This'n'That; June Fourth #1; Cordial Jabs!

President (43), Mrs Bush's Portraits Unveiled

    Late last week, President George W. Bush's official White House portait was unveiled amid his familiar humor:
"Thank you so much for inviting all my rowdy friends to my hanging."
"(To the invited guests:) Behave yourselves!"
"It (the White House official portrait collection) now starts and ends with a 'George W.'"
"(To Clown Prince owe-bama:) As you wander the halls, wrestling with tough decisions, you could always gaze at this portrait and ask, 'What would George do?'"
    Until Ann Romney assumes the position as the nation's "First Lady," Laura Welch Bush will remain my first choice of 'Nicest, most regal first lady, EVER!'
Mrs Bush's portrait was unveiled during the same ceremony.  Just 'tween you-and-me, this portrait certainly doesn't look much like Mrs Bush's photos:

Mrs Bush thanked the White House staff that made her family's stay in 'the nation's house' a pleasant one. 

    Not long after the Bush 'Hanging,' "Clown Prince" owe-bama and "Michelle Antoinette" owe-bama submitted their photos as references in painting portraits for their upcoming hanging.... NO!!  I mean in the barackingham Palace 'owe-bama wing' of the portrait gallery:

Until Nex'Time....

This'n'That; May Twenty-Fourth #1; Explosion!

I 'Exploded' Watching "The Five!"
    I have to set the stage for this rant:  My wife 'The Young Miss Lovely,' has a non-medical job in one of the local hospitals.  Her workday normally starts at 5:15AM, eastern for which she 'rolls-out' around 3-3:15AM and goes to bed around 6:30-7PM.  We normally eat our supper between 2:30-3:15PM.  Most of the television we watch is from the DVR.  Any live shows we watch are her choice; she makes the money, she gets to choose!!  So--being the current events, political junkie that I am--I DVR shows like 'The Five,' Red Eye, Cavuto, etc.
    I watched today's edition of 'The Five' nearly live; from the DVR, about 20 minutes behind the live broadcast.  After finishing the Thursday show, I went to the Wednesday show which had Juan Williams as the 'Bob Beckle-for-a-day' guest commentator.
The early discussion pertained to the 'occupy' miscreants and their destructive ways in Ohio, Chicago, et al.  For the communist view, Mr Williams tried to compare said miscreants to the "Tea Party" rally in Washington--protesting the upcoming vote on owe-bamaKare--on March 20, 2010.  You remember; that was the rally where the House owe-bamacRATics led by nancy PORKlosi--and her over-sized gavel--Rep John Lewis, Barney Frank, et al,  attempted to bait the "Tea Party" participants into unsavory behavior.
    Mr Williams attempted to wrongly tie the "Tea Party" participants to the lying Congressmen who said they were called 'nigger' several times; at least two claimed to have been spat upon.  No one was arrested, although the liar, Rep Cleaver claimed one had been arrested for spitting on him.  With all the national pamphleteers, bloggers and "Tea Party" members recording the events, ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE was ever found to support the owe-bamacRATic liars' claims!!  The point where Mr Williams said "tea partiers spat on the congressmen" I told the tv exactly what I thought of Juan Williams in 'less-than-glowing' terms!!  I stopped the recording and deleted it.  I tend to lose my temper when I can't correct the socio-fascist owe-bamacRATics face-to-face!  Shortly thereafter, I decided to never watch another program in which Mr Williams is a guest, a substitute host or any other meaningful position.
Til Nex'Time....

This'n'That; May Seventeenth #2; Ego Out-Of-Control!!

Bilderbergers, Soros "Runnin' Scared!"
    Watching their FAILING efforts to insure that America--as we know it--goes socialist, the Bilderbergers are grasping at straws!!  In continuing efforts to prop up the current regime at every turn, they've taken to "slow-jammin' history."  They have injected "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" into every presidential biography--save President Gerald R. Ford--from Franklin Roosevelt to President George W. Bush (43).
    As you check the URLs below, you'll find that a "Did You Know ?" section has been added to put the best possible light on the owe-bama FAILURES as they relate to the cited president.
Enjoy!
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelt
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/harrystruman
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/dwightdeisenhower
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johnfkennedy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/lyndonbjohnson
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/richardnixon
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jimmycarter
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgehwbush
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/williamjclinton
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgewbush

