Proud to be an unpatriot in Obama’s America

By Michelle Malkin  •  February 7, 2009 04:02 PM

So, President Obama phoned the Senate GOP sellouts Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, and Arlen Specter and praised them Friday night for showing their “patriotism” by cutting a trillion-dollar, backroom deal to mortgage our children and grandchildren’s future.

If that is “patriotism,” then I’m proud to be an unpatriot.

How about you?


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The generational thieves question our patriotism.

I question their math. I question their morality. I question their sanity.

Kill the bill. Stab it. Stick a fork in it. Then start from scratch.

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  1. #614843
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:06 pm, Stillwaiting said:

    Liberal definition of “stimulus” – An excuse to steal and misuse other people’s money.

  2. #614844
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:07 pm, WrathOfKhan said:

    “un”patriot?

  3. #614845
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:07 pm, Joy said:

    The Left sure has a way with redefining words, don’t they?

  4. #614846
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:08 pm, Stillwaiting said:

    According to a friend in the administration, this is just “Stimulus I” in preparation for II, III and possibly IV.

    God help us!

  5. #614848
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:09 pm, PBoilermaker said:

    I am proud to defend this country from the liberal/socialist onslaught we are seeing.

    If destroying this country from the inside out, according to Obama’s plans, is “patriotic”, then I am an “unpatriot”.

  6. #614850
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:11 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    From the linked article: Even Mr. Obama’s signature tax cut for middle-class Americans was scaled back as part of the deal. Under the new plan, tax credits of up to $500 for individuals and $1,000 for couples would begin to phase out at lower income levels than first proposed, saving the government $2 billion.

    What the he!! did we just spend the $$’s on? Nothing for me, all for thee.

  7. #614852
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:17 pm, zorro said:

    There is only one thing a pork filled bill of that size can produce in abundance, (no, not jobs or products) just more corruption and graft.

    At the Makesticker site, I used the patriot page, gold eagle with wings spread. Message:

    Graft You Can Believe In

  8. #614853
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:19 pm, Joy said:

    Warning: Read the article linked by MM,Patriotism, with noseplugs securely fastened.

  9. #614856
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:24 pm, tarpon said:

    Patriotism, now defined as selling out America to Obammunism.

    Odd how the language doesn’t mean what it used to.

    I’d say Steele has some problems with build party unity around crap like this. How do the sellouts think the rest of the country feels about them right now? Most Odummer voters haven’t a clue what is going on, and the Democrats like it that way. Turn the heat up on the frog, this stoner is never going to wake up.

  10. #614857
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:25 pm, Joy said:

    Oh, and count me in as an Unpatriot. This is not the Country I knew.

  11. #614858
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:26 pm, Joy said:

    And just where is Mr. Steele anyway?

  12. #614860
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:30 pm, swede said:

    NYT – Senate Democrats reached an agreement with Republican moderates on Friday…

    Makes it sound like a real bipartisan effort…burried the fact that only three Republicans are onboard till deep in the piece, then made them heros.

    Where’s my Malox?

  13. #614863
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:39 pm, Storm Chaser said:

    They are vultures feeding from the wreckage they helped create. I disown them all.

  14. #614869
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:44 pm, Wethal said:

    From the linked article: Even Mr. Obama’s signature tax cut for middle-class Americans was scaled back as part of the deal. Under the new plan, tax credits of up to $500 for individuals and $1,000 for couples would begin to phase out at lower income levels than first proposed, saving the government $2 billion.
    What the he!! did we just spend the $$’s on? Nothing for me, all for thee.

    Actually, I think this might have been the GOP’s request. The “credit” might have been given to people who made so little money that they didn’t owe any taxes. But they might get this “credit” in the form of a refund. The GOP may have insisted that the income level at which this credit kicks in be raised.

    However, in conference, it might be lowered again. It’s a disguised welfare check meant to buy votes. If the GOP ever tried to abolish it or raise the income level, the message would go out that the GOP was trying to raise their “taxes.”

  15. #614871
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Our motto has to be:

    “We support the President, but not his mission.”

    “Send our President home, NOW!”

    Hey, it worked for those leftists with Iraq so it can’t be wrong for us.

  16. #614872
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, Wethal said:

    Also, WARNING. According to AOSHQ, the cloture vote is scheduled for 5:30 pm on Monday, but he had also heard they might try to move it up to Sunday.

    (Afraid that waiting too long might give the GOP Three cold feet?)

  17. #614874
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, TXGator said:

    I know the phrase is overused, so at the risk of sounding repetitive:

    Our politicians are traitorous whores.

    Too soon?

  18. #614875
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, Savage24 said:

    I am proud to be an American. It’s a damned shame that those idiots in Washington DC aren’t!

  19. #614876
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, rambler said:

    The new patriotism…. agreeing with BO so he can bask in the glow of his own personality.

