I'm Gonna Go Through This One More Time...

Let me go through some of Obama's policies and see if I can make sense of them and what the consequences for the country are going to be...

Obama's Tax Policy:
Obama wants to raise taxes on business that make $250,000 a year. Senator Obama claims that this is somehow a very small number of businesses. I don't want to spend a lot of time on that, but seriously, how can that be possible? Can anyone name me one place of business that they have ever been to in thier entire life that they think does NOT take in $250,000 in a year? How could a business even afford to put product on the shelves if its not taking in that much?

Okay, so he's gonna raise taxes on businesses. He's also going to raise taxes on individuals who make more than $200,000 in a year. What? You thought that was 250K too? Wrong, a recent ad I saw with Obama himself outlining his plan says 200K a year.

Some might say both of those group deserve to have thier taxes raised. Okay. Picture a doctor. He's worked and studied for much of his life to get where they are. He has his own office and a few employees. He works in New York City and makes 260K (obviously his practice takes in at least that much as well). So now, this doctor, who has never done anything to hurt you and is not responsible for your economic condition is going to get "dinged" twice by Obama. First his personal income is going to get hit, and then his business is going to get hit. Can no one see how this might cause him to struggle paying for his rent, school loans, medical insurance? Can no one see how taxing this "small" business might cause him to lay off his secretary or one of his nurses or whoever?

I guess not. I guess we're all too focused on hating "rich" people and worried about our potential $100 "rebate" check... as if $100 bucks is really going to make our lives that much better.

Obama wants to give 95% of Americans a tax "cut". Okay, first things first. The top 50% of wage earners pay 96% of the federal income taxes. So tell me, how is it really possible to give 95% of wage earners a tax cut? Answer, he's going to give us a "rebate" check from our Social Security payments. Hmmm... so he's going to bankrupt social security even more? Or maybe the rich people will just have to pay higher social security taxes too?

OH wait. I almost forgot. Obama wants to let the Bush tax cuts expire. I know, many of you think that those tax cuts were only for the super rich. Wrong. I remember when they first got them both my parents and many, many other people I knew got a tax cut too. So... basically, Obama and the Democrat Congress are going to let our taxes be raised. So much for our tax "rebate".

Obama's Health Care Plans:
As I understand it, for those of us who are paying for our healthcare, we get to just keep it. But for those people who aren't paying their own way... the Federal Government is just going to give them the same coverage that Congress gets. What? Why should I keep paying for mine then ifyour just going to start giving stuff away? How many trillions is that going to cose Senator Obama? Someone please, please explain to me how this is going to lower costs for anyone.

Obama, the Supreme Court, and extreme liberalism:
Here's a 2001 qoute about the Supreme Court: "If you look at the victories and failures of the civil rights movement and its litigation strategy in the court, I think where it succeeded was to invest formal rights in previously dispossessed peoples so that, uh, I would now have the right to vote, I would now be able to sit at the lunch counter and order and -- and as long as I could pay for it I'd be okay. But the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society."

What?! So Senator Obama, as President, wants the Supreme Court to venture into isues of redistributive wealth and economic justice? What?! Here's another qoute from Obama in 2001 on the same program: "that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. It says what the states can't do to you, says what the federal government can't do to you. But it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf"

What the federal government "must" do on my behalf? What?! What are we even talking about. Hey maybe the federal government should be forced to buy all my food, clothes, and other essentials, pay for everything, find me a good job that I like and take care of my kids too. Maybe thats the future Obama wants.

Thats not America. Thats not even Mexico...

The Pre-Election/Selection Predictions...

Okay. What I'm going to try and do here is make a lot of predictions about the election, the aftermath of it, and maybe even a few things a few years down the road.

Prediction #1: Obama Wins the Election!
Yes, it's true, it's true... It's so very true. I am predicting that Obama wins the election. Why? Is it because he is just sooooo awesome? No. Its because John McCain can't be helped. He'll say something that will thrill us like coming down hard on earmarks... and then he'll vote for an $850 Bailout Bill. He'll come down hard on the Democrats and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac... and then he'll endorse a plan for the federal government to buy up bad mortgages. Does the federal government have no limits anymore?

Anyways... Obama. Will. Win.

