August 4, 2013

Considering that Eric Cantor told Chris Wallace that Obama needs to come up with

more 'entitlement' cuts before they get serious discussing a budget, I thought that maybe I'd post this so that you can see what real 'entitlements' looks like:

Pay and Perquisites of Members of Congress, Including A History of House and Senate Salaries

http://www.congresspay.com/

EDITED TO ADD:

This week, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor proudly announced the calendar for the new Congress in 2013. Here's the link. Working days for the entire year total 126, leaving 239 days off. This includes virtually the whole month of August, two weeks around Easter/Passover, not a single five-day work week and (God forbid) no

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kenneth-d-ackerman/congress-calendar_b_2219870.html

http://majorityleader.gov/calendar/113thCongressFirstSession.pdf

August 4, 2013

On Location Video: Mexico's drug cartels recruit migrant labor

Mexico — As the US Congress mulls legislation to increase fencing and manpower on the United States southern border, migrants from Central America face increasing perils as they cross Mexico. The Mexican crackdown on drug trafficking, partly financed by the US government, is prompting criminal gangs to exploit other revenue streams such as kidnapping and extortion. And these gangs are now tapping migrant streams for new recruits. Those fleeing poverty back home find it hard to resist the lure of a life of crime, and some are being given no choice.

http://www.globalpost.com/video/5900001/location-video-mexicos-drug-cartels-recruit-migrant-labor

***

Frightening video. And for a change you don't read the words and stories of the 'victims' of the cartels, you see them too. And that just makes this video more disturbing. Mexico is a failed country and I don't see who it can be fixed.

August 3, 2013

Fact: The Obama Administration Has Spent $120 Million More Than Bush Fighting Medicinal Marijuana

By Jonathan Wolfe, Fri, August 02, 2013

In December of 2012, President Obama did an interview with the ABC program 20/20. The focus of the interview was his administration’s drug enforcement policies. During the show, President Obama told reporters that cracking down on states that have legalized marijuana – either entirely or for medicinal use – would not be a priority for his administration.

“We’ve got bigger fish to fry … It would not make sense for us to see a top priority as going after recreational users in states that have determined that it’s legal,” he said.

**
To be specific, the administration has spent $289 million dollars fighting medicinal marijuana policies in the last four-and-a-half years. This breaks down to over $100,000 per-day spent fighting citizen-approved medicinal marijuana policies. For pro-legalization voters that elected President Obama in hopes of seeing federal marijuana policies loosened, this has to be disappointing.

What’s more disappointing is that in just four-and-half-years, the Obama administration has spent $120 million more fighting medicinal marijuana than the Bush administration did over eight years.

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/obama-presidency/fact-obama-administration-has-spent-120-million-more-bush-fighting#

******************

Glad we're concentrating on the real important stuff. You know, the stuff Obama did and got away with as a kid. The stuff he wants to criminalize every pot smoker for.

Just think, we could have used that money for things like, oh, HEAD START. Or maybe MEALS ON WHEELS.