Reposting from the Gunslinger...Kinda makes you think....It's Saturday, 11:20 am. I just got back from the Gun Show at the San Francisco Cow Palace.
Oh my.
As someone else standing in the asshole-to-bellybutton-five-person-deep mob at the ammo booth cracked: "Who says Obama's not stimulating the economy?"
I have a regular strategy for the bi-monthly gun show. I show up before the doors open, grab my ammo first, borrow one of the dealer's hand-trucks, haul it to my car, then return the truck, and leisurely walk the show for as long as it interests me.
Today, for whatever reason, I took the wrong exit...got lost (don't ask) and got in line about 5 minutes before the doors opened instead of the usual 10-15.
Now, this might not sound like much. But the spot in line I got today was maybe 10 times further back than usual. AND it was just the line for tickets...not the line for the door!
And that, good buddy, is a record breaker.
I usually stroll right up to the ticket window, then get into about tenth place in line at the door and wait 10-15 minutes till they open. I'm usually among 3 or 4 early birds at the Ammo Booth. Today I arrived less than 10 mintues later than usual and there were hundreds of people already there. I've already described the scene at the Ammo Booth.
Now, I will say this. Being a woman of a certain age, wearing high heels, skirt and blazer, is apparently advantageous for getting served totally out of order amid the chaos. Waving a prepared list at the clerks doesn't hurt either.
Okay, admittedly, just being a female in that crush was like wearing a flashing beacon. There were maybe two of us. And at the risk of sounding catty, the other was damn near indistinguishable from the guys. (Ladies, learn to use it. We get the short end of the stick often enough.)
By the time I got back from stashing my purchase in the car, the mob crowding the Ammo Booth was even deeper and tighter.
(Oh...and did I mention a guy in line tried to pick me up. So, that was nice.)
I got a few other odds and ends, a sling for the AR, and a barrel wrenchy thing (shut up, I am still a girl). And one of those things that fits in the magazine slot of the lower, which you then clamp into a vice, so you've got the receiver held steady without actually crushing or scratching it with the vice itself. Coolest thing ever. Wish I had it when I put together the first one...
And I finally got a 10-round mag for the damned AR. I installed my new rear sight the other day, but I haven't been able to shoot it because I had no "cartridge delivery system" that I could use in public. It was $25. I thought it was high, until a guy I was talking to popped his eyebrows up and told me I should have snapped it up. So I did.
Sometimes you just have to depend on the kindness of strangers.
The Show was a crowded madhouse. Fun and all, but I couldn't get over the mob scene. The San Francisco gun shows have been declining for some time, as you might guess. The "community" doesn't exactly support the activity, and the government keeps threatening to shut them down. If the taxes they wracked up today were any indication of things to come...they'd do well to keep it going. They'd do well to offer incentives to make it bigger and better and get, I don't know, more GUNS there. If it wasn't for ammo, most of us wouldn't even bother going. Calling it a "gun" show has become almost a misnomer the last few years. Calling it a gunner accessory, food, knife, bumpersticker, book, Japanese sword, and clothing show is more like it. Well, and ammo.
It's always fun to hand-truck mine along the line of late-comers...as they goggle at the "lady" who looks like she's going to a luncheon, pushing several cases of ammo to the parking lot.
They make jokes. They're always the same. But I laugh anyway.
This has been a long winded way to get to my original (no A.D.D. here) point: People are seriously nervous, and they are seriously stocking up. I've never seen anything like it. I hope this "president" and his posse understand the implications. Cause, bottom line, they're not good.
The Gunslinger
February 28, 2009
This Is What The Cops Should Do
A big bru-ha-ha is brewing after video inside a jail captured images of a Sheriff's Deputy beating the crap out of a clearly obnoxious, mouthy, little idiot who was arrested for "taking someone's car without permission."
Where I come from, that's called auto theft.
Maybe if her parents raised her better, she wouldn't have taken someone else's property and gotten arrested. Even if she's innocent of that charge, maybe if her parents raised her better, she would know to RESPECT AUTHORITY and not mouth off to the cops.
the cops did the right thing. It's just too bad it got caught on camera. I think this type of thing should happen FAR MORE OFTEN!
When I was kid growing up, my father told me "Don't you EVER get arrested because if you do, I will come bail you out then beat the shit out of you all the way home for embarrasing the entire family!"
In addition, when I was growing up, we knew that if we were hanging out somewhere and a cop got called because we were rouwdy, if he told us to "move along" we'd better move. If we didn't, we KNEW we'd get the nightstick. We also knew that if any of us was stupid enough to raise a hand to a cop, we would get taken in, then "fall down a flight of stairs" in the police station.
When I was a kid, the law meant something. Good people did't fuck with the law.
Nowadays, some of the kids are so fucking brazen, they tell their own parents they will call the cops if the parent smacks them!
Here's how to deal with that:
If your child is mis-behaving to the point where physical discipline is in order, and they dare to threaten you with calling the cops or Family services, ask them the following question:
If you called the cops right now and told them I was beating you bloody, how long do you think it would take the cops to get here?
A minute? Two or three minutes?
When the child answers, then ask: In that time, how many times do you think I can bash your skull against the floor/wall. . . . .whatever.
This will cause the kid to truly understand how absolutely vulnerable to your discipline they are. It will instantly establish who is the boss and what physical punishment they may face if they continue mis-behaving.
Usually, at that point, the kid backs down and you don't NEED to use physical force. If, however, they still challenge you, knock the heck outta them.
Trust me, whatever corporal punishment you apply out of love and necessity will be far less than the terrors they might experience in the "system."
Where I come from, that's called auto theft.
Maybe if her parents raised her better, she wouldn't have taken someone else's property and gotten arrested. Even if she's innocent of that charge, maybe if her parents raised her better, she would know to RESPECT AUTHORITY and not mouth off to the cops.
the cops did the right thing. It's just too bad it got caught on camera. I think this type of thing should happen FAR MORE OFTEN!
When I was kid growing up, my father told me "Don't you EVER get arrested because if you do, I will come bail you out then beat the shit out of you all the way home for embarrasing the entire family!"
In addition, when I was growing up, we knew that if we were hanging out somewhere and a cop got called because we were rouwdy, if he told us to "move along" we'd better move. If we didn't, we KNEW we'd get the nightstick. We also knew that if any of us was stupid enough to raise a hand to a cop, we would get taken in, then "fall down a flight of stairs" in the police station.
When I was a kid, the law meant something. Good people did't fuck with the law.
Nowadays, some of the kids are so fucking brazen, they tell their own parents they will call the cops if the parent smacks them!
Here's how to deal with that:
If your child is mis-behaving to the point where physical discipline is in order, and they dare to threaten you with calling the cops or Family services, ask them the following question:
If you called the cops right now and told them I was beating you bloody, how long do you think it would take the cops to get here?
A minute? Two or three minutes?
When the child answers, then ask: In that time, how many times do you think I can bash your skull against the floor/wall. . . . .whatever.
This will cause the kid to truly understand how absolutely vulnerable to your discipline they are. It will instantly establish who is the boss and what physical punishment they may face if they continue mis-behaving.
Usually, at that point, the kid backs down and you don't NEED to use physical force. If, however, they still challenge you, knock the heck outta them.
Trust me, whatever corporal punishment you apply out of love and necessity will be far less than the terrors they might experience in the "system."
Here Come The Tax Hikes
Soak the rich and trickle it down to the middle class and poor. Jake Tapper digs in to the Porkulus bill, and gives us these wonderful new taxes
1) On people making more than $250,000.
$338 billion - Bush tax cuts expire
$179 billlion - eliminate itemized deduction
$118 billion - capital gains tax hike
Total: $636 billion/10 years
2) Businesses:
$17 billion - Reinstate Superfund taxes
$24 billion - tax carried-interest as income
$5 billion - codify “economic substance doctrine”
$61 billion - repeal LIFO
$210 billion - international enforcement, reform deferral, other tax reform
$4 billion - information reporting for rental payments
$5.3 billion - excise tax on Gulf of Mexico oil and gas
$3.4 billion - repeal expensing of tangible drilling costs
$62 million - repeal deduction for tertiary injectants
$49 million - repeal passive loss exception for working interests in oil and natural gas properties
$13 billion - repeal manufacturing tax deduction for oil and natural gas companies
$1 billion - increase to 7 years geological and geophysical amortization period for independent producers
$882 million - eliminate advanced earned income tax credit
Total: $353 billion/10 years
How many of them will affect you? Any tax hike and/or repeal of tax breaks on gas and oil will immediately create a rise in your costs for all your energy needs. The taxes might not be on you directly, but, they’ll get you in the end.
But, the question that no one in the media seems to be asking, if they let the “Bush tax cuts” of 2001 and 2003 expire in order to soak the rich, will the Democrat congress and President Neophyte pass a new set of tax cuts for people making under $250,000 to match the 2003 cuts? Or, are we going back to the pre-tax cuts brackets?
And, as Ed Morrisseypoints out, when you raise capital gains taxes, you disincent people from investing and cashing out. Where this really hurts is the middle class investors. In fact, the lower the capital gains tax, the better. Tax revenue actually goes way up when the capital gains rate is reduced. They nearly doubled when the 2003 cut kicked in.
But, this is the hopeNchage people voted for. Those of us who picked the lesser of two bad choices told the rest of you that taxes would get jacked and costs would go up. Get ready for it. In the middle of a recession.
1) On people making more than $250,000.
$338 billion - Bush tax cuts expire
$179 billlion - eliminate itemized deduction
$118 billion - capital gains tax hike
Total: $636 billion/10 years
2) Businesses:
$17 billion - Reinstate Superfund taxes
$24 billion - tax carried-interest as income
$5 billion - codify “economic substance doctrine”
$61 billion - repeal LIFO
$210 billion - international enforcement, reform deferral, other tax reform
$4 billion - information reporting for rental payments
$5.3 billion - excise tax on Gulf of Mexico oil and gas
$3.4 billion - repeal expensing of tangible drilling costs
$62 million - repeal deduction for tertiary injectants
$49 million - repeal passive loss exception for working interests in oil and natural gas properties
$13 billion - repeal manufacturing tax deduction for oil and natural gas companies
$1 billion - increase to 7 years geological and geophysical amortization period for independent producers
$882 million - eliminate advanced earned income tax credit
Total: $353 billion/10 years
How many of them will affect you? Any tax hike and/or repeal of tax breaks on gas and oil will immediately create a rise in your costs for all your energy needs. The taxes might not be on you directly, but, they’ll get you in the end.
But, the question that no one in the media seems to be asking, if they let the “Bush tax cuts” of 2001 and 2003 expire in order to soak the rich, will the Democrat congress and President Neophyte pass a new set of tax cuts for people making under $250,000 to match the 2003 cuts? Or, are we going back to the pre-tax cuts brackets?
And, as Ed Morrisseypoints out, when you raise capital gains taxes, you disincent people from investing and cashing out. Where this really hurts is the middle class investors. In fact, the lower the capital gains tax, the better. Tax revenue actually goes way up when the capital gains rate is reduced. They nearly doubled when the 2003 cut kicked in.
But, this is the hopeNchage people voted for. Those of us who picked the lesser of two bad choices told the rest of you that taxes would get jacked and costs would go up. Get ready for it. In the middle of a recession.
Nobama Sells Us Out To The Commie Chinese
Can he do this? Can he use our property for his pork payoffs?
Impeachment Time: Obama Grants Eminent Domain Rights to China to Secure Debt The Examiner (hat tip terri)
They own us.
The time for partisan bickering just ended. This is as serious as a heart attack. Obama is going to spend so much money, which he intends to get from China via the sale of government backed bonds, that the Chinese apparently don't think he'll be able to make good on them.
So President Obama gave the Chinese eminent domain rights to American land and businesses as collateral - i.e. we don't pay, they now own America.
From Patriot Room.
Because it looks like our wonderful new administration is granting the Chinese eminent domain as collateral for US debts. Yea you read that right. That means when we can no longer pay for all this massive spending the Chinese can call in the loans and take our land.
The thought that American citizens and businesses could lose their land as a means of payment is downright scary. I highly doubt ANY American citizen would have voted for Obama if they knew this was coming down the pike.
Live Leak has more details.
Sources at the United States Embassy in Beijing China have just CONFIRMED to me that the United States of America has tendered to China a written agreement which grants to the People's Republic of China, an option to exercise Eminent Domain within the USA, as collateral for China's continu More..ed purchase of US Treasury Notes and existing US Currency reserves!The written agreement was brought to Beijing by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and was formalized and agreed-to during her recent trip to China.This means that in the event the US Government defaults on its financial obligations to China, the Communist Government of China would be permitted to physically take -- inside the USA -- land, buildings, factories, perhaps even entire cities - to satisfy the financial obligations of the US government.Put simply, the feds have now actually mortgaged the physical land and property of all citizens and businesses in the United States. They have given to a foreign power, their Constitutional power to "take" all of our property, as actual collateral for continued Chinese funding of US deficit spending and the continued carrying of US national debt.
This cannot stand. It is traitorous and Obama should be impeached.
Impeachment Time: Obama Grants Eminent Domain Rights to China to Secure Debt The Examiner (hat tip terri)
They own us.
The time for partisan bickering just ended. This is as serious as a heart attack. Obama is going to spend so much money, which he intends to get from China via the sale of government backed bonds, that the Chinese apparently don't think he'll be able to make good on them.
So President Obama gave the Chinese eminent domain rights to American land and businesses as collateral - i.e. we don't pay, they now own America.
From Patriot Room.
Because it looks like our wonderful new administration is granting the Chinese eminent domain as collateral for US debts. Yea you read that right. That means when we can no longer pay for all this massive spending the Chinese can call in the loans and take our land.
The thought that American citizens and businesses could lose their land as a means of payment is downright scary. I highly doubt ANY American citizen would have voted for Obama if they knew this was coming down the pike.
Live Leak has more details.
Sources at the United States Embassy in Beijing China have just CONFIRMED to me that the United States of America has tendered to China a written agreement which grants to the People's Republic of China, an option to exercise Eminent Domain within the USA, as collateral for China's continu More..ed purchase of US Treasury Notes and existing US Currency reserves!The written agreement was brought to Beijing by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and was formalized and agreed-to during her recent trip to China.This means that in the event the US Government defaults on its financial obligations to China, the Communist Government of China would be permitted to physically take -- inside the USA -- land, buildings, factories, perhaps even entire cities - to satisfy the financial obligations of the US government.Put simply, the feds have now actually mortgaged the physical land and property of all citizens and businesses in the United States. They have given to a foreign power, their Constitutional power to "take" all of our property, as actual collateral for continued Chinese funding of US deficit spending and the continued carrying of US national debt.
This cannot stand. It is traitorous and Obama should be impeached.
February 27, 2009
SF Chronicle Confirms Operation ENDGAME
The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist."
- Winston Churchill, Nov. 21, 1943
Since 9/11, and seemingly without the notice of most Americans, the federal government has assumed the authority to institute martial law, arrest a wide swath of dissidents (citizen and noncitizen alike), and detain people without legal or constitutional recourse in the event of "an emergency influx of immigrants in the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs."
Beginning in 1999, the government has entered into a series of single-bid contracts with Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) to build detention camps at undisclosed locations within the United States. The government has also contracted with several companies to build thousands of railcars, some reportedly equipped with shackles, ostensibly to transport detainees.
