Friday, February 6, 2015

Obama's State of the Union Address 2015

Obama’s State of the Union Address

In his recent State of the Union address, BO once again proved he was the best liar we’ve ever had acting as a president.

He stated that the economy was doing well and that unemployment had been cut in half during his time in the White House. REALITY The civilian unemployment rate when he took office was about 4.5%. It is now about 9.6%. Historical Long term Unemployment was 10% and it is now 31.2% (a/o September 2014).(1) See, he is still smoking pot and he is living in a fantasy world.

When BO was running for President, he stated he would cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. The deficit was $458 billion in 2008 and he has since added $6.257 trillion to it. His budget for 2012 showed a deficit of $1.1 Trillion. Instead of cutting it in half, he increased it 240%. His budget for 2015 shows a deficit $583 billion. Liar Liar

He talked about the need to further tax the rich because they are not paying their fair share. Yet, he failed to mention that the top 1 percent pays 37 percent of the federal income taxes, while earning 19 percent of the income. What gives him the right to determine somebody’s FAIR share?

Check out this chart. The year 2009 is the latest year I can find.

Tax Year 2009

Percentiles AGI    Threshold on    % of Fed Personal
Ranked by AGI      Percentiles        Income Tax Paid

  Top 1%                  343,927               36.73
  Top 5%                  154,643               58.66
  Top 10%               112,124                70.47
  Top 25%                66,193                 87.30
  Top 50%                32,396                 97.75
  Bottom 50%       < 32,396                   2.25

His claim that we are winning the war against terrorism is another example of him living in a fantasy world in light of its rapid growth and spread throughout the world. He appeared not to recognize that our premature withdrawal of troops from Iraq was a mistake, facilitating the development of the Islamic State. He never calls Hamas, Hezbollah or the Taliban a terrorist organization. Maybe he doesn’t even know the definition of terrorism. His bravado about chasing terrorists and eliminating them bears no resemblance to his actual policies, demonstrating his contempt for the intelligence of his audience.

He showed great courage in talking about how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is actually resulting in a reduction in health care spending. This may be true on some levels, but the reason for that decreased spending is secondary to the reluctance of people to seek medical care when they have deductibles of thousands of dollars. He said, “Let me be exactly clear about what health care reform means to you,” Obama said at one rally in July 2009. “First of all, if you’ve got health insurance, you like your doctors, you like your plan, you can keep your doctor, you can keep your plan. Nobody is talking about taking that away from you.” It is estimated that 16 million people will lose their coverage. (3) Personally, my doctor sent me a letter stating that he wasn't going to accept Medicare or my secondary insurance company any longer. My insurance company also told me I had to change plans and then dropped me. My heart medication went from $500 for six months to $1000 for six months.

He keeps dipping into Medicare to fiancé his pipe dreams. In his latest budget for 2015, he is again lowering the amount of money being paid by Medicare for prescriptions. I guess he thinks that the people on Medicare are the very rich.

     • Based on a Manhattan Institute analysis of data released by the Department of Health and Human Services, insurance rates for younger men will increase by an average of 97 to 99 percent, while they will increase by an average of 55 to 62 percent for younger women. (2)

     • Worst of all states, North Carolina will see individual market rates triple for women and quadruple for men.(2)

BO also made some fantastic comments which served as applause lines regarding energy, education, and a few other subjects. The real state of the union is characterized by dishonesty and deception. You will notice that he just talks about more spending, not cutting the budget on balancing the budget or being a responsible administrator.

Instead of pretending that everything is rosy, perhaps it would be wise for the acting president to replay the part of the speech about bipartisan cooperation and then figure out how his multiple veto threats, failure to communicate, and reluctance to seek bipartisan solutions fit the theme of his address.

I truly believe BO is a liar on many levels and he is guilty of fraud and treason. Much to my disappointment, he never mentioned his illegal and discriminatory Choke Point Plan.

Of course, most people that support BO have no idea what is really going on so they think he is doing a great job. Ignorance is bliss.

(1) http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/07/long-term-unemployment/15147943/

(2) http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/NATL-ACA-328-Average-Monthly-Health-Insurance-Cost-Under-the-Affordable-Care-Act--225324422.html

(3) http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/millions-americans-are-losing-their-health-plans-because-obamacare_764602.html


Our only hope is that the military gets tired of seeing our country destroyed from within and takes control. The 3 branches of our government are ineffective and running amok. Neither major political party has demonstrated that they can or will solve our problems.

