Obama Plays Victim/Discrimination Card on Israel

ABSURD! PATHETIC! DISGUSTING!

Whiner-in-Chief Barack Obama actually said this:

During the interview Wednesday, when confronted with the anxiety that some Israelis feel toward him, Obama said that "some of it may just be the fact that my middle name is Hussein, and that creates suspicion."

BooHoo, they are picking on me because of my name! Wahhh! Wahhh! Are you going to call them racists next, Barry? Geez!
No, you self-serving, arrogant, grandstanding, naive or stupid, bigoted jerkweed academic! They are suspicious because you have subverted them at every turn. You have palled around with Hamas types. You have bowed before Islamic leaders while giving BB a cold shoulder. One of our posts previously discussed this. It could also be that one of Obama's national security adviser's advocated bombing Israel to protect Iran. It could also be that Obama has basically turned a semi-blind eye to Iran and capitulated and stalled rather than take a strong stand. It could also be that Obama has not come out to condemn anti-Jewish/Israel sentiments by some in the Muslim world. I don't think his damn name has ANYTHING to do with it.

And people thought Bush was a boob? Come on now!

Feds Take Control of BP Leak Website

Whenever you hear someone from the government say a takeover is to produce more "transparency," don't expect it. The Department of Homeland Security has decided it wants to shutter info coming from the dot com website that covers the BP oil leak. From the Washington Examiner:

The Department of Homeland Security has announced the government will assume control of the joint website between BP and various organizations in charge of providing information about the BP oil spill and recovery.

The website has been jointly owned and updated since the spill occurred in March. Once it switches to dot-gov, instead of dot-com, the government will be able to police the content posted. BP is also funding the website and may be required to continue doing so after the site is moved.

DHS, which has no current connection to the site, said it wanted to create more transparency, according to AP reporter Harry R. Weber:

The Department of Homeland Security wants a one-stop shop for information that is completely overseen by the government as it settles into the long-haul of dealing with the response to the disaster. The U.S. Coast Guard falls under Homeland Security's authority.

BP and the federal government are part of a unified command that is working together to try to contain the oil gusher, but the government has been directing BP at every turn.

A DHS spokesman told The Associated Press on Sunday that the joint relationship won't change when the website is given a dot-gov address instead of a dot-com address.

But who can post information to the site would change.

And I bet the content will change as well. More destruction of your rights and liberties and more covering up by the Obama regime.

Presbyterians Violate Bible, Are United Methodists Next?

The Presbyterian Church of the USA, a denomination branch so against the tenets of Scripture that many of the Presbyterian churches in the US actually conference with the Presbyterian Church of Africa, will most likely affirm same sex marriages, essentially spitting on the pages of the Bible and the faith which supposedly they believe in. From the Louisville Courier Journal:

he Louisville-based Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) would become the largest denomination in the nation to allow same-sex marriage if it follows a recommendation made Tuesday by a church legislative committee. And another church committee, gathering for the church's weeklong legislative General Assembly in Minneapolis, recommended the church begin ordaining non-celibate gays and lesbians.

The assembly's committee on Civil Union and Marriage Issues voted 34-18 to change the definition of marriage in the church constitution to describe marriage as a covenant between "two people" rather than between "a man and a woman."

This "would recognize committed, lifelong relationships that are already being lived out by our members," said a committee statement.

Also, check out this UPI story as well.

But it doesn't recognize the Bible, which supposedly this so-called church believes in.

Will Bishop Bruce Ough of the West Ohio Conference of the UM Church recommend the same for United Methodism? The conference did decide to violate its own Discipline as well as the Bible and encourage homosexuality by hiring a practicing homosexual to be its new CFO.

Whatever happened to defining principles? Whatever happened to following the Founding documents, in this case, the Bible? Well, we have a government that doesn't follow the Constitution, so I guess these heretics and blasphemers feel empowered to do the same. However, I think the Almighty might be a little more vigilant and likely to hold them to account than the American people.

Again, faith and spirituality is supposed to change people, not the reverse.

Why Do Pelosi/Reid/Obama Hate the Poor Kids In DC?

After all, with this action, they are dooming them to a subpar education and perhaps creating a permanent uneducated and dependent underclass in our nation's capital. One would almost think they want to make people stupid, because, like, facts don't lie:

The Department of Education commissioned Wolf to conduct a series of detailed studies on the results of the Washington DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). Established in 2004 as a five-year pilot program, OSP is among the most heavily researched federal education programs in history.

OSP targeted about 2,000 of the poorest kids in DC who were stuck in some of the worst schools in the country. It gave their parents a $7,500 scholarship to attend a private school of their choice.

The response was immediate. Four applications were filled out for every slot available. Parents loved the program, considering it a lifeline for their children, a way to escape failing schools and enter safe, functional schools.

Everyone knew OSP would be a bargain. DC has among the highest spending per pupil in the nation. At a conservative estimate of $17,542, the public schools spend over $10,000 more per child than the $7,500 spent through the scholarship program.

But would OSP achieve measureable results?

The answer is a resounding yes. Previous studies by Wolf showed an improvement in academic performance, to the point that a student participating in OSP from kindergarten through high school would likely be 2 ½ years ahead in reading. The key finding in this final round of research, Wolf told us, was the graduation rates. OSP dramatically increases prospects of high-school graduation.

Wolf pointed to research showing that high-school diplomas significantly improve the chance of getting a job. And dropouts that do find employment earn about $8,500 less per year than their counterpoints with diplomas. Further, each graduate reduces the cost of crime by a stunning $112,000. Cecelia Rouse, an economic advisor to President Obama, found that each additional high school graduate saves the country $260,000.

Simply put, OSP has a profoundly positive effect not just on students, but on the city and the country as a whole.

So when it came time for Congress to reauthorize OSP, it would seem to be a no-brainer: Expand the program.

Instead, they killed it.

Buried deep inside a 1000+ page, half-trillion-dollar spending bill was a provision that prohibited any new students from entering the program. To top it off, the 216 new students added to OSP for the new academic year were pulled out by Education Secretary Arne Duncan just before the school year started.

Yep, let's send them to the more expensive but poorer performing schools, because like, the teachers' unions need some love, yo. Even the mayor of DC is not down wit' Nancy and Harry and Barry:

According to former DC Mayor Anthony Williams and former DC Councilman Kevin Chavous (both Democrats), the answer is politics at its worst.

