RNC Trying to Find Themselves

Today's must-read:  Why Government Can't Run a Business.

 

Another billionaire (achiever) is leaving New York due to taxation.  President Obama would be wise to take note.

 

The federal government is already rationing health care under Medicare.

 

Tax cheat Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says that the so-called private-public bank help will begin in 6 weeks.  I wonder how much intimidation is involved in this?

 

This is a letter from a Dodge dealer who will be shut down.

 

The United Auto Workers are not thrilled about the idea of having control over the automakers.  They're not in the business of making money.  With the new, tougher CAFE standards the Obama Administration really has gone too far in taking over the auto industry.

 

The new CAFE standards will only be effective if gas prices get high again, because otherwise people will buy larger vehicles not subject to those standards.  They'll pay more for them, but that's what the American people want.  The new standards could kill more Americans than the Iraq War.

 

Iran had a successful ballistic missile test today.  At what point do we start taking these guys seriously?

 

Democrats are trying to get a bailout for minority-owned broadcasters.

 

House Democrats have hired a speed-reader to read the 946-page cap and trade bill.  They want to get this thing passed this week.

 

The Republican National Committee is having a special meeting to, in part, consider a resolution to call the Democrat Party the "Democrat Socialist" Party.  RNC Chairman Michael Steele spoke yesterday, promising to take on President Obama head-on and for the Republicans to emerge as the party of new ideas.  I'm still waiting on those ideas.

 

If you want to pass something, you can always count on the laziness of elected officials like they did in Louisiana.

 

Some people are trying to draft State Rep. Austin Scott to run against Jim Marshall next year.  His chances for success are significantly better there than in his run for Governor.

 

Macon and Bibb County held a forum on the pandemic flu yesterday.  Less than 10 people showed up.

 

Mayors Reichert and Walker met last week.  I hope Mayor Walker told Reichert to keep their gangs in Macon.

 

Oops:  WMAZ's satellite truck tore down some traffic lights in Macon yesterday.

 

Part of I-16 will be closed over the weekend because a tractor-trailer hit a bridge.

Obama's Eco-Friendly Small Cars of Death

The credit card industry might start imposing fees and rolling back rewards programs from the responsible cardholders because they will not be able to impose those fees on the irresponsible under a Congressional "reform" plan that passed the Senate today.

 

George Will used his column to defend greed.  I love greed.

 

Nearly three quarters of people who took Massachusetts' elementary school teacher's licensing exam failed the math portion of the test.

 

Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu don't seem to be seeing eye-to-eye on the idea of a "two-state solution."  Hamas is busy criticizing the "racist and radical Zionist entity."  A two-state solution is impossible.

 

President Obama issued his new fuel economy standards for cars today, which will cost automakers billions of dollars and will probably cost thousands of lives.  The neutered automakers have endorsed the plan, which ultimately amounts to a $1,300 car tax.

 

The Democrats are pushing to push their cap-and-trade that will crush the economy.  Heritage has the costs detailed.

 

Brazil and China are making plans to drop the dollar as their trade currencies.

 

Medicare wastes billions of dollars per year in paying for medical equipment.  These are the same people who would be running socialized medicine.

 

Forty-two percent of Americans say that everyone in the United States should have free health care.  Anyone who thinks it could possibly be "free" is an idiot; it'll be paid for through a number of special taxes.

 

Treasury Secretary and tax cheat Timothy Geithner opposes caps on executive pay.

 

After making comments that have been estimated to have cost Las Vegas $100 million, Barack Obama is going to Las Vegas to raise money for Harry Reid, but he won't have time to meet with Nevada's Governor.

 

The federal government runs its own marijuana garden in Oxford, Mississippi.  It's illegal for anybody else to do it.  Almost half of Americans still oppose the idea of legalizing and taxing marijuana.

 

An Iraqi war veteran survived some of the heaviest fighting of the war only to be killed in a bar fight because somebody said something about somebody's girlfriend's tattoos.

 

Georgia is tops in the country for entrepreneurship.

 

Mayor Donald Walker issued his fiscal year 2010 budget, and there are no furloughs or layoffs of city employees or tax increases.

