White House Can’t Take The Heat

The White House continues to attack FOX News with outrageous accusations and avoids appearing on the network.  One would think that if FOX News were spreading lies, that the accused would appear on the network to disprove the accusations.  Of course, the accused would not show up on a network if the truth were being exposed there and they could not dispel the reports.  And that is precisely what FOX News is reporting: truth.  FOX News actually investigates and practices true journalism, which is lacking at the other networks.  That is why FOX News’ ratings are soaring and one of the reasons citizens were out protesting media bias this weekend.

White House officials made the Sunday morning talk show rounds without including FOX news again and took the opportunity to attack FOX News.  One would think they have better things to do like create jobs, fight wars and secure the nation.  The reactions of the White House reminds me of teenagers who do not like someone being liked over them.  President Obama is Mr. Popularity – all he cares about – and so he does not like that something like FOX News is getting better approval ratings than him.  And the fact is, if FOX News was not right on their reports then people like Van Jones would not have had to step down and ACORN would still be another arm of the government.

David Axelrod appeared on ABC’s “This Week” and said Fox News shouldn’t be treated as a news organization. “And the bigger thing is that other news organizations, like yours, ought not to treat them that way, and we’re not going to treat them that way…You know, I’m not concerned. Mr. Murdoch has a talent for making money, and I understand that their programming is geared toward making money,” Axelrod said. “The only argument Anita was making is that they’re not really a news station. … It’s not just their commentators, but a lot of their news programming. It’s really not news. It’s pushing a point of view.”  So not only is the administration not appearing on FOX programs, but now they are telling other media outlets how to respond to FOX.  This is something we already knew though since it came to light that administration officials were conducting morning conference calls with members of the media and offering bullet points.

It is not enough that the mainstream media are cheerleaders for Obama.  The administration wants the media’s help in taking down FOX News.  Rahm Emanuel claimed, “It is not a news organization so much as it has a perspective.”  And what exactly would he say about MSNBC and CNN.  Jeff Immelt, who is CEO of NBC, is a part of the administration.  Former journalists from the mainstream media are not a part of the administration.

It truly is amazing how stupid the Obama administration thinks Americans are and how easily they think they can manipulate people.  They are absolutely wrong and FOX News will continue to soar as long as the attack is on.

NBC Giddy After Al Franken Becomes Senator-Elect

The thought of Al Franken strolling the halls of Congress is nauseating enough without having to listen to supposed journalists fawn all over the former Saturday Night Live “comedy” writer.  I put “comedy” in quotes because SNL has never been a funny show and this most certainly was true with Franken’s bits.  Franken appeared on NBC’s Today show yesterday morning and Meredith Viera could hardly contain herself.  Here is the transcript with my commentary in blue:

MEREDITH VIEIRA: Now to politics and the man who will give the Democratic Party a super majority (I’m sure she was giddy inside with the thought of the left having complete power.) in the U.S. Senate. Following 239 days of legal wrangling, Minnesota’s Supreme Court now declared former SNL cast member Al Franken the state’s junior senator. We spoke on Wednesday and I began by asking him how it feels to be senator-elect.

SENATOR-ELECT AL FRANKEN: It sounds good. Senator is going to sound just a little bit better. (It makes me nauseous.)

VIEIRA: Just a little bit better. Well, this has been a long time coming. (Long time coming according to who – the man has stolen the election.  She acts like Minnesota was dying to have him and that he truly deserves this Senate seat.) You are a guy known for your great sense of humor. (Are you kidding me?!  More like his bizarre behavior and angry outbursts.) You kind of shoot from the hip a lot. Was it hard to keep your mouth shut and just let this thing, sort of, play out over the past seven-plus months? (What the hell kind of qestion is this?)

FRANKEN: Well, fortunately I lost my sense of humor right away. (You never had one.) So, I didn’t have a problem.

VIEIRA: It did get a little contentious, didn’t it?

