Statements, comments and forecasts that have no substance, but just might turn out to be relevant.
1.Please look at the following economic statistics. Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, New Jersey and Iowa all have strongly improving employment rates and job growth. All these States have cut taxes, trimmed state budgets and regulations, and, in some cases, challenged labor unions. All these states are led by Republican Governors. PG: No amount of spin can change these facts.
2.Robert Wood, acting head of the US mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency, also told the IAEA's 35-nation board that Iran had produced enough low-enriched uranium for several nuclear weapons if refined further to high levels. "Iran has actually accelerated its production of low-enriched uranium," Wood said, according to a copy of his statement. "There appears no immediate peaceful need for such stockpiles or for such an acceleration of the program, and we would note that this quantity of low-enriched uranium is enough for several nuclear weapons if further enriched to higher levels." PG: Obama appears to have his head in the clouds.
3.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on June 7 condemned a reported mass killing near Hama and said that Syrian President Bashar al Assad needs to step down from power and leave Syria, Reuters reported. The United States will work with all members of the U.N. Security Council, Clinton said, on a conference over Syria's future. The conference would have to start with the premise that democratic government would replace al Assad, she said, adding that "we are disgusted by what we are seeing." PG: Clearly Hillary hasn't learned a thing from her blundering boss. Closer to the truth might be that the Clinton Foundation is supported by Saudi funds and it is a major Saudi interest to see Assad go. Democracy? Really? After all that has happened.....
4.The US and Israel have agreed to boost their cooperation in the field of cyber warfare, the Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported Thursday. Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon and Counter-Terrorism Bureau Director Eitan Ben David met on Tuesday with Ambassador-at-Large Dan Benjamin, who heads the State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism. The officials agreed that cyber experts from both countries would meet regularly. PG: The world will never be the same again. Brainpower emanating from free economies will lead the way.
5. Governor Scott Walker shocked the Dems and Peggy Noonan in the WSJ says: Down the road there will be fewer contracts in which you work for, say, 23 years for a city, then retire with full salary and free health care for the rest of your life—paid for by taxpayers who cannot afford such plans for themselves, and who sometimes have no pension at all. The big meaning of Wisconsin is that a public injustice is in the process of being righted because a public mood is changing. PG: Never a truer word.
6.PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet said Monday the Navy will be sending its most advanced vessels and aircraft to the Asia-Pacific region as it builds up its presence by assigning most of its fleet there. Adm. Cecil Haney said a policy recently outlined by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to deploy 60 percent of the Navy's ships fleet to the Pacific by 2020 is about capabilities as well as quantity. PG: We find the move out of the Middle East and into the Asia-pacific region to be a major indicator of where US priorities will lie in the not too distant future. And it's not energy related!
7.Hong Kong should review its U.S. dollar peg and consider linking its currency to the renminbi, according to Joseph Yam, former head of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Mr. Yam, who ran Hong Kong’s de facto central bank for 16 years until 2009, is the most influential person to suggest such a move. Ending the U.S. dollar peg after nearly three decades would be hugely symbolic as a sign of China’s increasing economic dominance in Asia. PG: Sign of the times.
8.Greeks pulled their cash out of the banks and stocked up with food ahead of a cliffhanger election on Sunday that many fear will result in the country being forced out of the euro. Bankers said up to 800 million euros ($1 billion) were leaving major banks daily and retailers said some of the money was being used to buy pasta and canned goods, as fears of returning to the drachma were fanned by rumors that a radical leftist leader may win the election. PG: Ladies and gentlemen, this is what European social democracy has led to. One must be really naive to think that Barak Obama is any different.
9.The California congressman who's made the plight of jailed Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi a personal cause said Monday he's concerned the case has fallen off the radar screen -- and that without U.S. intervention, the man credited with helping track Usama bin Laden will be left to "suffer in a dungeon." Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., was among the many U.S. officials outraged last month after Afridi was sentenced to 33 years in prison. PG: We have news for you congresswoman, As far as Obama is concerned, Afridi has served his election purpose and can be left to rot in a dungeon. The man was outed by a leak to the NY Times...one of the many leaks that the White House denies they sourced.
10.When you see the X-ray, you cannot help but cringe and hope something like this never, ever, happens to you. A three-foot long steel shaft with stainless steel tips, shot from a spear-gun, perfectly stuck in a teenager’s skull, entering one inch above his right eye, through his brain, and exiting the back of his head. Read more http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/06/19/florida-teen-survives-spear-through-head/?test=latestnews
Demagogue definition: A leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
The Nightmare
If you love your children, think hard and long about this president. Long after we leave this planet, they and their children will inherit his legacy.