 

It is nice to know that the Warner Robins Police Department doesn't have anything better to do than underage drinking stings.

"Giving Back" Messages to Graduates

Oops, he did it again:  Joe Biden gave away the location of the secret Vice Presidential bunker.

 

This is a message that President Obama needs to get:  Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich.

 

Michelle Obama told graduates at the University of California at Merced to "give back."  I'll tell you today why I hate that phrase.  Governor Perdue told Mercer University graduates to "serve others," which is only marginally better.

 

Obama is going to issue new national requirements for emissions and gas mileage of cars and light trucks.  This won't just apply to the nationalized companies.

 

No matter what you think of Obama, you can't envy the position he is in regarding Pakistan, which is increasing its arsenal of nuclear weapons.  At least the United States has a plan to secure their nukes if Pakistan falls to the Taliban.

 

Obama is meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu to attempt peace in the Middle East.  Obama wants to create a Palestinian state, while Netanyahu wants to focus on stopping the Iranian nuclear program.  Obama expects a positive response from the Iranians.

 

Almost one out of every three Americans would pay higher taxes to provide health insurance for all.  That's odd, since almost half of Americans don't pay taxes.  An 81% tax increase would be required to pay for the entitlements that already exist.

 

Senate Republicans are lowering expectations of a fight over the Supreme Court.  Good for them.

 

Some on the left are getting frustrated with Obama, while some Republicans are pleased with the direction that Obama is taking regarding the military.

 

The latest version of cap-and-trade will reduce GDP by a total of $7.4 trillion by 2035 and destroy 844,000 jobs a year, in exchange for (in theory) lowering global temperatures by 0.044 degrees Celsius.  I don't care how much you believe in global warming, this can't be worth it.

 

Senator Lindsey Graham is fine with the idea of transferring Guantanamo Bay terrorists to the United States, as long as they don't end up in South Carolina.

 

Democrats in Congress are trying to eliminate a competitive bidding program in an attempt to transfer hundreds of thousands of jobs from the private sector to the government.

 

The Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of Sarbanes-Oxley.

The state Department of Natural Resources is asking people not to feed dolphins because, in part, the dolphins can become dependent on handouts and forgets how to catch food itself.  No, this is not just a metaphor.

 

John "The Fascist" Oxendine has received $2.6 million from employees and owners of insurance and small-loan businesses since 1998.

 

Republican candidates for Governor exchanged a few attacks this weekend during the Georgia GOP convention.

 

The weather alert system in Houston County is getting closer to reality, and it looks as though it will be focused on a phone system.

 

A cross-dressing man tried to rob a Macon liquor store, but the owner shot back.  It's just a shame that the shot wasn't fatal.

Bailing Out Life Insurance--Who's Next?

More dead people are getting "stimulus" checks from the Social Security Administration.

 

More bailouts:  this time it's big life insurance companies.  Why can't we just let companies go bankrupt anymore?

 

The federal government is pressuring Bank of America to change its board.

 

Big businesses are not pleased with Obama's rhetoric.  What did they expect?

 

The Obama Administration is working on a trade war with Canada.  Way to go, guys.

 

Thousands of Americans lose their jobs every time the federal minimum wage is raised.

 

President Obama exaggerated the cost cuts that health insurance companies promised.

 

While Democrats are trying to claim that the CIA broke the law in briefing members of Congress, the Obama Administration is refusing to release memos that detail the successes of enhanced interrogation techniques.

 

Richard Posner says that the conservative movement lacks intellectualism.

 

A new bill has been introduced to indoctrinate kids on environmentalism starting in Kindergarten.

 

Senator Dick Durbin has introduced an amendment to the credit card reform bill that would allow retailers to charge people less for paying with cash.  This actually makes perfect sense.

 

Attorney General Eric Holder says that the Obama administration will "do its best" not to release dangerous prisoners after it closes Guantanamo Bay.  They are also restarting military tribunals for the detainees there.

 

"Benedict" Arlen Specter is reconsidering his opposition to the card check bill.  As Michelle Malkin says, this is his final betrayal of the Republican Party.

 

President Obama's energy policy will be beholden to environmentalist extremists.  Here's another surprise:  the rise in sea level from ice melting in the Antarctic has been overstated.

