Another day, Another Czar – Obama’s Appointment of Van Jones

It seems like everyday President Obama appoints another unaccountable czar to oversee his radical policy agenda.  Kathy Shaidle does a great job of highlighting the rather unsavory past of his Obama’s newest Czar: Van Jones, ‘Green Jobs Czar.’ Here is Jones in his own words:

I was a rowdy nationalist on April 28th [1992], and then the verdicts came down on April 29th. By August, I was a communist.

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I met all these young radical people of color – I mean really radical: communists and anarchists. And it was, like, ‘This is what I need to be a part of.’ I spent the next ten years of my life working with a lot of those people I met in jail, trying to be a revolutionary.

And you think he’s a bit scary? Have a look at Obama’s pick for Science Czar – things are about to get a lot more “radical” in the Whitehouse.

On April 8, according to the Associated Press, Holdren said that “global warming is so dire, the Obama administration is discussing radical technologies to cool Earth’s air.” Holdren suggested that one option includes “shooting pollution particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect the sun’s rays.”

Obama and the Democrats Plan to Destroy the US Economy

Three little words could mean an end to American prosperity: cap and trade,

The hit to GDP is the real threat in this bill. The whole point of cap and trade is to hike the price of electricity and gas so that Americans will use less. These higher prices will show up not just in electricity bills or at the gas station but in every manufactured good, from food to cars. Consumers will cut back on spending, which in turn will cut back on production, which results in fewer jobs created or higher unemployment. Some companies will instead move their operations overseas, with the same result.

When the Heritage Foundation did its analysis of Waxman-Markey, it broadly compared the economy with and without the carbon tax. Under this more comprehensive scenario, it found Waxman-Markey would cost the economy $161 billion in 2020, which is $1,870 for a family of four. As the bill’s restrictions kick in, that number rises to $6,800 for a family of four by 2035.

Stimulus Isn’t Working: Obama Decides to Dig Deeper Hole

It seems President Obama isn’t willing to accept that his fiscal stimulus is a colossal failure, in fact, it’s full steam ahead for the rookie president’s Keynesian policies:

The White House acknowledged it has spent only $44 billion, or 5 percent, of the $787 billion stimulus, but that total has always been expected to rise sharply this summer.

“Now we’re in a position to really accelerate,” Obama said.

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The economy has shed 1.6 million jobs since the stimulus measure was signed in February, far overshadowing White House announcements estimating the effort has saved 150,000 jobs. Public opinion of Obama’s handling of the economy has declined along with the jobs data.

For the first time, the administration admitted the economic forecasts it used to sell the stimulus were overly optimistic.

$45,000,000,000.00 / 150,000 jobs “saved” = $300,000.00 spent per job, hardly what I would call sound fiscal policy. Not to mention the stimulus contained a number of “buy American” provisions which will undoubtedly deepen the job losses:

At first glance, “Buy America” floated courtesy of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars ostensibly to revive an economy that would create American jobs, looked like a political winner. Indeed, it may have initially looked like a godsend in what was to be a coming U.S. unemployment rate that would skyrocket to its highest level in a quarter of a century.

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Now many U.S. exporters fear the provisions will backfire, costing American jobs as other countries retaliate. Some municipalities in Canada have already begun organizing boycotts of U.S. products, and EU and Canadian officials say they are reviewing their options.

Barack Hussein Obama: The USA is “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.”

What country does Obama think he’s the President of?

It is important to note that “if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world”.

Huh? Perhaps he’s banking on no one in the Muslim world actually fact checking his pandering act:

Debbie Schlussel cites a reputable survey by Pew that puts the number of Muslims in the US at 1.8 million. This would make it the 48th biggest Muslim country, after the above list plus France, Libya, Jordan, Israel, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Germany, Kuwait, Oman, Eritrea, Lebanon and Serbia and Montenegro – and just above Britain, which would be the 50th.

Perhaps his teleprompter malfunctioned? [Via SDA]

Update: Here is exactly what Obama said:

Now, the flip side is I think that the United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam. And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. And so there’s got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples.

128 Days Later – Yes it Can Always Get Worse!

The Politics of Heightened Expectations – It’s a Long Way Down

In less than three months Barrack Obama will be President of the United States.  Shortly afterwards, the heightened expectations from those “vote for change” supporters will come crashing down.

While he may or may not be a great president – only time will provide that perspective – one thing is for certain, President Obama can’t pay your mortgage or put gas in your car:

I’m fairly certain there isn’t a single politican – Republican or Democratic – that could come even close to satisfying the high expectations some have for this new leader…

Media Bias: Quit Blaming the Candidate, its the Media’s Fault!

The mainstream media in general is biased towards Obama and the Democrats – if you don’t believe that, your head is firmly in the sand.  Almost every media outlet I’ve encountered is indirectly (and in some cases, directly) fawning over Obama (and to a lesser extent, Biden) while at the same time gunning for John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin.

Columnist Michael Malone agrees, and tries her best to explain why:

If the current polls are correct, we are about to elect as president of the United States a man who is essentially a cipher, who has left almost no paper trail, seems to have few friends (that at least will talk) and has entire years missing out of his biography.

That isn’t Sen. Obama’s fault: His job is to put his best face forward. No, it is the traditional media’s fault, for it alone (unlike the alternative media) has had the resources to cover this story properly, and has systematically refused to do so.

Why, for example to quote the lawyer for Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., haven’t we seen an interview with Sen. Obama’s grad school drug dealer — when we know all about Mrs. McCain’s addiction? Are Bill Ayers and Tony Rezko that hard to interview? All those phony voter registrations that hard to scrutinize? And why are Sen. Biden’s endless gaffes almost always covered up, or rationalized, by the traditional media?