Manipulating, Flip-Flopping, Deceiving, & Lying. Do You Care That Describes Your President?

Three problems are undermining the fabric of America. We have such short memories, integrity matters too little any more and so does the spirit of our constitution.

Everyone understood the seriousness of our economic troubles four years ago. That's why ANY legislation that created a tax, especially a big tax, was doomed before it began. Even Democrats embraced "The Bush Tax Cuts" as necessary and good for our ailing economy ... albeit while holding their collective noses.

Three plus years ago President Obama and Democratic leadership were lock-step vociferously proclaiming that the individual mandate IS NOT a tax. (Remember the exchange between Stephanopoulos and Obama described in this article?) Was it because they believed it wasn't a tax? Hardly, and their charade was exposed in this month's arguments before the Supreme Court and in that court's ruling today.

The reason the "individual mandate" was upheld today: White House lawyers convinced the Supreme Court that the individual mandate IS a tax. If even the Supreme Court believes it is a tax, most certainly in their hearts those in the Obama administration believed three plus years ago that is a tax. To argue otherwise is to claim Obama is even more clueless than most conservatives think. The proclaimed (self- and otherwise) smartest person on the planet couldn't possibly change his mind on something so fundamental as whether the biggest tax in our history is a tax or not. A rational person doesn't change his mind on something so fundamental. (Note the assumption.)

That leaves us choosing between only three possible conclusions. Either he knew it was a tax all along and he lied to us to get it passed, he's completely irrational or he's so politically vested in the progressive agenda that he doesn't understand or care(!) what he did (ie, he's not so smart after all, just off-the-scale 'political').

So, his own words prove he's a flip-flopper (check the Stephanopoulos reference above). That fact also means he lied to and deceived us (unless you're willing to admit he's so not smart after all).

Bottom line: he and the American people are losers in this proposition. Yes, he's a winner in terms of this battle but how he did it defines him in terms of integrity, honesty and genuine fairness as a loser. Americans are losers for two reasons: ObamaCare was upheld and we have a proven, totally agenda-driven deceiver as our president. If a Wall-Streeter had consciously mislead investors about what an 'investment' would cost them in this way liberals would be outraged, he'd be sued for all he's worth and he'd likely be going to jail. What just happened is a crime. It may not be a crime in a legal sense but it is a crime punishable by removal from office.

The President of the Unitied States Doesn't Know The Difference Between "Outsourcing" and "Offshoring"! Seriously! You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

The Washington Post ran a story a couple of days ago and it's quoted in a NRO article yesteray about our president mocking Romney for thinking there's a difference between "outsourcing" and "offshoring". Trouble is, Mr. President, the joke's on you because there IS a difference between them.

Here's President Obama's quote from the Washington Post: "Yesterday, his [Romney's] advisers tried to clear this up by telling us that there was a difference between "outsourcing" and "offshoring". Seriously. You can't make that up."

Indeed, Mr. President, one CANNOT make this stuff up!

That's not even the best part of the NRO article. In the last paragraph, Williamson tells a story about the famous economist, Milton Friedman. Friedman was touring an area of China and asked his guide why construction workers were using old-fashioned shovels, picks and wheel barrows instead of bulldozers and other heavy machinery. The guide's answer: "We care about creating jobs for our people." Friedman's question back at him: "Then why not use spoons?"

What's funny is that exact conversation could happen in principle here in America if you substitute "union leader" or "progressive" for the 'guide' in the previous paragraph. Whatever it takes to create more jobs is imperative but productivity, useful product, competent service, and most certainly profit are irrelevant.

GOP Health Care Alternative Covers Everything Liberals Say Will Go Away If ObamaCare Repealed. Why Is It Okay For Them To Lie?

For several years now, Republicans have been promoting their version of health care legislation. Most interesting, it does pretty much everything Democrats say will go away if ObamaCare is repealed.

Over THREE years ago the primary Republican alternative embraced all the following things that lying Democrats said and continue to say will go away if the country allows ObamaCare go away and Republicans have their way on health care reform:

• Universal coverage
• Coverage for uninsured
• People keep coverage they already have
• Provide more choices
• Rein in health care costs

By the way, the so-called "Affordable Care Act" turned out NOT to actually accomplish the last three bullets above even though Democratic leadership in the White House, House and Senate guaranteed them. Perhaps most important is the promise that ObamaCare would be more affordable. Even though that term is laughably(!) in the title of the legislation, the resulting health care program is MORE expensive. Or didn't you notice that because the media won't tell you? So, the last three bullets above are things ObamaCare promised but didn't deliver after all. Like that's a big surprise!

Why have so many of you never heard about the Republican alternatives? Because liberals and liberal media do not want you to know.

Why is the media letting liberals get away with their lies about the Republican alternative? Because they're in the proverbial tank for the liberal/progressive agenda regardless of the truth of the matter. This is no way to run a country!

