My take on the "Gun Problem".

Here's my take on the "gun problem".

The shooting in Webster, NY took place within sight of my house on Lake Ontario. The shooter was a convicted felon, obviously crazy and NOT a member of the NRA! None of these shooters were members of the NRA. And as a convicted felon he was not supposed to possess a firearm. So much for the bad guys obeying the law.

There is never one cause nor one solution to a problem. In this case it goes far beyond the mere ability of the American population to possess firearms, a right guaranteed by the second amendment. Several takes on this follow.

The American population is generally and legitimately afraid. The law abiding citizens are afraid of the spreading violence in society which is not caused by guns. The overall decay of our societies morals, the soaring number of out of wedlock births, the failure of our education system to instill the difference of right and wrong, the closing of mental health facilities to save money or at the insistance of civil rights activists, and the despair generally felt throughout society caused by this never ending recession.

I blame the liberals!!! And here's why. If there was no demand for drugs there would be no drug runner violence. I consider illegal drug users accessories to murder. Yes, even supposedly harmless pot. Gun owners are afraid they will not be able to defend themselves if the liberals have their way and disarm every gun owner with pie in the sky notions that guns are the problem and without guns we will all be safe. NONSENSE! We will never be "Safe". Bad things happen with or without guns but people prefer to be able to defend themselves if some crazy invades their home, their business, school or workplace.

We are spending too much money ineffectively on non-necessary things. We used to be able to take care of the mentally unstable. But now due to budget constraints and liberal attitudes, parents, employers and school authorities are not able to get the help they need or are afraid of being sued if they try to protect us from someone who needs help.

Strict gun laws in other countries have not prevented mass murders or crime. And once again, none of these shooters were members of the NRA! The thing that would help in the long run is better education, more mental health help, self reliance instead of the entitlement mentality and the ability to get a job in a thriving economy instead of this never ending malaise we are stuck in for the foreseeable future under Obama and the Progressives.

Right to Work fight in Michigan

Right to work commentary

12/11/12

The real reason Right to Work has worked in all states that have that option is that the workers are allowed to be productive! Union work rules prevent the workers from being efficient. In the beginning their primary goal was to create safe jobs for fair pay. But soon every job became a specialty. The carpenter couldn’t touch a screw driver and the electrician couldn’t pick up a hammer. Simple! But now the unions do not protect the worker, only the dues they can extract from the workers in order to have a job. Most workers just want to do a good job and get paid without the union telling them what they can and cannot do. The UAW has driven the consumer to buy non union vehicles of higher quality and lower price for years and their membership has steadily declined. My personal experience came years ago when I had to install one of my products in a UAW plant in Flint, Michigan. It took me three days to do what I could have done in a half hour! Right to Work does not limit collective bargaining and does not lower pay or benefits but it does help companies compete free of union work rules. It also allows the worker to choose whether or not he or she wants to join the union and pay dues that are many times used to support politicians that the worker does not support.. All the union arguments are old, outdated and basically untrue. The Right to Work laws do not prevent collective bargaining and do not harm the worker, they free the worker. Right to Work states are growing jobs, have lower taxes and compete very effectively with the non Right to Work states. That's why they continue to grow.  The unions may have won the presidency but they continue to lose in the states and with the worker as their ranks continue to dwindle. 

 

 

I have not posted to my blog, waiting for this disaster to sink in.　 At the moment I am pretty well convinced that we are lost.　 The Progressives have succeeded in perverting our youth, destroying our moral values, discouraging the work ethic and bribing the majority of our population with free stuff with no strings attached.　 It will take a miracle candidate to change it.　 New sign will say, "A fool and his liberty are soon parted." A slight modification of Thomas Tusser’s saying from around 1565.  The following piece pretty well sums up my feelings.  Couldn't have said it better.

Bob

This is a well written piece. So in tune with my thoughts that I will post it here.

Post-Mortem
Laura Hollis　
Nov 08, 2012
[She is a communication intern at the Am Heart Assn] 　
I am already reading so many pundits and other talking heads analyzing the disaster　that was this year’s elections. I am adding my own ten cents. Here goes:
　
1. We are outnumbered

We accurately foresaw the enthusiasm, the passion, the commitment, the　determination, and the turnout. Married women, men, independents, Catholics,　evangelicals – they all went for Romney in percentages as high or higher than the　groups which voted for McCain in 2008. It wasn’t enough. What we saw in the election　on Tuesday was a tipping point: we are now at a place where there are legitimately　fewer Americans who desire a free republic with a free people than there are those　who think the government should give them stuff. There are fewer of us who believe　in the value of free exchange and free enterprise. There are fewer of us who do not　wish to demonize successful people in order to justify taking from them. We are　outnumbered. For the moment. It’s just that simple.
　
2. It wasn’t the candidate(s)

Some are already saying, "Romney was the wrong guy"; "He should have picked Marco　Rubio to get Florida/Rob Portman to get Ohio/Chris Christie to get [someplace else]."　With all due respect, these assessments are incorrect. Romney ran a strategic and　well-organized campaign. Yes, he could have hit harder on Benghazi. But for those who　would have loved that, there are those who would have found it distasteful. No matter　what tactic you could point to that Romney could have done better, it would have been　spun in a way that was detrimental to his chances. Romney would have been an　excellent president, and Ryan was an inspired choice. No matter who we ran this year,　they would have lost.　See #1, above.
　
3. It’s the culture, stupid.

