The worst Congress to ever be seated in this country is finally on its way out and I say “good riddance.” I know there are many out there, particularly the liberal/progressive types who need government intervention, who will argue that this was not the worst Congress. This is because their measure of success is how many laws were passed. The more laws passed, the more successful the Congress.

This, of course, is complete nonsense. The 111^th Congress gave us a number of 2000 plus page bills that were not read by any member of the Congress. We were told that we would have to pass them to see what was in them or that no one knows how they are going to work, but they are good legislation. To top it off, the legislation passed was opposed by a large majority in this country, a majority that was ignored by the Congress. The members who are supposed to represent us ignored our wishes and passed their agenda.

This is one of the major reasons Democrats lost so many seats in the November election. Their side will tell you that it was insignificant or meant nothing or was not because of any one thing but the reality is, they lost because they did not listen and people did not like what they were doing. They were taken out of power because they were out of control.

And they did not learn from the election either. In a lame duck session they passed legislation that Americans opposed. They passed legislation that should have received more scrutiny and they gave the go ahead on a treaty that weakens America.

They did not learn.

Yes even now they seem to think that the loss was a fluke and that the public does not know what is good for it. But the burning question remains, if these agenda items were so good for America, why did the Democrat leaders have to bribe so many people to pass the legislation? Why did they have to give away billions in taxpayer dollars to get their own party members on board? I know the popular myth contends that Republicans were the party of “No” and they held everything up but this is a LIE told by progressives in an attempt to hide the fact that they have big enough majorities in Congress to pass what they wanted but were unable to do so.

So, once again, if the legislation was so wonderful, why did they need all the bribes and back room deals? If it was so wonderful then why did it NOT pass when Democrats had a big enough majority to pass anything they wanted?

If all this legislation was so wonderful then why did the Congress have to hold midnight votes? Why did they have to stay in session over the holidays to get things done? Harry Reid used the same tactics two years in a row, threaten to keep them through the Christmas holiday so they will vote for anything to get out of DC. It is absolutely piss poor leadership and Reid is not the only piss poor leader. Nancy Pelosi is one as well.

Those who bow down to her will tell you how much she accomplished and how wonderful she is. This is a lie. She could not get things done with a majority and blamed Republicans for her own party’s inabilities. She had to force her people with threats and that is no way to lead. She was such a poor leader that she lost more House Seats than any Speaker in nearly a century.

Remember, if what they did was so wonderful then they would not have had to bribe people to get it passed. If what they did was so great we would know what was in the legislation and they would not have to lie about the contents (if they had any real idea what was in the things to begin with) and if what they were doing was so great they would not have lost a historic number of seats in the midterm elections.

The liberal/progressives must have been absolutely terrible because after only two years they have been replaced with Republicans and the public is not any more thrilled with them at this point. It is bad news and you know you screwed up when you are replaced by the very party that was thrown out in disgust because of its inability to control spending and its loss of principles.

When you are replaced by people who are hated as much as you just to keep you from running amok and having free reign then you know you truly suck.

The 111^th Congress is the worst that has ever been seated. It took a nation in debt and bankrupted it and it passed tons of nanny-state laws to gain more control over our lives.

It did this because a certain part of the leadership thinks that it must rule over people too stupid or inept to care for themselves.

But it also had success because there are certain parts of society that either believes that government must run their lives, that they are unable to run their own without government intervention, or that they are entitled to the fruits of another person’s labor (a message that the nanny-state government has driven home for decades).

And as much as the 111^th Congress was a failure, the other failures in this society are the people who actually think that this Congress did good things and who feel good about the forced redistribution of wealth.

We can vote out a bad Congress but, unlike Survivor, we cannot vote the failures among us out of the tribe.

Perhaps they can make a New Year’s Resolution to become self sufficient and stop expecting the government to take care of them.

As for the rest of us, we should resolve to cut the funding from the beast in any legal way possible…

A funny aside: Most progressives have no problem with the nanny-state until the nanny state interferes with what they like. This guy is all for government intrusion into our lives but is upset when it intrudes into football. It is an understatement to say this guy has a warped sense of what is important. For what its worth, I don’t think government should be involved in our lives and I don’t think it should interfere with a game that is supposed to be played regardless of weather…

I also think it is funny that the Pennsylvania Governor commented by calling the canceling of the game a joke; “It’s an absolute joke,” Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, a big Eagles fan, told Fox. “I was looking forward to this. It would have been a real experience. This is what football is all about.”

