Obama's Big Presser

President Obama had a press conference earlier this afternoon, including Iran, healthcare, cap-and-trade, and his smoking habit.  We'll have some sound bytes from the presser on the show this afternoon; otherwise, I have the stuff mixed below.  One thing I would like to note is his collusion with the Huffington Post for a question on Iran.  Clearly both sides knew what was going on.

 

Ford, Nissan, and Tesla are all getting federal loans to develop fuel-efficient vehicles.  Why is it the government's job to do this?

 

The Obama Administration has announced how they plan to count the jobs that are "created or saved' by the stimulus money.  Meanwhile, support for the "stimulus" has dropped.

 

Thanks to wealth envy, CEOs don't want to be seen playing golf.  If the wealth envy crowd understood how economics works, they would be encouraging the CEOs to play.

 

Obama has brought back his campaign slogan of "Yes we can" to push his socialist medicine scheme.  During his press conference today, Obama admitted what we've already known all along:  a "public option" will push people to the government system and away from private insurance.  Fox Business Network's Elizabeth MacDonald dissects the myths behind health care that the left is using to push their plan, and finally Republicans are showing some opposition, although they're still thinking in very small terms rather than in the grandiose plans of the Democrats.  There is also some bad news for the liberals on the cost of their public option, based on the cost of Medicare.

 

A new poll shows that Americans prefer smaller government.  If this was really true then Obama wouldn't be President.

 

Maybe we spoke too soon yesterday:  the House is going to force a vote on cap-and-trade this week, which President Obama pushed during his press conference today.

 

President Obama has been "moved" by the protests in Iran and says that the world is "appalled and outraged" by the violence being used by the government in that country.  Is that the best he can do, especially considering that now the government is requiring a "bullet fee" for people to receive the bodies of their loved ones who are killed in protests?  Don't worry, though, because Iranian diplomats are still invited to the July 4 celebrations at our embassies.

 

French President Nicolas Sarkozy called the burqa a symbol of "servitude and humiliation."  I never thought I'd be saying this, but I wish others had the cojones of the French President.

 

It is fairly widely believed that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act will not stand up to a second challenge.

 

Democrats across the country are trying to force employers to pay their employees to do less work.

 

Rasmussen has a new poll showing that—surprise!—Barnes and Oxendine are leading in the race for Governor.  Other candidates have name recognition problems.

 

I told you yesterday that the transportation bill coming up before Congress will be chock full of pork.  Fortunately, Jim Marshall didn't make us wait long or work very hard to find some of his requests; he's using them as justification for his re-election.

 

In Atlanta they're worrying about whether underage strippers will drink.