Obviously, Hugo did not have to ask twice.Obama and the democrats are already 3 steps ahead of him.In fact, Many Americans including the tea party protesters think it might be too late.Obama embraced socialism a long time ago.Drudge reported:Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday called upon US President Barack Obama to follow the path to socialism, which he termed as the “only” way out of the global recession.
Trickle down bumbling…Hillary Tells Russian Diplomat She Wants to ‘Overcharge’ Ties.Smart.She thought she was giving him a “restart” button.
Arctic sea ice growth finished the year in 2008 at the same level as 1979.
Obama keeps racking up those records…** The stock market had its worst January in 113 years.** This was followed by the worst February for the stock market since 1933.** Don’t forget the record unemployment rate.** Obama’s budget more than doubles the national debt held by the public, and adds more to the debt than all previous presidents — from George Washington to George W.
Barack Obama is not the only fan of Saul Alinsky in the Administration.Saul Alinksy’s Rules for Radicals is a favorite in leftist circles.It was no accident that Hillary Clinton chose to write about Saul Alinsky for her senior thesis at Wellesley College.
The economy continues to shrink with Barack Obama and the anti-business Democrats in charge….But Obama did save 25 jobs for one year today.(Numbers from Misery Index)The unemployment rate is now the highest its been since 1983 when Ronald Reagan started to turn the economy around after the disaster of the Carter years.The AP reported:The nation’s unemployment rate bolted to 8.1 percent in February, the highest since late 1983, as cost-cutting employers slashed 651,000 jobs amid a deepening recession.Both figures were worse than analysts expected and the Labor Department’s report shows America’s workers being clobbered by a relentless wave of layoffs unlikely to ease anytime soon.The net loss of 651,000 jobs in February came after even deeper payroll reductions in the prior two months, according to revised figures released Friday.
Island Turtle reported that 3 of the 5 Great Lakes once again froze solid this year: Natice.NOAA.govNatice.NOAA.govThe freezing of the Great Lakes happens about once a decade.
Perfect.Michelle must have sent Rahmbo down to the 7-11 to pick through the movie basket.Bargain Basement Special– Was $27.98 Now Only $19.99!What an embarrassment.The Obamas stiffed the Brits with a cheap 25 DVD movie package.The Daily Mail reported:As he headed back home from Washington, Gordon Brown must have rummaged through his party bag with disappointment.Because all he got was a set of DVDs.
Hope may finally be making a comeback but not in Great Britain.The Brits are catching on to the Obamas.As the American media continues to drool, the Brits are starting to take a closer look at Michelle Obama and don’t like what they see.BluegrassRedstate and The Telegraph reported:We may just LURVE Michelle’s fashion sense.
Talk about a crisis…14% of small businesses fear they are going to close their doors in the next 12 months because of Democratic policies.And, it could be even worse than that.In the 2.3 trillion dollars Democrat spent to stimulate the economy not one dime has gone to small businesses so far.100% of that 2.3 trillion dollars so far has gone to the top 1% of American companies.Small businesses are, of course, the engine of the economy.
The Obama disaster continues.The Dow slid another 4.1% today.The Dow sank to a 12 year low today.Also today, CNBC host Democrat Jim Cramer blasted the Obama Administration and Democrats for the disaster we are witnessing.Mainstreet reported:I am a fight-not-flight guy, so I was on my hackles when I heard White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’ answer to a question about my pointed criticism of the president on multiple venues, including the Today Show.”I’m not entirely sure what he’s pointing to to make some of the statements,” Gibbs said about my point that President Obama’s budget may be one of the great wealth destroyers of all time.
“I just want to make one thing very clear.
Here’s something every little girl needs…A “Totally Styin Tattoo Barbie”Shouldn’t every girl have her own doll and a set of rad tattoos?
Some people will do anything to justify their ethnic cleansing.Roseanne Barr has it all figured out.Israel is firing missiles on itself.And, Hamas is chock full of Israeli agents.It’s all making sense now.Israelly Cool captured the latest insane rant by Roseanne Barr:ohlmert you lie:you say that twelve rockets were fired into israel since the end of the “war” (ethnic cleansing).
There was another tractor attack in Jerusalem today.The driver was shot dead after smashing and flipping a police car.YNet reported:A tractor plowed into a police squad car on Menachem Begin Boulevard in Jerusalem on Thursday.
