Obama - Only 3 Problems Left

As you turn on the news night after night you will see President Nero, VP Pinocchio or one of the other wooden heads in the Administration repeating the same mantra.  It seems like there are only three problems that need to be solved before they can finally implement "The Change We Can Believe In".

The first problem is that darned ole George Bush.  It seems that they are still running in to road bombs that he created that were planted in such hidden places that they can't find them until they have a problem.  Once they have a problem then its obvious that BUSH DID IT!

The second problem is the IGNORANT, BIBLE TOTING, BEER DRINKING VOTERS who just don't know what is good for them.  Thank Gawd they have the Leaders who are willin to make all of the decisions for them, regardless of what they say in those nasty polls, referendums and evil TEA PARTIES.  Yep it's just great the way our Administrators and Judges are Bold enough to IGNORE THE CONSTITUTION to do what is best for us Dummies.

And the 3rd and nastiest problem is that dreaded "PARTY OF NO".  I mean who do they think they are challenging our Dear Leader?  Just because they have town hall meetings and actually listen to the voters gives them no excuses for votin NO when the Dear Leader tells us than "once he gets these bills passed" then every one will see the light (Alleluia!) and realize what is good for them.  Meanwhile that other despicable party keeps votin NO on issues that are critical to the success of the Social Revolution.  They are Voting No to things like:

1. Deficit Spending
2. Earmarks for Friends of Barry
3. Health care that no one still understands but will definitely increase the deficit and give the 159 new government agencies control over all aspects of our care.
4. A nice clean WAR in a rock ridden, dust choking, poppy growing, politically impossible land that no one cares about
5. The Government Bureaucracy dragging its feet on cleaning up the Gulf Oil Spill
6. Putting a ban on drilling that will cost 100,000 jobs
7. Increasing taxes on everyone; yes even those who make less than $200,000 and would in normal circumstances be creating jobs
8. Administrators claiming every day that the Stimulus has worked and the economy is much better (In Washington, DC)
9. An Administration that refuses to enforce border security and prevent illegal aliens and terrorists from pouring over our borders and threatening  our Law Enforcement Officials
10. An Administration that is Suing the States for trying to enforce security

Well I'm sure that come November the Party of No gets what they deserve when all of us ignoramuses go to the Votin Booth!  You Betcha!

"We have found the Enemy"

As the cartoon character POGO once said, “We have found the enemy and it is us!” I’ve heard a lot of lame excuses lately. Like: my one vote doesn’t count, I don’t like either candidate, he’s OK but don’t like his position on xxxx, I’m too busy. Just as scary are those suggesting we don’t vote for any incumbent. No candidate is perfect but one of them is closer to your beliefs than the other and you don’t have the luxury to opt out and let others decide the fate of our country. We have legislators voting for bills that don’t create JOBS, are DEFICIT Negative, Socialist Agenda, Pork riddled (Earmarks), and politically motivated. The Federal Government is killing job growth, preventing the Gulf clean-up, suing Arizona and playing the Race Card. Well, WHO elected these guys? Who has the power to get rid of them? And Edmund Burke said, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”. So voters stop whining, take some time to understand the issues and get yourself to the Polls. Regardless of your candidates of choice, it’s time to show some responsibility!

Daily Highlights 2010-08-13 _ Friday the 13th

New Hampshire Democrats Gone Wild -- One Apology, One Resignation Over Palin Comments
How low can the Liberals Go?

Published August 13, 2010
FoxNews.com
AP

June 29: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks in Duluth, Ga.

A New Hampshire state representative has resigned his position and announced he will not run for re-election after writing that a dead Sarah Palin is "more dangerous than a live one."  State Rep. Timothy Horrigan stepped down Thursday after posting a Facebook page in which he described the "myth" of the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate. 

His resignation comes after another New Hampshire Democratic candidate apologized the same day for his Facebook post in which he wished Sarah Palin and the father of her grandchild, Levi Johnston, had been on the plane that crashed Tuesday, killing former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.

"Just wish Sarah and Levy [sic] were on board," Keith Halloran originally wrote in reference to Palin and Johnston, her daughter Bristol's ex-boyfriend.

I think they are jealous because no one really cares if they are dead or alive - they are bottom fish!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/12/new-hampshire-democrat-apologizes-palin-death-wish/


From "The Hill"
The Big Question: Should U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants be stripped of their citizenship?
This article talks about the genesis of the 14th Amendment - it is very informative and presents a logical reason to Amend this amendment.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/114055--schumer-sour-electorate-reluctant-to-give-dems-credit

From "NRO"
In this article about Saul Alinsky, the writer suggests that Alinsky would not have approved of Obama's agenda - I doubt it.  He may not have agreed with Big Government but he sure did agree with the Overthrow of Capitalism!

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/114055--schumer-sour-electorate-reluctant-to-give-dems-credit


Have a Cool Weekend!

