In Their Own Words

The Democrats are very successful at the finger pointing and saying "see - that person flip-flopped!"

well in their own words ... remember the PRESIDENT and both houses of the Democratic led CONGRESS said that health care reform, in particular the individual mandate, was NOT a TAX and that NO ONE earning less than $250,000 would see any sort of a tax increase ....

Here is how "OBAMA'S LAWYER" ((actually its the US attorney, the one who speaks on behave of the government and Congress)) argued the governments RIGHT to pass this Act:

it is "A tax law ... fully integrated into the tax system .... [that] triggers .... tax consequences for non - compliance."
The Law "imposes a tax liability .... [and] tax penalties on non-exempted individuals ..."
The "penalty operates to increase the paxpayer's total tax liability .... [and[ is valid not only as a tax in its own right, but also as an adjunct to the income tax."
Obama Administrative Brief To Supreme Court
10/26/11

So for any of those out there who thinks that Chief Justice Roberts gave the administrations lawyers the heads up as to which way to argue this case ... I think you can see that the White House was already calling it a TAX even while they where whispering in our ear while reaching up our skirts "its okay baby, its not a tax" ....

The Courts majority decision said what about this? (this was read aloud so I may miss where some redactions begins/end)

"... the funds-due, refered to as a penalty, do not alter their essential characteristics as taxes ... if the concept of a penalty means anything, it means punishment for an unlawful act or admission, and since failure to have health care insurance is NOT unlawful, therefore, it is "a tax on those who do not have health insurance"

It gets better ... in RECORDINGS from the Supreme Court hearing, Chief Justice Roberts took the Federal lawyer, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr, to task:
CJR: why didn't Congress call it a tax then?
SGV: well ...
CJR: are you telling me then that they thought of it as a tax, they defended it on the tax power, why didn't they say it was a tax?
SGV: they might have thought, Your Honor, that calling it a "penalty" as they did would make it more effective in accomplishing its objectives but it is in the Internal Revenue Code, it is collected by the IRS on April 15th"

I do have an issue with how many dot-dot-dots there are in this particular quote which I found -- a lot of "sins" and truths can be hidden in those dot-dot-dots. but since lawyers are NOTORIOUS for using such devices, one would think that before such a breif goes before the Supreme Court they lawyers would have looked to see how a redaction might have looked while still keeping a grain of truth within them.

I saw a cartoon which attacked the Tea Party for not wanting the HCA by stating that the only places in the word without universal healthcare are Communist China and all of Africa ... implying that if you don't believe in healthcare you believe in oppressive regimes.

The Administration also loves to point to the Mass. Health Care which Romney helped to put in place and say "see he's for it" ... but they fail to mention that it is on a STATE LEVEL which would be perfectly LEGAL under the United States Constitution since such issues as insurance falls under States Rights not Federal {and I blame the Conservatives for letting that whole argument slide}

WOW - right after I typed that, a conservative legal analyst actually used that argument (states rights) and was SNICKERED at by the liberal legal analyst -- I'm not sure which is more stunning ... the fact that the conservatives are finally starting to understand it, or the fact that the liberals are willing to ignore those Rights too just to get what they want ...

which in my mind is more of our money to push through more dependence on government programs ...

want an idea of what you will be in for?

here is a clip from a prepper lady who I have corresponded with (ok, I comment on her videos, she writes back) quite a few times ... she is up in Canada:


Now before anyone starts going "oh its one of those crazy prepper people I've seen on TV" -- Bev, TheMrsVolfie, is actually quite down to earth, at least thats the feeling I get from her ... don't believe me? check out her videos ... I think the most "radical" Ive see on her channel is the slaughtering of her own animals - but if thats radical, then there are an AWFUL lot of radicals in this world.

Eminent Domain Strikes Again

This had slipped past me - at least until I subscribed to the MNDMV YouTube site ...

Watch the animation carefully on the left-hand side - see the neighborhood (barely visible beneath the trees) disappear as the image sweeps upward ... Oh and look, the trees are going to disappear as well.

