THERE IS HOPE

It looks very much like this blog will disappear soon as there is no one with time enough to consider the comments, a decision had to be made on whether or not the comment was appropriate and contributive.

My original issue was the SCCA cost to taxpayers for getting it off the ground and an annual half million to nudge it along. All to the benefit of a small group of Suffolk citizens in need of local entertainment and what they decided was culture. To cover the failure of sufficient financial return the affluent participants conjured various activities that on the surface would widen the interest in broadening young minds. It, too, failed to attract an audience.

My hope as I leave the scene is that a strong City Council will demand success or let the SCCA die as has the plan for an expensive and absurd Dismal Swamp tourist display, and restoration of the Phoenix Bank to appease a handful that insist they care. May luck be with you.

SORRY, UNAVOIDABLE

Maxine’s Message for Today….  
 
I have been in many places, but I have never been in Cahoots. Apparently you can't go there alone.  You have to be in Cahoots with someone. I've also never been in Cognito.  I hear no one recognizes you there.
I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport. You have to be driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my family, friends and those where I have worked. I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump and I am not too much on physical activity anymore. I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go and I try not to visit there too often. I've been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm. Sometimes I'm in Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older. One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense.  It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart.  At my age I need all of the stimuli I can get.
 
Now ... if I can just avoid getting in Continent.
 
 

LITTLE BY LITTLE THAT FOOT IN THE DOOR

President Obama and senior members of his staff met with eight religious leaders at the White House Wednesday to discuss protecting programs for the poor and vulnerable in deficit reduction and debt ceiling negotiations. I guess that Obama and liberals have no clue as to separation of church and state is about, but it makes very little difference when they are in power. Let's get this straight folks.  Pastors who work for tax-exempt corporations are invoking the name of Jesus for political causes? Obama uses religion (non muslim) when its good for obtaining votes. He uses his Muslim roots when it benefits him and other Muslims.
 
By invoking Christian religious beliefs found in the Bible, do you think that Jesus would approve of this? Many of these so-called religious foundations and churches, many of these churches are on the dole themselves. The so called and titled "Reverend" Jeremiah Wright run multi-million-dollar operations taking money from Head Start and other federal programs.
Can anybody provide to me the addresses of the churches that Rev Al and the good Rev Jesse claims to lead. Exactly where are their churches located?
Churches are supposed to collect alms for the poor — not demand them from taxpayers.
 
As a liberal, shouldn’t Obama kick them out under the liberal interpretation of separation of church and state?
 
How come many veteran cemeteries can't use God in their services? How can chapels that are there are closed to families who's family member is being buried there and they want to use the chapel for prayer?  If a cheerleader can’t  say a prayer before a football game or a student wants to say a prayer at his or her graduation, why are these lobbyists allowed to invoke Jesus at the White House?
 
It's funny, I don’t recall Jesus ever being a stooge for the Roman government.  There is NOTHING in the Gospels where Jesus advocates coercively taking money from anyone for any reason.
Come to think of it Invoking Jesus Christ while proclaiming support for the Muslim faith, does this not violate the tenets of Islam??? Obama might be the first US President to have a Fatwa issued against him if he continues dealing from the bottom of the deck like this.

I'VE GOT TO TAKE A BREAK

As I turned 86 last March this old body of mine began acting its age. Like most men born in the early twenties it has been a long haul. All those steps, education, find spouse, first home, children, two depressions, a war; these together can wear down the mind that is finally looking for some rest. We came from Michigan to Suffolk in 1980, found a perfect spot on the water and began to understand the delightful southern accent. I wrote a column once or twice a week for the SNH, nearly 12 years, and joined Andy Damiani's RoundTableTalk. I got to know a bit about Suffolk and realized the then 50,000 citizens were set to explode to a population of 85,000 today. We hoped we could provide an  exchange between those who govern and those that elect them. We know from our stats that over 64,000 computers have logged on to our site. We have seen many debates on many subjects, some of them showing all possible sides of the question. We have been both applauded and "nailed" by the same person. We always expected to be challenged and often wrong. We gave it our best shot.

We will allow both Posts and Comments until February, our annual decision date. You have that much time to offer suggestions, get in a last effort to back your theory. Feel  free to write a Post in the Comment space and we will make it a Post if you so instruct us.  As for me, I'm just plain worn out after spending months in hospitals and or rehab centers, May through August. I've got to pay attention to what the doctors, nurses, friends and family tell me. And I will.                                                 

A SIMPLE QUESTION

Obviously Obama will again run for the presidency without opposition. What democrat would dare?

What man or woman will top the ticket a year from now for the Conservatives and a short reason why.

Hope 'n' Change: CLASS Dismissed

The Obama administration last week shelved CLASS, a major portion of ObamaCare, because they could no longer defend its inevitable insolvency. CLASS (Community Living Assistance Services and Supports), a leftist pet project even before it was included in ObamaCare in 2009, was designed to operate as a self-sustaining voluntary insurance program that workers would pay into during their careers, then collect from if they came to require long-term care later in life. CLASS could operate without a taxpayer subsidy only if large numbers of healthy workers joined it, which was unlikely given their current coverage and the program's high premiums. Thus, disabled beneficiaries would drain the program and make it insolvent unless the federal government mandated participation or created an additional payroll tax to fund it, two possibilities with which Democrats are perfectly comfortable.

Democrats knew well of this major flaw in CLASS during the ObamaCare debate in 2009, yet continued to push for its inclusion because it was the linchpin of their argument that ObamaCare was not only deficit-neutral but would actually cut the deficit. They claimed that CLASS would reduce the deficit by $80 billion over 10 years, accounting for 40 percent of ObamaCare's total supposed savings. In reality, in 10 years, the program would have collapsed by virtually every calculation. But by then, it would be too late, and the American people would have been stuck with yet another unfunded entitlement.
The CLASS disaster was averted due to a Republican provision that called for actuarial analysis before its implementation, proving the program's solvency over a 75-year period before its implementation. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius finally admitted last week that this benchmark was unattainable, and now the administration wants to "revisit" CLASS. Senate and House Republicans, however, have introduced new legislation calling for outright repeal. Strangely, Obama has threatened to veto legislative repeal. CLASS's downfall is a clear demonstration of big government hubris, further proof that all of ObamaCare should also be consigned to the scrap heap.

