July 25, 2011
In other news: More on Economy, Debt, Taxes, Obama, Failure, Housing, Media manipulation, more; Governmental failures and farces; government largess, unlimited, out of control, public sector, social programs, fraud and crime; West vs. Wasserman; Culture (of corruption) News; Creeping tyranny in America; and Obamacare, Medicare, ect.
News on the Economy, Debt, Taxes, Obama, Failure, Housing, Media manipulation, and more:
Debt Hurts Poor Most
By Tony Perkins – Family Research Council
President Obama is doing what he promised in his campaign for president — he is driving up energy costs. In the wake of his promise to decrease America’s dependence on fossil fuels, the poor are being hit the hardest as a higher proportion of their limited income is going for gasoline and electricity. The answer in the minds of liberal religious leaders who met with the President is not less government intervention and regulation, but more deficit federal spending. This is extremely shortsighted as pointed out in a Wall Street Journal piece today: the more government intervention and regulation the fewer jobs that are created. Levels of unemployment and underemployment not seen since the Great Depression are the direct result of Obama’s out-of-control spending and regulations. Big government policies that increase our nation’s debt hurt the poor the most.
Earlier this week Egan-Jones Ratings Company downgraded the U.S.’s credit rating. While Egan-Jones is a small firm, it could be an ominous warning. They were less concerned about a short-term delinquency triggered by a delay in raising the debt ceiling than a failure to bring federal spending under control. When the U.S. Government finds its credit rating lowered, this, too, hurts the poor. It means that more federal funds will go to paying Chinese creditors at higher interest rates. Those are funds not available to businesses to create entry-level jobs in America. Instead, we will hand over more billions to a Communist regime that persecutes Christians as I pointed out in a piece that was published today in both The American Spectator and Human Events. What can you do?
Contact your two U.S. Senators. Ask them to vote for the House-passed Cut, Cap, and Balance Act.
In the Jaws of the Dragon: Does the US Have an Unhealthy Relationship with China? - “America is obligated to China. It no longer has full sovereignty.” — Eamonn Fingleton
Debt Battle: Why Are Democrats So Afraid of Cut, Cap & Balance? - “Harry Reid is absolutely terrified about this bill.” — Colin Hanna
Rep. Jim Jordan on Debt Battle: Americans Think We Should Cut Spending - “The fiscal path that we are on is unsustainable” — Congressman Jim Jordan, Republican Study Committee Chair
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Debt Ceiling Negotiations the Chicago Way: Scaring Taxpayers and Threatening Seniors – “This administration plays politics the Chicago Way. They’ll scare seniors, take money away from GOP supporters, the works.” — Stephen Green
Obama Willing to Sacrifice Economy for Politics by George Will
‘Cornered’ Obama and the administration’s lies about the economy
They spin fantastic tales of a rebounding economy, a country “continuing to move in the right direction.”
- Obama and the Democrats water carriers: MSNBC Anchor Mockingly Asks GOP Congressman If He Has ‘Degree In Economics’ – Turns Out He Does!
- Obama’s Mounting Media Manipulation - Edward Olshaker
The Age of Obama Fail by David Harsanyi - Recessions come and go. Typically we emerge with strong sustained growth. Not this time. Today we learned that employers added the fewest jobs in 8 months. Unemployment jumped back to 9.1 percent – and really, the level is 15.8 percent.
The housing market still stinks, as does other foundations of the economy. The answer from the Democrats has been bailout after bailout, antiquated economic schemes, huge expansion of regulation, calls for higher taxes, attacks on the profit motive, roadblocks to energy production, increasing moral hazard in markets, more crony capitalism, food stamps, dependency, massive new entitlement program, sharing of the prosperity but less new prosperity, the same wars (and more!), but no budget, no spending cuts and little economic hope.
Ian Murray at The Corner explains:
Today’s much weaker than expected employment numbers show that the president’s agenda of more regulation and increased spending has undoubtedly failed. However much money he throws at the problem, entrepreneurs are not going to start adding jobs to the economy while the burden of regulation is so high. Regulations cost the economy $1.75 trillion each year. It is regulation that is dragging us back to recession.
