Please wake me up from a dead sleep or turn me over from a dead sleep because this Presidential campaign is getting (is) very boring! Even the politician and prostitute buzz ain’t doing it for me. BORING!
It’s to the point, that we have a family tree website, complete with pictures for Obama, proving (I guess) his heritage and religion. So, if you are Muslim, you can’t run for President? Can only WASP’s run for President? Our country has more issues than whether or not Obama is Muslim, Christian or black. Is Hillary behind this? Bill? The media?
Then, Obama’s Pastor. So, (alert this is an example) if Obama’s Pastor believed in UFO’s and believed he was beamed up, does that mean Obama believes that? I go to church (yes, sometimes, as long as it’s not fat day) and I don’t believe every word the preacher, priest, reverend or pastor says. Hey, its all in interpretation, and trust me, I have studied with the best of them! So, what’s up with this? Is the media going to find the tape to prove that Obama was attending church services when the Pastor pulled the whitey card or said America bites?
Next, Hillary. Tisk Tisk. She has an idiot woman, initials (Geraldine Ferraro) who is still steaming (bitching) about the election a zillion years ago and she pulls the gender card for Hillary. That wasn’t bad enough, she picks another card from the deck with Obama’s face on it. GF, you need to grow up and move on. You are still in the sixties. We have cell phones now.
Yes, you did great things to liberate women. Before women’s lib, women could stay home with the kids and take care of the home. But now, we are expected to work (almost equal pay), and still take care of the kids and home. And, our kids get to come home to an empty house. Nice going women’s lib. (they really did help women…ie Hillary)
Seriously, I was around when women burned their bras, but the bra burning days are over. I didn’t burn the one I wore. I wouldn’t be caught dead without a bra. I burned the extra one I brought. GF, what were you thinking with those remarks? What were you smoking? You blew it, girl!
Okay, again, can we stop pulling out the race and gender cards in this campaign and get on to the real business – OUR NATION UNDER CRISIS?
Is the media making up news, just to have news? How many polls and surveys can they have? In other words, the media is making things bigger than what they are, by using the media magnifying glass, creating a feeding frenzy! RATINGS ARE THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL!
Geezes, I have never heard so much talk about nothing! And, it is nothing. The medias are the terroristss…terrorizing our nation with blah, blah static, all day and every day, and every freaken minute of the day. You see and hear the same five stories over and over and over again and a plethora of people giving their two cents on what happened. Talk radio, is squalk radio!
It’s like watching a car accident, and having ten witnesses, two cops, four psychiatrists, three body men who will tell how to repair the cars, eight insurance agents, a black panel and a white panel discussing who was to blame. Then, talk about if for weeks. And, if that doesn’t distort the news. They all talk about each other.
Bottom line, black, white, woman, man, Muslim, Christian, whatever – what are you going to do for the American people? This campaign is Saturday Night Live, on Thursday, starring Hillary and Obama, and the skits are getting old.
Look…you want votes and support? Stop the finger pointing. Tell your campaign people to shut the hell up and start acting like politicians. No not politicians, they lie, but rather LEADERS! Tell us where you stand and what you are going to do, to turn the tide of our nation. If you don’t, we are going to drown in too much media information!
I am tired of the card, “I’m a woman, blah, blah, blah. Or, the race card; I’m black, half-white, maybe three-quarters black, and quarter white, blah, blah. Real voters don’t care. We want solutions to our problems! We don’t need more problems! America doesn’t want to play cards. We want you to suit up and fight the problems that are taking our country down.
Oh My God….Hannity had McCain on for an hour (snooze) and truthfully, I think McCain is going to vote for Hillary…No, Obama….Hint McCain…you want votes, you need to take a stand!
You are in the write spot….Barbara Case Speers
UNCLE SAM’S PIGGY BANK HAS BEEN ROBBED!
March 6, 2008
Tax year rolls around again, and if you are lucky, you won’t have a huge tax bill to pay by April 15th. Let’s face it, you worked hard all year, long hours, stressed, possibly two jobs to make ends meet for your family. You brought home about ninety-thousand, and for all your efforts ,you paid $8,000 to $10,000 (possibly more) in income tax, which is your fair share as an AMERICAN. Guess what, you just paid the EIC for one family, who has two working adults.
Earned Income Credit is a government program. Go figure! If you qualify, the government will give you approximately $4,900 as a bonus for not making money (not working) and give back all the tax money you paid in. And, if you qualify, and you can received the following year’s EIC automatically in your pay check!
It’s free, untaxed money to those who don’t want to work! Read further, because I am not talking about the people who can not earn a big income or who are on fixed incomes. Most people have no idea how EIC works. So, let me educate you. It’s another AMERICAN RIP OFF FOR THOSE OF US WHO WORK AND PAY TAXES! ANOTHER monumental government waste, as is welfare in most cases, when you have generations receiving the benefits, working the system. They don’t work a job, they work the system and they are dam good at it. I worked for social services for nine months and 65% of my case load (250 cases) were bogus, or pure lazy.