--From The Patriot Post (http://patriotpost.us/). It's free, it's right, and I've been following this site for almost ten years! I'm convinced that The Patriot Post presents the best and clearest analysis of governmental intentions and mistakes that have such enormous impacts on our future prosperity and the freedoms guaranteed to us in the real (not "living") U.S. Constitution as I've found anywhere. Should be read regulary by citizens and elected officials alike who understand that government was never intended to be the peoples' overseers but protectors of all of our Constitutional rights as public servants!

WHY I VOTED DEMOCRAT LAST ELECTION

I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn't. I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would. OK, I'm too irresponsible to own a gun and I know the local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.  I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius. And I voted Democrat because I'm not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies through abortion so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.

I proudly voted Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits. And I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the democrats see fit. I voted Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some liberal fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters. And I voted Democrat because it is unlikely that I'll ever have another point of view.

THE WAY THINGS OUGHT TO BE

The Suffolk Rotary Club and Peanut Proud partnered recently to lend a hand by donating funds and collecting and assembling goods to create 48 baskets for teachers left with nothing following the devastating spring tornados in Hackleburg, Ala. “Both the Suffolk Rotary Club and Peanut Proud believe in assisting with humanitarian efforts in our local community and around the world. This partnership is an example of the wonderful humanitarian work the Suffolk Rotary Club does for the greater community.” AMEN we say, and most Civic organizations find ways to raise funds to give.

I’m proud to be a member of the Chuckatuck Ruitan where thousands of dollars from an annual Oyster Roast are distributed to worthy causes. And Chuckatuck Firemen devote themselves to a pair of Fish Frys. I, like the Tourist Director, can’t come up with figures proving anything, but I will wager the total raised and spent in Suffolk would make us all proud.

YxAAAAAAAA                           money The Suffolk Rotary Club learned of the teachers’ needs at a school in the town.  from Rotarians representing Birdsong Peanuts who were familiar with Peanut Proud’s efforts. Some groups have helped students in Alabama, but Rotarians in Suffolk wanted to help the teachers get the basic supplies they need to operate their classrooms, according to Suffolk Rotary Club President Kenda Council.

The baskets were filled with products such as pads of paper, pencils, calendars, paper towels and markers. While Peanut Proud donated the majority of the items in the baskets, several Suffolk companies, including TowneBank, Planters, Suffolk Insurance, Lipton Tea, Birdsong Peanuts and Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, contributed items.

Led by Suffolk Rotary Club service project Co-Chairman Betsy Totten, eight club members assembled baskets in the offices of Birdsong Peanuts. The baskets will be transported to Hackleburg this month. As signified by the motto “Service Above Self,” Rotary’s main objective is service — in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world. “The Suffolk Rotary Club was proud to partner with Peanut Proud to help lend a hand to the teachers in Hackleburg — and we were drawn to them, as they are a peanut community, as well,” Council said.

“Both the Suffolk Rotary Club and Peanut Proud believe in assisting with humanitarian efforts in our local community and around the world. This partnership is an example of the wonderful humanitarian work the Suffolk Rotary Club does for the greater community.”

BETTER TAKE ANOTHER LOOK

Citizen Chris Dove blew dust off the city ordnances when he asked Council if they were legally binding. The Mayor did not know, Council members dodged the question because they had never been asked that one before. Not even Curtiss Milteer would take a shot, and he knows everything. Everyone expected the Mayor to reassure they were binding but she knew better than to ask the City Attorney who knew all ordnances are NOT legally binding. Was it an innocent question by Mr. Dove or did he know they were not binding. If some are not then maybe none are. Can you imagine the chaos that could  follow when individuals and attorneys look back at decisions rendered to their displeasure. There have always been questions about the “sensibility” of many 

rules in the UDO. We owe Mr. Dove applause for stirring the pot.

TIME FOR CONGRESS TO STOP BEING “ABOVE” THE REST OF AMERICANS.

1.  Begin by giving up your unfair and unearned special pension and instead          receive ordinary salary while in office. 

2.  Congress (past, present & future) must participate in Social Security.  All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately.  All future funds flow into the Social Security System and Congress participates EXACTLY like other citizens. This money may not be used for any other purpose. Congress participates with the American people. 

 
3.  Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

 

4.  Congress will no longer vote themselves pay raises.  Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

 

5.  Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

 

7.  All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12.  The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen.  Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.  Serving in Congress is supposed to be an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
 Who in hell do they think they are?

MAKES SENSE

Here is an interesting letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine, which I quote:

"If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq Theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2,112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000.

The firearm death rate in Washington , DC is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period. That means you are about 25 per cent more likely to be shot and killed in the US capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S. , than you are in Iraq .

Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington"
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          WAKE UP AMERICA!!!! REMEMBER ALL THE OTHER PRESIDENTS WITH THEIR DOGS COMING OFF THE PLANE WITH THEM???
          NOT THE OBAMA'S...

                                         If this doesn't tick you off....nothing will....
                                         Bo has never traveled in the same means of transportation with the First Family.

                             I guess since they had to swallow their pride and use the Gulfstream there just wasn't enough room for the dog and one other person.

I REMEMBER ELIZIBETH McCRORY

I never did know how to spell her last name or her job title but she seemed to be in City Hall just to help new business owners find their way through the paper maze that appeared to be spread  all over the city. She was happy doing it whether she took part in the silver shovel ceremony or was left out to make room for higher ups. She left and many still don't know why.

There are enumerable ways for city employees to assist new and/or struggling business owners that are risking time, money and labor. It seems that there is always another city hall permit to obtain or inspection to pass when the new owner is focusing on income. Those who have attempted to invest in our airport come to mind-being helped by one department and stymied by another. And there are other ways to impede progress.

I have a friend up in a Michigan small town that just bought out a restaurant. He cleaned, remodeled, painted, rejuvenated, and hired more than worked there before, an ideal improvement to Suffolk. But one night there was an altercation between two young men whose skin color did not match. Police were involved and calmed the situation. But to maintain peace the police are still involved, they show up too often, keeping too much of an eye on the place. Regular customers are intimidated by their presence and can’t help but wonder why the cops  haven't let go. My friend in Michigan finally went back to city hall to demand relief from an over eager police force. Anyone here in Suffolk feel they have problems with city hall or Departments?  