Another four years of this president, is surely humankind's biggest political nightmare. The inventory of mismanagement is so long, one wonders where to start and how to prioritize the list. Where does one start first? Obama the world citizen, Obama the economic leader or Obama the con artist? Another question that jumps to mind is how does somebody with no track record, zero achievement and armed with a disarming smile and a gift of the gab become president of the US? Really, has Hollywood become so much part of the US psyche that millions of Americans were duped into thinking that an amateur with no credentials could run the worlds most powerful country?
Lets begin with achievements on the foreign policy front. The arab spring immediately jumps to mind. In less time than it takes to say "Jack Robinson!"this President chose his leftist version of human rights and democracy, and threw US Ally Mubarak under the bus. The consequence of this action has left tens of thousands homeless and dead as civil wars and uprisings pepper the Middle East. We are now looking at a new Muslim Brotherhood dominated Middle east. All the beautiful prose about democracy and change on CNN has disappeared. Next "achievement"was the liberation of Libya and the death of that "monster" Gaddafi. Today Libya is a lawless no man's land controlled by groups of armed thugs. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood controlled parliament recently passed a law allowing men to have "parting" sex with their dead wives for up to six hours. The same parliament lowered the minimum age of marriage to 14. In Syria today, besides the usual run of the mill massacres of women and kids we are witnessing the latest Islamic fashion... "rape trucks" where young women are gang raped by groups of soldiers and opposition forces.
As for national security, one would think Obama pulled the trigger on Bin Laden. The only bi-partisan survivor in US politics today is the national security apparatus. Dating back to the killing of bin Laden, the administration’s intelligence apparatus has been leaking like a sieve and always on stories that cast Obama as a kind of warrior king. Since then, the leaks on national security have been so over the top that Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., at a press conference lamenting a cascade of national security leaks: “This has to stop. When people say they don't want to work with the United States because they can't trust us to keep a secret, that's serious.” As the election gets closer, we hear details of "kill Lists" and the "Stuxnet" computer virus in Iran. Now special prosecutors have been appointed to investigate leaks that are placing loyal and brave American lives in danger. Its clear who benefits from these leaks. It's not the national security apparatus, not the Republicans and definitely not the American people.
Picture the "man of vision" Barack Obama, standing before the cameras. First he raises his head to the right. Then to the left. And then, looking down his nose like some ancient messiah, makes some wondrous philosophical statement that leaves us dumbfounded. This is followed by that marvellous white toothed smile and everybody thinks "what a nice man!" Folks, how many times can one be played by this charlatan? He and his secretary of state Clinton have spent the last 3+ years arrogantly lecturing the Russians and Chinese on human rights. Its not what they say, but how they say it. Now these folks are giving him the finger. Same story with the US congress. (For the record, The Dems had control of both the house and the senate for two full years). And one might enquire why this is all happening? Its simple. They look at the figures and understand how badly the US economy has been mismanaged.
One does not have to be a rocket scientist to understand the figures. In the US today, it takes about $105 of debt to create $100 dollars of GDP. And now this economic genius wants to create even more debt to support Wall Street and the banks (Yep! Believe it or not). Imagine a collapsing stock market in an election year. Of course he spins it by telling all that he is caring for the underdog. What BS! The figures speak for themselves. The National Debt has now increased more during President Obama's three years and five months in office than it did during 8 years of the George W. Bush presidency.
As part of his "Win the Future" program, Mr. Obama called for "taking responsibility for our deficits, by cutting wasteful, excessive spending wherever we find it." If Mr. Obama wins re-election, and his budget projections prove accurate, the National Debt will top $20 trillion in 2016, the final year of his second term. If GDP grows at an annual rate of 3%, it will take $120 of debt to create $100 dollars of GDP. (similar to Italy). More simply put, a household that earns $100,000 will need loans of $120,000 to support that income. Bottom line, the US is heading into bankruptcy and the American dream is becoming a nightmare.
And who is it that supports this president, besides the super elitist left media and the occupy stoners? His largest support base are the public sector unions. Let's take the average municipal worker in Wisconsin. These folks can retire after 25 years of service and continue to receive full salary and healthcare for the rest of their lives. Millions of parasites swarming all over the US economy and sucking the life out of hard working families and their children. Almost 50% of US citizens don't pay federal income taxes while Obama campaigns for the other 50% to pay their fair share. The Greek socialists would be proud of these figures.
