WAKE UP AMERICA... THERE IS NO FREE!!!! The Columbine Correspondent

Hi Fred and Bill. I started writing this to Fox News with a CC to each of you, but I did not send it to Fox because it required my "enrolling" and giving out more personal information. So, here it is to you and Bill O'Reilly.

FREE???? If all it takes to provide "free" contraceptive services is a unilateral command by our president, then I have a great idea...let's just insist that the Federal Government mandate that all goods and services be provided for "Free!" Why do some Fox hosts and commentators use the term "free," and/or not challenge interviewee's who are proponents of mandatory contraceptive services when they use the term "free?" I wish someone had challenged Ms. Sebelius during her Fox exclusive interview this morning on her use of the word free, and her contention that premiums and costs would decrease as a result of a mandate to provide "free" contraceptive services. Yeah, like prior assertions that free ER services to illegal's and uninsured's would reduce costs.

Nothing is "free." This mandate is a cleverly disseminated distribution of wealth strategy, a grab for more government control, and another encroachment on our personal liberties and freedoms. As an aside, it is terribly disappointing to discover how dumb and incapable I am, after making what I believed to be pretty good personal decisions for the most of my 70 years. With our existing entitlement programs already bankrupted, and almost 50% of USA residents already paying no FIT (and/or otherwise failing to pay their on way) why are we looking for more ways to create a society of increased dependency? Our government should be spending our money to encourage and incite citizens to develop the attitudes, habits and skills necessary to escape the imprisonment imposed by the self perpetuating dependency status of themselves, their families and their descendants.

It seems that congress and our president believe it is fair for one segment of our society to assume the responsibility for tending to the wants of more than half of the rest of that society. Any more of this illogical concept of fairness and we will find ourselves in an even deeper fiscal abyss, from which there may be no return.

Did you hear the story of the man who dreamed that he woke up and found he had inherited $10 million? He was beside himself, and threw the switch to get some light. No electricity. He then went to his phone to call his friends and family and tell them of his good fate. No dial tone. He went outside to get his newspaper. Not there. It was 8:00 AM and there was no traffic. No busses, postmen, delivery trucks or a morning rush hour of people heading to work. Then another man happened by, so he decided to tell him. But, before he could begin the man told him..."Have you heard? Everyone just inherited $10 million, and NOBODY'S working!!!

That's where we will end up if we continue on the destructive trend to mimic Greece, Portugal, Spain and the many other failed examples of the disastrous effects of an "Orwell-ian 1984" type of democratic socialistic society.

Regards,
Joe Rhodes
Columbine valley, CO 80123

Here we go again !!!

OBAMA IS BREAKING HIS PLEDGE TO CUT THE DEFICIT IN HALF AND ACTUALLY INCREASES DEFICITS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS

National Public Radio: "Rather than a realistic road map for government spending, the White House budget is likely to serve as a political tool in the president's re-election bid." (Scott Horsley, "Obama's Budget: Political Tool Or Spending Plan?" National Public Radio , 2/13/12)

ABC News: Obama "Doubles Down On Populist Proposals Central To His Re-Election Campaign." "President Obama today officially unveils a 2013 budget that outlines his tax and spending priorities for the coming year, and doubles down on populist proposals central to his re-election campaign." (Devin Dwyer, "Obama Budget Doubles Down on Populist Proposals," ABC News, 2/13/12)

The New York Times: The Budget Is "Seen As More A Platform For The President's Re-Election Campaign Than A Legislative Proposal." "But the latest budget document can be seen as more a platform for the president's re-election campaign than a legislative proposal for budget debates that will begin next week." (Jackie Calmes, "Obama's Budget To Focus On Cutting Deficit And Adding Jobs," The New York Times, 2/10/12)

The Wall Street Journal: "Administration Officials Acknowledge That The Bulk Of Their Plan Is A Campaign Blueprint More Than Anything." "But administration officials acknowledge that the bulk of their plan is a campaign blueprint more than anything-at least until the end of the year." (Damian Paletta and Laura Meckler, "Budget Sets Stage For Year-End Clash," The Wall Street Journal, 2/13/12)







The Bozo0in-Charge proved again he is not to be trusted, prefers barefaced lies to trying to help this crippled  country.  He has proved to be the worst natural disaster since the ice age.  He has proved once again that he walks the populist, statist socialist path win no concern about our impending bankruptcy.  His budget made not the slightest effort to fix either Social Security, or Medicare the paralysis of our business community.

