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• $2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Department of Energy defunded last year because it said the project was inefficient.

• A $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film.

• $650 million for the digital television converter box coupon program.

• $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship).

• $448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters.

• $248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.

• $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.

• $400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD's.

• $1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs.

• $125 million for the Washington sewer system.

• $150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities.

• $1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion.

• $75 million for "smoking cessation activities."

• $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges.

• $75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI.

• $25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction.

• $500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River.

• $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas.

• $6 billion to turn federal buildings into "green" buildings.

• $500 million for state and local fire stations.

• $650 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands.

• $1.2 billion for "youth activities," including youth summer job programs.

• $88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service.

• $412 million for CDC buildings and property.

• $500 million for building and repairing National Institutes of Health facilities in Bethesda, Maryland.

• $160 million for "paid volunteers" at the Corporation for National and Community Service.

• $5.5 million for "energy efficiency initiatives" at the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration.

• $850 million for Amtrak.

• $100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint.

• $75 million to construct a "security training" facility for State Department Security officers when they can be trained at existing facilities of other agencies.

• $110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems.

• $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military installations.

huh...how are thye going to cut taxes??? They are all Running us into Debt our Great, Great, Great,Great GrandKids can't pay off.....

Well... Mark Patterson is being called to be Chief of Staff for the New Treasury Secretary.  Mr Patterson last year was a registered Lobbyist for Goldman Sachs.  He is one of over a Dozen Lobbyists that are serving in the "No Lobbyist" Obama Administration. 

Everyday Change is looking more and More like Business as usual. 

Nice to see that Obama hasn't forgotten the Rules of Chicago Politics.....Pay to Play..

To Read the Artilce Go To:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=6735898&page
=1

Finally...someone has explained what the "Change" is........Pocket Change is coming....lol

Today is a Historic Day in this Great Nation.  We have gone from a Nation with Slavery to a Nation with a President of  African decent in only 233 years.  No Country in the History of the world has progressed farther and faster in the bounds of Justice than the United States.This event not only proves the Wisdom of the Founding Fathers but the genius in the system of the Constitution. 

This is an example to the World on how a Bloodless, peacful transition of power is done. 

So today, I put aside my personal political views to celebrate the fact that as an American we have the best Country, the best Constitution and the best citizens of any Nation in the  Past, Present or Future.

"Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. "

George Washington, Farewell Address, September 19, 1796

"It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions."

 Thomas Jefferson, letter to Richard M. Johnson, 1808

"Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that he may cherish in his heart a due attachment to the Union of America and be able to set a due value on the means of preserving it."

 James Madison, Federalist No. 41, January 1788

"I Pray Heaven to Bestow The Best of Blessing on THIS HOUSE, and on ALL that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof! "

 John Adams, letter to Abigail Adams, November 2, 1800

"Where liberty dwells, there is my country."

 Benjamin Franklin (attributed), letter to Benjamin Vaughn,

March 14, 1783

"Here sir, the people govern."

 Alexander Hamilton, speech to the New York Ratifying Convention,  June 17, 1788

"We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in."

 Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No. 4, September 11, 1777

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

 SocialistInternational.org

Carol Browner, whose picture is still on SocialistInternational.org, is President-elect Obama's choice as climate czarina.

WASHINGTON —  Carol Browner, President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be his climate czarina, served until last summer as a member of a socialist organization whose mission is to enact progressive government policies, including toward environmental concerns like climate change.

Browner's name and biography have been scrubbed from the Web site of Socialist International, the umbrella group for 170 "social democratic, socialist and labor parties" in 55 countries. But a photo of Browner speaking in Greece to the group's Congress on June 30 remained in the site's archives.

Browner, formerly the longest serving administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, having served under President Bill Clinton, worked on Socialist International's Commission for a Sustainable World Society, which argues that the global community must work collectively to address environmental policies.

