I'd Rather Have a Lunchable

Being on the White House email gives me the opportunity to see how the executive branch is pumping its position.  Today we received links to the White House "white board"; a collection of "shareables".  Text of the email follows....

Everything you want to share, in one place:
Whether it's with an infographic or a White Board video, we're always looking for new ways to highlight the work President Obama is doing on behalf of the American people in a way that's interesting and easy to understand.
Now we've put all of our favorite content in one easy-to-navigate page: White House Shareables. You can sort by the issues important to you, or the type of content you'd like to see.

 Here is a screen shot of the page.

Lets break it down, four panels on the first page.

1. What Obamacare Means For You; aka free medical attention AND government control of the medical industry
2. A Plan For College Affordability;  aka free tuition AND government control of higher education
3. Immigration Reform & Our Economy;  aka free everything for illegal aliens
4. Student Loan Compromise;  aka freedom from the requirement of being responsible to one's obligations.

What I do not see on the"shareables" page.......

1. Evidence of effort to keep promises of disclosure made to the families of those killed in Benghazi. 
2. Responsibility assigned for the ordering of the offensive application of IRS and NSA facilities against conservative political opponents.
3. Objectiveness in the issue of gun control, acknowledgement of the fact that existing control policies augment violence in urban areas.
4. Honesty within the issue of alien policy.  Law are being broken and the federal government is passive; by abstaining from action shows favoritism to the corporate goal of minimizing labor costs. 

The "white board", the White House's infomercial for crap that costs a lot and does not ever achieve what it promises! 

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Along Entrenched Party Lines

Moronic comments offered by an illiterate, not alliterative, engineer are evident by their bluish italic form.

Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE,  September 23, 2013 for Georgia's 13th Congressional District.

Recent Congressional Votes

• House: Mineral Development Bill
• House: Nutrition Assistance
• House: Continuing Resolution

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Continuing Resolution
• House: Continuing Resolution

Recent House Votes
Mineral Development Bill Vote Passed (246-178, 8 Not Voting)
In a party-line vote, the House passed legislation that would speed up reviews of mineral exploration and mining permits. All House Republicans were joined by 15 Democrats in voting for the bill. Opponents cited provisions that limit a previous environmental laws safeguard regulations over exploration and permitting.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
At least the critics, David Scott included, understand the purpose of the bill. Yes conservatives do seek the reverse legislation that impedes good business sense.  We should apply some Presidential verbiage, claiming that conservatives are for "commons sense business legislation". 

Nutrition Assistance Vote Passed (217-210, 6 Not Voting)
The House chose to split agriculture policy from food aid early in the summer, resulting in the passage of a farm bill without nutrition assistance in July. Last week, under threat of veto from the White House, the House approved a nutrition bill that results in a $40 billion reduction in the program over the next ten years, which is about 5% of current spending on nutrition assistance. The House bill would also seek to make permanent the separation of farm and nutrition legislation by authorizing the former through fiscal year 2018 and the latter only through fiscal year 2016. It would also remove the policy of states qualifying people for food aid based on non-cash aid or services they receive from other programs for low-income people. The Senate approved their comprehensive farm and nutrition legislation in June. The Senate bill and the two House bills will now go to a conference committee to try and produce a final piece of legislation.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
In this case I think the Republicans are correct, the issues should be uncoupled.  That said they are no less guilty of combining distasteful bills that are aimed at porking up Congressional pet projects..  

Continuing Resolution Vote Passed (230-189, 13 Not Voting)
At the end of last week, the House passed legislation to fund the government through December 15. The resolution removed funds for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, a key victory for the House Republicans that align with the various tea party groups. It also authorizes the Treasury Department to continue borrowing above the $16.7 trillion statutory debt limit once it is reached, through December 15, 2014. Scott Rigell of Virginia was the only Republican to vote in opposition of the resolution, and Mike McIntyre of North Carolina and Jim Matheson of Utah were the only Democrats to vote in favor. Next, the Senate will debate the resolution and likely send a version back to the House with funding for the Affordable Care Act reinstated. Congress has until October 1, the start of the next fiscal year, to approve a continuing resolution and avoid a government shutdown.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
Little David Scott completed the Congressional hat trick this report, three bills that passed and on the wrong side of every one. At least for this package he'll probably end up on the winning ticket, wimpy Republicans are doomed by their desire to appear moderate, avoiding the conservative path because they are too afraid of offending voters they have no chance of securing. 

