Before anyone gets really pissed off understand this: Barack H. Obama is OUR new President and I just like EVERY single one of you, I want America’s economy, working class, and perception amongst the rest of the world to improve dramatically. I bought the site name because it was available and people will pay attention to it. I want this site to act as a forum for intelligent discussion about what the President is doing to follow up on his promises CHANGE. Let’s Roll. Email
Leader@bitchaboutbarack.com If you want to see changes!
From close friend fighting multiple terms in Iraq who loves America: “I believe in the Presidential power. I have served, will serve, and continue to protect our Country. I have a bit of an issue with being in Iraq for years fighting against guys named Hussein and Obama then coming home and the Commander and Chief is… Barack Hussein Obama.”
The reaction from the media and pundits to Palins announcment has been just what you’d expect. They just don’t get it. I gotta admit, I was as shocked as anybody when I first heard the news. I mean I haven’t been this surprised since Scott Howard led the Beavers to the state title in ‘85. (side note. Is Michael J Foxs lay up at the 1:30 mark the worst looking 2 points in the history of basketball? I believe it is) But after watching her speech it’s clear to me why she did it. It’s just as clear why the media doesn’t get it. Sarah Palin did what pretty much no other politician would do. She did what was right rather than what was politically expedient.
The conventional politician with an eye on 2012 would not seek reelection and stay on as Governor. But that politican would spend most of their time as governor establishing a team, speaking across the country, and doing all the other things necessary in order to run for President, but which have nothing to do with their job as governor. However, they wouldn’t forget to pick up their tax payer funded check for the job they aren’t doing.
Secondly, for the next year Democrats would continue to exploit ethics laws in Alaska. This would continue to cost millions of dollars to the state and take up hours of time.
Almost every other politician would stay on the job because it would help them politically. Even though in reality due to both the circumstances above, it’s not what’s best for the state over the next year. This why the pundits can’t get a grasp on this. It defies what every other conventional politician would do.
After visiting a Denny’s Restaurant, President Obama was visibly shaken and disillusioned; and plans to abandon complex policies on emissions, clean coal and refocus on achievable goals like applying deodorant daily, and learning what to say when you burp [2:46]
Had to add the latest report just because it’s so DANG funny watch. Plus people were all up in arms about the video!! Enjoy it!
In fact, most of my 10th graders know that “corpsman” is pronounced “core-man.” And this guy’s supposedly really smart? Saying “57 States” is a snafu during a long campaign, but the Commander-in-Chief needs to know that while the Obamaprompter is spelling his words correctly, he still has to say them right. Here’s the clip from yesterday:
Why am I picking on Dear Leader today? I just downloaded John Legend’s cover of U2’s “Pride (In the Name of Love).” It’s a great cover and worth putting on my iPod, but something happens towards the end I did NOT anticipate (fast forward to 3:40 and let it play), nor was present in the original version of the song I heard! While I can’t take the song back, I’m going out of my way to pick on Obama for something silly in order to adequately balance out the karma.
British economist John Maynard Keynes had a number of theories that the Left loves because Keynes finds a nice cozy place for big, powerful government in free markets. Keynes was an advocate of the government taking a huge role in investment, something corporatists everywhere could cheer! So, while I do not agree with the benefits of Keynes’ demand-side economic theories, which takes money from one part of the economy and merely shuffles it somewhere else with the government at the helm, the Left has taken much of his approach over the years and tweaked it to do their populist bidding.
Keynes believed that government stimulus during economic recessions should be temporary to make the business cycle less harsh on investment, giving people more confidence in spending. Makes you feel nice, but not very good math. Also, spending like Obama (and Bush before him) which creates “structural deficits” was also something Keynes likely did not condone; instead he wanted deficits to be temporary during the tough times and paid for during the good. Raising taxes on anyone to raise government revenue during the economic downturn was something he believed to be nearly suicidal to an economy — even Keynes knew that was dumb!
Carnegie Mellon economist Allan Meltzer believed that even Keynes would “roll over in his grave if he could see the things being done in his name.” Considering Obamanomics uses failed Keynesian theories as its premise while including damaging structural deficits does not bode well for our economic future — whatever Frankenstein-like economy emerges from this latest Keynesian plunge will not be pretty. Obamanomics will take the world’s biggest economy and pull it back to the 1970s — and who wants to go back to the ’70s!
Ronald Reagan (February 6, 1911 — June 5, 2004) would have turned 99 today. As a rallying point to both Conservatives and Republicans, Reagan’s legacy continues to grow as the years go by. Many historians have had to move on from their original “amiable dunce” interpretation of Reagan to grudgingly admit or contemplate the importance of both supply-side economics to rejuvenating a flailing economy and the “peace through strength” approach to foreign policy as lessons for future and current Presidents on how to deal with both domestic and foreign affairs.