This'n'That; April Twenty-Fifth #3; Unremarkable Remarks

"Princely" Unremarkable Remarks, UNC
Taxpayer Funded Campaign Stop
(Student Loans)
UNC-Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, N.C.
April 24, 2012
    Later today, I am getting together with Jimmy Fallon and the Dave Matthews Band right here on campus. We’re going to tape Jimmy’s show for tonight so I want everybody to tune in, make sure it has high ratings. 
[....] the reason I came to Chapel Hill today is to talk about what most of you do here every single day -- and that's study, I assume.  Higher education is the single most important investment you can make in your future.  So I'm proud of all of you for doing what it takes to make that investment -- for the long hours in the library -- I hope in the lab, in the classroom. This has never been more important.
    Whether you're here at a four-year college or university, or you're at a two-year community college, in today’s economy, there's no greater predictor of individual success than a good education.  Right now, the unemployment rate for Americans with a college degree or more is about half the national average. The incomes of folks with a college degree are twice as high as those who don’t have a high school diploma. A higher education is the clearest path into the middle class.  Now, I know that those of you who are about to graduate are wondering about what’s in store for your future. Not even four years ago, just as the global economy was about to enter into freefall, you were still trying to find your way around campus. And you’ve spent your years here at a time when the whole world has been trying to recover, but has not yet fully recovered from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the worst economic crisis in most of our lifetimes -- and that includes your teachers.
Being truthful, I--your exalted ruler--might have said:  College--as an economic indicator--has little value.  College is where you might apply yourself to the project of advancing your knowledge, unfettered by commie-lib professors with their purpose of indoctrinating new minds to the ways of marxism, fascism; all the -isms necessary to spread their communistic manifesto.  In many instances, an impossible task!  
    Most college students today, are in school at the financial behest of their parents, grandparents or some other benefactor.  It's the rare student that does more than part-time work, that being to finance their incidentals.  Largely, the current college student is completely unphased by the cost of said education.  Do you realize that the tuition costs rise at a rate three-times greater than the rate of inflation?!? 
SIDEBAR:  With the Federal Reserve printing money--willie-nillie--the official inflation rate is being kept artifically low.  This blogger has seen the unofficial inflation rate as illustrated by a loaf of bread:  In the last six-months, a store-brand loaf of 'italian' bread has risen from $1.29 to $1.99 per loaf!  That's an increase of ten-cents per month in price, with no commensurate increase in value!!
The current affects of my lack of a clear--beneficial--domestic economic policy have pretty-much destroyed the jobs markets!  You have me--as well as yourselves--to blame for having no employment upon graduation; one cannot be afraid to get his or her hands dirty in the persuit of success.                                                                                                             
    Our businesses have added more than 4 million jobs over the past two years, but we all know there’s still too many Americans out there looking for work or trying to find a job that pays enough to cover the bills and make the mortgage. We still have too many folks in the middle class that are searching for that security that started slipping away years before the recession hit.  So we’ve still got a lot of work to do to rebuild this economy so that it lasts, so that it’s solid, so that it’s firm. But what I want you to know is that the degree you earn from UNC will be the best tool you have to achieve that basic American promise -- the idea that if you work hard, you can do well enough to raise a family and own a home, send your own kids to college, put a little away for retirement. That American Dream is within your reach.  And there’s another part of this dream, which is the idea that each generation is going to know a little bit more opportunity than the last generation. That our kids -- I can tell you now as a parent -- and I guarantee you, your parents feel this about you -- nothing is more important than your kid’s success. You want them to do better than you did.  You want them to shoot higher, strive more, and succeed beyond your imagination.
    So keeping that promise alive is the defining issue of our time. I don’t want this to be a country where a shrinking number of Americans are doing really, really well, but a growing number of people are just struggling to get by. That’s not my idea of America.  I don’t want that future for you. I don’t want that future for my daughters. I want this forever to be a country where everybody gets a fair shot and everybody is doing their fair share, and everybody is playing by the same set of rules.  That’s the America I know and love. That’s the America within our reach.  I think back to my grandfather. He had a chance to go to college because this country decided every returning veteran of World War II should be able to afford it, should be able to go to college.  My mother was able to raise two kids by herself because she was able to get grants and work her way through school.  I am only standing here today, Michelle is only who she is today because of scholarships and student loans. That gave us a shot at a great education. We didn’t come from families of means, but we knew that if we worked hard we’d have a shot.
Being truthful, I--your exalted ruler--might have said: Years ago--when the "baby-boomers" were raising their kids; your parents--very few parents were able to just send their kids off to college.  In many families, the college student only enrolled for classes after he'd worked for six-months or a year, earning the tuition-and-expense money.  When did it become the norm for a student to be 'handed an education,' financially?!?  A far-more-beneficial path would be the one I just mentioned.  The continuing student would have 'a bit of dirt under the fingernails;' a work ethic that would serve him well throughout his or her life!! 
    My mother was involved in my early-life little more than the four-years I lived with her and her then-husband in Indonesia.  My grandmother, Madelyn Dunham was an essential figure in my upbringing, having lived with her until left for the mainland and college.  We--my grandparents' household--were not poor or even middle-class, by any stretch of the imagination!   My grandfather worked as a government employee at the Honolulu Municipal Water Station.  My grandmother was a vice-president at The Bank of Hawaii from 1970 until her retirement in 1986.  They gave me practically anything I wanted, growing up, and--unbeknownst-to-them--financing my excursions into the consumption of drugs of various kinds.
    This country has always made a commitment to put a good education within the reach of all who are willing to work for it. That’s what makes us special. That’s what made us an economic superpower. That’s what kept us at the forefront of business and science and technology and medicine. And that’s a commitment we have to reaffirm today in 2012.  Now, everybody will give lip service to this. You'll hear a lot of folks say, yes, education is important -- it’s important.  But it requires not just words but deeds. And the fact is, that since most of you were born, tuition and fees at America’s colleges have more than doubled. And that forces students like you to take out a lot more loans. There are fewer grants. You rack up more debt.  Now, the average student who borrows to pay for college now graduates with about $25,000 in student loan debt. That’s the average -- some are more.  Yes -- because some folks have more debt than that.
    Americans now owe more on their student loans than they do on their credit cards. And living with that kind of debt means that this generation is not getting off to the same start that previous generations -- because you’re already loaded up with debt. So that means you’ve got to make pretty tough choices when you are first starting out. You might have to put off buying a house. It might mean that you can’t go after that great idea for a startup that you have, because you’re still paying off loans. Maybe you’ve got to wait longer to start a family, or save for retirement.  When a big chunk of every paycheck goes towards loan debt, that’s not just tough on you, that’s not just tough for middle-class families, it’s not just tough on your parents -- it’s painful for the economy, because that money is not going to help businesses grow. I mean, think about the sooner you can start buying a house, that’s good for the housing industry. The sooner you can start up that business, that means you’re hiring some folks -- that grows the economy.
    And this is something Michelle and I know about firsthand. I just wanted everybody here to understand this is not -- I didn’t just read about this. I didn’t just get some talking points about this. I didn’t just get a policy briefing on this. Michelle and I, we’ve been in your shoes. Like I said, we didn’t come from wealthy families.  So when we graduated from college and law school, we had a mountain of debt. When we married, we got poorer together.  We added up our assets and there were no assets.  And we added up our liabilities and there were a lot of liabilities, basically in the form of student loans. We paid more in student loans than we paid on our mortgage when we finally did buy a condo. For the first eight years of our marriage, we were paying more in student loans than what we were paying for our mortgage. So we know what this is about.  And we were lucky to land good jobs with a steady income. But we only finished paying off our student loans -- check this out, all right, I’m the President of the United States we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago.  That wasn’t that long ago. And that wasn’t easy, especially because when we had Malia and Sasha, we’re supposed to be saving up for their college educations, and we’re still paying off our college educations.
Being truthful, I--your exalted ruler--might have said:  I have done nothing relative to the escalating costs of a quality college education.  Had that been at the fore--as I'm making it now--I should have gone after 'Big-Ed' much like I continue to vilify 'big oil!!'  I did not.  That's but one of my many shortcomings, my many failures!! As I continually paint a rosy picture of my involvement with the student-loan legislation, you have to know that as a U.S. senator--of some several days--I failed to vote in July, 2007 as well as September, 2007--nor did I sign on as a co-sponsor--of the current loan legislation!!  How well I prove that one can lie-by-omission!! 
