THE HAWK REPORT...

[Henry Hawk]

But one thing I still can't get over is, how fast and how bad it got under George W. in 8 years.  You guys sure fucked up things real good.

That is because you have "tunnel" vision....you have been raised to "think" democrat...."democrat GOOD - republican BAD"..... and THAT is part of the problem we now face.....too many folks still think of JFK when they think of democrat......JFK was pretty conservative and was NOT a liberal.....todays democrats is for the most part, LIBERAL......not so much for the working class as they used to be.....but for the "entitlement" class.

[The Troll]

  Henry, born in 1960, just 50 years old and your dad a GM/UAW worker.  You don't know what a bad times are.  If you have, then you didn't manage your money at that time.  You play Grasshopper like a lot of people I knew.  People who had champagne taste on a beer budgets.  Buying the best and everything they wanted at one time, only to have it fall in on their heads.

  You can't imagine the fine RV trailers, cars and boats I have bought from people who was going bankrupt.  The 23 foot Rinker Cuddy Cabin Cruiser, just like brand new, I bought at almost 50 cents on the dollar and my present 17 foot SeaRay Fish and Ski boat, coming out of bankruptcy, for about half prise.  This boat was so new, there was no stone chips on the trailer.  Why because I didn't have to have the best or brand new.  When I went for my pilot licence, I would pay cash for a 10 hour block of plane time and get a 15% cut in the price.

  I'll tell why I so bitter about the Republicans, all of my bad times were under the Republicans.  I hope this don't happen, your bad times are coming and it will be under the Republicans and what they have done to us.

  I know what bad times were and they were not of my making.  But they sure made know what a dollar means.  I have payed cash for everything thing I have bought since 1980.  For years and years I put at least $135 a week in the Ford Credit Union.  My, you don't how money adds up and with my plumbing contractor licence working of the outside, going into the pot.  If my wife and I wanted something, we paid cash or we didn't buy it.  The young people of today don't think that way and you can see it.

[Henry Hawk]

$20 Million spent on democrat propaganda, at the cost of the taxpayer....

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/signs-stimulus/story?id=11163180

As the midterm election season approaches, new road signs are popping up everywhere – millions of dollars worth of signs touting "The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act" and reminding passers-by that the program is "Putting America Back to Work."

As the midterm election season approaches, new road signs are popping up everywhere – millions of dollars worth of signs touting "The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act" and reminding passers-by that the program is "Putting America Back to Work."

One state brags it posts signs but manages to keep the process cost-effective. The Tennessee Department of Transportation boasts, "There are a total of 324 signs statewide for a total cost of $12,931 and an average of $37.67 each." The reason for the small cost, they say, is that their signs are small-- about equal to a speed limit sign.
In response to questions by ABC News, Jill Zuckman of the Department of Transportation said, "The best estimate is that states have spent about $5 million of the $28 billion spent on road projects on signs – or less than .02 percent of overall project spending."

Still, some Republicans are crying foul. Congressman Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Earl Devaney, Chairman of the Recovery Act and Transparency and Accountability Board, requesting an investigation to "determine the scope and impact of the Obama administration's guidance" regarding signs to stimulus recipients.
Rep. Issa writes that the passage of the Stimulus Bill, "has provided an opportunity for the Obama administration to claim political credit for the various projects around the country that have been funded by this redistribution of taxpayer dollars."


At the center of the controversy are a series of guidelines provided to stimulus recipients. In the letter, Rep. Issa cites what he calls "perhaps the most overly political guidance on stimulus advertising" involving the Department of Housing and Urban Development and a stimulus recipient. According to investigators from the oversight committee, HUD provided the Office of Native American Programs with information on "signage requirements." The document suggested a sign template informing the public the projects had been, "Funded By: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Barack Obama, President."

[followsthewolf]

Somebody was paid to paint the signs.

[LOsborne]

YYYAYYYY!!! Job creation!

[followsthewolf]

Hell, I couldn't even type with a straight face. 

[Palehorse]

Well if these braying sheep would just obtain a small bit of common sense and recognize the fact that the construction of the roads and improvements are the result of the federal funding, maybe then they wouldn't have to pay for signs to point out the obvious to them. But nooooooooo! They spend money on signs so they won't miss it and STILL they yelp about nothing being accomplished. 

