You've Been Warned: Obama is a Socialist or Worse

The modern American Populace is the dumbest in history. Oh, we know tons about Lindsey Lohan, Wii games, the BCS, how to email, how to cook a turkey and a bunch of other useless things, but when it comes to what is happening to us politically. We are downright ignorant.

People ask me all the time, “what’s the big deal? My life hasn’t changed. I still eat at Burger King, drive my Cadillac, earn a living, and watch college football. Obama/Read/ Pelosi can’t do that much."

Wanna bet?

We’ve been warned, over and over again and as far as I can tell, a little more than half the country was duped into believing that change was better. That change is what we needed. That morals, family, freedom, and religion are bad.

So for all you people out there, here is a history lesson, taught by pretty smart historical people to help you get your head on straight.

First, let’s examine how Obama won the election

#1. Get everyone to hate Bush, ride the wave, and fuel the fire:

“The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.” Mein Kampf, volume 1, ch. 10—1925 Adolph Hitler (1889–1945) German Dictator.

#2. Create fires so that the government can put them out, perpetuating the need for larger and larger government. (Yes this was true of Bush too.)

"Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of ‘Emergency’. It was a tactic of Lenin, Hitler and Mussolini.” Memoirs: The Great Depression, 1929-1941, p. 484—1951 Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) 31st President of the U.S.

#3. Lie. (If you don’t believe me that he lied, just wait, sooner or later all lies come to light.) Clinton, Bush, they all lie. So did Obama.

“The great mass of people... will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.” Mein Kampf, volume 1, chapter. 3—1925 Adolph Hitler (1889–1945) German Dictator

#4. “I will give tax relief to anyone under $250k.” “Cling to their guns and religion.” “look. . . The American people. . .”

“We must win the common people in every corner. This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and by open, hearty behavior, show, condescension, popularity, and toleration of theirprejudices, which we shall at leisure root out and dispel.” Proofs of a Conspiracy, p. 111—1795Adam Weishaupt (1748-1830) Founder of the Illuminati

#5. Obama says “Youth, college students, your future lies with us!”

“Your child belongs to us already... What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new Community.” Speech, November 6, 1933, in Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 249 Adolph Hitler (1889–1945) German Dictator.

But Obama is not a socialist! Really? Then why does everything he stands for, wants to accomplish, and wants to change come straight from socialist playbooks?

Obama says “Change We Can Believe in”

“The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism, but under the name of ‘liberalism,’ they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program until one day America will be a Socialist nation without knowing it happened.” Norman M. Thomas, Campaign speech—1948
Obama says “I vote Present”

“[We are] no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.” Woodrow Wilson, The New Freedom: A Call for the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People—1913

Obama says “We need to be more proactive in helping people.”

“The real menace of our republic is this invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy length over city, state, and nation. Like the octopus of real life, it operates under cover of a self-created screen.” John F. Hyland, New York Times—March 26, 1922
Obama says “The Audacity of Hope in a new society”

“From the days of Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx... this world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization and for the reconstitution of society... has been steadily growing.” Winston Churchill, Illustrated Sunday Herald, p. 5—February 8, 1920

Obama says “No, I am not a socialist.”

“The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own name, but always concealed by another name, and another occupation.” Letter to Cato, quoted in “Proofs of a Conspiracy”, p. 112—1795 Adam Weishaupt (1748-1830) Founder of the Illuminati

Liberals want separation between religion and state. Or is it something more sinister? The real battle of Proposition 8 and the other gay marriage bans.

“From Weishaupt through Babeuf, Marx, and Lenin, the revolutionists pushed the five abolitions, namely of monarchy and all other ordered government, of national patriotism, of property and inheritance, of all religion, and of marriage and the family.” Nesta H. Webster, World Revolution, the Plot Against Civilization— 1921

Your church is next.

