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So, just what exactly did your children and grandchildren pay for?

Feb 14th, 2009
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maddy

The Johnson County bloggers at Red County have a nice list posted of what our children and grandchildren will be paying for in the years to come.

I’ll share some of my favorites:

  • $1 billion for NASA
  • $2 billion to develop advanced batteries for hybrid cars
  • $650 million for the digital TV converter box coupon program (because reality TV spurs the economy)
  • $3.7 billion to conduct “green” renovations on military bases (I thought they already wore camo?)
  • $1 billion for the 2010 Census (to count just over 305 million people)
  • $3.4 billion for fossil energy research (Remember folks, it’s the green Democrats that voted for that…)
  • $98 million earmarked for a polar icebreaker (this one just puzzles me, couldn’t we just wait for ‘em to melt?)
  • $500 million for forest health and wildfire prevention
  • $25 million for the Smithsonian Institution
  • $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts

Finally, my ultimate favorite two:

  • $10 million for urban canals
  • $290 million for flood prevention

If I have to explain why that’s funny, we’re in real trouble.

tiaraNostimulus.com surpassed half a million signatures in the waning hours of the spendulus debate, but it made no difference to the Democrats or three “moderate” Republican Senators. The site is still up if you just feel a need to sign it. I’m sure AFP will keep ownership of the domain name. I have a feeling this won’t be the last “stimulus.”

During the House and Senate debate I had a nightmarish flashback to the last time a legislative body voted on a massive piece of legislation without reading it.

Of course, everyone by now knows what a cash cow state-owned casinos turned out to be for Kansas. And not allowing legislative oversight in the bill, that was an excellent idea. I can only imagine what American citizens will learn about this spending bill over the next year or two.

U.S. House rules state that all conference committee reports must be made available for 3 calendar days before a vote to allow Representatives to read the bill. The Democrat controlled House passed a special resolution to waive that rule so a vote on the 1100 page bill could be taken not even 24 hours after it’s final draft was made available.

Democrat Reps and Senators must be very fast readers.

I can think of a few high points though. Every Representative and all but three Republican Senators voted against the bill. What a dramatic return to conservative principles. It’s certainly refreshing to see that most of our Republican officials intimately understand what lost them the election and what they need to do to begin to win again.

Imagine if Republicans had acted like Republicans several years ago.

Other Kansas spendulus blog posts:

Kansas Meadowlark – “‘Yes We Can’ Pass $787 Billion ‘Stimulus’ Without Anyone in Congress Reading the Bill”
Red County JoCo – The short list of your grandchildren’s debt
Wichita Liberty – NoStimulus.com Effort Crosses 200,000 Petitions
Wichita Liberty – Tim Phillips of AFP explains NoStimulus.com
StimulusWatch.org – Lists all Kansas Stimulus projects

Either get out or get to work

Feb 7th, 2009
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Gov. Sebelius caring for Greensburg tornado victims

Gov. Sebelius caring for Greensburg tornado victims

I’m going to make a simple request of Gov. Sebelius: Either get out or get to work.

Over the past six years your administration has created far too many problems for the taxpayers of this state to put on hold while you prance around Washington trying to sell yourself for a job you already told everyone you didn’t want.

Leadership doesn’t mean you propose a budget that neither takes into account the full extent of the crisis facing our state nor realistic solutions to the problem. Honest and truthful leaders don’t tell the voters they are staying to solve a budget crisis, criticize legislative leaders trying to find solutions to our money problems and then jump ship when you see greener pastures.

Those actions are not the actions of an honest, trustworthy leader. They are the actions of a self-seeking, egotistical politician. So if you are unwilling or unable to do the work of the citizens of Kansas, move on so true Republican leaders can find solutions to problems you helped create.

Kansas’ problems simply can’t be trumped by your sales pitch to the Obama administration. Either get out or get to work.

Unbiased American patriotism

Jan 25th, 2009
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I have to admit that I don’t really remember the festivities when George W took office. I have a feeling that there wasn’t prime time coverage like that garnered by the new Obama administration.

What has interested me the most is the piggybacking by various media and companies. Some of it is real, some imagined and some incidental. But it all has to do with the “O” symbol that graced everything Obama during the campaign.

The worst offender I’ve experienced has been CBS. They recently had a “Yes We Can Monday.” I personally have no problem with a theme night to support a new President. In fact, it is wholly American to want to rally around a new leader.

But is CBS encouraging patriotism or Obamatism (if that’s a word)? It’s troubling that months out from the election, we’re continuing to see the “Obama symbol” showing up in place of truly American symbols.

What would have been said in Sept. 2001 if large W’s had been slapped on cars and buildings rather than the American flag? Would the public have tolerated that? I’m certain CBS wouldn’t have had a “W Wednesday.”

I got a lot of emails during the campaign with many unkind things to say about Obama. Many were true but many weren’t as well.

However, one hit the mark in retrospect. It showed different pictures of Obama’s “O” symbol on everything from his plane to clothing. The email questioned his patriotism because the “O” replaced the American flag in many places. Is that okay during a campaign? In my opinion, no. But that doesn’t concern me nearly as much as the same campaign graphics showing up on national TV two months later.

Pepsi unveiled a new logo in the past week or so, and it’s eerily similar to another logo. Can you guess which one?

Bank of America seems to have the same thoughts as the Obama campaign. Although, they thought of it first. I wonder if they’re considering a copyright lawsuit? Well, nothing some “economic stimulus” funds can’t fix!

And finally, don’t think American companies are the only one’s thinking “Obamaness”. Check out the Korean Airlines symbol. But, Korean Airlines has had the same logo for years, so it’s not like they’re Pepsi and redesigned their logo to be more, I don’t know, Obama-lite.

Well, here’s to four more years of unbiased rule!

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