Robert Gibbs gets served by Helen Thomas

If you haven't already, you MUST watch this video clip of Chip Reid and Helen Thomas tearing in to press secretary /slash/ head propagandist Robert Gibbs. While normally complacent and inline with administration policy, the ultra-liberal Thomas was very quick to pull out her talons in defense of the 1st Amendment. Watch it in it's entirety, it's GREAT! I watched it three times already....hilarious!

I've witnessed this manipulation since last years campaign. It always looked obvious Obama's public persona is completely, 100% scripted and fabricated. I don' think most people even really know who he is, myself included. But what is becoming clear is that the White House press corps is no longer tolerating scripted dialog. I believe they are beginning to understand that his presidency is only a show. One big, long, scripted show.

I'm not convinced that the leftist media will continue this agitation, as presidential access and ideology may muffle any outcry of the now obviously staged media machine. They may just well shrug their shoulders and say, "Oh well.." However, we'll take this as a small victory in what is a normally lapdog press corps, and chalk this one in to the history books as more proof that they can fool some people some of the time, but they can't fool them all forever. They can't, can they?

ABC and the White House finally come out of the closet

So it now appears that ABC has decided to abandon any remnants of objectivity with their decision to hop in bed with the White House in order to hustle the myth of blissful universal health care.

Folks, if the the White House has to whore around with their government sponsored media in order to sell an idea, you know we're in a heap of trouble. Who do we have to look after our interests when the people that are supposed to question our leaders are actually propagandizing the message?

Obama complains about debt as he charges away the future

In an ironic turn of events that left me scratching my head and feeling like I was in an episode of the Twilight Zone, President Obama said today that he believes the country is in too much debt. If you're any sane individual that has been observing the incredible rate at which the current Congress and Obama have been spending, you are right now scratching your head and screaming "WTF!!!"

I can't even believe that he's saying this. Obama, in concert with the Pelosi/Reid legislature has been the spearhead of the current spending orgy that he has proudly promoted and passed. In light of his seemingly now self-purported poor judgment, he should at least offer the head of those responsible for selling to the American public that this ludicrous spending was the correct way to get the economy going. As he admitted, it wasn't.

Remember, it was Hillary Clinton that was sent over to China just two months ago hustling our seemingly worthless treasury bonds to the ChiComs. And obviously, it stands to reason that if you just print money from nowhere then you will experience inflation. There is at least one big idiot in the administration (I know, many more than that).Obama needs to admit this shortcoming and if he's serious about this statement of reckless spending, then he should immediately rescind this irresponsible budget and get the country back to independence and prosperity.

Once again, the naivete, and arguably outright incompetence of the current administration has sold America short and left us in debt with the worst of our situation yet to arrive (ie. inflation and further unemployment).

Whatever the case, Obama is complaining about the size of the hole all the while he's busy helping to dig it.

Phony veteran used by Colorado Democrat politicians

I felt absolutely compelled to write about what I think is one of the most disgraceful acts that a person can perpetrate. Today, our local media in Southern Colorado (see links below) are reporting about a "phony soldier" that was so convincing that he fooled the local news media, Michael Moore, and apparently all the Colorado Democrats that they had found a 3-time Iraq tour veteran who also survived the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon.

To help paint the picture of how absurd this whole mythical perpetuation existed, I implore you to read the posting at this site, "This ain't Hell, but you can see it from here." Here it is documented to the extent at which this lie was used in a subversive political attempt to capture military vote.

The local media portrays this guy to be an escaped mental patient. As a matter of fact, I haven't heard one single comment made regarding the political ads that were made during the election cycle. Is the media really this inept at reporting? Were the Democrats really this stupid? I'm inclined to believe that this is just another example of more Democrat voting fraud.


Colorado Springs CBS Affiliate KKTV News
Colorado Springs NBC Affiliate KOAA News
Colorado Springs Gazette

Is Cap and Trade the new subversive tax? You bet it is!