Williams and Chavous co-authored an op-ed arguing that politicians opposing OSP “are largely fueled by special-interest groups that are more dedicated to the adults working in the education system than to making certain every child is properly educated.”

The editorial board of the Washington Post put it a little more bluntly:

It’s clear, though, from how the destruction of the [OSP] program is being orchestrated, that issues such as parents’ needs, student performance and program effectiveness don’t matter next to the political demands of teachers’ unions.

The Post board also wrote that “the debate unfolding on Capitol Hill isn’t about facts. It’s about politics and the stranglehold the teachers unions have on the Democratic Party.”

As it turns out, the teachers unions are the single largest contributor to federally elected politicians, with the vast majority of their funds going to Democrats. The teachers unions don’t like programs like OSP because when parents have the freedom to choose, they may choose schools that don’t have unionized teachers.

Look, my background is in teaching. I still tutor and would love to teach in either a public or private school. I didn't and don't care if my kids go to public or private schools as long as they learn. I even suggested to parents at times to look into private schools to help their kids. I guess maybe that is why I can't find a job in the public schools. They hear that I was one of those radicals who cared more for the education and well being of my students than a paycheck. Funny, I thought it was about the children (tm). I guess I am wrong. Oh, and check this out:

DC Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton was one of the principal opponents of OSP and was instrumental in ending the program. Guess who her largest donor is? Answer here.

Part of where I work now tutoring offers schools struggling reading and math after school and summer programs. Despite the fact that we have proven results working with the kids in this manner, many times we have to fight the teachers unions, and, if we do super well, we often lose contracts after one year because the teachers' union doesn't want it to get out that we came in and improved kids' learning by a grade level in 10 weeks when they couldn't do it in a school year. But, hey, the unions just want to help the kiddos, right? WRONG!

7/8/2010 UPDATE:

Anonymous #1 in the comments felt I was slamming all teachers. I was not. Here in the body of the post I am retyping what I said in the comments to clarify. I know there are a lot of us teachers out there who care about the kiddos. However, our teachers unions are not acting in the best interest of the children at times, especially when they lobby to get things like OSP shelved.
Forgive me if it seemed I was slamming all teachers. I was not. I am a teacher myself, if you go back and read what I wrote, I talk about teaching and how I would love to get back into it. I was slamming the hypocrisy of the teachers unions who claim on one hand to be "for the children" and then lobby to get things like OSP shelved. So, I hope that eased your hurt feelings and I provided enough clarification!

Obama Names Rationing Expert, FreeMarket Hater to head Medicare/Medicaid

....Gee, could death panels be far behind? The Annointed One Barack Hussein Obama has named an avowed hater of the free market and an expert on healthcare rationing to head up Medicare and Medicaid. Seniors, you should be revoking your memberships in AARP now and going to their headquarters with signs that say traitors, et tu aarp? and the like. They have sold you out to Barack Obama and his rationing administration. Let me give you an introduction to Donald Berwick:

In a 2008 while speaking on the British health care system in the UK, Berwick said wealthy individuals must redistribute their wealth to those less fortunate for health care funding. Also during this speech, he told those in attendance that he opposes free markets.

“Any health care funding plan that is just equitable civilized and humane must, must redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent health care is by definition redistributional.”

And, it appears he is an expert on rationing care:

With Congress officially on recess, President Obama will on Wednesday use his ability to make recess appointments to name one of his more controversial nominees: Donald Berwick, nominee to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The April nomination of Berwick -- president and chief executive officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement -- was in trouble and might not have been able to meet Senate confirmation due to comments Berwick made in the past about rationing health care. Even if Berwick could have been confirmed by the Senate, Democrats have little appetite for another round of fighting about changes to the health care system, Democrats said.

In an interview last year with Biotechnology Healthcare, Berwick said society makes decisions about rationing all the time, and that the "decision is not whether or not we will ration care -- the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open. And right now, we are doing it blindly."

He has also praised the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which he said had "developed very good and very disciplined, scientifically grounded, policy-connected models for the evaluation of medical treatments from which we ought to learn."

Said Berwick, "You can say, 'Well, we shouldn’t even look.' But that would be irrational. The social budget is limited -- we have a limited resource pool. It makes terribly good sense to at least know the price of an added benefit, and at some point we might say nationally, regionally, or locally that we wish we could afford it, but we can’t. We have to be realistic about the knowledge base."

Berwick said the degree to which the knowledge base is "linked directly to policy and decision is a matter of choice. You could make it advisory, or you could make it mandatory, or you could make it a policy rule. But to remain ignorant of the cost implications of a drug that is marginally better than what is already out there is simply bad policy."

I am sure Zeke "Mengele" Emmanuel is pleased to have another person who advocates killing the very young and elderly, not everyone is happy, including some Dems:

Echoing Republicans, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Wednesday blasted the Obama administration for sidestepping Congress to install Donald Berwick atop the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

"Senate confirmation of presidential appointees is an essential process prescribed by the Constitution that serves as a check on executive power and protects Montanans and all Americans by ensuring that crucial questions are asked of the nominee — and answered," Baucus said in a statement.

Berwick had not been vetted by the Finance panel, nor had Baucus scheduled a hearing to examine the nominee.

Well, Maxi, if you hadn't help get Obamacare out of committee with that ignorant RINO dupe Olympia Snowe ("When press exposure calls, I whore out), we wouldn't have to worry about the implications of having a lunatic rationer who wants old people to hurry up and die in charge of Medicaid and Medicare.

Ugh, where do they get these people?

What Does NASA Have to Do with Muslim Relations?

Is Obama hinting he is going to give SDI to al Queda? Is he willing to let Iranians build spy satellites against Israel? What in the blue hell does NASA have to do with Islamic relations? Why am I asking? Check this out:

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a recent interview that his "foremost" mission as the head of America's space exploration agency is to improve relations with the Muslim world.

Though international diplomacy would seem well outside NASA's orbit, Bolden said in an interview with Al Jazeera that strengthening those ties was among the top tasks President Obama assigned him. He said better interaction with the Muslim world would ultimately advance space travel.