 

An all-solar house that had its ribbon cutting seven months ago still isn't open to the public.

 

Despite the fact that 70% of people with health insurance rate their own coverage as either good or excellent, only 35% of Americans rate the nation's health care system the same way.  They just believe the lies from the media and the political class, especially about the uninsured.  Here is the truth about the people who have no health insurance.

 

The drug czar is calling for an end to the "war on drugs."

 

The drought in Georgia is almost gone.

 

The state is using federal welfare dollars to spend on other programs.

Nancy Pelosi: CIA Lied To Me!

If you charge your iPod, you'll kill a polar bear.  So say environmentalists.

 

California wants a piece of the TARP money to help pay for their massive welfare state.  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is even considering selling San Quentin prison and the Los Angeles Coliseum.

 

John Murtha's opponent for Congress last year said that Murtha's aide threatened him with redeployment to Iraq.

 

Nancy Pelosi is now accusing the CIA of "misleading" her and the rest of Congress on waterboarding.  She can no longer deny being briefed, so she has to attack the people who did brief her.  Karl Rove says that Pelosi was an "accomplice to torture," using the left's words against them.

 

Amateur hour at the White House continues, as Obama changes his mind on releasing photos of detainee "abuse."  He is also considering detaining Islamic terrorists indefinitely and without trial, only on American soil instead of at Guantanamo Bay.

 

Members of the Senate say that the United States needs to woo world tourists, and they want to spend tax dollars to do it.

 

Even the Associated Press says that the Obama Administration has been loose with the facts on the so-called "stimulus" package.

 

President Obama cut the deficit by $175 billion this year just by using dishonest accounting standards.

 

The anti-gun Brady folks want to use the DHS report on "rightwing extremism" to revive the so-called assault weapons ban.

 

Organized labor has become the most powerful force in government.

 

Chrysler is going to close 13 dealerships in Georgia, none of them in our listening area.  This is a big mistake because the dealers are the ones who make the profits for the company.  Government Motors, on the other hand, has political troubles because they want to import a lot of cars.

 

Obama gave the commencement address at Arizona State University last night, where he was not given an honorary degree.  He responded by joking about audits from the IRS.

 

Seventy percent of Americans with health insurance are pleased with it.  On the free market side of medicine, Pfizer will offer free drugs to unemployed people who lost their health insurance.

 

Archaeologists think they have found the oldest known sculpture of a human—a woman with really large breasts.

 

Johnny Isakson is supporting Charlie Crist for Senate in Florida over his conservative opponent.  Does nobody have the cajones to primary this guy?

 

Four of the six Republican candidates for Governor support the state sovereignty resolution that came up in the state Senate this session.

Here Comes Socialized Medicine

Washington State is giving a special tax break for newspapers.  Do you think any of the newspapers will be critical of state government there again?

 

Tax cheat Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has his eyes on nationalizing smaller banks next.  It's all part of making sure that the Obama administration can control how much the evil, nasty, horrible bank executives get paid.

 

The federal government has spent only 6% of the "stimulus" money.  This, again, is proof that this thing was never meant to truly stimulate the economy.

 

The House has promised that they will pass a health care reform bill by July 31, which will include, if House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has his way, government-run health care.  It may be paid for with a tax on private sector health care and/or new taxes on the evil rich, alcohol, cigarettes, or sodas.

 

The federal government had its first budget deficit in April since 1983.

 

Steny Hoyer wants to investigate what Nancy Pelosi knew and when she knew it on the interrogation of Islamic terrorists in captivity.  Am I the only one who thinks this is a waste of time other than in the context of an investigation into alleged wrongdoings by the Bush administration?  What is not a waste of time is debating whether or not President Obama will release photos of detainee interrogations.

 

The Media Research Center did a study of the major networks' evening news broadcasts and found that they really have been cheerleading for the Obama administration.

 

President Obama cut Chrysler's advertising budget in half.  Chrysler may also cut over one-fourth of their dealers this week, if Obama lets them.  The Obama administration's behavior in the Chrysler bankruptcy is blatantly illegal under bankruptcy law.