We have been trying to fight this battle every four years at the voting booth. It is　long past time we admit that that is not where the battle really is. We abdicated　control of the　culture　– starting back in the 1960s. And now our largest primary social　institutions – education, the media, Hollywood (entertainment) have become really　nothing more than an assembly line for cranking out reliable little Leftists.　Furthermore, we have allowed the government to undermine the institutions that　instill good character – marriage, the family, communities, schools, our churches. So,　here we are, at least two full generations later – we are reaping what we have sown. It　took nearly fifty years to get here; it will take another fifty years to get back. But it　starts with the determination to reclaim education, the media, and the entertainment　business. If we fail to do that, we can kiss every election goodbye from here on out.　And much more.
　
4. America has become a nation of adolescents

The real loser in this election was adulthood: Maturity. Responsibility. The　understanding that liberty must be accompanied by self-restraint. Obama is a spoiled　child, and the behavior and language of his followers and their advertisements　throughout the campaign makes it clear how many of them are, as well. Romney is a　grown-up. Romney should have won. Those of us who expected him to win assumed that　voters would act like grownups. Because if we　were　a nation of grownups, he　would　have　won.
　
But what　did　win? Sex. Drugs. Bad language. Bad manners. Vulgarity. Lies. Cheating.　Name-calling. Finger-pointing. Blaming. And irresponsible spending.
　
This does not bode well. People grow up one of two ways: either they　choose　to, or　circumstances　force them　to. The warnings are all there, whether it is the looming　economic disaster, or the inability of the government to respond to crises like　Hurricane Sandy, or the growing strength and brazenness of our enemies. American　voters stick their fingers in their ears and say, "Lalalalalala, I can’t hear you."
　
It is unpleasant to think about the circumstances it will take to force Americans to　grow up. It is even more unpleasant to think about Obama at the helm when those　circumstances arrive.
　
5. Yes, there is apparently a Vagina Vote

It’s the subject matter of another column in its entirety to point out, one by one, all of　the inconsistencies and hypocrisies of the Democrats this year. Suffice it to say that　the only "war on women" was the one waged by the Obama campaign, which sexualized　and objectified women, featuring them dressed up like vulvas at the Democrat　National Convention, appealing to their "lady parts," comparing voting to losing your　virginity with Obama, trumpeting the thrills of destroying our children in the womb　(and using our daughters in commercials to do so), and making Catholics pay for their　birth control. For a significant number of women, this was appealing. It might call into　question the wisdom of the Nineteenth Amendment, but for the fact that large　numbers of women (largely married) used their "lady smarts" instead. Either way,　Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are rolling over in their graves.
　
6. It’s not about giving up on "social issues"

No Republican candidate should participate in a debate or go out on the stump without　thorough debate prep and a complete set of talking points that they stick to. This　should start with a good grounding in biology and a reluctance to purport to know the　will of God. (Thank you, Todd and Richard.)

That said, we do not hold the values we do because they garner votes. We hold the　values we do because we believe that they are time-tested principles without which a　civilized, free and prosperous society is not possible.
　
We defend the unborn because we understand that a society which views some lives as　expendable is capable of viewing all lives as expendable.
　
We defend family – mothers, fathers, marriage, children – because history makes it　quite clear that societies without intact families quickly descend into anarchy and　barbarism, and we have plenty of proof of that in our inner cities where marriage is　infrequent and unwed motherhood approaches 80 percent. WhenRoe v. Wade　was　decided in 1973, many thought that the abortion cause was lost. Forty years later,　ultrasound technology has demonstrated the inevitable connection between science and　morality. More Americans than ever define themselves as "pro-life." What is tragic is　that tens of millions of children have lost their lives while Americans figure out what　should have been obvious before.
　
There is no "giving up" on social issues. There is only the realization that we have to　fight the battle on other fronts. The truth will out in the end.
　
7. Obama does not have a mandate. And he does not need one.

I have to laugh – bitterly – when I read conservative pundits trying to assure us that　Obama "has to know" that he does not have a mandate, and so he will have to govern　from the middle. I don’t know what they’re smoking. Obama does notcare　that he does　not have a mandate. He does not view himself as being elected (much less re-elected)　to represent individuals. He views himself as having been re-elected to complete the　"fundamental transformation" of America, the basic structure of which he despises.　Expect much more of the same – largely the complete disregard of the will of half the　American public, his willingness to rule by executive order, and the utter inability of　another divided Congress to rein him in. Stanley Kurtz has it all laid out　here.
　
8. The CorruptMedia is the enemy
　
Too strong? I don’t think so. I have been watching the media try to throw elections　since at least the early 1990s. In 2008 and again this year, we saw the media cravenly　cover up for the incompetence and deceit of this President, while demonizing a good,　honorable and decent man with lies and smears. This is on top of the daily barrage of　insults that conservatives (and by that I mean the electorate, not the politicians)　must endure at the hands of this arrogant bunch of elitist snobs. Bias is one thing.　What we observed with Benghazi was professional malpractice and fraud. They need to　go.
　
Republicans, Libertarians and other conservatives need to be prepared to play hardball　with the　Pravda　press from here on out. And while we are at it, to defend those　journalists of whatever political stripe (Jake Tapper, Sharyl Atkisson, Eli Lake) who　actually do their jobs. As well as Fox News and talk radio. Because you can fully expect　a re-elected Obama to try to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine in term 2.
　
9. Small business and entrepreneurs will be hurt the worst

