Video: Fighting the stimulus, after the fact
posted at 8:55 am on February 20, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
What if you spent a million dollars a day from the time of the Nativity until now? First, you’d be very, very tired (and very old) — but more importantly, you’d be less profligate than Congress was in just a single day. They spent more money than an immortal Paris Hilton on steroids, as the American Issues Project reminds us in a new video:
Politico somewhat misrepresents this rollout in its coverage and its headline, “Group counters stimulus with Jesus in TV ad”, making it sound like a religious pitch rather than just a historical reference:
After watching liberal allies of President Barack Obama flood the airwaves in support of the stimulus bill, a conservative third-party group is countering with a provocative new commercial using Jesus Christ to emphasize the scale of the $787 billion package.
The American Issues Project, which briefly aired a TV spot in last year’s presidential race, will go up on Friday with a TV spot that marks the dollars spent with the passage of time.
That makes it sound like AIP has created a “What would Jesus do?” spot, which is not at all the case. There’s nothing provocative in that sense at all about this ad or religious at all. They could have used Augustus Caesar’s census as a reference point as well, but fewer people would have figured out the timeline. It shows the Mona Lisa, too; was AIP referencing the Da Vinci Code?
Politico’s Jonathan Martin does score a good point at the very end of the analysis, though:
While the stimulus may have roused an otherwise-moribund Republican Party, conservatives are late to the game. A coalition of liberal groups, led by Americans United for Change, has been airing TV and radio ads on the bill in Washington, D.C., and targeted states for a month in support of the bill.
It seems to me that this is a case of too little, too late. We can call Congress all we want now, but the vote’s been taken and the bill signed by President Obama. It will take a new Congress to deauthorize the spending of Porkulus in 2011. What we need is explicit promises that electing a Republican House and Senate will stop the rest of the money from going out the door.
Update: It begins. (h/t: HA commenter Keemo)
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And the plan begins to unfold:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/02/rep-gohmert-says-republicans-will.html
Keemo on February 20, 2009 at 8:58 AM
AMEN !
+100
Mark Garnett on February 20, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Or a loud, in-your-face popular revolt. Isn’t that what the One advocated to his followers. Its time to give them a dose of it. According to Michelle’s post, Spector saw some it himself.
genso on February 20, 2009 at 9:01 AM
I knew it!
In all seriousness, yes, we need a new Congress. I hope and pray that the Republicans stick to their guns. Great link, too, Keemo. Perhaps this whole delayed-spending thing will come back to haunt the One.
Can you believe it’s only been a month today?
emailnuevo on February 20, 2009 at 9:01 AM
democrats spend like a drunken
sailorNavy.jgapinoy on February 20, 2009 at 9:02 AM
I am almost burned out on the Republicans myself, but unfortunalty putting them back in office is probably our only real hope for change. It is proably way past time for a massive grassroots Conservitive campaign to find conservitive Republicans and sen them to Washington to replace both the Democrats and the Rinos.
MikeA on February 20, 2009 at 9:04 AM
I think it’s apropos for Politico to headline it this way because it emphasizes their own ignorance.
The idea of using the birth of Jesus as a reference point in world history is one that intellectuals have recognized ever since — well, ever since the birth of Jesus.
Todays self-appointed intellectuals are notoriously idiots at math and geography, and their SAT scores are lower than those of previous generations. In short, it’s quite likely the writer literally doesn’t know the birth of Jesus has been considered a meaningful reference point by the serious intellectuals of history.
Is we learning now?
jeff_from_mpls on February 20, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Let’s hope the republicans stick to their guns and do not fold. My Rep is Bill Shuster and he has said he will NOT change his mind or vote.
becki51758 on February 20, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Keemo, great link. But is it wise to clue the Dems in on our plans/intentions?
zeebeach on February 20, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Can the House stop it if the R’s retake it?
B/C we aren’t getting the Senate back.
artist on February 20, 2009 at 9:07 AM
This does explain the millions for contraceptives in the stimulus package.