We all need to sacrifice.Well, everyone but those lucky enough to be a member of the Pelosi-Reid Congress.They gave themselves a raise last month.
Thousands of Iraqis are benefiting from U.S.
Let’s face it.The military hates the Cut & Runner and the feeling is mutual:Click to EnlargeVia .After all, Obama once said that even genocide was no reason to keep US troops fighting in Iraq.
Arctic sea ice growth finished the year in 2008 at the same level as 1979.The oceans have been cooling since 2003.Sea ice is growing at the fastest pace on record.Greenland’s glaciers are stabilizing.There are growing fears of a coming freeze worse than the ice age.Alaskan Sea Glaciers are advancing for the first time in 250 years.And, for the second straight year the Earth is, in fact, cooling…
55% of Americans believe US is in a depression.They haven’t seen anything yet.Special Guests reported:Has the US reached the tipping point from a Recession to a Depression?According to the latest poll, The New York Daily News reports that 55% say yes or are unsure and 45% of Americans say no.But like in any election or poll you have a certain block of ‘undecideds’ and with this poll there are 17% say who said they are not sure but a whopping 38% said: YES, that we are already in a Depression—and the numbers keep skewing toward additional yeses with each passing day.So, what does this all mean?
To highlight the economic consequences of Congressional Democrats’ policy decisions – House Republican Whip Eric Cantor put together this quick flash application to show just where the House Democrats’ budget plans are leading this country:…Off a cliff.It was a cute video but it’s not so cute in real life.Democrats are bankrupting America with their liberal legislation that will rack up a $1.75 Trillion deficit this year alone:Even with two wars, 9-11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Clinton Recession, Bush couldn’t do that.But, it took Democrats less than 40 days to blow over a trillion dollars.That’s some work.Related…
The Congressional Budget Office again released a report that shows that the Democratic stimulus plan will actually reduce economic output.The Republican Study Committee released this statement earlier today:Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement in response to a false claim made by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD).
Great news!If your kid attends the University of Illinois, Urbana, and is a resident in Allen Hall, then he or she is going to have the once in a lifetime opportunity to shack up with unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers.Woo-Hoo.Founding sWhat a blast!
Oh, this was terrific…After the Obama White House coordinated attacks on El-Rushbo with democrats, the media and liberal groups, Rush Limbaugh challenged Barack Obama to debate his socialist New Deal agenda today.(JibJab)Of course, Obama won’t go on Limbaugh’s show to debate the ideas.Without a teleprompter?…
The Obama White House decided to expand their war on rich people, investors, entrepreneurs, small business, corporations, American taxpayers, Big Oil, private health care, etc.Today the White House coordinated a new attack on radio host Rush Limbaugh.Thin Skin GibbsConsidering Obama has managed to triple the deficit and he destroy the stock market in his first 40 days in office, it makes sense that he would want Americans to focus on something, anything other than his horrid record.
When President Bush came into office he inherited a recession, the internet bubble bust, scandal on Wall Street, and the attacks on 9-11 all in his first year.The budget surplus of $128.2 billion he inherited evaporated.In 2002 the budget deficit climbed to $157.8 billion, an increase of $286 billion.In response to the economic recession, President Bush reduced taxes and gave money back to American workers, business owners and entrepreneurs.From 2004 to 2007 there was a steady decline in the budget deficit from $412.7 billion in 2004 to $162 billion in 2007.
Who ever would have guessed this would happen?Islamists in the Pakistan broke last week’s peace deal and attacked government troops in the Swat region today.AKI reported:The peace agreement between the militant group Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat Mohammadi and the government in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province received another setback when militants ambushed an army team, killing two security personnel and a civilian in Ronyal village of the restive Swat valley.The military described the attack on security personnel a violation of the peace agreement, but the head of TNSM, Maulana Sufi Mohammad blamed the army for moving around without prior information.The military said a captain was wounded in an ambush while two soldiers were killed when they were carrying water from a water channel.”There absolutely was no violation of the agreement on our part.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs jumped on CNBC host Jim Cramer yesterday for his analysis of the economic situation.
