Obama who made promises that he never intended to keep is now on his way out.  Heavy duty fat cutting will be coming to a Congress and Senate near you as the economy has  been driven to the edge of the cliff ( January 2013) and we as passengers on the bus can only hang on for dear life and pray that the next driver will be able to back it up and get us on a  successful road  home.

Many, including myself,  made the fatal mistake of listening to this pied piper and believing he was another LBJ, or Truman and  believe that anyone would have done a better job than this fellow. He missed the mark so many times, and backed off when he should have  put the pedal to the metal.

Promises were made, yet the actions never came about. Even with a  Democratic Senate and House in the pocket to provide an easy two first years.... Success never materialized.

We knew coming into this economy in 2008 that America was headed in the wrong direction, no fault of the Pied Piper. But President Obama, did nothing to help the people...he did help the banks and lobbyists.

Those promises of change, hopes of a better economy and dreams of an accountable administration were bashed against the rocks of  inability of Democrats to actually find a voice beyond the campaign.  Leadership also  escaped Harry Reid in the Senate and Nancy Pelosi in the House , not just Barack Obama in the White House.

 The open door policy was  quickly slammed in  shut on the public and opened wide to the Lobbyists.  We went from a (Bush)  Goldman Sachs administration to another Goldman Sachs - Citi Bank Administration with Banks being Bailed out while American Families moved to the streets.....

Not what we were promised by TEAM OBAMA.

   President Obama moved forward with the agenda....Not the American Peoples.....His.

By bringing the Cash for clunkers rebate program under the guise of stimulus, the Government (With Salesman Obama ) was able to take thousands of older, NON-COMPUTER CHIPPED  vehicles off the Highway.. And replace them with Computer chipped ....easy to follow, easy to find and track models, that now let all sources in government know where you have been and how long it took you to get there.

Pretty soon we won't need Police.... The tracking system will just flatten your tires when it wants you to stop.

007?  Big Brother? Gold Finger? Socialistic?  Who the hell knows.. But it's on all the new Vehicles.

Just drive from San Diego  to  New Mexico.. And watch what the border patrol does with their new hand held devices..

  Damn.. Bet they didn't think we would notice...

So as we bail this bank out for that reason, and we watch the Homeless multiply in the streets of our large cities....

The workers, or those that can afford to travel are being watched.. the same as our trucks... the same as our phones, that new game on the I phone...pretty controlling.... and all in the works since..Mr Amazing got into the White House.

   It's time for a Change.... I for one am not going to fall for the CHANGE IDEA again...

I would love to have my neighbors back, I would love to have a REAL person that can lead and listen.

Get us out of the IMF, NATO, and  close our southern border. Allow us to stay SOVEREIGN and not owned by the U.N.

Our Laws are in place to protect OUR people.  If the rest of the world wants to live under the eye of Big Brother... Let Them.                 But don't finance them to over throw our ideals and way of life.

Cut the FAT.

Stop Funding The IMF...The U.N. .... Policing the world.... Develop Our Resources... Bring back OUR jobs in Manufacturing..... Forget what North Korea is going to do.. let the Chinese worry about them.. Let Afghanistan rot! We don't need to waste one more AMERICAN LIFE in the Middle east.

Force the Congress to Up or down votes and cut their pay by half.

If they want to work part time... pay them part time.

Legalize Marijuana... We have thrown Billions of dollars away...Why?

Build a Border that can be controlled, send the Illegals home, make them take their kids with them. I can't afford to put my 14 year old through College, and I sure as hell won't be paying to send  some Illegals kid to school.

WAKE the HELL America.

According to BeerServesAmerica.org, the U.S.brewing industry pays over $44 billion in business, personal and consumption taxes, including $5.3 billion in excise taxes and $5.8 billion in sales, gross receipts, and other taxes. Beer tax rates vary drastically by state and six states have not changed their beer excise tax in 50+ years.

Avalara, the market leader and visionary in sales tax automation for businesses of all sizes, distills this and other interesting tidbits in an unfiltered infographic that looks at beer tax since 1862, when the Internal Revenue Act first taxed beer to help finance the Civil War.

The Cain doctrine is peace through strength and clarity. We must clarify who are friends are and who are enemies are and stop giving money to our enemies," he said.

Cain also threw a few punches at the Obama administration, but the crowd seems to receive him well, even as he pointed out more than once that he's currently seeing a bump in the polls.

Bank of America Corp. is cutting 3,500 employees this quarter and working on restructuring plans that will ax several thousand more jobs, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported citing people familiar with the situation.

The reports today say that the job cuts at the biggest U.S. bank by assets might exceed 10,000 or about 3.5 percent of its current work force.

