There Will Be No Real Debt Solution

As Obama, the Democrats, and Republicans in Washington dither, engage in class warfare and political warfare, none of the proposals seems to offer a real solution to the deficit and mounting debt.

Obama is currently running a $1.5 trillion deficit PER YEAR – over a trillion dollars worse than the worst deficit under Bush.

Obama’s debt is, simply, out of control.

And yes, it is appropriate to call it Obama’s debt. Out of control spending and a stimulus seemingly almost entirely wasted on pork instead of making an effort to create jobs and induce businesses to create jobs.

The debt proposals talk about reducing the deficit by a trillion dollars over TEN YEARS.

Please. They are still just kicking the can down the road. Like everything else from Washington, in a decade the savings will not be seen. It’s always phony and fraudulent.

I’m getting old, as I’ve seen this over and over and over. It’s ALWAYS a solution that happens to be right after the next election or after someone else will be President.

Is a balanced budget amendment a solution?

Yes, but I’m not in favor of it because you never know what emergencies and crisis will occur in the future – which may require an unbalanced budget. I am thinking of WWII. Not that it will be repeated, hopefully, but the point is you never know what will happen in the future and what you’re straight jacketed into.

On the other hand, maybe it is necessary to force irresponsible “leaders” in Washington from continuing to promise things to get elected – without paying for them.

LeBron James is Still a Loser

Wow. I saw this quote from LeBron James after he choked in another 4th quarter and lost the NBA Championship to the Dallas Mavericks:

“All the people that was rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today,” James said. “They have the same personal problems they had today. I’m going to continue to live the way I want to live and continue to do the things that I want to do with me and my family and be happy with that.

“They can get a few days or a few months or whatever the case may be on being happy about not only myself, but the Miami Heat not accomplishing their goal. But they have to get back to the real world at some point.”

Basically. I’m still the king. You’re a loser with a sorry life. Take that if you rooted against me.

Not exactly going to get more people to root for him.

Has there ever been a more universally despised pro team than the Miami Heat?

If you’re not happy about LeBron’s statement:

* Don’t buy his NBA merchandise

* Don’t buy anything he promotes

* Let any sponsors of his know you’re unhappy and not buying their stuff

Guess what LeBron? When you wake up today, tomorrow, and the next day, you’re going to have the same personal problems that you did before.

You’re not going to be happy.

You’re going to have even more people against you.

You’re still not going to have a championship.

You’ll still be a loser.

Resistance is Futile

What if you’re at home having dinner in Indiana and a police officer decides to bang down your door, walk into your den and have a “look” around, maybe see what is on your computer, maybe join you for dinner, see if your teenage daughter taking a shower needs help shampooing her hair, etc.

So you “resist” and say no, get out of my house. You don’t have a warrant so you cannot come into my castle.

For the last 800 years legal systems based on English Common Law, including the US, would agree: No warrant. No emergency. Means no government entry into a private home.

Until now, in Indiana, where the Supreme Court has ruled there is NO RIGHT to resist an unlawful entry by a police officer into your home.

You cannot resist entry and you cannot resist being arrested and sent off to jail to be fingerprinted, have your mug shot taken for TMZ, being tossed into a cell with Bruno, trying to scrape enough cash together to post bail, etc.

Story and PDF copy of the court’s ruling can be found here.

Although the case arose out of a domestic violence situation, the Supreme Court said there is no right to resist government entry into your home. Period.

Why? Because resistance can escalate into violence (no kidding).

And there are remedies. When you get out of jail you can later hire a lawyer and sue – and in the process be subjected to in terrorem depositions and a mauling of your personal life, psychiatric and medical history to determine if your claimed emotional distress actually arises from being Bruno’s buddy.

Or since there is a “police department internal review and disciplinary procedure” there is no reason for you to protect your home, family, and person from invading police.

I’m not kidding about this. Bin Laden didn’t get to resist, and neither do you.

Post Office Honors Fake Statue of Liberty

Turns out the recent stamp by those ever competent government employees at the US Post Office – supposedly honoring the Statue of Liberty – instead shows the fake Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas.

“We still love the stamp design and would have selected this photograph anyway,” said the Post Office.

Um. Yeah right.

And the next time a stamp is issued honoring Elvis Presley the post office will use a photo of an Elvis impersonator.

Christina Aguilera Messes Up National Anthem

Not a good start to the Super Bowl in Dallas.

First the NFL has to tell hundreds of fans arriving at the stadium they do not have a seat because the Dallas fire marshall did not approve new seat changes.

Hello? This wasn’t done weeks ago?

Can you imagine spending all that money only to be told here’s your money back?

And now Christina Aguilera messes up the words to the National Anthem.

Wonder if that negates all the national anthem bets in Vegas about how long it would be?

10 Reasons McDaniels Was Fired

10. The Hoodie. Dude, you’re 34 and younger than some players. Show that you deserve some respect and authority.

9. Stupid stuff like refusing to disclose obvious injuries. When your linebacker is standing there with his shoulder in a sling, saying the player has an unspecified upper extremity injury of unspecified magnitude is juvenile.

8. Too Many Roles. When Shanahan was let go the Broncos said having the roles of coach and GM was too much. So the Broncos effectively gave the same roles to a kid who had never held either position. He was in way over his head.

7. Bad draft moves. Too many to mention.

6. Bad roster moves. Too many to mention.

5. Personality clashes with all-pro players and a top defensive coach. Nothing like driving away the team’s best.

4. Spygate II. If anyone knew the importance of not taping other teams and reporting the infraction, it should have been McDaniels and the video guy involved in the first Spygate. Total utter stupidity.