It is funny because if Rendell even went to the game he would sit in a luxury box and not be exposed to the elements. He is right that the cancellation was a joke but what real experience would it be for a guy who would be pampered at the stadium? Ah yes, a true progressive. I am the king and will be treated as such while the peons get “a real experience.”

Cave Canem!
Never surrender, never submit.

Well, its good to be king, if you are only really a kinglet- you know, like piglet, only without the good connotations.
Apparently, if you are Henry Waxman or Bart Stupak, you feel that you can do anything you wish, even if it flies in the face of the Constitution and the capitalist free market. What scum they are.

Ever since the “bailouts” of the banks and lending institutions, these little kings have decreed that there will be no excessive pay or bonuses with taxpayer money (ignoring, of course, the pay raise they gave themselves, those hypocrites), but that was in the case of taxpayer subsidized bailouts, and partying on the taxpayer’s dime is a little gauche- and these little kings should know, because they party with the best of them. 

But since the memo went out from  Nancy the numbskull (quite literally- I understand excessive botox does numb the nerves in a head- some of them possibly vital) to demonize the insurance companies, now the mental pygmies Waxman and Stupak are leading the charge to investigate the pay of insurance CEOs and other honchos. What moral midgets they are.

Two powerful House Democrats have sent a letter to insurance companies asking them to provide detailed information about their conferences and retreats, executive pay, and other business practices.

The letter comes in the midst of a campaign by Democrats, as part of their push to build support for a health overhaul, to portray the insurance companies as the villains of the health-care system. Insurers say they are working with Congress on an overhaul and resent being cast as the bad guy.

The letter is from Rep. Henry Waxman (D., Calif.), who is chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Bart Stupak (D., Mich.), who heads the panel’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

online.wsj.com

It might appear that these a**holes are trying to show the Resident how tough they are, but the bottom line is that  what they are doing in this instance, in essence threatening these companies with the weight of a government “kangaroo investigation” into executive compensation. They have no right, period. Not when these companies haven’t taken the taxpayer’s money. In a free market, which is what our system is based on, people are free to earn as much as they can, the whole purpose of this system is to get ahead. 

If you are constrained in how much you can earn by government dictate, then you are living under a totalitarian regime, that much is certain, and this is not the United States I know and love.

The letter, sent Monday, did not refer to the health overhaul debate, saying only that the committee “is examining executive compensation and other business practices in the health insurance industry.” The letter requests the companies’ help, but is not a subpoena.

Chris Curran, a spokesman for Cigna Corp., said the company had not yet received a letter from Mr. Waxman, but like the rest of the industry, expects to get one shortly. He said the company planned to respond appropriately.

Mr. Curran defended the company’s executive compensation program, saying it is designed to reward executives and attract talent, and added that more than 90% of the compensation of Cigna’s CEO is performance-based.

Much of the information requested in the letter is available in public documents, Mr. Curran added, and the company has no problem turning it over.

online.wsj.com

The government does not actually have the powers to do what these liberal pimps want to do. Not when there is no taxpayer assistance involved. It is just a naked power play by some very insecure people, and someone needs to challenge them so this can go to the Highest Court in the land.

It’s way past time for the third branch of the government to weigh in, because the “fourth branch” of the government is gutless, and will not be critical of their new “buddies”.

They are BFFs on each other’s Facebook- why would they want to spoil that?

Republican Tim Couch of Kentucky is introducing legislation making it a crime to post to the Internet anonymously. His bill would make it a crime for a person who runs a website to allow anonymous comments and would require people to register with the website using their real names.

Couch proposes a first offense $500 dollar fine to those who allow anonymous comments. Subsequent “violations” would cost $1000. Couch states that this is to cut down on online bullying which he claims happens a lot in his home state.

The First Amendment states that Congress shall make no law that abridges free speech. Couch is a member of his state legislature and it would have to enact this law which would abridge free speech. Certainly he is not in the US Congress but he would be part of a government body trying to curb free speech. If a website owner wants to delete bullying comments or ban commenters then that is the web site owner’s prerogative. The government (state or otherwise), on the other hand, is forbidden from doing this by the First Amendment.