For all the blather about "Wall Street versus Main Street," Obama’s statist agenda　will unquestionably benefit the biggest corporations which – as with the public sector　unions – are in the best position to make campaign donations, hire lobbyists, and get　special exemptions carved out from Obama’s health care laws, his environmental　regulations, his labor laws. It will be the small business, the entrepreneur, and the　first-time innovators who will be crushed by their inability to compete on a level playing　field.
　
10. America is more polarized than ever; and this time it’s personal
　
I’ve been following politics for a long time, and it feels different this time. Not just　for me. I’ve received messages from other conservatives who are saying the same　thing: there is little to no tolerance left out there for those who are bringing this　country to its knees – even when they have been our friends. It isn’t just about "my　guy" versus "your guy." It is my view of America versus your view of America – a　crippled, hemorrhaging, debt-laden, weakened and dependent America that I want no　part of and resent being foisted on me. I no longer have any patience for stupidity,　blindness,　or vulgarity, so with each dumb "tweet" or FB post by one of my happily lefty　comrades, another one bites the dust, for me. Delete.
　
What does this portend for a divided Congress? I expect that Republicans will be　demoralized and chastened for a short time. But I see them in a bad position.　Americans in general want Congress to work together. But many do not want Obama’s　policies, and so Republicans who support them will be toast. Good luck, guys.
　
11. It’s possible that America just has to hit rock bottom

I truly believe that most Americans who voted for Obama have no idea what they are　in for. Most simply believe him when he says that all he really wants is for the rich to　pay "a little bit more." So reasonable!　Who could argue with that except a greedy　racist?
　
America is on a horrific bender. Has been for some time now. The warning signs of　our fiscal profligacy and culture of lack of personal responsibility are everywhere – too　many to mention. We need only look at other countries which have gone the route we　are walking now to see what is in store.
　
For the past four years – but certainly within the past campaign season – we have　tried to warn Americans. Too many refuse to listen, even when all of the events that　have transpired during Obama’s presidency –　unemployment, economic stagnation,　skyrocketing prices, the depression of the dollar, the collapse of foreign policy,　Benghazi, hopelessly inept responses to natural disasters　– can be tied directly to　Obama’s statist philosophies, and his decisions.
　
What that means, I fear, is that they will not see what is coming until the whole thing　collapses.　That　is what makes me so sad today. I see the country I love headed　toward its own "rock bottom," and I cannot seem to reach those who are taking it　there.

　

I found this column interesting so I am posting it here followed by my comments to the author.  He's 95% right.

Gridlock isn't always a bad thing.  By Lloyd Brown

November 25, 2012  Sun Sentinel

Two friends, one a Democrat and one a conservative, have told me recently that Republicans in Congress need to compromise so the government can "get things done."

One of them actually said it is better to do something than nothing.

No. It is not.  Doing the wrong thing can be much worse than doing nothing.

This is especially true when you are talking about trying to influence the nation's economy

Contrary to popular liberal belief, politicians do not "run the economy." Decisions made daily by millions of Americans, each pursuing his own best interests, determine the course of the economy.

However, politicians are quick to take credit when the economy is doing well and expert at dodging and blaming free enterprise when it goes bad.

The economy goes up and down with or without politicians meddling, much like the average temperature on the Earth fluctuates.

More often than not, when government acts to help, the action is either too late or harmful.

Generally, liberals want to spend more of other people's money, a course of action that they fantasize will help the economy, while conservatives want to spend less.

Compromise is only an option when both sides are going in the same direction and the question is how far to go. If you want to drive 500 miles in one day on your vacation and your wife wants to drive 300 miles, you drive 400. Or, in my house, 300. That's compromise.

But if two people are in a car at an intersection and one wants to turn left but the other wants to go right, what is the compromise?

I don't recall liberals being interested in compromise from 2000-2006, when they were working day and night to derail President George W. Bush's plans.

After liberals gained control of Congress in 2006, the economy began turning south. They had virtually complete control of the government after 2008 and didn't need any compromising. Yet, they didn't fix anything.

If they couldn't fix it by themselves, why do they need conservatives to help them?

You know the answer: So they can share the blame when things go wrong.

America's voters apparently have chosen to live in a welfare state. But the majority still cannot tyrannize a minority – at least as long as the Constitution is in effect.

Therefore, conservatives in Congress have a duty to represent their minority constituents and oppose bad policy.

The nation is $16 trillion in debt. The government does not even take in enough money to pay for interest on that debt and entitlements. It must borrow the money it spends for everything else – from the most banal bureaucracy to the Department of Defense. National defense is the government's primary role and it is fulfilling that role with money it borrows from other nations, including potential enemies such as China.

That is considered bad policy by the millions of Americans who voted for responsible government.

Things are bad, but they can get worse.

Sometimes, gridlock is good.

