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Pelosi: “We’re Close”; But Are They?

March 11, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Chicago Politics Goes National, Death Care, Democrat Corruption, Democrat In-Fighting, Democrat Incompetence, Fiscal Irresponsibility, News, Obama Fascism, Opinion, Orwellian Solutions, Pelosi - The Wicked Witch of the West, Presidential Distortions, Presidential Politics, The Wicked Witch of the West, U.S. House, US Senate, socialism Comments Off

For over a year now the Democrats have been engaged in an intraParty battle over what they are attempting to call a health care bill. Before I go on, can we all agree to call a spade a spade here? This isn’t health care reform at all. This is a systematic dismantling of the health insurance industry. Nothing in any of the bills that have been discussed over the past year has anything to do with health care. The Emperor’s quest to make health insurance coverage more affordable has nothing to do with actual health care. Just who pays for it.

We can argue until the cows come home about the validity of the Emperor’s suggested proposals. The truth is what is being discussed isn’t really his bill. He doesn’t have a bill. There are only two real bills. The House bill written by Nancy Pelosi, Henry Waxman and their lobbying buddies; and the Senate bill written by Harry Reid and his lobbyist buddies. The House bill is now deceased. May it rest for eternity along with the Third Reich.

The current “debate” is over the Senate bill. And much to the dismay of the uber-left, they cannot blame the stalemate on Republicans. Why? Because for over 98% of the time spent “debating” this issue, Republicans were denied a seat at the table. This has been a 100% Democrat show and the hold up is within their Party. Reid, Pelosi, and Obama can talk all they want about Republican obstructionism but truth be told until Scott Brown was seated, Republicans couldn’t stop it.

They wanted this thing passed by the summer recess. That didn’t happen. Then it was Labor Day. Nope. Halloween? Sorry. Thanksgiving? Try again. Christmas… They did get the Senate bill passed by Christmas but it was so far away from the House bill that it was basically a non-starter for Conference. Then along came Mr. 41 – Scott Brown – who has vowed to be a NO vote against this boondoggle. Now the Dems are still attempting to find a way to pass something marked (accurately or not) “health care reform” without needing to include Republicans because if they were forced to include the opposition party they would have to compromise on their more Socialist agenda items. And they are NOT willing to do that.

All the fighting has been between Democrats. Because they cannot achieve cloture in the Senate, the only way to pass anything is for the House to pass the Senate bill as is – without warranty show me the Carfax. But they can’t show the House the Carfax because it doesn’t exist. The premise is that the House would pass the Senate bill as is in exchange for a promise to amend the bill through budge reconciliation after it is signed into law. Yeah right. House members are not about to give the Senate a free pass and not get anything of their bill included.

Unlike what has been plastered all over the media for the past 2 – 3 weeks, reconciliation probably won’t be an issue since the likelihood of the House finding the votes needed to pass the Senate bill is about the same as Frosty the Snowman surviving for an hour in a sauna. Let’s look at some numbers.

The House bill barely passed 220 – 215. 217 votes were needed for passage. One of those votes was a Republicans who is now a confirmed NO vote with no chance of changing. One yes vote (John Murtha) has died and two others yes votes have resigned. Another Democrat was a NO and resigned. Still another No vote is no longer a Democrat as he switched Parties right after the vote. By this math Pelosi has the 216 she needs.[1]

Now lets discuss Pelosi’s problems with another group of yes votes last time. Rep. Bart Stupak and a collection of pro-life Democrats are vowing to vote no because the Senate bill allows for federal funding of abortion. There seems to be a level of conjecture about whether or not Stupak and company are willing to betray the pro-life cause in the face of the Chicago tactics of arm twisting and bribery. Never-the-less, Pelosi needs every single Stupak vote or this fails.

Yet other Democrats who were yes votes on the House bill may be no votes on the Senate bill because it isn’t liberal enough. Many pro-public option Democrats may not vote with Pelosi on this because no public option language is included in the legislation and it cannot be added in reconciliation.

The votes simply do not exist and the longer this drags out the less likely it will be to pass. As time clicks by the deeper into primary season we get. Many of those who the Infestation and Pelosi want to vote for this bill may be unwilling to do so if this drags on much longer. A clear majority of Americans do not want this bill. The nation is divided upon whether anything should be done at this time or not but the fact remains, a majority do not want this bill.

