Good advice. Thanks
Posted on 12/13/2009 9:39:05 AM PST by rabscuttle385
Check this out.
Geez- whatever happened to Editors????
the word is: milquetoast
A milquetoast is a weak, ineffectual or bland person. It is derived from the character Caspar Milquetoast from the comic strip The Timid Soul
People aren't taught spelling in public schools any more, perhaps?
well, and here I thought the thread was about French toast...
WOW..
The OP(formerly the GOP) has moved so far to the left over the years that Conservatives are now the RINO’s.
But, the thoughts expressed in the article are correct. Republicans like McCain, Graham and Lugar have been providing cover for liberal Demorcats for decades.
I like the point of the article. We true republicans should reclaim the party and purge it of the RINO elements.
As long as the country club elites are in charge, the GOP will nothing more than a democratic adjunct.
Out with the RINOS.
Snowe
Collins
Voinovich
The list goes on...
The solid, Teutonic "k" in "milk" is the very antithesis of milquetoast.
(Which is ironic since the German word for milk is "Milch"!)
I have been saying for at least a year here, that until the current GOP leadership changes, nothing else will. It was true then and it’s still true today.
I beg to differ about the Seniors in this country.....because I know many and am one myself. Seniors are fast reaching the point of understanding that it is the younger generation that must pick up the ball and run with it. Seniors can’t do it by themselves and, as usual, Seniors are just old folk and don’t know anything about today. The younger generation feels, it seems, that we are just in the way and don’t understand todays world. They are sadly mistaken because we know the Constitution better than they could ever hope to.
I think that if the Seniors start seeing things turning around, they will join in and help. Until then, they will vote the way they were taught by their parents and hope others will do the same. I guess I look at things in a little bit of a selfish manner. I looked at my parents, when they were alive. They lived a good life, worked hard, payed their taxes, raised their kids in a Christian manner, served their country and supported the rights of others to raise their kids in the fashion that they wanted. When they reached my age, they continued to vote and expected me and those my age to carry the ball from now on. They were too old to continue on the fight and worry the rest of their lives about the bad stuff. I’m reaching that point also. I am slowly backing out of politics. I worry about my country, that’s for sure but now I must rely on others.
It’s the same with my horses. I’m gettin to old to ride like I use to. It’s time to turn them over to the younger ones and hope the best for them. I use to build hotrods but I’m gettin to old to crawl under them and work on them any more. Time to turn them over to the next generation. So don’t blame the Senior to much. You see, we have done all we can in our younger days. Our hearts still burn for this country of ours but our bones just can’t take the pain any longer. We hope the younger ones will pick up the ball and run with it. We still tear up when we see our Flag in a parade, when our military gets injured, when our kids take the wrong road.......you can always count on us but don’t put it all on us.....time for you to take the responsibility now.
545 People by Charlie Reese
Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years. Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
545 vs 300,000,000
EVERY CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE. READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE.
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The president does.
You and I don’t have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
You and I don’t write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don’t set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don’t control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices equate to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason .. they have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don’t care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator’s responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault.
They cooperate in this common con regardless of party. What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted — by present facts — of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can’t think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it’s because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red.
If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ , it’s because they want them in IRAQ.
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it’s because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like “the economy”, “inflation”, or “politics” that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.
Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
This might be funny if it weren’t so darned true. Be sure to read all the way to the end:
Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he’s fed.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.
Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.
Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.
Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.
Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won’t be done
Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He’s good and sore.
Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he’s laid.
Put these words
Upon his tomb,
Taxes drove me
to my doom.
When he’s gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Ser vice Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge = 20 Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What in the hell happened? Can you spell ‘politicians?’
And I still have to ‘press 1’ for English!?
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And .. THIS IS THE KEY SENTENCE WE NEED TO REALIZE:
“... we had the largest middle class in the world ...”
THIS ATTACK IS AGAINST THE MIDDLE CLASS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT HAVE TYRANNY UNTIL YOU DESTROY THE MIDDLE CLASS.
We better figure this out or we’re in deep trouble.
Good advice. Thanks
so do I! i agree 100% with the article- it just upsets me to see so glaring an error.
I THINK THE NEXT TEA PARTRY AND MARCH SHOULD BE AT REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS!!!!!
SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHO WANTS TO PLAN IT WITH ME????? (January????)
“...Making all their nowhere plans, for nobody...”.
You can sum up what’s wrong with the GOP in one word: SHAMNESTY. SS is broke because they let the illegals loot it. Health care is broke because the illegals abused it. The economy is wrecked because illegals don’t invest in the US nor pay taxes. The people hiring the illegals don’t pay taxes either. It’s one big PONZI SCHEME.
Is NO one educated any more? Editors? Writers? Anyone??
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