 

Republican Governors Mark Sanford (SC) and Rick Perry (TX) will host a tele-town hall meeting tomorrow that they are calling "Tea Party 2.0."  This beats the "listening tour."

                                                             

Obama's budget is so big and expands government so much, the Republicans can't figure out what to say about it.  Right now the biggest ideas they have are to rebrand the Democrats as the "Democrat Socialist Party" and to block a meaningless nominee of the President to try and make an irrelevant political point.  Their only tactic to stop the Democrats' policies is to add pro-gun but non-germane amendments to Democrats' bills.  I don't think the Republican Party could find water if they fell out of a boat at this point.

 

President Obama is actually asking for a tax cut for some rich people?  That will only last until the Democrats figure it out.

 

A new report shows that one-fourth of overseas ballots last year went uncounted.

 

The Massachusetts Transit Bay Authority will ban all of its drivers from even possessing cell phones while operating government vehicles.

 

A couple in Chicago have started a "buy black" movement to support black small businesses and entrepreneurship.  Good for them; they're using their power of choice as actors in a free market.

 

More black lawmakers are open to the idea of school vouchers.  They know that the best way to get inner-city children an education worth anything is to get them out of the government education monopoly.

 

College presidents have been given the power to furlough employees at their institutions.

Big Entitlements Going Bust

The Senate will consider a federal tax on soda and other sugary drinks to pay for Obama's socialized health care system.  Just so you know, here is how ObamaCare will affect your doctor.

 

Your tax dollars are being used to train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly on the job.

 

It looks like Socialist Security and Medicare are going to fail even faster than what has been expected.  Just wait until the same thing happens on all health care.

 

Despite the slumping economy, the federal government is increasing its hiring and the average federal worker gets paid over $75,000 per year including benefits.  That's your tax dollars at work.

 

The so-called "stimulus" package is not being spent where it is most needed, and states are still cutting jobs.  This is just more proof of the fact that this bill was never meant to create jobs or stimulate the economy, but to grow government.  It also doesn't help PR when a woman who has been dead for 42 years gets a Socialist Security check from the "stimulus."

 

Citing the Great Depression, the Obama administration is going to step up "antitrust" law enforcement.  When does the federal government become subject to antitrust action?  They are a monopoly, after all.

 

After criticizing big businesses for going to Vegas, Obama is going to go to Vegas to raise big money for Harry Reid.

 

Despite the fact that he is a big tax hiker who supported the "stimulus" package, the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee has already endorsed Charlie Crist for Senate over his conservative challenger.

 

Obama wants to close 5,000 low-performing government schools over the next five years.  If he has the authority to fire automaker CEOs, what stops him from being able to do this?

 

Government Motors may leave Detroit under bankruptcy.  Where will they go, Washington, DC?

 

A Saudi judge says that men have the right to slap their wives if they spend too much money.  You have to love the peaceful, serene, loving, caring religion of Islam.

 

Oprah admitted that she loves her private jet.  It's time to get the wealth envy crowd and pitchforks!

 

Here's another story of racial grievances run amok.

 

What does it take to get enough "street cred" to have a hip-hop career?

 

Senator Johnny Isakson says that the economy might take 5 years to come back.

 

John "The Fascist" Oxendine has already issued the first radio ad of the campaign, calling himself "the real deal."  I wonder how another candidate, Congressman Nathan Deal, likes that?

Oxendine's Illegal Campaign Contributions

I always love it when John Stossel has a 20/20 special like he did last week.  You can watch the whole show right here.

 

This year's budget deficit will be over $1.8 trillion, or 50 cents out of every dollar spent.  Of course, according to the Obama administration this is Bush's fault.  Obama's budget will include an increase in funding to fight a completely preventable disease.

 

The White House does not think there will be any job growth for the rest of the year, but they expect double the economic growth that private forecasters expect by the end of the year.

 

Three banks are going to try to pay back their portion of the TARP funds after getting clean bills of health from the questionable bank stress tests last week.  The White House wants the Federal Reserve to be the regulator of the entire banking sector.

 

Health insurance companies are pledging a $2 trillion reduction in the cost of health care as long as the federal government requires people to get insurance.  The Republicans are in a very difficult situation, because compromise means going along with socialized medicine.  The Obama administration is already working on their next tax hike to pay for their socialized medicine schemes.

