While the lame streamers are all hot and bothered pitting the GOP against each other, and praising anything President Obama is doing, they are mia. What is happening in congress the GOP has issues with tea party want to get the federal government out of transportation programs and hand them over to the states. This will come to a head next week as it could result in a cutoff of federal highway and transit aid to states. The government’s authority to spend money from the trust fund that pays for transportation programs, as well as its power to levy the federal gasoline and diesel taxes that feed the fund, expire on March 31. When the lame streamers pick this one up they will use the Democrats line that 1.8 million jobs are at risk. This one is falling in at the feet of House Speaker John Boehner has been unable to recruit enough Republicans to pass the overhaul of federal highway programs. The idea of highway programs to be paid for entirely by federal gas and diesel taxes would mean a nearly 40 percent cut in spending because revenue from those taxes has declined. This seems like a stalemate is going or solved will be to pass a 90-day extension of current programs in order to give the House more time to line up votes for a comprehensive bill.
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Saturday, March 24th, 2012Fossil Fuel Production down in US under Obama
Friday, March 23rd, 2012We understand when the president says we need to reduce our need on foreign oil dependency. This would be great if he had a solution. Everyone know gas was $1.89 when he took office and now it is $3.75. Here is another dirty little secret the government is keeping from us the sales of Fossil Fuels produced from Federal and Indian Lands, FY 2003 through FY 2011. There are a lot of hands in the pie including EIA, DOI, and ONRR but here is the bottom line is across all fossil fuels, the last time it rose by one percent between fiscal year FY 2009 and FY 2010 the next year it dropped by about 6 percent between FY 2010 and FY 2011. This is further this administration is trying to hold down production and make cost rise so high we have no choice but you expensive alternate methods. We try to stay away from the conspiracy theories but this one seems to be leading us down the road of not being told the truth and government manipulation of resources for what they consider the greater good. We know this story is full of holes that you as the reader need to fill in the blanks. As with all stories this deep and full of layers it cannot be exposed with 200 words but you can research and use in your discussions with lefties as they drive their bikes to the party.
President Obama raises $45M from whom?
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012The problem for the GOP just got harder, about 45 million harder. President Barack Obama collected $45 million for his re-election bid in February. The White House has ramped up his campaign stops as the time is getting close at hand. The $45 million was almost twice as much as the $23 million per month average he raised during the final three months of 2011 and more than the $29.1 million he raised in January. The good news this pace is still short of February 2008 when he raised and unbelievable amount of $56 million he raised in February 2008. This is a good sign because in 2008 he had no support from the DNC. This time around he has all the power they can bring to boar and the numbers are lower. We found out that last week President Obama’s campaign emailed donors citing a poll showing Obama trailing Republican Mitt Romney. They even called it a tighter race than you would think. The issues for the GOP is Romney, raised only $6.5 million in January, a quarter of what Obama raised. How can there be $45 million people would want to part with for another term. Is not the last three years of record debt, high unemployment, soaring gas prices and healthcare costs? By the numbers 350,000 people contributed in February and the average donation was about $59. They were supported by 98 percent of the donations were $250 or less he still has people fooled.
Romney feeling money pinch
Saturday, March 17th, 2012There comes a point when you can throw good money after bad. It seems that this Republican presidential contest getting to that point for Mitt Romney. We wonder if the next step is to try to coast for a bit due to the wide lead in delegates. The best analysis would be how much the Romney campaign has and SuperPacs in his name spent per delegate. It has become clear that Romney has scaled back expenses, trimmed field staff, and is using more free media coverage, leaving the political action committee is spending on expensive TV ads. There is still plenty of money coming as Wednesday alone, Romney had five finance events in New York, and raised about $3 million. Romney has a personal wealth is estimated between $190 million and $250 million. The first run in 2008 he loaned his presidential campaign $42 million, and it is reported this is no plans for loans this time around. The problem for Romney is Santorum new found coffers getting full. In February Romney had his second-best fundraising month ever, bringing in $11.5 million, but totals the same month for Santorum was $9 million. This means the more money these candidates needs to spend against each other is going to gone when it is time to battle President Obama.
