Vultures of a Feather Flock Together

Well, it is good that Roman Polansky now has some company worthy of his crime. The man who, like Al Gore, was already almost president (of France), and was the current head of the International Monetary Fund. Dominque Strass-Kahn was arrested in New York for the attempted rape of a hotel employee while in his room. Polansky, as you may remember raped a underage girl in the 1960s and was not even arrested until very recently. Polansky, a child molester, had hidden in “safe countries” and was only arrested when he left his safe haven to collect an award (his ego needed constant feeding even at his age).

The French press who could only run stories as to how badly DSK was being treated and railroaded with bogus charges somehow forgot to run any stories empathetic to the plight of the victim in this crime. Funny how the perpetrator is often twisted in some sick way and made into being the victim. DSM was a womanizer who, also like Al Gore, liked women more than they liked him. Gore’s wife left him last year and a professional masseuse had the gall to resist Gore’s advances while giving him a personal massage in his room. There must be a feeling of importance that supersedes reality to allow someone to even think of doing such a deed. Evidently, she did not take kindly to the kind of global warming he had in mind.

Of course, how could any talk on this subject be complete without mentioning Bill Clinton who by all accounts also thought more of his prowess than he actually had? Clinton’s advances knew no bounds and was only exceeded by the willingness of aides and his wife to help cover his predatory tracks. If only half of what he is accused of is true, no woman is safe when they are alone with him. I ask again for those who just love Clinton, “Would you leave your eighteen year old daughter alone with this man for any amount of time?”

Arrogance is not limited to liberal freaks. Newt Gingrich, whose White House run has turned into an embarrassing belly crawl, also stated that he cheated on his wife because he loved his country too much. He worked so hard that he literally cheated because he was doing the people’s work. With fairy tales such as this, you wonder what mentality it takes to come up with a thought process such as this.

These side issues take so much away from the real issues of the day that not only are they unfortunate but they also show just how power can change people to the point where they think the rules don’t apply to them. The rules do ultimately apply to everyone and DSM will also find this out real fast when all the facts are brought out. The Bible says “Avoid even the appearance of evil” and DSM would have done well to remember this verse.

Financial Insanity

Imagine if financial genius Dave Ramsey comes to your house and tells you to cut up your credit cards, pay cash for what you can afford while eating beans and rice until you are debt free; you would hail him as an economic Messiah. Finally, imagine if a freshman Senator Ramsey goes to Washington and gives the same advice: Tea Party freak! Right Wing Extremist! Suddenly, Dave goes from Messiah to a conservative punching bag.

I am so tired of being told that higher taxes are the answer when Congress cannot even handle the budget it currently has. Call Dave and ask him what he would think of a plan to give your irresponsible broke son a new credit card with a $100K credit limit-I dare you. Congress has looted the Social Security System while replacing the money with I.O.Us and calls it solvent. Medicare has no budgetary limits and yet Paul Ryan is considered a pariah for calling attention to a financial Hindenburg about to burn and crash. Congress can give itself pay raises and raise its own credit limit. I think so little of Congress’s ability to handle money that to give them any more credit on any level is to applaud failure.

I am all for helping someone in need but when that someone will do nothing to help themselves, I can give nothing more. The whole problem stems from the belief that we need to keep Washington going at all costs when lean Uncle Sam has become sloppy Uncle Lou. When the master serves the servant, something is very wrong. Will more taxes really solve the problem? Do you actually believe this? It will only result in more spending and an escalation of the crisis.

I would favor higher taxes when Congress has cut all they can and repeal Obama’s massive wasteful spending which includes our owning of more federal limos than ever and a hiring spree that should never have taken place. Does anyone hire more when income is down? More money does not mean better education for our kids, does not mean Washington is suddenly full of sound financial stewards, nor does it equate compassion. The War on Drugs has been called a failure but the 1960sWar on Poverty is the biggest failure known to man.

I wish President Obama would give the same support to sound financial concepts as Michelle gives to sound nutrition. There is no viable economic plan which makes as much sense as seeing the Obama’s eating in burger, rib and hot dog joints while on the road. Great P.R., but also a great example of not walking the walk. Why not highlight Helen’s Healthy Hut? I am not an advocate of tax evasion but I also choose to not be a financial enabler. Let’s give Washington D.C. a tough love financial intervention they need.