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Social Security Reminds Me Of Dumb And Dumber

Posted By The Strident Conservative on February 4, 2010

Well folks, according to a report by the Congressional Budget Office, Social Security is broke. . . busted. . . bankrupt.

Oh, you won’t hear those words from the Democrats and Republicans. Nope, they’ll go on record about how Social Security is too big to fail and how they will honor their commitments to America’s seniors.

But the truth of the matter is that the Federal Government is unable to honor the I.O.U.’s they have issued for the money they have borrowed that allowed them to spend, spend, spend. Of course, experts saw this coming for decades, but politicians ignored them.

Here’s how it happened. . .

Back in the 1980’s, SS was about to go belly up. In order to “fix” the problem, benefits were cut and F.I.C.A. taxes were raised. This created a surplus that collected interest and was supposed to secure the SS fund for a generation. But alas, as is always the case with Washington, they saw this money as “theirs” and borrowed it to help fund the Federal government.

By the way, that’s one reason that ANY conversations over the past three decades about balanced budgets has been nothing more than a ruse. Even Bill Clinton’s balanced budgets and subsequent surpluses were only possible because the SS fund was being added to the general fund.

Sadly, just like the movie Dumb and Dumber, the briefcase full of money that should have been available to pay benefits the baby boomers now retiring is full of nothing but a bunch of I.O.U.’s, thanks to Harry and Lloyd (aka Democrats and Republicans). And just like this scene, they’ll try to convince us that their I.O.U.’s are “just as good as money.”

Just like the guy with the gun, retirees want their money now. Just like Lloyd, all they can offer is an I.O.U. Just like Mary, the taxpayers who filled the briefcase with money have lost it all.

You know, there’s another parallel to the movie Dumb and Dumber. The money in the briefcase was supposed to be used to pay off a blackmailer. I think blackmail describes the current relationship between Washington and the taxpayer pretty well, don’t you? 

But that’s a subject for another time.

 

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Osama Bin Laden – al-Qaida’s Al Gore

Posted By The Strident Conservative on February 2, 2010

At last, we know the real reason for Osama Bin Laden’s desire to destroy America. It turns out he doesn’t hate the U.S., he just wants to save the planet from the ravages of glo-BULL warming.

Disappointed that he was unable to attend the recent meetings in Copenhagen, he released a special audio message this past weekend. 

In it, the murderous leader of al-Qaida informed the world that his main reason for his jihad against the Western world is due to his great concern for the earth, calling for boycotts against America – or as he lovingly calls us, “the Great Satan.”

“The effects of global warming have touched every continent. Drought and deserts are spreading, while from the other floods and hurricanes unseen before the previous decades have now become frequent,” bin Laden said in the audiotape, aired on the Arab TV network Al-Jazeera.

“People of the world, it’s not right for the burden to be left on the mujahedeen (holy warriors) in an issue that causes harm to everyone,” he said. “Boycott them to save yourselves and your possessions and your children from climate change and to live proud and free.”

You know, I thought America was already living “proud and free.”

No matter – I’m sure if the world had boycotted America, Bin Laden wouldn’t have had to sacrifice those ”holy warriors” by sending them on suicide missions – crashing airplanes into buildings and detonating car bombs – all the while killing thousands. If only people would stop buying items stamped “Made in the U.S.A.” 

Of course, there’s still that little issue of the 72 virgins for holy warriors who blow themselves to smithereens, but maybe Bin Laden feels that if he can save the earth, it won’t be necessary to die in order have sex with a virgin.

In a related story, it has been rumored that Al Gore (who shares some eerie similarities with the terrorist) has sent a letter of gratitude to Bin Laden for his “holy war against CO2″ and offered to donate carbon offsets to deal with CO2 emissions created by any hijacked airplanes or car bombs in the future.  

“The former Vice-President has been on the defensive for quite some time lately as a result of the non-stop revelations concerning the numerous errors contained in his ’Inconvenient Truth’ movie, not to mention the questionable Noble Prize he received from it,” stated an anonomous source. “He’s always on the lookout for kindred spirits to help spread the word.”

“While we obviously have a few disagreements with Bin Laden concerning some of his actions, we feel that it’s more of a difference of methodology - not message,” the source added. “With the death and destruction that climate change will cause, it’s not all that different than the death and destruction caused by al-Qaida.”

Though Obama refused comment on the issue, he has expressed support for Osama’s “blame Bush” approach to the issue, having played that card for many of his own policy failures. 

While some might argue Bin Laden is attempting to draw a wider public into his fight against the United States with this latest message to America, there will be those who feel that he is unclenching his fist in search of an open hand.

Now, where did I hear that “open hand – clenched fist” thing before?

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State Of The Union Goes Green

Posted By The Strident Conservative on January 28, 2010

In a move meant to demonstrate a firm commitment to the environment and reducing government spending, the White House announced a new “green” initiative in tonight’s State of the Union address.

You may have noticed that nearly all of the President’s speech to the nation last night was little more than rehashed campaign promises and policy positions. While this may be considered a demonstration of poor leadership by a man lacking the ideas and experience to be President, we have now learned that this is by design.