As primary season progresses, fewer Democrats will be willing to stretch their necks for this bill. And that may lead to its ultimate demise. Democrats know how unpopular the bills is and may see a vote in favor of it as being a couple of hundred thousand votes against them for reelection. And they’d be right.

Republicans will be using members’ positions on this bill as a campaign tool against incumbent Democrats in November. No votes will stand a chance but yes votes, unless the member is from a very ~~socialist~~ ‘progressive’ area of the country, will signal an early retirement.

In short I don’t believe they are as close as they are leading to believe. If they were, why then would they be asking the White House to back off their March 18th time-line? Food for thought.

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216 is needed rather than 217 because of the unfilled vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Massa on Monday [↩]

Will He Or Won’t He Bring A Bat?

February 25, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama Lies, Death Care, Fiscal Irresponsibility, News, Opinion, Orwellian Solutions, socialism View Comments

[0735] In just a few short hours the dog and pony show disguising as a bipartisan summit will be taking place at Blair House. My question is – Will the Emperor bring a bat?

My reference is to Robert De Niro’s portrayal of Al Capone in the 1987 film ‘The Untouchables’.

In a very famous scene, Capone has his underlings over for a meeting. They are all sitting around a HUGE rectangular table as Capone walks about making a baseball analogy. He suddenly stops behind his target and begins to bash the man’s head in with a baseball bat. That is the Chicago way.

If I were John Boehner and company, I’d be weary of attending this thug’s meeting. At very least, I would be sure that no one brings a Louisville Slugger.

All kidding aside, this is nothing resembling what it’s been billed to be. The Infestation wants to show that they are reaching out to the opposition in a “bipartisan” way but in reality, this is a sit down. He’s going to threaten all kinds of bad stuff if Republicans do not get on board with this turkey. For the Republicans, there is a risk in even attending this sham. There is a further risk if any Republican member or Senator signs on to this monstrosity.

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has suggested that unless Republicans are able to control half the time as promised, they should all walk out. I have a better idea. Show up, wait for the Emperor to make his appearance, as soon as his ass cheeks hit the chair, one by one excuse themselves and leave the building. Leave that pompous ass there all by his lonesome. Force them to use Reconciliation because it will damage them beyond anything that Republicans can do.

The American people do not like political chicanery and that is what will be needed to pass this plan. If We The People can deny their use of Imperial politics, we will avoid total economic collapse. But if this thing passes – the nation will be doomed to follow Greece into that economic black hole they are being consumed by.

NO BILL IS BETTER THAN ANY BILL AUTHORED BY DEMOCRATS. And I don’t just mean health care bills.

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Cap and Tax, Obama’s Thermostat, and Reality

February 9, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama Lies, Democrat Incompetence, Energy, Energy Independence, Fiscal Irresponsibility, News, Obama Fascism, Opinion, Orwellian Solutions, Presidential Distortions, Presidential Politics, Stupidity, Taxes, The Economy, The Fiction of Global Warming, The Nanny State, socialism Comments Off

Cartoonist – Mike Lester

Remember that we are talking about the guy who said, “under my plan of cap and trade, electricity prices will necessarily skyrocket” (:35 seconds into the video below). Seems to this blogger that Mike Lester’s cartoon is extremely accurate. If you watch the video, Obama mentions the fact that prices for oil, natural gas, and other means of heating your home will be going up as well.

This from the guy who has the Oval Office so hot, his advisers have to attend meetings in shirt sleeves.

From the New York Times – January 29, 2009…

The capital flew into a bit of a tizzy when, on his first full day in the White House, President Obama was photographed in the Oval Office without his suit jacket. There was, however, a logical explanation: Mr. Obama, who hates the cold, had cranked up the thermostat.

“He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?” said Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.”

Ok… I’ll concede that Obama is from Hawaii originally but he lived in Chicago for how many years?!? I’m sorry Mr. Axelrod, that dog don’t hunt.

