BULLS WIN-- BULLS WIN--BULLS WIN

Bulls Survive 3OT Marathon, Force Game 7

All this swine flu chatter is crapola

Do you think this kid got pig flu?



How dumb is all this crapola about swine flu? At my doctor's office they have masks, make everyone use hand sanitizer, and have a sign telling everyone to wash their hand and not cough on anyone else. GOOD GOD--now you have to teach people COMMON SENSE!







So here's my advice: don't go to Mexico or anywhere else people are sick and don't wash their hands. It's as simple as that.

I'm never growing up--I promise

I'm sorry to post this story

Whitley decides not to run for governor

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Doug Whitley

THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER

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Doug Whitley, who took a leave of absence last fall as president and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce to explore a run for the Republican nomination for governor, said Wednesday he’s out of the race. Whitley will return to his chamber job Friday.

Whitley, 59, a former Springfield resident who now lives in Batavia, said he raised more than $100,000, but he didn’t have enough to keep the race going.

“If I was independently wealthy ... I could stay in the race,” he said.

Whitley said he hasn’t decided on who to support for governor, though it will be a Republican.
“I think the Democrats are still missing the boat. … They’re still trying to grow government instead of trying to grow private-sector jobs. They’re doing everything they can to put a spike in the economy instead of helping the economy.”

Whitley said he expects to return to donors money left in his campaign fund.

Don't you love Wendy Long?

If you're concerned about the direction our country is taking you should REALLY be scared about No-bama's criteria for selecting federal judges. We know he's in favor of murdering babies (since he supports abortion and in particular partial birth abortion), massive spending, withdrawing the private ballot for Americans who are under assault by unions (since he seems to favor "card check" and was massively bankrolled by unions), and essentially nationalizing the banking system in the US. Here's an awesome article by Wendy Long of the JUDICIAL CONFIRMATION NETWORK.

Just a few tidbits that should whet your appetite and send up alarm flares:
"During the presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama said that "the criteria by which I'm going to be selecting my judges" is whether they have "the heart, the empathy," for certain groups of people....

The consequences for the federal judiciary of the last election are only just beginning, with the lawless “empathy” criterion now in effect for judicial picks. It’s especially ironic that in order to rush these judges to their new posts on the federal bench — where, instead of following the law, they can dispense “empathy” to ACLU-favored parties — the White House and Chairman Leahy are trampling on another Obama campaign promise: transparency and accountability."

Here's a link to the entire story: What’s the Matter with Empathy?
Obama’s criterion for picking federal judges would turn equal justice on its head.

And you wondered where your hard earned money was going

IRS Gives Illegal Aliens Billions In Refunds

The Internal Revenue Service has allowed more than one million foreigners—many in the U.S. illegally—to improperly claim tax credits that they don’t qualify for and it will end up costing the government close to $9 billion.

The best part is that the IRS knowingly permitted the exorbitant tax credits even though workers did not provide valid Social Security numbers on their returns, but rather the alternative Tax Identification Number (TIN) popular among illegal immigrants but not valid to work in the U.S.

Furthermore, the IRS allows companies that employ foreigners to file taxes using TINs—rather than the required Social Security—even though the law forbids it. A lengthy report, made public this week by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, lays out the gory details of how the tax agency’s negligence rewards law breakers and deprives the nation of crucial funds.

In one year alone, the IRS allowed nearly 300,000 U.S. companies to illegally report wages—of employees without valid Social Security numbers—totaling $9.5 billion. This in turn led the government to issue nearly $2 billion in illegal child tax credits to ineligible foreigners, many of them illegal aliens not authorized to earn wages in the U.S.

The inspector general points out that this creates an obvious problem since the payment of federal funds through this tax benefit provides an additional incentive for aliens to enter, reside and work in the U.S. without authorization, which contradicts federal law and policy to remove such incentives.

The IRS has for years accommodated illegal immigrants, by creating the special TINs for foreigners about a decade ago and subsequently allowing millions to illegally file income taxes with the special numbers. For years the tax agency has looked the other way even after discovering millions of W-2 forms with names that don’t match a Social Security number.

(Courtesy of Judical Watch.org)

Janet Napo must be after me

(From today's Washington Times)
Hey, now I'm starting to wonder about that van with the darkened windows that's been parked down the street...and I thought I was just paranoid.

