Cap and Tax: Smoot Hawley Lysenko Cocktail

Peter Theron Candidate for WI 2nd Congressional district

(response to recent vote in the house of representatives)

On 1930 June 17 the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was signed into law. It raised US import tariffs to record levels, prompting trade retaliation from other nations. The resulting trade barriers crippled the global economy, contributing to the Great Depression.

On 2009 June 26 the US House of Representatives approved a Cap and Tax bill that surpasses the Smoot-Hawley tariff in economic destructiveness. Wisconsin’s delegation voted along party lines with the five Democrats voting to sacrifice the US economy to the false god of Anthropogenic Global Warming and the three Republicans voting against the insanity.

When voting for this bill, none of the Wisconsin Democrats knew exactly what was in it. How could they, 300 pages were added less than 24 hours before their floor vote. But we can deduce the Democrats’ intent from three revealing votes in the Energy and Commerce committee. As reported in the Wall Street Journal on 2009 June 26, while the bill was in the Energy and Commerce committee “…Republicans offered three amendments: one to suspend the program if gas hit $5 a gallon; one to suspend the program if electricity prices rose 10% over 2009; and one to suspend the program if unemployment rates hit 15%. Democrats defeated all of them.”

From their committee votes we know that Tammy Baldwin and the other committee Democrats intend to raise the price of gasoline to at least $5 a gallon. No surprise, as their goal is to decrease the use of carbon-based fuels and raising the price will do that. That is the only way that Americans will buy the electric cars that Government Motors is going to be trying to sell.

The second vote indicates that Tammy Baldwin et al do not mind if electricity prices jump. Unfortunately this could make it expensive to charge the electric cars they want us to buy.

But the third vote is the most revealing. It shatters the myth that the Democrats care about the poor. An unemployment rate of 15% means 1 out of every 7 American workers is without work. Democrats are willing to sacrifice the jobs of 1 out of every 7 Americans because a computer program claims this will lower the temperature 0.2 degrees in 2100. So, Democrats are content with a 50% increase in the unemployment rate, throwing millions of Americans out of work. All this dislocation because a computer program claims it will lower the temperature 0.2 degrees.

Others elsewhere have dissected the myths of Anthropogenic Global Warming. All I will do here is point out that a Madison weatherman provides only a 4 degree guarantee on his forecasts of the next day’s high temperature. The global-warming acolytes have put their faith in a computer program claiming 20-fold greater accuracy in making a temperature prediction 90 years hence. That has passed from the realm of science and entered the realm of religion.

In the 1930s and 40s Russian biology was strongly influenced by the theories of Trofim Denisovich Lysenko. While his theories had little scientific backing, they did have Joseph Stalin’s blessing. Needless to say political backing more than compensated for the lack of experimental supporting evidence. Dissent was punished and contrary evidence suppressed. In the US the reliance on government grants has paved the way for similarly politicized science. Those expressing dissent from the global warming “consensus” lost grant funding and their papers were not published in prestigious journals. Some day soon Anthropogenic Global Warming will join Lysenkoism as an embarrassment to the world scientific community.

Making policy based on politically influenced science needlessly sacrifices lives and livelihoods. Smoot-Hawley contributed to the Great Depression. If signed into law, Cap and Tax, based on politically-correct science, will increase the price of fuel, increase the price of electricity, and increase unemployment. It will not “promote the general welfare” and so should be scrapped as quickly as possible.

Tags: Cap and Tax, Cap and Trade, Engery, Peter Theron, taxes

The importance of grassroots efforts, WE NEED YOU!

With the political climate at what it is today grassroots are more important than ever.  Lets start with what is grassroots.  A grassroots movement (often referenced in the context of a political movement) is one driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it is natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures. Often, grassroots movements are at the local level, as many volunteers in the community give their time to support the local party, which can lead to helping the national party. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_roots )

Boy that is a lot of words for just working your butt off.  So let’s get into the specifics of what the grassroots really does.  First of all grassroots main goal is to GET THE WORD OUT!  No matter what the word is.   Whether it is working for a specific candidate or just the party itself, the messages needs to be heard. 

