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16
Oct 11

Where will OWS end?

One of my favorite people in our local tea party is a certified Beckafile. She was helping us yesterday at Harvestfest where we were raising money for Operation Tree party, lamenting about OWS and how it is designed by Soros, SEIU, Van Jones, et al to allow Obama to declare martial law and suspend the next election. She was wondering aloud whether the military would side with Obama or with America.

It does seem pretty clear that the “Hate America” movement is going full steam, and it is hard to know where it will end up at this point. The democrats and the media are embracing the protests, even reveling in them, and that alone is telling. The racist, anti-semitic, hateful signs and speeches at the OWS rallies are business as usual, completely ignored by the same media that accused the tea party of all those evils with no evidence. Apparently all kinds of hate are acceptable if the left does it.

It’s hard to not consider my friend’s concerns given the double standards embraced by the media in this country. They are no longer the guardians of our freedom. But I also worry about what is being ignored at the same time, on purpose I suspect. Fast and Furious is coming to a head, Solyndra gets uglier every day, and it seems like every day we discover a new executive order that limits freedom that was snuck in and not reported on.

I may not be as far over the edge as my friend, but I am indeed worried. And I think everyone else should be as well.

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29
Sep 11

The Pathetic Press

It seems clear that our President’s support has fallen over the edge. The mumbles and “grumbles” of the last three years have come out of the closet, and people are actually expressing their displeasure.

With deference generally reserved for a king, the fawning press has deflected every hint of criticism of Obama since the day he announced he was running for office. He was their candidate from day one, and seemed to take the position that any criticism of him reflects badly on them.

In case that isn’t enough, the president’s insurance policy has always been his utter deftness as a Chicago pol. Criticize the commander in chief and you can expect to be mocked, locked out, and castigated by the White House. They did it to Fox news for months and months, and even on MSNBC Mark Halperin was put in isolation for saying Obama acted like a “Dick”.

Over the last few weeks we are seeing a little push-back. And trust me it is “little”. An intrepid reporter stands by his story about the WH telling Ford to pull an ad critical of the bail- out. (Both Ford and the WH deny)

Four years ago, MTV gleefully sponsored “A Conversation with President Obama” Which was a sequel of sorts to “Rock the Vote”. This year they have declined to give the president that stage. The FCC has failed to shut them down so far as a result. That’s progress.

There is no doubt that the White House continues to punish its enemies – take Gibson Guitar which was raided last month for using the same wood a democrat donor competitor uses. The democrat donor was not raided, of course. The press has yet to investigate why the double standard.

To this day, many people have still not heard of Solyndra, LightSquared or Fast and Furious. The political ties between Soylandra and President Obama would have blown the lid off of any other white house, but the press, in it’s adoration of Barack Obama, gave away it’s responsibility to report on the administration’s rampant crony capitalism in exchange for the election of, and access to, the man of their dreams. Fast and Furious should be headlining every newspaper every single day, instead the White House simply refuses to turn over information, ignores direct questions and simply pretends there is no news there, with the willful compliance of most of the media, who, at best give the scandal minimal lip service.

In the last month or so, it appears that some of those same news outlets have sobered up – slightly. Starting to allude to facts is not the same as actually reporting facts. Whether it is out of love or fear, the press appears to prefer President Obama lose his bid for re-election rather than be exposed for corruption. Either way they are a complete and utter disgrace and should be run out of town.

In the words of Ignatz:

“If this country still had an actual free press, rather than a group of courtiers, court jesters and self-made eunuchs fighting hammer and tong on behalf of every left wing administration, F&F would already be just the tip of Barry’s very own Tea Pot Dome.”

Don’t hold your breath.

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16
Sep 11

Pardon me while I sip my tea

Sometimes I wonder if the country can make it all the way to 2013. My business, like every other small business, is barely hanging on. What’s even worse, my business booms when the economy gets bad. When the economy gets worse I am the last to fall off the cliff. We officially fell off the cliff last January. My business also gets better when the economy picks up, usually at a faster rate. No sign of that at all.

History will not be kind to this president. Since day one, he and his supporters have used race to excuse his failings. Criticize his lack of experience – you are a racist; criticize his corrupt cronyism – you are a racist; criticize his refusal to come to the table, come up with a plan, or consult with Congress – you are a racist.

The latest example of crony capitalism, (no doubt there are dozens more examples to come) is, of course, Solyndra. The Obama administration shoveled half a billion dollars of our money to a company which it seems everyone knew could not succeed. (Not so funny fact: If you took a half billion dollars and handed it out at the rate of one dollar per second, it would take 18 years to make that exchange.)

The president touted Solyndra as the wave of the future. Then when things weren’t quite working out, an Obama campaign bundler funneled more money into the failed operation to hide the problem for a little longer. In exchange for the funding someone in the administration agreed to make the bundler the primary creditor, kicking the American taxpayer to the curb and assuring we would never get our money back.

From the beginning it certainly appears that this President’s view of his job is to pay back friends and hurt enemies. Chicago politics at its finest. The American people do not enter into the equation. What’s worse is if you look at Obama’s history in politics it is blatantly obvious he has always operated this way. If you look at the people he surrounds himself with, it is also blatantly obvious. But even questioning the blatantly obvious stuff earns you the title of “racist”.

Whether they admit it or not, screeching “RACISM” at every turn is about as racist as it gets. Refusing to investigate Obama’s background is racist. Giving him a pass on his past, is racist. Refusing to state the obvious – that he does not appear to believe in the values this country was built on, is racist. Criticizing policies that have failed from day one – is racist. If the democrats actually believed in equality they would treat Obama equally. And then they would ask him to step down, just like they would do if he wasn’t black.