3. Looking at the worst record in Denver in 40 years. Even worse than Dallas this year.

2. Losing to the Raiders 59-14 at home. A coach with an ounce of integrity would have committed hari kari on the spot.

1. Never really being a Bronco and losing the fans. Enough of the steady stream of players and coaches from the Pats. He showed more emotion about beating the Patriots last year than losing to the Raiders. Helloooo, look it up – the Broncos have owned the Patriots for decades. Nice wins, but who cares.

Shanahan was a loved coach because he had a blood lust for Al Davis. John Elway would sacrifice salary to help get other players for the team. Shanahan still does commercials for Denver businesses. For McDaniels, though, it was all about him.

Why Meg Whitman Lost My Vote

Doesn’t mean I voted for Jerry Brown, but here were Meg Whitman’s problems:

– eBay not a plus because not like eBay the company. eBay the website and concept is great. But anyone selling much on eBay has stories of being ripped, fees always going up and up, and how bad eBay is. Thousands have abandoned the company. So her one selling point, being the leader of eBay, did not sell here. She’s worth a billion dollars? Lot of money unnecessarily paid by auction sellers went into her pocket.

– Spending about $150,000,000 of her own money to be elected. Wow. A ridiculous amount. Looks like a rich person trying to buy the election. How does one legitimately claim they can be responsible with government spending when their wild spending is out of control? Instead of responsibly spending money Whitman spent money on virtually everything to try and be everywhere. Unfocused, mainly a waste of money. 150 freakin’ MILLION dollars.

– No charitable contributions. Think what good $150M could have done? Checking on Whitman’s charitable history, looks like almost all of her “donations” were to a conservation group in Colorado working on a project that would benefit property she owns there. That’s not charity. That’s sneaky self interest.

– Not voting for decades. Unlike Schwarzenegger who has many years of an interest in politics and making the country better, Whitman didn’t care. At least not until it was of personal interest to her. Frankly, I don’t think she even cares about California now, but saw the governorship as a stepping stone to more power nationally.

– The housekeeper situation. She’s innocent on this issue. The problem is during the second debate she turned to Jerry Brown and hammered him because the disclosure of the housekeeper’s immigration status would subject the housekeeper to being deported. Whoa. So what? This housekeeper lied, forged documents, and committed crimes. But Whitman is there trying to hammer Brown on something he didn’t do, claiming what a travesty it would be to deport the criminal. That’s not being tough on illegal immigration. Brown rightly said Whitman needs to take responsibility and stop blaming other people.

– Robo call after robo call after robo call. She was the first to rob call the house, more than a year ago. Then she didn’t let up. Not saying anything important. Just being a pest.

– Overall, not a likable person.

Roseville Galleria Fire Photos

Here are some amazing photos of the inside of the Roseville Galleria Mall after the fire yesterday. As you can see the damage is substantial:

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Now for the story within a story …

These photos do not belong to KCRA.com. Rather, they were anonymously sent to the station.

Which means of course, officials are up in arms and there is a full blown investigation into who leaked the photos.

Honestly, who freakin’ cares?

Typical diversion to investigate people instead of the more important issues about what those people are revealing. Reminds me of corruption in Washington. Someone exposes a problem and instead of addressing the problem a witch hunt ensues to destroy that person.

Instead of spending time and money in a typical government investigation of “whistle blowers” how about investigating some of these issues from the Roseville Galleria fire —

– Why it took the bomb squad 3 hours to get close to the mysterious “backpack”, but never quite reaching it? For some reason I picture “Mall Cop” slinking along, hiding behind different objects, spending hour after hour getting close, but then chickening out at the end.

– Why the police were able to be inside the mall and apprehend Piggee but the firefighters could not step inside?

– Who made the decision that there might be an explosive inside the backpack (and there was absolutely nothing else in the mall that could be explosive in a fire) and thus it was better for firefighters to be outside watching the mall and millions of merchandise burn?

– Did anyone ask Piggee what was in his backpack? Given he was practically homeless perhaps dirty socks?

– Given the extent of the damage, seriously, there was no place in the entire mall firefighters could enter because of backpack inside the small GameStop store?

– No one was able to put a steel or concrete container over the backpack so firefighters could enter the mall and put the fire out?

– Why the sprinklers were inadequate to put the fire out?

– If the backpack was so potentially dangerous, and it was never recovered, why is anyone being allowed into the mall?

– When was the decision made Piggee’s backpack was not dangerous? Apparently, after the fire.

Undoubtedly a few other questions will come mind. Once these are answered, in addition to repairing and fixing the mall, dealing with employees, ruined merchandise, etc., then maybe we can spend important resources wondering who took the Roseville Galleria Mall Fire Pictures.

Police Aid Car Thieves Near Philadelphia

A suburb of Philadelphia is proposing to fine car owners if they do not lock their cars. Apparently, police would go around trying to open cars. If the door opens then they would write a $25 ticket.

No word on how much car owners could sue the police for based on a trespassing claim.

Or, better yet, would be thieves could just follow the police around. When they see a car get a ticket they know which cars are unlocked and easily stolen.

But maybe the police would lock the car doors for the owners? Possibly locking someone out of their car and needing to call a locksmith?

How many car alarms will the police set off going through parking lots trying to open car doors?

With police in many cities not even bothering to investigate petty thefts out of cars, maybe this city should donate their police force to a city with more important things to do besides checking car doors.