Speaking of Inciting Anger and Rage… Obama vs. Business and the Banks
As many of us are aware, you can incite anger and rage but ultimately, it is up to an individual to act on that if they so choose. Nobody forces anyone to act insane or ridiculous but since I received a nice comment from a liberal blaming a republican for the recent massacre in New York let’s take a look at some recent words from Obama just to call a spade a spade.
The bankers struggled to make themselves clear to the president of the United States.
Arrayed around a long mahogany table in the White House state dining room last week, the CEOs of the most powerful financial institutions in the world offered several explanations for paying high salaries to their employees — and, by extension, to themselves.
“These are complicated companies,” one CEO said. Offered another: “We’re competing for talent on an international market.”
But President Barack Obama wasn’t in a mood to hear them out. He stopped the conversation and offered a blunt reminder of the public’s reaction to such explanations. “Be careful how you make those statements, gentlemen. The public isn’t buying that.”
“My administration,” the president added, “is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.”
So the next time I hear that a family friend in Connecticut has received another death threat against themselves or their family, I will most certainly blame it on Obama – how does that sound? I will forget that the individual, him or herself, had a choice to act and just blame it on someone else’s words.
I do not like Obama’s words here but I certainly will not say he forced someone to commit a crime either. He has committed enough crimes against the constitution and has done enough damage to this country all by himself.
There were signs from the outset that this was a business event, not a social gathering. At each place around the table sat a single glass of water. No ice. For those who finished their glass, no refills were offered. There was no group photograph taken of the CEOs with the president, which typically happens at ceremonial White House gatherings but not at serious strategy sessions.
“The only way they could have sent a more Spartan message is if they had served bread along with the water,” says a person who attended the meeting. “The signal from Obama’s body language and demeanor was, ‘I’m the president, and you’re not.’”
I believe this is grandstanding on Obama’s part since his stimulus signed into law compensation and bonuses for financial companies and he also gave AIG $30 Billion more dollars after his inauguration. We also shouldn’t forget that Treasury offered to buy up long term assets and pump another Trillion dollars into the financial market. You think that this doesn’t pad the pockets of big hedge fund managers or corporate CEOs? Are you kidding me? It’s no wonder why so many of them have actually increased their portfolio gains in the last year while average Americans have lost more than half of their 401(k)s.
So, just as one person was recently killed in the G20 summit protests and banners that said kill a banker were hoisted into the air, I will blame their stupidity on those individuals and no one else – because that is what is beginning to happen in New York now.
Hundreds of people are marching on Wall Street in New York City to protest the billions of dollars in bailout money to big business.
Four people were arrested Friday on disorderly conduct charges after they tried to walk in the middle of Broadway in downtown Manhattan. Marchers plan to walk past AIG headquarters and several banks on their way to the iconic bull statue on Wall Street.
So, I will wonder if liberals will be hypocritical, as usual, and not blame any violence or retched actions on their own liberal representatives grandstanding and demonizing corporate America. If someone gets hurt in any of this, or if, in the coming months, business men and women are harmed – I will be waiting to hear from you… I know it’s convenient to always blame Republicans, but why don’t we try to look in the mirror from time to time ok? Thanks.
This is Just Too Ironic: PETA Killed 95% of Pets in its Care in 2008
I love it when radical groups like PETA are in the news being shown for the hypocrites and frauds they really are!
More liberal hypocrisy to savor:
Hypocritical Animal Rights Group’s 2008 Disclosures Bring Pet Death Toll To 21,339
WASHINGTON DC – Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) published documents online showing that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed 95 percent of the adoptable pets in its care during 2008. Despite years of public outrage over its euthanasia program, the animal rights group kills an average of 5.8 pets every day at its Norfolk, VA headquarters.
According to public records from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, PETA killed 2,124 pets last year and placed only seven in adoptive homes. Since 1998, a total of 21,339 dogs and cats have died at the hands of PETA workers.
Despite having a $32 million budget, PETA does not operate an adoption shelter. PETA employees make no discernible effort to find homes for the thousands of pets they kill every year. Last year, the Center for Consumer Freedom petitioned Virginia’s State Veterinarian to reclassify PETA as a slaughterhouse.
