This whole sordid AIG affair would be funny if it were not so serious. Yes, it is bad enough that million dollar bonuses were handed out as part of the billions in government TARP funds given to them. A closer look at the situation, however, reveals that these bonuses were NEVER forbidden. In fact they were approved as an amendment in the Scamulus Bill nobody read by none other than Sen. Chris Dodd, the leader in the race for biggest hypocrite on the Hill (and he has plenty of competition) and the emitter of the most foul of toxic fumes.

This latest malodorous incident is nothing more than another chapter of total dishonesty by sanctimonious Democrats who got AIG campaign money (including $130,000 for his Highness) then turn around and express shock at the activities they knew full well were going on.

This is like the scene in Casablanca where the prefect, Louie, at the behest of the Nazis, raids and closes down Rick’s Café because he is “shocked” that gambling is taking place while all along secretly condoning it.

If I see Barney Frank lecture one more time on corporate greed I think I will vomit.

Here is a guy who led the opposition when the Bush Administration wanted to change the way Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac conducted business then blames them when they blow up. Also, he turned away when his cronies Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson walked away from those two entities with millions in “bonuses”. Where was the lecturing then?
These people have redefined dishonesty, hypocrisy and smugness.  They think nothing of living their lives in a den of lies because they know that the gullible misinformed citizen believes their self-righteous preaching. How can they look at themselves in the mirror?

The AIG bonuses were not illegal, just a ghastly example of extremely poor judgment. Wish we could say the same thing about the corrupt, guiltless gang now running Washington. You’d think by now they would start cleaning out the outhouse.

The stench is so overpowering I can smell it all the way here.

With the passage of the Scamulus Bill, these are the kinds of  morons who will be getting government handouts from our taxes:

According to the AP:  Authorities say a Florida woman called 911 three times after McDonald's employees told her they were out of Chicken McNuggets.
According to a police report, 27-year-old Fort Pierce resident Latreasa L. Goodman told authorities she paid for a 10-piece last week but was later informed the restaurant had run out.
She says employees refused to give her a refund, saying all sales were final. A cashier told police she offered Goodman a larger portion of different food for the same price, but Goodman became irate.
Police say Goodman was cited on a misuse of 911 charge.
And…

A West Virginia man who police say attempted to rob a convenience store instead ended up buying a soft drink with his debit card — ultimately leading to his arrest.
Shawn Thomas Lester, 33, told the store clerk Monday he had a gun and wanted all the money in the register, police said. But the suspect got flustered when a customer walked in and the clerk told him to pay for the soft drink.
Lester handed over his debit card, then signed the receipt "John Doe" and left without any cash.
Police traced the debit card and found Lester, of Charleston. He told police he was only joking when he said he had a gun and demanded money.
He was charged with armed robbery in Kanawha County, according to a criminal complaint.

And..

A man was been arrested after police said he used counterfeit money to purchase fake OxyContin pills from an undercover officer. Unicoi County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 21-year-old man on Tuesday and charged him with criminal conspiracy with schedule II drugs, forgery and criminal simulation.
Finally…

A 26-year-old West Allis (WI) woman has been charged in the death of her 3-month-old daughter, who, investigators say, died of acute methadone intoxication after being given formula that was laced with the drug.
A criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court charges Andrea P. Zalewski with one count of child neglect resulting in death. If convicted, she faces fines of up to $100,000 and up to 25 years in prison.
According to the complaint, West Allis firefighters responded to a 911 call in the 1400 block of S. 81st St. on Oct. 29 of last year. They found the baby, Lola Lieb, without a pulse and not breathing.
Her mother, Zalewski, told investigators that the baby was on a sleep apnea monitor that went off before she found her baby was not breathing. Investigators, however, later learned from a download of the monitor's memory that it had last been used on Oct. 22 for six seconds, was turned off and not used after that, according to the complaint.
Police following up with the baby's pediatrician in January learned that the mother had been on methadone during her pregnancy and the child was born with a methadone addiction.

Aren’t You Glad Your Hard Working Dollars Will Help “Even the Playing Field”?

I received this in my mail box today from the DNC!

I'm Jen O'Malley Dillon, the new Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee.

If you're anything like me, then you've had the urge to talk back to a right-wing talk radio host more than a few times. Now you can.

Rush Limbaugh has made waves lately about his desire to see President Obama fail. And he's unapologetic, even though Americans voted in November for the very kind of change the President is bringing to Washington. As even Limbaugh must know, if the President fails, America fails.

Incredibly, Republican leaders have yet to condemn Limbaugh for his destructive comments. In fact, Republicans like Congressman Eric Cantor, a leader in the House, have adopted the Limbaugh strategy, telling the Washington Post recently that their strategy on the President's jobs plan was "just saying no."