 

Despite some Republicans being glad that Arlen Specter left their party, they are still recruiting candidates who are at least as liberal as Specter.  One example is Florida Governor Charlie Crist, who will announce tomorrow that he is running for Senate.

 

It is looking more likely that Government Motors will declare bankruptcy.  The United Auto Workers is trying to push the Obama administration to prevent GM from cutting their workers in favor of less expensive labor outside the United States.

 

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says that Obama is endangering the United States.  He's right.

 

The Arctic Ice Cap is twice as thick as the environmentalists thought it was.  That's global warming, right?

 

Hugo Chavez is using the Venezuelan military to seize oil and gasoline service companies.

 

Fannie Mae is coming back to the federal trough after posting a $23 billion loss in the first quarter.

 

Obama's rich supporters are just now figuring out that he wants to punish them.  Clearly they're not that bright.

 

The military forced the destruction of Bibles in local Afghan languages to prevent proselytizing.

 

Here's what President Obama means when he says he wants a "pragmatic" Supreme Court Justice.

 

Governor Perdue may veto the tax-cut package that passed the General Assembly.

 

John "the Fascist" Oxendine received over $120,000 from two insurance companies funneled through 10 different PACs in Alabama.  His opponents for the Governor's Mansion have already raised concerns over the issue.  When the AJC published their story, Oxendine's campaign manager responded by saying that the story is just proof that Oxendine is the front-runner for the Governor, and today he agreed to return those contributions.  This controversy came up just two days after Oxendine told his supporters via e-mail to prepare for "lies, rumors, and more lies."  Any of you who are even considering supporting Oxendine should read this series on John Oxendine and liberty.

Obama's Budget "Cuts"

Obama's budget will eliminate a program that aides states in jailing illegal aliens, is cutting the budget to enforce unions, and is rescinding tax breaks meant for oil and gas companies.  Some of the things he's cut were funded in the "stimulus" package.  Yesterday Obama told the media to stress how "significant" the cuts he made were.

 

The stress test results show that banks need almost $75 billion to be able to survive a worsening or long recession.  The feds claim that this is the beginning of the end of the bank bailouts.  I'll believe that when I see it.

 

The Godfather President is now threatening to rescind stimulus money for California if that state doesn't do the bidding of the SEIU.

 

Government Motors' current restructuring plan will have them building more cars outside the United States.  Let's see if the Godfather will let them do so.

 

The European Union is calling for a shorter work week in order to create jobs.  This won't work.

 

Unemployment is at a quarter-century high, and it would have been higher if the government wasn't hiring for next year's Census.  At what point does this become Obama's recession, despite his attempts to use emotion to save the economy?  Obama's solution to unemployment is to spend money to retrain people who have been laid off.

 

The Federal Housing Administration wants $800 million to cover its losses.  That's one government agency, funded by you, asking for more money, from you.

 

The Republicans desperately need to come up with and sell to the American people their alternative on health care before we end up with socialized medicine.

 

Australia is preparing for the end of American dominance on the world stage.

 

Investors must now consider political risks, in addition to the normal economic and business risks, before putting money anywhere.

 

Remember the story of the 16-year-old kid who was supposedly arrested for making a bomb threat under the Patriot Act?  It turns out that his mother was making it up, and the kid was a troublemaker.  Jason Pye also took me to task on the Patriot Act, reminding me of some things that I had forgotten.  Mea maxima culpa.

 

Despite the so-called "cuts" to the Obama budget, members of Congress are still asking for plenty of earmarks.

 

Maryland has extended its hate-crimes law to include urban outdoorsmen.

 

A bunch of environmentalists on a "carbon-free" 5,000 mile trip to Greenland were rescued by an oil tanker.

 

The city of Atlanta declined to issue a building permit to a Starship Enterprise, but we're getting one here in Warner Robins.  Very interesting.

Obama's New Big Government Budget

Jason Pye has this must-read quotation from Thomas Jefferson that is oh-so-relevant today.