MASTERFUL STROKE BY OBAMA------HE THINKS

Real eye opener,   Always suspected that the Fast & Furious plot was a political scheme hatched to raise the public’s ire against legally held guns in this country.  Just another one of Eric Holder’s botched political gambles I suspect but I hope this one sticks to him and forces him out of office!  But unfortunately, I doubt it.  Too many of the “Republicans” in Congress are no more supportive of conservative values and individual responsibility than are the Democrats.  The Republicans just want to get back in charge so that they can overspend and start diverting our treasury to their political supporters rather than watching the Democrats do the same thing to their own.

It’s amazing that the left gets to frame the debate in terms that invariably denigrate individual responsibility, gun ownership, property ownership, wealth building, the sanctity of innocent life as opposed to crying over the SOBs rightly placed on death row for praying on their own species, and people in “flyover country” who still believe in teaching our children fundamental values and principles that—yes—come from the bible, our Founding documents, and from our Judeo-Christian heritage. 

"is" staff

ALL THOUGHT OUT

One problem with a plan by Virginia to partner with a private company to build a new Route 460 is the cost. Even allowing for rather high tolls it still requires that the State contribute half a billion to build the road a lot of money especially when the highway will be under private control that can change the tolls.
McDonnell insists the new road is vital to the safety of Southeast Virginia and to the future economic viability of the commonwealth as a whole. The current 460, a primary evacuation route for Hampton Roads, is not capable of handling mass evacuations ---too crowded to provide safe and efficient way to transport goods to and from Virginia’s ports. And as the state builds more port capacity in Portsmouth and warehousing in Suffolk the problems with congestion will only get worse. Apparently the Virginia Port Authority’s new board of directors understands what’s at stake. That board discussed this week a plan to contribute $5 million a year. They are talking $5  — up to $250 million — toward the project’s cost, starting in 2013, using funds it would have gotten from its share of the state’s Transportation Trust Fund. Members of the board are expected to discuss the matter in more detail at a meeting in October and vote on it in November.
Since there really is so much at stake for the Virginia Port Authority, buying in to the Route 460 project would be an appropriate move that would help ensure the long-term viability of the ports and of the businesses springing up to support them. And using money already earmarked for the ports to do so would help ensure that the project saddles Virginians with less debt. The new board of directors should approve the plan in November.

MILTEER WANTS EIGHT VOTING BOROUGHS

He  further added this original wise statement; “Now is the time to act,” Milteer said. “I think that if we want to do something, let’s not wait until the horse leaves the stable before we try to ride it. Let’s catch him in the stable and hook him up.” Wow, that motivating expression is almost as old as Curtiss. But like the answer most people approaching Council get,  Milteer’s suggestion got no further discussion.  Nor will it.
Literally thousands of Suffollk citizens have prepared themselves for the opportunity to stand at the lectern to plead their case. No matter how good or bad their presentation was, the standard reply by the Mayor is, “Thank you, next speaker.  It is as though you were never there.  

SMALL TOWN QUEEN REIGNS OVER 83000 OF US

"IS" congratulates Rayvn Stringfield, new Queen of Suffolk's largest festivel.  A top student in King Fork High School. I think back to the forties when twice as chairman of our  annual four day festival  I had to pick the Queen. In addition to the usual qualifications we could not allow a daughter of our Lion Club member compete. This alone potentially eliminated 50  high school girls. Nor would a girl with black skin even consider applying  for the  honor. I'm ashamed to say that in our town there were no people with black skin. It wasn't allowed by civic leaders. Nor could a black person passing though expect to be served in any resturant, or sleep in a motel. It could still be that way, we came south in 1972.

Even choosing between white girls was not easy. It is amazing how quick the pressure comes from parents, school teachers, politicians, etc.  Not beholden to any of them I picked whom I considered right for the job. I'd like to know how it was done here.

PLAIN ORDINARY LIES OR JUST ANOTHER OBAMA ERROR

As Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said earlier this year when federal judges first began to rule parts of the Health Law unconstitutional, “As recently as last week, the President said: ‘This law will lower premiums’, yet since its passage we continually hear the opposite: insurers across the country are raising premiums to cover the cost of all the new mandates they’ll have to comply with.

 Most Americans have opposed this bill from the start because they were skeptical of all the claims that were being made about what it would do. The process that was used to jam it through Congress made it even less popular. But the reality has been even worse than people feared. It violates the Constitution — which is reason enough to repeal it — it’s driving up premiums, increasing costs, and driving people off the plans they have. . . . Democrats made a lot of promises about this bill. Virtually every one has proved to be empty.”  Employers must pay these increasing costs, therefore no increase in wages or other benefits.

SO THIS IS WHERE OBAMA LEARNED THAT

“There are two ways to conquer and

enslave a nation.

One is by the sword. The other is by debt.”

John Adams 1826

A REAL EYE OPENER

 I have always  suspected that the Fast & Furious plot was a political scheme hatched to raise the public’s ire against legally held guns.  Just another one of Eric Holder’s botched political gambles I suspect but I hope this one sticks to him and forces him out of office!  But no, too many of the “Republicans” in Congress are no more supportive of conservative values and individual responsibility than are the Democrats.  The Republicans just want to get back in charge so that they can overspend and start diverting our treasury to their political supporters rather than watching the Democrats do the same thing to their own.

It’s amazing that the left gets to frame the debate in terms that invariably denigrate individual responsibility, gun ownership, property ownership, wealth building, the sanctity of innocent life as opposed to crying over the SOBs rightly placed on death row for praying on their own species, and people in “flyover country” who still believe in teaching our children fundamental values and principles that—yes—come from the bible, our Founding documents, and from our Judeo-Christian heritage.  And we allow it.

