He's Been Busy!

I've had company this week and haven't had a chance to keep up with what Obama's been doing. I'm catching up now and boy oh boy am I disgusted.

Spendulus Bill - The House and Senate are now working furiously to spend $1 Trillion of our grandchildren's money without delay. Many have admitted they haven't read the bill (which is 600 to 800 pages long and contains lot of hidden goodies, see below), but they just know they have to sign it NOW. Why delay spending $1 Trillion when your President is begging, pleading and threatening dire circumstances if the spend-ulus bill isn't passed now? Does Obama realize that a lot of what shapes the economy is consumer confidence, and when he preaches day after day how horrible things are he is only making it worse? Republicans are asking for 2 days to review the bill so Americans will know what it contains. Will they get it? I think 2 days should be a minimum to think about spending $1 Trillion dollars. And I think you should actually READ what you sign.

THE WORST OBAM-INATION: Health Care - Did you know there are several provisions in the bill (the version passed by the House) that will affect our health care and pave the way for socialized medicine? These provisions were slipped in without discussion, by whom no one seems to know, but I have an inkling who's behind it - the Obam-inable one. The bill allows our medical records to be tracked electronically by the government. It also creates a new government bureaucracy, "The National Coordinator of Health Information Technology", which will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. Hospitals and doctors that aren't "meaningful users" of the system will face penalties. In addition, there will be a "Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research." This "Council" will have the power to make determinations on the cost effectiveness of medical treatments, procedures, drugs, and medical devices. It's based on a U.K. board which approves or rejects treatments for patients by dividing the costs of the treatment by the number of years the patient is likely to benefit. Want a heart valve replacement Granny? Sorry, our government chart shows you are two years too old to get one, nice knowing ya. Read more about this frightening mess here.

Census - Did you know Obama wants to control the census? The White House is shifting oversight of the census away from the Commerce Department. The director of next year's census is going to report directly to the White House, instead of the Commerce Secretary. Why? The census is the basis for where government spending goes for everything, as well as where congressional districts are drawn. Read more here.

Anti-Religion Provisions in Bill - Did you know the stimulus bill funds are prohibited from being used for the "modernization, renovation, or repair" of facilities that allow "sectarian instruction, religious worship or a school or department of divinity"? Read more here. That is just offensive considering everything else Obama is throwing our money at, including abortions in other countries. So we can use our money to fund abortions in other countries (including forced abortions in China) but NO MONEY for religion whatsoever. He is taking this country to hell in a handbasket.

Obam-inable Meeting with 9/11 and Cole Bombing Families - Apparently Obama took time from his busy schedule of threatening that the world will end if we don't go $1 Trillion in debt to speak with families of the victims of the USS Cole bombing and 9/11. “During the meeting, President Obama was wrong on the law, wrong about what Boumediene v. Bush afforded the detainees held at Guantanamo, and stated the public’s perception about Guantanamo is confused with Abu Ghraib.” Obama also admitted that Gitmo is “a pristine, professional operation.” Then why do you want to shut it down? You can listen to a radio interview with one of the family members at the meeting here.

Obama's Compensation Limits

Obama is coming unglued! He is not happy that even with a Democrat controlled House and Senate, he is having trouble getting this spend-ulus bill passed. What happened, he was so popular on the campaign trail! Why can't he just order us around now? Click here to read what he said last night.

The Obama-nation of the day: This week Obama signed a bill limiting the compensation of executives of companies who were receiving bailout money to $500,000. Sounds reasonable, right? It's unfair for those executives who have run their companies in the ground to get millions in compensation courtesy of the taxpayers, while the companies are laying off thousands.
No, it doesn't sound like a good idea to me for several reasons.

• First, this is only Obama's first step in setting salaries for all kinds of companies in all kinds of industries. Just like his first step in instituting socialized medicine is giving insurance to children (b/c who can deny the children?), his first step in "spreading the wealth around" is limiting the compensation of executives getting bailout money, because who can object to that? It's a very slippery slope. It may sound silly now, but in 20 or 30 years, will there be a government pay chart telling us exactly what nurses or business people or cable guys can make? This is the first baby step to that. Next he will tell us what ANY company who gets any type of federal money (not bailout) can pay their employees, and then it will take off from there. That's not what America is about.
• Second, to turn these companies around takes incredible business talent not possessed by just anyone. If someone with that type of talent and experience is only going to make $500,000 at one company, but millions overseas or at a company not receiving bailout $$, why work for the failing company?
• Third, some of these executives ARE doing their jobs well. In huge corporations, maybe one honcho is leading his division to record profits, even though the company is overall losing money. Why should that honcho be punished?

Obama's Quote of the Day

Obam-inable quote of the day: If lawmakers don't pass this spend-ulus bill right now, "This recession might linger for years. Our economy will lose 5 million more jobs. Unemployment will approach double digits. Our nation will sink deeper into a crisis that, at some point, we may not be able to reverse," Obama wrote in a newspaper piece in the Washington Post. Way to go, Obama, let's terrify all Americans so you can get your way.

He also said that more tax cuts are NOT needed, saying "I reject these theories, and so did the American people when they went to the polls in November and voted resoundingly for change."

In other words, do it now or we are doomed. We will not be able to recover unless we spend $1 Trillion dollars on nothing. Do you know how much $1 Trillion dollars is? I really didn't grasp it until I watched Huckabee last weekend. $1 trillion could buy 1,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies for every American (now there's a plan I might actually support). $1 trillion is $3,271 per person. $1 trillion would cover the Feb. 2007 market values of Microsoft, Wal-mart, Google, Coca-cola, Pepsi, Time Warner, and Apple combined with $23 billion left over.