"We are aware that essential tasks still lie ahead which we can master only through common action, since human survival increasingly depends upon the joint efforts of people around the world. ... It is the people of the world who should exercise control by means of a more advanced democracy in all aspects of life: political, social and economic. Political democracy, for socialists, is the necessary framework and precondition for other rights and liberties," the Web site reads.

The SWS commission includes among its 14 members the former prime minister of Sweden and former presidents of Chile and Poland, as well as the president of Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party and the leader of Morrocco's Socialist Union of Popular Forces.

Obama has said that taking action on climate change will be a priority in his administration. An Obama spokesman said Browner's membership in Socialist International is not a problem, and she brings "indispensable" experience in policymaking to her new role as Obama's top environmental adviser, a position that does not require Senate confirmation.

To Read the Whole Article Go To:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479935,00.html

January 9, 2009, 1:27 pm — Updated: 3:07 pm 

 Obama’s Mother-in-Law to Move Into the White House

By Rachel L. Swarns

 Marian Robinson and Michelle Obama at the Democratic National Convention. (Photo: Ted S. Warren/Associated Press)

It’s official: Marian Robinson, the 71-year-old mother-in-law of President-elect Barack Obama, will be moving into the White House, transition officials said on Friday.

In fact, Mrs. Robinson is already in town, helping to smooth the family’s personal transition as Mr. Obama, his wife, Michelle, and their two daughters prepare for new lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

“She is here to help them get up and running,’’ said Katie McCormick Lelyveld, a spokeswoman for Mrs. Obama. “She will determine in the coming months whether or not she wants to stay in D.C. permanently.”

To read the Whole Artilce Go To:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/obama
s-mother-in-law-to-move-into-the-white-house/

Funds Tie Obama to Richardson Probe Figure

 Embattled Executive David Rubin Gave Thousands to Campaign

By JUSTIN ROOD

Jan. 6, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama took big money from a man at the center of a federal probe that has forced one of Obama's top Cabinet picks to withdraw.

 President-elect Barack Obama stands with Commerce Secretary designate New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, during a news conference in Chicago, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008.(Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)

 Financial records show the Obama campaign got more than $30,000 from California financier David Rubin, the target of an investigation into donations and possible "pay-to-play" deals involving New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Obama's pick for commerce secretary.

 Richardson removed himself from consideration for the post Sunday, saying the ongoing grand jury investigation threatened to hold up his confirmation. Richardson and Rubin have both denied any wrongdoing in the matter, which involved contributions and state business in 2003 and 2004.

  David Rubin Attended Exclusive Hollywood Fundraiser for Obama

 In late September, Rubin attended an exclusive Los Angeles fundraiser for Obama, held at the Beverly Hills' Greystone Mansion. Attendees gave tens of thousands of dollars which the campaign split between its own coffers, the Democratic National Committee and state-level campaign groups supporting Obama and Democratic candidates. The technique helps campaigns take in from individuals far more than the $2,300 maximum they are allowed to give to a single campaign fund.

 Rubin's money went to a joint Obama-DNC fund ($28,500), the DNC itself ($26,200), and to the Obama campaign ($2,300), according to the database of campaign donations at OpenSecrets.Org. News of the federal investigation into Rubin's New Mexico dealings had broken less than three weeks earlier.

 According to Entertainment Weekly's coverage of the event, Rubin sat at Table 17 – one table away from Leonardo DiCaprio, "Survivor" producer David Katzenberg and comedian Chris Rock.

 Reached by phone Monday, Rubin declined to answer questions. His firm's spokesman, Allan Ripp, said neither he nor Rubin would discuss Rubin's donations to Obama or his attendance at the fundraiser. Ripp said that Rubin sought nothing for his donation but to elect Obama.

 Neither the Obama campaign nor the DNC responded immediately to a request for comment.

To Read the Whole Article Go To:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Politics/story?id=658
6275&page=1

In my time of Blogging there has been an informative website that has helped me predict the Future Actions of Congress.   Before Congress buys a New $100,000 toilet seat or before they propose Legislation that requires the knowledge of how much it's going to cost, or even if the Pres Elect needs to know that we are going to run a Trillion dollar defecit and for how long.... they all go to one place.   The Congressional Budget Office.

