Absolutely Clueless!!!! Obama urges Congress to fix housing problem, tax banks

Is this pap for the consumption of fools? Nothing like this in his plans has ever worked.

Obama has no idea where money is generated. Taxing is confiscatory, legalized theft.

Unfortunately for all of us, Obama believes money and jobs are generated by the government. He really thinks that all things come from the government and we are his subjects. This guy is scary and unteachable. ♘

Obama urges Congress to fix housing problem, tax banks - Washington Times

by Dave Boyer-The Washington Times Saturday, February 4, 2012

President Obama told underwater homeowners Saturday that their ability to refinance their mortgages is in the hands of a do-nothing Congress.

"In order to lower mortgage payments for millions of Americans, we need Congress to act," Mr. Obama said in his weekly address. "And as anyone who has followed the news in the last six months can tell you, getting Congress to do anything these days is not an easy job."

The president is pushing a plan that will cost up to $10 billion to allow homeowners who owe more than their homes are worth to refinance their mortgages through the Federal Housing Administration. It would save the average homeowner about $3,000 per year, according to administration estimates. About 3.5 million homeowners would qualify.
Mr. Obama first detailed the program Wednesday during a visit to a community center in Falls Church, Va.

The program would be funded through a new tax on big banks. In his address, the president called it "a small fee" that "doesn't add a dime to the deficit." Congress has rejected the tax on banks twice in the past two years, including in 2010 when Democrats controlled the House and Senate.

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Marx, Jesus, or Obama, Who Are You Going To Believe

While walking on water, Obama talks to Chauncey Gardener and thinks Jesus wants us to pay higher taxes. Obama thinks he talks to Jesus. He talks to Mohammad. He talks too much. ♘

Marx, Jesus, or Obama, Who Are You Going To Believe - Page 1 - Floyd and Mary Beth Brown - Townhall Conservative

2-4-12 Floyd and Mary Beth Brown

President Obama has hit a new low. By promoting his reasoning for hiking taxes on the rich at the National Prayer Breakfast, he diminished the seriousness of his proposals and manipulated Jesus' teachings for his own political purposes.

Listening to Obama talk about taxation almost as a form of worship was beyond the bounds as he said, "For me as a Christian, it also coincides with Jesus's teaching that for unto whom much is given, much shall be required." He was quoting and distorting the Gospel of Luke and the Parable of the Faithful Servant. And, as Christians, we are greatly grieved by what Obama has done.

Obama is quoting a small portion of a lengthy answer given by Christ in response to a question by St. Peter. Here is a more complete version of Christ's dialogue from the New International Version:

"Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. I tell you the truth; he will put him in charge of all his possessions. But suppose the servant says to himself, 'My master is taking a long time in coming,' and he then begins to beat the menservants and maidservants and to eat and drink and get drunk. The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers. That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked."

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We need to be more careful of the roots of Fascism and Communism

Here is the insight from Christopher Hitchens.

IT IS NOT THEIR PLACE NOR JOB! GOP freshman fights Obama's soda crusade

This is a small case where the big trouble with government lies.

GOP freshman fights Obama's soda crusade - Washington Times

By Susan Crabtree

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Friday, February 3, 2012 The Washington Times

...Republican congressman from Tennessee is fighting back against anti-obesity ad campaigns initiated by the Obama administration and congressional Democrats that target sugary soft drinks and other high-calorie food.

Rep. Scott DesJarlais, who is also a medical doctor, is arguing that, in the middle of difficult economic times, it’s absurd for the federal government to be spending billions of dollars demonizing certain foods and trying to affect people’s personal dietary choices.

The president’s 2009 stimulus bill included $230 million for community-level anti-obesity campaigns, known as “Communities Putting Prevention to Work,” which sent grant money to 31 states for advertising that often attacked the nutritional value of fast food and sodas. Under President Obama’s health care overhaul, the program was made permanent, fully authorized and with target funding of $15 billion over 10 years.

Mr. DesJarlais, who sits on the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee, is pushing a bill that would prohibit the use of federal money for advertising campaigns against any food or beverage that is deemed safe and lawful by the federal government.

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Objects may appear smaller than they actually are - Honda Hounded

The American Spectator : Honda Hounded

By ERIC PETERS on 2.3.12

It is the federal government.

The government -- in this case, the EPA -- takes a new car, then runs it through its test loop. Mileage figures are posted on the window sticker based on these tests, which are by nature subjective. Hence the caveat, in plain standard English: Your mileage will vary. Note, not may.

Will.

The exact wording is as follows:

"Your actual mileage will vary depending on how you drive and maintain your vehicle [italics added]."

