Housing Bill!

Following the Houses lead from earlier in the week -- passed the housing bill this morning, finally sending it to President Bush for a promised signature. As expected, the final vote was a commanding 72-13.

Procedural wrangling pushed lawmakers into an unusual Saturday session, but Majority Leader Harry Reid made the call, deciding this bill would not be delayed into next week -- the last week before Congress' month-long summer recess.

The White House has said the bill will be signed into law -- especially because of an emergency provision to aid struggling mortgage-fund companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Sen. Chris Dodd, who has spent most of his time this year on the bill, which he helped author, stood on the floor of the Senate, watching as his colleagues recorded their ayes and nos.

Here's what Dodd had to say about it: "With one of every eight homes projected to enter foreclosure over the next five years, and the economy shedding jobs as the costs of energy, health care and food skyrocket, the American dream has become a nightmare for countless families across the country. Today, Congress did more than send a bill to the President - we sent a message to American families that help is on the way. In addition to providing urgently-needed relief to homeowners on the brink of losing their homes, this legislation will address our broader economic problems by helping to reform our housing sector and provide reassurances to our financial markets."

Taking back our Country!!!

As most or all of my loyal readers (all 3 of you) know Obama has made his rounds across the globe talking with and giving speeches abroad. Now here I sit at my little desk thinking to myself, I don't remember Germany being part of the US and voting for OUR President. So he goes over there and is a big hit with the locals and now all you see is Obama. If your old enough (and I'm not) when TV first started there were like 3 channels and If the President was on you night was shot... It seems as though that is how it is now. All I see is Obama this and Obama that, and McCain in the background going "Hey guys I'm over here"(thanks Jay Leno.)
Still it bothers me that that this guy has gone over to other country's to talk about the things it is he would like to do as President. My opinion is he has told them more than he has told us. I personally fell that the public who has given the candidates millions of dollars just payed them to go on a damn Vacation. As if were not gonna do that enough once one of them gets into office.
I don't see what all the big hype is about Obama. Yeah hes part Black, and he speaks well. Rather the guy is a condescending fool. He talks about how this country is the greatest country in the world. Then he says WE NEED CHANGE. Yeah we need change, we need to get rid of all the corrupt politicians. We need to quit paying congressman and senators hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. That's the change we need. Most of them are in it for the money. They don't want to make a difference. I say we cut the salary to $50,000.00 a year and when they are done they don't still get paid! Then and only then will we see people running of office that really do care.
If that were to happen with in the first 180 days you would see big change. Bills like the fair tax would come onto the floor and be votes on instead of getting held up in committee. You would see a immigration bill finally passed and in place. You would see a better economy and lower gas prices. The thing with politicians is most of them were born with a silver spoon or in some cases a platinum spoon in their mouth. They don't know what its like to be broke, have your power shut off or a car get repossessed because it was either feed you children or make the car payment. My question is how can you help the poor if you've never been broke. How can you worry about tax increases when you don't pay taxes. How can you fix gas prices when you don't pay for your own gas. How can you understand the High cost of health care when its given to you. The answer is you cant. The only problem with getting normal everyday people in office is they don't have the money to beat the incumbent.
However if we were to put a cap on how much a candidate could raise then maybe us little people who have ideas would be able to make it into office.
Having said that it brings me to my next rant. Time in office. The President can only be in office 2 terms. A Governor can only be in a certain amount of time and it depends on the State. Now why can congressman and senators be in 100 years like OL Teddy. 4 terms thats it. UNLESS you have done something really wonderful during the time you have been in office then you can run for another term. If you haven't done shit you cant run. If you don't vote on alot bills then you CANT run for reelection.Simple as that. Our Country itself doesn't need change the people who make our laws and legislate need to change. And that is a fact. We live in a great country and this country will remain great as long as the people who live remember that they are the voice and the people in Washington work for us. We are a country of Representatives, we hire them to do our bidding and I think its high time we fire damn near everyone of them!!!! Thank you for reading and please leave your comment!! And don't for get to catch Patriot Action Live every Tuesday and Thursday at 8pm EST on www.blogtalkradio.com/patriotaction

