FEDERAL FUNDS AVAILABLE TO HELP SEPTIC SYSTEMS

I wonder why the federal government thinks its their job to make sure septic systems are working? Is there anything the federal government is not involved in?

Here we have Congressman Zach Space ensuring those that don't keep their septic systems in working order.....get some of your money to fix it.

And those of us that keep our septic systems pumped and in working order.....well, you get to pay for those that don't.

Sort of like bank bailouts.

Could someone please show me, in the Constitution, where spending federal tax dollars on local septic tanks is allowable?

It's Jimmy Stewart's fault

No, not our State Senator. I'm referring to the actor. He's the cause of our financial problems. Or at least, the thought process that he espoused in "It's a wonderful life".

He didn't have enough money in the bank to pay his obligations. (just like our modern banks) Yet, for some reason, we think he's the good guy in this movie.















If we had a few more Mr Henry Potters in this country, we never would have had our banks fail.



One last thing, we need to get rid of the government run FDIC insurance. Why should the banks be good stewards with your money when they know the government (taxpayers) will bail them out after they make risky decisions.

Zach space no conservative

Here we go again, the media calling Zach Space a "fiscal conservative". Nothing could be further from the truth. This guy voted for the largest tax increase in US history with his cap and tax vote. He's also supported (along with Comrade Wilson) all of Obama's deficit creation bills.

No conservatism at all. This "blue dog" label that Pelosi has allowed these few democrats to keep is nothing more than quasi cover (for re-election) for them to pretend that they are conservatives. Because, in the end, they support our socialist president's crazy / anti-American schemes.

House Dems to move ahead on health care

WASHINGTON — The House is moving ahead on health care legislation after the leadership and fiscally conservative lawmakers worked out a deal.

Rebellious Democrats who have stalled work said Wednesday they've reached agreement with the leadership and the White House. Four of the seven so-called Blue Dog Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee said they resolved their differences with Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif. The lawmakers also had been meeting with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

The development allows the panel — the last of three in the House — to complete its work before lawmakers leave Friday for an August recess.

The four are Reps. Mike Ross of Arkansas, Baron Hill of Indiana, Zach Space of Ohio and Bart Gordon of Tennessee.

Now, if we could convince our federal government to follow Morgan County's lead

County offices go to four-day work week
The Morgan County commissioners reported, that due to the shortfall of revenue for the county General Fund, they passed a resolution on July 6 to close those county offices funded by the County General Fund on Fridays, effective July 17 through at least the end of 2009.

The offices affected are: Auditor’s Office, Clerk of Courts, Recorder’s Office, Treasurer’s Office, County Court, Prosecutor’s Office, and the Commissioners’ Office.

Now, if we could convince our federal government to follow Morgan County's lead.....of course when the federal government falls short of funds, it just prints more.

Obama lied, the economy died

Remember those that said "Bush lied, people died" when no "weapons of mass destruction" were found after being told by the CIA that they were there?
(but of course they were there and were used by Hussein on the Kurds, facts and logic are inconvenient things)

Now we have Obama telling us that he was given "incomplete information" when he pushed through his and Charlie Wilson's huge deficit spending wasteful government stimulus package...without giving Congress time to read it...or Congress not demanding time to read it....the latter is more where the blame lies. Here we have the House Majority Leader (a democrat) laughing when asked why congress doesn't read bills before voting on them.

Then we have the morons in the Washington Post already starting to push for more deficit spending while "reporting".

"In light of the latest unemployment figures, there are more persistent questions coming at the administration. Did Obama and his team get it right last winter when they put together their $787 billion stimulus package, or did they undershoot? If they made a mistake, what should they do now?"

Printing $787,000,000,000 out of thin air is an "undershoot"? The soon to come massive inflation and high interest rates will make this recession look like the good old days. Obama and Carter area a lot alike.

The democrats are talking about financing our future even more by borrowing more money to spend! Of course, the media is stoking the fires as well.

Borrowing and spending money that we didn't have caused this mess. Now we think borrowing and spending will get us out? Only government could come to this conclusion.