White House numbers wrong again – shocking
Friday, March 16th, 2012We love when reports come out that show the White House wrong. It is a shame that they are always are buried and hard to find. They also seem to have a short life if you can find them. The latest is the deficits for the next two fiscal years will be higher than the White House envisions based on President Barack Obama budget plan. This comes out on a Friday when St. Patrick’s Day is the following story so thank the CBO for making sure this has less than a six hour life cycle. The Obama plan chalks up $6.39 trillion in cumulative deficits over a 10-year period, but that figure is about $294 billion more than the White House estimated in February. We hope the GOP can use the one trillion deficits next year along with big debt as fuel for the cause. This does confirm that the President’s budget accelerates our nation towards a debt crisis; we hope that message is not lost in the Erin Go Bragh of it all. The White House likes to side on the more optimistic side of the near term recovery and growth, this of course makes no sense based on the last five years as Bill Parcells said it is what it is and to plan there is growth where there has not been in years is just misleading.
President Obama apologizes for US again
Monday, March 12th, 2012We cannot believe the words out of the White house today. We understand how bad for the look of the Americans this tragedy in Afghanistan really is, but it does need perspective. When our President comes out and makes a statement that is contrary to what the American mission and American solider stand for. We are sick of this president apologizing for America. This is another example as President Barack Obama is calling the alleged slaying of 16 Afghan civilians by a US soldier absolutely tragic and heartbreaking and said that he is still proud generally of what US troops have achieved in Afghanistan while working under enormous strain. This is the worst possible thing generally proud is not only a slap in the face but flies in the face of what we as Americans stand for. The problem that these globalists do not understand is America is the world police and that is the fact. There is nobody that will ever be or do what we do without gain or motive other than peace and respect of one human to another. When the president does this thing we cannot be more upset and what is even worse when the GOP calls him out for apologizing for the US the left says it never happened. Take notice this is what we are talking about.
Shirley Sherrod forced out by White House
Sunday, March 11th, 2012The White House has once again stepped in it. This time they tried again to make sure no one knew the kind of back tabbing end deals they make. The truth is they were in close contact with the Agriculture Department in the hours leading up to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s decision to fire USDA employee Shirley Sherrod in 2010. Vilsack’s always claimed he made the decision to oust Sherrod as the department’s director of rural development in Georgia after an edited video of her making supposed racist remarks surfaced. The truth is the White House and Agriculture Department officials were sharing information and advice from the first minutes after the scandal began to emerge until Sherrod submitted a resignation. There were more than two dozen emails that went between the Agriculture Department and the White House. The White House asked what the USDA is going to say about the matter and if she had been fired. The minute this email was sent from the White House Sherrod’s fate was cast. Because Sherrod was a political appointee the White House strong armed the decision and it was what Sherrod claimed on numerous television news programs, saying she was unfairly asked to leave. The proof once again is you are in until you make President Obama look bad and then you are all done, no questions asked.
DC wasted $885M from stimulus
Thursday, March 8th, 2012We are having a great week. There is nothing better than old news when used to prove a point. We hated the stimulus and called it a waste. We have not had a good waste of stimulus story in a while and thought the well ran dry. Then we find a nugget rolling across the wire. Washington DC received more than $885 million in federal economic stimulus funds since 2009. This was a good use of the money because this place has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation. Most of the money has been spent, but there was no overall regional job growth from the infusion of capital. The city spent hundreds of millions of dollars without being able to demonstrate any significant improvement in the jobs outlook. The report actually says they cannot say how many jobs it actually created for those who live in the District. Flash forward to today and the employment picture has actually gotten worse. At the end of 2011, the DC unemployment rate was 10.4 percent, in 2009 it was eight percent. The D.C. government was receiving historic levels of federal stimulus funding via contracts, grants, loans, tax benefits and entitlements and it turns out close to a billion dollars looks like it was wasted wherever it went.