But seriously, given how lucid Ms Hilton was explaining a sensible energy policy during the campaign, replacing Geithner with Hilton may be the shot of penicillin this economy just needs.
ignorantapathy on February 20, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Calling congress before the vote didn’t do any good as they all had thier minds made up before they (didn’t) even read the bill.
What good is calling them now? Spend that time researching local politicians to run against these weasels in the House in 2010.
cadams on February 20, 2009 at 9:13 AM
I think the time is ripe for a new party, maybe, the Patriot party. I’m sick of the republicans and their corrupt and cowardly ways.
americanpatriot on February 20, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Three-pack of pitchforks at Amazon for $29
I’ll check for carbon-neutral, solar, LED torches.
Let’s roll.
ex-Democrat on February 20, 2009 at 9:17 AM
The rape of our economy goes on and on. If the dims have their way by injecting the stimulus, in 4 years the Republicans will be so weak that we will essentially have one party rule. Saul Alinski, Obama’s mentor, hated the middle class because they were a buffer for the upper class. We must be destroyed in order to get to them. Not much we can do about it when you have an educational system run by a labor union flushing millions of uneducated kids into a system they are dependent on for living. Add amnesty pumping millions more into the system and its almost lights out for the middle class.
volsense on February 20, 2009 at 9:17 AM
Imagine the 2010 campaign becoming a referendum on the porkulus spending!
Can you see the look on the messiah’s face if he lost congress in 2010? He’d go all Clinton on his staff:
“I thought Soros and ACORN were supposed to deliver, what the **** happened? Axelrod get your **** ass in the oval office right now you **** .”
Exciting prospects ahead.
jeff_from_mpls on February 20, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Well maybe it won’t be that bad after all since most of the money isn’t appropriated until after 2011. ;)
We still have a chance of stopping this thing. Dems, what a bunch of fools.
Lance Murdock on February 20, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Now thats something to CHOPE for…
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alexraye on February 20, 2009 at 9:22 AM
Please forgive the off topic comment, but I recently registered for HotAir (this week) and I am allowed to comment in The Blog, Top Picks, but I am not allowed to comment on Headlines.
What up?
Thanks!
RadioFreeUSA on February 20, 2009 at 9:24 AM
And they got into Specter/Collins/Snowe’s heads before we even started jamming their phonelines in protest. No doubt the left is ridiculously organized and wants to win by any means necessary. We see they have no qualms about cheating, breaking laws, changing laws and reinterpreting the constitution if need be. Not a good political foe to have at the end of the day.
RepubChica on February 20, 2009 at 9:26 AM
It is never too late to slap down a politician. Better that than to let one off of the hook.
Look at it this way. America gave them the rope, let them select the length, and watched them tie it around their selective necks. Now, and forever is the time to give that rope a good hard jerk!
All together now … PULL!
DannoJyd on February 20, 2009 at 9:27 AM
Found this over at Wizbang.
This sounds like a great idea!!!
Dear American liberals, leftists, social prog ressives, socialists, Marxists, et al:
We have stuck together since the late 1950′s, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know, we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but, sadly, this relationship has run its course. Our two
ideological sides of America cannot, and will not ever agree on what is right, so let’s just end it on friendly terms.. We can smile, chalk it up to irreconcilable differences, and go our own way.
Here is a model separation agreement:
Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking a portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes.
We don’t like redistributive taxes so you can keep them. You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU. Since you hate guns and war, we’ll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA, and the military. You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore, and Rosie O’Donnell (You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them.)
We’ll keep the capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart, and Wall Street. You can have your beloved homeless, homeboys, hippies, and illegal aliens. We’ll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO’s, and rednecks. We’ll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood ..
You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we’ll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us. You can have the peaceniks, and war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we’ll help provide them security. We’ll keep our Judeo-Christian values. You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, and Shirley
McClain. You can also have the U.N. But we will no longer be paying the bill.
We’ll keep the SUVs, pickup trucks, and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Subaru station wagon you can find. You can give everyone health care, if 20 you can find any practicing doctors. We’ll continue to believe health care is a luxury and not a right.
We’ll keep The Battle Hymn of the Republic and the National Anthem. I’m sure you’ll be happy to substitute Imagine, I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing, Kum By Ya, or We Are the World.
