Quote of the day – Prince of fools edition | Questions and Observations: "'The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. … The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. … The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. … It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.' – Prager Zeitung"Read More......
Monday, August 16, 2010
QOTD: Prince O Fools
WHAT?
RealClearMarkets - The Hidden Truth About the Bush Tax Increases: "During the eight years of the Clinton Administration the Federal government collected a total of $5.66 trillion dollars in individual income taxes. During the eight years of the Bush Administration the Federal government collected approximately $7.45 trillion dollars in individual income taxes. The rich - that is, the top 1% of taxpayers - not only forked over a trillion dollars more to Uncle Sam under Bush than under Clinton, their share of the income tax burden increased from 33% to 38%.That's right. You've been brainwashed to within an inch of remembering to even breathe. This is a definite RTWT. Beyond RTWT in fact for those who need to brush up on their math skills.
But wait, there's more.
During the eight years of the Clinton Administration the rich paid income taxes at a blended rate of 20.6%. During the eight years of the Bush Administration the rich paid income taxes at a blended tax rate of 21.3%."
The real problem is the same as under Reagan -- even though revenues went up, spending went up even faster.
SPENDING. IS. OUT. OF. CONTROL.
The feedback loop is broken and now we're broke. Read More......
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Omusement Rules
A follow-up on my reference to Neil Postman. Yes, he was a lefty and put Reagan with a Bozo nose on the original edition of "Amusing Ourselves To Death". If he was a righty he would have put Clinton on the cover instead. But the thesis is about the medium and remains uncorrected:
Amusing Ourselves to Death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "He also repeatedly states that the eighteenth century, being the Age of Reason, was the pinnacle for rational argument. Only in the printed word, he states, could complicated truths be rationally conveyed. Postman gives a striking example: The first fifteen U.S. presidents could probably have walked down the street without being recognized by the average citizen, yet all these men would have been quickly known by their written words. However, the reverse is true today. The names of presidents or even famous preachers, lawyers, and scientists call up visual images, typically television images, but few, if any, of their words come to mind. The few that do almost exclusively consist of carefully-chosen soundbites."Can you remember anything O Duce has said other than perhaps "The Police acted stupidly"? But he's tall, looks nice and has a mesmerizingly deep smoker's voice...
TURN. OFF. THE. T. V. NOW. USE. YOUR. BRAIN. INSTEAD. Read More......
How Can You Tell When A Politician Is Lying?
Power Line - Barack Obama, a synthesizer no more: "Obama even claimed that the show of respect towards Islam implicit in the building of a mosque at Ground Zero is one reason why we will win the fight against al Qaeda.By the fact that their lips are moving of course. This is the first rule of politics, only perhaps challenged by the following (also see the right sidebar):
Obama has since 'clarified' his remarks, as he did in the case of Professor Gates. But this time the clarification is not a synthesis. Obama still endorses the thesis that the iman has the right to build the mosque at Ground Zero. And he still declines to endorse the thesis of the mosque's opponents - that putting it there is a very bad idea. On this, he professes agnosticism. Nor does Obama seem to have any intention of mediating, as he eventually did in the Gates case.
Obama, it is clear, masqueraded as a synthesizer in order to gain power. He took advantage of America's yearning for a president who will bridge our divisions. He never intended to be such a president. Rather, he intended to be the agent for one side of the debate -- a side I think is properly viewed as the antithesis to the traditional American narrative that we are good country with a good economic system.
It will be quite difficult, I suspect, for the American electorate to forgive Obama for his deception."
"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators." - P. J. O'RourkeBut both of these are apparently insufficiently obvious to penetrate the mass brainwashing that our fellow
Saturday, August 14, 2010
A hOle In Google
Moonbattery: Attention Google Moonbats…: "…you might want to fix your autocomplete:"
Don't worry, I'm sure it will be fixed soon. The O hOly One will be re-annointed lickety split. Read More......
O Laughable Fraud
Speaking of Jefferson:
Ace of Spades HQ: "A snippet of his speech that deserves to be singled out for special scorn.RTWT. What context? Try this to start:Obama said that Ramadan is a reminder that Islam has always been part of America.How very disingenuous. We have here a fact presented not merely out of context, but so deceitfully as to be a laughable fraud."
