Progressivenik Economic Bull Sh--

With all due apologies to my friends on the Religious Right, I have one final thing to say about Chairman Obama's State of Confusion Address, especially the parts where he fumbles his way through economic issues.




What a bunch of bull sh--.



Oh, I'm sorry. Was that too strongly worded ? Did I offend anyone ? Well, too bad. The truth has a funny way of stinging and leaving a mark.



Let's start with lie number one. Take it away, Presidente!



"One in ten Americans still cannot find work."



The actual number of America's unemployment is around 18% when you factor in the underemployed working part time or at jobs that are below their skill level. The 18% that Obama and his cronies ignore also includes the folks that said "screw it" and stopped looking for work all together. I know this little tidbit really bums out the base, but in the interest of honesty, our Dear Leader should have used this statistic. Either that, or the fact that the 99 weeks of unemployment compensation Uncle Sugar is handing out is also discouraging job seeking by making it way too easy to turn unemployment into funemployment. To be fair, I'm not going to even touch "And one year later, the worst of the storm has passed." That's just too damn easy, and I do operate with a code of honor.



Stay with me, people. Let's get those long boots on and wade through the B.S. to lie number two. Presidente ?



"They don't understand why it seems like bad behavior on Wall Street is rewarded, but hard work isn't;"



Don't get your hammer and sickle in a bunch, Dear Leader, we do get it. In fact, we're smarter than amoebas, regardless of what Bill Maher thinks. The real reason is clear: Wall Street gives piles of money to campaign coffers, including yours. Do I need to embarrass you and mention the fact that you have received over hundred thousand smackers from AIG ? Oops. I already did.



"So I know the anxieties that are out there right now."



Sure you do, O Master of Manure. You must have figured that out during your 24 thousand dollar date night with the Missus, or the 35 thousand dollar a week vacation at Martha's Vineyard. Oh, you didn't figure it out in either place ? Maybe you figured that out with all your many years laboring in the private sector ? Oh, yes,yes, I forgot. You've never had an actual job prior to your present gig. How out of touch of a statement is this ? This is almost as dumb as George Bush's "Mission Accomplished".



The next smelly pile, please.



"For these Americans, and so many others, change has not come fast enough."



Actually, it has and the American people have outright rejected it. I don't know if you're aware, Comrade President, but you and your cronies are on a losing streak. Last time I checked, your magic didn't help Creigh Deeds in Virginia, John Corzine in New Jersey, and it was certainly no help to Martha/Marcia in Massachusetts, either. The only reason New York 23 was lost was because Michael Steele dropped the ball and allowed that Dede Scuzzo-fava weirdo run as the Republican candidate. Yeah, "change" has arrived and us commoners have come to the conclusion that it sucks, pardon my language.



"One woman wrote to me and said 'We are strained but hopeful, struggling but encouraged.' "



Let me guess, the letter was signed: "Always and forever, Your Number One Fan, Ellie Light." According to Rasmussen, only 29% of those polled believe America is on the right track. I'd be hard pressed to call that a ringing endorsement.



Sigh. Next....



"To recover the rest, I've proposed a fee on the biggest banks."



It's not a fee, Baron Von Government, it's a tax. Now, I'll give credit where credit is due, our Beloved Chairman was right when he stated that the bank bailouts were as popular as a "root canal" (That lame joke would have been funnier if he said as "popular as an IRS audit" or "as popular as MSNBC". Now, that's how you make a joke.) However, in these tough times, how wise is it to screw with the banks ? Remember, these are the people who hand out loans to start up businesses, buy cars, houses, and fund plastic surgery. (Right, Madame Speaker ?) What your little populist punishment is going to do is slow the economy further. Instead of having cash on hand to fund the latest Wonderwidget project that will revolutionize some industry, the banks will be handing out cash to the bloated federal government. By the way, the banks aren't going to pay one wooden nickel of this "fee", the banks' customers will. There will be overdraft fees that will become outrageous, fees to speak to a teller, and God know what else. Way to stand up to those evil bankers, Chavez from Another Mother. Basically, Obama Hood is standing up for the folks by taxing them indirectly.



I don't know how much more of this I can take. The smell is really getting to get to me. Must remain conscious.....



"Now, let me repeat: We cut taxes."



Yeah, that 13 dollars a week is coming really handy.



Here we go. This is where I get chest pains. Brace yourselves, folks.



"Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed. Two hundred thousand work in construction and clean energy, 300 thousand are teachers and other education workers. [Like what, cafeteria ladies and creepy custodians ?] Tens of thousands are cops, firefighters, [and] first responders. And we're on track to add another one and half million jobs to this total by the end of this year. The plan that has made this possible is the Recovery Act. [AKA-The hated, failed stimulus package.]"



Peeyuuu! What is that smell ? The ultimate cowpie, that's what.



First of all, I want names and phone numbers of the "clean energy" workers. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AND OBAMA KNOWS IT! You'd have to theorize that one of their job requirements is feeding the unicorns or shining leperchaun gold. Seriously, I don't think people desperate for cash collecting cans for recycling is a job, do you ?