I am a proud to be a member of the "right wing"

Janet Napolitaino: She's nuts. Yup--that's gotta be it.

WASHINGTON – A newly unclassified Department of Homeland Security report warns against the possibility of violence by unnamed "right-wing extremists" concerned about illegal immigration, increasing federal power, restrictions on firearms, abortion and the loss of U.S. sovereignty and singles out returning war veterans as particular threats.

The report, titled "Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," dated April 7, states that "threats from white supremacist and violent anti-government groups during 2009 have been largely rhetorical and have not indicated plans to carry out violent acts."

I am proudly in favor of:
1. limiting federal power
2. an individual's right to own a firearm
3. that abortion is a sin and should be outlawed
4. that STATES are sovereign
5. I believe in the 10th Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

I guess Janet Napolitaino thinks I'm a right wing radical and should be watched because I'm dangerous. I'll bet if you're reading this blog you're probably dangerous (according to her and DHS) also. Tsk, tsk.

Also, watch this video of Governor Rick Perry from Texas. He's all right in my eyes. Enough of idiots in Washington, DC telling states how to run. MYOB.

Judy Topinka ponders come-back bid

"The last Republican to hold statewide office in Illinois is pondering a come-back bid.

Confirming chatter among GOP insiders, former state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka says she has been asked and is considering running in the 2010 elections, most likely either for her old job or for Illinois comptroller.

"I'm out here scandal free in a state that is fraught with corruption," Ms. Topinka, 65, said in a phone interview Monday morning. "I have people who are asking me to do this. People in the party, people in my old office. They're asking me to think about it.

"I really don't know yet," Ms. Topinka added. "You could say I am ruminating.""

What do you think? At least she wouldn't have to run against the Blago money machine like last time, but it'd still be tough against ANY Demon-crat in Krook-linois.

(The title of this entry is linked to the Crain's article on this.)

How the left deals with conservative ideas

Happy Easter

I hope you enjoyed a wonderful day in the blessings of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today isn't about eggs or even that wonderful spiral ham. "The meaning of Easter is Jesus Christ's victory over death. His resurrection symbolizes the eternal life that is granted to all who believe in Him." (from allaboutjesuschrist.org)

Believe in God

• God exists. There is only one God. He has revealed himself as "He who Is". His very being is Truth and Love. Even though he has revealed himself, he remains a mystery beyond understanding (Catechism, 178, 199, 200, 230, 231)
• Man responds to God's revelation by faith: believing God and adhering to his will. (176)
• Faith is necessary for salvation. (183)

The idiots who lead us

And just a few notes

Haven't posted in a few days. Actually I've been basking in the glow of the Blago indictment (read below) and enjoying watching the Demon-crats make all kinds of excuses for this rotten situation we're in here in Illinois. Egad--it's friggin' amazing how badly they've screwed up our state. BUT ALAS--they're working on screwing up our country every single day--they're tireless in the pursuit of mediocrity for America. That should be their campaign slogans--MEDIOCRITY FOR AMERICA--we're here, we're stupid, and all you folks out there who voted for us are idiots.

Good God. Sometimes I have to stand up, click my heals together and say, "It's only a dream, it's only a dream." But this is no dream folks. It's a nightmare---and it's called No-bama sickness. Yep, I'm SICK of this crap they spew and the idiots in Congress. I'm guessing that if you're reading this blog you're not too happy with them either.

Ok, moving on from that rant......every day I get an e-mail from GOPUSAMEDIA.com. Great group. If you're not getting their e-mails click on the link I've provided and sign up for the daily stuff from them. Today Bobby Eberle has a great posting about No-bama's $12 million dollar apology tour of Europe and beyond. You now--when he asked for troops and $ and got stiffed by all the G10 leaders. Yeah, we're getting lots of respect from them. So here's a link (CLICK ON THIS) to his posting. READ IT. It's great. (Just a sample here: "It was absolutely pathetic that a president of the United States feels the need to disparage his predecessor on foreign soil and to make apologies for America. America leads, America succeeds, and America is willing to take a stand. For a president to apologize for this is something that is beyond crazy. Obama has already shown his disdain for the American dream with his policies at home. Now, he is bent on showing the world that America is no good either. Well, I'm from America, and I DON'T apologize!")

