West strikes again!!

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Go, Allen!! West 2012!! Tells it like it is. Makes Republicans mad.... LOL!!!

www.theblaze.com/stories/say-what-allen-west-wants-to-stop-wasting-time-defunding-obamacare/

SAY WHAT? ALLEN WEST WANTS TO STOP WASTING TIME DEFUNDING OBAMACARE
Posted on May 9, 2011

He‘s Glenn Beck’s pick for president. He’s loved by the Tea Party. And he’s not afraid to stand up to hecklers. But what you might not know about Rep. Allen West (R-FL), he’s also bucking his party on Obamacare. For example, he just voted against defunding it.

“What?” some just cried out audibly. It’s true. West not only was one of only four Republicans to vote against a measure that week that would strip $100 million in funding for the construction of school-based health centers.

And it wasn’t a mistake, slip of the finger, or accidental oversight. According to his office, he‘s questioning the GOP’s strategy.

He “believes there are bigger funding issues to be focusing on right now including the numerous developments in the Middle East, concerning Pakistan and whether there is a link to [Osama bin Laden] and the recent unity agreement with the [Palestinian Authority] and Fatah and Hamas,” West spokeswoman Angela Sachitano told The Hill in an e-mail.

“He voted to repeal Obamacare, and it was dead on arrival in the Senate,” she added. “He questions what the goal is of chipping away like this if it’s almost certain that the Senate is not going to take it up.”

But according to The Hill, West hasn’t been completely opposed to all defunding efforts. A day before voting against defunding the school-based health centers, he did vote to strip funds from the state-based insurance exchanges created by Obamacare. The Hill says Sachitano declined to explain why he voted for one measure and not the other.

Earlier this year, West did vote to repeal the entire bill, and explained his decision in an interview:



While Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey can understand (slightly) what West is talking about, he sees a lot of problems with the Tea Party leader’s position. The biggest one? It could get him voted out of office.

“Tea Party activists warned that they would focus their ire on Republicans who got elected and then attempted to moderate their positions on ObamaCare, spending, and taxes,” Morrissey writes. “I wonder if anyone thought that one of the first they’d have to address would be Col. West?”

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This man tells it like it is! Always. I agree-- stop messing around, wasting time on things that will generate lots of blahblahblah but never happen, and GET RID OF OBAMA, and take over the Senate. THEN we can deal with Obamacare. It's just spinning our wheels now.
WEST 2012!!!!

[henryclay]

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Isn't he great, henry??? Gotta love a man that just tells the truth!!!
;D

[deziloooooo]

May 9, 2011 11:17:23 GMT -5 @krickitt said:

This man tells it like it is! Always. I agree-- stop messing around, wasting time on things that will generate lots of blahblahblah but never happen, and GET RID OF OBAMA, and take over the Senate. THEN we can deal with Obamacare. It's just spinning our wheels now.
WEST 2012!!!!

mmm , Don't like the former Governor of New Mexico then, he at least has thrown his hat in the ring, West says he's not interested, {yet}me thinks he's going to seriously consider the Senate seat that is up this election, IMHO.

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NM Gov seems like a nice enough guy, with some good ideas, but not tough enough to run the country. West is.

[deziloooooo]

May 9, 2011 12:38:46 GMT -5 @krickitt said:

NM Gov seems like a nice enough guy, with some good ideas, but not tough enough to run the country. West is.

Think your going to have to wait a bit till he gives it a shot , to get the nomination that is.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

I like West, but I worry that he is going to flame out-- or be so completely branded as that "black conservative guy that says outrageous stuff" that he won't be seen as being capable of actually governing. I mean no disrespect to the military when I say this, but from my own personal experience in the military, about all you have to do to make Lt. Col. is stay in the military and not f*** up. So, what has he really actually DONE? Granted, he's held a leadership position, under gruelling conditions, and he has managed, and he has actually been in leadership. He has extreme clarity on almost every issue, and I'd vote for him in a heartbeat-- but the more I look, the more I think we need an accomplished executive-- take a look at Rick Scott in Florida. Take a look at Mitch Daniels in Indiana. These guys are moving the ball. And why should we spend time on defunding bits and pieces of ObamaCare? Moving the ball. The Senate can offer Amendments, but the House controls the purse. NOTHING gets spent without the House. They set the ENTIRE agenda. At some point, the House members are going to have to take that responsibility seriously, stop the whole train and stop saying this is what we "want" and start saying "here is what shall be".

