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Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Living Angry
Michael Barone writes:
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen liberal commentators look back with nostalgia to the days when a young man fresh out of high school or military service could get a well-paying job on an assembly line at a unionized auto factory that could carry him through to a comfortable retirement.
As it happens, I grew up in Detroit and for a time lived next door to factory workers. And I know something that has eluded the liberal nostalgics. Which is that people hated those jobs.
It's a good article, but Barone left something out. The jobs were boring and repetitive, but you have to figure in the fact that there was an ever-present union whispering into the workers' ears, telling them that they were being used and taken advantage of by the owners of the factory.
The insidious spirit of envy, the union spirit, is being whispered daily into the ears of the American working class, and it is coming from the White House and the desks of liberal senators and congressmen. Workers are told that if corporations and the rich would just cooperate and not be so greedy, then every worker in America could have a good job with great pay.
The auto worker's union stuck it to management by making it next to impossible to fire an employee that was unproductive, and by striking to garner benefits that were not sustainable.
The government sticks it to businesses and the rich men that run them by levying taxes and burdensome regulations.
...And the American economy is looking more like Detroit every day.
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Michael Barone writes:
As it happens, I grew up in Detroit and for a time lived next door to factory workers. And I know something that has eluded the liberal nostalgics. Which is that people hated those jobs.
It's a good article, but Barone left something out. The jobs were boring and repetitive, but you have to figure in the fact that there was an ever-present union whispering into the workers' ears, telling them that they were being used and taken advantage of by the owners of the factory.
The insidious spirit of envy, the union spirit, is being whispered daily into the ears of the American working class, and it is coming from the White House and the desks of liberal senators and congressmen. Workers are told that if corporations and the rich would just cooperate and not be so greedy, then every worker in America could have a good job with great pay.
The auto worker's union stuck it to management by making it next to impossible to fire an employee that was unproductive, and by striking to garner benefits that were not sustainable.
The government sticks it to businesses and the rich men that run them by levying taxes and burdensome regulations.
...And the American economy is looking more like Detroit every day.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Chuck Colson R.I.P.
The Rev. Billy Graham: "For more than 35 years, Chuck Colson, a former prisoner himself, has had a tremendous ministry reaching into prisons and jails with the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. When I get to Heaven and see Chuck again, I believe I will also see many, many people there whose lives have been transformed because of the message he shared with them."
Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum: "Chuck was a patriot, who loved his country and loved serving his God, and we are all a little better off for having known him."
U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind.: "Having been given a second chance, Chuck Colson devoted his life to carrying the Christian message of second chances to those in prison, and he saw countless lives changed by his compassion and example."
New York Times-MSNBC: Charles W. Colson, who served as a political saboteur for President Richard M. Nixon, masterminded some of the dirty tricks that led to the president’s downfall, then emerged from prison to become an important evangelical leader, saying he had been “born again,” died Saturday. He was 80.
I liked Chuck Colson. I enjoyed his daily "Breakpoint" podcast, and I enjoyed hearing him speak several times on Christian Radio. Billy Graham said it best... There will be many people in Heaven due to the Holy Spirit's work through Chuck Colson. There is no more significant epitaph than that.
The Rev. Billy Graham: "For more than 35 years, Chuck Colson, a former prisoner himself, has had a tremendous ministry reaching into prisons and jails with the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. When I get to Heaven and see Chuck again, I believe I will also see many, many people there whose lives have been transformed because of the message he shared with them."
Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum: "Chuck was a patriot, who loved his country and loved serving his God, and we are all a little better off for having known him."
U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind.: "Having been given a second chance, Chuck Colson devoted his life to carrying the Christian message of second chances to those in prison, and he saw countless lives changed by his compassion and example."
New York Times-MSNBC: Charles W. Colson, who served as a political saboteur for President Richard M. Nixon, masterminded some of the dirty tricks that led to the president’s downfall, then emerged from prison to become an important evangelical leader, saying he had been “born again,” died Saturday. He was 80.
I liked Chuck Colson. I enjoyed his daily "Breakpoint" podcast, and I enjoyed hearing him speak several times on Christian Radio. Billy Graham said it best... There will be many people in Heaven due to the Holy Spirit's work through Chuck Colson. There is no more significant epitaph than that.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
As the Golden Goose Lies Dying
Poor, uneducated voters and the Liberals who pander to them don't care about this country's history, traditions, and its freedoms. They don't care about this country's opportunities to get ahead... Liberals believe the opportunities are only for the rich, and the ignorant poor have no intention of putting forth the effort to achieve.
Both seem perfectly content to ride the American economy into a socialist grave.
I'm not an economist. But I do know the price of gold is steadily rising. I know our government will continue to print money to pay social security and medicare obligations. How will this incredible mounting debt be paid for?
INFLATION.
Our debt will be paid for with worthless dollars. Fifteen trillion dollars of debt seems less daunting when a loaf of bread costs twenty dollars and a plumber charges five hundred dollars an hour to replace a faucet.
I believe we are headed towards an inflationary period the likes of which the world has only seen in places like Zimbabwe. The poor will receive many more dollars from the government than they can currently imagine... with which they will be able to buy very little.
So has America wised up for this fall's election?
In the 2008 election between McCain and Obama, John McCain out polled Obama among whites by 55 percent to 43 percent, but Obama won decisively anyway by carrying 80 percent of minorities, including 95 percent of African-Americans and two-thirds of Hispanics. According to Gallup, those numbers remain pretty much the same for the upcoming race between Romney and Obama.
Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night!--Bette Davis... All About Eve
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Poor, uneducated voters and the Liberals who pander to them don't care about this country's history, traditions, and its freedoms. They don't care about this country's opportunities to get ahead... Liberals believe the opportunities are only for the rich, and the ignorant poor have no intention of putting forth the effort to achieve.
Both seem perfectly content to ride the American economy into a socialist grave.
I'm not an economist. But I do know the price of gold is steadily rising. I know our government will continue to print money to pay social security and medicare obligations. How will this incredible mounting debt be paid for?
INFLATION.
Our debt will be paid for with worthless dollars. Fifteen trillion dollars of debt seems less daunting when a loaf of bread costs twenty dollars and a plumber charges five hundred dollars an hour to replace a faucet.
I believe we are headed towards an inflationary period the likes of which the world has only seen in places like Zimbabwe. The poor will receive many more dollars from the government than they can currently imagine... with which they will be able to buy very little.
So has America wised up for this fall's election?
In the 2008 election between McCain and Obama, John McCain out polled Obama among whites by 55 percent to 43 percent, but Obama won decisively anyway by carrying 80 percent of minorities, including 95 percent of African-Americans and two-thirds of Hispanics. According to Gallup, those numbers remain pretty much the same for the upcoming race between Romney and Obama.
Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night!--Bette Davis... All About Eve
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
Ann Hasn't Worked a Day in Her Life
"They were not easy years. You have to understand, I was raised in a lovely neighborhood, as was Mitt, and at BYU, we moved into a $62-a-month basement apartment with a cement floor and lived there two years as students with no income. It was tiny. And I didn’t have money to carpet the floor. But you can get remnants, samples, so I glued them together, all different colors. It looked awful, but it was carpeting.
"We were happy, studying hard. Neither one of us had a job, because Mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time. The stock came from Mitt’s father. When he took over American Motors, the stock was worth nothing. But he invested Mitt’s birthday money year to year -- it wasn’t much, a few thousand, but he put it into American Motors because he believed in himself. Five years later, stock that had been $6 a share was $96 and Mitt cashed it so we could live and pay for education.
Mitt and I walked to class together, shared housekeeping, had a lot of pasta and tuna fish and learned hard lessons. We had our first child in that tiny apartment. We couldn’t afford a desk, so we used a door propped on sawhorses in our bedroom. It was a big door, so we could study on it together. And we bought a portable crib, took the legs off and put it on the desk while we studied. I had a baby sitter during class time, but otherwise, I’d hold my son on my lap while I studied.
"Right after Mitt graduated in 1975, we had our third boy and it was about the time Mitt’s first paycheck came along. So, we were married a long time before we had any income, about five years as struggling students. Now, every once in a while, we say if things get rough, we can go back to a $62-a-month apartment and be happy. All we need is each other and a little corner and we’ll be fine."
"The funny thing is that I never expected help. My father had become wealthy through hard work, as did Mitt’s father, but I never expected our parents to take care of us. They’d visit, laugh and say, 'We can't believe you guys are living like this.' They’d take us out to dinner, have a good time, then leave."
--Ann Romney, 1994 Boston Globe Interview
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"What you have is Mitt Romney running around the country saying, 'Well, you know, my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues. And when I listen to my wife, that's what I'm hearing.' "Guess what? His wife has actually never worked a day in her life."
--Hilary Rosen, Democrat National Committee
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"They were not easy years. You have to understand, I was raised in a lovely neighborhood, as was Mitt, and at BYU, we moved into a $62-a-month basement apartment with a cement floor and lived there two years as students with no income. It was tiny. And I didn’t have money to carpet the floor. But you can get remnants, samples, so I glued them together, all different colors. It looked awful, but it was carpeting.
"We were happy, studying hard. Neither one of us had a job, because Mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time. The stock came from Mitt’s father. When he took over American Motors, the stock was worth nothing. But he invested Mitt’s birthday money year to year -- it wasn’t much, a few thousand, but he put it into American Motors because he believed in himself. Five years later, stock that had been $6 a share was $96 and Mitt cashed it so we could live and pay for education.Mitt and I walked to class together, shared housekeeping, had a lot of pasta and tuna fish and learned hard lessons. We had our first child in that tiny apartment. We couldn’t afford a desk, so we used a door propped on sawhorses in our bedroom. It was a big door, so we could study on it together. And we bought a portable crib, took the legs off and put it on the desk while we studied. I had a baby sitter during class time, but otherwise, I’d hold my son on my lap while I studied.
"Right after Mitt graduated in 1975, we had our third boy and it was about the time Mitt’s first paycheck came along. So, we were married a long time before we had any income, about five years as struggling students. Now, every once in a while, we say if things get rough, we can go back to a $62-a-month apartment and be happy. All we need is each other and a little corner and we’ll be fine."
"The funny thing is that I never expected help. My father had become wealthy through hard work, as did Mitt’s father, but I never expected our parents to take care of us. They’d visit, laugh and say, 'We can't believe you guys are living like this.' They’d take us out to dinner, have a good time, then leave."
--Ann Romney, 1994 Boston Globe Interview
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"What you have is Mitt Romney running around the country saying, 'Well, you know, my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues. And when I listen to my wife, that's what I'm hearing.' "Guess what? His wife has actually never worked a day in her life."
--Hilary Rosen, Democrat National Committee
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