Monday, April 20, 2009

Obama to Cut Spending? Not Really

Did Barry get the clue from the Tea Parties?  Well, he did ask his Cabinet to cut spending—barely.  At least some Democrats in Congress are resisting Obama's tax hikes.

 

The Obama Administration is still writing off the Tea Parties, with David Axelrod calling them "unhealthy," while NPR called the Tea Parties "cockamamie."  Habersham County, Georgia tried to kick Tea Partiers off of government property last week.  Proving that the Tea Parties are not just anti-Democrat rallies, plenty of Republicans were shunned or booed at Parties across the country, including Republican Congressman Gresham Barrett.

 

Barry and socialist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had a moment over the weekend at the Summit of the Americas.  He now has to defend the moment.  I felt a lot better about having a President that Hugo Chavez hated.

 

Some economic indicators are starting to turn around, no thanks to the "stimulus," which some are concerned is not being spent quickly enough.

 

More Americans believe that global warming is natural rather than man-made, so the Energy Secretary has to get even crazier in his assessments of global warming.

 

It's not just the DHS that is worried about veterans; it turns out that the FBI has been focusing on Iraq and Afghanistan veterans when looking into "extremist groups."

 

Obama wants to force credit card companies to stop marketing in ways that addict people to credit.  What do we do about the federal government's debt addiction?

 

The Obama Administration may convert bank bailouts to equity shares in the companies.  They also will only allow repayment of TARP funds if it is in the "national economic interest."  Can anybody say nationalization?

 

A majority of likely voters think are worried that the federal government will do too much to "fix" the economy.

 

Three patients who received colonoscopies at VA hospitals have been diagnosed with HIV.  Remember, this is the future of health care if the Democrats have their way.  The Senate is taking up efforts to nationalize health care this week.  They already have the Department of Health and Human Services on board.

 

Chris Dodd has only had five donations to his re-election fund from residents of his home state of Connecticut, making him the poster boy for the permanent political class.

 

The AJC is worried that the tax cuts passed by the General Assembly will bust the state's budget.  Even if it does, what's wrong with that?  Starve the beast!

 

Lobbyists spent big money trying to sway legislators this year.  The second biggest lobbyist was the University System of Georgia—meaning that your tax dollars were spent lobbying members of the General Assembly to spend your tax dollars.

 

Hopefully Governor Perdue will sign a bill to tighten immigration laws in Georgia.  By the way, did you know that Georgia hosts a large immigration detention center in Lumpkin County?

 

The Macon Telegraph had a nice write-up on yesterday's front page about the annexation of land into the city that Warner Robins has taken on since Mayor Donald Walker came into office.

 

There's still plenty of ignorance in the local media about the Tea Parties, as you can see from yesterday's and today's letters to the editor in the Macon Telegraph and from Obama flunky and the editor of the Telegraph Charles Richardson.

 

The Macon Telegraph decided to scare everybody about another BRAC, so here's that story.

 

A bunch of people are angry about the fact that Houston County school buses won't drive down dirt roads when there are safety concerns anymore.  Get over it, people.

 

The new executive director of the Warner Robins Housing Authority is trying to make people who live on your tax dollars more comfortable.

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