    All this blather about the tough time "Michelle Antoinette" and I had in repaying our student loans?!?  Complete bullshit!!  Remember, any money I earned was a direct result of government at some level; I've never worked-for-wages in the private sector.  I made dam'-good-money plying my trade as a community agitator, using Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" to my advantage.  "Michelle Antoinette" has also never suffered financially, either as a single person, married person or mother.  She's been over-paid in various legal positions as a result of my influence as a community agitator.  She even had a 'no show job' with the University of Chicago hospitals earning well over a quarter-million-dollars as late as 2006!  Where's "the pain" of repaying student loans with a family income approaching a half-million-dollars annually?!?  This blather is nothing more-or-less than thinly disguised campaign bluster.                                                                                                                        So we have to make college more affordable for our young people. That’s the bottom line. And like I said, look, not everybody is going to go to a four-year college or university. You may go to a community college. You may go to a technical school and get into the workforce. And then, it may turn out that after you’ve had kids and you’re 35, you go back to school because you’re retraining for something new. But no matter what it is, no matter what field you’re in, you’re going to have to engage in lifelong learning. That’s the nature of the economy today. And we’ve got to make sure that’s affordable.  That’s good for the country; it’s good for you. At this make-or-break moment for the middle class, we’ve got to make sure that you’re not saddled with debt before you even get started in life.  Because I believe college isn’t just one of the best investments you can make in your future -- it’s one of the best investments America can make in our future. This is important for all of us.  We can’t price the middle class out of a college education. Not at a time when most new jobs in America will require more than a high school diploma. Whether it’s at a four-year college or a two-year program, we can’t make higher education a luxury. It’s an economic imperative. Every American family should be able to afford it.   So that’s why I’m here. Now, before I ask for your help -- I’ve got something very specific I’m going to need you to do. But, North Carolina, indulge me. I want to briefly tell you what we’ve already done to help make college more affordable, because we’ve done a lot.  Before I took office, we had a student loan system where tens of billions of taxpayer dollars were going to banks, not students. They were processing student loan programs except the student loans were federally guaranteed so they weren’t taking any big risks, but they were still taking billions of dollars out of the system. So we changed it.  Some in Washington fought tooth and nail to protect the status quo, where billions of dollars were going to banks instead of students. And they wanted to protect that. They wanted to keep those dollars flowing to the banks.  One of them said -- and I’m going to quote here because it gives you a sense of the attitudes sometimes we’re dealing with in Washington. They said, it would be "an outrage" -- if we changed the system so that the money wasn’t going through banks and they weren’t making billions of dollars of profits off of it -- said it was "an outrage."  And I said, no, the real outrage is letting these banks keep these subsidies without taking any risks while students are working two or three jobs just to get by. That’s an outrage. That’s an outrage.  So we kept at it, we kept it at -- we won that fight. Today, that money is going where it should be going -- should have been going in the first place -- it’s going directly to students. We’re bypassing the middleman. That means we can raise Pell grants to a higher level. More people are eligible. More young people are able to afford college because of what we did. Over 10 years, that’s going to be $60 billion that’s going to students that wasn’t going to students before.
Being truthful, I--your exalted ruler--might have said:  Then again, you may work for your mother's cousin-the family plumber.  A quality--hands-on--education to be sure! I AM asking for your help!  I care not, the quality; the costs of your education.  All I care about is pacifying George Soros, this time with my re-immaculation!!
    I--and by 'I' I mean ME--took over the student loan program not for any real benefit for the consumer but for the singular control of who, why and where anyone--from the upcoming high school graduates to the senior citizen looking to advance his knowledge--attends institutions of higher learning.  The banks did assume some risk in issuing a student loan as well as the processing fees they were entitled to.  To that end, name one--JUST ONE--federal program that's run efficiently and economically?!? 
Ha!!
Gott'cha!! 
There is none; it was a trick question!!  
So how can the justification be made that it was good for the consumer to have the student loan program under the auspices of the federal government?!?
Another trick question!!  
    It matters not that in ten years there'll be more grants.  With the economy continuing to "go-to-hell-inn'a-handbasket" there will be fewer and fewer students enrolling in college; hell, they'll be lucky to be able to afford to have the basic necessities!
    Now, then, last fall, I acted to cap student loan payments faster, so that nearly 1.6 million students who make their payments on time will only have to pay 10 percent of their monthly income towards loans once they graduate.  Now, this is useful -- this is especially helpful for young people who decide to become teachers, or maybe they go into one of the [....]  social work or one of the helping professions.  And they may not get paid a lot of money, but they’ve got a lot of debt. And so being able to cap how much per month you’re paying as a percentage of your income gives you a little bit more security knowing you can choose that profession.  And then we wanted every student to have access to a simple factsheet on student loans and financial aid, so you can have all the information you need to make your own choices about how to pay for college. And we set up this new consumer watchdog called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and so they’re now putting out this information. We call it “Know Before You Owe.” Know before you owe. It’s something Michelle and I wish we had had when we were in your shoes -- because sometimes we got surprised by some of this debt that we were racking up.  So that’s what we’ve done. But it’s not enough just to increase student aid. We can’t keep subsidizing skyrocketing tuition or we’ll run out of money. And colleges and universities, they’ve got to do their part also to keep college costs down.  So I’ve told Congress to steer federal aid to those schools that keep tuition affordable, that provide good value, that serve their students well. And we’ve put colleges on notice: If you can’t stop tuition from just going up every single year a lot faster than inflation, then funding you get from taxpayers, at least at the federal level, will go down -- because we need to push colleges to do better, and hold them accountable if they don’t.
Being truthful, I--your exalted ruler--might have said: Even the most incompetent boob among us should realize that the longer the term of the loan, the higher the interest paid.  THAT is the reason for the 10% cap on payments!  More revenue to the Treasury that my regime will undoubtedly piss away, faster than it comes in! All those 'helping professions' I mentioned...?!?  They're all controlled by the appropriate union.  How do unions vote?!?  The way they're told!! By whom?!?  What ever owe-bamacRATic politician, in whatever owe-bamacRATic level of government  that needs that controlled vote to win election; re-election!  
    Are you--the student--really dumb enough to think that we--the socio-fascist politician--will actually force institutions of higher learning to reduce their income?!?  That makes absolutely no sense!  Much like the "Buffett Rule"-completely stupid!!"  Nothing more than polictical posturing!  We--the socio-fascist politician--are wholly dependent on professors, grad-student lecturers--as I was--and other administrators for the indoctrination of the student to the socio-fascist mindset.  We have no other way--yet--to influence the vast numbers that colleges, universities and trade schools have!
     Now, public universities know well, and Governor Perdue knows well -- states also have to do their part by making higher education a higher priority in their budgets.  I know that Bev is fighting hard to make tuition affordable for North Carolina families. That’s a priority for her. But last year, over 40 states cut their higher education spending. And these budget cuts have been among the largest factors in tuition increases at public colleges over the past decade. So we’re challenging states to take responsibility. We told them, if you can find new ways to bring down the cost of college and make it easier for students to graduate, then we’ll help you do it.  But I want everybody here, as you’re thinking about voting, make sure you know where your state representative and your state senator stands when it comes to funding higher education.  They’ve got to be responsible. They’ve got to be accountable as well to prioritize higher education.   All right. So helping more families, helping more young people afford a higher education; offering incentives for states and colleges and universities to keep their costs down -- that’s what we’ve been doing. Now Congress has to do their part.  They need to extend the tuition tax credit that we put in place back when I came into office. It’s saving middle-class families thousands of dollars.  Congress needs to safeguard aid for low-income students, like Pell grants, so that today’s freshmen and sophomores know that they’ll be able to count on it.  That’s what Congress has to do. Congress needs to give more young people the chance to earn their way through college by doubling the number of work/study jobs over the next five years.  That's what Congress needs to do.  And then there's one specific thing -- and now this is where you come in -- there's one specific thing that Congress needs to do right now to prevent the interest rates on student loans, federal student loans, from shooting up and shaking you down. So this is where you come in. I want to explain this, so everybody listen carefully.  