Our problems can be summed up as CLAPS.

Corruption
Liberals
Apathy
Political Correctness
Stupidity

And I bet you thought Clap was just a common human sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Liability Concerns Limit Sledding

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When I was a child, we used to go sledding in the winter from high hills. If someone got hurt, we accepted responsibility for our actions and our parents didn’t sue anyone.

Not so today. People don’t like to take responsibility for their actions anymore. It’s always somebody else’s fault and the liberal courts and juries seem too agree.

Cities are banning or limiting sledding in city parks.(1) Why you ask. Because people are getting hurt, running into trees or other obstacles and it is always the cities fault, never the individual or the parent.

A study by the Columbus Ohio based Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that between 1997 and 2007, more than 20,000 children each year were treated at emergency rooms for sledding related injuries. (1) (Although the article doesn’t make it clear, I assume this is across the entire US.)

It is very unfortunate when someone is paralyzed from any type of accident. If you look at all the children hurt from motorcycle racing, snow skiing, skateboarding, football, etc., I hardly think sledding is a bigger risk. Parents should be monitoring the activities of their children and assuming responsibility for their safety. It’s NOT always somebody else’s fault.

(1) U-T San Diego January 5, 2015 via Associated Press


Our only hope is that the military gets tired of seeing our country destroyed from within and takes control. The 3 branches of our government are ineffective and running amok. Neither major political party has demonstrated that they can or will solve our problems.

Our problems can be summed up as CLAPS.

Corruption
Liberals
Apathy
Political Correctness
Stupidity

And I bet you thought Clap was just a common human sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

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San Diego California
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Offshore Tax Havens

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Offshore Tax Havens Cost Average Taxpayer $1,259 a Year, Small Businesses $3,923

April 15, 2014 Washington – As hardworking Americans file their taxes today, it’s a good time to be reminded that ordinary taxpayers pick up the tab for special interest loopholes in our tax laws. A new U.S. PIRG report released today revealed that the average American taxpayer in 2013 would have to shoulder an extra $1,259 in state and federal taxes to make up for the revenue lost due to the use of offshore tax havens by corporations and wealthy individuals.

“Average taxpayers and small business owners foot the bill for offshore tax dodging. Every dollar in taxes companies avoid by booking profits to shell companies in tax havens must be balanced by cuts to public programs, higher taxes for the rest of us, or more debt,” said Dan Smith, Tax and Budget Advocate for U.S. PIRG and report co-author.

Every year, corporations and wealthy individuals avoid paying an estimated $184 billion in state and federal income taxes by using complicated accounting tricks to shift their profits to offshore tax havens. Of that $184 billion, $110 billion is avoided specifically by corporations.

In early April, the Senate Finance Committee voted to renew two especially egregious offshore loopholes which will cost $8 billion in lost revenue over the next two years.

“The Senate Finance Committee squandered an opportunity to stand with regular taxpayers who can’t marshal armies of lawyers and lobbyists to bend the tax code to their whim. Unfortunately, they caved to special interest pressure,” said Smith.

The report additionally found that the average American small business would have to pay $3,923 to cover the cost of offshore tax dodging by large corporations. Offshore tax havens give large multinationals a competitive advantage over responsible small businesses which don’t have subsidiaries in tax havens to reduce their tax bills. Small businesses get stuck footing the bill for corporate tax dodging.

Many of America’s largest and best-known corporations use these complex tax avoidance schemes to shift their profits offshore and drastically shrink their tax bill. GE, Microsoft, and Pfizer boast the largest offshore cash hoards:

General Electric paid a federal effective tax rate of negative 11.1 percent between 2008 and 2012 despite being profitable all of those years. The company received net tax payments from the government. GE maintains18 subsidiaries in tax haven in 2013 and parked $110 billion offshore. One of the company’s most lucrative loopholes just got renewed by the Senate Finance Committee. GE alone hired 48 lobbyists to push to renew the “active financing exception.”