President Obama's Job Creation Nonsense

For the past 3 1/2 years President Obama and most liberals have depended on Americans to remain ignorant of facts so we don't know what's really going on or what really happened. Now he and they are hoping our math skills are so weak that we'll believe his claim of creating 4 Million jobs in the past 40 months of his policies is supposed to be impressive ... as if that amount of jobs represents an economic and employment policy success.

Problem is, Mr. President, that many of us can do basic math. The number of new jobs required to keep unemployment relatively stable is in the neighborhood of 125,000 per month. That is the number we hear consistently from both liberal and conservative analysts/commentators that are needed to keep unemployment steady.

We've also heard that approximately 300,000 new jobs are needed each month to pull America out of a recession of this size. 125,000 just to tread water. 300,000 would represent a successful economic policy. These are numbers we've heard consistently from reputable people.

If President Obama has created 4 Million jobs in 40 months under his policies that means he's created 100,000 jobs per month. Hmmmmm. That's well short of the 125,000/month needed just to hold unemployment relatively stable. (Note: the only reason the unemployment rate has fallen at all is because millions of people have stopped looking for work and are no longer counted as job seekers who are unemployed.)

4 Million jobs created may sound like a big number but when we've needed around three times that many to dig our way out of the recession you can't possibly expect us to believe your policies have been successful at all, much less more successful than your predecessor's (which drove unemployment down to 4.4% after 'his' recession).

We're not as stupid as you expect or want us to be sir.

We REALLY Need Government To Get On These Evil Bankers

Yeah, we really DO need government to do something about this banking overdraft fees problem don't we?

But, do you know the easiest and best way to fix it? Be a responsible person and don't overdraw your banking account! HELLO!

Congratulations Chris!

Check out the happy grad (San Jose State U; Music Ed)!

Good job Chris! We're so proud of you and the effort it took to accomplish this!

Chris Graduates Saturday With A Music Ed Degree!

It's been a long (7 year) haul going to school part-time and working part-time but the goal has been reached! Congratulations Chris on getting your Bachelor Degree in Music Ed this Saturday! Mom and I are so proud of you! It's quite an accomplishment. Well done!

My Sons ... Good Men!!!

My two sons are taking on life's challenges with resolve and integrity. I couldn't be more proud of them.

Ah, For The Good Old Days After Bush II's Tax Cuts!

Don't you all long for the good old days created by Bush II's tax cuts? Remember what happened after the majority (80%) of his tax cuts were implemented at the end of May 2003? One month later the unemployment rate peaked out at 6.3% and began a steady decline in only 3 1/2 years to 'Clinton levels' of 4.4%. And only three or four months after Bush II's tax cuts cut in, federal revenue began a steady climb to a record(!) $2.6 Trillion (also in only 3 1/2 years), some 30% higher than achieved under Clinton for the same unemployment rate?

Of course The Left loves to fallaciously tie the 2008 economic problem to those Bush tax cuts and policies in spite of the fact(!) that they had nothing to do with it and in spite of the fact(!) that his tax cuts helped both unemployment and federal revenue until something totally unrelated cratered the economy. Remember that the 2008 collapse was triggered instead by the sub-prime mess that had nothing whatsoever to do with Bush tax cuts or policies? I'm sure those drinking The Left's Kool-Aid still choose(!) not to remember those inconvenient facts but that's what actually happened for those of you who 'can handle the truth'.

Democrat Hypocrisy Regarding The Killing Of OBL

President Obama criticized Romney last week for saying something he didn't even say and taking a position he didn't even take regarding going after Bin Laden.

Romney NEVER said not to go after OBL but he did say we'd best not lose our focus on the bigger problem we have with international terrorism. He always said we should go after OBL but warned against taking too many resources off the general threat in order to accomplish that. So, President Obama is quoting Romney totally out of context and stating a supposition as if fact that maybe Romney wouldn't have approved such a raid as the one that killed OBL. OBL committed the greatest act of terrorism against our homeland in our entire history. Does anyone except president Obama actually think ANY American president would not go after OBL? Turns out however that there is one president who actually failed to act and he's now lecturing Romney. (More on that below.)

Well, not so fast with your criticism Mr. President! Don't you remember that, contrary to what Romney actually said, your own VP (Biden) actually said we should not go after OBL? Obama's own VP actually said what Obama is falsely accusing Romney of saying. Hmmmmm. Mr. President your hypocrisy and tendency to bend/twist the truth are showing again.

We've also just seen President Clinton get on this bandwagon and criticize Romney for saying/believing something that Romney did not say/believe. I almost fell off my chair when I heard Clinton criticize Romney when it is factually true that Clinton is the only president who in fact did choose not to get OBL when he could have. And he did so not once but at three different opportunities!!!

The country's leading Democrats are coming unglued folks. This kind of nonsense is unbecoming a president and we have the last two Democratic presidents practicing this hypocrisy and mean-spirited behavior.