Adjuncts and grad students will see their hours significantly cut in order to avoid creeping up against the 30-hour-per week definition of Full-Time Employment under ObamaCare.
No health insurance for you, and your income just got slashed.
Suckaaaaahs!!!
In the meantime, this is the year that Mr and Mrs OS, who are self-employed and in very good health, have seen their health-insurance premium (for very modest coverage) exceed their mortgage payment. And taxes are rising simultaneously.
We told you so, over and over and over, and you called us 'racist' and worse.
Don't blame us, you nit-wits.
Take a long look in the mirror, and contemplate what has befallen you, your families, your neighborhoods and the world at large. Look at the bodies stacking up from Northern Africa to the Turkish border, the 16+% unemployment rate amongst youth in this nation, the 26% ACT 'ready-for-college' pass rate amongst high-school seniors, and ask yourself if you chose wisely, and why you continue down this path, and where it might lead.
Chickens do come home to roost...this time in your 'hood.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
You Buy, We Fry
In other words, if you are on Food Stamps (err..SNAP) or any of the other forms of direct cash assistance from the feds, all you need do to have your own big ole' bucket of fresh fried chicken is swipe that there card right 'chere, ya'll.
Easy. Peasy.
It's a SNAP!
Now, Mr and Mrs OS are blessed beyond measure to be able to work at what they love, with people they like, and make a modest living at it. He can't imagine life caught in the Perdition of welfare dependency, and prays daily for wisdom and strength to make good decisions and to abhor laziness and greed.
But, still...this has been the Summer of Bleeding Money at Casa OS. Life has intervened, and precious cash reserves have had to be called upon to do some utterly necessary things, like repair roofs, replace autos, service calls on appliances, travel for family funerals, etc. Every dollar counts, and several items on the 'Wish-But-Damn-Close-To-Vital' list have been deferred.
It is disheartening to see this displayed in the store window. OS and Mrs. OS and all our friends who work harder and harder for less are paying for that bucket of chicken to be fried up for someone else, who likely voted to keep that fryer going at our expense.
It's as if the sign should read: They Buy, We Fry.
Or: We Buy, They Fry.
Or: We Buy, They Consume, we get to cook our chicken ourselves.
Or: We borrow from the Chinese, They Fry, They Consume, our children to pay the Chinese back with interest.
Well, then. On we go. Must get work done, taxes paid, and run to the grocery to buy something to put in the oven for dinner tonight. Mrs. OS and YoungerChild OS will be working until late this evening.
They won't be stopping at a gas station for a bucket of chicken bought by the taxpayer....
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Jesse Jackson Junior Joins His Brethren In Duh' Joint
For blatant, flagrant corruption in misuse of campaign funds, the Congressman from Chicago (that, the son of that moral giant Jesse Jackson Senior, was sentenced to 2.5 years in the Federal pokey.
For willfully playing along, and lavishly spending money on herself, Mrs Jesse Jackson Junior must spend one year in Federal prison.
They must, somehow, someway be victims of a racist conspiracy led by that virulent George Zimmerman....
That how the official narrative goes, you know. No other explanations, such as their actual guilt, allowed.
OS expects the President to come out swinging in defense of his close friend and colleague...
For willfully playing along, and lavishly spending money on herself, Mrs Jesse Jackson Junior must spend one year in Federal prison.
They must, somehow, someway be victims of a racist conspiracy led by that virulent George Zimmerman....
That how the official narrative goes, you know. No other explanations, such as their actual guilt, allowed.
OS expects the President to come out swinging in defense of his close friend and colleague...
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Sense of Events: The Religious Left's Chickens Come Home To Roost
The great Donald Sensing does it again, with his long memory and talent for stylishly telling the simple truth.
It has now, alas too late, dawned upon the great-and-good of the United Methodist Church that their cries for universal health care for all were heeded by their hero, Barack Obama. As a consequence, they and their clergy and church employees are about to get hammered by Obamacare.
