The Fat Lady Is Still Singing…….

In the previous post I described the democratic party’s role in the demise of America due to the current financial crisis. Now looks look at the GOP and evaluate their role in this fiscal chaos.

One must initially look to the TEA party as the genesis of the current fiscal conservative movement. It began slowly and quickly became a rallying cry for all Americans who were fed up with big government, onerous rules and regulations and most importantly, Obama. The popularity grew so quickly that the democrats never saw it coming when they were swept out of the House and nearly lost the senate. Had it not been for the labor unions out west (Nevada, California) they would have lost the senate.

But something unexpected is happening and it is due directly to the TEA party. A split is rendering the GOP into two separate and distinct factions. It is evident in both congressional positions and those of presidential hopefuls. Michele Bachman has stated unequivocally that she will never vote for an increase in the debt ceiling, Never say never Michele, especially in politics. Speaker Boehner is trying his best to satisfy both leaderships but stubbornly resists any tax increase. These two issues alone are the major cause of the stalemate.

The TEA party congressmen and senators insist they have a mandate from the voters that must be upheld but they are blind to the catastrophe looming just days ahead. Without an agreement, some kind of agreement and a president willing to eat some crow, the following is inevitable.

1. Our triple A credit will be lowered. How much? Anyone’s guess. The direct impact will be a rise in interest rates. For every point the interest rate goes up, it costs the U.S. $1 billion a day. This will be added to the deficit as we have no money to pay for it.
2. Bills will go unpaid. We take in enough money each month to pay the essentials (social security, Medicare, military pay, interest on our current debt). But then the president must make decisions, something he is not very good at. Who doesn’t get paid?

So it’s pretty obvious there is guilt on both sides but this game of chicken is getting really serious and someone has to blink. I doubt it will be Obama as he is too arrogant to change his position (BTW, does anyone know what IS his position?) The GOP must come together and blink in unison. If not, our way of life is gone forever and we have left our children and grand children a legacy of debt and misery.

My friends, I hope and pray that I am wrong.

Wake Up Obama, The Fat Lady Has Sung

In the immortal words of former New York Yankee and hall of Fame catcher, it’s all over. I am usually optimistic (a bad habit of mine) that eventually politicians come to their senses and reach an agreement in the end before Armageddon. Not this time. There are several forces at play here and one must look all of them to realize that compromise is impossible and the American economy will go down the drain in the next week or two. Oh, it may take a month, but it will happen as sure as the sun will rise on August 2nd or 3rd or whatever doomsday dates the economists are projecting.

Lets look first at the democratic side. They are interested in only one thing, the re-election of Obama. If he does not get re-elected they will most likely lose control of congress and Obamacare will become just a black mark on American political history. George Soros and his minions will disappear for four years and then try again. This wild spending ride will end way before the election because the simple fact is, America is broke.

The Dems will play every trick in their book to get Obama elected and if they pull it off it will be a bigger upset that Truman over Dewey in 1948. But I don’t think so. The American people are hungry for a leader to lead from this economic malaise we are in and regain our place as a world leader. Currently. China and India have more stature in the world today than we do. Imagine that.

Obama has told Reid and Pelosi, its my way or the highway and they are in lock step behind him no matter that he has no plan or resolution, no, its just because they are democrats and see nothing but the party. Sounds a bit like communism, does it not?

He has said the same thing to the media but uncharacteristically some are rebelling. Questions are being asked and answers are not forthcoming. Jay Carney probably wishes he had another job.  But not for long. The uber-liberal press is rising again and today’s papers are full of anti-GOP stories by the AP. Feed the lies to the masses and eventually they will believe us. Reminiscent of Nazi Germany in the 40’s.

Obama will not be re-elected but he will leave  behind him a legacy of mistrust, anger, divisiveness, derision, broken promises, lies, deceit, broken political parties, a congress that has no idea what they should do, a downgraded credit rating and most significantly, a broken nation that used to be the greatest in the world.

Obama is in such trouble because of his lack of leadership skills, obstinate attitude, and imperious manner that even the far left is starting to desert him. If he had any cojones  at all he would tell George Soros and the rest of Move On.org to go to hell and follow the example of Bill Clinton and become a centrist. But that will never happen as he is an ideologue wedded to a false ideology and a disproven economic theory from which he cannot escape.

I know you do not like to read long winded messages from me so I will let ponder on this side of the argument and write about the GOP tomorrow.

Good night, good luck and God help us.

Spugs

Obama: Leader or Feckless Demagogue…….

Leader: one who leads, takes command, sets an example for others to follow.

Feckless: lacking in efficiency or vitality, unthinking and irresponsible.

Demagogue: a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.

Let us not be hasty and jump to a conclusion about the correct adjective to place on our president. No, let his own party do that. The GOP takes a higher road and in most cases gives everyone the benefit of the doubt. We are, as a group, too compassionate and understanding and frequently get stuck with the short end of the stick.

But not this time.

Let me reiterate some examples of Obama’s leadership skills.

Obama clearly is a visionary with a new approach to politics. He has proclaimed a strategy for moving the country forward that is vastly different from his predecessor’s, proposing shifts in our relationship with the rest of the world and in our relationships with one another. In his campaign, he built on the grassroots strategy that Howard Dean had started and threw in a lot of ideas of his own. As president he continues to provide some what hazy and belated  views on the economic crisis, the Iraq War, health care reform, climate change and the U.S.’ role as a global citizen. He is an avowed student of John Maynard Keynes and refutes what history shows….Keyens was wrong. Even if he did win a Nobel prize….but so did Obama so what does that prove?