  20. #614877
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, letget said:

    The vast majority of our Republic is patriotic, but is seems most of the dc bunch has thrown our country down a road we will never recover. All for their power over the people to do their bidding. Just keep paying taxes, be good little citizens, don’t ask any questions cause WE know whats best for you. Slug slime is knees deep in dc.
    L

  21. #614879
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:47 pm, hunter said:

    Everyone may want to arm themselves soon to be prepared for the coming revolution, House Resolution 45 is going to try and put an end to protecting yourselves.

    Once you no longer have any money or any way to protect and provide for yourself, Barry and friends job will be done and we will be living under an imperialist that decides every move we make.

  22. #614881
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:49 pm, TXGator said:

    The One went to Camp David today with the family. He has been at work for a few weeks…time for a vacation.

  23. #614882
    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:52 pm, Savage24 said:

    I am proud to be an American. It’s a damned shame that those idiots in Washington DC aren’t

  24. #614888
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:03 pm, Polar said:

    Snowe is totally hopeless; Collins rapidly becoming so. However, they have a lock on their positions because the newspapers here fawn over them for being so ‘independent minded’. Needless to say, the papers are hopelessly liberal, and independent for them means caving in to democrat lunacy. They tell us how unique and independent minded we are, while feeding us pure liberal horse manure. And evidently, a majority of Maine is buying.

  25. #614892
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:07 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    tax credits of up to $500 for individuals and $1,000 for couples would begin to phase out at lower income levels

    Wethal said:
    Actually, I think this might have been the GOP’s request. The “credit” might have been given to people who made so little money that they didn’t owe any taxes. But they might get this “credit” in the form of a refund. The GOP may have insisted that the income level at which this credit kicks in be raised.

    I’m thinking that if he’s passin’ out the $’s, then The People who work hard should be able to get a piece of it. To me, it means that they are going to phase out the $’s at a much lower rate – say $75,000 as a wild guesstimate — and no one making more than that arbitrary amount will receive any stimulus. Not the low end where someone does not contribute anything to taxes. I’m just sayin’ that what started out as a stimulus is now the porkulus – nothing too stimulating about this at all.

  26. #614893
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:08 pm, FilmLadd said:

    I’ve said this before but not getting much traction…

    The conservatives need to use class warfare jujitsu against the collectivists. A one-year exemption of all withholding taxes for anyone making under $40k a year.

    Can’t you see the talking heads now? Give the poor a tax break! They work hard for their money! They need every penny they earn!

  27. #614895
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:15 pm, rightisright said:

    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, Savage24 said:I am proud to be an American. It’s a damned shame that those idiots in Washington DC aren’t!

    Well said, I’m in full agreement.

  28. #614896
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:15 pm, swede said:

    It ain’t Obama’s America, he just thinks it is. Approval ratings were 73% at the inauguration, now 61% (RCP Avg)…and I’m thinking (hoping) it will continue sliding as the stench from Crapulus begins to drift.

    If anyone is interested McMaverick has a petition to sign at

    http://www.countryfirstpac.com/petition/economic.aspx

    I cannot and do not support the package on the table from the Democrats and the Obama Administration. Our country does not need just another spending bill, particularly not one that will load future generations with the burden of massive debt. We need a short term stimulus bill that will directly help people, create jobs, and provide a jolt to our economy.

    Please join me in saying no to this stimulus package as it currently exists by signing the petition to the right and telling your friends about our efforts.

    John McCain
    Chair, Country First PAC

  29. #614897
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:16 pm, marsouin said:

    Then start from scratch.

    No, the only ethical way to stimulate the economy is to cut both spending and taxes. Drastically. In other words, adhere to the Founder’s constitution which was flushed down the toilet in the late 1930’s by the US Supreme Court. It’s the Progressive court that got us in this mess. As long as rent-seeking is permitted, no politician will be able to resist pork.

  30. #614902
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:31 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    Mark Twain put his feelings about Congress (in 1877) very eloquently:

    Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.- Mark Twain, a Biography

    The “most ethical Congress in the history of mankind” has sunk to a new low.

  31. #614904
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:32 pm, tpitman said:

    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:49 pm, TXGator said:

    The One went to Camp David today with the family. He has been at work for a few weeks…time for a vacation.

    He was tired of hanging around the White House again, but all the schools are closed on Saturday.

  32. #614907
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:35 pm, tpitman said:

    The One went to Camp David today with the family. He has been at work for a few weeks…time for a vacation.

    It’s good to be the king.

    Maybe when the peasants start revolting, he can find a “pissboy” double to fill in.

  33. #614908
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:36 pm, FamilyMan said:

    I question their math. I question their morality. I question their sanity.

    Politicians.
    I question their biological, evolutionary heritage. Are we living with a different genus of humans? Maybe a completely new phylum.

  34. #614909
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:36 pm, DirkBelig said:

    The liberal dictionary must be made of the same stuff Etch-A-Sketch screens are because they just shake it to redefine words, like this with “patriotism”:

    Original meaning (M-W dictionary)love for or devotion to one’s country.

    Liberal meaning 2001-2009Calling Dubya a fascist imperialist dictator and America an evil nation.