 

It looks like Senator Johnny Isakson will get his special commission on the financial meltdown, and the Democrats will hold a 6-4 majority on the commission.  Do you think the commission will point out that government interference with the free market was the real problem?  I doubt it.

 

According to the bank "stress tests," some large banks need more capital to be able to survive.  This could very easily be used to justify further nationalization.

 

The federal government is going to condemn the land of seven Pennsylvania landowners for a Flight 93 memorial.  This is, quite simply, an abuse of eminent domain.

 

Hawaii passed a law creating an "Islam Day."  I wonder if they'll celebrate by having their own "Miss Beautiful Morals" pageant?

 

Government Motors lost $6 billion in the first quarter.  Their deadline for reorganization is June 1.  George Will has a brilliant column today about the prospects for the future of the auto industry.

 

The next national bailout agency created by the federal government will be for cities and states.

 

Obama introduced his full budget today, including $17 billion in "cuts" that are really only a decrease in the amount of spending growth.  Here are some of the so-called "cuts" that they will make.  He also plans on doubling the size of the tax law enforcement budget.  Does he realize that a few members of his Cabinet would have been arrested if he had his way?

 

I've been calling Obama the "Godfather President," and one listener sent me this column by Michael Barone accusing the President of Gangster Government.  That sounds about right.

 

The Obama Administration is going to extend the DC school voucher program, but only for students who are already in the system.  Nobody else will be allowed.

 

Massachusetts is giving welfare recipients free cars.  They will forever be Democrat (parasite) voters.  It has been 44 months since Hurricane Katrina, and there are still 4,600 parasites living in FEMA trailers.

 

Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball for using a banned performance enhancer.  MLB took care of it themselves; no need for Congress to get involved.

 

The White House will release the photo of Air Force One from the New York flyover that ruined some pants last week.

 

A former staffer for Speaker Dennis Hastert has five reasons the Republicans will rebound, one of them being the influence of libertarianism.  Meanwhile, CNN is performing an autopsy on the "liberal Republican" and Daniel Henninger says that the Republicans right now are doing everything wrong, especially if they forget the principles of Ronald Reagan.

 

Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is inclined against using a filibuster to stop Obama's Supreme Court pick.

 

Congressman Jason Chaffetz has introduced a bill that would require utility companies to indicate the cost of cap-and-trade on each customer's bill every month.  This is the kind of thing that Republicans need.

 

The federal government will spend about $391 million nationwide this year to knock on doors just to prepare for next year's Census.  They will also be using GPS coordinates to find addresses.

 

A British paramedic was not allowed to buy wine while in uniform, so he walked outside, stripped down to his thong, and tried again.

 

Georgia Tech's basketball team will be penalized next season for failing to meet the NCAA standard for academic progress.  Before any of you Georgia fans get too excited, remember that it's a lot harder to meet those standards at Tech than it is at Georgia.

 

Two teenagers were arrested for a break-in at Perry High School.  String them up.

Hedge Funds Defend Themselves

The results of the bank "stress tests" are due tomorrow, and already banks are saying that they will need more capital.  This will be used as justification for more socialization.

 

Information on how the "stimulus" will be spent is hard to track down because the government website that is supposed to be tracking the money won't have details until at least October.

 

The Obama Administration isn't going to prosecute Bush Administration officials, just try to get the lawyers disbarred, for the "torture" of Islamic terrorists.

 

India, Ireland, and American businesses will all be affected by the Obama Administration's "global tax raid," as described by the Wall Street Journal.

 

This could have stayed private, but Elizabeth Edwards went on Oprah to talk about her husband's affair and the book she wrote about it.  Shame on her for exploiting it.

 

Dave Ramsey gets the FairTax wrong.

 

We have two letters today, one locally and one on a blog, that both give the same advice to the Republicans that I would:  drop the social issues.  Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels tells Republicans to stop whining and mount a real opposition to the Obama administration.

 

There are new allegations of the White House using intimidation tactics against hedge funds that owned some of Chrysler's secured debt.  One hedge fund manager has written an opinion piece detailing what they do and why the President's tactics are wrong.

 

The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a resolution claiming Oklahoma's sovereignty.

 

The Los Angeles Unified School District pays teachers not to teach thanks to the teacher's union.

