And the hits just KEEP ON Comin'!!!

In this day and age when we should be thinking about saving money, not spending more money, comes this article. AMAZING!!! As if the first $2 trillion in the first 9 months wasnt enough!

First Lady Requires More Than Twenty Attendants
By Dr. Paul L. Williams

Quote from Michelle Obama: "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."

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 a second, 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.

Hillary Clinton had three assistants, Jackie Kennedy one; Laura Bush one;
and prior to Mamie Eisenhower social help came from the President's own
pocket.

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 John Q. Public:

1. $172,000- Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2.. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects for First Lady)
3. $113,000 - Roger s, 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 First Lady)
5. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to 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, Scheduling & 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 .

Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press.Com
canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652

I am just astounded...but I should have seen it coming. I am thoroughly disgusted with what this government is doing. I say we fire them all - YES ALL OF THEM - and start over - and they ALL have to go thru the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University before they are hired!!! I'm sorry but if I overdraw my account by $1 the bank is on my phone like I committed 1st degree felony! This administration is $12 trillion in the hole and STILL WRITING CHECKS!!!

J-Dawg

News stories and the world we live in

As much as I love watching the news and reading the news, I still find myself sitting in awe of some of the stories I hear and read about. One such story (click here) was just this morning.

As I read this article, I became more and more disgusted with the thought processes that young people (especially young men boys) are making. I see all these boys trying to imitate a culture that has been born and bred of the excesses of rap culture. "You cant get what you want - just take it and deal with the consequences". Now dont get me wrong, I like rap music, and have for a very long time. But how many times do you go near an inner city area, and see a $1000 car jacked up on $4000 26" rims...wearing jeans with their back pockets around behind their knees ... thinking THUG is the way to get out of the ghetto.

THINKING is how you get out of your situation
EARNING is how you get out of your situation
LEARNING is how you get out of your situation

RESPECT is something that is totally lost with today's kids. I am raising my kids to have respect not only for their parents, but for others as well. They are being raised with manners, and a good head on their shoulders.

I cant stand it when I see all these boys (yes I keep calling them boys because to be a man, you gotta ACT like a man) running around showing us what underwear they have on, having their hat on sideways, talking ghetto to act cool, and thinking I am impressed with their ghetto-ness.

There is a guy who works at one of our terminals (Gary IN) who is a prime example of this. The guy is 33 years old, and walks around all day with his sunglasses on (INSIDE mind you), his knitted cap, jeans hanging around his thighs, and the only thing he will say is "SUP!"...a product of his environment - he has to act his part or someone might think he isnt cool.

OK back to the original intent of the story - these guys ORCHESTRATED a plan to go out, find a woman, and rape her -- they PLANNED it...how is it, that you have 5 people and not ONE of them says "Gee, rape is a felony, and its not morally right to do something like that"...has our society gotten to the point where the inhumane torture of another person is OK? I cannot even FATHOM in my own mind even THINKING about something like that, let alone have 5 people all think this is OK!!! It just boggles my mind. If these punks are found guilty of the 5 counts they all have against them, I would love to be the executioner on this one..I am still debating on what their punishment might be - there is one side of me that wants them each to experience what she experienced...and then there is the other side of me that wants them to endure a life of hard labor (like they do in the Louisiana Prison System according to Locked Up on MSNBC) and every penny they earn from now until they die goes to this woman...

But since I wont be the executioner on this one, I just have to sit by and watch the judicial system and hope and pray they bring justice on this one.

Agitated, aggrivated, and totally dismayed by society is how I feel this morning...and on that note, I get to go play in Chicago traffic - YAY!

J-Dawg