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CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS

• If a conservative doesn’t  like guns, he doesn`t buy one.  
• If a liberal doesn't like  guns, he feels that no one should have one.

 

• If a  conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn`t eat meat.  
• If a liberal is,  he wants to ban all meat products for everyone.

 

• If a  conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his  enemy.  
• A liberal  wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look  good.

 

• If a  conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his  life.  
• If a liberal is  homosexual, he loudly demands legislated respect.

 

• If a black man  or Hispanic are conservative, they see themselves as independently  successful.  
• Their liberal  counterparts see themselves as victims in need of government  protection.

 

• If a  conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his  situation.  
• A liberal  wonders who is going to take care of him.

 

• If a  conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches  channels.  
• Liberals demand  that those they don’t like be shut down.

 

• If a  conservative is a non-believer, he doesn’t go to  church.  
• A liberal  non-believer wants any mention of God or religion  silenced.

 

• If a  conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or  may choose a job that provides it.  
• A liberal  demands that the rest of us pay for his.

NETANYAHU FOR PRESIDENT (OF THE U.S.)

by Chuck MacNab

Yes, we could use Netanyahu in Washington. He told the UN delegates exactly what they already knew about Iran even though they obviously didn't want to hear it. Think what he could do with the kind of resources we have (or used to have?) Maybe we could preserve capitalism, get some support for the Constitution, wipe out the corruption, win the war in Afghanistan in short order and solve the country's problems with money to spare. We might even hear an honest opinion from a politician. The difficulty is that his speech reminds us of an old biblical proverb: "Cast not your pearls before swine for they will be trampled."

 

The ability to recognize the facts and the skilled leadership to know when and how to present them knows no international boundaries. In our opinion, Mr. Netanyahu stands head and shoulders above most of what we have in place and call leadership here in the U.S.

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Partial Bio:
Mr. Netanyahu received a B.Sc. degree in architecture and a M.Sc. in business management from MIT. He also studied political science at MIT and Harvard University.

 

Between 1976 and 1982 Mr. Netanyahu worked in the private sector, first with the Boston Consulting Group, an international business consultancy, and then in a senior management position at Rim Industries Ltd.

 

In 1979 and 1984 Mr. Netanyahu initiated two international conferences that emphasized the need to fight terrorist organizations and regimes that provide them support. US Secretary of State George Schultz wrote that Mr. Netanyahu's social activism and books had a decisive influence in shaping American policy on international terrorism.

 

President, Docs 4 Patient Care

This illustration (click on: http://riteon.us/index.html and then click on THE NATIONAL DEBT ROAD TRIP ) will remind everyone why we can't do healthcare reform as proposed by the current House or Senate bills, or per President Obama's mysterious, yet to be revealed plan that he told everyone about during his address to Congress 2 weeks ago.
 
I hope that everyone is trying to do their best to clear their schedules and join us in Washington for round 2, the Million Med March on October 1. This is the only way to make them see in Washington that we mean business now. Go to our web site: http://www.docs4patientcare.org  and register right now.
 
I hope to see many of you there.
 
Hal
Hal Scherz MD
President, Docs 4 Patient Care

A Quick History Lesson

The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. So they've had 234 years to make it work. It is broke. 

Social Security was established in 1935. They've had 74 years to make it work. It is broke. 

Fannie Mae was established in 1938. They've had 71 years to make it work. It is broke. 

Freddie Mac was established in 1970. They've had 39 years to make it work. It is broke. 

The War on Poverty started in 1964. They've had 45 years to make it work. About $1 trillion of taxpayermoney is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor." It hasn't worked. 

Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. They've had 44 years to make it work. They are both broke. 

AMTRAK was established in 1970. They've had 39 years to make it work. Last year it had to be bailed out and today continues running at a loss. $700 billion bailout of 2008. It has yet to create a single new private-sector job. 

Cash for Clunkers in 2009 went broke after 80% of the cars purchased turned out to be produced by foreign companies.”

But…. This time “Obamacare” will be different.
This time the government will do a really good job.
This time, government will make it work.
This time, government will be efficient and make health care better and affordable.
This time, government will stop the fraud and abuse that is typically inherent in all government programs.

This time…  If you believe them, we have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you!
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Forwarded to RiteOn by AZ Guest Editor CP.......

PROTECTIONISM, TIRES AND DEATH PANELS

By Chuck MacNab

The Obama Administration has just imposed huge tariffs on tires imported from China. While it may look like Obama is taking action to protect the U.S. tire industry and its domestic jobs, the reality is that he is paying off the unions again in order to gain their support for his health care proposals.