According to diplomat and author Peter Dale Scott, the KBR contract is part of a Homeland Security plan titled ENDGAME, which sets as its goal the removal of "all removable aliens" and "potential terrorists."
Fraud-busters such as Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, have complained about these contracts, saying that more taxpayer dollars should not go to taxpayer-gouging Halliburton. But the real question is: What kind of "new programs" require the construction and refurbishment of detention facilities in nearly every state of the union with the capacity to house perhaps millions of people?
Sect. 1042 of the 2007 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), "Use of the Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies," gives the executive the power to invoke martial law. For the first time in more than a century, the president is now authorized to use the military in response to "a natural disaster, a disease outbreak, a terrorist attack or any other condition in which the President determines that domestic violence has occurred to the extent that state officials cannot maintain public order."
The Military Commissions Act of 2006, rammed through Congress just before the 2006 midterm elections, allows for the indefinite imprisonment of anyone who donates money to a charity that turns up on a list of "terrorist" organizations, or who speaks out against the government's policies. The law calls for secret trials for citizens and noncitizens alike.
Also in 2007, the White House quietly issued National Security Presidential Directive 51 (NSPD-51), to ensure "continuity of government" in the event of what the document vaguely calls a "catastrophic emergency." Should the president determine that such an emergency has occurred, he and he alone is empowered to do whatever he deems necessary to ensure "continuity of government." This could include everything from canceling elections to suspending the Constitution to launching a nuclear attack. Congress has yet to hold a single hearing on NSPD-51.
U.S. Rep. Jane Harman, D-Venice (Los Angeles County) has come up with a new way to expand the domestic "war on terror." Her Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (HR1955), which passed the House by the lopsided vote of 404-6, would set up a commission to "examine and report upon the facts and causes" of so-called violent radicalism and extremist ideology, then make legislative recommendations on combatting it.
According to commentary in the Baltimore Sun, Rep. Harman and her colleagues from both sides of the aisle believe the country faces a native brand of terrorism, and needs a commission with sweeping investigative power to combat it.
A clue as to where Harman's commission might be aiming is the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, a law that labels those who "engage in sit-ins, civil disobedience, trespass, or any other crime in the name of animal rights" as terrorists. Other groups in the crosshairs could be anti-abortion protesters, anti-tax agitators, immigration activists, environmentalists, peace demonstrators, Second Amendment rights supporters ... the list goes on and on. According to author Naomi Wolf, the National Counterterrorism Center holds the names of roughly 775,000 "terror suspects" with the number increasing by 20,000 per month.
What could the government be contemplating that leads it to make contingency plans to detain without recourse millions of its own citizens?
The Constitution does not allow the executive to have unchecked power under any circumstances. The people must not allow the president to use the war on terrorism to rule by fear instead of by law.
- Winston Churchill, Nov. 21, 1943
Since 9/11, and seemingly without the notice of most Americans, the federal government has assumed the authority to institute martial law, arrest a wide swath of dissidents (citizen and noncitizen alike), and detain people without legal or constitutional recourse in the event of "an emergency influx of immigrants in the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs."
Beginning in 1999, the government has entered into a series of single-bid contracts with Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) to build detention camps at undisclosed locations within the United States. The government has also contracted with several companies to build thousands of railcars, some reportedly equipped with shackles, ostensibly to transport detainees.
According to diplomat and author Peter Dale Scott, the KBR contract is part of a Homeland Security plan titled ENDGAME, which sets as its goal the removal of "all removable aliens" and "potential terrorists."
Fraud-busters such as Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, have complained about these contracts, saying that more taxpayer dollars should not go to taxpayer-gouging Halliburton. But the real question is: What kind of "new programs" require the construction and refurbishment of detention facilities in nearly every state of the union with the capacity to house perhaps millions of people?
Sect. 1042 of the 2007 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), "Use of the Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies," gives the executive the power to invoke martial law. For the first time in more than a century, the president is now authorized to use the military in response to "a natural disaster, a disease outbreak, a terrorist attack or any other condition in which the President determines that domestic violence has occurred to the extent that state officials cannot maintain public order."
The Military Commissions Act of 2006, rammed through Congress just before the 2006 midterm elections, allows for the indefinite imprisonment of anyone who donates money to a charity that turns up on a list of "terrorist" organizations, or who speaks out against the government's policies. The law calls for secret trials for citizens and noncitizens alike.
Also in 2007, the White House quietly issued National Security Presidential Directive 51 (NSPD-51), to ensure "continuity of government" in the event of what the document vaguely calls a "catastrophic emergency." Should the president determine that such an emergency has occurred, he and he alone is empowered to do whatever he deems necessary to ensure "continuity of government." This could include everything from canceling elections to suspending the Constitution to launching a nuclear attack. Congress has yet to hold a single hearing on NSPD-51.
U.S. Rep. Jane Harman, D-Venice (Los Angeles County) has come up with a new way to expand the domestic "war on terror." Her Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (HR1955), which passed the House by the lopsided vote of 404-6, would set up a commission to "examine and report upon the facts and causes" of so-called violent radicalism and extremist ideology, then make legislative recommendations on combatting it.
According to commentary in the Baltimore Sun, Rep. Harman and her colleagues from both sides of the aisle believe the country faces a native brand of terrorism, and needs a commission with sweeping investigative power to combat it.
A clue as to where Harman's commission might be aiming is the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, a law that labels those who "engage in sit-ins, civil disobedience, trespass, or any other crime in the name of animal rights" as terrorists. Other groups in the crosshairs could be anti-abortion protesters, anti-tax agitators, immigration activists, environmentalists, peace demonstrators, Second Amendment rights supporters ... the list goes on and on. According to author Naomi Wolf, the National Counterterrorism Center holds the names of roughly 775,000 "terror suspects" with the number increasing by 20,000 per month.
What could the government be contemplating that leads it to make contingency plans to detain without recourse millions of its own citizens?
The Constitution does not allow the executive to have unchecked power under any circumstances. The people must not allow the president to use the war on terrorism to rule by fear instead of by law.
Tea Parties Today
It was just last Thursday that Rick Santelli suggested having a Tea Party.All over the country today, Americans will be participating in events.Looking to attend a Tea Party?Michelle Malkin has a list.If there isn't a Tea Party in your area or you're unable to attend, you can still participate. Take part in the virtual Tea Party.Details:
Many of us were inspired after Rick Santelli gave his speech on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange calling for a Chicago Tea Party.There will be many events taking place across the country where people are gathering in protest of all of the spending and taxing that has been occurring lately in government. I wanted to offer an opportunity for those of us who have to work to be able to participate.I want to encourage all of you to stage your own form of a protest at your work. Don’t do anything against your company policy that would get you disciplined or fired. Here are a few ways that you can participate:1. Participate in the live tweeting using the #teaparty hashtag.2. Take part in the Tea Party rally in Second Life.3. Writing letters to the media, elected officials, etc.4. Blogging about the Tea Party and the message behind it.5. Bring bags of tea to work and lay them on your desk. When your co-workers ask you why, explain the reasoning behind the protest and say you are showing your support.6. Make iced tea for the office and share the message with those you work with.The last two on that list are things you can do at work to show support, but if you don’t feel comfortable you can still do them, but just not explain your reasoning to your co-workers if you aren’t comfortable or if you don’t work in a really accepting place.I hope that this offers you a way to participate and I hope to “see” you there!____________________UPDATE: Photos from the DC Tea PartyPhotos from the Denver Tea Party
Many of us were inspired after Rick Santelli gave his speech on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange calling for a Chicago Tea Party.There will be many events taking place across the country where people are gathering in protest of all of the spending and taxing that has been occurring lately in government. I wanted to offer an opportunity for those of us who have to work to be able to participate.I want to encourage all of you to stage your own form of a protest at your work. Don’t do anything against your company policy that would get you disciplined or fired. Here are a few ways that you can participate:1. Participate in the live tweeting using the #teaparty hashtag.2. Take part in the Tea Party rally in Second Life.3. Writing letters to the media, elected officials, etc.4. Blogging about the Tea Party and the message behind it.5. Bring bags of tea to work and lay them on your desk. When your co-workers ask you why, explain the reasoning behind the protest and say you are showing your support.6. Make iced tea for the office and share the message with those you work with.The last two on that list are things you can do at work to show support, but if you don’t feel comfortable you can still do them, but just not explain your reasoning to your co-workers if you aren’t comfortable or if you don’t work in a really accepting place.I hope that this offers you a way to participate and I hope to “see” you there!____________________UPDATE: Photos from the DC Tea PartyPhotos from the Denver Tea Party
Nobama Skips National Anthem--AGAIN!
Camp LeJeune, NC -- President Barack Obama did NOT come out on stage for the singing of the National Anthem at his Camp LeJeune speech given at 12:00 Noon today.The Marine Corps Band played "Ruffles and Flourishes" but Obama did not come out. The Secretary of Defense, Marine Corps Generals and a Navy Admiral came out. The Marine Corps Chaplain came out and said a Prayer.A lone female sang the National Anthem and after it was sung, the Marine Corps Band again played "Ruffles and Flourishes," a speaker introduced the President and only then did the Band play "Hail to the Chief" and did President Obama come out.This struck me as very odd. Why did the President not come out for the prayer? Why did the President not come out for the National Anthem?This was no mistake. This was a slap in the face by the President, to the entire nation and it did not go unnoticed.
February 26, 2009
UNBELIEVABLE-CHECK OUT THIS TWISTED WEBSITE!!!
While the Obama-led Democrats control the future of the United States of America, the grassroots on the Internet (The Obama Forum) are in the process of turning in “enemies of Obama”, including the parents of children who are Obama supporters.
Obama supporting children have actually posted their parents’ names and addresses on the Obama Forum. (here). In all of its searches, Canada Free Press (CFP) has found no comment from any official in the Obama administration repudiating the Forum. The Obamaforum.com instructs people to “Report Anti-Obama Sentiment By Your Coworkers and Peers (here) and more. All mainstreet Americans can do is hope that the secret service who visited the Oklahoma city motorist, tooling around town with the “abort Obama sign” on his car, does not log onto the Forum. “The following is not for those who are frightened easily or for those with a weak stomach,” a CFP tipster wrote. You can let Obama know how his stimulus bill is helping you at the website, whose name was a number, according to Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday night. The veep, of course, was really talking about: Recovery.gov- Share your experience But Obamameisters in darker corners have a thread just for what to do with their perceived enemies: From the Obama Forum: Ban websites with the help of officials (Italics CFP’s). To get the ball rolling here are some of the sites:
Get the ball rolling here are some sites www.gop.org <---Opposing party www.redstate.com <---Conservatard watering hole www.freerepublic.com <---See redstate.com www.mccain.senate.gov <---Ran against Obama and attacking him now. www.sarahpac.com <---Sarah "Carabou Barbie" Palin's "Political Action Committee." drudgereport has a bunch of firearms sites and a ton of others.
Here they are keeping a list and checking it twice...”Ok, if you see a car with a bumper sticker or anything about freedom or liberty or hatred for taxes or one of those “Nobamba” bumper stickers or anything that is against the government or Obama, do what you can to mark down the license plate number. Maybe the make and model of the car, I bet we might be able to get a statistical probability based on make and model to just go after all of a certain type of car. The government will have need for such a list pretty soon.
“I saw t his one this morning so I’ll start the list: “License Plate: 1M1337-Texas, “Silver Cadillac Escalade “Infraction: Ron Paul 2008 bumper sticker and a little “don’t tread on me” sign...”
There is zero tolerance for Doubting Thomases on a website that likes to depict Obama as Jesus walking on water. The Forum has a take-no-prisoners attitude: “Anyone overheard doubting President Obama should be immediately reported to local officials. Make the jobs of local officials easier by posting any dissent you may have overheard in the elevator from one of your coworkers, while drinking a beer at the local sports bar, or by strangers buying groceries at the grocery store, or reading Conservative books and other racist publications (Italics CFP’s) at the library. Remember to jot down as much information as possible about them. Height, weight, hair color, eye color, etc. Try to sneak a photograph of them with your cell phone, but be careful and don’t let them see you. License plate numbers, social security information, FEMA records, criminal background checks. Post it all here. “Remember, in the great words of President Obama: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country!” To suggest that it was President John F. Kennedy who inspired Americans with these words, could get you branded as a racist. Other sentiments of Internet Obama supporters: “All gunowners should die”. “Websites (that) don’t comply on their own, we will take them down by force,” is their promise. “To keep hope alive, in spite of all mistakes, horrors, and crimes, recognize the obvious superiority of socialism”, their avowed mantra. “For struggle, Solidarity and Socialism! I swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Obama. Our laws and his will, according to him. We will not overthrow the government with violence. We shall stand, remain and be the law of his realm forever. It is then that all peoples of the world will plead for Obama to deliver them from evil.” Meanwhile, it’s going to be a long, intolerant and even excruciating four years.
Obama supporting children have actually posted their parents’ names and addresses on the Obama Forum. (here). In all of its searches, Canada Free Press (CFP) has found no comment from any official in the Obama administration repudiating the Forum. The Obamaforum.com instructs people to “Report Anti-Obama Sentiment By Your Coworkers and Peers (here) and more. All mainstreet Americans can do is hope that the secret service who visited the Oklahoma city motorist, tooling around town with the “abort Obama sign” on his car, does not log onto the Forum. “The following is not for those who are frightened easily or for those with a weak stomach,” a CFP tipster wrote. You can let Obama know how his stimulus bill is helping you at the website, whose name was a number, according to Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday night. The veep, of course, was really talking about: Recovery.gov- Share your experience But Obamameisters in darker corners have a thread just for what to do with their perceived enemies: From the Obama Forum: Ban websites with the help of officials (Italics CFP’s). To get the ball rolling here are some of the sites:
Get the ball rolling here are some sites www.gop.org <---Opposing party www.redstate.com <---Conservatard watering hole www.freerepublic.com <---See redstate.com www.mccain.senate.gov <---Ran against Obama and attacking him now. www.sarahpac.com <---Sarah "Carabou Barbie" Palin's "Political Action Committee." drudgereport has a bunch of firearms sites and a ton of others.
Here they are keeping a list and checking it twice...”Ok, if you see a car with a bumper sticker or anything about freedom or liberty or hatred for taxes or one of those “Nobamba” bumper stickers or anything that is against the government or Obama, do what you can to mark down the license plate number. Maybe the make and model of the car, I bet we might be able to get a statistical probability based on make and model to just go after all of a certain type of car. The government will have need for such a list pretty soon.
“I saw t his one this morning so I’ll start the list: “License Plate: 1M1337-Texas, “Silver Cadillac Escalade “Infraction: Ron Paul 2008 bumper sticker and a little “don’t tread on me” sign...”
There is zero tolerance for Doubting Thomases on a website that likes to depict Obama as Jesus walking on water. The Forum has a take-no-prisoners attitude: “Anyone overheard doubting President Obama should be immediately reported to local officials. Make the jobs of local officials easier by posting any dissent you may have overheard in the elevator from one of your coworkers, while drinking a beer at the local sports bar, or by strangers buying groceries at the grocery store, or reading Conservative books and other racist publications (Italics CFP’s) at the library. Remember to jot down as much information as possible about them. Height, weight, hair color, eye color, etc. Try to sneak a photograph of them with your cell phone, but be careful and don’t let them see you. License plate numbers, social security information, FEMA records, criminal background checks. Post it all here. “Remember, in the great words of President Obama: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country!” To suggest that it was President John F. Kennedy who inspired Americans with these words, could get you branded as a racist. Other sentiments of Internet Obama supporters: “All gunowners should die”. “Websites (that) don’t comply on their own, we will take them down by force,” is their promise. “To keep hope alive, in spite of all mistakes, horrors, and crimes, recognize the obvious superiority of socialism”, their avowed mantra. “For struggle, Solidarity and Socialism! I swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Obama. Our laws and his will, according to him. We will not overthrow the government with violence. We shall stand, remain and be the law of his realm forever. It is then that all peoples of the world will plead for Obama to deliver them from evil.” Meanwhile, it’s going to be a long, intolerant and even excruciating four years.