For all the talk coming from the Obama administration regarding his "95% tax cut for all Americans", most of what I've been reading lately is that Obama's funding for his ever growing government (Ala TARP and Stimulus) will be stealth increases such as Cap and Trade. Similar to how the CAFE standards back in the 70's forced industry to regulate emissions and dictate business practices, which in turn increased cost for those particular goods, Cap and Trade is another backdoor energy tax that is reportedly going to cost over $3000 per person, per year.

Truth be told, if most Americans knew their energy bill was going up, there would be zero, zilch, nada support for this. Forget the point that Cap and Trade will do nothing to help the environment. But, when will the mainstream media pick up on this subversive lie that is Cap and Trade?

Teleprompter to Obama: "Who's the Beyatch Now?"

In a recent Politico article, it seems that Barrack's teleprompter is attempting to sabotage our new president. I would argue that if the president would learn how to formulate and speak his own words, he wouldn't have this problem. Maybe I'm "out of the norm".

Seriously, I think the way his teleprompter treats him is symbolic of how his perception is of how Americans should be treated.

Hear me out....

I am of the view that someone of Obama's stature and education should be able to hold a speech without the absolute crutch of having a teleprompter or some other mental cue of what the heck your talking about. But, who can really memorize whole speeches and your internal beliefs and stuff? If I was Obama, I would use this vulnerability as an illustration that even the President of the U.S.A. is not infallible to the pitfalls inherent of being a mere human being. To continue, he should use this to paint a complete picture that "since the president isn't even capable of forming his own words and speech, far be it for you, a mere peasant in our big world of confusing economic times, to form your own thoughts and decisions of your future, your money, and the well being of the United States."

No, like the banking, housing, and economic crises, the White House should look at Barrack's inability to speak as an opportunity to tell Americans how fallible we are. This is the perfect time for the new administration to tell Americans how ineffectual we ALL are. "He's only a man, we're only a country".

So my question to Barrack would be, when will the teleprompter give our country a positive direction? And when will the teleprompter be promoted to President Czar?

Barrack's 1st 100 Days: "Good news for government dependency, Bad news for economic opportunity"

The Politico has an interesting story headlined on Drudge Report regarding Barrack's first 100 days. Apparently supporters of the president are ecstatic at the job he's doing.

Here are my observations about Barrack's first 100 days and the reasons as to why he's perceived favorably among his constituency.

First, I still prescribe to the belief that a huge proportion of the general population, as well as a majority of the Obama voters do not understand the world view that Barrack possesses. They believe that the charges of anti-Americanism and radical left-wing beliefs have all been exaggerated by the political Right. They just don't believe the president can be that socialist. This is coupled with the fact that the majority of Obama supporters (the younger generation) have not experienced freedom and liberty the way our fathers and grand-fathers experienced it. We're used to being told what to do and how to think, so to speak. This generation hasn't had to do anything for themselves, and has the expectation that everything should be given. I think this is the first generation that would naively be willing to sacrifice freedom for security.

Second, most of the policies and burdens Obama and the current congress are implementing do not affect those who voted for the president. Obama makes clear that he stands "for the people". What that means is that he's against capitalism. As such, the uneducated and underemployed are insulated from tax increases, tighter regulations, and the results that occur in terms of the stock market as well as the decrease in white and blue collar jobs. This is part of "leveling the playing field".

You see, the poor plebes that Obama has enslaved will not see the negative effects of our economy. For whatever socio-economic reasons (laziness, apathy, sickness, etc), some Americans will never achieve the American dream. As such, Obama and the current congress will continue to tear down those that have drive and ambition in order to "make things fair" to those that can't. And THIS is how Obama's first 100 days has affected me and millions of others that are "on the economic fence". Obama will make sure that I, and many other opportunity seekers end up on the wrong side. Once he has more than half the country dependent then he will cement his party's power as well as the misguided political philosophy that follows.

