Author Topic: Where's the Outrage?  (Read 4078 times)

Teresa Heilevang

  • The "Other Halloway"
  • Global Moderator
  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3639
  • Don't make me call the flying monkeys! DRTV Ranger
    • The Perfect Touch
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Where's the Outrage?
« on: October 01, 2008, 11:27:50 PM »
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_alinskys_rule.html

This letter was sent to the Wall Street Journal on August
8, 2008 by Alisa Wilson, Ph.D. Of Beverly Hills, CA

On July 31, 2008, the Wall Street Journal had an article titled, "Where's The Outrage?"

Really?

I can tell you where the outrage is. The outrage is here, in this middle-aged, well-educated, upper-middle class woman. The outrage is here, but I have no representation, no voice. The outrage is here, but no one is listening – for who am I?

I'm not a billionaire like George Soros that can fund an entire political movement.

I'm not a celebrity like Barbra Streisand that can garner the attention of the press to promote political candidates.

I'm not a film maker like Michael Moore or Al Gore that can deliver misleading movies to the public.

The outrage is here, but unlike those with money or power, I don't know how to reach those who feel similarly in order to effect change.

Why am I outraged? I am outraged that my country, the United States of America , is in a state of moral and ethical decline. There is no right or wrong anymore, just what's fair.

Is it fair that millions of Americans who overreached and borrowed more than they could afford are now being bailed out by the government and lending institutions to stave off foreclosure? Why shouldn't these people be made to pay the consequences for their poor judgment?

When my husband and I purchased our home, we were careful to purchase only what we could afford. Believe me, there are much larger, much nicer homes that I would have loved to have purchased. But, taking responsibility for my behavior and my life, I went with the house that we could afford, not the house that we couldn't afford. The notion of personal responsibility has all but died in our country.

I am outraged, that the country that welcomed my mother as an immigrant from Hitler's Nazi Germany and required that she and her family learn English now allows itself to be overrun with illegal immigrants and worse, caters to those illegal immigrants.

I am outraged that my hard-earned taxes help support those here illegally; That the Los Angeles Public School District is in such disarray that I felt it Incumbent to send my child to private school, that every time I go to the ATM, I see "do you want to continue in English or Spanish?" that every time I call the bank, the phone company, or similar business, I hear "press 1 for English or press
2 for Spanish." WHY? This is America, our common language is English and attempts to promote a bi- or multi-lingual society are sure to fail and to marginalize those who cannot communicate in English.

I am outraged at our country's weakness in the face of new threats on American traditions from Muslims. Just this week, Tyson's Food negotiated with its union to permit Muslims to have Eid-al-Fitr as a holiday instead of Labor Day. What am I missing? Yes, there is a large Somali Muslim population working at the Tyson's plant in Tennessee . Tennessee , last I checked, is still part of the United States . If Muslim's want to live and work here they should be required to live and work by our American Laws and not impose their will on our long history.

In the same week, Random House announced that they had indefinitely delayed the publication of "The Jewel of Medina," by Sherry Jones, a book about the life of Mohammed's wife, A'isha due to fear of retribution and violence by Muslims. When did we become a nation ruled by fear of what other immigrant groups want? It makes me so sad to see large corporations cave rather than stand proudly on the principles t hat built this country.

I am outraged because appeasement has never worked as a political policy, yet Appeasing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is exactly what we are trying to do. An excellent article, also published recently in the Wall Street Journal, went through over 20 years of history and why talking with Iran has been and will continue to be ineffective. Yet talk, with a madman no less, we continue to do. Have we so lost our moral compass and its ability to detect evil that we will not go in and destroy Iran's nuclear program? Would we rather wait for another Holocaust for the Jews – one which they would be unlikely to survive! ? When does it end?

As if the battle for good and evil isn't enough, now come the Environmentalists who are so afraid of global warming that they want to put a bag tax on grocery bags in California; to eliminate Mylar balloons; to establish something as insidious as the recycle police in San Francisco. I do my share for the environment – I recycle, I use water wisely, I installed an energy efficient air conditioning unit.