We’ll practice trickle down economics, and you can give trickle up poverty your best shot. Since it often so offends you we’ll keep our history, our name, and our flag.
Would you agree to this? If so please pass it along to other like minded liberal and conservative patriots, and if you do not agree, just hit delete.
In the spirit of friendly parting, I’ll bet you ANWAR which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.
Sincerely,
John
Law Student and an American*
P.S. Also, please take Barbara Streisand & Jane Fonda.*
sheriff246 on February 20, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Ha. I’m wondering if he’s not gone all Nixon on us already. Maybe talking to Lincoln’s picture or FDR’s. He can’t be happy with his “historic” first month.
genso on February 20, 2009 at 9:28 AM
You have to follow the comments link instead of the headline link.
genso on February 20, 2009 at 9:29 AM
CONTRACT WITH AMERICA II
Simpler this time…
Vote us in and we’ll abort the spendulus bill
gatorboy on February 20, 2009 at 9:30 AM
May I suggest an alternative name? How does the Tea Party sound?
ignorantapathy on February 20, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Speaking of which, other than DeMint, has anyone heard from any of our “leaders?”
genso on February 20, 2009 at 9:31 AM
zeebeach on February 20, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Personally,
I think it wise to man-up stations now rather than wait around for something to happen on it’s own. Liberals can’t help themselves, they will continue on the current path simply because it has never been about the people, it’s always about power.
Keemo on February 20, 2009 at 9:31 AM
Dow getting hammered. Heckuva job, Mr. President!
DrSteve on February 20, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Signon on to this is the litmus test for being a Republican on 2010 ballots!!
WashJeff on February 20, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Politico is FOS. In fact, I just heard a MSNBC talking head tease with the line (paraphrased), “We’ll tell you how Republicans are using Jesus to oppose the stimulus.”
You may be aware that the PC brigade has developed a PC-way to refer to the B.C. and A.D. periods. In short, they mark Christ’s birth, in effect, as the beginning of “the Common Era,” and, as a result, the B.C. period is referred to as B.C.E. (for “Before the Common Era”), while the A.D. period is referred to as C.E. (for “the Common Era”). I’m not sure when this began being used.
Whatever the case, what other immediately identifiable and easily quantifiable event would be better to use? The fall of the Roman Empire? The Norman Conquest? The signing of the Magna Carta? WTF? Even if the ad makers used the PC term “the Common Era,” do you think anyone would know what period was being discussed? I doubt it.
These critics are f***ing paranoid.
BuckeyeSam on February 20, 2009 at 9:37 AM
I like this. And BTW, no elites in our part of America which we can call The New America, purged at last.
RepubChica on February 20, 2009 at 9:37 AM
I’m going to need a lot more than just a promise to cut off pork in order to get on-board with the GOP. Michael Steele was a good start, but the people is this country have to stop re-electing tie-breaking RINOs like Graham, Martinez, Specter, Snowe and Collins. That, or the GOP needs to call them out and kick them to the side and start supporting conservatives.
Sheriff, thanks for sharing that with us. That was awesome! All we need now is for a conservative politician to recite that essay and maybe bring in PM Howard from Australia to give Republicans seminars.
orlandocajun on February 20, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Let’s see if Obama can run a Country without STATES? States are drawing a line in the sand and placing the Federal Government on notice.
http://www.mrstep.com/politics/az-wa-mo-nh-ok-claiming-sovereignty/
try again later on February 20, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Better late than never.
I love the ad. And THE PEOPLE may be more receptive to it now, as opposed to before the vote. We need to reach the people, after all, rouse the groundswell. The politicians aren’t listening.
I sent them $50 – hopefully they’ll keep at it.
sara in va on February 20, 2009 at 9:39 AM
uhhhh where have you been…
Palin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5MeeLkzGEs
Boehner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvnwOjDjnH4
McCain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuWlU6Y8Tfg
Newt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ66wcoJgnw
and so many more…
alexraye on February 20, 2009 at 9:41 AM
This is a great start – BUT we have to come up with ideas that will
also GROW the economy not just stopping the spending.