Congressmen Demand Full Disclosure On Plan for Delphi Pensions

"Angry salaried retirees protesting Delphi Corps plan to dump responsibility for their pensions on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. are gaining the support of political leaders.
The representatives state their concern with the inequitable decision to default the Delphi Corp.s salaried retiree pension plan to the Pension Benefit Guarantee [sic] Corp., while General Motors agreed to assume the auto parts suppliers hourly retiree pension obligations, and ask that Geithner direct the Auto Task Force to make public all documents concerning how this decision was reached."

Business Journal Daily story.

Let's see here. Unions support democrats with union member dues. UAW gets bailed out with taxpayer's money and salaried employees don't. Makes perfect sense in a democrat run Treasury department with a Socialist President.

Congressman Charlie Wilson's and others "demand" for full disclosure is humorous. They know exactly why the too groups are treated differently.

Don't ever let anyone tell you democrats are against discrimination.

Congressman Charlie Wilson getting a lot of media attention

Rep. Charlie Wilson, Other Lawmakers, Traded Bank Stocks On Same Day Those Banks Were Getting Bailed Out

Stock Trading Tips

The Huffington Post

The Plain Dealer

Truthout.org

Opednews.com

Tribes.net

Members of U.S. House Financial Services Committee snapped up or dumped bank stocks as bottom fell out of market

Unbelievable, what business does Congressman Charlie Wilson have owning stock in companies that he oversees on Committee? At the very least this is very poor judgement..........it gets worse from there.

Cleveland.com story here.

WASHINGTON -- As financial markets tumbled and the government worked to stave off panic by pumping billions of dollars into banks last fall, several members of Congress who oversee the banking industry were grabbing up or dumping bank stocks.

Congressman Charlie Wilson


A representative for Rep. Charlie Wilson said the congressman leaves day-to-day investment decisions to a money manager.

Anticipating bargains or profits or just trying to unload before the bottom fell out, these members of the House Financial Services Committee or brokers on their behalf were buying and selling stocks including Bank of America and Citigroup -- some of the very corporations their committee would later rap for greed, a Plain Dealer examination of congressional stock market transactions shows.

Financial disclosure records show that some of these Financial Services Committee members, including Ohio Rep. Charlie Wilson, made bank stock trades on the same day the banks were getting a government bailout from a program Congress approved. The transactions may not have been illegal or against congressional rules, but securities attorneys and congressional watchdog groups say they raise flags about the appearance of conflicts of interest.

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Fannie, Freddie asked to relax condo loan rules

Reuters "story".

"Two U.S. Democratic lawmakers want Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to relax recently tightened standards for mortgages on new condominiums, saying they could threaten the viability of some developments and slow the housing-market recovery, the Wall Street Journal said.

The legislators asked the companies to "make appropriate adjustments" to their underwriting standards for condos, the paper added."

What they need to do is disband Freddie and Fannie (and the Federal Reserve while we're at it), let the market set the interest rates and get the government / Fed out of the business of creating boom / bust cycles in our economy. At the very least, the Fed needs to focus on preventing inflation...instead of causing it, then contracting the money supply to combat it. Let the market decide.

Haven't they learned? Barney Frank helped get us into this financial mess by forcing Freddie and Fannie Mae to lower requirements to obtain loans.

"Free" money and easy credit is what got us into this mess and Frank and his democrat cronies had a huge hand in it to begin with. The Fed had a bigger hand, but Frank has culpability galore.

Now he wants to do it again!!!??? Only Massachusetts could keep voting these idiots back into office.

Edward Kennedy, Ed Markey, Gerry Studds (for real), Barney Frank, John Kerry.

It's like a walking freak show!

Wilson supports paygo legislation

Isn't this akin to shutting the barn door after you forced the poor horse to leave?

"After voting" (without even reading it) "for a federal stimulus plan that cost nearly $1 trillion, U.S. Rep. Charles Wilson Jr. has announced his support for legislation requiring any new government spending be matched with budget cuts or savings elsewhere."

It's a little late now!

This bill is a smoke and mirrors circus trick.

"Also exempt from paygo is discretionary spending, which in 2010 is expected to account for 40 percent of the federal budget, with the House Appropriations Committee just approving a 12 percent increase in non-defense discretionary spending.

Congress also can take steps to exempt other spending from paygo. For example, the 2010 budget resolution passed last week reclassified as discretionary spending a $2 billion increase in heating assistance for low-income households, thereby making it exempt from paygo."

