By Tim Mahaffey
Middletown resident
President Obama, going face to face with his critics from Democratic and Republican parties, showed his toughness and intelligence. It is too early to judge the effectiveness of Obama’s programs but not too early to expose the people spreading misinformation about these programs. Like our representative in Congress and former Murdoch conservative talk radio pundit Mike Pence does on a regular basis. Republicans are trying very hard to get people to forget that they were the ones who got us in this mess and it is working on Americans of lesser intelligence.
The Republicans whine that our president isn’t listening to their ideas. Let’s look at their ideas they had when they control Washington for eight years. On health care reform, they neither try nor did anything for eight years. On the national debt, they took a surplus and ran up huge debt, with tax breaks for billionaires, two unfunded wars, unfunded prescription plan and etc. On jobs, they had the slowest job growth rate since World War II and they were still giving tax breaks for their buddies that moved jobs out of the country.
On energy, they supported the secret deal Darth Cheney made with oil companies that put tons of money in all of their pockets at the expense of every American and did nothing to make us energy independent from foreign oil. For eight years the Republicans could have helped our nation and average Americans and did nothing. Now if a Republican has a good idea and President Obama uses it, the rest of the Republicans turn on them with vengeance. The damage created by 96 months of GOP control didn’t stop when Obama was sworn in, like many think. Republicans remember the last time they screwed the country up; there were 20 years of Democrats in the White House.
With Sarah Palin’s knowledge rivaling that of Jethro Bodine, this would put her in the intellectual elite of the Tea Party. Seeing how she is now officially in the pocket of Murdoch, she is the prime candidate for president for Murdoch’s Tea Party. With all the Tea Party’s support and votes she may become the first woman president and take us back to idiocracy in the White House. If tea partiers did some background checking on their Emperor Murdoch, they would find that they are really working for the dark side. I know many of them don’t care if they are Murdoch’s puppets working to bring down our nation, but some might.
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Viewpoint: Republicans forget: They got us into this mess
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Letter: Consumer-driven economy will pay off debt
To save America some money — by acclimation of course — let’s not have a presidential election in 2012. We already have a good president who will do his best to kill all Republican bills (DOA) and, consequently, create more good-paying jobs in the $30 per hour range.
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Letter: Gingrich cashes in on political amnesia
Rasmussen says that Romney has flattened nationally. Why?
Two reasons seem to tell the tale. Gingrich has shown that he will fight, and Romney is a Mormon, believed to be a “cult” by a majority of evangelicals. -
Letter: Hiring Winkler not wise spending
As a taxpayer I want to know that my taxes are being spent wisely. Hiring Greg Winkler at a salary of $126,000 is not wise spending.
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Letter: Bill of Rights being nullified by new law
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act on New Year’s Eve. I doubt many Americans noticed its implications because they do not yet comprehend the big picture. This law, coupled with the Patriot Act, is paving the way for America’s direction toward tyranny.
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Letter: $14 trillion debt started by previous president
I’m a proud atheist who’s lucky enough to know the difference between fact and fantasy.
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Letter: Economy putting people in the gutters
We are now getting the results of putting people in the gutters. We need to take a second look at our government and its policies. It’s not working.
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Viewpoint: Look at Creation Museum from an educational, scientific perspective
I encourage any and all who have interest in this vitally important topic to “go to the source,” to invest the time and energy into exploring The Creation Museum for themselves.
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Letter: Blame the voters for our Congress
Why is insider trading legal for Congress and illegal for the rest of us? They make and enact laws for all of us, but then exempt members of Congress. Somehow this doesn’t seem to pass the smell test.
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Letter: Smith’s firings appear vindictive
Anderson is a city of negative publicity and actions. Why else is Sears leaving? Can we stand four years of vindictive actions and negative reporting?
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Letter: Planned devaluation of dollar is coming
I’ve submitted letters regarding the existence of a global elite for years now. I’m now submitting another one in which I hope readers will take note of.
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Letter: Consumer-driven economy will pay off debt