FRANKEN: Well, I tried not to make it about that, and it, you know. Minnesota has a real process here. Minnesotans should be proud of our process. It’s thorough. We can say that. And it’s transparent, and our election officials acted with incredible integrity. So Minnesotans should be very proud. (What a farce!  Votes turning up in the backseats of cars and ballots that had more than one vote were counted.  Some votes counted and some not based on whatever random person made the random decisison.)

VIEIRA: You talk about a close election. 2.9 million votes were cast. You won by just 312 votes.

FRANKEN: Yep.

VIEIRA: Are you conscious of that as you head to Washington D.C. next week? (Meredith, what does he care – he’s in?)

FRANKEN: I’m very conscious of it. I know that there are a lot of Minnesotans who didn’t vote for me and it’s up to me to show that I’m going to be working for them. You know, there’s going to be a lot of talk and you brought it up, the talk of super majority. I don’t see myself as the 60th Democrat in the Senate. I see myself as the second Minnesota senator. (That is plainly a lie.  This guy is so left he practically falls off the charts.  He is a for sure vote for any Marxist agenda Obama presents.)

VIEIRA: And finally, are you more worried about becoming a target for the GOP or a target for Saturday Night Live, your old stomping ground?

FRANKEN: I’m not worried about either. I’m most concerned about hitting the ground running, and getting the job done.

Well, one thing is for sure, he will give us plenty of material for months and years to come.  If it was not for the fact that these ignorant sycophants were not destroying our country, I would be having a great time.  Between the President’s Teleprompter handicap and Gibb’s ums and ahs and Joe Biden’s diarrhea of the mouth and Barney Frank as himself, I have had more material to aim my irreverence towards than ever before.

ABC Responds To Complaints About Indoctrination Special

Yesterday, I fired off an email to ABC News under their “Specials” category complaining about their move to become State TV and run the President’s special programming next Wednesday, June 24th.  The entire evening is devoted to the White House and the President’s plans for healthcare.  The Evening News with Charlie Gibson and the special “Prescription For America” will run live from the White House.  Supposedly a townhall format will be used that will offer a vigorous debate on the topic, however no Republican leaders are invited to speak, nor is the group Conservatives for Patient’s Rights being allowed to purchase ad time during the special.  We all know the truth about this program: it is indoctrination clearly.  I received an email from ABC News with several links to stories they were running on the issue and one was their response to a letter received from the RNC complaining about the programming.  Here is that letter:

Mr. Ken McKay
Chief of Staff
Republican National Committee
310 First Street SE
Washington, D.C. 20003
Dear Mr. McKay:

I am in receipt of your letter of June 15, 2009 and wanted to respond to a number of false premises you raise regarding our ongoing and upcoming coverage of health care.

I hope we can all agree that a robust debate of health care issues and potential policies is in order.

To that end, ABC News announced plans to broadcast a primetime hour from the White House devoted to exploring and probing the President’s position and giving voice to questions and criticisms of that position. We hope that any American concerned about health care will find our efforts to be informative, fair and civil.  
Second, ABC News prides itself on covering all sides of important issues and asking direct questions of all newsmakers — of all political persuasions — even when others have taken a more partisan approach and even in the face of criticism from extremes on both ends of the political spectrum.  ABC News is looking for the most thoughtful and diverse voices on this issue.   ABC News alone will select those who will be in the audience asking questions of the president.  Like any programs we broadcast, ABC News will have complete editorial control.  To suggest otherwise is quite unfair to both our journalists and our audience.
Third, there already has been extensive coverage of the upcoming health care debates, on ABC and elsewhere, and there will be much, much more. Indeed, we’ve already had many critics of the President’s health care proposals on the air – and that’s before a real plan has even been put before the country.
In the end, no one watching, listening to, or reading ABC News will lack for an understanding of all sides of these important questions.

Thank you for your interest.

Kerry Smith
Senior Vice President, ABC News

Do you believe them?  I do not and find myself torn about watching the program.  I want to watch to see if is indeed just more propaganda or if our voices will have changed the tone, but do I want to give ABC the ratings?  I think I will wait for the transcripts because I find it highly unlikely that ABC will cave to conservative pressure.  They are swimming too comfortably in the tank with Obama.