    Liberal meaning 2009-?Joining with Dear Leader, the Obamessiah, the Lightworker, the One, to mortgage the future of the nation for a bill with more pork in it than a bacon-stuffed bacon burger wrapped in bacon, in order to garner praise from the Treason Media and be invited to the cool DC parties.

    Words mean whatever they say they mean.

  35. #614912
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:46 pm, Jaded said:

    Proud to be unpatriotic with you and personally I think they HATE America so bring it haters…..this is going to kill the economy and create a wave of conservatism!

  36. #614913
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:48 pm, Wethal said:

    I’m just sayin’ that what started out as a stimulus is now the porkulus – nothing too stimulating about this at all.

    Most definitely. If they really wanted a stimulus with tax changes, they would change the rates to lower ones. That’s what real tax cut looks like.

    Actually cutting rates is bad for them for two reasons: 1) it deprives the government of money it wants to spend on what it thinks is important (rewarding its special interest groups); and 2) it leaves money in people’s hands to spend the way they think is important.

    Can’t have that kind of “choice” for the taxpayer, now can we? Next thing, they’ll want “choice” in schools with vouchers. Who knows where that could lead…

  37. #614914
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:50 pm, katablog said:

    I join the unpatriotic movement. I’ve emailed each of the senators listed in the last thread. Wish there was something I could do to really stop this lunacy.

  38. #614915
    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:56 pm, irving said:

    So treason has now become patriotic. George Orwell, eat your heart out!

  39. #614917
    On February 7th, 2009 at 6:04 pm, L.N. Smithee said:
  40. #614918
    On February 7th, 2009 at 6:08 pm, Boomer said:

    We just returned from a shopping trip to the big city of Boise. Stocked up on a few essentials from Costco to weather the economic Armageddon this spending bill is expected to cause. I served my country for 25 years in uniform and over 7 years as a simple servant, but count me in as unpatriotic to the plans of “dear leader” when it comes to selling this country into Socialism. All those years spent on SAC nuclear alert starring down the Godless heathen communist hordes while their allies the Godless heathen unwashed leftist hordes have slowly and methodically sold us all into slavery to the state. We won the cold war and lost the culture war. Welcome to United Socialist States of America! We’re Boned!

    ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE (mo-lone lah-veh) Translation: Come and take them!

  41. #614919
    On February 7th, 2009 at 6:08 pm, swede said:

    Dear Leader in his weekly address…”if we don’t move swiftly to put this plan in motion, our economic crisis could become a national catastrophe. Millions of Americans will lose their jobs, their homes, and their health care. Millions more will have to put their dreams on hold.”

    Move swiftly…before people figure out it’s the plan that will be the national catastrophe! Let’s talk fear mongering…

    More maalox please.

  42. #614921
    On February 7th, 2009 at 6:11 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Forget the larger issue for a moment and think about Obama’s comments. Imagine a piece of key legislation needed by George Bush and he convinces three Democrats to support it. Wouldn’t you find it strange if Bush called those Senators “patriotic.”

    This gives us real insight into Barack Obama’s understanding of what he thinks patriotism is. It also reveals in an even more important way what he considers to not be patriotic.

    It is pretty strange…….. and scary.

  43. #614923
    On February 7th, 2009 at 6:18 pm, WaterBoyz said:

    Mr. Obama called Ms. Collins and Mr. Specter, as well as Senator Olympia J. Snowe of Maine, another Republican expected to support the deal, to acknowledge they were acting against pressure from their party and, one official said, to thank them for their patriotism in helping advance the bill at a critical time.

    Hey Mr. Steele, did you call these 3 as well?
    If so, did you ask them WTH are you thinking?
    Did you ask them to return their GOP membership card?

  44. #614924
    On February 7th, 2009 at 6:22 pm, WaterBoyz said:

    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:26 pm, Joy said:

    And just where is Mr. Steele anyway?

    Here is Mr. Steele …

    http://www.youtube.com/rnc

  45. #614925
    On February 7th, 2009 at 6:25 pm, irving said:

    This gives us real insight into Barack Obama’s understanding of what he thinks patriotism is.

    I don’t think there’s any new insight to be gained here. We know him. Obama has spent his entire life seeking self-aggrandizement. That’s what matters to him.

    Think King Louis (14th?) saying, “I am the state!”

    To Obama, patriotism is when you make him happy. Unpatriotism is when you make him unhappy.

    Simple. See?

  46. #614926
    On February 7th, 2009 at 6:26 pm, William Teach said:

    Can I question Obambi’s bipartisanship yet?

  47. #614930
    On February 7th, 2009 at 6:41 pm, Helene said:

    Hey everyone. Please call the local offices of your representatives and any wobbly reps.

    DC phone lines are jammed to the hilt. Send postcards to the local offices.
    I’ve called, left messages at local offices.

    Jam the message machines now… so that Monday morning the worker bees get to take the messages…
    Keep at it.

    Now is the time to delay this spending spree. The longer the delays… the more will be cut out of it.

    Ask the reps if they’ve read the bill. It takes over a ream of paper to print it out.

    Let’s stop mumbling among ourselves.