Microsoft avoided $4.5 billion in federal income taxes over a three year period by using sophisticated accounting tricks to artificially shift its income to tax-friendly Puerto Rico. Microsoft maintains five tax haven subsidiaries and keeps $76.4 billion, on which it would otherwise owe $24.4 billion in additional U.S. taxes.

Pfizer paid no U.S. income taxes between 2010 and 2012 because the company reported losses in the U.S. during those years, despite making 40 percent of its sales in the U.S. and earning $43 billion worldwide. The company operates 128 subsidiaries in tax havens and has $69 billion parked offshore which remains untaxed by the U.S., according to its own SEC filing.

The report recommends closing a number of offshore tax loopholes. Many of these reforms are included in the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, introduced by Sen. Levin in the Senate (S.1533) and Rep. Doggett in the House (H.R. 1554).

State governments can also take measures to reclaim some of the revenue lost to tax havens. U.S. PIRG found that by passing a simple, proven reform already on the books in Montana and Oregon, states could collectively save $1 billion annually. Maine was the latest state to consider this reform, which sailed through the legislature in early April.

Click here for a copy of “Picking up the Tab: Average Citizens and Small Businesses Pay the Price for Offshore Tax Havens.”

Click here to see an earlier study showing how states can crack down on offshore tax dodging.

Source: http://uspirg.org


Our only hope is that the military gets tired of seeing our country destroyed from within and takes control. The 3 branches of our government are ineffective and running amok. Neither major political party has demonstrated that they can or will solve our problems.

Our problems can be summed up as CLAPS.

Corruption
Liberals
Apathy
Political Correctness
Stupidity

And I bet you thought Clap was just a common human sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae.


Ray R Barmore
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

STUPIDITY OF GOVERNMENT

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It has been awhile since I have been incensed by the stupidity of our government. I guess I’m getting used to it.

Obama has just appointed a trusted political advisor to take control of America’s response to the Ebola epidemic. What does a political advisor know about epidemics? Go BO!

A big article on the jobless rate in San Diego county dropping to 5.9%. But wait, 11,100 people left the workforce and we lost 2,800 payroll jobs. I can see this is just another big win for BO.

Immigration officials say that 3000 illegal’s have been release from jails across the US, many having previous felony charges or convictions. Well, we just have more undocumented democrats.

The Supreme Court (It sure as hell is not supreme. The definition of supreme is “the highest quality”) just allowed two more states to have same-sex marriages. I can’t figure out what part of the constitution deals with marriage. Also, why do we have other restrictions on marriage? It can’t be equal protection under the law because we have hate crimes which give certain groups more protection than other groups.

Oh well, its’ probably Bush’s fault.


Our only hope is that the military gets tired of seeing our country destroyed from within and takes control. The 3 branches of our government are ineffective and running amok. Neither major political party has demonstrated that they can or will solve our problems.

Our problems can be summed up as CLAPS.

Corruption
Liberals
Apathy
Political Correctness
Stupidity

And I bet you thought Clap was just a common human sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae.


Ray R Barmore
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Friday, July 18, 2014

DECLINING LABOR FORCE HURTS GROWTH

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Union-Tribune San Diego Friday, July 18, 2014

DECLINING LABOR FORCE HURTS GROWTH

What a crock of manure.

Declaring that the Great Recession is only partly to blame, White House economists (no name here means BO) say the increasing number of Americans dropping out of the labor force dampens economic growth and demands policy changes that create more job opportunities and add workers (1).

Well, yea! The workforce is declining because people can’t find a job. This is a prime example that the current administration has totally failed during the last 6 years.

We need a President, not just someone pretending to be President between golf games.

For those of you that may not know, once an unemployed person has expended their unemployment benefits, they are dropped from the unemployment numbers. They still don’t have a job, but they are not counted any longer.

In June 2014, the real unemployment rate was 12.1%. This includes discouraged workers and part-timers who'd rather have a full-time jobs.(2)

This administration is the dumbest and the most corrupt administrating in the history of the United States of America.

BO is a MORON, he should be arrested for fraud and treason.

(1) “add workers” is just Obama’s way of trying to get the approval of more undocumented democrats.

(2) http://useconomy.about.com/od/suppl1/f/real_unemployment_rate.htm


Our only hope is that the military gets tired of seeing our country destroyed from within and takes control. The 3 branches of our government are ineffective and running amok. Neither major political party has demonstrated that they can or will solve our problems.