Prediction #2: The Crisis is Over!
Has anyone, anyone at all noticed that over the last 8 years that everything is a crisis? Like... an end of the world crisis? Global Warming. Rising Gas Prices. Homelessness/Poverty. Mean Spiritedness.
After the election of Obama I predict that suddenly, all of these crisis just won't be that big a deal anymore. Before Obama even does anything, maybe even before he really takes office, things will automatically become better. Global Warming will no longer be a worldwide crisis that will kill us all in ten years. We'll begin to see stories about hot the environment may have actually cooled slightly and the ice caps are no longer the pressing ecological disaster they've been during the Bush Presidency. Gas prices, while they may rise, will no longer be an all encompassing economic crisis for America. They will just become another price of doing business. Again, before Obama really even does anything we will stop getting stories about how this is the worst economy since the Great Depression. Do you realize how many times I've heard news agencies and politicians say that in the last 8 years? Do these people realize that these days "poor" people have cell phones and iPods? The inflated news stories about poverty and homelessness will quickly go away, again despite nothing have actually changed yet.

Prediction 3: Americas Standing in the World Will Rise!
Again, how many times over the last 8 years have we heard our standing has diminished? Excuse me, but there are still millions and millions of people who would LOVE to come here and who are trying to get in, so I don't know what their talking about. But, I guarantee that suddenly, again before Obama does anything and perhaps before he is even in Office, suddenly our "standing" will begin to rise and we will start seeing politicians on TV and news agencies talking about how people love America again.

Prediction 4: Everything Obama Does Will Be a Great Move!
Oh yes, every decision he makes, from the people he chooses to be in his Administration, to the way he gets inaugurated will be GREAT in the eyes of the mainstream media. Even if he chooses the same jerks and idiots that have run the Democratic Party for the last 20 years... somehow it will be a change and they will be fantastic picks.
Also, every new issue that does come up, Obama will be seen as handling it well. The blame will never be his. Somehow, hurricanes are President Bush's fault. Snowstorms, global warming, the credit crisis, puppies dying... everything is Bush's fault. But when Obama is President it will always be someone Else's fault and his leadership will always be seen as steady and even handed. 4 Hurricanes strike Florida in one year causing untold damage? Obama's leadership, despite the fact that he might not even do anything, will be seen as steady and strong.
Every move his government makes, no matter the terrible consequences it reeks down the road, will be seen as great. The consequences that do come while Obama is still be President will never be seen as his fault, it will always be because somehow the plan wasn't implemented properly by someone else... never Obama.

Prediction 5: Your Tax Cut is Toast!
What? Obama says he's going to give a tax break to 90% of Americans? Well, ignoring the fact that thats impossible, not only will it not happen but we will ALL get a tax HIKE. What? Obama says he's only going to raise taxes on the people or businesses who make $250,000? Ha, fat chance.
This whole thing is very Clinonesque of Obama. Clinton did the same thing when he ran the first time. Promised a middle class tax cut... and then his administration and Democrat Congress passed the largest tax increase in American History. It will happen again. I don't know what the reason will be. Obama may need to fund the $800 billion bailout bill he voted for, or pay for college education for everyone, or try to create 5 million new "green" jobs. But whatever the reason, your tax break is gone. Say hello to your tax increase. But, to go along with prediction 4, it will somehow be seen as "good" for the country and "necessary" in these troubled times.

Prediction 6: If McCain Wins, almost the opposite of everything I just predicted above will happen!
What I'm saying is that if Conservatives somehow manage to drag McCain over the finish line to victory than nothing, and I mean NOTHING, will be good in the eyes of the media. Ever.
The Crisis Will Continue. Ever little that happens will be a crisis and it will be John McCain's fault. Global Warming will somehow accelerate and kill us all that much faster. Our Standing in the World will drop even farther. Talk of a possible "recession" despite no actual quarters of the economy shrinking will escalate to a full blown depression, before McCain even does anything. Story after story about the homeless problem will suddenly appear in even greater numbers. Story after story will be written about how hateful America is and how thats the reason Obama lost. Of course it won't have anything to do with his extreme liberalism. Every move he makes will be a mistake. Oh... and your tax break is still toast because McCain will be so anxious to "work" across the aisle that any and all tax breaks will go out the window. Again, say hello to your tax increase.

There, I said it. I wrote down my predictions. I dare you to write down yours.

This is EXACTLY Why John McCain Will NOT Get My Vote, and NEVER Get Elected President...

Soooooo, what in the world is happening? Lets see if I can remember what we're doing. Bear Stearns crumbled and the government arranged some kind of sale for them. It wasn't a bailout exactly. The government helped to arrange a buyer. Then Lehman Brothers went under and the government chose to not bail them out. Fine. Banks making irresponsible loans without having enough capital shouldn't be bailed out. John McCain agreed with the decision to not bail them out. Fine.

