Another very effective web ad by the NRSC. It says it all
An unapologetically conservative thinker doing his thinking...or something like that.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Happy 'Special Interest' Day
Today we celebrated Labor Day and how did the President spend his time? Well giving one of the more hyperpartisan speeches I can recall any man holding that office has ever given. He knows no bounds of lowering himself and the office. Some highlights...
This is the cyclical nature of politics, but the Republicans winning their primaries across the country and presumably be voted in will decidedly be to the right of the DeLay led House. This hopefully will force the liberals left in the House to the negotiating table to actually make some deals, cut spending and participate in real deficit reduction or otherwise risk looking like the partisans they are. I believe only a solid majority will do that not a slim one. A slim majority will only create gridlock, which may be progress in and of itself since it will stop the liberal agenda dead in its tracks. But if we want to see Obamacare repealed or measures de-funded, we will need way more than 218 seats. Or hope of all hopes is that it tacks Obama back to the center, and maybe just maybe he can be as smart as Clinton was by co-opting some of the more successful pieces of Newt's contract with America.
As for the guy "who thinks he's taking over as speaker", he will have a tall order on his hands when Republicans do take over (just a hunch,don't quote me). He must pull them together and follow an agenda of what the people really want (cut spending,preserve low taxes), not what they did the last time they were in power. Tough to trust some of the leadership currently in place, but with Paul Ryan and the more libertarian leaning and fiscally conservative newcomers we are bound to get we may have something that could start to turn this putrid economy around. If that happens we may get a general public that could possibly be a little more hopeful of what can get done in Washington.
And over the last two years, that's meant taking on some powerful interests -- some powerful interests who had been dominating the agenda in Washington for a very long time. And they're not always happy with me. They talk about me like a dogHe's saying this with a straight face with hundreds of union members and leaders behind him. The irony is thicker than the 2000 pages of the healthcare bill. That of course protected union interests. Sir with all due respect I wouldn't compare yourself with a dog, since dogs actually learn from their mistakes.
We've given them to small business owners. We've given them to clean energy companies. We've cut taxes for 95 percent of working Americans, just like I promised you during the campaign. You all got a tax cut.There is not even a kernel of truth in that statement, not one. So I will move on.
But there are some folks in Washington who see things differently.You know what I'm talking about.STRAWMAN ALERT! STRAWMAN ALERT!
When we passed a bill earlier this summer to help states save jobs -- the jobs of hundreds of thousands of teachers and nurses and police officers and firefighters that were about to be laid off, they said no. (Applause.) And the Republican who thinks he's going to take over as Speaker -- (boos) -- I'm just saying that's his opinion -- (laughter) -- he's entitled to his opinion. But when he was asked about this, he dismissed those jobs as "government jobs" that weren't worth saving. (Boos.) That's what he said, I'm quoting -- "government jobs."OK enough of that, I can't take it anymore. There are multiple problems with this inanity from the mouth of the President. The fact that he has lowered himself into the day to day partisanship of the House is unbelievable. Sadly this is where he is, after losing independents all he can do is rile up his base. THAT is no way to govern my friends. Nevermind the fact that more union members are planning to vote Republican this November which only complicates matters for him even more. It happened in Massachusetts earlier this year. These are the Reagan Democrats, the blue collar workers who felt their party was becoming too liberal in the Carter years and abandoned Mondale in droves in the '84 election. Now they seem to be tilting back to the Republicans. Add to the mix Democrats as a whole not all that enthusiastic about voting in the midterm and you have a recipe for a wave election.
This is the cyclical nature of politics, but the Republicans winning their primaries across the country and presumably be voted in will decidedly be to the right of the DeLay led House. This hopefully will force the liberals left in the House to the negotiating table to actually make some deals, cut spending and participate in real deficit reduction or otherwise risk looking like the partisans they are. I believe only a solid majority will do that not a slim one. A slim majority will only create gridlock, which may be progress in and of itself since it will stop the liberal agenda dead in its tracks. But if we want to see Obamacare repealed or measures de-funded, we will need way more than 218 seats. Or hope of all hopes is that it tacks Obama back to the center, and maybe just maybe he can be as smart as Clinton was by co-opting some of the more successful pieces of Newt's contract with America.
As for the guy "who thinks he's taking over as speaker", he will have a tall order on his hands when Republicans do take over (just a hunch,don't quote me). He must pull them together and follow an agenda of what the people really want (cut spending,preserve low taxes), not what they did the last time they were in power. Tough to trust some of the leadership currently in place, but with Paul Ryan and the more libertarian leaning and fiscally conservative newcomers we are bound to get we may have something that could start to turn this putrid economy around. If that happens we may get a general public that could possibly be a little more hopeful of what can get done in Washington.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Clueless (cont.)