And another thing, and this is key here, what do cops, fire fighters, first responders, teachers and "other education workers" have in common ? They're all unionized government workers! They don't produce a profit! Now obviously, I don't have a beef with cops, fire fighters, or first responders. (Funny how I left off teachers and "other education workers". No, it's not a mistake, but it's another rant for another time.) But honestly, we need people who produce a profit. Who the hell is going to pay for all of this ? The very last thing we need is more government anything, especially government workers with bloated pensions. Now, if Fidelito had claimed he created 2 million private sector jobs, I'd be eating my words and changing my column's name to Absolutely NoGrahamnesty. (Hey! No funny ideas! I got dibs on that domain name.) However, Pol Pot Obama didn't do that, did he ?



I'm not going to bother to address the whole Cap and Trade thing since it's a belly up, rotting corpse in the Field of Dead Bills. But what are we to make of this:





" To make college more affordable, this bill will finally end the unwarranted taxpayer subsidies that go to banks for student loans. Instead, let's take that money and give families a $10,000 tax credit for four years of college and increase Pell Grants. And let's tell another 1 million students that when they graduate, they will be required to pay only 10 percent of their income on student loans, and all of their debt will be forgiven after 20 years -- and forgiven after 10 years if they choose a career in public service, because in the United States of America, no one should go broke because they chose to go to college."



Umm...Out of curiosity, does that mean I'm getting a check from Uncle Sugar ? After all, my school loans are paid for. And I paid for them all by lonesome like a big boy. Why can't the new "Entitled Generation" do the same ? The ugly part of this is: Not only is Barack Lenin growing government, he's actively recruiting for it! This isn't to recruit military officers (The military already has many programs like this, just ask the traitor Nidal Hassan who paid for his education.) this scam is to recruit even more useless bureaucrats who will do nothing to add society. Why should the American taxpayer be forced to pay for the education of their oppressors ? It reminds me of how the Nazis charged the wimpy French for the occupation of their country. (Yes, I'm being melodramatic. So sue me. Just kidding, ACLU.) Granted, the latest rounds of government "czars" need an education, but c'mon! We need people in the private sector! Yes, I said that before and I'll keep saying it until Ezekiel Emmanuel pulls the plug on me. We need people who produce profits, not people who produce regulations.



375 down and an eternity of shoveling crap to go.

The Progressivevik Fascism

Chairman Obama is turning into a full fledged fascist.




I'm not taking it back. I'm not going to apologize. I don't care what the dorks at Media Matters or Moveon.org think or ramble.



Barack Obama is attempting to turn himself into the first American dictator.



Let's look at some of the things Chairman Obama has said and done in his speech at the Reichstag...er...The State of The Union address. (I'm getting the two mixed up since they're so similiar these days.)



The first incident occurred with this line: "Now, yesterday the Senate blocked a bill that would have created this commission. So I'll issue an executive order that will allow us to move foward..."[Baron Von Government was referring to the bipartisan fiscal commission] Really ? Is this how he's going to handle things ? I don't care how good or how important any program is, this just reeks of fascism. He doesn't like something Imperial Senate does, so he'll just go around them in the most unconstitutional manner. Is this the "Change" we want ? Do we want just one person making decisions for 300 million people ? Well, not for me. I look terrible in brown.



Sure Glenn Beck was all over this, but where were the rest of the media ? We just had a sitting President openly defy the Constitution and no one cared. I'm all for any attempt to rein in the monstrous spending by a bloated Uncle Sugar, but I'm not willing to set the Constitution on fire to acheive it. What if Chairman Obama rolls out of bed one morning and decides "You know what ? I'm really sick of all the criticism I receive. I'm going to issue an executive order to shut that lunatic Absolutely Nobama up and bring back the Fairness Doctrine" ?

Obama told Congress to stick it where the sun doesn't shine and the Progressiveviks all cheered. They cheered like the way the Reichstag cheered when a funny little guy with an even funnier mustache declared that ethnic Germans were being persecuted in the Sudetenland and the Reich must do something about it. Like the Reichstag all those years ago, Congress knew it was wrong but they just didn't care. Where was Joe Wilson then ? Why hasn't John Boehner or Mitch McConnell come out and scream bloody murder about this ?



The worst momment came when the Dear Leader said this: "With all due deference to seperation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests--including foreign corporations--to spend without limit in our elections." Nevermind the fact this isn't true and the Court did no such thing, (It's still illegal for foreign buisnesses to make campaign donations.) we just witnessed a sitting President call out the Supreme Court for upholding the right to Free Speech. What madness is this ?No, the Supreme Court isn't perfect, and yes, they have made mistakes from time to time, but the Supreme Court is the backbone of our Republic. Their sole purpose is to make sure America is still America and that job is damn near impossible as is. Do we really need the President calling them out with a bunch of Progressiveviks hooting and hollering like they're on their way to a book burning ? Even Sonia Sotomayor looked disgusted by this. There's been a smattering of complaints about this little temper tantrum by the Progressiveviks, mostly on FOX, but why wasn't this on every newspaper headline ? Obama created the illusion that even the Court answers to him. It doesn't get any more dangerous than this for our beloved Republic.



All the Tea Parties and Scott Browngasims in the world aren't going to mean a thing if we let this kind of Progressivevik behavior go unchallenged. Those of us in the loyal opposition have to keep the momentum on our side because our very existence as the greatest nation on God's green (and not to mention cooling) earth depends on it.



I can see you're unconvinced. Check out this little ad the Progressiveviks from Moveon.org put out in USA Today that read: "Message from Massachusetts: Democrats: Fight. Don't Fold."



Who do they want to fight ? The American people ?