The only reason the houses are going is because the new project is moving the freeway closer to the homes Conde ing them for safety reason -- otherwise there is no reason for these homes to be condemned ... It's the project ITSELF that causes the issue



Pay attention -- this too can happen to you!

Movie Monday

A bit of funny I found on YouTube that is Knitting Related: (hoping this will repost)

Movie Monday

This fan had a much better shot of the action than the broadcast station did - so I will use this one instead .... FUNNY AS HELL -- prepare to laugh your butt off!


geez - I hope this is the right one ... I got side tracked and don't even remember what link I had ... LOL

Movie Monday

Need to find a new place to hide those dog biscuits!

Movie Money - even though its Tuesday

Its funny .... because people think its true...

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO EVERYONE!!

From my family to yours!



I should mention that at the end there is a mention that the last two shots look like "feet" ... that's the code word for 'boobs' around here so we don't freak hubby out when us girls are talking about such things.

Movie Money - even though its Tuesday

lost track of time ... but I saw this and thought it was so funny I had to share ... for those who know me, you know how fairies are a part of my life, so I couldn't pass this up.

Wordless Wednesday -- CUTENESS ALERT

Not my video - but I'll count it anyways ....



Check out green-house.tv to see more videos (most with clips of the dogs :-)

Movie Monday

Just in time for a few morning laughs ...

Movie Monday

Monday Morning eye-opener

... if you can't get your own cup I think perhaps Beaker can transfer some to you!

Movie Monday

Because you can never get too much Cuteness in your life ....

election 2008

okay I've been looking for this clip .... and I listened to it carefully to see if Biden was just miss understood ... but he did lower the upper-class from $250,000 to $150,000

This means that most double income families where at least one of the partners has a post-high school degree will be getting nailed with their tax hike ....

don't believe me? Listen for yourself:



so here's another question which they have never answered, mostly because I've never heard it asked ... will student loans be considered 'income'? Reason I ask is because those going to college, especially law or medical school, get thousands of dollars a year in loans ... not all for school ... not all who get it for school use it for school.

McCain had a great quote at one of his rallies today:

"every once in a while Biden veres of course and runs into the truth"

That's about it too.

How would YOUR boss react??

If you came in late to work as much as this guy does ...

do you think you would have a job for very long?

do you think you would get a promotion?

Of course not ...



In case you missed it this was the

Foreign Relations Commission Hearings

there is a total of 9 clips of being late, and 1 of being interrupted for a phone call ... now these are just the clips that could be found -- geez, its a good thing he is taking his position on the commission so seriously that he made sure that he was there to hear the testimony.

I don't know about you -- but if someone takes the time, whether voluntarily or subpeona, to get there butts in those chairs and their testimony is important -- then I feel the Senators had best get their butts there on time as well.

This is the Laise Faire governing that got us into so much financial debt as it is (by the way, most of that national debt had to be approved by Congress, don't be fooled by them blaming just the President)

Movie Monday

... well sort of.

Actually its a clip I ran into on YouTube thru Drudgereport where in a 2001 radio interview, Obama is talking about how Redistribution of Wealth should have been a part of the Civil Rights movement and how it would have to be done on the Legislative side of the government -- in fact it refers to it as the Government State ... hmmm, isn't that how the USSR referred to themselves?? -- while the Presidency is part of the Executive Branch of government, if you have been paying attention you would know that in ads both parties make it sound as if it is part of the Legislative branch.



Anyhow - the way he states it, his 'Redistribution" is nothing more than the old concept of 'Reparations' ,... I think this is important to get out there - especially in a political field where simple words are getting charged as being 'code words' for racist remarks when they have nothing to do with it (some one please tell me how the words 'socialist' & 'civil organizer' can be racist?)

SNL give equal time

Well at least they are playing fair -- kind of ... they still make the President look like a stooge.

If you knew Katie ....

Okay so Katie Couric has suffered in the ratings .... and although she enjoyed a little bump from recent 'events' ... the gal reporter known for her sweetness is really showing her claws here.

Now Katie - who is going to want to be interviewed by you if you are going to be such a .... I won't say it.

Maybe she is trying to get that replacement spot for David Letterman if Conan O'Brien doesn't work out?

