Barney Frank will not run for reelection
Barney Frank
Everyone who follows politics has heard by now that Barney Frank has announced he will not seek reelection in 2012, but I would be remiss if I didn’t at least say a few words on this subject for there is probably nobody in the House that I would be happier to see leave office.
Barney Frank is one of the people who is most responsible for the housing market crash and the failures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; when President Bush tried to warn the Congress that there was a looming crisis it was none other than Barney Frank who stepped in and accused President Bush of fear mongering on the issue, stating that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were not in crisis.
History has shown us that these two entities were indeed in crisis and Barney Frank was partly responsible for the failure of the government to make the reforms needed. Yet today President Bush is blamed for doing nothing while Barney Frank escapes all blame. (And we mustn’t forget that Barney Frank also used his position to get his boyfriend a job at Fannie Mae, is that why he was against reforming the institution?)
So today as barney Frank prepares to step down at the end of this term I only regret the fact that he didn’t do it years earlier, if he had perhaps the United States wouldn’t still be in the recession that he helped create.
I only wish we could trust Massachusetts to hire a replacement who would be of a different mindset, but Massachusetts appears ready to replace Scott Brown with Elizabeth Warren, the women who is taking credit for creating the intellectual foundation of the Occupy movement, so all bets are off.
Newt Gingrich wins the endorsement of the New Hampshire Union Leader
It seems as if the big campaign news of the day is the fact that Newt Gingrich has earned the endorsement of the New Hampshire Union Leader.
I have to admit that I was surprised with the nationwide attention this endorsement has received, but I suppose it is warranted because the Union Leader is New Hampshire’s largest newspaper and it happens to be a conservative paper. And coupled with New Hampshire’s first in the nation primary status this endorsement carries added weight because all candidates strive to win this endorsement.
This is certainly a blow to Mitt Romney for he has tried to portray himself as a New Hampshire native to this state’s voters, and I am sure he was counting on this endorsement, but is was not to be.
Here is part of the Union Leader’s endorsement: Read more…
Claire McCaskill calls for an investigation into the Obama regime’s decision to award Siga a no bid contract for an unneeded vaccine
In an attempt to promote his unsustainable green energy initiative Barack Obama has become embroiled in several scandals involving taxpayer funded stimulus loans to companies which were deemed to be high risk ventures. Because of this millions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted while Democrat donors–who just happened to have interests in these companies–had their investments protected. There is no telling how much of this money was funnelled back into the campaign coffers of Democrats who are running for reelection.
While this reeks of crony capitalism it is not the most glaring example of wasted stimulus money and crony capitalism; the most glaring example of this fraud does not involve a green energy company, that distinction belongs to a company named Siga. Siga was a company which was looking to secure a $400 million stimulus loan and when it became evident that the loan would not be granted Barack Obama awarded the company with a no bid contract to ensure the company received the money it so desired.
Happy Thanksgiving
Debate thoughts: Was this Newt Gingrich’s Rick Perry moment?
When Newt Gingrich announced that he was going to announce his intention to seek the presidency I wrote a scathing post on why I had no intention of voting for him. This was based solely on his personal past and failings for I feel that we must have a strong moral person in the White House to lead us into the future, and I felt that Newt Gingrich’s past moral failings were so egregious that it disqualified him from the position he is seeking.
I understand fully that many people do not think a person’s personal history is any business of anyone else besides the people involved but for me I think a person can be judged on how he leads his life. I also understand that morals are subjective and what I might find objectionable others may feel is not. Every person has to decide for themselves whether a person’s private life is of concern or what is morally acceptable or even if it is an issue, but for me I had ruled him out.
Having said that; as the debates unfolded I found myself looking more and more closely at Newt Gingrich because it is clear that he is an intelligent person and could have what it takes to lead a nation. I would love to see Newt Gingrich and Barack Obama in a debate; I think that Newt would destroy Obama, so I decided to give Newt Gingrich a second chance but I still had concerns about his past positions on several issues: Climate change, healthcare mandates, NAFTA, his opposition to Paul Ryan’s budget, TARP, and last but not least the issue which is now back on center stage–amnesty for illegal aliens.
The Super Committee fails, is anyone really surprised?
The Super Committee announced earlier today that it will fail to reach a deal by the deadline and the triggers which were imposed that were supposed to guarantee that a deal would be struck will most likely be implemented. Is anyone really surprised by this news?
The Super Committee was destined to fail from the beginning as both sides were so far apart during the debt ceiling debate that a deal seemed a longshot at best, but I feel it was also designed to fail because I do not believe the two sides were as far apart as we were led to believe.
My theory goes like this: Republicans and Democrats agreed to the terms of a deal during the debt ceiling debate but both sides simply did not have the courage to hold a vote on the deal because of the backlash from their differing constituents, and that deal was exactly the one which would be implemented on the failure of the Super Committee to negotiate a different deal.
This day in history: Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
I had the great pleasure of visiting Gettysburg with my family earlier this year and what a feeling it was to stand on the ground where so many valiant soldiers (both on the North and the South) fought in what turned out to the turning point in the Civil. Looking over Cemetery Ridge, Seminary Hill, Little Round Top, the Peach Orchard, the Devils Den, the Slaughter Pit, Emmitsburg Road, and the copse of trees the feeling of history was immeasurable. Just standing on this ground was powerful and I look forward to someday visiting more Civil War battlefields; Chancellorsville (where General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was killed) and Antietam being the first two on my list.