Reagan also showed that a conservative candidate (running as a conservative) can win 49 states and change the direction of American politics, which had by 1980 veered too far off to the Left. By 2012, I think the nation will have the same feeling about how far Left we’ve veered, and Reagan’s message of hearkening back to the real strength of America (her people, not her government) will sound very nice to the public once again.
By the way, only three other Presidents have been born in the month of February aside from Reagan: two of them are Lincoln and Washington… I’m just sayin’.
The country received some excellent news today when it was announced the that the economy grew at a rate of 5.7 percent during the fourth quarter of 2009. Of course we still have to wait to see what the adjusted numbers show because the initial release doesn’t always get it exactly right and this administration has a history of fudging data. Nevertheless, 5.7 growth is tough to fake so it is likely that the economy experienced some good growth at the end of the year. In fact, the last quarter was the country’s highest growth rate since President Bush governed alongside a Republican Congress in 2003.
Some people on our side imply that the Obama Administration doesn’t deserve too much credit for the good numbers because the economy contracted during 2009 calendar year, but I don’t think that’s a fair criticism. It takes more than a few months for economic policies to take effect. Surely, no thinking person would blame Ronald Reagan for the 1981-1982 recession he inherited from Jimmy Carter. That said, the Obama Administration should be careful in how they trumpet this news.
Taking credit for the good news actually takes a big weapon out of their political arsenal, the “blame Bush card.” When the Administration takes credit for the good numbers, they will in effect be admitting that the consequences of Bush policies have played out. For better or worse, the Obama Administration owns the economy from this point forward. There are already some indicators that the growth may be short-lived and with spending out of control and tax rates scheduled to increase at the end of the year since President Bush never convinced Congress to make the tax cuts permanent, our nation is not out of the woods yet.
But for now, let’s accept the good economic news. As Ace of Spades argues, we should not act like the liberals did during the prosperous times our nation enjoyed during the Bush years before the Democrats won control of Congress. Today’s a good day.
These paintings by Dan Lacey, also known as The Painter of Pancakes, shows his portrayal of the president of the United States in a series of unique paintings. Lacey’s artworks can also be ordered as posters at Dan Lacey’s blog.
Some of the weirdest paintings you will ever see in your lifetime:
Barack Obama has a checkered past, and we all know that, but the videos and context below actually shocked me too.
Here’s another video that I found interesting that compares what Obama campaigned about the wars. It is titled: Obama’s Youtube Arrogance Just Became A Nightmare
News came out today that California is going to have to cut up to $9 billion from its budget or be broke by March, leaving them with no money to run the government until April when a fresh load of taxes start coming in. The constitution in California makes each proposition have the power of a state constitutional amendment, essentially meaning that there’s a lot of waste which the government is legally bound to fund unless repealed. It’s a mess no one seems willing or able to take-on full force, so it’s especially ugly compared to other states.
Unfortunately, this where the future of our nation may be headed. First of all, I believe that the biggest bailout in US history will be the approaching bailout of California — a state which will be deemed “too big to fail” and will require the 49 other states to flip the massive bill.
But the larger issue which ALL of us will have to deal with is the impending Entitlement Crisis, in which California is mired at the moment. Every sane person believes we must trim down government, but no one is willing to say what they will cut. When anyone makes a suggestion, they are either rhetorically shouted-down or everyone starts whistling past the proverbial economic graveyard. Nationally, the day of reckoning is coming: Social Security and Medicare are still able to sit up but are nonetheless on life-support; a major attack or war could easily slam down the accelerator to bankrupting the nation; a potential new health care entitlement will send us into an imminent debt death-spiral. There’s no one left to bailout the United States herself. Where does that leave us?
Jon Stweart is growing on me. Although he’s a dedicated liberal, he knows good humor when he sees it, and has taken plenty of opportunity to go after Obama and the state-run media (such as Olbermann) in recent weeks. Yesterday, he went after Chris Matthews, for his statement that Obama’s State of the Union made him forget that he was black.
On first glance, it could be the ultimate Valentine’s Day card — a gigantic billboard that towers over New York’s Times Square, featuring a happy couple with the text: “You are my soulmate forever, Charles & YaVaughnie.”
But as every scorned lover knows, looks can be deceiving. This billboard — which also has gone up in Atlanta and San Francisco — is the ultimate act of revenge — a very public retaliation by a dumped mistress aimed at a very wealthy, and married, businessman who is an adviser to President Obama.
