Liberal State Idiocracy: California Won’t Cut the Pork & Massachusetts Houses Homeless in Motels
California just can’t seem to beat the habit of government spending. The latest proposal coming out of the state legislature originally had $11B in cuts to state services, but that proposal was shot down. So while California burns, literally and figuratively, the state legislature sits there battling back and forth on “to cut, or not to cut.” My advice to California: cut the fat and start doing what’s best for your constituents and your state not your lobbyists, special interests, and your own pockets. I know it’s difficult for politicians, since so many have forgotten who they really work for, but it’s about time to start voting all these people out of office and voicing our concerns. California will be bankrupt before the legislature comes to a decision on the $24B budget, how sad is that?
“All of the cuts that were rejected by the majority party that the governor proposed are things that unfortunately have to be done,” he said. “We can’t afford some of those things when we’re talking about revenues that are back to where we were in 1999 or 2000.
Moody’s Investors Service has warned that California could face a “multi-notch” downgrade in its credit rating, citing the state’s expected massive shortfall for fiscal 2010 of more than 20 percent of its general fund budget and limited options for plugging it.
Schwarzenegger and lawmakers face the task of closing a $24.3 billion budget deficit for the state’s fiscal year beginning on July 1.
Besides the idiocy coming out of California, Massachusetts has also created a plan to house the homeless in motels. They aren’t housing them in motels because they are overwhelmed or out of room at shelters. No, they are paying for them to stay in motels due to complaints that the shelters didn’t have enough amenities to satisfy their needs, like kitchens, living rooms, etc. Are you kidding ME? These people are jobless, don’t pay taxes, and just become leeches on society. Not everyone, but the majority. What would be the incentive to me to make a better life and find a job if the government enabled me to live the way I have always lived and be lazy and complacent? This is the exact same problem with bailouts, welfare, unemployment benefits, and entitlements in general. This has become insane. This is not the innovative, hardworking American society that I studied and read about in school. This is not what my parents taught me or what those in our military have fought for. I’m appalled by the idiocracy that we are now calling our government and our country.
Housing Massachusetts’ homeless is costing tax payers around $2 million per month. It costs an average of $85 per night to have families, including nearly 1000 children, stay in motels.
The Interagency Council on Housing and Homelessness admits that the use of motels for the homeless is not ideal, but is the best that can be done at this time.
Homeless advocates are worried that families are not getting the support of shelters with living rooms, kitchens, and play areas.
Dick Durbin Another Democrat Corruptocrat
One thing is for sure, Illinois certainly knows how to breed corruption. They groom some real class acts in that state! Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) has been accused of insider trading and is being investigated for some suspicious activities he took on the eve of the financial collapse last Fall. Dick Durbin is somebody who we should know better – he is the 2nd highest ranked Senator in the Democrat Party after Harry Reid. He is the Majority Whip in the Senate, currently holding seats on the Judiciary Committee, the Rules and Administration Committee, and the Appropriations Committee (of which he is the chair of the financial services & general government subcommittee)!
The Illinois senator’s 2008 financial disclosure statement shows he sold mutual-fund shares worth $42,696 on Sept. 19, the day after then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urged congressional leaders in a closed meeting to craft legislation to help financially troubled banks. The same day, he bought $43,562 worth of Berkshire Hathaway’s Class B stock, the disclosure shows.
Altogether, Durbin sold investments worth $116,000 in September. By Oct. 2, he had invested $98,046 in Omaha, Neb.-based Berkshire Hathaway, the form shows.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index plunged 4.7 percent last Sept. 15 after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and Bank of America Corp.’s government-engineered takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co. By the end of October, the index had fallen 22.6 percent.
His spokesperson claims that he was just acting like every other American who were taking major hits on their portfolios and moving the money into a safer investment.
However, the timing of his move, especially after a closed-door meeting with the head of Treasury is a little too convenient. Martha Stewart was arrested for less – why should a senator/lawmaker have more leniency when it comes to abiding by the law? I would think that somebody who makes laws, would certainly know when they are breaking them as well. Unfortunately, politicians always seem to be immune to legal repercussions, a real moral hazard in our government. I’m sure if Durbin is indicted and possibly found guilty upon further investigation, his buddy Obama will grant immunity… I’d also be surprised if more than just this one paper reports that yet another Democrat is corrupt and gaming the system.
ACORN Mob Goes After NY Lawmaker and Attacks Top Aide
ACORN is becoming more of a spectacle and a mafia like outfit as the days pass. It isn’t as if independent thinkers didn’t already realize that ACORN is a corrupt scheme that has been in place for years helping politicians get elected illegally. The sad fact of the matter is that our taxpayer dollars fund this group and therefore we are paying for their antics and fraud, whether we want to or not.
