Update 1/29/10:

Well, now that the State of the Union speech has been digested and analyzed, we can clearly see where the country is headed in 2010 - complete chaos. Sticking to his pathetic agenda of enlarging an already dysfunctional federal government, Obama seems to have heard from the voters in Massachusetts and has told them to stick it. And that goes for the rest of us as well. This is exactly what I expected. You see, this is not a smart politician like Clinton. This guy got elected on his charisma, a few bullshit speeches, flowery promises and little else.

And now, we see a guy that relentlessly lies at every turn. This bimbo still thinks the Democrats just failed to communicate effectively about how wonderful it would be to have the federal government involved in our health care. This clueless reaction implies that our arrogant president sees the American people as something that needs to be managed rather than listened to. He does this while most of the country sees his behavior as political suicide. Truth is, most of us are smarter than Obama. Crap, Joe the Plumber would make a better president. You think Massachusetts was amazing, just wait until November. What a putz. And his defenders keep telling us how brilliant he is. Even Clinton faced reality after the 1994 election cycle sent him a very clear message. What could be clearer than Senator Scott Brown?

The bottom line is that these people (Obama, Reid, Pelosi) have no intention of paying any attention to the voters of America. They have convinced themselves that they are right and that the masses are simply too dumb to understand. Well, this dummy is not about to be ruled by arrogant liars. I will do whatever I can to correct the colassal mistakes of the 2006 and 2008 elections. You give whackjob liberals too much power and they will do their best to make a complete mockery of our representative democracy. Debating the issues is very American. Attempting to crush and silence the will of the American people is un-American by any measure.

Funny, Obama chose to almost completely ignore the war on terror.

Our security has been reduced to a fraction of what it was before Obama took office. If you think Obama gives a damn about the fate of the American people, I suggest you study up on that Christmas Day bomber. He was questioned for 50 minutes, read his Miranda rights (of which he had none) and given a lawyer. We wouldn't want to upset him with too many questions. Hell, that might have even prevented future attacks on America and who gives a damn about THAT?

1. Repeal the balance of the absurd "stimulus" bill passed last February. Put 500 billion dollars back into the treasury. And don't even suggest that we spend even more money that we don't have.

2. Keep the Bush tax cuts. Give the economic movers and shakers some semblance of confidence in future tax policies in this country.

3. Stop talking about "freezes" on absurdly high levels of government spending in 2011. We are too smart to be fooled by an offer to freeze spending and save 15 billion dollars while in the same speech you propose 180 billion in NEW spending. Yes, we can do the math. Almost all of us.

4. Stop ignoring the will of the people. Listen to us, you arrogant fraud.

5. Stop coddling terrorists and fight for our security. Replace the Attorney General with someone that is on our side.

6. Read the constitution. You are sworn to uphold it, and you routinely ignore it instead. The Supreme Court seeks to enforce it. And Justice Alito was right. You lied about the nature of the decision. Do your homework next time.

The State of the Union is pathetic.

1/22/10:

Barack Obama has been president for one year. Over the course of that time, we have seen the arrogance of power used against the American people. The president's agenda has been the agenda of the extreme left. Massive government spending, focus on health care with an emphasis on government involvement, and a significant reduction in our national security have highlighted the first year of the new administration. Oh, and yes, the federal government has gotten into the automobile business, the management of private industry with a pay czar and has declared carbon dioxide as "dangerous" in order to tax the crap out of all users of energy down the line.

Do these things really address the primary concern of Americans? Absolutely not. It's the economy, stupid. Mindlessly spending 787 billion dollars in a so-called stimulus package was absolutely ridiculous. It was not a stimilus bill at all. It was a collection of pet projects proposed by the lefties over the years. The result has been a massive increase in our national debt and no tangible evidence that anyone has been stimulated.

On the security front, Obama declared that the facility at Guantanamo would be closed by now because it was a motivation to terrorists. In simpler terms, this mindless decision was made to "make America safer." Totally absurd. Giving known terrorists Miranda rights and lawyers makes no sense whatsoever. This is war. Obama doesn't get that. The Christmas Day bomber has lawyered up and been placed in the criminal justice system by a totally incompetent administration that treats the terrorist threat like a minor annoyance. Tell the families of those killed at Fort Hood that the attack there was a minor annoyance. With political correctness being given higher priority than American lives, this administration is putting all of us at greater risk.

Meanwhile, unemployment has soared to 10%. The complete uncertainty over the health care debacle has created an atmosphere of fear in the minds of our private sector decision makers. In fact, it can be argued that virtually everything Obama has done in his first year has made our security weaker or our economy weaker. It all ended with the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts.