YaVaughnie Wilkins posted the signs after she learned that her lover, Charles E. Phillips — president and director of the tech conglomerate Oracle Corporation and a member of Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board — had reconciled with his wife, the New York Post reported.
The billboards — there are three in New York and one apiece in Atlanta and San Francisco, where Phillips lives — may have cost Wilkins up to $250,000, at an estimated $50,000 each.
After the billboards surfaced, Phillips fessed up to his longtime affair through a spokesman on Thursday.
“I had an 8-and-a-half-year serious relationship with YaVaughnie Wilkins. The relationship with Ms. Wilkins has since ended, and we both wish each other well,” he said.
The billboards also feature a URL of the Web site www.charlesphillipsandyavaughniewilkins.com, which features photos of Phillips’ and Wilkins’ lengthy relationship.
In an Oracle newsletter from 2006, Phillips was described as an ex-marine and “family man” who has a wife and 10-year-old son, Chas, the New York Times reported.
But as every scorned lover knows, looks can be deceiving. This billboard — which also has gone up in Atlanta and San Francisco — is the ultimate act of revenge — a very public retaliation by a dumped mistress aimed at a very wealthy, and married, businessman who is an adviser to President Obama.
The main question here is: why is former Senator Kirk still voting on these legislative pieces?
According to Senate rules and precedent, Kirk’s term expired last Tuesday upon the election of Scott Brown. Furthermore, Massachusetts law can be interpreted, according to GOP lawyers, as:
Based on Massachusetts law, Senate precedent, and the U.S. Constitution, Republican attorneys said Kirk will no longer be a senator after election day, period. Brown meets the age, citizenship, and residency requirements in the Constitution to qualify for the Senate. “Qualification” does not require state “certification,” the lawyers said.
Additionally, as reported in the Weekly Standard and investigated and confirmed by GOP lawyers:
Appointed Senator Paul Kirk will lose his vote in the Senate after Tuesday’s election in Massachusetts of a new senator and cannot be the 60th vote for Democratic health care legislation, according to Republican attorneys.
SUMMARY: On Hardball, discussing Sen. Barack Obama’s bowling performance at a campaign stop, Chris Matthews said to MSNBC political analyst Michelle Bernard, “You know, Michelle — and this gets very ethnic, but the fact that he’s good at basketball doesn’t surprise anybody, but the fact that he’s that terrible at bowling does make you wonder.” While showing the video of Obama’s bowling, Matthews asserted, “[I]t isn’t the most macho form there.”
The Debt Limit has been raised by Congress to $14.3 trillion dollars. The Senate voted to raise it $1.9 Trillion on a strictly partisan basis, 60-40 (no wonder they delayed the swearing in of Scott Brown). The amount that they are raising it is unprecedented in our nation’s history. Some perspective:
The total of debt ceiling increases passed during the first year of the Obama administration now nearly equal to the increases passed in the first six years of Bush’s presidency.
Or, to look at it another way:
Total debt ceiling increases under Bush and Republican Congress (6 years): $3.4 trillion
Total debt ceiling increases under Bush and Democrat Congress (2 years): $2.35 trillion
Total debt celiling increases under Obama and Democrat Congress (1 year): $3. trillion
The Democrats in the last 3 years (under both Bush and Obama) have increased the rate of spending faster than any Congress in history, raising the debt limit by $5.35 trillion (or an average of $1.78 trillion per year) Continue reading New Debt Limit – $14.3 Trillion
The show stopping moment of SOTU: Head-shake from Supreme Court Justice Alito as he mouths “That’s NOT true”. Well here’s to the State of our Union kids.
Chris Matthews has put his foot in his mouth before on live television, and following the State of the Union, he did it again.
“I forgot he was black tonight for an hour,” Matthews said of President Barack Obama’s speech before a joint session of Congress and to millions of Americans.
That single line quickly bounced around Twitter and the blogosphere, along with widespread criticism of Matthews on the left, right and in between.
“The tingle appears to be back for Chris Matthews,” wrote Noel Sheppard on NewsBusters. And the headline on Wonkette: “Chris Matthews Has An Apology On The Way.”
The Matthews’ comment was met immediately on Twitter with both confusion and contempt.
The New Republic’s Michael Crowley wrote “Huh?,” with the the Huffington Post’s Jason Linkins asking, “W to the F?”
Meanwhile, The American Prospect’s Adam Serwer offered a terse response to the Matthews line: “F–. You. The Washington Independent’s Spencer Ackerman wrote that the MSNBC host should “get off the air.” And from the The Joshua Blog: “He needs to be gone from @MSNBC for good. Enough already.”
