Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Barackalicious: Business And Campaign

I’m willing to wager that every Presidential incumbent is accused of using his office to his advantage in the upcoming campaign.  I’m sure Dubya was accused of the practice and I’m equally sure Bubba was just as accused.  So it isn’t surprising that President Obama is taking heat for the fact that he is delivering “policy speeches” in mainly battle ground states.

Fair?  Maybe not, but as they say, “It is what it is.”  *

I think that I can overlook a policy speech on student loans held here in North Carolina.  It has to be somewhere, why not UNC?  However, the taping of Jimmy Fallon and Obama’s “Slow Jam” crosses the threshold.

This is clearly two things:

  1. A campaign speech
  2. Un-Presidizial

He’s jumped the shark and entered into “American Idol” territory.

When you let yourself be called Barackness monster you make yourself eligible to be called a dumb ass.

 

* Obama is REALLY taking advantage of his office:

As of March 6, Mr. Obama has participated in 191 fundraisers, already topping the re-election cycle totals of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, who held 167 and 173 fundraisers, respectively…

 

The Constitution

The Supreme Court will have heard two of the most contentious cases that have been heard in the Obama administration by the end of this week.  The first, of course, was the case of Obamacare and now the second, the Arizona immigration bill.

I find it fascinating that people are looking at how the court will or should act not based on the legal standing or constitutionality of the laws in question but rather on the policy of the law.

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President Obama, College Kids and Phad Thai

I love my wife and Phad Thai.

So, every Tuesday I drive to the local Thai restaurant, order Phad Thai pork, Thai Hot, to go and then run next door to buy 2 gluten free cupcakes.  I take every effort to ensure that I park, order, run and pay as efficient as I can; Phad Thai, Thai hot, is best eaten hot.

So you can imagine my immense frustration when I was blocked by a dozen of North Carolina’s finest for 30+ minutes until a certain President Obama could pass through safely on his way to UNC.

In all honesty, seeing the Presidential escort was very cool.  I gladly ate my cold Phad Thai knowing that I was within 50 yards of the most powerful man in all the world.

Obamacare’s Legacy

With the end of their careers near, several Democrats are opening up about the truths of Obamacare, what it cost them, the party and possibly Obama.

The elections are right around the corner and the campaign season is right on top of us.  Lot’s of people are gonna be out front and talking about the issues that might impact this season.  And Obamacare certainly will get it’s chance to shine.

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Just In Time To Wage War On Women

It started during the latest round of back and forth over the democrats creation of this silly “War On Women” meme.  An innocuous question surrounding the Lilly Ledbetter law and Romney’s support of it.  In fact, from an economic and fact based perspective, the Lilly Ledbetter act is not good legislation, women are not discriminated against in the marketplace and all this law does is reduce the incentive of businesses to hire more women.  This is exactly what we see when we require businesses to pay a minimum wage, and in reverse, when we see government force landlords to restrict rent.

However, this isn’t a debate on facts it’s a debate of politics.  And here is the headline I knew was coming:

Women make 77 cents for each $1 made by men

The only answer to this headline is:

Men are 11.5 Times More Likely To Die On The Job Than Women

Don’t let the headlines dominate the message.

Tax Revenues Year Over Year

Did you know that there are two ways to increase revenues generated from taxation?

If you’re liberal, we’ll forgive you for not knowing very much about things like economics:

You can either increase the rate at which you tax the population or you can increase the amount of money the population has.

One of those things results in bringing in more money to the federal government.  The other results in being labelled a class warrior.

I just posted that the federal government is set to receive a 6.51% raise.  And with the updated numbers I can understand that the government is upset with its raise.  After all, since 1941, the average increase in revenues to the federal government is a healthy 9.54%.  Even going back to a much more recent 20 year history we are seeing a 4.14% increase, and that’s including the negative 16.60% turkey we saw in 2009.

The fact is this, if you wanna increase revenue, then focus on increasing revenue.  Grow the economy, embrace business and celebrate capitalism.  On the other hand, if you wanna use the tax code to redistribute wealth in the name of raising revenue, be honest about that.

