Yesterday my “Daily Rant” was entitled “I’m proud of the Tea Party.” Well today I’m even more proud and I hope that you are as well. Last evening 22 Republican men and women of principle, stood up in the face of what I have no doubt, was withering pressure and did the right thing. They rejected the Boehner compromise.
Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Neil Cavuto, myself and of course a handful of others have been advocating rejection of Boehner’s committed desire to pass legislation for the sake of doing something, either ignorant of the outcome of his actions, or deceitfully complicit in the aftermath that will be injurious to “we the people.”
A quick piece of history. In April, after much bluster Boehner, with his shadow, Cantor in tow, claimed he had reached a “compromise” deal on Obama’s 2011 budget. Prior to that, in press conference after press conference, Boehner had prattled on about demanding $60B in spending cuts from Obama’s $3.8T budget request.
Then came the day of reckoning, and Boehner, with Cantor in tow told us that a “compromise” had been reached with Obama and the spending cuts would be $38.5B. He lamented to the public that this was the best deal he could get. He and Cantor assured us it was a good deal and that they had done their best. That in these types of negotiations, no one gets everything they want, and that the important thing was that they had secured $38.5B in spending cuts.
Then, just three days before Congress was to vote on the budget, the CBO announced that the $38.5B in spending cuts would actually “cut spending this year by less than one-one hundredth of what [Boehner] or Democrats [had] claimed.” It was then that we found out the advertised $38.5B in cuts “will only reduce federal outlays [i.e. spending] by $352M below 2010 spending rates.” Even more egregious, we found out that the spending would actually exceed 2010 spending by $3.3B if emergency spending was included in the total (as it most certainly would be at their first opportunity).
There is no other way to say this, than to say John Boehner, sans his trade mark tears, had lied to us. I wrote and commented that “we the people” were going to come out on the short end. The late President Reagan’s budget director David Stockman, literally days before the sell-out, said Boehner was looking for a way to cave in. Mark Levin, and other talk show hosts were adamant in saying we were not going to get a deal beneficial to us. But Obama lied and a complicit media, parroted the talking points of both Party’s and we got shorted again.
Now, we move forward to the present and Boehner has cobbled together one of the worst pieces of ineffective and worthless legislation I’ve seen in a long time. He cajoled, lied, strong-armed, promised, and bribed 218 Republicans in the House to betray the best interest of the people.
Rush Limbaugh argued we were being played. I argued that if the legislation were any good he wouldn’t need to manipulate people like a used car salesman, in order to pass it. Neil Cavuto questioned and pointed out time and again the inaccuracies going back and forth. Charles Paine pointed out the inaccuracies and hypocrisy. But Mark Levin nailed it when he accurately detailed the scenario we are now faced with. Mark said, Boehner would get something passed in the house and sent to the Senate. The Senate would gut it, insert what Harry Reid wanted along with some of what McConnel wanted, pass it, send it back to the House where Pelosi would rally her minions and pass a final piece of legislation that Obama would sign – effectively continuing business as usual.
The only difference between what Boehner and these people have done to us and what Roman Polanski did, was these people won’t run off to France to avoid prosecution. What Boehner et al, have done is unconscionable, second only to those people who believe something was gained.
I’m sick of hearing compromise. I’m sick of hearing get 80% of what you want blah-blah-blah. I call that the nonsensical blathering of the ignorant, uninformed and/or of the specious. If you have cancer, you don’t remove 80% of it – doctors remove it all, and they work diligently to ensure it doesn’t return. Spending is a cancer and not having a balanced budget amendment is equivalent to pancreatic cancer or cancer of the lymph-nodes. Boehner and company had a chance to stand for something, instead they stuck their collective tails between their legs and walked away with nothing.
And before someone prattles on about Obama agreeing to no tax increases, let me remind you very politely that that is crapola. Harry Reid went to Obama and insisted there be no tax increase, because he would be able to add them later. The entire thing was a perverse and obscene kabuki theater played out at our expense.
The Tea Party stood firm under public attacks by those we provide subsistence to. We never once heard Obama, or anyone else on Capitol Hill talk about not getting their paychecks. But they did their best to scare senior citizens, veterans, and museum employees. To my Tea Party, brothers and sisters, it is apparent that the battle lies with us. We will be vilified and scorned. But we will be able to sleep at night knowing that even though we haven’t prevailed in this contest, we have prevailed. We must remember those who have repeatedly shown their willingness to sell us short and show them the door in 2012.