Lower gas prices

For 2 weeks now since President Bush lifted the offshore drilling ban, we have seen gas prices come down. Yet it doesn't seem that they go down as quick as they go up. Now lets look at the way gas goes up in price. As OPEC raises the price of crude oil the next day (or even the same day) gas prices go up. Now I know as well as the rest of America that the oil that we are buying today is not going to be at the pump tomorrow. That means that the Government or price gouging us, raising the price of gas to cover the new cost of oil we wont use for 5 years. Sounds to me like they need to be questioned about it. Its not only the trusted elected officials that do this to us, its the big oil guys as well. They claim that they don't make as much money yet they have reported record profits the last 3 years...... While America is going broke just to drive to work these fat cats are living the high life with huge tax breaks and free gas.

Now I had a conversation with a friend of mine this weekend and told him about an idea to lower gas prices. Keep in mind I have no education outside of High school in economics. The U.S. has millions of barrels of oil. I say we should start drilling our own oil now as planned by the President. Take all the oil we have in reserve and flood the market with it $40.00 under current cost. What will that do? That will send OPEC into a price fit. They will not know what the hell to do. (Id love to see the look on their faces) The rest of the world would turn to the U.S. for oil and we are making instant money. That oil we paid $40.00, $50.00, $60.00 etc. for we now just made money on. So now your starting to get it. WOW we lower our own cost of gas and were making money on the oil we over paid for! Now I know that there would be more to it than that but it makes sense at least from a civilian stand point.

World's greatest dad? I think not!

A man whose shirt proclaims him as the "world's greatest dad" has been arrested on charges he tried to use the internet to arrange a sexual encounter with a minor. He was caught in one of Attorney General Mike Cox's cyber stings.

From the Attorney General's office:

LANSING - Attorney General Mike Cox announced today the arrest of Daniel Allen Everett, of Clarkston, Michigan, for using the Internet to arrange a meeting for sex with a minor.

"Today's arrest is a reminder that a parent can pose a threat to our children," said Cox. "And no matter how "great" a criminal thinks they are, if you intend to harm or solicit children, my office is coming after you."

Mr. Everett's photo has been provided in order to encourage other possible underage victims to identify the perpetrator.

Attorney General investigators arrested Everett, 33, for chatting online with who he thought was a 14-year-old girl that he met in a chatroom. Everett allegedly engaged in graphic sexual conversation with an undercover agent and propositioned the agent, who was posing as a 14-year-old girl, to meet him for sex.

This afternoon, Everett was arrested in Novi where he is alleged to have appeared to meet the minor for sex. He was arrested wearing a T-shirt with the words, "Worlds Greatest Dad" on the front, a sad reminder that Internet predators come from all walks of life.

Everett was arraigned today in the 52-1 District Court in Novi, before the Honorable Andra Dudley, on 1 count of Child Sexually Abusive Activity, a 20-year felony, and 1 count of Using the Internet to Commit Child Sexually Abusive Activity, a 20-year felony.

Judge Dudley set bond at $50,000 cash and Everett will be back in court to face trial. The date is to be announced.

Parents are encouraged to check their children's "buddy lists" for the screen name(s) Everett used including "danmichelle2004". If they believe their child had contact with Everett, parents should contact the Attorney General's office at (313) 456-0180.

A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

Cox's Criminal Division has arrested 198 Internet sexual predators since 2003. Attorney General Cox encourages parents to visit www.michigan.gov/ag for tips on safe Internet usage for children. Citizens can also report suspected Internet child predators via the Report Internet Abuses Against Children link, or by calling the Child and Public Protection Unit at (313) 456-0180.

Offshore drilling allowed...For now!