Read more viewpoints HERE

FEW WORDS, WELL CHOSEN!

 

Fathom the hypocrisy of a Government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured . . . but not every person must prove they are a citizen.

Everyone Likes a Tow Job

Occupy Party vs. Tea Party

Occupy Party vs. Tea Party Comparison The Democrats and the liberal media have said the Occupy Party "is a civic group just like the Tea Party." Take a look and decide for yourself . . . REPORTED OCCUPY PARTY TEA PARTY ARRESTS 4149 0 RAPES 12 0 DAMAGE $10,000,000 $0 PUBLIC DEFECATION YES NO ANTISEMITIC RANTS 12 0 COST TO TAXPAYERS ( by 11/9) $19,327,487 $0 PUBLIC MASTURBATION 3 0 MOLOTOV COCKTAILS THROWN 10 0 FIGHTS STARTED YES NO CHILDREN EXPLOITED YES NO POLICE CARS DAMAGED 2 0 PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS YES NO DRUG POSSESSION ARREST YES NO CONCEALED WEAPON ARREST YES NO DRUG OVERDOSE YES NO THEFTS YES NO BURGLARIES YES NO VANDALISM ARREST YES NO TRESPASSING ARREST YES NO NON FATAL SHOOTINGS 1 0 PUBLIC URINATION YES NO URINATION ON OTHERS YES NO ISRAELI FLAGS BURNED 2 0 AMERICAN FLAGS BURNED 1 0 AMERICAN FLAGS DANCED ON 1 0 AMERICAN FLAG DESECRATED 25 0 FELONY ASSAULT ON AN EMT 1 0 HEAD/BODY LICE OUTBREAKS 1 0 TUBERCULOSIS OUTBREAKS 1 0 MURDER 1 0 SUICIDE 1 0 SHOTS FIRED AT WHITE HOUSE 1 0 SCABIES OUTBREAKS 1 0 ENDORSED BY OCCUPY PARTY TEA PARTY OBAMA YES NO PELOSI YES NO BIDEN YES NO SOCIALIST PARTY YES NO NAZI PARTY YES NO MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD YES NO COMMUNIST PARTY YES NO HUGO CHAVEZ YES NO BLACK PANTHERS YES NO HEZBOLLAH YES NO MARXIST UNION YES NO 9/11 TRUTHER YES NO BOLSHEVIK YES NO IRANIAN GOVT YES NO AYATOLLAH YES NO NORTH KOREA YES NO FARRAKHAN YES NO NATION OF ISLAM YES NO

Be Proud To Be On The List

Another Plunge Into Debt with More Obama Deficit Spending

And this character expects to get re-elected.  May the Saints protect us !!

The Government Can

An offering from our Columbine Correspondent, Joe Rhodes who has always exhibited a great taste for good music.

Take the time.

There is a short lead in ad for Marines.  Just click on "continue" when it ends.  If after videw you want more
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THE COW AND THE ICE CREAM. An oldie but goodie

ONE OF THE BEST EXPLANATIONS OF WHY OBAMA WON THE ELECTION.   Sent to us by Eileen,  our Rockford IL corresponent.  Thanks for the remembrance.

From a teacher in the Nashville area

The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade during the last Presidential election.  The  election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest.  I decided we would have an election for a class president.

We would choose our nominees... They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote. To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members.  We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have.  We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot.

The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids.  I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support.  I had never seen Olivia's mother.