Now the Congressional Budget office is supposed to be a Non-Partisan Gov Agency that crunches numbers for Congress and helps with Budget Predictions.  The Director is appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Director's term is for 4 years.  There is no limit for how many terms a director can serve and Congress can remove the Director at any time by resolution.  The Director may stay on when his term is up until his successor is appointed.   CBO currently employs about 230 people. The agency is composed primarily of economists and public policy analysts. About 70 percent of its professional staff hold advanced degrees in economics or public policy.

Now the New Director or Acting Director is already in Office.  Each Director has a Blog on the CBO website.  These Blogs reflect what CBO is working on and what studies or reports have been released.  The Old Director  was nominated to be the Director of Office of Managment and Budget under the Obama admistration.

If you want to see what the New Congress is working on or planning to do, go to the CBO Director Blog.  Currently this is what is listed as the Current Blog Headings back through December.  The New Acting Director took over at the begining of December.

The Budget and Economic Outlook

Decline in U.S. Manufacturing Employment

Two New CBO Reports on Health Care Issues

Loans to Domestic Automobile Manufacturers

Financial aid for the auto industry

Most of the Information that Obama was using for his comment on the Trillion Dollar Defect came from the Studies of CBO.  That is under the heading of The Budget and Economic Outlook.

Congress also had CBO run the numbers on Universal Healthcare and how it can be done.  That information is listed under the CBO Reports on Healthcare issues.

The information provided by these studies are not neccessarily recomendations as much as what if scenarios.

But if the Congressional Budget Office makes a report on it, you can Guarantee that Congress is seriously thinking about doing it, or sometimes has already done it.

To keep an eye on the CBO just go to:

http://www.cbo.gov/

To keep an eye on the CBO Director's Blog go to:

http://cboblog.cbo.gov/

A donor’s gift soon followed Clinton’s help

 $100,000 donation highlights ethics issues with links to foundations

By Charlie Savage

 updated 8:05 p.m. CT, Sat., Jan. 3, 2009

WASHINGTON - An upstate New York developer donated $100,000 to former President Bill Clinton’s foundation in November 2004, around the same time that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton helped secure millions of dollars in federal assistance for the businessman’s mall project.

To Read the Rest of the Article Go To:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28485901/

States seeking $1 trillion to 'keep afloat'

 By ANDY BARR | 1/3/09 11:37 AM EST   

New York Gov. David Paterson along with other Democratic Governors are seeking $ 1 trillion in federal assistance in order to meet financial obligations. Photo: AP

A group of Democratic governors warned Friday that without as much as $1 trillion in federal assistance, many states will not be able to pay their bills in the next year.

“There are states that are talking as California has of not being able to meet their financial obligations in the coming months,” New York Democratic Gov. David Paterson said on a conference call with reporters. California announced in December that all state employees would be forced to take two days of unpaid leave.

Paterson was joined by fellow Democrats, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle in warning that states across the country will be forced to make drastic budget cuts in the face of unprecedented deficits.

“We are not crying wolf. This is one of the worst situations our states have faced,” Strickland said. “This is a real crisis. These are real problems. And if we don’t get some significant assistance many of those in our states will suffer greatly.”

Strickland added that the situation facing the state of Ohio is so dire that in order to balance his state’s budget, he would have to fund every state program at 75 percent of its current level. “If I were simply to flat fund the operations of this government, I’d end up with $7.3 billion in deficit,” he said. “We’re just trying to keep afloat.”

In order to make up for the shortfalls, Corzine said the incoming Obama administration and Congress will need to free up $1 trillion in federal spending for state assistance. “We’re all going to be Herbert Hoovers if we’re not careful here,” he said.

To Read the Whole Article Go To:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17000.htm
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There was an article that predicted that in 2009 the American People will embrace an even more Socialistic State in order to relieve their economic Pain.  They said that it would be the largest transfer of Power to Washington since the New Deal in the 30's.