"IS" Staff

TICKETS ARE ONLY $6O

Here’s your chance to booze it up at the tax payer provided facility in the company of Suffolk’s elite, the most politically privileged classes of a society. No need for a designated driver, what cop in his right mind would approach anyone involved in this annual affair and suggest blowing into a machine, or walk a line this time of night especially if that person were attired in rented tux or formal gown, It just isn’t done if the event dispensing hard stuff is to foster any part of culture. After all, they are guilty only of a little fun while raising funds for those who, hopefully, will follow in their footsteps.

DON'T PASS THIS UP

Lovers of wine, beer, food and art can make themselves at home at the Art D’Vine fundraiser for the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts.
The event, which is put on by the SCCA Foundation Board, will be held at the center at 7 p.m. Oct. 7. “It’s not only a wonderful time to socialize and have fun with members of the community and meet new people, but it’s fun,” said Susan Rawls, the co-chair for the event. “It’s just become one of the events that I look forward to every year, and so many other people do too.” The fifth annual Art D’Vine will feature a large wine selection with food pairings, a beer tasting, live music and both silent and live auctions. “It’s our major fundraiser for the center for the year,” Rawls said. “The reason we have this is to, of course, keep our building running. Our big goal is to keep our education department thriving.” She said the center hopes to raise as much as $75,000 to continue to provide arts classes for both children and adults.

from the suffollk news herald

IT HAS BEGUN

In the wake of Bin Laden's death, Radical Muslims have gone on a rampage in Southern California, killing anyone who's a legal US citizen. Police fear the death toll could reach as high as 12. I will keep you posted on future developments.

THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON

“The Scottish folk artist, who will play the season opener at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts next week, intentionally incorporates words and subject matter into his songs that nobody else has used in a song before. That from the SNH and it brings additional words to my mind, like squeezing nearly half a million of collected taxes and then expect them to pay for tickets at $35 to $45. and come early for dinner. Not exactly Times Square prices but high enough to keep even culture seekers from filling the seats.
“I do try to use language that isn’t in other songs,”  he said. “I try to write about subject material other people haven’t written about. There are a lot of words that never get to be in songs, and I think it’s unfair to them.” So said the season’s first star, a one man show.

Unfair to words that never get used in a song?  Now that is culture 

GOP BETTER WATCH OUT FOR AN END RUN

Democrats can still win the next election. If, for example, a strong run by a prominent anti-war leftist, such as Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio or former Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, would expose Mr. Obama’s weakness, his plummeting popularity among the party’s base. Outside of blacks, key constituencies of the Democratic Party - feminists, labor unions, gays and lesbians, Hispanics and Jews - are frustrated with his performance. They hunger for change. That person is Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. A liberal candidate probably could win 37 percent, maybe even 40 percent of the vote, against Mr. Obama in Iowa or New Hampshire. Inexorable pressure would build for Mrs. Clinton to throw her hat into the ring, casting herself as the Democrats’ savior. If she were to run, she would beat Mr. Obama in a primary fight - thereby fundamentally altering the 2012 election landscape. The presidential campaign would be transformed from a probable Republican landslide to a horse race. A Hillary-Perry or Hillary-Romney face-off would  be easy for the GOP to lose.

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Class war at its best.

The folks who are getting the free stuff, don't like the folks who are paying for the free stuff,

Because the folks who are paying for the free stuff, can no longer afford to pay for both the free stuff and their own stuff,


And, the folks who are paying for the free stuff, want the free stuff to stop.

And the folks who are getting the free stuff, want even more free stuff on top of the free stuff they are already getting!

Now...

The people who are forcing the people who Pay for the free stuff,
have told the people who are RECEIVING the free stuff,
that the people who are PAYING for the free stuff,
are being mean, prejudiced, and racist.

So...

The people who are GETTING the free stuff, have been convinced they need to hate the people who are paying for the free stuff,

By the people who are forcing some people to pay for their free stuff and giving them the free stuff in the first place.

We have let the free stuff giving go on for so long that there are now more people getting free stuff than paying for the free stuff.

Now understand this. All great democracies have committed financial suicide somewhere between 200 and 250 years after being founded. The reason?

The voters figured out they could vote themselves money from the treasury by electing people who promised to give them money from the treasury in exchange for electing them.

BTW, the United States officially became a Republic in 1776, 235 years ago.

The number of people now getting free stuff outnumbers the people paying for the free stuff.

We have one chance to change that in 2012. Failure to change that essentially means the end of the United States we inherited. It wasn't perfect; it needed some change. But one Party thought tearing it down ("fundamental change" without explanation if I recall) was the answer!

ELECTION 2012 IS COMING. A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves! Take a Stand!!!

TALK TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN OR ELECT A NEW ONE.

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-----   MEDICARE PREMIUM INCREASE

For those of you who are on Medicare, read the article below. It's a short but important that you probably haven't heard about in the mainstream news.

They will RAISE  the monthly price per person as scheduled by Obama's Plan.

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            Annual cost per person   

2011                        $1157

2012                        $1250   

2013                        $1442                  

2014                        $4548   that is nine grand plus

    

Welcome to Government By Spoiled Children!

So I read again that Congress is threatening to shut down the government because they can’t reach agreement over how to cover disaster response funding following a series of disasters this year--Joplin, Irene, Lee, etc. Republicans are willing to fund FEMA for what they can document needing but insist that the funds need to come out of existing programs. Democrats predictably argue that any unexpected expenses be covered by more borrowing and increasing the national debt and that they will shut down the govenment rather than pull a dime out of other programs! Sound only too familiar?

This is Congress today as we know it! They refuse to conduct the People's Business anymore because they are too busy playing partisan political games. Both Parties overspend like drug addicts and whenever the American public’s frustration generates more heat than Congress can ignore, Republicans pretend to start looking for areas to cut spending but always fail to sell even the most common sense cuts to the American Public. As their dancing partners, the Democrats invariably pull up the same critical areas of Government: Defense, Disaster Relief, Border Security, Social Security, and Medicare and frame the argument as if these are the ONLY places where funding cuts could POSSIBLY come from--just to guarantee the American public gets as irritated as possible! And it's no different at the State or municipal level folks. Remember Curtis at this year's City Council budget meeting? Paraphrasing because I don't have it in front of me, "We can't possibly make a change to any item of the city's budget without the whole house of cards falling down!" Right! Seriously???