Daily Highlights 2010-08-12

From the WSJ - Stocks Tumble 2.5%
Unsettling data and central-bank messages from the U.S., Asia and Europe pushed global growth fears to the fore on Wednesday, prompting investors around the world to dive into safer assets.  Blue-chip stocks posted their worst daily decline in more than a month, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average into negative territory for the year.  Commodities plunged and the euro tumbled. Traders snapped up safe-haven Treasury's, pushing yields ever lower. And a key measure of volatility and investor fears spiked.  (Good thing that this is the summer of Recovery.)  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704901104575422901187797266.html?mod=WSJ_myyahoo_module

From the WSJ - Voters Grim
By PETER WALLSTEN And ELIZA GRAY


Americans are growing more pessimistic about the economy and the war in Afghanistan, and are losing faith that Democrats have better solutions than Republicans, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.  Underpinning the gloom: Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the economy has yet to hit bottom, a sharply higher percentage than the 53% who felt that way in January.  The sour national mood appears all-encompassing and is dragging down ratings for the GOP too, suggesting voters above all are disenchanted with the political establishment in Washington. Just 24% express positive feelings about the Republican Party, a new low in the 21-year history of the Journal's survey. Democrats are only slightly more popular, but also near an all-time low.  (In many countries we could have a vote of "No Confidence" and Obama would be out.)  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704901104575423674269169684.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLETopStories

Illegal Immigrants Estimated to Account for 1 in 12 U.S. Births .
By MIRIAM JORDAN


One in 12 babies born in the U.S. in 2008 were offspring of illegal immigrants, according to a new study, an estimate that could inflame the debate over birthright citizenship.  Dozens of U.S.-born children and their undocumented parents traveled to Washington last month to demonstrate against deportations of illegal immigrant parents.  .Undocumented immigrants make up slightly more than 4% of the U.S. adult population. However, their babies represented twice that share, or 8%, of all births on U.S. soil in 2008, according to the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center's report.  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704216804575423641955803732.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_us

From The Hill -
Obama says worst of recession is over - amid turmoil on Wall St.


By Ian Swanson - 08/11/10 10:23 PM ET

Wall Street gave a thumbs down to the economy as the Dow Jones slipped into the red for the year.
Wednesday's tough day on the markets is the latest piece of difficult news for the White House, which is trying to promote last year's $787 billion stimulus through a series of events it has dubbed the "recovery summer."   (It  must be beautiful on Planet Obama.  You can make it look like whatever you'd like.)
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/801-economy/113837-stocks-fall-after-fed-move-as-double-dip-fears-continue

From The Hill

White House: U.S. 'on target' to end Iraq combat mission


By Sam Youngman - 08/11/10 04:41 PM ET

The U.S. is "on target" to end its combat mission in Iraq at the end of the month, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday.
But even as Operation Iraqi Freedom comes to an end Aug. 31, President Obama and his team have warned that violence will continue as Iraqis take more responsibility for their security and governance.   (On Target?  I guess that on Planet Obama Target is whatever he wants it to be today.  The target he used to get elected was 16 months from election.  We must be out by now!)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/113821-us-on-target-to-end-iraq-combat-mission-this-month


From Townhall
Obama’s Transparency Charade Continues

EMAIL HOWARD RICH
COLUMNIST'S ARCHIVE SHARE THIS: Share 0diggSign-Up The more things “change,” the more they stay the same in Barack Obama’s Washington, D.C. – especially when it comes to government transparency. After decrying his predecessor as the “most secretive” President in American history, then-candidate Obama promised in 2008 to usher in a new era of transparency in our nation’s capital. Two years later however, this campaign rhetoric has proven every bit as hollow and hypocritical as Obama’s pledge to refrain from raising taxes on the middle class (which he violated at least a dozen times upon signing his new socialized medicine legislation).   "Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond "promise", it costs nothing."  Edmund Burke
http://townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2010/08/12/obama’s_transparency_charade_continues


From Town Hall - Larry Elder

 Is Obama Winning the Hearts and Minds of the Arab and Muslim World?
Larry Elder Is Obama Winning the Hearts and Minds of the Arab and Muslim World?

EMAIL LARRY ELDER
COLUMNIST'S ARCHIVE SHARE THIS: Share31 900diggsdiggSign-Up "It's conceivable," said then-presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008, "that there are those in the Arab world who say to themselves, 'This is a guy who spent some time in the Muslim world, has a middle name of Hussein, and appears more worldly and has called for talks with people, and so he's not going to be engaging in the same sort of cowboy diplomacy as George Bush."  He also said, "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."  (Quote from "Audacity of Hope")
http://townhall.com/columnists/LarryElder/2010/08/12/is_obama_winning_the_hearts_and_minds_of_the_arab_and_muslim_world

Remember that You don't have to join a tea party to be a tea party!








 

Meet the Czars

Please be sitting down when reading this.  Have paper bag available for Hypertension and don't drive for 24 hours: 

________________________________________


OBAMA’S CZARS AND THEIR Anti American Positions

Published by Lee S. Gliddon, Jr. on Jul 25th, 2010

OBAMA’ CZAR Czar Position Summary Submitted by: Edward Moore


Richard Holbrooke AfghanistanCzar Ultra liberal anti gun former Gov. Of New Mexico. Pro Abortion and legal drug use. Dissolve the 2nd Amendment

Ed Montgomery Auto recovery Czar Black radical anti business activist. Affirmative Action and Job Preference for blacks. Univ of Maryland Business School Dean teaches US business has caused world poverty. ACORN board member. Communist DuBois Club member.

Jeffrey Crowley AIDS Czar Radical Homosexual.. A Gay Rights activist. Believes in Gay Marriage and especially, a Special Status for homosexuals only, including complete free health care for gays.

