Don’t let reports of Media Matters coordinating a full frontal assault intended to bring down FoxNews distract you from what is really important. What’s really important is the flagrant waste of our tax dollars, not just by Obama and his wife, but also of the Congress. I have been telling people that you cannot listen to politicians, you must watch them and monitor their activities behind their veil of public subterfuge.
Specific to that point, you tell me how a barbershop can go $300,000 in the hole in one year, and get a $230,000 bailout from the Congress and Obama? You tell me how barbers and stylists just a couple blocks away earned $22,000 to $30,000 with no benefits last year, while four of the 11 barbers at the Senate barbershop earned: $54,761, $70,349, $73,658, $81,641 and that doesn’t include tips. Plus they get an extremely generous 401(k) plan, health care and paid vacation.
You tell why Orrin Hatch,(R-UT), John McCain,(R-AZ), Kent Conrad,(D-, Kelly Ayotte,(R-N.H.), Patrick Leahy,(D-VT), Benjamin Cardin,(D-MD), and former Senator Peter Fitzgerald,(R-IL), among those not dumb enough, or arrogant enough, you decide – just made missive statements about this. Hatch raved about how wonderful one of the barbers is – saying he sends candy and a card to the barber and his family every Christmas. McCain yucked it up per how the one barber, Mario D’Angelo is a butcher – McCain saying: “I call him the butcher. He is a butcher, and I’ve got the scars to prove it.”
Hahaha, that’s so fonn-nee – McCain’s such a jokester, I could laugh at his jokes all day – except I don’t laugh when I’m being violated in a that is typically referenced as a crude verb. What is to be said about Leahy who thought it more practical to brag about the $12 tip he leaves for a $27 haircut than address what they are doing to the taxpayers.
Prices run from $20 for a trim, $27 for cut, to $105 for highlights. Besides the stylists there is other staff and here’s where it’s gets really interesting, it’s a unionized shop. That’s right the taxpayers just bailed out a union barbershop. Marsha Blackburn,(R-TN), admitted it didn’t look good, but voiced concern about job lost if the situation wasn’t handled properly. Excuse me Marsha, but what about the 28 million people who are unemployed because Congress and Obama didn’t bail them out?
In 19997 Rick Santorum, argued and pushed for privatizing the shop, he was met with a solid wall of opposition, from both sides of the aisle. Which brings me to the important point. We hear Obama and Congress rage back and forth over tax the rich and cut spending, but as I wrote in a syndicated column neither Congress nor Obama is interested in cutting spending, and they are absolute liars to claim otherwise. (SEE: 1st Cut: The Obamas’ and Congress’ Salaries; WND.com; 1/30/12)
Obama and Congress have the painful characteristics of the clusters of pus filled cysts called Acne Inversa, which manifests itself in the groin and underarm area making its excruciating presence known as it invades the sweat glands. Thus you have Congress and Obama. They are cancerous sores on America and it’s time to dump them all.
I, for one, don’t care what they pay for haircuts, etc., if it is is paid for with their money in a private shop. But, I darn well care how they spend our money. Once again the over-the-top arrogance of the elected has leaked out. At a time nearly 28 million people are unemployed, nearly 48 million are on food stamps, 67 million are dependent on some sort of government subsidy program, with the aforementioned not even the tip of the iceberg of truth pursuant to the reality of our situation – this is how those elected to serve us treat us. With what they are doing to us, nearly every voter should be pregnant, (my apologies for the vulgarity).
There is no difference between Republican and Democrat Parties. If they fought Santorum on privatizing the barbershop, do you think they are going to give up anything else? Add to that, that everything they touch eventually goes broke. From their Post Office, their Bank, their travel agency, and so on. Many of them should have gone to jail for their participation in the House Banking scandal.
This is why I argue they should get salaries no greater than the local county supervisors and that the president should receive no salary at all. Not that they wouldn’t find a way to corrupt things, but at least that would truly create a more visible transparency.