Truth be told, Obama is another typical Lear Jet Liberal who preaches to the masses about how our activity is impacting the planet and also has the audacity to tell us to alter our ways without any intention of altering his. He’s a hypocrite. Especially when you begin to notice the rapid decline in atmospheric temperatures. Someone is whitewashing someone. Question: Are you noticing that it’s you?

And as an aside – who cares how much it costs for the Emperor to have the Oval Office so hot that he can grow orchids anyway. He’s not paying the bill. The taxpayers are.

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Brown Overtakes Coakley In Latest Polls

January 15, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Death Care, Democrat Incompetence, Elections, Libtards on Parade, Lunatic Lefties, News, Opinion, The First Amendment Comments Off

The NBC affiliate in Boston, WHDH7, is reporting that Brown is leading the race with 50% of the vote compared to Coakley’s 46%. Keep in mind that Independent Joe Kennedy [1] is also getting 3% in that poll with 1% undecided.

Our exclusive 7NEWS/Suffolk University Poll shows Brown, with 50%, in front of Coakley with 46%. Independent Joe Kennedy gets 3% and just 1% is still undecided.

How quickly has this race turned around?

In November, Coakley was beating Brown by 31 percentage points. Now, Brown is up by 4% — a change of 35% in two months.

Suffolk Poll University pollster David Paleologos said, “Here’s how the race breaks down. Scott Brown wins among men, Martha Coakley among women. Democrats: Coakley. Republicans and Independents: Brown, by a wide, wide margin.”

One reason for Coakley’s collapse is her performance in debates. Nearly half of likely voters say they’ve seen one and asked who won — 41% say Brown, 25% Coakley.

And Coakley is not being helped by her pledge to help pass the Democrat’s national health care bill. Fifty-one percent of likely voters here say no to it while 36% say yes. Sixty-one percent think Washington can’t afford it.

Another surprise — The Kennedy family’s endorsement may have actually hurt Coakley. With 27% said it makes them less likely to vote for her… 20% more likely.

The Associated Press is also reporting the same polling numbers.

Pajamas Media on the other hand is reporting that Brown is up by 15 points in their independent polling. [2]

According to Pajamas Correspondent Roger Simon…

A new poll taken Thursday evening for Pajamas Media by CrossTarget – an Alexandria VA survey research firm – shows Scott Brown, a Republican, leading Martha Coakley, a Democrat, by 15.4% in Tuesday’s special election for the open Massachusetts US Senate seat. The poll of 946 likely voters was conducted by telephone using interactive voice technology (IVR) and has a margin of error of +/- 3.19%.

Some latest comments from Coakley probably are not helping matters. An estimated 39% of Massachusetts voters are Roman Catholic and as a Catholic myself, I can tell you that there are certain matters of current social policy that are in violation of what the Church teaches. Issues such as artificial birth control and abortion are first and foremost in my mind. Enter Martha Coakley’s personal stupidity…

Responding to a question about hospital workers opting out of taking part in certain procedures or counseling on artificial birth control Coakley had this to say when asked on a local radio program aired on WBSM AM1420…

You can have religious freedom but you probably shouldn’t work in the emergency room.

The fact remains that Coakley is not the eloquent speaker Barack Obama is. Nor does it appear that she has any couth. She has stated that she would be the 60th vote for cloture if elected on a bill that a clear majority of Massachusetts voters reject. She has effectively alienated 39% of the voters of her state with her comments about not working in emergency rooms if they want to have their religious freedoms; a move that is sure to cause her to molt another several percentage points. I’m sure the voters of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts don’t feel too at ease electing someone to the United States Senate who believes a person’s 1st Amendment freedom of religion is curtailed should they take a job working in a hospital’s emergency room.

As for the Emperor’s planned appearance on Sunday? Go for it Barry! I doubt you can help at this point. Another failure will show just how much weight your coat-tails are worth.

Making an appearance on a Sunday is risky enough. But the Sunday before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which happens to be the Sunday the NFL Divisional Playoff games are being held? Not a wise idea in my opinion. He failed in Copenhagen in his attempt to influence the International Olympic Committee to bring the games to Chicago. He failed in Copenhagen during a second trip to get an agreement on Global Warming. His economic policies are being proven every day to be a continuing failure. His Death Care bill is in danger of failure. Cap and Trade is on hold. The Porkulus which was supposed to keep unemployment from topping 8% allowed unemployment to top 10%. Nothing this guy has done, with the exception of his election, has succeeded.