Five years ago, Congress cut the rate on federal student loans in half. That was a good thing to do. But on July 1st -- that’s a little over two months from now -- that rate cut expires. And if Congress does nothing, the interest rates on those loans will double overnight.  So I’m assuming a lot of people here have federal student loans. The interest rates will double unless Congress acts by July 1st. And just to give you some sense of perspective -- for each year that Congress doesn’t act, the average student with these loans will rack up an additional $1,000 in debt -- an extra thousand dollars. That’s basically a tax hike for more than 7 million students across America -- more than 160,000 students here in North Carolina alone. Anybody here can afford to pay an extra $1,000 right now?  I didn’t think so. So stopping this from happening should be a no-brainer. Helping more of our young people afford college, that should be at the forefront of America’s agenda. It shouldn’t be a Republican or a Democratic issue.  This is an American issue.  The Stafford loans we’re talking about, they’re named after a Republican senator. The Pell grants that have helped millions of Americans earn a college education, that’s named after a Democratic senator. When Congress cut those rates five years ago, 77 Republicans in the House of Representatives voted for it -- along with a couple hundred Democrats  including the Democrats who are here.   So this shouldn’t be a partisan issue. And yet, the Republicans who run Congress right now have not yet said whether or not they’ll stop your rates from doubling. We’re two months away. Some have hinted that they’d only do it if we cut things like aid for low-income students instead. So the idea would be, well, all right, we’ll keep interest rates low if we take away aid from other students who need it. That doesn’t make sense.  One Republican congresswoman said just recently -- I’m going to quote this because I know you guys will think I’m making it up --  She said she had
"very little tolerance for people who tell me they graduate with debt because there’s no reason for that."
 I’m just quoting here. I’m just quoting. She said, students who rack up student loan debt are just sitting on their butts, having opportunity "dumped in your lap."  I mean, I’m reading it here, so I didn’t make this up. Now, can you imagine saying something like that? Those of you who have had to take out student loans, you didn’t do it because you’re lazy. You didn’t do it lightly. You don’t like debt. I mean, a lot of you, your parents are helping out, but it’s tough on them. They’re straining. And so you do it because the cost of college keeps going up and you know this is an investment in your future.  So if these folks in Washington were serious about making college more affordable, they wouldn’t have voted for a budget that could cut financial aid for tens of millions of college students by an average of more than $1,000.
They certainly wouldn’t let your student loan rates double overnight. So when you ask them, well, why aren’t you making this commitment? They say, well, we got to bring down the deficit. Of course, this is the deficit they helped run up over the past decade.  Didn’t pay for two wars. Didn’t pay for two massive tax cuts. And now this is the reason why you want students to pay more?  They just voted to keep giving billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to big oil companies that are raking in record profits. They just voted to let millionaires and billionaires keep paying lower tax rates than middle-class workers and their secretaries.  They even voted to give an average tax cut of at least $150,000 to folks like me, the wealthiest Americans -- a tax cut paid for by cutting things like education and job training programs that give students new opportunities to work and succeed.
Being truthful, I--your exalted ruler--might have said: Contrary to the popular beliefs, money does not cure all ills!  The answer is not money, if it were, why do those institutions that are not the Texas Aggies, the Notre Dame Irish, et al, with athletic programs that support far more acitivities than do the budgeted funds from government continue to exist.  I promote more government spending for one reason: control; CONTROL; C-O-N-T-R-O-L!!  So long as the institutions take government money--at any level--said schools are obligated to bend to the will of said governmental entity!!  If government money were "the be-all, to end-all" then why is there at least one specific contrary institution, that being Hillsdale College?!?  Hillsdale College is one of the very few in the entire United States that take absolutely no government funds of any sort; from any level!  Nor do they allow students--or perspective students--to take federal grants or loans.  Where the hell is MY CONTROL in that?!?
    Now, that’s their priorities. And that doesn’t make any sense. Do we want to keep tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans who don’t need them and didn’t ask for them? Or do we want to make sure that they’re paying their fair share?  Do we want to keep subsidizing big oil, or do we want to make sure we’re investing in clean energy?  Do we want to jack up interest rates on millions of students, or do we want to keep investing in things that will help us and help them in the long-term -- things like education and science, and a strong military and care for our veterans?  We can’t do both. We can’t have it both ways. We’ve got to make a choice about what our priorities are.  You know, I’ve said this before, but I’m just going to keep on repeating it: In America, we admire success. We aspire to it. I want everybody to be rich. I want everybody to work and hustle and start businesses and study your tails off to get there.  But America is not just about a few people doing well. America is about giving everybody a chance to do well.  Everybody -- not just a few -- everybody.  That’s what built this country. That’s what the American Dream is all about.  A lot of us had parents or grandparents who said, maybe I can’t go to college, but some day my son, he’ll go to college and I’ll be so proud of him. A lot of us had parents or grandparents who said, maybe I can’t start my own business, but maybe some day my daughter, she’s going to start her own business, she’s going to work for herself.  A lot of us had parents or grandparents who said, I may be an immigrant, but I believe that this is a country where no matter what you look like and where you come from, no matter what your name is, you can make it if you try. 
    North Carolina, that’s who we are. That’s our values. That’s what we’re about. So, no, "set your sights lowe" -- that’s not an education plan. "You’re on your own" -- that’s not an economic plan. We can’t just cut our way to prosperity.  Previous generations made the investments necessary for us to succeed, to build a strong middle class, to create the foundation for America’s leadership in science and technology and medicine and manufacturing. And now it’s our turn. We’ve got to do the right thing. I want one of you to discover the cure for cancer, or the formula for fusion, or the next game-changing American industry.  And that means we’ve got to support those efforts.  So if you agree with me, I need your help. I need you to tell your member of Congress, we’re not going to set our sights lower. We’re not going to settle for something less. Now, all of you are lucky, you already have three congressmen who are on board. So don’t -- you don’t need to call them.  They’re already doing the right thing. But I’m asking everyone else who’s watching or following online -- call your member of Congress. Email them. Write on their Facebook page. Tweet them -- we’ve got a hashtag.  Here’s the hashtag for you to tweet them: #dontdoublemyrate.  Your voice matters. So stand up. Be heard. Be counted. Tell them now is not the time to double interest rates on your student loans. Now is the time to double down on smart investments to build a strong and secure middle class. Now is the time to double down on building an America that lasts.  You and me, all of us here, every single one of us -- we’re here only because somebody, somewhere, felt responsibility not just for themselves, but they felt responsibility for something larger. It started with them feeling responsible for their families. So your parents sacrificed, your grandparents sacrificed to make sure you could succeed. But then they thought bigger than that. They thought about their neighborhood, they thought about their community, they thought about their country. Now -- [....]  And now it’s our turn to be responsible. It’s our turn to keep that promise alive.  And no matter how tough these times have been, no matter how many obstacles that may stand in our way, I promise you, North Carolina, there are better days ahead.  We will emerge stronger than we were before. Because I believe in you. I believe in your future. I believe in the investment you’re making right here at North Carolina.  That tells me that you share my faith in America’s future. And that’s what drives me every single day -- your hopes, your dreams. And I’m not quitting now because, in America, we don’t quit.  We get each other’s backs. We help each other get ahead.  And if we work together, we’ll remind the world just why it is that America’s the greatest nation on Earth.
Being truthful, I--your exalted ruler--might have said:  We--and by 'we' I mean the owe-bama Regime--must invest in what works!!  Be it fossil fuels, be it in revising the tax code to eliminate tax deductions for those evil oil companies.  The best single change--which would benefit those at every level of the citizenry--is to reduce federal spending to the level that minimal borrowing would be necessary. 
That ain't gonna happen under my--read: Soros'--watch!!
I rely on those with not'ta whole lot'ta common sense to ensure that my re-immaculation campaign will continue on schedule.  I need this second term as your exalted ruler to complete the conversion of the United States of America into a completely socio-fascist state!!  I would've had it done, excepting that dam' "Tea Party" Movement.  With the loss of control over the House of Representatives, I no longer had that dupe-marionette, Nancy PORKlosi to do my bidding; much as 'pinky' reid does each day!!
    I have one benefit probably NONE OF YOU will ever achieve:  No matter how long I rule, I will continue with this--nearly half-million-dollar paycheck--FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!  That's another financial burden you'll have to bear, so....
ya better find a job....
and it better be a good one!!
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This'n'That; February Twenty-Seventh #1; 'Hammer!'

