Archive for February, 2009
Protesters welcome Obama in Denver Colorado - “Yes, we care!” Porkulus protesters holler back
Hat to By Michelle Malkin for these pictures
(From my iphone/twitpic)
(Photo via People’s Press Collective)
Hundreds of taxpayers took time out of their busy day to protest President Obama’s “stimulus” bill-signing in Denver today. Jim Pfaff of Colorado Americans for Prosperity, Jon Caldara and the Independence Institute, former Rep. Tom Tancredo, and several GOP officials […]
This does not make sense: New Stimulus ($787 billion) Projections - At most 3.6 million jobs, while feds import 3.2 million new foreign workers
Two analyses of the just-enacted bill suggest that foreign workers will benefit from either 90% of increased employment due to the nearly-trillion-dollar Stimulus bill.
Or foreign workers will benefit from ALL of the extra employment.
Sound incredible?
Read on ….
1.2 or 2.5 or 3.6 MILLION MORE JOBS AT END OF 2010
A private firm, IHS Global Insight, has analyzed […]
40,000 people out of 8 million (1%) living in New York city pay 50% of the taxes
[Via WSJ] Let us now praise New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has learned a few things about tax rates and incentives.
New York state and city revenues are falling amid the collapse of Wall Street, and state lawmakers in Albany are considering income tax hikes for households earning between $250,000 and $1 million, who already […]
High School Kids Question Obama During Speech: ‘I just don’t believe all the things he’s telling us’…
A Dobson High School Advanced Placement government class with strong opinions about Barack Obama watched the president’s speech Wednesday on a small, grainy TV in the corner of their classroom.
Principal, student talk hoops with Obama
Obama lays out plan amid hundreds at Dobson
Some of the students attentively watched the speech, giving questioning looks and comments, shaking […]
Do Americans still have freedom of speech? - Oklahoma City police officer pulls man over for anti-Obama sign on vehicle
[Via Oklahoma News] An Oklahoma City police officer wrongly pulled over a man last week and confiscated an anti-President Barack Obama sign the man had on his vehicle.
The officer misinterpreted the sign as threatening, said Capt. Steve McCool, of the Oklahoma City Police Department, and took the sign, which read “Abort Obama, not the unborn.”
Chip […]
Poll: Public fears about troubled economy growing
As the economy continues to struggle, the public is growing increasingly concerned about losing jobs, not having enough money to pay the bills and seeing their retirement accounts shrink, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.
Nearly half of those surveyed said they worry about becoming unemployed — almost double the percentage at this […]
Jimmy Carter 2? - Obama’s approval ratings begin to “normalize”
The president’s approval ratings drop 4% in matter of 5 days. His disapproval rate increased by the same percentage as well.
See the chart at Gallup.com
Another Race Card? - Attorney General Eric Holder said the United States remains ‘a nation of cowards’ on race
Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that despite advances, the United States remains “a nation of cowards” on issues involving race. “Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial, we have always been, and we, I believe, continue to be, in too many ways, a nation of […]
Wake up American: Kuwaiti Professor Fantasizes Of A Biological Attack On The White House
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May God help us all - Chorus grows for ‘nationalization’ of U.S. banks
[Via Yahoo News] A touchy word has entered the public debate about the future of America’s economy. It’s a word that would shock the nation in normal times, but as even Republicans begin to whisper it, temporary “nationalization” of troubled banks is increasingly seen as our last best hope for fixing our financial system.
Simply […]
Where is Obama’s hope and change? Fed Offers Bleak Economic Outlook
[Via NYTimes] The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke, vowed on Wednesday to do whatever it took to pull the economy out of its downward spiral, even as he acknowledged that the most recent indicators were “dismal.”
Speaking at the National Press Club, the first time that a Fed chairman has taken questions from […]
February 17, 2009 New York Times’ Share Price Less Than Sunday Newspaper Price
Check out this very ugly chart:
Shares of NYT (NYT) dropped 29 cents today to close at $3.77. The Sunday paper goes for $4 at the newsstand.
Maybe they could save costs by printing the paper on their stock certificates.
Posted by edelfenbein at February 17, 2009 10:46 PM
Breaking Intelligence Report: Obama to Drop Sanctions On Iran
[Via GatewayPundit] This article was published in Geostrategy-Direct , an open source intelligence (OSINT) newsletter that has a good track record.
The report would probably seem preposterous if it weren’t for the fact that Team Obama already waived sanctions on Syria and is considering opening travel to Cuba.
It’s like watching Carter on Speed.
This latest news comes […]
Republicans, analysts question Obama’s foreclosure plan
Already, top Republicans want several questions answered, an early sign that Obama may once again face stiff opposition to the plan when it comes before Congress. Last week, not one House Republican voted for his economic stimulus package, and only three GOP senators voted for the bill.
• What will your plan do for the over […]
Man Kills Himself In Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral
A man shot and killed himself in front of a cross inside televangelist Robert H. Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral on Wednesday, police and church officials said. The man handed a note and his driver’s license to two ushers, walked to the cross and then shot himself in the head as he appeared to be praying, Senior […]
A new twist to an intriguing family history:Forebears of Obama’s white mother owned slaves
Many people know that Democratic presidential candidate ’s father was from Kenya and his mother from Kansas.
But an intriguing sliver of his family history has received almost no attention until now: It appears that forebears of his white mother owned slaves, according to genealogical research and census records.
The records - which had never been addressed […]
Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin Warns The US Against Socialism
Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin has said the US should take a lesson from the pages of Russian history and not exercise “excessive intervention in economic activity and blind faith in the state’s omnipotence”.
“In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state’s role absolute,” Putin said during a speech at the opening ceremony of […]
Right Direction or Wrong Track - 26% Say U.S. is Moving in the Right Direction
Twenty-six percent (26%) of American voters say the nation is moving in the right direction, while 66% say it is heading down the wrong track, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
The number of voters who think America is moving in the right direction is down slightly from last week’s high of 29%, […]
A Word of Caution for President Obama
President Obama and Congress are in the process of putting together a “stimulus” package in order to spur the economy and create or save 3 million jobs. The House of Representative’s proposal contained $275 billion in tax cuts and $526 billion in “carefully targeted priority investments” for a total cost of $820 billion. It would […]
America’s Financial Future (Part 2)
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