Archive for June, 2009

Upcoming Events for the River Raisin Patriots

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

July 4th Tea Party – Saturday, 1-3PM, at Loranger Square (First and Washington Streets), Monroe, with Conservative Caucus of Monroe County Signs and patriotic attire are welcome and encouraged ! July 14th- Town Hall Meeting – Tuesday, 5:30-7:30PM , at Grafton Hall, Carleton August 2, Monroe County Fair Parade, Monroe August 2-8, Monroe County Fair, Monroe, Booth with Conservative Caucus of Monroe County

 

for those who want to become more involved or to find out what the tea parties are all about, come to any event or email  grassroots@riverraisinpatriots.org

July 4th Tea Party in Monroe

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

There is another tea party scheduled for the 4th of July downtown in Loranger Square, in the heart of Monroe.  Times are between 1 pm and 3 pm.  Bring your flags, signs and best red, white and blue dress.  Its being sponsored by the River Raisin Patriots and Monroe County’s Conservative Caucus.

Here is the official notice; copy, paste, print and hand out.

July 4th Tea Party

Declaration of Independence

“Then and Now”

“Stand and be counted for Freedom and Liberty”

 

Loranger Square, Monroe, MI.

Corner of East First & Washington St.

Saturday July, 4th 2009 1:00pm to 3:00pm

 

Presented and Sponsored by:

 The Conservative Caucus of Monroe County

 

Free to the Public all Citizens encouraged to attend

 For some reason the fancy lettering didn’t make it through, but anyone who needs it can email me at michiganright@yahoo.com, or contact the River Raisin Patriots at grassroots@riverraisinpatriots.org.

Sunday @ Stadium, Tigers Win

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Is there a better way to spend a Sunday, a Father’s Day, than at the ballpark and the home team wins?

Granderson and Kelley warming up.

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Marcus Thames, “Country Strong”  as Rod calls it.  Had one almost go out in the game, but got caught at the fence.

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Verlander warming up before the game.

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Inge up to bat.12

 

He swings

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He trots home after a three run shot over the fence.

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Rodney comes in to close the 9th, I start sweating for no reason, its an easy 1,2, 3 inning.

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White House drafts new oversight

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

New Market Rules

Obama’s White House staff will announce today new measures on overseeing the market and give the Federal Reserve more powers in governing finance.

Letterman still doesn’t understand

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Dave Letterman apoligized again, this time a bit more sincere for his crude joke last week.  Unfortunately he still thinks that the joke was appropriate for an 18 year old girl.

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=414678&GT1=28103

It’s Flag Day, get ‘em up high

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands,
one Nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Have you put your flag out yet today?  Today is Flag Day, here are some facts about the flag and the origin of it having its own day.

Betsy Ross

Origins of Flag Day

President Wilson Makes it Official

Proper Flag Etiquette

Transformation Over the Years

How Many Czars does it take to…..

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

…shut down Detroit?

…pay their own taxes?

…manage your lives?

…screw in a light bulb?

…etc…etc…etc?

Obama has set a new record for circumventing the Constitution with his self appointed underlings.  People that answer to no one, but him.

Yes its true, he was not the first president to do so, and it even started under Preside Reagan with a “Drug Czar”, which was continued under the senior Pres. Bush.  Expanded to three under Pres. Clinton, then up to 4 under our last president.

Obama has stretched this up to 16 positions.  You can argue the same ol’, same ol’….others started this, its the tact a politician would take. Or you could say, I don’t care who started it, it was wrong then, and it is wrong now, and it has to stop.

A president does not have the authority to make such appointees, even with the best intentions.  You destroy the system of checks and balances written into the perhaps most important document written by the founding fathers.  The bad thing is this, there are already departments to handle all of this.  Its either a case of a politician reacting to something, and instead of enforcing laws that already exist, but insist on passing a new law….OR….it is the President seizing more power for himself and the federal government.

Here is a list of all of Obama’s Czars taken from Glenn Beck’s website.

President Obama: 16 Czars (and counting)

·                       Drug Czar

Gil Kerlikowske, former Seattle police chief

·                       Energy and Environment Czar

Carol Browner

·                       Homeland Security Czar

John Brennan

·                       Health Czar

Nancy-Ann DeParle

·                       Urban Affairs Czar

Adolfo Carrion, Jr.

