ran 3.0 miles
Last night’s State of the Union Address reminded me of that Seinfeld episode where George relentlessly lied to his deceased fiancée’s parents about having a house in the Hampton’s even though he knew that they knew he was lying. But he persisted and persisted, going so far as to actually drive them out to the nonexistent house. Could Obama be a Costanza so bent on fulfilling a nonexistent agenda that he could drive America to a proverbial house in the Hamptons that does not exist?
If you haven’t seen that episode, I highly recommend it. Last night’s speech was filled with a bunch of fluff and talk about mid to long-term future goals in green energy and very little pertaining to the devastating crises we are currently experiencing or the inadequacies he has fallen short with, leading America further into debt.
George Bush did not create the economic problems we are currently storming, which Barack Obama excessively blames him for. To insinuate that one single man could possibly be to blame for our current state of affairs is absolutely ridiculous. This cup has been at its brim for a long, long time, enduring the volumes of many presidents and many congresses. What I find most interesting about Barack Obama is that we Americans, to a large degree, allowed so many politicians to waltz on our backs for so long with no public recourse. Obama, if any one man should be singled out, has single-handedly driven millions upon millions of Americans to speak out against their government in such overwhelming numbers for the first time in a very long time. In one breath he blames Bush for all of the problems under the American sun and in the next he spends billions of dollars on means that have shown no productive end. Yet there he stood last night before us all, asking that we work toward a future that has little to do with the next two years. He predictably took an escapist approach to the hole he has made for himself, filling it with puffery and utopian goals, which span the next two to three decades. What about right now, President Obama? What about the next two years?
1,686.8 miles to go.
Day149 Tuesday 01/25/11
ran 4.3 miles
One year ago, Barack Obama delivered a State of the Union Address and hopefully tonight’s will differ in the goals he verbalizes for our American future. As you view tonight’s speech and hear some of his featured quotes, keep these in mind from his speech in 2010.
"I have never been more hopeful about America's future than I am tonight. Despite our hardships, our union is strong. We do not give up. We do not quit. We do not allow fear or division to break our spirit."
This country is extremely divided due to legislation passed by Obama and the ideas of his fellow liberals.
"If there's one thing that has unified Democrats and Republicans -- and everybody in between -- it's that we all hated the bank bailout. I hated it. I hated it. I hated it. You hated it. It was about as popular as a root canal."
It was equally painful when other bailouts followed and stimulus packages amounted to nothing notable in terms of the unemployment rate.
"For every success story, there are other stories, of men and women who wake up with the anguish of not knowing where their next paycheck will come from, who send out resumes week after week and hear nothing in response. That is why jobs must be our number-one focus in 2010, and that's why I'm calling for a new jobs bill tonight."
How did that work out for you, America?
"I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. But here's the thing. Even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future, because the nation that leads the clean-energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy, and America must be that nation."
While the Gulf States have been losing jobs and their economies have shrunk due to the drilling moratorium, our current Administration has made it clear that they have little interest in the wellbeing of these southern states or the epic boost in the economy and unemployment statistics, which drilling would bolster.
"This problem is not going away. By the time I'm finished speaking tonight, more Americans will have lost their health insurance. Millions will lose it this year. Our deficit will grow. Premiums will go up. Patients will be denied the care they need. Small-business owners will continue to drop coverage altogether. I will not walk away from these Americans, and neither should the people in this chamber."
The health care reform bill, which is now law, will continue to make our deficit grow, premiums will still go up, patients will be denied a competitive level of quality health care, and small businesses will have great difficulty affording the mandated health care. Only now that ObamaCare has actually passed these looming threats he noted in his 2010 speech will be tenfold. Socializing health care has been done before in many other countries and it simply does not work. It looks like a great utopian idea at first, just like any other communist idea, but it just doesn’t work.
"If the Republican leadership is going to insist that 60 votes in the Senate are required to do any business at all in this town, a supermajority, then the responsibility to govern is now yours, as well. Just saying no to everything may be good short-term politics, but it's not leadership."
Perhaps they are not just saying “No” to everything but that they coincidentally disagree with nearly every idea that comes out of Obama’s mouth. They are not bashful children crying over spilt milk, they are rational minds Americans elected who are fulfilling the wishes of their constituents.
"The spirit that has sustained this nation for more than two centuries lives on in you, its people. We have finished a difficult year. We have come through a difficult decade. But a new year has come. A new decade stretches before us. We don't quit. I don't quit. Let's seize this moment, to start anew, to carry the dream forward, and to strengthen our union once more."
The year 2010 and Barack Obama’s decisions and leadership has been deemed defunct beginning with the message American voters sent him as a result of the November Midterm Election and ending with a Lame Duck session, which crammed in more last minute legislation than facts a college student can cram into their mind the night before a test.
Stay tuned tonight for Paul Ryan’s Republican rebuttle after Obama’s speech!
1,689.8 miles to go.
One year ago, Barack Obama delivered a State of the Union Address and hopefully tonight’s will differ in the goals he verbalizes for our American future. As you view tonight’s speech and hear some of his featured quotes, keep these in mind from his speech in 2010.
