Fannie Mae asking for another $15.3 billion - Feb. 26, 2010

Fannie Mae asking for another $15.3 billion - Feb. 26, 2010
Since it was taken over by the federal government in September 2008, Fannie Mae has received $60.9 billion from the Treasury Department.
.....Freddie Mac, which has received $50.7 billion in taxpayer funds, did not request any additional money.

Those nutty Americans

Those nutty Americans
'Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released (Feb. 19) say they think the federal government's become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens,' CNN says.
Perhaps even more remarkable is the breakdown of those saying that: Nearly seven in 10 Republicans, as you might assume -- but also a whopping 63 percent of independents, and even 37 percent of Democrats.
If the tea partiers are 'kooky' for thinking the government is out of control, then, well, a majority of Americans are crazy, one supposes."

The democrats and their comrades in the liberal media tell us the Tea Party patriots are out of line with....well, with what the libs want them to believe.

The American people are rising up to tell them all that they are wrong.

Damn wrong!

And we don't need no stinkin' liberal media to get the truth anymore!

We have our citizen Paul Reveres in the form of millions of American Tea Party volunteers!

American Pilot Who Dismissed Initial Pearl Harbor Report Dies at 96

American Pilot Who Dismissed Initial Pearl Harbor Report Dies at 96
"'Don't worry about it,' Tyler famously replied, thinking it was a flight of U.S. B-17 bombers that was due in from the mainland"

Coming To A Hospital Near You?

Coming To A Hospital Near You?
"At the root of these grave troubles are hospital managers — bureaucrats — who, according to a Times of London report, 'stopped providing safe care because they were preoccupied with government targets and cutting costs.'"

Pension Rhetoric vs. Pension Reality

Pension Rhetoric vs. Pension Reality
"As California’s public employee retirement system teeters on the verge of complete financial collapse, defenders of the current system continue to deny this, often accusing reformers of being “public servant bashers.”
But politically motivated rhetoric will not change financial reality – or the pursuit of reforms so private workers don’t endure punitive taxation to sustain a privileged class of government employees."

Rep. McDermott tries to sneak anti-CIA amendment into bill in the dead of night

Rep. McDermott tries to sneak anti-CIA amendment into bill in the dead of night
"Liberal Democrats may tout openness, reform and transparency on the campaign trail but those promises never seem to make it past the Beltway when they return to Washington.

In one of the more egregious examples of this truism, one needs to look no further than the efforts by Representative Jim McDermott (D-Washington) to pull a fast one and slip into the intelligence budget a provision that, in a backdoor way, impose fines and prison terms on intelligence officers who 'abuse' captured terrorism suspects."

Forced Unionization, Day Care

Forced Unionization, Day Care

Tens of thousands of small business owners in Michigan could be freed from forced unionization if Senate Bill 1173 becomes law.
Some 40,000 home-based child care operators were shanghaied into a union because they receive subsidy payments on behalf of low-income parents. The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Human Services over this very issue.
According to the Novi Information Network, SB1173 would 'clarify that an individual who receives a direct or indirect government subsidy in his or her private employment is not a public employee.'"

Union's 'banked' days would save Michigan $11 million

Union's 'banked' days would save Michigan $11 million
"The Michigan State Employees Association, which represents 4,300 employees in nearly every state department, refused to adopt the new two-tiered health plan.
In response, the state imposed five days of furlough to achieve the union's share of the savings."

Fire them all and see if anyone even notices any change at all.
These greedy union thugs are destroying our state.
And any hope for the future!

Snowmen stand against taxes on Michigan Capitol lawn

Snowmen stand against taxes on Michigan Capitol lawn
"A group opposed to raising taxes in Michigan wasn't about to let a good snowstorm go to waste."

Obama Health Care: President's Health Care Plan the Chicago Way

Obama Health Care: President's Health Care Plan the Chicago Way
"Obama will be in his element, talking and lecturing, the law professor framing the debate.
He'll spend hours being seen as reasonable.
The Republicans will balk and the president will shrug.
He'll sigh and say he tried to reason with them but they refused.

Then once the cameras are turned off, he'll take out the baseball bat and explain how things get done The Chicago Way"

read it all!

Gov. Jennifer Granholm says she will shut down government to preserve school funding

Gov. Jennifer Granholm says she will shut down government to preserve school funding
"Gov. Jennifer Granholm drew an early line in the sand with state legislators Wednesday, saying she is willing to shut down the state government this fall before agreeing to cuts in education."

Make no mistake about what "school funding" really is.

