Amazing Feds

I learned from my latest issue of Newsmax Magazine that the federal workforce under President Obama has grown 13 percent. That's thousands and thousands of new workers. I guess that is one way to make the poor employment figures look better. But, it is all at taxpayer expense. Another revelation was that the federal workers are not good at paying their income taxes. The fact is, federal workers owe 3.4 billion in overdue taxes. That includes many employees of the IRS.  This continues at a time when the nation is suffering huge deficits. I suggest that the authorities go after the fed workers and make them pay-up, before they go after the poorer civilian workers that are delinquent. That would satisfy me.-------Grandp Gordon

The Apologizer-in-Chief

President Obama loves to apologize. An apology is an expression of ones regrets. Shortly after taking office, Mr Obama traveled to many foreign nations and apologized for America. He apologized for our aggression. Saving the world and humanity in WWI and WWII, to him is aggression He apologized for our humanitarianism. Being the most generous and giving country known to mankind, to him is arrogance. He apolgized because we have the highest standard of living in history. He apologized because our poor are far richer than the rest of the world's poor. He apologized for capitalism. He believes, in his liberal unbalanced head, that no one should have more, or less, than anyone else in the world. Except, of course, the liberal leaders and hierarchy.Two days ago he apologized for the NATO burning of the Koran. Korans that had been defaced by Muslim prisoners. Two American soldiers were killed by rioters following the incident. America recieved no apology for that. Mr. Obama owes the American people an apology.
Many years ago, Billy Eckstine had a hit song titled "I Apologize." Mr Obama should take some of the lyrics and, because he likes to sing, dedicate them to the American public. "If I told a lie, if I made you cry, I'm sorry. If I caused you pain, I know I am to blame. I apologize." Then he should resign! ----Grandpa Gordon

A Pauling Primary

Four years ago Ron Paul ran in the Republican primary. It was a losing cause. His campaign failed and died. Once again, this year, he is running again. In most of the polls he is losing and in last place. His campaign is facing the same fate as before. Is that why they call his supporters "Paul Bearers?"-----Grandpa Gordon

My Ice Age

The winter weather in the northeast, this year, is warmer than normal. While driving on some errands, I observed the rivers with little, or no ice and lakes with very thin ice covers. My thoughts went back to my pre-teen years when refridgeration was just beginning. Berkshire Farm School for boys, where my dad worked and my family lived, was still in the age of ice boxes. Large, heavy cakes of ice were used every day to keep the food at a cool temperature. Underground structures, called root cellars, were also used for food preservation. Berkshire Farm had a shoreline on Queechy Lake. In the summer, it was a great place for swimming, diving and camping. During the winter months the lake provided a year long supply of ice for the ice boxes. A huge barn-like building stood among the trees at the lakes edge. This was called the Ice House. Large cakes of ice were cut from the lake and channeled to the conveyor up into the Ice House. Layers and layers of these cakes, insulated with sawdust, were piled from floor to roof. The ice lasted until the following winter. It is a good thing that winters like this one are few, and far between. Because, back in those days, food preservation would have been most difficult. And, summertime cocktails would have been served warm.-----------Grandpa Gordon

Senseless

President Obama got the payroll tax savings extended for another year. Funding of the Social Security System will suffer, but Mr. Obama said that this will put a few extra dollars in workers pockets each week. He stated that this will be helpful in these hard economic times. Then he rejects the Keystone pipeline, fails to open new drilling areas or release the ban on off-shore production. The turmoil in the middle East and other factors are causing the barrel price of oil to rise everyday. The price at the pump is already at four dollars a gallon and five dollars is predictable. The extra few dollars in your pocket each week will be nedeed to fill the gas tank and cover the added costs of all products. Is this man insane? ----Grandpa Gordon

A Spendthrift Squanderer

It appears that Congress has agreed to extend the payroll tax deductions for a short period. They wanted equal cuts in spending to off-set the loss in revenue. President Obama refused that plan. The media calls it a win for the White House. Thus, the deficit grows and the American citizens are the losers. Obama promised to cut the deficit in half during his first term. Instead he has grown it by four trillion. Yes, TRILLION. Does he care?  The cost of flying Air Force One is over 181 thousand dollars per hour. Not to mention the added costs of Marine One and the secret service crew. Obama used, and flew, AF1 at least 172 times in 2010. These were not always trips related to the presidency. Many were vacation larks and fund raisers for his next election. All at taxpayer expence and added to the deficit. His vacation in Hawaii cost over four million. Does he care? He has flown more trips than any other President. The nation struggles while he lives like a king on the taxpayers dime. He has had 90 golf outings. Does he care? And, why hasn't the media reported on these abuses? Do they care? We need to fix this in November and we better damn well do it. Or, there is no future forour children. -----------------Grandpa Gordon

