Freedom of BLEEP

Now the US government is going to send $900 million to help rebuild Gaza. Rebuild? Bombings occur in Gaza all the time. And as long as Hamas is bombing Israelies, it will probably continue.

That’s only the tip of the iceberg of this fallacy.

Apparently, they’ve already forgotten that whatever aid we send to the Palestinians eventually ends up in the hands of Hamas. Just earlier this month, the UN had to discontinue shipments because they haven’t been able to stop Hamas police from stealing all the supplies. This militant group has killed tens of thousands of civilians and executes suicide-bombings on a regular basis. Why are we funding their war?

Hamas Supporters in Gaza

Why do people think that Obama’s policies will make terrorists like the United States? On the contrary, Al Qaeda is mocking him! Terrorists aren’t rational people… Think about it, they blow themselves up!

Furthermore, is it really a good idea to send a billion dollars to Palestine when we are in a deepening recession with no sight in end? Actions like this have caused China to rethink backing the US dollar, and if they pull out their investment our money will be practically worthless. And you think the economy is bad now…

Less than one week after passing the $787 billion stimulus bill, the Democrats have already unveiled another $410 billion spending bill to increase revenue for government programs.

Didn’t President Obama call for more fiscal responsibility during his speech at the Economic Summit on Monday? Apparently someone forgot to pass the memo - possibly the head of Obama’s National Economic Council who actually fell asleep during the conference!

According to the Associated Press, the new spending bill includes thousands of earmarks, pet projects, and other forms of pork barrel spending.

Recovery: A Laughing Matter?

When combined with funding from the “economic stimulus,” there has been an astronomical increase in spending on government programs. Where is the extra money going to come from?

Obama recently approved $20 million for the migration of Gaza refugees. Where are these refugees going to “migrate,” you ask?

Well, the docket certainly implies they will be coming to the U.S., since some of the funding will be allotted to our Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State. A primary function of this agency is “admitting refugees to the United States.”

An executive order designed to allow Palestinians from Gaza to resettle in the United States is frightening. These are the same people who voted Hamas into power en masse. And 55% of them support suicide bombings.

How many Hamas operatives and other terrorists will slip into the U.S. through this huge influx of Gaza refugees? Thanks to Obama’s soft-on-terror attitude, they shouldn’t have a problem doing so.

The primary purpose of the Government should be to protect us. But Obama seems to think the government is supposed to do everything but protect us. Major media outlets have not reported on this order, and only time will tell the outcome.

Presidential Determination No. 2009–15

CNBC’s Rick Santelli said that Obama’s bailout plan is promoting “bad behavior” and correctly pointed out the American people do not support foreclosure bailouts. He even called for a “Chicago Tea Party,” since our elected officials clearly aren’t representing us.

CNBC did a poll and 90% of the 63,000 Americans surveyed said they agree: they don’t like Obama’s plan.

Politicians are not representing their constituents anymore; they are representing the lobbyists and special interest groups that keep them in power.

Even the high school students Obama visited this week realize his plan is a bad idea:

“The spending bill he just passed is just progressing the Democratic agenda rather than addressing the economic issues in the country.” said senior Maaike Albach.

“This puts us more into debt,” said Daudfar, 18. “It’s a horrible situation we’re in.”

“I think it’s cool he’s here,” said Miller, 18. “I just don’t believe all the things he’s telling us.”

Instead of developing a plan to save their company, the brainiacs at GM spent their last resources on a huge ad campaign to increase support for their initial bailout. And they are already asking for more money!

If you checked your Gmail or AOL account prior to the first bailout, you might have see ads that looks like this:

In the end, their efforts only served as another reminder that this company is a sinking ship, and the first 17 billion they received only delayed the inevitable. Now they want a second bailout for twice that amount - another $39 billion!

How is GM losing so much money? Well for one thing, their workers currently make about 44 percent more than Toyota workers in the United States. The average worker wages at GM amount to $69 per hour, while American-based Toyota facilities average only $48 per hour. Toyota doesn’t allow unionized labor.

While bailout bargaining, the United Auto Workers have repeatedly said they would be willing to renegotiate their current contracts. But truth be told, all concessions the unions have made are trivial. They’ve only agreed to reduce medical benefits for retired workers by less than 10 percent, and temporarily suspend pay to laid off workers (who previously got 95% of their pay indefinitely). This policy was muscled in by the union and basically made it impossible for GM to cut their payroll. Now the company finally won’t have to pay for workers that aren’t working… Yeah, those union leaders are really bending over backwards.

Fearing that they will lose their power, the unions have also propagated a myth that filing for bankruptcy won’t help GM. In reality, chapter 11 allows companies to restructure their contracts and internal organization. GM would no longer be obligated to provide extravagant benefits to their overpaid employees, and they would not have to fulfill supplier contracts they can’t afford to meet. Just look at United Airlines - they emerged to be an even stronger company after filing for bankruptcy.

Bankruptcy would probably help GM even more than the measly $17 billion band-aid, especially since they lost $39 billion in a single quarter last year.

Still, many are worried about what could happen if GM goes completely out of business. People seem to love bad news, and so the media has been reporting that a total of 2.5 million jobs will be lost if GM disappears. These projections are greatly exaggerated, however. First of all, the derivations assume that all of The Big Three go out of business (not just GM), which is unlikely since Ford has enough cash to last a year and a half.

Additionally, several innovative American car companies have been able to rise in the wake of The Big Three Failures. Carbon Motors, for instance, will have their E7 on production lines this year. This vehicle is essentially a ready-made police car that’s loaded with features and offered at a price that beats the competition. For years, state governments have been purchasing Big Three models only to transform them into police cars and emergency vehicles. So why didn’t GM, Ford, or Chrysler come up with this idea?

