This short clip clearly demonstrates President Obama’s lack of understanding and concern for hard working Americans.

He is totally committed to the extreme environmental lobby, without concern for the effect on American business, workers, and taxpayers. We must keep up the pressure to block continued attempts to enact any form of Cap and Trade.

Complain all you want, but you can not effect change without taking action and demanding to be heard. Without action and support you are indicating that you accept the current direction. Your silence and inaction are a vote for yet higher taxes, greater deficits, and an accumulation of debt that will burden our Country for generations to come. An hour of your time is not too much of a sacrifice. Strength is in numbers and dedication, so make an appointment to attend your local Tax Day Tea party!

National Tea Party Website: http://taxdayteaparty.com/
Cincinnati Tea Party: http://www.cincinnatiteaparty.org/
Cincinnati 912 Project Tea Party plans: http://www.meetup.com/The-Cincinnati-Glenn-Beck-Meetup-Group-WE-Surround-Them/calendar/10030950/?a=cr1p_grp

People Await the Opening of Ballroom #1

This is a View of About 2/3 of Ballroom #1

“Don’t Tread on Me”

The launch yesterday of Glenn Beck’s “We Surround Them” project was a HUGE success. Glenn’s program was inspiring, especially if you were among the thousands that gathered for one of the many live viewing events across the country. I was at the Cincinnati event, and was very impressed by the program that Glenn put together, the great job done by local organizers (ordinary people), and by the size of the crowd and enthusiasm of the people that attended.

The Cincinnati “We Surround Them” (WST) event drew a crowd of well over 1,000 people. The event was held at a Crown Plaza Hotel, and was originally scheduled to take place in a large ballroom with seating for about 500. Long before the doors opened at 4 pm it was obvious that another ballroom would have to be pressed into service. The organizers had wisely put that room on hold in case it was needed. Before the show began both halls were filled with standing room audiences, and the lounge and large lobby area were also filled. I have not heard the official estimate, but the total attendance was well over 1,000.

As expected, the local news media ignored the event, even after prodding from event organizers and many calls by others in the week prior. Tomorrow there is going to be a Tea Party Event on Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati with over 6,000 confirmed and an expected turnout of over 7,500. I will be there!

Back in August of 2008, during the campaign, candidate Obama pushed for a $50 billion economic stimulus plan .   At the time, that seemed like a huge amount of money, and to many it looked to be an overt transfer of wealth.   Well, we now understand that $50 billion was mere pocket change.

The Senate just approved their version of the economic ‘stimulus’ bill this afternoon.   The cost of the bill is currently estimated at around $850 billion dollars, and is nearly 800 pages long. That is slightly more than one billion dollars per page.   Sounds quite harmless, doesn’t it?   We have been so conditioned over the last few months to accepting these huge numbers that the real meaning doesn’t even register.   But how many of us can even comprehend the enormity of such figures.

What does $850 billion look like? How do we understand what these numbers mean?   If we write it out, it looks like this – $850,000,000,000.   A big number, but still meaningless.    So how do we understand how much money we are talking about? Let me give you an example.

First I must remind you that these are your hard earned tax dollars that we are talking about.

I have tried many ways to demonstrate the amount of our money in this ’stimulus’ bill and have settled on one that is easily visualized and allows you to get a real grasp on what $850 billion really looks like.

The Department of the Treasury sets the thickness of all United States currency (bills) at .0043 inches .   That means that there are 232.6 bills in a one inch stack (1/.0043).

Let’s assume those are all $20 bills,
meaning the one inch stack of bills would be worth $4,660 (233 x $20)

Now it is time for us to do a little experiment.   Knowing that the one inch stack of bills is worth roughly $4,660, and without trying to calculate or think too hard, how high would the stack be to equal $850 billion dollars?   After you have made your estimate, continue reading for the answer.

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The recent confirmation of Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury enraged many honest taxpaying citizens across the country.   When I checked to see how my Ohio senators voted on this appointment I was disappointed, but not surprised, by what I found.   Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown took the lead from former Senator Obama’s playbook, and did not vote on the controversial appointment.   RINO Republican Senator George Voinovich voted to confirm the admitted tax cheat, Timothy Geithner.

Hoping to understand my representative’s logic, I immediately sent the following email message to Senator Voinovich.

I was very disappointed to learn that you voted to confirm Timothy Geithner for Secretary of the Treasury.   His backers assert that he is the only man in America that can get us through this economic ‘crisis’.    That is an absurd contention, especially when you consider the fact that he can not even manage his own tax issues.

There are only three possible reasons for his tax payment problems:

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The current ‘Stimulus’ Bill of $850 Billion dollars that was passed by the House and is now before the Senate will cost each taxpayer an average of $6,296 according to the most current tax statistics available.

Here is a link where you can find the full text of the ‘Stimulus’ Bill as it was sent to the Senate.
http://readthestimulus.org/
When you get to the page check out the links on the left column. The ‘Senate Version’ link will give you the full text of the current bill. Click on the Spreadsheet link to get a quick glimpse of the amount of your money we are talking about, and how much will be spent on special interest projects. This bill is not about economic stimulus.
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