So, GO FOR IT BARRY!

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Joe Kennedy is not related to the Kennedy Clan [↩]
H/T: The Rush Limbaugh Show [↩]

Massachusetts Democrat Political Shenanigans Almost As Bad As Chicago’s

January 13, 2010 Death Care, Democrat Corruption, Democrat Incompetence, Elections, Health Care, News, Opinion, Orwellian Solutions, US Senate Comments Off

In the run-up to the 2004 elections, the late Senator Ted Kennedy convinced Democrat leaders in Massachusetts to play political games with how a vacated seat is to be filled. Because at the time the state’s governor was a Republican (Mitt Romney), Kennedy and company feared that John Kerry’s seat would be filled by a Republican appointee. Instead of having an appointee fill the seat until the term expired, Kennedy and company got the law changed so that the appointee would only fill the seat until a special election could be called. Since Kerry lost the election, the point was moot but the change was already made.

Fast forward to the present…

Kennedy passes and now there is a scramble to hold on to power yet again being made by Massachusetts Democrats. Late last year before Kennedy expired a move was made to change the law back. See, Mass has a Democrat governor at present and an appointee made by him would be a Democrat. Problem, they were prevented from making the change because it was seen as political shenanigans.

NOW a Republican is looking as if he could beat the Democrat nominee for the seat and the current Democrat leadership in Massachusetts is poised to play more games by delaying the seating of the winner of next week’s special election to fill Kennedy’s seat. The reason? The current appointee (Paul Kirk, Jr) represents the 60th vote for cloture in the Senate and has said that he would vote for cloture even if the Republican (Scott Brown) prevails in the special election.

Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals are being executed to the letter in Mass apparently.

Brown has vowed to vote against cloture and his opponent Martha Coakley have vowed to vote in favor of cloture. It seems to this blogger that if Massachusetts is announcing now that they do not intend to seat the ultimate victor in next week’s special election immediately, that tells me they are willing to bypass the Will of the People yet again.

Many voting for Brown next week will be doing so specifically to block Obama’s Death Care bill. The decision not to seat the winner of next week’s election immediately is a political tactic that may have an even greater long-term negative impact for the Democrat Party.

As Massachusetts Dems play games, the Obama Infestation is looking to rush the Death Care compromise through both houses to minimize the destruction come November. If Independent voters nationwide see these moves in Massachusetts in context even more Democrat candidates will be looking for new work come next January. Seats once thought bulletproof for the Democrats are already in play. Many more could join them.

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WAPO: Rangel, Step Aside

Anyone who believes the media in the United States is controlled by right leaning ideologues must have been in a drug induced coma for the past 9 years and missed the whole media bombardment of Richard Nixon in the mid 70′s. The garbage wrapper most responsible for all of Nixon’s trouble in 1974 is now turning on a Democrat – one Charles Rangel (D NY-15).

In what can only be termed as liberal cannibalism, WAPO says…

We called on Mr. Rangel to resign his coveted post last November while the House ethics committee probed his contact with a potential donor to a pet project who also had business before the committee. Mind you, that committee already was looking into his using official stationery to raise funds for that pet project, paying below-market rents on four Harlem apartments, failing to report income from a Florida condominium sale and failing to pay taxes on a home in the Dominican Republic. There’s another subcommittee investigation into lobbyist-paid trips by Mr. Rangel and four other members of Congress.

Much is expected of elected officials. Much more is expected and demanded of those entrusted with chairmanships and the power that comes with them, especially when it involves the nation’s purse strings. From all that we’ve seen thus far, Mr. Rangel has violated that trust continually and seemingly without care.

Democrats never let a short-coming of any Republican go without pressuring a resignation. In this case, the Dems are conspicuously silent and the Republicans aren’t doing any better. A tax cheat is in charge of writing tax law and another is charged with enforcing tax law. The Obama Infestation is teeming with radicals and criminals but no one in the press seems to care and the Republicans are perfectly content to allow the Dictator-in-Chief have his way without challenge.

