This'n'That; July 24th[Failing;Collusion;Rights;Denegration]

The Fluffy Presidency Failing? Why is Fluffy obama losing support? The Economy.

• The White House's vaunted economic team blew it, says Craig Gordon, White House editor of Politico.
• Larry Summers and his "Gang of Thieves" were too optimistic about the economy, and their rose-colored views led Fluffy to over-promise and under-deliver.
• As Bill Clinton once explained, "it's the economy, stupid." If the economy does finally recover, all will likely be forgiven. If the economy does not recover, support for Fluffy and his scams will probably continue to fall.

Unemployment.

• The White House's initial projections, made only six months ago, said it would peak around 8% this year. Already it's 9.5% and headed above 10%).

As early as last March 16th, less than 60 days into the Era of Fluff, a Pew survey found Fluffy's approval rating falling to 59 percent from 64 percent in February. It also found the ranks of Americans who disapprove of the president's job performance rising, to 26 percent from 17 percent.

In the Washington Post/ABC poll of July 15 through 18, just 49% of those surveyed said they approved of the way Fluffy obama was handling healthcare, down from 53% in June and 57% in April. The share of people voicing disapproval for the president's handling of the issue has risen from 29% in April to 44% in the July survey.

Can the "KoolAid" be wearing off both the drinkers and the media?

Fluffy's Possible Collusion?

Mr Douglas Elmendorf is the Director, Congressional Budget Office. Mr Elmendorf was "invited" to the White House last Tuesday [07/21] quite probably to "be put back in line" with the ACORN-COI version of the Fluffy healthcare reform scam.

The one thing standing between Obama and his disastrous government takeover of health care is the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. They’re the ones who blew the lid off the president’s lie that his so-called “health care reform” would cut costs and make things better. Fluffy obama disclosed an unusual meeting with the CBO, presumably its director Doug Elmendorf, in his Today Show appearance this morning with Meredith Viera.

• obama: And so, what we’ve got to do, is to bend the cost curve over the long term. And we’ve put forward a whole series of proposals to do that, and the Congressional Budget Office and every health care expert have looked at many of our proposals, and they’ve said, “You know, this has a good chance of working.” Not all of them have been adopted by Congress yet –
• VIERA: But — not to beat a dead horse here, but again, the Congressional Budget Office is looking at those bills that are out there, and they’re saying they do not contain costs. Any one of those bills, would you sign them, based on what you see?
• obama: Right now, they’re not where they need to be. But I promise you, I just met with the Congressional Budget Office today, so I know exactly what they’re saying. And

  what they’re saying is, is that the cost savings that are in those bills right now, some of them may actually work,

  but they’re not enough to offset the additional costs of bringing in 46 million new people to provide.

Let’s hope the CBO can stand up to the political pressure or as I see it, let's hope the Director isn't buried in the bullshit Fluffy is piling on his revamping of everyone else's statement [read: lies about].

This Needs Nothing From Me!!

[I found this on the American Thinker website: www.americanthinker.com ]