Obama is not pro-growth – all of his statements and actions have
been anti-growth. We have to come up with real data – real stories
that counter the democrats. Socialism has not worked and will
not work. There is vast amounts of data to supoort these FACTS.
izoneguy on February 20, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Spending other people’s money is the only way that socialism works.
Johan Klaus on February 20, 2009 at 9:43 AM
I love this ad and I hope that it adds to the disgust and general loathing of our corrupt government enough to spur action.
However, calling Congress and telling them to stop wasteful spending will achieve the same result that you would get if you called Congress and told them all to stop breathing. The result: nothing. Our corrupt and disgusting Congress does not care what people think and only cares about wielding their power over you. A great example is the off-shore oil ban being lifted BEFORE the election. That was so that stupid people would vote for them. Now that the election is over this ban will be reimposed because stupid people won’t care.
I hate my government.
King of the Britons on February 20, 2009 at 9:45 AM
The irony is this: as Obama and the dems assault the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence – they then have NO legal grounds to tell states what to do. If you ignore the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence then IF FACT you have no basis to subvert your will on the people. The only people you could subvert your will on would be the people in the District of Columbia.
izoneguy on February 20, 2009 at 9:46 AM
How is that “using Jesus”? It’s just counting back to 0 A.D. By that logic, every time you give a historical date, you’re using Jesus.
Jim Treacher on February 20, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Good God! Republicans/Conservatives STILL don’t get it, do they/you?!? Its already too late, the Democratic PotUS and Congress have already secured the dominance of the Democratic party, there won’t be a revival of conservatism in this country.
– Moving the Census Bureau under White House control = guaranteeing Democratic control of all offices and branches of government in the US.
– Using the FCC to control the airwaves to stifle all dissent or opposing viewpoints through “local content”, “public interest” and “diversity”.
– Increasing dependence on the government for “handouts”.
– Control of the education system for our children.
– Granting amnesty to 12-20 million illegal aliens in exchange for votes.
– Grants to ACORN to insure that any close election is secured by way of voter intimidation, fraud, or other.
It doesn’t matter now, the Democrats have already seized control of this nation and they are locked in. Republicans will not be making a comeback from this election, the mechanisms now in place will prevent it. The “Stimulus” package was the payoff to fund the future dominance of the Democratic party, and its already been passed into law (without a single representative having read it). Its over folks, wake up and smell the ashes.
sigh
Geministorm on February 20, 2009 at 9:47 AM
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Folks we are getting to this point – we need to throw this in the socialists faces everytime we confont them.
izoneguy on February 20, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Official Reaction:
1. Bush, deregulation and the Republicans have put this country into such a bad crisis that turning it around could take decades.
2. Obama came into office and was handed the most difficult set of circumstances the world has eva’ known.
3. There will be a time for those on Wall Street to make a profit, but now is not that time.
The Marxist government will not accept your dissenting opinions Dr.Steve, its not only partisan and obstructionist, but racist.
Geministorm on February 20, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Too easy…
The first step is to reign in all of that bad debt. Where people didn’t pay a nickle on their mortgages we need to take those houses and sell them to people who will pay. No more give-aways!
Democrats ran Congress for the last 2 years. They were the ones responsible for oversite of Fannie/Freddie. They were asleep at the wheel!
Next, drill here, drill now, and allow more nuclear energy plants. Keep energy prices low and the economy will grow.
Raise taxes when the economy rebounds, not during a recession. Also, rates need to get back to about 6%. TANSTAAFL.
Welcome to Economics 101.
DannoJyd on February 20, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Giving up without a fight is sooo wimpy. In the olden days, those that sought to dampen troop morale were dispatched of very swiftly.
RepubChica on February 20, 2009 at 9:56 AM
That is simply awesome. I’d like to mention two other “artists” that the liberals can take, Sheryl Crow and The Dixie Chicks. I’m sure we can do without their music, or steal it on the internet (since they probably hate capitalism anyway).