Charlie Rangle thought that he could get away with not disclosing over half his income but yet he is left in charge of writing tax law for this Congress? He has already written into the Porkulus increased enforcement penalties for those who attempt to cheat on their taxes but somehow I think he’ll escape prosecutions, interest, and/or penalties.

In 2006, SanFran Nan used the term “Culture of Corruption” as a tool to fraudulently gain the majority in both houses of Congress. At the time, we on the right warned you that Democrats are the true “Culture of Corruption” but you didn’t listen. With a track record that could circumnavigate the earth multiple times, the Democrats are known for short-cutting the system, political favors, pay-offs, and pay-to-play schemes.

In 1960, it was the Democrats who benefited from the mob stuffing the ballot box in Chicago which resulted in John Kennedy defeating Richard Nixon for the Presidency and launched the mythical comparison of the Kennedy family with Camelot. But no one complained. At least those who did were ignored.

From Kennedy’s victory to his brother’s not being charged for murdering Mary Jo Kopechne to the unindicted co-conspirator (Jack Murtha) to William “Cold Cash” Jefferson to Charlie Rangel (among numerous others which I haven’t the room to list), the Democrat party has been corrupt since the days of Tammany Hall.

Today we have Chicago mob style politics complete with threats from the Chief of Staff and pay-for-play. They use union thugs to use intimidation and violence against anyone who opposes the Emperor. Anyone who says Chicago mob style politics is NOT corrupt should have a head CT because something is amiss in their cranium.

Do I think Charlie Rangel should resign his position on the Ways and Means Committee? Hell yeah I do. As-a-matter-of-fact, I’d like to see every last Democrat in national office resign because their isn’t an honest one among them. They are all corrupt. And the vast majority of them do not have the best interest of this country in mind when they go to work. They are progressives. And what do progressives seek to progress toward? SOCIALISM!

In true Alinskyite fashion, the ends will justify the means. If the goal is achieved, how you got to that goal does not matter. You can cheat (they do). You can steal (they have). You can lie (they are). If they are talking they are lying. If they are running for office, they are cheating. And if they lose and it goes to a recount, they will magically inherit hundreds of votes thereby effectively stealing the election (ask Norm Coleman).

Rangel is a symptom and we cannot just focus on him. He needs to go – yes. But so do Congressional Democrats and the entire Infestation because it is comprised of thugs, thieves, criminals, and radicals. They are the disease of American politics. Corrupt from the top down and in all directions. Thus creating another “I told you so moment” for Gribbit’s Word because I warned you Obama was a radical before the election. And you, as usual, ignored me. America, it is your fault these turds have power. When are you going to quit drinking the Democrat Kool-aid and think for yourselves?

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The White House Mob – The True Gangsters At Work In America

Obamacare (aka the Obama/Pelosi/Waxman/Reid Death Care boondoggle) opponents have been accused of being a mob by the White House. Insomuch as this is meant to be a smear to the genuine anger the people of this nation have been driven to by their congresscritters, it’s actually become a badge of pride worn by many a townhall protester and blogger alike. Hence the reason I have a graphic in the sidebar.

All of these truths aside, lets take a moment to recognize the true gangsters of politics.

Lets begin with Rham Emanuel. White House Chief of Staff and former Clinton Infestation official who in 1992 while celebrating Billy Bob Bubba’s election actually took a knife and began naming the names of their political enemies and shouted the word “dead” as he slammed the blade of the knife into a table. Ironically, many connected with the Clintonian Infestation actually did die. Coincidence? You decide.

This is the same Rham Emanuel who is widely understood to have sent a dead fish to a political opponent. A true Chicago-mob type Democrat Machine cog whose brash language combined with pitbull demeanor is the actual “brains” behind the Obama Infestation.

- That is if anyone could possibly accuse anyone in the Obama Infestation of actually having a brain. Personally I don’t think there are 10 functioning neurons in the whole damned White House. Perhaps Barry should have “Just Said No” to all that “blow” he “experimented” with. But I digress -

Emanuel has actually attempted to intimidate a state governor with threats of withholding federal stimulus funding from her state because of the opposition from one of the United States Senators elected from her state.

