outspoken1's Blog

I guess by now you have all seen the picture of the repainted Obama plane, circulating around the net. He has removed the American flag from the tail. Imagine that, I guess that is part of the change he is talking about.

My question is this. Why does any Presidential canidate need a fuel guzzling ozone distroying Boeing 757 to fly around in? Just another example of a typical political waste of money. Politicians learn at an early age how to blow money.

I heard this morning that we have 13 more weeks before the election. I can't wait for it to be over. I'm even looking forward to Fox 4 taking that darn "You Decide 2008" icon with the moving cursor off the top right corner of the web page.

I see light at the end of the tunnel.

Fox 4 News Blog administrater,

I ran accross this article from the Azle News Website.

http://www.azle-news.com/news/get-news.asp?id=881
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It was written by Bob Buckel, the Publisher of the Azle News. I hope you can post it for all to read. If this is true, then I totally agree with Mr. Buckel and I am thankful that he brought it to the tax payers attention.  Let's hear some feed back fellow bloggers.

All choked up over this Mansion mess
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Bob Buckel

Governor Rick Perry can probably continue to get re-elected until his world-famous hair turns gray or falls out. He just looks like a Texas governor ought to look (as a [female] former staff member said, “like he just just stepped out of a Wranglers ad”).

And hey, no ideas means no bad ideas, right? If you don’t count the Trans-Texas Corridor, that is.

But pretty as he is, Perry gets my nod as poster child for the out-of-touch politician who has lived most of his adult life on the company credit card.

He and his wife, Anita, recently launched a campaign to solicit donations to help restore the Governor’s Mansion which, you may recall, was gutted by fire in early June.

The Mansion – a 152-year-old landmark just across from the Capitol, was in the midst of being remodeled. The fire just made that job more extensive, expensive and difficult.

But don’t fret. The Perrys aren’t homeless. They had moved last fall to a hovel in the hills above Austin, where the state is paying $9,900 a month to rent them a gated estate until work on the Mansion is finished.

Now it looks like they will be staying a bit longer – maybe even until his term expires in at the end of 2010. Even if he is somehow not re-elected, it may be hard to evict them.

I was surprised so few eyebrows were raised over the pricetag of their temporary quarters. But now that they’re seeking donations to restore the Mansion, I just have to say something.

How can you look people in the eye and ask for money when they’re paying $10 grand a month for you to live off-campus? In what universe does that seem right?

Does this bother anyone but me?

I noticed the first donor to kick in was Dolph Briscoe, a former governor who owns a good chunk of South Texas.

Dolph put in $100,000 – generous, but it’s not going to break him.

I await a report on what the Perrys themselves are going to kick in. I know nothing about their personal fortunes or finances, but I do know a little math.

If they could just lower their lifestyle a bit and squeeze into a $5,000-a-month lean-to, they could redirect almost $60,000 a year into the Mansion’s restoration fund. If they could get by on $3,000 a month, they’d match Dolph’s donation in 14 months.

Friends who live in Austin assure me that you can indeed live there for less than $10 grand a month. One has a good job and he and his family live quite well – but the servants’ quarters at the governor’s rented estate would still be an upgrade for them.

Maybe I’m way off. Maybe that $9,900 a month is a bargain for the taxpayers of Texas. In the circle they run in, maybe it’s embarrassingly cheap. Or maybe as long as Rick buys his own hair gel, we’re getting the last laugh.

But if they’re going to ask the rest of us – who buy our own gas and pay our own rent – to kick in to restore the Mansion, it would make me feel better if the Perrys would prime the pump a little themselves.

I have an idea for the Presidential Library that will save us tax payers millions and make SMU happy. Let me know what ya think.

Now that the economy is in such bad shape, fuel is so high and we tax payers are driving less and doing our part to conserve, it is only fair to ask the president to do the same.

Daddy Bush already has a Library in College Station, Texas and a Museum. I would suggest that Jr. put his stuff in with his daddy's stuff during these trying times. I think it is only fair with the shape our economy is in.

I know a lot of tax payers that are making sacrifices these days. If my household is low on funds, then I don't go out a build a new house and put myself in more debt.

The tax payers are getting pisssed watching our government waste money when we are the only ones cutting back on spending. One day the upper lower class and middle class tax payers might just get fed up and decide to become indigent then we will see who cuts back then. I get mad as hell watching this great country go down the tubes.

It has been my observation that you can sell anything if you spend enough money to promote it. Why do you think Car Dealers have so many commercials on TV with all the sales gimmicks. Trust me, they have to make money one way or another. They spend a lot of money telling you what you can save.

Most people are smart enough not to fall for all the gimmicks. I estimate that 40% of the population has enough sense to come in out of the rain and 60% doesn't. That 60% is the target group for most promotions. I personally would rather the Car Dealer stop spending so much money on advertising and really lower the price on cars.The truth be known, talk is cheap and it is a lot easier to snow that 60% of the population with empty promises on a TV commercial.

My point, in the months ahead we can expect Obama to be spending all that campaign money to promote himself on every aspect of the media.  Again talk is cheap and he will be on every network making those empty promises. He will just about say or do anything to win and he has the money to do it.  The 60% will me brain washed as usual and I really expect Obama to be our next president. One thing that does bother me more than him being elected and that is knowing that 60% of the population will believe him. 

Before closing, I will say something good about him. He is one of the best speakers that I have ever listened too. He knows what people want to hear and he is very slick about it. That being said, just remember this. Actions speak louder than words and if people are good Christians, they don't have to tell you how good they are, you just know. 

I was channel surfing this morning and caught the tail end of Meet The Press. They were talking about Obama going back on his word to the American people. Shortly after that, the show was over.

I later tuned in on Fox 4 News and couldn't find any information about it. I'm guessing I must have been mistaken. I know Fox 4 News would not intentionally leave out a story like this, even if it is Obama.

Did anyone else hear about this?