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I'm happy that bin Laden is dead. It was a long time coming, but at least it's done. Now we know why it took so long. The Pakistani government was hiding the bastard. Yeah, I said it. The reason being is that the truth rolls comfortably off my tongue.

Barry has been about breaking his arm slapping himself on the back for the last few days. And the media has been praising Him for his bravado in going after the worlds most wanted man. At least here in America anyways. Now don't get me wrong, Barry had to approve going into Pakistan to get bin Laden and I'm glad that he did. Barry knew that not giving his blessing would have been a huge nail in his political coffin. Now I'm not saying that Barry didn't want to catch UBL, I just bet he's relieved that it happened while he is still president.

I would say that the groundwork to catch UBL had been laid in the Clinton administration, but we know what a bunch of BS that would be. After all, didn't Slick Willy have a chance or two to take care of this problem, but was worried about his image? Or maybe it was his soft sensibilities that wouldn't tolerate some collateral damage. We all know that it was in the months following 9/11 that the chase for bin Laden really started. At least Barry gave George Bush a passing reference and has invited him to the party at ground zero on 5/5/11. Even money says Barry makes this into a We got him/Cinco De Mayo affair.

All of this aside, I'm disappointed that we don't get to see the photos. We've been subjected to the images of the planes crashing into the World Trade Center, the towers coming down, the Pentagon, the USS Cole and the Embassies in Africa, just to name a few, but we can't see the photos of the guy that put all that into action. Yes, the pictures might disturb some. Yes, there are those that don't care to see them, but a lot of us do. I know that the last thing that went through bin Laden's mind was a .223 caliber round and that makes a bit of a mess, but.......... Besides I think it would be a bit of a catharsis for most.

So come Barry, go back on your word (not that you haven't done that before) and release the photos. This BS of not wanting to offend the Muslim world is growing old. It seems that whenever you make a decision it always leans towards the "We can't offend the Muslims" instead of what the people of America want.

Remember, you are the President of the United States of America, not the lackey of the Muslim world. 

Taxes

Today I wrote out the check to pay my federal income tax. After the governments at both the state and federal level automatically took a full %38 of my wife's and mine combined wages, the federal government had the audacity to demand more. That's right, demand more. I'm fed up with it. The federal government is spending money like there is no tomorrow and expecting folks like you and me to pay the bill. Well, as long as you are one of the ones that actually pay taxes.

In February the federal government ran up $223B ($223,000,000,0000) in debt. That was for only a month, and a short one at that. If I do the math correctly, and thanks to my Casio calculator I know I will, that's $7.96B ($7,964,283,700) a day of overspending by the Feds. How in the Hell can they do that? Remember, that's overspending, or in other words, spending more than they are taking in. Incredible.

But when we have 200K plus of new government employees, needing to pay for Obamacare, needing to pay for a sweet spring break trip for the kids and Auntie M, plus getting us involved in another military action (Libya) I guess only overspending by nearly $8B a day is getting away kind of cheap. I realize that the trip and bombing Libya happened in March so our deficit for this month should be much higher.

Since I mentioned Obamacare, my premiums have gone up in the last year and coverage has gone down. Was that the way it was supposed to happen?

Also I mentioned if you were one of the folks that paid taxes you were also footing some of this bill. I thought that taking %38 of my gross pay would have been enough for this government. But then I got to thinking about all the people that don't pay a damn thing. As a matter of fact, they take what I am required to give. It's about time to tell these folks that the teat has run dry and it's time for them to get off their lazy butts and do something productive.

Man, can I hear the liberals screaming at that comment. Look Hippie, those that are physically incapable of working, I don't mind helping, but those that can work, should. And I don't think that drug and alcohol problems are diseases and that these clowns deserve disability payments from social security.

Case in point. About three weeks ago I arrested a woman with open warrants for forgery and child endangerment. In Utah that means you exposed a child to illegal drugs. She was in the process of cashing a SSDI check. I asked how she was disabled. She told me that she had a bad back. I asked if she wanted to see the scar on my back or the x-ray of my neck where the six screws and plate had recently been installed. She didn't seem to get it. She was half my age, high when arrested, no more disable than the man in the moon and cashing a government check. Guess what she was going to do with the money.

It's time we go to a flat tax. The state can have %5 of what I make and the Feds can have %5. Period. Oh yeah, that goes for everybody else too. Even those on government assistance can pay taxes. That way they are actually helping themselves a bit. No more deductions, no more "tax credits" for buying an electric car, that no one seems to be buying anyway, no more hiding money,  no more BS. The tax code could fit on one piece of paper. Everyone, every business pays %10.

