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Last night was the first round of the debates for the presidential campaign. I certainly was expecting a debate, however, it feel short. It was 90 minutes of Romney laying the smack down on Obama. It appeared at times Obama was being scolded by Romney like a child who did something wrong. The only real debate and I use “debate” lightly was in regards to the topic of ObamaCare. The President stood proud to have created such a program and seemed confident to talk about it. During the debate Romney mentioned laying off Sesame Street and big bird. The producers of Sesame Street were not happy about losing that funding provided by the Government should Romney be elected. The statement released by Sesame Street sounded like Romney was firing them. In realty, Sesame Street has had a free ride for 43 years now and they just need to add commercials to the program. Currently the show doesn’t have any sponsors or commercials. I know the show is valuable but does it deserve to be founded by the Government. Paying all their staff and CEO’s? Non profits do make money and a lot of it… look at the Salvation Army or the Goodwill.
For this article I was curious just how much Sesame Street makes per year so I looked it up. On their 2011 IRS form they pulled in 8 million dollars from Government grants. I would say that is fair amount to work it out on there own right? Well here is the kicker… they made an additional $45 million on product royalties! Things like toys and Tickle Me Elmo’s for example. Oh it doesn’t end there. They have content and syndication deals also. When it’s all said and done in 2011 Sesame Street pulled in $112 million dollars in revenue (not including the 8 million in Government support). Big Bird is part of the 1%! Why is Big Bird on Welfare then? This show can support itself. There has to be a better way to make that “poor” program work and I’m sure they will figure it out. It’s just a good example of things that are not going to make everyone happy. It was sad to hear that news from Romney he may cut them, however, looking at the money now and what the show is bringing in – they don’t need us paying for their show. If you cut things some people will get mad and that is why most politicians don’t cut at all. They want to save their office and don’t want the negative response by the few mad people. Unlike Obama who is “helping” everyone with the handouts and not putting his neck on the line with any program cuts or decisions. His goal has been fluffing up the job numbers (which he still failed at) and made 47% of the public loving the free handouts of the Government. It’s pathetic.
None the less, it was a good showing for Romney. I expect Obama to come with more heat next round, however, he better be ready with the answers to his failed numbers the last 4 years. It’s going to be a tough road debating the negative numbers during his presidential history. He can’t really say what he would do better this time because on every topic he has failed at it… plus why didn’t he implement this new approach the last 4 years. The numbers of the last 4 years don’t lie. The spending has never been worse. Jobs are in the gutter and worse than when he started. ObamaCare isn’t free like most of the public thinks and Mitt has already done it …. better. We have a cyberwar with Iran and soon a real one. Syria is falling apart. North Korea hates us and we are running private operations there the administration doesn’t want to call a war yet. China and Russia sure don’t support us. National deficit is maxed more than Bush spent for the wars. Can’t blame it on Bush because Obama raised it more in 4 years than Bush did in 8 years. Obama on energy was a disaster and total loss of billions. We are sending billions to countries who don’t appreciate it. Our embassies are under terrorist attacks all over including Libya. Could it get any worse with Romney even with little to no experience on foreign policy – it would appear he has a better shot at it from this point. There really isn’t a topic that Obama hasn’t failed at. You simply can’t debate with a failed record. He can say what he want to do and what people want to hear but in reality he’s had 4 years and hasn’t implemented those things. You just have to sit there and take it like a man just like Obama did last night.
The only thing Obama has working for him is his history of supporting and financially helping everyone for free. The handouts to the public who will continue to support him until the end. Can’t blame them really that would be a nice life and I wouldn’t want it to end. It’s not their money so who cares right. Obama has the African and Latino votes which is huge. However, history has proven Republicans have done more for blacks than the democrats have ever done. The civil rights movement was started by Republicans and wasn’t even backed by democrats! Look that up if you don’t believe me. Obama has supported the illegals so of course they will continue with the support for him. Obama’s brand is strong. He is a family man which I believe is true and that really hasn’t been displayed to the public for Romney. American’s eat that up and feel better about someone who has that brand in place.