There are a lot of ways to do this.  First one to discuss is attending large demonstrations.   Now the Tea Party that the nation held on April 15 was one of the best efforts the conservative movement saw in a long time.  They as a large group showed politicians that we don’t like higher taxes and whatnot.

Second way to help is raising funds for your group.  There are lots of ways to do this. One is attending your parties annual dinner.  Many times these dinners have extra money in the cost to help support the party itself.  It is also a great way to hear about what is going on and what is needed.  Also watching for drop boxes for a dollar here and a dollar there goes along way.   During the recent campaign season our office put out drop boxes and we collects several hundreds of dollars, which comes in handy when you are looking for things like candy and water for parades, office supplies, and day to day needs for the party.

Next we will focus on the campaigns themselves.  First a candidate needs to get on the ballot.  Helping with gathering signatures to get enough to get on the ballot is a challenge for every candidate.  Next setting up information is important.  Now there has come to pass lots of new ways to do this.  Working on websites facebook twitter are all great ways to get the information out. Also handing out material for the candidate at fairs, parades, social events, door to door, and your local party headquarters can take time but a great way to see the climate of the election.  Next are yard signs, now the democrat party has been great at doing this.  This is usually set up in wards however I learned a new way to maybe get this ball rolling even better.  Set up block captains for key areas in each town.  For instance: Main street is always a key street in almost any town.  Lots of traffic for visibility is always best.  This is really a great way to start and when your volunteer sees the difference it makes they have become vested in the campaign.  The Media plays a huge roll in the campaign. Writing letters to the editor and or blogging is a sure fire way to get the word out about your candidate or even just the party and its values.  And lastly phone calls phone calls phone calls.  An hour a week is not asking too much to make a few calls to inform voters of the real choice.

Other volunteer opportunities are but not limited to: walking in parades, going door to door for surveys, driving the people to the polls however do not give them cigarettes and tell them how to vote, like one group did in Milwaukee WI, county fairs and festivals, and signatures for petitions, stuffing envelopes, and internet maintenance(facebook, twitter, blogs).

Now a lot of you say “I don’t have enough time for myself let alone time to do volunteer work”.  However you are the one who complains about the current climate and how we need to do something.  As you can see above there are lots of day to day activities that go into the grassroots efforts and all the bodies are needed, even if it is just an hour here and there. 

Again the key to success is getting our word out there and grassroots has been proven the best way to do that.   For the Republican/Conservatives it is key to let people know we are for lower taxes, less government, sanctity of life, and national security including right to bear arms.  Now if the other side does a better job at this then they win.

So now you are sitting there saying “Jessi you have convinced me, what do I do now?”  Call your local party or go to there website or facebook page, or your candidate page and sign up.  Don’t worry about waiting too long to get a call with help that is needed.  Your hours of volunteering make all the difference it can’t be done without your help!

Tags: elections, Grassroots, Republican volunteering, Volunteering, we need you

AP news article more of the same for our leader and chief

“Obama says nuclear-armed N. Korea ‘grave threat’” AP story written by Foster Klug, has Obama statements regarding the meeting he had today with South Korea’s president Lee Myung-bak. 

I am really tired with this president making statements like “grave threat” and not backing it up.  Also “We will pursue denuclearization on the Korean peninsula vigorously,” Obama said.  What is that?  What does that mean when “Obama said they agreed that a new U.N. resolution seeking to halt North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles must be fully enforced. The U.N. did not authorize military force to enforce the measures.”  ????????

Seriously does he even know how stupid he sounds?   He has not intention of backing any of these statements up.  Pyongyang is crazy and has no intentions of backing down. He knows this.  His statement “This is a pattern they’ve come to expect,” Obama said”.  He wants to break the pattern, really Mr. Obama how are you going to do that?  I am so tired of talk, talk, talk, talk!