N.H. Democrat Head Continues to mock tea party movement

So, here's Chairman of the New Hampshire Democrat Party stating that the Tax Day Tea Party protesters didn't know what they were protesting. Oh my folks, you must listen to the audio. It seems obvious to me that this guy either has his head burried in the sand, or he thinks the Tea Party folks are as mindless as the "pay-for" protesters that get hired by the organizers.

I can't tell you how happy I am that the Democrats and Leftists are dismissive of the anti-tax evangelists. This tells me that what is happening IS EFFECTIVE!

Keep it up America! It seems that the Left is happy to let this grass roots effort grow. Thank God this is moving in the right direction.

Colorado Springs Tax Day Tea Party

Marking one of hundreds through the country today, a couple thousand people in Colorado Springs showed up to express their feelings about government and taxes. I felt compelled to attend since I can't think of anything more American to speak out against than government spending and taxes. Here are some observations and pictures from the tea party today.

I got there around noon. Traffic was fairly congested. Forget about street parking - I decided to hit the parking garage. Walking up to the park on Nevada Ave, I found myself becoming more and more surrounded by a growing throng of pedestrians headed in the same destination.


I had heard on the news that there were a few hundred people expected to attend. Approaching the park at the corner of Bijou & Nevada I could tell there were easily many more than that. I entered the park on the southeast side and made way my down to the back then to the other side. I hung out around the back, took some pictures and video, and walked around some more just checking out the people and signs.



The emcee of the event was local host Richard Randall from 740-KVOR radio. Some of the speakers I recognized were politicians Jeff Crank, Ed Jones, and Doug Bruce. Some of the local media I noticed covering the event was KRDO-Channel 13 and KVOA-Channel 5/30.


The group in attendance was fairly diverse. There was a mix of veterans of all ages, conservative Republicans, Libertarians, bikers, constitutionalists (E.g. supporters of gun rights, states' rights, abortion rights, etc), a few anarchist looking types, and even a handful of "anti-protest" protesters - they were more like a few of the students from Palmer high school across the street advocating for the legalization of pot in an "in your face" type of way. I was kind of puzzled, because it seemed like they were there to agitate the attendees and protest against the event. The irony is that there were also a lot of Libertarians in attendance that believe the same thing these kids do. Ahhh, chalk it up to misguided intentions. If only we could combine the energy of youth with the wisdom of experience - we could solve the world's problems, but that's just my opinion.


At around 1:30, the event concluded. By this time, only about half the attendees still remained. A few hundred continued on immediately afterward with the short march down to the old City Hall building.


All in all, it was nice, peaceful event. I felt inspired to be among a bunch of similar minded individuals. At times I felt like a journalist just trying to capture the moments and all the witty signs and clever costumes. I've never "protested", so it was very foreign to be there. Being the individualist I am, it was weird to be standing among other people, as if I was in a herd. You see, collectivist thought goes against my whole philosophy of individualism, but I reconcile this with the fact that these people are just like-minded individuals. Just like me, they want less government intrusion in the form of taxes, regulations, and restrictions on individual liberty. Yes, even on tax day it was nice to feel good about being an American.

Texas Governor Perry Flips Bird To Feds

I know a lot of folks cried during the Inauguration. I did too, but not for the same reason. No, I cried for the future of the country. Today, however I felt myself get choked up watching a video of the Texas Governor's response to the federal stimulus package and his state's reluctance to accept the funding claiming 10th Amendment sovereignty.

Stating, “I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the affairs of our state", Gov. Perry has thrown the gauntlet right to the feat of the federal government - the Obama administration and the Democrat controlled Senate. Rightfully so, the state of Texas doesn't want to implement unneeded social programs with temporary spending funds that will expire. After a year, the program either has to shut down or it will have to find funding from some other taxpayer source. (Don't be fooled. It's governments way of implementing dependency, fund it temporarily, and then cry foul when the program expires and demonize Republicans for cutting programs.)

