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This is What Happens when Democrats are in charge!

For the love of Our country,  it is time that people wake up and smell the stink bomb that was detonated when Obama was elected and is now affecting every state in the Union.  Yes, even those 34 states whose unemployment rates has not gone over 10 percent. Regardless of what Larry Summers says,  there is no indication that the economy is turning around.  Spout all he want that the jobless rate always lags behind when going through a recession is a nice spin on an old lie.  However,  that is a discussion for later.  What really is the problem in America now are the citizens who are walking around saying that Obama is okay.  They like him, and well golly, shouldn't we just give him a chance?  When should we stop giving the Brother a chance and rally against what he is doing?  When the bank accounts are dried up?  When people are so poor that healthcare won't be a blessing, it will be a curse? When owning an "environmentally safe" car won't even matter because people can't fill the tanks anyways?  When taxes are higher and 90% of  the paychecks go to the government?  Well,  it's been nine months and Obama has unraveled most of the economy to the point that America no longer is the land of hopes and dreams.  It is more like heartache and despair.  He no longer deserves a chance.  He deserves to be impeached. 
Radical thinking?  Losing a grip on reality?  This is not the rants of a radical, mentally deranged person.  The proof that America  is under attack by our own Government is in Washington D.C.   Members of Obama's own party are greedily looking for ways to control the lives of every American citizens.  Take for example Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) who said last week that now is the time to control the types of cars people drive because,  "We own the automobile companies. Why not? I think that will be an easy one."  Harkin would like to see in the Cap and Trade bill a stipulation that all cars must be designed to use a blend of  85 percent ethanol fuel.   Terrific for the corn growers, however most Americans would like to see drilling our own oil.  Let's leave the corn to eating. 
The rush to pass healthcare reform  is another example of controlling the economy at the expense of the middle class.  By the admission of the Congressional Budget Office, funding Obama's  healthcare will raise costs and taxes to the average consumer.  That is to say, the middle class will feel the crunch in the way of  inflation and taxes.  The March on Washington did nothing to get his attention except that Obama flew over the protesters on his way to a gathering where he could give a speech to a more favorable audience.  Those in who stood outside on the Washington Mall were nothing to him.    It did get Maxine Waters to question who these people were.  The media now has their government mandated assignment: investigate those who came to the protest in Washington.  Then destroy them. 
This constant need to be in front of the cameras is a troublesome trend.   This week he will appear on five morning shows and David Letterman.   All this in order to gain the adoration of  America, as if by magic of television, people will be held in a trance by his glorious appearance.  They will fall to their knees and beg Obama to please punish them with his Healthcare.  If this is his mode of operation, it seems that his ideas are coming from the practices of tyrants.    It is a hopeful sign when his approval ratings begin to fall because it may be an indication that people are waking up.    However,  there is a difference between waking up and doing something.  Americans need to take action in order to defeat this President's leftist agenda. 
If that isn't enough, there are too many czars to keep track of and none of them have any accountability to the American people.  To date there are more czars than any previous presidents because just about every month or so a new czar position pops up.  Just to give a little flavor of what titles they hold, here are a few examples.  Border Czar, Energy/Climate Czar, Tarp Czar,  AID Czar, Domestic Violence czar and the list goes on from there.  Who are these people and how much do they make per year?  Half of these men and women have radical background that can raise a few eyebrows.  These are the people Obama chooses to surround himself with, and it is troublesome. 
As President, Obama's  duties are to protect, defend and represent the American people.  On each of  these items,  he has decided to do the opposite.  Destroy, attack and prosecute America and it's citizen.  To put it simply,  destroy the military and break promises to our allies.  (Poland and the Czech Republic got a rude awakening this week, while Russia gets a real nice present.)   Attack America as the awful world power who has played the awful role  in the  the Modern World of helping those who looked to our strength for help. (That's right,  the country that helped save Europe from Hitler is evil.  That is according to our new Commander in Chief.)  Which leads to the grandest of all Apology tour that has never been seen before and hopefully will never be seen again.   Finally, prosecute,  knock down anyone who dares to question this Administration's policies.  Don't like his healthcare plan,  you are a racist.  Don't think Obama should apologize for America's greatness,  you are a blinded by false patriotism.   Lastly,  if you openly speak to others about what this administration is doing,  you need to be silenced.  Cut down  the mode of communications, such as the Internet and Radio.  (Interesting note: In Hitler's Germany,  it was unlawful for any citizen to have a short wave radio in order to hear news from Allied forces.) 
Next week there will be another March on Washington, only this time it will be the embolden Muslims coming out in support of the new President.  If the President chooses to acknowledge this group with a warm welcome,  it will indeed be a telling sign that he does not care for those who do not believe as he does.  The embrace of Obama is for those who can help his cause, his vision.   When you can no longer help his cause, or were never useful to him to begin with,  you are expendable.   In this case we are deeply in trouble because in his own words,  America has never done anything for him.  It has simply been the agitator that has caused him grief.   America as it is now is expendable to him.  That is why "He will change it and rearrange it."   