Couch might believe that this would stop online bullying but I have my doubts. I also doubt he is strictly motivated by the bullying “problem.” People could register using any name that appears legitimate. How would a webmaster know? Why would a webmaster be fined because John Doe commented? We don’t get the names of every person who joins a protest and some of the signs they carry have messages that could be considered bullying and certainly some of their actions amount to bullying. Will we require those who carry disparaging signs to disclose their names?

Couch is trying to stifle free expression and that is a violation of our Constitution. Perhaps the bullying he refers to comes from those who write about the stupidity of members of government, such as say….Tim Couch.

It is not the job of government to be the nannies of all Americans whether at the state or federal level. The government works for us, not the other way around. We have the right to express ourselves as we wish and website owners are free to police their sites as they see fit, not as Mr. Couch sees fit. Perhaps Mr. Couch would better serve his constituents if he did some serious work rather than try to play nanny to Kentucky citizens who can do quite well without an intrusive government or its officials.

As Ronald Reagan once said; “We are a nation that has a government – not the other way around.” One could substitute state for nation and it would still be just as meaningful.

Maybe Mr. Couch should reexamine his conservative values and either straighten them out or switch parties.

Source:
Action News WTQV

Last November, Maryland’s Governor called a special session of the legislature in order to tackle a budget deficit that the same legislature was responsible for giving us. Governor O’Malley asked them to raise every tax imaginable and they obliged him by raising even more than he could have imagined. The Governor claimed that the increases would not affect nearly 90% of the residents but in the end each and every person will pay more money. The increase in the sales tax will particularly hurt the poor and middle income residents.

During that session the Maryland Legislature took an action that violated the State Constitution. The Maryland Constitution states that one chamber needs the permission of the other before taking a recess of greater than three days. The Senate took off longer than three days without permission which is a violation. To make matters worse, a clerk falsified documents to make it appear as if everything had been done appropriately. I am absolutely certain that the clerk did not take it upon herself to do this and was given instructions to do so by one of the Democratic leaders. However, since the State’s Attorney General refuses to have it investigated, we may never know for sure. All actions give the impression of impropriety and perception is often the truth for people who, according to the talk shows, believe something fishy took place.

The Republican Party of Maryland filed suit to have the tax increases, the largest in state history, nullified. The contention is that if they were done in violation of the Constitution then they are not valid. Unfortunately, a judge decided that while the Democratic leadership “erred” nullifying the tax increases would be “too drastic” a remedy. What Judge Thomas Stansfield is saying is that even though the law makers broke the law it is OK and what they accomplished by breaking the law is satisfactory. Making them pay for their abuse would be “too drastic.”

How many times has a murderer been released because his Constitutional rights were violated? Has any judge ever stated that releasing a guy who was not read his rights or was denied a lawyer would be too drastic? We have a Constitution for a reason and if we are not going to follow it then we should just flush the damned thing down the toilet. Lawmakers, many of whom are lawyers, should be held accountable for breaking the law. I am quite sure if I were before this chowder headed judge for drinking and driving he would not say that while I “erred” fining me or putting me in jail would be “too drastic.” He would say that I violated the law and that I had to pay for that violation.

Why is it the people who are supposed to uphold our laws, the ones we give power to make those laws, are not held to that exact standard?

We need to get rid of this judge and we need to get to the bottom of the crime involving falsifying the records. Perhaps if the Republican lawmakers threaten the clerk with a few years in jail she might be able to shed some light on the matter.

Is it any wonder that Martin O’Malley, the dim witted, jackass Governor of Maryland has a lower approval rating than President Bush? Considering that Maryland is an overwhelmingly Democratic state, that is saying something.

The next election is three years from now and those idiots think people will forget but there are many of us who will keep reminding the public. We need to vote all these jackasses out of office and replace them with people of honor. Additionally, Thomas Stansfield is a Republican Judge who will need to run for reelection. The people need to boot him to the street.

Your (dis) honor, if it is against the Constitution it is illegal. Anything that results from the illegality should be nullified. I know I never went to law school but if I did I would have at least paid attention.