“The Communists... openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions... Communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion, and all morality.” Karl Marx, Manifesto of the Communist Party—1848

“The great and good ends proposed by the Illuminati, as the ultimate objects of their union, are the overthrow of religion, government, and human society civil and domestic.” “The Duty of Americans, At the Present Crisis” —July 4, 1798, (in Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805, 2nd Edition, volume 2, part 5; 1998) Timothy Dwight IV (1752-1817) President of Yale University.

“We do not believe in eternal morality, and we expose all the fables about morality.” Selected Works, Volume 9, p. 478 Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924) Dictator USSR

“Global Warming is the new religion”

“Cosmos is my God. Nature is my God... The future society will be a totally new civilization which will synthesize the experience of Socialism and Capitalism.” Interview on the Charlie Rose Show— October 23, 1996 Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1931) Secretary General Communist Party.

About the upcoming Democratic Super Majority

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord John Dalberg, Acton Letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton—April 5, 1887 (Acton, Essays on Freedom and Power, pp. 335–36)

Obama says “I want judges that understand the poor.”

“Today the path to total dictatorship in the United States can be laid by strictly legal means, unseen and unheard by the Congress, the President, or the people. Outwardly, we have a Constitutional government. We have something within our government... representing another form of government... ...which believes our Constitution, is outmoded and is sure that it is the winning side... All the strange developments in foreign policy agreements may be traced to this group who are going to make us over to suit their pleasure.” Speech on the Senate floor—February 23, 1954" William E. Jenner (1908-1985) U.S. Senator, Indiana (R)

My response:

“The people are the rightful masters of both congresses, and courts—not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it.” Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio—September 17, 1859 (Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 3, p. 435) Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th President of the U.S.

Obama says “I will disarm our nuclear arsenal. I will cut military funding.”

“If the opposition disarms, all is well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it Ourselves.” The Political Report of the Central Committee— December 7, 1927 Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) Secretary General Communist Party

Obama says “we need to work with the other economies of the world.”

“Marxism represents a further vital and creative stage in the maturing of man’s universal vision... The nation-state is gradually yielding its sovereignty... More intensive efforts to shape a new world monetary structure will have to be undertaken.” Between Two Ages: America’s Role in the Technetronic Era—1970 Zbigniew Brzezinski (b. 1928) CFR Board of Directors.

“They [capitalists] will furnish credits which will serve us for the support of the Communist Party in their countries.” Remembrances of Lenin, p. 147—1961 Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924) Dictator USSR

Obama says “The media is not pro libral; it is simply telling us how it is.”

“I myself was to experience how easily one is taken in by a lying and censored press and radio in a totalitarian state... a steady diet over the years of falsifications and distortions made a certainimpression on one’s mind and often misled it.” The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, pp. 247-248—1959 William L. Shirer (1904-1993) Journalist and Historian

“Whether it is television, radio, newspapers, magazines, books or the Internet, a fewgiant conglomerates are determining what we see, hear and read.” “Congress Can No Longer Ignore Corporate Control of the Media,” The Hill — June 12, 2002 Bernie Sanders (b. 1941) U.S. Representative, Vermont (I)

“Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.” The Origins of Totalitarianism, chapter 3—1951 Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German Political Philosopher

So feel better?

Oh, I see you never finished the article. American Idol is on.

Sorry Been Busy

I have not forgotten to write. I just haven't had the time.

I am busy outsourcing my web development for my company to India.

No, I am not joking.

When I put the project out to bid, most U.S. companies came back with bids 200-300% higher than bids from other parts of the world (and they didn't look as good). There are two U.S. companies in the finals. I really like one of them.

What? I am unAmerican? Are you kidding?

Go and look at whatever it is you bought over this last week and I bet you you that it didn't come from the U.S.

I am just like you. I want good products at cheap prices. With an Obama/Reed/Pilosi super majority looming, I will save money wherever I can.

You should too. If I don't buy an American website, you might lose your job.

The Narcissistic Battle Ground

As I watch the news I see gay protesters angry at the outcome of an election, vocal about their disappointment that the majority stood up and voted against gay marriage. I see a group of people filled with hate towards religion, and community organizers, business owners and private citizens, who used the correct way to right a wrong and stand up for what they believe. I see groups of gay people who demand change, demand equality, demand justice, and demand that the majority bow to their minority point of view.