During this trip the idiot the No-bama maniacs elected as president BOWED to the Saudi king (watch it here). DOPE. Well, here's what the Turks thought about him--Turkish Flash T.V. MOCKS U.S President Obama. Can you imagine if anyone in this country did that? Actually it's funny--I wish I spoke Turkish (?).

Even Camile Paglia thinks No-bama is screwing up. When a real lefty has negative things to say you know you're in trouble. (Read her posting in Salon.com by clicking on this link)

Blago Indicted--FOR REAL

EVERY person who voted for this guy should be ABSOLUTELY ashamed of himself. SHAME on you for doing this to the people of the State of Illinois. I voted for Jim Ryan in 2002 and Judy Topinka in 2006. If either of them were elected this never would have happened. To every Blago voter---you screwed us over with your vote. We owe billions of dollars because of this guy and we are the laughing stock of the country. Good job you idiots.

Beware: It's a 75 page indictment--19 counts. This guy better enjoy his time at DisneyWorld--he'll be behind bars for a while.

Click here for the Blago INDICTMENT
Click here for the Blago Indictment PRESS RELEASE

From left: Rod Blagojevich, Rob Blagojevich, Christopher Kelly, Alonzo Monk, William F. Cellini Sr. and John Harris.

United States v. Rod R. Blagojevich, et al., 08 CR 888 (N.D. IL)

Defendants:
Rod R. Blagojevich, 52, of Chicago Christopher Kelly, 50, of Burr Ridge Alonzo Monk, 50, of Park Ridge William F. Cellini, Sr., 74, of Springfield John Harris, 47, of Chicago Robert Blagojevich, 53, of Nashville, Tenn.
Charges:
Racketeering conspiracy
Wire fraud
Fraud conspiracy Extortion conspiracy Attempted extortion Attempted extortion Extortion conspiracy Attempted extortion False statements Forfeiture
Penalties (maximum on each count):
Racketeering conspiracy
Wire fraud & Fraud conspiracy
Extortion conspiracy &
Attempted extortion
False statements Count(s)
Count 1 Counts 2-12
Count 13 Count 14 Count 15 Count 16 Count 17 Count 18 Count 19
Imprisonment
20 years
20 years
20 years

Just a few notes about the week so far

1. Monday I got a chance to be a good citizen and serve jury duty. I was there good and early, ready to do my civic duty. Got picked for a panel, sat and listened to about 20 people or so get questioned for a case involving a burglary and possession of burglary tools. Nope, didn't get picked, but considering the questions that were asked of the others I doubt they would have chosen me. Oh well. After that we were all excused. Maybe next year....
2. As of Tuesday night every Big 10 Division 1 women's basketball team is now officially out of the tournament. I know a few girls who play on the Purdue team, and I'm actually glad they're done. The basketball season is just too darned long. I know 2 girls who are 5th year players (both out for a year with some pretty serious surgery ), and I know the toll the practice and conditioning takes on their bodies. I'm not too fond of the coach either, but that's another story. My predictions? Yep, I'm going with the majority of folks who think UConn will take it this year. They're scarey good.
3. Don't know about you but I'm darned tired of cold weather. Weather folks say we might be getting some snow flakes this weekend. ENOUGH ALREADY. I want spring, sunshine and warmth.
   
4. Another day, another stupid thing No-bama and his nitwits have done. Heard about the I-Pod gift to the Queen of England? Egad--it's loaded with pics of him and his speeches. Ego, thy name is No-bama. Could this guy be any more full of himself? Can you imagine George W. doing something like that--and on top of that can you imagine the press and how they'd rip him apart?
5. Every day I watch Fox Business Network (LOVE IT) and love Neil Cavuto. Watch this video of Cavuto ripping Congressman Grayson a new one. These Dumb-ocrats are beyond ballsy. Cavuto--I love you.

Just can't wait until No-bama's folks start backing up those auto warranties

Watch this instructional video on how to get your car repaired.
(PLEASE NOTE: This is just another reason I bought a Hyundai.)

From Illinois Review

Watch it--truly informative

What is a conservative?

Check this out--by a couple guys from downstate Illinois. (clike here for their site)

Signs (watch the video even though it will take some time)

This is how my brain works

My "offspring" showed me this. She said this is how HER brain works, but I think she inherited that scattered brain thing from me. Kind of explains the both of us.....