“By recycling bits and pieces of literally hundreds of speeches given as both a candidate and President, this administration has taken specific steps meant to save resources and money for the American people,” said Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

“The reuse of old talking points and campaign promises saves on man hours, paper and even the electricity used by Mr. T, the president’s teleprompter - not to mention making life easier for the greatest President in American history.”

When asked if recycling could be responsible for creating the perception that Obama’s policy ideas lack specifics, the White House quickly denied those accusations.

“The idea that the President fails to provide specifics on how to accomplish his goals comes mostly from right-wing media outlets like FOX News and are totally unfounded,” Gibbs insisted. “In fact, this vagueness is as much a part of the Administration’s Green policies as anything else.”

“For instance, when the President insists that ’something’ be done concerning border control, his lack of specifics allows others to contribute to the solution while he takes the credit. In addition, it allows him to reuse that statement an unlimited number of times while making it sound like the President is actually doing something about it.”

“It’s a win-win for the Administration. . . Oops, I mean the American people.”

Some of the recycled topics included in last night’s speech were:

  • Blaming Bush – From the economy to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, this old stand-by of refusing to take personal responsibility and instead blame his predecessor for the ineffectiveness of his administration was apparent numerous times.
  • Blaming Republicans – Even though his party has held a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, as well as a strong majority in the House of Representatives, Obama blamed the “party of NO” for hindering his radical left-wing agenda.
  • Blame Lobbyist- While claiming he has excluded lobbyists from “policy making jobs, or seats on federal boards and commissions,” Obama has not “excluded” lobbyists from his administration at all. In fact, he’s hired over a dozen for key posts, and the AP notes seven of those waivers were for White House positions.
  • More government – As has been the case since his days as a community organizer, the only solution to America’s problems is bigger, more expensive government.
  • Jobs saved or created- This one is getting close to the end of it’s recyclability. No verifiable method for measuring a “saved” job exists. It’s a bogus number that even the messiah’s own people couldn’t agree on this past weekend. By the way, did you notice that the only jobs he mentioned were mostly government jobs?
  • Clean energy jobs – Even though the number of jobs created by “renewable” energy has been negligible, and the wages are below average compared to others in the energy sector, Obama stayed true to the philosophy of Van Jones and reused this loser to ”demand” a Jobs Bill and various tax credits.
  • Climate Bill – This one sort of “piggy-backed” on the clean energy jobs mentioned above. It’s better known name is “Cap and Trade” and it’s code for more money for government to spend in the name of cleaning up the environment. He also recycled the ”settled science” arguement to stifle any disagreements on the whole “climate change” lie.
  • Education, education, education – This one is a classic for all liberals. After all, how can anyone be opposed to “the children?” Of course, his ideas for improving in this area involved spending billions of dollars in grants and loans, and as we all know, spending more and more on education has been so successful in the past, hasn’t it?
  • There were also numerous references to other words used often by the Obama, such as: Change – Values – Politics as usual – Bipartisan – I, me, my and other self-centered words.

In the Obama White House, recycling isn’t just something you do with aluminum cans, so get used to it America.

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MasterLard – Reid Never Leaves Home Without It

Posted By The Strident Conservative on January 24, 2010

What do you do when you’re the leader of the Senate and you need to buy a few votes in order for Obamacare to pass?

You whip out the government plastic!!

Unfortunately for Harry the Henchman, the bill on his card is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay past due, and the voters in Nevada are coming after him for payment.

While every potential Republican candidate is leading Reid in the polls, the most recent Real Clear Politics report (an average of all the major polls) shows him losing to conservative Republican Danny Tarkanian by 10 percentage points. 

While Harry’s days of using his MasterLard card may be numbered, the bad news is that any unpaid balances on his account will still have to be paid – and I’m sure you know where that money’s coming from, don’t you?

 

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It’s The Republicans Fault – Yeah, That’s The Ticket

Posted By The Strident Conservative on January 19, 2010

On the same day that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts elected Republican Scott Brown to fill the Senate seat held by Ted Kennedy for nearly five decades, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) blamed GOP obstructionism for the problems Democrats have had hanging on to their power.

It would be funny if it wasn’t so pathetic. I just hope they keep thinking this way right up to November.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday said that angst voters have expressed early this election year is the result of GOP obstructionism, not the Democrats agenda…

“I think what the public is angry about is they see, first of all, an opposition for opposition’s sake,” Hoyer told reporters…

The Maryland lawmaker did acknowledge that Democrats have been hit because they are the party in power and the economy continues to struggle.

“We’re all pretty unpopular..Why? Because people don’t feel good and we’re the leaders and we’re in office and they expected us to do something,” he said.

So, let me get this straight. Polls show Americans are opposed to the Democrat’s socialist agenda being crammed down their throats in the form of government bailouts and Obamacare, but Republicans are being obstructionists because they vote against these policies?

Doesn’t the fact that Scott Brown ran for office (and won) by publicly opposing Obama’s radical agenda in one of the bluest states in America kind of shoot a hole in that whole line of thinking?

Unfortunately for America, when faced with the reality that the they have lost two governor elections (VA and NJ) and a special Senatorial election because of their radical left-wing agenda, Democrats didn’t bother making adjustments by listening to the voters - Instead, they chose to make something up and blame everyone but themselves…..

…..alot like pathological liar Tommy Flanagan. Yeah, that’s the ticket!

 

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