Our problems can be summed up as CLAPS.

Corruption
Liberals
Apathy
Political Correctness
Stupidity

And I bet you thought Clap was just a common human sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae.


Ray R Barmore
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Saturday, June 14, 2014

Football

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The truth is sometimes I’m just PO’d about something in general. Take football for instance. I have been an avid football fan for many decades. In the old days, (yes, I just said that), football games used to last 2 hours and 20 minutes to 2 hours and 30 minutes. Then they would have player interviews, game statistics and analysis to round out 3 hours. Today, a game lasts over 3 hours. This year, the networks are scheduling the second games of back to back games 3 hours and 15 minutes after the first one starts.

I remember probably about 30 years ago, an owner just signed a marquee running back and he called a press conference to announce the signing. He stated, “I have just signed the most expensive running back in the league.” Notice, he didn’t mention, “the best running back”.

Today players are signing multi-million dollar contracts with the marquee players getting 15 to 20 million per year. That is ridiculous! The President of the US only makes $400 thousand per year. Mind you, he has a lot of perks, free rent, medical, travel first class at no cost, etc.

Stadium seats go from $80 to $324. Hotdog for $4 - 5, soda for $4 - 5 and parking for $25.00 minimum. Parking could cost $75 to $100. So figure a family of 4 costing an easy $500 for the cheap seats. (costs are approximate)

What does all of these high costs mean? Probably an extra 30 to 45 minutes of commercials and stadium prices in the hundreds of dollars just to watch one game. Is it any wonder that the San Diego Chargers rarely sell out home games so the game is not televised? If you are a charger fan, expect to only watch away games.

I would really like to see fans unionize and say “enough”. If 50% of the fans just didn’t attend or watch one game, I believe it would really shake up the NFL and the NFL Players Association. Is this going to happen? Probably right after $1.00 gasoline and Obama resigns.


Our only hope is that the military gets tired of seeing our country destroyed from within and takes control. The 3 branches of our government are ineffective and running amok. Neither major political party has demonstrated that they can or will solve our problems.

Our problems can be summed up as CLAPS.

Corruption
Liberals
Apathy
Political Correctness
Stupidity

And I bet you thought Clap was just a common human sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae.


Ray R Barmore
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

America Destroyed

America Destroyed

America has become a country being destroyed by liberals and political correctness.

If we lie to the government, it’s a felony; if they lie to us, its politics. Presidential lies are just campaign promises. Liberals actually expect their candidates to lie to them.

If we dislike a black person, we are racist and guilty of a hate crime. If a black person dislikes a white person, it is their constitutional right.

The schools are required to teach that homosexuality is good, but can’t mention God. Many schools no longer have a Christmas break, it’s a holiday break. (A rose by any other name is still a rose.)

You can kill an unborn child, and sometime a child that has been born (1), but capital punishment is wrong.

It’s okay to use a human fetus for research, but just don’t use another type of animal.

We are unable to close our border with Mexico, but don’t have any problem with the border between North and South Korea.

If you don’t like Obama’s policies, you are a racist, un-American and/or a terrorist. Disliking a past president’s policies used to be a first amendment right.

Having and or distributing pornography is protected by the first amendment, but if I speak up against ObamaCare, I’m a terrorist. If I mention God, I’m guilty of a hate crime.

We take money from those that work hard for it and give it to the people that don’t want to work. This is called the redistribution of wealth and it is considered a good thing.

All of our children are being diagnosed as having ADHD, when in fact proper parenting and fewer video games would solve most problems.

In California schools, a person in a boy’s body, but believes he is a girl has access to the girls bathrooms, locker room and shower. Also, he can play on girls athletic teams.

The mark of true liberal is: I don’t care what my forefathers, grandparents or even my father believes in – I am here now and I will decide what is right and wrong.

(1) Late term abortion.


Our only hope is that the military gets tired of seeing our country destroyed from within and takes control. The 3 branches of our government are ineffective and running amok. Neither major political party has demonstrated that they can or will solve our problems.

Our problems can be summed up as CLAPS.

Corruption
Liberals
Apathy
Political Correctness
Stupidity

And I bet you thought Clap was just a common human sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae.


Ray R Barmore
San Diego California
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Skype: barmore4


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