Alan Bersin Border Czar The former failed superintendent of San Diego . Ultra Liberal friend of Hilary Clinton. Served as Border Czar under Janet Reno – to keep borders open to illegals without interference from US

David J. Hayes California Water Czar Sr. Fellow of radical environmentalist group, “Progress Policy”. No training or experience in water management whatsoever.

Ron Bloom Car Czar Auto Union worker. Anti business & anti nuclear. Has worked hard to force US auto makers out of business. Sits on the Board of Chrysler which is now Auto Union owned. How did this happen?

Dennis Ross Central Region Czar Believes US policy has caused Mid East wars. Obama apologist to the world. Anti gun and completely pro abortion.
Lynn Rosenthal - Domestic Violence Czar
Director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence. Vicious anti male feminist. Supported male castration.

Gil Kerlikowske Drug Czar devoted lobbyist for every restrictive gun law proposal, Former Chief of Police in Liberal Seattle. Believes no American should own a firearm. Supports legalization of all drugs

Paul Volcker E conomicCzar Head of Fed Reserve under Jimmy Carter when US economy nearly failed. Obama appointed head of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board which engineered the Obama economic disaster to US economy. Member of anti business “Progressive Policy” organization

Carol Browner Energy and Environment Czar Political Radical Former head of EPA – known for anti-business activism. Strong anti-gun ownership.
• Obama White House climate czar Carol Browner's instruction to auto executives to"write nothing down" on those secret negotiations to jump the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards up significantly higher was not the former EPA head's first time for trying to suppress official documents.
• Soon after leaving EPA at the end of the Clinton administration, Browner was implicated in a federal court decision against EPA for destroying official computer files. Here's how the AP reported the decision:
• Obstinate resistance to authority."
• Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Browner-has-history-of-deceit-on-government-files-50358647.html#ixzz0w3wUVxMU

Joshua DuBois Faith Based Czar Political Black activist-Degree in Black Nationalism. Anti gun ownership lobbyist.

Cameron Davis Great LakesCzar Chicago radical anti business environmentalist. Blames George Bush for “Poisoning the water that minorities have to drink.” No experience or training in water management. Former ACORN Board member (what does that tell us?)

Van Jones Green Jobs Czar (since resigned).. Black activist Member of American communist Party and San Francisco Communist Party who said Geo Bush caused the 911 attack and wanted Bush investigated by the World Court for war crimes. Black activist with strong anti-white views.

Daniel Fried Guantanamo Closure Czar Human Rights activist for Foreign Terrorists. Believes America has caused the war on terrorism. Believes terrorists have rights above and beyond Americans.

Nancy-Ann DeParle. Health Czar Former head of Medicare / Medicaid. Strong Health Care Rationing proponent. She is married to a reporter for The New York Times.

Vivek Kundra Information Czar Born in New Delhi , India . Controls all public information, including labels and news releases. Monitors all private Internet emails. (hello?)

Todd Stern International Climate Czar Anti business former White House chief of Staff- Strong supportrer of the Kyoto Accord. Pushing hard for Cap and Trade. Blames US business for Global warming. Anti- US business prosperity.

Dennis Blair Intelligence Czar Ret. Navy. Stopped US guided missile program as “provocative”. Chair of ultra liberal “Council on Foreign Relations” which blames American organizations for regional wars.

George Mitchell Mideast Peace Czar Fmr. Sen from Maine Left wing radical. Has said Israel should be split up into “2 or 3 ” smaller more manageable plots”. (God forbid) A true Anti-nuclear anti-gun & pro homosexual ”special rights” advocate

Kenneth Feinberg Pay Czar Chief of Staff to TED KENNEDY. Lawyer who got rich off the 911 victims payoffs. (horribly true)

Cass Sunstein Regulatory Czar Liberal activist judge believes free speech needs to be limited for the “common good”. Essentially against 1st amendment. Rules against personal freedoms many times -like private gun ownership and right to free speech.

John Holdren Science Czar Fierce ideological environmentalist, Sierra Club, Anti business activist. Claims US business has caused world poverty. No Science training.

Earl Devaney Stimulus Accountability Czar Spent career trying to take guns away from American citizens. Believes in Open Borders to Mexico . Author of statement blaming US gun stores for drug war in Mexico ..

J. Scott Gration Sudan Czar Native of Democratic Republic of Congo . Believes US does little to help Third World countries. Council of foreign relations, asking for higher US taxes to support United Nations

Herb Allison TARP Czar Fannie Mae CEO responsible for the US recession by using real estate mortgages to back up the US stock market. Caused millions of people to lose their life savings.

John Brennan Terrorism Czar Anti CIA activist. No training in diplomatic or gov. affairs. Believes Open Borders to Mexico and a dialog with terrorists and has suggested Obama disband US military

Aneesh Chopra Technology Czar No Technology training. Worked for the Advisory Board Company, a health care think tank for hospitals. Anti doctor activist. Supports Obama Health care Rationing and salaried doctors working exclusively for the Gov. health care plan

Adolfo Carrion Jr.. Urban Affairs Czar Puerto Rican born Anti American activist and leftist group member in Latin America . Millionaire “slum lord” of the Bronx , NY. Owns many lavish homes and condos which he got from “sweetheart” deals with labor unions. Wants higher taxes on middle class to pay for minority housing and health care

Ashton Carter Weapons Czar Leftist. Wants all private weapons in US destroyed. Supports UN ban on firearms ownership in America .. No Other “policy”

Gary Samore WMD Policy Czar Former US Communist. Wants US to destroy all WMD unilaterally as a show of good faith. Has no other “policy”.

