tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post5215210752834124984..comments2024-03-28T17:07:56.753-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Obama: Too Much, Too SoonBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-36440596059152365342009-07-22T23:23:20.701-04:002009-07-22T23:23:20.701-04:00Last November, I voted for Obama. Was it the right...<i>Last November, I voted for Obama. Was it the right choice?</i><br /><br />Yeah, believe it or not, "change" can be bad too. Who woulda thunk....Alfred E. Spewmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-40397311562663669072009-07-22T01:55:36.838-04:002009-07-22T01:55:36.838-04:00The racistis are out in force tonight. You really...The racistis are out in force tonight. You really hate the fact an African-American is President. You should do drugs like Rush and Bush, it would help you mellow out.<br /><br />Or you could hike the Appalachian Trail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-57770715532523355872009-07-21T21:26:27.489-04:002009-07-21T21:26:27.489-04:00He's David Dinkins. He's Wilson Goode. H...He's David Dinkins. He's Wilson Goode. He's the promise of an African-American turned disastrous by the Peter Principle. Obama has similarly failed up. His numbers are tanking quicker and worse than Carter's. Congress took him for a stooge and was correct in its assumption. He is an unmitigated failure after just six months. He was barely an Illinois dogcatcher four years ago. He had no experience or accomplishments. He'd never run a business or balanced a budget. He had all the shortcoming Americans have rejected regularly in Senators. What did we expect?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-28023434564797761692009-07-21T18:17:20.026-04:002009-07-21T18:17:20.026-04:00bernie,
i'm also disappointed- but what do you...bernie,<br />i'm also disappointed- but what do you expect when he keeps outsourcing his bills to pelosi & reid? remember what i've been saying for the last 15 years....mavericknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-35393835832483387502009-07-21T15:40:19.974-04:002009-07-21T15:40:19.974-04:00Bernie:
Unemployment is a lagging characteristic ...Bernie:<br /><br />Unemployment is a lagging characteristic of business cycles. Note the recession started long before unemployment took its drastic plunge. <br /><br />Firms will not hire until they have started earning profits again (just starting now) and productivity grows by using existing employees.<br /><br />Look at the employment rate for almost business cycle for many, many decades. You will see improvement does not occur until after the recession ends.<br /><br />The cap and trade legislation may have a cost, but I believe it is a good thing.<br /><br />Finally, someone has to tackle this country's health care system. <br /><br />Biting off too much? He has to. The mess that was created by the last administration needs rapid action.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-40189138601504063352009-07-21T02:26:05.869-04:002009-07-21T02:26:05.869-04:00Wow, a right-wingnut feeding frenzy. This is just...Wow, a right-wingnut feeding frenzy. This is just what some of you whack jobs enjoy.<br /><br />Wait until your insurance company doesn't pay on a chronic broncial condition in your sixties because of pre-existing condition. Impossible? The amazing thing it stems from a severe bronchial infection successfully treated 25 years earlier.<br /><br />True story the lady has been paying premiums for years and as soon as the words chronic came out the Insurance company pulled the plug.<br /><br />GTod Bless those caring Insurance eExecutives, we thank them from defending us from thoughtless government types.<br /><br />Some of you are more dense than African <br />ebony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-57956880485288674352009-07-20T22:54:17.279-04:002009-07-20T22:54:17.279-04:00Politics are a pendelum. When you swing a pendelu...Politics are a pendelum. When you swing a pendelum too far in one direction it snaps back dramatically in the other direction. Bush was eight years of creating a huge deficit, billions on an unecessary war, financial meltdown, one disaster after another, that the country is in a mood of letting anyone who is the complete opposite of him do whatever he or she wants because there is such a reaction to the eight disastorous years we just had. As long as it's different from what Bush would do, the public sees it as beneficial. I don't know how history will view the Obama presidency but the country is evening out the damage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-33182734729399009152009-07-20T22:46:59.946-04:002009-07-20T22:46:59.946-04:00If we can get national healthcare, maybe all the L...If we can get national healthcare, maybe all the Longdems and other local politicians will be able to get access to Thorazine, Lithium, and things will improve for their constituents.Surgeon Generalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-60415552590948604742009-07-20T22:45:58.977-04:002009-07-20T22:45:58.977-04:00HOW WILL WE TREAT OUR SENIORS