 Hey, We have all these millions of Mexicans that are chomping at the bit to get citizenship and have a free ride, either with the DREAM Act, or just getting the illegal Social Security Card, Medicare Card and State Drivers license.

 They want to vote in our Elections and become citizens... let them...

 We annex Mexico, develop the infra structure, the coast lines, Expand the research and development that they have never started for OIL and Gas.

Put it to a VOTE in Mexico, and the U.S.

They want to be American's..... Great....  The more the merrier, I am tired of fighting the B.S. in Washington and Mexico City.  We can't stop them so lets ask them to pony up to the bar and buy the next round. Make them understand our laws as American citizens.

Now you get to pay taxes, pay into the Social Security system, Medicare, Medicaid, and everybody wins.

Lets do this in November of 2012.

The U.S. would benefit by the smaller border we would control in the new Southern State.

There would be the building of infra structure along the coast, jobs, economic expansion and investment. A larger tax base and the jobs to support it. 

 We could use the returning Military to round up the corrupt Mexican Cartel and government supported regime, and enjoy some of the best food and margarita's available in the world.

   Come on....... This is the Answer...  

You have to ask yourself...

What would Jimmy Buffet Do?

Why doesn't the American Public stand up and insist that the issues plaguing America for the last 40 years be put to a vote of the American People on the 2012 Ballot?

These are the laws that affect the  American people. These are social issues that have been denied a vote in past Congressional sessions, and they need to be put to a vote by the American People

So why not allow Voters to vote on issues that Congress refuses to bring to the table?

Should We close and secure the borders of the United States? Should Citizens be first before sending foreign aid to others?

It's our money...... And we need it now?

If Congress refuses to follow the Constitution in securing and making safe the ports and borders.............

So how would the Congress, Senate and President feel if we decided to do it!

We could solve a lot of issues by voting on them.

We could save a lot of money by getting these issues out of the way. No more debate...  Add these to the national Presidential election , where everyone can vote their hearts...

In a filing with a Phoenix court assistant regional inspector general, William Nixon, stated that  Bank of America “significantly hindered” its investigation in many instances including when BofA lawyers refused to “allow employees to answer questions about foreclosure procedures.

U.S. regulators and state attorneys general have been probing banks’ mortgage business one just about every front. Some are looking at the way banks packaged and sold securities that were backed by mortgages, others are looking at how defaulting homeowners were denied loan modifications and some regulators are investigating whether homeowners were forced out of the their homes improperly by so-called robo-signers.

WHERE IS THE BELOVED NATIONAL MEDIA on this.

In late May, property owners in Cedar Falls, Iowa had their city government vote (6 to 1) in the second of three votes (the third vote will be held on Monday) to force owners to place lock boxes on their property giving the Fire Department access.

The Vote is tonight..June 13,2011....

We all think it’s a panacea. If you don’t have enough money saved for retirement, you’ve got a few ways to close the gap between what you have and what you need in your nest egg: Save more, invest more aggressively, and/or work longer.

Well, it turns out that working longer is indeed an option, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute latest study. The only problem is that the latest research shows that you’ll have to work much longer than you anticipated. In fact, many Americans will have to keep on working well into their 70s and 80s to afford retirement, according to the study, titled “The Impact of Deferring Retirement Age on Retirement Income Adequacy.”

Congressman Paul, who surprised supporters by raising a remarkable amount of donations and impressively passionate support, mostly through an online network of committed volunteers, has seen his limited-government/non-interventionism foreign policy message proliferate and take on a life of its own through the 2010 mid-terms that brought the GOP back into power in the House and narrowed the Democratic lead in the Senate.

Dear Mr. President,

Why won't you secure the borders and do what the people have asked you to do?

The general public overwhelmingly favors immigration reform. Poll after poll shows that Americans want well-enforced, sensible, and sustainable immigration laws.

• 63% of likely U.S. voters think that border control is more important than “legalizing the status of undocumented workers.” Only 27% put amnesty ahead of border security (Rasmussen, March 2011).
• 67% of likely U.S. voters believe law enforcement officers should check immigration status during traffic stops (Rasmussen, March 2011).
• 66% of likely U.S. voters support strict government sanctions on employers who hire illegal immigrants (Rasmussen, March 2011).
• 67% of likely U.S. voters believe that states should enforce immigration laws if the federal government fails to do so (Rasmussen, February 2011).
• 65% of likely voters believe that gaining control of the border is more important than granting amnesty to illegal aliens living in the U.S. (Rasmussen, December 2010).
• 54% of likely voters oppose the DREAM Act, compared to 38% who support its passage (Pulse, November 2010).
• U.S. registered voters support stricter enforcement of immigration law over "integrating illegal immigrants into American society" 68% to 24% (Quinnipiac, September 2010).
• Americans oppose, 58% to 34%, granting automatic citizenship to a child born in the U.S. to an illegal immigrant (Rasmussen, August 2010).
• Two major polling firms asked Americans to rate President Obama's performance on a series of issues.
  1. 23% of likely voters rated Obama's performance on immigration as positive, while 74% rated his performance negative, including 58% who rated his performance poor (Zogby, August 2010).
  2. Only 29% of U.S. adults approved of President Obama's handling of immigration compared to 62% who disapproved (Gallup, August 2010).
• 61% of likely U.S. voters oppose "sanctuary cities" that prohibit police officers from inquiring about an individual's immigration status. Only 26% support sanctuary polices. 54% believe that the Justice Department should take legal action (Rasmussen, July 2010).

