Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’

Bob Maistros

Wow.

It seems like mere moments since the Congressional Budget Office released one shock-and-awe sort of prediction – that the budget deficit would hit an incredible, inedible (as in hard to swallow), record $1.48 trillion in this very fiscal year, 2011, which really began on October 1, 2010.

So yesterday.

Real money.

Turns out, according to the President of the United States, one Barack Hussein (“Roll the Printing Presses”) Obama, this year’s actual budget deficit will be $1.65 trillion.

To allow for a little perspective on this matter:  when I was a young but preternaturally aware child of eight years old, the entire federal budget was $100 billion (and the government’s hitting that figure raised a major fuss).  It didn’t clamber up over $170 billion for another seven whole years, driven by LBJ’s “guns and butter” combo of the Great Society and Vietnam.

And it was sometime in that era that legendary Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen is said to have uttered his humorous observation, “A billion here, and billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.”

Real money, huh?  These days, $170 billion is a rounding error in the federal deficit.

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Bob Maistros

“We have some work to do in Egypt in terms of our relationships with the Hebrews.”  Pharoah Ramsses, speech at the dedication of the Pyramids, ca. 1600 BC.

“Here in the Hunnic Empire, we still need to tweak our associations with the Romans.”  Attila, State of the Empire Address, 450.

"Human rights? Hu, me?"

“We have a ways to go in Mongolia in terms of our treatment of conquered peoples.”  Genghis Khan, proclamation, 1200.

“We might have to make some adjustments in Spain in terms of our dealings with heretics.”  Torquemada, ecclesiastical conference, 1492.

“We in England may have to take a second look at our policies in terms of taxation of the colonists.”  King George III, address to Parliament, 1775.

“It may be that we in France need to widen our confectionary choices for the peasantry.”  Marie Antoinette, royal audience, 1791.

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Andy Hefty

There is no other way to say it. The harsh reality – until someone proves otherwise – is that the New Black Panther Party and their allies are out for revenge.

During the 2008 presidential election, members of NBPP were staged outside a voting precinct in Philadelphia. They were dressed in “paramilitary” outfits, wielding a night stick. They were shouting racially charged language at white voters. Many left the precinct without voting, feeling intimidated. It was captured on video. None of this is in dispute.

Nothing changes

The outgoing Bush Administration’s Department of Justice began an investigation. A summary verdict was handed down because the accused wouldn’t even show up to face justice. Soon after the Obama Administration placed Eric Holder as Attorney General, the charges were quietly dropped, and the thugs were allowed to remain on the streets.

Now that a DOJ whistle-blower has emerged with further information, it is clear what has been happening since the man of Hope and Change took office: racial revenge.

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Andy Hefty

There, I’ve said it.  And for reference, let’s go to Article 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice:

Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Not good.

General McChrystal opened his mouth when he should have kept it shut.  When it comes to railing against the president (and let’s face it, I greatly enjoy that pastime), military officers – especially flag officers – are barred from this practice.

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Andy Hefty

So I get this “Breaking News” alert in my e-mail.  Shocker number one:  I got my information from Fox News.  Imagine that.  A conservative like me not getting feeds from CNN, the site founded by Ted Turner, paragon of conservative thought and politics.

It says, “Obama declares ‘the system failed’ in BP oil spill, calls for new regulations.”

All hail!

Now, there for your reading pleasure is an entire day’s worth of shockers!

It surprises me to no end that “Obama declares” something.  Wow, do you mean that the President of the United States took himself away from his endless work schedule to appear before the media?  He actually got up from his desk, pushed aside his advisors, and said something publicly?  Imagine that.

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Andy Hefty

For once in my limited life of punditry, I will finally blame George W. Bush and the Republicans. That’s right. Bush and the “evil GOP” are to blame for our health care mess. I’ll explain.

If Bush hadn’t asked the now late Ted Kennedy to write the No-Child-Educated-Properly bill, the initial capitulation mentality of “compassionate” conservatives would not have taken place.

Compassion? Or coercion?

If Bush had told Congress to stop spending worse than drunken sailors – in his first year in office – then Harry Reid would have been shown to be the blustering, squandering, mouthy, irresponsible, tax-and-spend liberal that he is.

If Republicans while in power had actually cut spending instead of “reducing the rate of growth” (a misnomer for spending buckets of cash with reckless abandon), the deficits would not have mounted faster than the buffet plate of an NFL linebacker.

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Andy Hefty

That was the Drill Instructor’s call to cease whatever activity was no longer warranted when I was in boot camp.  That call was followed by silence and stillness.  It was a command for everyone to button their lips and pay attention.  The antics were to stop, and everyone was to immediately – and seriously – focus on the task at hand.

But with Congress, such is not the case.

Can you hear me now?

The Associated Press reports that Congress is set to spend more money they don’t have on projects and programs in which the federal government has no business.  But spend they will.

Remember the 1992 campaign?  The previous call for “change,” orchestrated by Bill Clinton highlighted “trillion dollar budgets.”  Now the current deficit exceeds the budgets from only 17 years ago.

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Kelly Anderson Wright

Let’s face it, American women rock. Book authors and basketball players, heads of households and heroes, American women are free to be all they choose to be, or not. Sarah Palin, newly-crowned best-selling author and private citizen, is “all that,” and more.

But more what? The media and her detractors still don’t know what to make of Palin. Now that she’s not a politician, Palin doesn’t follow the rules. She’s not scripted, not packaged and not in sync with old school journalists like Barbara Walters, who openly cringe at Palin’s street-wise jargon.

Sarah seems comfy wherever she is, including Kuwait.

Sarah doesn’t seem to care. She says she’s the most honest she’s ever been, telling talk show host Sean Hannity that all her interviews now are “unplugged.” Every question is fair game, but be careful, Katie Couric… this time, she’ll tell you exactly where Alaskans get their world news (hint: not your network), and what she thinks of the “perky” yet arrogant media anchor who asked her the same question about abortion, 12 different ways.

Palin’s in the ring, her gloves are off, and she’s proving that she’s tougher than a “motha…” bear. No political handlers are scripting what she says. No one is telling her when to eat, what to wear or when to keep her opinions quiet. She’s calling the shots now, she’s gone rogue and she appears to be reveling in it. Why wouldn’t she be? Unlike Senator McCain, she’s not having to tangle with Harry Reid’s health care reform or watch Pelosi’s liberal love-in. Read the rest of this entry »

Jamie Weinstein

Remember that oft-replayed Chris Matthews interview during the 2008 election where the talk show host stumped a surrogate for then-presidential candidate Barack Obama with a series of seemingly simple questions: What has Barack Obama accomplished? Can you name anything he accomplished as a senator?

The Nothing President.

The flummoxed Obama supporter wanted to speak in generalities. He wanted to speak of how Obama inspires and of what Obama might do in the future. Matthews wouldn’t let him off the hook. Pressed by the Hardball host, the Obama surrogate just couldn’t name a single Obama accomplishment.

“I am not going to be able to do that tonight,” he finally relented.  Read the rest of this entry »

Andy Hefty

Far be it from me to disagree with Rush Limbaugh and defend Barack Obama.  But this time, I have to come to the defense of the President.  On Fox News Sunday, Limbaugh called President Obama’s recent trip to Dover a “photo op.”

I disagree.

This time you're wrong.

Put motive aside for just a moment.  The primary responsibility of President of the United States is that of Commander-in-Chief.  In other words, Obama was doing his job.  Just as I believe George W. Bush was right when he rallied Sailors and Marines when he flew aboard an S-3 Viking to the USS Lincoln, I view Obama’s visit to Delaware was the right thing to do in this situation. Read the rest of this entry »