59 House Republicans and 15 Senators Stood For The People

Fifty-nine brave House Republicans stood against this symbolic budget bill which spends 1.5 trillion dollars more than the nations income will support this year. In spite of the majority of their fellow party members, who chose politics over the people, and bowed to liberal threats and fear-mongering, the below listing republicans deserve to be lauded and thanked for standing on principle and for the people. If you have the time, give them a call and thank them for doing the right thing, as I doubt many take the time to do (freshmen members in bold):

Sandy Adams (Florida)
Justin Amash (Michigan)
Michele Bachmann (Minnesota)
Roscoe Bartlett (Maryland)
Joe Barton (Texas)
Marsha Blackburn (Tennessee)
Paul Broun (Georgia)
Steve Chabot (Ohio)
Jason Chaffetz (Utah)
Chip Cravaack (Minnesota)
Jeff Duncan (South Carolina)
John Duncan (Tennessee)
Jeff Flake (Arizona)
John Fleming (Louisiana)
Randy Forbes (Virginia)
Trent Franks (Arizona)
Cory Gardner (Colorado)
Scott Garrett (New Jersey)
Phil Gingrey (Georgia)
Trey Gowdy (South Carolina)
Tom Graves (Georgia)
Morgan Griffith (Virginia)
Andy Harris (Maryland)
Dean Heller (Nevada)
Tim Huelskamp (Kansas)
Bill Huizenga (Michigan)
Robert Hurt (Virginia)
Tim Johnson (Illinois)
Jim Jordan (Ohio)
Steve King (Iowa)
Jack Kingston (Georgia)
Raul Labrador (Idaho)
Doug Lamborn (Colorado)
Billy Long (Missouri)
Connie Mack (Florida)
Tom McClintock (California)
Thaddeus McCotter (Michigan)
Patrick McHenry (North Carolina)
Candice Miller (Michigan)
Mick Mulvaney (South Carolina)
Randy Neugebauer (Texas)
Ron Paul (Texas)
Steve Pearce (New Mexico)
Mike Pence (Indiana)
Ted Poe (Texas)
Ben Quayle (Arizona)
Denny Rehberg (Montana)
Scott Rigell (Virginia)
Dennis Ross (Florida)
Jean Schmidt (Ohio)
David Schweikert (Arizona)
Tim Scott (South Carolina)
Steve Southerland (Florida)
Marlin Stutzman (Indiana)
Scott Tipton (Colorado)
Joe Walsh (Illinois)
Allen West (Florida)
Joe Wilson (South Carolina)
Kevin Yoder (Kansas)

Additionally, 15 brave republican senators took the same stand:

Coburn (R-OK) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Ensign (R-NV) Graham (R-SC) Hatch (R-UT) Inhofe (R-OK)

Johnson (R-WI) Lee (R-UT) Paul (R-KY) Risch (R-ID) Rubio (R-FL

Shelby (R-AL) Toomey (R-PA) Vitter (R-LA)

Budgets, Deficits, and Lies, Oh My!!

For those of us with short term memories, this is what our wise President said shortly after taking office, regarding budget deficits, i.e. spending more money than you are bringing in.

For those who may be too broke to pay attention at this point in the game, when Obama took office the current budget contained a 455 billion dollar deficit. Since then, President Obama has not only failed to do what he promised (cut the deficit in half) but has gone aggressively in the opposite direction. In 2009 our nations budget had a 1.41 trillion dollar deficit, and in 2010, as you may know he and his fellow libs could not even pass a new budget, so our government operated on a frugal 1.29 trillion dollar deficit. This years budget will again outspend our nations income by 1.65 trillion dollars.

What has this created? Well at the end of 2008 our national debt outstanding was about 10 trillion dollars. Since then our debt found a new gear and has rocketed up to 14.2 trillion in only two years!!

Really?? Seriously?? Yet this President still has the gall to appear on television and with a straight face, lecture us on fiscal responsibility!! What would happen if any of us spent twice as much each year as we made? Yes, I can almost hear your laughter. We know what would happen. The interest we, as a nation pay on this debt is more money than most of us will see in a lifetime, and the government throws it around like monopoly money. Come to think of it, not even monopoly allows a person to go this far into debt without being removed from the game.

The Presidents new solution, according to his speech yesterday, is to raise our taxes. Yes, the last two years he has been spending money aggressively beyond our income, and his solution, rather than discipline himself and our government, is to impose more control over the dwindling amount of money made by those who do work for a living. You know, the poor saps who are required to live WITHIN their budget.

To those who would oppose this plan...you guessed it, the oldest play in the liberal playbook...FEARMONGERING!! Obama, in his speech, accused those who opposed his new tax plan of cutting services to seniors and poor children while giving tax cuts to the rich. Gee! Where have I heard this line of crap before? Oh Yeah, every year the liberals want to raise taxes they march this soundbite out for duty. Just listen over the next week or so to how many liberals you will hear stating this garbage. It's as if they all attend a meeting and are given their talking points for the upcoming week. Actually it's not "as if", I'm pretty sure that's exactly how it happens.

See, here we go!!

The Government Shutdown Through The Eyes of One Marine

As the question looms whether the government will or will not shutdown at midnight tonight, it becomes increasingly annoying watching and/or listening to the media's spin on the proceedings. I have heard more faux outrage over the closing of national parks and monuments than I can stomach from most so-called news organizations. Seriously!! Is that really the major issue with the government shutting down??

President Obama is attempting to paint himself as the mediator and peacemaker between the Dems and Rebublicans, but it was he who sent Congress a budget which called for 3.7 trillion (with a "T") in spending when the estimated income of the nation will only be 2.2 Trillion. How many of us are so lucky in our financial arenas??

The Republicans have proposed an adjustment which reduces spending by 60 billion, or 1.6% of Obama's requested spending. The democrats, immediately, have called the spending cuts "extreme" and, with the ever-willing assistance of the mainstream news media attempted to portray the evil republicans as hateful people who want to kill senior citizens, starve children, and make everyone homeless. Here's my question...how many Americans still believe any of this fact-free fear mongering??? This is a card in the liberal playbook that has been played over and over again. None of the dire predictions by libs ever come to fruition. Utilizing common sense (tough for some) can you possibly believe that congressional representatives of any party want to kill seniors, starve kids, and make everyone homeless??? Additionally, could you possibly believe that cutting 1.6% of spending will cause this to happen??? If anything, this is a moment of clarity, when everyone should be able to see just how sick the liberals have become over the last few years with spending. They cannot fathom cutting it whatsoever, even when it is increasingly clear that our debt is spiraling out of control and our nation is headed for a painful crash.

To be honest, the paltry cuts the republicans have requested don't even begin to fix the problem. There should be many more cuts and they start with the inflated public sector workforce. There are so many unnecessary and pointless jobs and billets I see every day on the military installations I work on that it would take a separate post to get into the details of it. Civilian federal jobs on military installations have become an overburdening monster that must be stopped.

Now I see the media attempting to use the military member as an emotional weapon in the budget debate. What a nauseous viewing that is. I have three words for the media if asked how I feel about not receiving a paycheck, "SHUT IT DOWN!!!"

Whatever it takes to stop the bullying from the left on the right, who seems always willing to curl up in the fetal position in a corner and give in. I will happily sacrifice a paycheck or two if it will cause the republicans' testicles to drop and them to "man up" and stand their ground on the principles that the American people elected them for!!

Cut 60 billion??? I say cut 600 billion and then maybe I'll take you clowns seriously. After all, with a 600 billion cut we would still be spending more than we are bringing in. My bank informs me that spending more than I make is frowned upon.