A Government Slowdown, not Shutdown

So by midnight, our Federal Government will likely 'shutdown'.

Sounds like a typical scare tactic. In fact, the Federal Government will not necessarily shutdown, people will still go about they're daily lives as if nothing even happened. However, places such as National Parks and Museums will close, the IRS will be unable to process tax returns, the EPA won't be reviewing environmental impact studies and most government websites will be offline.

But the really good news, Congress won't be able to pass any laws.

That should actually make liberals very happy, when you consider that they spew this "we want freedom" philosophy all the time, and should also make conservatives happy as well, since they don't want big government.

And what is President Obama doing about this? Fund raising for his 2012 re-election...

True however, that President Obama apparently met with House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to discuss cuts in spending and as usual, neither one of these stupid political parties can find common ground. And it is apparent that neither party really has the consideration of the will for the American people.

Liberal Democrats want higher taxes for wealthy Americans, failing to take into consideration that once the super rich receive such tax increases, they'll move elsewhere... by the way, hypocrisy from the wealthy in Hollywood who are liberal, but don't want to participate at all in any form of sacrifice. Even if that was the case to impose a higher tax on every single millionaire or billionaire in this country, it would still accumulate to less than the yearly deficit of over $1 trillion and the national debt, which is likely to pass $15 trillion by the end of September.


As it stands right now, the main issue holding up the passage of a budget, is the fact that Senator Reid is whining about planned parenthood. Notice that liberals never seem to want to address abortion and have no problem with it, but they're against the death penalty? Apparently Senator Reid sincerely believes tax payers should pay into a program that supports planned parenthood for women, even though the country is fundamentally broke and can't afford the expense of other nationalized programs. So if tax payers pay for contraception to stop women from having babies, Senator Reid will be satisfied and a budget can be passed.

Sounds like Senator Reid is getting inspiration from Chairman Mao.

Conservative Republicans meanwhile want spending cuts, including military funding. In any case, our armed forces overseas should still receive their paychecks, which liberals again won't give any consideration to. It seems pretty clear that the spending is the actual problem in Washington D.C. Keep paying those ridiculous pensions to 22 million federal workers, and keep those borders open so we can pay billions of dollars each year on illegal immigration.

And finally, to be frank, the Democratic lawmakers both in the House and Senate, have nobody else to blame except themselves on this issue. They had last September, before the election, when they still controlled both houses in Congress to pass a budget. They failed to do so.

So, in my opinion, bring a government shutdown. It will not necessarily shutdown, but rather just slow down the process. And with the exception of tax payers still on the hook either way, I'd like to see this as a learning lesson for these dumb politicians in Washington. Maybe they can see the kinds of problems they've created for years.

U.S. and China not getting along these days

In case anyone didn't notice, this Wednesday's side show dinner with President Obama and Chinese President Hu, was just that...  a show for the American people. I'm sure that the objective of this little get together between the two leaders was to discuss international relations, the economy and of course, China's support of North Korea.

Well the show has been over for a day now, and it has become clear to just about everyone that the United States and China are not getting along.

For one, China (or as Glenn Beck refers to as our landlord) owns our staggering $14 trillion debt. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is begging Congress to raise the debt ceiling limits because he believes if they don't, our economy will dwindle back down into a much worse recession than in 2008. So if the Republican controlled House is going to raise the debt limits, which they vowed never to do, this means Geithner is most likely going to have to go back to China and beg for more money.

Last year, the United States tried unsuccessfully to convince China to revalue its currency, so that jobs would be imported back here. Now, the United States is trying to teach China a lesson (as embarrassing as that sounds, they're only years ahead of us) by putting tariffs on China's exports, which were passed by the House back in September.

Then you have North Korea. Its most generous supporter is of course, China. Ever since North Korea fired artillery on South Korea, China has done little to convince peace talks between the two countries. The United States today said that it will redeploy forces to Asia, if China continue to fail on getting a hold on North Korea's rather rebellious acts as of late.

The United States of course strongly believes North Korea could be a major threat if nothing is done.

So because of a crumbling economy, revaluing currency and dealing with some 4 foot dictator, these are the reasons why China and the United States can't get along lately, and yet both countries think that playing these games will solve our problems.

Thank god that's why we have the Pacific Ocean that separates one from the other. But if we don't meet our debt obligations, I guess China could move in here at any time.

112th Congress convenes with Boehner as Speaker

As the 112th United States Congress resumed today, Republican lawmakers cheered as Ohio Congressman John Boehner filled the post as the new Speaker of the House, replacing Democrat Nancy Pelosi, who proved herself worthy as perhaps the worst House Speaker this country has ever had. Under her reign over two years of the Bush Administration and two years of the Obama Administration, Congress has for the most part achieved nothing, except for play rubber stamps and continue to spend money into oblivion, thus moving this country to the brink of near bankruptcy.

So with Mr. Boehner as Speaker, Americans are trying to appear optimistic and hope for a sense of real change that Congress can finally move forward and actually get work done.

But it appears that a blood bath is already lying ahead. Republican leaders are already vowing to repeal Obama's controversial Health Care Law and are wanting to investigate the Obama Administration's rather unethical efforts in the last two years. Of course, I sincerely doubt that Republicans will be successful in repealing the Health Care Law, because the Senate is still controlled by the Democrats and President Obama can always veto the bill and they don't have the necessary 2/3rds majority to override a veto by the President.

Nonetheless, I would give Republican lawmakers a great deal of credit if they do move forward on attempting to repeal the law. The bill is largely unfavorable among most Americans and they simply cannot afford it. Personally, I would have supported a public option but not a mandate that every American has to buy health insurance. It is obvious that there are some provisions in the bill that are good and some that are clearly bad.

But Americans are hoping the top priority of the new 112th Congress will be fixing the economy and many of them are not looking forward to more of the same political bickering among Democrats and Republicans. They want wasteful government spending cut and more transparency in their government, something that both now-former Speaker Pelosi and President Obama failed to fulfill in the last two years.

There will be some new changes in the Congress when it does come to transparency in government. For example, Congressman Ron Paul will be chairing the House Monetary Policy Committee and will most likely have stronger oversight and a chance to audit the Federal Reserve, which is something people have been waiting far too long for.

Here's to a new year in American politics.

Hopefully this year, work will be done for once.