Geithner Has Got To Go

Over the past few months we have heard so much about the debt ceiling and the possibility of having the nation’s credit rating down-graded. We have heard from everyone on all sides of the issue. Well, we heard from everyone save for Timothy Geithner. We should have heard more from this guy than any other. Why is he so important to this problem? Simply, he is the United States Secretary of The Treasury.

Geithner, following in Obama’s footsteps, has proven to be lacking leadership skills and independent thought. He has taken no positive action in this issue. This is just another page from Obama’s book; inaction.

As I write this, Obama is finishing up a speech and backing Geithner.  Obama’s speech and his backing of Geithner are already having an effect on the stock market. The market opened and quickly lost about 300 points. As soon as Obama finished his speech the market went down another 200 points. This administration is a hideous, deformed leviathan that the democrats only want to grow bigger and more distorted. There is a solution for that; make Obama a one term president.

Geithner should step down from his position and let someone competent take over. Oh, but if it was only that easy. It isn’t easy because Obama would insist on inserting one of his yes-men in to the position. 

Hugo

Way to Go Obama

Obama’s lack of leadership and his inaction on the debt ceiling has led us to the worst two weeks in the stock market since 2008. The last 9 0f 10 trading day the Dow Jones Industrial Average has ended in negative numbers. Punctuated by the 513 point loss today, altogether the Dow Jones Industrial average has lost 1300 points or 10.5%. Without a true leader in the White House and strong backing from the Senate and the House of Representatives, we will continue to flounder as a nation and world financial power.

Do Obama and his democratic henchmen not understand that in order to pay for all of their socialist programs they need to create an environment conducive to businesses and job creation?  Without businesses and jobs to pay taxes their programs can’t be funded. Is Obama really that nescient or is he just too stubborn and ideological to realize this? It is pretty straight forward; you tax businesses and individual so the more businesses and individuals there are who pay taxes the more revenue. The solution seems simple enough for a fifth-grader with a lemonade stand to understand, why he doesn’t understand.

This president and his cronies are hell-bent on destroying the very thing that built this country; free enterprise.

Way to go Obama, first you kill business growth, then jobs, and further you devalue our currency, and now you kill our economy. You are without a doubt the worst president this nation has seen.

Hugo

Carter-ized

In the past week democrats and republicans have been battling over the debt ceiling and which approach is best. Both parties were placing blame on each other. Speaker of the House John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were on the front lines of the battle. They were in the forefront of the debate. They each were responsible for submitting debt plans and they both did so. All this was making headline news for week, and in particular last week. One glaring absentee was Barack Obama. In one of the worst debt debates where was Obama? He was nowhere to be found. What’s worse is that he himself did not weigh in on the debate with a plan of his own.  Then finally a deal was reached and still no sight of Obama. What kind of leader does this? What leader would let his subordinates handle the most important responsibilities? Some may say that he is delegating responsibility. But when a leader assigns responsibility then is nowhere to be found when there is need for his intervening, well then, that’s when it becomes a failure of leadership.

Obama is now, in the eyes of a growing number of people, the worst president in our nation’s history. That distinction was reserved for Jimmy Carter since his term in office. Carter was known for inaction and incompetence. Obama is making Carter look good. Obama has failed in every aspect of his job. He has infamously gone golfing more than any other president. Perhaps that is a good thing; if he is golfing he can’t screw anything up at the office. He made so many promises to get elected and hasn’t made good on any of them. He has done so poorly that even the union leaders have started to back away and distance themselves from him. Obama is perhaps the most incompetent president ever. He is so bad that even members of his own party can’t and won’t count on him. During the debate no democrats called on him for advice. What does that say about the man and his party? I believe it says that there is a lack of confidence within the party’s leadership and a complete abandonment for the president.

It will indeed be a sad day and a sad commentary on our collective intelligence if he should be re-elected.

Hugo

What Happened to Manhood?

A Call to Arms

What is manhood? What makes a man? Are we men simply because of the genitals we carry? Are we said to be men just because we reach a certain age? The answers, as I see them, to these questions aren’t too difficult to find. We are only men when we act as men. We are men when we become responsible for our actions. When we develop character and principles is when we become men.

They say actions speak louder than words. I believe that to be a true statement. I especially believe that when it comes to acting like a man. I believed myself to be a man on my 18^th birthday, but I was mistaken. Far from that day is when I finally started to metamorphose into a man. I was a child pretending to be a man well into my mid-twenties. Until that time I was saying one thing and doing another. I was dressing like a kid. I was always in shorts and a t-shirt. Yes, the way we dress has a lot to do with being a man. For instance, a man would “dress for dinner” some years ago. Even in his own home and at his own dinner table he would make sure to wear a shirt. Not a t-shirt, but a full button-down shirt. Of late, we see so called men taking their families to dinner and they are dressed in shorts a tank-top and flip-flops. This seems ludicrous to me. Actions make the man. A man’s actions should be his words and his words should be his actions. By this I mean that a man should always act in accordance with what he believes and expounds. Therefore, if he wants to be seen and treated like a man he should act like a man.

