When the First Lady shops
Date: 9/21/2009 8:52:55 AM
by Bryan Fischer, AFA Director of Issue Analysis
According to the Washington Post, When the First Lady shops, the planet dies. Excerpts from Dana Milbank’s piece, on Michelle Obama’s trip to a farmer’s market just down the street from the White House:
The Secret Service and the D.C. police brought in three dozen vehicles and shut down H Street, Vermont Avenue, two lanes of I Street and an entrance to the McPherson Square Metro station. They swept the area, in front of the Department of Veterans Affairs, with bomb-sniffing dogs and installed magnetometers in the middle of the street, put up barricades to keep pedestrians out, and took positions with binoculars atop trucks. Though the produce stand was only a block or so from the White House, the first lady hopped into her armored limousine and pulled into the market amid the wail of sirens...
The first lady had encouraged Freshfarm Markets, the group that runs popular farmers markets in Dupont Circle and elsewhere, to set up near the White House, and she helped get the approvals to shut down Vermont Avenue during rush hour on Thursdays. But the result was quite the opposite of a quaint farmers market. Considering all the logistics, each tomato she purchased had a carbon footprint of several tons...
And she spoke of her own culinary efforts: "There are times when putting together a healthy meal is harder than you might imagine."
Particularly when it involves a soundstage, an interpreter for the deaf, three TV satellite trucks and the closing of part of downtown Washington.
More from the “Do As I Say As I Do” department.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Frontier Airlines Just Say No
Frontier Airlines is my favorite airline of all time. I love their staff, so friendly and helpful, I love the animals on the tails, I love the commercials, the only thing I don't like is they don't fly back East like I would love them to do, 15K miles will get your a free ticket and 25K will get you one to Mexico.
In today's business section it appears Southwest would like to purchase Frontier. May I just say how much I dislike Southwest, they are my least favorite airline. I prefer to get a seat assignment not some section to stand in line and stand in line and stand in line. I am not a cow, don't treat me like one. I never wanted to pass toilet paper over my head so my half of the plane could get a free beer, it is not your business how many tubes of lipstick or credit cards are on my possession or any of the other annoying things you did to passengers, I have no idea what you do now as I will go out of my way to not fly Southwest. I do know they still make you stand in line after line without a seat assignment.
Frontier Airlines I beg of you just say to Southwest or I will no longer fly you.
In today's business section it appears Southwest would like to purchase Frontier. May I just say how much I dislike Southwest, they are my least favorite airline. I prefer to get a seat assignment not some section to stand in line and stand in line and stand in line. I am not a cow, don't treat me like one. I never wanted to pass toilet paper over my head so my half of the plane could get a free beer, it is not your business how many tubes of lipstick or credit cards are on my possession or any of the other annoying things you did to passengers, I have no idea what you do now as I will go out of my way to not fly Southwest. I do know they still make you stand in line after line without a seat assignment.
Frontier Airlines I beg of you just say to Southwest or I will no longer fly you.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Gitmo
What do we do with the prisoners there? Leave them there or better yet send them home. I don't feel we owe them a nice warm facility with satellite TV. I don't even have satellite TV.
One of the places being strongly looked at is Fort Leavenworth. Pat Roberys had 10 very good reasons why this is not a good idea:
1. Gitmo is an island facility which inherently limits external threats, Leavenworth is 30 minutes from KCI.
2. Security experts estimate Ft Leavenworth would need to acquire 2,000 privately owned acres of land by eminent domain to establish a stand-0ff zone around the barracks. How much time and money would that take?
3. A railway runs through the fort and a major river flows adjacent to it. KCI and local transportation would be restricted to military use when detainees need to be transported.
4. The barracks would have to be modified to hold prisoners it was not designed to secure. Support facilities such as hospitals, court rooms, etc would have to be built.
5. By law, military prisoners cannot be held with terrorists they fight on the battlefield. All 450 military offenders would have to be transferred, most likely to the Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities.
6. Since not all of the military offenders at the barracks have been discharged from the military, we could expect costly and lenghthy legal tactics to fight such a transfer.
7. Relocating military prisoners to a Fed Bureau Prison removes the ability of the military to fully carry out the Uniformed Code of Military Justice.
8. Military inmates are more disciplined and have a higher rehabilitation rate when serving time at Ft Leavenworth in comparison to general population prisoners.
9. Security in Leavenworth is beyond the protection of the Army, which forbids the military from taking on police roles outside the post. It would become impossible to fully secure the citizens of Leavenworth from outside threats.