http://www.fairus.org/site/PageNavigator/facts/public_opinion.html

Mr. President, we would like for you to secure the U.S. borders and ports. We ask that you start listening to the people of this country. You know the same people who put you in the job, that pay your salary.

And by the way, 2012 is coming...voters remember... We won't get fooled again by you or the incumbents that promised one thing and did nothing about the true problems in America. Be they Republicans or Democrats.

The Independent Voter

Article V of the U.S. Constitution gives a supermajority of state legislatures the power to force Congress to call a convention to restrain an overreaching federal government through targeted constitutional amendments. There is no reason to worry about a "runaway" convention because three-fourths of the states—38 states—would have to ratify whatever amendment might be proposed. Moreover, nothing in the nation's history justifies fear of a "runaway" convention.

It is a myth that the U.S. Constitution was born of a "runaway" convention. The truth is the Convention of 1787 had an incredibly broad mandate from Congress—to establish "in these states a firm national government . . . [and] render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government and the preservation of the Union." In proposing the Constitution to amend the Articles of Confederation, the 1787 convention stayed well within the congressional call, as well as within the commissions of most delegates.

Where we at RUSSKA?

Unemployment is up again? What is wrong with this picture? We are at the 2nd anniversary of the Stimulus and we are going backward.

What happened to the reconstruction of the highway system? What happened to the 8% MAX unemployment that we would have if we accepted the Stimulus plan? We are in BIG trouble here in River City.

We have open borders still, instead of building a WALL and securing the border against infiltration by terrorists and illegal immigrants... HOW MANY JOBS WOULD THAT ONE SHOVEL READY PROJECT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED?

You have to ask yourself if the 876 BILLION dollars we spent 2 years ago was money well spent?

Where did those shovel ready projects go? I don't see much happening, no jobs created that helped people actually learn a trade.

Wasn't the stimulus supposed to employ those who were out of work, creating less people in the job markets and then having private employers start hiring because of the new spending?

What the hell went wrong? Where did the money go? I see that it paid for rents and Chinese made Computers, some highways had filled pot holes, but that was 876 BILLION dollars!

AP / New york Times is reporting 2.6 Million Jobs have gone away, left the country since the stimulus was implemented.

Two years ago today, President Obama signed into law a “stimulus package” that his administration promised would keep unemployment under 8 percent. What has been the result of nearly $1 trillion spent on the so-called “stimulus?” Twenty-one months of unemployment at or above 9 percent, 2.6 million jobs lost, unsustainable budget deficits and an ever-growing national debt.

Americans rejected the Democrats’ reckless tax and spend policies last November. Despite this “shellacking,” Mr. Obama‘s proposed budget ignores the will of the American people and reflects a complete lack of seriousness for our fiscal crisis.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/16/happy-stimulus-day/

The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits edged up last week, the government said Thursday. There were 410,000 initial jobless claims filed in the week ended Feb. 12, according to the Labor Department. That was up 25,000 from the week before, and slightly more than the 408,000 claims economists surveyed by Briefing.com had expected.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/17/news/economy/initial_claims/index.htm?hpt=T2

So hows that Stimulus working for you now?

The nation's most aggressive anti-union proposal has been speeding through the Legislature since Republican Gov. Scott Walker introduced it a week ago. After clearing a major legislative hurdle Wednesday night, it was headed to votes in the Senate and Assembly.

Hundreds of protesters massed outside the Senate chamber on the second floor of the Capitol early Thursday, hours before the planned vote. Republican leaders said it has the votes to pass in both the Senate and Assembly.

The bill marks a dramatic shift for Wisconsin, which passed a comprehensive collective bargaining law in 1959 and was the birthplace of the national union representing all non-federal public employees.

Thousands of protesters, including children and teachers from more than two dozen schools forced to close due to high absences, were expected in and outside the Capitol for a third day of protests. Schools in Madison, the state's second largest district with 2,600-union covered employees, closed for a second day.