And via Business Insider, here is a 
Herman Cain: 80% Of Americans Don’t Want Tax Hikes. They Want Leadership and Economic Growth Now. - Herman Cain wouldn’t give a six-year old a loaded gun. So why would you give more money to President Obama?
Render Unto Obama Everything You Own- “The income tax is not a good way to tax people.” — Zo
Urgent: Petition, sign today!Dear FairTax Supporter, We need your help! Please take less than two minutes to sign the petitionto the Committee on Ways and Means members,before the July 26th FairTax hearing on alternative tax sytems.Please go to www.fairtax.org/hearingand be a part of history right now. Forward this to your friends and spread the news on social media too – we need signatures to make an impact! This is the first time since the FairTax was introduced to Congress that the Committee on Ways and Means has looked at the legislation that will transform our nation’s economy, bring back the “Made in America” label, let you keep your paycheck free of Uncle Sam and of course – shutter the IRS.There’s no better time than now to tell our leaders in Washington that we need the FairTax, and we need it now!
Here’s an Idea: How About a Real Social Security Trust Fund?
by Rick Richman - Yes, an actual trust, with an actual fund.
On Governmental failures and farces:
Geithner Action at NY Fed Under Scrutiny (over AIG bailout, what should be dubbed AIG scandal)
US Loses $1.3B in Chrysler Bailout - What me and countless others predicted would happen years ago has finally happened–the U.S. government admits that it lost money on bailing out Chrysler:
Bachmann is right – Probe Pigford Fraud
Oversight: As the hearing to give approval to the final settlement for the Pigford farmers approaches, it’s time to investigate this classic case of waste, fraud and abuse. Somewhere Van Jones … More »
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On government largess, unlimited, out of control, public sector fleecing the private, social programs run amok, and another sting on government programs, fraud and crime:
Yet another confirmation of what we know to be happening in most states and the fed. It’s out of hand, no longer sustainable, and must be reformed whether the public unions (that should have never been)( like it or not! Illinois Study: Public Employees Earn Nearly 29 Percent More Than Private Sector Employees
- What Debt Crisis? Fed Workers Making More Than Governors
- A must read report, herein lies the problem: http://mercatus.org/sites/default/files/publication/PublicSectorUnionism.Norcross.pdf
Fat Cat Bureaucrats: How the Government Gets Rich Off Taxpayers – “Government fat cats, I always thought that fat cats were people in business” — Glenn Reynolds
The New Poverty: Air Conditioning & Cable TV. and More. (Members Only) - “We have turned people into monsters by making them employees of the federal government” — Scott Ott
James O’Keefe’s Latest Video Sting: How the Federal Government Helps People Cheat the System - “I think it is a systemic kind of philosophy to give out government aid to anyone who wants it and to find a way to cheat the system” — James O’KeefeHe sent people masquerading as criminals and terrorists. You will never guess how easy it was for these people to qualify for government aid!
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Worse Than Gunwalker? State Dept. Allegedly Sold Guns to Zetasby Bob Owens - It’s a stunning allegation that makes the other gunrunning scandals look like child’s play.
Gunwalker: Justice Dept. Inspector General Opens Investigation
The IG is looking into charges of illegal retaliation against the ATF whistleblowers.
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A Constitutionalist Hero vs. A Liberal blabbermouth, it goes without saying who we stand with:
Wasserman Shultz Attacks West. She Can Dish It Out. Can She Take It? “West pointed out that Wasserman-Shultz criticized him on the House floor when he was not present to defend himself, which is outside House decorum.” — Bryan Preston
IBD: One Apology That’s Not In Order Civility: Republican Allen West is refusing to apologize to fellow Floridian and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz for calling her “vile, unprofessional and despicable.” His only fault … More »
Laura Ingram Hour 1: The hypocrisy of liberal women
The fight between Rep. Allen West and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is heating up as Schultz’s cronies are attacking Rep. West for calling out a despicable attack meant to silence him. This is all a distraction by the Democrats meant to mask the true problem facing this country, that President Obama has done more to kill jobs than create them. (Exclusive Laura365 Member Audio)Michelle Malkin, syndicated columnist and bestselling author, talks with Laura about the hypocritical attacks from the left directed at Allen West and President Obama’s new “culture” propaganda team. (Audio Freebie!)