Lloyd Brown was in the newspaper business nearly 50 years, beginning as a copy boy and retiring as editorial page editor of the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville. He can be reached at lloydb39@bellsouth.net.© Florida Voices

Dear Mr. Brown,

 

Your column today is right on. Absolutely correct in almost every point except one, which is pretty good. You state that "the majority still cannot tyrannize a minority-at least as long as the Constitution is in effect". Unfortunately, the Constitution is being ignored or overridden by the Obama administration or liberal judges. The reason we are in the mess we are in is that Conservatives and Republicans have compromised over and over in the mistaken belief that the liberals will keep their word or stop the incessant push to bring Socialism or Communism to the country. My saying is; "Bad people rely on the good will of good people to get bad things done". Most honorable, honest people cannot fathom that the left has an agenda other than taking care of the poor. It’s power, plain and simple. And to retain that power they must continue to enslave the poor, keep them uneducated, ignorant and most of all, dependant on the government for their well being---and get them to the polls.

 

I look forward to reading your next column.

R. J. Brinkman

Fort Lauderdale

 

 

Early voting in Fort Lauderdale poll watcher.

I had an interesting experience yesterday by being a poll watcher at the downtown library early voting site here in Fort Lauderdale.  I was there for a little over three hours with another Romney supporter and two Obama supporters.  We were all cordial but the Romney fans were the only ones sworn at, flipped off or yelled obsenities at.  I was told that Romney will cut military pay, stop food stamps and repeal Roe v Wade.  No conservative or Romney supporter said one nasty thing about Obama.  This responds to Arnie Rothchild's comments about being civil.  Agree whole heartedly Arnie but the conversations I was able to have yesterday with some of the more civil Obama fans were inane, uninformed and myopic, echoing the lies from the left propaganda machine without any attempt to research the truth or listen to the facts.  Scary how far the country has already declined under Obama who was supposed to be the great uniter.  Now voting is "revenge".  Revenge for what???  Being the last great hope of the world?  This is the most corrupt administration EVER!  If the Communist gets reelected we truly have lost America and we are doomed to suffer a slow agonizing death at the hands of Socialism led by communists.  My Jewish friends here are mostly Romney supporters and can't understand why any Jew would support Obama with the exception of the Jewish trial lawyer on the corner.  Sorry to have offended anyone but that's just the way it is.  Still think it's Romney by a landslide.

Why Romney will win.

Last night Chris and I were fortunate to be able to attend a Romney fund raiser in Palm Beach.  On the way in we saw the usual protesters quite similar to the rabble we saw last year in Athens.  Anti-rich, anti-business and anti anything common sense that might heal this economy.  Inside we met business people who were concerned with getting the economy moving again and stopping the continuing damage that Obama is doing to every aspect of America.  In attendance were Governor Portman of Ohio, Governor Scott of Florida, Mayor Rudy Giuliani and a host of other upper level dignataries.  When Governor Romney spoke he was relaxed, warm, funny, and most of all Presidential.   After his brief comments he mingled with the crowd, shook hands and posed for pictures.  Unfortunately, Chris and I were not able to get one, but no matter.  I did get to shake his hand and tell him he should ask for help electing a Republican Senate so when he becomes President he will actually be able to get something done.  The do nothing Harry Reid senate has blocked every piece of Republican legislation for almost four years.  Time for a change! The democrats are grasping at straws, fabricating things that Romney will supposedly do if elected.  My belief, more than ever, is that the Romney Ryan ticket will win and win big.  I have signed up as a poll watcher on election day.  My only concern right now is that Obama will manufacture some incident---Crisis---that will hurt America even more in the hope that it will somehow win the election.  Not a chance!  Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me.  I don't think the American electorate will be fooled again.

Liar, Liar!  Romney 1, Obama 0


I apologize for the delay in posting but we were away for a week. Then I had to wait for the dust from the debate to settle before I waded in. WOW, what a spectacular drubbing! Romney looked, acted and sounded presidential while Obama looked like a little kid that was being scolded by his grandmother. It just goes to show that my confidence in Romney is well founded. I was also confident that Obama has always been an empty suit that can only speak if he has two teleprompters in front of him. A president who pronounces "going to" as "gunna" and "to" as "tuh" has always rubbed me the wrong way. But his clenched jaw and pursed lips really betrayed his emotions during the debate. After, the excuses were absolutely amazing. The thing that bothers me most, however, is that when confronted, no matter who is interviewed from the Obama camp, Governors, senators or spokesmen, they all consistently say that the facts are "untrue" or "that is a lie". They really must think the American public are idiots. But they are catching on. The old saying is that a lie repeated often enough becomes the truth. That is what they did initially to Romney. Then by calling all the factual negatives about Obama lies and repeating that over and over they hope to make the truth untrue. It's not working!

The surge in Romney's numbers show that the public is starting to pay attention and I can only think that Paul Ryan will also have his way with Biden. The truth is always the truth and the conservative truth cannot be denied and will win every time if the Republicans will only let it out. The proud moment in the debate came when Romney gestured over his shoulder and referenced the Constitution, Brilliant! On to November!

Israeli’s strongly dislike Obama.
We just got back from a cruise from Boston to Montreal around Nova Scotia. Went to see the Forefathers monument in Plymouth and the North Bridge in Concord. Both very moving and inspirational and if you ever get the chance dont miss this monument.

On board ship we met two Israeli women who were born in Palestine and live in Tel Aviv. They really hate Obama and can’t understand how any Jew that is at all informed could vote for him as he has done everything against Israel.  And everything he does is also against America.