After many months of high gas prices, President Bush made an executive order overriding his fathers 1990 order. We are on the road to being able to drill our own oil. Now all congress has to do is approve it. I don't see that happening since Speaker of the House Nancey Pelosi made the comment a few weeks back that ''Bush's plan is a "hoax," joining a chorus of condemnations from environmental groups. The business-friendly U.S. Chamber of Commerce hailed the move as a step toward alleviating high gasoline prices.
While some law makers think its not the way we need to go to reduce our cost a the pump, I think most will go along with it, being an election years and all.
Democrats say it wont help prices but if you think about it we don't have to buy the oil just refine it into gas. HMMMMMMM sounds like we might be able to save money after all. I'm not economist or anything but it speaks for itself. I have however owned a business before and I know that if you make it yourself the labor costs are much less than buying the finished product from an outside source and paying them the labor.
Now the side the Dem's don't talk about. Even if it only saved us say $0.25 a gallon, that's not a BIG savings. However think of all the AMERICAN JOBS IT WILL CREATE!!! That would stimulate the American Economy. But why do that when we can just sit on our 9% approval asses, we make enough money. We don't pay for our own gas anyway. People, its an election year and the time has come to vote for the guy you dont know. You already know the guy thats in office now, and most likley he hasent done shit. Vote for the new guy , lets get some new blood in Washington and let try to make this country what its supposed to be, The Greatest Country On Earth!!!.
We all make fun of Obama saying Im all about change in one sentence then later saying we live in the greatest country on earth. HMMMM SO LETS PUT THAT TOGETHER. We live in the greatest country on earth, elect me so I can change it. Right on brother( and I didnt mean Brother in any racist meaning i was just speaking to the white in him. ) We laugh to soon I think. This country does need change. It needs to change our wastefull spending. We need to stop making oursleves as a country look like a bunch of dumbasses. We need to help ourselves before we help others. We need new blood in Washington. Thats all for this rant and if you have any hate mail feel free to send it to lewismdmx@aim.com thanks and good night or when ever your reading this.....

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Now this guy really needs to be taken out. The President of Iran made the statement to the US and our Israel that we better not invade or they will cut off oil supplies to both nations. "Before the enemies can put their fingers on the trigger, the armed forces will cut off their hands," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying. Now that sounds like a threat to me. Most of you have heard about Iran testing missiles in the past couple weeks and they have now said they will target the heart of Israel and 32 us bases in the middle east if anyone attacks Iran.

Ahmadinejadass also said "This is only a small part of Iran's defense capabilities and in future we will unveil more of our defense capabilities if it is needed." .Now that to me sounds like a plan to attack. I say we quit buying their damn oil and see how they feel then. That's the damn problem with these guys, we don't bother them because we "need" them. Well congress get off you asses (9% approval) and drill here drill now!!!!. This gas and oil problem has gone on for too damn long. Now I am a republican and I did vote for Bush (hey were not all perfect) but his time in office is almost over and I hate to say it but I'm kinda glad.

The reason the President doesn't start drilling by executive order is because his daddy's executive order that said we couldn't drill our own oil. So instead of making daddy angry Lil Bush wont do it. He wants congress to do it. Hello Congress doesn't do SHIT!

OPEC says you better not!

Who the hell does OPEC think they are. They are going around telling the world America mostly, that we should just let Iran launch and test thier missiles. They warn that if we invade Iran the price of oil will double and they can do nothing about it. I personally think we should invade OPEC. They are so full of shit they cant do anything about it. They are the ones who set the damn prices.
America needs to band together and all of us call our congressman and tell them to drill here drill now!.. This is now the 2nd time that President Bush has asked Congress to lift the drilling ban and they have denied the request. In an election year when both sides need serious help to regain the trust of voters, I cant believe that Congress would deny the request. Instead you would think that Speaker of the House would at the very least aree to debate it. Never the less here we are still paying over $4.00 a gallon for gas.