Finally, we have the opportunity to address the most important issues facing America. First of all, despite the wrongheaded approach of Obama, the economy can now start to move forward because business leaders now know that the whackjob left cannot dictate policies that hurt business. They will try, but the process now makes it much more difficult.

We cannot expect Obama to do things that need doing because he fundamentally despises capitalism. But his power has been greatly reduced by his own complete incompetence and arrogance. Democrats are highly unlikely to blindly follow the captain of the Titanic into the iceberg. There is now hope that the will of the people will have a chance to be heard.

Side notes: Arlen Specter is a complete assh*le. So long, Arlen. Don't let the door hit you in the ass. Welcome to the world of the aware, Nancy Pelosi. Hey, she can do remedial arithmetic! She doesn't have the votes to screw America. And so long, Mr. Southers. Kind of comforting to know that the next TSA chief will probably not be someone that abused his power by breaking the law and using the FBI as his personal privacy invasion force. Nice choice, Barack. Liberal radio network Air America has gone off the air and has declared bankruptcy. Kind of like the Democratic party, only the party is bankrupt in ideas that might actually benefit the country. (Actually, Air America is still on the air and is expected to declare bankruptcy soon. My mistake.) Finally, the Supreme Court has struck down laws limiting unions and corporations from running political ads during campaigns. Ah, free speech. Obama vows to pass new legislation to silence the American people wherever possible. Good luck with that. And to John Edwards, you schmuck. Jail might just be where you belong. We'll see if you get what you deserve from our legal system. It's been a good week in America.

UPDATE: 1/7/10

Barack Obama briefly discussed the 12/25 terrorist attack on Thursday afternoon. He made the point that "The buck stops with me." OK, Mr. President, we will see. But actions speak louder than words. First, please kick Eric Holder in the nuts. Instruct him to cease any consideration of attacking CIA agents for doing their jobs. Second, leave Guantanamo OPEN. Admit you only announced it's closure because you were giddy about being elected and you wanted to make the point that you are dramatically different than George W. Bush. We get that, but closing Guantanamo makes no sense whatsoever. Your claim that closing that facility will make America safer was one big load of crap. Admit that and keep it open. Do not allow any known foreign terrorists to be tried in civilian courts with protections only afforded American citizens. Do those three things and we might make some progress. I expect none of the above and no sincerity in your words whatsoever.

1/7/10:

Obama blames the intelligence community for their failure to stop a known terrorist from boarding a plane bound for America. The buck always stops somewhere else. Never mind that Attorney General Eric Holder wants to prosecute CIA agents that carried out the policies of the Bush adminstration. Never mind that morale in the intelligence community has NEVER BEEN LOWER.

When you have a president that downplays the threat of terrorism at every turn, that coddles the terrorists by granting them rights that SHOULD belong exclusively to American citizens, you have an environment where terrorists are encouraged to act. The perception that America lacks leadership and that Obama is a bit of a joke has led directly to more bold actions by terrorists worldwide. Appeasement never works. NEVER. And yet, the Grand Appeaser continues to blame America first and allows his Attorney General to attack the defenders of freedom in our own intelligence agency.

"The system worked." That was the assessment of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano after the Christmas day debacle on the airline flight targeted for destruction. This has to rank among the most absurd statements ever made concerning the terrorist threat. Dumbass Press Secretary Robert Gibbs parroted the absurd statement at the time. That had to be the company line. Ignore it and it will go away.

When that didn't fly, Obama came out and stated the system failed completely. Bet that gives you confidence in his leadership. The man is transparent, all right. It is increasingly obvious that he has no spine, no core beliefs and no stomach for fighting terrorism at all. Now that the intelligence community has been told in no uncertain terms that they cannot count on the backing of the administration for any acts on our behalf, one can reasonably expect much more trouble ahead and much less willingness to defend America on the front lines.

This is not an accident. You voted for it, America. I would prefer a President that would allow the punk to be waterboarded. 183 times, if necessary. Miranda rights? I've got his Miranda rights right here... this is WAR, not a criminal act. And yet the mindset of the Obama administration seeks only to weaken our resolve and attack our own defenders. You want greater protection from terrorism? Vote out the morons that are weakening our security and in some cases, costing us our lives, as at Fort Hood. We cannot expect our intelligence personnel to act boldly on our behalf when we have an Attorney General that seeks to destroy them for carrying out their duties.

1. DEFEAT THE ABSURD HEALTHCARE PROPOSALS THAT WASTE MONEY AND FURTHER IMPOVERISH THE NATION BY SPENDING TRILLIONS MORE THAT WE MUST BORROW. DEFICIT NEUTRAL? ONLY AN IDIOT WOULD BELIEVE OR EVEN SUGGEST THAT. OUR GOVERNMENT IS RUN BY IDIOTS.