The day arrived when they were to make their speeches.

Jamie went first.  He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better place. He ended by promising to do his very best.  Everyone applauded and he sat down.

Now is was Olivia's turn to speak.  Her speech was concise.She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream." She sat down.

The class went wild. "Yes! Yes! We want ice cream."

She surely would say more. She did not have to.  A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn't sure. But no one pursued that question. They took her at her word.  Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it....She didn't know.

The class really didn't care. All they were thinking about was ice cream...

Jamie was forgotten. Olivia won by a landslide.

Every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he offered ice cream and 51.4 % of the people reacted like nine year olds.  They wanted ice cream.

The other 48.6% percent know they're going to have to feed the cow and clean up the mess."

This is the ice cream Obama promised us!

Remember, the government cannot give anything to anyone that they have not first taken away from someone else.

Did you vote for the ice cream?

THAT, MY FRIEND, IS HOW OBAMA GOT ELECTED.

A QUICK NOTE AT COCKTAIL HOUR

Just a quick Monday note.   While our failed President Obama was pounding his chest like King Kong with Fay Wray in his fist, about the release of employment statistics that reported an employment gain of 230,000 new jobs, you MUST do a little more digging. 

Our man in the White House will twist, hide, lie and bullshit to a degree you cannot imagine.  Here are the facts.

True:   230,000 jobs were filled making an unemployment rate of 8.3% in January.

Fact:  The only reason that the employment rate dropped is because so many unemployed    
           have stopped looking for work and when those are no longer counted among the unemployed.and are removed from the numbers, the true unemployment rate is 13+%

BIG FACT:  And exactly what really makes Obama such a danger to our nation:  Of the 230,000 jobs filled in the last month, only 170,000 were in the private sector.  60,000 WERE GOVERNMENT JOBS IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER...NOT PRIVATE SECTOR.  WELCOME TO BIG GOVERNMENT.  ENJOY

Join the  ABO Club                Anybody But Obama


          

American Business Genius. Obama will never kill it..but he's trying.

A Chinese guy goes to a Jewish guy to buy Black Bras, Size 38D.

The Jewish guy, known for his skills as a businessman,

Says that Black Bras are rare and that he is finding it very difficult

to buy them from his suppliers.

Therefore he has to charge $50.00 for them.

The Chinese guy buys 25 Bras.

He returns a few days later and this time orders fifty.

The Jewish guy tells him that they have become even harder to get

and charges him $60.00 each.

The Chinese guy returns a month later and buys the Jewish guy's remaining stock of 50,

and this time for $75.00 each.

The Jew is somewhat puzzled by the large

demand for black size 38 Bras and asks the Chinese guy, "...please tell me -

What do you do with all these Black Bras?"

The Chinese guy answers:

"I cut them in half and sell them as Skull Caps to you Jewish guys for $200.00 each."

White House stumble bum does it again.

The video below gives a pretty good idea of how our current Bozo-in-Charge is viewed around the world.  His continuous flow of F--k Ups makes you wonder how anyone who every voted for him could possibly do it again.  If is not forcing our oil rigs to leave the gulf, to financing Solyndra into bankruptcy, to bankrupting our own economy it is now his butt kissing of tree huggers to force higher gasoline prices and becoming more dependent on our deadliest enemies. Below is a good listen.

After three years of Obama and his cult, this should ring a bell.

I am a member of golf's 99%. I play golf when I feel like it, but have not yet made it to the professional level! I have played the game for over 20 years, but have not really put in the practice time and study to be the best. I also probably do not have the skills to really get there either, and let's face it, I'm kind of lazy.

However, I now feel that I should be paid by the successful dedicated Golf professionals for sort of trying. It isn't fair that those players who have worked harder, have studied the game, have better equipment and are stronger and more skilled should make all that BIG money. Where's my share? Oh sure, they have their charities that they give millions of dollars to, but I am sure that they write all that off on their tax returns to reduce paying their fair share. Is that fair?