"I have never been more hopeful about America's future than I am tonight. Despite our hardships, our union is strong. We do not give up. We do not quit. We do not allow fear or division to break our spirit."
This country is extremely divided due to legislation passed by Obama and the ideas of his fellow liberals.
"If there's one thing that has unified Democrats and Republicans -- and everybody in between -- it's that we all hated the bank bailout. I hated it. I hated it. I hated it. You hated it. It was about as popular as a root canal."
It was equally painful when other bailouts followed and stimulus packages amounted to nothing notable in terms of the unemployment rate.
"For every success story, there are other stories, of men and women who wake up with the anguish of not knowing where their next paycheck will come from, who send out resumes week after week and hear nothing in response. That is why jobs must be our number-one focus in 2010, and that's why I'm calling for a new jobs bill tonight."
How did that work out for you, America?
"I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. But here's the thing. Even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future, because the nation that leads the clean-energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy, and America must be that nation."
While the Gulf States have been losing jobs and their economies have shrunk due to the drilling moratorium, our current Administration has made it clear that they have little interest in the wellbeing of these southern states or the epic boost in the economy and unemployment statistics, which drilling would bolster.
"This problem is not going away. By the time I'm finished speaking tonight, more Americans will have lost their health insurance. Millions will lose it this year. Our deficit will grow. Premiums will go up. Patients will be denied the care they need. Small-business owners will continue to drop coverage altogether. I will not walk away from these Americans, and neither should the people in this chamber."
The health care reform bill, which is now law, will continue to make our deficit grow, premiums will still go up, patients will be denied a competitive level of quality health care, and small businesses will have great difficulty affording the mandated health care. Only now that ObamaCare has actually passed these looming threats he noted in his 2010 speech will be tenfold. Socializing health care has been done before in many other countries and it simply does not work. It looks like a great utopian idea at first, just like any other communist idea, but it just doesn’t work.
"If the Republican leadership is going to insist that 60 votes in the Senate are required to do any business at all in this town, a supermajority, then the responsibility to govern is now yours, as well. Just saying no to everything may be good short-term politics, but it's not leadership."
Perhaps they are not just saying “No” to everything but that they coincidentally disagree with nearly every idea that comes out of Obama’s mouth. They are not bashful children crying over spilt milk, they are rational minds Americans elected who are fulfilling the wishes of their constituents.
"The spirit that has sustained this nation for more than two centuries lives on in you, its people. We have finished a difficult year. We have come through a difficult decade. But a new year has come. A new decade stretches before us. We don't quit. I don't quit. Let's seize this moment, to start anew, to carry the dream forward, and to strengthen our union once more."
The year 2010 and Barack Obama’s decisions and leadership has been deemed defunct beginning with the message American voters sent him as a result of the November Midterm Election and ending with a Lame Duck session, which crammed in more last minute legislation than facts a college student can cram into their mind the night before a test.
Stay tuned tonight for Paul Ryan’s Republican rebuttle after Obama’s speech!
1,689.8 miles to go.
Day148 Monday 01/24/11
ran 2.7 miles
Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address will air tomorrow night and it is hard to predict how he will approach it. Many of his liberal counterparts are frustrated with the possibility of him positioning himself in the center of the aisle, a complete contradiction to where he was positioned during last year’s speech. If he placates to the right, it may be what conservatives want to hear, but it will also make him look like a man with no backbone in his beliefs. After passing his health care law, after the stimulus packages, after his intention to give all illegal aliens health care, obviously accepting them as American citizens, which our tax money would pay for, after all the actions he’s made and the ideas he entertains, how can he stand in the middle of the aisle after being so radical and destructive on the left only one year ago, up until the moment Americans voted and expressed to him in a united scream that we are not interested in what he is selling. In fact, if he does not stand behind that podium and promote how important his health care law is, how important the money he wastes is, and how brilliant every action he has taken so far is, then I would venture to say that any productive ideas submitted by the right, which he chooses to employ would be an admission of how wrong his direction has been for two years. One example we must never forget of how pliable and adaptive his beliefs are is the decision he had made to extend the Bush tax cuts across the entire board. I think it is great that he did it, but not extending them was one of his biggest campaign promises leading up to his presidency. The Barack Obama we may see tomorrow night, if he does happen to tread in the middle of the aisle and acknowledge some conservative ideas, is not the Barack Obama that the majority of Americans had elected in 2008.
“I don’t think he should have this tone that if he rolls on his back the new Congress is going to rub his belly. A lot of these guys coming to town campaigned against everything this president wants to achieve. The president needs to take an aggressive approach to make clear he’s not going to roll over.”
Following the State of the Union Address, Rep. Paul Ryan will be delivering the Republican response. GOP leaders tout him as a leading Conservative thinker on federal spending. He is currently the chairman of the House Budget Committee, but the House is expected to vote to grant him an unprecedented amount of power to force spending cuts for the rest of this fiscal year. This power will allow Ryan a unilateral ability to set an overall spending level for the rest of the year, usually handled by a full panel.