Bishop to skip Notre Dame graduation over Obama's views

(CNN) -- The Catholic bishop of South Bend, Indiana, will not attend graduation ceremonies at the University of Notre Dame because he disagrees with the stem-cell research and abortion views of the commencement speaker -- President Obama.

The University of Notre Dame says its invitation doesn't mean the university agrees with all of Obama's positions.

Bishop John D'Arcy, whose diocese includes Fort Wayne, Indiana, as well as the university town, said Tuesday in a written statement that "after much prayer" he has decided not to attend the ceremony.

"President Obama has recently reaffirmed, and has now placed in public policy, his long-stated unwillingness to hold human life as sacred," D'Arcy said. "While claiming to separate politics from science, he has in fact separated science from ethics and has brought the American government, for the first time in history, into supporting direct destruction of innocent human life."

As a Catholic I applaud Bishop D'Arcy. It's about time Catholics put their beliefs first and publicly express their disdain for No-bama's support for the murder of babies.

Stopped for lunch today and picked up a copy of today's Chicago Sun-Times in the restaurant to read while munching on my turkey reuben sandwich. Saw a story about the rise in abortions in Illinois. It's sickening. Here's a quote from an online story: "In Illinois, Planned Parenthood said it performed a record number of abortions in January, many of them motivated by economic worries, said CEO Steve Trombley, who declined to give exact numbers." Ya, they don't want to give numbers because when you do that you show how many babies are murdered every year. Those babies become real then, and they don't want them to become real--remember, these people say they're just "tissue."

Ask any mother if their baby was "tissue."

Sign the Petition Today to Stop the Bailouts!
(Click HERE to go to the link)

From Americans for Limited Government

No Constitutional Authority

ALG Editor’s Note: As ALG News has previously reported, the Treasury, Federal Reserve, FDIC, and other agencies have no constitutional authority to hand out the trillions of dollars of bailouts that are bankrupting the nation. And finally, it appears Congress is ready to hold the heads of these entities accountable for their violations of the supreme law of the land. When Congresswoman Michele Bachmann asked Treasury head Timothy Geithner and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to cite what part of the Constitution gave them authority to give bailouts, they could not answer:

One word for the No-bama presser

B O R I N G

Ya, America really wants to listen to some dull college professor read off his teleprompter for an hour. Nope, didn't watch it (I really didn't want to lose an hour of my life listening to those lies) but instead watched HGTV and the NCAA Women's Tournament 2nd round basketball games. Ya, UConn and Michigan State. Did you know there are 3 Big Ten teams in the Sweet 16 WBB tournament? Believe me, that tidbit of information is FAR MORE INTERESTING than any No-bama lie-a-thon.

Just substitute "Mr. President" for "Prime Minister"

Daniel Hannan, MEP for South East England, gives a speech during Gordon Brown´s visit to the European Parliament on 24th March, 2009. Read Daniel´s blog at www.hannan.co.uk

"You cannot spend your way out of a recession." Wise words--maybe someone needs to copy this speech (with permission of course) and give it about No-bama's crazy & irresponsible fiscal policy.

Governor Palin shows in this wonderful clip what a moron No-bama is without even mentioning his name

From the Wall Street Journal: "The Taxin' Illini"

Great article in the Wall Street Journal (click here for the link) that I found courtesy of Illinois Review.

"This is a state that does almost everything wrong economically. It is not a right-to-work state and is thus heavily unionized, repelling new business investment. It has the fifth highest minimum wage among the states, the fifth most trial-lawyer friendly legal code, the sixth highest workers' compensation costs, and the 11th highest property taxes. It has one of the highest inheritance taxes, at 16%, so retirees flee to states with no death tax, such as Florida and Arizona. A rare Illinois advantage has been its relatively low income-tax rate, but that will shrink or vanish under Mr. Quinn's increase.

Over the last six years the state's revenues climbed by $7 billion, but the flush times led to flush spending. Per capita state expenditures after inflation have climbed to $4,700 in 2008 from $3,200 in 1998. The state now spends roughly $13,000 per public-school student in Chicago, but the money has done little to reverse a dismal high school graduation rate of 51%. The charter schools in Chicago take a demographically similar group of students and achieve 77% graduation rates, but Democrats have put a cap on more charters."

