Arkady's Thoughts

On today's episode, Hanna explores the virtues of entrepreneurship and self reliance with her new found friend Tresa! Tresa gives Hanna some much needed relationship advice, advice sure to be useful in life's challenging ordeals. In terms of the ACORN saga, the excitement is starting to wear off. Not only has Tresa firmly proven to be unhinged, but her stories of murder and violence appear to be largely exaggerated . Personally, the first three videos were far more incriminating than the ramblings of Tresa Kaelke . Here is the second part, but it's hard to hear and rather unexciting.

According to theHill .com it appears that the last vestige of Republican support has melted away in the form of Olympia Snowe who expressed concerns over the budgetary constraints the health reform bill poses. When a woman who voted for the 787 Stimulus package is concerned over price, you got a problem! Max Baucus feels he addresses some of the concerns put forth by critics, specifically payment of the program. In the speech to Congress, Obama suggested the Democrat's bill will not add one cent to our deficit by matching every expenditure with a cut. He also maintained NOTHING will change for those currently insured. OK , let's see how this holds up. The proposal is as following: Fees on insurance companies, drug makers, medical device manufacturers and insurers. Tax of 35 percent on insurance plans costing more than $8,000 for individuals and $21,000 for families, applied to premium amounts over the threshold. Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. A fee on employers whose worker...

As predicted, another video has been released by people I imagine will not only be heroes in America, but will inspire copycat infiltration of similar organizations in the coming years. James/Hanna take their show to California for their fourth "trick" and this time a white employee spills the beans. Not only does she admit to murder, but provides extensive advice on how to utilize prostitution proceeds for a political campaign. She then brags about lobbying several prominent politicians in the area including Senator Barbara Boxer and hiding vast profits from her "escorting days". It's entirely possible the lady has an ego inversely proportional with her brain size and could be fabricating a good portion of her accomplishments, but she does point out that people like Obama have NO idea where the money is coming from. Considering Obama's ties to ACORN that run all the way back to his community organizing days, I think he might have a pretty damn good idea. ...

ACORN has been under significant pressure from two heroes literally risking their life to expose ACORN and the criminal enterprise they have built on Alinsky's principles. For every liberty loving and red blooded American, ACORN represents everything that is wrong with this country. Most of us have discovered this awful organization accidentally during Obama's campaign. We learned slowly about ACORN's involvement with the Community Reinvestment Act and it's mafia-style tactics they used to intimidate bankers. We learned that Obama represented ACORN during a lawsuit in Chicago, where ACORN alleged that banks practice discriminatory lending practices. Although Obama's involvement was minimal his roots as a community organizer and presence in this case suggests that he is partial with their views. Lastly, we discovered the following video of community organizers and Obama pledging his support and acceptance of ACORN's agenda. Then we learned that ACORN was kn...

Courtesy of the guys at PatriotRoom , looks like Joe Wilson's remark resonated through the halls of Congress as quickly as it did through the wires of the blogosphere . In a story breaking today, it would appear that the loop hole the ICS wrote about - the inability to verify citizenship - will indeed be closed. Democrats apparently will continue marching right off the cliff as long as the One keep spewing inspiring rhetoric. On one hand this story should be amusing, on the other hand it saddens me that in this vehemently partisan administration the only way to actually get legislation passed is to call Obama a liar on national television. Proof in this stipulation lies in the fact that two amendments to ban illegals from health coverage were struck down by Democrats.

Joe Wilson may have erred and is the source of condemnation of his party, but virtually nobody is discussing Obama's bitterly partisan speech or his ideas - no, Joe Wilson is the topic of conversation. Job well done, whether intentional or not. However a divide between the left and right continues to rage and now the nitty -gritty regarding illegal immigrant coverage is on the forefront. So, who is the actual liar? First of all, we need to figure out just how many illegal immigrants are in this country. This number varies drastically depending on source, here are just some examples: Center for Immigration Studies : 6 million New York Times : 11-12 million Department of Homeland Security : 11.5 million American Resistance : 15-20 million Let us also assume that tracking people without any documentation or formal entry is very difficult and estimating these numbers is hardly an exact science. Let us however assume that the number is closer to 12 million because that was the number c...

Perhaps Joe Wilson achieved the unintended when he accused Obama of lying yesterday during the much anticipated health reform speech. Every blog, news source, cooler conversation is buzzing about yesterday's reaction. Today on talk radio in the morning, callers were passionately arguing the actions of Joe Wilson and condemnation from Wilson's party has been vociferous . In this video , you can see for yourself what the hoopla is all about and notice Obama comes out slinging first accusing Republicans of spreading bogus lies and being cynical. While I found the entire experience enjoyable, it was only because of the factual underpinnings - that is Obama was indeed being less than truthful and as discussed in my previous post, the usual number of 45+ million uninsured most DEFINITELY includes illegal immigrants. However, Joe Wilson broke with tradition and interrupted a presidential speech to a joint meeting of Congress. As with any kind of argument about the spread of gove...