Debt ceiling, comments and obama is a lying thug...

I got this comment from John concerning this post. For some reason, John seems to think I wouldn't post it. Well, here it is.

My name is John, I'm in Pittsburgh, don't have any of the other accounts, so you'll probably just delete this...


Lying Thug? The article you copied references "many economists", doesn't just sound like the current administration believes bad things could happen.

Here's a link that supports what they say with facts, not regurgitated demagogue BS: http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/10-inconvenient-truths-about-debt-ceiling

Doubt you'll let this stay up, but oh well. You can keep calling names and believing that trickle down economics works.

PS- Why would congress not have any issues raising the debt ceiling under W, but all of the sudden they have some sort of economic resolve? Seven times they voted to raise it. Seven. Btw, the current Ryan proposal would force them to raise the limit anyway.

John, it isn't so much the raising of the debt ceiling that I object to. It is all the bullshit that the democrats want to attach to it. And yes, obama is a lying thug. He has proven in the past that he will agree to things in order to gain a compromise from the Republicans and then not follow through with it. Off of the top of my head I can't recall the exact issue, but in order to reach a compromise he agreed to do away with some of the "czar" positions. As soon as the deal was struck he refused to hold up his end of the bargain.

The bullshit about the social security checks is also a lie. The federal government takes in a little over $200 BILLION in revenue a month, the social security obligation is roughly $50 BILLION and it is a priority. There is no way the government wouldn't have the money to pay those checks. He is simply using scare tactics and bald face lies in order to seek an advantage in this debate.

Sure, there are downsides to not raising the debt ceiling. There are also downsides to raising taxes in a piss poor economy. Raising taxes on people who earn more than $200,000 will affect everyone in this Country in one way or another.

democrats promising to make further budget cuts LATER for an increase in the debt ceiling today... Only an idiot would fall for that. It's all bullshit. The democrats are addicted to spending OUR money. They won't stop regardless of the amount that has to be borrowed. This is unsustainable. And raising the debt ceiling under George W. Bush was wrong to, just ask obama, he said so himself. When he said it, under the watch of George W. Bush, it was wrong and irresponsible and a sign of poor leadership. But like everything else, when obama does it, it's suddenly the right thing and we are idiots for doubting his genius.

Obama has no clue. He is in over his head. Every move he makes further damages our economy and pushes us further toward bankruptcy. An adult needs to step up, reign in the radical agenda and put an end to this out of control spending, and obama ain't the guy...

PS - I found the incident on the "czars". In April of this year, in order to reach a compromise on the budget, congress voted to defund several of the "czar" positions and PASSED it. A week or so later obama refused to abide by the duly enacted bill. Read more about it here...

Here is a video that shows obama's "candidate" stance on presidential signing statements. Again, he is a lying thug.

obama Gets 30% of Americans Certain to Support Re-Election in Economy Poll

It's kind of strange to me that "Americans are growing more dissatisfied". I truly don't get it. This guy hasn't done a single positive thing for this Country. Nothing. He has done nothing since day one except try to destroy every thing he possibly can in the shortest amount of time. He has looted our Country for his own benefit and the benefit of his friends and supporters, while making sure that it will take years to recover from the damage he has done.

America burns while he plays golf and goes on vacation. I have been dissatisfied since before election day. Anyone who did any research at all would have been an idiot to support him. And now that EVERYONE knows he is a socialist thug, how does he have ANY support for 2012? It doesn't make sense...

By Julianna Goldman - Forbes

Americans are growing more dissatisfied with President barack obama’s handling of the economy and say it will be hard to vote to re-elect him without seeing significant progress over the next year and a half.

By a margin of 61 percent to 37 percent, a Bloomberg National Poll conducted June 17-20 shows Americans say they believe that obama will have had his chance to make the economy “substantially better” by the end of 2012.

Only 30 percent of respondents said they are certain to vote for the president and 36 percent said they definitely won’t. Among likely independent voters, only 23 percent said they will back his re-election, while 36 percent said they definitely will look for another candidate.

“As far as the economy goes, I don’t see that he has delivered on the change that he promised,” said Sharon Ortiz, a 38-year-old independent voter from Hampton, Virginia, who supported obama in 2008. “The jobs that he promised -- I haven’t seen it.”

At the same time, Americans are skeptical that Republican control of the White House and Congress will be a better prescription for their economic wellbeing. Sixty percent said that any Republican candidate will need to move so far to the right on fiscal and social issues to win their party’s nomination that it will be very hard to back the nominee

Read the rest at the link above...

Report Claims White House Gave Kickback Administration Jobs to Donors

Unless you're just an idiot, you don't need a new report to know that obama is a crooked scumbag that uses his power to grant favors to his supporters. And it's not just campaign donors, it's also his batshit crazy, liberal, thug friends. Who do you think all those "czar" positions went to? Hire your buddies without any kind of congressional or voter approval, pay them big salaries, put them in charge of billions of dollars in tax money, wow, what a concept.

obama did bring a new kind of government to washington. A corrupt, chicago thug kind of government. This is the most corrupt administration in the history of our Country...

by Kimberly Schwandt - FoxNews

A new report by iWatch claims the Obama administration gave 200 of its biggest campaign donors key assignments within the government or granted their business interests with federal contracts.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was pressed about the issue at the White House briefing Wednesday and said that giving money doesn't qualify someone for a post, but also doesn't disqualify them and that decisions were based on merit.

