Obama Forgets Magnitude of Recession

And Conveniently Ignores Fact He Made It Worse!

In this video, Barack Hussein Obama admits he forgets about how bad the recession in this country truly is.  In fact, Obama says it “was” bad. 

Who in their right mind believes we’re out of the recession?  Anyone?

Obama also finally admits that 800,000 jobs were lost the month he took office (and another near 2,000,000 in his first six months!) but doesn’t say why those jobs were lost.

Let me tell you: Businesses across the country small and large recognize a Socialist when they see one.  They stopped hiring because they knew the couldn’t afford the taxes, regulation, and other financial burdens this “President” has placed on them.

Want a job America?  Dump Obama.  It really is just that simple.

Tea Party 1, Obama 0

It's About The Spending, Stupid!

Six months ago, there seemed to be no end to the wreckless spending spree the Obama Administration embarked on January 20th, 2009 when Obama assumed power.

My how one mid-term election cycle and six months of hilighting the wreckless spending of Obama and the Democrats has changed the dialogue.

Last night, Barack Hussein Obama moved to the left of Dirty Harry Reid.  Not only did he move left of Reid, he moved left of the majority of the Democrat party.  Here it's important to note that during the 2010 mid-term elections, no fewer than  22 Democrats in the Senate running for re-election or election campaigned on balancing the budget, which the Obama Administration is steadfastly against.

In trying to demonize the Freshmen Republicans (read that: TEA PARTY) last evening, Obama characterized the choice between being a "balanced" approach versus cuts only.  Obama's "balanced" approach includes more than $2,000,000,000,000 (Trillion) dollars in new tax increases on top of the expiring Bush Tax Cuts and the $1,500,000,000,000 (Trillion) dollars in tax increases as a result of Obama-Care.

Therefore my friends, the choice once we boil it down to dollars and cents is this: Cut government to live within it's means and the tax dollars it already takes in, or increase taxes to the tune of $4,500,000,000,000 (Trillion) dollars that the Obama Administration is demanding, and let the spending continue.

Let's see, we the American People can send $0 to this wreckless administration, or we can send another $4,500,000,000,000 (Trillion) dollars and let Obama keep spending like he has a blank check.

I choose $0, and by a recent CNN poll, so do 66% of my fellow American's who've woken up recently to the fiscal disaster this Administration has helped accellerate.

The dialogue is no longer how much can the government spend, the choice is now how much can they cut?  I suggest they start with cutting and eliminating ObamaCare.  That's money we didn't have when that over-arching legislative piece of Socialism was passed, and there can be no legitimate discussion about cutting Government programs without first recognizing that ObamaCare has to go.

Tea Party 1, Obama 0.  Game On!

Republicans: Vote NO On Tax Deal Compromise

Democrats Demonstrate Once Again Why Voters Rebuffed Them

Democrats in Congress have now so polluted the tax extention compromise that Republicans should now vote against the deal made with Obama earlier this week.

By extending unemployment benefits another 13 months creating another welfare program and extending the "Obama tax cuts" which do nothing but re-distribute wealth to the lazy class in this country, the net effect to our economy will be to simply extend the economic misery of the last two years.  Simply stated, all we're doing is prolonging the economic agony and uncertainty another two years until the next election cycle.

So here's my suggestion to the Republican Party, if they have the backbone to take it: vote NO on the Bush tax-cut extensions, and let the Democrats go down in flames in the waning days of this Congress.  They're already in self-destruct mode, give them the rest of the rope they need to fully hang themselves.

In voting NO on the tax cut compromise, the message to the American people, and the Tea Party is simple: Democrats have once again demonstrated why they were voted out of power in the House, and their margins minimalized in the Senate.  Democrats once again have polluted a piece of legislation designed to help the American people of all income levels in this time of economic distress by loading up the bill with pork and special spending for their political interests. 

Rather than pass this piece of crap bill, Republicans should tell the American people that they will wait until the next Congress to pass a permanent, clean tax-bill that will benefit all Americans and small businesses.  Then, walk off the podium and leave town until the next Congress.

