Obama Endorses Capitalism

At least in words.

Folks who are struggling don't simply need more government bureaucracy; that top-down, one-size-fits-all program usually doesn't end up fitting anybody. People don't need somebody out in Washington to tell them how to solve their problems, especially when the best solutions are often right there in their own neighborhoods, just waiting to be discovered.
June 30, 2009

I couldn't have put it better myself.

Although I find that very hard to reconcile with nationalizing the US auto and banking industries, stiff health care and carbon taxes, and massive pork barrel spending.

Seems to me like the Obama administration has done little else than increasing government bureaucracy.

Source: Ben Smith

Obama Against Spirit

He wants to have rules replace personal decisions and freedom in healthcare.

Check out this disturbing transcript where he tried to peddle his healthcare policy on ABC:

Obama: "I don't think that we can make judgments based on people's 'spirit.' Uh, that would be, uh, a pretty subjective decision to be making. I think we have to have rules that, uh, say that, uh, we are going to provide good quality care for all people. End-of-life care is one of the most difficult sets of decisions that we're going to have to make. But understand that those decisions are already being made in one way or another. If they're not being made under Medicare and Medicaid, they're being made by private insurers. At least we can let doctors know -- and your mom know -- that you know what, maybe this isn't going to help. Maybe you're better off, uhh, not having the surgery, but, uhh, taking the painkiller."

Rush responds:

Do you realize how cold and heartless that answer is? This woman is asking about her mother. And everywhere she went, except one doctor, refused to put in the pacemaker. "Nah, she's too old; she's going to die anyway."

So basically Obama is saying the government should be making decisions about how much treatment and what level of quality you're going to get. He's admitting he will tell old, dying people to take painkillers instead of having surgery.

Obamacare means replacing human decision makers with cold, heartless rules.

See the source here.

Press Tension

Obama ran into some testy exchanges with FOX and the state run media.

I think he managed the tension as best he could. I was surprised to see the normally-loyal media go after him like that.

He's obviously playing dumb like he doesn't see how the government throwing money at a public health care option is going to drive private insurers out of business.

He almost seemed to agree that he has conceded to McCain's criticism of being too soft on Iran.

If you don't have time to watch the video, check out the CBS article covering the tension.

I also liked this article covering the way independents are opposing his health care plan.

And this RCP article really explains well how the president's approval rating is suffering from unemployment mostly. The writer, Jay Cost, does a good job of explaining how Reagan's turnaround of the unemployment rate sent his polling much higher, and suggests Obama would need to do the same thing.

Clarity and Definition

Diversity: pretending as though criminal or immoral behavior is just another flavor in the many tastes of life

Culture: a shallow pool where people look down on others

Progress: giving other people's money to the poor, while hording your own wealth

Tolerance: claiming to agree with someone for their approval

Feminism: a movement where women decided they didn't need men to be oppressed, they were capable of doing to themselves just fine

Global warming: a myth perpetuated to dignify the crude agenda of stealing property and wealth from industry and from individuals

Education: a propaganda network designed to filter out religious and patriotic views and replace them with secular and globally popular views

Accountability: the sheer volume of beaurocracy and journalists steering and broadcasting

Objectivity: corrupted subjectivity in disguise

Abortion: see murder

Socialized: something that becomes meaningful to a group, while being loved by no one

Journalism: imposing a perspective on events in order to grab attention and obtain the approval of the highest number of people

Expert: a person who tries to express "more" than his opinion and tell you what to believe

Public opinion: orders from the mob, see tyranny

Affirmative action: see racism

Key indicator: when the newspapers can only find one piece of evidence to support their corrupt worldview

Marxism: removing incentives while expecting people to make greater achievements

Social justice: see reparations, racism

Evolution: a theory for people so they can feel better about living a sexually immoral life

Euthanasia: giving up on life before life gives up on you (cf. Kierkegaard)

Deep regret: a polite way for politicians to say they really do not care about something

Nationalization: government taking over something it will probably ruin

Twice As Many Conservatives

I just read on the RCP blog about a Gallup study that shows about twice as many Americans identify themselves as "conservative" compared to those who identify themselves as "liberal".

Gallup reports that 40 percent of interviewees this year said they were conservative, 35 percent moderate and 21 percent liberal. The number of conservatives hasn't shifted much in the last two decades -- from 1996 through 2004, between 39 and 40 percent described themselves as conservative -- though that number had dropped to 37 percent over the last three years.

See the Gallup study here titled "Conservatives Are Single-Largest Ideological Group".

I'm not saying people should run with the crowd. I'm saying the media keeps telling us that those who don't want the government to run their lives are part of a shrinking, old-fashioned minority is sheer nonsense.

And I find it crazy that the liberals -who represent 21% of the political views in this nation- are the ones running two branches of the government!

With that, I say it is time for the GOP to nominate a conservative for president.

Sarah Discussing Letterman

Yahoo! described this interview as "uncomfortable".

I think the Yahoo! people are "uncomfortable" with how well Sarah did and her expanding political prospects.

How can Yahoo! call her interview uncomfortable when she won Matt Lauer over?

I thought it was a little awkward when she read a sentence or two from an index card. But to call the interview uncomfortable?



The story is that Letterman joked about what Sarah's daughter was doing with A-Rod during the seventh inning stretch of a Yankees game.

