Truer words have never been written...

The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president.

The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the...multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.

                                                                         -Anonymous

OBAMA ABDICATES!

In a decision that surprised some, and that also didn't surprise many, President Barack (the Messiah) Obama turned over the helm of the country to to the closest person with any White House experience, former President William Clinton. After introducing former President Clinton, the President hurriedly scurried off  to attend a Christmas party, an area of expertise that the President excels in.  This Clinton move was necessitated by the inability of governmental officials to locate Vice-President Biden. Former President Clinton has indicated that he would cooperate in the orderly transition of power to President designate Biden once he is found.

Sources close to President Obama have indicated that a growing realization that the office of the President of the United States was "not all it's cracked up to be", led to his decision. It has long been rumored that the President showed up in his early political career at the Illinois legislature, to vote "present", because it was a nice day to take a leisurely drive, and for no other reason. He certainly didn't introduce any noteworthy legislation in the Illinois legislature.

His disillusionment with the office of the Presidency took a precipitous plunge early on when it became apparent that the American people were interested in job creation which clashed with the Presidents desire to pursue a National Socialist Health Care Plan. It is also reported that  the economy, foreign policy, human rights abuse issues in his Arab friends countries, are seriously cutting into his golf game and considered quite bothersome!

The aspects of the Presidency that Barack Obama does enjoy include flying around the world and acting important, apologizing for the United States being a leader in the world,  free concerts at the WH from musical artists that a normal American can't afford to see,  suing small states trying to defend themselves, ignoring laws he has sworn to uphold, providing employment to unemployable social malcontents and wackjobs, and making hard decisions like naming his dog!

Good riddens to bad rubbish!

The Rangel 79

Congress should be ashamed of themselves. On Nov. 16, Congressman Charles Rangel was convicted of 11 of 14 charges by the Ethics Committee of the House of Representatives. The committee recommended censure of Congressman Rangel. Among the charges he was found guilty of were, nonpayment of taxes from rental receipts of a condominium he owned in central America, the taxes of which totaled upwards to $40,000, a large portion of which were not included because of the statute of limitations,  submitting misleading and fraudulent financial disclosures,and, improper use of rent stabilized apartments. Minor infractions for a Congressman, even though this Congressman was the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Committee that writes our tax laws!

Throughout the entire process that spanned two years, Rangel feebly attempted to minimize and distract from the core problem. He reminded his cohorts that he was a decorated veteran of the Korean war (that argument didn't work for former Congressman Randall Cunningham, Air Force Ace, who is now sitting in the clink either),  that his transgressions were "minor mistakes", and that Censure was only reserved for corrupt politicians of which he was not one.

Attempts were made to reduce the Censure down to a Letter of Reprimand such as was received by Congressman Joe Wilson for calling Obama a liar (HeHeHe)! Does tax evasion fall at the same level of being a tad bit rude? Nope. Let's face it kids, whether or not we look good in  stripes, we'd be wearing them  for forgetting to pay our taxes! We'd also have a roommate named Bubba.

That brings us to the Rangel 79. The 79 are the members of Congress who voted nay to the censure resolution. In essence they were saying that it's OK to forget to pay taxes, commit criminal acts, because we are members of Congress, and not the "little people" out there in the hinterlands. To top it off, they applauded the criminal Congressman at the end of the censure. I wanted to vomit, and in my mind, they should all have targets on their backs in 2012. Each and every one is up for election in two years.

The Condone rs of Criminal behavior are:

-AK   Young (R)
-AZ   Grijalva
          Pastor
-AR   None
-CA   Baca 
          Becerra
         Chu
         Filner
         Honda
         Lee
         Napolitana
         Richardson
         Roybal-Allard
         Stark
         Waters
         Watson
         Woolsey
-CO   Salazar
-CT   None
-DE   None
-FL   Corrine
         Grayson
-GA   Bishop
         Johnson
         Lewis
        Scott
-HI   Hirono
-ID   None
-IL   Davis
        Gutierrez
        Jackson
        Rush
-IN   Carson
-IA   None
-KS   Moore
-KY   None
-LA   Melancon
-ME   None
-MD   Cummings
          Edwards
-MA   Frank
-MI    Conyers
          Kilpatrick
          Levin
         Stupak
-MN   Ellison
-MS   Thompson
-MO   Cleaver
           Clay
-MT   None
-NE   None
-NV   None
-NH   None
-NJ   Payne
-NM   None
-NY   Ackerman
          Clarke
          Crowley
          Engel
          Hinchey
          Lowey
          Maloney
          Meeks
          Nadler
          Rangel (well Duh!)
         Serano
         Slaughter
         Towns
         Velasquez
         Weiner
         King (R)
-NC  Butterfield 
         Watt
-ND   None
-OH   Fudge
-OK   None
-OR   None
-PA   Brady
         Fattah
         Kanjorski
-RI   Kennedy
-SC   Clyburn
-SD   None
-TN   Tanner
-TX   Gonzalez
         Green, Al
         Hinojosa
         Jackson-Lee
         Johnson, E,B.
         Ortiz
         Reyes
-UT   None
-VT   None
-VA   Scott
-WA  McDermott
          Smith
-WV   None
-WI   Moore
-WY  None

Darn! That took a long time to type. In the interest of full disclosure, there are only 78 names above.  Where the heck the missing person is, is beyond me! I checked 4 sources and all had 78 listed. I'm thinking that a Congressperson from the Marshall Islands or Puerto Rico was omitted.

This approval of criminal activity is not the only angle you can approach this circus with. Race is a good one also. Don't call me a racist, the facts speak for themselves. Mary the Blogger did a great job on this angle. 

http://freedomeden.blogspot.com/2010/12/charlie-rangel-censure-vote-and-race.html

Let's all hope that the above listed are looking over their shoulder in 2012!