The hypocrisy of the UMC's leadership on this issue is breathtaking. The UMC supported and lobbied for passage of Obamacare hammer and tongs, so much that then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi specifically thanked the UMC for its work in getting the legislation through Congress.
But now, as Obama's own minister once said, the chickens are coming home to roost. Unless amended, Obamacare will make health insurance unaffordable for Conferences to fund. Wow, who could have seen that coming!?!?
Now, they want their own special deal. You know, like those evil corporate interests against whom they rail.
Just toooo rich. The best outcome will be that no deal is forthcoming, and the laity get to see first-hand where their clergy have led them, i.e. over the cliff.
When that happens, OS predicts he will hear the sound of checkbooks snapping shut in every pew of Methodism. Then, real change will come, just not the transformation envisioned by all those leftists who decided to hide out in pulpits for the past forty years or so...
It has now, alas too late, dawned upon the great-and-good of the United Methodist Church that their cries for universal health care for all were heeded by their hero, Barack Obama. As a consequence, they and their clergy and church employees are about to get hammered by Obamacare.
The hypocrisy of the UMC's leadership on this issue is breathtaking. The UMC supported and lobbied for passage of Obamacare hammer and tongs, so much that then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi specifically thanked the UMC for its work in getting the legislation through Congress.
But now, as Obama's own minister once said, the chickens are coming home to roost. Unless amended, Obamacare will make health insurance unaffordable for Conferences to fund. Wow, who could have seen that coming!?!?
Now, they want their own special deal. You know, like those evil corporate interests against whom they rail.
Just toooo rich. The best outcome will be that no deal is forthcoming, and the laity get to see first-hand where their clergy have led them, i.e. over the cliff.
When that happens, OS predicts he will hear the sound of checkbooks snapping shut in every pew of Methodism. Then, real change will come, just not the transformation envisioned by all those leftists who decided to hide out in pulpits for the past forty years or so...
Saturday, August 3, 2013
The 'Phony Scandal' of Benghazi
Drip.
Drip.
Drip.
Dribble, dribble.....
(Deny, deny, deny, stonewall, call it 'phony', threaten everyone with any information within an inch of life.)
WHOOOOOOSH!
That's how these things work out, these scandals.
OS hears the distant sound of approaching waters.
The Telegraph tells the tale, since our own press are too busy assisting the Administration with its cover story.
Paragraph two is the doozy. What in the name of sanity are we doing funneling arms from Libya to Syria?
Drip.
Drip.
Dribble, dribble.....
(Deny, deny, deny, stonewall, call it 'phony', threaten everyone with any information within an inch of life.)
WHOOOOOOSH!
That's how these things work out, these scandals.
OS hears the distant sound of approaching waters.
The Telegraph tells the tale, since our own press are too busy assisting the Administration with its cover story.
Up to 35 CIA operatives were working in the city during the attack last
September on the US CNN.
The circumstances of the attack are a subject of deep division in the US with
some Congressional leaders pressing for a wide-ranging investigation into
suspicions that the government has withheld details of its activities in the Libyan
city.
The television network said that a CIA team was working in an annex near the
consulate on a project to supply missiles from Libyan armouries to Syrian
rebels.
Sources said that more Americans were hurt in the assault spearheaded by
suspected Islamic radicals than had been previously reported. CIA chiefs
were actively working to ensure the real nature of its operations in the
city did not get out. So only the losses suffered by the State Department in the city had been
reported to Congress.
Paragraph two is the doozy. What in the name of sanity are we doing funneling arms from Libya to Syria?
Sunday, July 14, 2013
The Verdict Is Delivered, But The Race-Baiting Has Just Begun In Earnest
Not surprisingly, the jury found Zimmerman not guilty. The state's case was not credible, appeal grounded on emotion, and the attempt to include lesser charges at the last minute was disingenuous.
That doesn't stop the race baiting that fired the case up to the point where it became a national soap opera. In fact,it may only be just beginning. OS is shocked by what he has seen in just a few hours.
Once again, OS issues his plea: Everyone, take a deep breath. If the genie of political bloodshed is let out of the bottle, there is no knowing what tragedies may visit us all.
