Another Hard Hitting CNN Report On Michelle Obama – Her Arms That Is

CNN must be bored. Why cover pressing news stories when you can talk about Michelle Obama’s arms? I have not really had an opportunity to get after Michelle in a while because the Obama goons have kept her muzzled. This has been much to my dismay because she gave me so much fodder. So I guess I’ll have to settle with poking fun at the media who thinks reporting on Michelle’s toned arms makes a difference to most American women who are watching her traipse around the country wining and dining and wearing her children like arm candy on our dime as she seethes with rage against whitey America. Does anyone really believe the Obama children are anything more than pawns or ornaments – symbols of success? The president brings them out for photo ops on occassion and then shoos them away for his moment in the sun.

So CNN quotes a personal trainer named Rylan Duggan who has noticed that his clients are asking for Obama arms. “The Obama effect has been that women of all ages have been inspired to take responsibility for their health and their body,” said Duggan. “As the first lady of the United States, at 44 years old, and with two young children, Mrs. Obama has shown the world that you are never too busy to take care of yourself and look good doing it too.”   Mr. Duggan, we know she’s not too busy to take care of herself.  That is all she does.  Why do you think her poor mother gets dragged around everywhere raising the Obama children like a nanny.  The elite cannot be bothered with children.

Not everyone is a fan though.  Boston Herald columnist Lauren Beckham Falcone wrote to Obama, “It’s February. Going sleeveless in subzero temperature is just showing off. All due respect.”

Then CNN quoted this dimwitted twenty-something:  “This woman is redecorating White House, trying to raise two children and backseat driving the nation,” Rosen said. “She seems to have time to keep her arms toned, so why can’t I?”  Backseat driving the nation?!  God help us!

I’ll give you my advice free of charge:  Push-ups.  Do twenty-five to fifty a day and you’ll have a great toned body with no equipment and it takes 10 minutes maximum.  Now CNN can go back to writing something Michelle Obama really knows something about:  Pie.  Taking my piece of pie and giving it to someone else.

Obama’s Next Preposterous Claim – Cut Out $2 Trillion In Spending

President Barack Obama is facing a $9 trillion deficit over the next 10 years and his administration expects to reduce it in four ways as reported by the Wall Street Journal:

-”White House economists expect the economy to recover more quickly thanks to the fiscal stimulus package, speeding growth and increasing tax revenues.” Hmm…would those be economists employed by Obama? That is why they think debt will lead to growth.

-”As Obama promised on the campaign trail, he’ll roll back the Bush tax cuts on families with income greater than $250,000 when they expire at the end of 2010.” So raising the taxes cuts out spending? The administration plans to close international tax loopholes as well which should lead to more revenue.

-”By “winding down the war” and reducing commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan, the administration is hoping to cut defense costs over time, although next year’s Pentagon budget will still exceed the current one.” I’m pretty sure we are sending a surge into Afghanistan so how does this work?

-And lastly, White House budget director Peter Orszag said increased efficiency in government spending would save taxpayers billions. Some savings will come in the form of cuts to agricultural subsidies. Other savings will come from eliminating inefficient measures, like tax credits that cost more than they are worth in taxpayer errors. “And spending on oversight, Orszag promised, would pay out $1.60 in savings for every dollar invested.” My goodness the backwards thinking of these people. I’m pretty sure that that sentence says spending right before savings. In the words of Newt Gingrich, “They think we’re dumb.”

So the president keeps up his double speak and magical tricks. There are no true cuts to spending. And keep in mind that this is projected out ten years so he is leaving much of the responsibility to another president. And we need $2 trillion in spending cuts now – starting with the porkulus bill.

Orlando Tea Party Pre-Cursor

Individual tea parties were held across the country simultaneously today and Orlando had its own small gathering.  The big tea party that is locally radio supported is on March 21st from 12pm-2pm, but this one had a good showing for being thrown together on the spur of the moment.  Jason Hoyt was the organizer and he said there were over 100 people there.  I know Michelle Malkin has an article with lots of pictures and Orlando is included.  I unfortunately found out about this too late to schedule the time off, but I will be at the March 21st event and will post pictures here and air a special radio program that evening on the Orlando Tea Party.

