Payoff for Stimulus Spending Has Arrived!

Posted on May 27, 2010
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More government. That’s what the left preaches. More spending, more regulations, more intrusion into private life. And the payoff for all the “stimulus spending” you ask? Here’s a piece from USA Today:

Paychecks from private business shrank to their smallest share of personal income in U.S. history during the first

quarter of this year, a USA TODAY analysis of government data finds.
At the same time, government-provided benefits — from Social Security, unemployment insurance, food stamps and other programs — rose to a record high during the first three months of 2010.

Those records reflect a long-term trend accelerated by the recession and the federal stimulus program to counteract the downturn. The result is a major shift in the source of personal income from private wages to government programs.

The trend is not sustainable, says University of Michigan economist Donald Grimes. Reason: The federal government depends on private wages to generate income taxes to pay for its ever-more-expensive programs. Government-generated income is taxed at lower rates or not at all, he says. “This is really important,” Grimes says.

Can someone give the guys in Washington a quick lesson on economics? Please?

Should We Worry About “Big Unions?”

Posted on May 24, 2010
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Barry and the libs complain of too much money from “special interests,” usually refering to “Big Business” corrupting politics. They never talk about “big unions” and how they corrupt politics. Here’s a little piece about how several big unions, who march lock step with Obama, will try to save the Democratic majorities in Congress:

At least two influential unions will spend close to $100 million on the 2010 election, with most of those funds going to protect incumbents.

Union officials told The Hill they plan to help endangered members — particularly freshmen — who made politically difficult votes in a year during which an anti-incumbent [read: anti-Democrat] mood has filled the country.

And the number will be even higher since the AFL-CIO declined to give its figures.

While the labor movement has displayed an aggressive tack in Democratic primaries, including supporting some challengers over incumbents, it remains concerned about the party retaining its congressional majorities.

As a result, it plans an enormous spending spree to help ensure Democratic control of Congress.

The Myth of “Green Jobs” Laid Bare

Posted on May 23, 2010
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There is a remarkable piece in the Washington Examiner which lays bare the myth of all the “green jobs” Obama and his friends are promoting. Seems that Spain, used as an positive role model for Barry, is facing economic catastrophe in part related to the myth of greening the country.

On eight separate occasions, President Barack Obama has referred to the “green economy” policies enacted by Spain as being the model for what he envisioned for America.

Later came the revelation that Obama administration senior Energy Department official Cathy Zoi — someone with serious publicized conflict of interest issues — demanded an urgent U.S. response to the damaging report from the non-governmental Spanish experts so as to protect the Obama administration’s plans…But today’s leaked document reveals that even the socialist Spanish government now acknowledges the ruinous effects of green economic policy.

Now the Spanish press is on to the story. Buried on page 34 of today’s Gaceta is this headline:

Spain admits that the “green economy” it sold to Obama is a bust
Spanish government leaks a report acknowledging the grave economic consequences of betting on renewable energy

The first few lines:

The president of the United States, Barack Obama, does not appear to have chosen well in basing his “green economy” on Spain’s. After the government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero demonized a study by various experts on the economic downsides of renewable energies, it just leaked an internal document from the Spanish cabinet which is even more negative.

The lies from this administration just keep coming. And where is the main stream media with this story?

Who Are The Imposters?

Posted on May 3, 2010
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This is kinda cool. Click on the link below and find out how may people in the US have your name. There just happen to be 6 people with my name. Who would have figured?

HowManyOfMe.com

There are

people with my name in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

Al Gore, Massive Carbon Footprint

Posted on May 2, 2010
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Victor Davis Hanson has a great piece today looking at Al Gore and his massive lifestyle (and corresponding carbon footprint.) While lecturing the world about the dangers of man made global warming, he consumes massive amounts of energy.

That advocacy—expressed through investments, partnerships, advertising, movies, lectures, books, private companies, ads, and essays—has made Al Gore fabulously wealthy. The recent climate-gate scandal concerning fudged science did not affect the religion of Gore, LTD.

Nor did the horrendous natural ash cloud that blanketed Europe—and in unprecedented fashion shut down all European air travel for days—remind a humbled Gore that sometimes nature in a second has the destructive power to alter the very way we live in a way that man does not over decades.

No, what ended the gospel of Gorism was Al Gore himself.