And just under the big "best case" mileage numbers, in smaller type, one finds a range of "expected mileage." As an example, this week I am test-driving a new Fiat 500C. The "best case" number is 32 MPG highway. But underneath this is a range of "expected mileage" between a low of 26 MPG and an even higher high of 38 MPG.

In other words, your mileage will vary.

Unfortunately for Honda -- and potentially every other seller of hybrid cars and perhaps cars, period -- there are a lot of people out there who cannot read and comprehend the meaning of plain English and worse, assume everything the government tells them must be true, since it's the government that's telling it to them. Thus, they become angry when reality disabuses them -- but unfortunately, they channel their anger toward the wrong party.

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The Cancer Grows - Israel, U.S. Divided Over Timing of Potential Military Strike Against Iran

Unfortunately, Obama is apparently willing to give up Israel to appease Iran.

Israel, U.S. Divided Over Timing of Potential Military Strike Against Iran - Bloomberg

by Nicole Gaouette and Jonathan Ferziger - Feb 3, 2012

The U.S. and Israel are publicly disagreeing over timing for a potential attack on Iran’s disputed nuclear facilities, as that nation’s leader said it won’t back down.

The U.S. and Israel have a “significant analytic difference” over estimates of how close Iran is to shielding its nuclear program from attack, Aaron David Miller, a former Mideast peace negotiator in the Clinton administration, said today.

“There’s a growing concern -- more than a concern -- that the Israelis, in order to protect themselves, might launch a strike without approval, warning or even foreknowledge,” he said in an interview.

The differing views were underscored by public comments this week by senior Israeli and U.S. defense officials....

... Tension between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be complicating communications on the issue, a U.S. defense official said. “There’s no love lost between the two of them, and there’s a trust deficit,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to the news media. ...

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Holder is a racist and arrogant liar who thinks he is above the law

Holder to Puerto Rican Rep: 'Wherever you're from' | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner

byDavid Freddoso Online Opinion Editor 2-2-12

If you need confirmation that Republicans on the House Oversight committee got under Attorney General Eric Holder's skin today at the hearing on Fast and Furious, just look at this response he gave to Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, who grilled Holder about his own previous statements.

Specifically, note Holder's comment that "maybe this is the way you do things in Idaho, or wherever you're from."

Holder is upset. How dare a white boy (Puerto Rican) from Idaho, "or wherever you're from," 'dis me!'

But Holder never answered the questions.

He's as advanced as every 13 year-old girl - Media Swoon Over ‘Techie’ Obama

He wants to 'friend' everybody and then watch their every move and word.

Media Swoon Over ‘Techie’ Obama | FrontPage Magazine

President Obama’s pals in the media are at it again, this time cheering Team Obama’s command of the latest technology. One outlet is entranced by the Obama campaign’s use of Google+ to conduct “the first completely digital interview from the White House.” A mobile technology news site declares that “President Obama’s decision to use Google+” and “embrace of social media…enhances his reputation as a tech-savvy commander-in-chief.” Another media outlet gushes that the Obama campaign represents “the first national political adoption” of mobile credit card readers. Yet anothermarvels at how “President Obama has Twittered, Googled and Facebooked millions of American voters.” Fast Company expects Team Obama “to storm into new digital territory in the upcoming race,” thanks to the Obama campaign’s hiring of “uber-hipster and tech rebel Harper Reed as the organization’s chief technology officer.” Calling Obama “the Google-style candidate,” The Financial Times adds, with a sense of fait accompli, “Mr. Obama’s campaign Facebook page already has 24m friends.” Translation: Why even bother trying to challenge our tech-savvy, with-it, and above-all, hip commander-in-chief?

This all calls to mind some of the nonsense said early in the Age of Obama.

A Computer Weekly column, for instance, praised “Obama’s technology presidency,” declared the new president a “technology-savvy leader” and applauded Obama for “leadership by example” in the area of information technology.

Perhaps worst of all was a piece penned by Anna Quindlen mocking John McCain because he “doesn’t text-message or have a BlackBerry or use e-mail.” The next president of the United States needs to be a “techie,” she declared, because “Americans cannot afford” a president who is “out of it”—and because America’s national security depends on it. “If Osama bin Laden beat us with a laptop,” Quindlen queried, “shouldn’t we at least have a president who is reasonably conversant with one?”

The short answer was then—and remains today: “Not necessarily.” Being a “techie” is not a prerequisite for being president.

These Country Club Rinos are as corrupt and power hungry as the Dems and not to be trusted - Big-Government Republicans

Big-Government Republicans - Andrew C. McCarthy - National Review Online

Atlas Shrugged all over again - Getting Nowhere, Very Fast

Getting Nowhere, Very Fast - Thomas Sowell - National Review Online