Obama’s Second Presidential Press Conference

The campaign trail is still burning for the President as he uses the media in every way possible (via townhalls, late night comedy shows and press conferences) to cram his unsustainable budget down our throats.  Here are excerpts from the press conference with my irreverent commentary in blue:

OBAMA: “The first step we took was to pass a recovery plan to jump-start job creation and put money in people’s pockets. This plan’s already saved the jobs of teachers and police officers. It’s creating construction jobs to rebuild roads and bridges.”  Got any numbers there Mr. President?  This is all bull.  More jobs are lost then “saved”.  And as I pointed out in a previous blog post, those twenty something police jobs saved are only set for one year.

OBAMA:  “And yesterday I met with a man whose company is reopening a factory outside of Pittsburgh that’s rehiring workers to build some of the most energy-efficient windows in the world.”  Again, do we have any numbers here.  This guy may have only ten people working in his factory. 

OBAMA:  “The second step we took was to launch a plan to stabilize the housing market and help responsible homeowners stay in their homes. This plan’s one reason that mortgage interest rates are now at near historic lows.”  This plan is the reason for low interest rates?!  What bullcrap!  The Fed had already lowered those rates long ago.  And these low rates are not work well when inflation kicks in and that is coming very soon.

 OBAMA:  “The budget I submitted to Congress will build our economic recovery on a stronger foundation so that we don’t face another crisis like this 10 or 20 years from now.”  This is such a LIE!  He better read the Congressional Budget Office report which predicts that Obama’s budget is unsustainable and will lead to a trillion dollar deficit every year for the next ten years.  That, my friends, will be a crisis of epic proportions.

 *DUCT TAPE ALERT!*  OBAMA:  “That’s why this budget is inseparable from this recovery — because it is what lays the foundation for a secure and lasting prosperity.”   Do I really need to say anything?

Then the President ends his opening statement and goes to his list of reporters – does anyone else wonder if the questions are already prepared and that the answers are in the Teleprompter?  Jennifer Loven of the AP gets the first question and asks about the sweeping new powers and over-reach that the Treasury wants over businesses and why the public should support that.  Here is a portion of Obama’s response:

OBAMA:  “And the reason is, is because we have not obtained this authority. We should have obtained it much earlier so that any institution that poses a systemic risk that could bring down the financial system we can handle and we can do it in an orderly fashion that quarantines it from other institutions.  We don’t have that power right now; that’s what Secretary Geithner was talking about. And I think that there’s going to be strong support from the American people and from Congress to provide that authority ( not from thinking Americans who know that this move is unConstitutional), so that we don’t find ourselves in a situation where we’ve got to choose between either allowing an enormous institution like AIG, which is not just insuring other banks, but is also insuring pension funds and potentially putting people’s 401(k)s at risk if it goes under, that’s one choice, and then the other choice is just to allow them to take taxpayer money without the kind of conditions that we’d like to see on it.”  The Treasury Secretary already had unprecendented powers from TARP and now he wants more.  The question is, who will be King?

 Jake Tapper asked about the budget and the fact that Congress appears to be taking out the middle class tax cuts and the cap and trade provisions and if Obama will sign on to that.  OBAMA:  “I am confident that the budget we put forward will have those principles in place.  I think cap-and-trade is the best way, from my perspective, to achieve some of those gains, because what it does is it starts pricing the pollution that’s being sent into the atmosphere.  Tapper again asks if he will sign on without those provisions and the answer was, ” No, I — what I said was that I haven’t seen yet what provisions are in there. The bottom line is, is that I want to see health care, energy, education and serious efforts to reduce our budget deficit.”  So there was no answer, but we know he won’t let cap and trade go.

CHIP REID:  “But under your budget, the debt will increase $7 trillion over the next 10 years. The Congressional Budget Office says $9.3 trillion. And today on Capitol Hill, some Republicans called your budget, with all the spending on health care, education and environment, the most irresponsible budget in American history.”

OBAMA: “Yes.”

REID: “Isn’t that kind of debt exactly what you were talking about when you said passing on our problems to the next generation?”

