Monday, August 30, 2010
"Network of Misinformation": the New "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" Returns
Flash back:
Flash forward:
Obama blasts "lies," "disinformation"Continue Reading“I can’t spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead,” quipped Obama, who took a deep breath to gather his thoughts when asked if the poll reflected his inability to communicate with voters.“The facts are the facts. We went through some of this during the campaign — there is a mechanism, a network of misinformation that in a new media era can get churned out there constantly,” said a visibly annoyed Obama, referring to “birthers,” who have waged a guerrilla campaign questioning either the existence or the validity of his Hawaiian birth certificate.
Former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton must be beaming with pride.
Flash back:
Will Nancy Pelosi "Drain the Swamp?"
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson violated rules, steered scholarships to relatives
Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide's two children since 2005, using foundation funds set aside for black lawmakers' causes.
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)The recipients were ineligible under anti-nepotism rules of the Congressional Black CaucusFoundation, which provided the money. And all of the awards violated a foundation requirement that scholarship winners live or study in a caucus member's district.
Johnson, a Democrat, denied any favoritism when asked about the scholarships last week. Two days later, she acknowledged in a statement released by her office that she had violated the rules but said she had done so "unknowingly" and would work with the foundation to "rectify the financial situation."
Initially, she said, "I recognized the names when I saw them. And I knew that they had a need just like any other kid that would apply for one." Had there been more "very worthy applicants in my district," she added, "then I probably wouldn't have given it" to the relatives.
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Johnson awarded nine to 11 scholarships a year from 2005 to 2008, the most recent years for which information was available. Each of those years, three or four winners were related to her or her district director, Rod Givens. Johnson said she divided the available funds equally among recipients, and every qualified applicant got a scholarship.
The foundation asks applicants to certify that they aren't related to those associated with the caucus or the foundation, but it does not specify which relationships that includes.
Scholarships have gone to two of the congresswoman's grandsons,Kirk and David Johnson; to two of her great-nephews, Gregory and Preston Moore; and to Givens' son and daughter. Givens did not respond to requests for comment, and none of the scholarship recipients could be reached.
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Let's hear it for Democrat "culture of corruption."
To be fair, Speaker Pelosi vowed to fight the "Republican" culture of corruption.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Krugman Admits Obama, Biden, Bernanke are Lying About Economic Recovery
OK, so Paul Krugman, in his most recent snow job poorly disguised as an op-ed column in the NY Times, neglects to mention that both President Obama and Vice President Biden have not missed an opportunity to tout "The Summer of Recovery" for months now. Krugman, a one time cheerleader of the Obama administration before he realized that they aren't quite as radical for his Bolshevik tastes, is downright frustrated:
[W]e can safely predict what [Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke] and other officials will say about where we are right now: that the economy is continuing to recover, albeit more slowly than they would like. Unfortunately, that’s not true: this isn’t a recovery, in any sense that matters.
Krugman decries the fact that Obama's initial "stimuls," which opponents have dubbed "porkulus," was not quite big enough (GASP!). The NY Times chief Obama economics apologist has a couple of suggestions for the administration. Hold for laughter.
[The Obama administration] can use Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored lenders, to engineer mortgage refinancing that puts money in the hands of American families
Excuse me, but aren't Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac responsible for the mess we are in to begin with? There is nothing to "revamp." "Engineer mortgage refinancing?" Didn't they already engineer a scheme that brought the housing market to its knees and precipitated the current economic crisis? Lending money to people who can't possibly pay it back is stupid. Keep doing it and it's criminal.
[The Obama administration] can finally get serious about confronting China over its currency manipulation: how many times do the Chinese have to promise to change their policies, then renege, before the administration decides that it’s time to act?
What moral authority does Obama have to confront China about anything, much less monetary policy? We are indebted to the Chinese up to our eyeballs, Paul!
Krugman is telling us that there is no recovery. Perhaps it's time he realizes his remedies are what's killing the patient, in this case, the American economy. How many more times does the Keynesian lunacy have to fail before Krugman gives up on it?