Funny how it takes the Wall Street Journal to show some objectivity and really put it out there so absolutely logically--Illinois is a governmental failure. It's a perfect example of what happens when you have one party rule, and that one party acts like they're drunk with power--while showing how really stupid they are.

And thanks to dimwit voters our country has put control of the Congress and the presidency in the Democrats hands, and they're spending money, well like crazy. Yep, it's crazy, and I just wonder if there's ANYONE who will stand up and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Just last week the government printed TEN TRILLION DOLLARS--do we have that kind of money? NOPE, and it's absolutely like you or I going into our basements and printing up dollars. Hey, it's FUNNY MONEY--it's backed by NOTHING. This is INSANITY.

So thanks to the WSJ for calling out Illini for what it is--taxin' and nuts.

What the No-bama budget REALLY is

Obama FY2010 Budget

View more presentations from Robert Bluey.

How do you spell HYPOCRITE????

D O D D
F R A N K
C O N G R E S S

Shep Smith of Fox News has it right. Watch the video.

The Axis of Idiots

(Thanks to Karen for sending this to me this morning....I love your stuff. Keep it coming!)

'The Axis of Idiots'

Jimmy Carter, you are the father of the Islamic Nazi movement. You threw the Shah under the bus, welcomed the Ayatollah home, and then lacked the spine to confront the terrorists when they took our embassy and our people hostage. You're the runner-in-chief.

Bill Clinton, you played ring around the Blewinsky while the terrorists were at war with us. You got us into a fight with them in Somalia and then you ran from it.. Your weak-willed responses to the U.S.S. Cole and the First Trade Center Bombing and Our Embassy Bombings emboldened the killers. Each time you failed to respond adequately, they grew bolder, until 9/11/2001.

John Kerry, dishonesty is your most prominent attribute. You lied about American Soldiers in Vietnam. Your military service, like your life, is more fiction than fact.. You've accused our military of terrorizing women and children in Iraq. You called Iraq the wrong war, wrong place, wrong time, and the same words you used to describe Vietnam. You're a fake. You want to run from Iraq and abandon the Iraqis to murderers just as you did to the Vietnamese. Iraq, like Vietnam, is another war that you were for, before you were against it.

John Murtha, you said our military was broken. You said we can't win militarily in Iraq. You accused United States Marines of cold-blooded murder without proof and said we should redeploy to Okinawa. Okinawa, John? And the Democrats call you their military expert! Are you sure you didn't suffer a traumatic brain injury while you were off building your war hero resume? You're a sad, pitiable, and corrupt and washed up politician. You're not a Marine, sir. You wouldn't amount to a good pimple on a real Marine's butt. You're a phony and a disgrace. Run away, John.

Dick Durbin, you accused our Soldiers at Guantanamo of being Nazis, tenders of Soviet style gulags and as bad as the regime of Pol Pot , who murdered two million of his own people after your party abandoned Southeast Asia to the Communists. Now you want to abandon the Iraqis to the same fate. History was not a good teacher for you, was it? Lord help us! See Dick run.

Ted Kennedy, for days on end you held poster-sized pictures from Abu Ghraib in front of any available television camera.. Al Jazeera quoted you saying that Iraqi's torture chambers were open under new management. Did you see the news, Teddy? The Islamic Nazis demonstrated another beheading for you. If you truly supported our troops, you'd show the world poster-sized pictures of that atrocity and demand the annihilation of it. Your legislation stripping support from the South Vietnamese led to a communist victory there. You're a bloated, drunken fool bent on repeating the same historical blunder that turned freedom-seeking people over to homicidal, genocidal maniacs. To paraphrase John Murtha, all while sitting on your wide, gin-soaked rear-end in Washington

Nancy Pelosi (Worst of the Worst), Harry Reid, Barney Frank, Carl Levine, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, Russ Feingold, Hillary Clinton, Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, the Hollywood Leftist morons, et al, ad nauseam: Every time you stand in front of television cameras and broadcast to the Islamic Nazis that we went to war because our President lied, that the war is wrong and our Soldiers are torturers, that we should leave Iraq, you give the Islamic butchers - the same ones that tortured and mutilated American Soldiers - cause to think that we'll run away again, and all they have to do is hang on a little longer. It is inevitable that we, the infidels, will have to defeat the Islamic jihadists. Better to do it now on their turf, than later on ours after they have gained both strength and momentum.