1,694.1 miles to go.
Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address will air tomorrow night and it is hard to predict how he will approach it. Many of his liberal counterparts are frustrated with the possibility of him positioning himself in the center of the aisle, a complete contradiction to where he was positioned during last year’s speech. If he placates to the right, it may be what conservatives want to hear, but it will also make him look like a man with no backbone in his beliefs. After passing his health care law, after the stimulus packages, after his intention to give all illegal aliens health care, obviously accepting them as American citizens, which our tax money would pay for, after all the actions he’s made and the ideas he entertains, how can he stand in the middle of the aisle after being so radical and destructive on the left only one year ago, up until the moment Americans voted and expressed to him in a united scream that we are not interested in what he is selling. In fact, if he does not stand behind that podium and promote how important his health care law is, how important the money he wastes is, and how brilliant every action he has taken so far is, then I would venture to say that any productive ideas submitted by the right, which he chooses to employ would be an admission of how wrong his direction has been for two years. One example we must never forget of how pliable and adaptive his beliefs are is the decision he had made to extend the Bush tax cuts across the entire board. I think it is great that he did it, but not extending them was one of his biggest campaign promises leading up to his presidency. The Barack Obama we may see tomorrow night, if he does happen to tread in the middle of the aisle and acknowledge some conservative ideas, is not the Barack Obama that the majority of Americans had elected in 2008.
“I don’t think he should have this tone that if he rolls on his back the new Congress is going to rub his belly. A lot of these guys coming to town campaigned against everything this president wants to achieve. The president needs to take an aggressive approach to make clear he’s not going to roll over.”
Rep. Anthony Weiner
Following the State of the Union Address, Rep. Paul Ryan will be delivering the Republican response. GOP leaders tout him as a leading Conservative thinker on federal spending. He is currently the chairman of the House Budget Committee, but the House is expected to vote to grant him an unprecedented amount of power to force spending cuts for the rest of this fiscal year. This power will allow Ryan a unilateral ability to set an overall spending level for the rest of the year, usually handled by a full panel.
1,694.1 miles to go.
Day147 Sunday 01/23/11
ran 2.7 miles
Looking back on the conception of the health care nightmare we now face, here is a look back on the days before it was passed. This is an opening statement from Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI), ranking member of Ways and Means Committee, from March 20, 2010, pertaining to the consideration of H.R. 4872, the “Reconciliation Act of 2010” and Senate Amendments to H.R. 3590, the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”.
“Madam Chairwoman, Ranking Member Dreier, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on this legislation.
The American people have spoken: they do not want the federal government involved in their personal health care and they do not want a bill that spends over a $1 trillion, raises more than one-half trillion dollars in new taxes, cuts Medicare by more than one-half trillion dollars and increases Americans’ health insurance premiums. Yet, that is exactly what will happen if the House passes the Senate Democrats’ health care bill and the Reconciliation bill tomorrow.
The American people have rejected this bill precisely because it taxes too much, spends too much and increases premiums too much. With a total of $569.2 billion in new taxes, these bills represent the single largest tax increase in American history. Just what are those taxes?”
If you have the stomach for it, here it is:
1,696.8 miles to go.
- 24.2 miles run this week.
- Daily running average for the week was 3.46 miles per day.
- Total amount run in the past 147 days is 383.2 miles.
- Daily running average overall is 2.61 miles per day.
Looking back on the conception of the health care nightmare we now face, here is a look back on the days before it was passed. This is an opening statement from Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI), ranking member of Ways and Means Committee, from March 20, 2010, pertaining to the consideration of H.R. 4872, the “Reconciliation Act of 2010” and Senate Amendments to H.R. 3590, the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”.
“Madam Chairwoman, Ranking Member Dreier, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on this legislation.
The American people have spoken: they do not want the federal government involved in their personal health care and they do not want a bill that spends over a $1 trillion, raises more than one-half trillion dollars in new taxes, cuts Medicare by more than one-half trillion dollars and increases Americans’ health insurance premiums. Yet, that is exactly what will happen if the House passes the Senate Democrats’ health care bill and the Reconciliation bill tomorrow.
The American people have rejected this bill precisely because it taxes too much, spends too much and increases premiums too much. With a total of $569.2 billion in new taxes, these bills represent the single largest tax increase in American history. Just what are those taxes?”
If you have the stomach for it, here it is:
1,696.8 miles to go.
Day146 Saturday 01/22/11
ran 2.7 miles
“Now, Congress will have to pay for what it spends, just like everybody else.”
This quote came from President Barack Obama on February 13, 2010, before the Federal government once more spent over a trillion dollars more than it collected from Americans in taxes. That is an extra $8,000 of debt per household in America. Thank you.
“Trust in government rarely gets this low.”
From Associated Press, April19, 2010, Andrew Kohut, Director of the Pew Research Center, released his latest survey findings, indicating that nearly 8 out of 10 Americans have little trust in the Federal government and they share little faith that it can reconcile our problems. Trust in America’s government has only been this low in the past 60 years.