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Democrats Dependent on Polls?

Looking at the polls, it seems that American voters are not so thrilled with the liberals these days.  Perhaps it  is because the hope and change they were hoping for did not come to fruition.  It hasn't even been planted so to speak.  What are the Members of Congress going to do?  Will they look at the poll numbers diving and think that their course of actions should be put into reverse? Will they steam roll ahead, don't look back and laugh at their constituents?   The current trend seems to be the latter scenario.   It use to be common thought that liberals always looked to the polls to decide which way the wind is blowing.  That is just a simple assessment.  One must be willing to look deeper to get the real answers. 
The brilliancy of Obama's campaign was that he was able to be all things to all people.   He hardly ever nailed down an opinion in National security,  healthcare, global warming  or the economy.  When he did slip up, it was a round the clock effort from his campaign head quarters to spin it in positive way or completely ignore the goof. His continual attack on McCain was that he was Bush II and Obama was change.  Well, golly anyone with half a brain knew that.  Of course Obama was nothing like Bush but again, there was no way of knowing who he was because he was more teflon than Clinton.  Give credit where credit is due.  Clinton came up with the blue print of how to avoid nasty political scandals.  Obama took the blue print and expanded upon it.  Come up with cute, clever slogans that stick in the mind.  Then allow your "followers"  to fill in the blank on what you are all about.  It is risky for sure but with the combination of flowery rhetoric and feel good slogans, nothing will harm you.  Don't worry,  be happy.  Obama is here. 
Now that Obama is here,  and the Democrats dreams have been realized because they are in full control of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches.  They almost seem like giddy high school kids who have just been told Mom and Pops are going away on a trip and the house is all theirs! Hurry this is there chance to get all the things they ever wanted.  Max the credit cards up.  Have wild parties with all their friends.  Ignore the phone calls from concerned neighbors and relatives who are wondering what the heck is going on over there.  They will have their way until someone who is responsible comes along to spoil their fun.  Unfortunately,  the American taxpayers are footing the bill for this hog wild party and the responsible person to stop this in no where to be found.  Back to the idea that Democrats are driven by polls.  That is only true in certain cases. 
Democrats love to say that they are the party of the people.  The regular Joe down the block who works in the factory for the big guy and never gets a chance for a better life.  The old Democrats really were for the regular guy. Sadly, power corrupts and the beginning of the corruption of  the Democrats began with FDR.  Yes, the first holy man ever to hold office.  When a man is in power for as long as FDR was, there is no way to escape the taste of power.  As leader of the free world for almost 4 terms, he set about to change America to fit his agenda.  Social Security was the perfect way to begin enslaving the  masses to government dependency.  Why do you think every Democrat bows to the image and name of FDR?   Since that moment in history, Democrats have continued the mantra we will give our constituents everything they need.  From the womb to the tomb,  government will be there for you.  The polls become important to them when they are trying to get elected.  Interpret the data,  tell the folks what they want to hear and once in office do whatever you want.  Ask any of the Blue Dog Democrats who pretended to put up a fight against the healthcare reform and thus gave in.  Oh yes, they are fiscally conservative, but as they ring their hands in angst, they found that the best they could do is to strike a deal.   Please Madame Speaker,  allow me to dissent from this vote so that the people at home won't be mad at me.  What a way to stick up for the little guy.  
Polls don't matter to the Democrats when they have full control.  Just like the teen left at home,  Mom and Dad's wishes don't mean a thing when they have no one looking over their shoulders telling them what to do.  It is the cynical view that what American taxpayers want is not important to the current administration.  If it were, we would not be hearing about Tea Parties,  Town halls gone wild or poll numbers dropping ever so slightly.   The opposite would be true.   Hold on tight, it's going to be a bumpy ride until November 2010,  Again,  with cynical views of current events,  one has to wonder if Americans will survive until that time.  The will of the American voters are being ignored and this country is being divided into two. 
So the smooth talking candidate is still pushing his agenda.  Encouraging his party to stand up against the opposition,  Dismissing any chance for real debate,  valid questions and honest answers. After all they have all the answers and they do not want anyone to be in the room who disagree.  They do not want to talk to the people.  They want to tell the people this is what we are doing,  this is what you will like and this is what you will take.  The changes in taxes,  healthcare,   and freedom of speech in a short amount of time is quite amazing.  It took FDR a few terms to dupe  Americans into the Social Security scam. Obama has duped Americans in the first 100 days of his presidency and promises more to come. American families will have less and are being told to be happy, to have no worries.  Obama and company are all about hope.  All about change.  All about their own hope of changing America into a country that is under their complete power.  America's hope is fading.  America's change is fatal.
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Stimulus Plan Is Working ... Really???