Last time we put sanctions on this country I ask: What go did it do? Come on I don’t think President Lee Myung-bak came all this way to hear this gibberish talk.

Tags: North Korea, Nuclear arms, Obama Korea

RPW Statement on the Budget

Upon passage of the state budget by the Democratic controlled Wisconsin state Assembly, Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Reince Priebus issued the following statement:

“The budget, passed by the Assembly Democrats despite bi-partisan opposition, adds to their long list of broken promises to Wisconsin residents.  It contains record tax increases to fund pork-barrel projects, rewards friends and punishes enemies.  Crafted behind closed doors despite promises of open government, pork is directed at specific legislators to buy votes and special interest favors–such as removing the QEO and attacking school choice to name just two–make this budget an assault on Wisconsin taxpayers.

Wisconsin residents can expect higher property taxes, gas taxes, phone taxes, car insurance premiums and the list goes on.  Even our communities will be less safe thanks to the early release of dangerous criminals.  A difficult budget is being used as an excuse to enact a radical Democrat agenda that flies in the face of what was promised during the campaign season.  Wisconsin residents are right to be outraged.”

Tags: RPW, WI Budget

Assembly Leadership/Abortion

Assembly Leadership Kills Budget Amendment to Stop UW Entities From Performing Late-Term Abortions

Monday, June 15, 2009

Wisconsin Right to Life is condemning the Assembly Democratic Leadership for using a procedural maneuver to kill an amendment to the state budget that would have prevented UW entities from performing late-term abortions.  The amendment, authored by Rep. Dan LeMahieu and strongly supported by Wisconsin Right to Life, was offered in light of the Madison Surgery Center late-term abortion plan that was approved by UW officials.

The Assembly was asked by the leadership to vote on a procedural maneuver that all Assembly members knew would result in killing the LeMahieu amendment.  The leadership’s maneuver passed by only one vote.  All Republicans voted against the leadership’s maneuver and were joined by Democrats Peggy Krusick and Bob Ziegelbauer and Independent Jeff Wood.

“It is obvious by the very close vote that the leadership was fearful that the LeMahieu amendment would pass if members were permitted the opportunity to vote on it,” said Susan Armacost, Legislative Director of Wisconsin Right to Life.  “Apparently, the leadership felt that using a complicated procedural maneuver would mask their intention to protect the hideous late-term abortion plan at the Madison Surgery Center.  Wisconsin Right to Life considers the recorded vote in favor of the leadership’s procedural maneuver to be a vote in favor of the late-term abortion plan at the Madison Surgery Center.  We thank Assembly Republicans, Representative Krusick, Representative Ziegelbauer and Representative Wood for voting to protect babies from hideous late-term abortion procedures at UW facilities.”

Late-term abortions involve the dismemberment of fully formed babies.

Tags: Abortion, WI Assembly abortion, Wisconsin Abortion

Yemen helps in the fight on Terror

Yemen Arrests Suspected Al Qaeda Financier

Sunday, June 14, 2009

SAN`A, Yemen —  Yemen has arrested a Saudi man suspected of financing Al Qaeda cells in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, an Interior Ministry official said Sunday.

The official, who did not give an exact date of the arrest, said that authorities captured “the biggest and the most influential” money provider for Al Qaeda in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Hassan Hussein Bin Alwan, a Saudi, was in charge of financing attacks in the two neighboring countries, added the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press.

The announcement indicated that Al Qaeda and other Islamic extremists are still actively attempting to destabilize the Saudi monarchy that holds a quarter of the world’s proven oil reserves, as well as neighboring Yemen, the region’s poorest nation.

Bin Alwan has been charged with forming a terrorist group in Yemen and financing its activities.

Yemen, the ancestral homeland of Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden, had long been a haven for Islamic militants and was the scene of the October 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors.