“Do you know how many political and economic decisions are made in this world by people who don’t know what in the living daylights they are talking about?”
This one came from former President Bill Clinton, Associated Press, September 21, 2010. It is simple to sum up the circus Washington is once stating the obvious can no longer hurt your chances for reelection.
1,699.5 miles to go.
“Now, Congress will have to pay for what it spends, just like everybody else.”
This quote came from President Barack Obama on February 13, 2010, before the Federal government once more spent over a trillion dollars more than it collected from Americans in taxes. That is an extra $8,000 of debt per household in America. Thank you.
“Trust in government rarely gets this low.”
From Associated Press, April19, 2010, Andrew Kohut, Director of the Pew Research Center, released his latest survey findings, indicating that nearly 8 out of 10 Americans have little trust in the Federal government and they share little faith that it can reconcile our problems. Trust in America’s government has only been this low in the past 60 years.
“Do you know how many political and economic decisions are made in this world by people who don’t know what in the living daylights they are talking about?”
This one came from former President Bill Clinton, Associated Press, September 21, 2010. It is simple to sum up the circus Washington is once stating the obvious can no longer hurt your chances for reelection.
1,699.5 miles to go.
Day145 Friday 01/21/11
ran 3.3 miles
Cedric Richmond (D) was the only one of our seven Louisiana Representative to vote against the repeal of ObamaCare just a few days ago. Senator Mary Landrieu also ardently advocates ObamaCare.
1,702.2 miles to go.
- Louisiana, my home state, was the eighteenth state to join the union on April 30, 1812, four years before Indiana and nine years after Ohio.
- Population, as of 2009, is 4,492,076.
- Senators are Mary Landrieu (D) and David Vitter (R).
- Representatives are Steve Scalise (R), Cedric Richmond (D), Jeff Landry (R), John Fleming (R), Rodney Alexander (R), Bill Cassidy (R), and Charles Boustany (R).
- Louisiana has eight electoral votes. Historically, like many southern states that had seceded from the union during the Civil War, Louisiana voted Democratic from Reconstruction through World War II. Although Louisiana is viewed as solidly Republican today, the state has voted blue five times and twice for third-party candidates since 1948. Louisiana has been a red state since the 2000 presidential election. In 2008 McCain beat Obama by a margin of 59% to 40%.
Cedric Richmond (D) was the only one of our seven Louisiana Representative to vote against the repeal of ObamaCare just a few days ago. Senator Mary Landrieu also ardently advocates ObamaCare.
1,702.2 miles to go.
Day144 Thursday 01/20/11
ran 3.3 miles
Really?
I would like to know why exactly democrats feel so entitled to taxpayer-funded, elite benefits when they voted for and so passionately believe in Obama’s health care reform. If you believe so ardently in its merit than you should be the first person in line to sign up for it and nothing more. Democrats have the audacity to request those in Washington who oppose Obamacare to give up their government benefits if they do truly believe it is wrong? No! If you believe it is so right than join our hundreds of millions in the struggles you will never know. If any party should be encouraged to join the ranks of the millions it should be democrats.
Given the manipulative nature of the Democratic House members request, Republican House members have actually taken them up and denied their government health care entitlements and sought out their own plans. This is a really big deal and something to admire as a quality in some of our leaders we have not seen in a very long time. Bobby Schilling (R-IL) and Mike Kelly (R-PA) are two of many who have turned down Barack Obama’s socializing of the American health care system and turned down their own congressional health care plan to show they are equal to their constituents and that they deserve the same treatment.
Here is a quote from the letter issued by democrats to republicans. It is one of the most ridiculous points a pen has ever contradicted the surface of paper with.
1,705.5 miles to go.
- Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Index rating shows that 29% of American voters strongly approve of Obama’s performance as president while 36% strongly disapprove, giving Barack Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –7, compared to –11 on this day last week, and –16 on this day two weeks ago. His popularity has spiked in approval over the last few weeks.
- Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of Obama’s performance and 50% disapprove.
- Just 27% of American voters say the country is generally heading in the right direction.
- Only 31% believe the bailouts were good for the nation.
Really?
I would like to know why exactly democrats feel so entitled to taxpayer-funded, elite benefits when they voted for and so passionately believe in Obama’s health care reform. If you believe so ardently in its merit than you should be the first person in line to sign up for it and nothing more. Democrats have the audacity to request those in Washington who oppose Obamacare to give up their government benefits if they do truly believe it is wrong? No! If you believe it is so right than join our hundreds of millions in the struggles you will never know. If any party should be encouraged to join the ranks of the millions it should be democrats.
Given the manipulative nature of the Democratic House members request, Republican House members have actually taken them up and denied their government health care entitlements and sought out their own plans. This is a really big deal and something to admire as a quality in some of our leaders we have not seen in a very long time. Bobby Schilling (R-IL) and Mike Kelly (R-PA) are two of many who have turned down Barack Obama’s socializing of the American health care system and turned down their own congressional health care plan to show they are equal to their constituents and that they deserve the same treatment.