Then AIG blows up and the government goes and bails them out. John McCain somehow agrees with them. Insane. Now the Federal Reserve comes up with this insane idea to spend 700 BILLION dollars to provide liquidity to the financial markets. I'm not even going to get started on that.

But John McCain has essentially made cutting spending a huge part of his campaign. He stood there in a debate with Obama and said he would veto every bill that came across his desk that had earmarks in it and said he would make them famous and we would know who was asking for these earmarks.

And then... John McCain goes and votes for a bill that started at 700 Billion dollars... and exited the Senate at $850 Billion. Hmmm.... that sounds like there's $150 Billion dollars worth of earmarks. There's tax breaks for Hollywood, theirs spending for the environment, and all kinds of crap in this thing. John McCain didn't say a WORD about it all. This is why conservatives don't trust him, this is why Republicans don't get fired up over him, and this why he will LOSE in November.

So Much for Not Giving in to Bailouts...

US SEIZES CONTROL OF AIG WITH 85 BILLION DOLLAR LOAN


I guess it really was too much to ask to believe that the Federal Government could avoid bailing out another company, despite its recent decision not to bail out Lehman Bros. Lets see, so far this year they helped arrange a huge loan to Bear Stearns, took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and now have basically bought AIG. Whats next? Auto Companies.

I know our American Auto Companies are struggling. But the fact is that overseas they are doing very well. Ford is selling great in Europe, GM is selling great in China and a bunch of other places. The problem is here in America. Whats the difference? Here in America the Federal Government tries to tell them what cars they have to make instead of letting them build the cars that people want. They also made bad decisions regarding how they pay their employees, but the main point is that the federal government tells them what they can and can't do with its control over mileage standards and the recent raising of those standards causing the car companies to re-tool their factories and cars at a very high cost. So whats the answer? Apparently its a $50 billion loan to the car companies.

Let me tell you how to save Detroit and $50 billion. Just Get Out of The Way. Stop trying to tell them what they can and can't do and just let them build what poeple will buy. Here's an example. Ford has a diesel engine car in Europe that gets 65 MPG. Where is it in America? No where. Ford is planning on selling a regular gasoline version here in the USA, but it won't get as good gas mileage and they can't afford to sell the diesel version because of restrictions placed on such cars by the ... federal government. I'm sure it is tempting for the Auto Companies to want this money, but heres the thing. Once the federal government "loans" you $50 billion dollars... they are going to expect you to do whatever they want, no matter how bad for business it might be.

We gonna tax those evil rich to buy you a Toaster!

BIDEN: Our tax plan would take that tax cut of another $130 billion that John wants to give to people making over $250,000 next year, not let it go forward and give it to the middle class, the very people who desperately need it to stay in their homes, to buy food, to take care of the gas to fill up their tank, to be able to go out and buy a toaster, to unemployed people.

OOOOkay. So, Obama's plan is to tax "rich" people and "give" the money to the middle class so that they can buy a toaster. Riiiight. I have a better idea. Lets not increase taxes on anyone. People need money for gas? Why don't we try and get some sort of sane energy policy so that we can GET MORE ENERGY. People need money for food? Why don't we stop encouraging fuel companies to put ethanol in our gasoline which has caused the price of food to rise dramatically? Your just gonna give unemployed people money? Why don't we try to have some policies that will encourage economic growth so that those people will get jobs?

Doesn't that sound better than the Obama proposed all-encompassing plan of taxing the rich? That is their whole plan. People need health care? Tax the rich. People need houses? Tax the rich. Gas is too expensive? Tax Exxon (someone explain to me how thats going to lower gas prices?). People don't have jobs? Tax the rich and just give them some money.

The Ad Sen. Obama Does NOT Want You to See...

Barrack Obama doesn't want anyone to see or hear this ad and is going to great lengths to prevent it, as this story in the AP shows.

Obama seeks to silence ad tying him to 60s radical
Aug 25 08:47 PM US/Eastern
By JIM KUHNHENN
Associated Press Writer
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DENVER (AP) - Barack Obama is striking back fiercely and swiftly to stamp out an ad that links him to a 1960s radical, eager to demonstrate a far more aggressive response to attacks than John Kerry did when faced with the 2004 "Swift Boat" campaign.

Obama not only aired a response ad to the spot linking him to William Ayers, but he sought to block stations the commercial by warning station managers and asking the Justice Department to intervene. The campaign also planned to compel advertisers to pressure stations that continue to air the anti-Obama commercial.

It's the type of going-for-the-jugular approach to politics many Democrats complain that Kerry lacked and that Republicans exploit.

