He doesn’t seem to have much respect for the military.

Maybe in the future our leaders should be veterans.

HERE IS HIS RESPONSE WHEN HE BACKED OFF FROM HIS DECISION TO REQUIRE THE MILITARY PAY FOR THEIR WAR INJURIES.

Bad press, including major mockery of the play by comedian Jon Stewart, led to President Obama abandoning his proposal to require veterans carry private health insurance to cover the estimated $540 billion annual cost to the federal government of treatment for injuries to military personnel received during their tours on active duty. The President admitted that he was puzzled by the magnitude of the opposition to his proposal.

“Look, it’s an all volunteer force,” Obama complained. “Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice? It doesn’t compute..” “I thought these were people who were proud to sacrifice for their country, “Obama continued “I wasn’t asking for blood, just money. With the country facing the worst financial crisis in its history, I’d have thought that the patriotic thing to do would be to try to help reduce the nation’s deficit.. I guess I underestimated the selfishness of some of my fellow Americans.”

How in the world did a person with this mindset become our leader?

REMEMBER THIS STATEMENT….”Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?”

If he thinks he will ever get another vote from an Active Duty, Reserve, National Guard service member or veteran of a military service he ought to think it over..

Charley Reese’s final column    for the Orlando Sentinel…

He has been a journalist    for 49 years.
He is retiring and this    is HIS LAST COLUMN.

Be sure to read the Tax    List at the end.

This is about as clear    and easy to understand as it can be. The article below is completely neutral,    neither anti-republican or democrat. Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for    the Orlando Sentinel, has hit the nail directly on the head, defining    clearly who it is that in the final analysis must assume responsibility for    the judgments made that impact each one of us every day. It’s a short but    good read. Worth the time. Worth remembering!

545 vs. 300,000,000    People
-By Charlie Reese

Politicians are the only    people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered,    if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we    have deficits?

Have you ever wondered,    if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have    inflation and high taxes?

You and I don’t propose a    federal budget. The President does.

You and I don’t have the    Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of    Representatives does.

You and I don’t write the    tax code, Congress does.

You and I don’t set    fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don’t control    monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435    congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545    human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and    individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this    country.

I excluded the members of    the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress.    In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound    currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.

I excluded all the    special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal    authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a    President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don’t care if they offer a    politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to    accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the    legislator’s responsibility to determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings    spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their    fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a    politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No    normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and    criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only    propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which    is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of    Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who    is the speaker of the House? John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority    party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any    budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his    veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to    me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand    convicted — by present facts — of incompetence and irresponsibility. I    can’t think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to    those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people    exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what    exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is    unfair, it’s because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the    red, it’s because they want it in the red.

If the Army & Marines    are in Iraq and Afghanistan it’s because they want them in Iraq and    Afghanistan …..

If they do not receive    social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the    people, it’s because they want it that way.

There are no insoluble    government problems.

Do not let these 545    people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they    can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to    regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can    take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that    there exists disembodied mystical forces like “the economy,”    “inflation,” or “politics” that prevent them from doing    what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and    they alone, are responsible.

They, and they alone,    have the power.
They, and they alone,    should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.

Provided the voters have    the gumption to manage their own employees…

We should vote all of    them out of office and clean up their mess!

Charlie Reese is a former    columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.

What you do with this    article now that you have read it… is up to you.

This might be funny if it    weren’t so true.

Be sure to read all the    way to the end:

Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table,
At which he’s fed.

Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.

Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for
peanuts anyway!

Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,

Tax his drink,

Tax him if he

Tries to think.

Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.

Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.

Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won’t be done
Till he has no dough.

When he screams and    hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He’s good and sore.

Then tax his coffin,

Tax his grave,

Tax the sod in
Which he’s laid…

Put these words
Upon his tomb,
‘Taxes drove me
to my doom…’

When he’s gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax    (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently    44.75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IR S    Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax

Real Estate Tax

Service Charge Tax
Social S security Tax

Road Usage Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Sales Tax

School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (    S UTA)
Telephone Federal Excise    Tax
Telephone Federal    Universal S service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, S tate    and Local S surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage S    surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and    Nonrecurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local    Tax
Telephone Usage Charge    Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License    Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration    Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

STILL THINK THIS IS    FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes    existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the    world.

We had absolutely no    national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed    home to raise the kids.

What in the heck    happened? Can you spell ‘politicians?’

GO AHEAD. . .. BE AN    AMERICAN!!!

An atheist was seated next to a little girl on a plane and he turned to her and asked

“Do you want to talk?  Flights go quicker if you strike up conversation with your fellow passenger”
The little girl who had just started to read a book replied, “What do you want to talk about?”