A company has even made up some T-shirts and mugs for the Orlando event.  You can find them here.

We’re angry and we’re telling the government we’re not taking it anymore.

Stock Market Reveals What We Already Know – Bank Nationalization Destroys

The stock market had a roller coaster ride this week, mostly of long downward falling hills.  US stocks slid to a 12 year low.  The government took over 40% of Citigroup Inc. this week and that cut shareholders’ stakes in Citigroup by 74%.  Citigroup’s stock dropped 39% after the Treasury agreed to convert as much as $25 billion of preferred shares into common stock.  If you stopped counting, let me inform you that this is the third rescue of this bank.  Bank of America did not do any better and it’s stock plunged 26 percent.

“The Citi story is a nightmare that keeps getting worse, with no end in sight,” said Matthew Kaufler, money manager at Federated Clover Investment Advisors, which oversees $2.1 billion. “The fact that it’s occurring on a day when we’re getting horrible GDP numbers adds some kerosene to the mix.”

This was the third straight week of declines.  Wall Street does not appear to be excited about the new president or his Marxist ways.  The index fell 11% in total here in the month of February mainly because of the passage of the Porkulus Bill and the knowledge that we are falling into a deepening recession.

Obviously, bank nationalization does not solve the issues.  It makes matters worse.  But the government seems hell bent on destroying this country, so I expect more of this and it won’t be long before the government owns more than 50% of Citigroup so they make all the decisions.  Stockholders can go to Hell I guess.

It Is Official, Obama’s Revenge On Country In Full Light

President Obama has officially released his budget and it comes in at a whopping $3.6 trillion.  As with all the other spending that Obama has pushed onto us, once again there is no explanation as to how he plans to pay for this budget.  I know, I know he’s going to raise taxes on the rich and cut war spending.  Obama is bamboozling America.  He says no middle class person will experience their taxes rising even one dime and yet that has to be a lie because even if he takes every last dime from the top 5% of wage earners here in America he will not be able to cover his budget.  I could have sworn he was going to cut the deficit in half, not add more to it.  Our future generation is screwed.  So obviously, as I’ve said all along, they will be raising middle class taxes.  But even if they raise taxes on everyone making $75,000 or more, even if they take every taxable dollar above the $75,000, we still fall short.

Here is the history of presidential budgets from Clinton to present:  In 1996 the budget was $1.6 trillion, 1999 it was $1.8 trillion, 2000 it was $1.9 trillion, Bush’s first budget was $2.0 trillion and increased each year until his final budget at $2.9 trillion.  Almost makes one wish for President Clinton again.  Egad, sorry about that!  Now our current president makes spending like a “drunken sailor” look just like a buzz.  This $3.6 trillion does not include the current deficit or the porkulus bill.

The most troubling piece of the budget to me is $634 billion as a down payment on universal healthcare coverage.  Not only do we not want the government taking over healthcare, but this amount is only a down payment?!  This piece of the budget will bankrupt the country all by itself.  Not to mention that universal healthcare does not even exist yet and has not been legislated or debated yet.  Talk about chutzpah!  So we get this crammed down our throats without our input.

The budget also includes another bank bailout to the tune of $250 billion.  Renewable energy gets favored in this plan, while Big Oil suffers.  The American Petroleum Institute said higher taxes would stifle job creation and oil-patch investment. “I don’t see how this bolsters energy security,” API spokeswoman Cathy Landry said. BP executive Lamar McKay told Congress Wednesday that taxing “core energy” while subsidizing new energy would do nothing to help the nation’s energy supply. 

Our government is being run by the criminally insane.  And yes, they are criminals.

National Tea Party Website

There is a new website up that is trying to keep track of all the tea parties being held across the nation.  You can find it here:  http://newamericanteaparty.com/ If they don’t have one in your area, why not get a few friends together and set one up.