In conclusion, its clear to anyone with an inkling of common sense that all this man cares about is re-election. If he is elected for four more years, extinguish the lights. The nightmare will quickly metamorphose into reality.
There is hardly any mental misery worse than that of having our own serious phrases, our own rooted beliefs, caricatured by a charlatan or a hireling - George Eliot
Another four years of this president, is surely humankind's biggest political nightmare. The inventory of mismanagement is so long, one wonders where to start and how to prioritize the list. Where does one start first? Obama the world citizen, Obama the economic leader or Obama the con artist? Another question that jumps to mind is how does somebody with no track record, zero achievement and armed with a disarming smile and a gift of the gab become president of the US? Really, has Hollywood become so much part of the US psyche that millions of Americans were duped into thinking that an amateur with no credentials could run the worlds most powerful country?
Lets begin with achievements on the foreign policy front. The arab spring immediately jumps to mind. In less time than it takes to say "Jack Robinson!"this President chose his leftist version of human rights and democracy, and threw US Ally Mubarak under the bus. The consequence of this action has left tens of thousands homeless and dead as civil wars and uprisings pepper the Middle East. We are now looking at a new Muslim Brotherhood dominated Middle east. All the beautiful prose about democracy and change on CNN has disappeared. Next "achievement"was the liberation of Libya and the death of that "monster" Gaddafi. Today Libya is a lawless no man's land controlled by groups of armed thugs. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood controlled parliament recently passed a law allowing men to have "parting" sex with their dead wives for up to six hours. The same parliament lowered the minimum age of marriage to 14. In Syria today, besides the usual run of the mill massacres of women and kids we are witnessing the latest Islamic fashion... "rape trucks" where young women are gang raped by groups of soldiers and opposition forces.
As for national security, one would think Obama pulled the trigger on Bin Laden. The only bi-partisan survivor in US politics today is the national security apparatus. Dating back to the killing of bin Laden, the administration’s intelligence apparatus has been leaking like a sieve and always on stories that cast Obama as a kind of warrior king. Since then, the leaks on national security have been so over the top that Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., at a press conference lamenting a cascade of national security leaks: “This has to stop. When people say they don't want to work with the United States because they can't trust us to keep a secret, that's serious.” As the election gets closer, we hear details of "kill Lists" and the "Stuxnet" computer virus in Iran. Now special prosecutors have been appointed to investigate leaks that are placing loyal and brave American lives in danger. Its clear who benefits from these leaks. It's not the national security apparatus, not the Republicans and definitely not the American people.
Picture the "man of vision" Barack Obama, standing before the cameras. First he raises his head to the right. Then to the left. And then, looking down his nose like some ancient messiah, makes some wondrous philosophical statement that leaves us dumbfounded. This is followed by that marvellous white toothed smile and everybody thinks "what a nice man!" Folks, how many times can one be played by this charlatan? He and his secretary of state Clinton have spent the last 3+ years arrogantly lecturing the Russians and Chinese on human rights. Its not what they say, but how they say it. Now these folks are giving him the finger. Same story with the US congress. (For the record, The Dems had control of both the house and the senate for two full years). And one might enquire why this is all happening? Its simple. They look at the figures and understand how badly the US economy has been mismanaged.
One does not have to be a rocket scientist to understand the figures. In the US today, it takes about $105 of debt to create $100 dollars of GDP. And now this economic genius wants to create even more debt to support Wall Street and the banks (Yep! Believe it or not). Imagine a collapsing stock market in an election year. Of course he spins it by telling all that he is caring for the underdog. What BS! The figures speak for themselves. The National Debt has now increased more during President Obama's three years and five months in office than it did during 8 years of the George W. Bush presidency.
As part of his "Win the Future" program, Mr. Obama called for "taking responsibility for our deficits, by cutting wasteful, excessive spending wherever we find it." If Mr. Obama wins re-election, and his budget projections prove accurate, the National Debt will top $20 trillion in 2016, the final year of his second term. If GDP grows at an annual rate of 3%, it will take $120 of debt to create $100 dollars of GDP. (similar to Italy). More simply put, a household that earns $100,000 will need loans of $120,000 to support that income. Bottom line, the US is heading into bankruptcy and the American dream is becoming a nightmare.