Next debate is Paul Ryan vs Joe Biden for Vice President. I predict Ryan will mop the floor with him. Ryan is an AMAZING talker and knows his numbers and facts well. His banter and wittiness will be sharper than Biden. I suspect Joe Biden will do better than Obama because they will be more prepared due to how the Romney/Obama debate concluded.
The time has finally come where we get to see the Romney vs Obama debate. It will be interesting for sure to see who will be the leader. We all know Obama is a good talker and this debate may just win him the election if done right. There are many problems he is going to have to have a response to such as both the low jobs and economy numbers. I suspect his answer will be the typical point the finger to Bush and blaming the Republicans for holding up his proposals on the table. As of right now, I don’t believe Romney is a very good talker so we’ll have to see how that works for him.
History has told us many elections are won or lost during the debates. This election comes down to giving Obama another chance or letting someone new in there to see what he can do. It’s a matter of how many people believe the excuses President Obama gives regarding his past and like I said he is a great talker. You see Obama on talk shows like the view for example because they know talking good is one of his greatest assets. Then as Romney mentioned in secret, that 47% of Americans are being supported by the Government so they are of course going to support Obama until the end. Why would they change anything and vote for Romney? No way they would. Many people were easily convinced with the hopes and changes he was preaching 4 years ago and many are still on-board with the President. It’s sort of like it doesn’t matter what he says – just how he says it (which is amazing). I expect to see Romney start to say and support the things Obama supports to try to pull some additional votes. We’ve seen this already with him supporting President Obama’s immigration policy. More than 60% of voters supported Obama last time in 2008. He will be making more and more promising trying to convince the Obama supporters to change their minds and try a new path.
If you’re watching the Romney vs Obama debate tonight you can find it on pretty much every tv channel at 6pm PST.
Over 50 million are expected to be watching the debate tonight.
Lets get it on!
The First Lady, Michelle Obama, will be in Seattle on Oct 2nd 2012. Obviously an event to raise money and convience the public that hope and change is on the way anytime now. The event will take place at the Westin Hotel and prices to get inside range from $500 – $10,000. If you’d like a pretty photo with the First Lady, Michelle Obama, it’s going to set you back $5,000. This is a fundraising event to re-elect the the President and her husband Barak Obama. Just like the Democratic convention that was on TV you can expect her to say how great of a man he is and a loving husband. It’s the same song and dance and part of their re-election gameplan. This family man with the perfect family pulling the strings of the nation to re-elect him in November. It’s actually not a bad plan in my opinion. Americans love all this perfect husband and family talk. They just eat it up. Considering that all the real data that matters like the economy, jobs, education, taxes, obamacare, national debt, etc is in the worst shape of this nations history after 4 years – might as well play the family man card.
I’m looking forward to the debates coming up shortly. One thing about Obama is that he is a great speaker. The man can speak and convince a nation on any topic even if it’s doing horribly bad (like the economy). Mitt Romney doesn’t have that “family loving great husband” brand that Obama has going for him. Michelle Obama and Barak Obama really know how to leverage that. Thus, the reason they are split up and running around town saying great things about each other. Paul Ryan on the other hand is going to mop the floor with Biden. Paul Ryan is witty and fast to throw it back at you.
What do you do with a country you want to bomb but really can’t because of the the political ramifications? You call your Internet Army and start a cyber war. You then make it classified so the public doesn’t know what is happening and how much you’re spending. While I can’t blame it all on Obama (eventhough it was greatly increased under his management and still is today) the Bush Administration started it. The operations were code-named “Olympic Games”.
A portion of the cyber warfare activities was accidently released to the public via the Internet and a bunch of nerds figured it out. After studying this Internet worm, they figured out it was developed by the US and Isreal. CIA director, Leon Panetta, and Obama discussed shutting it down or continuing its progress, however, after reviewing how effective it has been causing havoc they decided to keep it going. They released a newer version and another after that on Iran. The cyber warefare with Iran continues today.
Due to this attack, Iran started their own cyber warfare unit and has been quoted as saying that the “Iranian military was prepared to fight our enemies” in “cyberspace and Internet warfare”. Very little evidence has been reported about Iran striking back though.
Independent Internet security professionals are looking into another cyber warfare worm/virus called “Flame”. It attacked the computers of Iranian Officials sweeping up information on them. US Officials say it wasn’t part of “Olympic Games” and have declined to say whether they were involved with it or not.