Thursday, August 26, 2010
The Smell of Liberal Fear in the Air
Primary election results across the country have Democrats shaking in their collectivist boots. The NY Times, a propaganda tool of the Obama administration masquerading as a news organization, is throwing down the gauntlet:
Much of the G.O.P’s fervid populist energy has been churned up by playing on some people’s fears of Hispanics and Muslims, by painting the president as a dangerous radical, by distorting the truth about the causes of the recession. Far too many Republican leaders have eagerly fed that destructive anger.
And where are the Democrats in all of this? Last time we checked, they were fleeing solid accomplishments on health care, financial reform and the economy. President Obama and his party have little time left to gin up enthusiasm and a lot more committed voters. [More]
What's "angry" about dissenting from the party line? If Democrats have had such "solid accomplishments," 10% unemployment, revolving bailouts, deepening debt and skyrocketing deficits among them, why are they "fleeing?"
And where are the Democrats in all of this? Last time we checked, they were fleeing solid accomplishments on health care, financial reform and the economy. President Obama and his party have little time left to gin up enthusiasm and a lot more committed voters. [More]
Be Careful What You Wish For ...
The voices in Mark Dayton's head have been telling him to denounce Republican trackers for disrupting his events and limiting or blocking the access of voters to him even though it has not happened. The DFL candidate for Minnesota Governor has suggested that the trackers wear shirts that identify them as such and they have happily complied.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Real Men Detest Barack Obama
Obama's Approval Hits All-Time Low of 39 Percent Among Men, Says Gallup
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
(CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama’s job approval rating among American men has fallen to a record low, hitting 39 percent in the week of Aug. 16-22, according to the Gallup Poll.
The week of Aug. 16-22 also marked the first time Obama’s average weekly approval rating dropped below 40 percent for either gender. His approval rating among American women was 46 percent for the week.
When Obama was inaugurated in January 2009, his job approval rating was 64 percent among men and 69 percent among women, according to Gallup. That was the highest his approval ever hit with men. [More]
The week of Aug. 16-22 also marked the first time Obama’s average weekly approval rating dropped below 40 percent for either gender. His approval rating among American women was 46 percent for the week.
When Obama was inaugurated in January 2009, his job approval rating was 64 percent among men and 69 percent among women, according to Gallup. That was the highest his approval ever hit with men. [More]
This is Who Olmsted County DFLers Are
My second grader came to my wife this afternoon to inform her, in an alarmed voice, that someone had written the "F-word" on the Tom Emmer for Governor sign we have in our yard. Here's the coward's handiwork:
After I took these pictures, my second grader asked me if I was mad. It became an opportunity to teach an important lesson. "No, I'm not mad," I said. "This only confirms what I have known and told you about these people all along."
DFLers are desperate and they are vulgar. Whoever has defaced our sign would never have the courage to knock on my door or the intelligence to articulate a reasoned position against Tom's candidacy. It's easier to stick a sharpie in his pocket, wait until no one is around and scribble profanities on a lawn sign for elementary school children to read than take the high road, be tolerant of other people's point of view and respect their property.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Out-of-touch Obama: "Social Security is Not in Crisis"
Social Security has become a campaign issue this August, as Democrats have hit their Republican opponents for supporting privatization, and as Congressman Paul Ryan, the GOP's current fiscal idea man has suggested we privatize Social Security and make some drastic changes to Medicare.
It's undeniable that Social Security faces some big challenges, with baby boomers retiring and with fewer workers paying into the system to support them. But President Obama reassured a small crowd in Columbus, Ohio today that the situation isn't so dire.
"Here's the thing," Obama said when asked about privatizing Social Security by a woman in the audience. "Social Security is not in crisis."
Obama has opposed privatizing Social Security, and he told the crows that privatization is not on the table. "Social Security should not be privatized, and it will not be privatized as long as I'm president," he said.
"We're going to need to make some modest adjustments to strengthen it. There are some fairly modest changes that can be made without resorting to any newfangled schemes that would continue Social Security for another 75 years," Obama told the crowd. [More]
I love this bit:
"What we've done is we've created a fiscal commission" to propose deficit-reduction measures, some of which could include adjustments to Social Security, Obama said. The commission is being headed by former Republican House Whip Alan Simpson and Clinton White House aide Erskine Bowles. It will issue policy proposals in December; if the commission can agree on legislative language, Congress could take it up for a vote.
IF the commission agrees on legislative language? Congress COULD take it up for a vote? Like more bureaucracy would really fill the Social Security bottomless hole.
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