What would Bill Clinton Do?

That’s not a question that President Obama and his team of loyalists from the 2008 campaign are likely to ask, because they don’t much care about the answer. It is an irony of the Obama administration (given that it is staffed with so many people with high-level experience during Bill Clinton's presidency, including one Cabinet member named Clinton) that its basic attitude toward Clinton-style governance is hostile. Obama and White House aides are courteous to the 42nd President when he calls, but in private many of those aides sound very much like George W. Bush advisers in disparaging the Clinton years. The people around Obama are romantics, they dream of Obama as a transformational figure looming large on history’s stage. They see Clinton as at best a transitional figure, whose poll-tested practical and tested policies loom small. But perhaps they are feeling a bit less cocky these days, after a loss in the Massachusetts Senate special election that has revealed deep problems for Democrats and, arguably, serious miscalculations in Obama’s governing strategy.

I think it's time to stop trying so hard to be the "anointed one" and start doing what you promised your loyal followers...............so many promises not kept so far, least of which is your transparency promise. Let's not worry about being on TV everyday somewhere and talking about something we all know about already. All we have to do is watch you once on TV to see that your just reading what someone else is telling you to say. This president spends more in having someone set-up and take down his teleprompters and input someone Else's words for him to read.......by the way have you noticed that during his speeches he looks from the left to the right and back to the left and back to the right but never and I mean never looks straight ahead at the people at home viewing him, that's because the prompters are one to his left and one to his right and nothing in the middle! I personally feel that in order to be a good leader you need to be able to speak to the people from the cuff/heart and if you'll notice when Obama does this he's full of huh's and stammers all over the place.

Sometimes you need to us time tested strategies from folks with a bit of experience in governing and not just experience in rigging elections with Acorn and community organizing with communist and socialist friends using you as a front man.

Obama's Health Care plan

It's all the talk on the news stations that Massachusetts will probably elect a Republican to replace Ted Kennedy to fill the "peoples seat" in the Senate. Yes, the peoples seat and not Ted Kennedy's seat as Ms. Coakly would have you believe. With a 6 to 1 Democrat to Republican ratio in registered voters in Massachusetts one wonders how something like this could happen if in fact it does since the polls aren't open as of this writing. It may just have something to do with how the people of the country really feel about Obama and his henchmen and the bill they are trying to get us to swallow in such a big damn hurry, in a hurry and behind closed doors! All Americans want health care reform, yes all of us from all three parties, but at what expense do we do this with all that's going on around us right now. With unemployment at a real percentage of roughly 17% counting all people looking for work and those that have given up already, do we really need all these tax increases that everyone one with half a brain knows will come back to all of us tax payers? If your of the liberal persuasion you have to know deep down inside this is true and you too are and have been lied to over and over again.

I also heard again today how if by some way a health care bill like this 2000 pages of junk does indeed get passed 22 state to this point are going to opt out of this program, now that alone will be a big increase to the number of uninsured . Come on people with the bribes and sweet heart deals being made by Reed and Polosi and the anointed one can you honestly say this is the sort of "change" you wanted and indeed looked forward to getting? Now besides the 22 states (to this point in time) that will opt out we also hear today that besides the unions getting to keep "Cadillac plans"until the year 2018, now the Amish do not have to participate either. Yes Nancy Polosi that's what your saying now and you know what the rest of the country will be saying, "we too have religious freedom and want to be exempt also." What a can of worms these crooks have opened up now with the Amish being exempt.................Wow no body is stopping to think before they speak when the do speak, maybe this too should have been kept behind those closed doors!

I'm afraid the Obama health care ship is sinking and none too soon if you ask me, this bill is something that the way it has been written cost way too much for a country in bankruptcy and we shouldn't be strapped with something we can't afford. If you want to get closer to seeing everyone insured, get them jobs so they can afford to buy insurance like the rest of us and for Gods sake don't make those of us responsible with our lives pay for those that don't give a crap and only put their hands out! Somebody tell these Democrats that we have more important things on our plates, Jobs....Jobs....Jobs.....and our Economy.................why are they in such a hurry to spend us into bankruptcy? In times like this we should be lowering taxes and not all the increases up front and hidden or called something other than taxes when we all know their really tax increases!

Massachusetts seems like as good a place as any for a "Tea Party" now doesn't it?

Social Security Cards..........

