*SIGH* REALLY DEBBIE?

Senate Amendment 1465, designed to temporarily extend payroll tax cuts for two months, passed the Senate on December 17^th.  The House does not plan to pass this amendment (nor do they plan to reject it).  Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) said the following on MSLSD last night… “I mean, logic would tell you a bill passing the Senate 89 to 10 would be able to pass the House."  Really?  Well, I guess I can take a few minutes to explain Congress to you, Debbie.  I am after all almost done with my associate’s degree.

I FIGURED IT OUT!

I finally discovered the most basic difference between liberals and conservatives!  As many of you know, in October of 2010 scientists discovered the “Liberal Gene.”  I think I have actually determined the effect of this gene, dopamine receptor DRD4.  Are you ready?  Here it is!  Conservatives learn HOW to think, while liberals simply learn WHAT to think.  That’s it!

PIRACY v PRIVACY

Have you heard about SOPA? It’s the Stop Online Piracy Act.  Well, it might as well be the Stop Online Privacy Act.  Under the guise of protecting American business from media pirates, counterfeiters, and other such illegal internet activity, the government is preparing to fundamentally change the face of the internet.  Assuming of course they don’t effectively destroy it altogether.

GAYS IN THE MILITARY

I tried to express this in college recently, but was shouted down by my “open-minded” liberal classmates.   I know, it’s hard to believe, but they would not let me express my concerns.  Instead, their collective viewpoint was roared at me from red faces that refused to acknowledge my opinion, much less my right to speak it.  I waited for the commotion to die down, doing my best to try to absorb what the eight or so different voices were saying.  I then tried again to state my views on the matter and was again silenced by the bellowing and screeching of the mob.

MERRY CHRISTMAS – WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT

It’s December, what better time to have a little talk about religion?  I speak now to that small but growing group known as atheists.  Not all atheists, mind you.  Just you angry atheists who protest anything and everything religious.  You know how you don’t like it when “bible thumpers” try to tell you about their religion?  Well, some of us don’t like it when you try to tell us about yours.  Before we get too far, yes, atheism IS a religion.  If belief in a God (monotheism) is a religion, and belief of many gods (polytheism) is a religion, it would stand to reason that belief in no God (atheism) falls into the realm of religion as well. 

DEFINING OWS

I think OWS's initial intent was a good idea… Occupy Wall Street that is.  Somewhere along the way however, things went horribly awry, and OWS turned into an Obnoxious, Whiny Subculture.  Things only got worse from there…

SPEECH-GATE

The president needs a new secretary.  Supposedly the Obama administration had no idea that the Republicans had a primary debate scheduled for the exact same day and time the president wanted to speak to Congress.  If that is true then as Bob Schieffer said, "It's going to take a lot to convince me that the president's people did not know there was a Republican debate on the night that the president wanted to make that speech.  If they didn't know - the president's people didn't know - then I think it might be time for the president to get some new people."  You tell ‘em Bob!  Not bad for a liberal!

MY SHORT STORY

A gentleman has two mortgages on the same piece of property.  The combined monthly payments are right around $2,400 and the combined balance on the mortgages is under $250,000.  The property is worth well over $300,000.

One day our friend decides maybe he should refinance his house since interest rates are at a historic low.  He calls up a company and gives them his information.  The nice man on the phone informs the protagonist of our tale that his debt to income ratio is too high but that if he did qualify his payments would drop to $1,700 per month.

CONSERVATIVE FURY

A long-time, very dear friend of mine recently posted an article from the New York Times about the recent tragedy in Norway.  In true (NYT) form the piece opens with the words “A lone political extremist” and as would be expected is followed later in the story by, “Anders Behring Breivik [...] characterized by officials as a right-wing extremist.”  Well of course he is!

MAYBE OBAMACARE ISN'T SO BAD AFTER ALL

Little Sammy.

OK, maybe I’m wrong.  Maybe Obamacare is the solution this country needs.  After all it’s not like it’s the first controversial piece of legislation in the nation’s history.  Way back when Uncle Sam was just a baby we had a little thing called the Constitution.  They fought over that, too.  So I started to wonder, is Obamacare the next Constitution? (Videos are at the end.)

JUMBO SHRIMP'S CHICKEN WINGS

Sorry, it can't always be about politics, even the Shrimp gets hungry sometimes...

Happy Father's Day, Poppy!!

ANTHONY WEINER? YES HE IS

My sincerest thanks to the gentleman from New York for providing me with a primo topic.  As my three ardent followers know, I have been MIA for a while trying to change up My 2 Cents.  The new format?  Satire.  Let’s give it shot, and of course your feedback, as always, is appreciated.

CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS

Hey everyone, I will be back soon.  I'm trying to change up My 2 Cents a little.  I hope to be back no later than the middle of June.  Sooner if possible.  The new format should be spectacular! "Should" be ;)

Thanks for all the support, email and comments!!  Don't forget to buy a bumper sticker while you're here!

LETTER TO SENATOR RIGELL

Here is a letter (email) I recently sent to Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA).  Remember, you have to be heard to be represented!  I'd love to see letters you've sent to your politicians.

THE PRESIDENT IS AMERICAN!!

Alright, it's official.  The President of the United States of America is an American!  Finally, we can put that behind us.  Those of you who know me probably know my stance.  I am not a birther.  Truth be told I don’t consider whether he should be in office a problem, rather I feel the problem is that he is in office.  No I am not a birther, but I do feel that the birthers were asking a valid question that should have been addressed.  A question that could have, and should have, been answered long before today.  Instead, he waited two-and-a-half years to provide his proof¹.

ABORTION = MURDER (VERY GRAPHIC)

The only reason a fetus may not be human is because there are different species of fetus. However, a human fetus is, in fact, as the name suggests, human. For those of you who like to be technical and quote dictionaries, Merriam-Webster defines both embryo¹ and fetus² as “a developing human.” “Developing” being the adjective describing the subject... “human.” Look at the picture to the right. Do you see an elephant? or a fetus? Because it's both. To say it's not an elephant because it has not been born is ridiculous. So if a human female is pregnant, that is a little, tiny, developing human inside her, and when she has it aborted she has had it killed without provocation. We can therefore surmise that abortion is the act of murdering a human. If you have the stomach for it, read on. This is going to get graphic...

BUDGET AND THE DEBT CEILING

I think the best quote from the 2006 Congressional vote to extend the budget ceiling was the following, “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that “the buck stops here.” Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.” Too true! Barack Obama nailed it when he said that. Yeah, THAT Barack Obama, y' know the one who promised to cut the national deficit in half by the end of his first term¹. Reid was adamantly against raising the debt ceiling, also². 

THE MYTH OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

So the liberal spin is that the Republicans are going to cause a government shut down. Hmm... The budget Obama wants to pass will put this country $4.5 BILLION further into debt every day. Not $4.5B in total spending per day, $4.5B IN DEFICIT SPENDING PER DAY. I don't care how much you tax the rich... that is unsustainable. The Dems should have been passed THIS budget LAST year. They are Constitutionally mandated to do so, but they didn't.

RACE IS NOT A DISABILITY

I understand that racism exists and that bothers me, but what bothers me more is the Democratic machine that capitalizes on keeping it that way, while asserting that it is the Republicans that are responsible.  Actually, the opposite is true.  Historically, the Democrats have done more to hold back minorities than Republicans.

THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING

On December 13^th, 2010, United States District Judge Henry Hudson ruled that portions of Affordable Care Act were unconstitutional¹. With the lack of a severability clause (which was the result of the Democrats questionable methods of forcing the bill through) this could potentially void all of Obamacare. This fact was reiterated by Justice Roger Vinson who on January 31^st, 2011, stated outright that, “Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void.

SHORT AND SWEET - VOTING PRESENT

Alright, let me start by saying I'm sorry.  I am looooooong winded.  I'm going to work on that.  From here on out the goal will be posts that are 3 paragraphs or less.  The end result will hopefully be a little more feedback (hint, hint) and allow me to cover more topics as it takes a considerable amount of time to write the novelettes I'm currently posting.  So for those of you that stuck it out with me, thanks and hopefully future blogs will be less painful.  With that said... the leader of the Unites States is stepping down!

OIL THAT IS, BLACK GOLD, TEXAS TEA

Did you miss me? I tried to quit blogging. I really did. I can't do it. So here we go again -

Oil. We need it. A 42-gallon barrel of oil produces just over 19 gallons of gasoline. The rest goes into products we use everyday. For instance, those big fat tires on your car contain about 7 gallons of petroleum each. The grand aspirations of the current administration, Al Gore, and countless organizations to break our “oil addiction” will not work.

TIME TO GO HOME

In lieu of a full-blown military retirement ceremony I have opted to write a short missive to you all. After all, there was no fanfare when I began this journey in June of 1988, and I don’t need any on the way out either. Friday will be my last day on active duty that I will not be on permissive TAD or on leave. Essentially, I will be taking off my uniform for the last time tomorrow.