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Posts Made By: Dave Snope

October 3, 2013 05:32 PM Forum: Politics

Obama Threatens To Stop Social Security Checks

Posted By Dave Snope
Way to go, Barry, scare the crap out of our senior citizens to get your way.

“In a government shutdown, Social Security checks still go out on time. In an economic shutdown — if we don’t raise the debt ceiling — they don’t go out on time,” Obama said. “In a government shutdown, disability benefits still arrive on time. In an economic shutdown, they don’t.”

This is identical to the Democratic playbook in California. Any time there is a budget "crisis", they threaten the old, the sick, the babies, the disabled, the women, the minorities, and the public safety. "People will DIE!". And of course they shut down the state parks first, whether they cost money or not, to punish the public. "No scenery for you because the eeeevil Republicans won't let us borrow more money to pay off our union overlords".

This is government by 5-year olds. Rule by temper tantrum. Best to ignore it.

October 7, 2013 02:47 AM Forum: Politics

I Can Agree With Obama On This

Posted By Dave Snope
Here's a politician that believes in fiscal responsibility:


James Woods þ@RealJamesWoods
I agree with Obama on this one...

October 7, 2013 09:22 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

LA Times: "We Don't Publish Skeptic Letters"

Posted By Dave Snope
Is it any wonder that so many people believe in AGW even though not one prediction has ever been accurate? Main stream media thinks skeptical viewpoints are apostasy.

Regular readers of The Times' Opinion pages will know that, among the few letters published over the last week that have blamed the Democrats for the government shutdown (a preponderance faulted House Republicans), none made the argument about Congress exempting itself from Obamacare.

Why? Simply put, this objection to the president's healthcare law is based on a falsehood, and letters that have an untrue basis (for example, ones that say there's no sign humans have caused climate change) do not get printed.



http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/10/06/la-times-we-dont-publish-letters-editor-claiming-humans-arent-causing


October 8, 2013 05:07 PM Forum: Politics

"We’ve become a country of fear, guns and control"

Posted By Dave Snope
And such is the history of every country that has been taken over by the far left.

'Gestapo' tactics meet senior citizens at Yellowstone

Vaillancourt was one of thousands of people who found themselves in a national park as the federal government shutdown went into effect on Oct. 1. For many hours her tour group, which included senior citizen visitors from Japan, Australia, Canada and the United States, were locked in a Yellowstone National Park hotel under armed guard.

The tourists were treated harshly by armed park employees, she said, so much so that some of the foreign tourists with limited English skills thought they were under arrest.

When finally allowed to leave, the bus was not allowed to halt at all along the 2.5-hour trip out of the park, not even to stop at private bathrooms that were open along the route.

“We’ve become a country of fear, guns and control,” said Vaillancourt, who grew up in Lawrence. “It was like they brought out the armed forces. Nobody was saying, ‘we’re sorry,’ it was all like — ” as she clenched her fist and banged it against her forearm.
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The seniors quickly filed back onboard and the bus went to the Old Faithful Inn, the park’s premier lodge located adjacent to the park’s most famous site, Old Faithful geyser. That was as close as they could get to the famous site — barricades were erected around Old Faithful, and the seniors were locked inside the hotel, where armed rangers stayed at the door.

http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1442580353/Gestapo-tactics-meet-senior-citizens-at-Yellowstone

October 23, 2013 06:20 PM Forum: Politics

U.S. GI's Told Christians & Tea Party Are Off Limi

Posted By Dave Snope
I've seen numerous reports that the Obama admin has put Catholics, Evangelicals, and Tea Party on terror threat lists. The Tea Party are at their core small businessmen and women who want smaller government. Attacking religion and small businessmen -- who does that sound like?

Soldiers attending a pre-deployment briefing at Fort Hood say they were told that evangelical Christians and members of the Tea Party were a threat to the nation and that any soldier donating to those groups would be subjected to punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

A soldier who attended the Oct. 17th briefing told me the counter-intelligence agent in charge of the meeting spent nearly a half hour discussing how evangelical Christians and groups like the American Family Association were “tearing the country apart.”
...
The soldier told me he fears reprisals and asked not to be identified. He said there was a blanket statement that donating to any groups that were considered a threat to the military and government was punishable under military regulations.

“My first concern was if I was going to be in trouble going to church,” the evangelical Christian soldier told me. “Can I tithe? Can I donate to Christian charities? What if I donate to a politician who is a part of the Tea Party movement?”


http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/10/23/does-army-consider-christians-tea-party-terror-threat/

October 23, 2013 06:39 PM Forum: Politics

Americans Not Working Hits Record 90 Million

Posted By Dave Snope
Thanks Obama.

The number of Americans who are 16 years or older and who have decided not to participate in the nation's labor force has climbed to a record 90,609,000 in September, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In January 2009, when President Barack Obama took office, there were 80,507,000 Americans not in the labor force. Thus, the number of Americans not in the labor force has increased by 10,102,000 during Obama's presidency.

- See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/90609000-americans-not-labor-force-climbs-another-record#sthash.0MUa5bkt.dpuf

TEN MILLION MORE PEOPLE OUT OF WORK! That's like having the entire population of Georgia lose their jobs. If we count people of working age, that's like having the entire states of Georgia and Colorado lose their jobs. If we discard stay-at-home moms and students, add another state. Obama has caused THREE STATES worth of people to lose their jobs.

Remember that next time he opens his mouth and tells you that he created jobs.

October 25, 2013 08:59 PM Forum: Politics

Unsustainable

Posted By Dave Snope
That title could apply to a lot of the things going on in our today. This chart does a nice simple job of expressing the current national debt situation.

The chart is brutally bipartisan. Debt increased under Republican presidents and Democrat presidents. It increased under Democrat congresses and Republican congresses. In war and in peace, in boom times and in busts, after tax hikes and tax cuts, the Potomac filled with red ink.

Washington likes to talk about sustainability. Forget sustainable — how is this sane?




http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/joncgabriel/the-reality-of-americas-finances

November 4, 2013 10:01 PM Forum: Politics

Abraham Lincoln - Democrat

Posted By Dave Snope
Plaque at Northeastern Illinois University. Where, apparently, you can come out dumber than you came in.


November 5, 2013 05:40 PM Forum: Politics

Quote Of The Day

Posted By Dave Snope

“So, no,” Wasserman Schultz concluded. “There was nothing about what President Obama or that I or any other Democrat supporting the Affordable Care Act said that was not true.

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep.Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) joined MSNBC anchor Chris Jansing on Tuesday.

November 13, 2013 01:26 AM Forum: Politics

1M Cali's Have Insurance Cancelled Due To ACA

Posted By Dave Snope
It's still very early in the game:

More than 1 million cancellation notices have been sent to Californians as the Affordable Care Act begins allowing individuals to buy insurance through exchanges, Jones said
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/11/12/calif-insurance-commissioner-more-than-1m-californians-having-insurance-cancelled-due-to-obamacare/

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