Well, the stimulus Plan must be working in Obamaland, but here in America there is a different view.  In Obama's weekly address, he did his usual spin on how wonderful the stimulus is working and that it is going like planned.  Americans should be patient, allowing for his plan to fully work it's way through in two years.  Goodness!  Let's hope that the unemployment benefits don't run out for those sitting at home because Obama stimulated us.   However, the liberals in congress and in Obamaland, will argue that those of us who oppose Obama's direction for our country are not giving him a chance.  For once, there is an agreement with Obama from the loyal opposition, the plan is working.  It is working the economy straight into the ground and if we do not stop this nonsense of economic stimulating, America will take a long time to recover.  That may spell doom for us but for China, this spells victory! 
Let's review the facts as Obama has presented them in his address.  The President stated that the jobless numbers always lag behind in a recession.  The fact that the unemployment rate is at 9.5%, probably reaching 10% by the time summer is over is no big deal.  This is exactly what the stimulus was suppose to do.  Nice spin.   However,  was it not the President who insisted that the Stimulus package had to be  passed immediately to prevent the jobless rate to reach  8%?  The numbers as they were touted by the Obama administration were as followed: Save 1.6 million jobs, create 2.1 million new jobs at the net cost to the taxpayers $775 billion to 1.2 trillion dollars.  Well, something was went wrong in the calculations, perhaps the calculator they used was run on solar or wind energy.  Thus causing a bit of mathematical error.  
What stimulates the economy the best?  Money in people's pockets.  Consumer confidence is at an all time low.  ABC News reported on June 30, 2009 that the ABC News Consumer Comfort Index stands at  -51.  This is the lowest in 23 years.  Even Sears has reported a loss in sales and in an attempt to stir up sales are looking to start the Christmas shopping season early.  As people are losing their jobs,  businesses are closing and tax hikes are on the horizons,  the average consumer is keeping their money close to home.   Can they be blamed?  
If the Cap and Trade bill sails through congress, the economy will be on life support, if not dead.  As it is, many Americans are barely hanging on trying to make ends meet. If their heating and electric bills soar, there will not be extra spending money for Christmas.  Maybe a stocking full of coal would be the nicest gift to get.  At least you can try to have a bonfire outside to try to keep warm this winter.  
How could the Obama Administration get it so wrong?   They didn't.  Their plan was to destroy the economy, take over the private sector and create a society that would be totally dependent on government handouts.  There can be no other explanation other than this because  the tactics that the leftists in Washington are using have never worked in any country.  It's been tried in Russia.  Failed.  Tried in Germany.  Failed.  Tried in Italy.  Failed.  If the current administration were concerned with growing the economy they would have cut taxes and encouraged businesses to grow.  Not one of Obama's plan support growth, prosperity or ingenuity.  If there is such a plan, then the President is hiding it from the rest of us.  Or perhaps, he's saving it for Obamaland, where ever that is.  This is not hope and change, it's more hype and chaos.  
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Obama the Spend and cut President?