Nobama Spreading Panic
Ultimately, all recessions and depressions resolve themselves into crises of confidence. The instant, global, 24/7 communications of today make them ever more so. President Obama, in his pursuit of liberal big-government spending, has totally neglected the role of the president of the United States in reversing global panic. To the contrary, his every remark and the constant preoccupation of his Cabinet is to heighten the sense of crisis and to escalate the predictions of doom if we do not do as they tell us and raise spending now and taxes later.Instead of being a firewall, reassuring Main Street even as Wall Street crashed, he has become a conduit of panic, spreading the mood of desperation from the stock exchange floor to kitchen tables across the world.There are bad loans, which became bad assets, that lie at the root of the crisis. Through deregulation by the government and the greed of financial institutions, they spread to every portfolio in the world. But these basic facts have metastasized out of all proportion to their real harm into job and financial insecurity for every family on Earth. It is President Obama, not the markets themselves, who has spread this fear. A global Paul Revere, he has not only aroused us, but incited fear and trepidation in his wake.Previous panics have been global in impact, but local in focus. The world panicked because of developments in Mexico or Argentina or Thailand or South Korea. Now, with Collateralized Debt Obligations spreading the poison of a bunch of bad loans all over the world, infecting every portfolio, the panic is not only global in impact but in focus as well. Modern communications have hastened the spread of the virus of panic throughout the global bloodstream.In addressing this panic, the president of the United States must truly be the leader of the world -- showing the way back to confidence.Instead, Obama has been instrumental in purveying fear and spreading doubt. It is his pronouncements, reinforced by the developments they kindle and catalyze, that are destroying good businesses, bankrupting responsible people and wiping out even conservative financial institutions. Every time he speaks, he sends the markets down and stocks crashing. He doesn't seem to realize that the rest of the world takes its cue from him. He forgets that he stands at the epicenter of power, not on the fringes campaigning for office. This ain't Iowa.Why does Obama preach gloom and doom? Because he is so anxious to cram through every last spending bill, tax increase on the so-called rich, new government regulation, and expansion of healthcare entitlement that he must preserve the atmosphere of crisis as a political necessity. Only by keeping us in a state of panic can he induce us to vote for trillion-dollar deficits and spending packages that send our national debt soaring.And then there is the matter of blame. The deeper the mess goes -- and the further down his rhetoric drives it -- the more imperative it becomes to lay off the blame on Bush. He must perpetually "discover" -- to his shock -- how deep the crisis that he inherited runs, stoking global fears in the process.So, having inherited a recession, his words are creating a depression. He entered office amid a disaster and he is transforming it into a catastrophe, all to pass every last bit of government spending and move us a bit further to the left before his political capital dwindles.But the jig will be up soon. The crash of the stock market in the days since he took power (indeed, from the moment he won the election) can increasingly be attributed to his own failure to lead us in the right direction, his failed policies in addressing the recession and his own spreading of panic and fear. The market collapse makes it evident that it is Obama who is the problem, where he should, instead, be the solution.
Wanted: More Rich People To Pay The Bill
Wanted: More Rich People to Pay Obama's BillsEven if Obama took ALL of the income of the top wealthiest 2% of Americans it still wouldn't be enough to pay for his irresponsible agenda.The Wall Street Journal reported:
President Obama has laid out the most ambitious and expensive domestic agenda since LBJ, and now all he has to do is figure out how to pay for it. On Tuesday, he left the impression that we need merely end "tax breaks for the wealthiest 2% of Americans," and he promised that households earning less than $250,000 won't see their taxes increased by "one single dime."This is going to be some trick. Even the most basic inspection of the IRS income tax statistics shows that raising taxes on the salaries, dividends and capital gains of those making more than $250,000 can't possibly raise enough revenue to fund Mr. Obama's new spending ambitions.Consider the IRS data for 2006, the most recent year that such tax data are available and a good year for the economy and "the wealthiest 2%." Roughly 3.8 million filers had adjusted gross incomes above $200,000 in 2006. (That's about 7% of all returns; the data aren't broken down at the $250,000 point.) These people paid about $522 billion in income taxes, or roughly 62% of all federal individual income receipts. The richest 1% -- about 1.65 million filers making above $388,806 -- paid some $408 billion, or 39.9% of all income tax revenues, while earning about 22% of all reported U.S. income.Note that federal income taxes are already "progressive" with a 35% top marginal rate, and that Mr. Obama is (so far) proposing to raise it only to 39.6%, plus another two percentage points in hidden deduction phase-outs. He'd also raise capital gains and dividend rates, but those both yield far less revenue than the income tax. These combined increases won't come close to raising the hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue that Mr. Obama is going to need.More... The Elector of Saxony added this:
The wealthiest 2% earn just 22% of all income, but pay 40+ percent of all taxes. Hmmm, isn't that double their "fair share"? Considering that something like 40% of Americans pay zero income taxes, shouldn't they be grateful that because the wealthy work so hard, earn so much, and pay so much in taxes, they get to pay nothing or worse yet receive a "tax credit" (welfare) check at tax time?
President Obama has laid out the most ambitious and expensive domestic agenda since LBJ, and now all he has to do is figure out how to pay for it. On Tuesday, he left the impression that we need merely end "tax breaks for the wealthiest 2% of Americans," and he promised that households earning less than $250,000 won't see their taxes increased by "one single dime."This is going to be some trick. Even the most basic inspection of the IRS income tax statistics shows that raising taxes on the salaries, dividends and capital gains of those making more than $250,000 can't possibly raise enough revenue to fund Mr. Obama's new spending ambitions.Consider the IRS data for 2006, the most recent year that such tax data are available and a good year for the economy and "the wealthiest 2%." Roughly 3.8 million filers had adjusted gross incomes above $200,000 in 2006. (That's about 7% of all returns; the data aren't broken down at the $250,000 point.) These people paid about $522 billion in income taxes, or roughly 62% of all federal individual income receipts. The richest 1% -- about 1.65 million filers making above $388,806 -- paid some $408 billion, or 39.9% of all income tax revenues, while earning about 22% of all reported U.S. income.Note that federal income taxes are already "progressive" with a 35% top marginal rate, and that Mr. Obama is (so far) proposing to raise it only to 39.6%, plus another two percentage points in hidden deduction phase-outs. He'd also raise capital gains and dividend rates, but those both yield far less revenue than the income tax. These combined increases won't come close to raising the hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue that Mr. Obama is going to need.More... The Elector of Saxony added this:
The wealthiest 2% earn just 22% of all income, but pay 40+ percent of all taxes. Hmmm, isn't that double their "fair share"? Considering that something like 40% of Americans pay zero income taxes, shouldn't they be grateful that because the wealthy work so hard, earn so much, and pay so much in taxes, they get to pay nothing or worse yet receive a "tax credit" (welfare) check at tax time?
Nobama's Cap And Trade Will Be Our Doom
Obama released his 2009 budget today.The pdf is here.Included in this year's budget is the much talked about Cap and Trade Program: Click to EnlargeBrietbart reported on the Obama cap and trade energy proposals:
President Barack Obama will propose raising new revenue through a greenhouse gas cap and emissions trading scheme when he unveils his first budget on Thursday, US media reported. The budget he will present assumes an emissions trading system will generate revenue by 2012, the Washington Post reported. Fifteen billion dollars of the money generated would be directed to clean-energy projects, the Post said, citing sources familiar with the document. Another 60 billion would go to tax credits for lower- and middle-income working families, and the rest to help families, small businesses and communities deal with higher energy costs, the paper reported. The Post cited testimony to Congress in September by Peter Orszag, currently Obama's budget director, estimating that revenue from a cap-and-trade scheme could reach 112 billion dollars by 2012. According to Orszag, who at the time was director of the Congressional Budget Office, the program -- which would force companies to buy permits if they exceed pollution emission limits -- could generate between 50 and 300 billion dollars a year by 2020. Obama's cap and trade plan could cost industry billions of dollars.4 million American jobs may instituting this program.Human Events reported:
The potential costs to America from cap-and-trade policies are enormous. The Department of Energy estimates that S. 2191, the Warner-Lieberman cap-and-trade proposal, will increase the cost of coal for power generation by between 161% and 413%. DOE estimates GDP losses (see chart) over the 21-year period they forecast, at between $444 billion and $1.308 trillion, with particular damage to the manufacturing sector. (This gives some hope that organized labor will, in a rare occurrence, oppose Democratic leaders on this issue.) Winegarden estimates that this bill could increase unemployment by 2.7% or about 4 million jobs. In fact, companies are already preparing to avoid increased level and volatility of American energy prices by setting up factories and partnerships in countries which won’t be subject to cap-and-trade restrictions…proving with real-world behavior of producers that no carbon-limiting regulation can succeed if it is not universal.
President Barack Obama will propose raising new revenue through a greenhouse gas cap and emissions trading scheme when he unveils his first budget on Thursday, US media reported. The budget he will present assumes an emissions trading system will generate revenue by 2012, the Washington Post reported. Fifteen billion dollars of the money generated would be directed to clean-energy projects, the Post said, citing sources familiar with the document. Another 60 billion would go to tax credits for lower- and middle-income working families, and the rest to help families, small businesses and communities deal with higher energy costs, the paper reported. The Post cited testimony to Congress in September by Peter Orszag, currently Obama's budget director, estimating that revenue from a cap-and-trade scheme could reach 112 billion dollars by 2012. According to Orszag, who at the time was director of the Congressional Budget Office, the program -- which would force companies to buy permits if they exceed pollution emission limits -- could generate between 50 and 300 billion dollars a year by 2020. Obama's cap and trade plan could cost industry billions of dollars.4 million American jobs may instituting this program.Human Events reported:
The potential costs to America from cap-and-trade policies are enormous. The Department of Energy estimates that S. 2191, the Warner-Lieberman cap-and-trade proposal, will increase the cost of coal for power generation by between 161% and 413%. DOE estimates GDP losses (see chart) over the 21-year period they forecast, at between $444 billion and $1.308 trillion, with particular damage to the manufacturing sector. (This gives some hope that organized labor will, in a rare occurrence, oppose Democratic leaders on this issue.) Winegarden estimates that this bill could increase unemployment by 2.7% or about 4 million jobs. In fact, companies are already preparing to avoid increased level and volatility of American energy prices by setting up factories and partnerships in countries which won’t be subject to cap-and-trade restrictions…proving with real-world behavior of producers that no carbon-limiting regulation can succeed if it is not universal.
Confiscation Of Guns To Begin
Disarming the "cowards" Pro-terrorist Attorney General Eric Holder considers us a "nation of cowards," but he isn't taking any chances about us defending our property and our country from the Marxist looters who now run the government. The inevitable campaign to strip away our Second Amendment rights has begun.
Holder announced yesterday that he wants a new ban on "assault weapons." Supposedly, we should be willing to let corrupt authoritarians infringe on our right to bear arms so that the weapons don't fall into the hands of criminals in Mexico. An easier way to prevent this would be for the government to perform its most fundamental task: defend the border. But with Crappy Nappy heading DHS, even the pretense of border security is out the window.
Regarding what's next after "assault weapons," Holder mumbles, "I'm not sure exactly what the sequencing will be." But we can be sure that inch by inch, the camel will push us out of the tent, until the government agents who should be defending the border are instead tearing our houses appart to look for .22 rifles to confiscate.
The Commie Tree
Remember the moonbats who climbed up in the trees in Berkeley and wouldn't come down for nearly two years because they wanted to prevent a sports complex from being built? Remember Tinseltown bubblehead Daryl Hannah, who climbed into a tree on someone else's property on behalf of Mexican squatters, so that she had to be extracted like a cat? Another generation of arboreal Marxists is heading down the pipe. An Englishman's Castle reports that children are being assigned this book as homework:
Here's the plot: A nice old geezer has a tree in his yard, and he lets kids play in it. But then he sells the house, and the new owner decides to cut the tree down. So the kids climb up the tree and sing protest songs, with the encouragement of their parents. The owner calls the police, but soon the mayor arrives to confirm that trees belong to everyone. The mayor takes over the house and the children play in their communist tree happily ever after.
Needless to say, children raised on this evil garbage are going to be slow to grasp that property rights are the fundamental basis of free civilization.
On a tip from Antara.
Here's the plot: A nice old geezer has a tree in his yard, and he lets kids play in it. But then he sells the house, and the new owner decides to cut the tree down. So the kids climb up the tree and sing protest songs, with the encouragement of their parents. The owner calls the police, but soon the mayor arrives to confirm that trees belong to everyone. The mayor takes over the house and the children play in their communist tree happily ever after.
Needless to say, children raised on this evil garbage are going to be slow to grasp that property rights are the fundamental basis of free civilization.
On a tip from Antara.
February 25, 2009
Chris Matthews Doesn't Like Bobby Jindal-GO FIGURE!
On MSNBC, as Gov. Bobby Jindal was walking out to deliver the Republican response to Barack Obama's speech, Democrat hack Chris Matthews muttered, "Oh God."
Surely, it wasn't said in a moment of ecstasy. He had no "thrill going up [his] leg" as Gov. Jindal was about to speak.
I say "Oh God" to Matthews' "Oh God."
TV Newser reports that Matthews has responded, offering some of what Matthews will say when addressing the matter on Hardball later today.
MATTHEWS: I was taken aback by that peculiar stagecraft, the walking from somewhere in the back of this narrow hall, this winding staircase looming there, the odd anti-bellum look of the scene. Was this some mimicking of a president walking along the state floor to the East Room?
That is SO lame.
"Peculiar stagecraft"?
Obama's Invesco Field temple was beyond peculiar.
It's hilarious that Matthews would accuse Jindal of mimicking a president when Obama used a mock presidential seal when he was just a candidate. Obama trotted around the globe pretending to be president back in July 2008 BEFORE he was officially declared the Democrat Party's nominee.
"Oh God," indeed.
Matthews continues to marginalize himself as a journalist. The man is incapable of doing hard news.
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TV Newser also points out that Matthews is being criticized for using "outsource" when discussing Jindal being chosen to deliver the response.
Jindal is an Indian-American whose parents immigrated to the U.S. in 1970.
In every area that was touched on, they had to get an outside guy. They had to outsource the response tonight, the Republican party. They had to outsource it to someone who had nothing to do with Congress because the Republicans in Congress had nothing to do with the programs he was talking about tonight or the record he referred to.
It's nothing new for Chris Matthews to employ ethnic slurs and stereotypes.
Remember how Matthews mocked Joe Lieberman during his 2006 run for the Senate?
Comparing Lieberman and Ned Lamont, Matthews said:
The body language of the two is so different. You have this very wasp-y fellow, Lamont, very calm, very casual, very St. Paul's almost in the prep school sense, Lieberman of course is the schmaltzy ethnic guy, the Uncle Tonoose, you know, the guy that's very much kind of lachrymose in his almost postnasal drip voice of his, but he doesn't look happy.
