The New Obama

Barack Obama - A friend to business. Sure. That’s what he’d like you to believe. Today, our President gave a speech to the US Chamber of Commerce telling they how much he is a supporter of small business, how he is taking actions to assist US business to succeed. What a crock. President Obama with his socialist policies has just about as much credibility professing his love of US business as Adolf Hitler would have speaking at the American Jewish Conference. Now before all of you liberal nut jobs accuse me, I’m not comparing Barack Obama to Adolph Hitler. I’m just pointing out the possibility that very few folks at the US Chamber of Commerce actually believe the President is their ally. I wonder why. Well, lets start with his statement to ease the burdensome regulations on small business by conducting a government review of those needless regulations. OK, that’s great. What he didn’t say is that on the heals of what will be a worthless review comes tons of new regulations tied to the President’s Health Care Bill, the Crap and Trade Bill, and the Dodd-Frank Bill. So when the members of the Chamber listened to the President today, no wonder they were a little skeptical.

Going Obama Green

Why can’t we be more like France? That seems to be the basis of the Obama Energy policy. Why? Because gas prices in France are high. So why are they high? Well ‘go green’ liberals would tell you it’s due the metric system, imperial gallons to liters conversion, etc, etc, – well just something that as a conservative, you’re too stupid to understand. That’s what they want you to believe. Well, it’s not really the gas. It’s the tax rates. France taxes gas almost up to 70% of its cost – so for every Euro of gas, add 70% in tax. However, in America, if you figure in both state and federal taxes, our gas tax is approximately 18%.
So the Obama policy of being more like France serves their Socialist agenda well. First, if they can get the gas tax up high enough, then by comparison, the high cost of ‘green’ energy becomes more palatable to the American public. When a gallon of gas cost $7, then you’d be more apt to plug in your electric econo-box every night – even though it only has a range of 100 miles. And even better, they can get more of those gas-guzzling SUVs off the road that those evil rich people love to drive.
Secondly, it would be a large influx of tax revenue to the Federal government – that would only go to fund more big government, and not go to paying off the crippling debt we owe China.
So go buy that Nissan Leaf and install those solar panels on your roof (if you can afford it)
Au revoir mon ami

Good Riddance

I assume MSNBC decided the liberal wave that recently descended across America with the election of Barack Obama is over – and therefore no need to extend the contract of their favorite liberal loony, Keith Olbermann. The “Countdown” has finally ended – and with it, the nightly dribble of the liberal love feast. Question is who is left in prime time to interview Janeane Garofalo? Poor Janeane.

First, my apologies to my loyal reader(s) who follow my blog – I’ve been absent from the cloud for far too long. I’ll do better. But rather than just jumping back in my usual ranting a raving about our liberal brethren, I wanted to relay a point of greater importance. This struck me this morning while waiting in line at the Starbucks. In line in front of me was a member of the US Navy – dressed in BDUs (that’s a battle dress uniform for those of you in the civilian world – you know, those green & brown uniforms they wear in Call to Duty or whatever video war game you indulge yourself.) On the drive to Starbucks, several ideas were rattling around in my head for my blog – the usual stuff, like why liberal ideas are counterproductive to economic growth, Obamacare SHOULD be repealed, etc, etc. But seeing this Navy person made me think of something more important – and that would be their service allows me to even have a blog. I’m sure I don’t have a counterpart in a downtown Teheran coffee shop this morning writing that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an idiot and that his policies are ruining Iraq. So when we were both waiting at the counter for our morning cup of Joe, I thanked them for their service. I think they were a little surprised at my comment, but they should not have been – this should happen all the time. I’m not saying all of us don’t appreciate those that decide to serve our country by putting on the uniform (well, except for those extreme liberal nut cases that hate the military).
So the next time you see one of our nation’s finest, thank them for their service to our country. They already know that, but it’s nice to tell them. They gave you the freedom and protect an economic system in which you can earn enough to buy that $5 cup of coffee – and you may even want to buy them theirs.

