Obama: Israeli Interference Unprecedented
Aug 10, 2015 Commentary, Political
Barack Obama is fighting to get his half-baked deal with Iran approved by the US Congress. The fix is generally in and it will pass while giving some members cover. Chuck Schumer is opposed (he is up to lead Democrats when Reid retires) but that is OK because other Democrats will rescue the deal. It gets passed, is veto proof and folks like Schumer can tell low information voters he was against it.
[note]It will pass in the sense that the Congress will vote it down and Obama will veto it. Congress will not have enough votes to override the veto which is what Democrats are looking to ensure right now. It gives Schumer cover but gets Obama what he wants.[/note]
Israel is involved in the lobby efforts to nix the entire thing and Obama says this kind of involvement is unprecedented. I am unsure if he means Israeli involvement is unprecedented for Israelis or if he means unprecedented in general. In other words, is he saying it is unprecedented for Israel to do this by standards of what it has done in the past or is it unprecedented in that no country is ever this involved?
In any event, why is Obama so concerned about it? Why is he worried that the Israelis are expressing their concern and trying to get members of Congress to stop a bad deal?
Obama was not concerned when he and his State Department were involved in the Israeli election so much so that they tried to influence the election.
This is the rub. If Obama means it is unprecedented in the history of Israel for it to be so involved then perhaps they finally have an issue to rally around.
But, if he means it is unprecedented for one country to involve itself so heavily in another country’s business then I think he is sadly mistaken.
One only need look at how involved Obama and his State Department were in the last Israeli election. They worked very hard to defeat Netanyahu.
I have to believe that Obama is referring to the latter since he discusses not being able to recall a similar episode of outside intervention.
So, like I wrote earlier, he should look at what he and the State Department did because that was a very good example of outside intervention.
I guess if Obama is working to intervene in another country it is OK but when that country turns around and does it Obama is not happy.
Don’t worry Barry the fix is in and you will get what you want.
I only wish that everyone who supports this would be held personally accountable should Iran develop and use nuclear weapons. It would be nice to see politicians held accountable for a change…
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: iran deal, Israel, nuclear weapons, Obama
Government: Record Take Still Spends More
Jul 14, 2015 Political
The out of control government took in a record 2.45 TRILLION dollars in tax revenue through June of this year which equals $16,451 for each person fortunate enough to have a job. Of course, they did not pay this much because taxes come from various places but it is still a staggering amount of money.
Despite taking in this record amount the government is still running a deficit of 313.4 BILLION dollars.
The spending machine that is government will never be satisfied. It will always spend more than it gets in. Raising taxes did nothing to solve the debt problem because even though government pilfered more money from people it still spent more than it had.
The reality here is that many folks on the bottom end of the scale (the lower 47%) will get refunds of virtually all of the federal income taxes paid in. The top 53% will foot the bill for the balance.
The debt clock continues to tick up and each of us owes tens of thousands of dollars to settle the debt.
It is unsustainable and we will eventually collapse under the weight of the debt.
Of course since Barack Obama has given Iran the green light on nuclear weapon production we might not have to worry about debt for long.
The debt will be wiped out with a lot of mankind when World War III starts up.
So those are the choices. Die under the crushing debt or die in a nuclear war.
Well, at least we have Obamacare to take care of our injuries.
Wait, add one more choice to the ways to die…
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: debt, iran deal, records, tax revenue