The latest story from ACORN comes out of New York, where an angry mob of ACORN workers went after a NY lawmaker, James Alesi- Republican. The mob knocked him down and spat in the face of his top aide.
The protesters were reportedly upset that two Democratic senators decided to caucus with Republicans, a move that when finalized by the state Senate would hand Republicans control of it. Majority Democrats have shut down the chamber to prevent the transfer of power.
States around the nation, as well as several Republicans in Congress, have called for an investigation into ACORN and the eventual ban of the organization. Groups like ACORN are supposed to be common place in third world countries, not a Republic like the United States.
I’m still waiting for Obama to condemn this group…. I won’t hold my breath!
The below video is a great anti-ACORN clip:
Recruiter Shooter Was Recent Convert to Islam, Abdul Muhammad
Details are trickling out regarding the shooter of the two soldiers yesterday in Arkansas. Carlos Bledsoe, at only 24 years old, recently converted to Islam possibly on a trip to Yemen. He changed his name upon his conversion to Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad. Abdul will be charged with 15 counts of terrorism and capital murder.
Little Rock Police Chief Stuart Thomas says Muhammad intentionally targeted military personnel.
23-year-old Private William Long, of Conway, died as a result of his injuries.
18-year-old Private Second Class Quinton Ezeagwula, of Jacksonville, was also shot. Chief Thomas says he is in stable condition and will recover.
Police say Muhammad opened fire because of his religious beliefs. He was a recent convert to Islam.
“We have no indication that the suspect did act alone and of his own accord, and it’s our belief he acted with a specific intent to target military personnel and did so unilaterally and did so with intent today and today only,” Thomas said.
Police say Muhammad had never met his victims.
The following was also learned of the man in custody:
I have learned from a well-placed source that Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, who killed one soldier and wounded another at a a Little Rock military recruiting center today, and who faces charges of terrorism as well as first-degree murder, has recently returned from Yemen, where he studied jihad with an Islamic scholar there.
Apparently the Islamic scholar under whom this American convert to Islam studied was yet another misunderstander of Islam’s true, peaceful teachings.
Another interesting point to note regarding the name of the criminal is his chosen middle name, Mujahid. Mujahid means ‘One who fights the Jihad’ or ‘Holy Fighter.’ The plural is Mujahadin and the translation is basically the one who kills and fights in the name of religion.
I wonder when Obama will come out with a statement of outrage condemning this deadly, violent act as he did with the Dr. Tiller murder… 14 hrs. later and still counting… crickets*
The fact that, in Janet Napolitano’s (JaNo) words, we had a home grown man-made disaster, of all places, in the south, that should raise some major alarms and Americans should be made aware of it. We hadn’t been attacked for 7.5 years and within the past couple weeks we had a terrorist plot intercepted in NYC and a failed interception of this young man who murdered a U.S. soldier and injured another. I hope the military personnel takes note of how much Obama really cares about them!
The liberally biased media should be ashamed of itself for covering this story up from the public!
Breaking: One Army “Recruiter” Dead, 1 in Critical Condition (Drive-by Shooting, Little Rock, AR)
One person is dead, another seriously injured, and a third is in custody following a double shooting in west Little Rock Monday morning.
Authorities say the incident occurred around 10:00 a.m. at the U.S. Army Navy Career Center inside the Ashley Square Shopping Center at 9112 North Rodney Parham Road. According to Lt. Terry Hastings with the Little Rock Police Department, two recruiting officers standing outside the office were hit when the unidentified suspect drove up in a black SUV and began shooting.
The suspect led police on a brief pursuit towards downtown Little Rock before being taken into custody in the area of the Interstate 30/630 interchange.
According to the Little Rock Fire Department, a bomb squad is currently on the scene, checking out a suspicious package inside the suspect’s vehicle.
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According to Army Lt. Col. Thomas F. Artis, the two victims were not recruiters, but part of a recruiting program called “Hometown Recruiting Assistance.” Artis says recruiters use soldiers to tell their stories and talk to potential recruits while they are visiting or based back in their home region.
The young men were technically not recruiters, they were just out of basic training…
So, as I just posted on the Dr. Tiller killer, should we blame this drive-by as a random crime by some malevolent individual or could we trump this up to being the entire, war-hating left? The same scenario here… Oh the irony!
I wonder how the MSM will report this – equal time to both stories and equal investigation as to the motives? That was a rhetorical question – don’t believe me while reading this? Then I implore you to note this story as well as the story from Sunday and let me know how the main stream media reports on each one.