Yemen is also the Arab world’s poorest nation — and one of its most unstable — making it fertile territory for Al Qaeda to set up camp.

Tags: Al Qaeda, War on Terror, yemen

Practicing your rights

Today my sister is celebrating one of her children graduation. In doing so she is also practicing a fundamental right. My sister home schools her children and has every right to do so. Homeschooling is a growing trend for which the rights need to be defended. For whatever reason someone decides to home school their child they have this right and no one has the right to take that away.

Tags: Home school

Letter to Editor regarding WI budget

Letter to editor from Jefferson County GOP Chairman

Last Friday, under the cover of darkness, Representative Andy Jorgensen voted for a Wisconsin State Budget that raises taxes and fees during a time when we can least afford it.  The budget was so bad, Assembly Democrats had to pass it in the wee hours of the morning when they hoped no one would be watching.   If you drive a car, have a phone, use a hospital, own a farm, small business or home, you will be hit with tax and fee increases.

After Friday’s vote, it’s become abundantly clear that Andy and his liberal buddies in Madison don’t understand how the recession is affecting Jefferson County families and employers.  Maybe he should ask the families of employees at McCain Foods and other companies that were just laid off and see if they can afford the tax and fee increases contained in the budget.

Andy voted for a gas tax that looks to increase prices at the pump by 4 cents a gallon.  He voted for an estimated $100 million tax on anyone who uses a phone or internet connection.  He voted to increase the cost of your heating and electric bills.

With his vote, Andy also supported increasing the garbage tax that would make Wisconsin ’s highest in the nation.  Among many other BAD tax and spend items in the budget, Andy voted to tax hospitals by $1.13 billion. This tax will be paid by anyone that uses a hospital or pays for health insurance.

Additionally, democrats included many “policy items” that have nothing to do with a state budget.  Andy supported giving special drivers licenses and in-state tuition to illegal immigrants, allowing same sex couples to form domestic partnerships (didn’t we vote that down in 2006?), and increasing car insurance rates by 33 to 43 percent with his vote. We already pay too much for auto insurance!  Increasing taxes and fees as the prices of goods and services are going up all while our paychecks are being cut is MADNESS! And these are just a few awful examples of items in the budget Andy voted for.

All together, Andy voted to increase government spending by 6.3 percent, increase taxes and fees by an estimated $2.2 billion and raise property taxes by a minimum of $1.5 billion all according to the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau. When family budgets are being reduced government budgets should not increase by 6.3 percent and in the process take billions from already struggling families’ wallets.

Politicians like Andy, need to be cutting government spending, eliminating millions of dollars in earmarks (pork) contained in the budget, and reducing the state’s massive workforce to help balance our budget and deficit.  Many of us have already lost our jobs or taken a cut in pay, we can’t afford higher taxes and fees.  Unfortunately, we have Representative Andy Jorgensen in Madison representing the Special interests and not our best interests!

Matt Banaszynski

Tags: Doyle budget, Jim Doyle, WI Assembly, WI Budget

Iran elections

So Ahmadinejad, or other wise known by on Wake Up America is I am a Wack Job, won his election against Mousav.  And no one believes this was fair or credible in the least bit.  The White house bless their hearts have come out publicly and stated they feel that the election was fixed.  “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. would continue to monitor the situation closely.” Well we will see about that.

Mean time Eliot Engel (D NY) appeared on Fox news this morning for which the transcripts I can not find on the web site, had a lot to say on the matter.   Engel serves on the Foreign Affairs comm, and thank goodness.  As I listened to his interview I keep saying to myself “is this guy for real?”   He was very firm in his opinion that the election was fraudulent.  He also stated his opinion on the regime in general in Iran.  He was very forthcoming about Iran being a serious threat to the US .  He also mention his opinion of needing to add North Korea back on the Terrorist list.  When asked who is more concerning Iran or North Korea?  He stated both! He also stated the need to add China, Russia Japan South Korea to the talks and serious sanctions needed.   He didn’t get all mushy about sitting down and talking he was very straight forward that both Iran and North Korea are real threats and need to be taken seriously.