"You asked me about supporters of the president who may have been donors who have gotten positions and I would point out to the fact that the people who got those positions got then because of their credentials. They also happen to be donors in some cases. There are obviously numerous and far many more cases of people who weren't donors who were appointed the jobs," Carney said.

Some are charging that the new report is at odds with President Obama's claims on the campaign trail that he would bring a new kind of government to Washington and not cater to special interests.

"They write the checks and you get stuck with the bill," Obama said of "cynics, lobbyists and special interests" when he announced his candidacy in February of 2007. "They get the access while you get to write a letter. They think they own this government. But we're here today to take it back."

"The time for that kind of politics is over," Obama added. "It is through. It's time to turn the page right here and right now."

Carney Wednesday stated that the administration has held the highest ethical standards and has had bold transparency.

"[O]ur ethical standards are unmatched by any previous administration," Carney said at the White House press briefing. "Our efforts at transparency are unprecedented. And that's not just me saying it, it is outside groups who have said that. So I think that the fact that individuals who have been appointed also supported the President is hardly a story."

The investigation revealed that the donors, or so-called "bundlers" were able to raise $50,000 to more $500,000 for Obama's 2008 bid, and of course that the White House wants them back on board for 2012.

iWatch notes the example of Donald. H. Gips, telecom executive of Level 3 Communications LLC who gave more than half a million dollars to the Obama campaign along with two fellow execs who gave at least $150,000.

After the 2008 Obama win, Gips got the gig of hiring for the administration, and was later named the ambassador to South Africa.Level 3 also was able to nab $13.8 million in stimulus money. iWatch reports that Gips had stock in Level 3, but claimed he was completely unaware of the stimulus money.

The report also stated that some donors didn't expect anything in return, quoting a hotel CEO Stewart Bainum who got invited to the White House St. Patrick's Day party.

Read the rest at the link above...

obama and a white house invite for dictator who has stolen billions from his impoverished African nation

obama will meet with a scumbag dictator who as stolen billions of dollars belonging to the people of his poor nation, but he wouldn't meet with the Governor of Texas. This dictator is from Africa so maybe he is related to obama. Gabon is a long ways from Kenya, but you never know.

It's really going to piss me off if they get pictures of obama bowing to this asshole. What's really sad though, is it wouldn't be a surprise.

I'm almost willing to bet obama is inviting this guy to the white house to ask him for some tips on how to rape our Country of lots of cash before we boot his dumbass out of office next November...

By Daniel Bates - MailOnline

barack obama has come under fire for extending a formal invitation to a shamed African dictator who has ruthlessly plundered billions of dollars from his own country.

The U.S. president is today having a coveted private meeting with president ali bongo of Gabon in the Oval Office despite his appalling track record.

bongo’s family has ruled the impoverished African nation with an iron fist for five decades and have used its oil riches to fund a life of outrageous luxury.

Meanwhile one third of people in Gabon live on less than $2 a day and thousands starve to death each year or are forced to pick through garbage to find food.

Critics have pointed out that Gabon, with a population of 1.5 million, is the third-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa.

They claim that the only reason Mr obama has agreed to the meeting is that he wants to curry favour with an ally to secure America’s fuel supplies - regardless of who it is.

The Bongo family’s abuse of Gabon is well-documented and dates back to 1967 when omar bongo, ali’s father, took over.

Two years ago he died paving the way for ali bongo to continue the reign of corruption.

Investigations have revealed the bongos have dozens of luxury homes in places like the French Riviera and a $120million 14-bedroom townhouse in Paris.

Read the rest at the link above...

I had a revelation today...

I know most of you with think I'm being less than sincere when I say this, but I had a revelation today. I honestly feel sorry for obama.

It has to be extremely hard for a hard core liberal candidate to suddenly become president and discover that all the things you campaigned on were just naive bullshit. To discover that there are some very nasty people on this earth that want to do us serious harm. To find out that the things that Republicans do, like Gitmo and enhanced interrogations are necessary to provide the American people with safety and security.

But obama is lucky, he has an uncanny ability to claim the hard work and diligence of others as his own. He can do things like waffle on a decision to take out the most wanted scumbag on the planet and then take a victory lap at Ground Zero when the deed is done. He can criticize the actions of the CIA, even going as far as having the attorney general investigate them. Yet when the evidence they collected leads to a huge victory, he is sure to have his face in front of every TV camera he can find, taking the credit. He can bad mouth the Bush Administration non-stop, for two and a half years, and then accept the fruits of their labor as his own, without ever giving credit where credit is due.

It has to be exceptionally hard to find yourself in the real world, especially when you are an elitist douchebag who has spent your entire life avoiding taking a stand or making a decision that can be linked directly to you.

obama is a credit taking thug. The more I have thought about it, I don't feel sorry for him at all...

Laffer Curve...