The gas companies say they are not making much money, yet every quarter they report higher and higher profits. HMMMMMMMM I think someone is full of crap. But instead of doing something about it and boycotting the oil company's and not buying gas, American would rather bitch and complain about it than take a stand. So many times I have received an email about national do not buy gas day. Yet on that day the gas stations are still packed with people. We need a do not buy gas day. While everyone isnt gonna be able to do that because of business like the phone company, cable company and truck drivers to not buy gas, the regular American citizen (legal or not) can go a day or even a few days with out going to the pumps. Then and only then will the gas companies see that we are in control. Its all about supply and demand, only now we demand it and they supply it at the price THEY want to charge. We need to demand a price and let who ever whats to supply it supply it. Maybe then this epidemic will come to a halt.
I'd also like to tell all the people ( all 6 of you who read this) about a 2 really good friends of mine that host a internet talk radio show. Matt and Wyatt are the hosts of Patriot Action on Blog talk radio. the web address is www.blogtalkradio.com/patriotaction. and you can find them live every Tuesday and Thursday at 8pm est. Take the time to listen and call in with any comments or questions you might have.

Free to blog

As we come to the anniversary of our nations freedom some people look at it as a time to get together and bbq, drink and hang with friends as well as light off fireworks. But its alot more than that. In the world we live in today we have to fight everyday for our freedom. We have to strive to remain the best country in the world. Some would argue that we are no longer the greatest country but we as American can look and see that we are in fact still the greatest place to live. We have the right to be free, the right to practice our own religion, the right to own guns (thank you supreme court) and the right to a fair trial for our crimes. However we are slowly losing our right or giving them up i should say. We no longer take any action to help our selves. To many people are waiting on our government to save them . One of our greatest Presidents said once "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your Country" Many people fought and died for our freedoms and for US THE PEOPLE to be able to speak our mind. While we are still and always will be a country of laws we still hold the power to make this a better place.

So while you are at your BBQ's and firework shows or just sitting at home enjoying a day off work, Remember the reason for the day. Remember the people who died to make this a free country. Remember the soldiers who have died in IRAQ and Afghanistan to keep you free.

Its not just July 4th 1776 that we should remember. It 9-11-2001 and every day there after because in my opinion we still fight to keep our freedom everyday!

Have a safe and happy 4th of July everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its been a while

So its been almost 3 months since i posted a blog. So I thought I had a few min i would go ahead and do it. Alot has been going on, with the good Rev Wright being broadcasted all over the news. Hillary Clinton dropped out of the race (thank god) and Mccain is the republican nominee. Now that I have told you everything you already know lets get into some new news....


A black woman in Denver CO replaced the words from the National Anthem with the words from what is called "The Black National Anthem". Now let me get this story straight ( and this will spill over to another blog) If a white guy (or woman) changed the words to a White National Anthem(if one existed) then we would be deemed racist! But a Black person does it and its ok just a little embarrasing. It seems its ok for any other race to make racist remarks or comments except the White race. But enough of that like I said earlier that is a whole other entry.
Rene Marie was asked to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper delivered the annual address on Tuesday. Instead, she sang the lyrics of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" — a hymn commonly referred to as the "Black National Anthem" — to the tune of the national anthem,. The mayor said only Marie, her husband and a musical advisor knew what the local jazz singer had in mind.
"What she said was that she was very sorry, that she meant no disrespect, that she was trying to make a creative expression of her love for the country," Hickenlooper said.

16 years after a brutal abduction rape and murder a Florida man has been put to death. It not only made news due to the fact that he was killed exactly 16 years to the day he was sentenced but he was the first to die in florida since late 2006. Mark Dean Schwab was put to death by lethal injection at 6:15 p.m. Schwab was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing 11-year-old boy. Just only a month after his release from prision Schwab sa a little boy on the news. He became obsessed with this boy and created and carried out a plan. He went to the boys home posing as a reporter that wanted to do a story on the young man. He then called the school the boy went to and acted like his father asking school officials to tell the boy to meet him at a local ball field. It was there that Schwab kidnapped the boy, put him in a uhaul truck and took him to a hotel where he raped him and strangled him to death. 5 days later he was found in Ohio where he was arrested and he admitted to the crime. This execution came as a reliefe for the family because Schwab almost got out of it. But much to his suprise the Florida and federal supreme court did not listen to his plee to live. At 6:04 pm the first of the 3 drugs were givin and he was pronounced dead at 6:15.

Well everyone thats all I have for now. I will try to keep new entrys comming every day so check back and as always you comments are always welcome!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE A HAPPPY AND SAFE 4TH oF \JULY!