I don't know why MSNBC sticks with Matthews. He's such an embarrassment.
I guess that does make him a perfect fit for the low-rated, audience-challenged MSNBC.
Surely, it wasn't said in a moment of ecstasy. He had no "thrill going up [his] leg" as Gov. Jindal was about to speak.
I say "Oh God" to Matthews' "Oh God."
TV Newser reports that Matthews has responded, offering some of what Matthews will say when addressing the matter on Hardball later today.
MATTHEWS: I was taken aback by that peculiar stagecraft, the walking from somewhere in the back of this narrow hall, this winding staircase looming there, the odd anti-bellum look of the scene. Was this some mimicking of a president walking along the state floor to the East Room?
That is SO lame.
"Peculiar stagecraft"?
Obama's Invesco Field temple was beyond peculiar.
It's hilarious that Matthews would accuse Jindal of mimicking a president when Obama used a mock presidential seal when he was just a candidate. Obama trotted around the globe pretending to be president back in July 2008 BEFORE he was officially declared the Democrat Party's nominee.
"Oh God," indeed.
Matthews continues to marginalize himself as a journalist. The man is incapable of doing hard news.
________________
TV Newser also points out that Matthews is being criticized for using "outsource" when discussing Jindal being chosen to deliver the response.
Jindal is an Indian-American whose parents immigrated to the U.S. in 1970.
In every area that was touched on, they had to get an outside guy. They had to outsource the response tonight, the Republican party. They had to outsource it to someone who had nothing to do with Congress because the Republicans in Congress had nothing to do with the programs he was talking about tonight or the record he referred to.
It's nothing new for Chris Matthews to employ ethnic slurs and stereotypes.
Remember how Matthews mocked Joe Lieberman during his 2006 run for the Senate?
Comparing Lieberman and Ned Lamont, Matthews said:
The body language of the two is so different. You have this very wasp-y fellow, Lamont, very calm, very casual, very St. Paul's almost in the prep school sense, Lieberman of course is the schmaltzy ethnic guy, the Uncle Tonoose, you know, the guy that's very much kind of lachrymose in his almost postnasal drip voice of his, but he doesn't look happy.
I don't know why MSNBC sticks with Matthews. He's such an embarrassment.
I guess that does make him a perfect fit for the low-rated, audience-challenged MSNBC.
House Approves Another $410 Billion-Yes I said Billion
The House just approved another $410 billion in spending with 9,000 earmarks after approving the $789 billion Generational Theft Act just 12 days ago.The House has approved $1.2 trillion in spending in 12 days.The vote was mainly among party lines:Obama and Congressional Democrats are expected to spend $3.27 trillion before they are through with their bailouts.FOX News reported:
The Democratic-controlled House approved $410 billion legislation Wednesday that boosted domestic programs, bristled with earmarks and chipped away at policies left behind by the Bush administration. The vote was 245-178, largely along party lines. Republicans assailed the measure as too costly -- particularly on the heels of a $787 billion stimulus bill that President Barack Obama signed last week. But Democrats jabbed back. "The same people who drove the economy into the ditch are now complaining about the size of the tow truck," said Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass., pointing out the large increase in deficits that President George W. Bush and GOP-controlled Congresses amassed. Rep. McGovern, of course, does not want you to know that Democrats have already tripled the "debt left by Bush" over the last two months.
The Democratic-controlled House approved $410 billion legislation Wednesday that boosted domestic programs, bristled with earmarks and chipped away at policies left behind by the Bush administration. The vote was 245-178, largely along party lines. Republicans assailed the measure as too costly -- particularly on the heels of a $787 billion stimulus bill that President Barack Obama signed last week. But Democrats jabbed back. "The same people who drove the economy into the ditch are now complaining about the size of the tow truck," said Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass., pointing out the large increase in deficits that President George W. Bush and GOP-controlled Congresses amassed. Rep. McGovern, of course, does not want you to know that Democrats have already tripled the "debt left by Bush" over the last two months.
The Nobama's Settle On A Dog
Try not to think about the way Chairman Zero is flushing this country's future down the toilet with his multi-$trillion left-wing spending spree. Think of the lighter side: his family is getting a new dog. Michelle has settled on a breed: the Portuguese Water Dog. This rare breed isn't much to look at, but it does possess a symbolically relevant skill:
They are native to Portugal's coast, where they have been used by fishers to herd their catch into nets.
What better sidekick for a socialist ruler? Plus, unlike Plugs, they don't shed.
They are native to Portugal's coast, where they have been used by fishers to herd their catch into nets.
What better sidekick for a socialist ruler? Plus, unlike Plugs, they don't shed.
Nobama's Cousin Meets With Iranian President
Barack Obama's cousin Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Kenya today.Ahmadinejad declared that relations between the regime in Iran and Kenya are improving after the meetings.In 2006 Barack Obama took a trip to Kenya at US taxpayer's expense.While visiting Kenya as a guest of the government Obama campaigned with opposition leader socialist Raila Odinga, who also happens to be his cousin (says Odinga):Odinga's party lost the 2007 election in Kenya.His party claimed the election was rigged in favour of President Mwai Kibaki.Odinga's thugs then went on a rampage killing hundreds of Kenyans and burning churches. At least 600 people died in rioting after the election and 250,000 were displaced. Odinga was accused of ethnic cleansing during the clashes.
Markets Tank Again After Nobamas's Socialist Speech
The media sure loved the socialist big government speech last night by Dear Leader.Unfortunately, the markets didn't.Reuters reported:
The tone was set early by disappointment President Barack Obama shed little new light about how his administration would stabilize the economy in a major speech before Congress.It looks like another Barry Market day.Will Obama and Democrats bust below that 7,000 ceiling? We'll see:Stocks were down this morning by 150 points or 2% today.Maybe the markets were reacting to the Democrat's promise to raise taxes on the rich? Or, maybe it was the talk about raising taxes on businesses? It might have been the promise to spend billions more on another pork-laden bill?Who knows?John at Power Line may have said it best:
Obama is committed to policies that will damage our economy, run up trillions of dollars in debt, increase taxes, cause inflation, make the nation less competitive, feed unproductive Democratic Party constituencies at the expense of the "real" economy, and make the United States weaker abroad. He can give any number of speeches, and Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and their cohorts will applaud. But reality will not yield so easily.We're seeing that in the market's reaction today.
The tone was set early by disappointment President Barack Obama shed little new light about how his administration would stabilize the economy in a major speech before Congress.It looks like another Barry Market day.Will Obama and Democrats bust below that 7,000 ceiling? We'll see:Stocks were down this morning by 150 points or 2% today.Maybe the markets were reacting to the Democrat's promise to raise taxes on the rich? Or, maybe it was the talk about raising taxes on businesses? It might have been the promise to spend billions more on another pork-laden bill?Who knows?John at Power Line may have said it best:
Obama is committed to policies that will damage our economy, run up trillions of dollars in debt, increase taxes, cause inflation, make the nation less competitive, feed unproductive Democratic Party constituencies at the expense of the "real" economy, and make the United States weaker abroad. He can give any number of speeches, and Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and their cohorts will applaud. But reality will not yield so easily.We're seeing that in the market's reaction today.
Mortgage Bailout For Illegals
Illegal aliens can apply for mortgage relief under the Obama administration's $275 billion plan, according to immigration experts and a group the government will use to help homeowners modify loans.
Steven Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C., told WND approximately 1 million households headed by illegal immigrants acquired mortgages through the beginning of 2007, before the housing bubble burst.
"There is no legal prohibition against illegal immigrants owning homes," he said, "and in most cases mortgage lenders will accept a taxpayer ID or a Matricula Consular card issued by a Mexican Consulate office as identification to illegal immigrants from Mexico."
Are you stunned the government plans to pay the mortgages of homeowners behind on their payments? Get the brand new bumper sticker making its debut on highways and byways across America – "Honk if you will pay my mortgage."
Chad Buchanan, a manager at SaveMyHomeUSA – a group cooperating with the Obama administration that assists homeowners facing foreclosure – told WND illegal immigrants who own a home "could certainly apply under our program."
"We don't target or go after illegal immigrant customers," he said. "But if an illegal immigrant owns a home legally, we could try to help them under our program.
SaveMyHomeUSA is seeking job applications for loan modification processors to work in the Obama administration mortgage modification program.
"A lot of mortgage modifiers out there never ask about the legal immigration status of the homeowner, and we do not ask either," Buchanan said. "This is the first time I've had that question asked. All we are looking to do is to modify the current note, regardless what the legal immigration status of the client.
A mass marketed e-mail from Nicole Mercier at SaveMyHomeUSA tells prospects for the loan modification processor positions that the government "has provided billions of dollars to help people save their homes from foreclosure."
"We are the largest loan modification processing company in the country, and we are looking for individuals, like you, who can help us process these applications, and also find those that are in need of mortgage reduction through this program," the e-mail continued.
"You do not need a license or a certification to become a partner in this program," Mercier emphasized. "The pay is a minimum of $600 per processed loan modification file. We are currently processing over 1,000 modifications a month, if you would like to become a business partner, call today."
Mercier's e-mail was posted on an Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, or ALIPAC, bulletin board.
ALIPAC's president, William Gheen, told WND the e-mail from SaveMyHomeUSA "not only looks like illegal immigrants could refinance their own homes under the Obama mortgage modification program, they could also apply to become loan modification brokers, so they could help other illegal immigrants refinance
their mortgages."
The New York Post reported that in seven of the 10 metro areas with the highest foreclosure rates in the U.S., Hispanics were at least one-third of the population. In two of these areas – Merced and Salinas-Monterey, Calif. – Hispanics constituted half the population.
The Post also reported that the La Raza Development Fund has received millions in federal funds to counsel their constituents on obtaining “no money down” home mortgage loans.
Steven Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C., told WND approximately 1 million households headed by illegal immigrants acquired mortgages through the beginning of 2007, before the housing bubble burst.
"There is no legal prohibition against illegal immigrants owning homes," he said, "and in most cases mortgage lenders will accept a taxpayer ID or a Matricula Consular card issued by a Mexican Consulate office as identification to illegal immigrants from Mexico."
Are you stunned the government plans to pay the mortgages of homeowners behind on their payments? Get the brand new bumper sticker making its debut on highways and byways across America – "Honk if you will pay my mortgage."
Chad Buchanan, a manager at SaveMyHomeUSA – a group cooperating with the Obama administration that assists homeowners facing foreclosure – told WND illegal immigrants who own a home "could certainly apply under our program."
"We don't target or go after illegal immigrant customers," he said. "But if an illegal immigrant owns a home legally, we could try to help them under our program.
SaveMyHomeUSA is seeking job applications for loan modification processors to work in the Obama administration mortgage modification program.
"A lot of mortgage modifiers out there never ask about the legal immigration status of the homeowner, and we do not ask either," Buchanan said. "This is the first time I've had that question asked. All we are looking to do is to modify the current note, regardless what the legal immigration status of the client.
A mass marketed e-mail from Nicole Mercier at SaveMyHomeUSA tells prospects for the loan modification processor positions that the government "has provided billions of dollars to help people save their homes from foreclosure."
"We are the largest loan modification processing company in the country, and we are looking for individuals, like you, who can help us process these applications, and also find those that are in need of mortgage reduction through this program," the e-mail continued.
"You do not need a license or a certification to become a partner in this program," Mercier emphasized. "The pay is a minimum of $600 per processed loan modification file. We are currently processing over 1,000 modifications a month, if you would like to become a business partner, call today."
Mercier's e-mail was posted on an Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, or ALIPAC, bulletin board.
ALIPAC's president, William Gheen, told WND the e-mail from SaveMyHomeUSA "not only looks like illegal immigrants could refinance their own homes under the Obama mortgage modification program, they could also apply to become loan modification brokers, so they could help other illegal immigrants refinance
their mortgages."
The New York Post reported that in seven of the 10 metro areas with the highest foreclosure rates in the U.S., Hispanics were at least one-third of the population. In two of these areas – Merced and Salinas-Monterey, Calif. – Hispanics constituted half the population.
The Post also reported that the La Raza Development Fund has received millions in federal funds to counsel their constituents on obtaining “no money down” home mortgage loans.
Nobama Addresses Congress Yesterday--And Lies
A Day of Reckoning
President Obama addresses Congress and speaks to the American people on his plans for America.
Excerpts from his speech are here.
** Here is a transcript of his speech.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg received a warm welcome tonight. She is battling pancreatic cancer and had surgery just two weeks ago.
Jennifer Loven already filed her review of tonight's speech. She even included her AP complete with her attacks on Republicans.
Obama opens up-- Crisis in Ameria, *drink*
Obama bashes the American people, *drink*
Obama "I don't believe in bigger government." A lie- *drink* twice
Obama's tax cuts will begin on April Fools Day. That's fitting.
Some are skeptical whether this gigantic Generational Theft Act will work.
That's why Joe Biden is the Spendulus czar-- Nobody messes with Joe.
The cameras are now focusing on tax cheat Timothy Geithner as Obama talks about credit and banking crisis.
Pelosi's blinking is distracting.
I will not spend a single penny to help a Wall Street executive, *drink*
...It's not about helping banks its about helping people.
The mountain of debt our children will inherit, *drink*
Energy--
China has launched the largest effort to make their country energy independent(?)
It is time for America to lead again in green energy initiatives.
We will double the nation's supply of renewable energy in the next 3 years.
We will lay down thousands of miles of power lines.
(This will cost billions.)
Obama introduces cap and trade. What a horrible idea.
This will cost America millions of jobs.
Health Care--
We can no longer afford to put healthcare reform on hold.
It's time.
Congress already passed legislation to cover children who's parents work fulltime (and make up to $80K a year)
Obama says he will seek a cure for cancer in our time.
Comprehensive healthcare reform. It's a step we must take to bring down our deficit(?)
Healthcare reform cannot wait another year.
Education--
Every child will have access to a complete and competitive education from the day they are born to the day they are ready to enter the work force.
Obama asks every American for one year or more of a post high school education.
REPUBLICANS APPLAUD to the promise to not leave deficit to our children. A lie!
A plan free of Earmarks --- A HUGE LIE!
The democrats are shameless. Absolutely shameless.
We will cut weapons systems.
We will end tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas.
We will end tax breaks for rich.
He's full of it. Your tax cut checks are on the way.
Obama will regain your trust.
No longer will we hide the price of war.
(Was it really hidden?)
By the way... Democrats have already spent twice as much as the cost of the War in Iraq already.
I am closing Gitmo. Living our values makes us safer.
The United States of America does not torture. *drink*
Hope is found in unlikely places.
Obama talks about Greensburg Kansas... That rings a bell.
Surprise... As his speech ends, the cut and runner does not mention any military heroes.
UPDATE: Paul at Power Line called it, "Obama's magical mystery tour."
John at Power Line is not so kind:
The problem with governing is that he will now have to take responsibility for his decisions. Obama is committed to policies that will damage our economy, run up trillions of dollars in debt, increase taxes, cause inflation, make the nation less competitive, feed unproductive Democratic Party constituencies at the expense of the "real" economy, and make the United States weaker abroad. He can give any number of speeches, and Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and their cohorts will applaud. But reality will not yield so easily.
Well said.
UPDATE 2: The media is predictably awed by Dear Leader's socialist speech.