I just have one thing to say. Shuuuuut uuuup!

Why should I be tolerant of your life style when you are clearly not tolerant of mine? You believe that I should be tolerant of your choices, yet, in no way, shape, or form are you tolerant of the fact that I believe that what you are doing is immoral. Who cares whether you were born with it or not, I do not have to be tolerant of immoral lifestyle choices that go against what I believe.

You are gay, I am religious. You think that you have the right to have sex with whomever you want. I think that I have the right to believe in God, that he has a plan, that he made us a certain way to accomplish certain things.

When did your rights become more important than mine?

Why should I have to modify my beliefs to accommodate yours?

You think that I am bigot and intolerant because I don’t accept your lifestyle. But if we turn the question around, you are a bigot because you won’t accept mine. You are just as intolerant as I am. You are just like me.

But, you say, “If you don’t accept me, your religion is flawed. You are a fraud and so is your God.”

Wrong. Your argument is flawed.

Homosexuality is a chosen behavior, an actual action that is chosen, not a defining characteristic. Yet, the majority of gay people develop an overwhelming narcissistic personality. Everything that they are, everything that they do, everything that they revolve their life around is outwardly gay. In other words, they are defined first and foremost by their sexual orientation. This is not normal and in any other situation would be viewed as, well, an abnormal behavioral issue.

Let’s look at it another way. How many times do heterosexual people have to tell their family or friends, by word or deed, that they are heterosexuals? Do heterosexuals have to confirm, in words or deeds, their sexual orientation to everyone? Do heterosexuals have to run around demanding that others accept them? Do they go around promoting the fact that they are straight? Are their straight parades? Are there straight promotional functions? Are there colors to identify straightness?

No, because they do not need to justify their behavior. They do not need to define themselves based their sexual orientation. They do not need to force others to accept them. My beliefs are apparent in my words and deeds, but I am not narcissistic in them. I do not spend my day trying to get others to define me solely on my religion and forcing them to accept me as is, or else. People know me as a father, a business owner, an honest hardworking man, and a myriad of other things long before they know my religion. That is not abnormal.

If a person loved the color blue and warped their life around the color blue, painted their house blue, only wore blue cloths, and told everyone who would listen about the color blue. If they held blue parades, and only went to blue bars, if they tried to pass laws for the color blue, or tried to get everyone to accept the color blue, how would they be viewed? Again, this type of narcissism is abnormal.

So while gays run around protesting, calling people who disagree with them bigots and intolerant the questions still begs a response. . .

Why do I have to bend my beliefs so that you can impose yours on me?

Why do I have to accept your rights when you trample on my own?

Why does my life have to change so that you can live your own?

Why should I let you live your life, when you won’t let me live my own?

I do not care what you do in the privacy of your own bedroom. I do not care what you do when your door is closed. I do not care that you chose to participate in an act that I find immoral, just as I don’t care what heterosexuals do in their own bedrooms behind closed doors.

But the second that you bring the fight out from that door and try to impose your rights over mine, I will fight back. The second you try to change how I believe, teach my kids, and stand up for my beliefs, I will fight you with all the religious organizations, friends, money and energy that I can muster. That is my right in this country, take it or leave it.

Your right to be gay does not trump my right to believe.

I WILL CLING!

I left the U.S. after the election. No really, I did. I went to Costa Rica for a little R&R on November 8th, just four days after our country took a serious step back. When I came back I was going to leave the blog alone until Monday and just post one of the articles I wrote prior to leaving.

But I couldn’t leave two issues alone. The rest, including the marketing reaction, the giddy news media, the Obama picks, and the state of the nation can wait until next week or in the future.
This item I couldn’t leave alone.

