Mandate equals tax: The dishonesty of the White House is becoming comical. When it was politically beneficial the White House claimed the ObamaCare mandate wasn’t a tax. My, how times have changed. The President told George Snuffaluffagus Stephanopoulos, “You can’t just make up that language and decide that that’s called a tax increase.” Or, you can, and that’s the way the White House is going to sell its unconstitutional bill to the courts. Let me be clear… The most transparent administration in the history of our great nation is also the most opaque. I’ll let you figure this paradox out on your own, because I can’t.

Inception: I saw the best movie of the year on Friday. Christopher Nolan’s Inception is the most original movie this year and by far the most entertaining. It also contains the best action sequence I’ve seen in a film since the Matrix. Did I mention it’s rated PG-13 and fairly family friendly? The only problem with the film are the petrol-guzzling, jet-setting, tire-burning, I-can-have-mine-but-you-can’t-have-yours stars, but most conservatives have learned to separate willfully ignorant artists from their work. Unfortunately, the willfully ignorant have a very hard time keeping their willful ignorance to themselves, just as Narcissus had a very difficult time taking his eyes off himself.

Gulf Oil Spill: It looks like the spill might finally be contained. The fallout, though, is going to play out for a significant amount of time. I don’t want to subscribe to any conspiracy theories, but it appears there’s been some kind of cap on the media coverage of the effected areas. I guess the devastation is too much for the American people. That didn’t seem to be the media’ philosophy when covering Katrina or Iraq, but who am I to complain? Plus, I’m too busy glued to TMZ and the latest on Lindsay Lohan to really notice. Apparently, she’s pretty “freaked out” about going to jail for 90 days. Don’t bend over for the soap, Lindsay!

Humanitarian Shopping Crisis: Speaking of lazy journalists, here are some images that western media outlets will not show in Gaza. Gauging by the images it sure doesn’t look that bad. I wonder how all those supplies are making their way into the the Hamas-controlled state? I’m sure human-rights activists like Jimmy Carter are all over this one since it looks like the Jews are allowing only three different colors of balloons into Gaza.

Finally, I can’t wait for the movie The Politician. The Aaron Sorkin project will be about the rise and spectacular fall of John Edwards (who, by the way, is a Democrat). I’ll be interested in how they spin one of the worst politicians to come around the past couple of decades. Something tells me it will be a re-telling of that classic tale, The Jerk…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Vp9fQ616k

The party of “choice” doesn’t believe Americans should have a choice on guns, education or health care. The only real choice the left believes in is letting the State choose what to do with our lives.

There’s no new ground to make on abortion so I’m not going to delve into that topic; however, everyone agrees it’s a passionate subject. The American taxpayer shouldn’t have to pay for the procedure, but the Democrats have other ideas. If ObamaCare passes every Democrat running for election in a non-gerrymandered district is going to answer for this travesty.

According to a poll by Zogby 70% of Americans are against taxpayer-funded abortion. Republicans will be using this in elections for the next four years. What will  the Democrats have to show for this partisan bill if they win? Obama has already endorsed infanticide, so I’m sure he’s not concerned, but the prospects for his reelection and his party are getting worse every day.

They're coming to take Obama away...

Win or lose the President has lost face during the health care debate. In a year of economic woe the President has been on a crusade to strengthen the grip of government on the citizens through a health care takeover. With an approving nod he has sat and watched his party make backroom deals and shut out the minority. This is the President and party that promised transparency. This is the president that opposed a “50-plus-one approach to governance.” Wow, how whatever happened to Hope and Change? Now with health care in its eleventh hour President Obama has supposedly made his last ditch pitch to pass a bill, a bill that everyone agrees is terrible.

President Barack Obama urged Congress Wednesday to vote “up or down” on sweeping health care legislation in the next few weeks, endorsing a plan that denies Senate Republicans the right to kill the bill by stalling with a filibuster. “I don’t see how another year of negotiations would help. Moreover, the insurance companies aren’t starting over,” Obama said, rejecting Republican calls to begin anew on an effort to remake the health care system.

There’s a real chance a bipartisan reform could pass, but the President is too “progressive” and too partisan for it to ever happen. Obama loves to remind everyone the “he won” the election and “his time doesn’t count.” People used to called this type of behavior by Bush as arrogant. What is it when Obama does it? Obama’s idea of bipartisanship is to shut up and agree with the White House. If Obama doesn’t change his attitude the American people won’t forget come 2012. Americans are growing tired of the arrogant faux intellectual who promised to be president of the United States, not only the progressive left.