Geministorm on February 20, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Great ad. It underscores why there was a necessity to move faster than the opposition could mobilize.
moxie_neanderthal on February 20, 2009 at 9:57 AM
+1
moxie_neanderthal on February 20, 2009 at 9:59 AM
I’d agree, but the “fight” is already over. Now, that is not to say that I will not be a rebel in the coming years. But, I think that our previous society has been broken and there is no longer a way to recover (legitimately) that which was broken/lost.
Disclaimer: I’m not advocating violence, but the Liberals have won the war.
Geministorm on February 20, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Other than Boehner, I’m not impressed. Otherwise, I’d expect to hear from a larger number. Don’t these people recognize an opportunity?
genso on February 20, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Not so fast, buster! I love my Subaru Outback wagon.
Buy Danish on February 20, 2009 at 10:03 AM
To believe there is any chance of this happening would require “a willing suspension of dis-belief”.
Even if the GOP wins a super-majority in both houses, not one dollar less would be spent. It would just be re-directed, or re-deployed if you will, to programs more to the liking of conservative voters.
Face it: The money is spent.
BobMbx on February 20, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Better late than never. Calling your legislators to gripe about their greed that they pay for by emptying your pocket weakens their resolve of having made the “popular choice” as Obama forces falsely claimed. Shine the light on these legislative roaches, at least to watch them scatter to the shadows. FOLLOW UP BY CLEANING HOUSE! Deprive the roach its claim to rights on filthy waste.
Coalitions are forming, not all in Obama’s pocket.
Who else is learning American economic history in order to fight Obama with Obama? A house divided, place dissent where it belongs, in Obama’s lap.
Mary Katherine Ham, time for Part II: Obama On My Shoulder, ‘The Band Plays On’ Wagon.
Puppet Obama has rolled Hoover’s mistakes and FDR’s mistakes into 21st Century Law, marinading us with tax-millstones to flavor Stalin’s stone soup to stock his federal distribute-the-wealth socialist soup kitchens. And by the way, your family may not get in that line.
There is in America a huge false myth surrounding progressive socialism that can only be burst with reality checks, NOT BY PLAYING ALONG, GOING ALONG FOR THE RIDE. Waiting it out in silence never freed slaves sold down the river as Americans are now by Soros’ Potus Obama. And compared to Soros, JP Morgan was a saint.
Weaken the knees of your elected officials by voicing your discontent with socialism. Socialism is too expensive even for Americans to feign they can afford. Socialism ONLY benefits the elitists who knock the life from the middle class to enforce poverty on the masses deprived the liberty to succeed.
CLEAN HOUSE and conserve your means for necessity.
maverick muse on February 20, 2009 at 10:05 AM
It is the middle class that needs to rise-up and take control. We are the silent majority and for too long have just been so busy making America work that we haven’t paid attention to the turds above and below us that are abusing our hard work and honest efforts. WE are the ones who make this country run and we have to fire the poor managers, hire competent ones and never take our eye off the ball again. There is still time in the next election cycle to make ourselves heard. We need to start NOW though.
KickandSwimMom on February 20, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Call this what it is… an insurgency.
ignorantapathy on February 20, 2009 at 10:06 AM
I don’t believe the “war” has even begun. You can’t really believe that the American people are that utterly impotent.
I would, politely request that you remain at home. LoL. I’m only having a little fun. :-)
RepubChica on February 20, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Any RINO who voted for TARP should be sent home. They’re bought and paid for and won’t help fix the mess created by Porkulus. They’ll campaign like conservatives, but once a big government shill – always a big government shill.
popularpeoplesfront on February 20, 2009 at 10:07 AM
I want Chris Dodd’s head on a pitchfork.
http://www.kctribune.com/article.cfm?articleID=18675
BuckeyeSam on February 20, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Laura Ingraham is voicing the enlightened vision from Obama.
POTUS 44 is purposely ruining everything.
Ruin is the plan. The goal is being met.
maverick muse on February 20, 2009 at 10:10 AM
So, we’ve gone from inexperienced to incompetent to evil. I’m glad others are finally seeing this.
genso on February 20, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Seems to me from reading this thread that things are going as scripted in our best case scenario.
The Party Apparatus over-reached, as expected.