So My question is this, how many Freedoms are you willing to give up in order for your economic pain to be supposedly removed?   How much is too much?  Are you willing to pay all you make over to the Government, maybe even be told what to do, in order to have your Economic suffering relieved?

How important is your Freedom and Liberty?  Is it worth Suffering over?  Or is your Comfort More important?

All through the Presidential Race I signed up for e-mails from both Mccain and Obama's Political Campaigns.  I wanted to know what each group was saying to their supporters.

Well naturally I still receive Obama e-mails from David Plouffe the Campaign Manager for Barak Obama. 

The Progression and Direction of the e-mails have been interesting and sometimes entertaining.  For instance the Holiday Greeting was not from Mr Obama but from his Wife Michelle.  It was written asking for people to help either their local food kitchen or donate to the local USO.  It was an appropriate Holiday Greeting, but why it was not sent from the Obama family or from Barack, who knows.  I have not usually receieved e-mails from Political Parties at the Holidays so I have nothing to compare it too.

Also right after the Election they were begging for donations to the Democratic Party claiming that they took out very large and numerous Loans in order to help get Barack elected.  I was under the impression in the Media that they were in the Green and had plenty of Donations from the Common Man...Obviously not so much.

Recently they suggested that people hold House Parties that bring together Supporters for Change.  These get togethers were to be discussions about what the Change actually is that they keep refering too.  It is also to organize the Grass Roots supporters of the Pres-Elect Obama and to keep them interested and motivated so that they will be able to respond when called on to act.  It may also make his supporters feel like they are involved in what is to come. 

They do not hide the fact that during the coming years there will be Legislation that will need the Support of the Obama Grass Roots Army to get through Congress.  What those new Laws are they have not yet specified, but we can speculate that they run along the lines of the agenda that was on Obama's Transition Page.  The agenda got alot of people upset and were removed from the Web Site and replaced with a More General idea of what the Next Pres wants to accomplish.

One e-mail discribes the results from the House gatherings and some surveys that were done with the Obama Supporters.  Here is an excerpt from that e-mail.

"And so far, the response has been remarkable -- 550,000 people completed the online supporter survey. And this past weekend, supporters organized more than 4,000 Change is Coming house meetings in 2,000 cities across all 50 states.

Supporters like you are deciding how this movement will go forward. And your dedication is incredible.

House meetings were held in 2,000 cities. In Florida there were 302 events across the state. In Pennsylvania there were 165, and Ohio had 160.

From these meetings, survey responses, and thousands of conversations on My.BarackObama and email, your ideas about the future of this organization are taking shape.

Here are a few things you shared in the survey:

• House meetings were the primary way supporters got involved in the campaign
• People are excited to volunteer around a number of top issues, including education, the environment, health care, poverty, and the economy
• 86 percent of respondents feel it's important to help Barack's administration pass legislation through grassroots support
• 68 percent feel it's important to help elect state and local candidates who share the same vision for our country
• And a staggering 10 percent of respondents indicated that they would be interested in running for elected office

This feedback is essential to our next steps, because this movement is fueled by your ideas and your passion.

Watch the house meetings video and get involved by taking the survey or hosting a meeting of your own:

http://my.barackobama.com/meetingvideo

Between now and Barack's inauguration, we'll continue to collect your ideas and feedback.

After the inauguration, we should be able to announce a clear plan for the future of this movement -- a plan determined by you.

Thanks for being a part of this journey to bring about change in the years to come,

David

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America"

Well as you can see they have a pretty organized Grass Roots movement going.  If they have as many people as they say they do, they can easily influence Congress on the Direction of this Country.

What Direction that is they are either still not sure, or as  I believe, afraid to let us know yet.  They tried on his Transition Page and got Burned.  So they have decided to keep things vauge, especially if they feel people may think it's too radical.

Obama is appointing people to his cabinet that in the end will do the Dirty work for him, and if we are not paying attention there is a Good chance that they will get alot of what they want.  They may anyway with the majority they appear they will have in Congress.