In this context, the recently purchased Gore second mansion at Montecito, in Oprah country, is of some national interest. Why would Gore purchase a second energy-guzzling estate, replete with several fireplaces, fountains and bathrooms, when he was stung so badly about his hypocritically profligate energy use in his Tennessee compound, his houseboat, and his private-jet junketeering? Does he understand that his newest mansion is a sort of volcanic ash-cloud that has now overwhelmed Earth in the Balance, Inc?

How does Gore reconcile this lifestyle? Hanson suggests:

A life professed spectacularly at odds with one lived seems a psychological mechanism akin to medieval penance. The sinner finds exculpation through loud confession of, or material payment for, his sins. And the payment is not just for past hypocrisies, but works preemptively—in the expectation of present and future enjoyments to come once the pay as you go formula is established: one new docudrama about a polar bear trapped on a melting ice shelf, one new mansion in and about Santa Barbara.

The more spectacularly Mr. Gore’s veins bulge, the more he hits the high notes with “digital brownshirts” and “he lied to us!,” and the more he weeps over shrinking ice caps, and coastlines on the rise, the more these manors—and others to come—become morally acceptable. In other words, gallantly bearing the environmental cross more than earns the Gores’ hot tub and Pacific view. By now, given the decade of Gore’s indulgences, I think he can do just about whatever he pleases and still enter the green fields of Elysium.

Amazing!

Can We Just Have Mexico’s Immigration Laws?

Posted on April 28, 2010
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Michelle Malkin has a great piece today on Mexican immigration laws. The Mexican president, Felipe Calderon, has denounced the recently passed Arizona immigration law as providing a gateway “to intolerance, hate, discrimination and abuse in law enforcement.” Yet Arizona illegal immigrant laws are modest in comparison to those of Mexico which include provisions such as:

The Mexican government will bar foreigners if they upset “the equilibrium of the national demographics.” I guess this means that they could limit the number of white people entering, right? Nothing racist about that.

If outsiders do not enhance the country’s “economic or national interests” or are “not found to be physically or mentally healthy,” they are not welcome. This saves on healthcare costs.

Neither are those who show “contempt against national sovereignty or security.” Like rioters in Arizona over the past few days.

They must not be economic burdens on society and must have clean criminal histories. No welfare, food stamps, section 8.

Illegal entry into the country is equivalent to a felony punishable by two years’ imprisonment. Document fraud is subject to fine and imprisonment; so is alien marriage fraud. Evading deportation is a serious crime; illegal re-entry after deportation is punishable by ten years’ imprisonment. I wonder if they have HBO.

Law enforcement officials at all levels — by national mandate — must cooperate to enforce immigration laws, including illegal alien arrests and deportations. The Mexican military is also required to assist in immigration enforcement operations. Native-born Mexicans are empowered to make citizens’ arrests of illegal aliens and turn them in to authorities. They enforce their laws? Really? Must be Nazis.

Can’t we just get a copy of the Mexican laws passed here. That would put an end to illegals crossing the boarders and since the law is authored by the Mexicans themselves, should put an end to the idea that securing our national boarders is racist.

And Obama is Worried About the Tea Party Gatherings?

Posted on April 26, 2010
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Let’s once again call out the peaceful lefties for the lies that they tell. All this worry about the Tea Party members being racists and “dangerous.” I don’t recall the media reporting on violence or threats of violence or vandalism at their events. No so with those who think that we should have an open boarder in Arizona. This comes by way of Michelle Malkin’s link:

The measure — set to take effect in late July or early August — would make it a crime under state law to be in the U.S. illegally. It directs state and local police to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are illegal. “If you look or sound foreign, you are going to be subjected to never-ending requests for police to confirm your identity and to confirm your citizenship,” said Alessandra Soler Meetze, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, which is exploring legal action. Employees at the Capitol came to work Monday to find that vandals had smeared swastikas on the windows. And protesters gathered for a second straight day to speak out against a law they say will lead to rampant racial profiling of anyone who looks Hispanic.

If Obama worried more about the rights of the legal citizens in Arizona and less about those who disregard the law, the state would not have to had passed such a measure. But this of course would have denied the left an occasion to destroy public property in the name of “justice.”