Today (08/12/2011) the talking heads were blathering like the 14th amendment did give the president the right to set limits and spend as much as he wants was a done deal. You’re right Mychal, lawyers can find president in anything they want. I ask again, someone that speaks and reads english show me where anything in the 14th amendment gives the president the power over anything. It sets law, not grant power. Or maybe all those teachers that tried to teach me to read were wasting their time.
Someone slipped up in D C. I got my military disability pay check for next month. Now I’ll hold my breath to see if the social security “entitlement” comes through. Otherwise, look for the old coot on the curb with two Scotties.
Hey Mychal,
Please tell who ever you can, that crying crisis time and time again just gets people worn out. I am sick of hearing everything out of a Democrat’s mouth is crisis this and crisis that. My gosh, enough already. And I just want to puck every time I hear Harry Reid drones on about how terrible the Republicans are. Hell, we pay that little weasel’s salary, pension, health care. HOW DARE HE SPEAK ILL OF THOSE WHO PAY FOR HIS VERY EXISTENCE IN CONGRESS. Oh, man and don’t even get me started on Ms. Nancy, who by the way appears to be needing a new face lift. Everything she says, I say back to her, Man, you need to look into the mirror because what you’re saying is exactly what the Democrats are doing. But I digress.
The real crisis as I see it is people more and more, not all the people, think government is more relevant than our Creator, the Lord God.
When that happens, this country like others is doomed. Now that is a Real Crisis.
Mimi: OORAH…you have said a mouthful…people do place government above and before God…the sky will fall hell will freeze over routine has worked for dems forever because they can always generate victims and fear…and they will always have a complicit press…foxnews has genuinely annoyed me during this entire drama to date…only Cavuto and MacCallum have not parroted the talking points and drama of the world will end if something’s not done by the august 2…well guess what things aren’t going to be done by then and we won’t hear anymore about catastrophe…
Maybe the little boy has cried wolf too many times. Now, when a crisis happens, we won’t believe them. 2012 is going to be a great year one way of the other. One way will be we the throw the bums out (preferable to the second) or the world ends on December 21st, ala the long count Mayan calendar? If it does end, I’m going to be real upset I quit smoking last January.
Remember how terrible Y2K turned out? But it was a great year for new computer sales and programmers, Another fabricated crisis taken advantage of.
Sure, let’s abdicate the responsibility of creating and enforcing a balanced budget (if we ever see one again) to the Judicial Department and the Supreme Court. That’s exactly what will happen if there is an amendment to the constitution. Everyone knows that the Supreme Court and the Judicial Department are THE EXPERTS on the economy and how to manage it for the benefit of the citizenship, Also, take a look at and read the again the 4th amendment. It says nothing about the President’s power to spend money. It concerns citizenship for all persons born in the United States and was intended to guarantee citizenship rights to the previous slaves. It has evolved into our current mess of illegal aliens dropping their kids in the United Stets, thereby making them citizens and then the chain migration that results from these babies having the right to their parents and extended family. It also states that the debts of the United States shall not be questioned. Only suede shoe lawyers could find a way to say that this gives the president the right to do anything. The argument is just another way that Barry O and his administration are trying to circumnavigate the constitution by any means possible.
these guys can find precedent in a peanut butter sandwich…the courts no longer uphold law and the high court hasn’t interpreted the constitution since eisenhower…slick lwyrs spin an argument and the court says that sounds good you win…look what 9th circuit has repeatedly done w/ homosexual marriage…look what has just happened in michigan where anti race/gender-based affirmative action and quotas were turned aside after the people had legitimately spoken…and here again instead of the citizenry picking up pitchforks and whips…they are blindly drawn into the wrong side of the debate…
In the last few weeks I have come to a conclusion. The spend it while we don’t have it freaks must compromise their thieving principles. They must compromise by giving up their mantra of disaster prediction and cutting spending, lowering taxes. And finally, giving up their constant whining that productive people must give up more of what they earn so the Congressional thieves can buy more votes with our money.
let me know how that copromise works out…