No wonder our foreign policy with Iran is no good and diplomacy isn’t working. From all this, it appears America threw the first punch with Iran.
Yesterday obviously was Sept 11th and a day many Americans remember fondly. It was also a secret attack in Libya focusing on the U.S Embassy in Libya. At this time, the details are sketchy, however, we do know the attack was sophisticated, took planning, and happened to fall on the same day September 11th 2012.
The attack took the life of Christopher Stevens (52) which is the U.S ambassador to Libya and 3 other Americans. The events took place at night in the eastern city of Benghazi.
Because this event was highly coordinated and perfectly timed for 9/11, I believe we’ll soon see that this was a anniversary attack and the news will report it as such. We’ve been talking about such an attack for years from Al Qaeda and here it is.
The Obama administration has stated that they are not jumping to conclusions and saying so would be “premature”, however, I am calling a duck a duck and saying it now that this was a well-planned terrorist attack.
Wait for the news to say it because it’s coming out soon.
It’s about that time again, when we need to raise the debt ceiling. Moody’s credit ratings services has stated that they will be cutting our rating if a debt deal is not reached. Obviously, one will be agreed upon eventually. Money seems to grow on trees for our Government so whats another trillion dollars to spend? Nobody wants to stand up to really cut any spending here in America as it could put their political career in jeopardy. To save face our politicians think of ways to pinch the dollars out of us without saying its a tax. They are no ashamed to propose taxing the 1% because they know the other 99% will be ok with that and their job is safe down the road. It’s a shame really no one has stepped up (except Ron Paul) who has the confidence and brass to make the tough decisions about spending cuts.
In 2011, our “big cuts” were so small it was pathetic. In perspective, if a family was in 142,710 in debt the equivalent spend cut was $385 dollars! What a joke and honestly the proposal of cutting so little should be embarrassing. Who could review a proposal like this with so little cut per year and not laugh them out of the room. You would never pay your debt off at that rate so how can we expect to do that with our national deficit if we are making similar cuts? We can’t and they won’t. Obama won’t do it nor will Mitt Romney do it. We need someone who is serious and just cuts a good 20% or more out of the ridiculous programs and tasks the Government shouldn’t even be involved in.
During the last negotiations of raising the debt ceiling our congress agreed upon cutting 38.5 billion dollars (pathetic). In the 8 days they talked about what they were going to do, our national debt went up 54 billion dollars. Lets get serious now and get this under control. It’s beyond me how we even have a AAA rating by Moody’s Credit Ratings and perhaps they are just as wrong as everyone else laying in bed together.
Finally, one last food for thought, our “government stated” national debt is over 16 trillion dollars now and that means each citizens share of debt is over 51,000 dollars (313 million people). OR IS IT…? Now if you add in all the federal governments obligations (which we all know are nearly bankrupt) like Medicare, Social Security, Treasury Securitys, and Bonds the national debt is actually over 79 TRILLION DOLLARS. That is a real number and a number you’ll never hear about from these crooks spenders in office. With that in mind, every new baby born in this “rich” nation is given a burden of $253,000.
I know it’s hard to hear and the public would probably go crazy if that was broadcasted on TV – but the numbers are the numbers.
As budgets get tighter and more and more people are watching where the spending is coming from, The Social Security Administration disclosed that they recently purchased 174,000 hollow-point bullets for ammunition needs. It turns out the Social Security Administration trains and has a force of 295 agents (armed) who investigate Social Security fraud and other crimes. These agents execute warrants and make arrests across the country (who knew?). These agents carry .357 caliber pistols! Internet bloggers are surely talking about this new revelation. In particular, the type of ammo and how it causes much more damage as compared to other ammunition options available.
