President Obama And The Era Of Elite Governance (Must read)

Townhall ^ | January 25, 2009 | Austin Hill

[Poison Pill]

Guns,Germs and Steel

A good read. Allow me to recommend "Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic" by Tom Holland. It covers Rome's transition from Republic to Empire. You'll see many unnerving parallels.

[floralamiss]

I prefer “sputs”. It’s more descriptive.

[rcrngroup]

1) TurboTax was contacted by FoxNews and basically said “B.S.” You ARE prompted about other taxes that you may owe.

BRWAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!! And Turbo Tax is owned by a California company Intuit, which is a major contributor to dimwits including Oboomba's campaign. Bet they're regretting their campaign contribution now!!!

And like you, I am a regular user of Turbo Tax, actually since 1995, and Turbo Tax software will ALWAYS prompt for any other taxes / credits / income, etc.

What a bozo Geithner is!!! I don't care what his background or education is... he got caught trying to scam the IRS and now he is trying to lie his way out of it.

[Marine_Uncle]

I have to hit the sack Ernie. You have a great upcoming day.
My brain is a bit clogged from all the continued bad news coming forth.

[I_be_tc]

later

[Fred Nerks]

that image has me tricked...you mix a girl from Kansas and a Luo from Kenya...and you get an INDONESIAN?

[CORedneck]

The American People chose to return to supporting elitism and the two separate "playing fiels" by electing Obama. I am against the elitist. Personally, I am the kind of person who doesn't even have to try to p*ss an elitist off. By the 2012 comes around, I hope Americans have enough sense to tell the elitist to shove it.

An interesting story. My 9 year old goes to Kumon and there is another woman who takes her son there as well. She is from Maryland (DC area) and her husband is an executive with a major company. She has mentioned that she would move back to the East Coast in a heart beat. One other lady that takes her kids there is on the right side. She and I were talking and I was bad mouthing the new D.H.S. Secretary - former AZ Governor Napilitano especially her ridiculous speed camera program and I remarked that states will be required to put cameras on the highways. Ms. Maryland got her p@nties in a wad and invited herself to the conversation and said that she voted for Obama and mentioned he knew what was best for everyone and shouldn't be criticized.

[cookcounty]

Exactly. Not only do we have the example of Taxcheatin' Tim, we have similar examples of this phenomenon in others.

For example: Lee Hamilton, Co-Chair of the 9-11 Commission and permanent member of the Lords of Washington.

Look at Hamilton's response to Sandy Berger's crimes:
Berger, who repeatedly stole classified documents, stuffed them into his clothes and stashed them at a construction site. This would get an enlisted man in Military Intelligence 5 years in Leavenworth. What does Berger get from Hamilton? He serves on Berger's Stonebridge International "Board of Reference", testifying as to the great character of of SandyPants.

Look at Hilda Solis, Secretary-Designate at Labor, who simply refuses to answer questions about the Obama plan to deprive workers of the secret ballot (imagine a Republican getting away with that!). Fortunately for Obama and Hilda, there are no real journalists in Washington, a only worshippers with press credentials. So nobody complains, because nobody knows.

[Lilpug15]

Was elitist rule not the standard in communist Russia? My Russian friends say this is so...

[raisetheroof]

Obama to "rule" as president

[freekitty]

The democrats don’t have a good record of running anyone but a moron for office. Carter, Clinton and now Obama.

It’s a hate crime.

[freekitty]

You should see the Massachusetts people get their panties in a wad if you mention negative and Ted Kennedy in the same breath. My husband would not have believe this if he hadn't have been asking the question “Why do you guys like this guy so much?”

[Jacquerie]

That a Treasury Sec could be a tax cheat is bad enough.

What is unforgivable are his lies at the hearings. “I forgot” and “it was turbo-tax’s fault” reveal a poor character unsuitable for high office.

[reformedliberal]

I have been wondering at the panic to confirm Geithner. He would become the head of the PPT. I wonder if we are going to see the implementation of the Clinton market strategy to calm things down? The government has certainly given all the likely players enough money to reinflate the DJIA. That would bring the younger zerOids back in line. They have been telling us all that since they are young, they have *the timeline* in their favor and so, they aren’t panicked.

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. I don’t doubt there are quite a few who will be watching Mr. Treasury Secretary quite closely, at least for a while.

[dforest]

Yes they did and he did.

[4Liberty]

Culture of Corruption, and it’s less than 1 week in

Yes, it’s the fact that he made up a lame lie is the problem.
And if he didn’t lie, he’s an incompetent.

Why should the average citizen be punished if these big foreheads can’t get the rules & reg’s right?

What happened to “the APPEARANCE OF Impropriety” as the basis for concern, MSM?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the note ...doing some looking at a review on that....very interesting,.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ROFL!

Well I didn’t want the grammar police coming after me...or is it they spelling police.