I never signed up for this.  But apparently once the tech-no-bamas got into the campaign fray, no one’s email address was safe any more.

Sounding as desperate to find a believer for their con game as any garden-variety spammer, today I’m receiving multiple copies of a hilarious plea from the Democratic National Committee to come up with a slogan, in ten words or less, that they can put on a billboard near Rush Limbaugh’s home.  The winner will even get a t-shirt with their slogan on it.

Yes, I know.

It’s very, very … childish.

You realize, of course, that someone is actually PAYING these people to come up with this crap.  And they are actually PAYING them to spam Americans who want no part of it.  I wonder if this is part of Obama’s plan to “create”‘ jobs or to “save” jobs?

I’ll give them a slogan, all right.

I HOPE HE FAILS.

And because I’m feeling generous today, I’ll give them another one:

Embrace the failure.  It’s patriotic.

Apparently the Democratic party has a different meaning for the word “dialogue” than do the rest of us, so continues to use silly sandbox games as a distracting smokescreen tactic to cover up their continuing attempts to implement what some of us see as treacherous policies.

Foxnews.com reports today that another web site has come online for the sole purpose of “making fun” of Rush Limbaugh.  Hosted by none other than those fun-lovin’ folks at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.  Yes, those are your hard-earned campaign contributions hard at at work making this nation a great place to live, my friends.

You’d think with the nation in such “crisis” they’d be focused on matters that really and truly affect national security, financial or otherwise, instead of continuing to participate in a childish pissing contest with someone who disagrees with them.

I think they are the ones who owe the apologies.

I am rather at a loss to write about the audacity of  this latest follow-the-House’s-lead Senate stunt. 

Question: On the Amendment (Coburn Amdt. No. 623 as Modified )
Vote Number:	80	Vote Date:	March 4, 2009, 06:07 PM
Required For Majority:	1/2	Vote Result:	Amendment Rejected
Amendment Number:	S.Amdt. 623 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009)
Statement of Purpose:	To prohibit taxpayer dollars from being earmarked to 14 clients of a lobbying firm under Federal investigation for making campaign donations in exchange for political favors for the group’s clients.

Vote Counts:	YEAs	43
	NAYs	52
	Not Voting	4

 

That “lobbying firm under Federal investigation” is, of course, PMA Group.  A lobbying firm.  They give members of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee campaign contributions, and in turn their clients are rewarded big, fat government contracts.  Government contracts paid for, of course, with OUR tax dollars.

It’s such a profitable way to do business there’s little surprise that someone who came up through the Illinois and Chicago political ranks like the President is going back on his campaign promises to stop earmarks.  For example, and I’ll keep it simple since the number of zeros involved – both monetary and Congress critters – is so big, let’s say I tell you that if you give me $2.30 I will turn around and give you $100. 

You’d think you’d hit the hit the Lotto jackpot, wouldn’t you? 

Well, that’s exactly the dirty business going on here.  And the President continues to look the other way as the Democratic majority condones it.

Someone call Lassie.  Quick.

It was a tough choice, but instead of tuning into Rush Limbaugh’s radio show today I decided to go for the comic relief of the the Senate finance committee meeting that put Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the hot seat, asking questions ranging from why the never-ending bailout of AIG (there is “less risk” to the American economy in bailing them out than letting AIG reap the “consequences” of its actions; “millions of depend on AIG” so in the “government’s judgement” the “effect on confidence” is much “more dramatic” than the “failure of an investment bank”) to questions about the bailout of the auto industry (which were muffled due to Senator Stabenow’s head being stuck firmly in a very inappropriate place).

When pressed about the growing gall of tax-paying Americans watching their money continue to be handed out like candy to those who pay no taxes, our legendary little tax evader made reference to the Obama adminstration’s investigation into closing off-shore bank account loopholes but, like a good little foot soldier, Geithner kept going back to the mantra of the country needing a “comprehensive strategy” to deal with it.

We sure do, Timmy.  But as Senator Orrin Hatch pointed out, Geithner was head of the Federal Reserve in New York when Wall Street slipped on its banana peel.   Senator Hatch noted that the “economy, while not strong, was moderate” under Bush, and President Obama continually referring to “recent events” doesn’t seem exactly fair when Geithner was “the overseer” during the Bush administration.

Obama may be running, but at this, Geithner was squirming.  His response to Senator Hatch was a masterful mix of weasel words.  He blamed “systematic failures” and claims (rightfully) that “a lot of things contributed” to the meltdown.  But instead of owning his own role in the financial industry cluster, he then went on to say that “the Federal Reserve was not given responsibility for overseeing investment banks, insurance companies”, etc. that were a “critical part of the crisis”.  And repeated again that “comprehensive conservative oversight” was needed.

So none of these Wall Street failures during Geithner’s tenure are considered “critical” any more?

March 2008:  Investment bank Bear Stearns collapses from losses in subprime mortgage obligations and derivatives transactions; J.P. Morgan Chase buys Bear Stearns in a deal arranged by the Federal Reserve for the dramatically reduced value of $2 a share, with the Federal Reserve guaranteeing J.P. Morgan against $30 billion in Bear Stearns asset losses.

September 2008:  Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers closes doors in bankruptcy after the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve refuse to arrange a merger plan, a bailout or a guarantee program to save the Wall Street giant.

September 2008:  The Bank of America buys Wall Street investment bank Merrill Lynch in a $50 billion deal that saves Merrill Lynch from having to declare bankruptcy.

September 2008:  The Federal Reserve extends to insurance giant American International Group, or AIG, an $85 billion loan that saves it from going bankrupt from derivatives loses in a massive $441 billion exposure to credit default swaps.

November 2008:  Citibank received $45 billion through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, plus Treasury Department, Federal Reserve and FDIC guarantees on $306 billion in troubled assets held by the bank.

January 2009:  Morgan Stanley takes over Citibank’s Smith Barney investment unit as Citibank unravels the “financial supermarket” conglomerate accumulated when Sandy Weill combined Travelers Insurance, investment bank Smith Barney and Citibank to form Citigroup in the 1990s.

Guess Lassie doesn’t need to bring any rope.