'The first Muslim ambassador to the United States, from Tunisia, was hosted by President Jefferson, who arranged a sunset dinner for his guest because it was Ramadan — making it the first known iftar at the White House, more than 200 years ago.'
Back in 1785, John Adams, then America’s Ambassador to England, and Thomas Jefferson, Ambassador to France, met with the envoy from Tripoli, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman, and inquired as to why American ships were targets of hostility. The answer they received was this:Unbelievable. Read More......“It was written in their Koran, that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave; and that every Muslim who was slain in this warfare was sure to go to paradise.
COTD: The Ghost Of Thomas Jefferson
The stunning decline of Barack Obama: 10 key reasons why the Obama presidency is in meltdown – Telegraph Blogs: "Is there anyone left who has not learned that the Federal Reserve is not federal, but a private bank? Thomas Jefferson abolished one central bank, which was replaced by the Fed in 1913.This comment was found in "The stunning decline of Barack Obama: 10 key reasons why the Obama presidency is in meltdown – Telegraph Blogs".
'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.'
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of US (1743 - 1826)"
The article is worth reading also of course. Interesting that it has 1424 comments mostly like this one ... and largely by Americans! But don't worry, our Gramscian "journOlists" aren't biased or anything and thereby causing American's to flee their product. Mais non!
Jefferson -- ironically one of the leaders of what has now become perverted into the so-called Democrat party of today -- was also the originator of this quote:
The man who reads nothing at all is better than educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.How appropriate is that as a commentary on today's American Pravda!?
And finally, I leave you to look up the author of this quote:
"Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated."Surely you might be able to guess by now?
UPDATE: The Jefferson quote at the top is apparently an amalgam of excerpts from his letters. But those who think any of this doesn't accurately convey Jefferson's thinking may want to consider this quote from a letter to John Taylor:
And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale."In fact, I had posted this quote before and should have noticed the overlap... Read More......
Friday, August 13, 2010
Dumber Than Cash For Clunkers
Hard to believe anything could be dumber but he's right...
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Overhead
Greedy Capitalist Refuses to Create Jobs - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine: "Then the federal and state governments want a little something extra. They take $56 for federal unemployment coverage, $149 for disability insurance, $300 for workers' comp and $505 for state unemployment insurance. Finally, the feds make me pay $856 for Sally's Medicare and $3,661 for her Social Security.And don't even think of the cost of providing a job that somebody can live well on... Read More......
When you add it all up, it costs $74,000 to put $44,000 in Sally's pocket and to give her $12,000 in benefits. Bottom line: Governments impose a 33% surtax on Sally's job each year."
The Tunnel
New video: Can you tell which of these government spending projects are real or fake? | Bankrupting America: "Put yourself to the test.� Click below to watch our man-on-the-street video.� See if you can outwit the Rebel Economist before she stumps you. So what is it: REAL or FAKE?"
I can tell you which one I'm betting on... Read More......
The Friday Dump
Timothy P. Carney: Obama closes curtain on transparency | Washington Examiner: "President Obama has abolished the position in his White House dedicated to transparency and shunted those duties into the portfolio of a partisan ex-lobbyist who is openly antagonistic to the notion of disclosure by government and politicians."What more do you need to say to sum up Dear Leader really? Read More......
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
A Heritage Of Freedom
Rand Paul, libertarian? Not quite. - USATODAY.com: "Our current economic crisis, the recent bailouts and the overreach of the one-party rule in Washington have crystallized something for millions of Americans — that something has gone terribly wrong. And it didn't start in 2008. It goes back decades.Rand Paul has done a nice job here of summarizing what he calls "constitutional conservatism" and how government has lost its way.
More and more power became centralized in Washington, D.C., as the federal government responded to every new crisis — from the Great Depression to the Great Recession of today — by expanding its reach deeper into all of our lives.
Now Washington forces us to buy health insurance while limiting our choices. Programs must fit its bureaucratic standards, effectively putting government in control of what medicines and treatments millions of Americans can get. The bailouts and federal takeovers of the past two years have made the federal government the nation's top mortgage lender and a major player in auto manufacturing, as well as Wall Street's ATM of first and last resort.