Well, why not?Adidas believes Commie-sheik is making a comeback.Via Conservative Punk
This is really sad.Team Obama is already blaming Bush for their record $1.75 trillion budget deficit.And, just like how Obama and the democrats lied about the the last 8 years of economic growth, they are hoping that the media will play along with them and blame Bush for the dangerous deficit they have already racked up in Obama’s first 40 days on the job.To be clear– those failed Bush policies dropped the deficit 4 of 8 years, held an average unemployment at 5.2%, saw the strongest productivity growth in 4 decades and witnessed robust GDP growth.Bush was able to do this despite the recession he inherited, 9-11, Hurricane Katrina, and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.As you can see from this chart, after the Bush tax cuts were implemented the budget deficit was reduced 3 of the last 4 years:CBO chart via RedStateThe deficit was reduced in 2005, 2006 and 2007 even with war and implementation of the successful Bush surge of troops in Iraq.It wasn’t until the mortgage crisis struck the economy, a crisis Bush warned the democratic Congress about 17 times in 2008 alone, that the deficit climbed to $459 billion.USA Today published an interactive chart on the the Obama Administration’s significant increase in spending this year.
Saudi Arabia’s foreign affairs minister urged Arabs today stand up against the Iranian regime’s ambitions in the region.The Daily Times reported:Saudi Arabia’s minister of foreign affairs urged Arabs on Tuesday to stand up to Persian Iran’s ambitions in the region, including its nuclear programme.Prince Saud Al-Faisal told a meeting of Arab foreign ministers that non-Arab countries should not interfere in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories – all places where Iran had been accused of supporting militants.
“Under my plan of a cap and trade system electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.
Figure this one out.After declaring war on rich people, investors, entrepreneurs, small business, corporations, the Middle class, Big Oil, private health care, etc.
Pot meet kettle…Tax cheat Timothy Geithner said today that Team “O” will focus on international tax dodgers.Breitbart reported:President Barack Obama’s Treasury secretary says the administration will unveil a series of rules and measures in the coming months to limit the ability of international companies to avoid U.S.
“Until they realize that their agenda is destroying the life savings of millions of Americans, then all I can give you is caution…
There’s a new lapdog in town.British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was eager to meet Barack Obama despite being snubbed.Despite Barack Obama snubbing a full press conference with Gordon Brown, the pair appeared best of friends as they sat down in the Oval Office at the White House today.Gordon Brown will address the US Congress later today.The British leader will compare the current recession with 1940’s fascism(?)The BBC reported:The two leaders also discussed the situation in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is tied to 16 earmarks worth $8.5 million dollars in the Obama budget bill that is being debated in the US Senate this week.The Seattle Times and reported:Although President Obama has repeatedly pledged to ban congressional earmarks, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has 16 such projects, worth $8.5 million, in the bill the Senate is to begin debating today.
The whites in the audience at a recent Detroit city council meeting were told to “go home.” They were not wanted.Monica Conyers, wife of Rep.
Barack Obama’s older brother Abongo “Roy” Obama is a Luo activist and a militant Muslim who argues that the black man must “liberate himself from the poisoning influences of European culture.” Recently, Barack Obama welcomed his militant Muslim brother Roy Obama to the White House.Proud family: US President Barack Obama greets members of his British and African-based family at the White House following his inauguration, including half-brother Abongo, far left, and stepmother Kezia, in yellow (Daily Mail)The Daily Mail reported:These are the first pictures of Barack Obama inside the White House with his British stepmother.
Barack Obama’s favorite foreign policy author Fareed Zakaria says its time we lived with radical Islam: “Radical Islam is A Fact of Life.
Days after the November election Russia threatened to deploy short-range missiles near Poland and the Czech Republic if the US did not scrap missile defense system agreements with the two allies:Russia will deploy short-range missiles near Poland to counter U.S.
You’d think that since Obama’s budget is creating nearly a trillion dollars in new taxes over the next decade that the least he could do is hire a few patriotic Americans and not tax cheats?
This doesn’t sound good…The Coast Guard rescued one missing boater today clinging to the overturned 21 foot fishing boat.The two NFL players who were with him are still missing.NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith remain missing along with former South Florida player William Bleakley:The AP reported:The Coast Guard says a man who went missing during a fishing trip has been found clinging to an overturned boat that belongs to Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper.The Coast Guard says former University of South Florida player Nick Schuyler was rescued Monday off the Florida coast.
STOP TAR SANDS– CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW!It wasn’t quite what they were expecting.The Capital Climate Action Protest was held today in Washington DC.It’s just too bad that Mother Nature greeted the junk science enthusiasts with a record storm and a foot of snow.Capital Climate Action has live streaming video from the chilly rally.Power Shift posted photos.Bundle up, kids.Global Warming guru Dr.
