Comments on: Not Quite a Stimulus: Speaker Pelosi’s Payoffs and Pork Bill – UPDATED

By: H Calhoun

H Calhoun — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:05:44 +0000

I think the bottom line is that we all need to be responsible for ourselves and realize that we should be held accountable for our own actions- not the bank that shouldn’t have approved us for a loan that we couldn’t afford; not our parents who didn’t teach us how to save money rather than spend it all. This country is so “free” that we are bombarded daily with ads for all of the things that we can buy, all of the things that we “cannot possibly live without”, sales, sales, sales, gorgeous people that get paid millions to stand in front of a camera… It’s no wonder every child grows up thinking that they have to have every toy that they see- this “have to have” mindset just continues throughout our lives. We have to have the nicest cars, the biggest houses, the newest clothes- we are all missing the point. Isn’t it more important that we SLOW DOWN? Too many of us are working too hard just to have all of these extra things that we do not really need to survive- cell phones, cable TV, Playstation3. If we could all just learn to live within our means, without credit cards, without that $3.50 Grande Mocha every day, wouldn’t we all be a lot better off? Maybe instead of paying $10.00 to go to a movie every weekend we could just go outside and enjoy a park with friends- that’s free and it gives us oxygen and vitamin D. Maybe if there is a spot of grass available we could all plant our own little organic gardens- learn how to grow something- this would save some money too. No need to spend $5.00 on 2 tomatoes. I am happy to see that we finally have a president who is actually trying to do something about renewable energy, alternative fuels- his plan for spending this money on new gov’t vehicles is obviously in order to save money in the long run. We’ve known for years, decades, that our sources of oil would one day be depleted- the time is NOW that we do something about it! Isn’t it fantastic that we have someone at the head of our gov’t that wants to save us from ourselves? I think it’s wonderful that the National Parks have been included. Doesn’t everyone wish to see them all? We need to preserve as much wilderness as possible and stop building houses that are not being occupied.
Our public schools need to be completely revamped. Our children go to school for fewer days/yr and fewer hours/day than other countries like Germany, England, and Japan. Our schools need to stop cramming info into our kid’s heads so that they can pass the standardized tests and instead work to encourage an environment that will excite our children about learning. They need art, PE and music!!! These are the times that they are able to use the left side of their brains and exert energy! No one likes sitting behind a desk for 6 hours a day! Our public schools need programs that integrate Montessori-type learning for kids who do not like to write, kids who are tactical learners- instead of encouraging parents to have them tested for ADD/ADHD. There has been a major increase in ADD/ADHD of the last 10+ years and our schools need to adapt, we shouldn’t have to give our kids amphetamines to make them fit into the mold that the schools can work with. Maybe the stimulus money for education could go towards research into a better education system/more alternative types of education that is affordable and practical for everyone.
Why is our healthcare so expensive? Why do the Doctors feel that they must charge so much money for treatment? It is partly because of the insurance companies and malpractice ins.- but also because many Doc. feel that it is their right to live in the upper middle class- it didn’t used to be this way. Doctors became Doctors because they were drawn to helping people and they enjoyed it. If we move to a healthcare system that is more socialized, don’t you think only those that are truly committed will stay?
This country needs to reevaluate what is important- having the most money should not be our #1 priority. Shouldn’t it be just having a good quality of life? Finding that one thing that makes you happy to get up every morning?
I think if everyone would just calm down, open their minds, let the stimulus package work, in a few years everything will level out and we will all be able to live in a better place.

By: MLP

MLP — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:14:47 +0000

I am forced to consume this pork, and I am politically kosher! Oy veh!

By: Cmd

Cmd — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:10:15 +0000

What is this all about? Besides pushing the Left Agenda on the entire nation? It’s about pushing every American into paying 50+% of their income in taxes! Socialism at it’s “best”. God help us and bring repentance to each of our elected officials, as well as the judges, and ACLU.

By: Gaylon George

Gaylon George — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:26:35 +0000

I am sick and tired on hearing Obama’s lies. Is there anyone left in America with any common sense? I read the comments left on this blog and see that basically every comment screams that they are as tired of this mess as I am. Yet we are stuck with this guy for at least 4 years. Are liberals really so sick that they can’t see through all this garbage?

How did we get here? NBC has refused to air an ad during the SuperBowl that promotes life. I reminded the NBC chairman that the Declaration of Independence actually says in the second paragraph that we have the “right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”. Where does this guy get off turning down an ad that promotes what the Declaration advocates? He calls it political. When did the right to life become political?

Virtually nothing Obama says makes any sense to even the least educated of our society if they would take just a few minutes to really think about what this guy is saying. When I look at what is contained in this so called ’stimulus’ package, I think, how could anyone’s blood not boil seeing all that money literally wasted, poured down a rat hole (no pun intended)?

I listened to Barney Frank and Robert Reich this past week talk in hearings about how they wanted this ’stimulus’ money to be earmarked for special groups of people. The poor, according to them, can only be people of color. I guess they forgot that white is still a color.

