DRONE ON MR. PRESIDENT

Please give back my drone.

If you had the option of destroying secret infomation/weapons or allowing it to fall into Iranian hands, which would you choose?

OBAMA’S CHRISTMAS GIFT TO THE GOP

OBAMA’S CHRISTMAS GIFT TO THE GOP

A 2012 RECESSION

 

 

While the Republican presidential hopefuls busy themselves with debates the US economy continues to ‘muddle’ through producing a sub par number of jobs and a total workforce in contraction mode. This ‘muddle through’ economy may be about to end and end with a bang. The bang will be a recession that will all but seal the demise of President Obama’a second (hoped for) term.

In another month or two you might ask yourself why you haven’t heard from the hordes of economic forecasters that a recession was in the works. Well, there are a few economic forecasters predicting a recession (if we’re not in one already), but you won’t be hearing about it in the MSM or on CNBC. Recessions are depressing to report and most importantly, the MSM have their long standing liberal bias, sort of like goggles with tiny wholes to prevent snow blindness. Cover your eyes and ears and maybe it will disappear or you may be able to report that, ‘ the recession that started three months ago is nearly over’, you might even get an unexpected thrill up your leg.

That thrill in your leg is going to turn into a severe aneurysm and President Obama will have to explain why another recession was spawned on his watch. Expect the usual suspects. He’ll blame Republicans in Congress, the European debt crisis, the Japanese tsunami, President Bush and of course the rich that won’t pay more taxes. Have I missed anyone?  Finally, it will be full-scale class warfare a la Reverend Wright and Bill Ayers. Americans won’t buy the rhetoric, jobs are no substitute for ‘ hope and change’.

 I wish the President well in his final year in office. He’ll be reincarnated as a community organizer, write a few books, give speeches and become almost as wealthy as Bill Clinton. Good luck to him and God Bless America.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

AM I DONE?

I'M FROM THE GOVERNMENT - I'M HERE TO HELP YOU

New Bedford fisherman forced to give up 800-pound tuna

By DON CUDDY
doncuddy@s-t.com

November 21, 2011

This fish story may lack the epic qualities of Ernest Hemingway's 1952 classic“The Old Man and the Sea,” but for New Bedford's Carlos Rafael, the outcome was about the same. In both cases, despite capturing and bringing home a huge fish, powerful circum­stances conspired to deprive the luckless fishermen of a potentially huge reward.

Boat owner Rafael, a big player in the local fishing industry, was elated when the crew of his 76-foot steel dragger Apollo told him they had unwittingly captured a giant bluefin tuna in their trawl gear while fishing offshore.

“They didn't catch that fish on the bottom,” he said. “They probably got it in the mid­water when they were setting out and it just got corralled in the net. That only happens once in a blue moon.”

Rafael, who in the last four years purchased 15 tuna permits for his groundfish boats to cover just such an eventuality, imme­diately called a bluefin tuna hot line maintained by fishery regu­lators to report the catch.

When the weather offshore deteriorated, the Apollo decided to seek shelter in Provincetown Harbor on Nov. 12. Rafael imme­diately set off in a truck to meet the boat.

“I wanted to sell the fish while it was fresh instead of letting it age on the boat,”he said.“It was a beautiful fish.”

It was also a lucrative one. Highly prized in Japan, a 754­pound specimen fetched a record price at a Tokyo auction in January this year, selling for nearly $396,000. These fish can grow to enormous size. The world record for a bluefin, which has stood since 1979, was set when a 1,496-pound specimen was caught off Nova Scotia.

However, when Rafael rolled down the dock in Provincetown there was an unexpected and unwelcome development. The authorities were waiting. Agents from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Law Enforcement informed him they were confis­cating his fish — all 881 pounds of it.

Even though the catch had been declared and the boat had a tuna permit, the rules do not allow fishermen to catch bluefin tuna in a net.

“They said it had to be caught with rod and reel,” a frustrated Rafael said.“We didn't try to hide anything. We did everything by the book. Nobody ever told me we couldn't catch it with a net.”