Excellent commentary by Mychal Massie, a conservative BLACK commentator.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&ved=0CGMQFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeforeitsnews.com%2Falternative%2F2012%2F08%2Fanother-mychal-massie-commentary-on-the-obamas-2460218.html&ei=8lhXUP-cEOr20gHmzoGoBw&usg=AFQjCNH2jkiupyKvUEbytohWehdZM1HSFA&sig2=nhJ0yP3R30Mlnf0aMEPY-Q

The things he is doing to hurt America are too numerous to count and some we probably won't know about until he is out of office.NOTE: These signs were destroyed and stolen at 11:05 PM on 9/16 by a black woman hospital worker.  Her third attack on my signs.  Police report filed.  

Taxing the rich taxes all  

The political cartoon in Thursday’s Democrat and Chronicle shows the rich giving Romney a hug while holding tax cuts.

I would like to explain a few things to your readers about the “Tax the Rich” mantra being promoted by the President, the liberals and democrats.  I started in business in 1970 with 17 employees.  I built the business to over 400 employees, but  in 2008 we shrunk to less than 300 and are still struggling to stay at that level.   In that 42 years my company paid over 60 million dollars in taxes so I figure I helped build a few roads and bridges while I and my many dedicated, hard working employees built the company.   So I didn't build that alone, I had a lot of help---but not from the government!

Now to my point.  Besides having very good health insurance and other benefits, I have a 401K profit sharing plan that over the years has accumulated millions in retirement funds for our employees.  If you tax me, (one of the greedy millionaires they love to bash), you tax all my employees.  All of them.  From the janitor to the highest paid machinist.  Not only would there be less profit to share with the employees who helped earn it, there would also be less to reinvest in growing the company or buying the latest equipment with which to remain competitive.  The reason there is no recovery, and I do mean no recovery, is that small businesses like mine have absolutely no confidence in this government or what is being done to the economy by the Obama administration.  Tax and spend does not and will never work.  Only by freeing business from this high taxation and over regulation will the economy recover.  If the American public sees small business hiring then the confidence to spend will return to the consumer, the ultimate determiner of economic growth.   Mitt Romney will restore that confidence.

Democrats at root of housing crash.

 

The roots of the housing crash.

This is from my personal knowledge and experience at the time and a response to a letter I received from someone who blames the Republicans and greedy Capitalists for the crash.  Necessarily longer but gives you ammunition (pun intended) to shoot down the claims that Republicans caused the crash.

The root of the housing crisis began with FDR (a Democrat) in 1938 when he created Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association) in order to bail out the banks during the great depression. It enabled poor and middle income buyers to buy homes who otherwise would not have qualified for loans.　 In 1968 President Lyndon Johnson (a Democrat) was pressing the Vietnam war.  He needed wiggle room in the budget so he converted it to a publically traded company. Two years later Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) was created to supposedly keep Fannie from being a monopoly. They allowed people who couldn’t afford a house to buy one and hold $5 trillion + in debt. 　

In 1977, Jimmy Carter (a Democrat) passed the Housing and Community Development Act to promote rebuilding housing in "the more devastated and needy communities of our country".　 Block grants and other incentives "designed primarily to stimulate private investment into renovation and building of adequate housing for our people". (From the signing speech by Carter). This began to addressed the red lining of the banks that would not loan in distressed areas, mostly inner city black neighborhoods.  (Interestingly, title VII eased the restrictions on building in flood plains.  I wonder if that had any effect on the people in New Orleans that have now been flooded out.)  In the meantime I was struggling to keep my people working, giving them raises every three months because the inflation rate was 12% and interest rates were around 20%.

In the second year of the Clinton administration, Clinton (a Democrat) had his treasury secretary Robert Rubin lean on the banks to loan more money to poor people and threatened them with federal action if they did not comply, much like Obama did with TARP and the stimulus package. The banks were basically forced to loan to people who they had little or no confidence in them being able to repay the loans.  Of course the mortgage officers and the mortgage brokers all got their commissions because they essentially had no risk---they could sell the mortgages to Fannie and Freddie, get paid right away and not worry.  Loans were made by pumping up the supposed income of people working part time, not requiring a down payment or putting buyers in homes they could not afford based on the assumption that the home would always go up in value.　This was made possible by gutting the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 which prevented banks from dealing in securities thereby allowing them to go back into the bond markets.  This was done in 1999 under Clinton (a Democrat) with the help of a lot of Republicans, unfortunately.  The act was called the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

Now I come to Bush 43.　 He warned about the coming crisis with Fannie and Freddie but not strongly enough. No balls at all!  Whenever the issue was brought up, congressmen like Barney Frank (a Democrat) and Chris Dodd (also a Democrat) would go ballistic and claim there was nothing wrong with them. "They were sound and well managed."　 We all know what eventually happened.  With such a monumental collection of bad loans packaged and sold by bankers as 　　AAA bonds. These same bankers are big supporters of Barack H. Obama.  So are all the leaders of the labor unions most of which are making millions off their workers, living like kings. promoting labor unrest, and ultimately causing the exportation of jobs to non-union countries like Mexico and China.  George Soros, one of the billionaires  is already in control of the White House along with many Communist/Marxist staffers and advisors.

