Saturday, November 7, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Pelosi breaks promise... again
L.A.W.--- Unemployment is at 10.2%; add those who have stopped looking for work and the number climbs to 17% and this administration is cramming through a 1.2 trillion dollar federal spending package? Have they completely lost contact with the American people? This is insanity on many levels, not the least of which is: WE CAN NOT AFFORD IT AT THIS TIME!! We need people working to pay the bills.Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote Full story
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
O, how the kids worship you
L.A.W. -- The president's march toward MUCH larger government, wreckless spending and public attack toward free speech is a major dissapointment for anyone who believed his lies. Mr. President, these kids do not want your Change, now that's clear what your administration is doing. Specifically, they do not want change if it means trillions more in debt they will have to pay and less freedom! See 11 videos with school age kids
Crucial vote?
To the far right, notice House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., Republican from Norwalk, pictured standing and speaking.
Then, notice his colleagues Representative Barbara Lambert, Democrat from Milford and Representative Jack F. Hennessy, Democrat from Bridgeport ... rather than listen to the speaker, they both play solitaire as the House convened to vote on budget matters. The guy sitting in the row in front of these two, is on Facebook, and the guy behind Hennessy is checking out the baseball scores.
Now seriously, given how much attention they are paying to what Republican Cafero is saying, do you think they care about our Nation or have our Nation's best interest in mind? I mean, it's almost as if they've decided that nothing the other side can say will open -much less- change their minds. Their Democrat mindset is such that no logic or senceful argument will be heard, let alone be considered.
And that's how a typical day goes during one of their THREE-DAY work weeks that your and my taxes pay for. So, are you ready to vote the bums out yet?
Then, notice his colleagues Representative Barbara Lambert, Democrat from Milford and Representative Jack F. Hennessy, Democrat from Bridgeport ... rather than listen to the speaker, they both play solitaire as the House convened to vote on budget matters. The guy sitting in the row in front of these two, is on Facebook, and the guy behind Hennessy is checking out the baseball scores.
Now seriously, given how much attention they are paying to what Republican Cafero is saying, do you think they care about our Nation or have our Nation's best interest in mind? I mean, it's almost as if they've decided that nothing the other side can say will open -much less- change their minds. Their Democrat mindset is such that no logic or senceful argument will be heard, let alone be considered.
And that's how a typical day goes during one of their THREE-DAY work weeks that your and my taxes pay for. So, are you ready to vote the bums out yet?
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Stimulus spending, questionable projects pile up
L.A.W.-- L.O.L., this administration is a joke, except for the part about where they are spending billions of taxpayer monies in the name of economic recovery. October unemployment numbers are due this week, should be interesting.
The $787 billion stimulus bill was passed in February and was promised as a job saver and economy booster. Here is where some of the money went:
- $300,000 for a GPS-equipped helicopter to hunt for radioactive rabbit droppings at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.
- $30 million for a spring training baseball complex for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.
- $11 million for Microsoft to built a bridge connecting its two headquarter campuses in Redmond, Wash., which are separated by a highway.
full story
The $787 billion stimulus bill was passed in February and was promised as a job saver and economy booster. Here is where some of the money went:
- $300,000 for a GPS-equipped helicopter to hunt for radioactive rabbit droppings at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.
- $30 million for a spring training baseball complex for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.
- $11 million for Microsoft to built a bridge connecting its two headquarter campuses in Redmond, Wash., which are separated by a highway.
full story
Skewed Priorities
Posted 07:04 PM ET
Leadership: What are we to make of a White House visitors list that includes 22 swiftly scheduled appointments with a union boss at a time when Gen. Stanley McChrystal can't get face time with the commander in chief?
Late Friday during the idle hours of the news cycle, the administration released the names of 100 White House visitors in 481 visits. It wasn't exactly the transparency the president promised. It was simply in compliance with two court rulings that ordered the names to be made public record. Unable to admit misconduct, the White House insisted its disclosure was voluntary.