Allen West Versus The Death Eaters
John Hayward -Avada sexist racist kedavra…Limbaugh Defends West vs. Wasserman Schultz
Kruiser to Keith Olbermann: That’s ‘Colonel’ West to You Punk! - “You know what I like most about Keith Olbermann? Well, nothing.” — Stephen Kruiser~ ~ ~
Some Culture (of corruption) News:
At the Fed: Abortion, Yes — Other Choices? Forget It- At the State level however, States Enact Record Wave of Anti-abortion Laws
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Choose School Choice: Delivering Education to Children, Not Bureaucrats - “Our system is working exactly as the left intended. It is not there to Educate America’s children, it is there to use America’s children as a tax funding stream for a giant patronage army…” — Bruno Behrend~ ~ ~
An obvious political payoff to his leftist LGBT activists, Commander in chief Obama creates ‘San Francisco Military’, and will own it!
Soldiers ‘misused to create impression military people don’t care about the DADT repeal issue’, and the move is nothing to be proud of as it was delivered at the expense of combat soldiers and Marines whose voices were heard but ignored during last year’s Pentagon ‘Working Group’ process that was put on just for show…~ ~ ~On creeping tyranny in America, now more than ever, modern liberalism, and demolishing their sacred cows:A Subtle Tyranny by Fay Voshell – Tyranny does not always initially come like the wolf on the fold, red in tooth and claw. Sometimes it comes tip-toeing on velvet little feet, quietly, one soft step at a time. More
David Mamet Demolishes the Left’s Sacred Cows by Christian Toto – The author may be making up for lost time with his new book, The Secret Knowledge, but to conservative readers it’s a pleasure to be in the company of a man who can state their agenda in such plainspoken, and endlessly biting, terms. (And don’t miss Roger L. Simon’s review of Mamet’s book here.)
A ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’ Awakens by Rick Richman – David Mamet, America’s foremost dramatist, turns conservative, and tells the world why. More
Watch: ‘Green Book’ Socialism: Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney In Libya Admits She Wants Gaddafi-Style Government In USA to Solve All The Problems of America (Update: now she’s over in Iran talking smack about the U.S.)
On outside influences, among them: The European Union shells out millions to promote left-wing causes in the U.S. (is any one paying attention, they are a dangerous cabal in more ways than one!)
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(Update: he’s resigning!) Another Nut that needs shaken out of the Congressional tree: Young woman accuses Oregon Rep. David Wu of aggressive, unwanted sexual encounterBy The Oregonian The Oregonian July 23, 2011
A distraught young woman called U.S. Rep. David Wu’s Portland office this spring, accusing him of an unwanted sexual encounter, according to multiple sources.
When confronted, the Chinese-American Oregon Democrat, age 56, acknowledged a sexual encounter to his senior aides but insisted it was consensual, the sources said. Late Friday, Wu issued a one-sentence response: “This is very serious, and I have absolutely no desire to bring unwanted publicity, attention, or stress to a young woman and her family.”
The woman is the daughter of a longtime friend and campaign donor… In the voice mail, the young woman accused Wu of aggressive and unwanted sexual behavior, according to sources with direct knowledge of the message and its contents.
Reporters could not verify the young woman’s age. Notes on Facebook over the past 18 months indicate she graduated from high school in 2010. California records show she registered to vote in August. The Southern California incident allegedly occurred a little over three weeks after the election. (It can therefore be assumed she was 18 years old)
The alleged incident raises new questions about Wu’s behavior during the 1st District congressman’s re-election campaign last year. According to staff at the time and emails from the period, he behaved so erratically that staff avoided scheduling him for public appearances and ran a campaign that relied heavily on advertising. Shortly before the Nov. 2 election, senior staff quietly shut down the campaign office and sent other campaign workers home.