And the People have noticed.
I’m feeling good about this.
jeff_from_mpls on February 20, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Having written and called my reps often, the only result was to vet my anger. These people no longer listen and provide only lip service. The sad part is they apparently think that we are too stupid to understand what they are doing to this country. I recently received a response to a simple question with a four page reply when a paragraph would have been sufficient. On that one I was assured that TARP1 would have the necessary protections and oversight for our tax dollars. We all know how that has turned out. I think it is time to try and set up a visit to DC by all concerned citizens to drive home our outrage at turning our nation toward Socialism. Where do I sign up???
Thanks Michelle for all you do.
hillbilly on February 20, 2009 at 10:19 AM
The country just elected a guy who showed up at the party late after an all day red bull binger and now wants to crank up the music and push eveyone back into an all night spending conga line. Time for an intervention.
Paging Dr. Drew.
moxie_neanderthal on February 20, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Too late and Republicans are too weak.
albill on February 20, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Tax oil producers coming and going. Tax oil consumers coming and going per gallon and tax per mile and tax per highway, above and beyond tax for being employed IN ADDITION TO income tax.
Here’s a page from The Great State of Texas for example of abuse gone wild.
If TxTag charged a flat $30.00/month fee to use Texas highways without further tolls, I would understand the economic logic for that system, a mutual benefit for state and citizen, though in addition to taxes. BUT it costs over $100./month to daily commute a single 3-mile stretch of TxTag toll highway, not to mention the additional lights and NEWLY DESIGNED no merge dangerous entrances and exits placed upon that same 3-mile stretch of original highway.
maverick muse on February 20, 2009 at 10:23 AM
MSNBC is going beserk over this ad. They’ve run three analyses of this ad in the past hour or so.
BuckeyeSam on February 20, 2009 at 10:24 AM
hillbilly on February 20, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Legislators prefab their written responses.
Don’t allow their insulation for self preservation take you off course in your own self preservation.
Conservative coalitions to preserve The Constitution are growing.
We all must make the point to support those supporting our Constitutional rights. That includes denying those who deny our Constitutional rights any reception. Americans are trained to utilize the proper receptacle for food, vs. garbage vs. sewage. The effect of propaganda, every politicians tool, relies upon RECEPTION. /N.B. Socialist politicians (Australia) legislate to tax per flush.
maverick muse on February 20, 2009 at 10:37 AM
It started at least 20 years ago. It’s in all the textbooks I’ve ever used since at least that time. I had a history prof in college who would deduct a point anytime you used BC/AD.
I still refuse to use it. I also refuse to use Ms. if I know whether or not the person is married/widowed. Just being stubborn, I know, but I resent it when crap is shoved down my throat. Hmmm. That’s been happening a lot lately…..
IrishEi on February 20, 2009 at 10:37 AM
You know, we should follow the example of the libs, and when through a bill with all of our interests. Privatize social-security, kill the dept. of education, pbs, etc.
The only way we’re gonna get lasting change is if we wipe them out, and the only way we can do that is by defunding them. The delegitimize them.
They’ve already worked hard to defund us, and now they’re trying to silence and delegitimize us.
Our “Cutuluss” bill will need to cut the federal governement, cut money to liberal institutions like higher-ed, and the arts. Why should federal funds flow to institutions that don’t allow ROTC, and have billions in endowments? It should also work on ending special perqs for unions, and make every state a right to work state.
Iblis on February 20, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Mabuhay jgapinoy, the difference is drunken sailors spend their OWN money!