[followsthewolf]

Tra - la. Ho-hum.

Amen.

[Henry Hawk]

20 million for propaganda.......that is all it amounts too.... ...the man's ego is bigger than the economy...unemployment at 9.5%, our deficit over $1 trillion for this year....and we blow $20 mill on a political campaign?.. ...THAT is why there a millions of people going to tea parties...

I don't need a sign to tell me the economy is being fixed......seeing unemployment rate return to 4.5% like it was during the Bush years will be SIGN enough....

[Palehorse]

. . .
I don't need a sign to tell me the economy is being fixed......seeing unemployment rate return to 4.5% like it was during the Bush years will be SIGN enough....

You'll be 10 years older by the time that happens, according to those whose experience and education qualifies them to provide an educated opinion on the subject! It took 8 years or more to get us here . . . it'll take twice as long to undo the damage done. . .

[followsthewolf]

The prediction before the election was that, before two years had elapsed into the Obama administration, people would be pissed if the economic crisis hadn't been completely fixed.

Well, it has come to pass.

Obama has not been able to provide an instant cure, and, the short-sighted, instant-fix expecting society that we are demands that we adopt the role of the Queen of Hearts and start screaming "Off with their heads!!"

Forgetting, of course, the long, long road of excess and bubble-building we pumped through the economy.

Well, it defecated.

And the enormous mess we have left behind is OURS to clean up.

Yet, here we have those who demand that government stay the hell out of our affairs are now demanding that the government be accountable for cleaning up our mess.

Who says we don't have any comedy on the air anymore?

[Palehorse]

The prediction before the election was that, before two years had elapsed into the Obama administration, people would be pissed if the economic crisis hadn't been completely fixed.

Well, it has come to pass.

Obama has not been able to provide an instant cure, and, the short-sighted, instant-fix expecting society that we are demands that we adopt the role of the Queen of Hearts and start screaming "Off with their heads!!"

Forgetting, of course, the long, long road of excess and bubble-building we pumped through the economy.

Well, it defecated.

And the enormous mess we have left behind is OURS to clean up.

Yet, here we have those who demand that government stay the hell out of our affairs are now demanding that the government be accountable for cleaning up our mess.

Who says we don't have any comedy on the air anymore?

Best synopsis I have read yet! 

[Henry Hawk]

You know something FTW, you to an extent are very correct, but I tell you it would have been NO different if it was the other way around.  The left was on Bush like stink on poo, on EVERYTHING he did.  The right was on Clinton on everything he did.  The left was on Reagan EVERYTIME he spoke.....that is the nature of this f'd society.  The politicians are ruthless....and ALL of us fall right into it.  I for one, do not like the liberal agenda.  I do not want our government to get any bigger.....and I know McCain probably would not have made this country any better right now...I want a "limited" government...I know they HAVE to play a role in a certain amount of our lives.

I will give you one example of how I WANT the government to be accountable, but yet NOT be right there over my shoulder demanding things.....I honestly KNOW, that instead of the government deciding HOW to spend our money to "stimulate" the economy....they need to let US spend OUR money.....suspend ALL federal taxes for a short time, for business AND individuals, and watch out.  The BILLIONS that would not be coming in for a short time, would resume consumer confidence, boost the stock market, and give us a hell of a 'stimulated' economy...too many politicians a wasting money with bureaucrat 'red tape' and returning "promises" to people who donors who paid for their campaigns...and watch the federal revenue grow.....I believe we GOT to quit with the PORK spending and return to the basics.......LET THE PEOPLE control the MONEY.....THAT is ALL I want to see again.

[followsthewolf]

"LET THE PEOPLE control the MONEY.....THAT is ALL I want to see again."

And wasn't it "people controlling the money" that led to most of the investor problems; i.e, Goldman-Sachs, etc.? You know, the fraudulent schemes, etc. that got us into the collapse?

[Palehorse]

They don't want to hear that because such views have a "d" associated with them, and at the same time they fail to consider the ramifications of even allowing the "d" or "r" factor into the decision-making process. . .

Hype it up and scare the be-jeebus out of them! It has worked for decades and they seem to assume its going to work now. . .