10. The cost to the taxpayers to achieve the kind of security at Gitmo will cost millions. What happens when you have to take them off post for medical treatment, what kind of transport will be needed?
Just leave them at Gitmo, it is working sort of.
One of the places being strongly looked at is Fort Leavenworth. Pat Roberys had 10 very good reasons why this is not a good idea:
1. Gitmo is an island facility which inherently limits external threats, Leavenworth is 30 minutes from KCI.
2. Security experts estimate Ft Leavenworth would need to acquire 2,000 privately owned acres of land by eminent domain to establish a stand-0ff zone around the barracks. How much time and money would that take?
3. A railway runs through the fort and a major river flows adjacent to it. KCI and local transportation would be restricted to military use when detainees need to be transported.
4. The barracks would have to be modified to hold prisoners it was not designed to secure. Support facilities such as hospitals, court rooms, etc would have to be built.
5. By law, military prisoners cannot be held with terrorists they fight on the battlefield. All 450 military offenders would have to be transferred, most likely to the Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities.
6. Since not all of the military offenders at the barracks have been discharged from the military, we could expect costly and lenghthy legal tactics to fight such a transfer.
7. Relocating military prisoners to a Fed Bureau Prison removes the ability of the military to fully carry out the Uniformed Code of Military Justice.
8. Military inmates are more disciplined and have a higher rehabilitation rate when serving time at Ft Leavenworth in comparison to general population prisoners.
9. Security in Leavenworth is beyond the protection of the Army, which forbids the military from taking on police roles outside the post. It would become impossible to fully secure the citizens of Leavenworth from outside threats.
10. The cost to the taxpayers to achieve the kind of security at Gitmo will cost millions. What happens when you have to take them off post for medical treatment, what kind of transport will be needed?
Just leave them at Gitmo, it is working sort of.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
We Pay for Yet Another Excursion
http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2009/07/obamas-taxpayer-funded-summer-getaway.html
So the imposter and his entourage are off on yet another vacation to a plush resort. Are you going on vacation this year or are you having a staycation?
The getaway is $50K a week. Read the article, see if that doesn't make your jaws clench in rage once again at the utter arrogance of the imposter throwing around money like there is no tomorrow.
So the imposter and his entourage are off on yet another vacation to a plush resort. Are you going on vacation this year or are you having a staycation?
The getaway is $50K a week. Read the article, see if that doesn't make your jaws clench in rage once again at the utter arrogance of the imposter throwing around money like there is no tomorrow.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Save the Bumblebees
I was reading a magazine over the weekend and there was a one page ad to save the bumblebees. I had no idea they were having a shortage, you would never know by my yard. They swarm my bee balm, spearmint, catnip, and various other flowers, as many as two dozen at a time along with the blue wasps (very allergic to them).
Anyway it does not take much and I need to follow my large bees to see where their hive is cos I am sure there is some honey that needs to be harvested. Bees are responsible for pollinating 1/3 of our natural foods, including many of the ingredients used in the 100% all natural haagen-Dazs ice cream. (Yes it is an HD ad). They are disappearing at an alarming rate, the bees, not the ice cream, (although I expect the HD is disappearing at an alarming rate when on sale, but I digress.)
Bee-friendly flowers provide food (nectar) that keeps honey bees alive and pollen that helps fruits and vegetables to grow. So create a honey bee spa in a pot on your window sill, a honey bee garden in your backyard, or honey bee sanctuaty in a neighborhood park.
Choose flowers that produce nectar and pollen, such as sunflowers, daisies, cosmos, zinnias, dahlias, asters, marigolds, hyacinths, hollyhocks, crocuses, foxglove, and geraniums.
Select an assortment of flowers that bloom successively over the spring, summer, and fall in order to provide food through the seasons.
Pick blue, purple, orange and yellow flowers-these are most attractive to honey bees.
Plant patches of like flowers in close proximity to one another.
Plants seeds or flowers that will successively bloom over the spring, summer, and fall, providing food for all seasons.
Do not use pesticides!
For more information on starting your own honey bee garden visit helphoneybees.com to learn more about planting your honey bee garden and see other ways to save the honey bees.
Anyway it does not take much and I need to follow my large bees to see where their hive is cos I am sure there is some honey that needs to be harvested. Bees are responsible for pollinating 1/3 of our natural foods, including many of the ingredients used in the 100% all natural haagen-Dazs ice cream. (Yes it is an HD ad). They are disappearing at an alarming rate, the bees, not the ice cream, (although I expect the HD is disappearing at an alarming rate when on sale, but I digress.)