The Congressional Budget Office has concluded that 9-10 million people will probably lose their present employer based healthcare insurance if the current Senate bill is enacted. After listening to Obama claim that such a thing would not happen, I would conclude that I was correct all along in asserting that the president was simply lying to the American people. Told ya so. DEFEAT THE ENTIRE HEALTHCARE INITIATIVE!!! The nonpartisan CMS found that the plan would INCREASE healthcare costs $234 billion over and above what expenses would be WITHOUT THE BILL.

2. DEFEAT CAP AND TRADE PROPOSALS THAT ARE BASED ON THE COMPLETE LIE THAT MANMADE CO2 CAUSES NONEXISTENT GLOBAL WARMING. THESE PROPOSALS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN AN EXCUSE TO TAX THE HELL OUT OF AMERICANS. SADLY, EVEN JOHN McCAIN BELIEVES IN THE GLOBAL WARMING FAIRY. PATHETIC.

OH, AND DISMANTLE THE CURRENT EPA, WHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY ABSOLUTE FRAUDS THAT WANT TO DESTROY THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. THEY SEEK TO DO THIS BY GOING AROUND THAT PESKY CONGRESS THAT MIGHT NOT COOPERATE WITH THEIR INSANE APPROACH TO CO2.

This thing is setting up as an intimidation scheme to "encourage" congress to pass ridiculous energy taxes on to all Americans. Otherwise, the EPA threatens to absolutely ruin business in America. My view is that congress should draw the line and call the bluff of the EPA. After all, the EPA can be stripped of its funding by congress. The pathetically fraudulent moves of this EPA CAN be UNDONE when the idiots running the agency are sent packing and replaced by honest people. Of course, we need to replace the nation's #1 fraud in 2012.

If you are one of the poor suckers that believe in man-made global warming, I have a homework assignment for you. Of all the CO2 in the atmosphere of Earth, what percentage of it was man-made? When you find the answer, you will hopefully realize how absurd this whole phony crisis really is. If you can still cling to this laughable theory, you must be severely logic challenged.

Hey, stop spitting into the Ocean! Your actions may lead to flooding in low lying areas billions of years after the sun has burned out. Oh yeah, it won't really matter by then. Spit away.

1700 climate researchers in the UK have come out with a statement expressing confidence in the East Anglia findings despite hard evidence of fraud and data manipulation. Con artists tend to stick together even when they are proven to be completely dishonest.

3. DEFEAT DEMOCRATS THAT SUPPORT THE OBAMA AGENDA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN NOVEMBER 2010. THESE DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO EVEN CONSIDER THAT A LARGE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS OPPOSE THEIR AGENDA AND CONSIDER CONGRESS TO BE COMPLETELY DYSFUNCTIONAL.

4. RETAIN THE BUSH TAX CUTS. WHILE OBAMA TRIES TO CONVINCE US THAT ENDING A TAX CUT IS NOT THE SAME AS RAISING TAXES, MANY ARE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH HIM TO THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER.

5. ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR IS HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON CONFIDENCE IN FUTURE GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND TAX RULES. THIS ADMINISTRATION'S RADICAL AGENDA HAS MOST DECISION MAKERS COMPLETELY PLAYING DEFENSE AND AVOIDING ANY SUBSTANTIAL FUTURE COMMITMENTS. THIS IS A LIBERAL MADE CRISIS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE. THE 2008 ELECTION HAS PUT A BUNCH OF ANTI-AMERICAN POLITICIANS IN CHARGE OF OUR FATE. OBAMA HATES THIS COUNTRY. HATES IT. DON'T BELIEVE ME? HIS AGENDA IS A DEATH RAY AIMED AT THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. ONCE OBAMA'S PROPOSALS ARE ENACTED, THERE IS NO UNDO BUTTON. WE ARE SCREWED. GAME OVER. INTERNATIONAL WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION WILL BE UNDERWAY. KARL MARX WOULD BE SO PROUD.

The funny thing is that some will read this and think I am radical. No, I am a realist. What we are seeing in Washington is a complete bypass of the will of the people. Do you really believe the average American wants government intrusion into healthcare? Poll after poll shows a vast majority oppose the entire healthcare plan. Do you really think that there is man-made global warming? If so, you are a victim of absolute fraud and you are just the kind of American that got us into this mess.

It is so sad that many think we will pull out of this economic mess because we always do. Never before have we faced the prospect of a government dominated by enemies of economic recovery. Unless we collectively wake up, we will not recover this time. Our elected officials are working against recovery at a feverish pace. Why do you think they are in such a hurry to pass healthcare legislation? It has nothing to do with healthcare. It has everything to do with running your life for you. A Nanny State with no money, only debt which can never be repaid. When the rest of the world figures it out, the dollar will be worth about the same as any other discarded piece of paper.