I'm not really sure if the people in Washington can grasp the concept, but at least we can try. 

The New Hope

Earlier in the week the latest unemployment number came out. 8.9% is the new number and the White House and the liberal media are just giddy. Listening to some talk, you would think that all conservatives have committed a mass suicide. But after all, we know that it is the liberals that are the kool-aid drinkers.

Now that unemployment is under 9% again people think that the recession is over and Obama saved the world. Let's take a closer look at this, shall we? First of all after Barry committed us to a one trillion dollar ($1,000,000,000,000) democratic wish list spending spree and claimed that unemployment would not go over 8%. With the stimulus it would surely climb over 10%. Even with the stimulus, unemployment still climbed to 10%. Did he not notice that? Then the administration told us that we could expect unemployment to stay there for an extended period of time. The new normal we were told.

Did anyone take into consideration the number of people that have quit looking for work? Has anyone noticed how many folks have finally run out of 99 weeks of unemployment insurance? I bet not. These numbers should be looked at to determine and accurate account. I don't look at the number of underemployed because at least these folks are working. I realize they might not be working in a field of their choosing or training, but they have a job.

I saw that the stock market lost over 80 points that day that the new numbers came out. How does that happen? One would think that the market would go crazy of such good news. But when the Dow in artificially high this is what happens. Artificially high, you say incredulously? Two words, oil futures. Need I say more?

Speaking of oil. I have noticed a sharp increase in oil prices lately. The other day I paid $3.29 a gallon for mid-grade. I realize that's low compared to some, but substantially higher here. Then I noticed the price for my groceries started to increase. Weird, huh? Guess what come next. If you guessed layoffs, well you win the prize. If it cost more to do business, then business has less people to do what needs to be done. Unemployment goes back up and we are told that this is again the new normal. What a bunch of BS. Or should I say the normal for this administration?

I wonder how Barry is going to blame GWB for this.

The 2012 Federal Budget

Is anyone surprised? $3.9 Trillion (3,900,000,000,000) dollars for the next fiscal year? Is it just me or does anyone else grasp the enormity of that number? How in the world are we supposed to stand for this? I know we can't, so do plenty of others, but still we allow our government officials to drive us off the financial cliff. Obviously the last election was not a strong enough message. In two years when we get the opportunity, we need to vote them all out. If we don't, then we can blame no one but ourselves.

Barry seems to think that we can spend our way out of debt. If you ask me, and you did by reading this, that is delusional. A case can certainly be made that Obama is clinically insane. That's a nice way of saying that he is completely nuts. I believe that's that technical term for the affliction he suffers from. But then again, it's pretty normal for our pompous politicians these days.

Barry had a chance to do something this year. He completely blew it. All he had to do was to eliminate unnecessary entitlement programs. He wouldn't do it. In this budget his version of an unnecessary entitlement is home heating oil subsidies for the poor. If a Republican votes for that........I can see the headlines now about how the Republicans are all for freezing the poor by cutting their heating oil. It's a can't win situation on that. So it won't happen.

Barry also said that he was going to cut the federal deficit by 50% at the end of his first term. That would have required a reduction of almost $6,000,000,000,000 over that time. During his first three years he has raised the deficit by almost $5,000,000,000,000. He has no grasp of basic math. I'm sure there is someone in the White House who knows how to do simple arithmetic. I wish one of them would show their father how to add and subtract.

The Big "O" has said that he would rather be a great one term president than a mediocre two termer. Well, he's been a lousy one termer to this point. It's up to us to make sure he doesn't get another chance to ruin our economy, our reputation and ultimately our entire way of life. 

Pepsi Max and Michelle Obama

As I was watching the Super Bowl last week I was struck by one of the Pepsi Max commercials. It was the one where a woman continually was taking food from her husband because it is what we consider "junk food." Towards the end of the commercial the man is sitting on a park bench drinking a Pepsi Max when his wife comes by. The man gets a horrified look on his face until he notices that his wife is also drinking a Pepsi Max. Things are fine until the man notices a jogger and the wife trows the can of soda at him. He ducks and the can hits the jogger in the head knocking her out.

The commercial was only mildly amusing because the wife reminded me of our First Lady, Michelle Obama, heretofore referred to lovingly (sort of) as Auntie M. It reminded me of how Auntie M is on her healthy eating campaign and trying to get her hubby and the rest of us to go along. This ad would have made more sense if it showed folks jogging or exercising another way and having a cold Pepsi Max after they were finished. This way was nothing more than a homage to Auntie M.