Matthews’ line about Obama’s skin color was part of a longer comment about the presidency and race, that’s below. (MSNBC had no immediate comment).
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Chris Matthews: “he is post-racial, by all appearances. I forgot he was black tonight for an hour. You know, he’s gone a long way to become a leader of this country, and past so much history, in just a year or two. I mean, it’s something we don’t even think about. I was watching, I said, wait a minute, he’s an African American guy in front of a bunch of other white people. And here he is president of the United States and we’ve completely forgotten that tonight — completely forgotten it. I think it was in the scope of his discussion. It was so broad-ranging, so in tune with so many problems, of aspects, and aspects of American life that you don’t think in terms of the old tribalism, the old ethnicity. It was astounding in that regard. A very subtle fact. It’s so hard to talk about. Maybe I shouldn’t talk about it, but I am. I thought it was profound that way.”
Speaking with fellow MSNBCers Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann, Matthews gushed, “You know, I was trying to think about who he was tonight, and it’s interesting: He is post-racial by all appearances.”
He then amazingly added, “You know, I forgot he was black tonight for an hour”
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President Obama promised to make the Health care debate open and transparent. Stop your secret health care shenanigans and let C-SPAN cover the meetings. No more secret sessions. No more sweetheart deals. The American people have a right to know. If you don’t have anything to hide, you would welcome the light. Let the cameras in.
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President Obama and Congressional Democrats are ramming health care reform through Congress. In March 2008, President Obama promised the health care debate would be open and transparent saying: “I am going to do it all on C-SPAN so that the American People will know what’s going on.” (Town hall meeting, Lancaster, PA, 3/31/08)
Now the Democrats are holding secret meetings to negotiate the health care reform bill – and keeping the cameras out. Sign the petition today and demand transparency and an end to the secret meetings and back room deals. Let the cameras in!
Highly informed sources on Capitol Hill have revealed to me details of the Democratic plan to sneak Obamacare through Congress, despite collapsing public approval for healthcare “reform” and disintegrating congressional support in the wake of Republican Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts.
President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid all have agreed to the basic framework of the plan.
Their plan is clever but can be stopped if opponents of radical healthcare reform act quickly and focus on a core group of 23 Democratic Congressman. If just a few of these 23 Democrats are “flipped” and decide to oppose the bill, the whole Obama-Pelosi-Reid stratagem falls apart.
Here’s what I learned top Democrats are planning to implement.
Senate Democrats will go to the House with a two-part deal.
First, the House will pass the Senate’s Obamacare bill that passed the Senate in December. The House leadership will vote on the Senate bill, and Pelosi will allow no amendments or modifications to the Senate bill. Continue reading Pelosi and Reid Plot Plan For Obamacare
Investigating Senate Republicans along with Obama; Call your GOP Senators and let them know their cover is blown.
The Republican U.S. Senators have it in their power to use legitimate parliamentarian means of preventing the Soros-Obama-Pelosi-Reid healthcare takeover bill. That is the astute and well reasoned revelation of Erick Erickson, of the political blog, RedState.com.
The Senate, unlike the House of Representatives, has parliamentary rules and procedures that give the minority the ability to stall legislation. In fact, unlike the House, the minority have the ability to virtually paralyze the Senate. Doing so is not something we would want or expect for every bad bill that comes through Congress, but the proposed healthcare legislation is probably the worst piece of legislation ever considered by the United States Congress. It is the most intrusive, most damaging, most costly, most dangerous bill to the economic and personal freedom and liberty of individual Americans that Congress has ever considered. If there is any bill that deserves being stopped by shutting down the Senate, it is this one.
Remember when I accused Google of censoring search hints? Some of the reactions were just hysterical. So many technically inclined people on the right have a reflexive desire to defend Google and make the kindest assumptions about the company. The company itself claimed that it was all coincidence.
Enter The Jawa Report. Their emailer noticed that hey, now suddenly Google comes up with the a whole list of negative description of Islam just like it does for Christianity, where before there was nothing. Is anyone going to claim that such a sudden, dramatic change is just the random fluctuation of an algorithm? I hope not.
Between Google standing up to China and Islam, I have to wonder if public scrutiny is making the company realize that they must actually be neutral if they want to expect others to be (net) neutral. That would be a benefit to us all given the firm’s market power. Time will tell.
But after watching her speech it’s clear to me why she did it. It’s just as clear why the media doesn’t get it. Sarah Palin did what pretty much no other politician would do. She did what was right rather than what was politically expedient.