The Golden Goose

The Public Employee and Teachers Unions are very upset over Governor Cuomo's efforts to control expences by seeking concessions and changes with taxpayer funded salaries and benefits. Both of these are far above workers in the private sector. Unfortunately, in the past, school boards and the government caved in on pressure from the union bosses and let pay and benefits get way out of control. Many public employees are allowed to work extra overtime hours in the last three years of their careers to greatly increase their retirement pay. There needs to be reform and a cap put on retirement pensions. Governer Cuomo is doing what is right for his State and it's citizens. The Unions are greatly upset with him and his actions. It was these same Unions that poured large sums of money into helping Mr. Cuomo get elected. They asked for it and paid for it. And it is happening in States all across the Union. The time for change is now, before the Golden Goose is dead. Right on Andrew Cuomo! ------Grandpa Gordon

Low Snow

Here in the winter of 2011-2012 sixty percent of the U.S. is experiencing a lower amount of snowfall and snow cover than usual. The environmentalists and others are blaming the lack of snow on man-made global warming and climate change. However, we have already had more snow than the record year of low snowfall. What winter was that? The record winter for the lowest amount of snow was 1912-1913. There were no carbon belching SUV's back then so, it must have been buffalo farts! To claim that man can bring about climate change in this vast world is a cruel joke. ------Grandpa Gordon

Super Bowl Do-over

Along with all the Super Bowl stories on the morming news, it was reported that a school system out west was establishing a "no student fails policy." If a pupil gets a low score on a test  , that student can re-take the test until getting a passing grade. In that school district world there are no failures only successes. A false world with no losers, only winners. How ridiculous! With that philosophy, last night Tom Brady should have been allowed to keep trying that (Hail Mary) pass until he succeeded. The world is made up of mixed nuts --- peanuts, almonds, cashews, pecans, brazils, hazels, liberals  and progressives.
More-- The other night on TV was a comedian ventrloquist with a wooden dummy. The dummy was running for president with the slogan, "Put a real Dummy in the White House." That got me thinking. Suppose our current President was made of wood? Speech after speech his nose would grow longer and longer. He would become the only President that could be in the west wing and the east wing at the same time. That would be historic. Let's make him history in November. ----- Grandpa Gordon

Now it is Sugar

The food police liberals are now trying to take sugar out of the American diet to fight obesity. The federal government will create regulations to control what we are allowed to eat. Is this the role of government? Find it in the Constitution if you will, They have already done it with salt. Why? Because they claim salt causes high blood pressure. In some people it does And in others it does not. Salt is not bad for everyone, but it is good for everyone. On salt, the food police got it wrong. A low salt diet may reduce blood pressure in some cases. But, new research has found that the low salt diet increases cholesterol, fat and hormones in the blood, creating a greater risk of heart problems. The researchers found that a low-salt diet is a far greater risk than a normal salt diet. If the government is so concened about obesity, they should encourage more physical activity and less sitting in front of electronic devices. One good activity would be to run to the polls and vote out these liberal idiots and elect people who will downsize the bureaucracy. In other words--- make our government less obese. Exercise while you are exercising your rights. -----Grandpa Gordon

The Dysfunctional U.N.

The United Nations has become corrupt and dysfunctional. Third world countries have poverty, starvation and tyranical leaders. Somalian pirates are raising havoc and taking hostages, Where is the U.N.? Rogue nations are developing nuclear warfare capabilities. Where is the U.N.?. Countries with the worst civil rights violations are on the civil rights council. It's a joke. Dysfunctional, indeed! The U.N. has created a dangerous U.N. Army, a global welfare agency, a U.N. World Court and is now pushing for a One World Government.This would mean that the United States would turn over our sovreignty   to this corrupt entity. God forbid! There is a bill in Congress, H.R. 1146 - the American Sovereignty Restoration Act that will prevent this. We spend billions of taxpayer dollars on the U.N. It is time to pull back from the U.N. or get out of it completely. If the U.N. cannot be reformed it should be disbanded. Urge your Congressman to pass the bill. Believe it or not, some liberal democrats are in favor of it. The biggest relief agency in the world is The United States of America. The U.N. has failed! We need H.R.1146 and, we need it now!----Grandpa Gordon.