The only Republican leader to challenge Limbaugh -- the chairman of the Republican National Committee -- even called Rush to apologize just a few days later.

But we have no apologies for Rush, just a message. We need you to come up with a slogan, in ten words or less, that we'll put on a billboard where he can't miss it -- in his hometown of West Palm Beach, Florida.

Can you help us come up with a message for Rush that we'll place on a billboard right in his hometown?

We'll go through all the slogans we get, and the winner will have his or her message appear on the billboard -- and receive a free T-shirt featuring the winning slogan.

If Republican leaders aren't willing to tell Rush, then we will. Americans want President Obama to succeed. Our country's future depends on it. Rooting for the President's failure is rooting for our country to fail.

To get America back on a path to prosperity, we'll need to leave behind the failed partisan attack politics of the past. Americans voted for a new direction in November. Choosing Rush Limbaugh to be the voice of their party -- as Republican leaders have done -- is not the answer.

Send in your suggestion of ten words or less for a billboard and we'll choose the best one to put in Rush's own "backyard":

http://www.democrats.org/rushbillboard

Well, the Great Orator was again on TV this morning (he’s getting more face time than Tony Soprano) waxing poetic about how HE is going to put the country on sound footing again. Funny, but did anyone ever count how many teams he says “I” during a speech as if to validate his media-anointment as the great savior of Democracy? Oh yeah, the cheap shots about the previous administration that he throws into every speech is getting old.

He won’t be happy until every hard working American willfully shares their hard earned wages with those who have no motivation, no responsibility and no education. I call it the 50/50 theory…half of us will support the other half.

The Chutzpah. In his budget speech this morning he called for more spending on health care, education and the environment but nothing on national security, family responsibility (there should be a Cabinet position for this – Secretary of Personal Responsibility) or business incentives. Instead to reduce the deficit he will impose the Success Penalty.

Anyone who aspired to reach the American Dream will now be penalized for it. Make over $250,000? Watch as your home interest deduction gets reduced and your capital gains tax increase. Since when is it despicable to try to get ahead? Why are people being punished for it?

Finally, the expert at doublespeak did not once mention all of the earmarks that are scattered in both the Scamulus Bill and the Budget. Instead he will cut government waste by eliminating any Bush program that does not fit his socialist vision as well as continuing to fleece the successful. He talks about tax cuts for the 95% of “hard working” Americans. That’s the biggest lie of all since nearly 40% of the population pays no taxes as it is and STILL gets refunds. He has the audacity to preach discipline and transparency. Right, it is about as transparent as frosted plexiglass.

There are those like me who remember the Carter years – 21% interest, long lines at the gas pumps, uncontrollable inflation and a pansy in the eyes of the world. It didn’t work then and it won’t work now.
It’s time to resurrect the Misery Index. We’re going to need it.

I am going to begin my initial blog with a little backgrounder. I am a senior manager who was a victim of staff reduction almost two years ago. There are a myriad of reasons I have not yet gotten meaningful employment with enough experiences and stories to fill a book.
The reason I reveal this is to provide an insight on the ridiculous nature of programs like unemployment benefits and the "impact" this surfeit of pork just served upon us taxpayers will have. Point by point:

• Unemployment benefits, at least in my state, are meaningless to any management person. The benefits are meager and the process is insulting. Clearly they were set up for laid off line workers as if we do not need a higher level of assistance because as management we must have access to unlimited resources. Well, guess what? It doesn't work that way. We have obligations like everyone else - mortgage payments, insurance and utility bills and car loans. But somehow we should find a way. I was eligible for the Federal Extended Benefit Program - maximum payment of $355.00/ week until my state denied me because of a miscommunication between a seasonal employer and myself.  So what I have done? Extracted needed money from my retirement plan at a 10% penalty AND taxed.
  

• Home mortgage assistance. Do you think I will get to refinance if I go to the bank who holds my mortgage? This same bank who got over $500 million in TARP funds because they needed the money to stay solvent? Even though I have not even been late with a payment I doubt it will happen. AND HERE'S THE IRONY - They will deny me, an excellent customer who needs some short term relief, even while they get an additional fusion of cash! Do you think the $75 billion relief package signed today by The Chosen One will help me?  Ha!! I was not a moron who bought a house I could not afford so I'm aced out. He talks about how all this cash will benefit the middle class. I WILL NOT SEE ONE DIME OF THIS MONEY EVEN THOUGH I AM IN AS MUCH NEED RIGHT NOW AS ANYONE.

I am going to my bank soon to seek that refi and I will let you know if my prediction is true.

Oh yeah, I'm in the process of starting my own company.

It's going to be four years of the utmost hypocrisy and the launch of socialism like we have never seen. Those two topics will alone provide plenty of blog material.