Dave Riddle
Obama 2009 Budget Cuts – A Perspective
$100 Millions in Budget Cuts sounds like a lot until you put it into perspective.
As Everett M. Dirksen said “A Billion Here, A Billion There, And Pretty Soon You’re Talking Real Money”
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PSMF Recipe – Pork loin with whole tomatoes
Protein Sparing Modified Fast
5 oz Pork Loin (6 pieces)
2 28 oz Cans Whole Fire Roasted Tomatoes
1/4 C Apple Cinder Vinegar
1 8 oz Can Tomato Paste
4 cloved Minced Garlic
1 t garlic Powder
2 t Italian Seasoning
1 Large Onion
Pan sear the pork loins in a pan sprayed with PAM. Remove the pork from the pan, turn the heat down to Med-Low and add in the Cider Vinegar to deglaze the pan. Put the rest of the ingredients into the pan and blend together to mix the spices. Put the Pork loin pieces back into the pan pushed down into the sauce. Cover and allow to simmer for 15 minutes.
You can always add additional veggies like whole mushrooms, etc…
PSMF Recipe – “Mock” mashed Sweet Potatoes (Carrots)
Protein Sparing Modified Fast
This is another PSMF take on a holiday sidedish favorite of mine. Mashed Sweet Potatoes using Carrots
5 Large Carrots cut into chunks
1/2 t Ground Cinnamon
2 packets NatraTaste Sweetener
2 T “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” spray
Boil or steam the Carrots until tender. Place softened carrots n Food Processor and add the Cinnamon, Sweetener and Butter spray. Mix until smooth. Salt and Pepper to taste.
Serve with a pan seared Turkey breast filet.
Also very tasty to blend in some Habanero hot sauce to serve with a “Mexican” inspired meal to kick up a nice blend of heat and sweet
For Jerry…
Week 9 – PSMF Diet and Resulting Weight Loss
Protein Sparing Modified Fast
The following table lists the meals I had on this diet and the weight that the scale showed in the AM (before breakfast). 04/17/09 – 04/24/09
Little bit better week. Stayed in Ketosis – not in Moderate Ketosis like the first 7 weeks – but at least did not drop out of Ketosis as happend a couple times over the past two weeks! Hopefully the final push to my goal of 175. Ended the week at 182!
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PSMF Recipe – Turkey Tacos
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- 2 Lb Ground Turkey
- 2 tsp Morton Hot Salt
- 2 Tb Chili Powder
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 2 tsp Onion Powder
- 4 Tb Apple Cider Vinegar
- 2 Tb Dried Onions
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- Brown the Meat over medium-high heat then add the rest of the ingredients. Mix well. Continue to cook for 3-5 more minutes.
- Serve as a lettuce wrap and top with Pico de Gallo
Protein Sparing Modified Fast
2.5 lbs Ground Turkey
Brown the Turkey and add the following “Taco Seasoning Mix”
2 t Morton Hot Salt
2 T Chili Powder
1 t Garlic Powder
1 t Ground Cumin
2 t Onion Powder
4 T Apple Cider Vinegar
2 T Dried/Chopped Onions
Serve with leaves of crispy Iceberg Lettuce leaves (as a wrap) or in a bowl with shredded lettuce as a salad. Top either preparation with a “Pico de Gallo” and some hot sauce to taste.
Pico de Gallo
6 med Tomatos, diced
1 med Onion, diced
1/4 CÂ Cilantro, chopped
Garlic powder, to taste
Salt, to taste
A tasty way to enjoy this recipe:
3 oz of the Turkey meat mixture served over 2 oz of Mixed Lettuce leaves topped with 1 oz of the Pico de Gallo with 1 T of Walden Farm’s Blue Cheese Dressing. Sprinkle with Hot Sauce to taste.
Video for Dad
Here is the video of that event in WMV format. Right Click on the link and select Save As…
Week 8 – PSMF Diet and Resulting Weight Loss
Protein Sparing Modified Fast
The following table lists the meals I had on this diet and the weight that the scale showed in the AM (before breakfast). 04/11/09 – 04/17/09
Has still not been a very good week diet wise. Kept dropping in and out of Ketosis! Almost thought my scale was broken and would not go below 185. Finally at the end of the week it broke through 185 to let me end the week at 184.
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PSMF Recipe – Orange Glazed “Candied” Carrots
Protein Sparing Modified Fast
This is a PSMF take on a holiday sidedish favorite of mine. Candied Carrots with an Orange Glaze
1 Can (14.5 oz) Sliced Carrots
1 T “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” spray
1/4 t Orange flavored Extract
1Â packet NatraTaste Sweetener
Salt and Pepper to taste
Combine the above and mix well. Place in fridge for 1-2 hours to marinate. Heat in the microwave or over low heat until desired temp.