For years conservatives have been told by the left to be more tolerant. That we should let people live their lives how they want, and that we should accept all people. They spew their enlightened state of progressive acceptance and shout loudly against anyone who is perceived to be intolerant of someone’s lifestyle, thought process, or choices, good or bad. They believe that we should accept everyone.

Oh, except people who voted for marriage between one man and one woman.

They same people who were for tolerance before the “historic” election had this to say after the marriage votes:

"Burn their f---ing churches to the ground, and then tax the charred timbers,"

"Can someone in CA please go burn down the Mormon temples there, PLEASE. I mean seriously. DO IT."

"Remember, I'm angry. And I'm strong from my years at the gym and really am ready to take my frustration out on someone or something."

“Hope the gay waiters at their hotel p---ed in all the drinks they served these cretins,"

(All can be found at http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80220 )

Wow, and these are the tolerance ones? There is always talk about how conservatives are the ones who are bigots, intolerant and fanatics. If the conservatives, or a church on their websites placed any one of these statements there would be a full blown investigation, hate speech laws would be invoked, and the national news media would be all over it.

The silence from the ACLU is deafening. Aren’t they the ones who should be running to the defense of these churches? Oh, that’s right; they don’t really want to ensure everyone’s rights, just people who agree with them philosophically.

The silence from the media is deafening. Blurb coverage, to not disrupt Obamanation coverage.

The vote was taken, YOU lost! Just as I lost in the general election. You want to tout the democratic process, but only if you win? You want the system to work only when it side with you?

If you ever thought there was a reason to doubt what liberals say, this is it. When they tell you that you should accept and move on, be tolerant of others lifestyles, and stand up for those who are different, remind them of how good of a job they did when the vote didn’t go their way on marriage. Remind them of when they stood up for Mormons and Catholics who have a different point of view. Remind them of how they did such a good job praising the democratic system that voted, and made a decision based on what the voters wanted. They got what they wanted in the general election and I didn’t like it. Am I threatening to burn down Obama’s house? No. Am I threatening to physically harm a liberal? No.

But, a word of caution to those Gay Extremists who think that they could harm buildings, churches and people who were proponents of the one man, one woman marriage.

We cling to our guns and religion.

Push comes to shove, you will see an overwhelming force you did not know existed. My faith in my religion is stronger than your belief in your homosexuality. It is not a choice for me either.

Tax Cuts Where You Pay More taxes

Remember, not so long ago that Obama promised that no one under $250k would get a tax increase? Remember the commercials telling the country that a nurse would get $1,500 back, but under John’s plan they would only get $150? Wasn’t that nice? Of course you all believed it right?

Oh, grasshopper. The road to bliss is paved with empty promises.

The first months in office Congress and Obama are going to repeal the Bush tax cuts. Repeal, as in abolish, abate, halt, terminate, end and you will then go back to the old system where everyone across the board pays higher taxes. This part is fact. Even the nurse will pay more in taxes.

“But, but, Obama said that if I made under $250k, that he would not raise my taxes, he promised!”

Oh, grasshopper. The road to bliss is also paved in half truths.

He isn’t raising taxes. He’s repealing the Bush tax cuts. So even if you are paying more in taxes, he keeps his end of the deal. Weren’t you paying attention on how he said what he said, or did you just stop listening after “hate Bush, I give you hope, change you can believe in.”

Then, if the climate is right and Congress is willing, he will move into his brilliant tax plan of redistribution of your wealth. Yes, even you nurse Kelly.

You see, once Congress gets a hold of that extra cash, do you think that they are going to give it up? C’mon, honestly? Have you not paid attention over the past two decades? He doesn’t have to give you anything, he just has to keep his promise of not raising taxes and you’ll just go on with your lives, not knowing that the white lie he told was to get you to look past the repeal of Bush’s tax cuts, get him elected, and give him power. He raised your taxes and you weren't even aware of it. Once again you were used, and you didn't even know it. Brilliant!

Think I’m wrong? Wait and see. The next tax year after Bush’s cuts are repealed take a look at your 1040’s tax tables. I bet you a wooden nickel and a trip to Tortilla Flats that you pay more then you did in 2008. I bet McCain’s $150 tax cut looks better than the $1,200 more you’ll pay in taxes that year.