We are being used as fools and pawns, by those who think we are there for them to wipe their feet on. They live their lives in a castle where their every need and/or desire is provided for – including, as many of us are well aware – it was only a short time ago that the male pages were hired based on their willingness to sleep with certain male Congressman, which amounted to them having their own Congressional brothel provided at taxpayer expense.
It’s time we put our foot down and started voting them out. I and others can expose and explain things, but unless people are willing to stop allowing the party hierarchy to choose candidates and rebel against political machines, this will continue.
As you walk into the Senate barbershop, keeping in mind that I haven’t discussed the House barbershop yet, there is a monstrous sign that reads: “Members and employees of the Senate shall have priority in this shop.” In other words, when the elected walk in your world stops if you’re waiting for a cut. The shop is a portrait gallery dedicated to the elected celebrities and that’s the way they want it. They want the world to stop and bow their fee.
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To continue maligning Fox, I hope I’m watching when someone jumps up and splatters Bill O’Reilly’s nose all over his arrogant face. Or maybe just shoots him.
sumitch: they are all pompous asses….I like and respect Neil Cavuto, Greta on Fox News…I watch fox business channel…Neil is also on there w/ CHarles Paine and Liz MacDonald who I could l am absolutely smitten w/…she erudite to 10th power…sharp tongued and i love the way she employs verbiage…foxnews is cnn w/ blondes…
lol – struck my funny bone! Yup, O’Reilly is one arrogant, “know-it-all” who knows nothing. Thanks for the mid-morning laugh, sumitch.
anna zachariah: yeah but he went to hah-verd…
Thank you, Mychal. You are saying things about Congressmen/women (and House of Reps) that most of we R voters have been saying for the past few years. Some people vote their “party” only. I hear folks say that they are staunch Democrats or Republicans and would never vote outside of their party beliefs. It doesn’t matter if a democrat is the retard of the world, a democrat will vote for him/her simply because of party. And, many people don’t really care who they vote for just so they can wear that little sticker that says, “I Voted Today.” Dumb~~~~ but true. Then, there are those who fume and fuss about Congress/House but Never Vote. When my democrat friend wasn’t upset with Clinton’s sexual actions, I asked her why would she not be totally ashamed of such a President? “Because all the good Clinton does far out-weighs that little incident with M.L.” There is more to this story but I wanted to reach out and slap my friend silly. I have a sticker on my frig that reads “November-Throw Out The Garbage.” So, I do with my vote.
marilyn: I will never vote for a democrat because in the final analysis they will follow party lies…we must work to replace those in the repub party….
Due to the economy I have stopped paying for a haircut and have put the pressure on my wife to cut my hair as every penny saved helps keep food on my table for our family. It is ludicrous to see our politicians, at the expense of our taxpayers, spend foolishly while we have so many American’s losing their houses, trying to buy food to feed their family, losing everything they have worked so hard for all their life and giving those that could care less about working or earning a living a free handout. Our government is all messed up with dishonest, crooked and lying politicians that will say and promise anything to get elected. And why not because once you get to Washington it is like a non stop party and a multitude of income generating opportunities at the continued expense of the American Taxpayers. The questions that always seems to amaze me is why these politicians are so willing to spend millions of dollars to get elected? Hmmmmmm It does not get better with each election but seems to just get worse as the ones we elect thinking they will make a change just eventually get bought out and conform to their party. Sometimes I wonder what it will take to clean up Washington and both political parties. As a conservative I trust few if any of them. As much as they say what we want to hear in my heart I doubt it will ever come to fruition. Mychal, please keep hammering as you and few others give me hope.
tj: thk you…I plan to…this is outrage…this is emblematic of the excess they fight to preserve…it is prima facie evidence of the type of corruption they seek to protect and both parties seek to hide…
I move that if a person runs for public office it be found that it is prima facie evidence that they are crooks and they do not pass go, do not collect any money and be sent directly to jail.
