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What were they thinking? Stupid people in the news.

Stupid people in the news.

Define Treason

Article III, section 3 of the U.S. Constitution: “Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.”

While giving testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee by U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair on the nation’s security threats, Dianne  Feinstein  (D-CA) expressed surprise at Pakistani opposition to the ongoing campaign of Predator-launched CIA missile strikes against Al Qaeda targets along Pakistan’s northwest border.
The disclosure by Sen. Feinstein, the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, marked the first time a U.S. official had publicly commented on where the Predator aircraft patrolling Pakistan take off and land.
“As I understand it, these are flown out of a Pakistani base,” she said of the planes.

Treason requires overt acts such as giving sensitive government security secrets to other countries, even if such countries are not enemies. Treason can include spying on behalf of a foreign power or divulging military secrets.

If this isn’t considered treason, at the very least, it is a case of terminal stupidity. But what can you expect from a Calif. Dumycrat….


Is Anybody Listening?

H.R.645

National Emergency Centers Establishment Act (Introduced in House January 22, 2009)

If this bill passes, $180,000,000 of our tax money  will be spent to fund DETENTION CENTERS (lets call them what they are, folks) to:

    • (1) to provide temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster;
    • (2) to provide centralized locations for the purposes of training and ensuring the coordination of Federal, State, and local first responders;
    • (3) to provide centralized locations to improve the coordination of preparedness, response, and recovery efforts of government, private, and not-for-profit entities and faith-based organizations; and

(4) to meet other appropriate needs, as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Take a close look at number 4. What are “appropriate needs”? Who determines “appropriate needs”? Go to the link at the top of the page and read the whole thing. The only thing we learn from history, is …. that we don’t learn from history.

Of Pork, Pigs and Bailouts….

Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program  TARP

The pigs are lining up for their bailout handout portion of the loot.

GMAC – $6 billion

Chrysler Financial – $1.5 billion

AIG – $40 billion

Citigroup – $45 billion

Bank of America – $15 billion

Fannie Mae – $16 billion

Freddie Mac – $13.8 billion (expects to request $35 billion more)

Does anyone know exactly WHAT all this money was used for? I’m betting not. I’m also betting that the people who got it don’t know exactly where it went, either, but they sure want more.

We all got promised ponies, but all I see is a pile of horse shit.  (Don’t blame me, I didn’t vote for this…)

Go Ahead, Poke That Snake…..

Those who threaten us
and kill innocents around the world
do not need to be treated more sensitively.
They need to be destroyed.
–Dick Cheney–

After several months of rocket attacks targeting civilian populations in Israel, Hamas is getting it’s ass kicked by the IDF.

Hamas is a terrorist organization. They hide among civilians, mostly women and children and then wail loudly about the evil Israelis targeting innocents. If civilians allow these assholes to hide in their houses, then they should expect what they get. They are NOT innocent.

If you poke a snake with a stick, expect to get bitten.

Throw em under the bus Barry is at it again…

The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, has been arrested on charges that he attempted to sell the open Senate seat of Present-elect BO to the highest bidder.

Obama was quoted as saying by Deanna Bellandi, of The Associated Press, 8/16/06.   “We’ve got a governor in Rod Blagojevich who has delivered consistently on behalf of the people of Illinois.”

On Tuesday, Present-Elect Obama said he had no contact with the governor about the open Senate seat.

I can hear the Magic “Hope and Change” bus revving up.

Another one under the bus… and another one…and another one……

Filling Our World With Fools…

“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.”
-Herbert Spencer

Well, they are about to do it again. The elected officials idiots in Washington D.C. are getting ready to sell us down the river AGAIN (or is that still?). Seems the fat cats in high finance finally brought their house of cards tumbling down and now they want to glide away in their golden parachutes and leave the mess for the rest of us to deal with.

The history of the government bailing out private industry and plunging us further into debt doesn’t begin in 2008, and, it just keeps getting bigger, and bigger and bigger… Well you get the idea.

Penn Central Railroad 1970  – $3.2 billion

Lockheed 1971 – $1.4 billion

Franklin National Bank 1974 – $7.7 billion

New York City 1975 – $9.4 billion

Chrysler 1980 – $3.9 billion

Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company 1984 – $9.5 billion

Savings & Loan 1989 – $293.8 billion

Airline Industry 2001 – $18.6 billion

Bear Stearns 2008 – $30 billion

Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac 2008 – $200 billion

American International Group (A.I.G.) 2008 – $85 billion

Troubled Asset Relief Program 2008 – $700 billion

How much do you want to bet the same geniuses assholes that got us into this mess are the same ones who get hired ( with lots of juicy benefits) to “clean up” (sweep under the rug) the disaster? And, I’ll bet the ones who get screwed in the long run will be  – guess who??? TAXPAYERS!!!  WELL, WHY NOT? WASHINGTON ISN’T SPENDING THEIR OWN MONEY, JUST OURS.

(Figures taken from http://www.propublica.org/special/government-bailouts)