President Obama addresses Congress and speaks to the American people on his plans for America.
Excerpts from his speech are here.
** Here is a transcript of his speech.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg received a warm welcome tonight. She is battling pancreatic cancer and had surgery just two weeks ago.
Jennifer Loven already filed her review of tonight's speech. She even included her AP complete with her attacks on Republicans.
Obama opens up-- Crisis in Ameria, *drink*
Obama bashes the American people, *drink*
Obama "I don't believe in bigger government." A lie- *drink* twice
Obama's tax cuts will begin on April Fools Day. That's fitting.
Some are skeptical whether this gigantic Generational Theft Act will work.
That's why Joe Biden is the Spendulus czar-- Nobody messes with Joe.
The cameras are now focusing on tax cheat Timothy Geithner as Obama talks about credit and banking crisis.
Pelosi's blinking is distracting.
I will not spend a single penny to help a Wall Street executive, *drink*
...It's not about helping banks its about helping people.
The mountain of debt our children will inherit, *drink*
Energy--
China has launched the largest effort to make their country energy independent(?)
It is time for America to lead again in green energy initiatives.
We will double the nation's supply of renewable energy in the next 3 years.
We will lay down thousands of miles of power lines.
(This will cost billions.)
Obama introduces cap and trade. What a horrible idea.
This will cost America millions of jobs.
Health Care--
We can no longer afford to put healthcare reform on hold.
It's time.
Congress already passed legislation to cover children who's parents work fulltime (and make up to $80K a year)
Obama says he will seek a cure for cancer in our time.
Comprehensive healthcare reform. It's a step we must take to bring down our deficit(?)
Healthcare reform cannot wait another year.
Education--
Every child will have access to a complete and competitive education from the day they are born to the day they are ready to enter the work force.
Obama asks every American for one year or more of a post high school education.
REPUBLICANS APPLAUD to the promise to not leave deficit to our children. A lie!
A plan free of Earmarks --- A HUGE LIE!
The democrats are shameless. Absolutely shameless.
We will cut weapons systems.
We will end tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas.
We will end tax breaks for rich.
He's full of it. Your tax cut checks are on the way.
Obama will regain your trust.
No longer will we hide the price of war.
(Was it really hidden?)
By the way... Democrats have already spent twice as much as the cost of the War in Iraq already.
I am closing Gitmo. Living our values makes us safer.
The United States of America does not torture. *drink*
Hope is found in unlikely places.
Obama talks about Greensburg Kansas... That rings a bell.
Surprise... As his speech ends, the cut and runner does not mention any military heroes.
UPDATE: Paul at Power Line called it, "Obama's magical mystery tour."
John at Power Line is not so kind:
The problem with governing is that he will now have to take responsibility for his decisions. Obama is committed to policies that will damage our economy, run up trillions of dollars in debt, increase taxes, cause inflation, make the nation less competitive, feed unproductive Democratic Party constituencies at the expense of the "real" economy, and make the United States weaker abroad. He can give any number of speeches, and Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and their cohorts will applaud. But reality will not yield so easily.
Well said.
UPDATE 2: The media is predictably awed by Dear Leader's socialist speech.
Bush Doing Better Than Obama After First Month
Obviously, despite the Obamedia, not all Americans are impressed with the historic trillion dollar spending and weakening of America by Dear Leader and the Democratic Congress.Obama has already blown at least twice as much money in his first month in office as the total cost of the Iraq War.NewsBusters reported:
Well, before Obama stepped in front of Congress this evening, Gallup published the following:
For the first time since Gallup began tracking Barack Obama's presidential job approval rating on Jan. 21, fewer than 60% of Americans approve of the job he is doing as president. In Feb. 21-23 polling, 59% of Americans give Obama a positive review, while 25% say they disapprove, and 16% have no opinion.Almost exactly eight years ago, then newly-elected President Bush's numbers were 62 percent approving his performance, 21 percent disapproving, and 17 percent having no opinion.
Well, before Obama stepped in front of Congress this evening, Gallup published the following:
For the first time since Gallup began tracking Barack Obama's presidential job approval rating on Jan. 21, fewer than 60% of Americans approve of the job he is doing as president. In Feb. 21-23 polling, 59% of Americans give Obama a positive review, while 25% say they disapprove, and 16% have no opinion.Almost exactly eight years ago, then newly-elected President Bush's numbers were 62 percent approving his performance, 21 percent disapproving, and 17 percent having no opinion.
Bobby Jindal For President-Answer To Nobama's Socialist Speech Last Night
"We Believe Americans Can Do Anything"Governor Bobby Jindal was fantastic tonight. He delivered the Republican rebuttal to the Democrat's irresponsible spending plan.Jindal's message of individual freedom, economic freedom, personal responsibility and hope was a stark contrast from the unrealistic garbage that we heard from the socialist Messiah before him.Democrats place their hope in government.We place our hope in you the American people."We Believe Americans Can Do Anything."This was a terrific speech.Jindal has a tremendous amount of charisma.Here is the full transcript of the speech.
"Good evening. I'm Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana.Tonight, we witnessed a great moment in the history of our Republic. In the very chamber where Congress once voted to abolish slavery, our first African-American President stepped forward to address the state of our union. With his speech tonight, the President completed a redemptive journey that took our nation from Independence Hall . to Gettysburg . to the lunch counter . and now, finally, the Oval Office. Regardless of party, all Americans are moved by the President's personal story -- the son of an American mother and a Kenyan father, who grew up to become leader of the free world. Like the President's father, my parents came to this country from a distant land. When they arrived in Baton Rouge, my mother was already 4 ½ months pregnant. I was what folks in the insurance industry now call a 'pre-existing condition.' To find work, my dad picked up the yellow pages and started calling local businesses. Even after landing a job, he could still not afford to pay for my delivery -- so he worked out an installment plan with the doctor. Fortunately for me, he never missed a payment. As I grew up, my mom and dad taught me the values that attracted them to this country -- and they instilled in me an immigrant's wonder at the greatness of America. As a child, I remember going to the grocery store with my dad. Growing up in India, he had seen extreme poverty. And as we walked through the aisles, looking at the endless variety on the shelves, he would tell me: 'Bobby, Americans can do anything.' I still believe that to this day. Americans can do anything. When we pull together, there is no challenge we cannot overcome.As the President made clear this evening, we are now in a time of challenge. Many of you listening tonight have lost jobs. Others have seen your college and retirement savings dwindle. Many of.......Let me tell you a story.During Katrina, I visited Sheriff Harry Lee, a Democrat and a good friend of mine. When I walked into his makeshift office I'd never seen him so angry. He was yelling into the phone: 'Well, I'm the Sheriff and if you don't like it you can come and arrest me!' I asked him: 'Sheriff, what's got you so mad?' He told me that he had put out a call for volunteers to come with their boats to rescue people who were trapped on their rooftops by the floodwaters. The boats were all lined up ready to go -- when some bureaucrat showed up and told them they couldn't go out on the water unless they had proof of insurance and registration. I told him, 'Sheriff, that's ridiculous.' And before I knew it, he was yelling into the phone: 'Congressman Jindal is here, and he says you can come and arrest him too!' Harry just told the boaters to ignore the bureaucrats and start rescuing people. There is a lesson in this experience: The strength of America is not found in our government. It is found in the compassionate hearts and enterprising spirit of our citizens. We are grateful for the support we have received from across the nation for the ongoing recovery efforts. This spirit got Louisiana through the hurricanes -- and this spirit will get our nation through the storms we face today.To solve our current problems, Washington must lead. But the way to lead is not to raise taxes and put more money and power in hands of Washington politicians. The way to lead is by empowering you -- the American people. Because we believe that Americans can do anything. That is why Republicans put forward plans to create jobs by lowering income tax rates for working families, cutting taxes for small businesses, strengthening incentives for businesses to invest in new equipment and hire new workers, and stabilizing home values by creating a new tax credit for home-buyers. These plans would cost less and create more jobs. But Democratic leaders in Congress rejected this approach. Instead of trusting us to make wise decisions with our own money, they passed the largest government spending bill in history -- with a price tag of more than $1 trillion with interest. While some of the projects in the bill make sense, their legislation is larded with wasteful spending. It includes $300 million to buy new cars for the government, $8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a 'magnetic levitation' line from Las Vegas to Disneyland, and $140 million for something called 'volcano monitoring.' Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, DC. Democratic leaders say their legislation will grow the economy. What it will do is grow the government, increase our taxes down the line and saddle future generations with debt. Who among us would ask our children for a loan, so we could spend money we do not have, on things we do not need? That is precisely what the Democrats in Congress just did. It's irresponsible. And it's no way to strengthen our economy, create jobs or build a prosperous future for our children. In Louisiana, we took a different approach. Since I became governor, we cut more than 250 earmarks from our state budget. And to create jobs for our citizens, we cut taxes six times -- including the largest income tax cut in the history of our state. We passed those tax cuts with bipartisan majorities. Republicans and Democrats put aside their differences, and worked together to make sure our people could keep more of what they earn. If it can be done in Baton Rouge, surely it can be done in Washington, DC.To strengthen our economy, we need urgent action to keep energy prices down. All of us remember what it felt like to pay $4 at the pump -- and unless we act now, those prices will return. To stop that from happening, we need to increase conservation, increase energy efficiency, increase the use of alternative and renewable fuels, increase our use of nuclear power, and increase drilling for oil and gas here at home. We believe that Americans can do anything -- and if we unleash the innovative spirit of our citizens, we can achieve energy independence.To strengthen our economy, we also need to address the crisis in health care. Republicans believe in a simple principle: No American should have to worry about losing their health coverage - period. We stand for universal access to affordable health care coverage. We oppose universal government-run health care. Health care decisions should be made by doctors and patients -- not by government bureaucrats. We believe Americans can do anything -- and if we put aside partisan politics and work together, we can make our system of private medicine affordable and accessible for every one of our citizens. To strengthen our economy, we also need to make sure every child in America gets the best possible education. After Katrina, we reinvented the New Orleans school system -- opening dozens of new charter schools, and creating a new scholarship program that is giving parents the chance to send their children to private or parochial schools of their choice. We believe that, with the proper education, the children of America can do anything. And it should not take a devastating storm to bring this kind of innovation to education in our country. To strengthen our economy, we must promote confidence in America by ensuring ours is the most ethical and transparent system in the world. In my home state, there used to be saying: At any given time, half of Louisiana is under water -- and the other half is under indictment. No one says that anymore. Last year, we passed some of the strongest ethics laws in the nation -- and today, Louisiana has turned her back on the corruption of the past. We need to bring transparency to Washington, DC -- so we can rid our Capitol of corruption and ensure we never see the passage of another trillion dollar spending bill that Congress has not even read and the American people haven't even seen.As we take these steps, we must remember for all our troubles at home, dangerous enemies still seek our destruction. Now is no time to dismantle the defenses that have protected this country for hundreds of years, or make deep cuts in funding for our troops. America's fighting men and women can do anything. And if we give them the resources they need, they will stay on the offensive, defeat our enemies and protect us from harm.In all these areas, Republicans want to work with President Obama. We appreciate his message of hope -- but sometimes it seems we look for hope in different places. Democratic leaders in Washington place their hope in the federal government. We place our hope in you -- the American people.In the end, it comes down to an honest and fundamental disagreement about the proper role of government. We oppose the National Democrats' view that says -- the way to strengthen our country is to increase dependence on government. We believe the way to strengthen our country is to restrain spending in Washington, and empower individuals and small businesses to grow our economy and create jobs. In recent years, these distinctions in philosophy became less clear -- because our party got away from its principles. You elected Republicans to champion limited government, fiscal discipline, and personal responsibility. Instead, Republicans went along with earmarks and big government spending in Washington. Republicans lost your trust -- and rightly so.Tonight, on behalf of our leaders in Congress and my fellow Republican governors, I say: Our party is determined to regain your trust. We will do so by standing up for the principles that we share -- the principles you elected us to fight for -- the principles that built this into the greatest, most prosperous country on earth. A few weeks ago, the President warned that our nation is facing a crisis that he said 'we may not be able to reverse.' Our troubles are real, to be sure. But don't let anyone tell you that we cannot recover -- or that America's best days are behind her. This is the nation that cast off the scourge of slavery, overcame the Great Depression, prevailed in two World Wars, won the struggle for civil rights, defeated the Soviet menace, and responded with determined courage to the attacks of September 11, 2001. The American spirit has triumphed over almost every form of adversity known to man -- and the American spirit will triumph again. We can have confidence in our future -- because, amid today's challenges, we also count many blessings: We have the most innovative citizens --the most abundant resources -- the most resilient economy -- the most powerful military -- and the freest political system in the history of the world. My fellow citizens, never forget: We are Americans. And like my Dad said years ago, Americans can do anything. Thank you for listening. God bless you. And God bless America."More... Luntz’s focus group liked Jindal.UPDATE: Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) also issued a web statement in response to President Obama’s address here.