What do you do with your Social Security card? Do you carry it in your purse or wallet or have it stuck away in your dresser drawer? Did you put it somewhere and have now that I reminded you forgot where you stuck it? I will tell you that mine is in my wallet as of today, but not sure about tomorrow. I got my SS card sometime in 1960 I believe and it's been in my wallet ever since, and it looks like it's been in there for 50 years! The reason I mention this is that my wife (Bev) lost her purse in front of a Wal-mart just before Christmas, her purse was in her cart but not zipped closed. If you've been to a Wal-mart and other stores they have 5 inch high bumps every 2 inches apart in rather larger areas in front of all doors for handicap reasons. I would think for those in wheel chairs would even find it hard to maneuver over these small mountain ranges in from of stores today. Anyway I'm sure if you've been over these small mountain ranges with a shopping cart you know what I mean when I say eggs have been known to break, items rock and roll all over the cart and if stacked too high will jump right over the edge of the cart. Well Bev's wallet was in her unzipped purse and jumped right out onto the drive in front of a Wal-mart while doing a bit of Christmas shopping. As soon as she got to the car she realized it was gone and ran back into the store to see if someone had turned it in to security.........no such luck. Upon leaving the store for a second time and after calling me to cancel all credit cards, debit cards etc. she seen the bell ringing Santa by the front door of the store. Hey there did you happen to see a black wallet on the walk or in the drive? Yes mam, in was in the middle of the drive right on the other side of this small mountain range and a old beat up pickup pulling a trailer of junk stopped jumped out and picked it up and sped off in a big hurry! So now we're getting our replacement cards and finding that so far the quick canceling of cards etc. has worked and to this point the thieves spent the $20 cash and haven't had any luck using anything else in her wallet. Bev does not carry her SS card with her or in her wallet and doesn't have to worry about losing that, had her drivers license replaced and the old number will not work anymore. So far I'd say we were lucky and due to some quick action might be OK now with all cards canceled or replaced with new etc. But to get back to the Social Security question, where is your card right now? I think I'll put mine in a safe place where I'll be wondering the next time I need it......................where in the hell did I hide that darn SS card? Should I be consider ID protection?

You all be careful now when crossing all those small mountain ranges that are very hard to walk on and impossible to roll a shopping card across without doing major damage to bottles and eggs etc.

Patriotism.........love of country!

I just spent 4 1/2 days at an RV rally in Tucson, Arizona. This was out first rally of any sort but this one was for Monaco coach owners and labeled "The First Annual New Frontier" rally. Why the first annual new frontier, because it's the first rally under the new company after going through bankruptcy and a sale of assets. It's seems the company will survive and under the new ownership and new money should be back on top in the near future.

As I said it was our first rally and we learned a lot and met a lot of nice people and all of them with the love of RVing. The rally included catered breakfast each morning and a catered dinner each night along with the festivities of the evening, entertainment, announcements, introductions etc. During the day there were vendors selling their wares and new and improved products to make our RV shine and run better, vendors with gadgets to make living in our RV more pleasant and comfortable. The rally itself was a happening, over 500 RV's and well over 1000 folks all meeting, visiting, renewing old acquaintances and making new ones. To borrow a statement from Country Joe (of Country Joe and the Fish of Woodstock): Like man it's a city dude, we have a city here man............folks getting married, babies being born etc. Well that's what my kids labeled the rally, a bunch of old hippies getting together in their RV's rather than Chevy Vans!

OK, now your wondering what all this has to do with patriotism and love of country well let me tell you. The first night we all gather in the very larger pavilion for dinner, and as I look around I see from every post and pillar in the place flags hanging. I'm looking at two flags hanging from each post throughout the hall, the American flag on one side and a military flag on the opposite side. Yes all branched were represented including the Merchant Marines and Coast Guard and being an Air Force Veteran I wanted to sit near the USAF flag. Yes this was a very large building filled with our countries senior citizens and one hell of a lot of them Veterans and proud of that fact as I was about to see. The president of the Monaco company LLC was the MC and got our attention and we started the evening with The Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag. At this time I couldn't remember the last time I said the Pledge but surely hadn't forgot one word of it, and even got this big lump in my throat and the eyes started to tear up a bit. We no sooner finished the Pledge and he called someone up to lead us in the National Anthem, not just ours but then we had someone lead us in the Canadian Anthem too! We then had another guest go up on stage and lead us in prayer, for the fellowship and the meal we were about to eat. This wasn't just the first nights happening, the Pledge and prayers were said each evening before whatever else was planned took place and it just made me feel damn good and proud to be an American.

This is what I feel our country is losing, my generation has said the Pledge all our lives and grew up with it I can't help but feel if asked the last two generations don't even know the words. We don't need to take God out of country we need to put God, the Pledge and the National Anthem back into our schools and teach our children patriotism, honor, and love of country and what it means. So go ahead and call us a bunch of old hippies gathering in our RV's but don't forget we're veterans, patriots, and not afraid to pray and show respect for our for Fathers and what they intended for our country.