What I Found:
    Those of you who read The Sunday 'Report' will recall one offering was the song: "When You're Holding a Hammer (Everything Looks Like a Nail)".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfH46DTAkxo

The 'home' website http://www.holdingahammer.com/ also has one statement from both "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" and former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher:

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

Prime Minister Thatcher-

'Iron Lady' Meets "Ronaldus-Magnus"

"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left."

"Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist-"

[Self-Explanatory]

"Part of the reason our politics seems so tough right now, and the facts, and the science and the argument do not seem to be winning the day all the time, is because we're hard-wired not to always think clearly when we're scared, and the country is scared."

    This is an accurate study of two-one sentence statements by political opposites.  The 'Thatcher' statement could very easily be construed as advice to the 2012 'crop' of GOP candidates; the "Clown Prince" statement is an admission of fact: the owe-bamacRATics has not one 'arrow in their quiver' on which to base a positive re-immaculation campaign.

"They OWE us this!!

    My choice, Mr Santorum--as well as the remainder of the GOP field--must stay on message:  deal with the facts; pose possible solutions to the destructive efforts of the "Clown Prince."  With nothing positive to campaign on, both the "Clown Prince" and George Soros are advocating the owe-bamacRATics use a 'super-PAC,' which they'd previously rejected!  This will give them the added funds to run negative ads against the GOP frontrunners.
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch?!?
Til Nex'Time.... 