It didn't intend to make this easy. Instead of just releasing all the logs, the White House released only a partial list. It asked the media and public to play a guessing game of "name that visitor." If an inquiry was made and the White House had a record, it would be confirmed.
Only about a quarter of all names have been disclosed, showing a lucky 42 meeting President Obama personally. But even the incomplete information says a lot about the White House's priorities — and they aren't good.
The list reveals visits from activists, left-wing foundations, the feminist lobby, union bosses and noted anti-capitalists whose ideas would put the U.S. economy into the ground. The list also shows the White House had little exposure to policymakers on the frontlines of some of the most important decisions the president must make.
In the former category, there's Service Employees International Union boss Andy Stern, who told the Wall Street Journal that if the power of persuasion didn't work, then the persuasion of power would have to do. The records show Stern had 22 meetings, many face-to-face with the president, more than anyone else known so far. Stern might as well borrow a White House bedroom.
And that may be why the president has been so solicitous of union demands at the expense of the economy. As the jobless rate hits 9.8%, unions have managed to persuade the president to impose tire tariffs, violate the NAFTA treaty with Mexican truck restrictions, place protectionist "Buy American" limitations on federal contracts, and ice Colombian, Panamanian and Korean free trade treaties. Stern's union has also harassed banks that took bailouts, making one wonder if a sort of Cuban or Venezuelan revolutionary mob activity against business has the White House imprimatur.
While Stern gets what he wants from the White House, the released visitors list shows no record of huddling with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, whose trade pacts could create 600,000 jobs if ratified, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Then there's another eminence grise: financier and philanthropist George Soros, who got at least two blocks of face time according to White House records. Like the sociable Stern, administration records show Soros' appointments were officially scheduled within hours of his actual visit. It looks like fast service.
Soros not only has made statements critical of free-market capitalism, he's also a philanthropist whose hobbyhorse MoveOn.org tried to smear Iraq war commander Gen. David Petraeus as "Gen. Betray-us" in a full-page ad in the New York Times.
It's a disturbing coincidence to know that as Soros gets fast-service face time, these same months have seen news reports of Defense Secretary Bob Gates struggling to get appointments with Obama. Afghanistan commander McChrystal has had just two meetings with the president.
The most important task a president has is tending to affairs of war. This one does nothing of the sort. As he dithers on sending troops to Afghanistan, the record shows he has endless time for people with economically toxic notions and anti-victory ideas. Now that it's obvious that people such as Soros and Stern have his ear, it's getting less mysterious why he seems to inattentive to the authentic requirements of responsible presidential leadership.
Leadership: What are we to make of a White House visitors list that includes 22 swiftly scheduled appointments with a union boss at a time when Gen. Stanley McChrystal can't get face time with the commander in chief?
Late Friday during the idle hours of the news cycle, the administration released the names of 100 White House visitors in 481 visits. It wasn't exactly the transparency the president promised. It was simply in compliance with two court rulings that ordered the names to be made public record. Unable to admit misconduct, the White House insisted its disclosure was voluntary.
It didn't intend to make this easy. Instead of just releasing all the logs, the White House released only a partial list. It asked the media and public to play a guessing game of "name that visitor." If an inquiry was made and the White House had a record, it would be confirmed.
Only about a quarter of all names have been disclosed, showing a lucky 42 meeting President Obama personally. But even the incomplete information says a lot about the White House's priorities — and they aren't good.
The list reveals visits from activists, left-wing foundations, the feminist lobby, union bosses and noted anti-capitalists whose ideas would put the U.S. economy into the ground. The list also shows the White House had little exposure to policymakers on the frontlines of some of the most important decisions the president must make.
In the former category, there's Service Employees International Union boss Andy Stern, who told the Wall Street Journal that if the power of persuasion didn't work, then the persuasion of power would have to do. The records show Stern had 22 meetings, many face-to-face with the president, more than anyone else known so far. Stern might as well borrow a White House bedroom.