Of course, this is all part of developing character. Character in a man is the signature he puts on his life’s accomplishments. To wit, a man’s accomplishments mean much less if he acquired them without character.  An example of this would be; a person reaches his goal of earning a six figure income, but he does it by treachery and less than honorable means. This, to me, is less of an accomplishment than if it had been done with good moral conduct.

Character will only thrive on a foundation of principles. Principles are a set of beliefs within a man that cannot be bought off or cast aside. Principles are what give a man his strength. They are the strength to stand up for himself, the strength to say yes when everyone else says no. Principles are what give man courage. Without principles and character we would be but boys and cowards.

Manhood has taken a big hit in the past few decades, but it lives in some of us. For those of us, and I consider myself a neophyte at it, who are men in every sense of the word, we have the responsibility to instill true manhood onto others for the betterment of our society.

We Are Idiots

We must all be idiots to be taken advantage like this. There are very few words to describe what I am feeling right now. We are being played like little children by our government. If there was ever an argument for smaller government than this, I have never heard it. Now I am not a big fan of Ron Paul, but he may be right in calling for the abolishment of the Federal Reserve. My brother ran across an article online and forwarded it to me. I won’t try to explain it. I think that if you read it for yourself you will get the message load and much clearer than I could ever make it.
Here is the link:
http://www.unelected.org/audit-of-the-federal-reserve-reveals-16-trillion-in-secret-bailouts

I am so angry!

Hugo

Weiners and Tigers, Oh My!

I seriously have no idea why some of people in the public eye do such dumb things. It seems that every other month there is a new sex scandal involving a high level politician. Why is it that when someone has some sort of power in office it turns into egotism? Further, it turns some people in to arrogant narcissists. 

Anthony Weiner was probably the worst of the recent bunch. He admitted to sending graphic pictures in various poses and states of undress. None on the recipients wanted those pictures. Even a porn star went on the record to say she was sent pictures and texts messages that she did not want. He was so egocentric, arrogant, pompous, and self-important for weeks when he was denying the allegations. He even went on a national television show to tell his side of the story. He said he had been hacked. He then changed the words to “had been pranked” when he was informed that hacking was a federal offense and he should have the F.B.I. investigate. He knew he had sent those and that there was no hacking of his accounts.  He went on to admit everything on a live news conference.

David Wu a democratic representative from Oregon was perhaps less like Weiner only in that he was quick to resign and admit his wrong-doing. Wu is accused of having unwanted sexual contact with a woman had just graduated from high school. This was not Wu’s first trespass. He has a record of this sort of thing dating back to the 1970’s. That’s bad enough, but there is more. He, for unknown reasons, sent his staff pictures of him dressed in a tiger costume. This latter issue isn’t illegal, but it sure is not professional. After receiving the picture some of his staff resigned. 

I am sure they aren’t the last, but just the latest. There will surely be more. I don’t care what people do behind closed door in their private lives, but they should keep it to themselves. In this technology driven age there are very few secrets. Once the media gets a hold of anything like this you can bet there is only one outcome: total exposure of their whole life. The only way to avoid being found out is to not have anything to hide.

Hugo

Obama Voters

It’s been over two and a half years since our last presidential election and just about fifteen months until our next one. Although, we are over a year away from the actual election the politicking is in full swing. Obama is no longer working at the job he was elected to do. Instead he is just out fund-raising and campaigning for re-election. During these last couple of weeks I have been asking myself; “who would vote for him?” I have a couple of answers and a few theories.

The first answer is fairly obvious; people “drank the kool-aid”. They were simply duped. Obama and the democrats told everyone what they wanted to hear and so the people voted for him. Perhaps if people were not so lazy and willing to take a handout and were a little better informed, we would have a different president now. In other words, Obama preyed on the ignorant and greedy.

The second answer is also simple; they are the hard-liners. These are the people that will vote for a candidate based only on what party he belongs to. There is nothing anyone can do to help them.

Okay now the theories. One of my theories; black voted for Obama because they would feel or be made to feel like they betrayed their race. Yes, I said it. I believe they just voted for a black president whether they agreed with his views or not. I wonder how many blacks regret their decision.

Theory two; white people voted for Obama because they thought it “cool” and very much in line with their progressive views. How can you be progressive and not vote for a minority? It seems that they think that if it has been done before then it is not progressive.

The third; Hispanics and in particular the ones in the southwest which are mostly Mexican, they also believed the political speeches. They believed that he was going to wave a magic want and give every immigrant citizenship via amnesty. The truth is that, he hasn’t and won’t do anything about it. He has barely mentioned this topic in the more than two years in office and he only mentioned it to blame the republicans for his inaction.

The only solution for all of this is; knowledge. We must all be informed as much as we possibly can.

Hugo