Wednesday, February 16, 2011

And Behind Door Number Three

Just when you think the federal government cannot dream up another way to waste your money, and that of your children and grandchildren, they do.  Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is here.  A government without money steps forward to invest in something most people care little about.  Yes, behind door number three is HIGH SPEED RAIL.

The federal government will borrow more money to have high speed rail cars made in . . . wait for it . . . some country OTHER than the United States.  We don't make them here.  Why not?  Well for one thing we don't use them.  Amtrack loses a fortune every year.  Why?  People don't take the train very often.  High speed or not there are few places in this country where rail travel makes much sense. 

For all of you hope and changers out there, let's hope somebody with the intelligence of at least a common laborer will change our federal government.  What is so hard about this concept?  We are broke.  We cannot start new and wasteful programs.  We must cut spending.  Cut spending, not waste money we don't have on a project we don't want.   

Friday, February 11, 2011

Muslim Brotherhood Mostly Secular

Our federal government is at it again.  The same government that wants to run your health care, tell you what to eat and control most every aspect of your life has stepped up to the plate (this would be baseball not supper) once again.  Yes, they have advised that the Muslim Brotherhood is primarily a secular organization.

So I'm on the phone with BJ, owner of Bubba's Bait Boats and Wrecks, and we are discussing the Muslim Brotherhood.  All in all I must say that I agree with BJ.  BJ thinks the federal government could not differentiate between a hole in the ground and a certain portion of their anatomy.  I believe him to be correct.

Calling the Muslim Brotherhood secular is like calling the Southern Baptist Association secular.  The Muslim Brotherhood chose their name back in the 1920s.  They didn't decide to call themselves the Middle Eastern Brotherhood or the We Love Freedom Brotherhood. 

Old Southern boys often can spot bullcrap when we see it.  Something is smelling in Washington right now and its not Michelle's perfume.  So when you hear someone say the Muslim Brotherhood is really just a group of good old boys who just want what is best for the Middle East; hold your nose cause you are being fed a line of crap.  Unfortunately that is mostly what we get from the Federal Government.  It is a shame we have neither the will nor the inclination to change it.  

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

FEDS KILLING THE FUTURE

Once again, in their seemingly unstoppable effort to destroy the United States, your federal government has found another way to spend money they don't have.  This time they are going to be bailing out states.  Yes, states that have not been able to stay within their budget will be bailed out by a debtor federal government that steals your money by printing more of it.  Great system isn't it?

Take a close look at the states most in need of a bail out (or just fiscal sanity) and you might find they are primarily run by liberals who never saw a program they didn't fund.  When times were good they spent and spent and spent.  Now that times are bad they spend and spend and spend.  The result?  They don't have any money.  Yeah, surprised me too.

It is not all the fault of looney politicians.  Much of the problem is caused by an electorate unwilling to demand fiscal sanity from elected officials.  Maybe it is not too late.  Call your Representative and Senators.  Tell them to quit spending money they don't have and for goodness sake don't enable states to continue overspending.