Again I am sorry I do not have the transcript to copy for you but as a Freedom fighting American I was proud!

Tags: Eliot Engel, Iran, North Korea

JS Online WI budget ugghhh

State Assembly passes budget on 50-48 vote

By Steven Walters of the Journal Sentinel

Tags: WI Budget, WI State Assembly

Attention Wisconsin Call your Legislators!

The Wisconsin budget is fast approaching, you need to call your legislator and tell them no way on this budget.  Spending is way out of control and there are a lot of policy in this budget.  VOTE NO ON BUDGET!

Here is a link if you do not know who it is:

http://www.legis.state.wi.us/w3asp/waml/waml.aspx

Tags: budget, Diamond Jim, Doyle, WI Assembly, WI State Senate, Wisconsin Budget

Welcome back

Due to a server problem on the blogivists web site I have not updated this site in a long time.  Therefore I will be starting back up and running strong as usual.  However my focus will change slightly.  Some of the topics that will be coming up for discussion are:

-Scott Walker for Governor or WI.   Walker is the superstar that Wisconsin needs desperately right now!  At this point in the game a recall of Doyle is not the best option.  Way to costly in regards to financial commitment and volunteer effort.

-Socialized Health Care reform.  This is not reform at all. Do we really want the government running our health care?

-Socialism at it finest!  We have to fight against socialist ideals, and policy.

-Taxes

-Applauding those who fight the good fight.  Such people are:

local Jay Weber who can be heard on Milwaukee News talk 1130 from 6-10am  I love this guy he is so to the point and easy to listen to.  Vicki McKenna who can be heard there too from 10-2 and Madison from 4-6 1310 , both Rockstars

Ann Coulter who has written many books and has a weekly column.

Sean Hannity on Fox

Bill OReily on Fox

Rush Limbaugh  of course

Dick Cheney who just needs to keep talking  Join the group on facebook called “Tell Dick Cheney to keep talking”

And several others too many to name.

Feel free to email me ideas for any posts at olsonjessi@yahoo.com

Tags: Conservative, Dick Cheney, Republican, Scott Walker, Wake Up America, Welcome to Wake up America

WISGOP UPDATE

ISGOP Update

Tags: Doyle budget, GOP budget, WI Budget

And so it begins

As I sit here in beautiful La Crosse I can’t help wonder what the weekend will bring.   It is convention time in Wisconsin for the Republican party.   A question keeps popping in my head,  what do we need to do to win again?   Next to me a group of ladies were talking about the internal conflict between Conservatives and Republicans.   Well there is  a start.   We need to quit drawing a line in the sand and work together to win again.   Conservatives and Republicans need to stand up and fight for what it is they believe.  Lower taxes, less government intrusion, protecting our freedom, fighting against terrorism,  sanctity of life, and less government spending.

I think it is important for us to be loud and proud.  Democrats are really good and getting heard and I think we can take a small lesson for this.  Lets face it no one likes taxes.  Therefore we need to show the American people that we don’t agree with government raising our taxes.  Like Nancy Reagan stated “Just say NO”.  The Tea Partys across the nation was a great start and another lesson can be taken from that too.  People are mad and just not going to take it any longer.  I think the Republican party for way too long has been quite and reserve.  Well no more of that!   We need to be in the face of the American people.

We have a real oppurtunity here this weekend.   The Republican Party need to communicate to the rest of America that we are done sitting on the side lines and being nice.

Scott Walker announced that he is running for Governor of Wisconsin.  And all I have to say is WOO HOO!  His record of low spending and his fight against taxes is way above any other Republican out there.  He truly is a leader and has proven this from time to time.   More about that in the next several months.

