Michelle Malkin » Gimme, gimme, gimme: More scenes from the anti-Obama entitlement backlash

Gimme, gimme, gimme: More scenes from the anti-Obama entitlement backlash

By Michelle Malkin • February 19, 2009 12:15 PM

So, a CNBC host is calling for a new “tea party” to protest Barack Obama’s out-of-control spendulus/entitlement culture? We’ve been doing it all week. Seattle, Denver, Mesa. Kansas this weekend. And more outbreaks to come. I’m posting a second round of photos from KFYI’s anti-porkulus protest in Arizona yesterday in opposition to Barack Obama’s visit to push his massive housing entitlement campaign. Thanks to La Mano at Sticker Patch for the pics. The revolt against the savior-based economy continues…

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Via CBSNews EconWatch, Obama’s massive mortgage entitlement plan gets panned:

President Obama’s
mortgage bailout announcement on Wednesday directs $75 billion in government funds to bail out certain borrowers who are behind on mortgage payments or “at risk” of falling behind.

Although the president said that “it will not rescue the unscrupulous or irresponsible,” there’s no requirement that that U.S. Treasury deny bailouts to Americans who took outsize risks in hopes that their homes would continue to appreciate.

Which is why Obama’s announcement has drawn a howl of protest from renters and those people — yes, they exist — who bought cheaper, modest homes they could comfortably afford.

BuckNakedPolitics writes: “I have little sympathy in one sense with the moans of homeowners stuck with negative equity as a result of a gamble that the value of homes would always go up, up, up. One reason I’m living in an apartment is that I recognized that this myth was a myth.”

Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin describes it as a new “massive mortgage entitlement campaign.” Housing bubble blog Patrick.net dubbed it a “plan to reward debtors at the expense of savers.”

NewsRantsAndReviews says:”Obama has one word for those who didn’t get in over their heads during the recent housing boom and have paid their mortgages on time: Suckers!”

…A reader post at the New York Times says: “I should have lied about my income and refinanced in 2005 for the full ‘value’ of the loan with a low, low teaser rate. Than I should have used the cash for new appliances, vacations, flat screen TVs. Oh and I could have financed all of my son’s college instead of taking out all those loans.”

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#627772

On February 19th, 2009 at 5:28 pm, rightwingmom said:

Still waiting on the TX date and location!
#627812

On February 19th, 2009 at 6:11 pm, Weary Citizen said:

On February 19th, 2009 at 2:46 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

You said everything I was afraid to say. I pray I am never in that position (must be heartbreaking) but I get irritated by anyone thinking I, and my own children, are responsible for their personal problems. The gov’t never came to my rescue when I experienced life changing events, nor would I want them to. Not once. Probably becasue I am not whiny enough or the correct race. Suck it up!!! This bill is a shot across the bough from the extreme leftists.
#627814

On February 19th, 2009 at 6:12 pm, rightwingrocker said:

This actually isn’t a bad idea – speaking to liberals in the language they understand.

Sadly, we wind up stooping to their level and acting like the fools they are in the process.

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
#627884

On February 19th, 2009 at 6:55 pm, terristeelmagnolia said:

weary citizen..

you must have misunderstood..

I am only wanting a higher lifetime cap for health insurance…

I had never even heard of a lifetime cap on health insurance until we were told in the NICU…

and I supposed if you were in our shoes, you’d want a higher lifetime cap at todays prices..

no one is asking for handouts.. I am a true blue conservative…

When I wrote my post… It didn’t occur to me that it would cost more to the employers… I have written comments since then.

It’s the cost of healthcare causing people to run out of coverage…
how else does a ten month old baby run out of a lifetime cap???

A LV hospital was paid $1600 per day for the NICU alone…
but Stanford was paid $26,000 per day for the bed alone..

how can you justify $26,000 a day… for a bed…?? That is why we ran out..
and that price was at a disount…
Neonatologists were PAID $1692 per day.. and that was at a discount…

Costs are too high…

anyone with a one or two million dollar lifetime cap is SOL if they get sick.

What happened to me can happen to anyone on this blog.
#627891

On February 19th, 2009 at 6:58 pm, terristeelmagnolia said:

Geez, I wasn’t asking for Medicaid….

Reminder… I am not asking anyone to pay for my baby…

I can’t buy more insurance privately if we run out..

what else is there to do?

Let him die????
#627909

On February 19th, 2009 at 7:17 pm, rageagainsttheleft said:

If The One is going to take my money and give it to someone else to bail out their mortgage, let’s set some conditions. Anyone who receives federal bailout money should be prohibited from owning:

1)Cadillac Escalades, GMC Yukons or whatever the latest stupidly expensive “bling” car is.
2)Gold Teeth
3)Cell Phones
4)Gucci Purses
5)Taking vacations
6)Televisions
7)$150 Nike shoes

All the rest of us will have to sacrifice for the greed and self-indulgence of others.
#627931

On February 19th, 2009 at 7:49 pm, torabora said:

Free beer for my horses…ha ha ha good one!
#627940

On February 19th, 2009 at 8:01 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

“crack”berries

9) Any other kind of crack

10) urine testing monthly
#627980

On February 19th, 2009 at 8:51 pm, Fat Jolly Penguin said:

Sorry for going off topic, I can’t find an active thread where this would fit: Lazy Iraqi police receive motivational speech.