 

According to Gallup polls, Al Gore is losing the debate over global warming.  People are more worried about the economy.

 

The Democrats gave "Benedict" Arlen Specter the shaft, making him the junior Democrat on committees.

 

Just as I said last week, only 35% of American voters view capitalism and a free market economy as the same thing.

 

A majority of Americans think that every American should go to college.

 

Forbes magazine says that the recession is over.

 

The Census bureau will use GPS tagging at individuals' homes.  I'm not too worried about that; after all, look at Google Earth.

 

A teenager was arrested by the FBI with no warrant and no due process under the Patriot Act.  This is the first time I've heard of it being abused.

 

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to study the effects of legalizing and taxing marijuana in California.  This should be done, not just studied, across the country.

 

Here's a case of a lawful gun owner preventing a crime.  There need to be more of these.  This comes as a Gallup poll shows that more Americans oppose gun control than ever.

 

Teen pregnancy rates are on the rise in Georgia.

 

Governor Perdue approved the sales tax holiday from July 30 to August 2 this year.  Just so you know when to avoid the malls and Wal-Mart.

 

The Georgia PTA wants middle and high schools to start teaching classes about crime and punishment.  How about teaching economics and the Constitution?

 

I forgot to mention the groundbreaking for the Little League site yesterday.  They broke ground in a sand box indoors to protect the politicians' wingtip shoes.

 

A Thunderbirds pilot spoke to students at Warner Robins High School on Friday.  I have to admit, I'm jealous.

Private Sector Success Stories

John Murtha managed to get $4 million in no-bid contracts for his nephew last year.

 

Chrysler's bankruptcy could make it easier for GM to follow suit.  There will be a delay in the bankruptcy because the secured creditors actually want to see some return on what they are owed.

 

Branson, Missouri has a new privately owned and operated airport.  I hope the city of Atlanta is paying attention.

 

Remember that little girl who wrote the letter about her crappy government school in South Carolina?  This week the school got a new paint job and brand new desks, no thanks to President Obama or his stimulus package.  Some think that the "stimulus" money is just setting up government schools for failure.  We can only hope.

 

Here's a real shocker:  a new study shows that government websites lag far behind the private sector.

 

Obama's attempts to tax offshore corporate earnings are not going over well with high-tech companies that do business overseas.

 

Here are the top ten reasons why Obamanomics won't work.

 

ACORN, the group of left-wing rabble-rousers that Barack Obama has tapped to get involved in the 2010 Census, is being charged in Nevada with illegally paying people to sign up voters last year.

 

The biggest source of revenue for states is now federal aid.

 

Congress voted to protect pedophiles but not veterans in the "hate crimes" bill.

 

Sen. Orrin Hatch says that the White House may announce their pick to the Supreme Court by the end of the week.

 

The White House loves MSNBC.  Why wouldn't they?  It's like their second media wing.

 

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says that China's military buildup seems to be focused on the United States.  This is more reason to continue to build things like the F-22.

 

Bill Gates is funding medical research through the private sector.

 

House Democrats are trying to get almost another $95 billion in emergency funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but not to close the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay.

 

Citigroup is trying to figure out how to pay their employees in a way that will be allowed by the TARP rules but will also keep them from leaving their company.

 

Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA) wants to place restrictions on ads for erectile dysfunction drugs.

 

The Homeland Security Department created, but recalled, a dictionary of "extremists."  Here's the full document.

 

The photos from that ridiculous photo-op in New York City are classified and will not be released.

 

The numbers are in, and it appears that the Robins Air Show attracted 150,000 people last weekend.

 

Governor Perdue signed the "super-speeders" law this morning, which could have some unintended consequences and not provide the revenue expected.

 

Georgia leads the country in bank failures thanks to restrictive and old-fashioned bank laws.

Obama Playing Godfather Again

Here's an excellent video explaining the credit crisis.  It just misses a lot of the government's intrusion into the housing market, especially the existence of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

 

President Obama played the Godfather again with the owners of Chrysler's secured debt, threatening to destroy their reputations if they refused to agree with the administration's bankruptcy plan for the company.  Apparently the UAW's majority stake in Chrysler doesn't come with much power, so the company might become profitable after all.  Obama also plans on using Chrysler's bankruptcy to push on Government Motors.