No, no, no, no.
Restraint of tongue and pen, with a heaping helping of generosity and civility would help.
Please.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Rick Perry v Wendy Davis: Davis's Life Argues For Life, That Every Life Matters
Rick Perry, who probably should not be President, but has proven to be one of the most effective governors in the history of the US, will reconvene the Texas legislature and pass the bill Wendy Davis and a few hundred hysterical grad students from UT filibustered last week.
His comment on the situation summarized Mzzzzzz Davis's paradox completely:
"Who are we to say that children born in the worst of circumstances can't grow to live successful lives? In fact, even the woman who filibustered the Senate the other day was born into difficult circumstances. She was the daughter of a single woman. She was a teenage mother herself. She managed to eventually graduate from Harvard Law School and serve in the Texas Senate. It is just unfortunate that she hasn't learned from her own example that every life must be given a chance to realize its full potential and that every life matters."
Bull's-eye. Full marks.
A CNN apologist demands Perry apologize.
Really?
For what?
Telling the truth?
Every. Life. Matters.
His comment on the situation summarized Mzzzzzz Davis's paradox completely:
"Who are we to say that children born in the worst of circumstances can't grow to live successful lives? In fact, even the woman who filibustered the Senate the other day was born into difficult circumstances. She was the daughter of a single woman. She was a teenage mother herself. She managed to eventually graduate from Harvard Law School and serve in the Texas Senate. It is just unfortunate that she hasn't learned from her own example that every life must be given a chance to realize its full potential and that every life matters."
Bull's-eye. Full marks.
A CNN apologist demands Perry apologize.
Really?
For what?
Telling the truth?
Every. Life. Matters.
Friday, June 21, 2013
How Do We Secure The Border? One Frigging Yard At A Time!
Daniel Henninger, that pooh-bah of EastCoastGroupThink, assures us poor schmoes here in Flyover America that the border with Mexico just can't POSSIBLY be secured. It's sooooo hard!!! So, we'll just have to let illegals flood us, and let them squat and vote and live off food stamps.
And if we don't, and build the wall to secure the border, why that would be just like the East Germans building the Berlin Wall.
Wrong!!! The Berlin Wall was built to keep oppressed people captive inside East Germany, not to keep the hordes of West Germans living in freedom from immigrating to the Soviet bloc. We are being invaded by people who have no, zero, respect for the rule of law, and no intention of ever integrating into American life.
Did he sleep through that history class at Georgetown, or do facts simply not matter?
Here's his whining quote of his essay in today's Wall Street Journal:
If you were to lift the Texas end of that border, like a string, and move it northward toward the Great Lakes, the length of the border between the U.S. and Mexico, as noted on the nearby map, is about the distance from San Diego to Chicago. That "border" would cross California, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois—most of the American continent. How would we secure all of that?
One yard at a time, Mr. Henninger. It is not a matter of engineering.
It is a matter of will.
The Bush Administration lacked the will, even though it had clear legislative instructions.
The Obama Administration can't get enough illegals across the frontier quickly enough, to help secure their hold on power for generations to come.
It is a matter of will, and integrity, both qualities sadly lacking in the deputy editorial page editor for The Wall Street Journal...
And if we don't, and build the wall to secure the border, why that would be just like the East Germans building the Berlin Wall.
Wrong!!! The Berlin Wall was built to keep oppressed people captive inside East Germany, not to keep the hordes of West Germans living in freedom from immigrating to the Soviet bloc. We are being invaded by people who have no, zero, respect for the rule of law, and no intention of ever integrating into American life.
Did he sleep through that history class at Georgetown, or do facts simply not matter?
Here's his whining quote of his essay in today's Wall Street Journal:
If you were to lift the Texas end of that border, like a string, and move it northward toward the Great Lakes, the length of the border between the U.S. and Mexico, as noted on the nearby map, is about the distance from San Diego to Chicago. That "border" would cross California, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois—most of the American continent. How would we secure all of that?
One yard at a time, Mr. Henninger. It is not a matter of engineering.
It is a matter of will.
