Debt clock on Charlie Wilson's website

I found it hard to believe that he would have this on his home page, when he had (and continues to have) such a huge hand in causing our debt to increase.

He voted for the financial bailout bill, the "stimulus" bill, and the pork laden budget bill. All three deficit spending bills.

What he needs is a clock showing how much debt he created personally by voting for these bills.

Unbridled borrowing got us into this mess and Charlie Wilson thinks that unbridled borrowing will get us out of it.


The other thing I'll comment on that is on his website....among other places....is his request of President Obama to create a National office of Rural Policy.

Well, after seeing the results of 40 years of "helping" our inner cities, I'd rather the federal government not do the same thing to our rural areas. Please keep your "help", we don't want it!

Debbie Phillips = more government

Great post at One Oar in the Water blog.

Just cut taxes and let private business grow instead of growing government.

Another point he touched on, I haven't heard Debbie Phillips promoting clean coal. Why not?

Why isn't she having press conferences supporting the AMP plant in Meigs?

We all know the reason, she does not support coal.

Congressman Charlie Wilson's failure to vet the bailout bills

AIG payments to banks stoke bailout rage

I've got another take on this story.

While the media is so fast to blame free enterprise for all our problems** and Charlie Wilson is quick on the trigger when it comes to criticizing banks for putting on charitable events....

Maybe we should look at who's really to blame for this mess we've gotten ourselves into.

It was congress that got us into this financial mess by forcing banks to make bad loans.

It was congress that voted to give money to banks to cover up their previous mess.

Now, it's congress (and the media**) passing blame on financial companies for running their businesses when it was congress that started and exacerbated this problem to begin with.

AIG was contractually obligated to pay these bonuses. Congress should have taken the time to understand all the ramifications of passing the financial bailout bill...before they voted for it.

Of course, our Congressman Charlie Wilson voted for the financial "bailout" bill and who wants to bet that we'll soon see a statement from him expressing his outrage over these bonuses?

The taxpayers are the ones that should be expressing outrage at Congressman Charlie Wilson's rush to judgement, once again.

** "The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses." Vladimir Lenin

I hate using quotes from the same source two posts in a row, but this quote definitely describes our current press.

EnviroNazis VII

Below is video of one of our outside protesters.

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He's Ivan (how appropriate) Stiefel. He's getting a Brower Youth Award for attempting to keep good paying jobs away from unemployed people in Meigs County and creating a quasi terrorist organization called "mountain justice".

Count how many times he says "collective".

"planning collective", "community organizers", drinking from a "community gourd", collective liberation, etc..."

"Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever." Vladimir Lenin

Apparently so!

Congressman Charlie Wilson against secret ballot elections

The deceptively titled: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

List of co-sponsors for this bill, and yes, that's our Congressman Charlie Wilson at the bottom of the list.

What this bill does is allows unions and forces employers to recognize unions if the unions can get 50% +1 of the work force to sign cards. Rather than having a secret ballot election after the cards are signed. So, there will be coerced signatures on these cards and no secret ballot election.

If you've not noticed yet, unions are all for elections, if it favors them. See post here about unions insisting on secret ballot elections when the issue is union decertification.

"Citing the U.S. Supreme Court, the AFL-CIO argues "that a representation election 'is a solemn…occasion, conducted under safeguards to voluntary choice.'" Moreover, the "representation election system provides the surest means of avoiding decisions which are 'the result of group pressures and not individual decision.'" "

So, by deductive reasoning, Congressman Charlie Wilson thinks it's OK to make "decisions which are 'the result of group pressures and not individual decision" when it comes to the certification vote.

So much for being a "conservative democrat". He is not representing the conservative 6th district. He's representing the union donations to his campaign....$137,700 for the 2008 election.

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Slopping the hogs in Morgan County

Using Congressman Charlie Wilson's funny money / deficit spending.

It's scary listening to government officials talking about spending your tax money. Especially when there is a lot of it being spread around in an attempt to buy your vote.

Morgan County Herald story

Comments:

"State Rep. Phillips said she had gotten significant correspondence from people in Morgan County already concerning the cut in school funding proposed for Morgan Local School District in 2010."

Well, she helped create this funding plan, she should explain it from that perspective.

"During the discussion, Vicki Quesinberry, director of the Morgan County Department of Job and Family Services, talked about funding for her office. She said, “We have had four cuts. My help is running out. I don’t know what they want us to do. The finances are not there to support the workforce. There is not enough people to help. We had another layoff today. The TANF funding is totally cut.”"

Hmm, maybe government should act like private businesses (who don't have endless supplies of Wilson's funny money) and cut back spending and do more with less. It's called increased productivity.

"Gary Arnold, a representative for AFSCME, commented, “I represent 55 locals and everyone of our Job and Family Services has been sliced. Job and Family Services is the busiest state agency, and they have laid off three in Noble County and we had the one in Morgan today. We cannot take another $300,000 cut in an agency."

Gary needs to learn government speak. He needs to phrase this "if you keep laying union members off, we won't be able to give you campaign contributions to keep you in office, so you can keep us employed, to give you more campaign contributions...all from the taxpayers, of course."

