My Weekly Rant for March 15, 2011.

Lots of new stuff to go off on this week so let’s get started!!

1. I heard Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), former Majority Leader of the US House of Representatives, actually stand before the house this week and tell the world that continually passing Continuing Resolutions is no way to fund and run a government. Well we all agree; however, it was Hoyer, Pelosi, Obama and Reid and their lack of leadership by not passing a budget last year that has left the country in its present condition. Maybe that is why he is no longer the Majority Leader but only the Minority Bell Ringer for Nancy Pelosi. By the way, have I thanked the Democrats this week for keeping her in the house leadership – That’s Awesome.

2. Not to be outdone, last week Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) had the audacity to criticize the Republicans in Wisconsin as being the equivalent to reinstating slavery. First of all where does Charlie get off criticizing anyone unless he is doing it from the standpoint of criticizing someone for committing unethical acts in an unproductive manner from his standpoint of an expert in ethics? And how can he criticize Wisconsin’s elected leadership for trying to curtail the Wisconsin Public Workers Union’s Collective Bargaining Power. Isn’t he a Federal Congressman and isn’t it the Federal Public Workers Union that has NO Collective Bargaining Power? Good job Charlie!!!!

3. President Obama and Mexican President Calderon met and decided that American Law Enforcement Officers should not carry firearms in Mexico since, as President Obama proclaimed, Mexican law prohibits it. Gee, doesn’t American Law prohibit illegally entering the country, and isn’t it illegal for drug runners to illegally bring drugs into America, and isn’t it a little bit illegal to kill a federal officer of the law. Maybe President Obama should spend a little bit more time getting President Calderon to get the Mexicans to follow our law.

4. And when is our President going to become our Commander and Chief and stop being the White House’s version of the accidental tourist? We have troops in two active war zones, the Libyans are fighting a civil war, Iranians are transiting the Suez canal, North Korea is rattling their sabers, Mexico is fighting a drug induced border war on our border, and one of our closest strategic ally’s and economic partners is suffering from one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history. Where is our Commander in chief? He’s giving his Saturday address in which he ignores the gravity of all these issues, then he’s out on the golf course, then it’s off to Brazil with Tom and Giselle, or filling out his tournament brackets for the NCAA. Well, I guess he is a busy man!!

Well that’s it for this week. Hope everyone enjoys their week. I would ask everyone to say a prayer for the Japanese and send a little money if you can. I spent a lot of time in Japan while I was in the Navy and there are some good folks over there that are in some dire conditions. Please help how you can.

Thanks,
Bill

This Week in America, August 11, 2009

1. Senator Arlen Specter, in a town hall meeting this morning, said the Senate doesn’t have a healthcare bill. Yes they do, it passed out of committee last week. He also said he wouldn’t vote for a bill that increased the debt – YEAH, just like when he voted for the stimulus bill.

2. In several 2007 interviews, then-Senator Obama made statements about how the development phase of a new healthcare bill should be open to all sides for discussion, even going so far as to state that he would have the meetings shown on C-SPAN. My, my, my how times have changed.

3. In yet another end-of-the-news-cycle, Friday move, The Obama administration (this time in the form of Timothy Geithner) sent a request to Congress to raise the national debt ceiling. By the way, this would be the second time in the last six months the ceiling has been raised; the other was in the stimulus bill.

4. If you go to any of the congressional town hall meetings with any other opinion other than those that agree with the proposed healthcare reform, Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer have labeled you Un-American.

5. In 2005, Michigan Representative John Dingell said that President Bush should have to explain himself for leaving the public health and environment at risk while toxic sites lay untreated in the United States. Under President Bush, the government cleaned up an average of 38 such sites a year. President Obama’s administration will clean up 20 this year and 22 next year. Where is Rep. Dingell’s outrage over this reduction?

How’s you week going?
Bill