“Oh I don’t know” said the atheist, ” How about why there is No God, or No heaven or hell
or No life after death”, as he smiled smugly

“Ok” she said. ” Those could be interesting topics , but let me ask you a question first”
“A horse, a cow and a deer all eat the same grass, yet a deer excretes pellets, while a
cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?”

The atheist, visible surprised by the girls intelligence , thinks about it and says”I have No idea”
to which the little girl replies, ” Do you really feel qualified to discuss why there is no God,
no heaven or hell or no life after death, when you don’t know shit?”

And she went back to reading her book.

Come on Man! Revoked!

Christmas 2011 — Birth of a New Tradition

As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high
gear to provide Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced
goods — merchandise that has been produced at the expense of American
labor.

This year will be different. This year Americans will  give the gift
of genuine concern for other Americans. There is no longer an  excuse that,
at gift giving time, nothing can be found that is produced by American
hands. Yes there is!

It’s time to think outside the box, people. Who says a gift  needs to fitin a shirt box, wrapped in Chinese produced wrapping paper?

Everyone — yes EVERYONE gets their hair cut. How about gift certificates
from your local American hair salon or barber?

Gym membership? It’s appropriate for all ages who are thinking  about some
health improvement.

Who wouldn’t appreciate getting their car detailed? Small,  American owned
detail shops and car washes would love to sell you a gift  certificate or a
book of gift certificates.

Are you one of those extravagant givers who think nothing of  plonking down
the Benjamines on a Chinese made flat-screen? Perhaps that  grateful gift
receiver would like his driveway sealed, or lawn mowed for the  summer, or
driveway plowed all winter, or games at the local golf course.

There are a bazillion owner-run restaurants — all offering  gift
certificates. And, if your intended isn’t the fancy eatery  sort, what
about a half dozen breakfasts at the local breakfast joint.  Remember,
folks this isn’t about big National chains — this is about  supporting
your home town Americans with their financial lives on the  line to keep
their doors open.

How many people couldn’t use an oil change for their car,  truck or
motorcycle, done at a shop run by the American working guy?

Thinking about a heartfelt gift for mom? Mom would LOVE the services of a
local cleaning lady for a day.

My computer could use a tune-up, and I KNOW I can find some  young guy who
is struggling to get his repair business up and running.

OK, you were looking for something more personal. Local crafts people spin
their own wool and knit them into scarves. They make jewelry, and pottery
and beautiful wooden boxes.

Plan your holiday outings at local, owner operated restaurants and leave
your server a nice tip. And, how about going out to see a play or ballet
at your hometown theatre.

Musicians need love too, so find a venue showcasing local bands.

Honestly, people, do you REALLY need to buy another ten thousand Chinese
lights for the house? When you buy a five dollar string of  light, about
fifty cents stays in the community. If you have those kinds of bucks to
burn, leave the mailman, trash guy or babysitter a nice BIG  tip.

You see, Christmas is no longer about draining American pockets so that
China can build another glittering city. Christmas is now about caring
about US, encouraging American small businesses to keep    plugging away to
follow their dreams. And, when we care about other Americans, we care
about our communities, and the benefits come back to us in ways we
couldn’t imagine. THIS is the new American Christmas tradition.

This is a revolution of caring about each other,

and isn’t that what Christmas is about?

GPS

A couple of weeks ago a friend told me that someone she knew had their car broken into while they were at a football game. Their car was parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included a garage door remote control, some money and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the dashboard.

When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked and just about everything worth anything had been stolen. The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then used the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the house. The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had to clean out the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents.

Something to consider if you have a GPS – don’t put your home address in it.. Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station) so you can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else would know where you live if your GPS were stolen.

MOBILE PHONES

I never thought of this…….

This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on her mobile phone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card, wallet… Etc…was stolen.

20 minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling him what had happened, hubby says ‘I received your text asking about our Pin number and I’ve replied a little while ago.’ When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text ‘hubby’ in the contact list and got hold of the pin number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank-account.

Moral of the lesson:

Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your contact list.

Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad, Mom, etc….

And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through texts, CONFIRM by calling back.

Also, when you’re being texted by friends or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came from them. If you don’t reach them, be very careful about going places to meet ‘family and friends’ who text you..

“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes,” he told CNBC. “You just
pass a  law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more
than 3% of  GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible
for re-election.

The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds)
took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified!  Why? Simple!

The people demanded it. That was in 1971 – before computers, e-mail,
cell phones, etc.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year
or less to become the law of the land – all because of public pressure.

_*Congressional Reform Act of 2011*_

1. No  Tenure / No Pension.

A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no
pay when they’re out of office.

2.  Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social
Security.

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the
Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into
the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the
American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan,  just as all
Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.
Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and
participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the
American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void
effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this
contract with Congressmen/women.

Congressmen/women made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in
Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers
envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their
term(s), then go home and back to work.

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!