Upcoming Votes:
Continuing Resolution - H.J.Res.59
The Senate will debate and likely vote on the continuing resolution passed by the House last week.

Continuing Resolution - H.J.Res.59
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., has warned members that they may have to be in session this upcoming weekend to consider the continuing resolution after the Senate makes its changes and sends it back to the House.

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Ape Shit

Tuesday night on the news there was a story about how a male silverback gorilla was being sent from his Colorado zoo to sensitivity  training.  Apparently the zoo keepers have decided that the male animal could not get along with his female cohabitants.

There was a suggestion that the cause of the behavior was his upbringing in the presence of too many humans.

As the news item faded from the screen my initial playful thought was "yeah too many female humans".  A moment later though I had a realization that here we have a dumb assed zoo keeper deciding that animal behavior needs modification so as to fit with human standards.  

It is bad enough that we have liberals telling the rest of the human race what is proper and improper, now they have to spread their influence to the animal kingdom. What collosal fucking arrogance. A zoo keeper for god's sake, a career choice for a freaking ten year old, deciding how one monkey should treat another.

Hell Explained

Following is an actual question given on a chemistry midterm at the University of Washington. The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which, of course, is why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle 's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at t he different religions that
exist in the world today.
Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because
Boyle 's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

1. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over! The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct......leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a Divine Being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.'

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+

Cruz Control

Pithy comments will be added in italic blue.......

Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE for September 16, 2013 and Georgia's 13th Congressional District

Recent Congressional Votes -

• House: Health Care Subsidy

Upcoming Congressional Bills -

• Senate: Energy Efficiency
• House: Critical Minerals Production

Recent House Votes

Health Care Subsidy: Vote Passed (235-191, 6 Not Voting)
Returning last week from the August recess, the House passed a bill that would block premium and cost-sharing subsidies under the 2010 health care reform law until a program to verify household income and other qualifications for the subsidies is certified as operational. Only five Democrats joined the entire Republican caucus to vote in favor of the legislation sponsored by Tennessee Republican Diane Black. The Senate is unlikely to vote on the bill, and the White House administration has already vowed to veto it.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
To start, I would not have expected any different vote from my Congressman, he is representative of a gerrymandered district, designed to concentrate Black and Hispanic votes south and west of Atlanta.Since the report is from last week, today we have a fillibuster led by Ted Cruz going on in the Senate.The media seems to be treating the subject like the result is inevitable and that he Republicans ought to just knuckle under let the thing come to a vote, essentially allow themselves to be overwhelmed by the Democratic vote advantage. Cheers to Ted Cruz for willing to be pillaried by both the media and Democratic leadership. They will no doubt attempt to make stalling the government is Cruz's real purpose for the fillibuster, an action they will portray as being both anti-poor and racist. In a sense, there is an element of bigotry in the equation, conservatives resent being told they are both wrong and mean spirited while try to keep the hand of government from linger ing too long in their pocket. Taxation without representation breeds resentment, so yes people are angry at being told they have to pay more for people who can't help themselves. Conservatives know from history that the Constitution was built on the idea that our government's rights are derived from the people, not granted to the people by a benevolent patriarch; also the economic principles of Adam Smith are deeply woven into the design. When Conservatives are told that they are uncaring and racist for clinging to an "eat what you kill" mentality, and the associated needy face is some apparently helpless minority, what else are they supposed to conclude other than the predictions of Ayn Rand.
I have no problem with the government being partially stopped, it will affect my son, but for that I will help him if he needs it. Conservatives have been witness to the growth of government intrusion for decades, the passage of Obamacare seemed to get the progressive platform over crest of the mountain, it was wrong but it happened anyway. Now we have some brave politcians willing to risk being typecast as racist for the sake of fighting what they know is wrong, what many people know is wrong.

Upcoming Votes

Energy Efficiency - S.1392
The Senate is scheduled to resume debate on legislation that would update national building energy codes for residential and commercial properties to help conserve energy, water and other resources.
This is another government intrusion on freedom in the market place. Changes in the markets should be driven by the market; the best, more efficient ideas become reality because it makes financial sense to do so. Government intrusion acts as both friction and corporate favoritism in markets.

