the way, just because our president is black, videos like this are becoming more mainstream and more acceptable on YouTube and other sites, and it should not be.
This is tastleless to the n’th degree, but if it’s okay for black people to do this, how is anything ANY of the Republican candidates do remotely deemed racist at all?
If this country ever truly wants to progress and become a more civilized nation, why is trash like this even tolerated? I’m not asking for this garbage to be censored, but I’d love to see at least SOME condemnation of things like this to be more prevalent. Can we please all agree this is unacceptable in a civilized world? You cannot condemn one group of people for being allegedly “racist” while simultaneously approving of another group of people for creating videos such as this, villifying a single race of people in the process of glorifying the creators of these videos? One need only search certain terms on YouTube to find thousands of videos like this one. And they’re all equally disgusting.
What say you, Eugene Robinson, Goldie Taylor, Donna Brazile, Marc Lamont Hill, etc., etc.? I’m waiting for you all to openly condemn videos like this on YouTube. If you don’t, then I have no reason to listen to your small and petty complaints of racism from Fox News, Republicans as a whole, and GOP candidates in the 2012 primary. Your silence about videos like this are tacit approval of them.
As is said in many places, “hilarity ensues” (h/t Mediaite):
Frances Martel does a fabulous write-up about it, and I couldn’t have said it any better, so here it is direct from the Mediaite post:
“Are you offended?” O’Reilly asked Harpootlian, who replied that he was not, but that he found the fact that Republicans had “no outreach to African Americans” a problem “in a state where we have an African-American Republican Congressman.” “Adding insult to injury, this debate ignoring Martin Luther King’s birthday!” he added, which made O’Reilly ask who was ignoring the debate and why. The Republicans, Harpootlian replied, because “no one has raised any issue with Fox about it being appropriate or inappropriate.”
O’Reilly then asked whether there was a reason for this– namely, something that happened in 2008. Harpootlian did not remember what happened in 2008 (a Democratic primary debate on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) and who sponsored it (the Congressional Black Caucus), which prompted several awkward seconds where Harpootlian was obviously caught flat-footed. With this development, O’Reilly then told him that, “by injecting race into this, you do a disservice.” Harpootlian finally replied, blaming Republicans for injecting race into the matter by calling this “the most important election since 1860.” “We in the South have a little different version of that election,” he noted, suggesting that talking to Southerners in such a way was a sort of dog whistle. O’Reilly disagreed and just asked Harpootlian to give it up, adding, “you’re getting killed here!”
Today on Neil Cavuto, radio talk show host and constitutional scholar, Mark Levin was on to discuss his new book, “Ameritopia.”
Levin’s previous book, “Liberty and Tyranny” was a best-seller, as was another book before that titled, “Men in Black.” “Liberty and Tyranny” is a must-read for anybody who wants to know how we got to the point where we are in America today.
I’ve been stewing on this and stewing on this figuring out the right way to convey how I feel about it, and I’ve been struggling with just the right words to describe my sentiment. I read a fabulous screed by Deebow over at BlackFive, but it wasn’t until I saw the headline in a Weekly Standard piece today that quoted Lt. Col. Allen West (R-FL) on this matter. I couldn’t have said it better myself:
‘Shut Your Mouth, War Is Hell’
Yes, you got that right. Congressman West has weighed in on this flap over the Marines taking a piss on dead Taliban terrorists, sending an email to the Weekly Standard, who got his permission to print what he said. Here’s a portion of his commentary:
“All these over-emotional pundits and armchair quarterbacks need to chill. Does anyone remember the two Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were beheaded and gutted in Iraq?
“The Marines were wrong. Give them a maximum punishment under field grade level Article 15 (non-judicial punishment), place a General Officer level letter of reprimand in their personnel file, and have them in full dress uniform stand before their Battalion, each personally apologize to God, Country, and Corps videotaped and conclude by singing the full US Marine Corps Hymn without a teleprompter.
“As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.”
I’m not even quite sure that what the Marines did was wrong, but since when in the hell did we become so indignant and self-righteously outraged about treating killers like they deserve to be treated? Sure, they probably shouldn’t have videotaped what they did, but who the hell cares? And don’t give me this “don’t stoop to their level” B.S. either. Until you have been in the shoes of our warriors, or our first responders (cops, firefighters, etc.), or, heck, even ever been a crime victim yourself, you have no idea what you would do, given the same circumstances.
Dedicated_Dad: It HAS been going on long before King O'bummer, but has really kicked into OVERDRIVE since his coronation.
It has spiked just like every OTHER negat...
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First Amendment, beeeyotch!
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Fake_ear: If Chris did this he would be guilty of assault and battery, but he didn't. Looks to me like Fox, O'Reilly, and Kyle have opened themselves up to a m...