"Good evening. I'm Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana.Tonight, we witnessed a great moment in the history of our Republic. In the very chamber where Congress once voted to abolish slavery, our first African-American President stepped forward to address the state of our union. With his speech tonight, the President completed a redemptive journey that took our nation from Independence Hall . to Gettysburg . to the lunch counter . and now, finally, the Oval Office. Regardless of party, all Americans are moved by the President's personal story -- the son of an American mother and a Kenyan father, who grew up to become leader of the free world. Like the President's father, my parents came to this country from a distant land. When they arrived in Baton Rouge, my mother was already 4 ½ months pregnant. I was what folks in the insurance industry now call a 'pre-existing condition.' To find work, my dad picked up the yellow pages and started calling local businesses. Even after landing a job, he could still not afford to pay for my delivery -- so he worked out an installment plan with the doctor. Fortunately for me, he never missed a payment. As I grew up, my mom and dad taught me the values that attracted them to this country -- and they instilled in me an immigrant's wonder at the greatness of America. As a child, I remember going to the grocery store with my dad. Growing up in India, he had seen extreme poverty. And as we walked through the aisles, looking at the endless variety on the shelves, he would tell me: 'Bobby, Americans can do anything.' I still believe that to this day. Americans can do anything. When we pull together, there is no challenge we cannot overcome.As the President made clear this evening, we are now in a time of challenge. Many of you listening tonight have lost jobs. Others have seen your college and retirement savings dwindle. Many of.......Let me tell you a story.During Katrina, I visited Sheriff Harry Lee, a Democrat and a good friend of mine. When I walked into his makeshift office I'd never seen him so angry. He was yelling into the phone: 'Well, I'm the Sheriff and if you don't like it you can come and arrest me!' I asked him: 'Sheriff, what's got you so mad?' He told me that he had put out a call for volunteers to come with their boats to rescue people who were trapped on their rooftops by the floodwaters. The boats were all lined up ready to go -- when some bureaucrat showed up and told them they couldn't go out on the water unless they had proof of insurance and registration. I told him, 'Sheriff, that's ridiculous.' And before I knew it, he was yelling into the phone: 'Congressman Jindal is here, and he says you can come and arrest him too!' Harry just told the boaters to ignore the bureaucrats and start rescuing people. There is a lesson in this experience: The strength of America is not found in our government. It is found in the compassionate hearts and enterprising spirit of our citizens. We are grateful for the support we have received from across the nation for the ongoing recovery efforts. This spirit got Louisiana through the hurricanes -- and this spirit will get our nation through the storms we face today.To solve our current problems, Washington must lead. But the way to lead is not to raise taxes and put more money and power in hands of Washington politicians. The way to lead is by empowering you -- the American people. Because we believe that Americans can do anything. That is why Republicans put forward plans to create jobs by lowering income tax rates for working families, cutting taxes for small businesses, strengthening incentives for businesses to invest in new equipment and hire new workers, and stabilizing home values by creating a new tax credit for home-buyers. These plans would cost less and create more jobs. But Democratic leaders in Congress rejected this approach. Instead of trusting us to make wise decisions with our own money, they passed the largest government spending bill in history -- with a price tag of more than $1 trillion with interest. While some of the projects in the bill make sense, their legislation is larded with wasteful spending. It includes $300 million to buy new cars for the government, $8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a 'magnetic levitation' line from Las Vegas to Disneyland, and $140 million for something called 'volcano monitoring.' Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, DC. Democratic leaders say their legislation will grow the economy. What it will do is grow the government, increase our taxes down the line and saddle future generations with debt. Who among us would ask our children for a loan, so we could spend money we do not have, on things we do not need? That is precisely what the Democrats in Congress just did. It's irresponsible. And it's no way to strengthen our economy, create jobs or build a prosperous future for our children. In Louisiana, we took a different approach. Since I became governor, we cut more than 250 earmarks from our state budget. And to create jobs for our citizens, we cut taxes six times -- including the largest income tax cut in the history of our state. We passed those tax cuts with bipartisan majorities. Republicans and Democrats put aside their differences, and worked together to make sure our people could keep more of what they earn. If it can be done in Baton Rouge, surely it can be done in Washington, DC.To strengthen our economy, we need urgent action to keep energy prices down. All of us remember what it felt like to pay $4 at the pump -- and unless we act now, those prices will return. To stop that from happening, we need to increase conservation, increase energy efficiency, increase the use of alternative and renewable fuels, increase our use of nuclear power, and increase drilling for oil and gas here at home. We believe that Americans can do anything -- and if we unleash the innovative spirit of our citizens, we can achieve energy independence.To strengthen our economy, we also need to address the crisis in health care. Republicans believe in a simple principle: No American should have to worry about losing their health coverage - period. We stand for universal access to affordable health care coverage. We oppose universal government-run health care. Health care decisions should be made by doctors and patients -- not by government bureaucrats. We believe Americans can do anything -- and if we put aside partisan politics and work together, we can make our system of private medicine affordable and accessible for every one of our citizens. To strengthen our economy, we also need to make sure every child in America gets the best possible education. After Katrina, we reinvented the New Orleans school system -- opening dozens of new charter schools, and creating a new scholarship program that is giving parents the chance to send their children to private or parochial schools of their choice. We believe that, with the proper education, the children of America can do anything. And it should not take a devastating storm to bring this kind of innovation to education in our country. To strengthen our economy, we must promote confidence in America by ensuring ours is the most ethical and transparent system in the world. In my home state, there used to be saying: At any given time, half of Louisiana is under water -- and the other half is under indictment. No one says that anymore. Last year, we passed some of the strongest ethics laws in the nation -- and today, Louisiana has turned her back on the corruption of the past. We need to bring transparency to Washington, DC -- so we can rid our Capitol of corruption and ensure we never see the passage of another trillion dollar spending bill that Congress has not even read and the American people haven't even seen.As we take these steps, we must remember for all our troubles at home, dangerous enemies still seek our destruction. Now is no time to dismantle the defenses that have protected this country for hundreds of years, or make deep cuts in funding for our troops. America's fighting men and women can do anything. And if we give them the resources they need, they will stay on the offensive, defeat our enemies and protect us from harm.In all these areas, Republicans want to work with President Obama. We appreciate his message of hope -- but sometimes it seems we look for hope in different places. Democratic leaders in Washington place their hope in the federal government. We place our hope in you -- the American people.In the end, it comes down to an honest and fundamental disagreement about the proper role of government. We oppose the National Democrats' view that says -- the way to strengthen our country is to increase dependence on government. We believe the way to strengthen our country is to restrain spending in Washington, and empower individuals and small businesses to grow our economy and create jobs. In recent years, these distinctions in philosophy became less clear -- because our party got away from its principles. You elected Republicans to champion limited government, fiscal discipline, and personal responsibility. Instead, Republicans went along with earmarks and big government spending in Washington. Republicans lost your trust -- and rightly so.Tonight, on behalf of our leaders in Congress and my fellow Republican governors, I say: Our party is determined to regain your trust. We will do so by standing up for the principles that we share -- the principles you elected us to fight for -- the principles that built this into the greatest, most prosperous country on earth. A few weeks ago, the President warned that our nation is facing a crisis that he said 'we may not be able to reverse.' Our troubles are real, to be sure. But don't let anyone tell you that we cannot recover -- or that America's best days are behind her. This is the nation that cast off the scourge of slavery, overcame the Great Depression, prevailed in two World Wars, won the struggle for civil rights, defeated the Soviet menace, and responded with determined courage to the attacks of September 11, 2001. The American spirit has triumphed over almost every form of adversity known to man -- and the American spirit will triumph again. We can have confidence in our future -- because, amid today's challenges, we also count many blessings: We have the most innovative citizens --the most abundant resources -- the most resilient economy -- the most powerful military -- and the freest political system in the history of the world. My fellow citizens, never forget: We are Americans. And like my Dad said years ago, Americans can do anything. Thank you for listening. God bless you. And God bless America."More... Luntz’s focus group liked Jindal.UPDATE: Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) also issued a web statement in response to President Obama’s address here.
Open Letter From The National Republic Trust-OBAMA'S THREE BIG LIES
Dear Reader:
Let me tell you the real reason Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid pushed through the biggest spending bill in history — without proper debate, without Republican input, and without any public scrutiny at all.
Simply, they are trying to turn the United States into a one-party country and to put the Republican Party out of business once and for all.
The massive appropriation called a stimulus — some $787 billion of your money — is really a political war chest for the Democrats.
They want to change the face of American politics forever, and they want to use your taxpayer money to do it.
They want to use billions from our treasury to reward their political friends — and have huge amounts of cash to dole out before the 2010 and 2012 elections.
Some people have wondered why, if the country is in dire need of emergency “stimulus,” most of the money appropriated by this law will not even be spent this year.
Instead, spending will go on for five to 10 years.
There is no mystery here, as the answer is simple: These billions in taxpayer funds will fund the Democratic political machine for many years to come.
Chicago Machine Takes Over Washington
You must remember — the media won't tell you this — that Barack Obama is a product of the corrupt political machine in Chicago headed by Mayor Richard Daley.
Chicago is run as a one-party city. The Democratic political machine and the government are one in the same.
Just like we saw recently in Congress, there is no real debate in Chicago. Deals are brokered in the back rooms among the ward leaders, the mayor and their cronies.
What the political machine decides, the public has to accept it. The city council serves simply as a rubber stamp — much the same way the Congress just acted for Obama.
And public money in Chicago is used to protect and serve the interests of the machine.
Obama — as I will reveal to you with the stimulus plan — is simply replicating the Chicago machine in Washington.
It is a frightening thought because our freedoms depend on a vibrant two-party system.
But that's what you believe, not what Obama and his crew believe.
Barack Obama and his Chicago gang, which includes his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, also a congressman from the Chicago machine, have a starkly different view.
They want a one-party system headed by a strong man.
We at The National Republican Trust PAC are deeply troubled not only by how much the stimulus plan spends but also the way it was implemented.
We just witnessed how the basic and open democratic process of our republic was flouted.
We fear that the actions by Obama and Congress that we just witnessed threaten the very foundation of our republic.
Consider that we have long believed America is the greatest democracy in the world.
Yet Congress passed the largest spending bill in its history — by essentially suspending vital democratic processes, including debate and public examination of the pending law.
We know that the Democrats, working late into the night, secretly agreed to a “compromise” bill among themselves — and then refused even to share it with Republicans or the public until just hours before the bill went to the floor for a vote.
The final stimulus bill was 1,079 pages long. We know Barack Obama never read the bill.
Many members of Congress have admitted not one senator or congressman even read the bill before they voted for it!
The Democrats say they suspended normal procedures because the country so desperately needed to avoid what Barack Obama said was an economic “catastrophe.”
The bill apparently was so urgent that the Democrats even excluded Republican leaders from any involvement in negotiations on it.
When, in our republic, does Congress simply vote on a bill when its members have no idea what it says?
And, how could congressional leaders like Pelosi and Reid, as well as President Obama, present a monumental law but not allow even one day of scrutiny by Congress, its staffs or the public?
Help us fight the takeover of Congress and Washington — Go Here Now.
Big Lie No. 1: The Emergency
They told us that the country is in such a dire situation that it was an emergency.
That was Big Lie No. 1: The bill was not an emergency measure.
This was a ruse. They falsely claimed it was an emergency bill to cut off all debate.
The lie about the urgency was made clear when President Obama, rather than immediately signing the bill, went on vacation to celebrate Valentine's Day with his wife in Chicago. [Amazingly he had been in Washington less than a month before he took his first vacation!]
In fact, Obama took almost four days to sign this “urgent” bill.
Big Lie No. 2: Immediate Stimulus
And then there is Big Lie No. 2: The bill offered immediate help to our ailing economy.
The truth: The bill does not offer significant, immediate stimulus.
Most of the stimulus money won't even be spent this year, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office!
And the CBO has warned that the bill actually will hurt long-term economic growth.
Infrastructure programs, including items such as $8 billion for a high-speed train between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, will take a decade or longer to complete — if environmentalists ever let the project begin.
Republican traitor Arlen Specter, who backed the stimulus bill, got more than $6 billion in the bill for “medical research” — another lulu that has nothing to do with immediate economic stimulus.
Big Lie No. 3: Bipartisan Support
Then there is Big Lie No. 3: This bill was a bipartisan effort to save the economy.
It was anything but.
Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham said bluntly: “If this is going to be bipartisanship, the country's screwed."
Indeed, every Republican in the House voted against the bill, along with six courageous Democratic congressmen.
In the Senate, almost every Republican opposed the bill except three liberals: Sens. Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins and Arlen Specter.
Obama promised he would change the “old politics” of Washington. Instead, he is playing hardball partisan Democratic politics of the Chicago type.
He has used the weakening economy as his Reichstag fire event to get to pass an incredible amount of money so he could funnel huge amounts of pork and political payoffs to his Democratic cronies and allies.
And now, he is even talking about a second stimulus program! Why not? Congress just passed his first bill without even reading it! What a joke . . .
Help us expose Obama's Big Lies — Donate to Our Campaign — Go Here Now.
The Real Purpose: Abolish the GOP
I have no doubt what the real purpose of the stimulus bill was.
Simply, it was to lay the ground work of the remaking of America's political system into a one-party system.
Yes, a one-party socialist state that destroyed countries like Mexico.
We have seen what one-party rule has done to cities like Cleveland, Detroit, other cities — and corrupt Chicago.
The media will never tell you this, but that's the real agenda behind the Obama stimulus bill.
This is why so little of the stimulus is spent now, but spread out over several years.
This means Obama and Democrats will have hundreds of billions to disburse to their supporters, creating a new party cadre that will help them win re-election in 2010 and 2012.
Don't believe me?
Well, we all know the fraud perpetrated by groups like ACORN to register Democratic voters.
In the run-up to the 2009 election, millions of new “voters” were registered – and it clearly helped elect Obama – and gave the Democrats big majorities in the House and Senate.
Their game plan for 2008 worked. Now they want to use public funds — our tax dollars — to pay for more of their political activities.
For example, the final stimulus bill gives $3 billion to groups like ACORN.
Consider that, in 2008, Obama claimed that he raised $750 million for his campaign. Compared with that amount, ACORN's $3 billion is staggering.
No doubt, these billions will help ACORN in its political work of “community organizing” — a euphemism for Democratic activitism.
We don't have billions — we need your help to fight — Go Here Now.
But it's not just ACORN who is getting “stimulus.”
The bulk of the Obama stimulus goes directly to the powerful government employee unions that helped get Obama elected and are the backbone, the shock troops, of the Democratic Party.
Amazingly, it's been estimated that half of the stimulus appropriation directly benefits government employee and service employees union that played key roles in Obama's election.
Second, the bill gives tens of billions to state and local governments to dole out to their cronies. This means there will be even less accountability by Congress.
And then there are massive payoffs to the special interests to the Democratic Party, with giveaways such as $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts, $300 million for new cars for government bureaucrats, $1.2 billion for “youth activities,” tens of billions for “green, environmental and energy programs” — they even include $3.7 billion to help “green” military bases and another $125 million to restore “abandoned mines.”
Shockingly, the bill creates 33 new government programs!
The stimulus money will give the Democrats the opportunity to become the dominant political party for the next generation.
Counter the Democratic machine by helping us today — Go Here Now.
Our Plan to Stop Obama
Despite the massive political payouts Obama, Reid and Pelosi are funneling to their allies across the country, they can still be stopped.
The polls show Americans want a two-party system. They don't want corrupt, Chicago-style politics in Washington.
They don't want their taxpayer funds used for political shenanigans and payoffs.
We at The National Republican Trust PAC want to expose the incredible rip-off the stimulus bill will be to the taxpayers.
If Americans knew that the bill would place an additional $9,400 in debt upon each household in America, they would be appalled.
If Americans knew the extent to which this bill is going for political payoffs to groups like ACORN, they would be outraged.
We know that Americans will wake up to what Congress has perpetrated on them with this stimulus.
But we also know we can't rely on the media to tell the facts.
This is why we want to keep up our media efforts to expose Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.
We now know they have a radical plan for the nation.
There are already calls among Democrats for a new Fairness Doctrine to close down talk radio and hosts like Rush, Hannity, Boortz, Beck, Savage and others.
The Democrats are already talking about legalizing 12 million illegals, making them citizens and voters overnight.
They know that, if they do this, they will instantly change the political landscape in the nation for a generation or more.
This is why your support for The National Republican Trust PAC is critical — Go Here Now.
This is why we urgently have launched a media campaign in exposing Sen. Specter in Pennsylvania and Sens. Snowe and Collins in Maine. We want their constituents to know exactly how their senators voted against the public's best interests.
We also have targeted Democratic senators like Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas.
We are doing this because we know that Obama is passing sweeping legislation, and that we need to put these senators and congressmen on notice: If they vote for Obama's plan, they will pay a heave price back home among their voters.
We at The National Republican Trust PAC have already played a critical role. We were a key factor in Sen. Saxby Chambliss' landslide victory in the special Senate run-off in Georgia.
CNN has called us one of the most “powerful” political action committees in the nation.
Dick Morris, the Fox News analyst, has called The National Republican Trust PAC the most important political force in the nation. He says we are now doing the work of the Republican Party.
But our success depends on people like you.
We don't have fat-cat donors and corporate sponsors.
We depend on Americans like you who care about this country and who want us to keep fighting.
Your donations help us not only to fight but also to prepare for the coming major battles ahead with Obama, Pelosi and Reid.
We need your support today, please donate — Go Here Now.
Thank you and God bless you.
Yours for America,
Scott Wheeler Executive Director
P.S. As the full details of the stimulus come to light, the American people will be shocked, and many of the backers will regret their votes for this shameful bill. Our job is to expose those that voted for the bill. If we do so, it is doubtful Obama will have the votes in the Senate to pass more of his radical agenda. But we need your support to stop him. It's urgent you help us today, please do so — Go Here Now.