OBAMA: “First of all, I suspect that some of those Republican critics have a short memory, because, as I recall, I’m inheriting a $1.3 trillion deficit, annual deficit, from them. That would be point number one.  (Blame Bush as always. Obama voted for TARP too.) Point number two. Both under our estimates and under the CBO estimates, both — the most conservative estimates out there, we drive down the deficit over the first five years of our budget. The deficit is cut in half. And folks aren’t disputing that.  Where the dispute comes in is what happens in a whole bunch of out-years. (Excuse me, but Obama’s promises of cutting $2 trillion in spending out of the budget comes from this same tactic of forecasting ten years down the road.)  And the main difference between the budget that we presented and the budget that came out of the Congressional Budget Office is assumptions about growth.  They’re assuming a growth rate of 2.2 percent; we’re assuming a growth rate of 2.6 percent. Those small differences end up adding up to a lot of money. Our assumptions are perfectly consistent with what blue chip forecasters out there are saying.  Now, none of us knows exactly what’s going to happen 6 or 8 or 10 years from now. Here’s what I do know: If we don’t tackle energy, if we don’t improve our education system, if we don’t drive down the costs of health care, if we’re not making serious investments in science and technology and our infrastructure, then we won’t grow 2.6 percent, we won’t grow 2.2 percent. We won’t grow.  (More debt equals more growth, right?  We have to make these investments no matter what it does to the children.)  And so what we’ve said is, let’s make the investments that ensure that we meet our growth targets that put us on a pathway to growth as opposed to a situation in which we’re not making those investments and we still have trillion-dollar deficits.  And there’s an interesting reason why some of these critics haven’t put out their own budget. I mean, we haven’t seen an alternative budget out of them.”  (Like any of these Democrats would let it see the light of day.) 

 

LIE OF THE NIGHT - OBAMA:  “But I’m — look, I’m not going to lie to you.”

Ed Henry had one of the best questions of the evening I think: “Thank you. Mr. President. You spoke again at the top about your anger about AIG. You’ve been saying that for days now. But why is it that it seems Andrew Cuomo seems to be in New York getting more actual action on it?  And when you and Secretary Geithner first learned about this 10 days, two weeks ago, you didn’t go public immediately with that outrage. You waited a few days. And then when — you went public after you realized Secretary Geithner really had no legal avenue to stop it.  And, more broadly, I just want to follow up on Chip and Jake. You’ve been very critical of President Bush doubling the national debt. And, to be fair, it’s not just Republicans hitting you. Democrat Kent Conrad, as you know, said, quote, When I look at this budget, I see the debt doubling again. You keep saying that you’ve inherited a big fiscal mess. Do you worry, though, that your daughters, not to mention the next president, will be inheriting an even bigger fiscal mess if the spending goes out of control?”  The President focused on health care reform again here.  He seems to think that everyone agrees it is our worst problem.  Did health care costs cause the housing bubble?  Did health care costs cause foreclosures?  Have health care costs caused the Stock Market collapse? Give me a break!  That was the only answer he gave to this hard hitting question, we have new health care technology, blah, blah, blah… On the AIG, he said he wanted to wait a few days to make sure he knew what he was talking about.  What a liar!

Major Garrett asked about China calling for a new currency and wanting to dump the dollar and the upcoming G20 leading the world away from our economy.  Obama’s response was a sign he is in denial – OBAMA: “I think it’s fair to say that the response that people have had to our administration and the steps that we’ve taken are ones that are restoring a sense of confidence and the ability of the United States to assert global leadership.”  The President better read “The Moscow Times”.

There were some other questions and the President ended with this statement – OBAMA: “What I am confident about is that we’re moving in the right direction and that the decisions we’re making are based on, how are we going to get this economy moving? How are we going to put Americans back to work? How are we going to make sure that our people are safe? And how are we going to create not just prosperity here, but work with other countries for global peace and prosperity? And we are going to stay with it as long as I’m in this office, and I think that — you look back four years from now, I think, hopefully, people will judge that body of work and say, this is a big ocean liner. It’s not a speedboat. It doesn’t turn around immediately. But we’re in a better, better place because of the decisions that we made.”

I believe the big ocean liner’s name is Titanic.