    Keep nagging…. The bill is on the ropes.

  48. #614931
    On February 7th, 2009 at 6:45 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On February 7th, 2009 at 6:26 pm, William Teach said:
    Can I question Obambi’s bipartisanship yet?

    In the words of that great American, Elmer Fudd, “absowootly.”

  49. #614932
    On February 7th, 2009 at 6:45 pm, mattymatt10 said:

    So I guess the 11 House Dems that voted with the Repubs are NOT patriots…or something?

    They showed bipartisanship, too, didn’t they?

  50. #614936
    On February 7th, 2009 at 6:55 pm, tarpon said:

    Payoffs for votes, it’s the Chicago thug way — Looks like Steele has his work cut out for him. First up, telling a few Senators that America means America, not Maine and Pennsylvania.

    Is there any way we can run these dopes out of the party — What use are they?

  51. #614937
    On February 7th, 2009 at 6:55 pm, Joy said:

    Waterboyz – Is that Steele Youtube also running on Cable and MSM TV?

    If not, only 13000 + people have heard it. He should be forcing himself on the MSM to get to the public.

  52. #614945
    On February 7th, 2009 at 7:09 pm, swede said:

    “Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”

    – Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004)

    Wish you were here ol buddy.

  53. #614947
    On February 7th, 2009 at 7:17 pm, graysonret said:

    Never thought I’d describe myself as an unpatriot but I guess times change; this time for worse. To be a true patriot, one must first be an unpatriot.

  54. #614950
    On February 7th, 2009 at 7:27 pm, bjc said:

    In P-BO’s world, patriotism is:

    *Killing live babies; Yes, he’s down with that.
    *Getting illegal aliens to vote thanks to Acorn; Yes, he’s down with that.
    *Giving the Cole mastermind a pass; Yes, he’s down with that.
    *Staunchly supporting tax cheats for his cabinet; Yes, he’s down with that.
    *Giving free health care to illegal aliens by further taxing smokers that will die from it; Yes, he’s down with that.
    *Skin color to the front of the line while character takes a back seat; Yes, he’s down with that.
    *Fully entrenched in liberal logic; Yes, he’s definitely down with that.
    *Down for the count by 2012; You betcha!

  55. #614952
    On February 7th, 2009 at 7:32 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    I enjoy old cars and old guns so I guess it is only natural that I stick with the Old Patriotism.

    Obama, Collins, Snowe and Specter be damned and lump the media mavens with them. I pay my own bills and rather resent paying someone elses.

    Million Gunowners March Spring 2010

  56. #614953
    On February 7th, 2009 at 7:34 pm, huhwhat said:

    While I understand the underlying sentiment of calling oneself an “unpatriot”, I am not going to conform on this one. I am a patriot, we are patriots. It is the RINO’s and the Democrats who support this massive raid on the treasury and our grandchildren’s future that are the unpatriots. We need to declare war on this bunch of thieves.

  57. #614954
    On February 7th, 2009 at 7:34 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:26 pm, Joy said:

    And just where is Mr. Steele anyway?

    Mr Steele just s—canned all the spineless deadwood at the RNC.

    I don’t know if he said it or not, but a new broom sweeps cleanest. Hopefully he’ll find a few more bodies to join the unemployment line. God bless him.

  58. #614956
    On February 7th, 2009 at 7:36 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    He who overthrows a tyrant is doing God’s work. – Thomas Jefferson’s personal motto

    Like I said before, time for a little old school religion.

  59. #614960
    On February 7th, 2009 at 7:43 pm, mockingbyrd said:

    But, but, but…..I thought dissent was patriotic.

  60. #614962
    On February 7th, 2009 at 7:55 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Not OT

    Obama ready to surrender in Afghanistan.

    To ensure it won’t become “his Viet Nam”, he has decided to ignore the advice of the generals on an Iraq style surge, and maximize civilian interference in the mission.

    This, along with his decision to allow Iran to ship weapons to Hamas without Navy interference, should make us admired throughout the Muslim world.

  61. #614964
    On February 7th, 2009 at 7:57 pm, katablog said:

    While I understand the underlying sentiment of calling oneself an “unpatriot”, I am not going to conform on this one. I am a patriot, we are patriots

    We are not saying we are unpatriotic – we are saying under the O’s definition – we are unpatriotic.

  62. #614965
    On February 7th, 2009 at 7:58 pm, Send_Me said:

    Anything that serves the power of the state (e.g. an oligarchy) is patriotic in the eyes of Obama and other Marxists. The sooner folks begin to understand this the better.
    In the traditional sense, what would Obama know of patriotism anyhow? It’s not like he’s ever risked anything for his fellow countrymen or our Constitution, whether on the battlefield or otherwise.

  63. #614966
    On February 7th, 2009 at 8:04 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Is there any way we can run these dopes out of the party — What use are they?

    More faxes Monday to GOP and Senate minority leaders, telling them to threaten (and carry out as needed) expelling traitors from the caucus, or ZERO money from me for the national RNC or Senatorial Campaign Committees. If Cornyn and McConnell get enough of those, they may just pay the ones who would roll over for the ObaMarxist and express that threat.