They should pay for my golf, buy me new equipment and pay me some of their winnings. The whole system should be changed to accommodate people like me! Let's occupy a golf course and demand that those who are better at what they do pay for us who aren't as good. Whining should get us something, like media attention and sympathy!

Thanks to our West Coast Correspondent, Ron Jensen, for his note to us.

Gotta be Democrats.on way to conference on economy.

36 Obama aides owe $833,000 in back taxes

                     And this is the Bullshit artist that wants everyone to pay their "Fair Share"

"A new report just out from the Internal Revenue Service reveals that 36 of President Obama's executive office staff owe the country $833,970 in back taxes. These people working for Mr. Fair Share apparently haven't paid any share, let alone their fair share."

Read the full story in Investors.com.  click HERE

This is old piece but worthwhile to connect the the dots

By Wayne Allyn Root, June 6th, 2010

Barack Hussein Obama is no fool. He is not incompetent. To the contrary, he is brilliant. He knows exactly what he's doing. He is purposely overwhelming the U.S. economy to create systemic failure,

economic crisis and social chaos -- thereby destroying capitalism and our country from within. Barack Hussein Obama was my college classmate ( Columbia University , class of '83).

**He is a devout Muslim do not be fooled.

Look at his Czars...anti-business. .anti-American. As Glenn Beck correctly predicted from day one, Barack Hussein Obama is following the plan of Cloward & Piven, two professors at Columbia University .  They outlined a plan to socialize America by overwhelming the system with government spending and entitlement demands. Add up the clues below. Taken individually they're alarming.

Taken as a whole, it is a brilliant, Machiavellian game plan to turn the United States into a socialist/Marxist state with a permanent majority that desperately needs government for survival ... and can be counted on to always vote for bigger government.

Why not? They have no responsibility to pay for it.

Universal health care. The health care bill had very little to do with health care. It had everything to do with unionizing millions of hospital and health care workers, as well as adding 15,000 to 20,000 new IRS agents (who will join government employee unions).

Obama doesn't care that giving free health care to 30 million Americans will add trillions to the national debt. What he does care about is that it cements the dependence of those 30 million voters to Democrats and big government. Who but a socialist revolutionary would pass this reckless spending bill in the middle of a depression?

Cap and trade. Like health care legislation having nothing to do with health care, cap and trade has nothing to do with global warming. It has everything to do with redistribution of income, government controlof the economy and a criminal payoff to Obama's biggest contributors. Those powerful and wealthy unions and contributors (like GE, which owns NBC, MSNBC and CNBC) can then be counted on to support everything Obama wants.

They will kick-back hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions to Obama and the Democratic Party to keep them in power. The bonus is that all the new taxes on Americans with bigger cars, bigger homes and businesses helps Obama "spread the wealth around."

Make Puerto Rico a state. Why? Who's asking for a 51st state? Who's asking for millions of new welfare recipients and government entitlement addicts in the middle of a depression? Certainly not American taxpayers. But this has been Barack Hussein Obama's plan all along. His goal is to add two new Democrat senators, five Democrat congressman and a million loyal Democratic voters who are dependent on big government.

Legalize 12 million illegal Mexican immigrants. Just giving these 12 million potential new citizens free health care alone could overwhelm the system and bankrupt America . But it adds 12 million reliable new Democrat voters who can be counted on to support big government. Add another few trillion dollars in welfare, aid to dependent children, food stamps, free medical, education, tax credits for the poor, and eventually Social Security.

Stimulus and bailouts. Where did all that money go? It went to Democrat contributors, organizations (ACORN), and unions -- including billions of dollars to save or create jobs of government employees across the country. It went to save GM and Chrysler so that their employees could keep paying union dues. It went to AIG so that Goldman Sachs could be bailed out (after giving Obama almost $1 million in contributions). A staggering $125 billion went to teachers (thereby protecting their union dues).

All those public employees will vote loyally Democrat to protect their bloated salaries and pensions that are bankrupting America .