EIC is earned income credit given to families who make under certain incomes. The government calls it EARNED. IT IS NOT EARNED!!!!!! The maximum income limit using round figures is thirty-nine thousand for more than one child, and thirty-three thousand for one child. It drops real low for those who have no children. That’s nice, how we care for those who chose not to work. I am not complaining about those who can not earn more income. Read on!
Here is where it bites into my big fat economy. I paid for one of the EIC families last year. Okay, Mr. and Mrs. Hispanic who have children (mind you, I said Mr. and Mrs.), you are abusing our AMERICAN system. They go to the tax preparer, and lo and behold, they are no longer married. See many cultures, the women do not take their husband’s name, such as the Hispanic and Asian culture. So, Mr. and Mrs. now look like two different households. Mrs. takes a child, and Mr. takes a child or children and they file separately. YES FRAUD! Their incomes let’s say is thirty-two thousand a piece. Total FAMILY income would be sixty-four thousand. Mr. and Mrs. American would not get a penny, because they MAKE TOO MUCH MONEY AND ARE NOT ELIGIBLE. But, Mr. and Mrs. permanent resident alien can, because their last names are not the same. They get almost $10,000 dollars!!!!
Tax preparers know this, but they still file the return knowing they are screwing the AMERICAN TAXPAYER. SO, UNCLE SAM (short for sorry ass management), it is more profitable for AMERICANS NOT TO GET MARRIED, that way they can collect more from our government!
But Barb, they have to show another address. How simple is that? The tax preparer puts down another address, and I have SEEN the same address! I have been a loan officer for many years (except the nine months in social services) and I have seen this abuse over and over and over again. It is great that these people fill in the job gap, and do the “so called” jobs Americans do not want to do (who did them before they got here?) but the cost to the taxpayer is through the roof….and it makes me mad when I have to pay for this abuse.
Not only do they get $10,000 dollars free, and untaxed, they are probably getting food stamps, health care, housing assistance through HOME-OWNERSHIP or rent. The employer who is getting the job done cheap, trust me they know these people are illegal, they profit, but we, as tax-paying citizens are paying to keep these people employed, and they are enjoying all the comforts of our AMERICAN home.
COME ON AMERICA, STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. PROTECT THOSE BORDERS! THE TAX MONEY IS GOING TO RUN OUT SOME DAY. THE DEEP POCKETS ARE WORN AND WHOLLY. WE NEED ACTION NOT APPEASEMENT! STOP THE ABUSE. WE GIVE ENOUGH! UNCLE SAM’S PIGGY BANK IS GETTING ROBBED!
By George, She’s Got It!
March 5, 2008
Who has that winning smile? Who beams with competence, not arrogance? Who exemplifies a winning attitude? Who will be the next President? Hats off to Hillary! Last night I watched and really listened to her victory speech. Stripping the gender, I am truly assured she is the candidate, the only candidate to vote for!
Now mind you, I am not a Democrat, and my right-winged Republican conservatism has been long represented by listening to Hannity, Limbaugh and O’Reilly, men I truly respect for their wisdom and foresight. But, Hillary’s got it!
Last night’s victory for Hillary was a turning point for me. She displayed the same dynamic persona as women preachers in the pulpit; for they are women who fight their way for equality. This woman was honest with herself, and with her audience. Winning the Presidency is not just to wear the title, but to help the American people through the turmoil of uncertainty. Let’s face it, America is in a boiling pot of problems.
Hillary is not in it for the glory, she is in it for the fight. The fight to make things right in America. I do believe she will work for the people, all the people. Hillary exemplified…a mother figure. Expounding on that, a good mother would never let her children down. That’s the person we need! And watching her, she will not crack under pressure; it will only fine-tune her go-getterness.
Last night was the first time I saw Hillary for who she really is…a dynamic, caring, responsible, accountable human being who will get the job done foregoing the cost. She is not out to appease the people, but rather, to make the necessary changes our country needs to keep up with a fast-paced circle of change. The good-old boy ways don’t cut it anymore!
We need a leader in the office, not a puppet! Ne need a leader who is willing to think out of the box. We need a leader who understands what is happening now, and using new methods, not the same old political band-aids. We need a leader who understands today’s problems are not the same problems from a decade ago. America needs new blood! The world has changed, and we need a President who will change our world!
Hillary…you are your own person. You have superseded Bill. I no longer fear that if you get in office, Bill will take over. Tell Bill to take a vacation for four years, and YOU run the country. Hillary, it’s in you. You can do it…you have my vote. Stay focused, persevere and be who you are!
Peace…
March 3, 2008
There will never be peace on earth as long as an ego seeks victory. Barbara Case-Speers
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March 3, 2008
Americans give thanks for our God-given abundance, while others give thanks for their God-given poverty. Barbara Case-Spee