In February, following unexpectedly large staff turnover, Wu acknowledged extreme stress last year, which he attributed to the campaign and problems in his marriage. He is in the process of getting a divorce, and is in mental health counseling and taking medication for an unspecified condition.
At present, the calls for his resignation are growing louder!
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And finally, on Obamacare, Medicare, ect.:
Healthcare law may leave families with high insurance costs
TheHill By Julian Pecquet – A major provision of the healthcare reform law designed to prevent businesses from dropping coverage for their workers could inadvertently leave families without access to subsidized health insurance.The problem is a huge headache for the Obama administration and Democrats, because it could leave families unable to buy affordable health insurance when the healthcare law requires that everyone be insured starting in 2014…
Sally Pipes: Obama’s IPAB Board Really Is Going to Ration Health Care For Seniors“We really believe that [IPAB] is going to ration care for seniors, when you have bureaucrats making for decisions for doctors and patients.” –
Where are the uninsured? by Jonathon M. Seidl – Megan McArdle at The Atlantic has noticed something very interesting: only about 18,000 people have signed up for the high-risk insurance pools set up by Obamacare. That’s pretty incredible, considering these pools cover those who were the biggest justifications for the legislation — those with pre-existing conditions that the evil insurance companies downright hate. McArdle explains:I‘ve predicted that lots of parts of Obamacare will not work the way they’re expected to. But here‘s one I wouldn’t have predicted: the high-risk pools, which were meant to tide people over until 2013, have signed up just 18,000 people as of March.
There were supposed to be millions of people who were uninsurable because of pre-existing conditions. We heard lengthy testimony about their terrible plight. I don‘t think it’s too strong to say that this fear–that you could get sick and no one would insure you, that’s right, you, Mr. & Mrs. Middle-Class Voter–was one of the main reasons offered for the health care overhaul. It was estimated by Medicare’s Chief Actuary that around 400,000 would sign up (the CBO estimated 200,000, but only because they assumed that HHS would use its authority to limit enrollment in order to stay within the $5 billion budgeted for the program). So where are all the uninsurable people?The explanations so far offered don’t sound very convincing to me. Suzy Khimm channels Nancy Pelosi to suggest that the political controversy over Obamacare has somehow prevented people from finding out about high-risk pools. I could certainly see how that would account for fewer-than-expected signups . . . but a 95% reduction? It sort of strains credulity to say that only 18,000 uninsurable people in the whole country are aware that the pools exist–at least, if you believe that all the rest of the uninsurable people care about getting health insurance. Read the rest here.Health Care Law Waivers Stir Suspicion of Favors (suspicion, or outright scandal?)If you don’t like health care mandate, earn less money- says Obama solicitor generalFrom President and Founder of Defend Your Healthcare (please visit today for much more), former NYS Lt Gov Dr. Besty McCaughey (Biography)New Medicare ‘Efficiency’ Measure Deadly to Seniors – Everybody knows that if you don t pay to maintain and repair your car, you limit its life. The same is true with human beings. We need medical care to avoid becoming clunkers disabled, worn out, parked in wheelchairs and nursing homes. For nearly a half century,…
Obama’s IPAB Board Will Control Medicare Decisions - A toxic political strategy is spreading across the land, one that involves Medicare. It threatens to bamboozle voters and allow the 2012 election to turn on a lie. Democrats are making the obscenely false claim that they will save Medicare as we’ve known it. On…
Don’t Raise Debt Ceiling Without Repealing Obamacare – If your shopaholic teenager maxed out on the credit card , your solution wouldn t be to increase the credit line. You d stop the spending. The same common sense applies to raising the nation’s debt ceiling. America has a spendaholic president. Don t raise the debt ceiling…
Rep. Ryan’s Health Plan Stops Obama’s Raid on Medicare - After listening to President Obama’s speech yesterday, I’d trust Bernie Madoff with my Medicare before I’d trust Obama. The president portrayed himself as protecting seniors, and claimed Congressman Paul Ryan’s plan would be cruel to seniors. The data show the opposite….
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