But when and where does the lunacy stop? Ahmadinejad wants to wipe Israel off the map, the California economy is being overrun by illegal immigrants, and the United States of America no longer knows right from wrong; good from evil. So what does California do? Tax grocery bags!

So, America, although I can tell you where the outrage is, this one middle-aged, well-educated, upper middle class woman is powerless to do anything about it. I don't even feel like my vote counts because I am so outnumbered by those who disagree with me.

PS: Boycott Tyson foods!

Alisa Wilson, Ph.D. Beverly Hills , California

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_alinskys_rule.html
"Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History ! "
 

tombogan03884

  • Guest
Re: Where's the Outrage?
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2008, 12:45:44 AM »
2% of home loans are facing repossession, 6% are in arrears,so lets be "fair" and stick it to the other92% of home buyers to pay for the stupidity of a few and the greed of investment banks egged on by the Dum's.

tt11758

  • Noolis bastardis carborundum (Don't let the bastards wear you down)
  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5821
  • DRTV Ranger ~
    • 10-Ring Firearms Training
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 7
Re: Where's the Outrage?
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2008, 04:48:55 PM »
2% of home loans are facing repossession, 6% are in arrears,so lets be "fair" and stick it to the other92% of home buyers to pay for the stupidity of a few and the greed of investment banks egged on by the Dum's.

You have boiled it down to the bare bones.  Pity those who NEED to understand either won't hear, or won't believe.
I love waking up every morning knowing that Donald Trump is President!!

MikeBjerum

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10848
  • DRTV Ranger
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 908
Re: Where's the Outrage?
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2008, 11:52:43 AM »
2% of home loans are facing repossession, 6% are in arrears,so lets be "fair" and stick it to the other92% of home buyers to pay for the stupidity of a few and the greed of investment banks egged on by the Dum's.

Two percent "bad debt" - I would think that most mortgage businesses could deal with this by either working with the owners or through liquidation.  Remember that if you have a home mortgage of $100,000 and defaut six years into a 30 year loan you have paid a lot of fees, interest and some principle.  Now the forclosure sale brings in $60,000 on the sale.  What is the actual percentage loss on the entire loan portfolio of the lender?

Six percent are in arrears - Huuuummmmmmm ???  These are people that have been making payments, and are now either behind a payment or a few (I think MN law won't let things go into defult till at least six months behind).  Some of these people are even making partial payments, but can't cover it all.  I would think that most of these people could be worked with to keep everyone in their homes without hurting the lenders.

So, why all the concern?  Emotional panic!  Too many greedy people that wanted the easy buck by investing rather than working.  And, too many people investing their money in stocks (especially risky ones for the big return) and not understanding the idea of long term gain from long term investment.
If I appear taller than other men it is because I am standing on the shoulders of others.

tombogan03884

  • Guest
Re: Where's the Outrage?
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2008, 06:32:52 PM »
And in the case of the 2% who HAVE lost their homes, the Banks still own the houses which they will sell again.
This so called "Problem is nothing but media hype and Bush has been conned.

Sponsor

  • Guest
Re: Where's the Outrage?
« Reply #5 on: Today at 08:14:22 AM »

runstowin

  • Thomas Jefferson: “Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just”
  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 886
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Where's the Outrage?
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2008, 09:25:06 PM »
If you send your kids to a government indoctrination school, expect more of the thinking that is that is causing all of these problems.
Rights are like muscles, when they are not exercised they atrophy.

Frosty

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 585
  • Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Where's the Outrage?
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2008, 07:40:06 AM »
Marshal'ette - I like it!
I'd rather die standing than live on my knees!
“As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people.  On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and a complete narcissistic moron.”  H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun,  July 26, 1920.

PegLeg45

  • NRA Life, SAF, Constitutionalist
  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 13097
  • DRTV Ranger
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 1078
Re: Where's the Outrage?
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2008, 12:45:04 PM »
A lesson on Capitalism (just passing it on, not to offend).......