Elections 2008

So Joe, when Barrack said this .... what the heck were you listening to? yes he DID say that he would meet without preconditions with the likes of Cuba & Iran.

Here listen for yourself ...


And yes Joe, you DID say that you were against building clean coal plants in the US ... do you not remember what you say from day to day?



And then there is THIS little piece ... you weren't interested in being VP - which you DENIED in the debate ... so were you LYING then or are you lying NOW??

So for all the grief I'm sure Joy Behar will give Gov. Palin tomorrow -- Elisabeth was given PLENTY of fodder back!!

You go girl! (either way we are screwed ... i just think we are less screwed with JM than OB)

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didn't want to miss some of these great clips which Biden now contradicts himself on (but mostly because of the debates tonight)
Biden starts at about minute 4:00 ...

"Understand how weak Iran is ... they are a decade away from being able to weaponize exactly the way the question was"

... and they think Palin is out of touch on foreign policy??

Election 2008 correction at bottom of post

FIGHT FIGHT!!!!

My Way News - Biden says ad mocking McCain is 'terrible':

"WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama's running mate says a campaign ad that mocked Republican presidential candidate John McCain as an out-of-touch, out-of-date computer illiterate was 'terrible' and would not have been done had he known about it.
...
Asked about the negative tone of the campaign, and this ad in particular, during an interview broadcast Monday by the "CBS Evening News," Obama's running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, said he disapproved of it.
"I thought that was terrible, by the way," Biden said.
Asked why it was done, he said: "I didn't know we did it and if I had anything to do with it, we'd have never done it." ... "

Ooooh, Bitch Slap!!
But not to be out done, Barrack slapped back:
Political Punch:

"in an interview with Meredith Vieira, Joe Biden, your running mate was asked the exact same question, 'should the federal government bailout AIG?' And he said, 'No, the federal government should not bailout AIG.'" (As [ABC News] noted at the time.) "And I think that in that situation," Obama said, "I think Joe should have waited as well."

okay, not the hardest slap he could have given ... in fact it was kind of limp .. but still it has to make you wonder about these two as running-mates.

Just what we need in the White House -- a team that can't get on the same page!

How can they work for the betterment of the country if they can't even get along during the campaign! What the hell will other countries think of our policies then? Geez, is this what happens when you have two Senators running together?

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now the Obama/Biden camp have released a statement saying that Biden had commented only on what he 'heard' of the ad and that he hadn't seen it --- THEN HE SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT --- do we want someone who is going to fly off the handle with an official opinion without getting all the facts first??? I think he did see it, and I think that this was his true opinion of the ad ... I think the after thought was after a whiney call from Obama ... or Oprah who doesn't want to waste her money.

I can not believe people actually would want this Mickey Mouse show in the White House. If the McCain camp is smart they will jump all over this!!

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Wait - it gets better. Biden was caught on vid totally contradicting a point that Obama tried to hammer home to those states who depend on the coal mines & their products.

So who's going to tell Joe that he's supposed to be Obama's friend now and to stop running against him?

" ... In the primary, Biden opposed Obama's push for clean coal, which is seen as a way of maintaining or expanding America's coal-burning power plants --many of which are in rust belt swing states. " Politico, Ben Smith

Yeah - they may want to get Barrack & Joe into the same room for a bit and get this shit straightened out.

But it makes for great blogging!

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Errata:

I'm not pleased ... I went to drudge, which is where I got the heads up on the vid, and found the original link was gone - after some basic research (i.e. actually going to the youtube page with the vid and reading the description) I learned that the video above was 2 years old.

so this is simply nothing more than a politician flipping on what he says he believes -- not at all unusual. He may have learned new info since this video was made that changed his mind ... or he may be touting the party line on this issue now ... can't tell which.

But either way -- I felt the need to set the record straight on this point ... it was the right thing to do.

Movie Monday

Well -- for those of you who have ever gotten knitting and realized you made a major mistake somewhere and wondered where in the word your head was at ....

Or for you SO (significant others) who wonder what your mate was thinking of when they come home with yet another bag of yarn when they haven't used what they already have .....

This is just proof that knitters & crocheters have a totally different mind set from so called "Normal" people .....