So I sit here before my first meeting and pray.  I pray the the Republican party will stand up.  I pray that we will be loud enough for the American people to know that we are the party for their success and prosperity.  Please join me in a little prayer for the Republican party.

Tags: Republica, Republican party, RPW, Scott Walker, Wisconsin Republican Convention, Wisconsin Republicans

To All My British Friends….I am Sorry!

Do the Obamas just don’t get it, don’t care or do they truly think that much of themselves?

In the last month President Obama has not once, but twice, offended the British people. Is it my imagination or isn’t Great Britain is one if not our biggest ally? Ok may Israel is the biggest, but the good ol GB is a close second. So what is the best thing we can do? Let’s offend them. Good idea there Mr. Obama. The sad thing is, he probably didn’t give it a second thought. Let us recap. On Gordon Brown’s first American trip with Pres. Obama being in office he brings this gift. A pen holder crafted from the timbers of the 19th century British warship HMS President (whose sister ship, HMS Resolute, provided the wood for the Oval Office’s desk). What does Pres Obama give in return? DVDs, that can’t even be played in the UK. Now, I know it was probably staffed out, but is his staff that stupid? Do they really think they don’t have films in the UK? Does Gordon Brown even like movies? Come on people, let’s put a little more thought into this. Now it is not about the DVDs, but the message it sends, more on this a little later. Fast forward to April 1st, 2009 which is President Obama’s first trip to London and meeting the Queen.

In the good ol Obama way, let’s staff out the present for the Queen. Hmm, let’s see, what would she want? Oh yeah, lets give her photos she probably already has (even if she cares) and an iPod. Oh yeah, not any old iPod, but one that has speeches she probably cares less about than I do. Now that is saying something! Again people, I know this is staffed out, but lets have some thought on this please.

The sad thing about this all is that it doesn’t stop with President Obama, but continues on with is wife. I lived in England for 4 ½ years and from my understanding, before meeting the Queen, people are debriefed as to the dos and don’ts and one of those don’ts is not to touch the Queen unless it is to shake her hand and even then it is not a “normal handshake”. We here in America may think that these customs are antiquated, but they are customs nonetheless. Don’t touch the Queen!

Why has this issue prompted a blog entry? To be honest, I don’t care what the leaders of the world give to one another, but these gifts are the difference between a diamond ring and a ring from a gum ball machine. Think about the message it is sending. It is saying that their friendship is inconsequential and we could care less about all the support they give our country. This is exactly what we want to do to one of the few countries that are standing side by side with us in both Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention all the other things they do for and with us, like side with us in the UN. I for one am afraid of how they are going to reciprocate. It may seem like something small, but just remember how quickly small things can escalate! It doesn’t have to be long before a snub here turns into a “we aren’t going to support you on that resolution” there. So to any British that read this, I am sorry and just know that there are Americans here that appreciate your friendship and support of our country.

Tags: Gifts from the US, Great Britian, Queen

So what we are now friends with Iran? Kinda like Angelina Jolie is with Jennifer Anston?

Obama offer new start with Iran…..Reuters 3/20/2009

http://news.yahoo.com/i/578

Ok where do I even begin?  Lets start with a story. Now the story I am about to tell you may or may not be true, I will never tell.

When I was about 16 years old I lived at home with my mom and a girlfriend who was staying with us temporarily.  Well one night we decided that it would be a good idea to sneak out of the house and meet some boys to stay up all night and maybe watch the sunrise.   Well you probably know where this is going….yeah we got caught, and was grounded for a full month!   Was this a good idea?  No probably not but I never would apologize for it because I had the time of my life.  Now like I said I was grounded for a full month, a pretty good punishment.  I could have been hurt, going out after dark in all hours of the night.  Who knows what could of happened, therefore my punishment was strict.   My mother taught me that when you do bad things there are consequences.

So what is my point you are asking (as you are giggling)?

