August 4, 2011 at 5:54 pm
The saga of the Great Debt Ceiling Crisis of 2011 came to a disappointing end Tuesday when President Obama signed into law the lousy “compromise” that was sent to him by Congress. Let us look back on the events that brought us to the pathetic end of the over-hyped debt ceiling “crisis”. The President addressed the nation on Monday July 25, in the hope of frightening the American people into a blind, thoughtless frenzy that would have them pressure their respective members of Congress into a “compromise”. The days following his speech brought the introduction of several plans by various leaders in Washington DC. The primary of those being one from House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) – who incidentally filibustered his own bill for more than 20 hours. In the President’s speech Monday he did his very best to explain the problem to the American people. He did so by: Demonizing tax cuts as an expense to the government – as if the money belongs to the government, and the government is being inconvenienced in allowing you to have it, as their gift to you. This money belongs to you! The government has […]
June 28, 2011 at 12:37 pm
For months now we have been hearing about the absurd and intrusive screening processes of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). First we had to all remove our shoes and belts, and then we had to be subjected to random pat downs, x-ray scanners, and “enhanced” pat downs for anyone who protested. The horror stories of the TSA just keep coming. The latest headline involves a 95-year-old cancer patient. The elderly Florida woman was traveling with her daughter Jean Weber, through Northwest Florida Regional Airport. When they reached the TSA security checkpoint Weber’s mother was wheeled off to a screening area walled off with glass partitions where an invasive pat down was conducted. A TSA agent reported to Weber that “something suspicious” was felt on her mother’s leg. At that point the 95-year-old was taken into a private, closed screening room. When the TSA agent emerged from the private screening room they informed Weber that her mother’s incontinence undergarment was “wet and firm” and could therefore not be checked thoroughly. Weber was asked to take her mother to a bathroom and remove the undergarment, forcing the elderly woman whose name was not released to go through the airport without any underwear. […]