So… what’s the point of having the police for these issues then? I guess this makes the Social Security Administration their own judge and jury of who should be arrested and have their house ripped apart at night. While investigating this news, I ran across another agency, NOAA’s Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement who recently are taking bids to purchased 46,000 rounds of ammunition and shooting targets.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) office, a U.S. federal agency, oversees a social insurance program that provides numerous benefits to American citizens, primarily catering to the elderly and individuals with disabilities. Established in 1935 under the Social Security Act, the SSA administers benefits such as retirement income, disability income, and survivor benefits, offering a financial safety net for millions of Americans. It is especially renowned for its role in providing Social Security retirement benefits, which are often a crucial source of post-retirement income for many individuals. The SSA’s operations span across numerous local offices nationwide, providing direct services to citizens and helping them navigate through various life stages and changes. These offices assist individuals in applying for Social Security numbers, understanding their future benefits, managing claim issues, and facilitating other crucial interactions with the Social Security system. The SSA plays a pivotal role in supporting citizens’ financial stability, especially during retirement or in times of disability or familial loss.
I say let the police do their jobs and serve warrants properly. We don’t need these “agencies” making decisions of who they believe is guilty and should be taken down. This is another example of wasted spending and resources. It’s a sad country when all the government agencies are carrying weapons that could be used against the people.
Update 2019: The Social Security’s office of Inspector General employs approximately 295 agents, tasked with probing into Social Security fraud and various other crimes, according to Jonathan L. Lasher, the agency’s assistant Inspector General for external relations. These agents are not only equipped with firearms but also hold the authority to enact arrests, with a notable 589 incidents in the previous year, as per Lasher. Their responsibilities extend beyond mere investigations; they are imperative in executing search warrants and addressing threats directed towards Social Security offices, their employees, and clientele, ensuring the safe and lawful operation of Social Security Administration activities across the nation.
I don’t know the answers to anything I am asking or writing about but my goal is to interest enough “Independent Thinkers” to help get answers as to Obama’s past. Hillary Clinton blew her chance by being so sure she would win that she did not put Obama’s back to the wall at all. If she said anything even remotely showing he might be a liar or evading she did not press because immediately the “race card” came in. In my opinion he is so far to the left and cares so little about America he sure should not get 4 more years to do more damage. It is so obvious he wants everyone to be dependant on the government that he is trying to convince people that the government is the only thing that has even made small businesses successful. He is dead wrong. The government has created so many rewards for people who have no desire to work that they know they have to vote for him to keep their “stay at home checks” coming. That being said, I will list the things I think he should be forced to answer. It should be relentless and stop the crap that people are picking on a black. Remember he is half white too. I am not a crazy lady making up stuff here. Donald Trump forced him to produce a long term birth certificate, which very likely is phony too but he did not cough up one for Hillary. Why did he have to be forced?
He is privy to the top top secrets. How on earth did he get a top secret clearance unless he bought one? For sure he did not even do what I had to do to get a low level secret clearance. During the War at Boeing to work on certain projects you had to have a secret clearance. I was sent on tests on Minuteman and needed one. I was only 18 but number 1 was a birth certificate. I didn’t have one. I was born in a log cabin, with no doctor, and no one to help my mother with the birth. BUT my Dad had a notarized paper made out. The census bureau had a record of my birth date. The public school where I started first grade and graduated from high school had my records. So I passed that part. I then had to prove I had never traveled outside the USA. Then had to fill in every address I had ever had and could not leave ANY blanks. I had to go through a similar thing when I worked for an insurance agency and I had access to the names and addresses of people who owned millions in jewelry and only two of us girls could do those policies. NOW FOR OBAMA.
He had his 15 minutes of fame of being the first black to run for president. He was a novelty and came out of nowhere. No one even knew him. He was treated with kid gloves for fear the ACLU or the like would raise a stink if you said a word, they would say you hated blacks. This time lets concentrate on he is half white and go for that half. Forget that his birth certificate could very well be a phony. But his life is a total mystery. He grew up in Indonesia. He was a citizen of that country. He was abandoned by his Mother to be raised in Hawaii by his Grandparents. He had no money. He traveled to Pakistan. American citizens were not allowed to go there. SO, if he was an American citizen how could he travel there? He must be forced to show what passport he used. It had to be an Indonesian passport. What name was he using, was it Barack Obama or Barry?
