POVERTY IN AMERICA

It has been determined by the government's own statistics that there are the most people/families in poverty in the U.S. than any time since 1960, the year the elitists decided that it was their duty to keep them poor forever.

First, let's examine what "poor" means in the United States of America.

• Poverty is defined as just over $21k, before deductions, for a family of four.
• Over 95% of all "poor" families have color televisions.
• Over 90% of "poor" families have air-conditioned dwellings.
• Over 90% of the "poor" own cars, computers, cell phones, etc.

Second, what would be the cry from the lawmakers if this statistic were reached during the administration of that evil George Walker Bush? Where is the outrage now (crickets chirping)?

Third, because of the definition of "poor" my wife and I would not have qualified as "poor" while I was unemployed!

On another front, in a tell-all book by the wife of the President of France, Carla Bruni, it was revealed the our current first lady, Michelle, My Bell, Obama, is " 'in hell' " referring to her role. One word of advice for Meeeshlell - QUIT! Just give it all up. Fire your staff of twenty-two. Remove the funds from the budget. Close the office. Move back to Chicago, or Harvard or or Hawaii or Kenya.

TIZ'S THIRD YEAR

Today marked the second anniversary of the very day we met our precious granddaughter, Tizita Desta - her second "Tiziversary" as my better half coined it. We met her as she sleepily toddled off her third plane ride of the "day" that was nearly twenty-two hours long.

It began in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, then on to Amsterdam (I believe), then to Chicago and finally to Appleton. After all this, she had to meet more strangers, my wife and I as well as her paternal grandparents. She was a really charming trooper as I recall, though quiet and taking everything in. The end of our first meeting was another walk to her parents car in the dark and into a very foreign object, an automobile car seat. She never batted an eyelash nor fussed. By this, I knew she was comfortable with her parents.

The next day was a lunch time meeting where she had pizza for the first time. She ate it, but does not any more. We visited for short periods after this, at the request of her parents, so that she could bond with them better at her own house while getting to know us. I will never forget the first time she actually came to me on her own. It was sometime in October as she was wearing a Halloween outfit we bought her. We brought with us a plastic shopping bag full of gourds. she peered in, then grabbed the bag and sat between my legs on floor in front of me. I am truly a grandfather. It is a sobering, humbling feeling.

Happy Tiziversary, Tiz!

NINTH "9/11"

It is September 11. Again. To those of us with any memory at all, it was nine years ago this morning when the United States of America was attacked by a foreign, religious-zealot-run, jealous-of-our-successes entity. One of those "entities", the Imperial Kingdom of Japan, no longer exists. It was dispatched by what one of the Kingdom's admirals called "a sleeping giant", and by only two bombs. Because we acted methodically, but with the ultimate force, that Kingdom is now a republic and a close ally. The other, not so much.

After nine years, one and half of which was been overseen by a "Community Organizer" Marxist, we no longer are using the terms"terrorist", "war on terror", "Muslim extremist", "evil-doer", "axis of evil", etc. as our "leaders" have failed to lead us. the "Apologist-in-Chief" has bowed to foreign heads of state, apologized for our successes and even emphasized our weaknesses. He has contempt for our free market, christian morals philosophy and dishonors our troops and all those whose lives were sacrificed on that fateful day nine years ago by setting arbitrary surrender dates for the "man-made disasters", one of which has already been accomplished.

As Americans, we have a unique opportunity, no, an obligation to vote. This next Tuesday is primary election day here in Wisconsin - which I hope will become an earlier date for the sake of our troops serving over seas. If you believe that the memory of those innocent sacrifices of nine years ago are being honored by our current ruling class, then stay away from the polls. If, like me, you have an opposite opinion, which has been termed "racist", please vote for those who believe that the United States of America is "a shining city on a hill", "the greatest nation on earth", that the free market, lowered taxes and reduced government are worth the effort. Specifically, vote the bums out!