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This might be the view from our new deck.  And this basement bedroom might become my new office.  We'll find out soon. |
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Drudge has this graphic on his site today.  I squarely blame these two guys:  Where we were on a trajectory to keep things in balance, those two guys didn't do what it took to protect that trajectory.  Jerks. |
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Why Didn't Obama Do Anything About the Economy, Jobs, or the Debt Ceiling? |
"Leading from behind" will go down as a cornerstone of Obama's presidency, made entirely of fool's gold. A lot of people ask, and will continue to ask, "Why didn't Obama do anything about the economy, jobs, or the debt ceiling?" The answer is simple. He never believed in the private sector. He believed in government-sponsored care, government-sponsored jobs, and government-imposed mandates upon society. He fully expected to control and promote all three while in office. Just this week he said: I'd rather be talking about stuff that everybody welcomes - like new programs... He said that because he firmly believes that this is the proper role of government - to roll out program after program. To him, that's responsible government, and it's popular government.Except when it isn't, which is the reality he confronted this past month. When credit agencies talk seriously of downgrading our credit, we've spent too much. Many people in the US understand this, which is why they support cutting spending. There is no more money for new programs, and outside of new government-sponsored programs (aka new spending), he has no clue how to spur job growth or the economy. And since cutting spending obviously can't create new programs, he's completely at a loss on the debt ceiling. There shouldn't be a debt ceiling in his view - or at least once he became president, anyway. So don't be surprised. He is exactly who he said he was going to be back when it was popular to mock Joe the Plumber. ETC: And speaking of leading from behind, Captain Courageous Mitt Romney finally chimes in about the debt ceiling. In other news, Romney has called for the Packers to win the 2010 Super Bowl. And he thinks Aaron Rodgers has a shot at MVP. |
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As we all knew, Bluffy the Job Slayer has no debt-ceiling plan, and the only budget plan he ever put forward was defeated in the most bi-partisan way possible: 0-97 (unanimously). The emperor, ladies and gents, as I have long asserted, has no clothes. He's in way over his head with no way up. I imagine he'll just continue to sink downward. The question is whether or not the American people want to continue the plunge with him. I sure hope not. I'm tired of seeing empty storefronts. |
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Today's Beauty - and Ugliness |
 Three years ago, I gave $200 of mine to help others establish a business. It wasn't much, but the $50 each that I provided to these folks, along with dozens of others who also pitched in their money, allowed them to stretch their wings a bit. One was for "Expanding Tutoring Company." One was for "Money for a new start up business with my partner." One was "Following my Passion -- Helping others Succeed." And the last was for "Property Acquisition." As you can see in the screenshot above, all four are paid in full. The government decided to protect us consumers from ourselves and prevent us from investing like this, and they shut it down everywhere except California. What right does the government have to interfere in business? This was no scam. And while some people invested in loans that didn't pay off, banks do that every day - and when those loans don't pay off, we taxpayers are on the hook to bail them out. The government is an unfair bully. |
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Bully: "You have my money?" Kid: "Yes, but I don't know why I have to give you my money." Bully: "You'll spend it on dumb stuff." Kid: "But it's my money... it's none of your business how I spend it." Bully: "You getting smart with me? Don't make me call my bluff." Kid: "Um, wait a minute - you're bluffing?" Bully: "The amount you owe me just doubled." Kid: "Wait - why? You told me six months ago that you weren't going to raise what I have to give you." Bully: "I'm only doing what's fair." Kid: "What's fair about me giving you more of my money?" Bully: "I think at some point you have enough money. Now fork it over, or I'll tell all of the other kids you cheated me." Kid: "But I didn't do anything to you!" Bully: "Six months ago, I didn't make you pay more - so I actually did you a favor, and now you have to make up for it." Kid: "I hate you." Bully: "Wow - you're really mean. I'll make sure all of the other kids know that." |
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Back in October 2008, I wrote this: As we're about to be stuck with the huge bailout bill and as we're apparently going to elect a president who wants massive new government programs and wants to tax businesses and the successful in life when our economic future is uncertain, only one thing is certain: our kids will be stuck with the bill, just as we're being stuck today with the bill for government actions taken long ago. Who would willingly do that? That was a month before the election. It wasn't hard to see where Obama was going to take the country, and crazily enough, there were business folk I knew and respected who chastised me for my assertions.I wrote this about a week before the 2008 election: There is a culture war brewing. In a minor way, it used to brew here on beatcanvas when Bella still commented. "Economic justice" would have appealed to her, as I'm sure it appeals to others like her. But the majority of Americans don't like the notion of wealth redistribution. They'd rather see more opportunity created. That was the way here in America: earn your keep. Make your own opportunity. But due to a deep desire by the media to propel Obama forward, his agenda and his words were hidden and instead he was given the most flattering and tilted press coverage ever.And because people are tired of politics, they'll tune this new information out. Which is unfortunate. I don't think ill of people who remain uninformed, but they'll likely be some of the ones whining the loudest when Obama's socialist agenda gets going, whether from the White House or from the Senate. The Left won't stop pushing this. And the media won't give it coverage. Which leaves the fight to just us citizens. [Want to know how the tea party got started? A lot of people were thinking this back then, not just me.] I used to want to be polite about this. But the veneer of civilization is very thin, as Margaret Thatcher once said. When other people believe that they have a right to the property I've earned, that's theft. And I'll call a thief a thief and use my words and actions appropriately to fight any thief who threatens my family. I want my kids to grow up in an America full of opportunity with no ceiling to inhibit their talents and effort, not an America that mandates wealth management for its people. It's 15 months before the 2012 election.It wasn't hard to see the coming consequences of Obama's ascendancy back then. Me, the guy without a college degree, saw this coming before he was elected. For those who voted for him in 2008 or sat out the election, can you now see the consequences of four more years? It's no longer enough to just vote in an election. You have to get involved and help our country get back on track. |
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Obama: "To pay for all of these things, we can either increase the limit on our national credit card, or we can not pay all of our bills. Which is it?" America: "Why don't we stop spending money that we don't have? We don't need all of these things." Obama: "You obviously didn't hear the choices I gave you - now sit up, eat your peas, and pay attention... let me be clear, we can either increase the limit on our national credit card, or we can not pay all of our bills..." |
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