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There sure are a lot of good people NOT running. Wonder if public appeals will make them throw in with everybody else? Certainly interesting and exciting to watch.

[deziloooooo]

May 9, 2011 13:01:30 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

I like West, but I worry that he is going to flame out-- or be so completely branded as that "black conservative guy that says outrageous stuff" that he won't be seen as being capable of actually governing. I mean no disrespect to the military when I say this, but from my own personal experience in the military, about all you have to do to make Lt. Col. is stay in the military and not f*** up. So, what has he really actually DONE? Granted, he's held a leadership position, under gruelling conditions, and he has managed, and he has actually been in leadership. He has extreme clarity on almost every issue, and I'd vote for him in a heartbeat-- but the more I look, the more I think we need an accomplished executive-- take a look at Rick Scott in Florida. Take a look at Mitch Daniels in Indiana. These guys are moving the ball. And why should we spend time on defunding bits and pieces of ObamaCare? Moving the ball. The Senate can offer Amendments, but the House controls the purse. NOTHING gets spent without the House. They set the ENTIRE agenda. At some point, the House members are going to have to take that responsibility seriously, stop the whole train and stop saying this is what we "want" and start saying "here is what shall be".

Bit more to make Col, not sure on Lt Col, just stay in..

West is not reasdy yet, lordy, roughly four months in the House.

I do think he will seriously consider a run for the Senate, and if so , if loses, if still interested in politics, another two years, doing something to make a buck, but stay politically active, then again, run for the house.

[billisonboard]

May 9, 2011 13:01:30 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

I like West, but I worry that he is going to flame out-- or be so completely branded as that "black conservative guy that says outrageous stuff" that he won't be seen as being capable of actually governing. I mean no disrespect to the military when I say this, but from my own personal experience in the military, about all you have to do to make Lt. Col. is stay in the military and not f*** up. ...

It should also not be ignored that when the Army was determining who the top 10% of Lt. Col.s were who should be promoted to Colonel "under the zone", this particular Lt. Col. was being processed for retirement after undergoing disciplinary action.

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Wondering, bill-- have YOU ever been in a war zone? I sure haven't, and will not pass judgment on something I know nothing about.

[deziloooooo]

The military has a nice system in a way , of handling these things.

They try to make a decision in promoting the best qualified for higher assignments, responsibilities , realizing there are just so many slots, higher rank, less spots naturally, and they have a system of promoing earlier, as you said, the 10 %, when needed of the very, very best, and keeping the rest around till they qualify for normal possible promotion by time in grade, another process.

however , if for what ever rason, they feel the individual has reached the highest level they can perform well at in their current paygrade, and since by then, most if not all , will have qualified for retirement benefits , rather then keep these people around, they seperate them, from the service, by retirement.

Thuis opens up their former spots for younger ranks to be promoted, still rewarding those seperated/ retired, with their retirement and benefit packages, as a well earned reward for exemplerary service to the country, and since most are still of a young age, and have held responsible demanding leadership positions , most find them selves as wanted employees in the civilian work place, still young enough to earn a good pay check, as well as still qualify for retirement with the new employment if offered.{A lot less today then back in the day}.

Over all, granted some get swept under the rug, possible seperated a bit early, nut over all, not a bad system for the officers.

[billisonboard]

May 9, 2011 14:09:50 GMT -5 @krickitt said:

Wondering, bill-- have YOU ever been in a war zone? I sure haven't, and will not pass judgment on something I know nothing about.

I have not. I certainly would never put my judgement ahead of the military's in the handling of such things. Lt. Col.(ret) West's case was handled by the military officials who have the responsibility to pass judgment on his actions. I accept that judgment as proper.

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www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-allen-west-learns-the-trick-to-pumping-gas-into-a-jaguar/

WEST PALM BEACH — U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, pumped $3.969-a-gallon gas at a Chevron station this afternoon and said more domestic energy production, including more drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, would eventually bring down prices.
Noting that the price of gas has more than doubled since President Obama took office, West said the administration isn’t doing enough to lease areas for drilling offshore and on land.
The average retail price for a gallon of regular gas was $1.78 in January 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, which says the average price this week is $3.96.
Obama on Saturday called for measures to increase drilling for oil and natural gas, but West said he’s skeptical.
“The president needs to be more proactive than reactive Actions speak louder than words.”