Critical Minerals Production - H.R.761
The House is expected to vote on a measure sponsored by Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., that would aim to expedite the mining and production of strategic and critical minerals.
It is not odd that on the previous bill, S.1392 we were discussing the intrusion of government on the right to freely exchange economically and the this next bill is an attempt to counteract previous government limitation on business. A Nevada Congressman is trying to free up government lands for mining in his state. My first question is; why does the federal government have domain over public lands that are not national parks within the limit of a state? My second question is; why would the Democratic party and their executive leader resist economic expansion? The answer to both is the Federal government has usurped states rights and has stubborn intention to retain what they have wrongfully taken.

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A Response From My Congressman

Changes and comments are added in italics…..

Dear Mr. Voter:

Thank you for contacting me regarding immigration reform. I appreciate your thoughts on this issue. Immigration reform is often a topic of heated debate in our country, and tensions will continue to heighten as immigration reform comes to the forefront of the 113^th  Congress' work agenda. 

I do not see it so much as a heated debate as a series of truculent public statements by Congressmen addressing their constituaents followed by the inevitable inaction that allows the de-factor executive permission for illegal aliens to enter the country to serve as cheap alternative labor desired by corporate America.  The Congressmen cannot say it out loud but the proof is in the result.

Please be aware, I do not support illegal immigration. First and foremost, I believe we must stop people from entering this country illegally by sealing off our borders. To that end, I support legislation that requires building an electronic fence and the use of advanced technology to help with surveillance. I also support increasing the number of border patrol agents, as well as further using the National Guard and other military personnel, to help with border security. I support heavy fines for businesses that knowingly recruit and hire illegal immigrants. 

Perhaps you do support heavy fines, and strick enforcement of the physical boundary, but your support of the executive policy in party in party line votes suggests that the Democratic block is more important than either real enforcement or honest policy.

However, we must have clearly defined rules that are easy to follow. I do support extending the temporary work visa program as certain industries, such as the agriculture, landscaping, restaurant and construction industries, depend on immigrant labor and therefore must retain access to this workforce. Moreover we must also create a policy to address the millions of people who are already here illegally, as simply deporting nearly 12 million people is not a practical solution.  As the 113^th Congress moves forward on this issue, rest assured I will carefully consider the opinions of all sides while formulating my decisions on immigration policy.  

Careful consideration does not equal voting the Democratic platform. Most all people even on your side of the argument know that the real intent is de-facto amnesty.  

Again, I thank you for sharing your views with me. I hope you will continue to give me the benefit of your opinion in the future. In addition, I encourage you to visit my web site at http://davidscott.house.gov, where you can view the latest news and obtain information on issues and legislation that is important to you. You can also sign up for my electronic newsletter, and receive periodic updates on my activities as your representative in Washington. Thank you again for contacting me, and I look forward to continuing to serve you.

Well, at least he answered.

Sincerely,
David Scott
Member of Congress

The Law (Loi)

The bride gave me this book for Christmas three years ago.  She had heard a recommendation on the Neal Boortz radio show and thought it was something I would enjoy.
She was right.
The Law is a book written by Frédéric Bastiat, a Frenchman who lived from 1801 to 1850.
The book is merely a collection of short essays or statements if you will about how inevitable evolution of socialism will lead to a tyrannical a government that features leaders having a disproportionately high self worth attached to their evaluation of society human nature. This false sense of superiority leads the demigods to the temptation that the human design is more "uptopian" than the natural evolution of personal and financial transaction.  In short they see problems and advocate government induced corrections.
Does this sound familiar?
A quote that I enjoyed on this subject in the essay titled What is Liberty? In speaking of liberty in France being thwarted.

This is greatly due to a fatal desire - learned from the teachings of antiquity - that our writers on public affairs have in common: They desire to set themselves above mankind in order to arrange, organize, and regulate it according to their fancy.

The book is really short, a little more than a hundred pages, possibly better described as a pamphlet.

The author coins the term "legalized plunder," which he defines as:

If the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime.

The book is worth reading and given the right mind set, will take only a day to breeze through.  For myself, it is refreshing to see that what we are experiencing now is merely repetition in history.  A repetition of situations that have always failed.

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Bon Jovi for New Jersey Governor

Fat boy has been swinging left since before the last Presidential election.  Little doubt to me that the need to be re-elected governor of New Jersey is a prerequisite for appearing to be a viable candidate for President in 2016.  Lose the state and what right do you have to suppose you've got a shot the national election.
Is there any doubt that after he gets the state election that he'll start swinging that loud mouthed jargon?  If he doesn't there is no chance he'll win a primary outside of the northern states that will go Democratic in the national.  
Christie is like most other yankee Republicans, philosophically a moderate Democrat.