And that may be why the president has been so solicitous of union demands at the expense of the economy. As the jobless rate hits 9.8%, unions have managed to persuade the president to impose tire tariffs, violate the NAFTA treaty with Mexican truck restrictions, place protectionist "Buy American" limitations on federal contracts, and ice Colombian, Panamanian and Korean free trade treaties. Stern's union has also harassed banks that took bailouts, making one wonder if a sort of Cuban or Venezuelan revolutionary mob activity against business has the White House imprimatur.
While Stern gets what he wants from the White House, the released visitors list shows no record of huddling with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, whose trade pacts could create 600,000 jobs if ratified, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Then there's another eminence grise: financier and philanthropist George Soros, who got at least two blocks of face time according to White House records. Like the sociable Stern, administration records show Soros' appointments were officially scheduled within hours of his actual visit. It looks like fast service.
Soros not only has made statements critical of free-market capitalism, he's also a philanthropist whose hobbyhorse MoveOn.org tried to smear Iraq war commander Gen. David Petraeus as "Gen. Betray-us" in a full-page ad in the New York Times.
It's a disturbing coincidence to know that as Soros gets fast-service face time, these same months have seen news reports of Defense Secretary Bob Gates struggling to get appointments with Obama. Afghanistan commander McChrystal has had just two meetings with the president.
The most important task a president has is tending to affairs of war. This one does nothing of the sort. As he dithers on sending troops to Afghanistan, the record shows he has endless time for people with economically toxic notions and anti-victory ideas. Now that it's obvious that people such as Soros and Stern have his ear, it's getting less mysterious why he seems to inattentive to the authentic requirements of responsible presidential leadership.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Bush - Obama defecit spending numbers
L.A.W.--- Let us be perfectly clear, the spending by Bush was not acceptable, even though he was dealt 9/11 and fought wars in two theatres.
The spending by Obama is off the chart insanity! This president shows no basic understanding of economics, much less the good power of capitalism, entrepreneurism, and the expansion of small business in the marketplace.
has repeatedly claimed that his budget would cut the deficit by half by the end of his term. But as Heritage analyst Brian Riedl has pointed out, given that Obama has already helped quadruple the deficit with his stimulus package, pledging to halve it by 2013 is hardly ambitious. The Washington Post has a great graphic which helps put President Obama’s budget deficits in context of President Bush’s.
What’s driving Obama’s unprecedented massive deficits? Spending. Riedl details:
1) President Bush expanded the federal budget by a historic $700 billion through 2008. President Obama would add another $1 trillion.
2) President Bush began a string of expensive financial bailouts. President Obama is accelerating that course.
3) President Bush created a Medicare drug entitlement that will cost an estimated $800 billion in its first decade. President Obama has proposed a $634 billion down payment on a new government health care fund.
4) President Bush increased federal education spending 58 percent faster than inflation. President Obama would double it.
5) President Bush became the first President to spend 3 percent of GDP on federal antipoverty programs. President Obama has already increased this spending by 20 percent.
President Bush tilted the income tax burden more toward upper-income taxpayers. President Obama would continue that trend.
6) President Bush presided over a $2.5 trillion increase in the public debt through 2008. Setting aside 2009 (for which Presidents Bush and Obama share responsibility for an additional $2.6 trillion in public debt), President Obama’s budget would add $4.9 trillion in public debt from the beginning of 2010 through 2016.
UPDATE: Many Obama defenders in the comments are claiming that the numbers above do not include spending on Iraq and Afghanistan during the Bush years. They most certainly do. While Bush did fund the wars through emergency supplementals (not the regular budget process), that spending did not simply vanish. It is included in the numbers above. Also, some Obama defenders are claiming the graphic above represents biased Heritage Foundation numbers. While we stand behind the numbers we put out 100%, the numbers, and the graphic itself, above are from the Washington Post. We originally left out the link to WaPo. It has been now been added. Full story
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