In any case, after being towed for more than two hours in the net, the fish was already dead when the Apollo hauled back its gear, he said.

“What are we supposed to do?” he asked. “They said they were going to give me a warn­ing,” Rafael said. “I think I'm going to surrender all my tuna permits now. What good are they if I can't catch them?”

No charges have yet been filed in connection with the catch, but a written warning is anticipated, according to Chris­tine Patrick, a public affairs specialist with NOAA who said the fish has been forfeited and will be sold on consignment overseas. Proceeds from the sale of the fish will be held in an account pending final reso­lution of the case, NOAA said. No information on the value of the fish was available Friday.

“The matter is still under investigation,”said Monica Allen, deputy director with NOAA Fisheries public affairs. “If it's determined that there has been a violation, the money will go into the asset forfeiture fund.”

“I think I'm going to sur­render all my tuna permits now. What good are they if I can't catch them?”

 

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Robert Kennedy, Jr.’s ‘Green’ Company Scored $1.4 Billion Taxpayer Bailout

by Wynton Hall - biggovernment.com

President John F. Kennedy’s nephew, Robert Kennedy, Jr., netted a $1.4 billion bailout for his company, BrightSource, through a loan guarantee issued by a former employee-turned Department of Energy official.

It’s just one more in a string of eye-opening revelations by investigative journalist and Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer in his explosive new book, Throw Them All Out.

The details of how BrightSource managed to land its ten-figure taxpayer bailout have yet to emerge fully. However, one clue might be found in the person of Sanjay Wagle.

Wagle was one of the principals in Kennedy’s firm who raised money for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. When Obama won the White House, Wagle was installed at the Department of Energy (DOE), advising on energy grants.

From an objective vantage point, investing taxpayer monies in BrightSource was a risky proposition at the time. In 2010, BrightSource, whose largest shareholder is Kennedy’s VantagePoint Partners, was up to its eyes in $1.8 billion of debt obligations and had lost $71.6 million on its paltry $13.5 million of revenue.

Even before BrightSource rattled its tin cup in front of Obama’s DOE, the company made it known publicly that its survival hinged on successfully completing the Ivanpah Solar Electrical System, which would become the largest solar plant in the world, on federal lands in California.

In its Securities and Exchange Commission filings, BrightSource further underscored the risky nature of the Ivanpah venture and, more broadly, the company’s viability:

Our future success depends on our ability to construct Ivanpah, our first utility-scale solar thermal power project, in a cost-effective and timely manner… Our ability to complete Ivanpah and the planning, development and construction of all three phases are subject to significant risk and uncertainty.

Ironically, in 2008, Kennedy wrote a CNN article praising Obama as reminiscent of his famous father and uncle.  The article, titled “Obama’s Energy Plan Would Create a Green Gold Rush,” proved prophetic. However, the “green gold rush” came in the form of $1.4 billion of taxpayers’ money flowing into the pet projects of rich venture capital investors like Kennedy, not average citizens.

What’s more, BrightSource touted the Ivanpah project as a green jobs creator.  Yet as its own website reveals, the thermal solar plant will only create 1,400 jobs at its peak construction and 650 jobs annually thereafter. Even using the peak estimate of 1,400 jobs, that works out to a cost to taxpayers of $1 million per job created.

As Schweizer writes in Throw Them All Out, “A billion dollars in taxpayer money being sent to wealthy investors to bail them out of risky investments—does this sound familiar to anyone?”

SOME ADVICE FROM A PRESIDENT

BILL CLINTON ON RAISING TAXES

Did President Obama just get thrown under the bus by one of the most successful presidents in recent history?

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CONGRESS VS THE PEOPLE By Charlie Reese Orlando Sentinel

545 vs. 300,000,000 People
                     -  By Charlie Reese
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations.  The House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall.  No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating  deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want.  If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they want them in  Iraq and Afghanistan.
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy","inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they  alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.
Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of  them out of office and clean up their mess.
Charley Reese's final column for the Orlando Sentinel.

