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Sneakin' that bailout by us & What I'm doing about it

Posted by Too Tall in Texas on Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:00:05 AM
   Funny how the WH hasn't announced any kind of a bailout for the Big 3 yet this whole week.  I think that most of the rats in Washington are programmed to put any kind of unpopular, costly, or just plain stupid deals, plans and announcements off until late Friday afternoon.  That way the radio talkshow circuit can't get their teeth into it until it's been parsed and sold on the Sunday morning political talkshows.  So watch out for the announcement on Friday that Bush worked it out to give Detroit an early Christmas present without making the UAW give in.  Folks, I'm telling you that Bush and the rest of the folks in Das Capital have sold us down the river.  
   Why is it that we aren't getting our voices heard?  Because we don't write the big checks made out to your congressman, senator, or party.  Our government is just as for sale as an Illinois senate seat.  And don't think that the rest of the world doesn't know that.  There are hundreds of foreign interests working in the hallways of Capitol Hill.  Dubai has Bubba Clinton in their back pocket.  My congressman has a more than favorable rating from groups that support Iran.  IRAN!  So maybe if one of you Mega Millions lotto winners want to maybe slide a few thousand my way, we could buy a congressman or senator to speak up.  

   All kidding aside, that is just the reason why I want to put some friends together to help me run for congress.  Soon I hope to get some further advice and support from those who are already in congress or have previously served.  My goal is to be able to challenge for the seat in 2010.  If you've been reading here, you know how I feel on many subjects and I think that there are enough folks out there who believe like I do that the GOP has gone off track.  

   We need true conservative ideas and values brought back to Washington.  America needs to create the opportunities to get ahead without government getting in the way.  The previous generation sat by and let our nation get too dependent on foreign oil, too dependent on foreign workers (legal and illegal) to do the jobs we thought are beneath us, too dependent on somebody else to take care of the tough jobs, and too dependent on government handouts.  Our country needs to be weaned off the teats of big government.  America is a choice land, and I cannot stay on the sidelines while good intentioned people - with bad ideas ruin it. 
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Bailout or Bankruptcy

Posted by Too Tall in Texas on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 8:15:15 AM
   It seems that our President is still drinking from that "Liberals Only" water fountain again.  I think he's just lost his marbles!  So he's thinking about giving the automakers money from the TARP fund - illegally - to help tide them over 'til Mr. Obama can come in and nationalize them.  Never mind the fact that the vast majority of THE PEOPLE don't want to do this.  This once again proves to me that once a person gets to Das Capital they completely forget the REAL reason why they are there - TO SERVE AND REPRESENT THE PEOPLE.  

   I recently read an opinion piece from Investor's Business Daily and here's a bit of what was said: The bailout was killed in the Senate by the Republican block largely because the United Auto Workers (UAW) didn't want to give any further concessions.  However, "gold plated union contracts are a big reason for U.S. automakers woes (though managerial incompetence at the Big 3 also played a role).  The average Big 3 worker made $73.26 an hour in 2006; an average worker in a foreign transplant (Toyota, Honda, Volkswagon, etc. in the U.S.), $44.20."  Graphs posted online shows just what this means for these companies' bottom line.  In 2007, Toyota made nearly the same number of vehicles as GM (over 9 million).  Toyota made almost $39 Billion, or over $1800 per car.  Interestingly, GM LOST $39 Billion or over $4000 per car during the same period.
   
   Where did all that money go?  It paid for retirement funds for pensions and healthcare.  It paid for workers' salaries whether or not they were actually working in the plant or laid off.  It paid for corporate jets, and all the other perks for the executives.  It paid for the union leaders salaries, and all the bureaucrats within the union.  It even trickled down into large campaign donations to the Democratic Party's warchest.  

   The op-ed piece continues on what bankruptcy would mean to the Big 3.
   "We don't want to see workers suffer or the auto industry disappear.  But the fact is, under bankruptcy reorganization, they won't.  The workers will still exist, as will their skills.  Unprofitable plants that can't be turned around will close.  A bankruptcy judge will sell unprofitable assets to those who can use them productively.  We won't need a "car czar", or congressional oversight, or political micromanagement.  And out of this process, a slimmer, more competitive and, yes, even profitable Big 3 can emerge if we let it - one that will be able to compete with foreign companies on our own soil."  I couldn't agree more.  