Let me tell you the real reason Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid pushed through the biggest spending bill in history — without proper debate, without Republican input, and without any public scrutiny at all.
Simply, they are trying to turn the United States into a one-party country and to put the Republican Party out of business once and for all.
The massive appropriation called a stimulus — some $787 billion of your money — is really a political war chest for the Democrats.
They want to change the face of American politics forever, and they want to use your taxpayer money to do it.
They want to use billions from our treasury to reward their political friends — and have huge amounts of cash to dole out before the 2010 and 2012 elections.
Some people have wondered why, if the country is in dire need of emergency “stimulus,” most of the money appropriated by this law will not even be spent this year.
Instead, spending will go on for five to 10 years.
There is no mystery here, as the answer is simple: These billions in taxpayer funds will fund the Democratic political machine for many years to come.
Chicago Machine Takes Over Washington
You must remember — the media won't tell you this — that Barack Obama is a product of the corrupt political machine in Chicago headed by Mayor Richard Daley.
Chicago is run as a one-party city. The Democratic political machine and the government are one in the same.
Just like we saw recently in Congress, there is no real debate in Chicago. Deals are brokered in the back rooms among the ward leaders, the mayor and their cronies.
What the political machine decides, the public has to accept it. The city council serves simply as a rubber stamp — much the same way the Congress just acted for Obama.
And public money in Chicago is used to protect and serve the interests of the machine.
Obama — as I will reveal to you with the stimulus plan — is simply replicating the Chicago machine in Washington.
It is a frightening thought because our freedoms depend on a vibrant two-party system.
But that's what you believe, not what Obama and his crew believe.
Barack Obama and his Chicago gang, which includes his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, also a congressman from the Chicago machine, have a starkly different view.
They want a one-party system headed by a strong man.
We at The National Republican Trust PAC are deeply troubled not only by how much the stimulus plan spends but also the way it was implemented.
We just witnessed how the basic and open democratic process of our republic was flouted.
We fear that the actions by Obama and Congress that we just witnessed threaten the very foundation of our republic.
Consider that we have long believed America is the greatest democracy in the world.
Yet Congress passed the largest spending bill in its history — by essentially suspending vital democratic processes, including debate and public examination of the pending law.
We know that the Democrats, working late into the night, secretly agreed to a “compromise” bill among themselves — and then refused even to share it with Republicans or the public until just hours before the bill went to the floor for a vote.
The final stimulus bill was 1,079 pages long. We know Barack Obama never read the bill.
Many members of Congress have admitted not one senator or congressman even read the bill before they voted for it!
The Democrats say they suspended normal procedures because the country so desperately needed to avoid what Barack Obama said was an economic “catastrophe.”
The bill apparently was so urgent that the Democrats even excluded Republican leaders from any involvement in negotiations on it.
When, in our republic, does Congress simply vote on a bill when its members have no idea what it says?
And, how could congressional leaders like Pelosi and Reid, as well as President Obama, present a monumental law but not allow even one day of scrutiny by Congress, its staffs or the public?
Help us fight the takeover of Congress and Washington — Go Here Now.
Big Lie No. 1: The Emergency
They told us that the country is in such a dire situation that it was an emergency.
That was Big Lie No. 1: The bill was not an emergency measure.
This was a ruse. They falsely claimed it was an emergency bill to cut off all debate.
The lie about the urgency was made clear when President Obama, rather than immediately signing the bill, went on vacation to celebrate Valentine's Day with his wife in Chicago. [Amazingly he had been in Washington less than a month before he took his first vacation!]
In fact, Obama took almost four days to sign this “urgent” bill.
Big Lie No. 2: Immediate Stimulus
And then there is Big Lie No. 2: The bill offered immediate help to our ailing economy.
The truth: The bill does not offer significant, immediate stimulus.
Most of the stimulus money won't even be spent this year, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office!
And the CBO has warned that the bill actually will hurt long-term economic growth.
Infrastructure programs, including items such as $8 billion for a high-speed train between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, will take a decade or longer to complete — if environmentalists ever let the project begin.
Republican traitor Arlen Specter, who backed the stimulus bill, got more than $6 billion in the bill for “medical research” — another lulu that has nothing to do with immediate economic stimulus.
Big Lie No. 3: Bipartisan Support
Then there is Big Lie No. 3: This bill was a bipartisan effort to save the economy.
It was anything but.
Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham said bluntly: “If this is going to be bipartisanship, the country's screwed."
Indeed, every Republican in the House voted against the bill, along with six courageous Democratic congressmen.
In the Senate, almost every Republican opposed the bill except three liberals: Sens. Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins and Arlen Specter.
Obama promised he would change the “old politics” of Washington. Instead, he is playing hardball partisan Democratic politics of the Chicago type.
He has used the weakening economy as his Reichstag fire event to get to pass an incredible amount of money so he could funnel huge amounts of pork and political payoffs to his Democratic cronies and allies.
And now, he is even talking about a second stimulus program! Why not? Congress just passed his first bill without even reading it! What a joke . . .
Help us expose Obama's Big Lies — Donate to Our Campaign — Go Here Now.
The Real Purpose: Abolish the GOP
I have no doubt what the real purpose of the stimulus bill was.
Simply, it was to lay the ground work of the remaking of America's political system into a one-party system.
Yes, a one-party socialist state that destroyed countries like Mexico.
We have seen what one-party rule has done to cities like Cleveland, Detroit, other cities — and corrupt Chicago.
The media will never tell you this, but that's the real agenda behind the Obama stimulus bill.
This is why so little of the stimulus is spent now, but spread out over several years.
This means Obama and Democrats will have hundreds of billions to disburse to their supporters, creating a new party cadre that will help them win re-election in 2010 and 2012.
Don't believe me?
Well, we all know the fraud perpetrated by groups like ACORN to register Democratic voters.
In the run-up to the 2009 election, millions of new “voters” were registered – and it clearly helped elect Obama – and gave the Democrats big majorities in the House and Senate.
Their game plan for 2008 worked. Now they want to use public funds — our tax dollars — to pay for more of their political activities.
For example, the final stimulus bill gives $3 billion to groups like ACORN.
Consider that, in 2008, Obama claimed that he raised $750 million for his campaign. Compared with that amount, ACORN's $3 billion is staggering.
No doubt, these billions will help ACORN in its political work of “community organizing” — a euphemism for Democratic activitism.
We don't have billions — we need your help to fight — Go Here Now.
But it's not just ACORN who is getting “stimulus.”
The bulk of the Obama stimulus goes directly to the powerful government employee unions that helped get Obama elected and are the backbone, the shock troops, of the Democratic Party.
Amazingly, it's been estimated that half of the stimulus appropriation directly benefits government employee and service employees union that played key roles in Obama's election.
Second, the bill gives tens of billions to state and local governments to dole out to their cronies. This means there will be even less accountability by Congress.
And then there are massive payoffs to the special interests to the Democratic Party, with giveaways such as $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts, $300 million for new cars for government bureaucrats, $1.2 billion for “youth activities,” tens of billions for “green, environmental and energy programs” — they even include $3.7 billion to help “green” military bases and another $125 million to restore “abandoned mines.”
Shockingly, the bill creates 33 new government programs!
The stimulus money will give the Democrats the opportunity to become the dominant political party for the next generation.
Counter the Democratic machine by helping us today — Go Here Now.
Our Plan to Stop Obama
Despite the massive political payouts Obama, Reid and Pelosi are funneling to their allies across the country, they can still be stopped.
The polls show Americans want a two-party system. They don't want corrupt, Chicago-style politics in Washington.
They don't want their taxpayer funds used for political shenanigans and payoffs.
We at The National Republican Trust PAC want to expose the incredible rip-off the stimulus bill will be to the taxpayers.
If Americans knew that the bill would place an additional $9,400 in debt upon each household in America, they would be appalled.
If Americans knew the extent to which this bill is going for political payoffs to groups like ACORN, they would be outraged.
We know that Americans will wake up to what Congress has perpetrated on them with this stimulus.
But we also know we can't rely on the media to tell the facts.
This is why we want to keep up our media efforts to expose Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.
We now know they have a radical plan for the nation.
There are already calls among Democrats for a new Fairness Doctrine to close down talk radio and hosts like Rush, Hannity, Boortz, Beck, Savage and others.
The Democrats are already talking about legalizing 12 million illegals, making them citizens and voters overnight.
They know that, if they do this, they will instantly change the political landscape in the nation for a generation or more.
This is why your support for The National Republican Trust PAC is critical — Go Here Now.
This is why we urgently have launched a media campaign in exposing Sen. Specter in Pennsylvania and Sens. Snowe and Collins in Maine. We want their constituents to know exactly how their senators voted against the public's best interests.
We also have targeted Democratic senators like Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas.
We are doing this because we know that Obama is passing sweeping legislation, and that we need to put these senators and congressmen on notice: If they vote for Obama's plan, they will pay a heave price back home among their voters.
We at The National Republican Trust PAC have already played a critical role. We were a key factor in Sen. Saxby Chambliss' landslide victory in the special Senate run-off in Georgia.
CNN has called us one of the most “powerful” political action committees in the nation.
Dick Morris, the Fox News analyst, has called The National Republican Trust PAC the most important political force in the nation. He says we are now doing the work of the Republican Party.
But our success depends on people like you.
We don't have fat-cat donors and corporate sponsors.
We depend on Americans like you who care about this country and who want us to keep fighting.
Your donations help us not only to fight but also to prepare for the coming major battles ahead with Obama, Pelosi and Reid.
We need your support today, please donate — Go Here Now.
Thank you and God bless you.
Yours for America,
Scott Wheeler Executive Director
P.S. As the full details of the stimulus come to light, the American people will be shocked, and many of the backers will regret their votes for this shameful bill. Our job is to expose those that voted for the bill. If we do so, it is doubtful Obama will have the votes in the Senate to pass more of his radical agenda. But we need your support to stop him. It's urgent you help us today, please do so — Go Here Now.
February 24, 2009
Gibbs Says Anti-War Socialist Will Give Reaganesque Speech Tonight
"Tear down those taxcuts for the rich!"Does anyone out there recall President Ronald Reagan promoting trillion dollar spending bills, appeasing enemies, slashing defense spending, raising taxes on the rich, expanding the welfare state, redistributing wealth, funding foreign abortions, and promoting socialized medicine?White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the Barack Obama will give a Reaganesque speech tonight to Congress.The Politico reported:
President Barack Obama won’t speak until prime-time, but his aides fanned out to the morning shows Tuesday morning to talk up his first speech before a joint session of Congress. And the word they used to preview it: “Reaganesque.” “The president believes very clearly that we have to be honest with the American people about where we are,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “He will,” Gibbs said, “tell the country that we’ve faced … greater challenges than the ones we face now, but we as Americans always meet those challenges. But in the Reaganesque words, there are always better days ahead.” Good luck with that.Unfortunately, Gibbs and Democrats forget that Reagan was much more than a great speaker.Reagan actually got results.President Reagan's taxcuts and economic reform resulted in the largest peacetime economic boom in American history and nearly 35 million more jobs. Only a fool would believe that the Democrat's expansion of government, historic spending, and tax hikes for the rich will bring similar results.More... Michelle Malkin: "Gipper, meet Flipper."
President Barack Obama won’t speak until prime-time, but his aides fanned out to the morning shows Tuesday morning to talk up his first speech before a joint session of Congress. And the word they used to preview it: “Reaganesque.” “The president believes very clearly that we have to be honest with the American people about where we are,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “He will,” Gibbs said, “tell the country that we’ve faced … greater challenges than the ones we face now, but we as Americans always meet those challenges. But in the Reaganesque words, there are always better days ahead.” Good luck with that.Unfortunately, Gibbs and Democrats forget that Reagan was much more than a great speaker.Reagan actually got results.President Reagan's taxcuts and economic reform resulted in the largest peacetime economic boom in American history and nearly 35 million more jobs. Only a fool would believe that the Democrat's expansion of government, historic spending, and tax hikes for the rich will bring similar results.More... Michelle Malkin: "Gipper, meet Flipper."
Health Care To Cost $8,000-Stimulus Almost $28,000
$8,000-- What the media tells you:The AP conveniently dropped this article today before the Obama's speech tonight on expanding the federal government to "overhaul" or consume healthcare:
A new government report on medical costs paints a stark picture for President Obama, who is expected to call for a health care overhaul in a speech Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress.Even before lawmakers start debating how care is delivered to the American people, the report shows the economy is making the job of reform harder.Health care costs will top $8,000 per person this year, consuming an ever-bigger slice of a shrinking economic pie.$27,599-- What the media won't tell you:The average citizen can expect to pay the government $27,599 - one person's personal bailout burden over the long haul- to repay back the money Democrats are borrowing this year.Right.org explains how you can win that $27,599 back:But, of course, with the way democrats are spending, this total could skyrocket.It's no wonder Democratic Missouri Governor Jay Nixon admits that your children and grandkids will be paying this debt off.
A new government report on medical costs paints a stark picture for President Obama, who is expected to call for a health care overhaul in a speech Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress.Even before lawmakers start debating how care is delivered to the American people, the report shows the economy is making the job of reform harder.Health care costs will top $8,000 per person this year, consuming an ever-bigger slice of a shrinking economic pie.$27,599-- What the media won't tell you:The average citizen can expect to pay the government $27,599 - one person's personal bailout burden over the long haul- to repay back the money Democrats are borrowing this year.Right.org explains how you can win that $27,599 back:But, of course, with the way democrats are spending, this total could skyrocket.It's no wonder Democratic Missouri Governor Jay Nixon admits that your children and grandkids will be paying this debt off.
Power Of Obamanomics
Using the power of Obamanomics, Chairman Zero could seize half of your property and distribute it to Henrietta Hughes without taxing you a penny. Here's how it works:
Say Group A works hard and has created $1 trillion in wealth out of nothing. Group B smokes crack and watches Oprah, and doesn't create any wealth at all. It receives food stamps, welfare, subsidized housing, et cetera, ad nauseam, but say Group B has no more wealth than it creates. If Chairman Zero wants to spread the wealth around so that both groups have the same amount, he doesn't have to take half a $trillion from Group A. All he needs to do is give Group B $1 trillion dollars that doesn't exist in the form of mortgage bailouts and stimulus packages. Since the money doesn't exist, the government will have to print it. Instead of $1 trillion dollars, there is now $2 trillion that is actually worth $1 trillion. By making money worth half as much, Obama has effectively seized half of Group A's wealth.
But there's no reason Group B should settle for only half of the wealth. After all, it suffers oppression. This is why Obama is passing out more money than exists in the entire economy.
Just because Obama doesn't need to tax us doesn't mean that he won't. Taxes will be going up, because higher taxes are a form of social justice. But there will be tax cuts for some — namely, those who don't pay any taxes. Some of their welfare handouts will be renamed "tax rebates."
To paraphrase Tom Brokaw: Take that, America!
Say Group A works hard and has created $1 trillion in wealth out of nothing. Group B smokes crack and watches Oprah, and doesn't create any wealth at all. It receives food stamps, welfare, subsidized housing, et cetera, ad nauseam, but say Group B has no more wealth than it creates. If Chairman Zero wants to spread the wealth around so that both groups have the same amount, he doesn't have to take half a $trillion from Group A. All he needs to do is give Group B $1 trillion dollars that doesn't exist in the form of mortgage bailouts and stimulus packages. Since the money doesn't exist, the government will have to print it. Instead of $1 trillion dollars, there is now $2 trillion that is actually worth $1 trillion. By making money worth half as much, Obama has effectively seized half of Group A's wealth.
