Today The President of The United States wrote an op-ed piece.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/04/AR2009020403174_pf.html

Normally I would consider this to be a joke. This time it is no joke. Obama apparently THINKS that by doing an op-ed piece and telling everyone that the sky is on fire is how a president leads a nation. I don’t know where he gets his ideas. I can tell you that he could most likely not give a heart-felt speech on the issue, because there is a possibility that he would have to answer questions from reporters afterwards. Obama does not like the media much now; even though they propped him up for the entire campaign. He has made the media look bad by proving to be a less than impressive leader. Does the following sound honest to you?

Obama:

Because each day we wait to begin the work of turning our economy around, more people lose their jobs, their savings and their homes," he wrote. "And if nothing is done, this recession might linger for years. Our economy will lose 5 million more jobs. Unemployment will approach double digits. Our nation will sink deeper into a crisis that, at some point, we may not be able to reverse.

In recent days, there have been misguided criticisms of this plan that echo the failed theories that helped lead us into this crisis -- the notion that tax cuts alone will solve all our problems; that we can meet our enormous tests with half-steps and piecemeal measures; that we can ignore fundamental challenges such as energy independence and the high cost of health care and still expect our economy and our country to thrive.

I reject these theories, and so did the American people when they went to the polls in November and voted resoundingly for change. They know that we have tried it those ways for too long. And because we have, our health-care costs still rise faster than inflation. Our dependence on foreign oil still threatens our economy and our security. Our children still study in schools that put them at a disadvantage. We've seen the tragic consequences when our bridges crumble and our levees fail.

This angers me, because every time the Democrats bring up the word crisis or depression they forget that it is their party in large part who is historically responsible for these conditions. Now we have the same people using the same techniques to attempt to dupe everyone again. Funny how all of the problems he lists above have large government involvement. GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IS THE ONLY THING THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON. Is it not wise to assume that the one binding factor, (government) could be the problem?

Sorry Mr. Obama but we can and will be able to reverse this “crisis”. The way to do that is ignore your party’s historically inaccurate suggestions and apply Conservative Legislation to deal with the issue. The economy is not stimulated by fears of increased taxes, the second highest corporate tax globally, fears that capital gains taxes are going to increase. Economies are stimulated when there is opportunity. When opportunity is scarce and achievement punished, there is little room for optimism…

Tell me what you think?

Now we have the great Obama backpedaling. If you paid close attention to what Obama promised during the Presidential Race – you would notice that he’s been backing off from legislation he was pushing from the beginning. Notice also that this is not due to economic reasons. It was not long ago that the American people were up in arms about a National Deficit to the tune of $8.2 trillion in 2006. Now it is speculated that the National Deficit could reach over $11.0 trillion. That is $11 trillion immediately after the signing of this “stimulus” bill! Ask yourself, have you heard anything about the National Deficit in the news? Isn’t it funny that when Obama wants to spend 900 billion with the stroke of a pen that there is no news concerning the National Deficit?

Obama’s promises to the Hard Left are being scaled back, or dropped completely. This is not due to a lack of funding. The media in this country has proven that Obama has no debt ceiling. Obama can charge it up as much as he wants.

I believe that the change in American opinion is not because of the financial aspect of this “stimulus” bill. I believe the change of heart is due to the fact that Obama is now in office. Now people are paying attention to what he is saying and what they see in this bill. Every time I hear of public support dropping for the “stimulus” bill it makes me feel better about my country. Maybe there is hope for the American people.

Speaking of backpedaling. Daschle is backing down from his appointed position now, because people found out what is going on. Remember if you are a member of the Obama Administration the truth hurts.

Obama:

"I consider this a mistake on my part, one that I intend to fix and correct and make sure that we're not screwing up again," Obama said. "Ultimately I have to take responsibility for a process that resulted in us not having a (health and human services) secretary at a time when people need relief on their health care costs.”

"So this is a mistake -- probably not the first one I'm going to be making in this office, but what I'm absolutely committed to doing is fixing it."

"We can't send a message to the American people that we've got two sets of rules -- one for prominent people and one for ordinary people."