You see, those "crazy" Texans believe in self sufficiency and resisting the urge to feed off the trough that is government waste. As a matter of fact, I think states like New York and California need to take a look at what Texas is doing right instead of trying to pick theirs, and everyone else's pockets because of their failed social experiments.

Hats off to Gov. Perry. It's about time we started seeing more leaders speaking out on the constitution and individual freedom and liberty. Let's "hope" this "change" in thinking spreads to other leaders throughout the country!

What happens when the NY tax increase fails to pay off?

"New York Taxes Are the Highest in the Country", reads the WSJ headline. Refusing to be outdone by the bastion of taxes, California, New York has raised it's top marginal rate to 12.62%. To a lay person like myself, I'd think this is going to push the contributors of the system out of the state. What is New York going to do once it's wealth producers are pushed out leaving nothing but the consumers of government services left with no other way to keep the system running?
You're going to have the same scenario that has happened in France, that's what you're going to get. Let's take a look at how it's going to happen....

Once the government can no longer keep everyone "on the teet", the first thing they are going to do is start cutting benefits. Since New York will have taxed away most business that supplies jobs and revenue to support the social services, the jobless and "benefits consumers" will do the only thing they know best - they'll take to the streets in protest, burning down the banks, shops, and anything that reminds them of the "bad and wicked" enterprises that government has so boldly demonized.

The next thing they will do is use the federal government to go chase down those evil businesses that left the state in the first place. Yes, the feds will start looking at the places where capitalism thrives in order to fund the failing system - those are the "Red" states with low taxes, jobs for the masses, and low numbers of "benefits consumers".

You see, I've come to the conclusion described by many Conservatives including Ann Coulter. Liberalism is like a disease. It started, and thrives in the Liberal mecca's on both sides of the coast and it grows within the heartland in the metropolis's that have allowed it to take hold. I've seen it spread right before my eyes here in Colorado. This used to be a solid Red state, but in the 17 years I've lived here, I've watched dependancy flourish while watching producers punished. Yes, liberalism has infested the heartland and is eating away at the flesh of liberty and the entrepreneurial spirit.

But, I digress.....my point is that once the liberals in government tax away their states wealth producers, the only thing left to do is try to leach on to the states that ARE successful. Watch out folks, the disease that has infested California and New York will be coming to a Red state near you. And Liberalism, like every disease that infests without a cure, it won't stop until it has eroded every living and thriving section of our country. Once all wealth and hope for prosperity is eliminated, the host, in this case America, withers away and dies.

Obama to Illegals: "Bring me your votes!"

So here we are again....

Rewind back to 2007 when the Immigration debate was extremely hot and heavy. The political landscape and public mindset was much different in this short two years. We had a Republican administration and enough blue dog Dems to not be too overly concerned about Left's push to legalize hundreds of thousands of poor illegal immigrants into Democrat voters. Basically, we were "safe".

Fast forward to 2009....the American political landscape is much different. So much so as to cause concern for those of us that believe the political deck is being stacked so much that there will be no return to the things that brought greatness to our country. To the layman that would consider that immigration is the American way of life I argue the following:

1. Immigration to this country illegally should NEVER be rewarded with citizenship. Do it according to the purpose of the system or don't do it at all.
   
2. Immigration to the USA has always been an orderly process. One in which considerations such as assimilation, knowledge of history, laws, and cultural integration take place. Considering the fact that the American way of life is not deserving of just any person coming to the country and wanting to make it a way of life, Obama has no appreciation for what has made this country great. He wants to legalize about ANYBODY that finds their way into the country. The more dependency he can import into the country to vote for government freebies, the better he cements his constituency. It DOES NOT benefit Obama to have educated, income earning immigrants. Oh no....why would they be sneaking across the border in need of America's freebies if that were the case?
   