OK, take 2-4 shots of Bushmills and call me in the morning!

Daily Highlights 2010-08-11

NEW YORK—Fears that policy makers are running out of options to revive a slowing global economy sent investors out of stocks and into the safe haven of the dollar, the yen and U.S. Treasury's.  (No surprise here!  When your only solution is to create more bureaucracies and raise taxes this is what you get - uncertainty and fear.) - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704216804575423272140596294.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_markets

Heritage Foundation - U.S. Long-Term Debt Situation Is One of the World’s Worst - Socialist programs, deficit spending, congress doesn't even read the bills any more etc.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/07/US-Long-Term-Debt-Situation-Is-One-of-the-Worlds-Worst

American Spectator - Has Obama done anything right? - http://spectator.org/archives/2010/08/11/peak-Obama

Cato - (Anyway you look at it (Salary, benefits, security etc.) Federal Employees do much better than private sector employees. In fact, looking at the following article, The average Government Employees Total Compensation for Federal Employees is at $123,000 while their peers in the Private Sector are at $61,000. Of course many of these Federal Employees are in Unions.)
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/08/10/federal-employees-continue-to-prosper/

Pelosi Blames Bush Again - No Shame!

From Today's Heritage Briefing:

Desperate to shift blame away from her economic policies, Speaker Pelosi released a statement Friday blaming President George W. Bush for the economy's anemic recovery: "Today’s report shows our teachers, police officers, firefighters, and nurses are still feeling the worst of the Bush recession."  Notice how Speaker Pelosi is only concerned about the economy's effect on government and unionized workers: teachers, police officers, firefighters and nurses. If you happen to work for the government, Speaker Pelosi is prepared to move heaven and earth to make sure your pay isn't cut. But if you work for the private sector, Speaker Pelosi has nothing to offer you but higher taxes.

Speaker Pelosi can try to play the blame game all she wants, but the facts of her economic record are rapidly catching up with her. Since becoming Speaker in 2007, Pelosi has embarked on an unprecedented deficit spending spree, including a $700 billion financial bailout, a first $186 billion stimulus, a second trillion dollar stimulus, a $1.5 trillion health care expansion, a $447 billion omnibus spending bill and a $15 billion doc fix/Medicaid bailout. All told, since Speaker Pelosi first took the gavel, discretionary spending has jumped 25%. The results of the Speaker Pelosi Spendapalooza? Since Pelosi became speaker in 2007, the nation's unemployment rate has risen from 4.6% to a high of 10.2%, to today's 9.5%.

Pelosi blames Bush, VP Pinocchio says the Stimulus is working and Barry always, always says that we are going in the right direction.  Since when is DOWNHILL the right direction for an Economy?

The Germans Get It!

This from the BBC

You may not see this in the U.S. Liberal Media

Germany shuts 9/11 plotters' mosque in Hamburg


Police raided the mosque on Monday and hunted for evidence of jihadist activities German police have shut down the Hamburg mosque where the 9/11 hijackers met before their suicide attacks on the US in 2001.
Police said they believed the Taiba mosque was again being used as a meeting point for extremists.  The cultural association that runs the mosque has also been banned.

A German intelligence report last year said radical Muslims had travelled to military training camps in Uzbekistan after associating at the mosque.  "We have closed the mosque because it was a recruiting and meeting point for Islamic radicals who wanted to participate in so-called jihad or holy war," said Frank Reschreiter, a spokesman for Hamburg's state interior ministry.  He said 20 police officers had been searching the building and had confiscated material, including several computers, the Associated Press reported.

It's too bad that NYC Mayor Bloomberg doesn't get it!  There is absolutely no reason to allow the Mosque to be built near the site of the Twin Towers - NONE!  It's an insult to our intelligence and a hardy laugh at our naivety.

What Does Free Choice Mean?

President Obama made the following remark last week in Washington to the influential executive council of the AFL-CIO labor federation, as Mr. Obama and other Democrats seek continued support from labor ahead of November's tough midterm elections.

"We are going to keep on fighting to pass the Employee Free Choice Act," he told the 54 executive council members and others in the room."

"Employee Free Choice" sure sounds like "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness".  However, when you hear these words from Liberals you have to worry.  In the case of "Employee Free Choice" it means that the Unions can muscle workers face to face to Sign a Card stating that they want a Union and if they get approval from 50% (even if they were coerced) then the Employer cannot ask for a "Secret Ballot".

Now we've seen some of these "Union Organizers" at rally's and it seems likely that a fair amount of employees will not want to incur their wrath by saying they don't want a union.  On the other hand, given this Administratins' partnership with Unions, exempting them from "Cadillac Taxes" etc., they are getting more powerful.  Problem is as we have seen lately, the more Obama pushes for things like this the less likely that Business are going to create New Jobs!

Liberals also don't like "School Choice".  They prefer that the current Union Monopoly of the Failing Education System keep right on doing what their doing.  Remember what Forrest Gump said, "Stupid is as Stupid Does?"