A Obama Movie for the voters
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012Why does this president get under our skin, why is it everything him and his team do seems obnoxious. Because it is and when you think it is finally reached a point when it is not going to get any more crazier. Enter today when we find out President Barack Obama and his re-election campaign plans to release a 17-minute documentary about his first term in office. The documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim, whose who won an Academy Award for An Inconvenient Truth. Are you ready for the inherited word, how many times do you think you can blame President Bush in 17 minutes. They say that this will put into perspective the enormous challenges that the nation faced when the president took office and the strides we have made together as a nation. This is not a new trip in the democrat playbook the last one was in 1992. That was when we saw TV producers Harry and Linda Thomason helped create The Man From Hope, a campaign biography of Bill Clinton. We really cannot stand it anymore as these lame streamers want to act like this president has actually has done something and we have not seen it.
SuperPAC spending like crazy
Sunday, March 4th, 2012There is a crazy amount of money being spent on Super Tuesday ads for the GOP. The worst part is this is only the beginning as our air waves are going to be flooded come September, October and November. The report out says that the Republican candidates and a few independent groups have spent nearly $10 million on television and radio ads in seven states that vote on Super Tuesday. When look deeper into the numbers the group Restore Our Future has spent half of the total on ads that are anti Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich. This takes the total pie the media outlets have hauled in up to more than $75 million, according to the FCC. It is no mystery whom is spending the money as more than half about $40 million has been spent by the Romney campaign and Restore Our Future. There are ten states set to hold primaries and caucuses on Tuesday; most of the money is being spent in the big four of the night Ohio, Georgia, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Restore Our Future has spent $2.4 million, in Ohio, $1 million to air ads in Tennessee, $500,000 in Oklahoma and about $1.5 million in Georgia. The good news the money is no longer hidden it is out there for all to see. Makes you understand the phrase careful what you wish for.
Endorsements from rock singers
Friday, March 2nd, 2012We can come down hard on the left, lame streamers and Hollywood elite in this space. We need to be fair and when it happens we must call it out or we are a fraud. This is the case with the comment and twitter post today from Ted Nugent. The motor city made man twitted “after a long heart&soul conversation with Mitt Romney today I concluded this goodman will properly represent we the people & I endorsed him.” This follows the same thing Kid Rock had done. We hate when Hollywood elite try to act like because they are famous we should care whom they endorse. Since the GOP does not get many rock stars we found that Dave Mustaine, from the band Megadeth, read endorsed Rick Santorum. We do not know how many votes this will turn out to be if any. We wonder if anyone out there ever changes their vote or votes for someone because a famous person is doing it. The number should be small and the one crazy point that is fact it does not matter if it is Nugent or Mustaine on the right or Longoria and Sarandon on the left at the end of the day their vote counts just as much as yours.
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Japan makes US Number One
Thursday, March 1st, 2012More good news that the whole hope and change is great. We find out that just one month only thirty days Japan will lower their corporate income tax rate from 39.5 to 35 percent. If you have been listening to Newt Gingrich you know that when this happens the United States will officially have the highest corporate income tax rate in the world, a federal and state integrated rate of 39.2 percent. The facts is the average in the world is 25 percent. This is killing us as a country and our leader does not care because him and the lame stream media report most major business pay no taxes at all. The problem is what about the little businesses. Then take it to a global level NCanada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and France our six major trading partners will all have a lower rate than we will have. This is not the way to stop the flow of capital and jobs overseas. We know that President Obama last month proposed a plan to raise net taxes, but in the process lower the US corporate rate to about 32 percent. There has got to be a better way for this president to deal with corporations then to keep acting like they are the bad guy and not the vehicle which can create jobs.