    Collins and Specter doesn’t want to defend her moderate brand of moderate/squishy borderline Republicrat voting record in a Democrat primary against real liberal Dems to a Northeastern liberal Demonrat electorate.

    59 Dems or 61 or 62 Dems, with Collins, Snowe and Specter officially Democrats, as far as the filibuster goes, means nothing if the usual suspects will defect and vote with the Marxists for cloture, so boot them out of the caucus.

  64. #614967
    On February 7th, 2009 at 8:09 pm, right4life said:

    *Down for the count by 2012; You betcha!

    unfortunately, no. like smilin joe stalin said, it only matters who counts the votes….removing democRATs from power is a pipe dream…short of a revolution, which will not happen, not a chance.

    with a flood of illegals becoming citizens, its game, set match…

    This, along with his decision to allow Iran to ship weapons to Hamas without Navy interference, should make us admired throughout the Muslim world.

    interesting article…I found this sentence very interesting…

    In light of this fact, perhaps more than any other Israeli politician, Lieberman is to blame for the fact that Israel finds itself today with no allies in its hour of greatest peril

    if she knows this, I’m sure the mullahs in iran have figured it out too…and as the bible foretold, israel stands alone…except for One other….

  65. #614968
    On February 7th, 2009 at 8:14 pm, swede said:

    We are not saying we are unpatriotic – we are saying under the O’s definition – we are unpatriotic.

    More to the point, perhaps…

    “To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, right or wrong – is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” – T Roosevelt

  66. #614974
    On February 7th, 2009 at 8:36 pm, npphotog said:

    I live in California dominated by the left which has virtual destroyed the state’s economy. I guess Bush gets all the blame but this is a Democrat run state which includes every major city. It is a disaster, just look at us. Obama will not lead us to the promise land, but will lead us to the desert. It is like the Soviet Union, the promise that tomorrow will be better, but tomorrow never comes. I am a patriot that loves this country and hate to witness its decline unless the Republicans, the opposition party, stand together to defeat this takeover attempt.

  67. #614976
    On February 7th, 2009 at 8:37 pm, John Deaux said:

    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:08 pm, FilmLadd said:
    I’ve said this before but not getting much traction…

    The conservatives need to use class warfare jujitsu against the collectivists. A one-year exemption of all withholding taxes for anyone making under $40k a year.

    Can’t you see the talking heads now? Give the poor a tax break! They work hard for their money! They need every penny they earn!

    The dems would never go for it because then they wouldn’t be the heroes by giving to the poor. Never mind the fact that they’re taking that “given” money right back.

  68. #614980
    On February 7th, 2009 at 9:04 pm, FloridaBill said:

    MM I am so glad we have you BEATING THE DRUM on this!

    THANKS!!!

  69. #614981
    On February 7th, 2009 at 9:06 pm, skysoljr82 said:

    On February 7th, 2009 at 5:15 pm, swede said:

    If anyone is interested McMaverick has a petition to sign at

    Not a chance. Someone said in an earlier thread that all he wants is your personal information so he can bombard you with campaign donation requests later. I couldn’t agree more. Time for McCain to just go away.

  70. #614982
    On February 7th, 2009 at 9:11 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:
  71. #614983
    On February 7th, 2009 at 9:14 pm, regularguy said:

    They’ll pass this criminal bill, the economy and dollar will tank, inflation will go through the roof, and guys like me will simply work as little as possible only to have it robbed from me to redistribute to the unproductive. I think this is essentially what happened to the Soviet Union–it collapsed because no one gave a damn.

  72. #614984
    On February 7th, 2009 at 9:18 pm, FilmLadd said:

    On February 7th, 2009 at 8:37 pm, John Deaux said:

    The dems would never go for it because then they wouldn’t be the heroes by giving to the poor. Never mind the fact that they’re taking that “given” money right back.

    Au contraire – if we played it as shrilly as the dems play their class warfare, we could whip their butts at it.

    “Give those poor people their money back! They need every penny they can get NOW! Don’t you CARE? Weep for the children!”

  73. #614987
    On February 7th, 2009 at 9:23 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    BTW, I was just listening to Washington Week on PBS and Ceci Connell says that liberal Dems were as likely to vote against the bill as the GOP due to their favorite social programs getting cut. The deal was to agree to anything to kick the bill into joint committee where those programs will be restored.

    That is the tragedy of the Senate GOP’s failure to maintain a filibuster. Three GOP votes makes a world of difference that ZERO GOP votes. Now the GOP looks lame because the party leadership failed… again.

    So much for Michael Steele taking the GOP in a new direction. He is beholden to the northeast power aristocracy just like the rest of the yankee RINOs. He’s just a black George Bush. Black is in fashion this year.

  74. #614988
    On February 7th, 2009 at 9:25 pm, joao1960 said:

    “Kill the pig! Cut its throat! Spill its blood!” – LOTF

    (I am talking about the bill.)

