As they say, no good deed goes unpunished, or bad deed unrewarded. It appears that not only did a lot of "evil rich" people get stuck when Madoff swindles $50b, but some organizations did as well. And none more deserving of the swindle than Planned Parenthood. While they only lost 20% (apparently) of their funds, at least it was a start. And what are they doing investing donations in the first place? Madoff was not a saving bank, but supposedly an investment firm. ...
With the US struggling with a recession, large companies going belly up, bailouts totalling trillions of dollars, what is congress doing in all this? HOw are they helping the economy? By using the Trickle down theory apparently. They just voted themselves a $4,700 pay raise! So I guess they think they themselves are going to spend the economy out of this recession? When they sit an lecture CEOs on their salary and bonuses, when they sit and condemn extravagant salaries, w...
Recently, several members of JU have been engaged over the latest hot political topic in the US - The Auto Bailout. Tis the season as they say, but not the Christmas one. As it appears every company that now has to struggle is going hat in hand to congress for a bailout. And the Auto industry is just the latest. In the discussions that ensued, one of the popular themes was that the only reason the Auto industry was asking for the bail out, and congress - solidly in the democ...
Joeuser has had a lot of people posting very unkind (and that is being kind) things about Sarah Palin. It seems that every time they come up with something to bolster their hate (bias) of her, someone else has to come up with the truth. MOre often than not the perpetrator will not believe it, and deny it (they still deny that Joe the Plumber is named Joe and is a Plumber). Adding to the long list of "I hate her so I will believe anything about her" lines on Palin is Africa.&...
Headlines in the conservative internet blare "Bought for $650m". Referring to the white house. But was it? Despite spending an obscene amount of cash. Despite Obama breaking his pledge, and spending (Wasting?) his money on a 1/2 hour infomercial, his money played a very small part in the election. Oh, I am not saying you dont "need" money. But there comes a time when the money is wasted. And it is obvious that there was a lot of waste. Getting calls 3...
Back in the primaries, one of our esteemed fellow JU members wrote about a key primary in their state and how it was nice at first that they were getting attention, but not for long. Fast forward about 7 months. ANd multiply by $600million! This state has become the keystone state. Several are said to be in play, but for some reason, the candidates see this one as the key state. I really wish they did not. While it is flattering (not really) to think that "our vo...
A week ago we were enlightened with the choice of John McCain of his VP pick - Sarah Palin. While I for one am impressed with her credentials and her nomination, I am still not a McCain Palin supporter. Although I am leaning in that direction. I still have to get over the top of the ticket. Apparently many others do as well - or have decided to ignore it and focus on the lower half of the ticket. I have noticed that many democrats, Obama/Biden included, are somehow under ...
Life imitates art. We see that every day when there is a new crises that mirrors a novel (Executive Orders - 9/11). But we should not be seeing it when someone is supposedly serious! Yet we do. The latest Obamabomb is that he sees dead people. Really! On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly strong. He saw fallen heros in the a...
Even if it is only a year early, the sooner we get rid of Tim "Ted Matthews" Kaine, the better for the Commonwealth! Why should we be the only ones to suffer?
With the "suspension" of his campaign, Romney has all but conceded the Republican nomination to McCain. Many on the right side of the spectrum, are howling as they cannot stand or support McCain, and so for a bit, the debate will shift on what they will do. Which will just be a misdirection by the MSM since what they (the non-McCain supporters) will do is not going to matter for 9 more months. What is going to happen in the here and now, is that the cat fight over on the democrat sid...
One of the slams against liberals (and by extension the party of them - Democrats) is the total abrogation of personal responsibility. Nothing is ever the fault of anyone. It is all due to outside forces that conspire to rob people of life, liberty and the pursuit of their happiness. Thus they must continually enact new legislation in order to prevent such outside forces from wrecking havoc on the lives of the poor innocent happiness seekers. This is the snake oil that they ...
Al Gore is garnering praises for making his home Global Warming friendlier. Note, not "friendly" but friendlier. So now, instead of using 10 times the energy that ma and Pa America use (as evil and wasteful as THEY are), he is only using about 7 times the energy. And this while the polar bears die of starvation, drown and otherwise go extinct, and he jets to all corners of the earth to pick up faux awards for his "feelings". And is this going to make Al Gore more Eco-friendly?&nbs...
Since the anti-war movement got cranked up, one of the slams against them was that they were tarring the troops with their rhetoric and actions. After the shame of their actions during the Vietnam War, this was a very sensitive subject as most (definitely not all) people understood that the soldiers were doing the job they were ordered to do, and not setting the policy of where and when to wage war. To that end, there have been repeated denials by members of the anti-war movement that t...
For those living in a cave, Dennis Kucinich, that bastion of moderate politics, has questioned Bush's Mental Health. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/wireStory?id=3795902 It would seem that the questions of mental health should be following the other 3 fingers: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2007/10/kucinich_i_did_see_a_ufo.html And he still gets elected. (Editors note: for those wondering about the "3 fingers", point at some one and see where the rest of ...
Yes, I am negative. I am negative on Clinton's fake memory. I am negative on Edwards fake search for the second America. I am negative on Obama's war mongering. I am negative on their aids and associates criminal dealings that do not affect them. And I am a conservative. And I also know that nothing will change. And I also know that this is going to be ignored by democrats. And I do understand. But i so wish I could at least root for, much less vot...