The Bush Administration lacked the will, even though it had clear legislative instructions.
The Obama Administration can't get enough illegals across the frontier quickly enough, to help secure their hold on power for generations to come.
It is a matter of will, and integrity, both qualities sadly lacking in the deputy editorial page editor for The Wall Street Journal...
Founded By Geniuses, Run By Idiots: Foxworthy Didn't Write This, But No Matter--It Needs To Be Read And Contemplated....
The Great Foxworthy did not pen these words, but whoever did certainly caught his tone of voice beautifully. The tragedy of this list is that it does describe our situation. We have become to accustomed to the idiocy, we are becoming numb to it.
Massah Obama and Company actually count on this happening, since numb people tend to not get all uppity and stuff, you know. OS, on the other hand, has moments when he sees the world burning, and innocents slaughtered, only to find that the lead stories on the morning shows such as 'Good Morning America' breathlessly inform us of the newest exploits of the Kardashian family. The temptation to throw things at the TV does become a bit strong, tempered by the knowledge that the missile aimed at those cheerful faces has no possibility of hitting its target...
These words, on the other hand, strike to the heart:
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license,
but not for being in the country illegally — you might live in a
nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip
or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion — you
might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a
check, buy liquor, or check out a library book, but not to vote
who runs the government — you might live in a nation founded
by geniuses but run by idiots.
If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from
owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives
twenty F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt — you
might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If, in the nation’s largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas,
but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink
might make you fat — you might live in a nation founded by
geniuses but run by idiots.
If an 80-year-old woman or a three-year-old girl confined to a
wheelchair can be strip-searched by the TSA, but a woman in
a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched
— you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions
of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more — you might live in a
nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his
teacher is “cute,” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class
in grade school is perfectly acceptable — you might live in a nation
founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline them
with spankings, while children of addicts are left in filth- and drug-infested
“homes” — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more
government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards,
WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing, and free cell phones
— you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If the government’s plan for getting people back to work is to provide
incentives for not working through 99 weeks of unemployment checks,
without any requirement to prove they sought, but couldn’t find, work
— you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big
screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, wall-sized plasma do-it-all
TV’s and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he
defaults on his mortgage — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses
but run by idiots.
If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more “safe”
according to the government — you might live in a nation founded by
geniuses but run by idiots.
Massah Obama and Company actually count on this happening, since numb people tend to not get all uppity and stuff, you know. OS, on the other hand, has moments when he sees the world burning, and innocents slaughtered, only to find that the lead stories on the morning shows such as 'Good Morning America' breathlessly inform us of the newest exploits of the Kardashian family. The temptation to throw things at the TV does become a bit strong, tempered by the knowledge that the missile aimed at those cheerful faces has no possibility of hitting its target...
These words, on the other hand, strike to the heart:
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license,
but not for being in the country illegally — you might live in a
nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip
or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion — you
might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a
check, buy liquor, or check out a library book, but not to vote
who runs the government — you might live in a nation founded
by geniuses but run by idiots.
If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from
owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives
twenty F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt — you
might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If, in the nation’s largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas,
but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink
might make you fat — you might live in a nation founded by
geniuses but run by idiots.
If an 80-year-old woman or a three-year-old girl confined to a
wheelchair can be strip-searched by the TSA, but a woman in
a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched
— you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions
of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more — you might live in a
nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his
teacher is “cute,” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class
in grade school is perfectly acceptable — you might live in a nation
founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline them
with spankings, while children of addicts are left in filth- and drug-infested
“homes” — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more
government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards,
WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing, and free cell phones
— you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If the government’s plan for getting people back to work is to provide
incentives for not working through 99 weeks of unemployment checks,
without any requirement to prove they sought, but couldn’t find, work
— you might live in a nation founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big
screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, wall-sized plasma do-it-all
TV’s and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he
defaults on his mortgage — you might live in a nation founded by geniuses
but run by idiots.
If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more “safe”
according to the government — you might live in a nation founded by
geniuses but run by idiots.
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