Then again, I hear paying more taxes is still patriotic. That’s why rich Democrats don’t use any loopholes when they visit with their accountants come tax season. They always give every dime, happily, don’t they. In your dreams.

Transition to What?

I am writing this on Friday, November 7th. I am actually in Costa Rica today. However, I am pretty sure of what’s gone on in my absence.

Obama has put in place his transition team. He is choosing his White House Staff and cabinet members. He has tried to avoid the mistakes of Bill’s transition team and has worked hard to emulate Ronald’s. He has placed some people in positions and he is trying to coax others to climb aboard.

This is not an overtly watched process, but who he places in these positions says an awful lot about his positions. Want an example?

Donald Rumsfeld. Was there any question on what Bush was thinking when he placed him in his position? C’mon really? No. The problem was America in general didn’t know how much of a ‘hawk’ he was. Why? Because, we don’t pay attention.

Who the president surrounds himself with is a key indicator of what is coming. But instead of paying attention, we are living our lives, going to work, seeing movies, and spending time with our families. This is the key reason we are not really a democracy. We don’t actively participate in politics, we vote people in to do that for us.

So who is Obama putting in? How far to the right are they? Do you know? How do you find out?
Did he put a Republican in any of the positions? Did he offer any job to a moderate voice? Do you know? How do you find out?

These people will advise him, because he can’t know it all. So we need to pay attention to his choices as well, or we will all end up with another batch of problems that will need to be solved. Oh, yeah there’s that socialism thing again.

Energy: Why nothing is going to get done

While Obama and his surrogates are running around in transition, I want to impress on all of you one thing. The most important immediate issue is energy, well, mainly gasoline.

Why? Because our country runs on it right now.

No matter what we do, no matter what we say, gas is a critical issue at the moment. Let’s take a look at the facts:

1. Our country runs on gasoline. You use it every day in your cars. The trucks that bring you all the food you eat uses it. Everything at some point is transferred using a gas powered engine. Every business in the U.S. relies in one way or another on gas. You could use less, but even the most die hard liberal still uses gas.

2. The problems in the Middle East are all caused by our dependence on their oil. Years of dependency have either created or fueled the problem. Even now, if we could become independent of their oil, the damage has been done.

3. Without a substantial amount of oil from another source, we will never, EVER become energy independent. We cannot just jump from Gas to hydrogen or solar powered cars. Use common sense, even if they were available, are you going to junk your gas using car and purchase a new $25,000 hydrogen car? (you mean you’re not willing to sacrifice your personal budget to save the planet? How shocking!)

4. We have the gas, but we don’t have the will. Our government has the ability to drill safely in the ocean and in Alaska, and in Utah and in Colorado, but they tell us that it unsafe to the environment. But, the facts tell us something different. Besides a trumped up false claim off the coast of California, there has never been a drilling accident on U.S. soil. Every problem was involved in the transportation of oil. Drilling has never been the problem. If we had the will, we would make the transportation just as safe. The problem is, Liberals do not have the will. They would rather be bed buddies with the environmentalist then solve your gas dilemma.

Which brings us to the bigger picture. What is Obama’s energy plan?

No drilling off shore or in Alaska. No shell harvesting in Utah or Colorado. No new coal plants (Well unless you want to be bankrupt http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=211243), and no new nuclear plants.

Wow, this is stunning. You mean to say that his whole plan is to NOT create any new usable energy, even though we all know that consumption is rising and the reserves and supply are falling? That even though China will eclipse our usage in a few years, we are not going to find any more for us? You mean to tell me that he has some new “supply and demand” model that trumps the old “supply and demand” model that we have been using for centuries?

Oh, wait, that’s right he is going to tax those evil oil companies because they make too much money. That will solve it. Take away their profits and redistribute them to other sources of energy to develop. That makes total sense. Because then they will produce more oil for us to use when they get their profits taken away. They’ll just squeeze it out of their rear ends.