This departure from the limited government envisioned by the Founders has encouraged too many Americans to forget their heritage of freedom. When there is a problem, Washington tells us, more government is the solution."
And this rings particularly true:
What the Founders intended, and what many libertarians today want, is something different: a federal system that keeps decision-making close to the people. The federal government should not do what the states can do for themselves, the states should not do what local governments can do for themselves, and local governments should not do what families, faith groups and individuals can do for themselves.RTWT. Read More......
Thirty-One Months
The American Spectator : Peak Obama: "Thirty-one months after the start of the recession, last week's jobs report for July was a fiasco. The Labor Department reported yet another 131,000 jobs lost in July. The Department also revised the June report downward to show 221,000 jobs lost that month from 125,000. The unemployment rate remained at 9.5% only because 181,000 additional discouraged workers left the work force, and so were not counted as unemployed. That makes one million who have fled the work force since April.Thirty-one months?! I have already posted the chart of what that looks like but here it is again so you can't miss it:
As this column has repeatedly noted, the historic data recorded by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that the average recession since World War II has lasted 10 months, with the longest previously being 16 months. What is President Obama's excuse for still losing hundreds of thousands of jobs 31 months after the recession began?"
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Horse Parts
Instapundit � Blog Archive � FORGET READING THE BILLS: Now they’re not even naming them. It appears that our friendly Senator…: "FORGET READING THE BILLS: Now they’re not even naming them.Go ahead. Tell me I'm making this up. Please. < facepalm /> Read More......It appears that our friendly Senators were in such a rush to get this bill through that they forgot to name it. Jim Harper noticed this when the bill showed up as the oddly named The XXXXXXAct ofXXXX on his always excellent WashingtonWatch site. Apparently, the Library of Congress’ Thomas reporting system converted the underscores into X’s. And, yes, even The Congressional Record (pdf) notes that “This Act may be cited as the “_______Act of______”.Caligula sent a horse to the Senate. We’ve only sent part . . . ."
L'Ancien Regime
The Obama presidency increasingly resembles a modern-day Ancien R�gime: extravagant and out of touch with the American people – Telegraph Blogs: "What the great French historian Alexis de Tocqueville would make of today’s Obama administration were he alive today is anyone’s guess. But I would wager that the author of L’Ancien R�gime and Democracy in America would be less than impressed with the extravagance and arrogance on display among the White House elites that rule America as though they had been handed some divine right to govern with impunity."RTWT. Note that there are 874(!) comments as I post this and it at least starts out looking like they're mostly Americans (the Telegraph is British) starved to ditch MSNBCNBCBSNYeT! Gardiner pretty much nails it too... Read More......
Monday, August 9, 2010
Broken Windows And Broken Government
It's less than 4 minutes. And sad that this even needs to be put out, isn't it? (H/T Gateway)
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Sunday, August 8, 2010
They Said It Didn't Matter
NOTE: I found this in my email box today. I agree everyone needs to read it before going to the polls this November. No, Obama won't be on the ballot. But you will be voting for people who can stop his agenda. Please. --Bob
THIS SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR EVERYONE OF VOTING AGE.
Read it slowly and carefully so you will be sure not to misunderstand.
The Fundamental Transformation of America.
When Obama wrote a book and said he was mentored as a youth by Frank, (Frank Marshall Davis) an avowed Communist, people said it didn't matter .
When it was discovered that his grandparents, were strong socialists who sent Obama's mother to a socialist school where she was introduced to Frank Marshall Davis. He was later introduced to young Barrack Hussein Obama . People said it didn't matter. When people found out that Barrack Hussein Obama was enrolled as a Muslim child in school and his father and stepfather were both Muslims, people said it didn't matter.
When he wrote in another book he authored "I will stand with them (Muslims) should the political winds shift in an ugly direction" people said it didn't matter.
When he admittedly, in his book, said he chose Marxist friends and professors in college-- people said it didn't matter.
When he traveled to Pakistan , after college on an unknown national passport, people said it didn't matter.