sumitch: and even using that low standard there would be those who would be beneath it…
I have to wonder how a person can pretend to be honest when they choose to pursue a career where they set their own pay, design their own health care plan, have a retirement plan that starts after serving two years, or six, or twenty, and pays full pay and allowances, while they bicker over the details of the salaries of those in the Armed Forces, and come up with plans which allow for retirement at twenty, with an average of the last three years of pay, and that split in half, and leaving out the part of their pay which is for housing, for food, for clothing in service, yet to get to this, one must be fortunate enough to live through two decades of service where “rules of engagement” have made technology changes, such that Iranian IED factories now focus on the fact our “standard of practice” is to have our Service Personnel on foot, so they can speak with those they might meet, and appear other than “occupiers in armored vehicles”.
These are the same people who actively ignore the fact the most consistent wounds returning disabled veterans home today, are IED wounds which remove the legs, and only by extraordinary heroic effort, do these victims get to survive, given the penchant for “double tapping”, hitting those who come to the rescue with the second and larger IED.
It is my opinion, no government retirement should pay more than that received by the least of combat veterans, retired for having lost the ability to earn a living, frequently before reaching drinking age. I’d like to see Congress and all the bureaucrats being seen at military hospitals and facilities, and those established for government employees reserved for combat veterans exclusively.
Maybe there just should be no “government retirement” available for any who have not served the full twenty on active duty in the armed forces, and the pay those serving in office should be commensurate with the “freshmen” who go to war as Privates and Private First Class’, and remain at that level until they leave, at which point their pay should stop.
I’d like to see the whole of Congress take a tour in one of their war zones, and do so exactly as our Soldiers and Marines do it, in every respect. There is no reasonable excuse for any of this to ever have come about, and no excuse for not ending it now, that it has been noted. They simply believe they are above the law, and yet they claim we are a Nation under the law, and The People, must obey the law, even while government won’t even acknowledge law over it.
Sincerely,
John McClain
GySgt, USMC, ret.
Vanceboro, NC
Gunny, it’ll never happen because they make their own rules (usually in a dark back smoke filled room at midnight) and they aren’t about to five up a single haircut for any of us for any reason. Term limites would handle it, limited to one term with benefits only while they are in office. But we have to pay this much to be able to attract the “best” for the job. Pass the puke can when you finish with it.
sumitch: we have defacto term limits…vote them out every two terms…the other thing I believe is that they should not be paid more than local supervisors get…w/ no pensions or benefits…this would go long way toward getting people who are worthy of serving…
Sir, with all due respect, our votes don’t mean squat. The parties put who they want up for office after determining that they are willing to play the game and not upset the status quo. So we only trade one crook for another. If our de facto votes meant anything, there would be more of congress being voted out of office after one term and more impeachment proceedings. But most people unfortunately can’t be troubled to turn off important things like Dancing with the Stars and only vote for the candidate that promises more freebies.
My opinion of the citizenship of this country lessens each and every year. Look at the candidates. Mitch Romney – third try. What about “We don’t want you” doesn’t he understand. Ron Paul – third try. Not a party player, so no backing from the party, hence, no chance short of a miracle, Rick Santorum – voted out of office by the folks in Pennsylvania. What do they know that we aren’t being told? Newt Gingrich run off by his own peers. A professional politician. Are we to believe that there’s no one else but these same candidates worthy of a shot at the office year after year? Bread and circuses is what we get while they take milk baths and eat hummingbird tongues. It’s a farce.
sumitch: I disagree…they mean everything when we use them to our benefit…they don’t when people allow themselves to follow after what we are told…
Absolutely right again Gunny and very well said. The elected and the bureaucrats have managed to entrench themselves so solidly by writing their own tickets, and people have become so complacent, or is it willfully ignorant, about what they are actually doing as opposed to what they say they will do, that we are rapidly reaching the point where it will literally take a revolution of patriots to clean up their mess. DO NOT RE-ELECT ANYBODY! But we know that isn’t going to happen, the sheep have simply become too stupid and eager for the government handouts to look below the surface of their glib promises.