   We don't need more government intervention.  Let the market run its course.  Suppliers will get paid, investors will get some of their money as well.  So what if they go bankrupt?  It would teach the automakers a lesson in economics.  It would also teach the union to not get too greedy.  The union can be a good thing, but they've got to be responsible and remember they are stakeholders in the companies' survival.  Just because you want the sun and stars doesn't mean you can get the moon too.
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Dear Leader Obama and Hope (just not what he thinks it is)

Posted by Too Tall in Texas on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:25:57 AM
   So America voted, and they (the sheep) have voted for "Change and Hope".  Yeah...whatever!  I am now officially starting the "It's NOT My Fault...You Voted for Change" campaign.  For all my dedicated conservatives out there (all 3 or 4 of ya)  I have a few words that I saved from Glenn Beck about "hope".  He was talking about the financial mess...but I think these words will still ring true today as well.  Here's what Glenn had to say....  
 
"Hey, just remember one thing. Just remember who we are. Just remember what our rock is. Just remember it's life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We're going to make it through anything as long as we stay together and we don't stay together on stupid things. You know, marriages never work that are just built on a sham where you...seven years into it, you went, 'what the hell did I marry this person for?'  Know why we married into this system. We married capitalism because it is the first system that really truly freed people. We married into life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We married our Constitution, and that's an eternal kind of marriage. Just refresh yourself this week(end), I want you to know. Because when we know who we are, when we know who gives us the power, when we know that there are good people around us that believe the same thing, when we educate ourselves, we can survive anything. It's going to get rough but we're going to survive anything because that's who Americans really are, survivors."
 
I think I couldn't have said it much better than that.  We are "married" to our beliefs and ideals.  Don't give up hope for a better country! 
 
I will be talking with the GOP folks here in El Paso to see what I can do to possibly put together a run for Congress in 2010 against the unopposed Dem Sylvestre Reyes.  I did some checking on him and where he stands on many issues and who supports him.  Let me tell you...it ain't pretty.  More to come on this and what develops in the future.  For now, let's just lick our wounds and get ready for a rough year ahead and then we conservatives can begin working on repairing the damage that will have been done. 
 
LET'S GET READY TO FIGHT AND TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY FROM THE SOCIALIST RADICALS. 

WOLVERINES!!!
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Anyone Out There - Part Deux

Posted by Too Tall in Texas on Monday, October 06, 2008 5:47:38 AM
   OMG!  I can't believe I forgot one of the best moments on television (actually I heard it on Sirius satellite radio) when Bill O'Reilly exploded all over Barney "Sylvester the Cat" Frank.  That was EPIC!!  Barney Frank has got to have one of the silliest lisps (remember - he's gay too) and I was expecting the cameraman to reach around to wipe off the lens - like they do when Geraldo is standing on top of a levee in a hurricane - from all the spit he was producing.  O'Reilly flat out AMBUSHED the congressman - deservedly so - and called him out as a liar and a coward.  BRILLIANT!!  
   The Dems have no cover for their deceit.  They forced their radical liberal agenda onto FannieMae and FreddieMac by demanding that they give loans to un-creditworthy minority homebuyers.  This is going to sound racist - but facts are facts.  How in the hell is a black family in the inner city of Detroit, Chicago, New York, Newark, St. Louis, Dallas, or L.A. going to buy a house with a minimum wage job and a welfare check!?!  How in the hell is a young latina single mother with 4 kids (from 4 different daddies) going to buy a house in the city with a welfare check!?!  Sure, their Democratic representative in Congress (Charlie Rangel, Chuck Schumer, John Conyers, etc.) will look even better to these poor people when election time rolls around because they helped them get a house - roaches, rats and all.  But these same slimeballs also benefitted from these programs for themselves - and wrecked the economy at the same time. 
   IF YOU LIVE IN A DISTRICT REPRESENTED BY A DEMOCRAT - ESPECIALLY THESE GUYS - THEN YOU MUST VOTE THESE BUMS OUT OF OFFICE IN NOVEMBER!!  THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DID NOTHING AND STOLE YOUR TAX DOLLARS!!  THEY ARE THE ONES WHO REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING, GO ON VACATION AND TRIED TO SILENCE THOSE WHO WANTED TO WORK OUT A SOLUTION TO OUR ENERGY CRISIS.  THE DEMOCRATS LIE, AND THEY WANT TO TAKE AS MUCH AWAY FROM YOU AS THEY CAN!!!
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Liberals say the most damn dumba$$ things

Posted by Too Tall in Texas on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:50:55 PM
   I just wish that Hannity would reach across the desk and slap the sh*t out of Colmes or one of these idiots.  Sure, that would probably get him a year behind bars, and maybe even blacklisted - sometimes these clowns need a good whack upside the head to get their attention.  I can't believe that there are people out there that believe some of the crap that falls out of the mouths of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid.
 
   (I think I may have just come up with a new GOP slogan..."Obama, Pelosi and Reid - OH MY!"  Obama can play the Scarecrow because he doesn't have enough brains to fill that over-inflated head of his.  Pelosi could be the Tin Man because she doesn't have a heart for what the people are saying.  And Reid could be the Cowardly Lion because he took off with Pelosi to go on vacation and not face the people either - like a true coward.  Tell me what you think!?)
 
