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Merry Christmas 2011

by Big Dog on Dec 25, 2011 at 00:01 Posted in Political 1 Comment

My annual tradition:

To My Democrat Friends:

Please accept this with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.

I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2011, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishes.

To My Republican Friends:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Tags: 2011, merry christmas

Kagan Lied

by Big Dog on Dec 24, 2011 at 12:24 Posted in Political 3 Comments

Associate Justice Elana Kagan lied to the Senate during her confirmation hearings and she should be impeached for this. Her lie was about her involvement in Obamacare prior to her selection to serve on the Supreme Court. Kagan lied about her involvement and recently released documents show that she was involved in the legal issues and that the DOJ tried cover this up by asseeting that she had been walled off from the issue. Many of the documents have been redacted so there is no telling what deeper involvement she had. The Senate should request the unredacted documents and dig as deep into this as it can.

Doug Ross does a great job detailing the documents, Kagan’s response to written questions about her involvement in Obamacare and the DOJ decpetion of “walling” her off.

Ross details how Kagan was asked (in writing) during the confirmation process about her involvement in Obamacare including being asked if she offered her opinions, views or comments (and specifically about a Constitutional challenge of the process of deem and pass). Kagan denied that she had done any of these things but the documents show otherwise. One such occurrence of her involvement took place thirteen days before she sat in front of the Senate judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearings.

Kagan lied, period. Not only did she lie but the DOJ tried to cover up her involvement. This folks, is illegal and she needs to be impeached (and heads at the DOJ need to roll).

Before she is impeached she needs to recuse herself from any debate regarding Obamacare IAW 28 USC 455.

CNS has the entire story.

This gang of criminals needs to be put in its place, and soon.

First she recuses, then she is impeached.

Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.

Tags: confirmation, doj, doug ross. mark levin, elena kagan, impeach, lies, obamacare, recuse

Any Wonder Politico’s Readers Are Leaving?

by Big Dog on Dec 22, 2011 at 17:46 Posted in Political 3 Comments

The number of readers who visit the website Politico has been decreasing and it is not hard to see why. The latest piece that the site has published is that Michelle Obama claimed she would like to come back as Bo the dog if there is such thing as reincarnation.

Obama claims the dog has a great life and therefore she would like to be that dog, or as Politico puts it, she has Bo envy.

I guess flying all over the world at taxpayer expense, living in a taxpayer provided house, and eating fine foods (while telling the rest of us what to eat) and having armed guards to protect her in a dangerous world is not enough for Michelle. She would like to be a dog.

Well, at least then Barack could keep her on a short leash.

As for Politico, couldn’t they find something newsworthy to report?

Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.

Tags: bo the dog, michelle obama, politico, reincarnation

Does Obama Have Two Dogs?

by Big Dog on Dec 22, 2011 at 16:15 Posted in Political Leave a comment

A big deal was made yesterday because Barack Obama went to the store to shop for his dog and his kids. He went to Pet Smart and bought his dog, which was with him, an expensive chew toy and then headed to Best Buy to get his daughters a few presents.

I will stop here and say that the reporter who wrote about the trip was irresponsible when he reported what presents Obama bought for his kids. No matter how one feels about the man it is just wrong to report what presents he got for his kids because they might see the report and it will ruin it for him.

But the issue that is in the news today is how did his dog Bo get to DC for the shopping trip? It was reported that Bo traveled to Hawaii with Michelle and the kids and folks on the ground in Hawaii report seeing the dog there.

Did Obama have his dog flown back to DC for a photo-op to show he is a regular guy like the rest of us or does he own two dogs?

Since we have never seen two dogs the answer must be that the dog was flown back. That, of course, assumes that the reports of the dog being in Hawaii are correct.

If the dog was flown back, how much did it cost?

This is something that needs to be explained.

Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.

Tags: air force one, bo the dog, hawaii, Obama, photo op, taxpayer money

Temporary Tax Cut, Permanent Mortgage Fee

by Big Dog on Dec 21, 2011 at 16:15 Posted in Political 1 Comment

The House and Senate are still fighting over extending the so called payroll tax cut that was enacted last year. That cut was in the FICA or Social Security tax. So what government did was cut the amount of money being paid into a system that is already going broke. Democrats say that failure to act will result in a tax increase but the tax will only go back to where it was before they temporarily reduced it. Isn’t this the argument they make regarding the Bush tax cuts? Don’t they say it is not an increase because the rates will only go back to where they were?

In any event, the tax cut needs to be paid for and the government will do this with a PERMENANT mortgage fee. The folks who get a new home or refinance an existing one through either Fannie or Freddie will pay a $15 a month fee (on a $200,000 loan) that will not go away. If the tax cut ends in two months or a year, the fee will continue because it is a permanent fee. The fee will allegedly be used to pay back the loss to Social Security but the reality is that the fee will go into the general fund and be used, as was ALL past Social Security money, to pay for careless spending by Congress.

It is not bad enough that those who can afford to get a home will pay fees to cover a tax cut for those who can’t (or won’t) buy one but the fee will last forever and will not pay back the Social Security money lost.

The fee would amount to $180 a year for a $200k loan and $360 a year for a $400k loan. Over a 30 year loan that would be $5,400 and $10,800 respectively. People who buy or refinance a loan will end up paying this amount of money even if the tax cut ends or if the Social Security tax rate goes up.

This is another wealth redistribution scheme that uses a sneaky way to force people to pay for the fiscally irresponsible government.

Stuart Varney explains it in this video.

The government continues to soak those who produce and try to have a better life. How long will it be before they add some kind of monthly fee to a car loan to pay for green energy?

Why is government hell bent on screwing us and why have businesses become tax collectors in the redistributive States of America?

Think you can avoid this by getting a mortgage where Fannie and Freddie are not involved? Good luck. They are involved in about 90% of all mortgages…

Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.

Tags: fannie, freddie, lies, mortgages, permanent fees, tax cuts