Someone Tell The White House Spokesmoron To Shad-Up!

The White House Spokesmoron, Robert Gibbs, stuck his foot in it again.  This man cannot be long for this job.  At Friday’s press conference, Gibbs blasted the media (aren’t the media the people he works with) when asked about CNBC reporter Rick Santelli’s recent tirade against the president’s mortgage plan.  Gibbs actually had this to say, “I…think that it’s tremendously important that for people who rant on cable television to be responsible and understand what it is they’re talking about.  I feel assured that Mr. Santelli doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”  

Doesn’t know what he is talking about!?  Get a clue!  The country’s growing grassroots fire is catching on and Mr. Santelli’s rant seems to be the catalyst.  He voiced what many people around this country are feeling and the Obama Administration better start listening.   

But Gibbs wasn’t done with the media yet.  He then criticized cable news coverage of the presidential campaign by saying, “If I hadn’t worked on the campaign but simply watch the cable news scorekeeping of the campaign, we lost virtually every day of the race.  If I would have just watched cable TV, I long would have crawled into a hole and given up this whole prospect of changing the country.”  What in the hell is he talking about?!  The media was Obama’s cheerleader.  Somebody put this man out of our misery!

President’s First News Conference

President Barack Obama began his first news conference with a repeat of the speeches or statements he has made over the past couple of days.  I guess he figures if he says the same rhetoric over and over, we will start to believe it – I’m not sold.  The first question came from an AP reporter and was actually a really good one.  The reporter said that Obama had made a shocking statement today that this recession could be irreversible if the stimulus bill is not passed and asked why he would say that since we have come out of every other recession before and isn’t this kind of dire language a bad idea?  Obama literally rambled for five minutes repeating most of his opening statement and never answered either part of the question.  He called on the next reporter and it was then that I noticed that people were not raising hands or shouting there questions like your typical press conference.  He was calling names off of a piece of paper in front of him.  The reporters were pre-picked and I am sure they knew who they were.

Obama says he will keep on engaging the Republicans when a reporter asks if Obama’s administration is giving up their stance of working for a bi-partisan solution.  The administration says that they now only care about passing this piece of crap bill.  The president also keeps using the following verbage, “Maybe you/some people have a philosophy that the government should not get involved in…”  It’s not a philosophy!  These are the principles that this country was bulit on – read the Constitution sometime, Mr. President.  Obama keeps asking why we wouldn’t want to update our schools, put medical records in an electronic system and weatherize homes right now?  Because this does not stimulate the economy, I thought that was obvious.

Chuck Todd asks about consumer spending getting us into this mess and shouldn’t we not promote that.  Obama says that he does not think consumer spending got us into this place.  It most certainly played a part – people have lived outside of their means.  Otherwise why would credit card debt be something TARP is trying to fix?  The president uses Nancy Pelosi’s, “The party is over.” 

Obama said he would love to not have to spend money right now – watch his nose grow!  Julianna Bloomberg (sp?) asked the president doesn’t he believe that we are going to need more than this second $350 billion in TARP because other government people think so.  He said we are going to have to work with the banks to clear up their balance sheets and open things up and restore trust.  He doesn’t want to pre-empt the Treasury Secretary.  They don’t know if they will need more money.  They’ll basically have to see.  The answer is, of course, they will need more money.

Jake Tapper asked how the American people will know if this plan is working.  The president says that the first thing will be when the four million jobs are created.  Are the credit markets working better is another factor.  Step three will be if the housing industry gets better.  Are foreclosures going down?  The greatest factor will be that we start growing again.

Ed Henry asks when military will be drawn out of Afghanistan and if flag draped coffins will be able to be shown again.  The president says Afghanistan will be a big job.  They are reviewing everything with a regional approach.  No clear answer to either question was given.  There is no time table.

Major Garrett asked about Biden’s comment that there is a 3o% chance we get this wrong he made this weekend about a private conversation between himself and the president and what that was in reference to – was it the recovery stimulus package?  Obama says he has no idea what Biden was talking about – do any of us?  The president says that they have lots of complicated things they are working on so it could be anything.