Have you ever heard of the Laffer Curve? I hadn't until several months ago. It's a little like the Bell Curve for grading in school, but this is for determining the optimal tax rate in an economy.

The Laffer Curve basically says that at 0 percent taxation the government gets $0 dollars in revenue, and at 100 percent taxation the government gets $0 dollars in revenue. At 100 percent taxation there is no incentive for people to earn money. Instead bartering and other means of trade take the place of cash transactions.

Based on those assumptions, there has to be a tax rate in between that keeps the people happy while generating the revenue government needs to function.

When Ronald Reagan took over after jimmy carter almost drove our economy into the ground, he used the Laffer Curve, in part, as a basis for dropping the highest marginal tax rate from 70 percent to 31 percent. It resulted in a massive increase in revenue to the federal government. Of course, congress continued to spend every single nickle that came in, and then some, so no surplus was ever attained.

It's hard to believe that taxing people LESS brings in MORE money, but it works. That isn't always the case, but historically in this Country it is very effective.

obama and his gang of thugs think that taxation is the key to solving our financial crisis. It isn't. Cutting spending is the first step. Reducing the size and influence of government is also a good step. Businesses have to have some freedom in order to be innovative. Innovation leads businesses to employ more people, more people paying a lower tax rate increases revenue to the government.

obama also talks constantly about the evil rich people. They don't pay their fair share. There are three points I would like to make about that.
1. The top 1 percent of wage earners in this Country pay 40 percent of the tax burden. Compare that to the bottom 45 percent who pay no taxes at all. Who is actually carrying the burden?

2. Rich people in this Country employ millions of people. The small business is the backbone of this Country. We are losing small businesses every day to uncertainty with the economy, over regulation, over taxation and just a general hostile environment created by this administration.

3. Companies and corporations don't pay tax. Sure, they may send money to the federal government, but they offset that money by increasing prices on goods and services or being unable to afford raises and other benefits for their employees.

One last thing, it is not evil for a company to make a profit. Profits mean more research and development which results in better products. It means raises for employees. It means charitable donations. It means putting more money back in to our economy.

obama is bad for our Nation. He is anti-American in every sense of the word. His plot to turn us into a third world nation is dangerous. His underhanded and dirty tactics should not be tolerated. The press in this Country have given him a free pass from the moment he emerged from the chicago slime. Will the press be as forgiving when he comes for them?

For more information on the Laffer Curve, and other examples, visit this link...

You Paid For It: Sen. McCaskill’s Air Claire Hypocrisy

I don't know Ed Martin, but if I ever meet him I'll buy him a beer. This is some damn fine reporting and near and dear to my heart. I despise a hypocrite and mccaskill has proven she is that and more. Not only is she a hypocrite, she doesn't give a damn about the people of Missouri. She cares about claire mccaskill and what she can gain from her current position. It sure seems like she has gained a lot.

Read the rest of this article at the link below. The ties between mccaskill's private businesses and her votes as a politician. It sure seems as if there could be some conflict of interest going on, and with her record so far, I have to doubt that it was unintentional...

by Ed Martin - Guns & Patriots

All Americans should thank Senator Claire McCaskill for showing – yet again – how the liberal economic “jobs” plan works for politicians instead of people.

A few years ago after her election to the U.S. Senate, McCaskill and her husband bought an airplane to use as their own charter company. She then paid her own company using tax payer dollars from her Senate office budget to fly back and forth to Missouri for official and political events.

Liberals seem to love this kind of business: funded by tax payer dollars, with no bid contracts, entirely self-dealing, and with complete secrecy.

Is it just me, or does that also remind you of the so-called Stimulus bill McCaskill helped President Obama pass in 2009?

Flash forward to a few weeks ago when McCaskill was confronted about her sketchy business deal. McCaskill did what any good taxpayer-subsidized businessperson might do. She sold the plane and shut the scheme down.

After all, it’s tough to run an airplane charter business without taxpayer payments.

It gets worse for Air Claire. The public realized (even the press) that using taxpayer dollars to pay yourself is wrong. The pressure was unbearable and McCaskill whipped out her personal checkbook and re-paid the federal treasury with an $88,000 check. It’s shameful when you game the system to the point of being politically forced to pay back a taxpayer subsidy.

As I watched the Air Claire story develop – I started http://www.airclaire.com/ to help people stay informed – I knew there were more questions not being asked.

McCaskill had been keeping the plane in Delaware and Illinois, two states that do not impose personal property taxes. Well, Missouri does. So, was McCaskill, a committed liberal millionaire who advocates soaking the rich, actually dodging taxes?

Yes, Air Claire was trying to pay fewer taxes. Caught again and pressured by the public, McCaskill pulled out her checkbook and wrote a check for over $300,000 for back taxes on the plane.

Not only was McCaskill paying her own company taxpayer dollars to fund her travels, she avoided paying taxes to the state she supposedly serves.

This is a trend with liberal power-players. Remember how Tom Daschle and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner were exposed for skipping out on taxes? It’d be different if these politicians didn’t preach for higher taxes, but these hypocrites love higher taxes for their constitutes yet hate to pay up themselves.

Go read the rest at the link above...