“The United States wants the Islamic Republic of Iran to take its rightful place in the community of nations. You have that right — but it comes with real responsibilities,” Obama said in an unprecedented video message released to Middle East broadcasters to mark Iranian New Year.
Hmmmm isn’t Iran the country that we proved was creating a nuke bomb?  Didn’t we extend recently the sanctions on this terrorist country?   The same sanctions that were only just applied within last few years!  Man if Momma O found me making a nuke bomb I think I might have been grounded for…..ever!  Why the heck does Iran deserve to be in the community of nations, that abide with global rules and laws?  What is next inviting Kim Jong-II to the Super Bowl and sit next to the president?  Wait!  Oh never mind.

“…that place cannot be reached through terror or arms, but rather through peaceful actions that demonstrate the true greatness of the Iranian people and civilization.”

Does he have any idea what the heck he is even talking about?  This is not his wife who he can “work things out” by talking and other peaceful actions.  IRAN DOESN’T KNOW WHAT PEACEFUL ACTION IS! May I remind our leader that this is the country that wants to wipe Israel off the place of the planet, Israel being our true ally?

This is exactly the garbage we conservatives warned everyone about.  Iran is a big child you can’t reason with them, they want nukes and we just need to wait for the next temper tantrum.  Hopefully the next one won’t be in our backyard.

Javanfekr said Iran welcomed “the interest of the American government to settle differences.” But he said the United States “should realize its previous mistakes and make an effort to amend them.”

Washington’s sanctions against Tehran were “wrong and need to be reviewed.” Its backing for Israel, Iran’s main enemy in the region, was “not a friendly gesture.”
Excuse me?   We made mistakes??

So let me get this straight.  If we decide to “make nice” with Iran what does that do with our relationship with Israel?  How did all of Wisconsin feel when it was thought that Brett Favre was going to the Vikings?  Boy what a traitor he was thought to be!

Mohammad Hassan Khani, assistant professor of international relations at Tehran’s Imam Sadiq University, described Obama’s message as a positive gesture but noted it came only a week after the extension of U.S. economic sanctions.

“This is somehow conflicting and making people here confused,” he said.

Your people are confused?  Half of America’s head is spinning with this little tea party Obama wants to have with Iran.

Rapprochement with Washington would reverberate through the Middle East — for example in Lebanon, where the Shi’ite movement Hezbollah, with a powerful guerrilla wing, is backed by Tehran.

What ever happened to we don’t negotiate with terrorist, terrorism, or nations that support terrorism?   Do you feel safe?  Not me!  What kind of message is our leader putting out?

Wake up America hits a milestone!

I would like to thank all the people who follow me on this blog and am proud to announce Wake Up America hit 10,000

Tags: Wake Up America, wakeupamerica

Irresponsibility all the way around

One thing that some people don’t know about the bail out of AIG is how crazy congress is and all the underlying BS that happened with it.
I really only want to talk about the fact that Congress and our leader Obama knew about the bonuses prior to signing it.  That is right folks, they knew about the time frame, amount and how many would receive the bonuses.   So the question remains why would they be so indignant about the bonuses actually happening.  It is like being surprised that it is snowing in January in Wisconsin. We all know it is coming, we all know what happens when it comes.

So the basic question here is why? Here is what I think happened.  When they signed this they knew exactly what they were doing, they just didn’t think it would be a big deal. They wanted to be the heroes. When they realized it was going to happen they needed to go on the offense and not the defense.   They needed to appear outraged so that the focus didn’t fall on the fact that they sign this bill.  Like it is totally separate. I think they, and when I say they I mean democrats, knew that conservatives and republicans would never let this one go.  But because they went on the offense they hold the ball.  So what needs to happen now is conservatives and republicans need to voice there outrage about there irresponsibility.  Yes I think the tax on the single situation was the right move, it was showing corp America you can’t get a hand out and abuse it! AIG should of in good faith once they got the bailout stopped all the bonuses in the first place. We can’t do anything about the stupid bailout now just show the irresponsibility of the dems.  They are like drunk sailors on crack!