Kerrey has never stopped running
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012Just when you got away they drag you back in. This is not the case in politics where once you taste it walking away is impossible. This is the case even when they do walk away it turns out former Senator Bob Kerrey is going to seek the Democratic nomination for the Nebraska seat he once held. It does not matter that originally a couple of weeks ago he publicly rejecting a run and called it a long shot. The democrats have been scrambling to find a candidate to replace retiring Democratic Senator Ben Nelson. Kerrey, is 68 years old, was the 35th Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001. Ten years away and the fever never leaves the system. The best part is the last ten years Kerrey has lived in New York and actually thought of running for Mayor in 2005. He of course did not because no voters like a carpet bagger and no the question needs to be asked is he a carpet bagger in Nebraska? We also want to mention the he did get laid to waste in the 1992 presidential candidate by President Bill Clinton. The moral is if you never go away how will we ever miss you.
Gingrich and the Casino Cash
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012When people tell you they break their bookie, you have to know that when a gambler win eventually they will give it back. We always think of the line about Las Vegas see those big building who do you think paid for them? So since we are talking about good money after bad it looks like all those people who bet on the Patriots can now know where that money they lost went. Turns out bbillionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson has given another humongous contribution to an independent group supporting Republican Newt Gingrich. This has led to the launch of new TV ads in seven states which has to be seen as last grasp effort and could be the beginning of the end. The money went to the super PAC Winning Our Future received a donation from the Las Vegas billionaire similar to two other separate $5 million contributions. This is really crazy when you think about one person giving somewhere between $10 and $20 million dollars to one candidate. Then when you know the money came from casino losses it makes you wonder about the process of the SuperPAC and if we have created a monster. We know SuperPAc equals access but something about the money coming from slot machines even make it dirtier.
Rasmussen spells doom for Obama
Monday, February 27th, 2012As much as the lame streamers and liberals want you to think President Obama is not at fault for gas prices the latest Rasmussen Reports seem to differ. The daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows that 26% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. On the flip side 42% strongly disapprove the president’s lowest rating in over a month. This is a direct result of gas prices. The president’s overall approval ratings down six points since Valentine’s Day, the general election polling is looking weaker for the incumbent. We think this could spell the end of the president’s recent bounce in the polls. Rasmussen also gives us this news Mitt Romney leads the president in a hypothetical 2012 match up. Romney earns 45% of the vote, while the president attracts support from 43%. More signs the president is getting weaker by the day as even Texas Congressman Ron Paul also leads the president, 43% prefer Paul to 41% Obama. The other two GOP hopefuls did not fair as well as former Senator Rick Santorum loses to the president by two, 45% to 43%. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich would get crushed by the president by the biggest margin as the president enjoys a 10-point lead, 49% to 39%. Finally there is good news all around.
Hollywood using SuperPac to fund Obama
Saturday, February 25th, 2012Hollywood is throwing money into SuperPacs. This is the very thing these people said they opposed and since it does work they are going all in. President Obama even ran a campaign saying he would stop the the unfettered flow of corporate and union funds into political campaigns, another failed promise. We started to see this problem when Stephen Colbert had a super PAC connection called Making a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow. Today we find that one of our least favorite loud mouths Bill Maher is all putting his money where his big mouth has been. Maher has pledged $1 million to Priorities USA Action a political committee supporting President Barack Obama. This puts him and his Hollywood cronies in the same company as DreamWorks Animation executive Jeffrey Katzenberg has donated $2 million to the SuperPac as well as the Service Employees International Union donated $1 million the ultra rare air over $1 million. This is push from the White House who sees that the GOP SuperPacs are rolling and way ahead of anything the president has set up. The committee took in only $58,000 last month, prompting an Obama campaign green light for a stronger emphasis on donations. When you look at the scope overall, $4 million of Priorities USA Action’s entire $5.5 million in contributions will have come from million-dollar-plus gifts.This is the trend as more than half of the $60 million donated to groups supporting Obama and his GOP presidential rivals since early last year has come in million-dollar-plus donations.