From The Politico 7/16/09:

Earlier this week, the administration launched a coordinated effort to jam Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, an Arizona Republican who’s argued that the government should “cancel the rest of the stimulus spending.” No fewer than four Cabinet secretaries wrote to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer — also a Republican — to ask her if she agreed with Kyl that it was time to turn off the state’s stimulus spigot.

“If you prefer to forfeit the money we are making available to your state, as Sen. Kyl suggests, please let me know,” wrote Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. For good measure, he attached a three-page addendum listing each of the Arizona projects paid for by the $521 million the state is getting.

Sounds like a mob tactic to me.

They are using Union Thugs to attack innocent protesters at Townhalls. Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) clothed in purple t-shirts are being bussed to events, escorted into the townhalls via back and side doors in order to intimidate those present into NOT protesting.

Take the case of a townhall for Rep. Russ Carnahan (D MO-3) on August 6th for example…

From Eagle Forum.org:

At Rep. Russ Carnahan’s (D-MO) Town Hall meeting on August 6, SEIU (Service Employees International Union) thugs, clad in purple shirts, punched in the face, brutally beat, and kicked in the head when he was down, an African American named Kenneth Gladney while hurling a torrent of racial slurs. The SEIU goons were following White House advice: “Don’t do a lot of talking,” and if they encounter resistance, “punch back twice as hard.”

So what could Gladney have been doing to draw the ire of the SEIU goons? Although the President was the promise of a post racism President, Mr Gladney is an African-American and he was passing out Gadsden flags. After-all it is a crime in the minds of liberals for an African-American to be a Conservative don’t you know?

Six people were arrested in connection with Mr. Gladney’s beating. Personally I am hoping that they are charged with hate crimes.

The President himself set the tone for the past week of protests and the response by those on the hard left including the SEIU. He said, ” I don’t want the folks who created the mess, I don’t want the folks who created this mess to do a lot of talking. I want them to just get out of the way so we can clean up the mess.” He went on to say, “I don’t mind cleaning up after them, but don’t do a lot of talking.” Doubt me, here’s the video (AGAIN)…

So when the SEIU thugs beat up on Mr. Gladney, they didn’t want him or anyone else to do a lot of talking. They want him to get out of the way so that Obamaramadingdong could clean up after the “folks who created the mess”. But someone should have informed the SEIU who created the mess. Because those folks happen to be Congress with their regulations and federal interference.

So in a sense the “folks who created the mess” have been the only folks talking to this point and the American people are sick of the campaign speech platitudes as they see their life’s work being squandered in Washington by these tone deaf congresscritters. And now it is their turn to be heard.

And let me remind you people of a truth that is being missed. There is no crisis. Depending on the poll you read this week, between 70 and 85% of Americans are happy with their current health care. There is no crises. So if nothing is done, nothing will happen. But if Congress and the President get their way with this, we are all doomed.

Reject Big Bro and his Orwellian future. Go to a Townhall and try not to shout. Ask in a respectful tone pointed questions to catch your congresscritter in a lie.

Take a copy of bill along with you and when you ask your question, refer to the section where the issue is located and cite it word for word to show them why they need to read the bill. We all know that anyone who bothers to read the bill can’t possibly be for this legislation. Use the bill itself against them.

No – the only mob that I see is the mob leading this boondoggle. The only goons that I see are in the pocket of the President. The only gangsters I see are the Chicago Machine that has been promoted to Washington.

One final fact before I leave.

Remember, Rham Emanuel has a big stake in this bill. His brother is the key individual who will be rationing care under Obamacare 1.0. Dr. Ezekial Emanuel has written extensively on how to lower costs through rationing. He, like many of Barry Obama’s “advisers” is a scary individual. Read what he has to say about controlling costs and the best distribution of medical care. If you do, you’ll join the protest.

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Newsweek: ‘Recession Over’ as GDP Sits at -1%

In the lead up to the 2008 elections, the extremely left leaning media of this country were trying to convince you that the nation was in recession when key indicators suggested economic growth not recession. They created the current recession by convincing you it existed when it didn’t. Now, one of the leftarded media outlets is trying to convince you that the recession that they helped create is over when the key economic indicator of the existence of a recession shows evidence that it the recession is continuing..