Discrimination agai...HOW WILL WE TREAT OUR SENIORS<br /><br />Discrimination against the elderly when it comes to healthcare is not discrimination — at least not to a key member of the Barack Obama administration. <br /><br />Ezekiel Emanuel is director of the Clinical Bioethics Department at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and an architect of Obama's healthcare reform plan. He is also the brother of Rahm Emanuel, Obama's White House chief of staff. <br /><br />Express Riders, the blog of conservative businessman and philanthropist Foster Friess, reports that Ezekiel Emanuel has written that health services should not be guaranteed to "individuals who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens." <br /><br />He also stated, "An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia," according to Friess' site. <br /><br />Friess also points to an equally troubling article co-authored by Emanuel, which appeared in the medical journal The Lancet in January. It read in part: "Unlike allocation [of healthcare] by sex or race, allocation by age is not invidious discrimination. Every person lives through different life stages rather than being a single age. <br /><br />"Even if 25-year-olds receive priority over 65-year-olds, everyone who is 65 years now was previously 25 years. <br /><br />"Treating 65-year-olds differently because of stereotypes or falsehoods would be ageist; treating them differently because they have already had more life-years is not."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-78709780164111281572009-07-20T22:31:21.975-04:002009-07-20T22:31:21.975-04:00Your welcome, BC.Your welcome, BC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-80315982809725642432009-07-20T22:30:01.352-04:002009-07-20T22:30:01.352-04:00I do have to thank you for the link. I never cease...I do have to thank you for the link. I never cease to be amazed by what my readers know. I think it's important enough to look at more closely.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-16147028527026099892009-07-20T22:28:10.294-04:002009-07-20T22:28:10.294-04:00Thanks for the link. Here's what it says: &quo...Thanks for the link. Here's what it says: <em>"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain low income taxpayers a refundable energy tax credit to compensate such taxpayers for reductions in their purchasing power, as identified and calculated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), resulting from regulation of GHGs."</em><br /><br />This may help some low-income taxpayers whose utility bills increase. But how low? What about the inflation this will cause? I will look into this, but it does not seem to be enough of a safeguard at first blush.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-18912611925223260692009-07-20T22:21:15.927-04:002009-07-20T22:21:15.927-04:00There's your link, Bernie.There's your link, Bernie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-42306625068892128192009-07-20T22:20:21.570-04:002009-07-20T22:20:21.570-04:00The following site was written by the Congressiona...The following site was written by the Congressional Research Service, a well-respected nonpartisan arm of the Library of Congress.<br /><br />http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2454&tab=summaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-18882223387632304572009-07-20T22:18:00.040-04:002009-07-20T22:18:00.040-04:00Kennedy will be punk'd when he learns that alc...Kennedy will be punk'd when he learns that alcohol detox isn't covered under Obama Care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-19971073947846203552009-07-20T21:28:20.908-04:002009-07-20T21:28:20.908-04:00THIS JUST IN Effective 4 PM today
Obama will no ...THIS JUST IN Effective 4 PM today<br /><br />Obama will no longer allow the term Healthcare Reform to be used. Hence forth it is referred to as<br />Insurance Reform<br /><br />(Also today... Ted Kennedy admits and suggests that care rationing will be necessary to meet their health care goals,( I wonder who is rationing his care and denying HIM Chemotherapy and radiation becasue of his age.)Not so casual observernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-73018181156509072512009-07-20T21:24:41.693-04:002009-07-20T21:24:41.693-04:00I'll add here I try very hard NOT to misinform...I'll add here I try very hard NOT to misinform, so I will e looking into your claim, even if you can't get me a link.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-23032458529289748402009-07-20T21:22:35.315-04:002009-07-20T21:22:35.315-04:00A refund? For what? The increased utlity bills? Th...A refund? For what? The increased utlity bills? The increased cost of food caused by increaased utility bills? The lost jobs? <br /><br />And to whom? Define those in need. <br /><br />I'm not trying to be a wise ass. I will try to find out more, and in the meantime, I'd be thankful for any link you can send me to corroborate your claims. <br /><br />Assuming this is true, it is still very strange. The government takes money away from those in need and the poor. Then it gives it back, or at least some of it. Does this make any sense?Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-41539983997041581942009-07-20T21:00:26.393-04:002009-07-20T21:00:26.393-04:00To Bernie from Anon 4:15 AM