3. The types of immigrants Obama wants to legalize are those that are more consumers of social benefits than they are contributors of it. That's the way it's been for 30+ years! Immigrant Mexicans come here illegally to benefit from the U.S. system that has been designed to bring them here. This isn't an accident. These are Democrat voters and Obama is cementing the Leftist rule of order by legalizing the illegals.

The Obama machine will attempt to capitalize on the momentum of high popularity and his belief that he cannot do wrong right now. What WILL be interesting is if the huge political machine that is the Conservative movement will be able to ring their congressmen enough to make a difference as it did back in 2006-07. Ask me one year ago I'd give you a resounding "NO!". In today's culture, I scratch my head and say...."WTF....wow, this just might happen." Be worried, my friends. If this makes it, no doubt Healthcare and Cap & Trade will be a cinch.

N.Y. Dems to oust Governor; Race leaders ponder...

I have a problem...

I just read a story about New York Governor Paterson's low poll numbers and his percieved inability to pull in votes in next years election. It doesn't surprise his numbers are low. I mean, his state is a fiscal mess and wealth producers are leaving due to the high cost of living and doing business in the "big apple". What DOES surprise me is how the leadership decisions are made in this Democrat/Liberal controlled mecca that is Nueva York.

Reading the article, I was aewstruck by what was described as A.G. Andrew Cuomo's trouble challenging the incumbent Paterson. Regarding the liklihood of Gov. Paterson being ousted, the writer noted (my emphasis):

"Observers said it would be impossible for someone like state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to challenge Paterson unless black and Hispanic lawmakers provide "cover" by calling for the governor to step aside."

Is this how Democrats decide leaders in New York? Why can't the party look at their candidates for their ideology, results, and value to the constituency? Who the hell cares what the race mongers think?

If I were a Democrat, I'd be truly offended that we have a bunch of "free-thinkers" running a failed social system, and their biggest concern about nominating a leader is wondering if the race baiters of the community agree with the decision. This is supposed to be the party of inclusion and equality? Why must we look at race pimps to validate that you have a losing candidate? Why don't you just have a Primary race to decide your representative, and let the best candidate run?

This is the hypocrisy of the Democrat party. For as much as they would like you to believe they are "all inclusive", the methods of "inclusion" include ensuring you are part of some fragment, or isolated group, a segment of population for which you can be segregated from the other groups that are "holding you down". My point is the very platform that has been historically held by the Democrat party is that they want equality for all. The hypocrisy lies in the fact that they have to divide people in their efforts to unify people. This is a self-perpetuated myth that can never be obtained as it ALWAYS collapses under it's own failed iterations - just like a dog chasing it's tail or a child trying to catch his shadow.

My friends, this isn't an accident. I believe this intent to confuse is created by design by those that use race as way to force ideology and influence on the masses. Consider it Yin and Yang - there's no beginning and there's definitely no ending. Just a big pendulum of failure.....hey...just like New York politics!

Applying Selective Capitalism

A recent headline reads "Venezuelan Leader: Capitalism needs to go down". It should no surprise to anyone that Chavez would say this. What is shocking is that there are many, many leftist Americans that believe the same day. To the Leftists/Statists/Marxists, it is Utopian to think of a classless world where everyone has everything they need everyone contributes everything they can in the name of worldwide communal living. Ahh - peace and harmony....

In theory, this would be a beautiful world. Just think of how much less stress one would have if you didn't have to worry about keeping up with the Jone's. The truth of the matter is, even in a Kumbayah loving world, there will ALWAYS be individuals that look around and see room for improvement. Inherently, humans have a "greedy" desire for advancement, improvement, and a strive for achievement. Again - this is inherent. The leftists in power have this same desire - with the exception of their belief that only THEY should have the power to name who will be the elite, the "haves and have nots", and who should have the opportunity for individual achievement. So basically what I'm saying is that Capitalism will NEVER die - it will only be stifled with laws and regulations that benefit only the elitists in power that only allow achievement in their own right while denying this right for all the common folk. The "masses" will be made to deny their urge of self-fulfillment in the name of the environment and "saving our fellow man".