American news media, the New York Times particularly: Each time you publish stories about national defense secrets and our intelligence gathering methods, you become one united with the sub-human pieces of camel dung that torture and mutilate the bodies of American Soldiers. You can't strike up the courage to publish cartoons, but you can help Al Qaeda destroy my country. Actually, you are more dangerous to us than Al Qaeda is. Think about that each time you face Mecca to admire your Pulitzer.

YOU are America’s 'AXIS OF IDIOTS.' Your Collective Stupidity will destroy us. Self-serving politics and terrorist-abetting news scoops are more important to you than our national security or the lives of innocent civilians and Soldiers. It bothers you that defending ourselves gets in the way of your elitist sport of politics and your ignorant editorializing. There is as much blood on your hands as is on the hands of murdering terrorists. Don't ever doubt that. Your frolics will only serve to extend this war as they extended Vietnam. If you want our Soldiers home as you claim, knock off the crap and try supporting your country ahead of supporting your silly political aims and aiding our enemies.

Yes, I'm DOUBTING your patriotism. Your loyalty ends with self. I'm also questioning why you're stealing air that decent Americans could be breathing. You don't deserve the protection of our men and women in uniform. You need to run away from this war, this country. Leave the war to the people who have the will to see it through and the country to people who are willing to defend it.

Our country has two enemies: Those who want to destroy us from the outside and those who attempt it from within. THOSE WITHIN ARE WORSE AND A FAR GREATER THREAT: When these dumb-asses are sworn in to office, they pledge "To defend the Constitution against all enemies, Foreign and Domestic". They have ALL violated that sacred oath - GET RID OF THEM, with whatever it takes to do it.

Semper Fi,

J.. D. Pendry - Sergeant Major, USMC, Retired

Obama Received a $101,332 Bonus from AIG

"With the anger and rage that is being exhibited against A.I.G., perhaps the bonuses Obama received from A.I.G. explain Obama's A.I.G crocodile tears.

Now that the Wall street Journal has revealed that A.I.G. paid bonuses of $1 million or more to 73 employees, it's time to ask if recipients of A.I.G. "bonuses," including President Obama, will give what now ought to be taxpayer money back?"

From: Dan Spencer, Right Side Politics Examiner

Today's Chicago Sun Times Cartoon on Gov. Quinn's Tax Hike

Yesterday I visited one of the Illinois Secretary of State's offices to renew the licenses on a couple of our vehicles. One cost $105 and the other $78. Governor Quinn wants to raise the fee for each license by $20 and double the cost for a drivers' license. So I'm thinking that more people will just not renew their licenses....like the smarmy guy who zoomed past me in his BMW--with expired plates! So with Gov. Ryan we had bribes for licenses and plates (with disastrous results). With this governor we'll just have people who don't bother to get licenses & plates because they're so darned expensive. Yep, that's progress. Didn't Blago's fee increases drive many businesses out of the state? How will this be any different? Governor Quinn, maybe you'd like to reconsider this dumb proposal? But hey, if you want to raise the tax on cigarettes -- go for it! But wait a minute--won't more people just drive to Indiana to purchase those cigarettes?

SPARE US YOUR FAKE FURY, DC HYPOCRITES

Gosh I love reading Michelle Malkin's columns. Came upon this tidbit by Malkin this morning. Please read it. Sure reflects what most of us are thinking. I'll reprint a bit here, but HERE'S THE LINK (click on this) to read the whole thing.

"ALL the world's a stage, wrote Shakespeare, and in the world of Washington, the curtains have opened on the most elaborate farce of the year.....Fox Business reporter Rich Edson pointed out that during the Senate porkulus negotiations last month, Dodd successfully inserted a teeny-tiny amendment that provided for an "exception for contractually obligated bonuses agreed on before Feb. 11, 2009," which exempts the very AIG bonuses Dodd and others are seeking to tax. Pay no attention to what his left hand was doing. Dodd's right fist is pounding mightily, mightily for the sake of the taxpayers."

Here's a link to Michelle Malkin's Blog where she publishes every column.