Obama is proving that he is a liberal.  A true hard core liberal who sees that the only way to keep the economy going forward is  spending money and creating new positions and departments which will mean spending even more money.  Earlier this week,  he announced that Nancy Killefer will be his administration's chief performance officer, creating a new White House position with the intent to  eliminate government waste and improving efficiency.   Just what America needs right now, another watchdog on the taxpayers dime  to create a bigger government.  This position makes no sense at all.  What are her duties?  What power does she have in stopping waste?  Who will report to her?  Who will she report to?   How does Peter Orszag, nominee for the Office of Management and Budget,  fit into the picture The President-Elect, as we are finding out on a day to day basis, does not like to reveal details.  The masses are just to go along with his decrees and not question them.  Ever. 

In an economy that is the weakest it has ever been in decades, and the new administration constant reminder that things are not going to get better,  it is irresponsible to be finding new ways of spending money.  Obama seems to realize this when at the announcement of Peter Orszag for the OMB he stated,  “We are going to go through our federal budget, as I promised during the campaign, page by page, line by line, eliminating those programs we don't need and insisting that those that we do need operate in a sensible, cost-effective way.”  On the one hand Obama wants a stimulus package that will cost $700 billion. However, in the next speech he gives he talks about cutting the budget. Huh?  It is amazing that the media is not noticing President-elect’s split personality.  Then again,  this is the same media that is so enamored with the Preseindent’s pecs.  President-Elect Obama is trying to have it both ways, with cutting and spending.  However, any basic economic lesson will stress that there is a time for spending and a time for cutting.  Mr. President-elect, now is the time for cutting. 

The fiscal year 2009 is not starting out very well .  It doesn't help that the 111th Congress is very left leaning and the President-elect even more so. Putting that aside,  it is time to shed some light on the economic fallacies that are surfacing as the answers to the economic woes. First and foremost, bailouts don’t work  Giving money without conditions or accountability is beyond stupidity.  It’s financial suicide.  Also, you can't successfully bail out a business when  your own situation is shaky at  best. Secondly,  the government has to let some issues, such as education, transportation, and medicare, be handled at the state level. Property, gas and state taxes should be sufficient to fund these programs without federal aid.  Local officials and voters should decide how the money should be spent.   Third, stop redefining tax cuts.  A tax cut is when the government  collects less revenue, which allows the taxpayer to keep more of  their hard earned money.   This causes taxpayers to have confidence in their ability to pay their bills, spend money and even give to charities.  A tax cut is not a government check for every citizen, even those who don’t pay taxes.  That is called welfare and the redistribution of wealth.  This has never worked anywhere.  In the places they have tried it,  people have fled the country or stayed because they could see no other way out of their situation.  Unfortunately, this is the only campaign promise that President-elect Obama intends to keep.   On a final note,  businesses, whether they are big or small, are not the evil and corrupt institutions as the liberal elite and media portrays. They are the engine that keeps the economy going strong.  At this moment,  they are struggling for  their life because of  an abundance of regulations, taxes and trade laws that are stifling their growth.  Supporting businesses  by relaxing regulations, tax cuts and striving for global trade that benefits American companies, are logical steps to improving the economy. They are also less costly ways of trying to fix the current crisis. 