Let’s look at this policy in real life. Michael Phelps trained everyday for four years, worked hard at his business and went to China and earned 8 gold medals. He earned them. He was in the right place at the right time, he had a little luck, and he swam his guts out. But, since we are into leveling the playing field and have a need to punish those who are successful, he should give up three of those medals and give them to another participant who did not medal.

Sound stupid? It is, but it is exactly what he is suggesting to do to the oil companies. Heck, movie stars make ten times the amount teachers do, so why aren’t they taxing them? Or how about professional athletes, or heaven forbid Harvard University. They should have to live by the same rules too, right? Wrong. You are missing the critical point. Socialism isn’t really about leveling the playing field. It is about blaming an easy target so that you can provide hope and change when you attack them. It is never about accomplishment, it is about keeping the masses in check and presiding over their salvation. The liberals don’t care if your problems are solved, because if they were, you wouldn’t need them anymore.

But, let’s get back to the problem. No new energy sources, and tax the one we have. How does that help you? Will the tax they levy on oil companies put gas in your tank so you can go to work and earn a living?

But, the gas companies already have hundreds of thousands of acres they could be pulling gas from, Obama told me so. Man, you really swallowed it all didn’t you?

Again real life example: Sorry Will, you can’t have the Independence Day script. It might make too much money. Or even better yet, nope sorry Native Americans, you can’t keep your traditional hunting grounds, we need you to move to the desolate backlands of America. Or, yeah, sorry but you’ll have to sit at the back of the bus.

The offering to the gas companies look different when you realize that where they have been given the rights to drill isn’t profitable. Then add onto it that they will be taxed even more if they are, and you’ve got the best plan for Middle East energy dependence in history. Now why would they want that?

I thought that the Liberals wanted energy independence? I thought it was their battle cry that Bush started the war over oil. I thought that it was them who said that we brought 9/11 on ourselves by being dependent. Wouldn’t it make sense then that they would be for creating our own oil, and getting us out of the war? Then it must be something else?

Oh that’s right, socialism. One fire for another, keep the masses needing the political messiah, so he can stay in power. Right. I almost forgot.

The Media’s New Role

It is no mystery that that the mainstream news casted its vote early on for Obama. Given their left tendencies it was no surprise to see them fondling themselves in anticipation. The accolades, the adoration, the “tingles that run up their legs” with the prospects of an Obama presidency. Well they got what they wanted. Now what?

The news now days isn’t about reporting facts or stories, it is about creating the news, telling people what they should think, and allowing surrogates and talking heads time to fill up the 24 hour news cycle. Have you ever wondered why they only allow sound bites from the candidates themselves, but give endless time to their surrogates and talking heads to analyze what they said, how they said it and what you should think about it? It is because they don’t trust you. They don’t want you to think for yourself, they want to do it for you. You are not educated enough, you are not aware enough and you are certainly not capable of crafting your own opinion.

But now they have a problem. They promoted Obama, helping raise the expectations of his supporters. They fueled the fire of his greatness, the political messiah, the chosen one, to the point they know he cannot live up to. But when he can’t deliver on his myriad of promises, they won’t be able to criticize him. Now, I know that you are reading this several days after the election, but I wrote it the Thursday after the election and I will tell you what is going to happen, because it started this morning.

On the Today Show they had a full four minutes of “the daunting tasks that face the new President Obama.” Except, they used every chance they had both in the story and right after the story to lower the bar. They have decided that they need to begin, the day after the election, to douse the fire that they fueled for the last year. They realize that if they don’t, they will lose more credibility. What is telling about this is that they know they are manipulating you, and they don’t care. Why? Because, the general populace is too uneducated to follow their subtle “strategery.” They proved it during the election. They could give you the Obama talking points and you think it is the news. They could tell you what to think, how to think and what to say, then it was repeated over and over again by the uneducated watchers.

The media wants you to trust them. I say, you know better. So when they start defending the “failed Obama policies” remember, they put them him there, they need to own up to their bias.