This is not a ’stimulus’ bill. It’s just another spending bill brimming over with pork.

Please everyone reading this blog, talk to just one liberal and ask them this question. What one thing has Obama and this liberal Congress done since getting in office that makes financial sense to you? And don’t let them breath till they make sense. We’ll either have a lot of funerals or converts to conservatism.

By: Natalie Knight

Natalie Knight — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:26:52 +0000

OK I am a bit confused…
So us hard working people who work all ungodly hours trying to make a decent life for our families are paying even more for the welfare people? Isnt this strange? I mean it is called the earned income tax credit right? They didnt earn it. We did.

I heard some people who actually thought that Obama would be sending out actual checks to them via stimulus $. This was their reason for voting for him. ” o girl if I am getting money back for voting for Obama then Ill vote for him” this is was the talk was everywhere around here.

How fair is this?

By: Jerry Nine

Jerry Nine — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:15:51 +0000

Very well said! I have wondered why Bush and the whole Republican agenda has seemingly failed and left us in the lurch. I think it is because they really don’t take a strong enough stand for the things that made our country great: God, integrity, honesty, and patriotism. Notice I put GOD first – if we as people would insist that everyone was accountable first to God and a well politicized Biblical standard, then half of this mess wouldn’t even be an issue. Like trans-gender beauty pageants – how misguided it that? We have deterorated so far that no one is willing to say God hates that in the marketplace.
Ben Franklin said “God rules in the affairs of men.” He was convinced of this after many years of evaluation. And he said it in a political arena. Yes, God has a place in the marketplace and in Politics. George Washington said that anyone who tries to separate religion and morals from politcs shouldn’t even be called an American. My,my, how far we’ve fallen!

By: Elizabeth Folsom

Elizabeth Folsom — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:51:54 +0000

A mother of six feels that, if parents taught their children moral values about life, money would not have to be spent on abortions. Also, as a retired public school teacher, the sex-education teaching belongs to parents, not teachers. We all are given a choice–to do right or to do wrong. Listen to your conscience and you will always choose right if you have had loving, caring parents who patterned for you.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:28:28 +0000

I strongly believe conservatives were behind the gun on this one. We fielded a weak candidate in McCain,way too left for my speed, and Palin was not a good choice for VP. She couldn’t hold her own against Democratic Hacks like Couric. She was strong during the convention, but bent under the negative media pressure. They tore her up. She needs alot more global experience. We need someone that can stand against these liberal media types, with better answers than “i can see Russia from my back yard”.
Also, with a black presidential candidate running, there was a massive turnout from minorities,mainly because he was black. I’ll bet most of the voters voted for him because he was black! They probably know zero about embryonic stem cell research, abortion, marriage protection,homosexual marriage etc. “those issues don’t affect me” is what i hear. They probably don’t know anything about Joe Biden! They only want a handout from the Big G. What bothers me the most is the cars i saw in my church’s (a bible centered, Christ centered Baptist church) parking lot with Obama stickers on them. This is horrendous! What person who knows Christ as his savior, would vote for this guy? Highly irresponsible. We can’t vote with our wallets guys! What are our core values? God, Liberty, Life and Family. I couldn’t do it just for conscience sake at the least. We as believers need to be a loud voice, lest we lose what we have. Perhaps God put him there to unify us.

By: Charles Sproull

Charles Sproull — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:25:12 +0000

There are two kinds of “wealth re-distribution.” Honest and dishonest.

Honest wealth re-distribution is done by honest, responsible people within the framework of our Constitutional Republic (limited Government with self-disciplined freedom), and free enterprise and capitalism, by people who earn money making and selling quality products and services, and then buying products and services from others. The wealth continues to redistribute and keep our economy healthy.

Dishonest wealth re-distribution is done by tyrannical Socialistic Government (un-limited Government, with Government-freedom), using our tax money without our permission (“Taxation Without Representation”) to support dishonest, irresponsible, and lazy people, leading to an unhealthy economy.

Want the best “economic stimulus package”? Try the one described on pages 210-211 of Wm James Murray’s book “Uncommon Sense;” private property, incentive, labor, production, abundance.

I believe the most effective health care is accomplished by responsible parents caring for their children for about 20 years plus, and then 20-40 years later adult children caring for their aging parents and grandparents. We don’t need expensive, Government-run (socialistic welfare) health care programs.

Chuck Sproull, Springville In 1/28/2009

By: Patricia Cole

Patricia Cole — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:50:29 +0000

None of this should be a suprise. For the 53% or so who voted for Obama and the Democratic congress, they will think all this is fine. Those of us who see it as more waste of our tax dollars will have to keep paying.

Until the Republican party can come up with someone who can articulate conservative principles to the American public and who has the courage to do so, the Democrats, misguided Republicans and fat cats will keep doing this to us. It is amazing to me that no one at that level can explain any of this to the American public from a conservative perspective, yet many of us ordinary citizens would do a better job of it. If the public really understood the alternatives to the left’s agenda, many of them wouldn’t have voted for Obama. Now we have to live with it, but we will not forget.