"When I became the NASA administrator -- or before I became the NASA administrator -- he charged me with three things. One was he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math, he wanted me to expand our international relationships, and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering," Bolden said in the interview.

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT? Excuse me, but the job of NASA is improving the standing of the United States through science experimentation and space exploration. It has NOTHING to do with improving relations with some ethnic or racial group. Give me a flipping break! You would think this would be news, but check this out:

From a Nexis search a few moments ago:

Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program in the New York Times: 0.

Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program in the Washington Post: 0.

Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program on NBC Nightly News: 0.

Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program on ABC World News: 0.

Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program on CBS Evening News: 0.

If you were to receive your news from any one of these outlets, or even all of them together, and you heard about some sort of controversy involving the Obama administration redefining the space agency’s mission to feature outreach to Muslim countries, your response would be, “Huh?” Among all the news these distinguished outlets have seen fit to cover in recent days, the NASA story has not made the cut.

Paul, You Ignorant Slut!

Or, would self important swineass be ok? For reference, see this clip:


Paul Krugman is crying about how we are in the opening stages of a third Great Depression. Well, Paul, as some point out, the idiots in charge were taking a lot of YOUR advice! From Real Clear Markets:

Krugman was among those who encouraged the new Obama administration and the Democratic Congress to spend massive amounts of money early on in a kind of Keynesian frenzy to shock the moribund economy back to life.

It didn't work. With a stimulus - a deficit, that is - of nearly 11% of GDP, our economy is barely growing, while unemployment remains shockingly close to 10% of the adult working population.

This even prompted our nation's vice president, Joe Biden, to admit last weekend: "There's no possibility to restore 8 million jobs lost in the Great Recession."

And he's right - at least with current policy, which is based on massive spending, new tax hikes, trillion-dollar deficits for decades to come and tight government control of vast swaths of our nation's economy, from banking to autos to energy.

Krugman recognizes, too, that it's a "failure of policy."

Only problem is, he completely misdiagnoses the problem: "Around the world - most recently at last weekend's deeply discouraging G-20 meeting - governments are obsessing about inflation when the real threat is deflation, preaching the need for belt-tightening when the real problem is inadequate spending."

I am sensing here a need for a real history lesson for Mr. Krugman. You see, Mr. Krugman, even though he supposedly is a smart guy and got a Nobel Prize and stuff (they are giving them to everybody these days) didn't actually look at the Great Depression and study what happened. No, instead he believes the folks who rewrote the history of the Great Depression and FDR. OK, Paul, once again:

It's an enduring myth that the Great Depression was caused by inadequate government "stimulus," of the sort Lord Keynes and President Obama would have approved. In fact, as a study by economist Randall Holcombe shows, under President Hoover, who served from 1929 to 1933 just as the Depression got under way, real per-capita spending surged 82%. That was even greater than the 74% rise from 1933 to 1940 in FDR's time.

So why did that slump last so long? UCLA economist Lee Ohanian studied that question. His conclusion: "The main culprit appears to be government policies that restricted competition." Indeed, stupid economic policies, including higher taxes, trade protectionism and the government's foolish effort to prop up wages, added seven years to the Depression. But for the government's tinkering, we would have exited that rut in the early 1930s, says Ohanian.

Economists Charles Rowley of George Mason University and Nathanael Smith of the Locke Institute came to a similar conclusion in their study of Keynesian policies during the 1930s:

"(FDR's) interventionist policies and draconian tax increases delayed full economy recovery by several years by exacerbating a climate of pessimistic expectations that drove down private capital formation and household consumption to unprecedented lows."

Gee, that type of fiscal policy sounds familiar. AW, damn, it is Obamanomics and Carternomics all over again! Hell and damnation!

But Paul, we are headed for hell only because of idiotarian Keynesians like you who told these liberal elitists to spend spend spend! So now, welcome to a refresher course on depression history, brought to you by Paul Krugman and Team Obama!

West Ohio UM Update: Shawnee Valley District Wants to Know What You Think...

But only if you don't have a job or are retired or won't be busy to travel to Waverly, OH and be there between 8am and 12noon. And, is this really to see what we think so that the district superintendent will represent the views, or is this to see who we have to take out for not supporting the Bishop and Conference's heretical move that violates the Discipline as well as Biblical teaching? Here is what I am referring to:

In light of the controversial election of West Ohio Conference CFO, Bill Brownson, at Annual Conference last week, we are reminded this from the book entitled, "Three Simple Rules: A Weslyan Way of Living", by Reuben Job: Do No Harm, Do Good, Stay in Love with God.

Pastors and one representative from each church in the Shawnee Valley District are invited and encouraged to a District-wide Leadership Team Meeting to discuss the election. District Superintendant, Jospeh Bishman will lead a discussion and would like to gain a sense of response within the district so he can best represent you in Cabinet and to the Bishop.

The meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 28th from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Grace UMC's Family Life Center in Waverly. Please contact the District Office if you have questions.

Will the Superintendent be leading a discussion or a rant against bigots and hate filled bitter clingers who actually believe that the faith is supposed to change the world, not the other way around? Stay tuned.

First NRA Endorsement in Nation Goes to.....Ted Strickland?!?!?

Yep, that's right. The National Rifle Association has given its first endorsement in the nation for the midterm elections. And it is for the gubernatorial race right here in Ohio. Unfortunately, it went to Ted Strickland.
NRAletter
The NRA has gone with the hype over the reality. Of course, perhaps if the ORP were camapaigning and lobbying harder for the top of the ticket who had no primary challengers instead of shelling out the geld unprecedentedly in State Central Committee Races as well as for handpicked or armtwisted candidates, then maybe the NRA could have been convinced that Strickland is merely an opportunist. As usual, the ORP has been caught napping, or firmly ensconsced up Mike DeWine's arse, take your pick.

Kasich, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 2001, voted in favor of the Clinton assault weapons ban in 1994 and supported bills containing restrictions on gun shows and handgun sales. That voting record led to the NRA to give Kasich an 'F' grade during his tenure in Congress.

In reaction to the endorsement, the Ohio Republican Party has begun highlighting the inconsistencies of Strickland's voting record on gun laws.

Gosh, shouldn't Kev and the boy geniuses at HQ in C-bus have been doing this for the past few months instead of besmirching Seth Morgan and doling out money in state and county central committee races to defeat people they don't like?