The country goes broke, future generations face a bleak future, but Obama, the Democrat Party, government, and the unions grow more powerful. The ends justify the means.

Raise taxes on small business owners, high-income earners, and job creators. Put the entire burden on only the top 20 percent of taxpayers, redistribute the income, punish success, and reward those who did nothing to deserve it (except vote for Obama).

Reagan wanted to dramatically cut taxes in order to starve the government. Barack Obama wants to dramatically raise taxes to starve his political opposition. With the acts outlined above, Barack Hussein Obama and his regime have created a vast and rapidly expanding constituency of voters dependent on big government; a vast privileged class of public employees who work for big government; and a government dedicated to destroying capitalism and installing themselves as socialist rulers by overwhelming the system.

Add it up and you've got the perfect Marxist scheme -- all devised by my Columbia University college classmate Barack Hussein Obama using the Cloward and Piven Plan.

**Editors note:  This statement appears a little over the top without backup evidence.  However, remember it is a tenant of Islam that in their religion they are allowed and instructed to murder, lie and cheat any infidel.

On Romney's character. From the mailbag

Sometimes, this facet of Romney’s personality isn’t so subtle.

 In July 1996, the 14-year-old daughter of Robert Gay, a partner at Bain Capital, had disappeared. She had attended a rave party in New York City and gotten high on ecstasy. Three days later, her distraught father had no idea where she was.

Romney took immediate action. He closed down the entire firm and asked all 30 partners and employees to fly to New York to help find Gay’s daughter. Romney set up a command center at the LaGuardia Marriott and hired a private detective firm to assist with the search. He established a toll-free number for tips, coordinating the effort with the NYPD, and went through his Rolodex and called everyone Bain did business with in New York, and asked them to help find his friend’s missing daughter. Romney’s accountants at Price Waterhouse Cooper put up posters on street poles, while cashiers at a pharmacy owned by Bain put fliers in the bag of every shopper. Romney and the other Bain employees scoured every part of New York and talked with everyone they could – prostitutes, drug addicts – anyone.That day, their hunt made the evening news, which featured photos of the girl and the Bain employees searching for her. As a result, a teenage boy phoned in, asked if there was a reward, and then hung up abruptly.

The NYPD traced the call to a home in New Jersey, where they found the girl in the basement, shivering and experiencing withdrawal symptoms from a massive ecstasy dose. Doctors later said the girl might not have survived another day.

Romney’s former partner credits Mitt Romney with saving his daughter’s life, saying, “It was the most amazing thing, and I’ll never forget this to the day I die.”So, here’s my epiphany: Mitt Romney simply can’t help himself. He sees a problem, and his mind immediately sets to work solving it, sometimes consciously, and sometimes not-so-consciously. He doesn’t do it for self-aggrandizement, or for personal gain. He does it because that’s just how he’s wired.

Many people are unaware of the fact that when Romney was asked by his old employer, Bill Bain, to come back to Bain & Company as CEO to rescue the firm from bankruptcy, Romney left Bain Capital to work at Bain & Company for an annual salary of one dollar. When Romney went to the rescue of the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, he accepted no salary for three years, and wouldn’t use an expense account. He also accepted no salary as Governor of Massachusetts.Character counts!! (and yes...that's worth reading again!)

This is one of the best BULLSHIT filters ever.....listen.

There is a big difference between a great speech and a completely managed delivery of total bullshit.  There has never been anyone more skilled at manipulating words to sound like truth....and my friends that is the difference between bullshit and truth.  One of the big problems we have at the moment is the inability of the President's constituency to have the intellectual capability to discern fact and truth from fantasy.  He is preaching to the strata of 51% of our people allowed to vote who are dependent upon government handouts.   Once you get to that tipping point you can only depend upon a few independents that are not sucking at the public trough to get with the Constitution.    Share with a Democrat that is not on food stamps.

Joe, from Columbine,shares his view

 

Hi Fred.

