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Obama’s idea of “sacrifice”

Obamarx has told us on a number of occasions that we Americans need to “sacrifice” these days in order to make life better for each other and our offspring.  Well, it’s good to know that he is not immune to “sacrifice” himself, right?

Yeah…right:

President Barack Obama and his family plan to vacation next month on Martha’s Vineyard, Democratic sources said.

The trip has long been rumored on the island, where federal agents were reported to be checking out property last spring.

The plan puts the Obamas in one of America’s most diverse resort areas. The enclave of Oak Bluffs has long been a favorite vacation spot for the nation’s African-American elite.

Notes Slu:

I’m sensing a pattern here: your sacrifice makes the Obama’s indulgences possible. Keep up the good work, people. Obama’s expensive tastes are counting on you.

So…how’s your cake?

July 7, 2009 Posted by | hypocrisy, Obama | 4 Comments

Will Obama learn from California’s economic disaster?

Sure he will…when monkeys fly out of his squeakhole.  I mean, just last week, Uhhhh-bama was telling us how awesome Cali’s economy has been and how the rest of the country should emulate it.

See, while his gaffe-tastic VP admits that they didn’t have a firm grasp on economic reality when they passed the Generational Theft Act (or, if you prefer, the “stimulus” bill), they are intent on pushing us into a debt explosion that will likely double long-term interest rates and cause another recession.  Kevin Hassett at Bloomberg thinks that Californiastan’s lesson will derail Oprompter’s socialist plans, but I disagree.  After all, leftists don’t let facts and reality get in the way of their warped worldview. But here’s an excerpt from Hassett that hits the nail on the head:

The Obama administration has no shame, and is willing to abandon reason altogether to achieve its short-term political goals. Ronald Reagan ran up big deficits in part because he believed that his tax cuts would produce economic growth, and ultimately pay for themselves. He may well have been excessively optimistic about the merits of tax cuts, but at least he had a story.

Obama has no story. Nobody believes that his unprecedented expansion of the welfare state will lead to enough economic growth. Nobody believes that it will pay for itself. Everyone understands that higher spending today begets higher spending tomorrow. That means that his economic strategy simply doesn’t add up.

Oh, it “adds up”, alright.  It adds up to be the most irresponsible and damaging blow to capitalism possible.  One wonders if that’s not the left’s true intent.

July 6, 2009 Posted by | big government, California, economic ignorance, Obama, socialism | Leave a Comment

AP swoons over “special relationship” between Obama and MSM

I hope you haven’t recently eaten anything, because it will come right up.  Intro:

Even President Barack Obama, a gleam in his eye as he talked at the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association dinner two weeks ago, seemed to recognize the special relationship he’s forged with TV networks in the opening months of his administration.

“A few nights ago I was up tossing and turning and trying to figure out exactly what to say,” he said. “Finally, when I couldn’t get back to sleep, I rolled over and asked Brian Williams what he thought.”

The reference to the NBC anchor and host of the prime-time “Inside the Obama White House” special this spring drew loud laughter.

Nope…no liberal media bias!

July 6, 2009 Posted by | media bias, Obama | 1 Comment

Fourth of July

I thank God that I live in a country that allows me the freedom (for now, anyway) to run a blog that says things critical of the power structure and the people who run it.  I therefore avail myself of the opportunity to say the following (and I apologize to those that may be offended by this, but I’m speaking from the heart):

For the first time in my life, I don’t know how proud I am of my country.

See, I don’t recognize this country I currently inhabit.  Not anymore.  It doesn’t have anything to do with who this country elected, at least not in and of itself.  After all, I was disgusted when Bill Clinton was elected and re-elected, but I just chalked it up in 1992 to the electorate being tired of “Read My Lips” and such, and in the case of 1996, the GOP fielding such a weak national candidate.  But say what you will about Bubba (and believe me, I say quite a bit), but even that philandering disaster didn’t pull the country full bore to the left.

But in the case of 2008, we had a candidate who had no executive experience of any sort and who had spent every year since he ran for the U.S. Senate prepping himself for his first executive gig…which just so happened to be leader of the free world.  He has spent a lifetime associated with racists and radicals, yet by simply saying “No, that’s not who I am”, the ignorant masses and their snake charmers in the MSM went along with it.  His record indicated that he was very much a leftist ideologue who was more interested in foisting his failed ideology on this country irrespective of the damage it would do.  Leftists have no use for facts, and Oprompter is no different.