Helen Thomas asks if the president thinks Pakistan is maintaining safe havens for terrorists and does he know if any countries in the middle east have nuclear weapons.  Could someone please put Helen out of our misery?  What stupid questions.  And would the president really play his hand on either of these topics?  That would not be a good idea.

Huffington Post asks if Bush adminstration will face any prosecution.  Obama says his adminstration will operate in a way that they abide by Geneva Convention and we are going vigorously after terrorists and that those are complimentary things.  He says if there is clear wrong doing they should be prosecuted.  So he doesn’t answer the question.  Most questions he doesn’t really answer.  He just wants to move forward.

Another reporter says this stimulus should have been easy to get bi-partisan support on so how does he expect to get that to happen with other things like healthcare reform and the like.  Obama says that people are sticking to their old ways and habits and that this kind of behavior should be put aside because the country cannot afford it.  Actually, we can’t afford this porkulus bill.  He uses the example of how we approach fiscal responsibility because the Republicans upped the national debt as well in the past so their criticism seems hypocritical.  We need to be pragmatic.  Obama says by definition any stimulus bill would include spending and that that is the point.  Not his kind of wasteful spending.

And then Obama runs away from the lectern before he really has to give good concise and transparent answers.

Shocking News: NBC’s Parent Company GE Faltering

Oh, am I being irreverent again?  I abhor the left wing agenda of NBC, MSNBC, GE and Universal.  (No, I don’t dislike Universal because I’m a Disney nut, but when you can go to the Magic Kingdom why go to the ghetto?)  The Associated Press is reporting that the General Electric Co. posted a 46% drop in quarterly earnings.  The main issue is it’s failing finance business, GE Capital.  Last year was a difficult year for one of the world’s largest companies that is spread out in many different sectors of business ranging from light bulbs to News stations and even jet engines.  The company declared plans to both defend its top “AAA” credit rating and pay its $1.24 dividend.  GE’s shares fell 4.5% in trading on Friday.  

Sounds like they need a bailout…oh wait, here is what the AP reported, “GE Capital has joined federal programs designed to help lenders raise cash and the company expects its credit losses from bad loans to rise to $9 billion this year.”  Joined federal programs?  That sounds strangely like they were part of the bailout doesn’t it?

GE might be faltering because of bad loans they made in their credit business, but GE has made some other horrific decisions that I think affect the company as well.  They just aren’t talking about it.  Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.  That would be GE CEO Jeff Immelt.  This guy is an idiot.  I was flipping channels last Monday and ended up getting stuck on MSNBC (I know, when I could have been watching “The View”…)  Jeff Immelt was on Morning Joe being interviewed and everyone was giddy with Obama Fever.  Immelt referred to America as a company and said something along the lines that this was going to be an era for a new company in which energy and infrastructure are the answers to our woes.  STOP LAUGHING!  I really was rather shocked that this came from a man who stands to gain from government tyranny telling us which light bulbs we can use (those energy efficient ones are so inexpensive *gag*) and from a stimulus package that is planning on changing out all the old light bulbs in government buildings.  Wonder who is getting the contract to supply them?  Hmm…I hope some reporter can get on that.

Jeff ImbecileImmelt also had this chunk of wisdom to share, “Capitalism is the old playbook.”  My God, if that did not rocket the stock price down I do not know what will.  He is a friggin’ corporation which makes it’s money from CAPITALISM!!!!!  Sorry, I need to take a deep breathe.  Thinking puppy dogs and rainbows…Oh crap, now I’m thinking about what people are thinking Obama the Great is bringing to America.

Wonder if Immelt, who has been capitalizing on this whole “green” thing with “Green Weeks” and “green theming”, noticed the 575 million pounds of CO2 the Inauguration created?  And how about that trash everywhere?  If you saw the picture I posted a couple of days ago I’m sure you noticed that recyclable bottle in the foreground.  Oh those greenies are just so responsible.

I’ll tell you Mr. Immelt, your business is going to continue to spiral down as more Americans realize that you are just spoon feeding them leftist agendas across your news rooms and as they catch wind of your bullcrap expect some boycotting – I already don’t purchase anything with the GE stamp myself.  Oh wait, boycotting doesn’t work since capitalism is the “old playbook”, right?

