Posted on 03/09/2009 8:59:45 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
It wasn't supposed to happen this way.
The Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats have been pursuing a strategy of tying elected Republicans to Rush Limbaugh, concocted in hopes of painting Republican opposition to the Administration policy proposals as extremist. ...
The conservative radio host, and liberal scourge, reports that his ratings have nearly doubled since Democrats began their campaign to marginalize him. Revenues are up as well. ...
Things are so good for him right now, even the White House has to admit its attacks on Limbaugh are becoming "counter-productive." ...
(Excerpt) Read more at news.aol.com ...
And another bake sale wouldn’t hurt either.
I think another bake sale would be great with the proceeds buying something wonderful for the Brit PM from the American People. I don’t know what would be appropriate though.
Perhaps even sell digital cakes and cookies over the internet for those who can’t attend.
What I read on Limbaugh’s website stated that the theft originated in Dubai.
You might go there and look through the archives (don’t remember the date — sorry!) when Rush talked about that.
Some conservatives become conservatives due to their surrounding (I was born and live in the bay area), others are influenced by the media (which I don’t watch too much of), and I think the vast majority of us become conservatives due to conversations/w friends and family.
I am a combination of friends and books. I find my warm blanket in the letters of our founders. I suppose I’m not exactly like every conservative here, but I’m sure the same could be said of all of you. I sort of fear going with the crowd in opinion, and usually shy away from popular opinion.
Even if it’s an opinion I can agree with. I sort of like disagreeing with someone and having them shift my view. I think that’s the reason I became a more conservative individual, when intially I was more of a libertarian.
Either way, I’m sure I’ll hear Rush one day.
Nope. It’s not about Limbaugh. The goal is to identify the GOP with Limbaugh to push the moderates into the socialist camp. Obama may be succeeding in that goal - his only success in seven weeks.
There was a series of under the radar chain events that set themselves in motion. Someone figured out how to crash the fiat money system and thought they would have/be insulated from the crash too.
Throughout late 2007 and 2008 there was an infusion of money into some of the questionable banks. The governments of Oman and Dubai are shareholders. http://www.arabianbusiness.com/534222-jp-morgan-takes-dme-stake?ln=en, http://www.gata.org/node/5918, http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/30/news/economy/Colvin_recession.fortune/index.htm
KANJORSKI: On Thursday, Sept. 18th at about 11 o’clock in the morning the Federal Reserve noticed a tremendous drawdown of money market accounts in the United States, to the tune of $550 billion was being drawn out in a matter of an hour or two. The Treasury opened up its window to help. It pumped $105 billion in the system and quickly realized that they could not stem the tide; we were having an electronic run on the banks. They decided to close the operation, close down the money accounts and announce a guarantee of $250,000 per account so there wouldn’t be further panic out there.
And now this http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126866
However, Abu Dhabi’s’ director of international affairs, Yousef al Otaiba, has reassured American officials that its purchase of Citibank will not be used to exert political pressure on the U.S. He wrote the Treasury Department, “It is important to be absolutely clear that the Abu Dhabi government has never and will never use its investment organizations or individual investments as a foreign policy tool.”
This, this is the unspoken story. A few links here or there is all there is.
We are dependant on them for oil and now our whole market. The run up in gas/oil prices in 2008 was to insulate their own countries against the crash they would create.
Arab league had invested over 60% of their wealth in commodities over the last 2 years. It drove the oil and food prices up world wide. They then began getting out of commodities. Oil $147 to $78 drop (Bloom).
So that would make the democrats right about the speculators, but for the wrong reasons. The oil demand was a false demand created by heavy investment by the middleeast in their own oil commodities. Something that we could never control unless we used protectionism in our own markets.
Oman, Dubai, and the House of Saud
Revealed: 15 AIG bailout counterparties
A list obtained by Fortune includes the names of many foreign banks - as well as U.S. giants such as Goldman Sachs.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/07/news/companies/aig.fortune/index.htm
Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), received at his office chairman and CEO of the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. New York, Henry M. Paulson, Jr. and his accompanying delegation. http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6§ion=0&article=81888&d=8&m=5&y=2006
“He’s struggling, since he’s incompetent, has no executive experience, has an incomplete and embarrassing Cabinet, is using stealth and outright lies to implement Socialism...”
With high moral figures like Reid and Pelosi feeding him script, no wonder things look so rosy in America..
I never voted for hope and change.
Cool! And remember the new acronym:
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I don’t believe Rush has every CHANGED my mind about anything. He is at times so funny. He uses analogies, which I have also done.
My conversion started in 1964 when I watched both conventions that summer. Some of it is common sense. I started listening to Rush during the first gulf war, partly to get info. I don’t get to listen often but am always glad when he cracks me up.
The fun part was the drive, as we passed so many military vehicles. One had a sign on the back of the truck saying, "Wish we were going to Dan's Bake Sale".
Guess the next best thing will be the Tax Tea Parties.
but there is no contract with america behind him.
there is no leadership in the RNC.
there is no infrastructure with the locals.
(BTW I keep saying everyong on FR could join their local GOP club and take over their locals and thus take over the national. Without the locals, steele and the rinos are powerless.)
I don’t think you could reproduce what happened there. If he were to try it again, the place would be inundated with troublemakers.
The people who showed up the first time were good citizens who — after years of hearing left wing propaganda and wondering if they were the only ones left with any values — suddenly heard Rush and experienced an enormous relief. We suddenly realized we weren’t alone and we weren’t crazy. I tear up a little now even thinking about it.
You had all those people packed shoulder to shoulder in the middle of the town. So crowded you couldn’t even move.
How long did we wait? It was a long time. So long that a few people passed out and had to be helped by those around them. But it was peaceful. Almost reverent, even. And, you’re right. There wasn’t any trash left on the ground when that enormous, tightly packed crowd left.
That’s one thing about leftists -
their ignorance is only surpassed by their arrogance.
And, lest I be misunderstood, the reverence wasn’t for Rush. The reverence was for the belief in what America was supposed to be about. Freedom, maintained by people who lived responsible lives. Rush just happened to be articulating it and giving us hope that the ideal wasn’t dead.
I love this article and truly...it made my day!!! Go get ‘em Rush!!!
Try Soros, Rothchild, and other world bankers. They have their puppet in the White House.
I’m sure people are noticing. People are having to cut back on spending while prices rise but this Administration has clearly demonstrated their intent to make it even more difficult to make ends meet. Obama is sticking it to the little guy while claiming he’s doing the exact opposite. So, yeah, I believe you are correct. The average person is painfully aware of what Mr. Obama is doing and they do recognize that it is the exact opposite of what he is/has been saying.
And now, Obama is claiming that the rescue package that was his baby just a couple of weeks ago is in fact something he had nothing to do with; something that was forced upon him by the previous administration. That’s just pathetic and reeks of weakness. People notice that kind of thing too.
Woo hoo!
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