It was on this day in 1863 that President Lincoln coined what is now considered one of the best speeches in United States history, and so I am reposting what I wrote last year on this historic date, with the addition of the slide shows of my trip to Gettysburg:
November 19th, 1863: a crowd gathers to witness the dedication of the nation’s first national cemetery. The site is Gettysburg Pennsylvania, where less than five moths earlier the Confederate army led by Robert E Lee made its last incursion into Northern territory before being driven south by the Union army which was commanded by General Meade.
This Union victory is considered the turning point in the Civil War, for up until that point while the Union had managed a few victories they were turned back on many occasions and moral in the North was at an all time low before this battle. Ironically the victorious General Meade was relieved by President Lincoln shortly after this battle because he failed to pursue General Lee’s troops and demolish them while they were on the run.
General Meade was replaced by Ulysses S Grant who led the Union into the battle of the Wilderness, and while that battle was considered a draw, it was what happened next that was of the most import. The Union soldiers expected to either fall back into defensive positions or remain where they were as General Lee escaped once again, but they cheered loudly when General Grant declared that they would pursue General Lee and would not stop until victory was achieved. Lincoln had finally found his general and the rest is history.
Edward Everett–who was considered the “key note” speaker and was the great orator of the time–spoke for over two hours before giving way to President Lincoln, but nobody remembers what Edward Everett said that day because his speech was eclipsed in just over two minutes by the man who gave what is considered to be one of the greatest speeches of all time.
Edward Everett himself said this of the Gettysburg address in a letter he wrote to President Lincoln the following day: “I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours, as you did in two minutes.”
During the Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln stated, “the world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here.” Oh, how wrong he was about that, history has never forgotten what President Lincoln said on that day.
Here is a video tribute to the Gettysburg Address:
Barack Obama halts shale drilling at a cost of 200,000 American jobs
Last week the Obama regime stopped the Keystone Pipeline project–a project which would have created thousands of jobs for United States citizens while helping to diminish the United States’ dependency on Middle East oil, two issues which are supposedly close to Barack Obama’s heart–and today the Obama regime announced that it was terminating the lease for Wayne National Forest. This move comes at a cost of the loss of an estimated 200,ooo jobs and ensures that the price of oil will remain static as the United States has cut off a potential new supply of oil. These two moves are being hailed as victories by the environmentalists, but one has to wonder if there was an ulterior motive involved in these decisions.
Why would the president end two programs which would have created hundreds of thousands of jobs while helping to lessen our dependency on Middle East oil at a time when the unemployment rate is so high and average American families are struggling to make ends meet when he claims to be the middle class warrior?
Not too long ago the ethically challenged Democrat Congresswoman from California, Maxine Waters, was asked about members of the Tea Party protesting the Obama regime’s bailouts and stimulus spending and she showed no concerns for the worries of the American citizens when she said they could “go straight to hell.”
For months we heard stories in the mainstream media about the potential for violence erupting at a Tea Party event, but when the violence didn’t break out the media was so disappointed that they tried to blame the shooting of Gabby Giffords on Sarah Palin and the Tea Party. Anything to prove the narrative that the mainstream media was trying to paint.
This is what Maxine Waters had to say about the Arizona shooting:
we absolutely must all do whatever is necessary to restore safety and security. We must rededicate ourselves to ending violence and promoting peace, and we must take necessary, commonsense steps to reduce the potential for killings like this
Then along came the Occupy movement and Democrats in the Congress, and the president himself, glommed onto the movement and told us what a wonderful thing it was to see disaffected youth begin to speak out. There were no concerns in the mainstream media about the potential for violence at these events and yet violence has broken out on several different occasions. When the OWS crowd isn’t bemoaning the international banking Jewry some of them are busy raping, murdering, assaulting, and vandalizing private property and yet the Democrats stand behind the Occupy movement.
Maxine Waters was asked about the Occupy violence, and one would think that she would not condone the violence in any way shape or form, but instead of telling the criminals to “go straight to hell” she had a slightly different message:
They will find some comfort in having some other people out on the streets with them. They’re looking for food. Often times, the criminal element will invade. That’s life and it happens, whether it’s with protesters or other efforts that go on in this country
Now Maxine Waters is of the belief that rapes and murders are simply a part of life that must be dealt with. How cold is that statement? What changed? Why did Maxine Waters reaffirm her support of the Occupy movement when she had a chance to distance herself from the violence the OWS crowd is directly responsible for?
Of course, we all know the answers to those questions, don’t we?
Solargate: Energy Secretary Steven Chu wishes he had a do over
The House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee is investigating the Obama regime’s Solyndra scandal and today Energy Secretary Steven Chu testified before the committee and claimed that he wished he could have a do over.
Certainly knowing what I know now, we’d say no,” Chu said during a hearing in the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. “But you don’t make decisions [by] fast-forwarding two years in the future and then go back. I wish I could do that
This statement echoes Barack Obama’s “hindsight is 20/20″ defense:
Hindsight is always 20/20,” Obama told “Good Morning America” anchor George Stephanopoulos in an interview broadcast online Monday. “It went through the regular review process and people felt that it was a good bet
There is one small problem with this line of defense; it is a lie. We now know that the regular review process was not followed because the review was fast tracked for political reasons, and we know there were people within the Obama regime who knew this was not a good bet.
America's Watchtower 