* A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. ~Texas Guinan
* There ought to be one day – just one – when there is open season on senators. ~Will Rogers
wakinyan: there is no question but that we must rise up in revolt and vote the lot out…people have no idea what life is like on the hill for congress…if they saw the way it really is there would be hell to pay…
Yesterday I was talking to a friend that is still on active duty (a high ranking officer) and currently assigned in the D.C. area. Told me in no uncertain terms that if people saw some of the things going on in the different agencies in our capitol there would very likely be open revolt. Will retire in a couple of years and can hardly wait because it has become so disgusting to watch the purposeful destruction of all that the citizens of this country have stood and sacrificed so much for. Did say there may be some glimmer of hope because there are undercurrents of dissatisfaction even amongst the party faithful that are not being reported by the media (surprise – surprise) and indicate that all may not be as hunky-dory at the top as they would have us believe.
wakinyan: people have no idea of what its like…and most of them refuse to believe it when told…
Kinda sounds like Billery and Hillary doesn’t it?
Mychal, they have been trying to get the public to revolt. Gas up and still going. Food up and still going. Homes lost. Jobs lost. Strip searches. Debt to the taxpayers beyond belief. On and on. So far only leftie wanna’ be cool, and paid by communist and socialists…on and on. Tax payers paid for the IDU, IRI, Freedom House…on and on, to stir up Egypt. Now I wonder if we, are paying for someone to push us to that point. Attacking faith is a real push from them. What and when will they go too far to enrage us? America, I am proud of you, for being who ‘we’ are, not falling for the bait.
sunny: we should have stormed the white house 60 seconds after he was elected…
john mcclain: I don’t think they should receive retirement or benefits…they should not be paid more than those who are local county supervisors…
Thanks as usual for your courage and boldness in speaking out. I regularly send communication to my representatives and then I wait optimistically for a response. Alas, my hopes are dashed again as the response I get is only silence. I am brushed off like a pesky little mosquito. However, when campaign funds or votes are needed, I become very important and receive excessive attention. It’s time for a good housecleaning. By the way, I gave incorrect information on a scripture yesterday. I said people should read I Chronicles, 7:4 but actually the scripture is II Chronicles, 7:14. Even if you don’t ever read the Bible, take the time to read this scripture. If we do what it says, things can change. I feel sorry for those who put their trust in politicians. There’s something beguiling in the air in Washington and it usually affects almost all who supposedly serve us. God Bless you Mychal. What you do is so important.
doublesmith, we don’t trust them, we just get to vote on the lesser of two evils that the parties polish up and put on display for us to choose from. Rather than pay for their own haircuts, they’ll snatch the food out of the mouth of some wellfare baby and not lose a minute of sleep over it. What we need is a few hundred gallons of tar, a few dump trucks full of feathers and a nice selection of 4 x 4′s to give them a free ride out of town on. But I don’t see anyway to rectify the situation short of rebellion.
P S Did you hear the screams of outrage from congress when Barry told the court to kiss his shiny rear end (for the ladies again) and not show up for his trial? It’s gone too far and it’s been there for years. Voting won’t do the job, at least not quick enough.
sumitch: its not congress nor the president…its people who are scared of their shadows and repeatedly suck it up and go along w/ party hierarchy…when we start rebelling in sufficient numbers we will make a difference…
And just what type of rebellion would it be? Driving a few hundred tractors to D C? Gathering a few tens of thousands in the mall and griping about it? Or maybe a tea party brought up to todays technology?
sumitch: rebel w/ our votes and money…
doublesmith: the people are who we actually fight against…congress does what people let them…the trick is to get the people to become aware and upset enough to do something about it…
Mychal,
I promise you that less than 1% of the electorate knows anything about this arrogance and I thank you for pointing this out to your readers.
I knew nothing about this……..and I watch FOX 24/7! (maybe you can influence Ted Baxter to run it on his show at 8PM) I do remember back in the Clinton days he was paying $400 for his haircuts but didn’t know about the “republicans” that I am suppose to respect!