Congress is a bunch of sneaky b*stards, and we're paying the price

The Dum-ocrats try to make us think it's all about change--they're doing the same cr*pola they've always done--take money from big companies, make sure they get favorable legislation, and therefore screw us taxpayers. Same old---same old. Nothing's changed.

Thought you'd be interested in this information from: Open Secrets.org

American International Group: All Recipients
Among Federal Candidates, 2008 Cycle
Total: $632,618
Source of Funds:
Individuals PACs
Party Split:
Dems Repubs

Name Office Total Contributions
Dodd, Chris (D-CT) Senate $103,100
Obama, Barack (D-IL) Senate $101,332
McCain, John (R-AZ) Senate $59,499
Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) Senate $35,965
Baucus, Max (D-MT) Senate $24,750
Romney, Mitt (R) Pres $20,850
Biden, Joseph R Jr (D-DE) Senate $19,975
Larson, John B (D-CT) House $19,750
Sununu, John E (R-NH) Senate $18,500
Giuliani, Rudolph W (R) Pres $13,200
Kanjorski, Paul E (D-PA) House $12,000
Durbin, Dick (D-IL) Senate $11,000
Perlmutter, Edwin G (D-CO) House $10,500
Rangel, Charles B (D-NY) House $9,000
Edwards, John (D) Pres $7,850
Corker, Bob (R-TN) Senate $7,400
Smith, Chris (R-NJ) House $6,900
Neal, Richard E (D-MA) House $6,500
Rockefeller, Jay (D-WV) Senate $6,500
Reed, Jack (D-RI) Senate $6,000
Udall, Mark (D-CO) House $5,800
Maffei, Dan (D-NY) House $5,000
Nelson, Bill (D-FL) Senate $5,000
Warner, Mark (D-VA) Senate $5,000
Bean, Melissa (D-IL) House $4,750
Shelby, Richard C (R-AL) Senate $4,500
Mahoney, Tim (D-FL) House $4,000
Crowley, Joseph (D-NY) House $3,500
Fimian, Keith S (R-VA) House $3,300
Huckabee, Mike (R) Pres $3,300
Leavitt, David O (R-UT) House $3,000
Murphy, Chris (D-CT) House $2,800
Berman, Howard L (D-CA) House $2,500
Dole, Elizabeth (R-NC) Senate $2,500
Garrett, Scott (R-NJ) House $2,500
Cornyn, John (R-TX) Senate $2,300
Culberson, John (R-TX) House $2,300
Goode, Gregory Justin (R-IN) House $2,300
Landrieu, Mary L (D-LA) Senate $2,300
Lummis, Cynthia Marie (R-WY) House $2,300
Shays, Christopher (R-CT) House $2,200
Davis, Tom (R-VA) House $2,000
Hoyer, Steny H (D-MD) House $2,000
Inouye, Daniel K (D-HI) Senate $2,000
Pomeroy, Earl (D-ND) House $2,000
Visclosky, Pete (D-IN) House $2,000
Weiner, Anthony D (D-NY) House $2,000
King, Pete (R-NY) House $1,843
Shaheen, Jeanne (D-NH) Senate $1,500
Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) Senate $1,250
Nelson, Ben (D-NE) Senate $1,200

There are more, but I've deleted everyone who got $1,000 or under.

Worth a look--received this in an e-mail today

WHY ARE WE BANKRUPT?

You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much? Read this:

Boy was I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it is the Iraq war and the war on terror that is bankrupting us. I now find that to be RIDICULOUS.

I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them. I also have included the URL's for verification of all the following facts.

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments. Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens. Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English! Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0..html
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies. Verify at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/ TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers. Verify at: http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html
9. $200 Billion dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSC RI PTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html
11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border. Verify at: Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht
12. The National policy Institute, estimated the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.' Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances to their countries of origin. Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm
14. 'The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One million sex crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants in the United States.' Verify at: http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml

The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND IF YOU'RE LIKE ME HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY; IT IS $338,300,000,000.00 WHICH WOULD BE ENOUGH TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY.

Are we THAT stupid? YES, FOR LETTING THOSE IN THE U.S. CONGRESS GET AWAY WITH LETTING THIS HAPPEN YEAR AFTER YEAR!!!!!