Change You Can Believe In, Part 2

OK, now I'm really mad. Obama's actions have hit close to home - my handsome hubby got laid off. I know the economy was going down when he took office, but Obama's stupid actions haven't helped. Instead of spending $1 trillion on nothing, which is what the spend-ulus package did, maybe instead he could have said no capital gains tax for a year. Or tax incentives to small businesses. Or anything other than blowing $1 trillion on things as ridiculous as hybrid vehicles we don't need, Amtrak and turning federal buildings into green spaces, none of which helps anyone I know but all of which will hurt everyone I know in the long run.

A little comic relief: Obama wants to impose an extra tax on aspirin. Why? Because it's white and it works.

Now, my Obama-nation: Obama's fuzzy math. During his press conference the other night, he claimed he's created or saved 150,000 jobs. Actually, we've lost 1 million jobs since Oh-crap took office. His 150K figures comes from what his advisors THINK the stimulus bill is doing. Click here to read more.

Another example of his fuzzy math? His tax cut to 95 percent of Americans. He claims that if you are refinancing your house, you are getting the equivalent of another tax cut: "And we launched a housing plan that has already contributed to a spike in the number of homeowners who are refinancing their mortgages, which is the equivalent of another tax cut."

Sometimes I wish I lived in his fantasy world. : (

Supreme Court, Abortion and Taxes, Oh My!

Sad news today - Obama will soon get to make his first Supreme Court appointment. This is where he can do the most serious damage in my opinion. I agree with a talk radio show host that I was listening to earlier that he will choose a minority, a woman, or both, and to heck with choosing the most qualified person. The only comfort I have is that he's replacing a liberal justice anyway.

Some happy news - Obama is now breaking his campaign promise that one of the first things he would do is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. Now it's not his highest legislative priority. I hope he breaks more promises like that. Click here to read more.

Now, for my main point, are you enjoying that extra whopping $14 a week you are bringing home in your paycheck? Assuming you're not one of the horrible rich, you should be taking home extra $$. That's great, right? Obama finally cut the poor working stiffs a break, right? Nope. This is not money in your pocket, that is merely the IRS changing the withholding tables for many, resulting in smaller refunds next year. Obama is apparently banking on the fact that Americans will see the extra bump in their paychecks, attribute it to him, and fail to realize next year when their refund takes a huge dip that he didn't really lower their taxes. Click here to read more.

Obama's Getting Snippy

When asked about fiscal discipline and entitlements reform in St. Louis today, Obama said "Those of you who are watching certain news channels on which I'm not very popular, and you see folks waving tea bags around, let me just remind them that I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security.” “But,” Obama continued, “let's not play games and pretend that the reason [for the deficit] is because of the Recovery Act."

Ouch! I guess our savior doesn't like seeing hundreds of thousands of Americans finally stand up to let our voices be heard.

Does he think that we didn't know there was already a deficit? Everyone knows that. What we were standing up for was his crazy spending that is going to quadruple the deficit in a few years at the rate he's going. And BTW Obama, I would love to hear how you are going to cut health care costs and stabilize Social Security. Because I really haven't heard anything that gives me any hope whatsoever that you are going to do either of those things.

You are Making it Too Easy, Obama

There is so much tomfoolery coming out of the White House these days.

First, a White House photo op nearly scared already scarred 9-11 victims in NY to death. Air Force 747 did a low flyover over Lower Manhattan in order to take some nifty pictures. The White House military office ordered the mission. Hey Obama, if you are looking to trim some fat from your budget, useless pictures for your scrapbook are a good place to start. Click here and here to read more.

Also, Obama is in a bind about what to do over Guantanamo detainees. The U.S. is "relatively close" to a decision about which of the 240 dangerous terrorist detainees to set free and which to put on trial. We are stuck begging with European countries to take them. Maybe if you hadn't closed it we wouldn't be in this mess. Click here to read more.

Finally, the funniest, most hilarious thing of all. Obama's quote from his weekly radio address last week: “We cannot settle for a future of rising deficits and debts that our children cannot pay,” the president says, adding that we must “recognize that we cannot meet the challenges of today with old habits and stale thinking. So much of our government was built to deal with different challenges from a different era. Too often, the result is wasteful spending, bloated programs, and inefficient results. It’s time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington.”
I simply don't know what to say about that. You can click here to watch the video.

One for Eleven - Liar, Liar Pants on Fire.

Remember how while Obama was campaigning, he promised he would have the most transparent administration in history? He said the public would have five days to read each bill online before he signed it into law. How do you think he's doing on that promise? He's one for eleven - out of the eleven bills he's signed into law, only one was online five days in advance.

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100 Days, 100 Mistakes

100 days of Obama, 100 mistakes.

What a Hypocrite

Here we go again. Obama flew his enormous Air Force One jet to Iowa yesterday specifically to talk about the benefits of being green. No other reason. Ever heard of teleconferencing, Obama?

Also, remember Barack's new BFF, Hugo Chavez? He went back home and bragged to his subjects that under Obama, Venezuela-style socialism has begun to reach the U.S. Click here to read more.

And another thing. This article points out that Obama is releasing memos about US torture techniques and isn't ruling out prosecution to attorneys who authorized the torture. Never mind the fact that said torture undoubtedly saved American lives by uncovering very credible plots to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge and the tallest building on the West Coast. However, Obama's ignoring the torture being committed by the Mexican government. As the article points out, torture only bothers him when the subjects are terrorists wishing to kill Americans.