This'n'That; February Twenty-First #1; Their Kinda Group

They Picked 'em; They're Stuck With'em!!
    Remember back last October when "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" blusterfully supported the various units of the Occupy Wall Street movement:
"The most important thing we can do right now is those of us in leadership letting people know we understand their struggles and we are on their side, and that we wnat to set up a system in which hard work, responsibility, doing what you are supposed to do, is rewarded."
....while he--INCORRECTLY--compared the 'Occupy....' miscreants to members of the "Tea Party" Movement:
"In some ways, they're not that different from some of the protests that we saw coming from the 'Tea Party.'  Both on the left and the right, I think people feel separated from their government.  They feel that their institutions aren't looking out for them."
....and, in the same ABC News blather opportunity, denegrated the "Tea Party" Movement:
"Those of you who are watching certain news channels where I'm not very popular, and you see folks waving 'tea bags' around, just let me remind them that I'm happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security."
    Of course, "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" was joined by his 'arschloch buddies:'
Nancy PORKlosi, rankest owe-bamacRATic House leader
"I support the message to the establishment, whether it's Wall Street or the political establishment and the rest, that change has to happen.  We can not continue in a way this is not relevant to their lives."
John Larson (Ct), 4th rankest owe-bamacRATic in the House
"The silent masses aren't so silent anymore.  They are fighting to give voice to the struggles that everyday Americans are going through.  While I don't condone their every action, I do applaude their standing up for what they believe in."
Dorothy 'Geeze-Louise' McIntosh Rodham Slaughter, (NY) rankest owe-bamacRATic on the House Rules Committee
"Its time for all Americans to pay their fair share.  And I'm so proud to see the Occupy Wall Street movement standing up to this rampant corporate greed and peacefully participating in our democracy."
Raul Grijalva (Az) and Keith Ellison (Mn), apparently not very rank among the owe-bamacRATics (in a joint statement)
"We share the anger and frustration of so many Americans who have seen the enormous toll that an unchecked Wall Street has taken on the overwhelming majority of Americans while benefitting the super wealthy."
    The federal fascists' support notwithstanding, I'm sadly disappointed with our (Rochester, N.Y.) 'Occupy....' contingent of miscreants!  Rochester miscreants--at #164--were way down the 'Peaceful(?) Miscreants' Missteps' List of 417--and counting--incidents.   While the nationwide list includes shittin' on police cars, pissin' in public, screwin' in public, masturbatin' in public, child molesters exposing their (Anthony) weiners to children, raping under-age girls, pimping unwilling girls, drug dealing, knifings, shootings, assaults, murders, stealing from local businesses, discouraging the reporting of sexual assaults, miscreants linked to international terrorism, ad infinitum; the Rochester miscreants barely made the list by having 161 miscreants arrested!!!  All-in-all, a fine crowd of miscreants for the owe-bamacRATic socio-fascists to support and defend....
    In this presidential campaign season, "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist's" support more-than-likely will come back to bite him in his 'fuzzy, very-light-brown ass!!'  My reasoning here is that George Soros couldn't 'nail down' his choice.  On it's face, the republicRATic side of the season looks like Soros colluded with the republicRATic national hierarchy in selecting Willard Romney as the republicRATic 'annointed one!'  This collusion began to fall apart early on when Newton Gingrich won the South Carolina primary vote.  It's now continuing as Richard Santorum is gaining lots of traction with his conservative message, his non-waffling positions, his understanding of the plight of those Americans most affected by the Soros-"Clown Prince" disasterous actions, rules, regulations, control, out-of-control spending, ad infinitum!!
    Mr Santorum has an unwaivering message that verifies his understanding of basic economics as it relates to the American Depression.... the owe-bamageddon!!  Comparison at any level, in any sector, the Santorum message 'stomps owe-bama's ass into a pisshole-in-the-snow,' rhetorically speaking!!  While I--personally--am not completely on-board with Mr Santorum, he's certainly the front-runner in my book!!
Til Nex'Time....
http://biggovernment.com/jjmnolte/2011/10/28/occupywallstreet-the-rap-sheet-so-far/
http://news.yahoo.com/house-democrats-endorse-occupy-wall-street-160655836.html
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65229.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pelosi-supports-occupy-wall-street-movement/story?id=14696893
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-occupy-wall-street-we-are-their-side_598251.html

This'n'That; February Fifteenth #1; The REAL reason....

Research Led Me To....
    In researching the next post (Fifteenth #2) I came upon 38 quotes by one of the most famous marxists of all time:  Vladimir Lenin.  In reviewing the list (see URL, below) I've found distinct similarities between the Lenin quotes and the Soros--and by extension, owe-bama--methods of governance.  Here's just a few of the observed similarities:
"Fascism is capitalism in decay." 
Now we know the REAL reason for the intention destruction of 'The American Dream;' the destruction of the American economy as a whole.
"Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted."
"Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever."
Now we know the REAL reason for the Department of Education.  
Now we know the REAL reason for the lacklustre student performance--on average,--nationwide. 
Now we know the REAL reason instructional staff and the teachers' unions at every level, refuse to consider learning benchmarks, doing away with tenure, advancement and/or compensation by merit, et al. 
"It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed."
Now we know the REAL reason--with blather to the opposite--the regime continually thwarts the growth; the very life of businesses at every level. 
Now we know the REAL reason the regime continually adds regulations costing businesses and individuals billions-of-dollars annually, thus reducing 'liberty' at every level.  
Now we know the REAL reason for 'Fast and Furious;' to falsely claim that more 'gun control' is needed.  
Now we know the REAL reason for CFPB-the American citizen is too stupid to have the liberty to administer his/her finances/credit.
"One man with a gun can control 100 without one."
Now we know the REAL reason for the incessant attacks on the Second Amendment by regime activists.  Keep the proletariat 'as defenseless as possible!'
"Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism."
Now we know the REAL reason for the obfuscations of 'separation of church and state.'
Now we know the REAL reason for court rulings--at all levels--against religious expression.
Now we know the REAL reason for theregime's forced 'Catholic contraception' edicts.
"The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency."
Now we know the REAL reason for the $787 BILLION PORKulus legislation.
Now we know the REAL reason for the constantly growing national debt.  
Now we know the REAL reason for the constantly growing annual deficits.
Now we know the REAL reason for the Federal Reserve's continual printing of additional currency.
"The press should not only be a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses."
Now we know the REAL reason the national media has reduced itself to 'pamphleteers.'
Now we know the REAL reason the national pamphleteers continually refuse to report anything negative about the Soros--the owe-bama--regime.
Now we know the REAL reason the national pamphleteers continually denegrate anything 'conservative.'
Now we know the REAL reason the national pamphleteers falsely report negative information about the "Tea Party" Movement.
Now we know the REAL reason for the Soros creation/funding of 80++ socio-fascist websites.
'"The way to crush the [middle-class] is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation."
Now we know the REAL reason for the regime's insistance on higher taxes through class warfare.
Now we know the REAL reason for the regime's intentional misunderstanding of basic economics; nearly every regime fiscal action will create or increase inflation.
"There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience.  A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel."
Now we know the REAL reason for the continued friendship between owe-bama and reverend Jeremiah Wright.
Now we know the REAL reason for the continued friendship between owe-bama and Bill Ayers.
Now we know the REAL reason for the continued friendship between owe-bama and Bernadine Dohrn.
Now we know the REAL reason for the continued friendship between owe-bama and Tony Resko.
Now we know the REAL reason for the continued friendship between owe-bama and jailed ex-governor Rod Blagojevich.
....and on, and on, and on, and on, ad infinitum!!!
Til Nex'Time....
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/v/vladimir_lenin.html