Union Hypocrites
The Services Employee International Union (SEIU) has the following on their website:
SEIU is the fastest-growing union in North America. Focused on uniting workers in three sectors to improve their lives and the services they provide, SEIU is:
- The largest health care union, with more than 1.1 million members in the field, including nurses, LPNs, doctors, lab technicians, nursing home workers, and home care workers
- The largest property services union, with 225,000 members in the building cleaning and security industries, including janitors, security officers, superintendents, maintenance workers, window cleaners, and doormen and women
- The second largest public services union, with more than 1 million local and state government workers, public school employees, bus drivers, and child care providers
The amusement comes from the fact that the SEIU is a major democrat supporter and they gave over $85 Million to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Their website goes into their constitution and bylaws and makes reference to helping and supporting working families – making lives better and more affordable. That’s the hypocrisy – the SEIU can no longer afford to pay for some of its employees and has therefore chosen to lay off and fire some of them.
Below is a video of a protest against the SEIU from some of these targeted employees
Rahm Emanuel – Another Dirty Dem
And so the saga continues… Just when you thought that the financial meltdown and housing crisis instigated by Fannie and Freddie was over and we had found all the characters on the Hill associated with this fiasco, another one rises from the ashes.
My, how convenient that we continue to find out about all the associations that these democrats have with failed companies, banks, insurance agents, hedge funds etc. The latest is Rahm Emanuel’s past job experience with Freddie Mac. He was appointed to Freddie’s board back in 2000 by Bill Clinton. His 14-month stint at Freddie earned him $320K and the board met no more than 6 times per year. (tough – I know)!
On Emanuel’s watch, the board was told by executives of a plan to use accounting tricks to mislead shareholders about outsize profits the government-chartered firm was then reaping from risky investments. The goal was to push earnings onto the books in future years, ensuring that Freddie Mac would appear profitable on paper for years to come and helping maximize annual bonuses for company brass.
The accounting scandal wasn’t the only one that brewed during Emanuel’s tenure.
During his brief time on the board, the company hatched a plan to enhance its political muscle. That scheme, also reviewed by the board, led to a record $3.8 million fine from the Federal Election Commission for illegally using corporate resources to host fundraisers for politicians. Emanuel was the beneficiary of one of those parties after he left the board and ran in 2002 for a seat in Congress from the North Side of Chicago.
Corruption and Deception in the Democrat Party? NEVER… j/k
Obama’s No.2 Post Pick for EPA Withdraws…
President Barack Obama’s pick for the No. 2 post at the Environmental Protection Agency abruptly removed himself from consideration Wednesday, saying the controversy surrounding a foundation he once belonged to would distract from the agency’s work.
Jon Cannon, a professor of environmental law at the University of Virginia and the former top EPA lawyer, said he was withdrawing as the nominee for deputy EPA administrator because the nonprofit America’s Clean Water Foundation had become the subject of scrutiny. Cannon once served on the now-defunct organization’s board of directors.
The EPA’s inspector general concluded in 2007 that the foundation mismanaged $25 million in EPA grants that it had received to help identify environmental risks on farms and to assist states and tribes in complying with water pollution laws. The report found that the foundation could not properly account for the money it had been granted.
Sounds like the Clean Water Foundation was dirty…
Can’t the democrats find anybody who has paid their taxes or hasn’t “mismanaged funds?” Mismanaging funds, I would think, in this administration, would get you a job right away – maybe $25M was not large enough… Trillions definitely would have gotten him in there!
Let’s take a look at the list of withdrawals:
Annette Nazareth, Treasury Department Deputy, withdrawn.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Surgeon General, withdrawn.
Tom Daschle, Health & Human Services secretary, withdrawn.
Gov. Bill Richardson, Commerce Secretary, withdrawn.
Sen. Judd Gregg, Commerce Secretary, withdrawn.
Nancy Killefer, Chief Performance Officer, withdrawn.
Charles Freeman, National Intelligence Council chair, withdrawn.
Jon Cannon, Deputy Administrator for the EPA, withdrawn.
Now let’s look at all the Hope and Change in his administration (List of Clinton Retreads):
RETREADS = 37
