"Change You Can Believe In", yea!

One week ago today PrezBO said:

“Those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account - to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day - because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.”

By not withdrawing Timothy Geithner’s name from the Treasury nomination Obama has bankrupted his platform of “Change”, and severely eroded what little confidence he may have had with moderates.

In case you were not aware, Timothy Geithner failed to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. And after the IRS audited him, he paid his 2003 and 2004 taxes, but paid his 2001 and 2002 taxes only after he was nominated to be Treasury Secretary.

It depresses me to no end how the masses couldn’t wait to elect BO and now so willingly shrug off his gross irresponsibility in the first week in office. We all know that had a Republican nominee done this he would have been crucified by the press and staunchly opposed by Democrats in the House.

This is representative of the kind of “Change” you are going to see more of. What’s more frightening is that this is the kind of misguided irresponsible leadership that you are going to witness time and again for the next 4 years, especially while we are entering one of the worst downturns in eight decades!

But hey, he is after all a great orator! (Don’t you feel better?)

If you don’t understand the Obama concept of change? Take this simple test:

Can you spell the “straw” in strawberry? (ok do it)

Can you spell the “van” in vanilla?

Now can you spell the f**k in change?

I think you are catching on!

“When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.”
P.J. O’Rourke

"The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers."
Thomas Jefferson

Now Bill, he's only been in office for a week so we have to give the man a chance. Maybe this will make you feel better. After all, it's your birthday, and you're getting ever closer to being able to draw your social security check.

Republicans Object to Stimulus Dollars for ACORN

Republicans say voter registration and community groups like ACORN could be eligible for funding under the Democrats' economic stimulus bill.

FOXNews.com

Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Republican lawmakers are raising concerns that ACORN, the low-income advocacy group under investigation for voter registration fraud, could be eligible for billions in aid from the economic stimulus proposal working its way through the House.

House Republican Leader John Boehner issued a statement over the weekend noting that the stimulus bill wending its way through Congress provides $4.19 billion for "neighborhood stabilization activities."

He said the money was previously limited to state and local governments, but that Democrats now want part of it to be available to non-profit entities. That means groups like ACORN would be eligible for a portion of the funds.

Sen. David Vitter, R-La., told FOX News Tuesday that the money could be seen as "payoff" for groups' political activities in the last election. ACORN generally supports Democratic candidates and actively backed President Obama last year.

But he said the funding is just one example of frivolous spending items in the $825 billion package.

"It's just a long list of spending items. Not a real economic stimulus job creation bill," Vitter said. "It's line after line after line of favorite liberal spending programs, and it amounts to a big government bill -- not a job creation bill."

Democratic leaders in the House have already dropped federal funding from the bill for new contraceptive services and ongoing programs to stop sexually transmitted diseases after Obama told them that it did not fit in with the job-creating objectives of the package.

J. Dwight Billinglsey could not have said it better:

"Well, Americans usually get the government they deserve."

(Billinglsey is a [black] Financial Planner and a member of the Missouri Republican Party)

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
Thomas Jefferson