- IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.
- IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.
- IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.
- IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE? JAILED.
- IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.
- IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED.
- IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.
- IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET............
1 - A JOB
2 - A DRIVERS LICENSE,
3 - SOCIAL SECURITY CARD,
4 - WELFARE,
5 - FOOD STAMPS,
6 - CREDIT CARDS,
7 - SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE,
8 - FREE EDUCATION
9 - FREE HEALTH CARE,
10 - A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON,
11 - BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN YOUR LANGUAGE,
12 - AND THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY'S FLAG WHILE YOU PROTEST THAT YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH RESPECT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD A FIRM GRASP ON THE SITUATION...
And what about that stimulus package we were all promised? Well aside from not delivering it promptly, it is littered with almost $20 million dollars in "kickbacks" and other suspicious money. Not only that, the money promised to all the states for highway and infrastructure construction requires PLA's (Project labor Agreements) What these agreements do is mandate that any federally funded project over $25 million dollars be built using UNION LABOR. First off, most any infrastructure project is going to cost several hundred million dollars, thus they will all be built with union crews. Union crews drive up the cost of any project because they get paid a lot more per hour than any open shop company. Now think for a moment where we live, the southeast, we do not have unions! That alone is why BMW built in Spartanburg and why Boeing built in Charleston; and is expanding that plant rather than any other plant. What does all this mean? It means that our local (southeast) contractors wont even be allowed to bid on most of the stimulus projects in our region and if they can bid they will still be required to use union labor; which is not the local labor force whose unemployment rate in construction is nearing 20%. Sound like a good thing to you?
But who says that Obama hasn't created job?, Take a look at this...
"In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this
country that has given me so much," she said. "See, that's why I left a job
at a big law firm for a career in public service, " Michelle Obama
No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she
doesn't perform any official duties.. But this hasn't deterred her from
hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to
satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession. Just think Mary
Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china for the White House during
the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her
personal secretary.
How things have changed! If you're one of the tens of millions of Americans
facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the
shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream
and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Miz
Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense
departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by you, John Q.
Public:
1. $172,2000 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and
Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White
House Social Secretary)
4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President
and Director
of Communications for the First Lady)
5. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy
Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $90,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the
First Lady)
8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the
First Lady)
9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for
the First Lady)
10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social
Secretary)
11.. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social
Secretary)
12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events
Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O.. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director
for the First Lady)
14. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the
First Lady)
15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press
Secretary To The First Lady)
16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and
Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence
For The First Lady)
18. $43,000 - Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff
to the First Lady)
20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of
Correspondence for the First Lady)
*There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created
such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First
Lady's social life.. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer
expense, when even Hillary, only had three; **Jackie Kennedy**** one; **Laura
Bush**** one; and prior to Mamie Eisenhower social help came from the
President's own pocket.**
Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and
"First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air
Force One to Europe.
country that has given me so much," she said. "See, that's why I left a job
at a big law firm for a career in public service, " Michelle Obama
No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she
doesn't perform any official duties.. But this hasn't deterred her from
hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to
satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession. Just think Mary
Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china for the White House during
the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her
personal secretary.
How things have changed! If you're one of the tens of millions of Americans
facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the
shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream
and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Miz
Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense
departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by you, John Q.
Public:
1. $172,2000 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and
Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White
House Social Secretary)
4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President
and Director
of Communications for the First Lady)
5. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy
Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $90,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the
First Lady)
8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the
First Lady)
9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for
the First Lady)
10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social
Secretary)
11.. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social
Secretary)
12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events
Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O.. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director
for the First Lady)
14. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the
First Lady)
15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press
Secretary To The First Lady)
16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and
Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence
For The First Lady)
18. $43,000 - Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff
to the First Lady)
20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of
Correspondence for the First Lady)
*There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created
such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First
Lady's social life.. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer
expense, when even Hillary, only had three; **Jackie Kennedy**** one; **Laura
Bush**** one; and prior to Mamie Eisenhower social help came from the
President's own pocket.**
Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and
"First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air
Force One to Europe.
WAKE UP PEOPLE!
Tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and
Tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and
impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He did almost all this, and more,
in his first year (maybe two) as president -- so you'll have plenty of time to come up
with an answer.
in his first year (maybe two) as president -- so you'll have plenty of time to come up
with an answer.
I agree totally!!! It makes me so sick to know that everything my family has struggled for worked to accomplish for generations means absolutely nothing. I cant stand the fact that I have to work and pay taxes to keep somebody up that has never paid 1 cent of taxes in the US.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I agree with both of you. However, how does this apply to the things we have been talking about in class. Is President Obama an example of how rhetoric can be used as an evil? Or did he simply take advantage of a favorable rhetorical situation with the adverse public perception of President Bush following the economic challenges following 9/11 and the War on Terror? How did we the people, or the audience, allow ourselves to be swayed by the rhetoric of President Obama?
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised that that much work goes into keeping up the first lady. We didn't vote her into office and her decisions most likely don't have a affect on the U.S as a Whole. I'm just glad that I saw some 50,000$ and belows there because it would be an extreme waste of money if everybody was making really good.
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