Here is a quote from the letter issued by democrats to republicans. It is one of the most ridiculous points a pen has ever contradicted the surface of paper with.
1,705.5 miles to go.
Day143 Wednesday 01/19/11
ran 4.2 miles
The House of Representatives approved the repeal of Barack Obama’s health-care reform law today. This gesture was a campaign promise for the mid-term election by Republican candidates but, unfortunately it is only that, a gesture of coming through on a promise. It is better than nothing but it arrives at the Democratic majority-led Senate essentially dead on arrival.
The repeal passed 245-189. Every single Republican member of the House voted for the repeal including three Democrats; Dan Boren of Oklahoma, Mike Ross of Arkansas and Mike McIntyre of North Carolina.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told reporters that “The American people deserve to see a vote in the Senate.” Although the vote will fail, and if it wouldn’t Barack Obama would certainly veto the repeal, Cantor makes a great point. We do deserve to see this convoluted bill put to a revote. I want to see what Republicans and Democrats are going to vote for the repeal and which ones will not. That way, we can make a revised list of exactly which of our politicians are in Washington to rebuild and which ones are there to continue devastating the foundations of our nation. The health-care reform law is encompassing enough of an issue that, in its present form, any Senator or Representative who approves of ObamaCare defines with that one single vote a lot more about themselves than they want their constituents to know. It is a very risky move in either direction, as far as reelection is concerned. I am pretty sure I don’t stand alone when I say that any Senator or Representative who votes to continue ObamaCare without drastic revisions will instantly lose any chance of earning my vote. This health-care reform law is that big of a deal.
Check out Day141 for some unbelievable facts about Obama’s health bill.
1,708.8 miles to go.
The House of Representatives approved the repeal of Barack Obama’s health-care reform law today. This gesture was a campaign promise for the mid-term election by Republican candidates but, unfortunately it is only that, a gesture of coming through on a promise. It is better than nothing but it arrives at the Democratic majority-led Senate essentially dead on arrival.
The repeal passed 245-189. Every single Republican member of the House voted for the repeal including three Democrats; Dan Boren of Oklahoma, Mike Ross of Arkansas and Mike McIntyre of North Carolina.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told reporters that “The American people deserve to see a vote in the Senate.” Although the vote will fail, and if it wouldn’t Barack Obama would certainly veto the repeal, Cantor makes a great point. We do deserve to see this convoluted bill put to a revote. I want to see what Republicans and Democrats are going to vote for the repeal and which ones will not. That way, we can make a revised list of exactly which of our politicians are in Washington to rebuild and which ones are there to continue devastating the foundations of our nation. The health-care reform law is encompassing enough of an issue that, in its present form, any Senator or Representative who approves of ObamaCare defines with that one single vote a lot more about themselves than they want their constituents to know. It is a very risky move in either direction, as far as reelection is concerned. I am pretty sure I don’t stand alone when I say that any Senator or Representative who votes to continue ObamaCare without drastic revisions will instantly lose any chance of earning my vote. This health-care reform law is that big of a deal.
Check out Day141 for some unbelievable facts about Obama’s health bill.
1,708.8 miles to go.
Day142 Tuesday 01/18/11
ran 3.9 miles
You may not know this, but the American dollar has been the world’s reserve currency since World War II. Whatever nation possesses the power to hold the claim to the world’s reserve currency is obviously the biggest economic batter at the plate. In fact, these are some of the entitlements that come with owning the accolade of being the world reserve currency holder:
This has happened in other nations before, namely England. They were the primary currency for over one hundred and fifty years until they did exactly what America is doing now. All of these bailouts and all of the spending to come is a last ditch effort to salvage something that is nearly too far-gone. Barack Obama, I would like to think, has good intentions of making things continue to seem as American as he can for as long as he can, but, if that is the case then he is in total denial of the larger picture of America and his efforts are only facades of an opposite reality.
As a closing note, there is no law in America that prohibits any kind of retailer from accepting foreign currency for purchases in America. Our retailers don’t accept foreign currency only because we have the most valuable dollar. But, should power shift, which is quite possible, we could possibly pay retailers Chinese dollars (Yuan), or some other currency one day soon, because we suffocated our own economy and made the American dollar second or even fourth-grade.
1,713.0 miles to go.
You may not know this, but the American dollar has been the world’s reserve currency since World War II. Whatever nation possesses the power to hold the claim to the world’s reserve currency is obviously the biggest economic batter at the plate. In fact, these are some of the entitlements that come with owning the accolade of being the world reserve currency holder:
- No one else on the face of the Earth can print money (monopoly money) at such a slow rate of consequence. But if you print enough monopoly money, eventually it devalues that nation’s economy and, ultimately, its strength as a country. And it is extremely insulting to the rest of the world and their many adversities when America is viewed as a nation who passes “Go” and collects two hundred dollars (hundreds of millions of times) more frequently than every other nation.