Bee-friendly flowers provide food (nectar) that keeps honey bees alive and pollen that helps fruits and vegetables to grow. So create a honey bee spa in a pot on your window sill, a honey bee garden in your backyard, or honey bee sanctuaty in a neighborhood park.
Choose flowers that produce nectar and pollen, such as sunflowers, daisies, cosmos, zinnias, dahlias, asters, marigolds, hyacinths, hollyhocks, crocuses, foxglove, and geraniums.
Select an assortment of flowers that bloom successively over the spring, summer, and fall in order to provide food through the seasons.
Pick blue, purple, orange and yellow flowers-these are most attractive to honey bees.
Plant patches of like flowers in close proximity to one another.
Plants seeds or flowers that will successively bloom over the spring, summer, and fall, providing food for all seasons.
Do not use pesticides!
For more information on starting your own honey bee garden visit helphoneybees.com to learn more about planting your honey bee garden and see other ways to save the honey bees.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
The 912 Project
http://www.the912project.us
Have you heard? There is sort of a new kid on the block. I had heard of this before but never really investigated until Team Sarah sent me an email asking me to join forces. I checked it out and decided "Yes I Can" join this group and support what it believes in.
There are 9 Principles:
1. America is good.
2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my life.
3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.
5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
6. I have a right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.
7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.
8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
The 12 Values are:
1. Honesty
2. Reverence
3. Hope
4. Thrift
5. Humility
6. Charity
7. Sincerity
8. Moderation
9. Hard Work
10. Courage
11. Personal Responsibility
12. Gratitude
These are basic but something we should all agree to. Check them out if you want to take back America.
Have you heard? There is sort of a new kid on the block. I had heard of this before but never really investigated until Team Sarah sent me an email asking me to join forces. I checked it out and decided "Yes I Can" join this group and support what it believes in.
There are 9 Principles:
1. America is good.
2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my life.
3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.
5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
6. I have a right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.
7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.
8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
The 12 Values are:
1. Honesty
2. Reverence
3. Hope
4. Thrift
5. Humility
6. Charity
7. Sincerity
8. Moderation
9. Hard Work
10. Courage
11. Personal Responsibility
12. Gratitude
These are basic but something we should all agree to. Check them out if you want to take back America.
Gidget Dies at 15
Ok as Americans how can we be so concerned with Healthscare when the Taco Bell dog died yesterday? She had a stroke and will be cremated. Are we going to celebrate her life for the next few weeks. Personally I feel we should, she was cute, entertaining and had a positive impact on the world.
Rest in Peace Gidget.
Rest in Peace Gidget.
More Lies From The Imposter
O'S BROKEN PROMISES
HEALTH BILLS V. PREZ'S WORDS
By BETSY MCCAUGHEY
Obama: His reform drive has led to bills that hurt everyone who has insurance now.
PRESIDENT Obama promises that "if you like your health plan, you can keep it," even after he reforms our health-care system. That's untrue. The bills now before Congress would force you to switch to a managed-care plan with limits on your access to specialists and tests.
Two main bills are being rushed through Congress with the goal of combining them into a finished product by August. Under either, a new government bureaucracy will select health plans that it considers in your best interest, and you will have to enroll in one of these "qualified plans." If you now get your plan through work, your employer has a five-year "grace period" to switch you into a qualified plan. If you buy your own insurance, you'll have less time.
And as soon as anything changes in your contract -- such as a change in copays or deductibles, which many insurers change every year -- you'll have to move into a qualified plan instead (House bill, p. 16-17).
When you file your taxes, if you can't prove to the IRS that you are in a qualified plan, you'll be fined thousands of dollars -- as much as the average cost of a health plan for your family size -- and then automatically enrolled in a randomly selected plan (House bill, p. 167-168).
It's one thing to require that people getting government assistance tolerate managed care, but the legislation limits you to a managed-care plan even if you and your employer are footing the bill (Senate bill, p. 57-58). The goal is to reduce everyone's consumption of health care and to ensure that people have the same health-care experience, regardless of ability to pay.
Nowhere does the legislation say how much health plans will cost, but a family of four is eligible for some government assistance until their household income reaches $88,000 (House bill, p. 137). If you earn more than that, you'll have to pay the cost no matter how high it goes.