Not enough was done, in the eyes of the NRA to redeem Kasich's original sin of voting for the weapons ban. And, of course, then there is the ORP's shameful gubernatorial record on gun issues. Bob Taft anyone?

Of course, Kasich has tried to seek forgiveness:


Oh, and why isn't John Kasich featured on the ORP homepage? And why is it taking so long to get it changed? Yeah, because they spent all the cash keeping out those "vile" tea partiers with their high falooting notions about limited government and standing for something.

Kevin DeWine and the ORP, snatching defeat from the jaws of near certain victory. Wait, I know, Kent Moore will save us! Yeah, right...with this record? Child please!

Another Obama Mistake: Trusting Russia

Look, don't get me wrong. I have some Russian friends. One of my favorite hockey players is Russian. However, you cannot trust the nation of Russia, especially under Vlad Putin. This guy is a throwback to the days of the Cold War. He is just as paranoid as Stalin and twice as cunning. He is KGB for goodness sake! Here is what Russia has to say about sanctions against Iran and nuclear policy:

Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that new U.N. sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear programme do not oblige Moscow to scrap a controversial deal to deliver surface-to-air missiles to Iran.

Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko spoke after the Interfax news agency cited a Russian arms industry source as saying Russia would freeze its unfulfilled contract to sell S-300 missiles to Iran because of the sactions.

But it's OK Barry. Tell Russia we are scrapping our nukes. Tell them how many we have. They are our friends, right? Yeah, and these are not the droids you are lookin for.....geez.

Right Knight of Congress and His Economic Round Table Smack Down Obama

John Boehner, Matt's Congressman, Great American, and House (for now)Minority Leader presented a letter today to the annoying one Barry Obama in which over 100 economists basically said, "uh, Mr. President....your economic policy blows." Here is the story:

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) brought along a statement signed by 100 economists underscoring GOP policies to a meeting with President Barack Obama Thursday morning.

Boehner presented Obama with a letter from himself, accompanied by a statement signed by more than 100 American economists calling for immediate action to rein in federal spending to boost the economy and create more private sector jobs.

In his letter to the president, Boehner said that “failing to pass such legislation — and failing to pass a budget in the House this year for first time since at least 1974 — means squandering an opportunity to begin to provide the discipline economists say is needed.”

The top House Republican joined with his Senate counterpart, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), as well as Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to discuss coming legislative priorities with the preisdent.

Boehner noted that though he and Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) have written to the president “on several occasions this year” to request House votes on the administration's spending cut legislation, noting that none of those proposals have passed.

The statement worried that too many of the jobs created in May were temporary government jobs, calling these figures “a source of disappointment and alarm.”

The economists claimed to be “disturbed” by reports that for “the first time in modern history” the U.S. House of Representatives could fail to propose a budget this year, mirroring a GOP talking point in recent weeks as well.

And from Boehner's office:

Today I gave the President a statement signed by more than 100 economists urging both parties to cut spending now to boost private sector job creation. The need is clear. The May jobs report showed only 41,000 new private-sector jobs. The national debt is now more than $13 trillion. Congress’ failure to pass a budget means we’re missing an opportunity to cut spending and provide the fiscal discipline that economists say is needed to create jobs and grow the economy.

"If the president won’t push his own party in Congress to produce a budget and cut spending, then who’s in charge? This is a failure of leadership – the kind of leadership the president promised to provide. Every American family knows that in tough times, a budget is even more important — not less important. It’s time for the President to lead and the Congress to stop the out-of-control spending right now.”

You can read the text of the letter and signatories here.
Economist Statement
Text of letter:

Dear Mr. President,

Enclosed please find a statement signed by more than 100 American economists urging that bipartisan action be taken immediately to rein in federal spending in order to boost our economy and create much-needed private-sector jobs.

Republicans have offered and continue to offer ideas on ways to immediately eliminate hundreds of billions of dollars in unnecessary spending by the federal government. In addition, Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) and I have written to you on several occasions recently to say we stand ready to work with you in a good faith manner to force immediate votes in the House on spending cut legislation you send to Congress using the rescissions authority you already have as president. But to date, such legislation has been neither passed by the Democratic leadership nor offered by the administration.

Failing to pass such legislation – and failing to pass a budget in the House this year for first time since at least 1974 – means squandering an opportunity to begin to provide the discipline economists say is needed.

Republicans stand ready to work with you to take immediate action to rein in federal spending so we can begin to boost private sector job creation and end the legacy of debt being passed on to our children and grandchildren.

Respectfully,

John Boehner (R-OH)
House Republican Leader

June 10, 2010

ECONOMISTS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA: REIN IN SPENDING NOW TO CREATE AMERICAN JOBS

The jobs report released last Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor was a source of disappointment and alarm. Of the 431,000 new jobs in May, 95% were temporary government jobs created by the Census Bureau. Only 41,000 private-sector jobs were generated, and the civilian labor force shrank by 322,000. In addition, 46% of those out of work have been jobless for six months or longer – the first time in history that such a dire statistic has been recorded for the American economy. Efforts to spark private-sector job creation through government ‘stimulus’ spending have been unsuccessful. Small businesses face an array of new challenges imposed on them by the federal government, including the threat of tax hikes and the newly-enacted health law, which will discourage hiring, increase the deficit, and raise health care costs, according to the chief actuary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

As economists deeply concerned about our nation's future, we urge a change in direction. To support real economic growth and provide the spark needed to support creation of private-sector jobs, immediate action is needed to rein in federal spending, prevent job-killing tax hikes through the expiration of current tax rates, and reverse the harmful effects of the health care law on small businesses, the engine of job creation in our economy.

We are disturbed by reports that rather than taking such action, Congress will not even propose a budget this year – the first time in modern history that the U.S. House of Representatives has failed to even pass a budget. Such a failure will mark a massive missed opportunity to help our economy grow and create private-sector jobs. Failing to restrict spending growth will further balloon the national debt, impede economic growth, and threaten our nation's long-term economic health.

This issue cannot simply be deferred to a presidential commission. As last week's jobs report illustrates, action is needed now to begin to slow government spending and support the creation of new private-sector jobs. For the sake of millions of Americans who remain out of work – and future generations of Americans, who will carry the debt burden we are accumulating today – we respectfully urge that the leaders of both parties take action immediately to eliminate unnecessary federal spending, prevent tax hikes, stop regulatory threats to job creation, and enact reforms to put our nation back on a true path to prosperity.