This from the WSJ today
The beginning of the discussion should be to extend the Bush tax cuts that liberals (for knee jerk reactions) despise. Raising taxes in the current environment is unhelpful and most economists would agree with that, well the ones that aren't partisan hacks (Paul Krugman, Robert Reich ). Companies and investors are standing on the sidelines in part due to their uncertainty as to what their liabilities will be in the next year. The marginal tax rates being only part of the problem, start adding in the potential costs of Obamacare and it's a recipe for job stagnation. I think if Republicans proposed some legislation to extend the cuts I do feel it could get some steam in the House, Senate not so much. For two reasons, first the Republicans in the Senate are for the most part 'inside-the-beltway' R's and not willing to hand the Democrats a political win before the election. Cynical but true. Second, outside of Ben Nelson I don't see many Democrats in that chamber willing to go there. So we may have to wait until January to see movement on the issue, by then the cuts will have expired.
But hey we are supposed to feel good because our Labor Secretary says "There are jobs out there". Coming from a hardcore Leftist like Hilda Solis who is only intersted in redistribution, it should make me feel all warm and fuzzy? Well that's very reassuring to the millions out of work applying for the measly 67,000 jobs that were added in the private sector last month. Yeah that adds up. The Obama administration's war on math continues.
The report is likely to cause renewed debate during the long Labor Day weekend over what new steps the Federal Reserve and Congress should consider to jump-start the job market.This is in response to the jobs number which once again was atrocious, but admittedly not as bad as expected. The only silver lining is that the private sector actually managed to add some jobs but a net loss overall of 54,000 jobs and an increase to 9.6% of the unemployment rate. Why did I pull out that one sentence? It highlights exactly what the problem is, the Fed and Congress. I don't want them debating anything, as long as the Democrats control Congress their answer to every single bad number is to make it worse by proposing some new spending as we saw with that ridiculous $26 billion payoff to the teachers unions in August under the guise of a "jobs bill". I wonder if any of that taxpayer money they received will be kicked back into tight congressional races this November? The only jobs it is helping to save will be some liberal congressmen. No doubt that it is part of the reason the DSCC is flush with cash at this moment.
The beginning of the discussion should be to extend the Bush tax cuts that liberals (for knee jerk reactions) despise. Raising taxes in the current environment is unhelpful and most economists would agree with that, well the ones that aren't partisan hacks (Paul Krugman, Robert Reich ). Companies and investors are standing on the sidelines in part due to their uncertainty as to what their liabilities will be in the next year. The marginal tax rates being only part of the problem, start adding in the potential costs of Obamacare and it's a recipe for job stagnation. I think if Republicans proposed some legislation to extend the cuts I do feel it could get some steam in the House, Senate not so much. For two reasons, first the Republicans in the Senate are for the most part 'inside-the-beltway' R's and not willing to hand the Democrats a political win before the election. Cynical but true. Second, outside of Ben Nelson I don't see many Democrats in that chamber willing to go there. So we may have to wait until January to see movement on the issue, by then the cuts will have expired.
But hey we are supposed to feel good because our Labor Secretary says "There are jobs out there". Coming from a hardcore Leftist like Hilda Solis who is only intersted in redistribution, it should make me feel all warm and fuzzy? Well that's very reassuring to the millions out of work applying for the measly 67,000 jobs that were added in the private sector last month. Yeah that adds up. The Obama administration's war on math continues.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Clueless
Christina Romer, the soon to be ex-member of President Obama's economic team revealed some disturbing details last night in a speech to the National Press Club. Of course she gives the usual line that they didn't know how serious the recession was. That's just ridiculous, I think we all knew it was a colossal meltdown on multiple levels. Deeper impact than recent blowups was apparent early on. So I am supposed to believe this, from the WaPo:
Considering where this administration is headed I would not be surprised that Obama, the true believer that he is, replaces Romer with someone who wants to continue down this road contrary to evidence that it will never work.
It wasn't the food; it was the entertainment. Christina Romer, chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, was giving what was billed as her "valedictory" before she returns to teach at Berkeley, and she used the swan song to establish four points, each more unnerving than the last:This just follows the pattern that they are a clueless bunch with no idea how to encourage economic growth. Their strict adherence to Keynesian stimulus provided the sugar rush last year temporarily but as discussed before that is no basis for long term growth. Re-stocking the shelves, which is all the government can do, is not an economic policy. It doesn't create demand or jobs in the slightest, understand why here, here and here. Keynesian multipliers are a sham.
She had no idea how bad the economic collapse would be. She still doesn't understand exactly why it was so bad. The response to the collapse was inadequate. And she doesn't have much of an idea about how to fix things.
Considering where this administration is headed I would not be surprised that Obama, the true believer that he is, replaces Romer with someone who wants to continue down this road contrary to evidence that it will never work.
