Get rid of this woman --

This crazy woman has a seat in our Senate ... She is Republican Michelle Bachmann -- she has been on everything saying just horrible things about Democrats of all kinds. Her seat is up for grabs -- please contribute to her competitor by clicking on the box below -- or visit Mr. Tinkleberg's site by clicking on it.

I can't afford much but donated $2.00! Every little bit helps!

Here is a good article from the Star Tribune about this woman -- "Bachmann, Tinklenberg in virtual tie in KSTP poll" this is a pretty unbiased article -- although it is hard for a writer to talk about her without her sounding like she is a nut.... she does that to herself though.

Who do we blame....

Okay –so, I guess an article is circulating around the internet blaming Clinton and minority poor people for the debacle in finance that precipitated the crap going on in the financial world right now.
The whack-job, fear mongering, parrots of no-change are viral emailing this information around … and most of the senders never seem to do any of their own research.

The story appears to have been agitated by a FAR right wing, Republican, Evangelical Christian, radio talk show host and writer named Joseph Farah.

( BTW Farah is so right wing, he does not approve of McCain because he remembers that McCain is not too picky about his beliefs [as long as they get him elected to something]. Farah has spent a good part of his life involved in bringing down Bill Clinton and has been involved in forming something called the Arkansas Project.”)

To support his case he uses an article that was in the New York Times called Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending from 1999, written by Steven A. Holmes. Now, I am not sure if he (and the people who forward this information) are using this information to shift the blame from Republicans to Clinton or to poor minority borrowers. But it is an obvious move to shift the blame away from the GOP.


To shift the blame away from the GOP requires readers with complete ignorance about the 1990’s and too lazy to do their own research before sending on this babble to others as if it had some validity.

( Reminder – I am not a Democrat. I am a registered Republican who is an Economic Republican that has not been able to vote for a Republican since the Reagan era – when the party was hi-jacked by religious nutcases.

I am no champion of Bill Clinton because of his boorish behavior to his wife and family after infidelity ordeal; And the amount of embarrassment that they had to endure because he did not deal with that matter quickly, decisively and honestly.

I have always felt that he just should have said – “This is a private matter between my wife and I – I will not answer any questions about this matter”. Instead, the lie, though understandable, put the family in a very bad situation.

Now, since his wife and he have apparently dealt with it and comparing it to the president we have had since – I have dropped it from problems with Mr. Clinton.)

To review the salient history, Bill Clinton and the current financial situation.

When President Clinton was in office the Republicans controlled the legislative part of our government. The 104th US Congress, in 1995, controlled everything for the first time since the 1950’s. The Speaker of the House was Republican Newt Gingrich. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate was Strom Thurmond (who was a Democrat, then a Republican).


Even if “Fannie Mae has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans” as the article in the NY Times states – so, what? The Clinton Administration was not in a position to do one thing - the Congress had the power.

If not Clinton then, who was the power for financial change at that time? Number one on my list is, Republican Phil Gramm of Texas. Gramm was Texas Senator from 1985 until 2002 (also served as the Democratic Congressman from 1978 – 1983 and Republican Representative from 1983 until 1985). Senator Phil Gramm is also the holder of a doctorate in economics from the University of Georgia and taught Economics at Texas A & M.


The good Senator served on the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and Senate Budget Committee from 1989 until leaving office in 2002. Significant to this discussion is the fact that Gramm authored the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1999. This Act removed safeguards that were put in place in the 1930’s (Glass-Steagall Act) to separate banking, insurance and brokerage industries.

Glass – Steagall Act of 1933 – formed the FDIC, changed banking and tried to end speculation that had factored in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. This Act stopped banks from owning things like mortgage companies, insurance companies other financial businesses. The Gramm-Leech-Bliley Act reversed this law. Gramm was not alone in this debacle though – the vote was 362 to 57 in the (Republican controlled) House and 90 to 8 (Republican controlled) Senate .

– Clinton signed it into law.

Back to the viral information being passed on like gospal.

According to Farah “ Who pushed the button? Bill Clinton did. He has an uncanny knack of emerging unscathed from the scandals he creates. So far, this is another one.” He does go on to say there is “plenty of blame to go around.” But then says “It's clear who made that decision initially, who got the ball rolling down the cliff, who pressed the wrong financial button. It was Bill Clinton”.

Can anyone say “Vendetta” -- - I bet you can Ven-det- ta……

……….watch out folks. When you buy into other people’s crud - maybe even mine, folks, this is the internet - we can say anything we want … do your own research.

Nose picker - Bush

Georgie Porgie Pudd'n and Pie - Flips us off and makes us die........

He just makes you proud - doesn't he?

Our son sent me this one....

Back on September 26th, CNN's Jack Cafferty let us into his thoughts about Sarah Palin and her threat to our country...... "One 72 year old's heart beat away from the Presidency"





The go to CNN.com/CaffertyFile Scroll down to September 26th, and read the comments - if the world were not in so much peril from this woman's placement on the brink of 'leadership' I would be tickled by this quote "She’s no more qualified than Marge Simpson." said Jennifer in Winnipeg - then again Marge would present herself much better.

What to they want?

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Of course, They want a woman who is

"just like me!"

"Every morning I wake up and tease my hair 'till it's big enough to hide a rabbit in, tell my knocked-up teenage daughter that a marriage by shotgun is better than not getting married, have someone fired 'cause gosh darn it, I don't like them very much........ and then go shoot a moose for lunch."

"Then after I get Trig up from his nap and do his enrichment exercises - by screeching about 'terrorists' close to his ear; About 3:00pm I will meet with reporters, pose for some pictures - not answer any questions that I have not been fed the answers to -- and get home in time to remind my husband to 'smile - and not speak to anyone - ever. Double so about Troopergate.'"

McCain would call these "gotchas" we will just "Oh Sarah - say it isn't so..."

Cars - Planes - Houses, Condominiums......

Mainstreet USA - who can we relate to?

McCain cars = 13 -- 10 are American, 3 are Foreign. Some of which are: 2004 Cadillac; a 2008 Jeep Wrangler; a 2007 half-ton Ford pickup truck; a vintage 1960 Willys Jeep; 2007 Lexus; a 2000 Lincoln; and a 2001 GMC SUV; three electric called GEM's 2005; Volkswagen convertible and a 2001 Honda sedan. (Quote McCain to Detroit television station WXYZ-TV, "I've bought American literally all my life and I'm proud.").



McCain jets = 1 - Cessna Citation Excel, a midsize corporate jet that seats eight

McCain houses = 8 (4 are condos that may be rentals)



Obamas cars = 1 -- 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid.


Obama jets = 0


Obama houses = 1

McCain grew up the son of a successful military man (Admiral McCain) - went to West Point as a result - miltary pilot - worked for his wife Cindy's father for a little while -- then went to work for the Senete. Always had benefits (usually governmental), always had a preferential lifestyle. (Okay there was that 5 years in the POW camp -- )



Obama - absent father that provided no support, mother who put herself through college - grandparents who helped in his rearing. Scholarships and worked his way through college.

I think only Obama can relate to people I know.