Barack Obama On This Week With George Stephanopoulos

Let me just highlight some of my favorite quotes from Barack Obama on This Week with George Stephanopoulos.  I for one was very relieved that they discussed the real crisis here in America – what dog to buy for the girls.  Sorry I couldn’t help myself.  On that point, has anyone noticed that the Obama family are looking at some of the elite, designer type dogs?  What happened to a rescue mutt? 

Here is quote 1:  “And it’s going to take some time to fix it. But what we tried to do was put forward a plan that says let’s act boldly, let’s act swiftly. Let’s not only provide a jumpstart to the economy and immediately or save 3 million jobs, but let’s also put a down payment on some of the structural problems that we have in our economy.”  Did you catch that down payment part?  One trillion is a down payment!

Quote #2:  “Well, let’s look at the package as a whole, the bulk of the package is direct government spending. And here are a few things we’re going to do. We’re going to alternative energy production. We are going to weatherize 2 million homes. We are going to create a much more efficient energy system.”  Well, at least he is honest about what this stimulus is – spending.

Quote #3:   “I think we can create a new green economy. And that’s going to be one of the keys to the 21st Century.”  A green economy is a failing economy.  Coal bankrupt means America bankrupt.  Mercury filled lightbulbs means poison in our homes and landfills(does anybody believe that people are going to recycle these bulbs?).  Fees and fines bankrupt America businesses.  Obama economy = failure.

Quote #4:  “And so then the question becomes, do tax cuts also provide a stimulus? Do they also help? And they may not help as much as some of the direct spending projects do, but they still provide a stimulus, especially if they are targeted towards people who are really in need.”  Said like the perfect Marxist.  Tax cuts may help?!  And for those really in need?!  They don’t pay taxes – you’re giving them welfare.  This guy is such an idiot and I cannot believe he will be in charge of our economy.

Quote #5:  “We can’t set up a situation where we’re adding to the structural deficit over the long-term. We can’t have waste and abuse in it. We can’t have earmarks in it.”  My God, has he even read his own package?  Talk about earmarks.  And we’re not adding to the structural deficit?!  I am almost positive that he said that we have to ignore the deficits at a time like this.

George called Obama on the earmarks thing and pointed one out that is some kind of museum in Las Vegas and Obama said that he would prefer [Quote #5]:  “You know, I would prefer spending money on things like making sure that all federal buildings are energy efficient so the taxpayers are saving money over the long-term.”  I laugh everytime he states this idea because who believes that energy efficient buildings are really going to make a difference.  Especially when discussing trillions of dollars in bailouts and spending.  Are we idiots?  We must be because our incoming President obviously thinks so.

Quote #6:  When asked about how Obama will deal with a certain conflict with Iran he said, “And we are going to have to take a new approach. And I’ve outlined my belief that engagement is the place to start. That the international community is going to be taking cues from us in how we want to approach Iran.  And I think that sending a signal that we respect the aspirations of the Iranian people, but that we also have certain expectations in terms of how a international actor behaves, is…Well, I think a new emphasis on respect and a new emphasis on being willing to talk, but also a clarity about what our bottom lines are.”  Yes, let’s make sure we show the terrorists respect.  I feel safer already.

Quote #7:  “We are going to close Guantanamo and we are going to make sure that the procedures we set up are ones that abide by our constitution. “   If you listened to my predictions radio show you know I think this is a huge mistake.  How can we afford to lose our only base between Cuba/Venezuela/Russia and our homeland?

Everytime Barack Obama opens his mouth I feel as though I am falling further down the rabbit hole.  He opens up a little more each time anf slowly reveals his ultimate plans.  And most of them are not good for America.