Well I will continue to monitor the e-mails and if I see anything more interesting, or alerts that ask for Obama Supporters Action, I will let you all know.  Or feel free to find his websites and Join yourself. 

The fact that they still will not openly define Change is worrysome, especially to their own supporters.  But they are spining it to appear they are taking their supporters opinion into consideration.  But I feel as their agenda on the Transition Page showed, they already know what they want to do....they just want their supporters to feel they had something to do with it.

Politicians to the Last......

Well it looks like the Communists are taking Russia back. Suprise, Suprise... I don't think they ever left. 

There is a Poll that is being conducted by a T.V. station in Russia on who is the Greatest Russian in History.   It looks like Stalin, one of the most Blood Thirsty and tyranical men in Modern History is in the Running.  Heck according to the article in the BBC he is being pushed to win from the Highest levels of the Russian Government. 

Here is the Article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7798497.stmp>

The Article goes on to say that the Russian Government has also issued New School Manuels  to History teachers that say that Stalin was not a Blood thirsty Nut Job that massacered Hundreds of Thousands of People, instead it says he was entirely Rational. 

Also this was followed by a Raid on the Offices of one of the biggest and best known Human Rights Organizations in Russia, Memorial.  The Riot Police took 12 hard drives that contained all of the atrocities of Stalin that took 20 years to accumilate.  They claim that the organization was linked to an extremist group.  Memorial specialized in collecting atrocities that were comitted under the Soviet regime. 

They say that there is a new form of nationalism called "Putinism".  The Russian Government is trying to justify the past horrors of the former U.S.S.R. so that the same tactics can again be employed while calling it Patriotic and justifiying the Hard Line treatment of the new Russian Government.

It looks like the KGB is alive an well. 

I would say in the next 4 years we are going to see the reemergence of the U.S.S.R. but with a new name.   They will cloak it in neccesity and Nationalism all the while suppressing those that disagree......

Gee......Guess we are going to need that little Missle Defense System......

New Cold War..here we come!

I was reading an article on how the Obama Administration is going to try and create OR save 3 million Jobs.    Ideas included weatherizing 1 million homes, shifting to a paperless health system, investing in disease prevention and modernizing schools and "green" jobs.

When the Government spends Money that it doesn't have, it is not a Fresh influx into the Market.  It is money that is either printed, borrowed or taxed.  If it's printed it devalues the dollar, if it's borrowed it has to be repayed with interest and increases the Debt and if it's taxed it's less money in the pockets of consumers.  When the Government spends money it is just playing a shell game.  Moving money from one area to another, it is not True stimulation to the economy.  So any supposed positive effects will be short lived and increase the repercusions to a later date.

The Government can lead the Consumers to water, hell even throw them in..but it can't make them drink....or spend.  You can build a Road but can't force someone to build a Strip mall next to it.  You can create Solar panels but can't force the Homeowner to spend the money to purchase and install them.   You can create Government Run Healthcare but you have to tax the hell out of the Citizens to pay for it, which leaves less money in the hands of the consumer and strips personal freedoms.   If the Government insists on spending by taking more from the citizens or increasing the debt or the devaluation of the dollar, it can have nothing but negative long term affects on the economy.

The Government can "create" demand by spending on infrastructure, Green tech, or healthcare.  But it's an artifical demand that is not supported in the long term by the market.   So the "Positive" from Government spending will also be artificial.  Which leads to a Market Bubble.

A Recession is a Market Correction that is usually brought on by "artifical" demand in the Market.   The Housing bubble was created by the Government "Creating" a demand in  High Risk Loans by purchasing the Loans through Fannie and Freddie and then repackaging these High Risk Loans with other loans and reselling them as investments. This encouraged Private banks to invest in an area that  normally would be considered too risky by lowering their lending standards, and giving loans to people they normally they would not which made the compaines less viable.  They all figured they would have time to sell their High Risk loans back to Freddie and Fannie and the Good Mortgage loans would offset the bad.  The Profits of this High Risk Lending encouraged the investment to spread to other sectors of the economy and create new Risky Loans.  ARM's, Home Equity Loans, No Money Down loans, ...... and as the Profits Grew things like 401ks started seeing these High Risk Loan Packages as investments and the idea of buying up Freddie and Fannie repackaged loans as investments grew like wildfire. 