The price tag for this legislation is a whopping $1.04 trillion to $1.6 trillion (Congressional Budget Office estimates). Half of the tab comes from tax increases on individuals earning $280,000 or more, and these new taxes will double in 2012 unless savings exceed predicted costs (House bill, p. 199). The rest of the cost is paid for by cutting seniors' health benefits under Medicare.
There's plenty of waste in Medicare, but the Congressional Budget Office estimates only 1 percent of the savings under the legislation will be from curbing waste, fraud and abuse. That means the rest will likely come from reducing what patients get.
One troubling provision of the House bill compels seniors to submit to a counseling session every five years (and more often if they become sick or go into a nursing home) about alternatives for end-of-life care (House bill, p. 425-430). The sessions cover highly sensitive matters such as whether to receive antibiotics and "the use of artificially administered nutrition and hydration."
This mandate invites abuse, and seniors could easily be pushed to refuse care. Do we really want government involved in such deeply personal issues?
Shockingly, only a portion of the money accumulated from slashing senior benefits and raising taxes goes to pay for covering the uninsured. The Senate bill allocates huge sums to "community transformation grants," home visits for expectant families, services for migrant workers -- and the creation of dozens of new government councils, programs and advisory boards slipped into the last 500 pages.
The most recent ABC News/Washington Post poll (June 21) finds that 83 percent of Americans are very satisfied or somewhat satisfied with the quality of their health care, and 81 percent are similarly satisfied with their health insurance.
They have good reason to be. If you're diagnosed with cancer, you have a better chance of surviving it in the United States than anywhere else, according to the Concord Five Continent Study. And the World Health Organization ranked the United States No. 1 out of 191 countries for being responsive to patients' needs, including providing timely treatments and a choice of doctors.
Congress should pursue less radical ways to cover the uninsured. We have too much to lose with this legislation.
HEALTH BILLS V. PREZ'S WORDS
By BETSY MCCAUGHEY
Obama: His reform drive has led to bills that hurt everyone who has insurance now.
PRESIDENT Obama promises that "if you like your health plan, you can keep it," even after he reforms our health-care system. That's untrue. The bills now before Congress would force you to switch to a managed-care plan with limits on your access to specialists and tests.
Two main bills are being rushed through Congress with the goal of combining them into a finished product by August. Under either, a new government bureaucracy will select health plans that it considers in your best interest, and you will have to enroll in one of these "qualified plans." If you now get your plan through work, your employer has a five-year "grace period" to switch you into a qualified plan. If you buy your own insurance, you'll have less time.
And as soon as anything changes in your contract -- such as a change in copays or deductibles, which many insurers change every year -- you'll have to move into a qualified plan instead (House bill, p. 16-17).
When you file your taxes, if you can't prove to the IRS that you are in a qualified plan, you'll be fined thousands of dollars -- as much as the average cost of a health plan for your family size -- and then automatically enrolled in a randomly selected plan (House bill, p. 167-168).
It's one thing to require that people getting government assistance tolerate managed care, but the legislation limits you to a managed-care plan even if you and your employer are footing the bill (Senate bill, p. 57-58). The goal is to reduce everyone's consumption of health care and to ensure that people have the same health-care experience, regardless of ability to pay.
Nowhere does the legislation say how much health plans will cost, but a family of four is eligible for some government assistance until their household income reaches $88,000 (House bill, p. 137). If you earn more than that, you'll have to pay the cost no matter how high it goes.
The price tag for this legislation is a whopping $1.04 trillion to $1.6 trillion (Congressional Budget Office estimates). Half of the tab comes from tax increases on individuals earning $280,000 or more, and these new taxes will double in 2012 unless savings exceed predicted costs (House bill, p. 199). The rest of the cost is paid for by cutting seniors' health benefits under Medicare.
There's plenty of waste in Medicare, but the Congressional Budget Office estimates only 1 percent of the savings under the legislation will be from curbing waste, fraud and abuse. That means the rest will likely come from reducing what patients get.
One troubling provision of the House bill compels seniors to submit to a counseling session every five years (and more often if they become sick or go into a nursing home) about alternatives for end-of-life care (House bill, p. 425-430). The sessions cover highly sensitive matters such as whether to receive antibiotics and "the use of artificially administered nutrition and hydration."
This mandate invites abuse, and seniors could easily be pushed to refuse care. Do we really want government involved in such deeply personal issues?