And who is it that supports this president, besides the super elitist left media and the occupy stoners? His largest support base are the public sector unions. Let's take the average municipal worker in Wisconsin. These folks can retire after 25 years of service and continue to receive full salary and healthcare for the rest of their lives. Millions of parasites swarming all over the US economy and sucking the life out of hard working families and their children. Almost 50% of US citizens don't pay federal income taxes while Obama campaigns for the other 50% to pay their fair share. The Greek socialists would be proud of these figures.
In conclusion, its clear to anyone with an inkling of common sense that all this man cares about is re-election. If he is elected for four more years, extinguish the lights. The nightmare will quickly metamorphose into reality.
There is hardly any mental misery worse than that of having our own serious phrases, our own rooted beliefs, caricatured by a charlatan or a hireling - George Eliot
Friday, June 1, 2012
The Peanut Gallery
Statements, comments and forecasts that have no substance, but just might turn out to be relevant.
1. President Obama keeps talking about victory in Afghanistan. What victory? In fact he is claiming credit for the withdrawal of US forces and ending the conflict.The facts are as follows. When Obama took office there were 33000 troops in Afghanistan. He increased that threefold to over 100,000 troops and recently announced the withdrawal of 30,000 troops. PG: Is there any doubt that when US troops come home, the Taliban will claim the victory and the country. What a waste of life and money.
2.The French housing market would be the next bubble to pop if the European Central Bank increases interest rates, or if markets begin to perceive the same fundamental weaknesses in France as they currently do in Spain, analysts at Danske Bank wrote in a market note. House prices saw only a minor fall during the financial crisis, and in 2009 they started rising again, to reach new all-time highs in the third quarter of 2011 – up 121 percent since 2000, with prices in Paris rising at the fastest pace.
3.EGYPTIAN husbands will soon be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives - for up to six hours after their death. The controversial new law is part of a raft of measures being introduced by the Islamist-dominated parliament. It will also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 and the ridding of women's rights of getting education and employment. PG: This will be part of the Obama legacy. He is directly responsible for this lunacy. Mubarak knew what he was dealing with!
4.China's Watergate -- A top Chinese official is accused of wiretapping the president of China. The man who was thought to be the future president of China has been caught red-handed in a crime: wire-tapping the president of China. Along with this crime up to $180 billion is missing, and it is thought that there is a connection. China is the only dictatorship without one man (the dictator) in charge. China is ruled by a collection of dictators, and therein lies a problem -- fierce and deadly competition.
5.Five men were arrested April 30 in connection with a plot to destroy a bridge outside of Cleveland, Ohio. The men were charged with conspiracy and attempted use of explosive material to damage physical property affecting interstate commerce. The suspects are anarchists who were noticed and approached by an FBI informant during an Occupy protest in Cleveland on Oct. 21, 2011. PG: The Occupy movement has turned into a cover for anarchists and stoners. If the unemployment picture does not improve, we could be witnessing an upswing in the cycle of violence. Needless to say, we all know who these parasites will be voting for come election time!
6.Iran's ambassador to the UN has lodged a complaint against Israel at the Security Council on Friday, slamming Defense Minister Ehud Barak and other Israeli officials for remarks about a potential strike on the Islamic Republic. From Iran's official FARS news agency: Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said threats and pressures cannot deter Iran from its revolutionary causes and ideals, and stressed that the Iranian nation will remain committed to the full annihilation of the Zionist regime of Israel to the end. PG: Dead silence from Barak Hussein Obama, even while it is clear that Iran has reached the required enrichment percentage.
7.Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a law aimed at keeping the state's courts or government agencies from basing decisions on Islamic or other foreign legal codes, and a national Muslim group's spokesman said Friday that a court challenge is likely. PG: Good man Brownback! Sharia law is not religion. Its a political way of life. In fact its a straightforward challenge to western freedoms.
8.U.S. job growth slowed sharply in May, a sign of a sputtering recovery that may increase pressure on the Federal Reserve to prop up the economy. The unemployment rate, ticked higher by one-tenth of a percentage point to 8.2%, the first increase since June 2011. "This is what a jobless recovery looks like," said Nomura Securities economist Jeffrey Greenberg. The U-6 rate ((more truthful) is at 14.8%. The Euro-zone unemployment is at 11%. PG: In case the left has not worked it out, business creates employment, governments create unemployment.
9.While the world is sitting on an economic powder keg, President Obama and his Hollywood advisors are campaigning for Gay rights and free contraception. This guy is so out of his depth, its frightening. Even more frightening is that about 45% of the US still support him.