Not even putting out a budget? Sounds like a wink and a nod and trust us....NAW BABY NAW.

Obama=Hypocrite and in other news....

the grass is green and the sky is blue...

Seriously though, this article says a lot. Check this out:

President Obama is caught in the wickedest of political binds: the hypocrisy trap.

Obama says he's sick and tired of the Washington blame game, but still can't resist doling out piles of blame himself.

His compulsive, reflexive finger-pointing at Republicans, George W. Bush and vague villains on the right is not only unbecoming, it also reinforces the gathering public verdict that Obama is a weakling.

Victims do not make good leaders.

Well, if by leader you mean someone who gets people to follow him, as opposed to dictator, one who uses force of will and law to force people to obey and acquiesce. In the case of a dictator, victims do make the best ones because it is all about paranoia. We saw it with Stalin, with Shicklegruber, with Castro, with Chavez, etc.

In one day in Kalamazoo, Mich., he managed to preach responsibility and try to avoid it.

In a speech to high schoolers he said: "Don't make excuses. Take responsibility not just for your successes. Take responsibility where you fall short as well."

While still in Kalamazoo, Obama sat down with NBC's Matt Lauer for the journalistic equivalent of heavy petting and blamed everybody but himself.

The interview is already famous for Obama's line about relying on experts to tell him whose "ass to kick." The line is funny because what was supposed to be proof of his red-blooded American anger came off as clueless. What kind of leader needs advice on ass kicking?

Yeah, I didn't mind Obama going thug-a-licous on us, because W's "bring it on" was just as crass. However, what I minded more than his use of a$$ on morning television when schoolchildren were getting ready (which is bad for a President to to do...I mean, role model...or is he going to get Charles Barkley to try to cover for him?)is that Barry needs someone to tell him whose butt to kick. Really?

This President is a petulant brat who blames everyone but himself for problems. "The dog ate my homework," "I got pulled over on the way here." I mean, Obama is sounding more and more like this everyday, and unlike the clip, IT IS NOT FUNNY:


The article continues:

But it was also notable that Obama declined to take any responsibility whatsoever for the disaster or the damage. He abandoned even his partial blame-taking lines from the May 28 press conference about failing to understand the depth of the problems at the Minerals Management Service.

The message in Kalamazoo: Do as I say, not as I do.

That tripped America's hair-trigger hypocrisy alarm.

Bloodthirsty reporters and cynical citizens roar their approval when family-values Republicans get caught trysting with their aides or Democrats who rail against the evils of Wall Street and Big Oil rake in campaign contributions from Goldman Sachs and BP.

Until now, Obama has avoided the hypocrisy trap by doing little and talking carefully. Most of what he's said contains more rhetorical escape hatches than a magician's box.

The president is facing frustrated liberals who see George W. Bush's wars still being fought, Gitmo open for business and Wall Street getting off the hook.

Environmentalists fume that he authorized more offshore drilling without checking to see if federal regulators were doing their jobs.

Fiscal conservatives who divined a streak of moderation in Obama's rhetoric feel like fools after watching him take a $9 trillion detour on his way to fiscal responsibility.

Pragmatists have turned their backs on the president after finding that the last, best argument that Democrats made in 2008 -- Obama's competency under pressure -- was actually decision-making paralysis masquerading as coolness.

And even though they voted for this idiot despite every single bit of evidence showing he was a cynical, arrogant, self promoting wannabe despot with an inflated resume; the American people are starting to take notice:

Polls show that Americans have noticed. While his overall approval ratings have held during the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, we've seen a telling drop in the number of Americans who think Obama relates to them and their concerns.

Obama's preacher's cadence and promise of a better tomorrow now reinforces his image as a talker and not a doer.

Breathing Bullies Coming Soon?

We are due for another showdown in Congress. Today, the Senate will be handling a resolution by Lisa Murkowski (AL-R), barring the EPA from regulating carbon dioxide emissions. It is a referendum on who should make policy, elected lawmakers or unelected bureaucrats and trial lawyers and judges appointed for life.

Here is the text of the resolution.
012110 Disapproval
So, if you don't want Team Obama to come and hook you up to a breathing meter to regulate your carbon emissions, or to hook up your car to a device that functions like those breathalyzers or inhalators (no I don't mean inhalers, Mr. President, I mean those machines that drunk drivers have to breathe in to start and maintain engines)except that it will shut off your car after so much carbon dioxide has been released, then you need to flood the Senate with your calls. Don't let them unleash lederhosen wearing Carbon Cops to come out and get us.

Here is the latest from the Hill:

Democratic leaders are scrambling to prevent the Senate from delivering a stinging slap to President Barack Obama on climate change.

They have offered a vote on a bill they dislike in the hopes of avoiding a loss on legislation Obama hates.
The president is threatening to veto a resolution from Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that would ban the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating carbon emissions.But if the president were forced to use his veto to prevent legislation emerging from a Congress in which his own party enjoys substantial majorities, it would be a humiliation for him and for Democrats on Capitol Hill.

So Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and other Democratic leaders are doing what they can to stop it.

They are floating the possibility of voting on an alternative measure from Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a Democrat from the coal state of West Virginia, which they previously refused to grant floor time, Senate sources say.

A spokeswoman for Reid declined to comment on the offer. But Democrats on Wednesday thought it was good enough to win a crucial vote on the Republican resolution.

Murkowski, ranking member on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is using the Congressional Review Act, an element of the Contract With America, which allows Congress to overturn executive branch regulations with simple majority votes in both chambers. The Review Act expedites a floor vote.

Republicans don’t have the two-thirds majority they would need in both chambers to overturn an Obama veto. But Republicans say passing the resolution through one chamber would be a big win.

“Anything close to half the Senate says this is a congressional responsibility and not the administration’s, that’s a strong message from the country to the president,” said Senate GOP conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), referring to the EPA plan to regulate carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act.

Democrats suffered a serious setback Tuesday when Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Commerce panel, announced he would vote for Murkowski’s resolution. He joined Democratic Sens. Ben Nelson (Neb.), Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) and Mary Landrieu (La.), who are co-sponsors of the measure.