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Kathleen Parker Is Bathing In The Kool-Aid

Seen the new Kathleen Parker column out this week yet?  The title says it all – “Giving Up On God” – but let me delve into the specifics.  It would seem this former conservative has been drinking the Kool-Aid the liberals have been handing around.  At least that is what I am to believe if I truly think that Kathleen Parker was ever a conservative.  I have my doubts.  So Parker has decided that she knows what ails the Republican Party and how to go about fixing the problems.  The number one step the GOP needs to take according to Parker is, “To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn’t soon cometh.  Simply put: Armband religion is killing the Republican Party. And, the truth — as long as we’re setting ourselves free — is that if one were to eavesdrop on private conversations among the party intelligentsia, one would hear precisely that.” 

I’m assuming that Kathleen Parker is one of those self-described intelligentsia although the term “oogedy-boogedy” gives me pause in making that assessment.  Parker is like all these pundits running around proclaiming that the GOP must move more to the left to be more appealing.  Umm…guess they did not notice that John McCain was the GOP’s ”it” man for presidential candidate.  That experiment collapsed.  They can blame Sarah Palin all they want, but the proof is in the numbers.  McCain surged in the polls with Palin.

Parker continues, “It isn’t that culture doesn’t matter. It does. But preaching to the choir produces no converts. And shifting demographics suggest that the Republican Party — and conservatism with it — eventually will die out unless religion is returned to the privacy of one’s heart where it belongs. (Hmm…that must be why the Founding Fathers included something about a Creator in something they wrote that really is not all that important.)  Religious conservatives become defensive at any suggestion that they’ve had something to do with the GOP’s erosion. And, though the recent Democratic sweep can be attributed in large part to a referendum on Bush and the failing economy, three long-term trends identified by Emory University’s Alan Abramowitz (Yeah, I’m going to believe the insights of a liberal university.) have been devastating to the Republican Party: increasing racial diversity, declining marriage rates and changes in religious beliefs.  Suffice it to say, the Republican Party is largely comprised of white, married Christians.  (Yep, that’s me.)  Anyone watching the two conventions last summer can’t have missed the stark differences: One party was brimming with energy, youth and diversity; the other felt like an annual Depends sales meeting.”  Parker must have had her eyes closed along with her brain at the GOP convention.  There were loads of young people and they had energy and were dancing in the seats as well.  The Palin rally I attended had countless young people working the crowd to get them registered wearing their McCain buttons.  I stood next to a young ten year old guy who dragged his family to the rally.  And I most certainly do not wear Depends as I’m sure most of the 60,000 member crowd at the rally were not.  And this rally took place at a retirement community so it is saying something to have so many young people there.

And now more tripe for Parker, “Meanwhile, it isn’t necessary to evict the Creator from the public square, (Thank you for your permission, Kathleen.) surrender Judeo-Christian values or diminish the value of faith in America. Belief in something greater than oneself has much to recommend it, including most of the world’s architectural treasures, our universities and even our founding documents.  (Well, at least she remembers that belief is part of the founding documents.)  But, like it or not, we are a diverse nation, no longer predominantly white and Christian. The change Barack Obama promised has already occurred, (What in the Hell is she talking about?  What change?  Where?  His adminstration picks?  His use of Reagan’s campaign techniques?  His liberal ideology?  Please!!!) which is why he won.”  You know what is really insane about what she has stated here is that Obama kept trying to convince everyone that he was Christian and not Muslim.  If we are so diverse then why would it matter if he was Muslim.  Why was it so important for Obama to convince us that he is Christian, which I do not believe he is?

And the big finale right before Parker proclaims that we need a new party is, “The young will get older, of course. Most eventually will marry, and some will become their parents. But nonwhites won’t get whiter. (What in the Hell does this mean?  Blacks don’t have religion or God?!  They were the reason the gay people didn’t get their way on election day.  Plenty of blacks are conservative and that is why the GOP needs to go back to those roots.  The reason they voted for Obama was that he is half-black.  They didn’t look at his policies or they might have thought twice.) And the nonreligious won’t get religion through external conversion. It doesn’t work that way.”  I’m pretty sure people who have some belief in a Higher Power far outnumber unbelievers.  The GOP caterering to such people will only cause more falling away.  The answer, Kathleen, is a return to true conservativism.  But you’re too busy drinking the Kool-Aid and “swimming in holy water.”