As this charade takes place multiple times a year without effective actions to address the overspending and the lack of a rainy day fund in the first place, both Parties remain clueless to explain why public support for the Tea Party is exploding and why Tea Party supporters seem to be the only people with common sense! All I can say is that if the Republicans are really interested in cutting spending but are unable to convince the American public that there are HUNDREDS of places in the Federal, State, and municipal budgets across the country where the majority of spending is inefficient if not wasteful, going into programs that don’t work or aren’t even needed, or don't fall under the Constitutional responsibility of Government in the first place, the Republican leadership needs to be sacked and sent home! When the Democrats get away with saying that we can't cover emergency Disaster Recovery expenses by cutting wasteful or lower priority spending in countless other programs, and the Republicans are incapable of articulating the absurdity of such a position to the voters, none of these fools deserve to remain in Office. Cut their benefits and cushy retirement programs and send them all back to the private sector to figure out how people really decide between what’s necessary and what’s nice when they have only a set amount of money to work with.

This country desperately needs a Balanced Budget Amendment since the children we elect to represent us only know how to throw temper tantrums whenever We the People tell them we can’t afford everything they can think of!

JUST LIKE THAT

The Suffolk Planning Commission could have said “no” just as easy as they said "yes" and not approve a new floodplain plan. For crying out loud, as we used to say, if 554 homes are to be added to a flood zone and 700 being removed, what  technology were they using  back when they determined the original flood plain? Or have we since then been hit with earthquakes and a tsunami. Charles Jordan’s property lies in the flood zone in the new maps. He has hassled the Council  at every public meeting. “I stand before you today not in favor of this ordinance, because the maps are wrong and I can prove it.” So where is this going?

BE READY TO FIGHT THIS TRAVESTY

It is possible Suffolk city officials are well into devising plans to force home-owners with private wells to cough up fees or taxes for using ground water. Of course it matters not what you paid for drilling the well, or the cost of bringing water from 500 feet down to your home via piping, pumps and electric motors. It is easy for the powerful elected to ignore all but the fact that your water is free, while those without wells pay through the nose for it and sewers as well. Then there is the additional cost of maintaining a well. Somehow they will figure it is merely they are “going greener.”  Watch out for these people, you didn’t plan on paying for your trash pickup or being forced to recycle.  Officials might better study the opportunities to cut programs that aren’t working, aren’t constitutional, and not the government’s responsibility in the first PLACE.  Forget getting even more revenue from the public.       

  

I WAS RIGHT ABOUT THAT

I brought up the subject of recycling several times in my recent travels and the majority tells me they are unhappy with the additional stress and labor of being forced to comply. First off the color of the container is garish, in no way connected with nature, more with Disney Land or a Walmart birthday cake.. You cannot hide the damn thing. Twenty lashes to the city committee that chose the blue purple cow. If we are going green why are the containers blue? Most of us would paint ours a color that blends with nature, well we would if we were sure the crime would not include jail time. Unless you live in a castle there is no room inside your dwelling and two of those tubs side by each are the size of a third bathroom.
Here is how it works at our home. At the bottom of the five steps down to the garage are two medium size plastic trashcans, one labeled trash, the other, recyclable. From the top of the stairs  it is an easy shot with a can or bottle.  But paper seldom follows the flight plan in to the second barrel and requires an  occasional assist from others after. They, when full, must be hand-carried; transferred to the biggie, hell on older folks. In our late eighties it is a life change.

COMPUTER CRASH CAUSES DELAY

I imagine the crash was caused by the gentleman whose stuff seldom gets by us because of the insulting comments he  writes about a certain Councilman. It appears that truth means little in some of the lengthy diatribe. At any rate we were down a week so I went fishing. I managed to let large catfish drag two rods and reels comepletely off the dock before I could react. So maybe you have wondered why your comments weren't published until today.  We noticed one writer keeps changing his name, the one mentioned above.

We took the sick computer over to Express Solutions for quick service and got it in two days. And the price was right. Sorry about the time devoted to "IS", it was skimpy at best.

BLUE COW WOULD HAVE MADE A GOOD FOX HOLE

 Blue Cow would have served as a foxhole in World  War II. And where to put it. Short  women  can't open it  or pour in trash from a smaller container. My wife  hates the color  swearing it is purple, and has  no idea where to hide it. But there was a happy note attached to one of the four dumped off in our tiny subdivision and the owner stuffed it into his pocket. It referred to a way  to earn $25 each month for recycling. If you have one of these please tell us what it says.  I called him   and  he said he was checking it out on web. Did it really hint we could  make $25 while spending just spending seventeen?  Well, he just called back to say it is one of those make points deals,you won't get rich but you might become a better recycler. I'm getting flack from a son-in-law for having said I have never recycled. I wasn't bragging, just admitting green guilt. What I said long ago was that I'd never recycle until it meant many jobs for people. Now it does.                                                      RecyclingPerks       click on that  and you figure.                                                                                                                                          
                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

THE WAY IT WAS AND STILL IS

Thoughts of the past during a different scene early Thursday morning when at least 500 Longshoremen and sympathizers stormed the Port of Longview and broke windows in the guard shack, according to Longview Police Chief Jim Duscha. As men wielding baseball bats and crowbars held six guards captive, others cut brake lines on boxcars and dumped grain, the chief said.
A freight train carrying 107 cars of corn from Splitrock, Minn., destined for the Longview port was vandalized, spilling grain from 72 of the freight cars onto the tracks, said Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway spokesman Gus Melonas. Oh yes,  the good  old  days. How to get and keep your job.

CONTINUING FOUNTAIN OF CASH

City Council ended efforts to build an emergency access road to the Hollywood neighborhood and a trail in the Eclipse community, saying both projects are becoming too expensive because of certain hardships.

Impossible, it could not have happened, Council, at the suggestion of someone stopped work on an emergency access road to Hollywood and multi-use trail up in Eclipse just because they were getting too expensive. Not impossible in Suffolk another $1,900,000 turned up in the books and they spent it without

discussion on other projects they considered more important. Actually the money was just dollars allotted to other projects but never spent. But it’s amazing how often and how much spendable dollars turn up now and then.