How did he pay for his college education. Did he get student loans? Did he pay them back? When did he become an American Citizen after being an Indonesian citizen? Why are all his college records sealed? What is there to be ashamed of or what is he hiding? Its something way way bigger and darker than poor grades. George W. Bush was crucified for missing a few National Guard meetings and drinking a few beers. Obama just has totally covered his past. Read the Public Liberty Alert of Aug 9, 2012. A so called classmate speaks out. But to summarize it, it is scary. Obama says he graduated from Columbia University, Class of 83. Obama says he was Pre-Law and Political Science major. This classmate never saw Obama or Barry Soetoro (the other name he used). They have interviewed 400 so called classmates and not one ever remembered seeing Obama. Did he even go to school there, if not where was he during those years? If his grades were poor how did he get into Harvard? Why has he spent millions to keep his school records sealed.
Who paid for his education? If he had student loans he had to keep up his good grades. Did he pay his student loans back? OR did Obama a/k/a Barry Soetoro get into Occidental and Columbia as a foreign exchange student? Foreign students get admitted to American Universities way easier and they get all sorts of aide and scholarships for free. Did Obama use his Indonesia Passport and citizenship to go to college here? He could not be an American Citizen and be a foreign exchange student at the same time. Mitt Romney’s income tax forms are nothing compared to what Obama should be forced to disclose. To be president of the United States you can’t have a past like this completely sealed up. He has to talk without a teleprompter. He actually should be forced to step down as president now. Keep reminding him he has used up his black half and now we start on the white half and we all know whites don’t get treated with kid gloves. This is beyond scary? Its time for Romney to make a deal to lay records on the table, but even if Obama quits trying to bring up Romney’s tax returns should not be enough to keep his past school and travels sealed. Is he even a citizen? How come he has not a single classmate or professor that remembers him? We have to tell more about ourselves to get a job at Burger King than he had to to become President because he hid behind being a picked on black. Lets pick on the white now. Hope you think about this and help get answers.
Read more questions here: Marshall Frank’s 33 questions to the president
Sandra Fluke is getting her 15 minutes of fame for sure. Of all the important things in this world, poverty, hunger, crime, war our president has found lots of time to talk about Sandra Fluke. She has become a real distraction for him. He hopes people think about her and not the things he should be talking about. As far as I know Sandra Fluke is a single girl who is complaining about insurance not paying for her $9.00 a month birth control pills. Rush Limbaugh did not have to call her terrible names, and I feel that was wrong but it did give Gloria Allard a chance to get her name and face out once more. I think if Sandra wants to take birth control pills,she should go buy them, or ask her lover to split the price which would only be $4.50 each a month. If she has more than one lover then the price would even be less. I have no idea and don’t care who she sleeps with or how often. But her $9.00 should not be on the presidents worry list. Really seems stupid. Why not send boat loads of birth control pills to the nations that cant feed their babies and want us to furnish food while they all starve?
I do care about the President trying to force insurance companies to pay for birth control, abortions or even maternity cases. Back when I was having my three babies insurance did not pay a thing for maternity cases. We were still paying for our first baby when I had the third. To have children is your own choice. No one forces you to start a family or tells you how big a family. That is between husband/wife and your choice of religion. Some religions do not believe in birth control and that where the President got his nose stuck where it did not belong. If you don’t want to practice birth control and you want to belong to the Catholic Church you should not have to pay for it on your insurance. ie. Car insurance, we have to carry liability but do not have to carry collision etc. On home insurance I had to pay extra for earthquake and flood. Health insurance should not make you pay for something you will never ever use. They are dealing with gay marriages at the moment but this article is not about that except for the fact why should this group of people pay a dime for birth control or abortions. There is not as much chance as a snowball in hell of them ever having to use it. Us really old people can barely pay for our puffers to help us breath. Some of these are over $100.00. They have clauses tucked into the Obamacare that makes us pay sales tax when we sell our home etc. Nothing to do with health insurance. Government should not try to take control of our health, our sex life and our birth control pills. Let insurance company’s compete with each other. We will buy where they offer what we need not what the President tells us to pay for when we don’t want it and cant afford it. They say they don’t punish people for not buying it but give us encouragement to buy it by leveling fines. Let us walk into a clinic, pay the door fee, buy our medicine where we get the best deal and they could fire hundreds of people who are doing nothing but making our lives miserable trying to force insurance down our throats that we don’t want and cant afford. But he still has time to worry about Sandra Fluke.