- As the current world reserve currency holder, every commodity and resource is obviously priced with the value of the American dollar as a basis. Advantageously, the nation who holds the right to world reserve currency does not have to adjust their prices for goods on the values of other national dollars. For example, gas for your vehicle in America is the cheapest you will find compared to any other country. Gas prices all over the world in any direction from the American center range from just above our low $3 mark all the way up to $14 for a gallon of gas. And these are not third-world countries; these are powerful countries with leaner, more ordered economies.
- Bread, milk, medicine---it’s all relative; when your nation possesses the power of being the world’s reserve currency holder, everything is naturally cheaper and more prosperous than everywhere else in the world. What American statistics would mark as a low-class family in America is easily a middle-class family in many other prosperous countries, and in even more countries low-class America would be considered upper-class elsewhere.
This has happened in other nations before, namely England. They were the primary currency for over one hundred and fifty years until they did exactly what America is doing now. All of these bailouts and all of the spending to come is a last ditch effort to salvage something that is nearly too far-gone. Barack Obama, I would like to think, has good intentions of making things continue to seem as American as he can for as long as he can, but, if that is the case then he is in total denial of the larger picture of America and his efforts are only facades of an opposite reality.
As a closing note, there is no law in America that prohibits any kind of retailer from accepting foreign currency for purchases in America. Our retailers don’t accept foreign currency only because we have the most valuable dollar. But, should power shift, which is quite possible, we could possibly pay retailers Chinese dollars (Yuan), or some other currency one day soon, because we suffocated our own economy and made the American dollar second or even fourth-grade.
1,713.0 miles to go.
Day141 Monday 01/17/11
ran 4.1 miles
You may not know this, but someone of political stature has finally stepped forward and broken down ObamaCare, highlighting important facts by page number. Thank you, Judge Kithil of Marbles Fall, Texas, for putting your name and your merit out in front of every one of your fellow citizens and taking the time to point out to all how shady and unproductive this monumental mistake of a bill is.
This is straight off of Patriots For America:
Honorable David Kithil
Marble Falls, Texas
The outline above is a false representation of the health care bill and should not be taken seriously. I discovered this fact on 03/06/11 and want to point out that it should not have been used as a news source.
With facts like these it is a mind-numbing exercise to attempt to rationalize how so many of our political leaders could possibly suggest a concept of health care with such a crushing gravity on our economy and our principles as a nation. To apply logic to what this bill entails in any capacity seems to be impossible. Is it fair to say anyone who signed this thing needs to be voted out of Washington as soon as possible?
In the spirit of people trying to create real change, which does not abolish our American principles but strengthens them, and in the spirit of speaking out and making yourself heard for the greater benefit of this nation, remember Martin Luther King today and the extraordinary accomplishes and sacrifices he made for this country.
1,716.9 miles to go.
You may not know this, but someone of political stature has finally stepped forward and broken down ObamaCare, highlighting important facts by page number. Thank you, Judge Kithil of Marbles Fall, Texas, for putting your name and your merit out in front of every one of your fellow citizens and taking the time to point out to all how shady and unproductive this monumental mistake of a bill is.
This is straight off of Patriots For America:
- Page 50/section 152: The bill will provide insurance to all non-U.S. residents, even if they are here illegally.
- Page 58 and 59: The government will have real-time access to an individual's bank account and will have the authority to make electronic fund transfers from those accounts.
- Page 65/section 164: The plan will be subsidized (by the government) for all union members, union retirees and for community organizations (such as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - ACORN).
- Page 203/line 14-15: The tax imposed under this section will not be treated as a tax. (How could anybody in their right mind come up with that?)
- Page 241 and 253: Doctors will all be paid the same regardless of specialty, and the government will set all doctors' fees.
- Page 272/section 1145: Cancer hospital will ration care according to the patient's age.
- Page 317 and 321: The government will impose a prohibition on hospital expansion; however, communities may petition for an exception.
- Page 425, line 4-12: The government mandates advance-care planning consultations. Those on Social Security will be required to attend an "end-of-life planning" seminar every five years. (Death counseling...)
- Page 429, line 13-25: The government will specify which doctors can write an end-of-life order.
Honorable David Kithil
Marble Falls, Texas
The outline above is a false representation of the health care bill and should not be taken seriously. I discovered this fact on 03/06/11 and want to point out that it should not have been used as a news source.
With facts like these it is a mind-numbing exercise to attempt to rationalize how so many of our political leaders could possibly suggest a concept of health care with such a crushing gravity on our economy and our principles as a nation. To apply logic to what this bill entails in any capacity seems to be impossible. Is it fair to say anyone who signed this thing needs to be voted out of Washington as soon as possible?
In the spirit of people trying to create real change, which does not abolish our American principles but strengthens them, and in the spirit of speaking out and making yourself heard for the greater benefit of this nation, remember Martin Luther King today and the extraordinary accomplishes and sacrifices he made for this country.
1,716.9 miles to go.