It is more of your money (or more potholes in our roads) that continues to pour into the pockets of the teacher's unions and their overpaid members.

It's real simple.

We tighten our belts so teachers and college employees can buy bigger belts.
Jenny is little more than a publically paid union boss.

Weatherization program helps eldery battle winter's chill

Weatherization program helps eldery battle winter's chill
"But senior citizens, who often are on fixed incomes, don't always have the resources to keep up with weatherization projects.
The good news is there are programs to help. And some are free."

It is articles like this that caused the Chronicle to disappear.
And highlights just how out of touch with our state and country's impending bankruptcy they really are.
"Free" is always nice and cozy to those getting the "free".
And the government employees giving out the "free" while they keep their jobs and benefits.

But, in the end, someone's gotta pay for "free" stuff.

And our cities are broke.
Muskegon county is broke.
Jenny has bankrupted our state.
Barry O has destroyed our economy and our children's future.
And The Chronicle just sails right along, marveling at how folks like 'free" stuff.
Gimme a break!

E-Verify Misses Half of Illegal Workers, Report Finds

E-Verify Misses Half of Illegal Workers, Report Finds
"The system Congress and the Obama administration want employers to use to help curb illegal immigration is failing to catch more than half the number of unauthorized workers it checks"

So if this is OK with our government, why wouldn't it the same okey dokey if Obama Care missed half of the illnesses we get?

Government Beer?

CARPE DIEM: Quote of the Day: Government Beer?
"What might have established the so-called monopoly and oligopoly?
Why, government, of course.
New York State has an impressive government regulatory structure that specifies what must be covered by your insurance policy.
By law, you are restricted from shopping elsewhere for coverage."

Stafford Hospital caused ‘unimaginable suffering’ - Times Online

Stafford Hospital caused ‘unimaginable suffering’
"Patients were routinely neglected or left “sobbing and humiliated” by staff at an NHS trust where at least 400 deaths have been linked to appalling care."

Governor candidates Mike Cox, Pete Hoekstra say unionized state workers should take pay cut

Governor candidates Mike Cox, Pete Hoekstra say unionized state workers should take pay cut
"Two Republican candidates for governor -- state Attorney General Mike Cox and U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra -- said today that unionized state workers, rather than getting raises, should take pay cuts like many have in the private sector.
'There ought to be a sense of shared sacrifice,' Cox said.
The candidates also said the state's tax structures should be revised to attract businesses and jobs. Hoekstra said taxes and government policies 'stifle investment, stifle entrepreneurs.'
They spoke at a conference of Michigan Association of Insurance Agents at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel.
Hoekstra also criticized federal education reforms -- former President George Bush's 'No Child Left Behind and President Barack Obama's 'Race to the Top' -- as too costly, with local school districts essentially ceding control to Washington, D.C.
Cox said he disagreed with Hoekstra and other lawmakers who agreed to a federal bailout of financial institutions.
But Hoekstra said: 'Bottom line, we don't know what would've happened if we had not put that money into the financial sector.'"

GM’s Hummer China deal collapses

GM’s Hummer China deal collapses
"General Motors on Wednesday night gave up on efforts to sell its Hummer operations to a Chinese buyer and said it would now wind down production of the heavy SUV."

Nationwide Strike Paralyzes Greece

Nationwide Strike Paralyzes Greece
"Public- and private-sector unions called the strike to protest a range of measures aimed at reducing Greece's budget deficit.
The government has announced a freeze on civil-service wages, cuts in public-sector entitlements and the closing of tax loopholes for certain professions, including some civil servants.
It has also announced a fuel-tax increase."

Americans, watch this!
We are on the same path!
The public sector unions are demanding the "rest of us" pay for their life of poor performance, out of line pay (with automatic increases not related to performance) and early retirement with golden pay and medical packages.
If bend over ...they will win.

Illegal Immigrants or Public Employees: Who’s the Bigger Problem?

Illegal Immigrants or Public Employees: Who’s the Bigger Problem?
"He stated that he felt it was the nation’s most critical issue, and wondered why the subject seems to have been put on the backburner by many Republicans.
I replied with sympathy for his position, but ultimately I’ve come to the conclusion that the most critical issue facing America – and the one driving our budget problems at the local, state and federal level – is public employee unions and their related costs."

Pensions push state to insolvency

Pensions push state to insolvency
"As the $17 billion annual taxpayer tab for government employees’ pensions and retiree health care increases at a rate of “several billion dollars” a year, Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach says California is heading for an “economic meltdown.”"