Tags: AIG, Bailout, exec taxes

90% tax on bonuses vote record

Give them an inch they could take a mile…

Notice Ryan and Sensenbrenner voted opposite

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 143(Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined)
      H R 1586      2/3 YEA-AND-NAY      19-Mar-2009      2:44 PM
      QUESTION:  On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
      BILL TITLE: To impose an additional tax on bonuses received from certain TARP recipients.

—- YEAS    328 —

—- NAYS    93 —

—- NOT VOTING    10 —

Ron Silver dies

Ron Silver, R.I.P; Flashback: Silver’s 2004 RNC speech
By Michelle Malkin • March 15, 2009 08:36 PM

The New York Post reports the sad news that actor Ron Silver has died. He succumbed to cancer. The 9/11 jihadi attacks were a pivotal moment in Silver’s political evolution from Hollywood liberal to Hollywood hawk: “‘I think there are September 10 people and there are September 11 people. I’m one of the latter. Everything changed for me. Since then I see everything through the prism of what happened that day,’ he says.”

Silver’s rare, brave voice in the entertainment industry will be missed. R.I.P.

The following are Silver’s remarks to the 2004 Republican National Convention:

I want to thank the President and the Republican Party for holding this event in my hometown, my father’s hometown, my grandfather’s and great grandfather’s birthplace.

Just over 1,000 days ago, 2,605 of my neighbors were murdered at the World Trade Center — men, women and children — as they began their day on a brilliantly clear New York autumn morning, less than four miles from where I am now standing.

We will never forgive. Never forget. Never excuse!

At the end of World War II, General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander of the South Pacific, said:

“It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world found upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice.”

The hope he expressed then remains relevant today.

We are again engaged in a war that will define the future of humankind.

Responding to attacks on our soil, America has led a coalition of countries
against extremists who want to destroy our way of life and our values.

This is a war we did not seek.

This is a war waged against us.

This is a war to which we had to respond.

History shows that we are not imperialists . . .but we are fighters for freedom and democracy.

Even though I am a well-recognized liberal on many issues confronting our society today, I find it ironic that many human rights advocates and outspoken members of my own entertainment community are often on the front lines to protest repression, for which I applaud them but they are usually the first ones to oppose any use of force to take care of these horrors that they
catalogue repeatedly.

Under the unwavering leadership of President Bush, the cause of freedom and democracy is being advanced by the courageous men and women serving in our Armed Services.

The President is doing exactly the right thing.

That is why we need this President at this time!

I am grateful for the chance to speak tonight to express my support for our Commander-in-Chief, for our brave troops, and for the vital cause which they have undertaken.

General Dwight Eisenhower’s statement of 60 years ago is true today . . .

“United in this determination and with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight, we will, with God’s help, go forward to our greatest victory.”

Thank you.
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Paul Ryan speaks at the AFP Defending the American Dream summit

Milwaukee, WI

The leader of the new conservative movement Paul Ryan as he came into the building got gestures from the union thugs.  Boy that is not nice.

Paul mentions the evils of progressives.   And how these ideals are taking away our freedoms.  If we go down this path we will have socialism.  Cares more about welfare than free government.   The ambitions of government: double nation debt, 1.4 trillion tax increase(the regular people who will be affected by),  also but not limited to nationalise health care(there goes my job).  He invites you to go to Americanroadmap.com to fight progressives.  Need a grassroots efforts.  Need to get our country back.

Congratulations to the AFP winners of the Defenders of the American Dream Awards

National Award    James Sensenbrenner, M.C.  (he is also in part of Jefferson ounty)

State Award    Jim Ott    who totally disagrees with Globial Warming   GO JIM OTT

Media Award    Pat Snyder WSAU radio

AFP WI volunteer of the year    Pastor David King  if you have never heard him,   do so!!!!

Presenters Leah Vukmir and Vicki McKenna  both Rock Stars!!!