SLOPPY BOOKKEEPING

Here is an example of city government. They are flushed with pride when they bring out the silver shovels to celebrate the opening of a new tax  producing business.  Every dollar coming in counts when it appears our officials intends to spend them all. I’ll bet spender’s ears pricked up when the new assessor proclaimed that 35 of 46 organizations claiming the right to tax breaks have not filed for relief properly. It could mean that a closer look might result in kickbacks to the city spenders. Not just the current year, perhaps unfair tax breaks have been allowed for many years.  We can assume this “error” in qualifying is no different than breaking a law but which “party” is responsible?  Could that situation be why we suddenly acquired a new Assesssor?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

MORE THAN LIKELY

I admit to never having recycled before today and I am nearly 87.  And knowing my wife as I do we have saved millions of gallons of clean fresh water. But that’s over now because there is no way she would toss out a glass or plastic can or bottle without washing or at least rinsing it. There will be no ketchup hiding in there or applesauce and I believe that idiosyncrasy is universal with women. So there is already an extra expense. I’m convinced both the Mayor and City Manager being distaff will also waste their time and water neatening up the used containers because not to could create threatening odors in the neighborhood.  Another thought disturbs me…how and who separates the 90- gallon mess at the plant? Unless you are a recycling nut the stuff goes in the blue cow on a daily basis. In our case we won’t be dragging the behemoth to the street until it is full, giving the contents ample time to settle into inseperable layers, as has the Grand Canyon.   Please note that in one of the comments to this post is a phone number you can call to arrange a tour of the recycling plant.  Might be a good idea for your org.             

WHAT'S THE PUNISHMENT THIS TIME AROUND

There is little reason to point out that Raleigh Henderson Issacs is the Sheriff’s son, the Sheriff is not guilty by association or responsible for his son's behavior. The "boy” is 50 years old and his first arrest was in 2006. Many  wonder why he was never properly punished unless they understand the probable relationship between prosecutors and elected officials.  You must agree that this drunk driver still is one after many appearances before the law but the leniency is not the fault of the father. He more than likely was as embarassed as any father would be. But what this time, isn't everyone treated the same in our courts?   

COUNCILMAN MIKE DUMAN RESPONDS

Pock,

I will attempt to clarify the new 'Refuse Enterprise Fund' created during the budget process.  It is still rather amazing to me how many of our citizens were surprised when the big blue cans started appearing at their doors.  I have answered quite a few calls and hopefully this will help get the information out.

This should not be construed as an official response from the city, but merely an explanation as I understand it.  Every attempt has been made to ensure the facts are correct, but nothing has been reviewed by city personnel to guarantee accuracy.

First, I think it is important to recognize that the 'refuse fund' transferred trash collection, recycling and related services from the operating budget to this dedicated fund.  As such, it must be self supporting.  The reasoning presented by its proponents is to better contend with the eventual dissolution of SYPSA and/or changes that will occur once the city's contract expires.

I will attempt to "explain the math".  Each household (approx. 32,000) is being charged $17.50 per month.  This equates to approx. $6.7M income.  The expenses are approx. $4.2M- $4.3M that was transferred from the operating budget to pay for day to day trash collection services plus the cost of TFC recycling is $4 per month per household which equates to approx. $1.5M. In addition, the hazardous waste program costs about $65,000 and the recycling convenience centers are budgeted at $70,000.  Add all this together and you get expenses totaling roughly $5.9M.  If my math is correct, that leaves about $800,000.  This balance would be accommodate contingencies such as rising fuel costs, etc.

It should be noted that the recycling fee of $4 per month will appear on your semi-annual real estate tax bill.

I hope this assists your readers in their comprehension of this newly created fund and related costs.

Those of you who are cognizant of local government actions know my position and how I voted on these issues.  If anyone would like to discuss this or any other matter further please call me at (757) 449-9688.

IT AINT FAIR

Coincidental? My neighbor  reports a fifty dollar increase in his Charter costs and then they went off the air for several days. Perhaps it was deliberate so he would more appreciate the programming when it came back on. A more important  event would be the city finding some competition for Charter. Is one cable company to choose from a smart way to go?  We were victims in Suffolk when the power  went off for several days and we  were forced to pay $3.53 per gallon of gas to run generators or see freezers full of expensive  food go bad.  While residents on King's  Fork lost no power or cable. Is it really those holes in the ozone?

C'MON CITY FINANCE PEOPLE, HELP US OUT WITH NUMBERS

According to Suffolk supplied numbers there are 29,993 Households in Suffolk with an average of   2.6 persons including the little babies whose diapers have not yet been declared trash or recyclable paper. Using $17. as the monthly cost for this this wonderful program it can generate half a million each month or a little over  six million  for each year.  Seems that the recycled  materials are worth a ton of money and that many  blue cows will produce many tons of very valuable goods. Who gets it  is the simple question.  "IS" will wait a reasonable length of time for answer from the city. Most city officials deny reading "IS" but we know better.  Any Council member will do.                                                                                                                                                            

JUST A BUMP

SO MANY IN  WASHINGTON  CAN'T  TELL  THE  TRUTH  WE  OFFER  SOLID  PROOF  THAT  AN  EARTHQUAKE   TOOK   PLACE  IN  THE  NEAR  VICINITY OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S  OFFICE.  THE PRESIDENT ESCAPED  DEATH   BY   CAMPAIGNING.

WELCOME ABOARD

Remember all  the nice things Selena and  Mayor Linda had to say about the newly named financial director,  Dale Walker, as he asended to the throne of books that keep track of our dwindling supply of dollars. This is not a test of your memory but doesn’t it seem that the ink on his contract could not have been dry on Febuary 6, the day he joined the long list of forced to resign employees that previously had been toasted for their expertise.  The odds on the new director, Deborah H. White, being a Suffolk employee longer than Dale have improved if only because  she is female.  And she is also experienced and attractive. Picture from SNH

TIME IS SPEEDING UP

Why not,  I asked myself, why not  a picture taken way back, a year after the war.  We are now in the  second half of the eighties and have to remind ourselves we were once young. The picture was taken in 1946, we were engaged even though the U.S. government said to forget it. I stayed in Germany a year fighting the naysayers and finally went home to fight from that end. We won, as did hundreds of other American soldiers. Her dress is made from two kerchiefs and a white parachute, the  best we could do under the circumstances. Of course Germany was in terrible condition, her city of Bremen was bombed regularly and her home severely damaged when the British took the city. But that day was party time with both German relatives and my American buddies celebrating our union and end of the war. 