If Republicans keep their conference unified, that would give them 45 votes for Murkowski’s proposal, with a handful Democrats, such as Sens. Mark Pryor (Ark.), Evan Bayh (Ind.) and Jim Webb (Va.), in play as potential allies.

Rockefeller said EPA regulation of carbon could have a “devastating” impact on West Virginia. He threw his support to Murkowski after his leaders denied him a vote on his alternative bill resolution, which would prevent the EPA curbing carbon emissions for two years from stationary sources, such as power plants and factories.

Murkowski’s resolution is broader, blocking EPA regulation of cars and trucks, not just industrial plants.

A Murkowski aide said the senator would prefer to focus on exempting stationary sources but Democratic leaders refused to allow a vote on a narrow plan, such as Rockefeller’s.

“The Congressional Review Act is like going nuclear, but you have to go nuclear— otherwise you can’t get around the opposition of the Democratic leadership,” said Robert Dillon, Murkowski’s spokesman.

However, this is not a slam dunk, and needs YOUR support:

Environmental group lobbyists expressed confidence Wednesday that Murkowski’s resolution would not garner 51 votes.

“I think we’re looking pretty good on this,” said David Hamilton, director of global warming and energy programs at the Sierra Club. “It’s not really about preserving the right of Congress, it’s about killing climate legislation.”

Passage of the resolution would have dealt a severe blow to Obama’s plan to pass climate change legislation this year, he said.

Reid could hold a floor vote on Rockefeller’s resolution in the fall, after the fate of comprehensive energy and climate legislation is decided this summer.

If Murkowski’s resolution passes, it faces an uphill struggle in the House.

Call and email Congress. Stand up to the thought police and Breathing Bullies.

Prince Charles the Jihadist?

It just may be so. Check this bit of spew from the heir to the throne of jolly old Englandistan:

Prince Charles yesterday urged the world to follow Islamic 'spiritual principles' in order to protect the environment.

In an hour-long speech, the heir to the throne argued that man's destruction of the world was contrary to the scriptures of all religions - but particularly those of Islam.

So is Charles saying that environmentalists should go around blowing things up for the sake of an environmental jihad? Some are already doing that.

Is Chuckles saying that environmentalists should take hostages and kill people for the sake of mother earth, because, after all, jihad is an acceptable spiritual premise, according to members of the US's own intelligence and homeland security team.

Gee, I wonder if Charles thinks we should follow the Koran in dealing with adulterers as well? What about those who break the tenets of their faith? Hmm? Does this big eared buffoon ever think about his words or actions?

UnDisciplined West Ohio Conference Update: Bishop Ough and Co. are Guilty!

I just read some excellent work over at the Institute of Religion and Democracy. Under the Discipline, which used to be ironclad and now Bishop Brucie Ough says are merely guidelines (or at least the sections that make him uncomfortable and that may be politically incorrect), both the new treasurer of West Ohio and the Bishop, as well as any other powers that be that voted to hire this Brownson person could be charged under the Discipline. Of course, this regime in the United Methodist Church, like the current Regime in Washington, does not care what its constituents want, nor do they care about what the rules say, just like Congress and President Obama. But, here is what the folks over at the Institute have found:

Though it is quite rare for formal charges to be brought against laypersons in the UMC, Mr. Brownson could be charged under Paragraph 2702.3 for the following offenses: (a) immorality, (c) disobedience to the order and discipline of the UMC, or (f) sexual misconduct.

Therefore, if Brownson could be charged, then it follows that Brucie and Co. should be charged under at least (a) and (c).

And, the author of this piece raises some key questions:

This latest fracas raises at least the following questions:

1. Do the bishop and CFA of the West Ohio Conference believe that standards established by the General Conference do not apply to Annual Conferences?
2. Do United Methodist leaders in West Ohio believe that Disciplinary standards governing sexuality are for clergy only and do not apply to laypersons?
3. Is this an attempt to bring a test case before the Judicial Council for the purpose of changing the sexual standards of the UMC?
4. If Mr. Brownson were heterosexual and living unmarried with a woman, would he have been deemed an acceptable candidate for the position? And if the answer is no, then are we dealing with a double standard?
5. Among the more than fifty applicants for the CFO position, was there not a single one that was both professionally qualified and also in compliance with UM sexual standards?

Let me answer some of these:
1. Yes, Bishop Brucie thinks he is the arbiter of fate.
2. Yes, because the church is bleeding money because of unwise spending as well as misdirected initiatives, and membership is bleeding because of idiotic stands like this, so the church needs new butts in seats, because it is all about numbers, not faith to brucie and company.
3. Yes, Brucie and the libs in west ohio want to cause a showdown and hope that political correctness rules the day, or if it does not, then Nancy Pelosi will muscle the church.
4.No, Yes.
5. Yes, there were, but according to Brucie, only one other person was even considered by the search group. Hmmm, wonder what test case in political correctness they represented?

This is a disgrace and hopefully people in the church who believe in Immutable Truth will make plans to take action and separate themselves from those who believe that social decay and cultural depravity are ok if it puts butts in seats and money in the treasury.

Meranda v. Gusweiler Update: Team Gusweiler Grinds Up Hot Dog Deters in Final Response

In this case, we have the difference between competent legal officers and self important egomaniacs. No, I am not talking about the principals in the case, Meranda and Gusweiler. I am talking about the legal teams. Gusweiler's lawyers released their final response to the hyperbole and rancor filled rant of the Chihuahua, Eric Deters, ambulance chasing mouthpiece of Clerk of Courts Tina Meranda. They take on the extreme language of the Chihuahua's rant and turn him into sausage. From intrepid editor Wayne Gates and the Brown County Press:

Common Pleas Judge Scott Gusweiler's attorneys have responded to the reply of Brown County Clerk of Courts Tina Meranda in the latest salvo in the legal battle between the two elected officials.

The reply by Gusweiler is the final filing due in the case before visiting Judge Thomas Nurre rules on the motion to dismiss the lawsuit Meranda filed against Gusweiler last March.

The Cincinnati law firm of Montgomery, Rennie and Jonson repeated many of the same points raised in their initial response to the lawsuit that was covered in the May 2 edition of the Brown County Press.

