Stimulus Part II: Gets Thumbs Up from Mass. RINO

The Stimulus Part 2 (aka "The Jobs Bill", aka "Let's Tax the Rich Bill Cause They Don't Make Jobs Bill...", aka "Let's just spend some more money cause we're only $12 trillion in the hole anyway bill...", aka "The Ahhhh... Who Needs Lower Taxes? Bill") has allegedly gotten a thumbs up from the newly elected Democratic Republican Senator from Massachusetts Scott Brown.

Republican Scott Brown joined four other Republicans, 55 Democrats and two independents to overcome a procedural hurdle that sets up a final vote later this week.

Brown was widely hailed as a conservative hero after his surprise victory in Massachusetts last month gave Republicans enough seats to block most Democratic legislation. READ MORE>>

I saw this happening a mile away. When will people learn that you can't judge someone based on what letter comes after their name, but only on the merit of their previous actions.

I guess it fits though. Replace one Democrat with another. 

Putin Warns U.S. to Back Off from Socialism

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned the U.S. to stay away from the path of socialism and 'state control' today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

...the US should take a lesson from the pages of Russian history and not exercise “excessive intervention in economic activity and blind faith in the state’s omnipotence”.

“In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state’s role absolute,” Putin said... “In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated.”

... Putin said, “Nor should we turn a blind eye to the fact that the spirit of free enterprise, including the principle of personal responsibility of businesspeople, investors, and shareholders for their decisions, is being eroded in the last few months. There is no reason to believe that we can achieve better results by shifting responsibility onto the state.”

...Putin also echoed the words of conservative maverick Ron Paul when he said, “we must assess the real situation and write off all hopeless debts and ‘bad’ assets. True, this will be an extremely painful and unpleasant process. Far from everyone can accept such measures, fearing for their capitalization, bonuses, or reputation. However, we would ‘conserve’ and prolong the crisis, unless we clean up our balance sheets.”

Hell has frozen over...

...and those in Washington are much more foolish than you or I (that much is obvious when the Russian Prime Minister has to warn us of this).

A Sad Day for America

It appears that the President has gotten his way and the Senate has passed the much controversial "Economic Recovery Plan".

Radio talkshow host Rush Limbaugh (I don't normally listen to him, but I'm listening today) commented that this bill is more about government control than "Economic Stimulus". You see this bill caters to the lower class very heavily and also to the unionized very heavily.

Republicans were gaining support (remember election 2000 and 2004) and the Democrats were loosing support, so this bill will help cement the Democratic base and assure millions of votes in upcoming years.

The truth is this bill is really a big cluster****. Did you know that in the bill there are provisions for UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE?

You might say... "Well, what's so bad about that?" I'll tell you "what's so bad about that."

I'm sure you've all had to deal with government bureaucracies to some extent whether it's standing in line at the DMV, dealing with government compliance to regulations, paying your taxes, or whatever.

I'm betting that if you filled out a customer satisfaction survey you'd probably say that you were less than satisfied.

That is what this UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE will do for America.

The government in an attempt to give everyone equal care will give everyone equal mediocre care. However, you might say "that's still not soooo bad", but let me remind you that the Senate; Congress; and all in government have their own health care and won't be held to the same standards.

Typical...

Rush Limbaugh says this, "Betsy McCaughey has written a column at Bloomberg detailing some of the most onerous provisions in this stimulus bill on health care, and there's a new bureaucracy created, the national coordinator of health information technology -- now, listen to this -- the national coordinator of health information technology will monitor treatments that your doctor gives you to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective."

So the government now has final say over what kind of treatment is appropriate. I'm sorry... you have bone cancer and the doctors think that you probably won't survive... we can't treat you. Amazing! Actually that's not the word I was looking for. Disgusting!

However even this provision isn't as bad as the massive spending that this bill entails. We are in an economic recession, that is a fact. China is no longer buying up American debt, that is a fact. The Federal Reserve doubled the amount of dollars in circulation within the last year alone, that is a fact. This bill creates some jobs but at a cost exceeding $900,000 per job, that is a fact.

And our elected officials are naive enough to think that spending more money will solve our problem of not having enough money? Obama's naive enough to think that "the federal government is the only entity left with the resources to jolt our economy back into life."

This is a sad day for America indeed.

Lord, Forgive us, stay Your hand.

Ron Paul Talks about "Stimulus" Packages

Props goes out to CSPAN Junkie

The Obvious Repurcussions (of Gov't Bailout $$)

This from US News.

...the town of Edwardsville, Ala., with a population of 194 people, might raise a few eyebrows with its bid to receive $375 million from the economic stimulus package being assembled by Barack Obama and lawmakers in Congress. . .

That comes out to nearly $2 million per Edwardsville resident....

Heck, give me $2,000,000 and I promise I'll help stimulate the economy. :)