"Morgan County Commissioner Mike Reed stated, “I was just looking over your projects. We need jobs. We also need money for a new jail. Our crime rate is going to go up. Stress on the system will make the crime rate go up.”"

Please Mike, this is an urban legend. The crime rate during the so called "great depression" was no more than the time period before or after it. Maybe if we lowered the minimum wage, we'd have more people working and less with idle time on their hands.

"County Commissioner Dean Cain talked about the need for a jail in Morgan County. He said the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail is a tremendous drain on the county. “We send $300,000 to Nelsonville. If we had our own jail we would create a minimum of 10 jobs,” he said. “The cost does not account for the transportation to get prisoners there.”"

Didn't we hear these same arguments, except in reverse, when the regional jail was built? It was going to save money for counties??? Now we want to use more tax money to go the other direction?

"Bill Hutchison talked about the underground economy. “Is there anything to police that type of activity?” he asked. “You can place a law that says you cannot do it, but a lot of people do not pay into Workers’ Comp. The state is out that money.”"

We'd hate having people making money without the state getting their cut, wouldn't we?

"Concerning education, State Rep. Phillips said, “There are a couple of things in there that will make a real difference for Morgan. Supt. Lori Snyder-Lowe has done some great things to get with all the legislators. Nothing is easy right now. People are raising real concerns."

Wow, that really puts people at ease! That's deep man...crazy....

"Shannon Wells, director of the commissioners’ Development Office, talked about Morgan County Transit. She had put in a request for $385,000 to purchase an existing facility to house the rural public transportation system which has eight vehicles and 15 employees. The money request is to also purchase one additional vehicle and vehicle radios. “We can house 15 vehicles at the facility we are looking at. We take 1,500 trips a month taking people to work, to the grocery, to the drugstore, and to the doctor,” she said. “If we have the money we would be able to employ additional drivers plus a caretaker and create 10 jobs.”"

After paying the government mark-up on this, called union workers, it'd be cheaper to hire cabs to give these folks rides. Or better yet, lower people's taxes so they can afford, or have the time to help their neighbors on their own. Of course, no politician would get credit for that, so it will never happen.

"Terry McGrew, director of the Morgan County Health Department, talked about people needing funds to fix their sewer systems. He said, “There is not a lot of assistance for people in Morgan County to fix their systems. One of the requests is for $50,000 to assist Morgan County homeowners in need of household sewage treatment system replacement, repair, or installation.”"

So, we want to reward those that don't keep their sewage system working and penalize those that do by making them pay for those that don't? Seems fair in a government sort of way.

"Rep. Phillips handed three “sticky dots” to each person in the room and asked them to put a “dot” by the project they favored. “This helps. There will be different pots of money for different projects. It is interesting to see how much there is a common sense of priorities in the room. It should start moving very soon. The goal is to get people back to work as soon as possible. Some of the projects are due to be started in three months or so.”"

Leadership by "sticky dots", unbelievable.

One last comment, this stimulus spending is not about "getting people back to work" it's about funding government. Yes, the government started this mess to begin with, but who cares, we've got Congressman Charlie Wilson's funny money to play with.

Husted wants special election for U.S. Senate vacancies

"COLUMBUS, Ohio — An influential state lawmaker wants to see Ohio's governor stripped of his power to fill vacant U.S. Senate seats.
State Senator Jon Husted of suburban Dayton says he is drafting legislation that will require such vacancies to be filled by special election."

Toledo Blade story

Not a good idea.

There are reasons we let state government leaders (in this case the Governor) make these decisions for us:

1. It is the Governor's job to appoint if an opening occurs. We knew this before we elected him, so this should have been taken into consideration when we cast our votes for Governor.
2. It's OK to let a state government take their time and consider who they want to represent the state in the US Senate. This is still supposed to be a Republic, not a media driven, mob ruled, hysterical Democracy. You'd think a Republican (like Husted) would remember that.
3. If the reason for the proposed change is the recent issues in Illinois and their Governor Rod Blagojevich.....we can take care of that by not voting for a Governor candidate like Blagojevich. We should trust the voters.
4. Governor Strickland is no Rod Blagojevich......maybe Jimmy Carter, but not Rod Blagojevich

Leave our system for picking open Senate seats alone. It's worked fine in the past. I don't really want uncle Ted to pick our next Senator (and he probably won't, this is a red herring on Husted's part), and that being the case we should work all the harder in electing a conservative Governor. Let's hope the GOP doesn't end up nominating another Bob Taft liberal.

EnviroNazis VI

Another group of outsiders against jobs in Meigs County.

Here's Elisa Young, again, leading a "Toxic Tour" of Meigs County. These folks are from Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus.

Yet, every elected official in Meigs County is in favor of the AMP plant.

One would think that the voters of Meigs, through their elected representatives, could make up their own minds on this issue without outside agitators.

Meigs County Commissioner tells why he's in favor of the AMP power plant

What's the difference?

Between this woman and Congressman Charlie Wilson?

