Adrienne's Corner

The Evil One at Work in the World

*****The devil would like nothing more than for you to believe he doesn't exist. I tend not to be a "black helicopter" type, but in taking a look at how bad things have become in the world right now, only a fool would not believe there was a master manipulator at work.

*****When following a trail of corruption, it is always best to follow it to the top of the mountain. No sense in stopping half-way and thinking you will be able to get a handle on the situation.

*****No doubt our current President is having his strings pulled by others, and the MSM is all too willing to back up the rhetoric that emanates from the Capitol. Just a few days ago, the headline on Google news was "how well "porkulus" was already working. Why, jobs were already being created or "saved" due to the wonders of "The One." Isn't it wonderful?

*****He even designed a cute little logo to plaster on all over his recovery.com site. I asked Vice-President Biden for directions to this site, but he didn't know the name or the "number", so I had to do the research myself. /sarcasm

*****Folks, this is Orwellian to the nth degree. They'll just continue to tell people how great everything is, and after we hear it enough times, it will become our new reality. Once it becomes our new reality, then it will become the truth. You see, truth is based on reality, and if they change our reality, they can make you believe anything.

*****Let's not forget to throw a bit of class warfare, church bashing, and redistribution of wealth into the mix. Stir it up with direct attacks on the Catholic Church (oh, how the devil hates us), and you have a recipe that is making the devil and his minions very, very happy.

*****When you climb to the top of that mountain, you will find the master manipulator. You will find the Evil One, the one we call the Devil, pulling all those strings. Never lose sight of this.


Catholic Mom Climbing the Pillars has a Lenten reflection that we all benefit from in these turbulent times.

*****Our current President has once again proven himself to be so far right he's off the monitor. Upon assuming office he immediately made sure that women all over the world will be able to kill their children .

*****Now, overturning another Bush policy, before starting a project, government agencies will have to "consult" with with independent federal experts to determine whether their actions might harm threatened and endangered species. Save the spotted owl - kill the babies.

*****Not to mention the enormous costs these environmental policies cost the taxpayer. We already tax businesses and corporations more than any other country. When will people wake up and realize that these are the people who provide jobs.

Rich People and Their Money

*****What our current President doesn't understand is how people who have money think. He really believes that they will just keep spending their money no matter how much the cost goes up. Not so, Bambi!

*****Take away their deduction for charitable giving, for instance, and you won't see very many new hospital wings, new college libraries, or the myriad of huge contributions made to our society. Do you really believe that he's targeting the clothes they take to Goodwill? This, of course, will mean the lower classes will have to rely more and more on government for their needs. And folks, you are the government. It will be your higher taxes that will have to provide for the under-achievers. So tell me how he's "hurting" the rich people.

The Innovation Squelch

Obamanomics is bad news for American entrepreneurs.

3 March 2009

For an academic macroeconomist, Nobel laureate Edmund Phelps can sound shockingly in touch with the real world. In a recent interview, he described the possible implications of the large government-spending programs in President Obama’s stimulus package: “There’s . . . a chance that the perceived increase in the role of government of this sort will have some unanticipated effects on the animal spirits of entrepreneurs.” read more

Ya just can't make this stuff up:

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the House Ways and Means Committee Tuesday that the Obama administration, which has been riddled with tax problems, is mounting plans to go after tax evaders.

More from Geithner:

Utterly Stupid Geithner Remark

While defending Obama's $630+Bn energy-use tax, Geithner-the-Evader made what is likely to be the moronic-comment-of-the-month, or maybe the entire year! read more from Dad29

Mortgage plan rolling out...

*****You can obtain help if you own a home worth up to $729,750. You heard that right. This is plain 'ol redistribution of wealth. Just remember to work hard because now you have two mortgages to pay - yours and your neighbors.

Yippee! Obama Crackdown on Waste Will 'Save' $40 Billion

Forget about spending trillions and driving us into generations of debt. The genius is announcing a "crackdown" on waste that will ostensibly "save" $40 billion. read more

*****Listening to the dems is like being on the playground of an elementary school. While ostensibly attempting to run a country, we are assailed with their ranting about people such as Rush Limbaugh. Oh, and let's not forget that everything that is wrong is Bush's fault. The rest of the world must be laughing their rear patoots off.

Susan Estrich Warns Democrats About Dangers of Attacking Rush Limbaugh

Susan Estrich is worried. Very worried. She believes that the current coordinated Democrat strategy of attacking Rush Limbaugh is completely counterproductive. And she's right: read more

Doodling While Listening Improves Memory Recall

*****Well, this was nice to hear. All the doodlers out there could have told them this without spending scads of money to run tests. As an adult with ADD, this was an early learned behavior on my part.

*****When I taught at a Catholic boy's school I had one very, very bright student who would draw magnificent war ships while I was teaching. I was criticized by the head-master for allowing such behavior. I tried patiently to explain to him it provided a way for this kid to focus. It never failed, the next day this kid would ace his test on whatever I was teaching the previous day. I just ignored the head master and let him draw to his hearts content.

Gem of the Ocean has another gem:

Ideally, this is how the Dow recovers......
read more (this is hilarious and Lord knows we all need a laugh about now)

Back later with more. This three days only of posting for Lent has been a killer. Surely my Purgatory time is diminishing rapidly......I can hope!

............and, when I went to bed last night my Google reader was at about 45 - now it's at 544. Yikes!