President Kennedy, (a Democrat) President Reagan, (a Republican) and President Bush, (also a Republican) all understood that the more you tax something the less you get of it.　 When they cut taxes the overall revenue to the government increased greatly.　 When the Republicans took over the House and Senate in 1994 they cut spending, closed unneeded military bases that were being protected by congressmen, and most significantly reformed welfare creating a surplus and making Clinton look good. I recall well the 1993 tax increase Clinton passed with his Democrat congress. It was the first retroactive tax increase in history.... the Clinton tax package increased gas taxes and hiked the corporate income tax rate from 34 to 35 percent. It substantially raised the top personal/small employer rate—from 31 to 39.6 percent.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2012/07/23/wapo-calls-clintons-1993-tax-increase-deficit-reduction-plan#ixzz25WylEpaY

I am certainly not a billionaire. Not even close. But because I take very good care of my fellow employees with excellent pay, working conditions, health care and 401K profit sharing, if you tax me you tax all of my employees. They have HSA’s (Health Saving Accounts) that allow them to spend their own money pre-tax and they love the plan. If they don’t spend it they are allowed to accumulate the unspent balance over the years and save it. They are absolutely against ObamaCare as they know they will loose the flexibility they now enjoy.

The original settlers of Jamestown had a commune. All for the common good. They starved every winter.  Only until they were allowed them to keep some of the fruits of their labors did the colony start to prosper. The profit motive, Free Enterprise and the creativity that comes from it is why these United States became the greatest, most prosperous country in the history of the world---period.　 Capitalism is the most efficient way to redistribute capital to the most profitable endeavor.  Any time the government gets involved you can count on graft and corruption, no matter what party is in office.　

In 1995, attorney Barack Obama filed a mortgage discrimination lawsuit against Citibank on behalf of 186 black Americans. The result of the lawsuit forced Citibank and other mortgage institutions to approve of subprime mortgage rates for low income blacks living in the Chicago area. Today, nearly half of those that received the subprime loans have either filed bankruptcy and/or been foreclosed on. Although there were non-blacks living in the same neighborhood at the time, none of them were included in his lawsuit. Read more: http://godfatherpolitics.com/6893/president-obama-all-men-are-not-created-equal/#ixzz25WrlMhGz

The blatant disregard of our laws, congress, our constitution, and the will of the American people has many people worried, angry and afraid.  Obama has dictated from his throne, spent our money recklessly and undermined our status in the world. He has promoted class warfare, a divisive anti American philosophy and employs Chicago thug politics at every turn.  He practices the plan of Saul Alinsky in "Rules for Radicals". He has, and probably still is, employing Communists (Van Jones for one). Some say that "2016-Obama’s America" is preaching to the choir. But if you will go see it I think you will be impressed and might open the door a little to the possibility that he is bad for the country.  Many of the clips are his own words in his own voice.　 Give it a shot, go to a matinee.

I spent all afternoon "laboring" on Labor Day to put this together.　 Hope you take it to heart.

　

 

My friend Karl with his not so subtle but very true message.

OMG

 

After watching the RNC convention I am more confident than ever that the Romney/Ryan team will get rid of this guy.  It would be great if every twitterer and texter would start to think of this when they text OMG.  Sign was ripped down and shredded on 9/9/12.

The opposite of Barry Goldwater's motto in 1964 against Lyndon Bains Johnson, the guy who gave us "The Great Society".

Eventually the conservatives would triumph with the win of Ronald Reagan in 1980.
More info on Obama at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOmzTLdr_m4. and why you have to get involved and convert the uninformed to vote for Romney.

Guess which one!

Although I already knew the answer, we just saw the new movie "2016".  It is a well documented history of Obama's past, his parents, grandparents and mentors---all Communists! 



This pretty well sums it up.  Reelect the communist or use some common sense and vote Romney-Ryan.

Romney-Ryan  Finally some adults in the room.

Level headed, intelligent and thinking about the next generation instead of the next election.  A great choice that will clearly define the race and hopefully unite the country.

Nope Obama!

Says it all!

I am certainly having an effect on the Obama lovers!

These signs lasted one day, were replaced and destroyed again the next day.  Liberals hate free speach unless it's theirs!

"We tried his way, it doesn't work, now it's time, to fire the jerk".

On August 3rd the unemployment rate went up to 8.3%.  Hence the above signs.
Our economy is suffering from a lack of confidence.  Business will not hire or invest without orders or at least the chance that orders will increase.  Unless the Senate changes over to Republican and Gov. Romney wins the election confidence that the economy will improve will remain non-existant.

Sign on a house near Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York by Karl E. Sparn, Jr. 

Here is a guy that has it figured out, as have millions of other patriotic American's.  "Barack H. Obama...COMMUNIST...Plain and Simple".  That says it all!  The fact is that his grandparents, his parents, his mentor Franklin Marshal Davis (who lived with his mother and is mentioned many times in Obama's book) were all devoted Communists.  Obama has hired communists in the White House, is surrounded by communists and is advised by communists.  Van Jones, an unabashed communist, was the Green Energy Czar until he was exposed and dismissed.  He is still speaking and promoting Communism and defending Obama's ideology which is designed to take us to Socialism.  Some people who should be more informed say Obama is just inexperienced, well meaning, unintelligent, etc.  Not true.  He knows exactly what he is doing.  He is following the plan of Saul Alinsky in "Rules for Radicals".  "First, break the system".  That is what Obama is doing---breaking the system.  Nearing $16 trillion in national debt, promoting and putting more people on welfare, food stamps and all sorts of government (Taxpayer) funded programs with two purposes;  the former as stated and buying votes by promising more money and benefits.  If he is not defeated by Mitt Romney in November the country is lost---LOST!