The Left’s War On Women: They Can’t Stop

This is an amazing experience.   See, normally it’s the left drumming up “victim” scenarios and propping themselves up on the strength of the populist message with not an iota of policy behind it.  This has resulted in the right trying to stand for the tough but correct choices required to manage a country.  For ever it’s been the the democrats setting up these faux stories and then watching the republicans just whack away at vapor.  Again.  Again and again.

I’ve been amazed at how well it works, how enticing that “whacking” can be and then, finally, why the right allows itself to get stuck time and time again.

Now it know; it’s human nature.  See, it’s happening again.

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Two Things I Didn’t Know Until Today

Casually reading this morning.  Came across two things:

  1. Apparently prostitution is legal in the area of Columbia that the Secret Service agents were at when they did what they did.
  2. Barack Obama is really traveling in an effort to raise cash:

As of March 6, Mr. Obama has participated in 191 fundraisers, already topping the re-election cycle totals of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, who held 167 and 173 fundraisers, respectively,

Yikes!

Obama, to date, has ALREADY held more fundraisers than Dubya and Bubba did the WHOLE of their re-election efforts.  As I was cleaning the house today I had to smile at the irony of these two stories being related to each other in my mind.

Democrats Continue To Wage War On Women

We all know that the democrats have tried to set up a fake republican “War on Women.”  It’s obvious that Obama is going to have to run on his record this time around and, as we all predicted, he has a very poor record to run on.

He knows this.  The DNC knows this.  Stephanopoulos knew this.  We all know this.

But it’s a fake war.  No one is denying women the ability to purchase health care or health care insurance.  No one is denying women the ability to purchase contraception.  And no one is denying women reasonable access to abortions.  Women make as much or more than men do.

In fact, if there were a “War on Women” it would be the legislation like the Lilly Ledbetter Act.  Legislation that attempts to mandate wages only serves to discriminate against the very group it is working to protect.   See minimum wage laws.

Anyway, the irony of the democrats creating this false narrative is hilarious.  If only because it’s the democrats doing the actual “waging.”

First it was Hilary Rosen.

Now it’s Bill Maher:

HBO’s Bill Maher weighs in on the Hilary Rosen controversy, dismissing it as a “non-consequential,” meaningless controversy. Maher also says Ann Romney “has never gotten her ass out of the house to work.”

“The language here was, perhaps, inartful, or perhaps America is a society that lives to fight stupid, non-consequential, meaningless controversies and this is the new one,” Bill Maher said during the panel portion of his HBO show “Real Time” last night.

“But what she meant to say, I think, was that Ann Romney has never gotten her ass out of the house to work. No one is denying that being a mother is a tough job, I remember that I was a handful. Okay, but there is a big difference in being a mother, and that tough job, and getting your ass out of the door at 7am when it’s cold, having to deal with the boss, being in a workplace, and even if you’re unhappy you can’t show it for 8 hours, that is a different kind of tough thing,” Maher observed last night.

Simply amazing.  I have no words to describe what we’re seeing.  Democrats accuse the right of waging war, there is no such war, and then THEY go and wage war.

I love it!  I hope Maher never stops talking.  He attacks Palin calling her a twat and then Ann Romney by saying that she never has to “get out the door at 7 am.”

Ricch!

Joe Biden Is A Cheapskate

 

I just mentioned that President Obama is a liar.  He claims to want to pay higher taxes, yet, when given the opportunity, he doesn’t.  Rather he chooses to shelter his money and keep what he can.  In fact, Obama pays less in taxes than does his secretary.

Ironic.

Now we find out that his Veep, Joseph Biden, is a cheapskate.

The vice president’s effective federal tax rate is 23.2%. The Bidens gave $5,540 to charity, a little less than 2% of income.

TWO percent of the Vice President of the United State’s income went to charity.

And the left has the balls to claim that conservative republicans don’t care about the poor, about kids, about education and the downtrodden.

On the other hand, perhaps we can defend Mr. Biden for stretching his pennies into copper wire.  See, the Liberal doesn’t see taxation as confiscation.  Rather, the liberal sees taxation AS CHARITY!  They feel that by legislating laws that force people to pay for their charity of choice that they have somehow acted in a moral manner.

Beware the Leftist who is willing to spend YOUR money in the name of his charity.