Obama's target is an ad by the conservative American Issues Project, a nonprofit group that questions Obama's ties to Ayers, a founder of the Weather Underground organization that took credit for a series of bombings, including nonfatal explosions at the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol four decades ago.

The lone financier of the anti-Obama ad, Texas billionaire Harold Simmons, was also one of the main funders of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth who targeted Kerry. Simmons, a McCain fundraiser, contributed nearly $2.9 million to the American Issues Project, according to documents filed by the group with the Federal Election Commission.

Fox News and CNN have declined to air the anti-Obama ad. But by Monday afternoon, the ad had run about 150 times in local markets in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia and Michigan, according to Evan Tracey, head of TNS Media Intelligence/Campaign Media Analysis Group, an ad tracking firm.

Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor said Obama supporters have inundated stations that are airing the ad, many of them owned by Sinclair Communications, with 93,000 e-mails. He called the ad false, despicable and outrageous.

"Other stations that follow Sinclair's lead should expect a similar response from people who don't want the political discourse cheapened with these false, negative attacks," Vietor said.

Sinclair offices were closed late Monday and officials there could not be immediately contacted.

"It seems they protest a bit too much," American Issues Project spokesman Christian Pinkston said. "They're going all of these routes—through threats, intimation—to try to thwart the First Amendment here because they don't have an argument on merit."

Ayers is now a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He and Obama live in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood and served together on the board of the Woods Fund, a Chicago-based charity that develops community groups to help the poor. Obama left the board in December 2002.

Obama also was the first chairman of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a school reform group of which Ayers was a founder. Ayers also held a meet-the-candidate event at his home for Obama when Obama first ran for office in the mid-1990s.

Obama has denounced Ayers' past activities.

"Barack Obama is friends with Ayers, defending him as, quote, 'Respectable' and 'Mainstream,'" the group's ad states. "Obama's political career was launched in Ayers' home. And the two served together on a left-wing board. Why would Barack Obama be friends with someone who bombed the Capitol and is proud of it? Do you know enough to elect Barack Obama?"

In a letter to station managers, Obama campaign lawyer Robert Bauer wrote: "Your station is committed to operating in the public interest, an objective that cannot be satisfied by accepting for compensation material of such malicious falsity."

Bauer also wrote to Deputy Assistant Attorney General John C. Keeney, noting that the ad is a "knowing and willful attempt to evade the strictures of federal election law."

The campaign's aggressive tactics could draw more attention to a subject the campaign wants to go away. On Tuesday, the University of Illinois at Chicago will make available records of Obama's service on the board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. The group was set up to improve the city's schools. The documents could shed further light on whether Obama and Ayers had a relationship.

The American Issues Project is a 501(c)4 nonprofit corporation. It is permitted by law to air a political ad provided that the majority of its spending is nonpolitical. It cannot accept money from corporations and it must identify the donors that finance its ads in reports to the Federal Election Commission. Pinkston said the group has set aside money to carry out non-election related work to meet the legal requirements. It filed a report identifying Simmons as its sole donor for the ad last week.

In the Obama campaign's own response ad, an announcer states: "With all our problems, why is John McCain talking about the 60s, trying to link Barack Obama to radical Bill Ayers. McCain knows Obama denounced Ayers' crimes, committed when Obama was just 8 years old."

The McCain campaign cannot coordinate efforts with outside groups. But the campaign took advantage of being the target of the response ad.

"The fact that Barack Obama chose to launch his political career at the home of an unrepentant terrorist raises more questions about Senator Obama's judgment than any TV ad ever could," said McCain spokesman Brian Rogers.

"Above My Pay Grade" Doesn't Cut it for the President of the United States, Obama.

So, our two main candidates for President got together in the same place, Rick Warren (he of The Purpose Driven Life fame) got them at his church to answer the same questions, but not at the same time. Obama went first, and this was his response to the question of when life begins and when a baby should get human rights...

"Whether you're looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity... is above my pay grade."

What?! WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?! You know what that answer means to me? I'll tell you, when I hear that answer, this is what I hear in my brain, "Um... yea. I'm am an advocate of total abortion. All abortions all the time. But... I'm also terrified of this evangelical crowd and I don't want to get booed off the stage. So... I'm going to give a completely bull crap answer."

This is exactly what I hate about this campaign, these two candidates sometimes seem like they will say anything to get elected. But this is silly. We all know where you stand Mr. Obama. Your pro-abortion. So just say it. Say you don't think human rights come into affect until after the baby is born. Say whatever you want. But don't say that its "above your pay grade." Your running to be President of the United States, sir, you should be able to explain where you stand on issues and you should have the intestinal fortitude to tell us honestly.