ARE YOU EXCITED

A well written story by Emily Collins about the up-coming Homerama shows up this morning in the SNH. I believe everything she wrote with one exception, how excited everyone is, a million or more expected to view the "Modestly priced" homes. Now, unless there are a few 1000 square footers in the collection there won't be too many immediate sales and the place will eventually look like most other Homerama sites in the area, sparsely settled. Even though fixed mortgage interest rates are low they won't appear to be so when your pink slip arrives with a sad message about how you never should

have taken the plunge in view of the nations malaise.  And Obama still has a year to do more damage.

The New Cost of Trash Pickup and How It Is Being Billed Shocks Citizens

Karyn Cook, Chairperson of the Suffolk chapter of the Hampton Roads TEA Party sent me this yesterday. While many of us heard during the rushed budget debates that Suffolk was going to start charging us $18/month for trash pick up, how many property owners in Suffolk actually realized this?

"Yesterday I came home to find this huge blue "Property of the City of Suffolk" monster of a trash can (for recycling) in my driveway. It followed last week's delivery of a big green "City" monstrosity. I spoke to the City Refuse Manager this AM and told her I didn't order the cans and they are not practical for my use, living so far back off the road. I can dispose of my trash myself. Sure, if I want, but I will still be paying I'm told. OK, insult to injury: I find out what these undesired eyesores will cost me as well as every property owner in Suffolk: $210/year! Make it worse: On your real estate tax bill!! Of course you can imagine what happens when you don't pay your R.E. taxes...I think I've seen a few of those signs around town.. So, I'm guilty! I didn't examine the 2011-2012 Suffolk City budget line by line. I won't make that mistake ever again."

How many of us realized that the trash pickup charge was going to be added to our real estate taxes--allowing Suffolk to put a lean on our homes if we don't pay it? I didn’t. But that would be fair if Suffolk property owners could also put similar leans on the homes of City Council Members and the City Manager when they can't figure out how to live within a budget without jacking it up every year. News Flash: many of your constituents are on fixed incomes! Many don’t get annual raises—or even cost of living increases! A very high percentage of home owners are underwater on their mortgages for homes that are worth far less in 2011 than they were in 2007—even though City appraisals only reflect a fraction of the actual decline in market value! And as if you really didn't know, many more of us are out of work, working reduced hours, or getting paid less now than was the case just a couple of years ago.

And isn't this just one more reason to demand that the Suffolk City Manager put out her next city budget proposal at least 90 days before the Council schedules their first meeting to go over it? This annual game of sliding it out at the last legal minute and pushing Council Members up against a ticking clock to pass bad budgets has to end. No citizen showing up at a Public Meeting on the proposed new budget should ever hear a Council Member asking us to explain to them how to arrive at a balanced budget. After all, the only reason Suffolk has to schedule a Public Meeting on the Budget EVERY year in the first place is because Virginia Law requires that any municipality proposing a new budget that exceeds the current one by MORE THAN 1 PERCENT must do so. If Suffolk could live within it's means, the annual charade wouldn't be necessary! When Council Members have to ask their constituents for the keys to the Clue Locker before they can figure out how to spend less than the revenue coming in, something is very wrong! So give citizens a chance to help our elected officials perform the jobs that they admittedly aren't able to perform! Give us the proposed budget and time to look it over before bringing it up at the first Council working session!

IT'S PATHETIC: OBAMA COMPARES HIMSELF TO MLK Jr.

“We Forget When He Was Alive There Was Nobody More Vilified, More Controversial”. Wasn’t he a republican? Barrack, you are no MLK Jr.

Obama is delusional, but I too have a dream. Obama being impeached

Obama, the narcissist and chief also has likened himself to Lincoln. There could not be a more stark difference between him and Lincoln:

Lincoln said you can’t bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You can’t strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You can’t help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You can’t further the brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred.
You can’t help the poor by destroying the rich.
You can’t keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
You can’t build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative.
And you can’t help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. *Obama’s leftist ideology essentially violates everyone of these principles handed down in the writings and speeches of a great president he wants to compare himself with.
Guest author AC

SO HE DOESN'T LIKE THE DECISION

 

So he doesn't like the decision. But what has Leroy done other than serving on various committees  Although surely there have been many or his fans  would not be satisfied. But to claim foul on the part of those who had the duty to determine what was fair and equitable was wrong. The city should stick to their guns if what they decided will stand up in a court. Perhaps the Mrs. Borough chief, his a partner should remain quiet on  the suggestion that race is a factor. There is little difference between 5-3 and 6-2 votes and if color does matter that much then what about the whites that like the change from status quo. It sure doesn't smell right if this one is changed.

AN ADDITION TO THE POST "NECESSARY CHANGES MADE TO "IS"

There have been many comments made, some good, some bad and a recent comment asked if there is  any record available of statements made in past comments to Posts. The answer is "yes." You can easily use the search engine located on the Home Page of "IS" on the right side of the page.  Type in, for example, Mike Duman or Mrs. Martin, wait a minute then go to the top of the Homepage,  where you will see comments that were made at the time of the Posts some time ago. Also, to refresh your  mind,  check the listing of Past Posts. "IS" hopes this will assist your search.

A NECESSARY CHANGE TO INSIDE SUFFOLK

YOUR  COMMENTS  DESERVE  RULES  AND YOUR POINTS  MADE  WITHOUT RACISM

 We encourage an open discussion with a wide range of viewpoints, even extreme ones, but we can do without racism, profanity or slanderous comments toward the author(s) or comment participants. Make your case passionately, but civilly. Stop the name-calling. Logical arguments supported by facts are far more effective, shows respect for your fellow readers, and garners positive judgments from even those who disagree with your position.  This site was created to encourage positive and interactive debates to lift public knowledge and, hopefully, support positive changes throughout our community while keeping what is working for us.  If your comment does not appear, it is likely because it violates the above policy.  We reserve the right to remove comments at our discretion. We encourage you to make your comments under your name or a blog name of your choice. This permits our readers to recognize those who enhance public discussions and remain on the lookout for future comments from those whose comments they have enjoyed reading in the past.  

