Archive for August, 2011
Very Nice Article About Michele Bachman…
by Mike on Aug.31, 2011, under Political
… is located here. However, it’s really a story of two presses – the fawning press that easily overlooks when Barack Obama misspeaks, and the vengeful press which takes words out of context and amplifies its scorn for any conservative candidate or politician. Unfortunately, both of those are the same press and it causes all conservatives to face “a headwind” in effectively communicating their conservative message. All we ask for is consistent coverage of all the candidates. Is that too much to ask for?
Hey Warren Buffet, if you feel undertaxed, write a check to the U. S. Treasury!!
by Mike on Aug.24, 2011, under Political
Gary Halbert has penned an outstanding analysis of Warren Buffet’s misguided NYT op-ed that the “rich” have been coddled and should therefore pay more taxes.
If Buffet feels he in undertaxed, he should send the gov’t a check.
President Politics Strikes Again
by Mike on Aug.19, 2011, under Political
President Obama Politics , sensing weakness in his poll numbers with Hispanics, has decided that it doesn’t make sense to deport ILLEGAL ALIENS, thereby “allowing many undocumented immigrants without criminal records to stay in the United States indefinitely and apply for work permits.”
Excuse me, but if you are in the U.S. illegally, does that not constitute criminal activity? Does not the Constitution of the United States state that the President “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed”? I guess that part of the Constitution does not apply to this President.
Once again, this President is placing politics ahead of doing the job he was elected to do.
NBC News Caught Red Handed – Blatant Misrepresentation of Rick Perry
by Mike on Aug.17, 2011, under Political
I am certainly no Rick Perry fan (can you say Gardisil or Trans Texas Corridor?) but he would be 14.5 trillion percent better than Barack Obama as President of this country. However, he faces an uphill challenge when the MSM (NBC News) is carrying Obama’s water and painting Perry as a racist.
Kudos to Breitbart.TV for highlighting this deliberate misrepresentation of Rick Perry’s comments regarding the national debt into a racist statement.
The Imperial President II
by Mike on Aug.11, 2011, under Political
An outstanding post by the Heritage Foundation about our President bypassing the Legislative branch to “transform America”, whether legal or not. In summary:
Congress can’t pass Cap and Trade: The EPA rules carbon dioxide a pollutant and starts to regulate it;
Congress can’t pass Card Check: The NLRB implements rules to make it harder for employers to fight union elections and starts telling companies where they can and can not build factories;
Congress can’t pass the Dream Act: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and attorneys begin to exercise selective enforcement of immigration law;
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assumes authority over Internet regulation despite a ruling by a federal appeals court explicitly denying the commission that authority;
The President disagrees with the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and decides DOMA is unconstitutional: He tells the DoJ to stop defending it.
This guy has got to go!!!
With NO Presidential Leadership and NO Presidential Performance, We Only Get Cynicism and Negativity
by Mike on Aug.11, 2011, under Political
As I have been telling folks, with no record to run on, President Obama is going to point his $1 billion in campaign funds directly at whoever he is running against. This post by Phillip Klein at the Washington Examiner states this very elequently:
An Abject Failure of Performance!!
by Mike on Aug.09, 2011, under Political
I didn’t realize that President Obama has been laser focused on creating jobs since day 1 of his administration. That was certainly clarified in this video below, courtesy of the Huffington Post:
I thought he was working on maintaining our AAA credit rating, passing a health care plan the whole country could get behind, spending $800 BILLION of stimulus funds prudently to revive the economy, supporting our oil and gas drilling efforts in the Gulf of Mexico and on the mainland, making sure we have enough electrical power generating plants to meet our needs, supporting Israel, our closest ally in the Middle East, fixing medicare, etc. Since President Obama has been focused like a laser beam on job, jobs, jobs, he can be excused that a few of these other metrics have seen some slippage since he took the reins.
| January 2009 | Feb 2011 |
% chg | Source | |
| Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S. | $1.83 | $3.104 | 69.6% | 1 |
| Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) | $43.48 | $99.02 | 127.7% | 2 |
| Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) | $38.74 | $91.38 | 135.9% | 2 |
| Gold: London (per troy oz.) | $853.25 | $1,369.50 | 60.5% | 2 |
| Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL | $3.56 | $6.33 | 78.1% | 2 |
| Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL | $9.66 | $13.75 | 42.3% | 2 |
| Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob | $13.37 | $35.39 | 164.7% | 2 |
| Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall | 7.6% | 9.4% | 23.7% | 3 |
| Unemployment rate, blacks | 12.6% | 15.8% | 25.4% | 3 |
| Number of unemployed | 11,616,000 | 14,485,000 | 24.7% | 3 |
| Number of fed. employees, ex. military (curr = 12/10 prelim) | 2,779,000 | 2,840,000 | 2.2% | 3 |
| Real median household income (2008 v 2009) | $50,112 | $49,777 | -0.7% | 4 |
| Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10) | 31,983,716 | 43,200,878 | 35.1% | 5 |
| Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10) | 7,526,598 | 9,193,838 | 22.2% | 6 |
| Number of long-term unemployed | 2,600,000 | 6,400,000 | 146.2% | 3 |
| Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009) | 13.2% | 14.3% | 8.3% | 4 |
| People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009) | 39,800,000 | 43,600,000 | 9.5% | 4 |
| U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings | 5 | 9 | n/a | 10 |
| Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10) | 29.9 | 23.5 | -21.4% | 11 |
| Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date) | 140 | 164 | 17.1% | 12 |
| U.S. dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate | 89.76 | 82.03 | -8.6% | 2 |
| U.S. money supply, M1, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim) | 1,575.1 | 1,865.7 | 18.4% | 13 |
| U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim) | 8,310.9 | 8,852.3 | 6.5% | 13 |
| National debt, in trillions | $10.627 | $14.052 | 32.2% | 14 |
Source: (1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal; (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA; (6) U.S. Dept. of Labor; (7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller; (9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board; (12) FDIC; (13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury
AN ABJECT FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP!!
by Mike on Aug.06, 2011, under Political
S&P Strips U.S. of Top Credit Rating
Nothing more to say!
Jake on TV!!
by Mike on Aug.03, 2011, under Football
Jake is the kid with the shoe blowout. You can read the story here.