This'n'That; January Eleventh #1; Headlines

The Headline MIGHT Have Been....
    The upcoming Chief of Staff to the "Clown Prince" will be the third in as many years.  Each has 'a financial past' they'd prefer did NOT become common knowledge:**
All three of these owe-bama miscreants have dirtied their hands at "the well of owe-bamacRATic socialism!!"Had these Chiefs of Staff served under a republicRAT president, the headlines would have been far different at their resignations:
White House in Disarray, or
President 'Hard to Work With?' or
President Unable To Find Competent Chiefs? or
What Is First Lady's Role In On-going Staff Changes? or
some such dishonestly suggestive drivel.  George Soros' plan of socialist distortion of all facets of the news process seems to be working, at least to him.  The conservatives; the constitutionalists rarely consult the mainstream media--the national pamphleteers--except for a laugh!!  Much to Soros' chagrin--but a benefit to his wealth--there are conservative, truthful news outlets that refuse to be bought; refuse to "roll-over-and-play-dead."
Til Nex'Time....

**#1. Rahm Emanuel: Prior to becoming just another--in a long line--crooked congressman from Illinois, Mr Emanuel worked on Wall Street. With no prior experience in finance or business, he made $16.2 Million as an evil investment banker! In continuing his 'dirty deeds'--via a Freddie Mac board seat--Mr Emanuel aided the inflation of the then-growing nationwide 'housing bubble.'

#2. William Daley: A member of The First Family of the crooked 'Chicago Political Machine,' Mr Daley was more than another owe-bamacRATic hack; he was also a four-year top executive at JPMorgan Chase and sat on the boards of Boeing, Merck and Boston Properties. Following in Emanuel's footsteps, Daley sat on the Fannie Mae board where he too added his 'hot air' to the then-growing nationwide 'housing bubble.'
#3. Jacob Lew (incoming): Mr Lew also went the incredibly wealthy 'Wall Street route,' working for Citibank as a million-a-year-man. In 2009, Jake also got a million-dollar bonus; under his tutelage the divisions he managed profited by tens-of-millions by betting that the 'housing bubble' would burst-which it did!! The bursting bubble 'earned' Citibank billions-of-bucks in PORKulus funds from his bud, "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist."

This'n'That; January Tenth #3; Military Presidents

The Presidents In Their Uniforms:

From left to right; top to bottom:
(U.S. Army) General-of-the-Army Dwight D. (Ike) Eisenhower
(U.S. Navy) Lieutenant John F. Kennedy
(U.S. Navy) Commander Lyndon B. Johnson
(U.S. Navy) Commander Richard M. Nixon
(U.S. Navy) Lt Commander Gerald R. Ford
(U.S. Navy) Lieutenant Jimmuh Cahtah
(U.S. Army) Captain Ronald "Ronaldus-Magnus" Reagan
(U.S. Navy) Lieutenant George H.W. Bush (41)
(U.S. Air Force) 1st Lieutenant George W. Bush (43)
(High School Band) "Slick-Willie" Clinton
(Street Agitator; Closet Muslim) "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist"
Til Nex'Time....

This'n'That; January Tenth #1; Why Do We....?

Where's The Power?!?
    Anyone whose watched any of the hundreds of GOP debates can ask the same question!  Particularly the debates of the past Saturday evening and Sunday morning.  Every question seemed to be phrased to guide the candidate away from the primary object of "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist's" complete failure as president; hell as a mid-level department store manager.
    Not only is the topic "debates" wearing out it's welcome but every debate has been controlled either by the owe-bamacRATics, themselves or by proxy through the national pamphleteers.  Nearly every question is designed to pit one candidate against another; the more divisive, the better!!  Every host--moderator--is owe-bamacRATic leaning; every host--moderator--uses snide comments and facial expressions to guide the debate confrontations even more!! I point you toward former "Slick-Willie" mouth-piece George Stephanopoulos, the Saturday evening debate moderator.  "Steffie"  provided us with irrefutable evidence that everything GOP is owe-bamaically slanted.  With owe-bamanomics a proven FAILURE; with the economy in the cellar; with aboslutely NO owe-bama legislation save owe-bamaKare; with a nearly $16 TRILLION national debt; with another nearly $1 TRILLION debt-ceiling increase looming, the most important discussion point "Steffie" could come up with is contraception?!?!?!  He continually guided the candidates back to that point; even when the candidate had a far more important point to discuss!?!?
    I'm sure everyone's picked up on the media bias in favor of 'Mitt' Romney; the national pamphleteers reserve "warm-'n'-fuzzy" comments for him while they point out every mis-conception of the other candidates--verification be dammed!!  Mr Romney is the candidate preferred by George Soros and his owe-bama handlers;  he'll be a poor campaigner--telling the public what they want to hear--while "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" will take a 'middle-of-the-road' approach.  Soros has to be well aware of the verbal 'thumping' a Gingrich, or a Santorum, or a Perry presidential debate will provide "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist!!"  While a "Romney vs owe-bama" debate will be reminiscent of the Bobbsey Twins debating each-other; practically any other GOP candidate would hand the "Clown Prince" his-ass-on-a-silver-platter!!  "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" is so dependent on the teleprompter, he will be 'tongue-tied' in a serious--topic based--debate!!
    The owe-bamacRATic hierarchy as so 'poll-driven,' they miss one important point:  most Americans are so fed-up, so disappointed, so discouraged with the owe-bama Regime, they refuse to be forth-coming with pollsters; telling them whatever they want to hear; whatever will sway the polls in the wrong direction!!
"Tea Party" Movement: Keep the faith!!
Til Nex'Time....

This'n'That; January Fourth #3; A Closer Look?!?