For those of you old enough to remember the comic strip "Pogo" you might remember this saying.  It applies perfectly to what has been happening in America.  The natural progression of a free country is: Tyranny, revolution, freedom, prosperity, complacency, apathy and then once again---tyranny.  We are at the cusp between apathy and tyranny with so many unaware of what is actually happening. The heavy handed, opressive actions of this administration are frightening and there is very little news coverage in the liberal media.  Be afraid, very afraid, then become involved, and speak out against what is being done to our country by the communists in and around the White House.

The following letter to the editor appeared in the Monday, July 23^rd Democrat and Chronicle

Homeowner litters lawn to expresses views

Imagine a Rochester where every resident decides to post a sign (or signs) in their yards proclaiming their personal views. Imagine them spouting hand-lettered, divisive and one-sided comments. Every house, every season, every homeowner deciding that his ideas should be posted for all to notice. This is how our town would look should we all decide that rather than using available forum to discuss politics — letters to the editor, radio shows, blogs, the Internet, etc. — our views should be stuck by the side of the road and forced upon every hapless passerby. This is what one resident on a main road in Irondequoit does.

I know, freedom of speech: He definitely has the legal right to post any sign he wants on his property. I would ask, though, that he also consider if he would like to live in a town where everyone decided to do the same thing he does. Would that be an attractive, welcoming, civil neighborhood in which he would wish to live?

KRISTIN YOUNG

IRONDEQUOIT

My Response

I love driving liberals crazy and letting them expose their hypocrisy.  My signs are a small but very popular attempt to get the conservative view out when the overwhelming majority of the media is liberal, biased and prone to publishing half truths or outright lies.  The newspapers limit letters to no more than once in thirty days.  The radio limits calls as well.  That is why I started a blog, www.fromtherightside.us, as the paper would not let me write a weekly column.  My signs have been a source of entertainment to many people and aggravation to the liberal Obama lovers who have knocked down, torn up or even stolen them.  Does she consider as litter signs promoting yard sales, joining the girl scouts or the local remodeler. And the political season is coming so she can post her favorite political sign in her yard.  Or put her own sign up---oh yea, that would be littering.   She mentions free speech but I suspect she means free speech that agrees with her.

As far as being divisive and one sided they certainly are not divisive.  They are an answer to the lies and propaganda coming out of the most corrupt administration I have ever seen.  Class warfare is not classy!  This is the most divisive administration ever.

Whether taken out of context or not, Obama's beliefs have come out loud and clear.  He doesn't think anything can be accomplished by the private sector without government "help".  It is the governments job to build adequate roads and bridges so the people can go about their business growing wealth and jobs.  I have paid millions upon millions of dollars in taxes over my 40 plus years in business, so I figure I helped pay for those roads and bridges and I should be able to use them, no strings attached.  He is executing the ultimate plan to destroy the country by overloading the system.  Putting as many people on government programs as possible and running up the national debt as fast as possible will ultimately destroy the country and we will go the route of Greece.
Note: This sign was knocked down and thrown in the bushes at 3 AM Wednesday morning.

The senseless tragedy in Aurora, Colorado reminds us how fleeting life can be.  This sign went up immediately on 7/20/12 right after I lowered my flag to half mast.

Cost of Obamacare will hit everyone.

Higher costs for insurance, poorer service, fewer doctors, long waits for procedures will all affect the entire health care industry.

June 26, 2012
After the attorney general and scotus found against Arizona's law requiring ID.

MCC Ice Rink
As a business man and using just the macro numbers published today, the solution to the sports center problem is simple--- Lower costs, raise prices or probably both.  If there are “tens of thousands of patrons annually” and “750 local participants that account for one third of the  revenue”, ($400,000) rates should necessarily double for everyone.  No organization can survive if it loses money on every customer.  And no, you can’t make it up in volume.  Rental of 168,000 feet at $10 per foot would cost $1.6 million, which coincidentally is exactly what the revenue is.  Obviously way too low for a facility with four functional ice rinks.  A 100% increase in revenues would bring in another $1.6 million and give the facility a paper profit of $1 million per year till the notes are paid off.  Lest someone yell that an increase that size is unfair, will drive patrons away or deny some poor kid the chance to play hockey let them consider the alternative---no hockey for anyone.  I have no idea what rates are being charged but again, using the published figures the income is $533 per patron.  I assume the facility receives rent or other compensation from the restaurant, ice cream stand and bar.  No matter how much visitors to the area spend, the facility must charge enough to pay for itself, maintain the facility and pay off the bonds in the agreed upon time.   How the situation could get this bad is beyond me but I suspect that the board did not have the guts to increase rates to cover costs.  Is this another fast ferry?

Dear Editor,

Joe Boudreau says in today’s paper that he is not proud to live in a ‘right to work” state.  Perhaps he should move to New York where I am from.  I emphasize “from” as the high taxes caused by the complete control of New York by the unions have caused the state to be bordering on bankruptcy and taxes to be more than twice as high as they are here.  On the other hand, Right to Work states have much lower taxes, are growing and have consistently created more jobs than forced union  states. 