Well, she goes to jail and he gets to ride on Air Force One and brag about all the deficit spending he votes for.

They both are writing bad checks. The other difference is, she wrote 3 bad checks and that effected 3 businesses. However, Charlie Wilson has voted for many deficit spending (bad checks) bills recently and this effects everyone in the district. Not just in the present, but also in the future, with the inflation, higher interest rates, and, of course, the higher taxes.

Friends of NRA banquet in Athens

The Athens County Friends of NRA Dinner and Auction will be Saturday, April 11 at Nelson Commons.

Social begins at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:45 p.m.

Tickets are $50 per person.

A Big Shooter package is $250 (2 tickets, raffle tickets, decal, hat, choice of sculpture or knife, etc., etc.)

Send check payable to: FRIENDS OF NRA and your tickets will be mailed to you.

Pete Couladis
5 Woodshire Court
Athens, Ohio 45701

Program ads and business card ads are available as well.

EnviroNazis V

EnviroNazi training camp. March 7-15, 2009: Mountain Justice Spring Break 2009!

Here they are bragging about their efforts to keep good jobs out of Meigs County.

Couldn't have said it any better

The Obama Economy

As the Dow keeps dropping, the President is running out of people to blame.

Another reason conservatives aren't sad Voinovich is retiring

Ohio Senator Voinovich votes for the D.C. voting rights bill.

Dumb, along with being unconstitutional.

Politics as usual with two "sweeteners" for GOP members to vote for this bill.

1. Getting a temporary reprieve for DC's residents on their gun laws vs an additional permanent anti gun vote in the house, is not a good deal.
2. Getting an additional seat in conservative Utah is not a good deal either. Especially when it is temporary, the population could shift and the freaks in California could end up with this additional seat. Even Utah's Senator Bob Bennett voted against this bill, calling it "unconstitutional"

The NRA needs to be careful what they wish for and look at the big picture, we should not water down the effects of pro-gun votes in the entire United States for those that choose to live in a US territory.

Charlie Wilson's rush to judgement

Congressman Charlie Wilson was in such a hurry to cast blame on a bank that he didn't read the fine print.

Massachusetts' Ambassador from Gomorrah, Barney Frank, sent a letter to the Northern Trust Bank blasting it for, what they thought at the time, wasting money. Charlie Wilson was all too happy to reinforce his new found (maybe not so new found after all) Marxist views and add his signature to this wrongly chastising letter.

Vindy.com story here

"The representatives wrote that they were “dismayed and angered” upon hearing of the banks irresponsible spending habits and said, “...We are demanding you take corrective action.”
“We insist that you immediately return to the federal government the equivalent of what Northern Trust frittered away on these lavish events,” the letter read."

What Charlie Wilson and Barney Frank failed to realize was this was a charity fund raiser that has raised over $50,000,000.

Link to Northern Trust's response

• Northern Trust had net income last year of more than US$640 million, and paid for this event using normal operating funds.
• No Capital Purchase Program funds were allocated for operating expenses, including marketing, advertising, corporate sponsorship or charitable activities.
• Northern Trust did not seek the government's investment under the U.S. Treasury's Capital Purchase Program, but agreed to the government's goal of gaining the participation of all major banks in the United States.
• Northern Trust pays dividends on the Treasury's investment, and will continue to pay them until the capital is returned. Currently, Northern Trust pays the government US$78.8 million on an annual basis as a return on taxpayers' investment – almost US$20 million per quarter.
• Capital Purchase Program funds are supporting high quality loan growth, benefiting both private and institutional clients. As of December 31, 2008, our loans and leases grew to more than US$30 billion, a 21% increase from December 31, 2007.
• This is the second year of Northern Trust's five-year agreement to sponsor the Northern Trust Open. The tournament agreement was signed in 2007 and all associated contracts associated with client education and entertainment were signed months before the U.S. government’s Capital Purchase Program was contemplated.
• During tournament week, more than 2,000 clients and prospects from around the globe participated in activities including three financial education seminars for our personal and institutional clients.
• Over the past two years, Northern Trust has raised US$3 million dollars for the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce Charity Foundation and the many non-profit organizations it supports. Over its entire history, this tournament has raised more than US$50 million for the Los Angeles community.

If you didn't catch this in Northern Trust's response, look at this bullet point.

"Northern Trust did not seek the government's investment under the U.S. Treasury's Capital Purchase Program, but agreed to the government's goal of gaining the participation of all major banks in the United States."

This was a huge mistake on their part! They should repay the money (for their own good) and never trust the federal government again.....at least not while Charlie (itching trigger finger) Wilson and Barney Frank are in office. Isn't it ironic that Barney Frank, one of the Congressmen that got us into this financial mess to begin with, is now chastising banks for having charitable fund raisers. Apparently the only charity acceptable to the Marxists is charitable giving to the government.

Looks like Congressman Charlie Wilson needs to look at the facts before he jumps into bed with Barney Frank.

Also, surely I'm not the only one noticing the lack of media questioning. It looks like they just cut and paste Charlie Wilson's press releases without asking any questions. Apparently there are no inquiring minds in our local media anymore.