But there's no reason Group B should settle for only half of the wealth. After all, it suffers oppression. This is why Obama is passing out more money than exists in the entire economy.
Just because Obama doesn't need to tax us doesn't mean that he won't. Taxes will be going up, because higher taxes are a form of social justice. But there will be tax cuts for some — namely, those who don't pay any taxes. Some of their welfare handouts will be renamed "tax rebates."
To paraphrase Tom Brokaw: Take that, America!
Henrietta Real Estate Mogul
Henrietta Hughes is the personification of Obamunism in more ways than one. Not only is she a parasite who expects the government to give her whatever she wants for free, but she is an utter fraud:
During Obama's campaign to promote his stimulus package, he staged an event with a woman, Henrietta Hughes, who, as it turns out, appears to be anything but truly needy. Henrietta was given an audience with Obama to beg for a home. When aid was provided via the offer of free rent by an opportunistic politician, the liberal press spouted that Henrietta was actually given a free home and implied it came from Obama. The lie has propagated through the liberal media and, quite honestly, it nauseated us because it was so obviously staged and such a distorted lie. Well, as it turns out, the lie didn't end there. …
It appears that the desperate homeless woman owns real estate she shifted into the name of her son to avoid taxes and acquire government aid. Apparently, Henrietta is the teacher and Tom Daschle is just a student. Henrietta also apparently sold real estate at a significant profit in 2005. Henrietta has now become the poster child the Democrats wish to use to justify the massive expense of helping the chronically unemployed, not-so-needy and not-at-all-homeless.
To add insult to injury, when Chairman Zero steals $billions from us, our children, and our grandchildren to shower upon the Henrietta Hugheses of the world, we're asked to believe it's a "stimulus" that will help the economy.
During Obama's campaign to promote his stimulus package, he staged an event with a woman, Henrietta Hughes, who, as it turns out, appears to be anything but truly needy. Henrietta was given an audience with Obama to beg for a home. When aid was provided via the offer of free rent by an opportunistic politician, the liberal press spouted that Henrietta was actually given a free home and implied it came from Obama. The lie has propagated through the liberal media and, quite honestly, it nauseated us because it was so obviously staged and such a distorted lie. Well, as it turns out, the lie didn't end there. …
It appears that the desperate homeless woman owns real estate she shifted into the name of her son to avoid taxes and acquire government aid. Apparently, Henrietta is the teacher and Tom Daschle is just a student. Henrietta also apparently sold real estate at a significant profit in 2005. Henrietta has now become the poster child the Democrats wish to use to justify the massive expense of helping the chronically unemployed, not-so-needy and not-at-all-homeless.
To add insult to injury, when Chairman Zero steals $billions from us, our children, and our grandchildren to shower upon the Henrietta Hugheses of the world, we're asked to believe it's a "stimulus" that will help the economy.
Army Officer Sues To See Barry's Birth Certificate
Barry learns that people still want to see his birth certificate
No wonder Obama has plans to create his own Gestapo-style domestic army with a budget as large as the military. The imposition of socialism hasn't even required him to order soldiers to fire on fellow Americans yet, and already there is dissent in the ranks. As an Army officer, Scott Easterling is required to follow orders from a sitting president — so he insists on knowing whether Obama is qualified to hold the post.
Normally candidates are vetted by the media. But since Obama was effectively installed by the media, he managed to evade this unpleasantness, to such an extent that we still don't know for sure that he was born in this country, since he won't release a vault copy birth certificate. If he was born in Kenya as African relatives have claimed, he is not eligible to be President, per the Constitution. Easterling has taken the matter to court, so that he can know that when he faces terrorist bullets in Iraq, he's doing it on orders passed down from a legitimate authority.
Obama's version of "transparency" isn't inspiring the loyalty he will need to stay in the saddle when his suicidal economic policies lead to social unrest.
Normally candidates are vetted by the media. But since Obama was effectively installed by the media, he managed to evade this unpleasantness, to such an extent that we still don't know for sure that he was born in this country, since he won't release a vault copy birth certificate. If he was born in Kenya as African relatives have claimed, he is not eligible to be President, per the Constitution. Easterling has taken the matter to court, so that he can know that when he faces terrorist bullets in Iraq, he's doing it on orders passed down from a legitimate authority.
Obama's version of "transparency" isn't inspiring the loyalty he will need to stay in the saddle when his suicidal economic policies lead to social unrest.
Controversial Sign Must Come Down
PINELLAS PARK - Randy Heine says he has surveillance video that shows a man and woman climbing over a fence. The couple heads right for a sign that reads "One Nation Under Obama." They paint over Obama and replace it with God.
Heine owns the sign and isn’t too happy about what he caught on tape.
"To me it’s all about racism," said Heine.
Heine, who owns Rockin’ Cards and Gifts in Pinellas Park, put up his Obama sign a day before the inauguration. He says it was his way of showing his support for the new president.
"I thought one nation under Obama would create unity. Although there are only a few people who would rather see our president fail," said Heine.
Since his sign went up it has been defaced, over and over. However, after every incident Heine has fixed the sign and proudly displayed it again.
Some people don’t agree with Heine on the message behind the words.
"It is very un-American because that’s our pledge of allegiance. I hope somebody messes with it again. And trust me, as Americans, we will," Kathy Konopinski told FOX 13.
Heine has a new battle to fight if he wants to keep the sign on display. Pinellas County code enforcement says the fence he put up around the sign is one foot too high. He’s also been slapped with another violation. County code allows only one freestanding sign per business. Because of that, officials say the sign must come down.
Randy plans to fight that decision. "The only way I would consider taking down the sign is if President Obama asked me to. Otherwise, it will stay."
Of course we disagree with Mr. Heine’s contention that painting God over Obama was “racist.”
But we do tend to agree that he should be able to put up such a sign on his own private property. Though this seems to be more about the local zoning laws, than his free speech.
Still, that Mr. Heine would even want to put up such a sign is troubling.
It reveals far too much about his “thinking,” and that of so many of Mr. Obama’s supporters.
They want a king – or a benevolent dictator.
They have no concept about what it means to live in a republic.
Heine owns the sign and isn’t too happy about what he caught on tape.
"To me it’s all about racism," said Heine.
Heine, who owns Rockin’ Cards and Gifts in Pinellas Park, put up his Obama sign a day before the inauguration. He says it was his way of showing his support for the new president.
"I thought one nation under Obama would create unity. Although there are only a few people who would rather see our president fail," said Heine.
Since his sign went up it has been defaced, over and over. However, after every incident Heine has fixed the sign and proudly displayed it again.
Some people don’t agree with Heine on the message behind the words.
"It is very un-American because that’s our pledge of allegiance. I hope somebody messes with it again. And trust me, as Americans, we will," Kathy Konopinski told FOX 13.
Heine has a new battle to fight if he wants to keep the sign on display. Pinellas County code enforcement says the fence he put up around the sign is one foot too high. He’s also been slapped with another violation. County code allows only one freestanding sign per business. Because of that, officials say the sign must come down.
Randy plans to fight that decision. "The only way I would consider taking down the sign is if President Obama asked me to. Otherwise, it will stay."
Of course we disagree with Mr. Heine’s contention that painting God over Obama was “racist.”
But we do tend to agree that he should be able to put up such a sign on his own private property. Though this seems to be more about the local zoning laws, than his free speech.
Still, that Mr. Heine would even want to put up such a sign is troubling.
It reveals far too much about his “thinking,” and that of so many of Mr. Obama’s supporters.
They want a king – or a benevolent dictator.
They have no concept about what it means to live in a republic.
Note To Obama About The Fairness Doctrine-Remember This Comrade Obama
Even The Left Consents!
"I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. And we should stand up and say,
`We are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration.'"
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
April 28, 2003
"I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. And we should stand up and say,
`We are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration.'"
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
April 28, 2003
Obama's Deficit
Hey, big spender!
Barack Obama seems to be operating under the illusion that Americans are completely clueless.
I'm surprised the brilliant, Lincolnesque Obama doesn't understand that "you can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time."
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A week after signing an almost $800 billion stimulus bill that will make a huge deficit even bigger, President Barack Obama vowed to reverse the nation's fiscal course by the end of his term, saying, "We cannot and will not sustain deficits like these without end."
Presiding over an unusual White House conference on the government's financial outlook, Obama promised a more truthful budgeting process, saying it has been "an exercise in deception" in the past.
The bipartisan meeting, with Obama fielding questions from both liberal and conservative lawmakers, was another effort by the president to strike a collegial tone amid substantive differences between the parties.
It was also part of Obama's attempt to juggle two different goals early in his presidency: the short-term effort to jump-start the economy with massive spending and deficits, and the long-term goal to shrink those deficits and control government costs.
Obama argued Monday that there is no contradiction between the two, saying that without the spending surge in the stimulus, the economy would take longer to recover, tax revenues would go down "and long-term deficit and debt projections would be even higher."
Obama is a real piece of work.
He complains about the huge deficit that he inherited from the Bush administration while he himself is adding trillions of dollars to the deficit.
But he justifies this most massive spending spree in U.S. history with the lame argument that increasing the deficit is a good thing and necessary because that will keep it from growing higher.
Obama wants to calm Americans with his promise to dramatically cut the deficit, vowing fiscal responsibility. Some, the blind, will buy what he's selling. Some will see this for what it is -- crap.
Obama's Deficit Goals Count on Rosy Assumptions
President Obama's ambitious goal of cutting the federal deficit in half relies on a perfect -- some might say improbable -- convergence of factors: a recovered economy, a tax boost for the rich and success in easing foreign entanglements.
In calling for a deficit of about $530 billion in four years, Obama has established a marker by which to measure his first-term performance as president. The dollar figure could be his albatross or his badge of success.
"This will not be easy," Obama said Monday as he kicked off a fiscal summit at the White House. "It will require us to make difficult decisions and face challenges we've long neglected."
Obama's fiscal summit is a joke, coming on the heels of the passage of the bloated, porked up, so-called stimulus bill. Does anyone really believe that Obama is going to curb the spending binge?
The Democrats aren't going to grow the economy. They are growing the government. That's the plan.
...For him to succeed, the economy will have to meet current forecasts that it will begin to turn around gradually during the second half of the year. Even so, Obama might still have to seek billions more to help rescue the beleaguered financial sector.
Administration officials say Obama will also achieve budget reductions through lower spending on the war in Iraq. However, it is unclear how much of those savings he will then devote to Afghanistan, where he already has agreed to boost troop strength.
Further budget assistance would come from increases in taxes for wealthier Americans.
Administration officials have said Obama will meet his campaign pledge to end President George W. Bush's tax cuts for people who make more than $250,000. Those tax cuts are to expire at the end of 2010.
What a mess!
If Obama is truly looking at the long-term big picture, he wouldn't be discouraging economic growth by raising taxes and intruding more and more on the private sector.
Cutting the deficit while embarking on a Spend-o-rama of historic proportions?
I don't think so.
It's ridiculous for Obama to preach about fiscal restraint.
WASHINGTON -- Urging strict future restraint even as current spending soars, President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to dramatically slash the skyrocketing annual budget deficit as he started to dole out the record $787 billion economic stimulus package he signed last week.
"If we confront this crisis without also confronting the deficits that helped cause it, we risk sinking into another crisis down the road," the president warned, promising to cut the yearly deficit in half by the end of his four-year term. "We cannot simply spend as we please and defer the consequences."
What Obama says is not what Obama does: "We cannot simply spend as we please and defer the consequences."
"Yes we can."
Barack Obama seems to be operating under the illusion that Americans are completely clueless.
I'm surprised the brilliant, Lincolnesque Obama doesn't understand that "you can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time."
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A week after signing an almost $800 billion stimulus bill that will make a huge deficit even bigger, President Barack Obama vowed to reverse the nation's fiscal course by the end of his term, saying, "We cannot and will not sustain deficits like these without end."
Presiding over an unusual White House conference on the government's financial outlook, Obama promised a more truthful budgeting process, saying it has been "an exercise in deception" in the past.
The bipartisan meeting, with Obama fielding questions from both liberal and conservative lawmakers, was another effort by the president to strike a collegial tone amid substantive differences between the parties.
It was also part of Obama's attempt to juggle two different goals early in his presidency: the short-term effort to jump-start the economy with massive spending and deficits, and the long-term goal to shrink those deficits and control government costs.
Obama argued Monday that there is no contradiction between the two, saying that without the spending surge in the stimulus, the economy would take longer to recover, tax revenues would go down "and long-term deficit and debt projections would be even higher."
Obama is a real piece of work.
He complains about the huge deficit that he inherited from the Bush administration while he himself is adding trillions of dollars to the deficit.
But he justifies this most massive spending spree in U.S. history with the lame argument that increasing the deficit is a good thing and necessary because that will keep it from growing higher.
Obama wants to calm Americans with his promise to dramatically cut the deficit, vowing fiscal responsibility. Some, the blind, will buy what he's selling. Some will see this for what it is -- crap.
Obama's Deficit Goals Count on Rosy Assumptions
President Obama's ambitious goal of cutting the federal deficit in half relies on a perfect -- some might say improbable -- convergence of factors: a recovered economy, a tax boost for the rich and success in easing foreign entanglements.
In calling for a deficit of about $530 billion in four years, Obama has established a marker by which to measure his first-term performance as president. The dollar figure could be his albatross or his badge of success.
"This will not be easy," Obama said Monday as he kicked off a fiscal summit at the White House. "It will require us to make difficult decisions and face challenges we've long neglected."
Obama's fiscal summit is a joke, coming on the heels of the passage of the bloated, porked up, so-called stimulus bill. Does anyone really believe that Obama is going to curb the spending binge?
The Democrats aren't going to grow the economy. They are growing the government. That's the plan.
...For him to succeed, the economy will have to meet current forecasts that it will begin to turn around gradually during the second half of the year. Even so, Obama might still have to seek billions more to help rescue the beleaguered financial sector.
Administration officials say Obama will also achieve budget reductions through lower spending on the war in Iraq. However, it is unclear how much of those savings he will then devote to Afghanistan, where he already has agreed to boost troop strength.
Further budget assistance would come from increases in taxes for wealthier Americans.
Administration officials have said Obama will meet his campaign pledge to end President George W. Bush's tax cuts for people who make more than $250,000. Those tax cuts are to expire at the end of 2010.
What a mess!
If Obama is truly looking at the long-term big picture, he wouldn't be discouraging economic growth by raising taxes and intruding more and more on the private sector.
Cutting the deficit while embarking on a Spend-o-rama of historic proportions?
I don't think so.
It's ridiculous for Obama to preach about fiscal restraint.
WASHINGTON -- Urging strict future restraint even as current spending soars, President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to dramatically slash the skyrocketing annual budget deficit as he started to dole out the record $787 billion economic stimulus package he signed last week.
"If we confront this crisis without also confronting the deficits that helped cause it, we risk sinking into another crisis down the road," the president warned, promising to cut the yearly deficit in half by the end of his four-year term. "We cannot simply spend as we please and defer the consequences."
What Obama says is not what Obama does: "We cannot simply spend as we please and defer the consequences."
"Yes we can."
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