PS I hope and pray that Sen. Santorum wins the nomination!
Killah
killah: don’t expect fox to help…they’re as bad as the next…they just try to hide it…and I’m supporting Santorum…
That’s about the only semi clean one we have left to vote for.
A semi-clean is better than the no-clean Obama. (Wanted Herman Cain; was disappointed when he endorsed Newt though!)
anna zachariah: I’m supporting Rick Santorum…
I pay 45 Quetzals (~6.00) for a haircut. And I am looking for a cheaper barber still. In order to stay in the field we need to control the money that goes out for food, fuel, HAIRCUTS. What a novel idea controlling expenditures as a way to avoid going into debt. Seems so simple that even a politician should be able to understand. Fire the barbers for the thieves they are. Fire the politicians for the creeps/thieves they are. Let them go down the street to find a working man who gives honest labor for honest pay.
Get out of my White House and my Congress building.
Dennis McCutcheon
Anyone remember the franking scandal? Where the swine owed hundreds of thousands of dollars (correct me here Mychal) that they had “borrowed” from the postage accounts? When they were caught, we were told that it had been paid back, but I have never been convinced of that. I’ll bet the same thing is going on now, if it ever stopped. We just saw momma Obama spend millions on her “girls night out” that she thought was so cute. How about ole Patchwork Pelosi and her private airforce jet to take her back and forth to California (and people get mad at Arnold when all he did was knock up the house keeper). Have we already forgotten the slab of meat sunning his worthless hide in the Carribean? Anyone remember the tub of guts so beloved by all that, at the least, is guilting of manslaughter. How about all those “ladies of the evening”. How about the separate plane for Bo to their vacation because it was too inconvenient to wait an hour? How about all those Senators and Representatives that know it’s going on and never say, much less do anything about it. But we gotta find a way to tap social security for Obamacare and not blink an eye. And they take a part of their three day work week to find a way to “save” social security and medicare when they are the donkeys butts (choose your own adjetive). Only in respect for the ladies do I refrain from being more descriptive. that stole the money and used it to buy votes. Voting them out of office is too good for them. They should be tried for theft at the minimum and on the off chance they are found guilty sent to prison. But we are going to secretly work on getting cap and trade done without Congress so we can get gasoline up to $5.00/gallon and give them more money to throw around. There’s a day of reconing coming, and I want a ring side seat.
sumitch: there is no evidence I’ve heard of that monies were paid back…but again I say it must be us who stand up and end their assault on America…and that means we must reject the hierarchy of both parties…
Right. There’s no evidence. They only said they paid it back. And we know that these straight arrows wouldn’t lie to us.
sumitch: that was political spk for saying they have not paid it back…
When I was going to a barber in FL, he was complaining about the cost of rent and how hard it was to get in the black each month. I asked him why he doesn’t go to retirement homes and give cuts there. He said he would lose his license if he did that. So I, in my ignorance, said – so? If he would get caught, he could get fined and maybe even spend time in jail.
There are just too many things wrong with our country – it makes my head hurt, and I’m about to throw up!
By the way, now my wife cuts my hair and I cut the hair of 3 retired gentlemen in my condo development – for free!
jeff: voters need to be spitting blood about this…but because they don’t directly see the money coming out of their wallets many don’t really care…
dennis mccutcheon: the outrage is that they spent our money to bailout one union barbershop w/ 11 barbers and other staff…and that’s just the senate barbershop…the house has their own barbershop…do you have any idea the number of barbershops that do not have 11 full time barbers rcvg union scalle wages w/ benefits retirement plans and paid vacation, sick days, holidays etc…
And just on the boob tube was that pearl of California jewels, Maxine Waters shooting off her big mouth after engaging her nonexistent brain. And we have our own brain dead runner for idiot of the year here in Texas, so I’m not picking on the prune pickers.
sumitch: i just wrote a piece on her comments for a media outlet earlier today…