Alden Pyle on February 20, 2009 at 10:42 AM
+1 so long as the ‘feel good’ motivates moto perpetuo vs. Marx in America, not complacency of acceptance for further viral socialism in time.
maverick muse on February 20, 2009 at 10:47 AM
IrishEi on February 20, 2009 at 10:37 AM
A kindred spirit.
maverick muse on February 20, 2009 at 10:51 AM
SORRY TO DISAGREE, BUT IT ISN’T OVER
If we have some balls, all We the People need to do is organize a “We Aren’t Paying Our Mortgage and Credit Cards” website. If only 25% of the credit card holders and 10% of mortgage owners don’t pay, in three months, the FED will be out of business…as will all the banks. Then Congress will have NO CHOICE but to undo their “Stimulus” bill. All it takes are some committed citizens willing to take this to the end. If you have big ones, or care about the country let’s hear if your willing to make the hard decisions.
stop the stimulus!
colonelkurtz on February 20, 2009 at 10:56 AM
I saw Clinton (I know you can’t believe a word he says) but he told Greta when she asked him the bill no one read. He said we can always revisit things. I think some Congressman from TX was saying we can “Contract with America” the provisions we don’t like for money unspent in 2010. The jist of both of these is it is not too late to notify congress you don’t like something in the bill and someone should offer to repeal it. It could put pressure on onerous parts or have them taken out so discussing Porkulus is not just acedemic. It could be used to press action or score points politically
Conan on February 20, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Here’s several ideas for people who want to avoid supporting the so-called stimulus.
JohnJ on February 20, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Keep in mind liberals are intellectually perverted.
They learn in college to interpret any poem or work of fiction as homo-erotic porn, they deconstruct everything to see what their mindless reflexes tell them they must see.
So is it really a surprise that the democrats would have an animal reflex to the word “Jesus?” There’s not thought between the stimulus and the response. Just a sort of grunt. Umm. Jesus Bad.
Prove me wrong.
jeff_from_mpls on February 20, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Oh Lord, you just reminded me of a class I wish I could forget. Argued for an entire period with a professor who insisted that the frog in “The Frog Prince” actually represents a penis, and the story is really about how the girl is repulsed by male sexual organs because she really doesn’t know/understand them. Eventually she relents and only when she embraces the “frog/penis” does she finally find her prince.
IrishEi on February 20, 2009 at 11:16 AM
colonelkurtz on February 20, 2009 at 10:56 AM
You get high marks for wanting to fight the stimulous, but you are, IMHO, on the wrong track on method. Becoming a deadbeat isn’t the answer [I've come to realize]. Getting noisy about the scandalous stimulous paKKKage is.
Tell everyone you meet that Obamanomics will KILL America. I do, and it has an effect.
DannoJyd on February 20, 2009 at 11:18 AM
NOT IMPRESSED!?!?!?!?
wow…the opposition to this Spendulus has inspiried the Nation…i should add that the Media does NOT want people to know there is another option out there…even the Messiah was running his mouth that the Republicans had no alternative ideas…which could not be further from the truth…
if you want to be mad…get pissy at those three traitors who have graced our “news” as brave heros…
alexraye on February 20, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Let’s fly our flags upside down on April 15th in protest of StimulusPorkulus!!!! Spread the word!
torrejranne on February 20, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Let’s have some respect for the flag, and display a pic of Da Bama upside down instead, ok?
DannoJyd on February 20, 2009 at 11:41 AM
A new Congress in 2010 sounds good, but it will never happen. By 2010 DC will have two Democrat Senators and a Democrat representative, millions of illegal aliens will be given the right to vote Democrat, and felons will be released from prison to vote Democrat. And of course ACORN is already printing up and filling out phoney ballots in the unlikely event that a Republican squeaks through. Wait! We just found this box of ballots in the back room. All for Democrats!
No, sadly, if we want to take back our country, we can’t wait for 2010. By then, it will be, as my grandkids say, All Gone.
BitterClinger on February 20, 2009 at 11:43 AM
I guess I’m getting old. I missed the PC boom in college by about five years.
BuckeyeSam on February 20, 2009 at 12:06 PM
DannoJyd-
Obviously you don’t have the ability to comprehend what is happening (you already are a deadbeat), nor what I am suggesting, nor the cajones to make it work…stay on the sidelines and watch…
I want to stop the engine of the world….stop the Looters.