    I was watching/listening to Hannity&Colmes this evening.  The funniest thing happened and it was too bad that the show had to go for a break - cuz it would have been funny to see another unemployed political science major (er, Democratic party 'Strategist') get her tail waxed.  I wish I could remember "Buffy's" name, but it was the segment when they had a panel on arguing over the 2 candidates' energy plans and drilling.  The one GOP analyst was going on about this and that and stated (truthfully) that the Democrats are against drilling for oil - period.  In the background (as is usually the case when an intelligent point is made) you could hear "Buffy" scream out in her shrill nasal voice, "The Democrats are for drilling!".
 
   Oh really!?!  So, they are for drilling?  Not if "Commrade Pelosi" and her eco-nazi supporters can help it!  "Buffy" better check that against what Sen. Salazar (D-CO), Sen. Reid (D-NV), and every single one of the other Democrat liberals that walked out to go on vacation last Friday are saying.  Even if these jacka$$es did lie to their constituents back home and "support" the idea of drilling, they wouldn't do it when it came time to (cough, cough) "go back to work".
 
Don't let these weasels get away with stealing our government!  Call, Fax, E-Mail, Write, corner the bastards when they show up at home and tell them what you think.  They need to know what "We the People" are in favor of.  No more excuses!  No more games!  No more lies!  We deserve a government that listens to us and not some idiotic group of dimwits from Hollywood, or George Soros, or anyone else that can buy their vote.  If they don't listen, tell your friends and neighbors what rotten representation we have and vote these bastards out of office. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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How Did They Miss This?

Posted by Too Tall in Texas on Sunday, August 03, 2008 11:29:28 PM
   Well, Obama did it again.  That guy will do anything to get elected.  If you missed his big announcement that he may be in favor of off-shore drilling (if its packaged with other alternative energy plans) then you aren't the only ones.  I like how he
"conveniently" came out with this latest flip-flop the day after Congress packed up for the rest of the summer and told the remaining GOP members to "lock up when you're done playing in the dark".  He did this just so he could let his fellow weasels off the hook.  The timing was uncanny, and the deed was dastardly.  Once again the American public gets screwed over by the Dems and their dirty political games.  Obama wants to come off like he has new ideas and will get the Congress to work on "his" energy plan when he gets elected and make McCain look bad.  This is just another in a series of stunts that these slimeballs pulled in order to maintain power and control of "Pelosi's Politburo".  It is disgusting and shows how little these assholes care about the American public.  

  ***IMPORTANT!!***   I have a website for all of you to go check out.  Its www.emailthecongress.com and from there you can send email maessages to ALL members of the House and Senate.  Its free and fairly easy to do.  I suggest that all who feel as I do about the Congress skipping town and ignoring the will of the people - to flood all their offices with emails (somebody has to go through these) and let them know what we think.  "We're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore!!"
 
   Obama is basically the best (or worst as the case may be) of "Slick Bubba Clinton" and his slimy way of dancing around issues and getting all the media hype -- AND the Ultra-Liberal tendencies of FDR and George McGovern.  If the public is too stupid to see that then we deserve the havoc he'll cause to this country.  Don't let your friends and neigbors fall for this clown.  STOP OBAMA'S SLICK ULTRA LIBERAL CAMPAIGN!!!
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What else is new?

Posted by Too Tall in Texas on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:17:39 PM
 I was watching Fox News earlier today and Brit Hume was trying to read the story about the Congress' approval rating being only 9%.  Poor guy was so flabbergasted that he nearly choked.  I'm not suprised by this latest number.  It is so obvious that the Congress is rife with greedy, money-hungry leeches that are the dupes for unsavory countries, industries, and hair-brained causes.  If you haven't read Dick Morris' book "Fleeced" you're going to have blood shooting out of your eyes when you read it.  I won't spoil it for you, but it was shocking to me to read just how bad these weasels are.  If there isn't major changes in the way Washington is running, then we might as well forget about this grand experiment we call America.  I really think that the weasels in Congress think that the general public is just a bunch of lazy, apathetic, ignorant morons that don't have the guts to stand up and say anything about their performance.
 
Let's show them they are wrong!!  It is time to GET ANGRY America!!  It is time to let the bastards in Washington know that they can't fool us anymore with empty promises!!  Go to http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt and look up your representative.  Email him/her or call him/her, and tell them how you feel about their performance.  I guarantee that you won't get through to anyone of significance - but if enough people start calling/emailing/writing they will notice.  Then when nothing has changed in November - vote the bastards out of office.  Tell your friends to do the same.  I'm sure that if you ask your friends, and family how they feel about the congress they will agree with you (at least 91% will). 
 
Get involved America!!  Do it while we still can.
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