June 04, 2009 Obama's Attack on Achievers and Individual RightsBy Lloyd Marcus Recently, I thought of two Hall of Fame baseball players, Baltimore Orioles', Frank Robinson and Cal Ripken Jr. On several occasions, I witnessed Robinson, bottom of the ninth with two outs, dramatically hitting the game winning home run. Most players may hit the game winner once in their careers. With great pride, they repeatedly tell the tale to their grandkids. Incredibly, Frank Robinson hit the "big one" numerous times. Cal Ripken Jr holds the record for going 2,632 games without missing a day at work. But Cal is beloved for more than his dependability. He was an excellent quiet player beaming with character. When Cal announced his retirement, there was much fanfare and worldwide media surrounding his final game. The night of the game, astonishingly, Cal hit two home runs. The crowd and both teams cheered wildly for Cal. Extremely moved, Cal spontaneously jogged around the stadium. Then, the crowd really went nuts. Had this perfect scenario happened in a movie, people would have said it was too corny to be real. It was a truly wonderful, moving and inspiring moment. (Lloyd Marcus tribute song to Cal Ripken at iTunes) I wondered, what makes one "that guy" or "that woman", the person that does the impossible repeatedly at the perfect moment? I'm talking Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and other elites. A common thread ties these high achievers together. It is character and a strong work ethic. Oh, I almost left out the man who mesmerized me and my buddies as kids, martial arts genius, Bruce Lee. I am talking about EXCELLENCE! Here in America, we are blessed with a precious gift, Freedom. For which, many brave men and women have paid the ultimate price. There is something wonderful and American about striving to be the BEST, competition, winning, losing, character and hard work. Freedom does not guarantee equal outcomes. It does give one a rare opportunity to rise to the pinnacle. In most countries, if your parents are peasants, you will be also. In America, opportunities are limitless, restricted only by one's "Will" to GO FOR IT! Horrifically, the Obama administration is committed to re-shaping America. Using "class envy", which appeals to our lower nature, Obama has successfully demon-nized achievers. He accuses them of being greedy and selfish. President Obama, the supposed "Great Unifier" uses his bully pulpit to divide Americans by proclaiming, "You have too little because THEY have too much". He vows to "Spread the wealth around". Ponder this for a moment folks, like no president before him, our president, Mr. Obama traveled around the world on his "America is Too Successful and Arrogant Apology Tour". WOW! My mom was a domestic worker. She cleaned white folk's homes and did ironing. She was respected for her honesty and character. My dad was one of the first blacks who broke the color barrier into the Baltimore City Fire Department. Despite horrendous treatment by the white firefighters, my dad won "Firefighter of the Year" TWO TIMES! Neither of my parents EVER taught my four younger siblings and me that we were ENTITLED to the earnings of others. Everyone is concerned about the spread of 'swine flu'. I pray that the "entitlement mindset" bug, spread by democrats and Obama, does not infect too many Americans. The day most Americans believe they are ENTITLED is the day we die as a great nation. Obama wants to reward failure, laziness and bad behavior, while punishing achievers. Outrageously, he fired the CEO of General Motors. Now, he wants to 'cap' salaries. This is TOTALLY un-American. When did we vote to change the Constitution giving government control over private sector business? King Obama's massive "power grab" is a devastating intrusion on our freedom. And here's another thing that "frost" me! If one works harder, is smarter and invests wiser than others, why shouldn't he reap the benefits? All you folks who agree with Obama's redistribution plan, do you want to see a loser? Look in the mirror. I'm sorry, but people who are consumed with "class envy" and "entitlement" are losers. The Good Book says, "Thou shall not covet". Winners celebrate excellence and strive to emulate it. My fellow Americans, we MUST preserve and defend the RIGHTS and FREEDOM of the INDIVIDUAL! At least for now, this is still America. We ARE the greatest nation on the planet, where personal achievement is celebrated and rewarded. For the sake of our children, we MUST not allow one "resentful of our greatness" president to KILL the American Dream! Lloyd Marcus, is a songwriter & vocalist of the American Tea Party Anthem, as well as President, NAACPC (National Association for the Advancement of Conservative People of Color)

Fluffer Denegrates ALL Law Enforcement Personnel!

July 23, 2009 Obama disses the Secret Service

by Thomas Lifson

President Obama didn't just insult the Cambridge Police and Sgt Crowley, he insulted the Secret Service, who guard him with their lives. Bookworm noticed the slight, though it has been largely ignored in the kerfuffle: Given the caliber of people surrounding the President, and the sacrifices they are willing to make on a daily basis, I cannot come to grips with the insult Obama offered them as part of his foolish decision to wade into the public battle between Henry Louis Gates and the Boston Police Department (emphasis mine): "I don't know - not having been there and not seeing all the facts - what role race played in that, but I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two that he Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home," Obama said in response to a question from the Chicago Sun-Times's Lynn Sweet. Gates, Obama allowed, "is a friend, so I may be a little biased here. I don't know all the facts." However Gates, he continued, "jimmied his way to get into [his own] house." "There was a report called in to the police station that there might be a burglary taking place - so far so good," Obama said, reflecting that he'd hope the police were called if he were seen breaking into his own house, then pausing. "I guess this is my house now," he remarked of the White House. "Here I'd get shot." Let me rephrase that. What Obama just said is that, if he for some reason was in the wrong place in the White House, or in the right place at the wrong time, White House security would shoot him.

Let me dig down into that a little deeper:

• "I, Barack Obama, think it's funny and self-deprecatory to state that the security people who surround me, the ones who have taken on the job of protecting the world's biggest targets, are racists who would willingly shoot me because I am a black man in a fancy house."
• And its no use defending that statement by saying that Obama was likening himself to just any homeowner, as opposed to a black one. Gates made it very clear, and Obama, who was defending Gates, must have understood, that the pressure the police put on Gates was solely because he was black.
• Indeed, from the minute the officers arrived, Gates used his race as the justification for refusing to cooperate, thereby escalating the situation. With this manifest racial context, Obama could only have been saying that a black man in the White House is a natural target for security forces.
• Frankly, if I were in the Secret Service, I would have second thoughts about holding a job that requires me to throw myself in front of a bullet to protect an employer who thinks so little of me that, as a joke, he implies that I would casually pull the trigger and shoot him just because he's black.
• I would also note that the mayor of Cambridge (black) and police chief (also black) reportedly ahve apologized to Gates. This strikes me as utterly stupid. The police department has got to be smarting under all the criticism, and cannot appreciate the lack of support from the city itself.
• I would not want to serve as mayor or police chief and be hated by many police officers. There are just too many ways in which a politician can be caught in embarrasing situations.

Til Nex'Time....