Same for citizens having the right to Choose to own and carry a gun for self protection.  Chicago Politicians and recently Jessie Jackson Sr. have asked for Chicago to be declared an Emergency Area.  Two aldermen even asked for the National Guard to be sent in to stop the Gun Violence.

The Cities that are most decimated and prone to violence have been controlled by Democrats for decades.  From Newark to Baltimore to Detroit and Chicago and yet voters don't demand a change.

"Ignorance has been defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".  So how would you define the intelligence of the average voter in these areas?

President Nero, V.P. Pinocchio Keep The Spin On

Meanwhile, President Nero and V.P. Pinocchio are still claiming that the Stimulus is Working and this is “The Summer of Recovery”.   And, Mrs. Nero is on a pre-vacation in Spain prior to the upcoming vacation in Marthas Vinyard.  You just can't jump in to these Vacations, you have to practice - Right?

Job Figures Just Part of a Grim Economic Picture

(Aug. 7) — The prospects for unemployed Americans are going from bad to worse.

The United States once again shed jobs in July, the Labor Department said today, and a host of economic data is dampening hopes for a turnaround in hiring anytime soon. Nonfarm payrolls shrank by 131,000 last month in an economy that lost more than 8.5 million jobs in the recent recession but started to generate job growth earlier this year. While most of the losses reflected the dismissal of temporary U.S. census workers, private-sector payroll growth was an anemic 71,000 jobs. And the government revised its reading on job losses in June to 221,000 from the initially reported 125,000.

“Climbing out of any recession, much less a hole as deep as this one, takes some time,” President Barack Obama acknowledged in a speech at a sign manufacturing plant in Washington, D.C. “The road to recovery doesn’t follow a straight line.” With unemployment looming as one of the most important issues for the midterm elections this fall, Obama tried to draw out the positive, saying, “We’ve now added private-sector jobs every month this year, instead of losing them, as we did for the first seven months of last year.”

But as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke noted in a speech to financially beleaguered state government officials last week, even faster employment expansion, which averaged about 100,000 jobs per month in the first six months of the year, isn’t enough to materially reduce unemployment rates, since graduates, immigrants and others are constantly expanding the ranks of American workers.

The Fed has lowered its forecasts for economic growth and predicts it could be the end of 2012 before unemployment falls from the current 9.5 percent to between 7 and 7.5 percent. In presenting the forecasts to Congress, Bernanke said the Fed “viewed uncertainty about the outlook for growth and unemployment as greater than normal.” Indeed, even that 9.5 percent unemployment rate is misleading. Essentially unchanged from June, the rate doesn’t mean the same number of people have jobs; in fact, the number of employed workers fell by 159,000. But 381,000 people were dropped from the official tally of the work force, mostly because they stopped looking for work. So the official unemployment rate was calculated from a smaller base of potential workers. The percentage of the overall population that is working edged lower, and the number of discouraged workers — people who stopped looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them — was at 1.2 million. A broader survey of employers produced an even darker picture. State and local governments continued to cut jobs, the construction sector lost another 11,000 posts and even temporary help services got rid of a net 6,000 figures. Most of the gains were in manufacturing — a net increase of 36,000, reflecting fewer seasonal layoffs in the auto industry — and in the health care industry, which added 27,000 jobs. Shipping and warehousing companies were also hiring.

But the growth of manufacturing jobs —also highlighted by Obama — itself may not be sustainable. A good portion of the economic growth earlier this year came from businesses replenishing their inventories, and demand for new products could be slowing. The Fed’s latest take on manufacturers’ capacity utilization — a measurement of how much industry is producing as a share of its maximum sustainable output — slipped three-tenths of a percentage point to 71.4 percent, suggesting that they have more workers than they can use. Other recent economic reports suggest that American employers neither need more workers nor are they confident enough of their own prospects to think they can afford to hire.

The latest compilation of reports from the business and banking contacts of the regional Federal Reserve banks indicates executives are getting more cautious as the U.S. economic recovery slows. The Commerce Department on July 30 estimated that the economy grew at an annual rate of just 2.4 percent in the second quarter, down sharply from a 3.7 percent pace in the first three months of the year.
Consumers, too, are increasingly wary. The government on Tuesday said Consumer spending — the biggest engine of U.S. economic growth — declined in June and that people were socking away more of their disposable income. 

At the same time, the housing market is tottering again, the commercial real estate market continues to implode, personal bankruptcies are up sharply and banks are still not lending enough to supply many businesses with the operating cash they need.

The economic momentum behind the recovery earlier this year seems to have petered out before it could generate enough job creation to sustain itself. And now it could be awhile before consumer demand and hiring pick up enough speed to make that happen.

Market Disagrees with White House

From Yahoo:

2:30 pm : This morning's disappointing jobs report has certainly turned participants into sellers, but it hasn't brought in any additional players from the sidelines. Some pundits suggest that retail investors remain cautious about getting back into the stock market since data has has left many unconvinced that economic conditions have turned from tenuous to stable and that the stock market is less prone to further corrections. In turn, trading volume remains depressed.

Oh no!  They probably haven't talked with Obama or his VP Pinocchio!  I'm sure we can believe these two - aren't you?

All is Well per the White House

Highlights from today's Jobs Report (CNBC-On Line)

The jobless rate held steady at 9.5 percent, defying expectations for a slight increase, but that was only because thousands more people dropped out of the labor force.