 

Here is something that should scare you no matter who the President was:  Obama has a level of power that has not been seen in decades.

 

Obama wants to shrink the financial sector.  This shouldn't be the job of the President of the United States.

 

Liberals are getting away from talking about "global warming" because it doesn't work as well as a talking point to socialize the economy.

 

Obama wants to crack down on offshore tax havens.  Here are some of the details.  At least Obama will be able to claim 800 more jobs "created or saved" when they hire 800 new tax regulators.

 

The federal government will spend $400,000 in a study on drinking and sex habits of homosexuals in Argentina.

 

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) wants to rebuild the Republican Party based on a single principle:  Freedom.  That's a good one.  Meanwhile, Jeb Bush wants to move away from Ronald Reagan.

 

"Benedict" Arlen Specter says that the Republican Party has moved "far to the right" since the Reagan days.  If that was true, then Obama wouldn't be President today.  He also hoped that his defection would be a "wake-up call" to the Republicans.

 

A plurality of American voters believes that Obama's pick to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court will be too liberal.  This is an opportunity for the Republicans to distinguish themselves.

 

Rep. Mark Kirk says that China has "cancelled America's credit card" due to our debt levels.  Wall Street is also getting worried about our levels of debt.  This is the biggest threat to the United States.

 

The federal government is already working on the next housing bust.

 

Thanks to the Canadian media, here are things that you don't read about Barack Obama.

 

State Sen. David Shafer will not run for Lieutenant Governor after all, leaving the road wide open for Casey Cagle's re-election.

 

Government schools across the state have been passing kids through despite failing standardized tests and not having necessary knowledge.  The result has been about 1 in every 4 first year college students needing to take remedial classes to learn what they should have learned in high school.

Obama to Get Supreme Court Appointment

Supreme Court Justice David Souter will retire at the end of this court term, which will give President Obama a chance to nominate a replacement.  This could get very interesting, especially given what Obama has said in the past about his views on the Supreme Court.

 

Democrat Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky not only admits that the Obama health care plan will destroy the private health insurance industry, she celebrates that fact.  Already government-run health care made almost $19 billion in improper payments last year.  Just wait until that's the only option.

 

The so-called "tax cut" in the so-called "stimulus" package is going to leave a lot of people with some nasty surprises when they file their taxes next year when they might have to pay it back.

 

College students suddenly want to be community organizers to emulate Barry, and more of them want to work for the federal government.  This is proof that we need to stop paying government employees more than private sector employees.

 

A Congressional subcommittee is looking into the BCS.  Apparently they don't have anything better to do.

 

Michelle Obama wears $540 sneakers.

 

ABC News has outed the guys who created the CIA's waterboarding and interrogation program.  Will they be treated the same as Scooter Libby was?

 

Minnesotans don't want to raise taxes, except on corporations and the rich.  It just goes to show the levels of ignorance due to the government education monopoly.

 

According to the Obama Administration, between 50 and 100 detainees at Guantanamo Bay cannot be released or put on trial.  I have an idea:  leave them at Guantanamo Bay.

 

Another Democrat admits that cap and trade will probably raise energy prices.

 

Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama gave the Senate Foreign Relations Committee his solution for piracy:  military escorts and arming some of the civilian crews.

 

Here is a list of questions about the Chrysler bankruptcy.  We'll ask more questions when Jeff Smith, who owns a Chrysler dealership in Perry, calls in at 4:00.

 

Tax cheat Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told a group of Democrat Senators that he will not be asking for more bailout money anytime soon.

 

Barry's press conference had ratings 29% lower than the last one.  I'm not the only one who's sick of these things.

 

A talk show host in Boston has been suspended because he made insensitive comments about Mexican immigrants with regards to the Mexiflu.

 

A former chief of the Air Force's combat operations told Congress that the Air Force needs more than double the number of F-22s currently planned.

 

Congressman Nathan Deal officially joined the race for Governor today.  We will have another candidate, Ray McBerry, on the show at 5:00 today.

 

The Robins Air Show is this weekend.  I've been looking forward to this for months.