What it WILL do is create mixed emotions among conservatives (by design), immediately raise the price of tires for the U. S. consumer, probably by 30%, and cause more unemployment in other industries. Industry observers say jobs will continue to be exported to other countries for many reasons that aren't dealt with simply by raising tariffs. By singling out China, arguably the U.S.'s most important trading partner, Obama is likely to worsen Chinese trade relations and cause a trade war that could expand to many other industries. It has been proven time and again that imposing trade barriers that raise the cost of goods to consumers will cause job losses in other industries. A development the U.S. can ill afford at this time. An important foreign policy consideration is the lessening of Chinese cooperation in dealing with N. Korea and Iran in critical nuclear weaponry issues.

Protectionist trade policies could be disastrous for U.S. international commerce and prevent U.S. producers, especially in agriculture, from trading competitively with the rest of the world. Tire tariffs are all about Obama's continuing attempts to impose government controlled health care on U.S. citizens! The unions are demanding protectionist trade policies and, despite Obama's declared support for free trade, he is buckling to union demands in order to get money, votes and support for his outrageous health care proposals! Only a socialist could devise a scheme where high priced tires would have a direct connection to death panels!

The tire tariffs are just more proof that we have a President who believes in socialist policies and an Administration and Congress that wants to dictate "spread the wealth" legislation where we will all live in an equal amount of squalor. How many more examples do we need to prove to us that these policies create more unemployment. resulting poverty and just don't work! How much more "change" must we all endure before we realize that the Democrats who control Congress and the Administration are simply following Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals playbook and just don't care what the American people want!
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For more information concerning the government's new tire tariffs, you may be interested in the following link:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/China

TIME TO FOCUS ON THE REAL OBJECTIVE

By Chuck MacNab

There are lots of suggestion that indicate the American people might be "more accepting" of Obamacare if everyone were subject to it and Congress and Obama gave up their elitist health care program and joined the rest of us in sub-standard health care. If this were to be accepted, it wouldn't be long before another "special" health care program would appear and the politicians and their friends and fellow travelers would become exempt from the rules forced on the rest of us. DON'T FALL FOR IT!  Buying into a Democratic Party idea that we would somehow feel great if we were all in the same sewer together is a phony promise and a lousy suggestion.

RiteOn believes we should be clear about this! We don’t care how many in Congress or the government are subject to health care proposals known as "Obamacare," these proposals, if enacted into law, will destroy health care as we know it, cause health care rationing, further bankrupt the country, prematurely end the life of a lot of many citizens, and, what's probably the worst development, put a weapon in the hands of government radicals that will enable them to exert control over the lives of all citizens. WE DON’T WANT THIS AND NEITHER SHOULD ANY AMERICAN, DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN OR INDEPENDENT!

The proposed health care legislation is a Trojan Horse intended to create a socialist society and impose total control on the American people. It’s the Bolshevik Revolution accomplished through health care.....and so is all the rest of the radical liberal legislation.... Cap and trade, gun control, the “Fair” broadcast rules etc. The media is  “in the tank” for the socialists because they think they will be allowed to remain among the elites. We have news for them..... They will be among the first to be thrown under the bus when the socialists don’t need them any more!

What we all need to get straight in our minds, right now, is to join forces to develop an effective plan to get these radical liberal politicians out of office. Until that materializes, we are going to be whip-lashed back and forth, chasing stray ideas, wasting resources and energy that needs to be focused on one thing; getting the liberal politicians, at every level from school board to Congress, out of office in 2010!

Dinner With President Obama

 

I dreamed I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with
the President. I was a respected businessman, with a factory that
produces memory chips for computers and portable electronics. My
invitation to dinner with an American President was an honor.

I checked my coat, was greeted by the Chief of Staff, and joined the
President in a yellow dining room. We sat across from each other at a
table draped in white linen. The Great Seal was embossed on the
china. Uniformed staff served our dinner..

The meal was served, and I was startled when my waiter suddenly
reached out, plucked a dinner roll off my plate, and began nibbling it
as he walked back to the kitchen.

"Sorry about that," said the President. "Andrew is very hungry."

"I don't appreciate...," I began, but as I looked into the calm brown
eyes across from me, I felt immediately guilty and petty. It was just
a dinner roll. "Of course," I concluded, and reached for my glass.
Before I could, however, another waiter reached forward, took the
glass away and swallowed the wine in a single gulp.

"And his brother, Eric, is very thirsty," said the President.

I didn't say anything. The President is testing my compassion, I
thought. I withheld my comments and decided to play along. I don't
want to seem unkind.

My plate was whisked away before I had tasted a bite.

"Eric's children are also quite hungry."

With a lurch, I crashed to the floor. My chair had been pulled out
from under me. I stood, brushing myself off angrily, and watched as
it was carried from the room.

And their grandmother can't stand for long."

I excused myself, smiling outwardly, but inside feeling like a fool.
Obviously I had been invited to the White House to be sport for some
game. I reached for my coat, only to find that it had been taken. I
turned back to the President.