So you see, the leftists have staged a ruse whereby only the one's making the rules will have the path to achievement while regular old Joe Schmoe's like myself have the will and desire snuffed in order to stifle the will or the inherent desire to make a better life for ourselves and our families. No, Capitalism will not die - it will only be denied to the masses and applied discriminately to the elite.

G20 Observations

A couple points regarding the G20 summit.

• From all the video and pictures I've seen from London I get a weird impression that the whole affair is a big social fandango where the untouchables of the world are together and toga partying behind closed doors . I would say frat party, but this is much more exclusive and private - but don't count out the toga.
• Obama is definitely vocalizing the misdeeds of his homeland. I believe Obama has the view that as long as we are nice and caring...then, gosh darn it, they are going to love us. I'm sure he appears weak and other world leaders love it. We are going to let the rest of the world guilt us into giving up liberty for posterity's sake. It's not like we're not already the most giving nation in the world - no country is as generous as America - but the "new world thought" is that we must break ourselves from the notion of exceptionalism and embrace collective world values in place of the strive for greatness in order to appease the masses.
  
• French President Sarkozy.....this is a good one. This guy carries his tail between his legs and walks out of the summit as if his opinion should really matter. If I were really feeling froggy, I would make a joke about retreating Frenchmen and how they cower to confrontation, but that would be wrong. Yeah, stereotypes are really bad. I have more class than a cheap shot like that.
• Regarding the G20 Protesters- I heard some "man on the street" type interviews from the protesters. It's amazing the lack of intelligence that is running amock around London. Those idiots don't know what the hell they're protesting. One guy mumbled incoherently about the fat cats up in the office buildings somehow taking his money. Aren't those guys up there working while the jobless bums protest? Seems ironic to me, as these idiots are the one's wanting all the freebies from the producers that are actually making the world go around.
  

Ahhh...ignorance is abundant in London. From the idiot politicians on down to the idiot protesters. We should build a fence now while we got the idiots all in one place!

Why I'll NEVER buy GM again...

No, I will never buy a General Motors car ever again. But, not because of the reasons you are probably thinking. You see, most liberals don't understand what could be so wrong with a government owned auto company. "Wouldn't it be patriotic to buy a car from the government?" I think a good portion of liberals would think, "Oh you just don't want to support the government!" or "You're just an Obama denier". No, that's not it. The truth is, if government really did do things productive, marketable, and inventive at a reasonable price, then I'd be inclined to consider a government made automobile. But, look no further than the DMV, Medicare, and IRS to see how "efficiently" the government runs business. No, government owned in and of itself is not the reason why I will no longer buy from this company. There are only 2 things that can happen with this GM takeover:

1. The car is going to be too expensive. Anything the government touches is a bad investment. They can't create anything (barring dependency on the government) that is cheaper than what can be created in the free market. Nope, no one will buy these cars due to expense (look at unreasonable subsidies paid to non-productive union members as well as the unlimited taxpayer funding as the reason).
   
2. The car is going to be a piece of crap tin can that no one will want to buy. The types of car's Barack and the environmentalists want to us to buy are the one's that NOBODY wants to buy. Make no mistake - say goodbye to the SUV.
   

With either of these scenarios, GM will not sell cars without the mandate of the government by way of legislating tariffs on competitors (see cap and trade) and creating laws that force the American consumer in to their nice new, undesirable "bean tin" at a GUARANTEED taxpayer expense ala Amtrak. Whatever the case, the company will not be profitable, will be made to sell inferior products, and will force consumers with no other choice.

Welcome to 21st century communism, folks. Saddle up, it's going to be a long painful road. Again, this is "change we can believe in."

Chris Dodd: Proof we need term limits

Question: What happens when a mere human is given power to legislate undeterred, access to billions of non-accountable dollars, and has their feet planted in the sewer that is big Washington politics so deep that you can smell the putrescence from their breath every time they open their mouth? Well....you get Chris Dodd.