The internal destruction of the Democrat party that would be sure to follow will cement in the voters minds for the next election just who was responsible for this mess, the Democrats.  They've had the last two years with super-majorities in both houses to deal with this problem, to push it off to the lame duck session and try to blame Republicans for their own failure is laughable on its face, and transparent for all to see.

Republicans, do you have the testicular fortitude to take my advice?

Obama's Arrogance On Display Again

Denies His Policies Were Responsible For Historic Democrat Losses

While the liberal lamestream media trips all over themselves in reporting Obama's "conciliatory" tone after the historic ass-whuppin' he and his party received Tuesday, what's gone largely un-reported is Obama's denial that his policies caused Democrats to lose their majority in the House by historic proportions, and enabled huge Republican gains in the Senate.

Demonstrating how out of touch he is with the American electorate, Obama declared that the American people do not want another two year fight about health care reform.

He's right.  We don't want another two year fight on health care reform, or the "reforms" that he and the Democrats rammed down we the people's throats.

We want, no we demand an outright repeal of it!

It doesn't take much analysis of Tuesday's elections to see that each and every Democrat that was tossed in the House voted for Obamacare.  Additionally, in response to the massive government spending that American's have been opposed to, each and every Democrat chair of a major house committee (and some in the Senate too!) lost their seats.

The message couldn't be more clear: American's want Obamacare repealed, massive government spending reigned in, and a focus on jobs, jobs, jobs.

Those Democrats that remain in our Congress and White House who continue to ignore the message that was so strongly sent at the ballot box on Tuesday do so at their own peril.  I'd expect that those Democrats who are up in 2012 for re-election are going to abandon Obama for the next two years, effectively giving control of the Senate to the Republicans.

The race for 2012 is on.

Can You Hear Us Now?

Republican Tsunami Hi-Lites Democrat Epic Failure

There's much to take away from yesterday's historic election in addition to my absolute joy that Nancy Pelosi has been fired as Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Republican Mark Kirk won Obama's old Senate seat here in Illinois.

I've compiled my Top 14 reasons why the Democrats epic failure caused them to lose the House, and effective control of the Senate.

Democrats Believe:
1. Socialism works.
2. Big Government is good Government.
3. We should insure 30,000,000 illegal aliens and it won't cost anything.
4. It is racist to secure our borders.
5. Laws only apply to the other side, those whom they politically disagree with.
6. Federal Law trumps state law, even when state law merely seeks to enforce federal law such as in Arizona, but not for "Sanctuary Cities" like Chicago or San Francisco.
7. Government needs to control every facet of our daily lives, telling us what to drive and eat.
8. America is fundamentally bad, and must apologize for past "wrongs."
9. Our Founding Fathers were bad.
10. Christian Holidays are bad, but pagan and muslim holidays must be celebrated.
11. We need to "give" our standard of living to the whole planet, even if it drives us broke.
12. We can solve all our problems by just printing more money.
13. We can spend our way out of Debt.
14. We can consume our way to prosperity.
 
Those are my "Top 14" reasons why Democrats lost big last night, did I miss any? What are yours?


How many union thugs maintaining voting machines does it take to throw an election?


Ask Harry Reid.  Sharron Angle was up by 4 points in all major polls before election day.  Look at the results of the election.  Title speaks for itself doesn't it?

The Battle Lines Are Drawn: American's vs. Republicans & Democrats

Tea Party Victories Last Night Rock Republican "Establishment"

 While the Republican Establishment threatens to not back the Tea Party candidates that won handily in numerous primaries last night, let the message of the Tea Party be clear:

 We Know Who The Enemy Is, It's The Washington Political Establishment.

And that my friends includes both Democrats and Republicans.

The Republican Party in Delaware are threatening to pull support from Christine O'Donnel, uspet that their establishment liberal RINO lost his seat, and a political career that spanned more than 40 years for Mike Castle has ended.

I say this to the New Hampshire Republican Party and the National Republican Party: do it at your own peril.  As the Tea Party gains strength you either become a target or you learn to vote for the Conservative candidates for a change.  We're no longer holding our noses voting for RINO's and that should be damn' clear by now.