Here is a great report on the history of studies done by reputable sources about media bias. Of course the numbers are not in for this last election, but I suspect that the results will be more negative news for the media. Here is the source: http://www.mrc.org/biasbasics/pdf/BiasBasics.pdf

Here are some highlights from 2004’s election:

The vast majority of American voters detected media bias: “83 percent of likely voters said the media is biased in one direction or another, while just 11 percent believe the media doesn’t take political sides,” Zogby reported.

By a huge margin, most of those who saw media bias thought it favored liberals: “Nearly two-thirds of those online respondents who detected bias in the media (64 percent) said the media leans left, while slightly more than a quarter of respondents (28 percent) said they see a conservative bias.”

Republicans and independents both saw the media as dominated by liberals, and even some
Democratic voters agreed: “While 97 percent of Republicans surveyed said the media are liberal, two-thirds of political independents feel the same....Just two-thirds of Democrats were certain the media skewed right — and 17 percent said the bias favored the left.”

Here is some from the horse’s mouth:

“I don’t know if it’s 95 percent...[but] there are enough [liberals] in the old media, not just in ABC, but in old media generally, that it tilts the coverage quite frequently, in many issues, in a liberal direction....It’s an endemic problem. And again, it’s the reason why for 40 years, conservatives have rightly felt that we did not give them a fair shake.”
— ABC News political director Mark Halperin appearing on The Hugh Hewitt Show, October 30, 2006.

“I believe it is true that a significant chunk of the press believes that Democrats are incompetent but good-hearted, and Republicans are very efficient but evil.”
— Wall Street Journal political editor John Harwood on the April 23, 2005 Inside Washington.

“At ABC, people say ‘conservative’ the way people say ‘child molester.’”
— ABC 20/20 co-anchor John Stossel to CNSNews.com reporter Robert Bluey, in a story posted January 28, 2004.

“As the science editor at Time I would freely admit that on this issue we have crossed the boundary from news reporting to advocacy.”
— Time Science Editor Charles Alexander at a September 16, 1989 global warming conference, as quoted by David Brooks in an October 5, 1989 Wall Street Journal column.

Obama’s Mandate

The night after the election I happened to catch the Reverend Jesse Jackson on Larry King. He was using the “M” word. Now, a lot of conservatives want to fight the notion that that there is a mandate. Lets’ be honest, you can claim a landslide victory in the Electoral College, but at least 50 million people don’t want what Obama is selling.

But still, rather than fighting the notion on whether or not Obama has a mandate, I say, let’s jump on the bandwagon and increase the hype, the expectations and the endorsement of such a thing. Here’s why.

In 1994, I was working at a college that had one of those huge pendulums that hung from the ceiling and rotated using the worlds wobble to tell time. Two brilliant freshman (liberal arts majors I’m sure) thought that it would be a smashing idea to see how far they could swing the pendulum by pushing it. They got behind it and pushed it with all they had, then stood back to watch their achievement. What they didn’t know was that the force in which they pushed the pendulum increased the arc’s apex on the other side. When it came back it swung further than either of them suspected. One lost his two front teeth, the other got a concussion, a skull fracture, and a black eye.

Mandate, sure. You go for it! You push that pendulum with all your might. I wonder if Pelosi has enough makeup to cover up a black eye, (oh wait, have you seen the make-up on that woman? I am sure she does.)

But more importantly, I think something else needs to be addressed here. While the liberals run around talking about this mandate, they have lost sight of one minor detail. By their own accounts, the middle of America voted because of their hatred for Bush. This is a mighty big difference than voting for Obama, no matter how they want to spin it. When middle America wakes from this hope induced hangover and realize that what Obama wants is different than what they want, those same voters who didn’t take the time to actually learn something about politics, promises and political marketing will be easily swayed to hate him as well.

What goes around, comes around.

(Oh, and don't get all over me for finding the ugliest picture of Pelosi I could find. I envoke the Bush Rule.)