A leader makes things happen. It is easier to describe a bright new future than to make one happen. Obama’s task was to turn what he wanted into what he has  done. He used his party’s majority in Congress to force through a healthcare plan no one wants. Already over 1400 waivers have been granted to companies seeking exemptions plus many states have filed suit against the plan and held plebicites to prevent enactment.

Leaders surround themselves with the best talent available. The record is pretty clear here that he as no idea who he has working for him or their toTal innate lack of abilitiy.

Is he a feckless demagogue? Surely this is a rhetorical question. Look at the mess he has made of the American economy. Unemployment is at 9.2% when he told us that if the stimulus was passed it would not go above 8%. If we take a number and say 100 million Americans are employable and 9.2% are not, that is 9.2 million Americans are unemployed. I know, the number is much higher but the point here is it was supposed to be ONLY 8 million. Perhaps this goes back to his personal leadership scheme to make working Americans dependent upon him and the government.

The current debt crisis is not a crisis at all but mismanagement of the economy. His tax plan already has saddled us with the largest tax increases in history beginning in 2013 to fund his abominable health care act. AND HE WANTS MORE! He mockingly laughed at Sen. Paul Ryan’s budget and subjected him to ridicule on national TV after inviting him to the SOU message and seating him in the front row. Leadership? Not in my book. Feckless demagoguery.

The last point I will put up fopr your considetaion in your decision making process is his petulance. On Wednesday, July 13, 2011 he convened a white house meeting to solve the current debt crisis. When he found the GOP leaders were not going to cave he spouted, “Don’t try to call my bluff” and stormed from the room.

This was an interesting moment. No one was calling his bluff as he would not let them put forth any ideas. But the question remains, who is bluffing who??

Obama Plays The Grandma Card……………….

I am seventy years old and have never seen such political thuggery as being played out by the white house today. Obama sees his socialist nirvana crumbling before his eyes, his popularity at an all time low, his legacy in tatters so he has only one recourse to follow. Fall back on Chicago style politics and threaten the populace with his power. Today he played the social security card. I wondered how long he would wait. He has told the seniors of America that if the GOP doesn’t give him what he wants, social security checks would be cut off beginning August 3rd.

This is most foul of political tactics as it simply won’t happen. Obama’s primary job is to defend America and to make a statement like he has is treasonous. Any student of economics can read the Federal Balance sheet (as I have said before) and see that we will take in ten times the amount of money needed to service the public debt In August than is needed. What is needed is to stop the Washington give away of our money. Below you will find a startling list of items that could be cut and would not impact one single American.

· Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy. $445 million annual savings.
· Save America ‘s Treasures Program. $25 million annual savings.
· International Fund for Ireland . $17 million annual savings.
· Legal Services Corporation. $420 million annual savings.
· National Endowment for the Arts. $167.5 million annual savings.
· National Endowment for the Humanities. $167.5 million annual savings.
· Hope VI Program. $250 million annual savings.
· Amtrak Subsidies. $1.565 billion annual savings.
· Eliminate duplicative education programs. H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3         billion annually.
· U.S. Trade Development Agency. $55 million annual savings.
· Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy. $20 million annual savings.
· Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding. $47 million annual savings.
· John C. Stennis Center Subsidy. $430,000 annual savings.
· Community Development Fund. $4.5 billion annual savings.
· Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid. $24 million annual savings.
· Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half. $7.5 billion annual savings
· Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20%. $600 million annual savings.
· Essential Air Service. $150 million annual savings.
· Technology Innovation Program. $70 million annual savings.
· Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. $125 million annual savings.
· Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization. $530 million annual savings.
· Beach Replenishment. $95 million annual savings.
· New Starts Transit. $2 billion annual savings.
· Exchange Programs for Alaska , Natives Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts . $9 million annual         savings
· Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants. $2.5 billion annual savings.
· Title X Family Planning. $318 million annual savings.
· Appalachian Regional Commission. $76 million annual savings.
· Economic Development Administration. $293 million annual savings.
· Programs under the National and Community Services Act. $1.15 billion annual savings.
· Applied Research at Department of Energy. $1.27 billion annual savings.
· FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership. $200 million annual savings.
· Energy Star Program. $52 million annual savings.
· Economic Assistance to Egypt . $250 million annually.
· U.S. Agency for International Development. $1.39 billion annual savings.
· General Assistance to District of Columbia . $210 million annual savings.
· Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. $150 million annual savings.
· Presidential Campaign Fund. $775 million savings over ten years.
· No funding for federal office space acquisition. $864 million annual savings.
· End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.
· Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. More than $1 billion annually.
· IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to         the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget. $1.8 billion savings over ten years.
· Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees. $1 billion total
· Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees. $1.2 billion savings over ten years.
· Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of. $15 billion total savings.
· Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress.
· Eliminate Mohair Subsidies. $1 million annual savings.
· Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. $12.5 million annual savings
· Eliminate Market Access Program. $200 million annual savings.
· USDA Sugar Program. $14 million annual savings.
· Subsidy to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). $93 million annual savings.
· Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. $56.2 million annual savings.
· Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs. $900 million savings.
· Ready to Learn TV Program. $27 million savings..
· HUD Ph.D. Program.
· Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.
· TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten Years

We, conservative America, must throw this right back in his smug face and tell him NO! CUT SPENDING FIRST!

It is apparent he hates America and all its people stand for. He is interested in only one thing. Make America just like a Euro socialist state. Write or call your congressmen now, he must be stopped. Call his bluff!