Way back in the 80's, the Soviet Union lost the cold war without firing a shot. Why? Economic collapse. Oh, that could never happen here. Right? Wrong. All the pieces are being assembled. Destroy the country and then rebuild it into the Utopian Collectivist States of America. The UCSA! Complete with intimidation, no freedom of speech and all the other atrocities we have seen in other failed socialist experiments throughout history. You are the guinea pig and it is the eleventh hour.

The U.S. House of Representatives has now passed the Cap and Trade bullcrap. This act should be called The Economic Suicide Act of 2009. We will attempt to compile a list of the idiots who desire a new government boondoggle which should effectively wipe out any chance of economic recovery for years to come. Additionally, it will have zero effect on our climate. ZERO. The whole thing is based on fundamentally false premises.

219 Total Morons voted for this ridiculous piece of uh, legislation. It's really a piece of something else. The bill now goes to the Senate ...

This is probably the worst bill passed anywhere since prohibition. Sad to see the people's house is controlled by morons who have no idea of the impact this silly legislation will have. It will have no effect on climate and will have a devastating impact on America's economic plight. India and China know this stuff is complete folly and they are primed to benefit enormously from our self-induced Economic Suicide Act of 2009. Of course, this act also makes it likely that we will engage in trade wars based on the ridiculous belief that India and China will commit economic suicide as well.

Bad news for the human race here. Of course, the planet will be just fine as it continues to cool. The planet has been cooling since 1998 and should continue to do so. We as a species have thrived during an unusually warm period. When the next serious cooling phase sets in, we will be in big trouble once again. Call the Sun and tell it to get active again! Our climate is influenced by solar activity, not human activity. Get a clue, you mindless morons out there.

God, will somebody in this country wake up? Maybe they will when unemployment continues to soar and everything artificially costs more except housing (most folks primary investment). Housing will flounder because less people than ever will be able to afford to buy a house or heat it. Nice work, Liberals!!! This is nothing but a massive energy tax for no apparent reason whatsoever.

Now we find out that the EPA quashed a report that found that CO2 emissions do not cause global warming. Why? Because it was not helpful to the administration's position on the matter. Not helpful? How about devastating? The report was prepared by a 38-year EPA veteran researcher and was summarily dumped in the crapper. This researcher, Alan Carlin, is hardly a right-wing lunatic. He is simply an honest man doing his job at the EPA, which has fallen into the hands of bald-faced liars of the first magnitude.

Recently, two experienced EPA employees produced a video that exposed the complete fraud being perpetrated by the Obama administration. The EPA's response was to demand censorship of the obviously truthful video. So much for freedom of speech. These idiots simply do not understand the constitution.

Your president and this administration have no interest in the truth of the matter. They are perfectly willing to lie to Americans to get their way. CO2 was declared an endangerment by the EPA in April, a move that allows far more government control over the use of energy in this country. This was done to increase the power of the government, not because there is any real threat of global warming. Complete dishonesty from the EPA. Told ya so.

Obviously, the EPA has become completely corrupt under Obama. And as for Obama himself, corrupt is a polite way of putting it. This guy is for sale, folks. And you are the chumps he is victimizing with gargantuan lies on a daily basis. He makes Nixon look like a saint.

Some guys at Texas A&M have come up with a cool idea. At their website, you can bet on sports, and it's legal. It is legal because you cannot lose. If you cannot lose your money, it cannot be gambling in the classic sense. Huh? Yep, it's a very fun way to play. You are given 10 cents to bet with. Doesn't sound like much, does it? If you lose your 10 cents, you can get it back at no cost and start over.

The idea is to encourage you to watch some advertising to improve your odds. A small price to pay to turn the traditional house advantage into one of your own. You can even bet parlays by taking more than one selection on a betting page. Think you sweat out a $100 bet on college football? You will find you will sweat out a 50 cent bet almost as much, if that is all you have. Losing means starting over. I have managed to get as high as $100. One guy has over $600. With the advantage moved to your side, you have a fighting chance to build your balance and if you ever get to $20, you can cashout by requesting a check!!! (The bonuses seem to end once you reach a balance of $3.00.)

The minimum bet is 1 cent. No point in ever betting 1 cent. If you only have 10 cents in your account, bet it all! Why? Because if you lose, you simply reclaim your dime. I recommend going all in until you reach 50 cents. Also, get the maximum bonus so you will have the maximum advantage over the house. After you build up your account balance, you can wager only a portion of your balance and stay in the black by not risking it all on one bet. Or you can try to roll it up quickly by risking it all for several plays in a row. Your choice as to strategy. I started betting partials after I reached 50 cents.

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