Get out of our way, or get run over.  That's what happens to critters that live in the "middle of the road."

Glen Beck at CPAC: A Masters Course in American History

Progressivism, The Disease That Ails America

Typically, I think Glen Beck's a nut, a loose cannon, an emotional roller-coaster waiting to careen off my TV screen crashing into a pile of blubber in my living room whenever his show is on.  Really, sometimes I think the guy is just the other side of being able to hold himself together long enough to make a salient point.

But last night at CPAC, he put on a Masters Course in American History.  It was nothing short of a brilliantly articulated tour of the history of America's19th and 20th centuries and our political system.  Don't think for a second he blamed our country's ills on just the Democrats, rather some of his harshest criticism he left for the Republican Party.  Why?  Because a Progressive (or "Liberal", "Communist", "Socialist", "Marxist" or "Redistributionist") by any other name is still a PROGRESSIVE.

Progressives have called themselves all these different things over the last 100 years or so, yet their mission has remained steadfastly the same: to whittle away at the Constitution of the United States of America, and "re-make" it into something else.

For the rest, you'll need to watch the video and we promise you won't be disappointed.

Obama To Ram Through Health Care Bill

Approval Rating At All Time Low

Picture says a thousand words.  Obama’s approval hits an all-time low days after announcing the Democrats would force through health care using a seldom used reconciliation amendment to have the House of Represenatives vote on the Senate’s health care reform bill, in a last, fatal attempt to force all American’s into Socialized medicine.

Can Obama go lower?  YES HE CAN!

Are You Better Off Now, Than You Were Four Years Ago?

The Key Question For The 2010 Election

There is no doubt that the Economy ranks #1 on most American's minds these days, far ahead of Health Care and sadly, the War in Iraq and Afghanistan.  All the major polls say this.

There is also no doubt that Barack Hussein Obama's "rock star status" has burned out like a phoenix in the night.  Less than 39% of American's "strongly approve" of Obama just one year into his Presidency.  While the media won't tell you this little bit of truth, I will: That's Bush approval rating terroritory - at the end of Bush's 8 years in office.

Be that what it may, the key question for the 2010 elections will no doubt be "Are you better off now, than you were four years ago?"

To truly understand the damage that the Democrats have done to our economy we must look back to the only key, reliable metrics we had prior to the November 2006 elections when the Democrats took control of the United States Congress, that is both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

On election day, November 2006 America had a vibrant economy.  The statistcs here simply do not lie.

Dow Jones: 12,176
NASDAQ: 2,384
S&P 500: 1,385
Gold: $635 per ounce
Oil: $59.83 per bbl
Gasoline: $1.56 per gallon, National average
Unemployment: 4.4% ("Full Employment")
Net Job Creation: 132,000 (October, 2006)
Japanese Yen: 117 to $1 American
Canadian Dollar: .76 to $1 American

Following the Democrats takeover of Congress an all out assault on the American Economy began which included a run up in the price of Oil to a record $140/barrel in the Summer of 2007 before collapsing, spikes in commodity prices for key items such as food, energy, clothing, a collapse in the Housing market due to Democrat refusal to reign in Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, the Fed's continued loose money policy, and culminating this November with an unemployment rate that is more than double the last unemployment report under President Bush and a Republican Congress in November of 2006.

This is not to say that President Bush and the Republican Congress did everything right.  Far from it.  While one can reasonably argue the case against the War in Iraq, there is no doubt that millions of Iraqi's are better off today than they were living under Saddam Hussein.  Then there' the "free drugs for Seniors" program under Medicare, the largest Socialist expansion of the Federal Government at the time, a failure by the Republican Congress to reign in Federal spending amid mounting budget deficits, and the Bush initiated banking industry bailouts (ironically with Obama's, Reid's, Pelosi's, and Hillary Clinton's votes of approval in Congress.)  Pushing the economy "over the edge" was the Obama Administration's seizure of 2/3rds of the American automobile industry, $1,000,000,000,000 (that's one TRILLION) in "stimulus spending", continued meddling in the Banking industry and his attempted seizure of the Health Care industry forcing all American's under government health care.