10.TOKYO – It must have been a wild ride. Japanese media say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has washed up on a Canadian island about 4,000 miles away. "This is unmistakably mine. It's miraculous," Yokoyama told Nippon TV when shown photos of the motorcycle. Yokoyama lost three members of his family in the March 11, 2011, tsunami, and is now living in temporary housing in Miyagi prefecture (state).
Life is a shipwreck, so don't forget to sing in the lifeboats-Voltaire
1. President Obama keeps talking about victory in Afghanistan. What victory? In fact he is claiming credit for the withdrawal of US forces and ending the conflict.The facts are as follows. When Obama took office there were 33000 troops in Afghanistan. He increased that threefold to over 100,000 troops and recently announced the withdrawal of 30,000 troops. PG: Is there any doubt that when US troops come home, the Taliban will claim the victory and the country. What a waste of life and money.
2.The French housing market would be the next bubble to pop if the European Central Bank increases interest rates, or if markets begin to perceive the same fundamental weaknesses in France as they currently do in Spain, analysts at Danske Bank wrote in a market note. House prices saw only a minor fall during the financial crisis, and in 2009 they started rising again, to reach new all-time highs in the third quarter of 2011 – up 121 percent since 2000, with prices in Paris rising at the fastest pace.
3.EGYPTIAN husbands will soon be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives - for up to six hours after their death. The controversial new law is part of a raft of measures being introduced by the Islamist-dominated parliament. It will also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 and the ridding of women's rights of getting education and employment. PG: This will be part of the Obama legacy. He is directly responsible for this lunacy. Mubarak knew what he was dealing with!
4.China's Watergate -- A top Chinese official is accused of wiretapping the president of China. The man who was thought to be the future president of China has been caught red-handed in a crime: wire-tapping the president of China. Along with this crime up to $180 billion is missing, and it is thought that there is a connection. China is the only dictatorship without one man (the dictator) in charge. China is ruled by a collection of dictators, and therein lies a problem -- fierce and deadly competition.
5.Five men were arrested April 30 in connection with a plot to destroy a bridge outside of Cleveland, Ohio. The men were charged with conspiracy and attempted use of explosive material to damage physical property affecting interstate commerce. The suspects are anarchists who were noticed and approached by an FBI informant during an Occupy protest in Cleveland on Oct. 21, 2011. PG: The Occupy movement has turned into a cover for anarchists and stoners. If the unemployment picture does not improve, we could be witnessing an upswing in the cycle of violence. Needless to say, we all know who these parasites will be voting for come election time!
6.Iran's ambassador to the UN has lodged a complaint against Israel at the Security Council on Friday, slamming Defense Minister Ehud Barak and other Israeli officials for remarks about a potential strike on the Islamic Republic. From Iran's official FARS news agency: Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said threats and pressures cannot deter Iran from its revolutionary causes and ideals, and stressed that the Iranian nation will remain committed to the full annihilation of the Zionist regime of Israel to the end. PG: Dead silence from Barak Hussein Obama, even while it is clear that Iran has reached the required enrichment percentage.
7.Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a law aimed at keeping the state's courts or government agencies from basing decisions on Islamic or other foreign legal codes, and a national Muslim group's spokesman said Friday that a court challenge is likely. PG: Good man Brownback! Sharia law is not religion. Its a political way of life. In fact its a straightforward challenge to western freedoms.
8.U.S. job growth slowed sharply in May, a sign of a sputtering recovery that may increase pressure on the Federal Reserve to prop up the economy. The unemployment rate, ticked higher by one-tenth of a percentage point to 8.2%, the first increase since June 2011. "This is what a jobless recovery looks like," said Nomura Securities economist Jeffrey Greenberg. The U-6 rate ((more truthful) is at 14.8%. The Euro-zone unemployment is at 11%. PG: In case the left has not worked it out, business creates employment, governments create unemployment.
9.While the world is sitting on an economic powder keg, President Obama and his Hollywood advisors are campaigning for Gay rights and free contraception. This guy is so out of his depth, its frightening. Even more frightening is that about 45% of the US still support him.
10.TOKYO – It must have been a wild ride. Japanese media say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has washed up on a Canadian island about 4,000 miles away. "This is unmistakably mine. It's miraculous," Yokoyama told Nippon TV when shown photos of the motorcycle. Yokoyama lost three members of his family in the March 11, 2011, tsunami, and is now living in temporary housing in Miyagi prefecture (state).
Life is a shipwreck, so don't forget to sing in the lifeboats-Voltaire
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