Clueless Obamanomics

On the Today Show Firiday one of Obama’s top economic aides was on showing his towering intellect. Wow, this is staggering, even now as I write it, I can’t believe that this is the guy who might be leading the charge for Obama’s economic plans.

Meredith had established that our country survives on consumers. Need to add a little bit more here. We only survive on consumers. We don’t make much anymore, if you don’t consume, (buy something today) your neighbor down the street loses his job. If he doesn’t consume, you lose your job. We have built the most fragile economy on the planet and it is showing its frailty.

Now, this brain trust that Obama has developed began to answer questions and what he said was once again the half truths of his campaign.

‘We need to stimulate the middle class so that they will spend. We need to either get a tax cut into their hands or a stimulus check to them so that they will stimulate the economy.’

Now, on the surface this sounds good right. Those of us in the middle class would like more money to spend, but, THAT ISN’T THE ISSUE AT ALL!

So let’s have a little economics lesson shall we?

The economy is mostly affected by jobs. Why? Because, jobs provide a constant flow of money for consumers. When people have a job, they spend their money. (People without a job spend other people’s money, it’s just a lot less) When people lose their jobs, mostly because other people are not spending their money, they stop consuming and other people lose their jobs. Cyclical.

So what’s wrong with a stimulus plan, nothing. But, I know something that is better. You see, a stimulus plan is a booster shot, a one hit wonder. It is not a gift that keeps on giving. If you want to stimulate the economy, create new jobs. Jobs don’t provide a one month $1,800 check to spend, it creates an ongoing consumer stream that saves your job, your neighbors job, and mine.

So obviously, a job is worth much more in the long run then a middle class tax cut or a stimulus check. Many times more.

So this aide to Obama says, ‘we need to create 100-200k jobs as quickly as we can.’
So let’s check the Obama plan for creating jobs. ‘We are going to tax people who make $250K+ and give tax relief to everyone else including $1,000 checks to people who don’t pay taxes.’

Need more information? Thought so. How many poor people are going to take their $1,000 check and hire someone? Right, none. How many people who make $70,000 a year working for UPS are going to create a job with their tax refund? Right again, none. How many people who have jobs working for someone else, are going to take their tax cut, start a business and hire five other people? In this climate? Right again, none.

It isn’t Reaganomics, it is simple economics. Poor people, people who work for other people, and people who don’t work, DO NOT CREAT JOBS!

Who does? Well therein lays the craftiest lie in all of this. The average successful small business owner in this country makes just about $250,000 a year. They supply the greatest number of jobs nationwide. They get paid to take the chance, build a business and they have earned their reward. These are the people Obama’s brain trust wants to tax. Brilliant. That’s the way to get them to invest more, and hire more people, by punishing them with more taxes.

I am a small business owner. I have a desk, a phone, and work for another employee. I know if I hire that employee, I could make more money. I could grow my business. But that desk has gone unoccupied for the last three months and I have no intention of filling it anytime soon. Why? Because if you (my dear reader) lose your job because your neighbor stopped consuming, you won’t buy my products and then I lose the income from that sale. This hurts my business. So instead, I will sit on the capital that I so wisely saved during the economic boom, and wait this economic crisis out. (I can do that because I saved a lot more than I consumed during the last five years personally too.)

Obama’s plan to tax the rich and give to the poor sounds great as a stump speech, It placated the masses, and trumped the promises of economic security for all. But, I will bet you a whole bunch of my money that when push comes to shove, people would rather have a job then a stimulus check. They would rather have a job then a tax cut.

So as you contemplate your hope filled Obama future, think about this. That person I didn’t hire, because I am unsure about Obama’s taxes, didn’t get a paycheck from me this week, so he/she didn’t consume, so your neighbor is about to lose his job, which means, yep, you guessed it, you’re about to lose yours.(Now, don’t even think about blaming me for not hiring that person. I do what’s best for me and my family just as you do yours. Blame Obama if you must, I invoke the Clinton Rule)