  75. #614998
    On February 7th, 2009 at 10:13 pm, RetFireman said:

    You know, I am getting pretty sick and tired of the little immature tantrum Der Führer keeps throwing so that he can have his way, i.e. “We won”.

    Someone needs to remind Der Führer just who it was that won in 2000 and again in 2004 yet was constantly stymied at every turn by his fellow whiny little cry-babies in the Congress as well as all the Liberals in this country who constantly carried on about how
    Bush is not my President” and the way they continually claimed to be embarrassed about being Americans etc., etc., etc..

    Then, while they are reminding the toad of that, they can remind him that just because you won the election, you are NOT the freaking dictator, no matter how badly you wish it to be.

    I swear, he is sounding more and more immature every time he opens that festering gop of his.

    Each and every day is yet another example of his showing the world that he is not fit or experienced or even freaking mature enough to hold the Office of the President of the United States.

    No wonder Putin is making moves, Russia is becoming a SERIOUS threat, Iran is thumbing their nose at us even more brazenly and Biden himself is claiming that even if all things go perfectly, the planets align just right and luck is on their side they STILL have a 30% chance of failure.

    Exactly how much of a percentage does that make it with their screwing the poch so badly? Well, not a mathematician as Mookie will tell you, but I would say it makes it damn near 100%.

    Just how soon can the impeachment begin anyway?

    Oh, and someone better tell Pelosi to stop saying how badly the American people want this “stimulus” package to pass. Last I checked, the “American People” are wanting anything BUT this piece of crap to pass.

  76. #615004
    On February 7th, 2009 at 10:27 pm, dadinseattle said:

    Nobody needs to worry-

    Barack has “this Presidential thing” down!

    Why is it I now associate the word “catastrophe” with Obama?

  77. #615006
    On February 7th, 2009 at 10:28 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    With Rahm, Big Chicago, Emmanuel moving the Census Bureau from Treasury to the White House 2012 is looking dimmer all the time.
    They can steal votes they have never stolen before-Hope and Change.

    That every man be armed-you too ladies.

  78. #615008
    On February 7th, 2009 at 10:42 pm, Paul-Cincy said:

    I don’t think Prez Bush would ever accuse someone of “petty politics” just for disagreeing with him. Obama is not a good person. Four more years of this.

  79. #615010
    On February 7th, 2009 at 10:58 pm, Cosmo said:

    “He preyed upon our fears!!!”

    –Al Gore, 2001 referring to George W. Bush and his response to real people wanting to kill us.

    –Cosmo, 2009 referring to Barack H. Obama and his response to fake crises created by the media and fanned by liberals in an effort to create a society so economically paralyzed that we would permit them stealing our money and giving it to ACORN and other undeserving leeches.

  80. #615011
    On February 7th, 2009 at 11:18 pm, Omu said:

    Obviously, conservatives and liberals have different ideas of what is and is not patriotic. Conservatives tried to steal the word for themselves, but it seems like it didn’t work.

  81. #615013
    On February 7th, 2009 at 11:28 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Omu

    No matter how you try to twist it, hatred of the United States as a representative democracy with a tradition based upon Judeo-Christian tradition and natural law, with a capitalist system, where everyone has an equal right to attempt success, in favor of a one party Marxist state, is only patriotic if you live in North Korea, you American hating goon.

    Wanting this country to reject traditonal morality, strong self defense, self reliance, in favor of a corrupt Soviet style they pretend to pay us and we pretend to work that has never worked, is not patriotic.

  82. #615018
    On February 7th, 2009 at 11:40 pm, katablog said:

    guys like me will simply work as little as possible only to have it robbed from me to redistribute to the unproductive

    Better yet, just become one of those unproductive “workers”.

    Atlas Shrugged

  83. #615037
    On February 8th, 2009 at 12:14 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On February 7th, 2009 at 4:08 pm, Stillwaiting said:

    According to a friend in the administration, this is just “Stimulus I” in preparation for II, III and possibly IV.

    “Stimulus I” was what President Bush signed.

    This is already “Stimulus II”.

    If there are another three waiting, and each one is roughly $1 Trillion, then they are talking about increasing our national debt by 50% in less than a year.

    God help us!

    He is our only hope. Our rock, our fortress.

  84. #615039
    On February 8th, 2009 at 12:18 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    The “Earned Income Tax Credit” is not a “tax cut”,
    it is “spread the wealth around”.

    Obama’s Stimulus is a Welfare Scam.

    Naked Emperor News has it right, once again.

  85. #615044
    On February 8th, 2009 at 12:27 am, regularguy said:

    By and large, all this wealth redistribution will be wasted by those receiving it and redistributed to those providing goods and services that the poor want but do not need (wide screens etc). The poor will stay poor because of their bad habits, and the middle class of the rich will become poor because their wealth will be robbed of them in taxes. We’ll have a small rich class–mostly those who do the robbing.

  86. #615045
    On February 8th, 2009 at 12:30 am, RetFireman said:

    And amazingly enough, it has not even been 3 weeks yet that Der Führer has been in office and already look at what his “reign” has wrought.