Companies cut back on temporary hires, a segment normally considered a harbinger of future hiring. Government jobs dried up much faster than anticipated and not just because it saw the end of short-term census jobs.


Temporary jobs dropped by 5,600, reversing a streak of strong gains that economists had viewed as a hopeful sign that hiring would pick up.


Normally, companies load up on temps at the beginning of a recovery when they are waiting for confirmation that growth is gaining momentum. This recovery has been unusual in that temporary hiring did not herald a jump in private hiring.


Private hiring totaled a lackluster 71,000 in July, below expectations for 90,000 in a Reuters poll. June's tally was revised down to just 31,000 from an initially reported 83,000.
Government hiring was another worrisome sign. The loss of 202,000 positions reflected the loss of 143,000 temporary Census jobs.


The total also included 38,000 jobs lost in local government. For most municipalities, the fiscal year began on July 1, and government associations have been warning that huge budget gaps would force aggressive job and spending cuts. July's report suggests local governments got a quick start.


There were a few positive signs buried among the bad news. The average work week edged up to 34.2 hours from 34.1, suggesting companies were squeezing more out of existing workers and may soon need more. Earnings also rose slightly, adding to consumers' spending power.

Meanwhile, Barry is taking bows in Detroit and V.P. Pinocchio is still touting the "Summer of Recovery".

They keep pretending that everything is fine.  But they are going to get a very rude awakening in November.  In the meantime, they just got a nice slap upside the head from the States of Missouri and Virginia.  And of course in typical fashion Gibby's answere as to what they thought about the Missourin Referendum was, NOTHING!
It's time for the States and the Voters to Step Up and declare how Unconstitutional the Acts of the Administration and Judiciary are.

Feds Disregard the People and Constitution

The following  is from today's post from the Heritage Foundation.  I'm too lazy to plagiarize it so I'll use my favorite tool - Cut and Paste.

The Obama Elite vs The American People!


This Tuesday voters in Missouri, by a 40-point margin, approved a ballot measure rejecting the individual mandate at the core of President Barack Obama's health care law. Asked what the vote meant to the White House, press secretary Robert Gibbs said: "Nothing." Yesterday in San Francisco, federal judge Vaughn Walker gave the exact same weight to a California ballot measure that affirmed marriage as an institution between one man and one woman. Specifically Judge Walker overturned the California Marriage Protection Act after concluding, as a matter of fact, that the majority of Californians who voted to protect marriage were bigots who had no rational basis to define marriage on their own terms.  (OK, I'm from the Mid West, does anyone east of the Rockies consider California bigots?  There boycotting Arizona for Cryin out loud - JC).  Here are just some of the "facts" Judge Walker found:

• Religious beliefs that gay and lesbian relationships are sinful or inferior to heterosexual relationships harm gays and lesbians.

• The campaign to pass Proposition 8 relied on stereotypes to show that same-sex relationships are inferior to opposite-sex relationships.

• The Proposition 8 campaign relied on fears that children exposed to the concept of same-sex marriage may become gay or lesbian.

• The genetic relationship between a parent and a child is not related to a child’s adjustment outcomes.

• Children do not need to be raised by a male parent and a female parent to be well-adjusted.

How did Judge Walker arrive at these “facts”? By agreeing with everything the same-sex marriage proponents "experts" said while ruling that the traditional marriage witness was "unreliable" and "provided no credible evidence to support any of the claimed adverse effects proponents promised to demonstrate." In so doing, Walker not only ignored the views of millions of Californians, but by basing his decision on the 14th Amendment, he also ignored the factual determinations of every single popular vote that has been held on the issue in the past two decades. According to Judge Walker's reasoning every single one of these Americans is a bigot whose opinion on marriage has no place under Judge Walker's Constitution.
From the beginning, it was clear that Judge Walker was more interested in making a political statement than upholding the rule of law. That is why after Judge Walker ruled that the trial could be broadcast live, the Supreme Court took the remarkable step of overturning his decision, writing in January: "Not only did [Judge Walker's court] ignore the federal statute that establishes the procedures by which its rules may be amended, its express purpose was to broadcast a high-profile trial that would include witness testimony about a contentious issue."

Clearly that Supreme Court would have rightly viewed with great skepticism every sentence of Judge Walker spurious ruling. But that Court will not be deciding this case. Today the Senate will vote on whether to confirm President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. The same Elena Kagan who manipulated the law and facts to deny military recruiters equal access to Harvard law students because she did not personally approve of our militarys' personnel policies regarding same-sex relationships.  The same Elena Kagan who was simply "not sympathetic" to the claim of a petitioner that his 2nd amendment rights were violated, and was actively involved in President Clinton's gun control agenda. The same Elena Kagan who advised President Clinton that it would be a "disaster" if the full medical truth was revealed about partial-birth abortion, endangering the gruesome procedure.

The facts are becoming quite clear. Kagan, Walker, Gibbs, and Obama all give the same weight to the will of the American people as expressed at the ballot box: "Nothing." We'll see today if the Senate agrees.

In conclusion, The Congress holds Town hall meetings to get their constituents opinions and wishes - but then they ignore them and hopefully will get dumped in November.  And as indicated by Gibby's statement on the Missouri Referendum to OPT OUT of OBAMACARE, the Administration is just not interested in the Will of the People!

God Bless The Future of the Constitution!