Join me tonight, Wednesday, February 25th at 8pm for my radio show on State Sovereignty.  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/freedomswings/

President Obama’s First Congressional Address

My advice to the president is to stop making speeches on a daily basis with the same rhetoric over and over.  If most of America is like me, we’re tired of the same message over and over again.  We have heard this same speech over a dozen times – probably more.  The only thing that Obama changed up in this speech from the others he has recently delivered is that he peppered in a little bit of hope.  I’m sure the advisors told him he better so the stock market does not tank again today.  Even Michelle Malkin, who usually has a plethora of comments during these kinds of speeches, only had a couple of comments.  I think we are bored.

But not the moonbats gathered to hear the speech in person.  The president entered fashionably late as has become his custom and the applause and hugging and autograph signing made me wonder if the Jonas Brothers were following him up the aisle.  The liberals so love the new president that they even gave the troops the most resounding applause I have ever heard.

Obama promised that we would “rebuild, we will recover, and the [USA] will emerge stronger than before.”  Not with his plans.  Every time the President mentioned energy and how we needed to change our sources for security and what-not I thought to myself that squelching the off-shore drilling really helps that goal.  He also promised cap and trade by saying, “So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America.”  So much for our electricity as coal goes bankrupt.

Most of the housing blame was put on regulators and banks.  No mention of Democrats and groups like ACORN forcing banks to make bad loans.

Obama said that families who are struggling to pay tuition costs will “receive $2,500 tax credit for all four years of college.”  Where did this come from?  I had heard the $2500 hundred partial tax credit before, but this sounded new and it sounds like tax payers will be footing the bill for $10,000?  Maybe I’m misunderstanding.  Sure wish this was around when I quit college because I couldn’t afford it.  No Pell grant for me because my middle class parents made too much.

Vice president Biden will be leading the oversight on spending.  Oh joy!  And the President even said that nobody “messes with Joe”.  Was that to keep you hip, Mr. President?  What an unpresidential thing to say.

He talked again of sacrifice as the government fills their pockets and spends far more than President George Bush ever dreamed.  Once again, he never explained how we will pay for all of this.  He promises more spending and bailouts particularly for banks.  That is why I claim he is insane.  How can you say that, while maintaining that you will half the deficit?

Interruptions by applause for universal healthcare I counted at six.  These guys really want to do that and I expect that to be the next big spending bill.  He promised not to raise taxes on people making under $250,000 a year, that they will not have their taxes raised one dime.  As I’ve said before, I’ll believe that when I see it.  And even if taxes do not go up, what does it matter with the inflation that Obama is leading us into.

The most important point about this address to me though is this very significant point.  I have scanned the transcript multiple times and listened to the speech.  This speech was all about what “we” as the American people would do…without God.  The only mention of God came at the very end and that was just Obama saying “God bless you” and the USA.  Without His guidance Barack, without turning back to Him, we are doomed to fail.  Now we know where Barack Obama stands on God.  Now we know this man’s dark soul.

Day After Fiscal Responsibility Conference New $410 Billion Spending Bill Proposed

In an utter show of what we can expect from our ever growing big government here in America, the president held an inane fiscal responsibility conference yesterday.  The whole farce was a waste of time with Obama acting like he was some kind of teacher breaking his students into little discussion groups and then asking for their comments on what they discussed and conclusions they came to without really solving any of the problems this country faces.  And this is nothing compared to the hypocrisy on display at this event.  Didn’t these baffoons just pass the wasteful and completely irresponsible porkulus bill last week?  Fiscal responsibility my arse!

And then today we get the news that Congress had some unfinished budget business and they are now proposing another bill totaling $410 billion dollars.  That is nearly half a trillion.  This measure is to fund the government for the remaining seven months of fiscal year 2009.  Since the Democrats are in control of the White House, they put together all of their unfinished bills into this monstrosity and will vote on it in the House this week.  Republicans are fighting the bill because it is yet again another expansion of government and will add to the deficit.  Gee, I could have sworn I heard something about cutting the deficit in half…

 

“With the deficit rising like a hot air balloon and consumer confidence on the brink, the last thing we need is more excessive spending coming from Washington,” Representative David Dreier, a senior Republican, said in a statement.