They had to repeat it because they wanted facts to be heard, not angry and fact deficient accusations by the supposed attorney, Eric Deters.

It also refers to the sharply worded response filed by Meranda's attorney Eric Deters, saying "Despite Meranda's attempt to make this case about judicial vengeance, the case actually presents a far simpler situation. When the excessive verbiage in Meranda's memorandum is removed...a judge issued an order, the judge allegedly 'threatened' the party to that order with contempt, and the party followed the order. This same set of events happens in courthouses every day."

The response goes on to cite case law supporting the contention that Gusweiler has absolute immunity from personal liability for judicial actions he takes while in office.

Gusweilers attorneys contend that the court order demanding keys to Meranda's office and the threat of contempt charges and arrest if the order is not complied with was a "judicial act" in a court where Gusweiler had legal jurisdiction.

The response says "The judge's alleged statements about sending Meranda to jail for contempt were made after the judge issued his order and clearly relate to the order."

As such, the response says, "Judicial immunity is absolute."

Awww snap! Facts getting in the way of a good smear! Don't you hate it when that happens? But wait, the smackdown of the Chihuahua and Clerk Meranda continue:

The response also addresses Meranda's claim that Gusweilers actions "put her in great fear for her safety and person".

It refers to a paragraph in Brown County Prosecuting Attorney Jessica Little's statement which reads "Tina Meranda and Judge Gusweiler had a heated discussion and after Judge Gusweiler advised Tina Meranda that he would not give the key to anyone on his staff, she gave him a key".

The response continues "So actually, Meranda negotiated acceptable terms and then handed over a key."

Case law from 1926 is also cited that says "The power of the court is inherent and takes precedence even of (sic) the statutory (legal) power of a clerk over court records and files."

In other words, there was no imminent threat. Zing!

Meranda's claim for monetary relief is then addressed. The intimidation statute cited by Deters in the lawsuit is a criminal statute that is being used to sue Gusweiler in a civil suit.

The response says "To sufficiently plead a claim for civil damages under (the Intimidation statute) Meranda must allege she suffered some damage in the form of injury, death or loss of personal property.

At the very most, Meranda alleges she 'feared Judge Gusweiler and his demeanor'. These damages are insufficient under Ohio law."

Home.....run!

Look, I am not defending what some are calling the arrogant and preening behavior of Judge Gusweiler. I think his language on the day in question was reprehensible. However, foul language does not rise to the level of monetary damages. And citing a crminal statute in a civil case is kind of henky. Where did the Chihuahua get his law degree? And why don't we see mention of this case in his online newsletters? And where is the case referenced on his website like he promised me when I asked him about it on the air? I'm still waiting, Mr. Deters, you dope.

Stick to chasing ambulances and causing our insurance premiums and doctor bills to go up. You are far better at that than actual serious jurisprudence! Stick to that and causing more people to change the channel when you go on the air for 700WLW. And as for Ms. Meranda, she has cost the people of Brown County enough with her vendetta. She should do us all a favor and resign and return to private life, enjoying her family and her whine-ery. If this were really about principle and the rule of law, it would have been the right thing to take it before the 12th district court of appeals, who would have ruled on the matter and settled disputes. Instead, Tina Meranda went for money and blood. She went to the county begging for her vendetta to be funded by the taxpayers of Brown County. Sounds like she wants a nice golden parachute. Unfortunately, she chose the wrong lawyer to pack it for her. This case should be thrown out and Meranda should reimburse the county for lost man hours and the price of getting an outside judge, and then should resign.

Most Transparent Ever? Census Bureau Inflating Employment Numbers

Mail it in. We have to get an accurate count. Blah de blah. Well, the people in charge of counting us are fudging numbers to help the Obama Administration's performance in creating new jobs. Check this out from the New York Post, and I have verified it with Census workers I know who shall remain nameless:

Last week, one of the millions of workers hired by Census 2010 to parade around the country counting Americans blew the whistle on some statistical tricks.

The worker, Naomi Cohn, told The Post that she was hired and fired a number of times by Census. Each time she was hired back, it seems, Census was able to report the creation of a new job to the Labor Department.

Below, I have a couple more readers who worked for Census 2010 and have tales to tell.

Each month Census gives Labor a figure on the number of workers it has hired. That figure goes into the closely followed monthly employment report Labor provides. For the past two months the hiring by Census has made up a good portion of the new jobs.

Labor doesn't check the Census hiring figure or whether the jobs are actually new or recycled. It considers a new job to have been created if someone is hired to work at least one hour a month.

One hour! A month! So, if a worker is terminated after only one hour and another is hired in her place, then a second new job can apparently be reported to Labor . (I've been unable to get Census to explain this to me.)

Here's a note from a Census worker -- this one from Manhattan:

"John: I am on my fourth rehire with the 2010 Census.

"I have been hired, trained for a week, given a few hours of work, then laid off. So my unemployed self now counts for four new jobs.

"I have been paid more to train all four times than I have been paid to actually produce results. These are my tax dollars and your tax dollars at work.

"A few months ago I was trained for three days and offered five hours of work counting the homeless. Now, I am knocking (on) doors trying to find the people that have not returned their Census forms. I worked the 2000 Census. It was a far more organized venture.

"Have to run and meet my crew leader, even though with this rain I did not work today. So I can put in a pay sheet for the hour or hour and a half this meeting will take. Sincerely, C.M."

And here's another:

"John: I worked for (Census) and I was paid $18.75 (an hour) just like Ms. Naomi Cohn from your article.

"I worked for about six weeks or so and I picked the hours I wanted to work. I was checking the work of others. While I was classifying addresses, another junior supervisor was checking my work.

"In short, we had a "checkers checking checkers" quality control. I was eventually let go and was told all the work was finished when, in fact, other people were being trained for the same assignment(s).

"I was re-hired about eight months later and was informed that I would have to go through one week of additional training.

"On the third day of training, I got sick and visited my doctor. I called my supervisor and asked how I can make up the class. She informed me that I was 'terminated.' She elaborated that she had to terminate three other people for being five minutes late to class.

Yep, they are finding new ways to be corrupt and mislead the American people. Where is the accountability? Where is the transparency? Where is the outrage?

The Stimulus didn't work, so now it was about ideas and not jobs. So, we have the census engage in some creative accounting (Tom Blumer, call your office)and we find out that they are inflating jobs numbers like crazy.