From CNN:

But according to all of the economic indicators, Newsweek is a bit premature in that announcement. This includes the most important indicator – the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

A recession is defined as 2 or more consecutive quarters of negative GDP. The main stream media all were announcing that the United States was in recession when the nation still had positive GDP numbers. And now, Newsweek in their infinite stupidity is announcing the end of said recession unilaterally with no evidence to back it up. But what the hell, evidence doesn’t mean a fucking thing to these assholes.

CNN is reporting, ‘Obama mocks Newsweek cover, Newsweek hits back‘.

“I don’t know whether you’ve seen the cover of the latest Newsweek magazine on the rack at the grocery store, but the cover says: ‘The Recession is Over,’” the president said as part of his prepared remarks at the event.

“I imagine you might have found that news a little startling,” Obama continued. “I know I did.”

Obama went on to say while certain indicators are improving, like the stock market and home sales, “That’s little comfort if you are one of the folks who have lost their job.”

For the first time in his short Presidency, Barack Obama is correct. It is little comfort for the couple of million people who have lost their jobs since the Man with the Middle Name Hussein took over. He has been consistently wrong in every prediction that he has made from the campaign on.

He warned us that if we didn’t pass his economic stimulus package that unemployment would climb to 8.5%. With the national unemployment numbers flirting with 10% and the jobless rate in the Democratic People’s Republic of Michigan tipping the scales at a whopping 15%, somehow I believe the douchebag from Chicago got that one wrong.

He said that his stimulus package would create jobs. Wrong again. Green jobs – wrong. The only evidence that I personally have been able to find that any of his stimulus claims are being implemented is a sign on I-75 southbound into Dayton, Ohio that claims that a project begun 8 years ago, the I-70/I-75 Interchange, and near completion is part of the Obama Porkulus package. I’m sorry, but I’m sure funding for that piece of road work was secured before ground was broken. The same can be said for the other I-75 project. Ground was broken on that in early 2008. So somehow I doubt Porkulus funding got those projects off the ground or created any jobs there since they were both going before Obamaramadingdong secured his Party’s nomination.

Barry followed up his extremely expensive political payoff package with another aimed at cutting greenhouse emissions when in fact, it does nothing of the sort. It is another tax package dreamed up by the President and put into a bill by SanFranNan, both of whom have never seen a tax proposal they haven’t absolutely been in lust with. The House Cap and Trade bill doesn’t curb the emissions of greenhouse gasses. It only taxes them. Somehow they have the idea that raising taxes on businesses in this country will somehow create jobs. I’ve never heard anything more ignorant in my life. But they truly believe this tripe.

Now Barry, Nan, and Harry Reid (the human sleeping pill) have another brilliant idea. Let’s place greater mandates on the health care industry by forcing Doctors out of the profession through regulation and lower compensation for government funded options. Let’s place a mandate on the American people to get private coverage before this bill becomes law or be forced onto a government run health care system that will create waiting lists, rationing of care, and the end of privacy. Let’s remove the patient and the doctor from the decision making process and put an empathy free board of bureaucrats in charge of making health care decisions for people they’ve never met. And while we are at it, how about ending care for seniors and fund as many abortions as we can to reduce the population.

What’s next for this turd? Soylent Green?!?

So no Newsweek, the recession that you helped create by instilling fear into the minds of many non-thinking lemmings out there who wrongly believe that you are an independent news service is not over. It is alive and well and about to receive a huge shot in the arm if the House and Senate pass Obama’s health care scheme.

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Souter Out – Who Will Obama Pick?

April 30, 2009 Abortion, Barack Hussein Obama, Chicago Politics Goes National, Democrat Corruption, Homosexual Agenda, Judicial Activism, Libtards on Parade, Lunatic Lefties, News, Opinion, Stupidity, The ACLU, socialism View Comments

With over 100 unfilled positions in the Obama Infestation, President Juggears will have the opportunity to fill another vacancy – Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. National Public Radio is reporting that Justice David Souter – a Republican disappointment to say the least – will be announcing his retirement from the high court.

This prompts the question – Who will the POTUS appoint to fill turn-coat Souter’s seat on the high court?