When he sought the endorsement of the Marxist Party in 1996 as he ran for the Illinois Senate, people said it didn't matter.
When he sat in a Chicago Church for twenty years and listened to a preacher spew hatred for America and preach black liberation theology, people said it didn't matter.
When an independent Washington organization, that tracks Senate voting records, gave him the distinctive title as the "most liberal senator," people said it didn't matter.
When the Palestinians in Gaza set up a fund raising telethon to raise money for his election campaign, people said it didn't matter.
When his voting record supported gun control, people said it didn't matter.
When he refused to disclose who donated money to his election campaign, as other candidates had done, people said it didn't matter.
When he received endorsements from people like Louis Farrakhan and Mummar Kadaffi and Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.
When it was pointed out that he was a total newcomer and had absolutely no experience at anything except community organizing, people said it didn't matter.
When he chose friends and acquaintances such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn who were revolutionary radicals, people said it didn't matter.
When his voting record in the Illinois senate and in the U.S. Senate came into question, people said it didn't matter.
When he refused to wear a flag, lapel pin, and did so only after a public outcry, people said it didn't matter.
When people started treating him as a Messiah and children in schools were taught to sing his praises, people said it didn't matter.
When he stood with his hands over his groin area for the playing of the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance, people said it didn't matter.
When he surrounded himself in the White house with advisors who were pro-gun control, pro- abortion, pro-homosexual marriage and wanting to curtail freedom of speech to silence the opposition people said it didn't matter.
When he aired his views on abortion, homosexuality and a host of other issues, people said it didn't matter.
When he said he favors sex education in Kindergarten, including homosexual indoctrination, people said it didn't matter.
When his personal background was either scrubbed or hidden and nothing could be found about him, people said it didn't matter.
When the place of his birth was called into question, and he refused to produce a birth certificate, people said it didn't matter.
When he had an association in Chicago with Tony Rezco--a man of questionable character and who is now in prison and had helped Obama to a sweet deal on the purchase of his home-- people said it didn't matter.
When it became known that George Soros, a multi-billionaire Marxist, spent a ton of money to get him elected, people said it didn't matter.
When he started appointing White House Czars that were radicals, revolutionaries, and even avowed Marxist/Communist, people said it didn't matter.
When he stood before the Nation and told us that his intentions were to "fundamentally transform this Nation" into something else, people said it didn't matter.
When it became known that he had trained ACORN workers in Chicago and served as an attorney for ACORN, people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed cabinet members and several advisors who were tax cheats and socialists, people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed a Science Czar, John Holdren, who believes in forced abortions, mass sterilizations and seizing babies from teen mothers, people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Cass Sunstein as Regulatory Czar who believes in "Explicit Consent," harvesting human organs without family consent, and allowing animals to be represented in court, while banning all hunting, people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Kevin Jennings, a homosexual, and organizer of a group called gay, lesbian, straight, education network as Safe School Czar and it became known that he had a history of bad advice to teenagers, people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Mark Lloyd, as Diversity Czar, who believes in curtailing free speech; taking from one and giving to another to spread the wealth; who supports Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.
When Valerie Jarrett was selected as Obama's Senior White House Advisor and she is an avowed Socialist, people said it didn't matter.
When Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director said Mao Tse Tung was her favorite philosopher-- and the person she turned to most for inspiration, people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Carol Browner as Global Warming Czar, and her being a well known socialist working on Cap and trade as the nation’s largest tax, people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Van Jones, an ex-con and avowed Communist as Green Energy Czar, who since had to resign when this was made known, people said it didn't matter.
When Tom Daschle, Obama's pick for health and human services secretary could not be confirmed, because he was a tax cheat, people said it didn't matter.
When as President of the United States , he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, people said it didn't matter.
When he traveled around the world criticizing America and never once talking of her greatness, people said it didn't matter.
When his actions concerning the Middle-East seemed to support the Palestinians over Israel , our long time ally, people said it didn't matter.
When he took American tax dollars to resettle thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to the United States, people said it didn't matter.
When he upset the Europeans by removing plans for a missile defense system against the Russians, people said it didn't matter.