 I have written to you several times about the amazing similarities between America's untenable situation in 1776, and those we face today. Our president's actions and behaviors, dedicated to moving persistently toward himself ultimately having absolute and unfettered authority over our lives, are becoming frighteningly clear. Witness his recent recess appointments (when Obama conveniently ignored the fact that Congress was not in recess), his unprecedented appointment of his controversial un-vetted Czars, his stating publicly that he can't wait on Congress to get his way so he will take unilateral action, and on, and on.

So, he can now apparently make appointments to, and create new rules for, the most powerful positions in our Federal Government, choosing who he wants, whenever he wants, in utter disregard of the of constitutionality, legality or morality of his actions, ignoring any and all of the various separation of powers provisions, as established by our founding fathers. H-m-m-m, kind of like being King as in King George isn't it. Are we, because of our ennui and our not wanting to upset our current comfort levels, really willing to cede this power to him, and later, like many countries before us, find his power is so entrenched that it's impossible to reverse

The most recent evidence before us is Mark Pearce, the controversial recess appointed Chairman of the NLRB, who is attempting to adopt some repugnant and likely unconstitutional (Who Cares?) rules. Pearce has said that "Our goal is to create a set of rules that eliminate a lot of waste of time, energy and money for the taxpayers." The rules would require businesses to give lists of employee phone numbers and emails to union officials before any election to decide whether to unionize or not. Does that sound like he is thinking of taxpayers? NOT, this proposal would obviously add more power to unions which are desperately seeking to halt their declining membership. It is clear that the NLRB has lost all pretense of objectivity and is solidly in the back pocket of the union movement. It shouldn't be, but I am surprised that in light of our pressing need for greater job creation that the board would try to adopt even more new rules that businesses fiercely oppose.

We have witnessed a steady stream of concessions and give away's to unions at the expense of the rights of employers, employees and taxpayers. Most of these onerous actions present situations that are ripe for abuse by unions. I find it repugnant and outrageous for the federal government to mandate that companies furnish the personal contact information of employees to unions, in violation of their individual rights to privacy!

And, how does our CIC feel about this further usurpation of power by the Executive Branch, and the resulting erosion of the rights of citizens? Obama openly declares that he views it as an improvement necessary to create a level playing field and a necessary step to correct what he sees as the inequality of the classes (class warfare). But, it seems far too apparent that it is just another step to ingratiate himself to his union cronies, and repay them for their enormous political support and monetary contributions. And, just one more step in what appears to be an unfettered gradual march, like the frog in lukewarm to boiling water analogy, to becoming the modern King George.

Wake up America, before it is too late!

Columbine Joe

Yahtta..Yahtta..Yahtta..Kinda Sound Familiar------

At least his speech writers didn't have to dream up any new Bullshit because we heard it all last year.

Our Socialist President should listen to one of his mentors.

"We should never pretend to know what we don't know, we should not feel ashamed to ask and learn from people below, and we should listen carefully to the views of the cadres at the lowest levels. Be a pupil before you become a teacher; learn from the cadres at the lower levels before you issue orders."

— Mao Tse-tung

ANYONE BUT OBAMA. Join the ABO Club

Milton Friedman with a lesson Barack never learned...(one of many)

Milton's idea in this segment of his talk (over 30 years ago) is one that the liberal socialist left in the administration has never learned.  And yet..it is so simple even a cave man can understand...Unless he is one of the dummies that got this yo-you into the Whitehouse to begin with.

While you are watching tonight-----------

While you are listening to the Commander-in-Bullshit the other  evening, keep in mind what we all know his job has become.  And..that is to start trying to do what he did 4 years ago.  Start the parade of BS flowing.  Below is his political platform summed up in three quotes:

"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else." -- Frederic Bastiat, French economist (1801-1850)

"In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other." -- Voltaire(1764)

"What one person receives without working for...another person must work for without receiving."  Adrian Rogers--1931-2005