Comments on: Obama’s New Deal II Lark

By: Pietia

Pietia — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:49:14 +0000

Well, guys – nationalizing healthcare is really a bailout for the pension funds. When the healthcare in US becomes as inefficient as it is in Europe, more of you guys will die before you retire (or shortly after). I live in a country with national healthcare and I can tell you this: Obama is trying to get you all killed.

By: Jack Flannigan

Jack Flannigan — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:51:29 +0000

None of this tripe the government is trying will make this current recession any less manageable or one day shorter in length. I am convinced that we can not spend our way out of this hole we find ourselves in. This entire boondoggle will have to eventually run the gambit and come to an end. How long? – I can only speculate years with this method of attempting to throw darts and hit a bullseye. If something good does transpire I am sure the politicians will take credit for it all, while in all honesty it most likely will be the hard nosed common everyday people of this nation sucking up the slop and moving forward as best they can. Let AIG, GM and BoA suffer the consequences of their own bad decisions, let the reckoning with their own greed and business culture begin. The sooner these parasites fall the sooner we can get on with assisting (not bailing out) those who stayed true to fair and equitable business practices and who were not swayed by the prospect of wealth at any cost. This nation has far to many fertile minds, far to many decent citizens willing to work for their keep and far to much “Grit” for failure. Yes, times may become even more difficult than the present but I feel that we can persevere an learn a few lessons along the way (Like – Live Within Your Means).

By: Hyphenated American

Hyphenated American — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:51:17 +0000

Right now comrade Obama is riding the tiger. A true leftist politician must constantly change the subject, introduce new policies and keep the country always in the state of crisis – real or imaginary.
It’s a classical behaviour of a person who is diverting your attention – any thief worthy of his salt does same thing. If Obama stops for a few months and let the people assess what he is doing and how much he is harming the economy – his political power will dissipate.
I personally believed that his next big thing will either will be an attack on the media, a big war or an big union legislation. Here is a link to my article back in February 14th:
http://hyphenatedamericans.blogspot.com/2009/02/whats-next-or-i-am-trying-to-jinx.html

It seems that Obama is doing the combination of three moves – he is now pushing for a debate on the health care (as if this is going to solve the crisis that is gripping the countries with and without the government run medical care), his friends are moving in Fairness Doctrine (See here: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/seton-motley/2009/02/27/essay-durbin-amendment-new-fairness-doctrine-kicker) and they are reviving the idea about union card check. I believe US will either provoke or enter voluntarily a big war within Obama’s first term. It will either be Iran, North Korea, China or (less likely) some country in Africa and Latin America. Won’t be surprised to see an escalation in Afghanistan and/or Iraq – since both could allow Obama invoke the name “Bush” when explaining what is happening there.

By: The Historian

The Historian — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:20:47 +0000

EVEN THE NEW DEAL WASN’T THIS FAR LEFT
The economy is off the rails and going forward, Obama will own it completely.

http://greensrealworld.blogspot.com/2009/03/america-has-far-left-president.html

By: PAR

PAR — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:55:57 +0000

Our Teleprompter President will say or do anything to get his crazy policies passed. He said that every 30 seconds someone goes bankrupt because of health care costs. The study he relied on for this classifies the gambling debts as health care costs. If your husband dies and you go bankrupt it considers that bankruptcy as due to health care costs, even if he never went to the hospital. Just plain dishonest.

By: cfbleachers

cfbleachers — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:32:39 +0000

Jennifer, I am at a loss to explain this “douse the fire with gasoline” mentality.

But it sure seems consistent with the leftist mentality about….well, pretty much everything. The entrenched media, deadwood division…puts out killed tree tripe day after day after day. They lose readership and circulation at a rate only the current Dow could emulate. Yet, they continue to throw gasoline on their own funeral pyre.

CBS, ABC, NBC newsrooms continue to lose viewers at a precipitous rate, while Fox soars. And the former three stooges continue to poke themselves in the eye and run a saw across their own heads to see if it will bend against the thick skulls.

I really haven’t witnessed much “bobbing up and down” of the stock market…although the phrase does bring Chris Matthews to mind during the election. The entrenched media has strapped on the kneepads from the beginning, willingly servicing national Democrats.

The article “Debt Man Walking” at The New Republic by John Judis is enough to curl one’s hair.

So the question begs itself. Why? What is really, truly, honestly going on here?

I see only two viable answers.

A)For someone raised under the Baby Boomer flag of Hippity Dippity Politics, where nothing is ever fair, the playing field is always uneven, where criminals are victims, victims are heroes and “march” is not a month, it’s a half century…the one way to “cure” it all is to wipe it out completely and start over.

The reason that the stock market (and yo’ 401(k) and yo’ granddaddy’s 401(k)…via Michael Pfleger) are not of concern, is because yo’…came by them unfairly.

So, we are going to clear the board and start over.

“We won” is not a slap in the face, it’s a slit in the throat.

2)Never let the opportunity of a crisis pass without cashing in on it.

While the entrenched media are still in full “Neal and Bob” mode, take a manageable crisis (created in large part BY the 2006 Congress and beyond) and turn it into full blown chaos. Chaos works as great camouflage. Implement the nationalization of everything you can get crammed down. Cram down more power for the White House over the Census. Cram down more power for federal judges (that you will soon install), cram down the takeover of every major industry. Don’t let ANYONE read the fine print…in fact, call it unpatriotic to read it at all.

Hurry, hurry,…. HURRY! The only rush that isn’t welcome…is Limbaugh.

Don’t stop and think. Just act.

When the dust settles, the “government” will take care of you. Now that you are wiped out, what are you going to say? “No, thanks”…? You will take what is being given and you will go meekly into the night.

And the only two chances you had to stop it…came from an entrenched media still on their knees bobbing up and down…and Republicans, who had long ago been marginalized and castrated by the Three Headed Monster (Hollywood, academia, entrenched media).

We are being systematically wiped out. People’s life savings, their nest eggs, their 401k’s, the FDIC is nearly bankrupt, Bretton Woods is upside down with no Pacific Rim savior of China or Japan in our trade deficit for dollars foundation.

We are barreling down the mountain …and we didn’t slip…we were pushed. (“You are gonna think we were wrong…”). Don’t pay attention to what Hippity Dippity say, pay attention to what Hippity Dippity Do.

And when we fall off the great wall….All the kings horses and all the king’s men, will never put Hippity Dippity together again.

By: JED

JED — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:29:09 +0000

Jennifer, since you seem to be a fan of the president, please tell me where he comes up with the “fact” that there is a bankrupcy every thirty seconds because of the health care crisis.
I tried to go to the official debate the crisis on health care web site but it was like signing up for the DNC. That tells me that every opinion is welcome if . . .

By: SAF

SAF — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:09:58 +0000

He said he would do these things when he ran for president, now he’s doing them. He is true to his word.

Might wreck America but like Regan he is true to his agenda.

By: OsoPardo

OsoPardo — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:48:51 +0000

I don’t remember who said this but, “Grind the populace between crushing taxes and debilitating inflation.” is the socialist’s second step to Communism. I’m surprised to find that they haven’t disarmed us yet. Although I’m sure that’s coming.

one of my own: Populace includes you as well…

By: fear Obama

fear Obama — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:44:35 +0000

13. one of my own:
Just for you.

New Socialist joke;

Guess what they call a Democrat that pays his/her taxes?

Presidential Apointment!