Word of the Day Online

But alas, riding to the rescue is our beloved United States - we're sending a few thousand troops as well as commiting $100 Million in aid. That, added to the $10 Million in aid already sent by the United Nations which we know is primarily funded by the U.S. taxpayer. So that's $110 Million in aid you and I have doled out so far. That's OK - I don't have a problem with it.

$110 Million sounds like a lot though, right?

Sure - but not compared to $1 Billion.

$1 Billion Dollars.

The amount of aid the United States has given to Haiti over the past five years.

In this poorest of countries in the western hemisphere how does $1 Billion over 5 years not raise their standards of living and promote prosperity? What is being done with that money? SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON CAN YOU ANSWER THIS PLEASE?????? 

According to the IMF, the top 162 countries in the world have GDP's over $1 Billion. I know - I verified on Wikipedia. Coming in at #132 is Haiti herself. With a GDP of almost $7 Billion, that $1 Billion sure is a bonus.

OK, back to my question for Ms. Rodham, what is Haiti doing with this money? How does $1 Billion not improve the standards of living of Haitians? Despite the close monitoring the Feds have done in regards to the bank bailouts, they seem to have no control over how U.S. taxpayer funded aid is spent when it is wired overseas. Clearly no one on E Street even cares.

But I do.

Everywhere I turn I am being asked to give to Haiti - and I want to. But why do I feel like I already have?

And that's the word of the day - WOTDO

I Wish I Was In A Union!

Not that I'm in favor of taxing union members health plans. Quite the opposite - Government needs to get the hell out of the knickers of those who already have health insurance. Any of you holdouts feeling Obama remorse yet????

Regularly schedule missive to one of my incontinent, er, I mean incompetent Senators:

Dear Senator Warner:

I just read in the news that Congress has reached a "deal" with unions to change the threshold for so-called "Cadillac Insurance Plans" from $23,000 to $24,000 exempting family plans valued at less than $24,000 from the evil Government health insurance excise tax. Whatever.

Even more insidious than the fact that our very own stupid Government would tax the people WHO ACTUALLY HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE AND ARE NOT A BURDEN ON SOCIETY in order to subsidize those who don't (you jerks) is the fact that you are EXEMPTING UNIONS UNTIL 2017. What????? If you are a member of a union you are a protected class?

YOU DO REALIZE THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, RIGHT???????????????

Stupid Congress. This includes you.

I can't wait 'til 2013.

WOTDO

Obama Sporting Hawaiian Lei

In a shocking revelation to the American people, President Obama announced yesterday that he has begun a 12-step program. Admitting during a severely delayed 4:30 PM east coast press conference (Obama aides couldn't find the right lei for the occassion) that America is in a war on terror against Al Qaeda, the President's words reverberated throughout the citizenry.

Prompted by the media attention surrounding the thwarted Christmas Day Panty Bomber and the subsequent revelations showing that U.S. intelligence systems were seemingly frozen that day resulting in complete failure to perform, (God save the Flying Dutchman who has since been nominated to replace Janet Napolitano,) our Dear President was forced to acknowledge the obvious.

To this we congratulate our Dear Leader on acknowledging that he is powerless over symantics and that using terms such as "terrorists," "war" and "Al Qaeda" is as appropriate as it is necessary.

Congratulations Komindant! You have taken the first step to turning your Presidency around!

Now that Obama has successfully begun his 12-Step program, we must all hope for the change needed for him to achieve success with Step 2. Step 2 where Obama will come to believe that a power greater than himself can restore the American people. Let's just hope that power isn't revealed after more terrorist attacks.
 
And that's the word of the day. - WOTDO

Rush Smoking & Golfing

Finding out that Rush Limbaugh was hospitalized yesterday due to chest pains is messing with my psyche. How can I have a "Happy New Year!" when Rush is down and out being cared for by cute Hawaiian nurses? Will he receive adequate health care?

What is the cause of this conservative catastrophe? Did Rush run into Obama on the golf course and receive an up close and personal scare enough to stop his little warm heart? Did they play bumper cars with their golf carts to Rush's detriment? Could it have been a gentleman's bet on the nine hole where loser drops dead? Or, did just the thought of Obama (Rush's arch nemesis who is turning out to be the greatest economic stimulant of talk radio since Bill Clinton) vacationing in the same State as Rush himself throw him off the proverbial cliff?

Perhaps there is a more sinister plot involved whereby Obama's henchmen slipped pain meds into Rush's decaf Kona blend hoping to tarnish his image which is almost always untarnished 99.9% of the time. Mrs. Clinton has the skills for this and seems to have been under the cover of darkness for a long while. Hmmmmmm........ Actually, where is our Secretary of State? Did Obama throw her off that Kauai cliff as well?

Thinking about Hawaii I chose to do some good 'ol fashioned Internet research on the state naturally avoiding those truthsayer sites Wikipedia and Snopes. We all know that Hawaii was the 50th State admitted to the union that is these United States. The date was August 20, 1959. President Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. Uh-huh, yeah! Oh wait, that does make him a U.S. citizen. Damn it.

Another fun fact on Hawaii is that their alphabet contains only 12 letters. The vowels A, E, I, O and U and the consonants H, K, L, M, N, P and W. You can't really spell too many words with that limited an alphabet which explains why Obama Uhhhhhhs and Uhhhhhmmmms his way through so many interviews and press conferences. He's still learning words used by the other 48 States. (Louisiana has there own language altogether - I have no idea how many letters their alphabet consists of but I bet it's a lot with some Chinese characters thrown in just for some Creole fun.) 

As for me, I like a guy who can communicate in complete English sentences. So please Rush, get well soon. I miss my daily nooner with you.

Love,

WOTDO