Because of the lower standards of lending, more and more consumers bought homes that they could not really afford.  Which over time and with other market factors (like the high Oil Prices) this led to many people losing their homes to forclosure.  Which led to the only possible outcome of this irresponsible behavior.The artifical bubble popped. 

When the Home Mortgage bubble popped it caught alot of people with their pants down.  As the Bad Loans started to forclose they began to outnumber the Good Loans.  Home Builders couldn't repay their loans due to lack of sales and then it began to snowball, as more and more of these Investment Loan Packages began to lose money, companies, banks and investment brokerages that invested heavily in the Mortgage market started to go under.  Hence the Plea from the banks for a Bailout.  But even after they received th Bailout they did what they should have been doing in the first place to ensure their survival.  They stopped giving risky loans and held on to the Cash.  Which in turn did not unfreeze the credit market.

When the Public not only saw their home values plummet, gas prices skyrocket and the Banks appearing to be on the verge of collapse they did what anyone would do.....Stop Spending and hunker down.

But in so doing, it has sped up the snowball and turned it into an avalanche.   With Consumer spending down, demand for Goods went down.  Then companies starting losing profits, which in turn led to people losing their jobs.  Which in turn led to more belt tighting and less spending, which in turn lead to less demand, companies failing and more people losing their jobs.   Which in turn lead to less sales/income tax for local and federal governemnts, which lead to less services and more people losing their jobs.  It is a nasty cycle....that appears to have no end.

But it does.  Like an avalanche it must stop after it reaches the bottom of the hill.  It may destroy anything in it's path and may take alot of people with it..but it will stop.  Then rebuilding can begin.

But the concept of Government spending just keeps shoring up failure, encouraging irresponsible behavior and increasing Government debt while decreasing Consumer confidence.  Like an avalanche the Economy has to run it's course, and throwing things in it's path like Government Spending  just increases the size of the avalanche and increases the debris in it.  So instead of making the economy better or stopping the avalanche, the Government spending will just increase the size of the disaster and set up a New Market Bubble with the artifical Demand created by the Government Spending.   Which in turn..will lead to another Recession down the road.

The Free Market economy has to supply what the Consumers demand.  Any Artifically created demand will just cause a Market bubble which will lead to another Market Correction. 

Until the economy is allowed to run it's course and find it's own heading created by market demand not by Governmental interference.....we will always have Artifical Market Bubbles......

Which in the end will lead to more Government Control, less personal Freedom and less money in the Pockets of Consumers. 

Either we run with a failed concept of Artifical Government Created Economy.

Or we allow the Market to Correct itself and stop feeding the Artifical Market Bubble. 

We can't have our cake...and eat it too...  Something has to give...

Ok,  some of you are asking...what the hell is he talking about?  Mental Abuse..from the Government?  Like Water Boarding?  .....um no...

All we have been hearing from Washington is that We the Citizens need Help from the Government.  That we can't do it on our own.....that we are helpless and need the Government  to make it...for us to continue...for us to succeed.

Now if any of us had a Partner, Spouse, Boyfriend/Girlfriend...telling us everyday that we can't do it.  That we need them to survive..that we are worthless without them....that would be seen as Mental Abuse and rightly so....  They would be enabling our feeling of being a useless victim....that we aren't good enough.   It encourages our dependence on an abusive individual.

But somehow when the Government does it...it's ok.  When Washington Politicians tell us that they know better...that we can't do it without a Government Bailout..that we NEED them....it is celebrated as wisdom.

But in reality....it's Abuse....

Maybe many Americans need Therapy for Abuse.

So that Americans can feel their self Worth, their Self Confidence.  To understand that it is not Us that is nothing without Government....

It is the Government that is Nothing .....without US.