Day140 Sunday 01/16/11
ran 1.4 miles
It is interesting how everyday conservative minds tend to take action and make a difference while everyday liberal minds tend to sit idly by and protest little. It is interesting how conservative talk radio inspires so many Americans while liberal talk radio accomplishes few listeners at all. It is interesting that our president makes decisions and passes bills that no majority of America wants decided or passed.
Yet, here we are.
1,721.0 miles to go.
- 21.9 miles run this week
- Daily running average for the week was 3.13 miles per day
- Total amount run in the past 140 days is 359.0 miles
- Daily running average overall is 2.56 miles per day
It is interesting how everyday conservative minds tend to take action and make a difference while everyday liberal minds tend to sit idly by and protest little. It is interesting how conservative talk radio inspires so many Americans while liberal talk radio accomplishes few listeners at all. It is interesting that our president makes decisions and passes bills that no majority of America wants decided or passed.
Yet, here we are.
1,721.0 miles to go.
Day139 Saturday 01/15/11
ran 2.7 miles
Rethinking Obama’s political performance in Tucson
Byron York delves into the options Barack Obama had for scripting his speech and the undertones his final draft implicated. A tormenting and emotional four days had passed, which was plenty of time for some of the most volatile voices in the media to pass judgment and blame Republicans for this tragedy and everything else under the sun, before he finally addressed the nation and offered his sentiments. During those four days Obama made no effort to take the heated and accusatory opinions off of the media burner. When the military tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas occurred in 2009, he had immediately taken the initiative to urge everyone to avoid assumption and blame. It was only upon determining that there was no feasible way to deny that Loughner was simply an extraordinarily disturbed registered democrat that Obama could make his speech and announce that politics were not to blame for the shooting.
Three reactions by lawmakers to the Arizona shootings
1. Encase the entire House and Senate floor with plexiglass to prevent visitors from throwing objects at members of Congress. Indiana Republican Representative Dan Burton can be thanked for re-introducing this bright idea. Perhaps he and his fellow leaders should not give Americans so many reasons to want to throw things at them.
2. Make punishable by law the illustrating of pictures of elected officials with crosshairs on their images and ban people from saying things that could be considered threatening to lawmakers. Democrat Representative Robert Brady of Pennsylvania wants Big Brother to monitor your Photoshop skills.
3. Stoke the fire under the FCC to bring back the Fairness Doctrine, which has nothing to do with fairness, to muzzle Rush Limbaugh and all the other conservative radio and television personalities for being so critical of liberal ideology and all of its inadequacies. Thank you, Democrat Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina, for nothing.
Record $14 trillion-plus debt
America has reached an unprecedented depth in debt. Our $14 trillion debt divided by the population of America averages out to each and every American owing $45,300 to pay it off. Take into consideration that nearly half of the citizens in this country don’t even pay taxes and, therefore, hardly contribute to society and that number doubles. Yet, we keep the doors on our borders unlocked, we discuss granting amnesty to millions upon millions of illegal aliens, we continue to pay so many of our citizens to stay home and watch television all day, giving them no encouragement to live their lives with dignity or any hunger for achievement or pride, and we scratch our heads wondering how our current deficit came to be. It is very simple. The America we currently live in is not real. It is like a family with a joint income of $30,000 who has two BMWs in the garage of their 2,700 square foot home with an RV in the driveway and a pool in the backyard. It is not real. We all see it but it is an illusion that is crippling us more and more day after day. As indescribably irresponsible as so many of our government leaders, so many of our banks, and so many of our CEOs have been, we need to come to terms with the fact that we are at fault, too. Look at the rest of the world around you. Can you honestly tell yourself that this would last forever? Our national debt is terrifying and the only thing scarier than our debt is the fact that we owe so much of it to China.
These next two years will be a time that tests what is really important to every American. It will question our resolve and our patience. It will question our ability to sacrifice and continue to stand proudly in the company of adversity.
If the possibilities of November 6, 2012 leave you with a feeling of indifference then you may be living in an unfortunate dream world, which persists only to utterly shock you once you do finally wake up.
1,722.4 miles to go.
Rethinking Obama’s political performance in Tucson
Byron York delves into the options Barack Obama had for scripting his speech and the undertones his final draft implicated. A tormenting and emotional four days had passed, which was plenty of time for some of the most volatile voices in the media to pass judgment and blame Republicans for this tragedy and everything else under the sun, before he finally addressed the nation and offered his sentiments. During those four days Obama made no effort to take the heated and accusatory opinions off of the media burner. When the military tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas occurred in 2009, he had immediately taken the initiative to urge everyone to avoid assumption and blame. It was only upon determining that there was no feasible way to deny that Loughner was simply an extraordinarily disturbed registered democrat that Obama could make his speech and announce that politics were not to blame for the shooting.
Three reactions by lawmakers to the Arizona shootings
1. Encase the entire House and Senate floor with plexiglass to prevent visitors from throwing objects at members of Congress. Indiana Republican Representative Dan Burton can be thanked for re-introducing this bright idea. Perhaps he and his fellow leaders should not give Americans so many reasons to want to throw things at them.