·                       Economic Czar

Paul A. Volcker

·                       Regulatory Czar

Cass R. Sunstein

·                       Technology Czar

Vivek Kundra

·                       Government Performance Czar

Jeffrey Zients

·                       Border Czar

Alan Bersin

·                       WMD Policy Czar

Gary Samore

·                       Intelligence Czar (Director of National Intelligence)

Dennis Blair

·                       Car Czar

Steven Rattner

·                       Pay Czar

Kenneth R. Feinberg

·                       Great Lakes Czar

Cameron Davis

·                       Cyber Czar

Obama’s First Big Defeat

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Although the President has been slapped around a bit by his own party lately in regards to closing Gitmo,  Obama suffered his first major political defeat with the announcement of the government dropping its executive pay scale attack.

Exec Pay

Obama’s Unawareness Problems

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

The Audacity of Unawareness

April 15th, 2009 5:03 pm Barack Obama, through his spokesman, claimed today that he was unaware of the tax day tea parties. Granted, the MSM has done a good job in suppressing any sort of coverage ahead of time (and the little coverage they did provide was derisive at best)… but how out of touch is the Community Organizer in Chief, really?

This much.

- He was unaware that he was attending a church (for 20 years) with a racist pastor who hates America .

- He was unaware that he was family friends with, and started his political career in the living room of, a domestic terrorist.

- He was unaware that he had invested in two speculative companies backed by some of his top donors right after taking office in 2005.

- He was unaware that his own aunt was living in the US illegally.

- He was unaware that his own brother lives on pennies a day in a hut in Kenya .

- He was unaware of the AIG bonuses that he and his administration approved and signed into a bill.

- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of Commerce was under investigation in a bribery scandal.

- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services was a tax cheat.

- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of the Treasury was a tax cheat.

- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be the U.S. Trade Representative was a tax cheat.

- He was unaware that the woman he nominated to be his Chief Performance Officer was a tax cheat.

- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be #2 at the Environmental Protection Agency was under investigation for mismanaging $25 million in EPA grants.

Things that make you go hmmm….

Monday, June 8th, 2009

It was a busy weekend around here, but picked up bits and pieces from the news so here are some thoughts on what was going on.

The president thinks its a good idea for Iran to have nuclear power.  Really? (A)  Seriously what does go through his mine during these decisions?              

(B)  If its so good for them to have it, why are we wasting our time with wind mills that don’t work?

Obama wants Hamas involved with the “Palestine Solution”.  That’s a win win for all sides.

Is there anyone else who paid attention during history class who sees Obama as a modern day Neville Chamberlain?  Be careful not to tick off our enemies, but stab our friends in their backs.  Guess that would make Israel the modern day Czechoslovachia, and the settlements today’s version of  the Sudetenland.

Guess the lil’ escape to China did not take the heat of Nancy Pelosi, she is still going down for her statements about the CIA.

More Pelosi, guess who is polling higher in popularity than her?  The answer would be…..Dick Cheney.

My new John Deere says you can’t put more than 10% ethenol in its tank, sorry Iowa.

More on ethenol, have you seen the commercials where they add nitrogen cleaners to the gasoline to protect your engines from poor grade fuels?  ITS BECAUSE OF THE ETHENOL FOLKS.

The 25% add tax.  Its one of those sneaky taxes you do not see, but its already been figured into the price of an item.  Its a national sales tax to make us pay for national health care, for an example  you buy a 24+K car, before you even add in all the state sales taxes, registration fees, license fees, the new price for that car is now over $30,000.  Then the state gets to tax you at the 30 grand price.

Its bad enough that they tax you on the sticker price now, not what you actually paid for the vehicle.

Joe Biden says we need to ramp up the spending from the stimulus bill.  They already promised us that the unemployment numbers would not go above 8% if the bill was passed.  So they voted without reading, signed in a hurry, and now unemployment is already at 9.4% nationally, and over 12% here in Michigan.

The government guy running GM is in his early 30’s and basically got the job because he is a party hack.  Never worked a day in his life unless you could running Hillary’s campaign into the ground and jumping over to Obama’s side when her ship was sinking.  Never mind that he has absolutely no car experience,  he has no business training either.  GREAT CHOICE.

Seven more auto plants are closing in Michigan.  Look you might not be able to get anything changed politically until the 2010 elections, but you can send a message to White House now, buy a FORD.

One of the architects of the bank bailout, Ben Bernake says we cannot keep up deficit spending without ruining our economy.  Wonder if the President heard that while touring Europe this weekend for the D-Day memorials.