We will do our best to enforce these “rules of comportment.”

WE CAN HARDLY WAIT TO GO BLUE

My neighbor's driveway is over 1500 feet long, enough to have two steep hills and a surface rough enough to loosen your teeth if you were to push or pull the blue 90 gallon bin to the street even half full of whatever will pass for reuseables. And I must pay over $200 each year for the privilege. I'm only 86 and our driveway only 800 feet and I have not walked that far in ten years. So we have a challenge facing us. But that's not the hard part, remembering what can't go in there. I realize you don't toss half of a  soggy left over cupcake in there but it  will take pernhap  months to avoid mistakes, upsetting the sorters  that make final decisions. I haven't yet heard about punitive damages, or any rules regarding limiting particular materials but I assume there are fixed rules. I just know this will be a grand experience. A few tips, that's no parts of a chicken ever goes in Blue can but the paper wrapping it came in may qualify. Steel cans go Blue but only after wasting water for rinsing sticky juices. Only empty beer bottles are recyclable, alcohol goes with paint cans and used oil.  We still don't know who gets the profit from sales of the recycled materials...city or  recycler. Lots of money there that could be used to reduce citizen cost.

WISE INDIAN SAY BEST TO GET OFF DEAD HORSE

However, in business and politics we often try other strategies for dealing with dead horses.

1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Saying things like "This is the way we always have ridden this horse."
4. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
5. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses.
6. Increasing the standards to ride dead horses.
7. Appointing a tiger team to revive the dead horse.
8. Creating a training session to increase our riding ability.
9. Comparing the state of dead horses in today's environment.
10. Pass legislation declaring that, "This horse is not dead."
11. Blaming the horses parents.
12. Harnessing several dead horses together for increased speed.
13. Declaring that "No horse is too dead to beat."
14. Providing additional funding to increase the horse's performance.
15. Do a Cost Analysis to see if contractors can ride it cheaper.
16  Procure a commercial design dead horse.
17. Declare the horse is "better, faster and cheaper" dead.
18. Form a quality circle to find uses for dead horses.
19. Revisit the performance requirements for horses.
20. Say this horse was procured with cost as an independent variable.
21. BRAC the horse farm on which it was born.
22. Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position

How long have you been riding a dead horse?      

IS SELENA TIGHTENING UP

Some charitable and other nonprofit organizations could be denied local tax-exempt status under a proposed policy change that is expected to come to the City Council this fall.
City Manager Selena Cuffee-Glenn plans to ask the council to revisit its policy for exempting such groups from real estate and personal property taxes, Deputy City Manager Patrick Roberts said. The exemptions cost the city more than $1.4 million a year.
"It has become increasingly important for all city organizations to cover their fair share of government service costs to the community, given the economic pressures that have confronted the city in recent years," Cuffee-Glenn wrote council members in a recent letter.

Would this include the   SCCA?

RIGHT OUT OF SNH HERE WE GO AGAIN

"Only three Suffolk schools met federal learning goals during the 2010-2011 school year, ranking the city at the bottom of the pack in Hampton Roads in terms of school achievement. According to reports released on Thursday, 84 percent of Suffolk schools failed to meet federal standards for adequate yearly progress toward the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act. The schools that made AYP were Hillpoint, Northern Shores and Oakland elementary schools. Deputy Superintendent Jacqueline Chavis said school officials are disappointed so many of the schools didn’t meet the federal standards.
“There are some disappointments because we know how hard the schools, the teachers, the students and the parents have worked,” she said. In order for a school to make AYP this year, 86 percent of its students must have shown proficiency on standards of learning tests for reading and 85 percent must have passed the math tests."

Are 15% of our students stupid or uncaring, or is there still something amiss with our teaching methods?

THE ACTUAL NUMBERS FACING US AND THE KIDS

If this doesn't simplify what these idiots (on both sides of the aisle) in Washington are doing, nothing will!

From the federal Budget Office ...

The U.S. Congress sets a federal budget every year in the trillions of dollars.
Few people know how much money that is so we created a breakdown of federal spending in simple terms. Let's put the 2011 federal budget into perspective:

* U.S. income: $2,170,000,000,000
* Federal budget: $3,820,000,000,000
* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
* Recent budget cut: $ 38,500,000,000 (about 1 percent of the budget)

It helps to think about these numbers in terms that we can relate to.
Let's remove eight zeros from these numbers and pretend this is the household budget for the fictitious Jones family.

* Total annual income for the Jones family: $21,700 * Amount of money the Jones family spent: $38,200 * Amount of new debt added to the credit card: $16,500 * Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710 * Amount cut from the budget: $385

JOE WILSON CALLED OBAMA A LIAR-- HERE IS WHY

Remember the famous " You Lie" Remark made by Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina during Obama State of the Union Address? Obama said Obamacare would not cover illegal criminals? Well guess what? 

 

Page 50/section 152: The bill will provide insurance to all non-U.S. Residents, even if they are here illegally.
** Page 58 and 59: The government will have real-time access to an individual’s bank account and will have the authority to make electronic fund transfers from those accounts.
** Page 65/section 164: The plan will be subsidized (by the government) for all union members, union retirees and for community organizations (such as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now – ACORN).
** Page 203/line 14-15: The tax imposed under this section will not be treated as a tax. (How could anybody in their right mind come up with that?)
** Page 241 and 253: Doctors will all be paid the same regardless of specialty, and the government will set all doctors’ fees.
** Page 272. Section 1145: Cancer hospital will ration care according to the patient’s age.
** Page 317 and 321: The government will impose a prohibition on hospital expansion; however, communities may petition for an exception.
** Page 425, line 4-12: The government mandates advance-care planning consultations. Those on Social Security will be required to attend an “end-of-life planning” seminar every five years. (Death counseling.)
** Page 429, line 13-25: The government will specify which doctors can write an end-of-life order.

AC,   A GUEST POST