The Beck/Palin Obsession
I did want to talk about something else today. Well a couple of things actually but just wanted to put this out there. Let's discuss the continued Palin hardon that leftist bloggers/media have and their rage with Glenn Beck. Sarah Palin no longer holds any sort of office, Glenn Beck never has. So why the constant barrage of attack pieces? Why do I have to listen to halfwits like Ed Schultz obsess over Glenn Beck's audience, well I don't do I? Those who disagree have a choice, hey just turn the channel. Go flip to IFC or Planet Green, or whatever else brings you pleasure. Why is it that the Left can never argue on merits, on like ummm...actual policy positions. It is the weakest technique of arguing and it holds no water in formal logic. The ad hominem attacks of the Left are so tiresome but entertaining to me on some level because they do feel they are making good arguments. The constant drive to shut people on the Right down is counter to the First Amendment values they only pretend to believe in. Talk about the policies she advocates, not that she is some evil person, phony, wears expensive clothes, ad nausea. That is just noise, because by branding her a fringe wacko you somehow have discredited her message? Yeah nice try. This obsession sadly extends onto her family as well. Somehow Leftist politician kids are off limits yet hers are not? I do not care that they were at every campaign rally during 2008, that's the lamest excuse. As if no families have NEVER appeared on stage with the candidate. It's just an unreasonable double standard, but those things I am used to in the media. What I find distasteful is the type of vitriol sent Bristol Palin's way. She is a young woman trying to find her way in the world as a single mom (thought the Left loved that kind of crap....oh not when they disagree with the person's politics they don't) under constant scrutiny from a media looking to disparage.
As for Beck, I rarely watch the guy. I do appreciate his ideas and what he believes our priorities as a country should be, less government and more individual responsibility. I just am not a huge fan of the theatrics...the blackboard,etc. So I do not watch often. Those on the Left don't get him and that's fine. So why is the Left so obsessively watching Beck/Palin and paying so much attention to them? One word: Fear. That's right, they are scared that so many people listen to them and attend their gatherings debunking every Leftist myth with ever increasing effectiveness. That scares the crap out of them. The rise of the Conservative blogosphere, Fox News' continued ratings dominance, combined with people eschewing the mainstream media's narratives after they were bamboozled by the Obamamania media lovefest during 2008 has the Left fearing for their own relevance. Throw in the femenazis foaming at the mouth every time Palin opens hers and you have a full fledged Derangement Syndrome. So there's my two cents on that.
As for Beck, I rarely watch the guy. I do appreciate his ideas and what he believes our priorities as a country should be, less government and more individual responsibility. I just am not a huge fan of the theatrics...the blackboard,etc. So I do not watch often. Those on the Left don't get him and that's fine. So why is the Left so obsessively watching Beck/Palin and paying so much attention to them? One word: Fear. That's right, they are scared that so many people listen to them and attend their gatherings debunking every Leftist myth with ever increasing effectiveness. That scares the crap out of them. The rise of the Conservative blogosphere, Fox News' continued ratings dominance, combined with people eschewing the mainstream media's narratives after they were bamboozled by the Obamamania media lovefest during 2008 has the Left fearing for their own relevance. Throw in the femenazis foaming at the mouth every time Palin opens hers and you have a full fledged Derangement Syndrome. So there's my two cents on that.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
If It Wasn't So Funny, It Would Be So Sad
Here we have how this hostage situation has been reported by the intellectually bereft Leftist reactionaries over at Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/2010/09/01/discovery-terrorist-immigration/
Comical.
Then here is how Hot Air covered it: http://hotair.com/archives/2010/09/01/gunman-holding-people-hostage-in-discovery-channel-building/
Big difference. Fact: Lee is an environut, that's about all is known from those gathering sources. We can examine his beliefs and ideology if applicable when those become clearer. Outside of that it's a bad situation that is only made worse by conjecture of the type offered in Soros' basement (I think that is where Think Progress writes from).
Comical.
Then here is how Hot Air covered it: http://hotair.com/archives/2010/09/01/gunman-holding-people-hostage-in-discovery-channel-building/
Big difference. Fact: Lee is an environut, that's about all is known from those gathering sources. We can examine his beliefs and ideology if applicable when those become clearer. Outside of that it's a bad situation that is only made worse by conjecture of the type offered in Soros' basement (I think that is where Think Progress writes from).
BREAKING: Hostage Situation at Discovery Channel Building
An armed male with demands and an apparent bomb, according to the local police, is holding numerous people hostage until he speaks with the head of Discovery Network. They are speculating that he has some sort of issue with the Network. Rumors of some sort of online manifesto are being reported. Reports keep streaming in. Below is a link to further info from LCR...
BREAKING: Hostage Situation at Discovery Channel Building, Silver Spring Maryland
UPDATE: They have identified the alleged hostage taker as some environut who has protested the network before. Here is some info and more. If you want to read his manifesto check it here. Holy Crap! What a big bag of crazy.
BREAKING: Hostage Situation at Discovery Channel Building, Silver Spring Maryland
UPDATE: They have identified the alleged hostage taker as some environut who has protested the network before. Here is some info and more. If you want to read his manifesto check it here. Holy Crap! What a big bag of crazy.
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