His [Obama] biggest favour has been green, foldable and borrowed. For example, he encourages the use of “Project Labour Agreements” on big federal construction projects, whereby contractors must recruit through a union hiring hall. Such agreements inflate costs by 12-18%, according to David Tuerck of Suffolk University, and were banned under Mr Bush. Even where PLAs are not in force, federal contractors are obliged to pay “prevailing” wages. That actually means something close to the union rates, which is nice for the workers in question but means that taxpayers get fewer roads and schools for their money.

Do prices even matter the way Obama is spending money? Unions are certainly less influential in the U.S. than in Europe. That’s a good thing; however, more than half of union members currently work for the government. Is it really surprising that unions support the party of state control? Is it surprising that Mr. Transparency is scratching the back of the Democrat voting bloc?

Increasing the strength and numbers of unions is not a good idea. Look at the problems in Greece. Look at the how the teachers unions in the United States are damaging eduction. There’s a growing movement among the crazy anti-Walmart crowd to unionize the place. Such a move would simply bleed the company dry and another company would take its place. I guess as long as Target and IKEA aren’t effected no one will mind.

Meanwhile, the President’s approval ratings are continuing to sink. Now that he wants to ram through a very unpopular bill using a rarely used parliamentary tactic I expect his ratings to plummet even more. It appears Barack Obama has his earmuffs on and he doesn’t care what the American people think.

As I was saying a few days ago. There’s a lot of fat in government than can be cut but no one in Washington is serious about it. I’m not exactly sure what the President is doing. I’m starting to fear that Obama is just completely in over his head. Presidents can either lead or they can’t. For all their faults Bush and Clinton were able to get things done. Americans are growing weary of Obama’s long speeches and inability to accomplish anything popular.

Obama’s biggest problem is that his ideas are not popular. The President must realize that he was elected because people were fed up with Bush, not because we were ready for big government solutions. Many on the left haven’t learned this lesson. Have the Republicans learned anything after being tossed out? I won’t hold my breath.

FreeUSAfromZionist
Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:29:47 GMT
Please Please Please tell me u have a nuke with Isreals name on it…..that would be the best christmas valintine new years birthday present for the WHOLE WORLD!!!!!!!Go Iran Go Iran Go Iran

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is Most Honest
Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:40:44 GMT
Imagine what BUSH, BLAIR and OBAMA have done to America and the World by their Lies and Invading country after country to divert the attention of Americans and the entire world from most important issues and problems. Because of Bush, Blair and Obama millions of Americans who have no jobs are suffering badly and country is moving towards complete economical collapse.

Syd
Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:02:01 GMT
Ahmadinejad is an honorable, honest, and intelligent man. I an Iranian and live in USA. I have heard all of his speeches at UN and US in Cspan, He did not say any derogatory statement to what 60 Minutes and the rest of Zionist / corporate media has reported

Corporate media. Jewish conspiracy. Nuking Israel. Most of this just sums up what Club Soda wrote a few days ago. One man’s Zionist corporate media is another man’s rant against Rupert Murdoch’s Fox. For Iranian Americans who love Ahmadinejad we should make special arrangements to let them move back to Iran. Evidently, working under the yoke of American freedom and liberty is too much. The United States would rather treat every citizen as a potential terrorist in fear of alienating someone. Everything else being equal, which country would you want to live in? Iran or the United States?

Look, conservatives spent much of 2007 and 2008 arguing that Obama was a pleasant, charismatic man with few legislative accomplishments, no experience as a manager, few concrete results in any area he had worked, some naive beliefs hidden by extraordinary eloquence, and no idea of just how hard the job of the presidency is. He underestimated the intractibility of certain problems (Middle East peace), wildly overestimated the effectiveness and efficiency of government programs (stimulus spending), had a bad eye for talent (Biden, Geithner, Richardson, Daschle, Napolitano), often had bad first instincts (“I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother”), seemed to trust those who didn’t deserve it (Iran) and had sailed along in the world of politics because up until now, everyone was inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.

A few nights ago Chris Matthews talked about how President Johnson made things happen in Congress. The left wants Obama to do the same thing but Johnson had been a member of Congress for twenty years. Obama doesn’t have any experience. This White House is flying by the seat of its pants.