USA DOWNGRADED

BLAME IT ON THE SPECTULATORS

Here are the ‘speculators’ with America’s future, spending beyond their means:

Who’s to blame – Congress and the American people that believed unlimited expansion of debt would not be a problem. The Congress had an answer for everything - spend more money. We deserve the people we elected and we deserve a debt downgrade.

THE JADE FALCON

 

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A Story set in

   

BANGKOK & PHNOM PENH

A NOVELLA

 

‘David at bar’, she blurted over the phone in her shrill atonal Thai-English voice.

It was always the same. ‘David at bar. David at hotel. David shopping.’ She spoke in statements. Not that I was interested or cared about her tone. It was an aberration. Did all Thai’s speak in statements? It must be a language thing. She was the only Thai I’d ever met.

David had stories about Thailand. In the pub these little gems would float into the smoke filled air, little illusions of another life.

‘Bourbon Street Bar got voted the ‘Best Bar in South East Asia’ three years in a row.’

‘Did I know that?’

Did I even think about the best bar in south east Asia? I didn’t know shit about the best pub in Asia. I just drank beer on Friday nights after work. Four-thirty to six-fifteen. Drive home in fifteen minutes, six-thirty was dinner. It was the same routine for twenty-two years.

‘Pattaya is crazy, too many women, too many bars’. David would say.

‘Hotdog, on Soi 3 off Sukhumvit, had the best girls. For fifty dollars you got the girl and a room upstairs. The best deal though, was two girls and a room. Only seventy-five dollars.’ David’s words resounded in my little gray cells.

Two girls and a room for ninety minutes, just what I needed before dinner with the wife. Why ninety minutes? Was this the perfect length of time. Sixty minutes was too brief, and two hours beyond man’s endurance?

‘After two hours they knew you were on viagra, that was getting something for nothing.’ You always pay in Thailand, David remarked.

It was a chilly Friday night in July. Midwinter in Dunedin. The days were longer. On the shortest day the sun came up at eight fifteen in the morning and set at four twenty in the afternoon. That was the shortest day in mid June. Sunset had now moved to five in the afternoon by mid-July. The sun barely warmed you, if you saw it, forty-five degrees and raining. It rained for three weeks in May, three weeks of continuous rain. Your clothes gained weight from the humidity. In the pub if you stood in one spot in the pub for too long the cold creep through the soles of your feet into your ankles and up your legs shrivelling extreminites in its path. Moving restlessly was the only solution.

David continued, ‘Too hot in April or May. October and November are the best months.’

‘What about December or January? It must be cooler. I have holiday’s in December.’

‘No, Euro-Trash is there Christmas and New Years. Fucking rude Germans.’

What did I know, ‘Euro-Trash’ at Christmas, of course.

I could feel my feet getting colder. It was six-ten, I had to leave in five minutes.

All this was in another world. David went to Bangkok fifteen years ago and came back with a Thai wife. End of story. It was only the beginning. Six months later he was off to Thailand again. Two weeks alone and two weeks with his wife.

That’s when the stories started. Soi Cowboy. Nana Plaza, soapy massages, bets with bar girls and all night pool games.

It was all bullshit. But after five years of storytelling, it all seemed real. Bourbon Street was still his favorite pub, the mamasan in Rawhide still played cards for drinks, and there was a girl in the Emmanuelle Sauna that gave the best blow job in Thailand, if not the world. She reportedly got over ten marriage offers a week, but she was really only into giving blow jobs. More money and freedom. Thank god he didn’t marry her. He’d have never made it back to Thailand again.

THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT RAISING THE DEBT CEILIN

A summary of the unforeseen consequences of not raising the debt ceiling another $2 trillion dollars:

1. Upkeep for Unused Monkey House and Other Buildings -

(Department of Veterans Affairs) $175 Million

2. Sprucing Up Apartments Before They Are Torn Down - (Shreveport,

LA) $1.5 Million

3. Museum Where Neon Signs Go to Die… - (Las Vegas, NV) $1.8

Million

4. “Free” Grateful Dead Archive - (Santa Cruz, CA) $615,000

5. Agencies Pile Up Unnecessary Printing Costs - $930 Million

6. Studying World of Warcraft and Other Virtual Games - (Irvine, CA)

$2.9 Million

7. Dept. of Energy Still Fails to Turn Off the Lights - (Department of

Energy) $2.2 Million

8. Fraudulent Medical Testing by Criminal Gangs - (U.S. Center for

Medicare and Medicaid Services) $35 Million

9. Poems in Zoos - (AR, IL, LA, WI, & FL) $997,766

10. Shooting Range Armed with Taxpayer Dollars - (Las Vegas, NV)

$15.68 Million

(Senator Tom Coburn’s list)

Unintended consequences:

1)     Timothy Geithner and Ben Bernanke will resign.

2)     We will be unable to fund ‘bridges to nowhere’.

3)     Research on methane emissions from cows will be cut. ($700,000)

4)     Obamacare may be repealed due to lack of funds.

5)     Barack Obama will not be reelected.

Think long and hard about these choices. Our country needs another $2 trillion dollars to fund these important projects and reelect President Obama.

Addendum

THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S BUDGET TO CONGRESS

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POLITICANS ANONYNOUS

‘Hello, my name is Bill and I have an addiction.’

‘Hello, my name is John and I have an addiction.’

‘Hello, my name Elliott ………….’

HELLO!

Welcome to Politicians Anonymous the unofficial site of addicted politicians. We seek to help distressed souls find comfort and mend their wayward tendencies.

We have a simple 4 Step Program

1)      DISTORTION

2)      DENIAL

3)      CONFESSION

4)      RESIGNATION

Here’s the link to our training video for the first three steps:

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/animated-weiner

The final step in our program is often beyond the control of the addict, sometimes self-inflicted, at other times forced on the addict.

We do not currently have a website, email, twitter, facebook or any electronic exposure. Should you wish to join our program or receive our free pamphlet – We will contact you. We know who needs help we read the newspaper.

DEMOCRATS IN DENIAL

Maize's Record

What a great photo, here's Maize with President Obama. They've been discussing the country's economic problems and the important solutions that saved us from a financial disaster caused by the previous administration. They used the power of government to transition to a new era.

Look at the Democrats new era of accomplishments in the last two years:

Forty four million Americans on Food Stamps, up 11 Million since President Obama got elected. Are these people grateful to big government and will they be voting for Obama in 2012? Would they rather have jobs or food stamps?


As far as finding a job, good luck with that. This new era of big government has created a special class of citizens, the permanently unemployed.

When these people eventually find jobs and start paying taxes the President has left them with the tab - it's called government debt.

The Obama Administration has been on a debt binge and the charts can't keep up. The total above is now at $2.7 trillion in borrowings.
Who's going to get stuck with the tab - taxpayers. Welcome to the new era.

The Soldier vs The Activist

AN INDULGENT PARODY OF PRESIDENT OBAMA

MAY 17, 2011 – DIARY NOTE

REPUBLICANS ARE ALLIGATORS

That Seal Team really got my juices flowing. Two shots and he’s history, I just had to have a round of golf to make my day.

When I got down to Texas I knew the crowd would love some red meat – and I threw them a big hunk – the Republicans, those croc’s in the moot ready to hunt down new immigrants. The crowd went wild. Who needs an immigration plan when you have red meat? I got elected without a plan and I’m gotta get reelected the same way. Just watch me.

I got some bad news today, Donald Trump has pulled out of the race for the Presidency. I sent my donation to his election campaign, wasn’t it enough? I was hopping to run against him, what a show that would have been. My staff has more dirt on him than a few of my ex-friends.

Campaigning is really what I’m best at, just give me a crowd of college students, immigrants or union members and the press goes wild with enthusiasm for my re-election.

AN INDULGENT PARODY OF PRESIDENT OBAMA

ROUND UP THE SPECULATORS

Diary entry – April 18, 2011

People are worried about gasoline prices. I’m worried too. I’m going to tell the country my concern on this issue. I’ll blame the ‘speculators’ – they’re an easy mark and it sounds so good – speculation, greed, profits. That's red meat for a Democrat. 