Traditional Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.

American Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.

French Capitalism: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.

Japanese Capitalism: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them World-Wide.

German Capitalism: You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

Italian Capitalism: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You break for lunch.

British Capitalism: You have two cows. Both are mad.

Russian Capitalism: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

Arkansas Capitalism: You have two cows. That one on the left is kinda cute...

Hindu Capitalism: You have two cows. You worship them.

Swiss Capitalism: You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.

Canadian Capitalism: You have two cows. Let's make a hockey team, eh?

Chinese Capitalism: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the numbers.

Irish Capitalism: You have two cows. You feed them potatoes and wonder why they emigrate.

Wall Street Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. Sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public buys your bull.

Cuban Capitalism: You have two cows. They try to swim to Florida.

Politically Correct Capitalism: You are associated with (the concept of "ownership" is a symbol of the phallo centric, war mongering, intolerant past) two differently - aged (but no less valuable to society) bovines of non-specified gender.

Disney Capitalism: You have two cows. They dance & sing.

Microsoft Capitalism: You have two cows. You patent them and sue anyone else who has them.

Hollywood Capitalism: You have two cows. You give them udder implants and also teach them to bullet-dodge, wall climb and shoot milk out of their udders on command.

Clinton Capitalism: You have two cows. You deny any knowledge of them.

Bureaucratic Capitalism: You have two cows. They are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs the regulations say you should need.

Gore Capitalism: You have two cows. You claim you invented them.

Real-World Capitalism: You have two cows. You share two cows with your neighbors. You and your neighbors bicker about who has the most "ability" and who has the most "need". Meanwhile, no one works, no one gets any milk, and the cows drop dead of starvation.

Australian Capitalism: You have two cows. You try to wrestle them.

Iraqi Capitalism: You have two cows. They are biochemical weapons.

Perestroika Capitalism: You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk. You steal back as much milk as you can and sell it on the black market.

Cambodian Capitalism: You have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you.

Military Capitalism: You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.

Texan Capitalism: You have two cows. You teach them to fire guns.

Totalitarian Capitalism: You have two cows. The government takes them and denies they ever existed. Milk is banned.

Nevadan Capitalism: You have two cows. You charge lonely men from Arkansas to spend the night with them.

More Bureaucrat Capitalism: You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.

Real Capitalism: You don't have any cows. The bank will not lend you money to buy cows, because you don't have any cows to put up as collateral.

Environmental Capitalism: You have two cows. The government bans you from milking them.

Surreal Capitalism: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.

Californian Capitalism: You have two cows. They are happy.

Martha Stewart Capitalism: You have two cows. After decorating them, you sell them because a farmer told you the price of milk might go down.

Ayn Rand Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell both so that you can invest in a new dairy company. After it does well, you sell you stock and buy a cow farm. After that does well, you take out a loan using cows as capitol and build a milk manufacturing factory. After making your milk the most sold, you sell the company and retire to Hawaii with your millions of dollars.
"I expect perdition, I always have. I keep this building at my back, and several guns handy, in case perdition arrives in a form that's susceptible to bullets. I expect it will come in the disease form, though. I'm susceptible to diseases, and you can't shoot a damned disease." ~ Judge Roy Bean, Streets of Laredo

For the Patriots of this country, the Constitution is second only to the Bible for most. For those who love this country, but do not share my personal beliefs, it is their Bible. To them nothing comes before the Constitution of these United States of America. For this we are all labeled potential terrorists. ~ Dean Garrison

"When it comes to the enemy, just because they ain't pullin' a trigger, doesn't mean they ain't totin' ammo for those that are."~PegLeg

mosbear

  • Very Active Forum Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 135
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Where's the Outrage?
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2008, 01:41:21 PM »
A lesson on Capitalism (just passing it on, not to offend).......
Wall Street Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. Sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public buys your bull.

One particular Broadway show comes to mind -"Producers" ;D ??? >:(

 

SMF spam blocked by CleanTalk