The Cranky Voter

Tax the Rich - What is Fair?

September 26, 2011 – 11:53 pm by Cranky Voter
Debt is at an all time high in the United States. Some say that Revenues are just not keeping pace with the cost of government. The left proclaims that the problem is the Bush Tax cuts. Those tax cuts made it completely unfair to the working middle class of America and some point to these very tax cuts as the cause of our deficit and huge debt. If the rich would only pay their fair share then everything will be right in the world. The debt would become manageable and the deficits would disappear. The rich wouldn't mind paying their fair share, just ask Warren Buffet and that guy from Microsoft .. Bill Gates. The Rich shouldn't mind paying more in taxes, I mean after all they make more money. We hear the Super Rich tell us again and again that they don't mind. Everyone from Barbara Streisand to Matt Damon ...

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Obama to Israel - Screw the Jews

May 20, 2011 – 4:44 pm by Cranky Voter
Obama just gave a speech on the Middle East. I mean he had to announce to the world that he was solely responsible for killing OBL. He made sure the time of the day was good for everyone in the Middle East to hear his speech live. So nice of him to accommodate everyone outside of the United States. It was his order to invade Pakistan with a bunch of Navy Seals and take him out. Assassinate a man in his jammies right in his bedroom. OBL wasn't holding a gun and was defenseless (which is fine with me, but others seem to have been upset with that). Well Obama never used the word assassinate. He also didn't say that it was his intention to capture him alive. There were a few other things that Obama didn't say. He never explained how we got the intelligence to find out where OBL ...

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What’s so great about Geraldine Ferraro?

March 30, 2011 – 1:01 am by Cranky Voter
Okay, I know we are supposed to pay tribute to those who have died. I was always told not to speak ill of the dead. The truth is that I don't have anything personal against Geraldine Ferraro, except maybe her political opinions were a little extreme, but then again so was Walter Mondale's although that is not really the point. I am just kind of getting a little cranky about hearing how great she was and how she was such a trailblazer and broke all the molds. You want to call her a good person that is one thing but let's put history in a little perspective, shall we. She might have been the first woman candidate that was nominated for Vice President of the United States, but she didn't win the election. I would venture to say she didn't help the ticket, not that anyone could have significantly helped ...

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I have a dream - MLK Day

January 19, 2011 – 2:43 pm by Cranky Voter
I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King spoke those immortal words and years later we celebrate his words and the civil rights movement with a day in January. It is a little strange to me because when I was younger I remember this day being very different. I remember this day being a birthday but for someone completely different. It was Washington's Birthday. What ever happened to George Washington the father of our country. I guess now we remember George Washington in February on a day called President's Day. Of course President's Day used to be a celebration of Abraham Lincoln's Birthday. Now Abraham Lincoln has to share his day with George Washington and 42 other Presidents of the United States. What ever ...

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The President Speaks about Arizona Shooter

January 12, 2011 – 11:56 pm by Cranky Voter
I was watching the president speak at the University out in Tuscon. Not like I had a choice. All I wanted to do was watch the end of Minute To Win It and let the medicine I took make me feel a little better and there right in the middle of my show was Mr. Brian Williams interrupting my broadcast. Brian Williams in that overly concerned voice of his, talks about the community in pain. How Tuscon which is a small big city is still reeling from the tragedy. What does that mean, small big city? He goes on to say how you can feel the pain in the air or some such touchy feely melodramatic crap. So how many people that were there were really touched by the tragedy and how many of them were there just to be part of an event? Sorry I know that sounds a ...

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Responsible for Your Own Killing

January 11, 2011 – 10:52 am by Cranky Voter
I was watching the news about the attack on the congresswomen from Arizona and I couldn't believe the way the story was being reporting. Not only were the reporters almost celebrating the life of this crazed killer, but they were also taking responsibility for his actions away from him and placing it on the words of others. I couldn't help but think of that old Rhyme I was told when I was a kid. You remember it, sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me. It was a lesson I learned early in life. It doesn't matter what people say to get you angry or upset, words are words. There is no excuse, no matter what you believe, no matter what you have heard, no matter what you think about what someone or what they stand for, there is no excuse to harm another human ...

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What if Obama was born overseas and the Birthers are right?

December 30, 2010 – 11:18 pm by Cranky Voter
So I just heard that the Governor of Hawaii has finally said that he is going to clean up the whole Obama birth certificate thing. You know what thing I am talking about. There is a whole group called the Birthers that believe that Barack Obama was born outside of the United States and therefore is not an American Citizen. Why the Governor of Hawaii decided to do something about this birth certificate thing now after things seemed to be quieting down. Why didn't he do something 2 years ago when it would have meant something. Now he even sounds like that character from SNL where he claims to know Obama when he was a child and his wife is Morgan Fairchild. Most Democrats seem not to want to bring it up again, they seem to think that it will cause more harm than good talking about the subject again. ...

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Blizzard hits NYC and all you can hear are complaints

December 28, 2010 – 11:24 pm by Cranky Voter
So the snow falls near Christmas and you should be able to hear jingle bells or Christmas cheer, whatever that sounds like .. but no not in New York City. Have you ever heard the snow fall? Just sat there and listen to the almost invisible kissing of a snowflake hitting the ground. The wind blowing flakes from over here to over there. No one out in the cold and all of the birds and animals hiding somewhere .. where do the birds hide when it snows? The color disappears and is replaced with the hues of gray. Everything covered with white muting the colors and making everything seem so peaceful and warm even as the temperature drops to freeze everything with an icy chill and helps create the bursting snow coming from the sky. Bursting like pieces of popcorn shaped as a flake. The sounds of winter are all around ...

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Hey Palladino - It’s the Economy Stupid

October 12, 2010 – 3:13 pm by Cranky Voter
So, Mr. Palladino, you accomplished the highly improbable, you won the Republican Nomination for Governor of the State of New York. You defeated Rick Lazio, the perennial favorite nominee of the Republican party. The Party Insider's choice for the position of Governor. The man that has been nominated as the defacto Republican candidate without really earning the right to challenge the Democrats for the office of Governor. It seems that you appeal to the anger of the electorate and not just the base of the Republican party. You have garnered attention by talking plain and straight. Talking about tough decisions and telling everyone that you are willing to make them. But alas .. Mr. Palladino ..  now you have forgotten what has gotten you here. You have let your emotion get the better of you and your belligerent and antagonistic attitude have lost the focus that so intrigued the voters ...

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The Death of Capitalism - ObamaCare

March 22, 2010 – 12:33 am by Cranky Voter
This night is not a night to celebrate. This is a night to mourn for this country that corruption and arrogance won over common sense and the love of free markets. The death of Capitalism as we know it. The last great hope on earth has now fallen to the evils and horrors of Socialism. Wasn't it bad enough when America nationalized the automobile industry? Wasn't it bad enough when America apologized to the world for being uniquely American? Wasn't it bad enough when America attempted to nationalize her banks and finance industry? But now we face the takeover of our entire Healthcare system and the passage of Socialized Medicine. It is a day to mourn the loss of freedom in America. No longer are we entitled to choose to buy insurance or not, now we are mandated to give up our hard earned money to receive Obamacare. The President said ...

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