Atlas Shrugged…
If 10% of the mortgage holders stop making their payments, the FED can’t do anything except wave goodbye. So the Dems either relent and reverse the Stimulus or the economy tanks and they get the blame…
We the People have the power to stop this crap, only weak knees like DannoJyd stand in the way…
hank
colonelkurtz on February 20, 2009 at 12:08 PM
There is a common thread running through the Democrat led Government, they can’t hold still, and they have to jet off on our dime everywhere, why is that? Carbon Foot Print, the worst economy since the Great Depression? Hello anyone home in Washington, oh that’s right they all have other places they have to be :)
http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/02/tgif-circus-life-i-write-sins-not.html
This is my, I Write Sins, Not Tragedies TGIF Post. Hope Everyone has a Great Weekend. We all know these law makers are getting frequently flier miles on our dime too right?
I always include you guys/Hot Air and Michelle Malkin, in my links to wrap ups. I think out of all blogs I read next to Cinie’s World. I read you all the most. http://cinie.wordpress.com/ Anyone who hasn’t should check her out she is great. If there was a common theme to the Obama Administration it would be “It’s the Bankers Stupid” just sayin it would make a great post, it isn’t the Lobbyist as much as it is the Bankers, influence on the New Administration.
Dr Evil on February 20, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Got this email this morning:
Ugly on February 20, 2009 at 12:16 PM
DannoJyd…I shouldn’t have said you were a deadbeat…I apologize.
To be correct, I would have to call you a “Deadbeats Bee-atch”
The would be the proper prospective…(if you want to know where the Dems are taking us)
colonelkurtz on February 20, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Sheriff246: Awesome idea. And I agree we have a chance to turn this around in Nov. 2010, but expect an amazing $pending $pree June-Sept. 2010.
LASue on February 20, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Sadly, maybe we should all stop contributing to charities, since the government is redistributing the wealth. As I see it, there is no longer a need for any of them since the “messiah” is now leading us. Write your charity and tell them to ask the big “O” how much “HE” will provide. Ole Biden won’t be missed if he stops contributing as he did very little. Also, all workers should make sure that they are not using the payroll tax as a savings. All should adjust it to the bare minimum for the state and fed.
hillbilly on February 20, 2009 at 12:45 PM
I am reading a hilarious Cold War page-turner called “The Red President” in which a KGB undercover agent wins the Presidency in 1988 and immediately starts dismantling the nuclear umbrella and SDI, helping the Soviets overthrow governments, and generally trying to turn the USA into the USSA.
But the Red President (er, the fictional one) hasn’t tried a $787,000,000,000 “stimulus” bill yet…
das411 on February 20, 2009 at 1:29 PM
That’s a problem, you don’t realize that the war has already ended.
How would you plan to de-nationalize health care now that SCHIP has been passed?
How would you derail the 100s of billions handed out to leftist interests?
How do you get people off of their dependency on government?
How do you remove the in-power party when their constituency can be gerrymandered in such a way that they are locked in and the White House controls the mechanism (Census Bureau) that sets the districts?
How will you educate younger generations (other than your own family members) about the evils of liberalism, the “Climate Change” hoax, and other propaganda promoted by the liberals in all levels of our educational systems?
So much has passed by without our fighting it. So many of our liberties are already in the process of being forfeited. I don’t see how it gets turned around.
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Geministorm on February 20, 2009 at 3:30 PM
And yes, I believe the American people are impotent. The fact that we WILL revisit granting illegal immigrants amnesty is proof of this. No matter how much outcry the American people have about the topic, the people in Washington will only delay what they know is best for us until they can slip it into some bill. We’re living under an oligarchy where our political appointees feel they know what’s best for the people instead of the people being power that allows the politician to vote in their stead.
The country has been turned on its head. Central government has wrested power from the people and the states, just what our founding fathers feared most.
Geministorm on February 20, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Statistics dont lie..
I am sorry but no nation can afford to do this..
and hope to survive..
Intact anyway..
jcila on February 20, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Certainly, but that doesn’t fit in with the “conservatives as crazed Bible-thumpers” imagery that was apparently intended.
ddrintn on February 20, 2009 at 4:47 PM
We – and especially young people – need to start talking right now about defaulting, as soon as the Democrats lose power, on the bonds that are sold to fund Porkulus. Let the government try to spend money that no one will lend them.
PersonFromPorlock on February 20, 2009 at 5:12 PM