Glen's Vacation

Glen is a good friend who recently sent me this message.  We need more Patriots like him!

I wrote a piece to post on your blog that didn't make it earlier. Last week, we took a vacation with my wife, 15 yr old son, oldest daughter, son-in-law and two grandson's (9 & 12). We went to Gettysburg and toured the battlefields with an audio CD purchased from the Park Service, then on to DC, with a tour of the Capitol where we actually saw Nancy Pelosi - in person - from about 25 feet away. I told my Dad (86 now) that we'd seen her and his response was "DId you kick her in the ass? - I had to tell him that I wasn't able to get close enough! We also sat in on about 15 minutes of the House of Representatives which was in session. My son-in-law was sitting next to me. One of the orators from the left side of the aisle was lamenting the lack of a C(r)ap & Trade legislation and extolling the virtues of going after the "obscene corporate profits" as means of funding all their wonderful programs. I didn't miss the opportunity to mention to my son-in-law that this guy was a prime example of why he needed to take more interest in elections - to keep assholes like that guy out of congress. Thereafter, national monument, to the front of the white house where Michelle Obama's garden is - very well maintained I might add. Then to WWII memorial, Lincoln Monument & Korean War memorial. I couldn't help but reflect on the onerous damage that the current occupant of the white house is doing to our country - and what messr.s Adams, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington, etc. would have thought of the stewardship the current occupant of the white house as well as the members of congress are doing to their fine efforts at creating a great Republic.

Friday, we went to Monticello and spent the money to tour the house. Our daughter commented (to my dismay) before we went in that they could go to Great America for a little more money then the price of admission! However, I think that all learned a great deal about one of the founding fathers and principal author of the Declaration of Independence. A man who held onto life in his dying days to die on the 4th of July 1826, 50 years to the day of the signing of the Declaration of Independence - a day that John Adam's also hung on to die shortly after Jefferson. One of the people in our group asked why, if Jefferson were rich and a great leader earlier in his life, that he died $110,000 in debt. The answer by the tour guide was one of the best that I've heard yet. During Jefferson's 8 reluctant years in the White House, he was given $25,000 per year - to live on and run all of the affairs as well as maintain the place. When he left office, he was $11,000 in debt. While in office, he completed the PEACEFUL acquisition of the Lousiana Purchase doubling the size of the country for 3 cents per acre. The value of his holdings was affected drastically by the glut of new, fertile and available land that resulted from the Louisiana Purchase. Post death, Monticello and the remaining land was sold for $7500 to cover some of his debt. I couldn't help but reflect about the selflessness of men like Adams, Washington (won the revolutionary war and then promptly resigned his commission rather than simply take over the country), Jefferson - that risked their lives by the treasonous act of signing the declaration and fighting the British, then put the good of the country before themselves consistently thereafter.

Yes Jim - The next two rounds of national elections are critical indeed.

God Save the Constitution

Constitution, Congress, Separation of Powers - who needs these roadblocks when you can just use or abuse the Power of the Executive Branch?

In the previous article we talked about the lack of Transparency in this Administration.  Now we find a "leaked" memo from the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that advises the Administration of 19 ways in which the Administration can implement meaningful immigration reform Without going to Congress!  The following memo was written by Rosemary Jenks and posted on the NRO website on July 30,2010.

What the Amnesty Memo Means

By Rosemary Jenks


Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker Nancy Pelosi are facing a dilemma: Although they publicly bemoan the fact that Republicans won’t help them pass an unpopular amnesty . . . er, comprehensive immigration-reform bill, they don’t want to force vulnerable Democrats to vote on amnesty this close to the November elections — especially not with unemployment at 9.5 percent.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) may have uncovered the answer to their dilemma yesterday: an internal U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services memo (reported here on NRO) that outlines steps the Obama administration can take “in the absence of Comprehensive Immigration Reform” — that is, lawfully enacted amnesty — to “reduce the threat of removal for certain individuals present in the United States without authorization.”

The four authors of the memo, titled “Administrative Alternatives to Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” are political appointees USCIS chief of policy and strategy Denise Vanison (a former immigration attorney and partner at Patton Boggs) and USCIS chief counsel Roxana Bacon (former general counsel for the American Immigration Lawyers Association), and two career employees of USCIS director Alejandro Mayorkas, another Obama appointee.

The U.S. Constitution gives Congress — and only Congress — the authority to decide federal immigration law, but the Obama administration has come up with an extensive list of ways to ensure that a majority of the illegal aliens in the United States are allowed to remain here.

Here are just three examples of the outrageous proposals in the memo:

● USCIS could grant “parole-in-place,” which comes with a work permit and the ability to obtain a green card, to certain classes of aliens who entered the country illegally. Such classes would include those who entered as minors and those who “have lived for many years in the U.S.” A nice reward for those who have successfully violated the law for the longest period of time.



● For those who overstay their visas, the memo recommends granting “deferred action,” which means that deportation is deferred indefinitely and the illegal alien can apply for a work permit. The memo suggests two particular categories of illegal aliens for deferred action: those who might benefit if Congress were to pass the DREAM Act amnesty (of which there are 2.1 million, according to the Migration Policy Institute) and those “who have resided in the U.S. since 1996 (or as of a different date designed to move forward the Registry provision now limited to entries before January 1, 1972).” The “Registry provision” referred to is an actual federal law, not that it matters to the memo’s authors.