His votes for massive increased deficit spending will be a tax on us, our kids and our grandchildren (increased tax and inflation), but now he wants to be (viewed as, if people fall for this joke of a bill) fiscally conservative.

Seems pretty disingenuous.

Commissioner questions disbursement of stimulus funds

Ironton Tribune story

Buying union votes with tax money

You wanted change, you got it!

GM plan really a UAW bailout

Think locally, again

Here is a Marietta Register oped piece. I can't help but agree 100%

Marietta has a 1.7% income tax. I can't think of any higher in southeastern Ohio. Not even Leningrad on the Hocking.

While there were Republicans railing against the incessant spending of Congressman Charlie Wilson, President Obama, et al., why were they not railing against the 1.7% income tax? Let's be consistently against excessive taxes anywhere they appear from, Washington, Columbus or Marietta.

If the GOP wants to be against high taxes and spending, that's great (especially after the tax Taft years), but GOP members should set an example at the local level in our finance committees.

Why not eliminate the income tax altogether. Just think of the folks that don't move into Marietta because of the income tax. That reason would be gone. More citizens, more businesses, more income from property tax and sales taxes. Seems like a no brainer......as long as the sales and property taxes stay within reason to fund the basics and the basics alone.

Private enterprise can do wonders if the government doesn't take all it's money.

Someone who knows how to say no

Buckeye Blog post

Wilson throws more of your cash in the river

Parkersburg News story

My Comments in RED

BELPRE - U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, D-Ohio, discussed using the Ohio River as an asset to assist the area out of the economic recession while in Belpre Thursday afternoon.

"The (Ohio) river is a great asset that we aren't using," (we don't use it? We have barges involved in commerce on it everyday, delivering raw materials to manufacturers) Wilson said. "We have forgotten that the river is what brought us here to begin with and we need to go back to that." (what is he talking about?)

The discussion of the Ohio River began when Mayor Mike Lorentz brought up the topic of the city's riverfront project.

"Everyone believes this will be a stimulus for our city," Lorentz said. (Mike, what is it going to stimulate? How many private sector jobs will it create for the long term?)

The park will include about 1,300 square feet of land on the river side of the park and will have a large boat dock and amphitheater.

The project is being spearheaded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with construction beginning in the next five years to be completed in 18 to 24 months. (We've got the Corps working on nonsense like this when they could be improving our infrastructure)

The roughly $3 million project will be primarily funded through grants, which include $96,000 secured by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, as well as a $150,000 grant from Voinovich last year. (a grant from Voinovich? How about a grant from the taxpayers?)

"We have had a lot of support for this project," Lorentz said. (from the geese looking for one more spot in Belpre to drop their droppings. The best thing I've heard Mike Lorentz propose in Belpre was to have a goose shoot with the Police Dept supplying the shells. That would be stimulating!)

Wilson said projects such as the Riverfront Park help boost the local economy. (How? Again no details)

"These slowdowns in the economy are a growing experience," (FOR GOVERNMENT) Wilson said. "This is one of the places - Belpre - that we can see strength." (like when Century shut down? or when Nova closed it's doors?)

Wilson said he was impressed with Belpre's recent energy-savings infrastructure project, which included adding 64 photovoltaic solar panels placed on the south-facing roof of the city building.

The panels provide about 1,200 kilowatt hours of energy a month and save the city about $122 a month. (How much did the city government have to spend on these "solar" panels to get this savings? It's not a "savings" until that cost is paid for)

"I am pleased to be in a building that is partially supplied by solar," said Wilson, who is working in Congress to create more eco-friendly energy in Ohio. (we need to dig more coal, not solar pipe dreams)

Wilson said he is working to have Ohio-made solar panels on every building in the state.

"Let the ingenuity be released in Washington County," he said. (lower our taxes and quit putting us into debt and we'll do just fine without your "help")

Wilson stopped in Belpre for about an hour while on a (tax cash throwing) tour of southeastern Ohio, which included Marietta and Pomeroy.

If Charlie would just treat tax money like his campaign money..

Congressman Charlie Wilson is spending his campaign money like it's his own money, in that he's being very frugal.

"U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson of St. Clairsville, D-6th, raised $66,197 and spent $30,607 during the first three months of the year."