Election 2013: New Jersey Governor - Rasmussen Reports™

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Guadalcanal

From the Jewish World Review, today 71 years ago.

1942, during World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.

My uncle Don was in the Navy and served as a Seabee at Guadalcanal.  He is gone now, but we used to enjoy  hearing how they built things.  The coolest was how they built a breakwater by driving brand new jeeps and trucks off of a ship.

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Bikers Denied Permit for 9/11 DC Rally

This is in today's news with regards to tomorrow's anniversary.  If I had known today than the day before I would already be visiting friends in Bethesda.  The reasons for the denial of a non-stop permit are probably valid, but given the exposed attitude of the Federal government having animus towards right leaning organizations, coupled with the approval of re-coined Muslim organization, eyebrows should raised, favoritism toward enemies of state is the modus operendi of our executive regime.
Will be watching to see if this makes national new tomorrow.  The free wheeling attitude of  most  bikers is the sort that will defy bureaucratic dogma. 

Bikers denied no-stop permit for 9/11 rally through D.C. but will ride anyway - Washington Times

Found more on the subject at one of my favorite blogs, Sondrakistan, Knowledge is Power.  
Maybe there can be a movie about it, sort of like Convoy in the seventies, initiated by the CB radio craze.  This a movie that in my opinion stains the careers of Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw and director Sam Peckinpah.

http://www.sondrakistan.com/2013/09/09/hoggin-the-road/

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Senate S744

The letter received from Senator Chamblis was similar, saying it is important to have free discourse but in the end I voted against this bill. The bill passed regardless, proof that the majoritiy of Senators feel it is better to appear active and involved that to stand on principle. While sure that my Senators are little different, at least in this case that had enough political coverage to allow them to vote the way their constituents expect. The recurring theme of Senatorial superiority over the wishes of their people is a direct result of the 17th Ammendment, installed by way of a dishonest sales pitch, owing to the extra-progressive design of President Wilson.

Dear Mr. #######:

Thank you for contacting my office regarding immigration. I appreciate hearing from you and appreciate the opportunity to respond.

On June 11, 2013, the Senate voted to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, by a vote of 82 to 15. On the same day, the Senate voted 84 to 15 to proceed to the bill. I voted in favor of both procedural motions because I believe that immigration is an important issue that deserves to be debated on the Senate floor. I am a strong supporter of the First Amendment, and I believe that if you stifle speech then you will never get results.
On June 27, 2013, the Senate voted on final passage of S.744. While the legislation was an improvement over the unsuccessful immigration bill of 2007, I voted against S.744 because it failed to truly solve the many issues plaguing our nation's outdated immigration system. S.744 passed the Senate by a vote of 68-32.
My top priority for immigration reform has always been that we must truly secure our borders first and foremost. I support a border security plan to combat illegal immigration, drug and alien smuggling and violent activity on the Southwest border. During the debate on S.744, I co-sponsored a border security amendment offered by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) that called for the Department of Homeland Security to achieve 100 percent situational awareness, required full operational control of the border, required a nationwide E-verify system, and called for a biometric entry/exit system at all air and sea ports of entry. Each of these requirements would have to be met before unlawful residents would be eligible for any type of legal status. I do not believe in any special pathway to citizenship for individuals who are here illegally. I believe that all immigrants should pursue citizenship by getting in line and complying with the same rules that are already in place. I have always drawn a clear distinction between legal and illegal immigration, and anyone who comes to our country legally should be welcomed to share in the pursuit of the American dream. At the same time, the defense of our nation begins with securing our borders and ending the opportunity for illegal entry. Our immigration laws must be followed and they must be enforced, and I stand in full support of those who do both.

I have been working hard to address one of the most important domestic issues in the United States. I will continue my efforts because I believe it is absolutely critical to our state and to this nation that we secure the borders, enforce our immigration laws, and restore credibility to our immigration system.

Thank you again for contacting me. Please visit my webpage at http://isakson.senate.gov for more information on the issues important to you and to sign up for my e-newsletter.

Sincerely,
Johnny Isakson
United States Senator

For future correspondence with my office, please visit my web site at http://isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm. You can also click here to sign up for the eNewsletter