    He is already acting and demanding like a dictator. He is forcing his will on both the Congress and the American people. He demands everyone to cowtow to his whim and submit to his will.

    Every time he throws a tantrum and screams, “You can’t do this…I WON!”, he demonstrates his complete disrespect for The Rule of Law, Democracy, and over 200 years of America. His distain for anyone who opposes him in any fashion is not even contained behind closed doors, but instead is out there for all to see.

    The true Obama did not take long to come to the forefront, nor did the plans of the Left in Congress.

    The fact that there are those in the opposition (Republicans) that are willing to sell out their own constituency in order to keep away his wrath and who are just greedy enough to sell their votes is proof to me that there is no such thing as integrity left in Washington, and it will be a mere matter of time before the rest give in.

    Watching this play out for several weeks now has seriously made me worry about things in a way I never knew possibly. To think that Democracy could be destroyed so quickly and without a fight, but rather with a multi-million dollar party is just mind-boggling.

    Who will stand up against this blatant grab for totalitarianism? Is there anyone left in the Senate who will stand up and say, “Enough”?

  87. #615052
    On February 8th, 2009 at 12:49 am, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    I’m thinking less Jimmy Carter 2.0 and more ‘Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers’ with every new detail.

    I believe Obama is trying to destroy capitalism, and traditional moral values, to establish a one party government with state control of all or most of the economy.

    Stalin as a better example as Hitler, because while there is a general hostility to white Christians, at over half the population, Obama certainly can’t exterminate them, just the ones who are threats. Counter-revolutionaries, ie, Republicans, and any Democrats (Marxists) he perceives as a threat to his power.

    That is a couple of years off, but I suspect Obama doesn’t actually imagine stepping down in 2017. Sham elections will give Dems ever larger majorities, and once a SCOTUS justice not on board for a totalitarian state (of course, many of Obama’s followers will sincerely believe it is for the public good, not having nasty Rethuglicans obstructing ‘progress’) dies, Obama gets his fifth Marxist on SCOTUS, and elections can be suspended, or the 22nd Amendment can somehow be declared unconstitutional, ( a sham ‘Constitutional convention to dump presidential term limits?) or some ‘national emergency’ will give us a North American Chavez or Mugabe, a President for life. If the military doesn’t revolt, and Obama will purge those not with the program early, it may be a done deal.

    Hope I’m being too pessimistic. Maybe a citizens revolt will be sparked by attempted weapons confiscations, and poorly organized patriots with rifles and pistols can battle a coordinated civil defense force armed with automatic weapons, APCs, tanks, helicopters and electronic surveillance. It is sort of hard to see troops firing on their own countrymen, maybe the Chinese Tianmen Square strategy of bringing in troops from the distant provinces who aren’t ethnic kin to kill countrymen. Of course, we are not geographically divided by ethnic groups as clearly as the PRC, but I already see signs of liberal hatred near the coasts for the backward redneck Rethuglicans in the South and Alaska, that could be stoked, and the New York and Massachusetts inductees to the Obama Forces can be sent to the South, the California barrios to Texas, Chicago and Detroit corps to Alaska.

    Heck, probably am being too pessimistic, and the US going Zimbabwe as Israel loses all allies means the first to second coming of the Messiah is coming (depending on your flavor of the original Judeo-Christian moral basis for this country) is coming, or maybe we are meant to suffer a new Babylonian exile, or maybe Obama, even if he does intend to never relinquish control, won’t have the pieces lined up by 2010 and will have so botched things he suffers a crippling defeat in the mid-terms.

    We live in interesting times.

  88. #615065
    On February 8th, 2009 at 1:11 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On February 7th, 2009 at 11:28 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul

    Bravo!

  89. #615066
    On February 8th, 2009 at 1:16 am, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    America — what have you done?

    President Obama has had, by general consent, a torrid First Fortnight. To put it another way, it has taken precisely two weeks for the illusion that brought him to power to be exposed for the nonsense that it so obviously was. The transformational candidate who was going to sweep away pork-barrel politics, lobbyists and corruption has been up to his neck in sleaze, as eviscerated here by Charles Krauthammer. Despite the fact that he came to power promising to ‘ban all earmarks’, his ‘stimulus’ bill represents billions of dollars of special-interest tax breaks, giveaways and protections — which have nothing to do with kick-starting the economy and everything to do with favouring pet Democrat causes.

    He has been appointing one tax dodger, lobbyist and wheeler-dealer after another. After appointing one official,Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who had unaccountably forgotten to pay his taxes, he then watched his designated Health Secretary Tom Daschle fall on his sword because he too had taken a tax holiday. Daschle was furthermore a prominent actor in the world of lobbying and influence-peddling. Leon Panetta, Obama’s nominee for Director of the CIA has also, according to the Wall Street Journal, consulted for prominent companies and sat on the board of a public affairs firm that lobbies Congress. The Weekly Standard reports that Secretary of Labour nominee Hilda Solis was not only involved with a private organization lobbying her fellow legislators on a bill that she helped sponsor, but she apparently kept her involvement secret and failed to reveal a clear conflict of interest.

