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Editorial Note: Yes, it has been some time since I’ve written anything on this blog. Purposely. For one thing, it’s time consuming! I don’t want to dash off comments and commentary that’s not well thought-out. I also don’t want to write things that are angry in tone–I’ve been somewhat grumpy since November 2008.

It has always been my aim to provide thoughtful, passionate, but fair opposition. And lately it seems I’ve failed in that regard. But this is a blog! And blogs should be a tad edgy…they should take a position and not be apologetic for it. So I’ve decided to return, not because I’ll make a dime from writing and posting on this blog, nor will it enhance my reputation with friends and family, but because I have to! I have a compulsion to comment on the condition of my immediate surroundings (Broome County, NY), and on the downward spiral of my country due to liberal Democrats. It is time for more passionate dissent, not less. So it is that I return with a post not about my immediate community, but about someone I had not heard of before today.

I’m talking about Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, who is currently the rotating President of the European Union. Here are a few of his comments about the Obama economic plan at a meeting of the European Parliament in France:

Topolanek said that “all of these steps, these combinations and permanency is the road to hell.”

“We need to read the history books and the lessons of history and the biggest success of the (EU) is the refusal to go this way,” he said.

“Americans will need liquidity to finance all their measures and they will balance this with the sale of their bonds but this will undermine the liquidity of the global financial market,” said Topolanek.

Way to go Mr. Topolanek! Wouldn’t it be great if some Republicans in this country grew a spine and started talking like this? Of course, such plain talking has the rest of the European countries running for cover:

The blunt comments pushed other European politicians into damage control mode, with some reproaching the Czech leader for his language and others reaffirming their good diplomatic ties with the U.S.

Most European leaders say the focus should be on tighter financial regulation, while the U.S. is pushing for larger economic stimulus plans — but nobody has so far escalated the rhetoric to such strident levels.

Read the full article: EU presidency: US economic plans ‘a road to hell’

This brief excerpt from a Cheers & Jeers column running in the Feb. 7 Press & Sun-Bulletin:

Cheers that two new dental clinics served more local Medicaid patients last year than had been seen in the past - 17 percent more, which translates to more than 13,700 mouths - but grimaces that most of Broome County’s 35,000 Medicaid patients don’t use those services for whatever reason.

It may be an awareness issue, or maybe they can’t get or afford transportation - or maybe it’s the all-too-human impulse to avoid dental visits until gum disease, broken teeth or infections become issues.

Did your mouth drop open (as did mine) to read that 35,000 residents (out of 196,000) are on welfare? Medicaid is welfare. It is money that I, a taxpayer in Broome County, pay via state and federal taxes that is forcibly taken from me and placed into the public “coffers” and then redistributed to people who won’t get their own health care benefits. And their health care is arguably better than mine!

Medicaid is THE cause of New York’s current budget crisis. No one will talk about it publicly, but everyone knows it. The Democrats have a good thing going: Buy off votes forever by giving people high levels of “free” medical care. Of course the editorial writers at the P&SB think the crime is that more people don’t take full advantage of their benefits, which would drive up the costs even more, creating a bigger budget deficit.

Sorry, have to run. I have an appointment with a talking Cheshire cat. Hello, Alice? You there?

Technorati Tags: Medicaid, Broome County, welfare

On Friday, President Barak Hussein Obama (affectionately called by his middle name “Hussein” on this blog, in honor of the leftists who used to call George W Bush “Dubya”), laid it out plain and simple. He wants to take money from people who produce, who work their rear-ends off, and give it to people who don’t. That is, he wants to buy votes and set up the Democrat Party as the default ruling class for a generation.

In a meeting at The White House about Hussein’s 1 TRILLION dollar “stimulus” plan, Congressman Eric Cantor (R-Va.) objected to the president’s proposal to increase benefits for low-income workers who don’t owe federal income taxes. That is, Mr. Cantor said something like, “Hey, those people didn’t pay federal taxes in the first place, so why are we giving them other people’s money now?” To which Hussein later said, “I won. I will trump you on that.” How bipartisan of the new president, dontcha think?

If that doesn’t lay bare that the new emperor has no clothes, that he is what we have said all along, a SOCIALIST who wants to transfer massive amounts of wealth from producers to deadbeats, I don’t know what does. Where are people’s ethics? Don’t you see you are asking the new administration to forcibly steal money from people that have it, and give it to people who don’t, under the code words of “stimulus” and “rebate”? You didn’t pay that money to the government in the first place, but now you want money from the government? Get real!