This guy is such a moron I’m not sure where to start.

First of all, if you’re in college and can’t find a better job than McDonald’s after working there for four years, then something is probably wrong. Especially in that part of Florida, where up until recently the economy has been great. In all likelihood, he is either lazy or incompetent (or both). But now he is asking for tax payers to help him out because of his poor decisions and lackadaisical attitude.

But let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and check out how bad the benefits at McDonald’s really are. Full-time restaurant crew at McyD’s get a 401(k), profit sharing, stock shares, medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, flex accounts, vacation, affiliate discounts, scholarships, a credit union, and those are just a few of the highlights. But lets look closer. Most of the insurance plans have no deductibles or low deductibles. Vision includes contacts and glasses. Plus 401(k) matching: “McDonald’s matches eligible employees’ contributions with $3 for each $1 of the first 1% of pay they contribute, and $1 for each $1 on the next 4% they contribute.”

These aren’t bad benefits… These are amazing benefits. So what else does this guy want? What else could you want? Does he expect to get benefits for working part-time?

This guy is asking for free handouts and Obama said that his work ethic is “the right thing.” What if everyone in America did the bare minimum and then asked for the government to provide for us like Julio? Obama says that’s what we should be doing.

During his campaign, Obama said he would run the most transparent government we’ve ever had. But the new stimulus bill is up for vote today, and the Republican congressmen still haven’t even seen it - let alone the general public!

The day after inauguration, our President said, “Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency. Our commitment to openness means more than simply informing the American people about how decisions are made.”

Well at least we know how decisions are made… Congressmen will have only a few hours to read hundreds of pages of legislation before 9 AM!

What happened to the democrats’ promise that the new stimulus bill would be posted on the internet at least 48 hours prior to the vote? They flat out lied. Why are they are so afraid of letting the American people know what’s in this bill?

Furthermore, our President has been telling lies left and right to get this bill passed. According to Obama, the CEO of Caterpillar “said that if Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off.”

But Jim Owens actually said the exact opposite! “I think realistically no. The reality is we’re going to have more layoffs before we start hiring again.”

What else is Obama lying about?

Amid the doom and gloom of the tanking stock market (thank you, Mr. Geithner), Americans have another thing to worry about…their health. More specifically, our health care system is getting a government overhall, and it’s enough to make me sick.

Buried within the birth control and TV coupons are provisions that will give the U.S. government broad control over the way the system is run. Tom Daschle, an ardent supporter of socialized medicine, has provided the framework for the new healthcare system. If you have any knowledge of his stance on this issue, I’m sure that your insides just turned (assuming you also have a brain).

The procedures we are able to receive and drugs that we can buy will be determined by a government “board,” giving unaccountable beauracrats the right to play God with American lives. The bill specifically says that the government will “guide” doctors’ decisions. The idea is to make health care more affordable by restricting access to only those procedures and treatments that are “cost-effective.” What the plan fails to take into consideration is that each of us respond differently to treatments: “one-size-fits-all” medicine doesn’t work. If an cancer drug is in the experimental stages, it may turn out to be “effective” and save many lives; but the government may step in and determine that it won’t save enough lives to justify the cost.

Another major problem is the control that the board will have over Medicare. Currently, if a doctor believes that a procedure is necessary, Medicare usually covers it. However, now the government will determine whether the procedure is “cost effective.” Meaning, if you are 70 and in need of a life-saving and/or prolonging procedure, you’re probably set to check out soon anyway. What’s another 10 years of life when the government can save millions and provide digital television to many “non-working” Americans! Plus, senior citizens are living too long and collecting too much Social Security already - they need to save some for the rest of us!

The end result will look something like Britain’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE, what a joke!) and National Health Service (NHS), a health care system that many liberal congressmen drool over. It’s telling that this same system has been accused of causing 17,000 preventable deaths every year and destroying the hopes of the many dying cancer patients. Once a health care system that foreigners would flock to, ours may soon be much worse that anyone could imagine.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled his financial sector rescue plan today… Immediately afterward, stocks plummeted across the board - down almost 500 points in all today.

To investors, the incompetence of this man is obvious. They want to know why “critical details of the plan remained unanswered, despite the weeks of planning leading up to Tuesday’s announcement.”

Geithner’s best response is, “We are not going to put out the details, until we get it right.” What does that even mean? Blind trial and error, without even telling the American people what the government is up to?

Geithner also said they will “try things we’ve never tried before. We will make mistakes. We will go through periods in which things get worse…” That sounds exactly like something Wall Street likes to hear.

Again, you can probably guess who we have to thank for this pinhead appointment. What was Obama thinking? This guy is one of the reasons we are in the crisis we now face. He’s a total moron. He even cheated on his taxes, and now he’s in charge of the IRS! He’s employed an illegal immigrant. He’s a crooked thief like all of Obama’s other friends.

FEAR. It’s the only apparatus that democrats have left to get their “stimulus” bill passed, especially as the general public becomes more aware of their idiotic plan. According to the latest poll, only 37% of the nation supports the stimulus package in its current form.

Now democrats have resorted to the drastic measures of making up statistics. Nancy Pelosi said “every month we do not have an economic recover package 500 MILLION Americans lose their jobs.” 500 million? As in 200 million more than the entire U.S. population? Could she have meant 500 thousand? That figure would still be inaccurate. It’s just smoke in mirrors, a scare tactic to make people support her.

President Obama is using the same tactics, saying if the bill isn’t passed now we will enter into a depression which “we may not be able to reverse.” But remember, this is coming from the same guy who said the national deficit doesn’t matter.

Apparently the Democratic Caucus agrees that the deficit doesn’t matter. They are spending $100,000 of taxpayer money on a trip to the country club this weekend…