2. Make punishable by law the illustrating of pictures of elected officials with crosshairs on their images and ban people from saying things that could be considered threatening to lawmakers. Democrat Representative Robert Brady of Pennsylvania wants Big Brother to monitor your Photoshop skills.
3. Stoke the fire under the FCC to bring back the Fairness Doctrine, which has nothing to do with fairness, to muzzle Rush Limbaugh and all the other conservative radio and television personalities for being so critical of liberal ideology and all of its inadequacies. Thank you, Democrat Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina, for nothing.
Record $14 trillion-plus debt
America has reached an unprecedented depth in debt. Our $14 trillion debt divided by the population of America averages out to each and every American owing $45,300 to pay it off. Take into consideration that nearly half of the citizens in this country don’t even pay taxes and, therefore, hardly contribute to society and that number doubles. Yet, we keep the doors on our borders unlocked, we discuss granting amnesty to millions upon millions of illegal aliens, we continue to pay so many of our citizens to stay home and watch television all day, giving them no encouragement to live their lives with dignity or any hunger for achievement or pride, and we scratch our heads wondering how our current deficit came to be. It is very simple. The America we currently live in is not real. It is like a family with a joint income of $30,000 who has two BMWs in the garage of their 2,700 square foot home with an RV in the driveway and a pool in the backyard. It is not real. We all see it but it is an illusion that is crippling us more and more day after day. As indescribably irresponsible as so many of our government leaders, so many of our banks, and so many of our CEOs have been, we need to come to terms with the fact that we are at fault, too. Look at the rest of the world around you. Can you honestly tell yourself that this would last forever? Our national debt is terrifying and the only thing scarier than our debt is the fact that we owe so much of it to China.
These next two years will be a time that tests what is really important to every American. It will question our resolve and our patience. It will question our ability to sacrifice and continue to stand proudly in the company of adversity.
If the possibilities of November 6, 2012 leave you with a feeling of indifference then you may be living in an unfortunate dream world, which persists only to utterly shock you once you do finally wake up.
1,722.4 miles to go.
Day138 Friday 01/14/11
ran 4.6 miles
There are so many things Americans need to know about their government at local, state and federal levels that they just don’t because it is simply not discussed in the media for some odd reason, yet if a travesty grabs the nation’s attention reporters will give critical updates and state unequivocal facts every two minutes, often repeating themselves with the same interesting and highly descriptive details over and over. Why can’t every day’s current events be reported in an interesting and highly descriptive manner, filled with indisputable facts?
Many of the actions Barack Obama has taken to form his legacy over the past two years are the most debatable actions that have been taken since Jimmy Carter was president and facts and statistics lay collecting dust in a reality we are obviously out of touch with. When did America change from a boot camp for success into a naptime you never awake from?
1,725.1 miles to go.
- Kentucky was the fifteenth state to join the union on June 1, 1792, four years before Tennessee and one year after Vermont.
- Population, as of 2009, is 4,314,113.
- Senators are Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and newly sworn in Tea party-backed Rand Paul.
- Representatives are Edward Whitfield (R), Brett Guthrie (R), John Yarmuth (D), Geoff Davis (R), Harold Rogers (R), and Ben Chandler (D).
- Kentucky has eight electoral votes. Historically, the state has voted almost exclusively blue since remaining with the union during the Civil War through World War II. Since the 1950s Kentucky has been a reliable red state barring Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996. In 2008, McCain defeated Obama 57% to 41%.
There are so many things Americans need to know about their government at local, state and federal levels that they just don’t because it is simply not discussed in the media for some odd reason, yet if a travesty grabs the nation’s attention reporters will give critical updates and state unequivocal facts every two minutes, often repeating themselves with the same interesting and highly descriptive details over and over. Why can’t every day’s current events be reported in an interesting and highly descriptive manner, filled with indisputable facts?
Many of the actions Barack Obama has taken to form his legacy over the past two years are the most debatable actions that have been taken since Jimmy Carter was president and facts and statistics lay collecting dust in a reality we are obviously out of touch with. When did America change from a boot camp for success into a naptime you never awake from?
1,725.1 miles to go.
Day137 Thursday 01/13/11
ran 2.7 miles
The meeting far surpassed my expectations, which were already pretty high, and I encourage anyone who wants to become more informed or to make a difference to attend one of the Acadiana Patriots monthly meetings.
1,729.7 miles to go.
- Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Index rating shows that 25% of American voters strongly approve of Barack Obama’s performance as president while 36% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –11, compared to –16 on this day last week. This is the lowest level of strong disapproval recorded in the last fifteen months.
- Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of Obama’s performance and 50% disapprove.
- Only 26% of voters believe that the country is generally heading in the right direction.
- Just 29% of voters believe that repeal of the health care law will increase the federal budget deficit, and 75% believe implementing the new health care law will cost more than projected.
The meeting far surpassed my expectations, which were already pretty high, and I encourage anyone who wants to become more informed or to make a difference to attend one of the Acadiana Patriots monthly meetings.
1,729.7 miles to go.
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