Give Credit When Due, Obama Was Right
Feb 21, 2010 Political
During the campaign Barack Obama weighed in on global warming and his divine abilities when he said this:
I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people… I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal… This was the moment — this was the time — when we came together to remake this great nation… [emphasis mine] National Review
It would seem that Obama was right about the level of the ocean’s rise beginning to slow. According to the Guardian UK, climate scientists have withdrawn the study that shows ocean levels rising as a result of global warming due to faulty information.
The scientists do not know if the oceans will rise or fall. They also can’t say how much, in the event there is a rise or fall.
So chalk one up for Obama, he was right about the oceans rise slowing.
Chalk one up for global warming, the warmists had to recant more data. With all these mistakes, how do they have anything left to work with?
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Tags: global warming, Obama, ocean rise, promises
Obama; We All Have To Have Skin In The Game
Jan 11, 2009 Political
Looks like Barack Obama is changing his tune with regard to how things will be run and what he can do for America. In an interview with George Stephanopoulos, Obama said that the reality is, he will not be able to deliver everything he promised. Now there is a shock of all shocks. Those of us who did not drink his Kool Aid knew that all along.
The interesting thing is that he ran on taxing the rich and making them pay the lion’s share while he gave to the middle class and poor, or as he told Joe the Plumber, redistribute the wealth.
Now he is singing a different tune saying that all Americans will have to sacrifice and that we all have to have skin in the game.
“And when will that get done?” I asked.
“Well, right now, I’m focused on a pretty heavy lift, which is making sure we get that reinvestment and recovery package in place. But what you described is exactly what we’re going to have to do. What we have to do is to take a look at our structural deficit, how are we paying for government? What are we getting for it? And how do we make the system more efficient?”
“And eventually sacrifice from everyone?” I asked.
“Everybody’s going to have to give. Everybody’s going to have to have some skin in the game,” Obama said. ABC
Those of us who work and pay taxes have had skin in the game for a long time. The problem is, we keep getting asked for more skin.
I agree that the government needs to be looked at to determine what works and what does not as well as where the money is spent. The problem with Socialists like Obama is that he will determine the definition of what is working. That means there will be more emphasis on saving failed social programs and on spending more of our treasure to try and get out of the economic woes. His plan to have more government jobs and to rack up the largest deficit in our history is a recipe for disaster.
Obama does not have the testicular fortitude to cut social programs assuming he can recognize those that are failures. To Democrats, things they want only fail because they have not been tried by people like them who know what they are doing or have been grossly mismanaged by others who are not so well informed. The reality is, government spends our money on too many things and a lot of them are not in accordance with the Constitution.
It is interesting how he has changed, not in the fact that he has but in the fact that the people who supported him are not up in arms (so to speak) at the way he so casually dismissed what he promised.
He is the one, this is our time, and hope and change has arrived.
Looks like the change was him changing what he promised and the hope involves people hoping they still get what they were promised.
Good luck with that.
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Obama; Between Barack And A Hard Place
Nov 5, 2008 Political
There were statements by those in Iraq that Barack Obama had spoken with them about delaying decisions of troop withdraws until after the election. Obama denied this and, of course, the media and the sycophants who hang on his every word took no notice.
Today, the Iraqi government stated that it was certain Barack Obama would not withdraw US troops too quickly and further stated that Obama told them as much.
Obama has “reassured us that he would not take any drastic or dramatic decisions,” Zebari told BBC television.
“He will consult with the Iraqi government and the U.S. military in the field, but believes strongly that a phased withdrawal of U.S. forces in Iraq will put more responsibility on the shoulders of the Iraqi government. al Reuters
This puts Obama in a tough position and could help to pour cold water on any honeymoon he expects to receive. During the primaries, Obama stated that he would withdraw the troops immediately. He did not parse words and he did not leave wiggle room. He said that he would bring them home today. As the only person running who opposed the war (but who has no official record on it but would have voted present) he received a lot of support from moonbats who want our troops home immediately.
Obama drew heat for the irrational statement and gently moved to the center in the general and claimed that he would begin a responsible draw down of troops. This made some of the moonbats unhappy but they, and the media, overlooked it because they knew that comrade Barry had to be in the center in order to win.
Now Obama has won. He will be forced to take some tough decisions. He will have to decide to honor his immediate withdraw pledge or his pledge to Iraq not to go too quickly. If he chooses Iraq there will be many unhappy Democrats who will feel he went back on his word and he will be doing nothing differently than George Bush which will really tick off a lot of moonbats. If he takes them out quickly he will have broken a promise to Iraq. Obama will have to decide which master he wants to serve because he promised two different things to two different groups.
The Democrats who supported Obama (as well as all the others) voted on this theme of change and they will expect that change quickly. They will not want to wait because they have a lot of pent up emotion. They are at the peak and ready to orgasm and they need him to hurry and take them over the top. The longer he waits or if he takes decisions that run contrary to what they expect then he will be on the bad end of some very mad and rabid people.
The beauty is that he cannot blame George Bush. Up until now Barry has had Bush as a crutch. Someone broke wind, blame George Bush. Wall Street and housing trouble, ignore your party and blame George Bush. Global Warming, you got it-George Bush. Barack Obama ran a successful campaign against Bush but he will no longer have Mr. Bush to beat around.
He might try it for the first few months by claiming that Bush left him a mess but that will wear off quickly and people will begin to see the emperor in all his nakedness.
Couple this with all the other promises that Barry made and cannot possibly keep and it will be pandemonium on the left. Obama is not accustomed to the media and his loyal subjects rejecting him and he has a hyperinflated ego so it will hit him hard.
Toss in a bad decision or two in any crisis (one Joe Biden says is coming within 6 months) and this country will be in deep brown stuff and the left will be even more bonkers.
It will be fun to watch. As the loyal opposition I will be there to help the chaos along.
As an aside, one of my commenters has a great suggestion for small business owners. You are going to be creamed by Obama and his tax plans. You will likely have to fire a few employees. The recommendation is to find out which of your workers voted for Obama and when you have to let someone go, fire them. You know which ones voted for him…
This is a great idea for everyone. If your church supported Obama stop giving to them. If you deal with charities on a regular basis and they supported Obama, stop giving to them. Make sure they suffer the consequences of their actions.
I now limit my contributions to the military organizations who help our troops. That is what little money I make from my ads goes to and I will continue that. As for the rest, well I can’t afford them and Obama’s moochers.
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