Now, Auntie M needs her cause, just like every First Lady. Nancy Reagan had her anti drug message, Laura Bush had literacy, Hillary Clinton had self promotion and now Auntie M has childhood obesity. Okay, let's help the kids stay a bit leaner, get them off the couch and outside a bit more, but leave us grown ups alone. If she let Barry be then maybe the rest of us could catch a break. Probably not, he's not stupid enough to say anything against his wife, at least I don't think he is. Well, I hope not anyways.

What it all comes down to is choice. I want to able to decide what I eat and how much. I don't need the liberal media or the government telling me what to do. Or at the least trying to make me feel guilty if I decide to eat a cheeseburger like the poor fellow in the commercial.

Now that Obamacare has been declared unconstitutional by the Federal Courts maybe Auntie M will start to lay off a bit. I realize that it's only a pipe dream, but a guy can still dream.

So after all that, I think I will head out to one of the many local burger joints and get me a double bacon cheeseburger and salute Auntie M and Pepsico while I eat. 

I'm Baaaaaack

As the title says, I'm back. I have been in a self imposed exile waiting to have something nice to say about the left. Needless to say, I wasn't able to find a thing. So now I will return to my, at least bi-weekly harangue about the lunacy of the liberals in this country.

Let's start with Sheriff Dupnick from Pima County in Arizona. I heard Rush Limbaugh refer to Dupnick as "Dipstick" today. That moniker is much too kind in my estimation, but then I had to remember that Rush was on the radio and could really go no further with his assessment. Even here I will refrain from going that far. Too bad me thinks, but what else can I do?

So here we go. Sheriff, I would say from one cop to another, but you haven't been a police officer since you first ran for office. So from a current officer to a former one, shut your damn mouth. You are doing your best to make people thing that all police officers, especially from the south or southwest, are a bunch of redneck yokels. You epitomize the stereotype of a Sheriff with the IQ of an eggplant and who is probably married to his first cousin. I'm sure that neither is the case, but when I hear you speak, that is exactly what comes to mind.

You keep saying that you have 52 years of law enforcement experience. That says to me that you need to retire. It's obvious by what you say that you no longer have a clue. How can you say that it is the political "flamethrowers" that have created nuts like Jared Loughner, and then immediately say that you have nothing to back it up? If the PIO (public information officer) from my department said something like that, we would be looking for a new PIO. Of course you have a personal opinion, but keep it to yourself.

But it seems that you have gotten your 15 minutes of fame, well, more really. After all here I am typing about you more than a week after you started appearing on TV. I hope you're proud of yourself. You've been able to support the leftist agenda and take shots at, can I say that?, people like Limbaugh, Beck and Palin. You yourself have fanned the flames of political rhetoric and vitriol with your comments.

Way to go, Clarence.

A Penny Saved

There is a business in the city I work in that has a marquee out front. Every now and then they put up some funny saying. Last week the sign read, "A penny saved is a Congressional oversight." I about crashed my car laughing when I first saw it. But I thought that it was a very appropriate statement. Especially in light of what our government has been doing.

The last time we had no federal deficit, Andrew Jackson was president. You remember him, don't you? His is the face on the $20 bill. He was also the 7th president. That was quite a long time ago. Since then our government has been in the practice of deficit spending. Our debt now stands at roughly 13 Trillion dollars. And rising.

This isn't just a jab directed at our current administration, but a statement of fact. Since Barry and his version of check kiters have taken office, our deficit has grown by almost two trillion ($2,000,000,000,000) bucks. That's a lot of zeros. I like to type it out so people can see what a huge number that is. Now remember, Barry has only been in office for 19 months. Newt Gingrich referred to Barry as a teenager with a credit card. That's a good comparison if you ask me. One day the bill will come in the mail. I doubt we will be able make the minimum payment.

Last week Barry and his cronies passed a $26 billion ($26,000,000,000) bailout for states aimed at teachers. Barry trotted out the sentiment that this was for the children because teachers were going to lose their jobs. Only partially true. This was for the teachers unions. I bet that most of that money goes straight to the unions to help pay for pensions. That's not the state retirement systems, that's the labor unions. I wonder how that works here in Utah, a right to work state, not a collective bargaining state. Unions have very little place in society today. Teaching, just like police work, firefighting, military life, et al, are more of a calling, not a way to amass wealth.

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) claims that this is deficit neutral and completely paid for. Do you mean to tell me that the liberals were willing to cut other federal entitlement programs to pay for this? It may appear that way up front, but rest assured they will find away to spend that money again by attaching that money to other spending bills. If anyone disagrees, please say so.

So with unemployment hovering around %9.5, Auntie M flying around the world and the lame duck congress on a continued spending spree, I wonder what this country will look like after the current administration is done with us.

Oh yeah, did I mention that my insurance premiums went up?