No, I didn't read...To Bernie from Anon 4:15 AM<br /><br />No, I didn't read all the pages of the legislation. That's not the point I am making.<br /><br />You misinformed your readers by saying that they would all lose money, which is untrue. The legislation stipulates that a refund and tax credits would be going back to those in need/poor.<br /><br />The accounts you must have read were also misleading to the public.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-82321558559199477122009-07-20T20:46:57.019-04:002009-07-20T20:46:57.019-04:00you can't run your household by spending and b...you can't run your household by spending and borrowing recklessly. What makes the Dems think its any different for our nation. Throw the bums out!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-15902552986098019042009-07-20T17:37:36.086-04:002009-07-20T17:37:36.086-04:00Obama's approval numbers are tanking as indepe...Obama's approval numbers are tanking as independents/moderates are delivering their verdict on his taking a bad economy and making it much worse.<br /><br />Biden's admonition that we must keep spending to avoid bankruptcy is the quintessential statement of this administration's plan.<br /><br />It's reassuring that it's taken such a short time for people to say, "enough."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-47833254013893933622009-07-20T17:30:22.787-04:002009-07-20T17:30:22.787-04:00Why is the president delaying the release of the d...Why is the president delaying the release of the deficit numbers due out this week? He's delaying their release by a month. Why? <br /><br />Suspicions are that the numbers show the fiction that was his original stimulus calculation. <br /><br />Shouldn't we get a full view of their early math skills before signing on to any more of their plan? <br /><br />This is not a change in the way government does business. It's old, bad government on steroids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-5699626380204827802009-07-20T17:05:01.536-04:002009-07-20T17:05:01.536-04:00IronPigPen,
1) I'm very sorry to read that yo...IronPigPen,<br /><br />1) I'm very sorry to read that you're going to discontinue the sports blog. That is the most informative source of information I've ever read about minor league baseball. <br /><br />2) You've posted 19 comments here. In them, you continually refer to Obama as a fraud and liar. You disparage him and those who support him. It is little wonder someone would tell you to shut up.<br /><br />3) When someone finally does, you act all offended and claim to be demonized, which is justification for more demonization from you. <br /><br />4) I prefer good discussion, focused on the issues. Legislators should have more time to digest proposed legislation. It appears that some of these deadlines are driven by political expediency instead of a desire to solve real problems. But there are real problems. <br /><br />5) Many of the more conservative thinkers who post here have great suggestions. That is so much more refreshing than the childish taunts that inevitably arise from partisan behavior. Don't you think you can do better?Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-65247764010247873272009-07-20T16:52:35.484-04:002009-07-20T16:52:35.484-04:00Great article Bernie
Slow day at work for me
Do ...Great article Bernie<br /><br />Slow day at work for me<br /><br />Do not fear Democrats. I work for a very, very small business which WILL be crushed by taxes as a result of CAP AND TRADE next year. i WILL lose my job. so you can feel good hating me later knowing i will be an unemployed loser. it's okay. i will just go on welfare and you all can pay for all my needs<br /><br />Have a lovely evening everybody<br /><br />Only 8 more weeks left in baseball season and then the IRONPIGPEN dies, sports fans. Let the thunderous cheers begin!!!<br /><br />We know about proposed (which means coming since Democrats will ramrod through whatever they want - they have the super majority) internet taxes and regulations and we have no desire to pay for something WE DO FOR FREE<br /><br />We formally announce this after the IronPigs game tonight at the site.<br /><br />See, it is a lovely day after all, lefties...<br /><br />And the righties can be happy because the IRONPIGPEN will, in fact, SHUT UP!<br /><br />On my F&$%&#@ terms, not yours <br /><br />:)ironpigpenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792492001296361796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-31522483747192333172009-07-20T16:41:45.481-04:002009-07-20T16:41:45.481-04:00DEMOCRATS SINCE NOVEMBER
"Ironpigpen shut up...DEMOCRATS SINCE NOVEMBER<br /><br />"Ironpigpen shut up!!!"<br /><br />IRONPIGPEN TO DEMOCRATS AND OTHERS WHO SHARE THAT SENTIMENT<br /><br />"See if you can make me"<br /><br />I KNOW DEMOCRATS ARE ALL ABOUT POWER AND CONTROL AND JUST WEAR DISGUISES POSING AS CHAMPIONS OF THE POOR<br /><br />I got farther than high school, I do not own a gun, and have not been to church (outside of weddings) in twenty years, sorry.<br /><br />Smear me, attack me, demonize me, marginalize me in some other way :)ironpigpenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792492001296361796noreply@blogger.com