    ………..

    I have argued before however that, given Obama’s radical roots in the neo-Marxist, nihilist politics of Saul Alinsky, it is the undermining of America’s fundamental values that is likely to be this President’s most strategically important goal. I have also suggested that, since this agenda is promoted through stealth politics which gull the credulous middle-classes while destroying the ground upon which they are standing, his second-tier appointments should be closely scrutinised.

    And here’s a humdinger. Obama has picked a man called David Ogden to be deputy Attorney-General. Ogden has made his legal career from representing pornographers, trying to defeat child protection legislation and undermining family values. As FoxNews reported this week, he once represented a group of library directors arguing against the Children’s Internet Protection Act, which ordered libraries and schools receiving funding for the Internet to restrict access to obscene sites. And on behalf of several media groups, he successfully argued against a child pornography law that required publishers to verify and document the age of their models, which would have ensured these models were at least 18.

    The Family Research Council has more examples of his contribution to upholding American and western values. In one such case, he expressed the view that abortion was less damaging to a woman than having children:

    In sum, it is grossly misleading to tell a woman that abortion imposes possible detrimental psychological effects when the risks are negligible in most cases, when the evidence shows that she is more likely to experience feelings of relief and happiness, and when child-birth and child-rearing or adoption may pose concomitant (if not greater) risks or adverse psychological effects …

    In another, co-authored brief, he argued that it was an unconstitutional burden on 14-year old girls seeking an abortion for their parents to be notified — because there was no difference between adults and mid-teens in their ability to grasp all the implications of such a decision:

  90. #615073
    On February 8th, 2009 at 1:23 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On February 8th, 2009 at 12:49 am, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul

    I, too, hope I’m being too pessimistic,
    but I think you are very, very close to the truth.

  91. #615088
    On February 8th, 2009 at 3:03 am, RetFireman said:

    They are already beginning to drive the biggest stake through this country to divide the people and using this “crisis” as an excuse/ Every other word out of their mouths is how the Republicans, COnservatives and others on the Right ahte the poor, want the poor to suffer, want them to starve, freeze, eat and drink polluted and poisoned water and food stuffs etc.

    As we have all seen, it does not take very much for the idiots to become indoctrinated into actually believing things of such foolishness and outright insanity. When over 25% of the population has been brainwashed into believing that the Government, to be specific, the Bush administration, had something to do with 9-11 either directly or indirectly, by a couple of losers in their mother’s basement, then how hard will it be for them to believe Pelosi, REid or worse…The Messiah himself should they complete a full court press.

    What will happen once they actually put forth a concerted effort to demonize and criminalize anyone who is not on the Left side of any issue? Look at how you need to keep quiet about your political leanings in a social or work setting as it is. And that has been accomplished without any effort.

    SOund far-fetched? Does what Ed had to say or myself or a couple of others sound like the paranoid ramblings of a few conspiricy freaks?

    Well just take a look at what has happened in just a few short weeks. Just listen to what is actually coming out of the mouths of the three people I just mentioned, and listen to what your Leftie friends are saying.

    Won’t really sound so paranoid.

  92. #615093
    On February 8th, 2009 at 3:41 am, OregonGrapeVine said:

    On February 8th, 2009 at 12:49 am, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:
    I’m thinking less Jimmy Carter 2.0 and more ‘Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers’ with every new detail.

    On February 8th, 2009 at 1:23 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    I, too, hope I’m being too pessimistic,
    but I think you are very, very close to the truth.

    On February 8th, 2009 at 3:03 am, RetFireman said:
    Sound far-fetched? Does what Ed had to say or myself or a couple of others sound like the paranoid ramblings of a few conspiricy freaks?

    Count me as one of the paranoid conspiracy freaks. You guys are spot on.
    I actually have a theory that Obama will use a fast track to citizenship as a means to build his Civilian Security Force from illegal aliens. Serve 2 years, become a legal resident. Mark my words, should such a proposal come up, it is time to get to your hidey-hole.

  93. #615113
    On February 8th, 2009 at 6:39 am, graysonret said:

    The meaning of “patriot” has changed. The left’s takeover moves on. No longer does it mean to believe in and support the country’s history, ideals, belief in God and the Constitution, it means to support the “state” and its leaders. Many of our colonial citizens were braver and more “patriotic” than us today, back in 1775. Where are they now, Massachusetts? They’ve been “dumbed down” and “bought off” by the government. Today, we don’t need the “brown Bess” to wield on the green. We have phones, fax machines, newspapers and the computer. They had a third of the population opposed to the government. That may be all we need today, too. At least to get our voices heard in the halls of congress.

  94. #615133
    On February 8th, 2009 at 8:22 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    For years Liberals have used “Our You Challenging Our Patriotism” when proposing some of their more overt anti-Americanism. Alan Combs was good at that.
    The correct answer is Yes, we are.

    That every man man be armed-you too ladies.

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