Shockingly, only a portion of the money accumulated from slashing senior benefits and raising taxes goes to pay for covering the uninsured. The Senate bill allocates huge sums to "community transformation grants," home visits for expectant families, services for migrant workers -- and the creation of dozens of new government councils, programs and advisory boards slipped into the last 500 pages.
The most recent ABC News/Washington Post poll (June 21) finds that 83 percent of Americans are very satisfied or somewhat satisfied with the quality of their health care, and 81 percent are similarly satisfied with their health insurance.
They have good reason to be. If you're diagnosed with cancer, you have a better chance of surviving it in the United States than anywhere else, according to the Concord Five Continent Study. And the World Health Organization ranked the United States No. 1 out of 191 countries for being responsive to patients' needs, including providing timely treatments and a choice of doctors.
Congress should pursue less radical ways to cover the uninsured. We have too much to lose with this legislation.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The Angry One and Her Attendants
First Lady Requires More Than Twenty Attendants
Recession, Depression, What, Michelle Worry?
July 7, 2009
Dr. Paul L. Williams
“In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much,” she said. “See, that’s why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service, “ Michelle Obama
No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she doesn’t perform any official duties. But this hasn’t deterred her from hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession. Just think Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china for the White House during the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary.
How things have changed! If you’re one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Miz Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by John Q. Public:
1. $172,2000 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary)
4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
5. Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $90,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)
10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14.. Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)
16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
18. Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press.Com
canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652
There has never been anyone in the White House at any time that has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense, when even Hillary, only had three; Jackie Kennedy one; Laura Bush one; and prior to Mamie Eisenhower social help came from the President's own pocket.
Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom travelled aboard Air Force One to Europe .
Recession, Depression, What, Michelle Worry?
July 7, 2009
Dr. Paul L. Williams
“In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much,” she said. “See, that’s why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service, “ Michelle Obama
No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she doesn’t perform any official duties. But this hasn’t deterred her from hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession. Just think Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china for the White House during the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary.
How things have changed! If you’re one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Miz Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by John Q. Public:
1. $172,2000 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary)
4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
5. Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $90,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)
10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14.. Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)
16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
18. Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press.Com
canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652
There has never been anyone in the White House at any time that has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense, when even Hillary, only had three; Jackie Kennedy one; Laura Bush one; and prior to Mamie Eisenhower social help came from the President's own pocket.
Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom travelled aboard Air Force One to Europe .
CZARs
When I hear the word "CZAR" it makes me think of Russia, so what is the US doing with 32 of them? Who are they and where did they come from? Was there a bid that went out asking who wants to be a czar? They are federal employees, aren't they? Does anyone know anything about them? ONe stepped down already for being in trouble, should surprise no one as the current administration is full of crooks, and one admits to being a Communist. Why do we need them? Does anyone know when they appeared, who found them, hmmmmmm.
The definition of a czar is:
also tsar or tzar (zär, tsär) A male monarch or emperor, especially one of the emperors who ruled Russia until the revolution of 1917.
A person having great power; an autocrat: “the square-jawed, ruddy complacency of Jack Farrell, the czar of the Fifteenth Street police station” (Ernest Hemingway).
Informal. An appointed official having special powers to regulate or supervise an activity: a racetrack czar; an energy czar.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/07/not_obamas_czars_but_his_commi.html is a good article to read regarding these czars.
The definition of a czar is:
also tsar or tzar (zär, tsär) A male monarch or emperor, especially one of the emperors who ruled Russia until the revolution of 1917.
A person having great power; an autocrat: “the square-jawed, ruddy complacency of Jack Farrell, the czar of the Fifteenth Street police station” (Ernest Hemingway).
Informal. An appointed official having special powers to regulate or supervise an activity: a racetrack czar; an energy czar.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/07/not_obamas_czars_but_his_commi.html is a good article to read regarding these czars.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
What Were You Doing 40 Years Ago Today?
So if you are old enough to be alive 40 years ago what were you doing? We lived in Des Moines, Iowa and went next door because we did not have color TV to watch the men walk on the moon. I don't really remember it but I suppose at the time it was a big deal. Personally I think going out in space is a HUGE waste of money when this country is so broke. Really what has it done for us and what will it do for us. Anyway where were you?
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Happy Birthday Aunt Jessie
My fav aunt is 75 today. You would never know it by looking at her, she just got home from a two week trip and I can only imagine she never stopped for a minute to rest while she was gone. I read her daily email and honestly she wears me out.
So Aunt Jessie, here is to you and many more. Hope your day is filled with cake and family.
