Buffalo Boy's Blog

Jon in Buffalo left this post with Freddie P and Freddie got a ton of responses. Jon's attitude pissed me off to say the least. Its so ignorant to make the statements he made it makes me sick. We are less than three weeks into President Obama's presidency and republicans are already blaming him for things that were caused by 8 years of republican leadership and George W. Bush's failed presidency. I am going to address the statements made by Jon one by one.

YES WE CAN.....raise taxes
YES WE CAN.....redistribute wealth by robbing from the rich and hard-working and giving to the poor and lazy
YES WE CAN.....give 'pork' to our supporters and call it "stimulus".
YES WE CAN.....raise gas prices (15 cents in the 3 weeks since we took office)
YES WE CAN.....impose income limits (first on corporatons, next on the public)
YES WE CAN......delay the DTV transition because those who voted for us are too stupid to pay attention to deadlines imposed 6 years ago
YES WE CAN......cripple the intelligence-gathering of the country by closing Club Gitmo
YES WE CAN......continue to take over banks and dictate their policies until we control the entire country's money supply from top to bottom
YES WE CAN......institute nationalized health care which will decrease quality and increase cost--but only to those who work for a living
YES WE CAN.....allow unfettered illegal immigration, which will have the double benefit of sapping the rich, while at the same time creating more government dependent Democrat voters.
YES WE CAN......turn the United States into a new Socialist nation--in record time--Welcome to the United Socialist States of America: The USSA

1. Raising taxes: Jon and all of your repuke buddies out there, are you deaf? dumb or just plain stupid? How many times do you have to hear it, maybe you are stupid (which actually means to hit over the head so hard that you can't hear) Barack Obama has no plans to raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 a year. So, unless you are in the top 1% of income earners your taxes will not go up one cent. Those making more than that will see their tax rates go up to pre-George W. Bush rates. The rates they were under Clinton who BTW had record surpluses.

2. Robbing from the rich and redistributing to the poor and lazy? You are an ignorant prick for saying that. In addition to the above I will say that there are those living in inner city environments who are poor not because they had a choice in the matter but because they are the direct result of their environment. They can't escape their situation due to broken families and having to support their families/themselves from an early age. Have a friggin heart. I have worked with families in poor neighborhoods and they are poor not because they are lazy but because they are victims of a broken system. They need goverment support to get off their feet and find their way out. I will agree that there are those who just suck from the government tit and those people need to be addressed with more government oversight which during the Bush administration, governent oversight was decreased on all levels including those who were supposed to oversee the actions on Wallstreet.

You can lump the middle class into that statement as well and unless you are part of those making $250,000 or more, you are one of those who has seen your paycheck buy you less due to inflation and slowed growth of wages when compared to the cost of living. The middle class deserves a break, that is going to come via tax cuts to the middle class, you and I. Tax cuts which BTW are the repukes favorite form of economic stimulus.

3. Give pork to our supporters and call it stimulus: first of all, as Obama clearly stated, it is a spending bill, what the hell do you expect a stimulus package to be. Name the supporters who are benefiting? if by suppoters you mean the working class of this country who voted for him you are absolutely right, the package will put people who voted for him back to work via infrastructure projects and programs.

4. Raise gas prices: Huh? Do you remember back oh say 7 months ago? $4.30 a gallon? Who was president then? Oh yeah, George W. Bush who was quoted as being stupid and saying that he had no idea gas prices were headed for $4 a gallon back in March, you want the sound bite for that Ill post it. Gas prices typically do go up this time a year as refineries make changes overs to the upcoming summer blends of gas. Also, incase you haven't read, OPEC has cut production back significantly. Also, have you paid attention to our local news? Buffalo has the highest gas prices in the country. Brian Higgins and Chuch Schumer are looking into why that is which is most likely that gas stations here simply charge more per gallon here to make a profit on top of the cost of a gallon than other regions. Gas prices went up a lot faster than that when your buddy Bush was in office.