By his own admission, Bush abandoned his free market capitalist principles in order to "save" the Banking industry and the American markets.  His successor Barack Hussein Obama simply seized upon the opportunity to declare Capitalism "dead" and mashed the Socialism gas pedal to the floor, accellerating the country's momentum in the wrong direction to advance his far left wing agenda. 

Given these facts, is it really any wonder we're still in the worst recession since the Great Depression?  Some economists argue we're finally exiting the recession but is that true?  I would argue it isn't and I have the facts to back it up.

Rather than give away the answer though, here's a question: If we were truly exiting the worst recession since the Great Depression, then why are tax revenues at the Federal and State levels continuing to fall?  In every other economic recovery, the fortelling that recovery was underway were increasing tax revenues at the Federal and State levels.  That simply isn't happening right now.

Here in Illinois for example, tax revenues are down year over year by more than 27%.  The situation here is so bad that Illinois' budget deficit is 47% of revenue which is second only to California's 49%. 

At the Federal level, tax revenues are down just over 12% year over year, which only goes to exacerbate the $1.9 trillion dollar deficit the Obama Administration has incurred for the Federal Budget year of 2009.  At the current rate of spending vs. tax revenues, by the end of Obama's first (and hopefully ONLY!) term, that would place the Federal Debt somewhere between $15.5 and $17 TRILLION DOLLARS, more than double the National Debt when Bush left office earlier this year.

None of this should be construed as a defense of the Bush Administration or Republicans.  There are no clean hands in this mess.  Republican's were elected to take over Congress in 1994 to get the Country's fiscal house in order.  In large part they did that by forcing Clinton to cut the size of the Federal Government and implement welfare reform after Clinton passed the largest tax increase in the history of the country while he still had a Democrat Congress between 1992 and January 1994.  It was the offsets in the size of Government spending combined with the Clinton tax hikes that balanced the budget, even though those tax hikes actually reduced revenue to the Federal Government.

The 2000 elections saw George W. Bush elected during a time of economic uncertainty: a recession was already underway, the technology bubble popped, the stock markets were in decline, and Bush proposed and implemented the largest expansion of the Federal Government (at the time...) implementing "free drugs for seniors" on Medicare.  Then came 9-11, a stock market crash, and the "War on Terror" or more specifically the War in Iraq in 2003. It was during this period thatthe Republican Congress passed programs such as "free drugs for seniors" that they'd have otherwise never passed because it was so fiscally irresponsible.  Later it would be said that big government was ok, as long as it was Republican big government.

Color me crazy, but it was the Republican Congress' complete lack of fiscal restraint which caused them to lose their way, resulting in the Democrats taking back Congress. 

So now that we can honestly acknowledge with the facts clearly on the table that both Republican's and Democrats are responsible for this mess, what do we, the average Joe Six Pack do about it?

Absent a full-on revolution at the Capital complete with guns, bullets, tar, rope and feathers culminating in 537 dead swinging bodies hanging from the gallows, the mission for 2010 couldn't possibly be more clear:  drain the swamp.

There is simply no way any right-thinking voter in this country should even consider voting for, and returning their Congressman, Senator, local Mayor or dog catcher back to office.  Everyone complains that "they're all corrupt!" yet is convinced their guy/gal in office is doing a good job.  It's time to change that mentality and send each and every member of the U.S. House of Reprsentatives and the 1/3 of the Senate that is up for election this year packing for home.

In no way shape or form should anyone who hasn't had to sit at their kitchen table and balance their checkbook at the end of each month be elected to office next November.  

My solution?  Simple: Elect the  mom's and dad's who've had to make the hard choices to cut their family budgets to pay for food, clothing, housing and gas during this recession because they are the ones who understand the value of money and the impacts this over-grown government has on each and every one of us.

That's my solution, its short, simple and I think effective.  It's either that or a few million of us put down our signs and go back to the Capital armed and ready to do the job that a bunch of misinformed, ignorant voters have thus far refused to do.

Which do you want, America?