Are you in fear of Czars?

You do realize that roughly only 50% of Americans voted for and approve of this President. Does the 50% that approve ever think about the 50% that don't approve and why they might not approve? These are your friends, neighbors, relatives, they sit in the pew next to you at church, are you totally correct in your thinking or just too blind to the fact that the anointed one might not be the person you thought he was? Have you never found yourself questioning some of the things he's doing and the real changes he wants to make to OUR country? Have you watched any of the before and after video's of his promise speeches or counted how many promises he's already broken? Has it ever occurred to you that when you type his name spell check does not recognize it and wants you to change or correct it? Have you really looked at some of Obama's Czars? Do you have concerns when it comes to the people our President surrounds himself with?

I just deleted eight paragraphs with a bit about 6 Czars and two advisers, these paragraphs went into some detail of each and their beliefs. I figured you'd probably start reading but quit part way through so why bother. If you want to get scared a bit and worry for our country, just check the following folks out and look into their beliefs. You'll find some of the most radical, racist, communist/socialist people you'd ever want to put a finger on. Just do yourself a favor and look up what you can find on these Czars for yourself, Energy Czar Carol Browner, Diversity Czar Mark Lloyd, Science Czar John Holdren, Regulatory Czar Cass Susstein, Communications Czar Anita Dunn, Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett and last but not least Chief of Staff Rahm (Rahmbo) Emanuel, and Ex-Green Czar but still hanging around Van Jones. We have a diverse mixture of Socialist, Communist, Mao worshipping, abortion advocating strong arm individuals, look for yourself please.

Retirement...........

We all hope to retire someday, most of us strive to retire at as early an age as possible to live out and fulfil our dreams. For the average middle class wage earner this is becoming increasingly harder to do, to retire at an age where your young enough to still do those things you've dreamed of. I worked for right at 50 years, yes actually was drawing a wage even though it wasn't taxable at the time it was still a wage. I sold garden seeds, flower seeds and all occasion cards door to door at the age of 12 and 13 years old. Living in Iowa then I also mowed lawns and shoveled snow for income, you see growing up in Iowa gave us willing to do so year round work. My folks couldn't afford to buy me the type of jeans I wanted to wear or some of the other things so I earned to buy those things myself. I had a paper route in Sacramento, California and had a supervisor that believed in teaching young men business and how to run one properly. A paper route in Sacramento at the time and under the tutelage of Mr. Vigor was not just throwing a newspaper on someones porch and collecting a few bucks weekly. This was run like a business, learning to use a checking account, incentives for new subscribers and collections made on time and all this with no complaints from customers, I'll never forget Mr. Vigor and all he taught me about business. Anyway to get back on the subject, no matter what you've done for work or how much you earned you most likely still never put enough away for your retirement. You get to a point were you think your close, you think you have it all figured out and any number of things can derail your plans. Like the mess we've been going through as a country the past couple of years, this damaged ecomomy has thrown alot of folks including me and my wife into a tailspin. The future was looking bright, we had what we wanted and could see bright skies off in the distance and then we had the rug pulled out from underneath us! We will figure out a way to survive, we will figure out a way to retire together and still have some fun, and we will do this because we want it. Let me just say, if your still young enough and retirement is still a few years off what ever you do don't forget your retirement account. No matter what your investing into your retirement now is probably not going to be enough, so make it more even if it hurts a bit becasue you'll be glad you did. I hope no one younger that I has to go through with their retirement funds what we've had to endure the past couple of years, but don't let that detour you from building that nest egg because it will be worth it.

social security today.......

Just heard our President has decided to for go the annual cost of living increase for social security recipients and instead give us another "stimulus" check for $250 in 2010. He feels with the economy being negative we won't need it in 2010 but that the meager stimulus check should help get our economy going again! Let's see do I make a credit card payment with my big check or take the kids out for dinner or invest in the dollar (OMG don't do that) or a tank of gas for the RV and say F___ it all and hit the road. Mr. President why don't you keep the $250 to help pay for this monstrosity you call a health care reform bill, I'd rather chip in now than strap my grandchildren with your bullshit full of half truths. Take our $250 behind closed doors with those other crooks and figure out how you can bankrupt our country. By the way no matter what you call it, increases here and increases there to all these medical suppliers, insures, hospitals etc. the bottom line is it's going to be a TAX on middle income folks. Hide it anyway you'd like but in the end those you promised not to screw, your going to screw royally!