And if you are not already steamed, you should know that this bill contains at least $5 billion in earmarks coming from 9,000 different projects.  Some of those projects include money for tattoo removal, bullying programs, Maine lobsters and $473,000 to the National Council of La Raza!

My definition of responsible must be wrong.

Orlando Tea Party Coming!

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I’ve been contacted by the woman organizing our tea party here in the Orlando area and here is what we have so far and I will add details as they come so watch for updates.  We will be meeting at the Ampitheather on Saturday March 21st from 12pm-2pm.  There will be a singer and other plans are still in the works.  A website is also planned to help generate funds and I will post that here when it is up and running.  I invite commenters to share details of any tea parties planned in your areas.

Update:  The website is up, please visit and give a small donation if you can.  The event needs to raise $2,000-$3,000. 

http://www.orlandoteaparty.com/

Who Do They Think They Are Fooling On Bank Nationalization?

Last week, several congresspeople were heard commenting that nationalizing banks might be a good idea and something that America was probably going to have to do.  Lindsey Graham was the one that really caught my attention on this since he is a Republican – a RINO, but still a Republican.  The market went crazy last week as investors began to fear that the Obama Administration might just go ahead with nationalization and the Dow fell considerably almost every day.  Before we entered the weekend, the Obama Administration assured everyone that they were not going to consider nationalization.  But you know, if the president’s lips are moving he is lying and so today breaking news on the wires seems to indicate that banks will be nationalized – they just are not going to call it that.

Here is what Fox News is reporting:  “The Treasury Department and Federal Reserve are expected to announce details this week of new capital assistance measures ‘designed to avoid nationalization’ of banks, including details of a previously announced ‘stress test’ for institutions that likely will require some bigger firms to temporarily raise more capital, an administration official told FOX Business on Sunday.”

An adminstration official said that these new capital measures are to provide a buffer and give regulators “an insurance policy” in case the market continues to deteriorate.  This “test” they are talking about I guess is suppose to see if institutions can withstand a “tougher economic scenario”.  Is this test suppose to be used to try and make the crisis appear worse and get the American people’s support behind nationalization?  Why run a test?  Isn’t the current economic crisis enough of an example?  How much worse do they want this to go?  I use the word “want” because this crisis is becoming something that the government is adding to and making worse.

Fox News also reports, “The official said that any new mandated additions to a bank’s capital will be ‘a temporary thing,’ supplementing existing rules for capital levels. ‘It’s not a [permanent] change in capital requirements,’ the official said.”  What in the world is going on here?  And now for some revelation of truth, “The official acknowledged that nationalization remains a policy option of last resort for the administration and regulators, because they have ‘always’ pledged to ‘do whatever it takes’ to stabilize the financial system — the Bush Administration used it to take over Fannie Mae (FNM: 0.52, 0, 0%), Freddie Mac (FRE: 0.54, 0, 0%) and American International Group (AIG: 0.5389, 0, 0%) last year in September, before Congress approved the $700 billion TARP, with its various new policy tools, in October. But the official, expressing frustration with market speculation last week, emphasized repeatedly that regulators ‘are not going to nationalize.’”

I decided to review exactly what it was that White House Spokesmoron Gibbs said about nationalization and upon further review, it is apparent that the administration never ruled out nationalization of banks.  This is just another case of double-speak coming out of the adminstration.  Here is what Gibbs said, “This administration continues to strongly believe that a privately held banking system is the correct way to go, ensuring that they are regulated sufficiently by this government.” When pushed to say if the adminstration would clearly come out against nationalization Gibbs responded, “ It’s hard for me to be clearer than where I just was.”  There are the catch phrases, ensuring and regulated sufficiently, that prove that no matter what they tell us, they already are running the banks.  If you are telling the banks exactly what they can do and providing them with capital, you are running them.

They think we are such fools.  Forty percent nationalization is nationalization!