5. Impose income limits: YEAH ON THOSE BANKS AND WALLSTREET FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WHO TOOK TARP MONEY AND CHOSE TO HAND OUT FRIGGIN BONUSES WHEN THEY WERE SCREAMING BROKE WHEN THEY GOT THE MONEY!!!!! Good for Obama for finally doing the right thing. As long as those banks and financial institutions take our tax dollars to "get them by" their CEO's deserve no more than $500,000 grand a year do they? Thats actually generous. Its amazing they are still employed considering they are running their companies into the ground supposedly. Only a moron would dole out billions in bonuses while crying broke. I have seen no plans to limit the income of the general public, show me the article from a reliable sorce that says anything like that (not from the fat ass Limbaugh either)

6. Delaying the Digital TV transition: Actually I believe its the republicans who are asking for this. Besides who gives a shit. I do actually believe that if you haven't made the necessary arrangements yet you are either too stupid to watch TV or living under a rock so I say they should do it already so that we don't have to see those scrolls across our screen at least once a day.

How is this Obama's deal by the way? And really, how does this make him a bad president? He is actually being very patient with the American public and giving them a chance, too patient, maybe, but patience is a virtue.

7. Crippling the Intelligence gathering ability of the country by closing Gitmo: First of all, your buddy Rush made his case for closing it simply because all he was worried about was his souvenior sales. He is so out of touch with reality I could vomit in my mouth.

How does closing Gitmo cripple our intelligence capablities? First off, intelligence is gathered by the CIA, the FBI and local law enforcement, not the military whether it be the Marines, Navy, Army or Air Force.

Second, Gitmo was used for torture. Cheney, Bush and Rumsfeld have all come out and admitted to it. Eric Holder has come out publicly saying that Water boarding which was used at Gitmo is torture. Torture is a war crime. Cheney and Bush are both guilty of war crimes, for ordering the use of torture to question suspects and prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay.

Third, Torture does not work.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2302-2005Jan11.html

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/03/6810

http://www.alternet.org/rights/28585/

http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/torture_doesnt_work_study.htm

8. Continue to take over the banks..blah blah blah blah: Get real, the take over started with Bush signing off on the original $700 billion dollar no oversight deal. So, blame Obama all you want, but the take over started with George. And realisticall, the lack of oversight of the financial sector is what got us here, lack over oversight that was created by republican policy. Maybe taking over some of the banks is the medicine that is needed, they couldn't possibly be run worse than they have been to get us to this point, let the governement take them over and restabilize them, and then sell them back to the private sector. Technically, with FDIC, if banks go under the Feds take over anyway and insure our money.

9. Nationalize our countries Healthcare: Yeah so what? It would be a blessing if that happened. I have written about it many times on this site including here. Did you know we already are paying for universal healthcare for Iraq? How come the US can pay for Iraqi's to have Universal Healthcare but would just assume piss on its own citizens.

Healthcare is a right, not a privilege for those who can afford it. You hear the horror stories from Canada, but there are success stories including Canada, all over the world when it comes to universal healthcare. The privatized system has driven up costs and ultimately decreased quality of care because from the private insurance companies on down to the nursing homes and private outpaitent clinics care is provided based on the almighty dollar and ones ability to pay for treatment, if you have the money you get the best, if you have crappy insurance or none at all you get shit on. That is not the caring society that the US claims itself to be.

10. Unfettered immigration.....blah blah blah, where the hell do you get that from. Again, its three weeks in, I didnt see the Bush Administration get anywhere on the issue did you? Give the guy a chance. Im sure immigration will be addressed eventually. Considering how much shit is screwed up from George and Co. Obama has come out swinging.

11. Turn the US into a Socialist Nation......Jon you are sick and demented. If by socialized you mean have government run services I have news for you: The police are socialized, fire protection is socialized, public schools are socialized, Medicare, Medicaid and social security, all socialized. We are essentially already there.

I would just say this, if you privatize fire, police and schools basically you put the American public in a position that if they can't afford it, their house burns down, if they can't afford their privatized police protection then the guy breaking into their home can take what ever he wants with no consequences and no one to protect the average citizen, you would have to pay huge tuition for privatized schooling for your kids. Healthcare is privatized and costs are through the friggin roof.

George started the process of socializing our banking system and Wall Street with his buddy Paulson by signing that $700 Billion bailout. So don't give me socialized, look around you and get the facts straight.