● To make sure no illegal alien is left behind, the memo suggests that DHS could simply stop issuing “Notices to Appear” (the document that starts the removal process for illegal aliens) unless the alien has a “significant negative immigration or criminal history.” Apparently, violating immigration law once or twice is acceptable. These folks wouldn’t be able to apply for a work permit, but since the Obama administration isn’t conducting work site enforcement against illegal aliens much anymore, that shouldn’t matter.

At one point in the memo they talk about those individuals who, "have entered the country without inspection".  Doesn't this sound so much better than ILLEGALLY! 

Also in the Act we find that the DHS would have discretion to waive grounds of inadmissibility for spouses, sons and daughters if they find that not doing so would create an "extreme hardship"

(I wonder where this logic ends?  If we have a U.S. Citizen who is arrested and convicted and sentenced to jail for stealing some food for his family or money from a neighbor, would we release him if he showed that since he is the family breadwinner Jail would be an EXTREME HARDSHIP on his family - ya think??

No wonder Reid, Pelosi, and Obama seem content to avoid a legislative battle over immigration; the Department of Homeland Security is hard at work on ways to implement its own amnesty.

The Transparency President

Posted on the Obama/Biden website during the campaign they said they would:

Bring Americans Back into their Government

Hold 21st Century Fireside Chats: Obama will bring democracy and policy directly to the people by requiring his Cabinet officials to have periodic national broadband town hall meetings to discuss issues before their agencies.

Make White House Communications Public: Obama will amend executive orders to ensure that communications about regulatory policy making between persons outside government and all White House staff are disclosed to the public.

Conduct Regulatory Agency Business in Public: Obama will require his appointees who lead the executive branch departments and rule making agencies to conduct the significant business of the agency in public, so that any citizen can see in person or watch on the Internet these debates.
 
At the start of the Obama administration, Attorney General Eric Holder released a memorandum (PDF) directing government agencies to consider FOIA requests with a “clear presumption of openness.” Since then, the results have been decidedly mixed.

An audit from the National Security Archive at George Washington University (PDF) showed that less than half of the 90 agencies audited took some kind of step toward better FOIA compliance while most failed to demonstrate any action. On top of that, a review by the Associated Press showed that the use of FOIA exemptions by major government agencies increased in 2009 – the first year of the Obama administration.

And on Jan 21, 2009 we read this:

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release January 21, 2009

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

SUBJECT: Freedom of Information Act

A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency. As Justice Louis Brandeis wrote, "sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants." In our democracy, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which encourages accountability through transparency, is the most prominent expression of a profound national commitment to ensuring an open Government. At the heart of that commitment is the idea that accountability is in the interest of the Government and the citizenry alike.

The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails. The Government should not keep information confidential merely because public officials might be embarrassed by disclosure, because errors and failures might be revealed, or because of speculative or abstract fears. Nondisclosure should never be based on an effort to protect the personal interests of Government officials at the expense of those they are supposed to serve. In responding to requests under the FOIA, executive branch agencies (agencies) should act promptly and in a spirit of cooperation, recognizing that such agencies are servants of the public.

Now we learn that the new Financial Regulation Bill Exempts the SEC from complying with FOIA's:

From FOX Business
- July 28, 2010

SEC Says New Financial Regulation Law Exempts it From Public Disclosure

So much for transparency!

Under a little-noticed provision of the recently passed financial-reform legislation, the Securities and Exchange Commission no longer has to comply with virtually all requests for information releases from the public, including those filed under the Freedom of Information Act.

The law, signed last week by President Obama, exempts the SEC from disclosing records or information derived from "surveillance, risk assessments, or other regulatory and oversight activities." Given that the SEC is a regulatory body, the provision covers almost every action by the agency, lawyers say. Congress and federal agencies can request information, but the public cannot.

That argument comes despite the President saying that one of the cornerstones of the sweeping new legislation was more transparent financial markets. Indeed, in touting the new law, Obama specifically said it would “increase transparency in financial dealings."

The SEC cited the new law Tuesday in a FOIA action brought by FOX Business Network. Steven Mintz, founding partner of law firm Mintz & Gold LLC in New York, lamented what he described as “the backroom deal that was cut between Congress and the SEC to keep the SEC’s failures secret. The only losers here are the American public.”

It appears that the only "Change we can believe in", is that we can't believe anything this Administration says!

Obama Stalling on Guantanamo? Or ---

Remember This Campaign Promises?

Executive Order stating, "The detention facilities at Guantánamo for individuals covered by this order shall be closed as soon as practicable, and no later than one year from the date of this order." January 22, 2009.

In today's paper, Ben Fox of the AP reminds us that Kalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self professed mastermind of the attack and four alleged accomplices are still sequestered at Gitmo and his statements that he WANTED TO PLEAD GUILTY, have essentially been erased.

"There is no case, no judge, there is nothing" said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard Federico-they are back in to the black hole".  In November our Atty General, Eric Holder said that the trial would be moved to a federal court in NY.  But after many protests, the Administration Backtrack- Again!  In March the White House said that a decision was WEEKS away.  Now they say it is still under review.

The real problem you see is that Obama has a bigger commitment than to the Families of the Victims of 9/11 or the American Public.  As he stated in his book "The Audacity of Hope":

"I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction".

Under Review my A--!