This will make your head spin

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

AMERICA'S NATIONAL DEBT
TOPS $13,000,000,000,000;
DEBT PER TAXPAYER - $117,975;
US DEBT TO GDP RATIO - 90.3%

~Drudge Report www.drudgereport.com

Our tax dollars hard at work

OMG, this is ridiculous... the feds,instead of working to clean up the oil spill, are contemplating filing a complaint against Arizona. "The draft complaint challenges the Arizona law as unconstitutional, saying it is illegal because it impedes federal law, according to the sources. Huh? What? yea, the federal law which has not been enforced, so the sovereign state of Arizona and its citizens decided to take action to stop the overwhelming increase in crime there due to illegals.

This is a colossal waste of money (Our Money!!!)

I think I heard that when Sec. of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano was the Governor of Arizona, she would send copies of documents (bills) stating total dollars spent by her state for border control (it was in the millions). Wonder if she was ever reimbursed?

I miss the old Glenn Beck

Betcha didn't know that there actually was a 'old' Glenn Beck. I listened to him in the very early years of 2000. He wasn't on TV and he was syndicated on a measly 47 stations. The old GB had a reputation, not as a right winger, but as a 'soft core' shock jock. This was a Glenn Beck that used dark and sarcastic humor, and had a tag line with his callers that was 'Hey ya sick freak!'

I don't know if I'm alone on this island, but I really liked the old GB. That is why I now find him hard to stomach. There is barely a thread left of that humorous jock. It appears that the 'Svengali-like' influence of Roger Ailes has left him a shadow of his former self.

I'm sure Roger, GB, and lots of others don't really care about where he came from... but I miss the old GB. Couldn't even find any archived recordings from that era.

Now, moving into the present, I was very upset when XM changed their talk line-up. Now during AM drive time there are TWO channels carrying GB at the same time. Switched to another channel and found a breath of fresh air, named Stephanie Miller. Yes, I know, she's a lefty liberal, but I must say I found her very entertaining, and she doesn't talk non-stop politics. She is witty and banters well with her side kick. She also seems self-effacing, not arrogant. Ed Schultz, you could learn a lot from her on how to put together a radio show that actually gets ratings.

I knew therehad to be a reason I liked James Carville

One of this country's most out-spoken liberal democrats has taken a huge swipe at the Obama Administration. Here's what he said on CNN:

"I'm as good a Democrat as most people, and I think this administration has done some good things. They are risking everything by this 'go along with BP' strategy they have that seems like, lackadaisical on this, and Doug is right, they seem like they're inconvenienced by this, this is some giant thing getting in their way and somehow or another, if you let BP handle it, it'll all go away. It's not going away. It's growing out there. It is a disaster of the first magnitude, and they've got to go to Plan B."

And I must apologize for anything cruel I have said about Chris Matthews. Here's what he said about the spill on the "Tonight Show". He said that the President was "acting a little like a Vatican Observer". He went on to say, "The President scares me," he said. "When is he actually going to do something? And I worry; I know he doesn't want to take ownership of it. I know politics. He said the minute he says, 'I'm in charge,' he takes the blame, but somebody has to. It's in our interest."

Wow... this is my mea culpa.

Reminiscing about the 90s

For some reason I've been thinking a lot about Ross Perot lately. Maybe it was this past Sunday that I missed him the most. I can hardly bear to watch these Sunday AM 'talking heads' anymore. They are so boring, and no one wants to ask the tough questions, nor do others want to respond with decisive answers. I miss seeing Ross Perot on Larry King. Remember his pie charts and grafts about this country's debt and deficits. Larry.... (he'd say in that wonderful Texas drawl) this country's debt is like the crazy Aunt in the basement.... everyone knows she's there but no one wants to talk about her. Luv'd that! Instead of the Tea Party movement, the Perotistas (AKA The Volunteers) formed United We Stand America. I also enjoyed it when he bought 30 minutes of air time for his infomercial style chats.

I'm also looking back fondly on the Clinton Administration. What I wouldn't give to have him in office rather than Obama. If Obama could accomplish even half of what Clinton did (with the help of the 'Republican Revolution' in Congress) I might feel a little better about having him as President. I'm more than a little horrified to feel this way........ But let's take a look back at some of his administration's accomplishments. I won't list them all here, so here they are: http://clinton5.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/eightyears-01.html

Oh well, it's never good to cling to the past.

Save for future reference.....

"One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary." -Ayn Rand, The Voice of Reason

Also, so as not to appear sexist... the woman to be watching now is Brigitte Gabriel. Check out her website http://americancongressfortruth.com/ .... everything you ever wanted to know about radical Islam. This woman knows what she's talking about.

The REAL guy to be watching

The guy we really need to be watching now is Gov. Chris Christie. If he can turn the state of New Jersey around... We will have a coronation in DC in 2012. He isn't interested in being reelected so he's doing the right things to get that state's budget under control. He isn't pandering to any special interests. He's pissing off a lot of people .... especially the teachers' unions, but tough times call for tough decisions. These are the types of politicians that despite not wanting to be reelected... most likely will be.

I really wish the media, who is spending soooo much time talking about how evil Rand Paul is would spend more time talking about the ballooning debt this country is in. These people's ancestors were the ones rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic rather than seeing the giant iceberg they just hit.

Cafferty got this one right: "Felipe Calderon should spend his time trying to create opportunities for his own citizens, so they're not driven by poverty and desperation to sneak into this country illegally. This country doesn't meddle in Mexico's internal affairs, President Calderon, and you ought to keep out of ours. Quite frankly, our border security is none of your business."

Yea, my new place to voice my opinion... rant and rave...vent,vent, and vent!