Wish I could say I was surprised, but no corruption from these thugs surprises me anymore.

Foresight from the One: Cut the Coast Guard's Crisis Center!...And, Competence Matters!

Pure Genius! President Obama's administration was wanting the very organization that is supposedly in charge down in the Gulf supervising the spill response to take a huge cut in resources. Pure genius:

Three months before the massive BP oil spill erupted in the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration proposed downsizing the Coast Guard national coordination center for oil spill responses, prompting its senior officers to warn that the agency’s readiness for catastrophic events would be weakened…

Accidents happen, “but what you’re seeing here is the government is not properly set up to deal with this kind of issue,” said Robbin Laird, a defense consultant who has worked on Coast Guard issues. “The idea that you would even think about getting rid of catastrophic environmental spill equipment or expertise at the Department of Homeland Security, are you kidding me?”

“Cutting a strike team is nuts,” said Stephen Flynn, a former Coast Guard commander and now president of the Center for National Policy, a Washington think tank. “Whether it’s an accident of man or an act of terrorism, it requires almost the exact same skill set to clean it up.”…

“The elimination of the national command element could well lead to a reduction in core competencies in capabilities needed in a crisis,” said Cmdr. Tina Cutter [in February]. The absence of large spills in recent years has “degraded” the skills of responders, making it more critical to maintain technical experts, particularly in catastrophes, she said.

Tell me, my lib friends, where is the competence?
Peggy Noonan floats back into reality for a few moments with her latest column, but she misses something extremely important, which I will get to in a minute:

This is his third political disaster in his first 18 months in office. And they were all, as they say, unforced errors, meaning they were shaped by the president's political judgment and instincts.

There was the tearing and unnecessary war over his health-care proposal and its cost. There was his day-to-day indifference to the views and hopes of the majority of voters regarding illegal immigration. And now the past almost 40 days of dodging and dithering in the face of an environmental calamity. I don't see how you politically survive this.

The president, in my view, continues to govern in a way that suggests he is chronically detached from the central and immediate concerns of his countrymen. This is a terrible thing to see in a political figure, and a startling thing in one who won so handily and shrewdly in 2008. But he has not, almost from the day he was inaugurated, been in sync with the center. The heart of the country is thinking each day about A, B and C, and he is thinking about X, Y and Z. They're in one reality, he's in another.

Peggy, he doesn't care about his countrymen. He cares about his agenda, and he would say or do anything to get elected. Now that he is elected, he doesn't care. He is the One. It is not that he doesn't have the acumen, he doesn't care. This oil spill is an opportunity to stick it to the Oil and Coal industries, as well as the mostly red states that support them. He thinks he IS competent, the smartest guy in the room, and everyone else just doesn't understand. It is the height of megalomania and the level of groupthink with this admin is perhaps unprecedented. But, back to Peg:

The American people have spent at least two years worrying that high government spending would, in the end, undo the republic. They saw the dollars gushing night and day, and worried that while everything looked the same on the surface, our position was eroding. They have worried about a border that is in some places functionally and of course illegally open, that it too is gushing night and day with problems that states, cities and towns there cannot solve.

And now we have a videotape metaphor for all the public's fears: that clip we see every day, on every news show, of the well gushing black oil into the Gulf of Mexico and toward our shore. You actually don't get deadlier as a metaphor for the moment than that, the monster that lives deep beneath the sea.

In his news conference Thursday, President Obama made his position no better. He attempted to act out passionate engagement through the use of heightened language—"catastrophe," etc.—but repeatedly took refuge in factual minutiae. His staff probably thought this demonstrated his command of even the most obscure facts. Instead it made him seem like someone who won't see the big picture. The unspoken mantra in his head must have been, "I will not be defensive, I will not give them a resentful soundbite." But his strategic problem was that he'd already lost the battle.

Again, Peggy, he doesn't care. He wants to do as much damage as possible to capitalism. he is a megalomaniac idealist.


She does get one thing right. Government cannot solve every problem. In fact, as some former actor said once....Government is the problem!

Obama Admin's Elitism: He Golfs, Big Sis Goes to Opera, While Nation Suffers

Barack Obama slept while the Christmas Day Bomb attempt went down, then he went golfing. He is now on his 2nd vacation since the oil spill started. The elitism of this administration is galling. Big Sis, Homeland Insecurity Chief Janet Napolitano, she likes to go to the opera:

Napolitano was a VIP guest at the Washington National Opera Ball at the Russian Federation Embassy last Friday, a luxurious event that featured Fabergé egg cakes, 30,000 pounds worth of ice sculptures, and Russian ballerinas and singers—bringing in some $1.5 million for the opera. The Homeland boss says she's been to all the company's performances this season, including last Saturday's Hamlet at the Kennedy Center. It's one of the best insider perks of a top-level Washingtonian. Top Obama aides have dibs on the center's Presidential Box tickets that the first family doesn't use, which is pretty often.

Wow, way to be on top of things. I guess, in her mind, as long as she gets to go to the opera, the system works.

Biden: We Spent Porkulus Money on Ideas, not Creating Jobs

Well, we finally get the truth from the befuddled tongue of Vice President and resident idiot Joe Biden. Here is what he said about the so called Stimulus money aka Porkulus recently:

Biden said he and Melody Barnes, White House Domestic Policy Council director, have talked at length about ways to “generate new ideas about how to deal with future employment needs,” Biden said. “We have new ideas about how to spend government money wisely.”

He said that there was “virtually no fraud” associated with the spending so far of the billions allocated for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The government, according to recovery.gov, has distributed just over one half of the $787 billion.

“I might add, I’m very proud to say, that’s there’s been virtually no – knock on wood – virtually no fraud associated with the $787 billion program overall,” Biden said as he banged his fist on the table and against his head.

We spent 787 billion dollars on ideas? Nice. But that is not what Obama said to begin with. This was supposed to be about creating jobs. But, Biden says we have ideas now. And what is this about no fraud, or rather virtually no fraud?

What about this story?

Or this one?

Or this one?

And Joe, these are ideas to spend government money wisely? OK, first of all, it is not the government's money...it is the people's money....but check these out.

The Obama administration....spending and surrendering our way to oblivion, one day at a time.