This is where it ends: People will figure this out sooner or later and the producers will quite producing and start taking because they will view the situation as unjust. And when enough producers quite producing, when there are more people “in the wagon” than there are “pulling the wagon” our great republic and its unique place in the world will end. We’re on that road now and soon it will be too late to turn back.

Oppose the stimulus bill. Oppose Hussein. Take back your country before it’s too late.

Technorati Tags: stimulus plan, socialist, Barak Obama, Eric Cantor

Yes, I’ve chosen to refer to our new president by his middle name, as the leftists used to refer to George W Bush as “Dubya”. Fitting, don’t you think?

I have lots of thoughts, but will limit them in the interest of civility. Speaking of which, I must have heard at least a thousand times in the past week that, “It’s time to be civil, to be unified, to come together as a country behind our new president.” And the people saying it the loudest are the ones who have viciously, endlessly, ceaselessly vilified President Bush since Day One of his inauguration. They are the ones who have tried to impeach him from Day One. They are the ones who have written fantasies of killing him. They are the ones who tried to sully his reputation in protecting our country by equating him with leaders like Hitler, accusing him of being a fascist and stripping away our rights. They inhabit blogs like the Huffington Post and Daily Koz. You know who you are. And first and foremost, you’re hypocrites to now call for “civility” and “unity.” When pigs fly.

As for the ceremony itself, I thought Hussein’s speech said precisely nothing about nothing for 25 minutes. And he’s the best person I’ve ever heard at doing that! No doubt his elite Hollywood friends (who arrived on hundreds of private jets) have given him good acting lessons. As for Elizabeth Alexander’s inauguration day poem, “Praise Song for the Day”, I thought it sounded like she was reading from the phone book–or not. And as for the good Rev. Joseph Lowery’s benediction prayer which included the line, “and when white will embrace what is right,” I thought it fitting that a racist spewing racist comments capped off the “stick it to you” tone of the day. I’m sure glad that Hussein is the post-racial president and this election wasn’t about race, aren’t you?

“Well Jim, you seem a bit hostile today about the whole thing.” Yes, I have to admit I am grumpy. Grumpy that our great country and (at least some of) it’s great people are heading right down the ole toilet and Hussein is the riverboat captain who’s taking us there. Socialism never works. It didn’t work when FDR tried it. It didn’t work when Jimmy Carter tried it. It hasn’t worked in countless other countries, and it won’t work here. We’re about to embark on a voyage down to depths we haven’t visited in a long time, and I’m not looking forward to the ride.

Welcome to the Obamanation.

Technorati Tags: Obama inauguration, Barak Obama, Joseph Lowery, Elizabeth Alexander, socialism

If you have a gift card for Circuit City, you’d better RUN and not just walk to the local store and buy something–now. Last Friday, officials with the electronics chain said they have no choice but to close all 567 stores they still own and operate. That includes the 37,000 square foot store located at the Parkway Plaza in Vestal.

Already it seems inventory is growing lighter–you have fewer choices today than yesterday if you’re buying. So now is the time to cash in your gift cards or lose them.

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Let the indoctrination begin! Tuesday is not only Inauguration Day, it’s Indoctrination Day for all good little comrades in Greater Binghamton as we install FDR2, the man who will attempt to cement America as a socialist state. One of the main reasons such a travesty is happening (that a socialist is being inaugurated as President) is the pathetic state of our education system, which doesn’t teach anymore, but indoctrinates. No surprise that Tuesday is a great opportunity to advance the socialist cause. A few excerpts from “Teaching Obama in the Tier” (Press & Sun-Bulletin, Jan. 18) about school activities around Broome County this coming Tuesday:

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As many of you have heard via the press, our esteemed Governor (David Paterson) has concocted a crazy-quilt budget that taxes everything from haircuts to breathing. I have not reviewed his proposal in detail so I am not prepared to render a lengthy post on it right now. As I’ve stated on this blog repeatedly, there is a very simple fix for the budget “crisis” and that’s the immediate slashing of Medicaid–to a reasonable level. It would immediately and permanently solve the budget mess with no other cuts, or tax increases, required. Why won’t the Democrats even consider such a logical move? Because they derive power from funneling money to deadbeats who will vote them into office, and vote to keep them there. It’s a vote buying scheme plain and simple.

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