Socialized Medicine, Here We Come!!

Oh man am I mad now. Barack's been in office what, 2 or 3 weeks, and he isn't even being subtle about rapidly moving the country towards socialism. Guess what he did today - he signed an S-CHIP bill which gives government health insurance to 4 million additional children (besides those which are already covered). I know what you're thinking, "Sarah, how can you be so heartless as to want him to deny insurance to poor sick little kids?" Of course I don't have a problem with giving poor children health care and vaccinations.

The reasons I hate this are:

• This bill covers children whose parents make up to $88,000 a year!!!! If you are making $88K and can't pay for some insurance for your kids, maybe it's time to reevaluate your budget. Come on. Why should others have to cover your responsibilities?
• Applicants aren't required to present proof of their identity, other than an oral recitation of their SS number. Sounds like a situation begging for fraud.
• The tab will supposedly be paid for by an extra tax on tobacco products, but the # of tobacco users has dropped dramatically in the last few years, and is expected to drop further once the extra tax is added. Which means we will either need an extra 22.4 million new smokers in 10 years, or else pay an extra tax for this. Click here to read more.

In addition, when Obama signed the bill, he was actually fairly honest - he said "it's only the first step" in his march towards insurance coverage for every American. Socialized medicine, here we come!!!!

Party Like It's 1999!

Obama is apparently very worried about his mind-boggling spending/welfare/entitlements bill being shot down. He's not used to people not bowing down and obeying his commands! So guess what he wants his supporters to do - you will never guess - "restore confidence in our economy by helping your friends, family, and neighbors understand how the recovery plan will impact your community". Governor Tim Kaine is going to put together a video about how the plan works, and Obama supporters are supposed to "invite friends, family, and neighbors to watch the video with you at an Economic Recovery Party". This was written in an email he sent out to supporters. You can read more here.

Wow, that sounds like quite the fun party. Let's get excited about Obama blowing $1 trillion on nothing, let me get out my party hat. I hope and I pray that I am invited to an Economic Recovery Party. Oh the fun I would have. I would bring huge posterboards with the things written on it contained in the bill like "$400 million for HIV testing and $25 million for improving ATV trails" and I would ask the people there how this helps the economy and watch while their heads exploded from trying to put a coherent thought together. But it's doubtful I will be invited since I try not to spend time around liberals. And maybe Obama should realize that his brain dead supporters might have stumbled off their couches in their parents' basements long enough to vote for him but aren't going to stick around to actually see what he does. Those voters who do have a clue aren't supporting this.

Obama's Second Tax Cheater Appointment

Obama appointed another tax cheat in a key position in his administration. This time it's Tom Daschle who was appointed to be secretary of Health & Human Services.

Did you know that in 1998, Daschle stated on the congressional record "Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter."

After Obama mentioned to Daschle that he might consider him for a high level job, suddenly Daschle had to file some amended tax returns. Oops, he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to include the $255,000 dollar value of the limousine service that his employer provided to him for three years in his income. He also suddenly remembered that he had received $83,000 in consulting fees in 2007 that he didn't report. (I just hate it when that extra $83,000 slips my mind when I'm filing taxes, don't you?). He paid an extra $140,000 in back taxes to rectify his "mistake" that he suddenly remembered when Barack came calling. So I guess he's in the clear now.

Obama's Culture of Death

Today's Obama-nation is more of Obama's lovely attitudes towards life and "family planning". But first, watch this video that NBC refused to air during the Superbowl b/c it was too political. Oh yes, we would hate to think that NBC has any political leanings.

Today's Obama-nation: When Obama repealed the "Mexico City Policy", which denied federal money to international abortion groups, he also commented that he "would work to restore funding for the United Nations Population Fund". Bush denied funding to the group because of the group's ties to China's one-child policy and China's forced abortions. Lovely. So now not only will my tax money be sent to Mexico so some woman can get an abortion, probably soon it will go to China where some poor pregnant woman will be forced to have an abortion. With my money! Meanwhile, we are going to borrow $1 trillion from China to spend on Amtrak and AIDS testing to stimulate the economy?

In addition, Obama has picked quite a roster of pro-choicers for his top ranking officials. You are not allowed to serve on Obama's staff unless you are ardently pro-death. Some of his picks:

• Dawn Johnson, former legal director of NARAL, is Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel.
• Ellen Moran, former director of the pro-abortion group Emily's List, is White House communications director
• Thomas Perrelli, who represented Michael Schiavo in his efforts to kill his wife, will be the third highest attorney in the justice dept.
• James Steinberg, the nominee for Deputy Secretary of State, announced recently that taxpayers should be forced to fund abortions
• David Ogden, his choice for Deputy Attorney General, authored a Supreme Court brief in the abortion case Planned Parenthood v. Casey, in which he stated "Abortion rarely causes or exacerbates psychological or emotional problems. When women do experience regret, depression, or guilt, such feelings are mild and diminish rapidly without adversely affecting general functioning. The few women who do experience negative psychological responses after abortion appear to be those with preexisting emotional problems. In sum, it is grossly misleading to tell a woman that abortion imposes possible detrimental psychological effects when the risks are negligible in most cases. . . . The evidence shows that she is more likely to experience feelings of relief and happiness, and when child-birth and child-rearing or adoption may pose concomitant (if not greater) risks or adverse psychological effects."
  

He's Obam-inable!!!