Using the logic that Barry will be under tremendous pressure to replace Souter with a woman and understanding the political debts that he owes the Chicago Democrat Machine for his election, I predict that he will select Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Madigan has a 100% rating from Planned Parenthood which fulfills Juggears’ pro-death agenda. AND Madigan served in the Illinois Senate with Juggears. They are pals according to her Wikipedia page.

My other suggestion would be ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero to pander to the gay community but I think that he’s saving Romero as a replacement for Ginsburg or Stevens.

Comments are open (until noon Eastern Friday May 1. 2009) on this post so feel free to express who you think Juggears will appoint.

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Illinois Governor Arrested on Corruption Charges

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff were arrested in Chicago Tuesday on two counts each of corruption charges relating to trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat.

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested Tuesday morning in Chicago on two counts each of federal corruption charges stemming from allegations Blagojevich was trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat to the highest bidder.

The arrest is part of a three-year probe of “pay-to-play politics” in the governor’s administration. The criminal complaint by the FBI says each man was arrested on two charges of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and solicitation of bribery.

The charges also relate to allegations that Blagojevich and Harris schemed with previously convicted defendants and Obama associates Antoin Rezko, Stuart Levine, Ali Ata and others to arrange financial benefits in exchange for appointments to state boards and commissions, state employment, state contracts and access to state funds.

Blagojevich and Harris will have an initial appearance in U.S. District Court Tuesday.

A statement by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Robert Grant said Blagojevich and Harris “allegedly conspired to sell U.S. Senate appointment, engaged in pay-to-play schemes and threatened to withhold state assistance to Tribune Company for Wrigley Field to induce purge of newspaper editorial writers.”

“The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering,” Fitzgerald said in a statement.

“Blagojevich put a for sale sign on the naming of a United States Senator; involved himself personally in pay-to-play schemes with the urgency of a salesman meeting his annual sales target; and corruptly used his office in an effort to trample editorial voices of criticism,” he added.

Grant noted that Blagojevich was elected in 2002 after Illinois Gov. George Ryan retired in the face of federal corruption charges. He was convicted and sentenced in 2006 to six and a half years in prison.

“Many, including myself, thought that the recent conviction of a former governor would usher in a new era of honesty and reform in Illinois politics. Clearly, the charges announced today reveal that the office of the Governor has become nothing more than a vehicle for self-enrichment, unrestricted by party affiliation and taking Illinois politics to a new low,” Grant said.

Federal authorities were permitted by a judge to record the governor secretly before the November election after raising concerns that a replacement for Obama would be tainted.

Fitzgerald’s office said the 76-page FBI affidavit alleges that Blagojevich was taped conspiring to sell or trade Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat for financial and other personal benefits for himself and his wife, including an annual salary of $250,000-$300,000 at a nonprofit foundation or an organization affiliated with labor unions.

They also allege Blagojevich is heard on tape demanding a corporate board seat for his wife worth as much as $150,000 a year; promises of campaign funds, including cash up front; and a Cabinet post or ambassadorship for himself.

The Chicago Tribune was first to report the arrests. Informed Monday of the wiretap, Blagojevich told reporters that his discussions were “always lawful” and he defended a close confidant, John Wyma, who turned on him. Wyma as “an honest person who’s conducted himself in an honest way,” Blagojevich said.

“I should say if anybody wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it,” he said.

However, the Tribune was also named in the affidavit because tapes allegedly play Blagojevich directing Harris to inform the newspaper’s owners and advisers that “state financial assistance would be withheld unless members of the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board were fired, primarily because Blagojevich viewed them as driving discussion of his possible impeachment.”

The Tribune Company, which declared bankruptcy on Monday, owns the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Cubs, and had explored the possibility of obtaining assistance from the Illinois Finance Authority as part of the effort to sell the Cubs and finance the sale of Wrigley Field.

Conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Solicitation of bribery carries a maximum of 10 years in prison. Both carry a maximum fine of $250,000.

Isn’t it reassuring that our new President comes from the most corrupt party, from the most corrupt state, and the most corrupt city in this nation?

Details Of Complaint Against Blagojevich
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