No intelligent employer mistreats his employees.  The workers are the backbone of any company and the most important asset.  Unions prevent hard workers from being promoted, drive up costs and lower productivity all in the search for more forced union dues.  They protect incompetent teachers, force layoffs of good employees and generally hamper good management.  Unions will never give up the dues from one unnecessary worker to help the company or the taxpayer.  Right to Work requires unions to actually earn their members’ dues.  Most workers want to do a good job.  If they do too good a job some union steward will tap them on the shoulder and tell them to “slow down, you’re ruining it for the rest of us”.  If unions are so good, why has the number of union members steadily declined in spite of laws that are slanted in favor of unions?  Now, Obama has packed the National Labor Relations Board with pro union people that are issuing new rules to make it even easier for unions to force more people to pay dues.  It has nothing to do with safety or equal pay and everything to do with being able to buy influence with politicians.  The workers are secondary.

Joe should move.

Robert Brinkman

Post: Thursday, June 21 column by Benjamin Wachs, "Democracy's not a battle"

Editor,

Benjamin Wachs’ column in today’s paper needs to be corrected.  Democracy is and will always be a battle.  He questions whether  the Tea Party has made a dent in the deficit.  Well in fact, they have.  The Tea party was very instrumental in electing Governor Walker in Wisconsin and fighting off the union’s attempt to recall him.  He eliminated a 3 billion dollar deficit and now has a surplus and is growing jobs. They will have the same effect nationally.   Wachs calls for compromise, finding common ground and claims our problems have only gotten bigger.  And the reason they have gotten bigger is because the Republicans and conservatives have compromised, tried to find common ground and been honest in their dealings with the Progressives---to no avail.  Bad people always rely on the good will of good people to get bad things done.  Every compromise has driven us one step closer to Socialism.  No More.  When the Democrats had total control of congress there was absolutely no compromise.  Now that the shoe is on the other foot the cries for compromise are loud and constant.

R. J. Brinkman

D&C Post: Response to the Irondequoit Post column about the culture becoming coarse 6/21/12

The reason the culture has gotten “coarse” is that we can no longer properly discipline our young people.  Anyone over 50 will recall that most responsible adults would not hesitate to admonish a misbehaving youngster and even slap them on the back of the head and tell them to “stop that and behave”.  No more!  With the advent of touchy feely attitudes towards our children, without the actual touching, we can no longer hold our children accountable for their actions.  They know very well that if an adult so much as touches them they can charge assault, even against their parents.  When I grew up, prompt and predictable discipline was the best deterrent against improper behavior, by parents, teachers or even strangers.

March 2, 2012 | Greed Study at Berkley

Dear editor:

I found it ironic when reading the article today by Eryn Brown about the study by University of California at Berkley researchers that linked unethical behavior and greed to personal wealth and the one percent.  The fact that the study was done in San Francisco, the heart of left wing liberal America, might have escaped these researchers as relevant.  I wonder what the results would be if the same study was done in the bible belt or any midsized town in Ohio for instance.  For myself there have been numerous times when I have been given to much change or not charged for something and I have pointed out the clerks mistake.  If you have principles or have grown up being taught right from wrong they don’t evaporate just because a person has done well.  I would also like to know if the offenders were observed to be young or older as too many of today’s youth have been taught that whatever you can get away with is OK.  The fact that they used students attending Berkley severely taints the results as far as I am concerned.

Robert Brinkman

Irondequoit Post Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Guest essay by county legislator Vincent Esposito

Editor,

Although the proposal by legislator Esposito is welcome, it does not address the root of the problem.  Instead of protecting some home owners from increased taxes he should be fighting to reduce the overall tax rate.  He is right that property tax relief would create jobs and improve property values.  But protection from increases is the reverse of what he should be promoting. The real problem is the high combined tax rate.  The gross disparity in property and school taxes when compared to the rest of the state is seldom revealed.  My combined tax rate is approximately $43 per thousand while downstate in the Hamptons, the home of the multi, multi, millionaires, the tax rate is  $9 per thousand.  Not only is that extremely unfair, it shows the glaring inequities in the state tax codes.  The only way to reduce these killer tax rates is to reign in the exorbitant pensions and benefits that the public employee unions have imposed on the rest of the population.   Governor Cuomo has made a feeble start on this but has not gone far enough.  The union members who get these benefits are also subject to the extremely high taxes that are required to pay their benefits.  A vicious circle that cannot be maintained and continues to drive people, businesses and wealthy tax payers out of the state.  A downward spiral that cannot continue for much longer.

R. J. Brinkman

President Obama

President Obama’s jobs speech before the congress left me reeling.  The economy is stalled because there is a profound lack of confidence in the ability of the economy to recover under more regulation, higher taxes and higher cost of health care.  Hiring workers for a tax credit will not happen if there is no work for them to do.  And you can’t buy a new employee for $5,000.   Pay their fair share means tax increases on the producers which are always passed along to the consumer. Trade agreements have not been held up by congress but by the White House.  He talks well but does the opposite.  Employers can’t win the race to the top with shakles on their feet  The only thing that will work, and has worked in the past, is an overall tax reduction, especially on businesses, repealing the high cost of Obamacare, and cutting spending  which will restore the confidence of the population that a recovery can happen.  The president’s jobs program will  not do that.