Language warning! But so artfully done.
#628007

On February 19th, 2009 at 9:23 pm, Kevin K. said:

terristeelmagnolia (#48, 71, and others),

I didn’t know if you were sincere with your first posting, but with the later ones I can see that you are. I shall add you and your family to my prayers. I have no idea what’s best, either, but you have my sympathies: I should hate to be in your position.
#628009

On February 19th, 2009 at 9:25 pm, tbear44 said:

No question about it: The conservative signs are much more creative than the left ever had.
#628062

On February 19th, 2009 at 11:26 pm, jbirish said:

Where’s the media coverage on the protests? I didn’t expect any from the main stream loonies, but not even Fox is covering any of this. Too busy covering the crazy mother of fourteen!
#628081

On February 19th, 2009 at 11:44 pm, Member-VRWC said:

On February 19th, 2009 at 3:28 pm, dadinseattle said:
Read this and find out who the actual big spenders are!

dad, I read the AT post this AM, too, and the minute I read ol’ huggybear’s nonsense, I was going to link to it, but you already took care of it (8 hours earlier, too), so thank you.

Anyone who didn’t take the time to read it, go back to dad’s comment and click the link. Then you’ll be well-armed the next time someone like huggybear makes the idiotic claim that the debt doubled under Bush.

huggy’s first mistake was paying attention to a Democrat-ick senator who is suffering from the ravages of BDS (Spratt). He needs to understand that if you quote a fool you become a fool.
#628180

On February 20th, 2009 at 5:02 am, terristeelmagnolia said:

Kevin K..
thank you for that… I have been feeling rotten all day about those other two comments…

it hurt me so much… I guess until you are in our shoes, you can’t say.

Who ever plans to have a medically fragile child.. or get sick..

who would ever think that you could run out of health insurance?

I just worry all the time and I don’t know how to fix it… our little boy is so wonderful and full of life…

I want to cry so many times when I look at him knowing he will need further surgeries and I wonder how long our 3 million more of insurance will last with these high prices of medical care.

I am totally against socialized medicine…

I think if those other two commenter knew me and my family, they wouldn’t have sounded so heartless…

maybe I should have spent more time writing something earlies, but I was just so excited about hearing of higher lifetime caps… and I just reacted.

I reacted w/ my heart and not my head.

But thank you for your comment, it made me feel better.

Terri
#628183

On February 20th, 2009 at 5:24 am, terristeelmagnolia said:

Does anyone know if there is a way to go delete your own comments?

On blogger, you can go back and delete a comment. I can’t see that you can do that here.

Thank you.
#628195

On February 20th, 2009 at 7:07 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

The Red said:
A few kooks holding signs won’t change that.

That would be me and a few HUNDRED (500 + by Mesa Police estimate) others opposed to this Generational Theft Act. The approval of Obama may be very high at the moment-it is falling. Bush 1 had a 92% right after the First Gulf War. Did not do him much good in the end except for some speaking engagements with Slick Willie.

When this massive spending results in inflation of consumer goods-deflation of durable goods and assets, higher unemployment and the Misery Index is reborn we shall see. But I am guess that more than just a few Kooks will be upset.
#628260

On February 20th, 2009 at 8:52 am, Weary Citizen said:

On February 19th, 2009 at 6:55 pm, terristeelmagnolia said:

I understand what you mean now. I saw your 2nd post after I had posted. Your first post made me think it was another “the gov’t (really taxpayers) need to come to my rescue” or “I deserve it” mentality. But that is not what you are saying. My apologies as well for making you feel bad. I should have known you were not looking for gov’t intervention when you did not use the the ‘ol liberal ploy of sobbing and “its for the children”, or “you mean heartless conservatives” stuff. Good luck with your ordeal. It must be heartbreaking.
#628465

On February 20th, 2009 at 10:32 am, terristeelmagnolia said:

Weary Citizen:
I am so glad you read my second post!!

I know I don’t know any of you folks,
but I was crushed b/c I had a feeling you all didn’t know what I was really saying, and that’s my fault for not explaining it properly in the first place.

I forget you don’t “know” me like my blogger friends.

I will do better explaining myself if there is a “next time” … it taught me a lesson.

I am with all of you folks, and I am sick to death of moochers and people wanting hand outs… especially since we have always lived our life living within our means… we have never had credit card debt and have two ten yr old cars … we only owe on the mortgage on our home… we are pretty much tight wads… LOL

The past month w/ Obama in office has been the most miserable month.

Like my husband says,

Elections have consequences.
#628495

On February 20th, 2009 at 10:54 am, Weary Citizen said:

On February 20th, 2009 at 10:32 am, terristeelmagnolia said:

No worries. Don’t take things to heart so much. We have all made posts that didn’t exactly portray what we intended. The only thing you/we can do is restate it more clearly and move on. And if it is what you really believe then you have to stand up for that. I certianly don’t agree with everyone on this board and sometimes it gets ugly. But hey that is what makes it fun.
#628502

On February 20th, 2009 at 11:00 am, Weary Citizen said:

On February 20th, 2009 at 10:32 am, terristeelmagnolia said:

Meant to add, I really do hope everythgin works out for you. I could not imagine dealing with a child with serious health issues. It’s the double whammy of finacnial and emotional issues.

Frankly, I do beleive it is totally wrong for a family to be bankrupted due to health reasons. I generally am not in favor of gov’t intervention in anything, but the gov’t right now ensures illegal aliens and the “poor” are cared for at taxpayer expense. So how is it ok for them but not for the people who actually work and support these parasites?
#628616

On February 20th, 2009 at 12:14 pm, terristeelmagnolia said:

WC

I feel EXACTLY as you do.