When he played politics in Afghanistan by not sending troops early-on when the Field Commanders said they were necessary to win, people said it didn't matter.
When he started spending us into a debt that was so big we could not pay it off, people said it didn't matter.
When he took a huge spending bill under the guise of stimulus and used it to pay off organizations, unions, and individuals that got him elected, people said it didn't matter.
When he took over insurance companies, car companies, banks, etc., people said it didn't matter.
When he took away student loans from the banks and put it through the government, people said it didn't matter.
When he designed plans to take over the health care system and put it under government control, people said it didn't matter.
When he claimed he was a Christian during the election and tapes were later made public that showed Obama speaking to a Muslim group and 'stating' that he was raised a Muslim; was educated as a Muslim; and that he is still a Muslim -- people said it didn't matter.
When he set into motion a plan to take over the control of all energy in the United States through Cap and Trade, people said it didn't matter.
When he finally completed his transformation of America into a Socialist State, people finally woke up--- but it was too late. Add these up one by one and you get a phenomenal score that points to the fact that Barrack Hussein Obama is determined to turn America into a Marxist-Socialist society.
All of the items in the preceding paragraphs have been put into place. All can be documented very easily. Before you disavow this do an internet search . The last paragraph alone is not yet cast in stone. You and I will write that paragraph. Will it read as above or will it be a more happy ending for most of America?
If you are an Obama Supporter don't be angry with me because I think Barrack Hussein Obama is a socialist. Far too many facts support he is indeed a Socialist.
If you seek the truth you will be richer for it. Don't just belittle the oppositio.. Search for the truth. Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Constitutionalists, Libertarians all need to pull together or watch the demise of a free democratic society.
Pray for Americans to seek the truth and take action for it will keep us FREE.
Our biggest enemy is not China , Russia , North Korea , and Iran our biggest enemy is a contingent of politicians in Washington DC. The government will not help, so we need to do it ourselves.
Question....will you delete this, or pass it on to others who don't know about Obama’s actions and plans for the U S of A, so that they may know how to vote in November, and the ensuing years? It's your decision.
May the Lord direct your steps.
Ignore The Guy Who Lit The Match
� Freddie, Fannie and the Third Rail of Housing Policy - Big Government: "Countrywide was the biggest supplier of loans to Fannie during the mania; in 2004, it sold 26 percent of the loans Fannie bought. Three years later, it was selling 28 percent. What Countrywide got out of the relationship was clear — a buyer for its dubious loans. Now the taxpayer is on the hook for those losses.Remember the banker with green eye shades who would never give anyone a loan? If only we could have him back... Read More......
But what was in it for Fannie?
An internal Fannie document from 2004 obtained by The New York Times sheds light on this question. A “Customer Engagement Plan” for Countrywide, it shows how assiduously Fannie pursued Mr. Mozilo and 14 of his lieutenants to make sure the company continued to shovel loans its way.
Read the whole thing here. It is a good article. Of course, it would have been very helpful if this had come out, you know, while Congress was considering its bill to remake the financial services industry. Of course, the 2,000 page bill did nothing to address Fannie and Freddie. Because, you know, when our house burns down we should all just ignore the guy who lit the match."
Doubling Down?
The end of responsibility - NYPOST.com: "This was the rumor last week. It sounds laughable. I don’t want to believe it. The Treasury Department denied it.The solution to being broke it to go deeper in debt of course. Why, only a loon could possibly disagree with that!
But when it comes to the Magic Kingdom that is the Obama administration, the fantastical has a way of coming true.
“From Washington to Wall Street,” Reuters columnist James Pethokoukis wrote on Thursday, “there are rumors that the Obama administration is about to order government-controlled lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt of millions of Americans who owe more than what their homes are worth.”
That’s right. If you bet badly in the housing-market casino of the Aughties, the government is thinking of refunding some of your chips so you can play again. You may have heard something about a sub-prime real-estate bubble that popped and nearly took down the financial system with it? President Obama wants to double down."
UPDATE: LOL! I missed this choice little line: "Obama often chides others for being irresponsible. When he does, the effect is a bit like Richard Nixon calling others ruthless." Read More......
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