Signs of Incompetence

A few weeks ago, I passed a sign just like this on one of my local roads.

Immediately, my blood began to boil. I wondered, how much money did that useless piece of metal cost? I also bristled at the obvious "renaming" of the "act" in question. No one wants to call it by its more famous slang name, "Brought to you by the Stimulus Package" since that is now synonymous with waste, fraud, unaccounted-for billions, pork, B.S. (and is one of the most incompetent bills ever to pass the House without anyone actually reading it.) Then, over the next few weeks I started seeing more of these signs popping up near every construction project (and in IL...and that's A LOT. We have two seasons here. Winter and construction.) I can recall at least 5 off the top of my head that I've seen on the streets I regularly drive. And I don't drive very far; grocery store, office, park, mall, and local library. This is not a big radius. I found this today.

The Illinois Department of Transportation puts the cost of each one at about $300 to make, with the total price rising to about $1,000 including labor, wooden mounting posts and other installation costs. (Full article HERE)

The article goes on to say that no one can estimate how many of these signs are going up across the state or what the total cost to the taxpayer is. Convenient. These signs are going up all over the nation and it's amazing to me that more taxpayers aren't outraged. First of all, who needs a sign telling us that "Americans are working" when we can just see them working on the side of the road and secondly, these signs are nothing more than campaign signs for 2012. "Look what we did! We put people back to work!" And you also wasted my money on campaign signs that could have filled in potholes.

If you people out there don't wake up soon and demand your representatives stop wasting your money then you deserve to be BROKE. I don't want to hear anyone complaining about the economy if you don't have the clout to get these signs SCRAPPED. NO MORE. Are we going to get serious about holding our government accountable for how they spend the so-called "stimulus" money or are we going to veg out in front of Big Brother and pretend like this country isn't deteriorating into a looters' fantasy?

Your local reps need to hear from you`about how you feel about these stupid and wasteful signs. And please, send me photos of the signs from your neighborhood. Since the state won't track them, maybe we can!

Homer/Lockport Tea Party Photos

You gotta love these hand made signs. They're so great! So creative!

Thanks to Teri O'Brien for coming out!

Here I am...look at that belly! Any day now...

Note to Congress...don't make pregnant girls angry!!!

Trip to the Tropics on the Taxpayer anyone?

Interesting article in the WSJ published yesterday that everyone needs to read. Congress's Travel Tab Swells.

If that doesn't make you lunge for your torch and pitchfork, I don't know what will. It's time for them ALL to get the boot.

See you at the tea parties tomorrow!

Returning to the Dark Ages

This is what passes for good legislation these days. Cap and Trade taxes. For those of you living under a rock, this is the Global Warming (or is it "Climate Change" now that everyone is freezing to death in June?) nonsense bill being rushed through congress as my furious fingers type. They're going to put a cap on how much carbon dioxide everyone is allowed to emit. (That's right...learn to breathe less). The companies will be the first to suffer this ridiculous directive...and of course they will pass the expenses of having to buy "carbon footprint credits" right on to you, the consumer. This is a brilliant plan very similar to every plan the Democrats have. TAX THE @!$? OUT OF EVERYONE. Of course they call it "tax on the rich", but then the rich simply raise the prices on the goods they provide the consumer and the consumer pays. (That's YOU, for the Obama voters out there...YOU...even the ones who voted for him) Here's an excerpt from the WSJ about what this will actually do to the economy (vs. what the Democrats say it will do to the economy which is "everyone will dance with joy, the oceans will recede, the markets will soar, the poor will get rich, the rich will die a horrible death, and Christopher Reeve will return from the dead!")

The hit to GDP is the real threat in this bill. The whole point of cap and trade is to hike the price of electricity and gas so that Americans will use less. These higher prices will show up not just in electricity bills or at the gas station but in every manufactured good, from food to cars. Consumers will cut back on spending, which in turn will cut back on production, which results in fewer jobs created or higher unemployment. Some companies will instead move their operations overseas, with the same result. Read whole article HERE

Great. Well people, Ayn Rand continues to be proven right at every turn (read Anthem if you don't have time for Atlas Shrugged-it's only 100 pages). The Statists (I've stopped calling them liberals since reading Liberty and Tyranny...go get it now) are determined to return us to the dark ages. We will literally be reading by candlelight soon. Your government is about to FORCE you to use less electricity and gas by hiking up the rates so high, you won't be able to buy it. How are you going to get to work? How are you going to heat your house? We're all going to be tearing up our wood furniture and burning it soon to keep warm. This is what the Statists want for you. They want you destitute, freezing, cut off from all communication, while they rape and pillage the country's wealth for themselves. This is not crazy raving. This is what happens when countries go down this road to serfdom. We're taking all the right steps...there's no way this won't lead to the worst place you've ever been. I hope you're burning up the phone lines to Congress while you still have a phone and can afford the bill.

Brought to you by the Religion of Peace

Yes, yes...so peaceful, these Muslims....if you submit, convert and put on your burqa like a good little Muslim. But should you "insult"their "peaceful" religion, they're going to cut off your head. Seems reasonable.
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I have to admit...this is pretty accurate.

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