GOP could grab Senate
Friday, February 24th, 2012There more be only a glimmer of hope of winning the White House. One the other hand it looks like the GOP has a decent shot at winning control of the Senate. As the momentum is building they are pulling in tens of millions of dollars from Republicans outside groups. This is close as the Republicans only need to regain four Democratic seats to once again have the majority. We think that Nebraska is already in the win the column. That means that for the Democrats need Massachusetts and Nevada, these states the newest Republican senators Scott Brown and Dean Heller so they can be flipped. There are the M states of Montana and Missouri, where Democrats Jon Tester and Claire McCaskill won narrowly in 2006. Plus when you add in the open Democratic seats in Virginia and Wisconsin you start to see the opening afforded the GOP. The GOP sweet spot is due to the Democrats defending 23 seats, which includes the six open seats and one independent. The GOP has only ten seats up for grabs. We are only eight months away from Election Day and things could change from the current Senate breakdown right now there are 51 Democrats, 47 Republicans. There are two so called independents but they caucus with the Democrats. The crown jewel is the White House and the bulk of the money is going to make sure President Obama wins, this means the senate democrats could be left with the low hanging fruit which might not be enough.
Only 22% voters happy with American direction
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012We have been jumping off on the White House this week and the lame stream media. The idea that we are in recovery is laughable. We will concede that maybe keeping the boat a float is important and steps they are taking is keeping a bad situation from getting worse. We heard President Barack Obama say today the unrest in the Middle East a reason for the gas price climbing to $4. This is a news flash there is unrest in the Middle East but the bottom line is gas was $1.89 when he took office; Middle East has been a state of unrest for about 800 years. One thing we did not see coming was the fact that Americans satisfaction is almost as low as it was under President Carter. The survey found that only 22 percent of Americans say they are satisfied with the way things are going. The lowest approval rating ever in the history of the survey was 19 percent during Jimmy Carter’s first term. The last time the nation seen numbers this low was President Bush the first which was 21 percent. You understand what Carter and Bush one have in common. That is right only one term in office. The survey is done by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research released its 2012 campaign outlook. To win re-election the last three two term winners sat at 41 percent or higher of the voters optimistic with the state of the union.
Unemployement Number rising to 9%
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012The hits against the White House pretend recovery keep on coming. We have seen that the lame stream media run in step with the White House telling us everything is getting better. Spicing in the idea of how bad it would be if they had not acted with all the things they are doing. This is an election year and if the middle class is squeezed they bring it to the polls and no matter what MSNBC and Bill Maher try to tell them they vote with their scared pocketbooks. One of those factors is unemployment and right now in the US has risen to nine percent, up from 8.3 percent a month earlier. This is the Gallup and the final number get stepped on by the Bureau of Labor Statistics but should report the rise in the official unemployment rate in early March, when it publishes its February figures. There is also an underbelly called the underemployment number those are the unemployed as well as and those working part-time because full-time jobs are unavailable. That number rose to 19 percent, up from the 18.7 percent Gallup found in January. The GOP will need to cut into those 19 percent and the officially unemployed nine percent and prove they can get them jobs not just a check for 132 weeks.
Gas climbs but who fault could it be
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012When we got to the gas pump this morning we could not believe he price. We had just listened to the lame stream radio tell me the economy is really showing signs of continued growth. We wondered how these two things would meet but more importantly the spin. The White House as if they heard us began highlighting factors beyond its control for gains in global oil markets. It is going to be tricky as gas prices, which rose seven cents a gallon last week, which has everyone talking about it. This is a problem for President Obama as he claims the US recovery appears to be gathering pace. We expect that President Barack Obama and the democrats will call on the geopolitical unrest and rapid growth in India and China. This was never a defense allowed by President Bush but this is the second time in this administration we are seeing soaring oil prices. This is worse as it is early in the year with a long summer ahead as we see oil prices touched a nine-month high. The sanctions on Iran are starting to affect the world market and it could be bad timing for the commander and chief. Gasoline prices rose again last week to $3.59 a gallon from around $3.32 at the start of the year. We know that we are yelling out to deaf years as gas could be $9 dollars a game and it could never be the president’s fault.