Santorum Deserves A Closer Look
    Like lots'a others, I really didn't give Rick Santorum even 'a passing glance,' politically speaking!  He just never 'jerked my chain,' although I liked his message on practically every topic.  So far, the only one I take issue with is his stance on the Second Amendment; he's voted for various levels of gun control.
    Let's have a look at Iowa:  Although Mr Santorum lost by ONLY EIGHT VOTES, statistically that's a dead-heat.  Emotionally, it's a huge win for Santorum over Mitt Romney!  But.... there IS a benefit to finishing SECOND or worse, in Iowa:
In 1976:  President Gerald Ford won the Iowa republicRATic Caucus but wasn't re-elected.
In 1976:  Jimmuh Cahtah placed second in the Iowa owe-bamacRATic Caucus and was elected (UGH!!) president.
In 1980:  President Jimmuh Cahtah won the Iowa owe-bamacRATic Caucus but was not re-elected.
In 1980:  "Ronaldus-Magnus" placed second in the Iowa republicRATic Caucus and was elected president.
In 1984:  Walter Mondale won the Iowa owe-bamacRATic Caucus; "Ronaldus-Magnus" was re-elected.
In 1988:  Bob Dole (r) and Dick Gephart (owe) were their party's Iowa Caucus winners.  Third-place winners George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis were their party's nominees.  George H.W. Bush was elected president.
In 1992:  Tom Harkin won the Iowa owe-bamacRATic Caucus. "Slick-Willie" was a dismal fourth.  "Slick-Willie" Clinton was elected (UGH!!) president.
In 1996:  Bob Dole won the Iowa republicRATic Caucus.  "Slick-Willie" was re-elected.
In 2000:  George W. Bush and Algore won their party's Iowa Caucus. "Dubya" became the fist Iowa winner to be elected president since before 1976.
In 2004:  John Heinz-Kerry won the Iowa owe-bamacRATic Caucus.  "Dubya" went on to re-election.
In 2008:  Mike Huckabee and barack owe-bama won their party's Iowa Caucus.  The "Clown Prince" was the second Iowa winner (ugh!!) to be elected president since prior to 1976.
So.... Maybe Rick Santorum is in the desired position going into New Hampshire and beyond.... I think so!!
Til Nex'Time.... 

This'n'That; November Fourteenth #2; No Deal?!?

Rush Says "No Deal!"
    When caller to his radio show asked Mr Limbaugh for his take on the possibility that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (or the mis-nomer: Super Committee) will or will not arrive at a deal, Rush said: "No Deal!"  A 'deal' would be that republicRATics and owe-bamacRATics agreed to  $1-point-5 ThousandBillion in spending cuts "over-ten-years."
    To have 'no deal' means the "obama-water-carrying" media will automatically blame the republicRATics.  No matter who 'mucked up the waters,' the owe-bamacRATics will be absolved of any blame, whatsoever!!  The likely areas of cuts are defense and a cuppla'entitlement programs.  The republicRATic senators and representatives will be blamed for the various cuts involving their states; the various cuts involving their constituencies!!  This was an owe-bamacRATics' fore-gone conclusion, even before the individual participants were appointed.  The republicRATics just failed to realize--as they always do--the depths to which the owe-bamacRATics will sink to achieve their goals!! 
This 'Super Committee' bullshit is far more political than it is economic or fiscal!!
    The owe-bamacRATics are also the prime users of the phrase: "....over ten years." 
This phrase has no positive meaning, what-so-ever!! 
This phrase intimates that future members of Congress will honor prior agreements, when history proves otherwise!!  Each incoming numbered Congress is under 'no obligation, what-so-ever,' to honor any agreement entered into by any previous numbered Congress!!
Til Nex'Time....

This'n'That; October Twenty-First #2; Misery

[Of course!! Out-of-sequence: See http://www.justincase505.wordpress.com/]
owe-bama Gains In One Statistic!
    Most of the teenies; tweenies and twenties have never heard of "The Misery Index!"  This statistic was devised by President Johnson advisor, Arthur Okun, in the 1960s.  It's mearly the addition of the current--regime adjusted and approved--unemployment rate (U-3) and the current inflation rate.
    There's at least one site with which to research the history of The Misery Index.  http://www.miseryindex.us/ has statistics from January, 1948 to the most current information available (September,2011).  Some notable numbers:
Some numbers by presidency:

The lowest Misery Index thus far:  2.97 (July, 1953)
The highest Misery Index thus far:  21.98 (June, 1980)
The Misery Index, start of owe-bama Regime: 7.83 (January, 2009)
The Misery Index, end of owe-bama year one:  12.33 (January, 2010)
The Misery Index, end of owe-bama year two:  10.63 (January, 2011)
The Misery Index, owe-bama regime latest total:  12.97 (September, 2011)

Some presidential 'record holders:'

Harry S. Truman:  13.63-earliest #s-(Jan, 1948); 3.28 (Jan, 1953) Way Dn 63%
Dwight D. Eisenhower: 3.28 (Jan, 1953); 8.31 (Jan, 1961) Way, Way Up 253%
John F. Kennedy:  8.31 (Jan, 1961); 7.02 (Nov, 1963) Dn 15%
Lyndon B. Johnson:  7.02 (Nov, 1963); 7.80 (Jan, 1969) Up 11%
Richard M. Nixon:  7.80 (Jan, 1969); 17.01 (July, 1974) Way Up! 118%
Gerald S. Ford:  17.01 (July, 1974); 12.72 (Jan, 1977) Dn 25%
Jimmuh Cahtah:  12.72 (Jan, 1977); 19.33 (Jan, 1981) Way Up! 52%
"Ronaldus-Magnus:"  19.33 (Jan, 1981);  10.07 (Jan, 1989) Way Dn! 42%
George H.W. Bush:  10.07 (Jan, 1989); 10.56 (Jan, 1993) Up 05%
"Slick-Willie" Clinton:  10.56 (Jan, 1993); 7.93 (Jan, 2001) Dn 25%
George W. Bush:  7.93 (Jan, 2001); 7.83 (Jan, 2009) Dn 02%
ZERO-bama: 7.83 (Jan, 2009); 12.97 (Sep, 2011) Way Up! 69%

President Eisenhower holds 'the record' for the lowest Misery Index at 2.97;
President Cahtah holds 'the record' for the highest Misery Index at 21.98, way to go democRATs!!
President Eisenhower holds 'the record' for raising the Misery Index by the greatest percentage:  253%!
President Truman holds 'the record' for reducing the Misery Index by the greatest percentage: 63%
President Truman holds 'the record' for reducing the Misery Index by the greatest number: 10.35 points.
President Nixon holds 'the record' for increasing the Misery Index by the greatest number: 9.21 points.

Til Nex'Time....    REMEMBER:  George Soros and "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" have another fifteen months to go..... any bets on the final number; on the final percentage?!?