I’ve had several of discussions with our Energy Secretary Chu and he and I agree that we’ll continue the ‘go slow’ on drilling approvals in the Gulf of Mexico. I’ve also personally told Saudi oil interests that it’s fine by me if they want to cut back production just slightly – let them get their good price now, in thirty years we’ll all be driving solar cars and the Saudi’s won’t have anyone to buy their oil.

If we could only get gas prices to $6 a gallon people would understand the need for alternative energy. All those people clinging to their big cars, driving all over the country on long weekends. They should stay home and enjoy a family weekend.

Got to go, Michelle and I are off to London for the weekend, got a big wedding to attend.

AN INDULGENT PARODY OF PRESIDENT OBAMA

TRUMP CALLS KRAUTHAMMER

I was watching Fox News today (don’t tell my base) and heard their ultra conservative panelist, Charles Krauthammer tell the viewers he’d gotten a call from Trump. To make a long story short, Krauthammer now believes Donald Trump is a serious candidate for the presidency is 2012. My first thought was –halleluiah!  I’ve been having some doubts about my re-election, but if Trump is out campaigning he’ll be doing more good for me than Soros and the Huffington Post put together. I might even send him a donation.

Memo to myself - 10AM tomorrow - golf lesson.

OBAMA IN HAWAII - A DIARY

Christmas – 2010

I love coming to back to Hawaii, seeing my old school friends and golfing the world’s most scenic courses. I go for a swim in the morning, have breakfast, a short rest and then I’m off to a different golf course every day. What I life. Back in Washington I can’t swim in the ocean and usually wind up playing golf on the same course day after day. Golf gets my mind off the country’s problems. I need time to relax, time to think how best to use our nations resources and make meaningful investments in the future. All I need is more money. I just want to raise taxes on those that can afford to pay –you know, those earning over $250,000. God, those Republicans, you’d think I’d insulted their grandmother the way they howl. But I have a plan, I’ll give them some spending cuts (with one of those opt out letters attached) and they’ll give me my tax (investment) money to spend. God, I felt great spending that first trillion dollars on health care. When I was growing up here in Hawaii I never thought I’d get my hands on a trillion dollars. Warren Buffett called and congratulated me. I talked to Warren for about twenty minutes and he said he’d be happy to pay more in taxes. I just love Warren - and golf.

 

I thought I'd share one of my favorite golfing photos with you. Look at that swing. I take lessons once a week, I won't tell you the golfers name, but he's a legend in the sport. He flies all the way in from Scottsdale, Arizona for my lesson, what a guy. With his help I've cut two strokes off my handicap.

Got to go, time for golf.

DRONE INVASION

DRONE INVASION – CHAPTER TWO

SOMEWHERE IN TEXAS
A former vice-president has just finished a phone conversation with a Chinese Party Official contact in Beijing. The Chinese Official has called to get background on the new secret missile launch and its implications for China – US relations. The vice president assured his Chinese contact that he had no input into the decision, but as background, stressed that the spacecraft was merely a continuation of the space shuttle program and should not be considered a step toward space weaponisation.  The Chinese official called to discuss the need for the pursuit of peace, the vice-president stressed the US need for support on its Iran policy and the hope that progress could be made with North Korean negotiations. The Chinese contact thought these matters unrelated to the question of space security (unrelated to Chinese interests) and thought they had a commitment for the peaceful use of space. The vice-president thought ‘peace’ was unrelated to Chinese national interests. The conversation ended with the Chinese Official feeling he’d stressed that his national interests were utmost in maintaining good US-Sino relations. The vice - president thought, ‘Fuck him.’

 
ADANA-INCIRLIK AIRBASE, TURKEY
UNDERGROUND HANGER
There is a golf course at the northeastern corner of the airbase that extends to the west. Under the golf course exists and hanger facility one mile long and three thousand feet wide. There are five hundred  RQ-170 unmanned “Beasts of Kandahar’ about to be deployed by  pilot operators in Nevada. They will fly south over the Mediterranean, cross Israeli and Jordanian airspace, turn south again into Saudi Arabian airspace, then disappear completely.