Liberal Invasion of Privacy

Posted on April 14, 2010
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Am I the only one who remembers the uproar when Bush wanted to tap into phone conversations from Islamic terrorists to US residents? The main stream media when wild with accusations of “privacy invasions” despite the fact that a special court would issue warrants. Seems the liberal press isn’t that much worried about Obama getting private emails WITHOUT A WARRANT! Here’s one that you will not find on the front page of the New York Times:

Google and an alliance of privacy groups have come to Yahoo’s aid by helping the Web portal fend off a broad request from the U.S. Department of Justice for e-mail messages, CNET has learned. In a brief filed Tuesday afternoon, the coalition says a search warrant signed by a judge is necessary before the FBI or other police agencies can read the contents of Yahoo Mail messages–a position that puts those companies directly at odds with the Obama administration. Yahoo has been quietly fighting prosecutors’ requests in front of a federal judge in Colorado, with many documents filed under seal. Tuesday’s brief from Google and the other groups aims to buttress Yahoo’s position by saying users who store their e-mail in the cloud enjoy a reasonable expectation of privacy that is protected by the U.S. Constitution.

Amazing.

Meet the New McCarthy

Posted on March 29, 2010
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Liberals love to wane nostalgically about Joe McCarthy and the way he brought suspected communists in front of Congress to testify about Un-American activities. Forget that in fact most of those called were card carrying Communists, the libs drag out this relic of history to show how Republicans have historically abused the power of their office to intimidate political enemies. Democratic Representative Henry Waxman makes Joe McCarthy look like a piker. Waxman will drag anyone with whom he disagrees before his committee seeking political gain. The latest victims? Corporations that have announced to shareholders (as required by market regulators) the millions they will write off to ObamaCare.

Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, has summoned some of the nation’s top executives to Capitol Hill to defend their assessment that the new national health care reform law will cost their companies hundreds of millions of dollars in health insurance expenses. Waxman is also demanding that the executives give lawmakers internal company documents related to health care finances — a move one committee Republican describes as "an attempt to intimidate and silence opponents of the Democrats’ flawed health care reform legislation." On Thursday and Friday, the companies — so far, they include AT&T, Verizon, Caterpillar, Deere, Valero Energy, AK Steel and 3M — said a tax provision in the new health care law will make it far more expensive to provide prescription drug coverage to their retired employees. Now, both retirees and current employees of those companies are wondering whether the new law could mean reduced or canceled benefits for them in the future.

But this goes beyond just appearing. Waxman intends to savage these corporations by first rifling through their draws and search their underwear:

Waxman’s demands for documents are far-reaching. "To assist the Committee with its preparation for the hearing," he wrote to Stephenson, "we request that you provide the following documents from January 1, 2009, through the present: (1) any analyses related to the projected impact of health care reform on AT&T; and (2) any documents, including e-mail messages, sent to or prepared or reviewed by senior company officials related to the projected impact of health care reform on AT&T. We also request an explanation of the accounting methods used by AT&T since 2003 to estimate the financial impact on your company of the 28 percent subsidy for retiree drug coverage and its deductibility or nondeductibility, including the accounting methods used in preparing the cost impact statement released by AT&T this week.

Another example of how those who dissent must be silenced.

“Don’t Worry, Your Coverage Will Not Change”

Posted on March 28, 2010
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Here’s a timeline on ObamaCare. What is astounding is that the mainstream media still hasn’t reported what is in the works, particularly for seniors who (because they constitute the bulk of the health dollars spent) will be taking it in the throat. In 2011:

•Medicare Advantage cuts begin •No longer allowed to use FSA, HSA, HRA, Archer MSA distributions for over?the? counter medicines •Medicare cuts to home health begin •Wealthier seniors ($85k/$170k) begin paying higher Part D premiums (not indexed for inflation in Parts B/D) •Medicare reimbursement cuts when seniors use diagnostic imaging like MRIs, CT scans, etc. •Medicare cuts begin to ambulance services, ASCs, diagnostic labs, and durable medical equipment •Impose new annual tax on brand name pharmaceutical companies

And for 2012:

•Medicare cuts to dialysis treatment begins •Require information reporting on payments to corporations •Medicare to reduce spending by using an HMO?like coordinated care model (Accountable Care Organizations) •Medicare Advantage plans with a 4 or 5 star rating receive a quality bonus payment •Medicare cuts to hospitals with high readmission rates begin (FY13) •Medicare cuts to hospice begin (FY13)

But don’t worry, there is no intention to change what coverage you currently have. Any senior voting for Democrats in the Fall should have their heads examined (oh, forgot that psych payments are going to be cut.)

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