Controversy is nothing new to this very well tenured Senator from Connecticut. He has had his share of documented problems ever since he was on the take back in the 80's.

The problem with someone like Dodd is he is so disconnected from the "real world" and is so entrenched in stench he has no business legislating important economic decisions affecting BILLIONS of people.

The framers of the constitution always believed in the beauty of the system they created. They believed that if a servant of the people misbehaved, they would be voted out of office. They also believed that "servants of the people" would never betray their constituents due to the fact that after their service expired, they would be mere citizens having to live by the system of rules to which they helped create. Not so much in today's political world...

Folks, there's a reason why Senators and Congressmen are elected, go to Washington as noble citizens, and come out of the Washington meat grinder as snooty, wealthy, well-to-do elitists. It's because they wade through the muck of sick politics, become "the fortunate one's", and then(like any human would be tempted) they take advantage of the system they were sent to serve. So, just imagine what happens when you're wading through this cesspool of sin and corruption for 35 YEARS! Imagine hell or purgatory, except for now you get the "room with a view", temporary ventilation from the stench, and quick access past the throngs of soulless throwing themselves at your feet.

The Constitution framers, notwithstanding the huge increase in life expectancy nowadays compared to 1776, never thought that members of congress would setup permanent camp and residency in Washington. Who the hell would want to? It stinks like feces, you have to sell your soul to get a water fountain in your district, and the only friends you can make are those that want something from you. Yes folks, it's time to rethink career politicians. Who would do this for 35 years? Who, you might ask? Any crook that wants infinite power and influence at any expense, that's who!

Rahm profits from failed Freddie Mac

It appears that persecution of failed executives is extended to those only in the private sector such as the "wickedly evil" A.I.G. It's now being reported that Mr. Rahm Emanuel profited off of the failed Freddie Mac. If you'll recall, Freddie Mac is a pseudo government controlled privately owned companies that failed due to the feds mandating loans to consumers that they knew couldn't pay them back. Yes, Rahm profited to the tune of $400,000.

Now tell me if I'm missing something here, but if the A.I.G. executives are made to pay back their supposedly undeserved bonuses, doesn't it only make sense that Emanuel repay the money he received from the failed institution to which he was associated? I mean, taxpayer money was squandered while under federal scrutiny. It seems only fair that the taxpayer should recoup the money for which he did not deserve.

Congress Declares: "Only the feds can waste your tax money"

I'm so sick and tired of hearing Barney Frank preaching about incompetence and failure. Especially when his leftist policies helped contribute to the collapse in housing and banking. Frank is in the unique position where as long as he brings home the pork to Massachusetts and promotes redistribution of wealth, it's okay if he screws up the rest of the country. It's unfortunate the the plebes in MA continue to vote this clown back in to office. He's a prime example of the need for congressional term limits and of how power intoxicates. He's one of the biggest failures yet he is so eager to point the finger at others......I believe this is to mask is own shortcomings.

NEWSFLASH: To all those that have drank the mainstream media kool-aid of this manufactured, hyped up propaganda of how AIG spends their bailout money......blame Barney Frank and every other clown politician that voted for it! It's that simple!!! Don't give away cash and whine when it's not spent the way you want. Who the hell is he to say? This money shouldn't even have gone to AIG. This is just another way of how government wastes our money. My one question to Frank would be, why isn't he complaining about the *BONUSES* AIG gave to the tune of over $1 billion dollars to California? It seems to me that money will be wasted more uselessly than the measly $100 million of so spent on bonuses. No, the message here is it's okay if government wastes our money - but, damn it if corporate America does it.

Don't be fooled, this is a coordinated attack. It's obvious to me that the assault on capitalism continues at fever pace and the government, along with the lapdog media will continue to push this hidden agenda and won't stop until America has given every right of ownership to the federal government.