Week 7 – PSMF Diet and Resulting Weight Loss
Protein Sparing Modified Fast
The following table lists the meals I had on this diet and the weight that the scale showed in the AM (before breakfast). 04/04/09 – 04/10/09
Has not been a very good week diet wise.  Had some meals and made some food decisions that either took me out of Ketosis or dropped me down to just a trace. Will need to redouble my efforts to get back on track this week! Go to get below 185 and back on track to my goal of 175!
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2009 is 1934 all over again…
Things that make you go “hmmmmmm……Â haven’t we seen this show before?”
Bios of those pictured in the wagon. From Left to right:
- Rexford Tugwell
- Harold Ickes (he is also the father of Bill Clinton’s former Deputy Chief of Staff)
- Henry Wallace
- Donald Richberg
Richberg, who was the second head of the NRA famously said “A nationally planned economy is the only salvation of our present situation and the only hope for the future”.
Richberg also said…
There is no choice presented to American business between intelligently planned and uncontrolled industrial operations and a return to the gold-plated anarchy that masqueraded as “rugged individualism.”…Unless industry is sufficiently socialized by its private owners and managers so that great essential industries are operated under public obligation appropriate to the public interest in them, the advance of political control over private industry is inevitable”
That sure sounds like what Obama and Geithner are doing today. One very ironic thing about the Supreme Court striking down the NRA as unconstitutional was a quote from Huey Long (whom, like Obama has been compared reffered to as a populist.)
“I raise my hand in reverence to the Supreme Court that saved this nation from fascism”
As Jonah Goldberg in his book “Liberal Fascism” pointed out. Fascism is a Liberal state of being – not Conservative.Â
The “Brain Trust” referred to on the sign on Tugwell’s back
Of course the really unfunny item is that the sign says they are grads from Columbia and Harvard. Hmmm… Where did Obama go to school?
PSMF Recipe – Zucchini Oven Fries
Protein Sparing Modified Fast
2 medium zucchini cut into 1/4-inch square 3-inch long french fry-like sticks (scape the seeds from the zucchini)
Pam cooking spray
1 T dried Oregano
1 T ground Cumin
1 T Grill seasoning
Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
Arrange zucchini on nonstick cookie sheet. Spray zucchini with cooking spray. Combine spices and sprinkle over the zucchini fries. Place in very hot oven and cook 15 to 18 minutes.
PSMF Recipe – Turkey Chili
Protein Sparing Modified Fast
Turkey Chili
2 Lb Ground Turkey
1 L Onion (diced)
Salt and Pepper to taste
2 10 oz Cans Diced Tomatoes
1 14 oz Can Crushed Tomato
1 6 oz Can Tomato Paste
2 T Hot Sauce
6 T Chili Powder
2 cloves (minced) Garlic
1 T Garlic Powder
2 T Wocestershire
2 T Lemon Juice
1 10 oz Can Water
Saute Turkey and diced onion until brown.
Add Turkey and onions to sauce pot with the balance of the ingredients. Bring to a boil then turn heat to low, cover and allow to simmer for 1 hour.
Serve over steamed vegatables or garish with chopped/grated cabbage for some additional “crunch”
Week 6 – PSMF Diet and Resulting Weight Loss
Protein Sparing Modified Fast
The following table lists the meals I had on this diet and the weight that the scale showed in the AM (before breakfast). 03/28/09 – 04/03/09
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Mark on 4/15/09 is a goal – not actual
Week 5 – PSMF Diet and Resulting Weight Loss
Protein Sparing Modified Fast
The following table lists the meals I had on this diet and the weight that the scale showed in the AM (before breakfast). 03/21/09 – 03/27/09
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Marks on 4/2 and 4/15 on this chart are goal weights not actual readings
50 Conservative Rock Songs
From National Review…
Budget Busters…
Let’s see if I have this right… Obama is blaming the Republicans for inheirting a $1.3 trillion dollar deficit. Did Bush spend way to much. Yep. Are there lots of things I disagreed with Bush about? Yep. However last I looked the Constitution gives the authority to pass budgets to the Congress and NOT the President. Bush should have used his ability to veto. Especially, in 2008 when he had bascially nothing to lose as far as popular support in running for re-election.
When Bush came into office in Jan of 2001 we had a budget surplus and Republican control of the House and Senate. Then a little thing referred to as 9/11 happened and threw the country into an economic tailspin for a while. We then had to refund the military that had been defunded and reduced in size during the previous Administration (the bogus “peace dividend”). That increased the annual deficits and the debt. But note from the graph above that even while the military was seeing increased levels of funding and two wars were being fought as well as the increase in domestic spending that Bush was doing (no-child, persciptions for seniors, etc…) the deficits began to subside. Then in January of 07 Nancy and Harry along with their cohorts in the Democratic party came to power in the Congress. The branch of government that controls spending. Note the dramatic swing in spending for 08 when they got the first budget they completely controlled. Hmmmmm.
Check out the Budget for 09 with the Spenders controlling both ends of Washington! Sure Obama says that by the end of his first term he will have cut the deficit in half. Pretty easy to do when you first blow it out by quadrupling it. Half of that is still double what it is today!