That's What Elections Are For.....

I remember Mr. Obama saying that back in 2009. It was his way of explaining why he wasn’t concerned with listening to anyone on the conservative side of the fence while he crammed socialist programs down our throats with his super majority senate and Democratic majority in the House of Representatives. I’m assuming this was his arrogant way of letting us know he and his socialist buddies were in charge and the rest of us just needed to shut up and go away.
Well, now Conservatives can say the same. And it seems the President is practicing what he has preached, by trying not to raise taxes on Americans in a down economy. Good for him, at least it seems the light bulb came on. But the hard core Socialists, the very ones who were dancing in celebration just a short 24 months ago, are fighting their fair leader on this issue. They still want to fan the flames of class warfare using the tired old argument of “tax cuts for the rich”. It seems the hard line Democrats, like Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, believe only they can determine who is “rich”, and that they have the exclusive right to take other people’s money – and how much.
Well, Mr. Reid and Ms. Pelosi – that’s what elections are for – and now it’s your turn to shut up and go away.

The Obama Tax Increase

Let’s talk taxes. Higher taxes that is. They are on the way. The Lame Duck Congress is trying to let the Bush Tax cuts expire on January 1st, 2011. If they do, we need to call this action what it is – the 2011 Obama Tax Increase. Let me repeat that – the 2011 Obama Tax Increase.
With the support of their leader, Mr. Obama, the outgoing Democrats in Congress (you know, the ones that lost their jobs earlier this month) will give all of us hard working tax payers one more shot to our posteriors before they depart Washington in the form of a tax increase.
They are trying to ‘sell’ this to us as a tax cut for the middle class and a tax hike on the rich. There are a couple of problems here. First how to you give a tax cut to someone who was already given that tax cut by President Bush? Obama acts like extending the tax cuts for those of us making less than $250k a year as if he’s doing us some big favor. Second, his effort to only “Tax the Rich” clearly demonstrates either his ignorance of Capitalism or is out right hatred of it. If you raise taxes on those that create the jobs in this country, they do two things, reduce their workforce and/or raise prices of their goods and services. That means fewer of us will have jobs and if we do, we’ll have to pay higher prices for everything.
If Obama has his way, taxes will go up on those with higher incomes, but what Mr. Obama doesn’t understand, is that ALL of us will have to pay those taxes, either directly or indirectly.

After the Election......

Well, the mid term elections are over. And now that all the ballots have been counted, and all the winners and losers are known, lets see how the left is reacting to their ’shellacking’.

WWOD? Yes, just what would Obama do? Well, it didn’t take long to find out. Simple answer - tuck your tail between your legs and leave town. If you don’t like the lead stories on the evening news, then go make some news yourself - by visiting countries where you are more popular than you are back home. Obviously, we have a President in denial. Does he really believe the reason the left lost so badly in the mid terms is because his “change” didn’t happen fast enough? Mr. President - they simply didn’t like your “change” - period. Wake up and smell the rose garden.

Nancy’s Dance Party - So the election was a sound defeat for the current leader of the House. So what does Nancy do? Well, it’s party time! On your tax dollar, she held a party for her cronies last week in Washington to celebrate the many accomplishments of her Socialist comrades. You know, things like the economy killing Obamacare bill, and the Crap and Trade legislation. Nancy throwing a party after the drumming Democrats took in the mid terms, reminds me of the Delta House throwing a toga party after being put on double secret probation.

Quack - now comes the last gasp of the Socialist Congress lead by Nancy and Harry Reid. It’s the lame duck congress. Their focus will be on once again, trying to get those evil rich people (you know, Republicans) from getting a tax break. Yes, this is about the Bush era tax cuts. They want to extend the tax cuts for those making less than 250K a year, but if you make more, yes, that means you folks who create most of the jobs in this country, then you must be punished for being successful. It just the Socialist way. Hopefully, they will be as successful in their lame duck session as they were in the mid term elections.