She attended the Yankee's game with her very young daughter, Willow. If Willow had relations with A-Rod it would be statuatory rape.

Letterman has said he was talking about Bristol (aka the daughter not at the game).

Lauer -disagreeing with Sarah- claims this will cost Letterman.

As for Letterman's offer to discuss the matter with him on his show, it isn't worth talking with someone who refuses to take serious matters seriously.

Actors, commedians, politicians, and professors are people who don't know how to handle subjects seriously, and neither do they deserve to be taken seriously.

Seriously, Letterman, learn something about earnesty from this woman.

The Bumper Stickers are Changing!!

Just in Case you can't Read it.

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And that seems to SUM IT ALL UP!!
Also note the truck is White, the letters are in Blue and Red. Very Patriotic!

Oh, and I know how some people love statistics well, according to the Associate Press Obama's approval rating is dropping too. Now, Obama started at around 74% and is around 64% depending on the different polls you look at but it is dropping. The euphoria is waning. Imagine that? Americans aren't working. Homes are going into foreclosure at fast rates. Not just in your normal areas such as California, Florida and Nevada but Michigan and Ohio are going to have record numbers of homes in forclosure. By the end of the year they expect to have 2 million homes in forclosure. We have already hit the 1 million mark. This is a record high in the United States.
We are still in Iraq.
I know his fans claim none of it is his fault and he hasn't had enough time, hello, he has been in office since January! How long should we wait for some recovery? Wake up America, we are still sliding downhill!! He has a democratic Congress, what more can the guy ask for? Here is a thought, maybe, he should try things that will actually WORK.
Maybe he should do a Fireside chat, or pop on Twitter and tell everyone how great things are going to be, yeah, that might work, Oh, wait, he's not campaigning anymore so, maybe the social networks won't be needed for another year.
All I know, is it is time to pull America out of this slump and someone needs to step up to the plate and do it!
I'm tired of the speeches. Words are not enough and he needs to focus on America. I read his lovely speech in Cairo, great, get home and get Americans working. Really, at this point I don't care if Israel and Palestine blow each other up. Send, Hilary to make the nice speech, that is her job, right?
I want my friends to be back to work. I want my friends to have homes. I want my friends to be able to send their children to college. FOCUS, MR. PRESIDENT, FOCUS!! I want some action!

DISCLAIMER: I DO REALLY CARE ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST BUT I BELIEVE IN PRIORITIZING AND DELEGATING. WE HAVE PRESSING MATTERS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY. HILARY COULD HAVE SMOOTHED THINGS OVER AND OBAMA NEEDS TO FOCUS ON THE UNITED STATES, THE CRUMBLING UNITED STATES.

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We Told Ya So

Sarah Palin has remained remarkably quiet after the election.

She resisted some of the stimulus funds (and the strings attached), but this would be the first time she has sunk her teeth in to the White House agenda:



An excerpt from Matt Drudge:

PALIN: That?s how I feel! I feel like? and I think that more and more constituents are going to open their eyes now and open their ears to hear what is really going on and realize ok? Maybe we didn?t have a good way of expressing that, or articulating that message of ?here is what America could potentially become if we grow government to such a degree that we cannot pay for it and we have to borrow money from other countries, some countries that don?t necessarily like America.

And this many months into the new administration, quite disappointed, quite frustrated with not seeing those actions to rein in spending, slow down the growth of government. Instead Sean it is the complete opposite. It?s expanding at such a large degree that if Americans aren?t paying attention, unfortunately our country could evolve into something that we do not even recognize.

HANNITY: Socialism?

PALIN: Well, that is where we are headed. That is where we have to be blunt enough and candid enough and honest enough with Americans to let them know that if we keep going down these roads? nationalizing many of our services, our projects, our businesses, yes that is where we would head. And that is why Americans have to be paying attention. And we have to have our voices heard. And ultimately it need to be our will, the American people?s will imposed on Washington, instead of the other way around.

America Begins To Notice

Barack Obama's polling has dipped below 60% for the first time in his presidency as of last Friday, as aggregated by RCP.

Carol E. Lee also mentions some interesting Gallup data showing more American's disapproval of Obama's control over federal spending than approve of it.

The change is dramatic in how quickly it is taking place:

Obama's job approval rating for his handling of the economy has dropped from 59% in February to 55% today, while his disapproval rating has risen by 12 points, from 30% to 42%,” Gallup said. “The fact that Obama's approval on the economy has become more negative over this time period is of interest, given that Gallup’s measure of consumer mood has become more positive between March and the current time.[1]

The Associated Press, which dogmatically promoted Obama during the end of the Democratic Primary and doggedly during the 2008 general election has been sending broadside attacks today at Obama, the candidate they worked hard to get elected.

What do I think is driving this drop this early?

Charles Krauthammer made an excellent point in January that voters (and Timothy) blamed President Bush for the sluggish economy, but after six months the responsibility would be on Obama's shoulders. Obama's plan to improve the economy is to create more entitlement programs when the current ones are already insolvent and pushing the government into soaring deficits.

Instead of delivering America from disaster, he has handed America over to disaster. Americans are just starting to realize what is going on.

Baloney Crisis

Some independent Burger Kings weigh in on the global warming debate.


Apparently, they'd rather the US government focus on real problems instead of made up ones.



Images from here.