Some Things of Note

Ah Yes. The first of what I hope are many blog posts. Obviously a lot happened today. BP oil spill is still spilling, South and North Korea are still close to fighting, the Regime is getting ready for some meetings with our landlords (China), and Obama's approval rating fell to 44% while support for repealing his health care plan is at 63%. However, there were two stories that caught my attention enough to warrant my immediate response (because as we all know, I set the talking points for conservative talking heads).

The first is this story: http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2010/05/24/lawmaker-introduces-b-union-pension-bailout/

Pennsylvania’s Junior Senator Bob Casey has come out and said that the Federal Government U.S Taxpayers should bailout union pensions to the tune of $165 Billion. These pensions are private contracts between private parties and must be paid until the recipient is dead. While the $165 Billion for bailing out private pensions for the SEIU and AFL-CIO seems ludicrous, which it is, it raises a much more interesting issue at hand: What are we going to do with the PUBLIC SECTOR PENSIONS that would require an even larger bailout. Just as an example, the unfunded liability for California’s public sector pensions weighs in at a hefty $500 Billion. (http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/06/opinion/la-oe-crane6-2010apr06) That is more than THREE TIMES what Sen. Casey is asking for, and this is just one state. The solution? Well, we cannot renege on contracts now, but we can look towards the future. End all public sector unions and cut down on pension payouts for my generation and subsequent ones. Does planning for retirement mean you have to save some of your money now and not spend it on a brand new Corvette? Yes, it does. As much as I will grow to appreciate the massive tax increases that will be levied on me in order to pay for the reckless spending habits of previous generations, I would prefer to hand down only my baseball card collection to my children and grandchildren, and not a debt that will threaten the stability of our Republic.

The other story that caught my eye, probably because I am a former resident of this state and grew up just across the border in New Hampshire (a far superior state) is this verbal gaffe from Gov. Deval Patrick: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/05/patrick_says_ob.html

For those history buffs out there they may recall this in their independent studies (because you never learned about this dark little period in school).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition_Act_of_1918

Hey, that is the same word Deval Patrick used! Should you be surprised at this? No, because silencing the opposition is a tactic as old as Progressivism itself. Just look at Obamacare, which was the first major piece of social welfare legislation that was passed strictly on partisan lines. Am I saying that this is a call to silence the Conservative movement? No, it isn’t, but is just the latest in a string of attacks against the critics of an increasingly unpopular President (44% approval: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll). Then again, after the polite way the left in America treat George Bush during his eight years as President, I can see why they would be mad at the right constantly attacking the statist agenda of the Obama Regime. Remember, using the word sedition to describe the opposition to Obama means that those of us on the right are trying to incite insurrection against a lawful authority. Deval must think that because of all those violent rallies held by Tea Party Protesters, like this one: http://www.youtube.com/user/mightymik#p/u/0/Pn0HdZlIDKQ

Yeah, that must be it.

Oh, and my favorite video of the day:

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/05/ultra-lib-speaker-booed-during-her-commencement-lecture-to-university-of-arizona-students-video/

That is all for now.