The  economic fallacies will not disappear under President Obama’s watch. With every socialist idea, creation of  government positions and programs that  adds to government spending,  the economy will spiral further out of control. If our new President is serious about improving the economy for the long term,  he’s got to keep his promise that was made on November 25, 2008... “ eliminating those programs we don't need and insisting that those that we do need operate in a sensible, cost-effective way.”  Now that is the hope and change that is needed in Washington or Mr. President,  were they just words? 

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What is Economic Justice?

The next time you are at a political rally,  ask the  candidate what is Economic Justice.   It would be interesting to see how the candidate would respond.   It would be even more enlightening to have the question asked of Barack Hussein Obama.  If he refuses to answer,  go to YouTube.  There you will find an audio  from 2001 from Chicago's Public Radio (WBEZ) where the distinguished law professor and state Senator expounds on economic justice and how to effectively put it into practice in the United States.   Is this the "change we need" that Obama claims in his campaign?  The statement was said in 2001, and seven years later he clearly states to Joe the Plumber, that he believes in spreading the wealth.  Liberal pundits have been trying to spin what Obama said by stating that he wants to cut taxes for the middle class, but that is not what he states in the audio.  In the audio, he his insistent that the  American Government  must correct the past errors.  
According to  Senator Obama,  The Civil Rights movement did not go far enough.  It should have broken the restraints of  U.S. Constitution and dealt with the issues of  the Redistribution of Wealth.   In Obama's mind,  the Warren Court failed to provide the path for  the Redistribution of wealth to begin.  This would have provided for equality for every walk of life.   Therefore, since the courts failed,  it is up to the legislative body to set the gears in motion and administratively begin the task of Economic justice.  What is Economic Justice?   It is the belief that everyone should receive an equal share and benefits in the attainment of wealth.  
If Michele Obama thought that America was a mean country before,  just wait and see how "mean"  Americans will become when they see that their paychecks that they work so hard for will in the spirit of justice, be spread out to support the community. The working class will be depended on for their labor, while those who choose not to work, will find themselves with a nice paycheck that was not earned by them.  There is no logic in this rationale, unless you are a socialist or marxist.  Senator Biden can deny it all he wants,  but his running mate is an American made socialist.   Where did economic justice originate?  It is basically a reworking of the Marixist idea of  economic and social equality.   In the interview on WBEZ, back in 2001,  Obama admits that he did not think the court could do any more to correct this tragedy of the Civil Rights Movement.  In his own words, he  stated that the redistribution could best be implemented by coalition of powers who were closest to helping the "people"  In other words, laws would be written to equip community organizers, such as ACORN. to aid the communities in need.   It is a simple task that can be accomplished through legislative and administrative means.  Is it any wonder that he still stands behind groups such as ACORN? He will need community organizers to help him implement his "dream", should he become President of the United States.  What is scarier is to think that these ideals are what prompted this man to seek the highest office in our country. 
Economic Justice should be redefined this way:  If you give a man fish, he will eat for a day.  Teach a man to fish,  he eats for a lifetime.  To learn is to have courage.   The process of learning can change a person's life, if they so choose.   It is not a  coincidence that America has been a land of opportunity for millions based on the idea that anyone can achieve their dreams. The immigrants who came here had to learn a new language,  a new way of life and in some cases, a new trade to earn a living.   It would be nice to see every person in America prosper.   It would be nice to see that every child would have a roof over their heads and enough food to satisfy their hunger.  However, it  can not be accomplished with the redistribution of wealth as Senator Obama suggests.  It happens when our Government encourages and supports ingenuity of people who have the courage to discover new ways to "fish"   Unfortunately, there are growing populations within the United States who have lost the courage to learn and just want a handout.  Senator Obama is counting on them to make the historic choice of changing America from the land of opportunity to the land of socialism.   For their sake and ours,  we must outnumber them  on November 4 and  prevent the change  we don't need. 
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