And while the public is slowly coming around, I still have no faith in my countrymen.  You see, poll after poll shows that the public is overwhelmingly against The One’s policies: government takeover of private enterprise, endless bailouts, attacking the Second Amendment, closing Gitmo, raising taxes, cap-and-tax, socialized medicine, etc.  Yet while these same people are against these policies, they continue to give the American Idol president decent approval ratings?  “I’m against all these things, big time!  Hmm?  What do I think about the president?  I think he’s great!  What?  What do you mean, ‘He supports these policies’?  He does?  Well…I still like him!  He looks good on TV! ”

More people can tell you who won American Idol than who their two U.S. Senators are or who the vice president is.  I used to think the presidency was not a popularity contest, and yes, I even thought that when Bubba was winning.  But not anymore.  When a pseudo-Christian Marxist ascends to the highest office by charming the pants off of the concubine public, it’s pretty clear that the office is nothing more than a popularity contest.  Nothing more.

Frankly, if during a presidential campaign, the First Lady-to-be can say that she’s just now, for the first time in her life, proud of her country and still see her hubby get elected, then I don’t expect much static for having the opposite sentiment: for the first time in my entire life, I am not proud of my country.

In addition to the president and that recently patriotized wife of his, there are other signs that my countrymen are not what they once were.  One is the gradual move away from the country’s deep Christian roots (and if you are an atheist, then feel free not to comment on this aspect of the country).  When a man professes his Christianity, then says he supports abortion rights, gay marriage, and a host of other abominations to the faith to which he supposedly adheres, or if that man is willing to support candidates who similarly bastardize the faith, that man insults and mocks God and His true believers.

Another is the emerging tendency of the sheeple’s reliance on screwing the producers in order to reward the non-producers.  Note to self: order Atlas Shrugged.  Yet another is the short attention span that this country has.  Remember after 9/11 (for those of you on the left, feel free to Google that in case it doesn’t ring a bell) when the president told us that this would take years to address?  Well, apparently a lot of people don’t recall that assessment at all.  They’re too busy keeping up on the latest with Michael Jackson’s death.  The sacrifice and patience that we saw in the WWII generation appear to be deader than Jacko himself.

During the Bush 43 terms, liberals said they detested their country because of who their president was.  I thought it was rather lame of them to base their patriotism on who the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue happened to be at the moment.  So how is my current sentiment different than theirs was at the time?  Honestly, in some ways, it may have not been too different.  But I would argue that the key difference was this: liberals were mad at their country over the last eight years because it wasn’t morally bankrupt enough for their liking, while I am mad at my country now because it is too morally bankrupt for my liking.  Liberals are devoid of morals, thus their affection (at the time) for Billary and now for Obabykiller.  Sorry, but I don’t roll that way.

I’m sorry, my friends, but in light of the above, I no longer recognize the America that has been described in our founding documents or in our history books.  Madison, Jefferson, et al are rolling over in their graves.  I see no signs whatsoever that the country will return itself to its liberty-based or God-based roots.

I understand that many, if not most, of you will feel differently, and that’s OK.  I do not think you’re stupid for doing so.  But as for me, until further notice, July Fourth is just another hot, muggy summer day.

July 4, 2009 Posted by | Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Obama cites California as economic and energy model?

You. Must. Be. Friggin’. Kidding.

It takes mega-stones and mini-brain cells to do this:

While promoting his new cap-and-trade energy tax bill, which passed the U.S. House last week, President Obama revealed in a White House address on Monday his model for the nation’s economy – California. “In the late 1970s, the state of California enacted tougher energy-efficiency policies,” Obama said, noting that the state and its residents use less energy today per capita than the national average. “Think about that,” he said, “California producing jobs, their economy keeping pace with the rest of the country and yet they’ve been able to maintain their energy usage in a much lower level than the rest of the country.”

Uh…what?  Californiastan “producing jobs”?  Their “economy keeping pace with the rest of the country”?  Is he serious?

And just how has Cali “been able to maintain their energy usage in a much lower level than the rest of the country”?

Between 2000 and 2007, before the current recession, the state shed nearly 21 percent of its manufacturing jobs, driving down its industrial electrical consumption by 21 percent. California’s industrial users pay electric rates twice as high as their Midwestern counterparts – which helps explain why so much heavy industry has fled the state. In addition to alienating its industry, California has also curbed energy use through exorbitant residential electric rates (50 percent higher than the national average) and massive net out-migration. Between 2005 and 2007, 2.14 million Californians moved to other states, while only 1.44 million people from elsewhere moved to the Golden State, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Don’t be surprised when the 2010 Census finds even more people leaving to escape California’s 11.5 percent unemployment. And, as jobs and residents fled California, its tax revenues have declined, while its politicians went on a spending binge, creating a severe budget crisis.

“Hey, let’s emulate a state that is about to go bankrupt, that has resorted to paying with IOU’s, whose bond rating is trashed, that has endured rolling blackouts, that has unemployment at 11.5% (nearly two full points higher than the rest of the country), and that is financially stupid at all levels!”

The Hotel California: You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.

July 1, 2009 Posted by | California, economic ignorance, energy, Obama | 5 Comments

Mark Sanford, PLEASE go away!

Seriously.  Please.  For everyone’s sake.

July 1, 2009 Posted by | Mark Sanford, shameful | 3 Comments

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