Democrats, including White House Budget Director Peter Orszag, continued to pound George Bush this weekend for the failed policies of the last 8 years.Those failed policies dropped the deficit 4 of 8 years Bush was president, held an average unemployment at 5.2%, saw the strongest productivity growth in 4 decades and witnessed robust GDP growth.Bush was able to do this despite 9-11, a recession he inheritied, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Hurricane Katrina.He did this by cutting taxes and giving people back their own money to investIf only we could be so lucky to have those failed Bush policies today.Instead we’ve Democrats who are determined to spend their way out of this recession.And, we have this:The Dow fell below 7,000 for the first time since October 1997 today.The stock market had its worst January since 1896 followed by its worst February since 1933 under the Obama Administration.And, now March is off to a horrid start.How much hope and change can we take?UPDATE: It’s a definitely a plunge-The Dow today tanked.Meanwhile…
Several hundred radical loony birds are protesting make believe global warming today at the Washington DC Capital Coal Plant in a foot of snow.They are liveblogging the event at Capital Climate Action.Dr.
Obama Popularity Joins Stock Market In Free FallThe stock market had its worst January since 1896 followed by its worst February since 1933 due largely to the historic spending and tax initiatives proposed by the Obama Administration.President Obama is not doing any better.
Abandoned home in Detroit.
Geert Wilder’s People’s Freedom Party has soared in the most recent polls.Wilder’s party took the lead for the first time ever after the government decided that Wilders could be prosecuted and after he was denied entry into Great Britain.Vlad Tepes and reported:The Party for the Freedom of Geert Wilders is according to a survey of Maurice de Hond the largest party if elections were held now.
The Bad Side: The Obama White House admits that cap and trade policies will increase energy costs for Americans.The Good Side(?): The Obama White House admits cap and trade policies will give government more money to blow.That’s important.White House Budget Director Peter Orszag was on This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
Sticker sold at ZazzleHillblogger reported, Via LGF:The LA Times compiled an interesting list of 398,778 layoffs that have occurred so far in The Golden Age of Obama, a time when Hope!
CNN Political Analyst William Schneider says Rush Limbaugh represents “Angry White Men” like he did in 1994 when he was the prophet of “Angry White Men”:Embedded video from CNN VideoDoes that mean Barack Obama represents “Angry Black Men” then?Let’s face it…Only a raging leftist could get away with such an insulting and racist comment.Funny, Rush Limbaugh talked about this Leftist tactic of destroying reputations during that same speech last night:Ladies and gentlemen of the United States, the Democrat Party has actively not just sought the failure of Republican presidents and policies and now wars for the first time, the Democrat Party doesn’t stop at failure.
Holy Global Depression!UK Prime Minister Brown and Obama will talk about a “global new deal” will also require public spending on a huge world-wide scale.The Times Online reported:GORDON BROWN hopes to forge a partnership with President Barack Obama in Washington this week, to call for a “global new deal” to lift the world out of recession.
More hope and change…Do you remember how the troops used to greet President Bush?…With thunderous applause?Troops greet President Bush in Iraq in December 2008 (Video edited from DVIDS)Well, those days are over.Amy Procter noticed the embarrassing, tepid response the marines gave President Obama, the Cut-&-Runner in Chief, this week:Can you blame them?After all, Obama once said that even genocide was no reason to keep US troops fighting in Iraq.Patriots For America has another great video of Bush with the troops.Via LGF.
Then they came for the “drunken negro face” baker.And, I did not speak up because I wasn’t a baker.The Obama Secret Service is investigating Arnold Diaz, the “Drunken Negro Face” cookie baker in New York.From the video: “Shocking,” “appalling,” and “racist”: These are just some of the words used to describe what’s for sale at a well-known bakery in Greenwich Village.
Hollywood nitwits are hoping their presence in Iran can help to kick-start talks between arch-foes Washington and Tehran.US actress Annette Bening, right, listens to fellow US actress Alfre Woodard, left, as Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed Arya, looks on at center, during a seminar ‘Acting for Film’ given by Bening and Woodard, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2009.(AP/Vahid Salemi) The regime on Sunday demanded an apology from the team of visiting Hollywood actors and movie industry officials, including Annette Bening, over films such as “300” and “The Wrestler” that were “insulting” to Iranians.There was no word on what the regime thought of Bening’s work.