--> Quotes: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/03/obama-admits-mistake-handling-daschle-nomination/

What about his appointment to the office of Treasury Secritary, Timothy Geithner? Was he not also evading taxes? I’m afraid; Mr. Obama that there is a very large underlying message here. That message being - WE ARE IN POWER AND WE’RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE WANT! Obama already sent the message that he doesn’t care what is right and what is wrong. He is sometimes worried about public opinion though. That may perhaps be the only way to control this mess.

So here we have another Obama appointee; Tom Daschle. The question at this point is not, why is he doing this? The question is, does he actually think that people are going to be o.k. with this?

The sad truth is that most people don’t even know who Tom Daschle is. When people are informed about this guy, and the problems he has gotten himself into – their opinions often change.

Most of us have heard that he was recently in trouble for TAX EVASION. That is the correct way to put it. Not, he paid $128,203 and $11,964 in interest late. He was trying (successfully) to evade the tax system. Just check out a few of Daschle’s quotes…

Tom Daschle:

"As you can well imagine, I am deeply embarrassed and disappointed by the errors that required me to amend my tax returns."

I’ve never understood when someone says that they are disappointed by their own actions. It’s not like he wasn’t there for it!

Tom Daschle:

On issues relating to taxes, you don't always speak with one voice.

I’m not entirely sure what he was getting at here. Maybe you can help me… I don’t think that he’s talking about The Exorcist…

This statement from John Kerry says it all.

John Kerry on NBC's "Meet the Press.":

"It's obviously a mistake. But I think it's an innocent mistake. I don't think it affects one iota his ability to do the job,"

on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Nor does it affect a con man’s ability to do his job. Is that “really” what we are looking at here? Just remember Kerry thought it was o.k. to make up stories about his military service. That wouldn’t affect his ability to do his job either, right?

Let’s put this in perspective; think about it this way. Imagine that you had failed to pay your taxes. You “forgot” to pay $120,000 dollars worth of taxes. Do you really think that you would get off that easy? Do you really think that a small business owner would get off that easy? Notice he didn’t pay any penalties. He only paid the tax amount and the interest. No fines or penalties.

Pay attention to the news. You will find that most of the media is going to give Daschle credit for coming out with the tax information. That’s right he’s going to get credit for airing the situation! Just my guess. He will get credit for breaking the law, and coming clean about it.

Tell me what you think…

With that in mind I'm taking the day off, I'll start back tomorrow. I won't forget about Tom Daschle's tax evasion though!

This is the first time in a long time that I've been proud of the House Republicans! I thought for sure that there was going to be someone who would hold a press conference stating how this bill was needed.

I'm more impressed at the American people for actually catching on to the fact that there is no "crisis" that socialism can fix. Because let's face it, that's what this bill is trying to achieve. Let's go through some of the mess that is in this bill, shall we...

PDF Download: Entire Text of Stimulus Bill 111th Congress 2009 PDF file

Now if you check into it you will find some very interesting facts. For example, The department of Homeland Security gets $2,000,000 while the Department of Housing and Urban Development gets $15,000,000! Let me just list a few here for you...

Department of Veterans Affairs office: $1,000,000
Environmental Protection Agency: $20,000,000
General Services Administration—General Activities—Office $15,000,000
Government Accountability Office—Salaries and Expenses $25,000,000, for oversight activities relating to this Act.

Funding for NASA, get this!

-NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
ADMINISTRATION
SCIENCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Science’’, $400,000,000, of which not less than $250,000,000 shall be solely for accelerating the development of the tier 1 set of Earth science climate research missions recommended by the National Academies Decadal Survey.
-AERONAUTICS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aeronautics’’,
$150,000,000.

Well there you have it folks. NASA Gets 400 Million Dollars; of which more than half goes to climate research! Is it just me, or did NASA get busted recently for falsifying climate data. We don't need to spend $250,000,000 to "make up" climate data. What happened to space research anyway?

Even more interesting is the NASA Earth Science Mission Directorate.

http://nasascience.nasa.gov/earth-science

I like the first sentence, "Earth is a complex, dynamic system we do not yet fully understand." Now lets make economic decisions based on something we "do not fully understand." Good Job!

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