You know how excited you get when you find something that you want to share? A new place to eat, a revelation or secret. It slaps a grin on your face and you just can't wait to tell everyone about it because you know it's going to change their point of view or give them a good laugh, maybe help to cheer them up. I have that giddy pent up feeling in me today because of a snippet a good friend (thank you, Bill) posted on his facebook page, and I had to know more about the person who provided the perspective represented in that snippet.
I'm just discovering Ken Risley's blog, so I'll share with you the first thing about his perspective that caught my eye, and then you can click on the link for his blog and discover more for yourself, Enjoy!
The Day the Democrats Took Over
The
day the Democrats took over control of Congress was not January 22nd
2009, but two years earlier on January 3rd 2007. They took over the
House of Representatives and the Senate, at the start of the 110th
Congress. The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers
for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995. This is
when Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the House (2nd in line for the
Presidency), and Harry Reid became Majority Leader of the Senate.
For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is “Bush’s Fault”, think about this:
At the time (January 3rd, 2007):
The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
The Unemployment rate was 4.6%
George Bush’s Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB CREATION!
Remember the day…
January
3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial
Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking
Committee.
The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy?
BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES!
Thank
Congress for taking us from 13,000 DOW, 3.5 GDP and 4.6% Unemployment
to this CRISIS by dumping 5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans on the
economy from YOUR Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fiasco’s!
(BTW:
Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie – starting in
2001, because it was financially risky for the U.S. economy, but no one
was listening).
And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac?
OBAMA.
And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie???
OBAMA and the Democratic Congress.
So when someone tries to blame Bush…
REMEMBER
JANUARY 3rd, 2007…. THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!” Bush may have
been in the car, but the Democrats were in charge of the gas pedal and
steering wheel – they were driving. Set the record straight on Bush!
So,
as you listen to all the commercials and media from the Democrats who
are now distancing themselves from their voting record and their party,
remember how they didn’t listen to you when you said you didn’t want all
the bailouts, you didn’t want the health care bill, you didn’t want cap
and trade, you didn’t want them to continue spending money we don’t
have.
I’m not forgetting who is truely to blame, and I’ll be voting accordingly!
I originally posted this in September 2010. I want to add this
quick addition. I do not blame our current situation on the Democrats.
Our current condition results from folks of both parties. To blame this
on any one side is simply a uni-lateral view and results more from partisan thinking than honest observation. I believe that,
at the core, there are no real complicated divisions of political view –
right wing, left wing, democrat, liberal, conservative – you name it.
Political philosophy divides, really, into two main camps – those who
want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. And to
control others, promises are made in exchange for control. Unfortunately
in any society where money has become fiat in nature (elastic and
expandable by political action and not by natural economics, then the
promises can be funded with slight of hand. True economic principles
continue to operate below the surface, but it remains hidden in a sort
of la-la land. Most of our politicians have used this infinite credit
card to fund their own grabs for power. They have achieved it in this
country as the population falls under greater and greater control. The
economy has been aberrated beyond recognition – by the unfunded mandates
of war, entitlement and of incalculable harm done when true economic
value is ignored. And thus we are as we are. The manifestations are
complex but the real root is rather simple. And few have had the guts to
stand up to it – and as of this writing the national debt ceiling will
be raised above 14 trillion. If you took a 60 mile by 60 mile square and
divided it into little square inch boxes, it would take about 14
trillion of those boxes to fill the 60 mile square. Just imagine.
So I won’t change my post. The Bush wins, mentioned below, were
smoke and mirrors. Neither the D’s or the R’s can be fully blamed. The
blame falls on ALL of us. We who have allowed ourselves to become
ignorant, to become infatuated with media crap, who have accepted the
handouts, who have voted in these jerks – and the jerks themselves.
Ken
Risley 31 July 2011
The day the Democrats took over control of Congress was not January
22nd 2009, but two years earlier on January 3rd 2007. They took over
the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the start of the 110th
Congress. The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers
for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995. This is
when Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the House (2nd in line for the
Presidency), and Harry Reid became Majority Leader of the Senate.
For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is “Bush’s Fault”, think about this:
At the time (January 3rd, 2007):
The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
The Unemployment rate was 4.6%
George Bush’s Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB CREATION!
Remember the day…
January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the House
Financial Services Committee and Chris Dod took over the Senate Banking
Committee.
The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy?
BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES!
Thank Congress for taking us from 13,000 DOW, 3.5 GDP and 4.6%
Unemployment to this CRISIS by dumping 5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic
loans on the economy from YOUR Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fiasco’s!
(BTW: Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie – starting in 2001, because it was financially risky for the U.S. economy, but no one was listening).
And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac?
OBAMA.
And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie???
OBAMA and the Democratic Congress.
So when someone tries to blame Bush…
REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007…. THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!” Bush may have been in the car, but the Democrats were in charge of the gas pedal and steering wheel – they were driving. Set the record straight on Bush!
So, as you listen to all the commercials and media from the Democrats
who are now distancing themselves from their voting record and their
party, remember how they didn’t listen to you when you said you didn’t
want all the bailouts, you didn’t want the health care bill, you didn’t
want cap and trade, you didn’t want them to continue spending money we
don’t have.
I’m not forgetting who is truely to blame, and I’ll be voting accordingly!
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