"Their grandfather doesn't like the cold."

I wanted to shout, That was my coat! But again, I looked at the
placid smiling face of my host and decided I was being a poor sport.
I spread my hands helplessly and chuckled. Then I felt my hip pocket
and realized my wallet was gone.. I excused myself and walked to a
phone on an elegant side table. I learned shortly that my credit
cards had been maxed out, my bank accounts emptied, my retirement and
equity portfolios had vanished, and my wife had been thrown out of our
home. Apparently, the waiters and their families were moving in. The
President hadn't moved or spoken as I learned all this, but finally I
lowered the phone into its cradle and turned to face him.

"Andrew's whole family has made bad financial decisions. They haven't
planned for retirement, and they need a house. They recently
defaulted on a subprime mortgage. I told them they could have your
home. They need it more than you do."

My hands were shaking. I felt faint. I stumbled back to the table
and knelt on the floor. The President cheerfully cut his meat, ate
his steak , and drank his wine. I lowered my eyes and stared at the
small grey circles on the tablecloth that were water drops.

"By the way," he added, "I have just signed an Executive Order
nationalizing your factories. I'm firing you as head of your
business. I'll be operating the firm now for the benefit of all
mankind. There's a whole bunch of Erics and Andrews out there and
they can't come to you for jobs groveling like beggars."

I looked up.. The President dropped his spoon into the empty ramekin
which had been his crème Brule. He drained the last drops of his
wine. As the table was cleared, he lit a cigarette and leaned back in
his chair. He stared at me. I clung to the edge of the table as if
it were a ledge and I were a man hanging over an abyss. I thought of
the years behind me, of the life I had lived. The life I had earned
with a lifetime of work, risk and struggle. Why was I punished? How
had I allowed it to be taken? What game had I played and lost? I
looked across the table and noticed with some surprise that there was no game board between us.

What had I done wrong?

As if answering the unspoken thought, the President suddenly cocked
his head, locked his empty eyes to mine, and bared a million teeth,
chuckling wryly as he folded his hands..

"You should have stopped me at the dinner roll," he said.

Wake up, America!
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Forwarded to RiteOn by Guest Editor NB......

CLUNKER MATH

A vehicle at 15 mpg and 12,000 miles per year uses 800 gallons a year of gasoline.
A vehicle at 25 mpg and 12,000 miles per year uses 480 gallons a year.  
    
So, the average clunker transaction will reduce U.S. gasoline consumption by 320 gallons per year.  


They claim 700,000 vehicles ˆ so that's 224 million gallons / year.
That equates to a bit over 5 million barrels of oil.
5 million barrels of oil is about one quarter of one day's U.S. consumption.
And, 5 million barrels of oil costs about $375 million dollars at $75/bbl.
So, we taxpayers contributed $3 billion to save $375 million. (or 25% of one day's consumption)
How good a deal was that?

They'll probably do a great job with health care though.

Union payoff should get stripped from ObamaCare

Detroit News posted at 8:05 am on August 29, 2009
by Ed Morrissey

Earlier in the week, we found out that unions have good reasons to conduct an Astroturf campaign on behalf of ObamaCare — in fact, ten billion good reasons.  The Detroit Free Press reported that HR3200 gives a $10,000,000,000 subsidy to union pension and benefit plans, a key component that had gone largely unremarked.  Later in the week, the Detroit News’ editorial board blasted the payoff and demanded its removal:
One reason the public so distrusts the health care plan being considered by Congress is that so many troublesome details keep bubbling out of the massive legislation.

The latest example is the $10 billion taxpayers will be asked to shell out to prop up the United Auto Workers’ retiree health insurance program. …

In effect, it would ask every taxpayer, regardless of whether they’ll have health insurance coverage themselves after they retire — and most won’t — to chip in to maintain the UAW’s coverage, which even after the union’s givebacks is still better than what the average American worker receives.

That’s one important point to remember.  Union health plans will be exempt from the limitations of ObamaCare, allowing unions to operate as insurers while forcing everyone else into government-approved plans in “exchanges”.  Instead of having the union pay for their own plans, taxpayers will subsidize them, while getting less themselves.

The Detroit News notes that the biggest beneficiary of this largesse will be the United Auto Workers, whose pension plans are in serious trouble.  This should be a showstopper anyway, as the American taxpayer has bailed out the UAW not once but twice, first in dumping billions of dollars into GM and Chrysler, and then in the politicized bankruptcies that gave the UAW large portions of both companies.

We’ve spent enough on the UAW, thank you very much.  As the editorial argues, it’s up to the UAW to adjust their pension plans to bring them into financial reality, not to the American taxpayers to subsidize their failure for a third time in a year.