Bank CLosures and Retail Sales are UP
So today the WH claims retail sales are up, but you know what they are basing it on? Energy consumption. How does using more electricity for my a/c make Wal-Mart sales go up? I don't know what they are smoking in the WH but I don't see what they do.
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/07/06/daily39.html?ana=from_rss
Economist: FDIC gearing up for bank closures
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is gearing up to handle a large number of bank failures expected as a result of bad mortgages, both in residential and commercial real estate, an economist said Tuesday.
“They know they’re going to take down a large number of banks and they can’t do it until they’re staffed up,” said Mark Dotzour, chief economist and director of research for the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.
Dotzour expects federal regulators to establish an agency, similar to the Resolution Trust Corp. that disposed of assets belonging to insolvent S&Ls in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
“Once they start to sell [foreclosed real estate], we’ll find out what the market really is,” Dotzour told attendees at an economic summit hosted by a handful of real estate groups in Tampa, Fla.
Dotzour blamed federal intervention for the lack of commercial real estate investment activity in recent months, as well as the failure of businesses to make major decisions.
“Nobody knows what to do so they’re doing nothing,” Dotzour said at the luncheon meeting at the Intercontinental Tampa.
Government, in its quest to help the economy, is causing harm by propping up failing companies and regularly changing rules, he said.
“No one can predict what the government will do,” Dotzour said.
“People are frozen. It’s not that they don’t want to invest in the future, the rules are unclear,” he said.
He jokingly called the Federal Reserve “inksters” for routinely printing money to bail out big business, including banks that are still not making many loans.
The government’s role in a capitalistic society, he said, “is to make the rules and get off the dance floor.”
Businesses and individuals that can’t pay their bills should resolve their problems in bankruptcy court, not with money from the government, he said. It’s a process that has worked for decades, for generations.
“Everyone has a lesson to learn here, including you and me,” he said. “We have to live within our means.”
Dotzour expects foreclosure rates to continue to climb, real estate prices to fall more and cap rates to rise to at least 9 percent before leveling off.
In 2010 and 2011, interest rates will begin to rise, as will inflation. Once investors realize the market is at bottom, deals will begin to flow again, he said.
In the meantime, he compared the bad loans that remain on banks’ books to a smelly cat litter box and the feds keep throwing more litter on top to mask the smell. But they’ll eventually have to remove the organic material to fix the problem.
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/07/06/daily39.html?ana=from_rss
Economist: FDIC gearing up for bank closures
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is gearing up to handle a large number of bank failures expected as a result of bad mortgages, both in residential and commercial real estate, an economist said Tuesday.
“They know they’re going to take down a large number of banks and they can’t do it until they’re staffed up,” said Mark Dotzour, chief economist and director of research for the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.
Dotzour expects federal regulators to establish an agency, similar to the Resolution Trust Corp. that disposed of assets belonging to insolvent S&Ls in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
“Once they start to sell [foreclosed real estate], we’ll find out what the market really is,” Dotzour told attendees at an economic summit hosted by a handful of real estate groups in Tampa, Fla.
Dotzour blamed federal intervention for the lack of commercial real estate investment activity in recent months, as well as the failure of businesses to make major decisions.
“Nobody knows what to do so they’re doing nothing,” Dotzour said at the luncheon meeting at the Intercontinental Tampa.
Government, in its quest to help the economy, is causing harm by propping up failing companies and regularly changing rules, he said.
“No one can predict what the government will do,” Dotzour said.
“People are frozen. It’s not that they don’t want to invest in the future, the rules are unclear,” he said.
He jokingly called the Federal Reserve “inksters” for routinely printing money to bail out big business, including banks that are still not making many loans.
The government’s role in a capitalistic society, he said, “is to make the rules and get off the dance floor.”
Businesses and individuals that can’t pay their bills should resolve their problems in bankruptcy court, not with money from the government, he said. It’s a process that has worked for decades, for generations.
“Everyone has a lesson to learn here, including you and me,” he said. “We have to live within our means.”
Dotzour expects foreclosure rates to continue to climb, real estate prices to fall more and cap rates to rise to at least 9 percent before leveling off.
In 2010 and 2011, interest rates will begin to rise, as will inflation. Once investors realize the market is at bottom, deals will begin to flow again, he said.
In the meantime, he compared the bad loans that remain on banks’ books to a smelly cat litter box and the feds keep throwing more litter on top to mask the smell. But they’ll eventually have to remove the organic material to fix the problem.
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