Unlike how he treats your money. Notice the debt clock at the top left of the blog.

Of course another way of looking at it is Charlie Wilson doesn't have to use a lot of his campaign money to run for reelection since he's using your money to buy your vote with all the tax cash he's throwing around the district. Taking money out of your wallet and giving it to other people or organizations that he feels deserve your money more than you.

"And Charlie Wilson Too"

You'd think poor Charlie would be safe in Wheeling; apparently not...

Wheeling Intelligencer story.

"He said it was among the goals of the local tea party that U.S. Rep. Alan Mollohan and U.S. senators Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller, all D-W.Va., "collectively listen to us."

Some in the crowd added, "and Charlie Wilson, too," referring to the Democratic congressman who represents the district on the Ohio side of the river."

"In Wheeling, nearly 2,000 residents turned out at the city's Heritage Port for the "Tax Day Tea Party," one of more than 2,000 such events that took place nationwide."

"They feel like they can play God and run a company when none of them has had to make a payroll," he added."

"Many in attendance made note of what they termed "irresponsible spending" by the federal government, and they believed many of their elected officials don't read the spending bills of which they vote in favor."

"This was the case in particular with the $787 billion bank bailout, as members of Congress admitted after its passage that they had not read the bill."

And my favorite quote from the story:

"I think government thinks we're a Robin Hood society where you rob the rich to feed the poor," she said. "But who are the rich? The government thinks we are."

Charlie Wilson is in so deep in this bailout / stimulus / omnibus / budget bill etc, etc...all he can do now is travel around the district throwing your money around like Robin in the Hood.

According to the Marietta Times, "

"WILSON PLANS ARMORY ANNOUNCEMENT THURSDAY:

Congressman Charlie Wilson, D-Ohio, plans a major announcement Thursday about the Marietta National Guard Armory and federal transit funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The announcement is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Wilson's local office at 258 Front St., across the street from the armory."

If these folks want to protest, they need to show up at this announcement and protest. Here's our representative that has voted for every deficit spending bill Obama has asked for.

Charlie Wilson is boasting of a "major announcement" upcoming in Marietta. We all know he's going to waste more of our tax money by throwing it at the old armory building by trying to transform it into some sort of new utopia on the Muskingum....using your tax money of course.

Here's the previous post about the armory plans.

The Marietta Times got one thing right, even if it was by accident. Notice how they put Charlie Pork Belly Wilson's "announcement...announcement directly under the story about the tax protesters?

Just Ohio

"Ohio wants to spend $57 million in federal stimulus money on highway projects that won't begin for years, an unusual strategy for money that President Barack Obama said should be used to give the economy an immediate job-creating jolt."

Boston Globe story here.

Representative asks for $8 million in earmarks

Representative asks for $8 million in earmarks

"The largest amount requested for OU was $2.6 million for the Distributed Power from Wastewater project, according to Wilson's Web site. The money would help "by creating technology that will make military base camps more self-sufficient and more energy efficient." "

Fuel out of urine.

I'm not kidding. See this "press release" on his website. We'll see how long they keep this link up now that people will be looking at it. (Remember, he took his debt clock off his website after we mentioned the irony of him voting to increase the deficit (many times) yet he was highlighting how fast the debt was growing?)

"Wilson chose the nine OU proposals to recommend to the House Appropriations Committee because they fulfilled his personal guidelines. A project must encourage economic development, create employment and foster one of Wilsons's key priorities: health care, energy independence and education, a representative from Wilson's office said. "

I think his number 1 "guideline" (I found that funny too) is projects that waste millions of taxpayers money, but have titles that sound palatable. This way he can come back to the district with his table scraps and beat his chest like he's really done us a great favor by increasing our deficit just so he can get reelected.

Where's Obama's outrage now?

Fannie, Freddie worker bonuses total $210M

Is it because Freddie and Fannie are governmental creatures and AIG was a private enterprise?


Since Obama is a Marxist, this makes perfect sense. He hates privately owned businesses and thinks they should all be nationalized.

Sort of sounds like Bolshevism, doesn't it? Come to think of it, we haven't heard or seen where Congressman Charlie Wilson is expressing outrage over these bonuses, like he did over the AIG bonuses....even though he voted to allow the AIG bonuses in the first place.