THE STATE OF BARRY'S UNION

I watched some of Barry’s speech on Wednesday night, at least as much of it as my stomach would allow. What I did hear was between frequent trips to the bathroom brought about by numerous bouts of nausea of varying degrees of intensity, nausea that seemed to clear up almost immediately upon leaving the room. I’ve been wanting to comment on what I did hear that night, but I wanted to spend a little time collecting my thoughts prior to putting pen to paper. Over the course of the last few days I’ve also spent some time listening to some of the voices coming from Talk Radio just to see how what I though of the speech compared with their overall perspective regarding the contents of the speech. I did not want to come across as being to harsh or as maybe not giving Barry a fair shake. But I found that I seem to be in agreement with most if not all of those whose opinions I value.
Now I think we can all agree that Barry talked quite a lot that evening, meaning he used a lot of words, but what, if anything, did he actually say? And what exactly did the Barry actually propose? What we heard was the same drivel and empty rhetoric that we heard throughout his presidential campaign. And it’s what we’ve heard from him practically nonstop ever since his campaign supposed came to an end – that the government creates jobs, the government “needs” to control healthcare in order to “improve” it, and the government needs to spend a whole lot more on education. But it was notable in its rambling and of proposing nothing of substance - proposing a barely existent spending freeze while proposing massive government “investment” in numerous wasteful programs - and in its disconnect from the free markets.
Here is a brief synopses of our Supreme Leaders little plan:
Raise Taxes:
• “I have proposed a fee on the biggest banks.”
• “finally slash the tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs overseas”
• “But at a time of record deficits, we will not continue tax cuts for oil companies, investment fund managers, and those making over $250,000 a year.”

Tax Cuts With Strings – Targeted, Not broad-based cuts:
• “new small business tax credit”
• “eliminate all capital gains taxes on small business investment”
• “provide a tax incentive for all businesses, large and small, to invest in new plants and equipment”
• “give rebates to Americans who make their homes more energy efficient”
• “give those tax breaks to companies that create jobs in the United States of America”
• “That’s why we’re nearly doubling the child care tax credit”
• “expanding the tax credit for those who start a nest egg”
• “give families a $10,000 tax credit for four years of college and increase Pell Grants”
• “we will extend our middle-class tax cuts”

Regulation
• “We can’t allow financial institutions to take risks that threaten the whole economy”
• “Require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf of a client with my Administration or Congress.”
• “And it’s time to put strict limits on the contributions that lobbyists give to candidates for federal office.”
• “urging Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps to right this wrong [the Supreme Court ruling]”
• “We are going to crack down on violations of equal pay laws – so that women get equal pay for an equal day’s work.”

Spending - General:
• “We need to encourage American innovation” (through “investment”)
• “launching a National Export Initiative that will help farmers and small businesses increase their exports, and reform export controls consistent with national security”
• “we will step up re-financing so that homeowners can move into more affordable mortgages.”
• “jobs must be our number one focus in 2010, and that is why I am calling for a new jobs bill tonight.”
Spending Freeze and Reform
• “Starting in 2011, we are prepared to freeze government spending for three years. Spending related to our national security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security will not be affected. But all other discretionary government programs will.”
• “calling on Congress to publish all earmark requests on a single website before there’s a vote”

Spending - Education
• “When we renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, we will work with Congress to expand these reforms to all fifty states”
• “urge the Senate to follow the House and pass a bill that will revitalize our community colleges”
• “And let’s tell another one million students that when they graduate, they will be required:
* “to pay only ten percent of their income on student loans,
* “and all of their debt will be forgiven after twenty years – and forgiven after ten years if they choose a career in public service.”

Healthcare (Spending, Regulation and Taxes)
• “And it is precisely to relieve the burden on middle-class families that we still need health insurance reform.”

National Security
• We will have all of our combat troops out of Iraq by the end of this August.
• “We will support the Iraqi government as they hold elections, and continue to partner with the Iraqi people to promote regional peace and prosperity. But make no mistake: this war is ending, and all of our troops are coming home.”
• “To reduce our stockpiles and launchers, while ensuring our deterrent, the United States and Russia are completing negotiations on the farthest-reaching arms control treaty in nearly two decades.”
• “That is why North Korea now faces increased isolation, and stronger sanctions – sanctions that are being vigorously enforced.”
• “And as Iran’s leaders continue to ignore their obligations, there should be no doubt: they, too, will face growing consequences.”
• “This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are.”

Immigration
• “And we should continue the work of fixing our broken immigration system – to secure our borders, enforce our laws, and ensure that everyone who plays by the rules can contribute to our economy and enrich our nations.”

One of the worst instances of nausea suffered during the night was when Barry said, “To close that credibility gap we must take action on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue to end the outsized influence of lobbyists; to do our work openly; and to give our people the government they deserve.” Adding, “That’s what I came to Washington to do. That’s why – for the first time in history – my Administration posts our White House visitors online. And that’s why we’ve excluded lobbyists from policy-making jobs or seats on federal boards and commissions.” Well, that’s not quite accurate, because you see it was the very next day after giving, I mean reading, those very words, that he did just that.
It would seem that Barry’s hypocrisy knows no bounds. He has no problem looking the American people dead in the eye and lying to them. He is cold and calculating in his attempts to deceive. He talks out of both sides of his mouth and could it be that his blatant acts of deception can now be seen as explaining why his national security policies are so anemic. All it takes is to take the opportunity see who it is that Barry put in the Pentagon as Deputy Defense Secretary. A guy by the name of Mr. William Lynn, who was a lobbyist for Defense Contractor Ratheon. So, it would appear that Barry considers Deputy Defense Secretary as not being a policy-making position.

But wait, there are many more examples of Barry’s hypocrisy:
 Eric Holder, attorney general nominee, was registered to lobby until 2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt telecommunications firm [now confirmed].
 Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year on behalf of the National Education Association.
 William Lynn, deputy defense secretary nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for defense contractor Raytheon, where he was a top executive.
 William Corr, deputy health and human services secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until last year for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a non-profit that pushes to limit tobacco use.
 David Hayes, deputy interior secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until 2006 for clients, including the regional utility San Diego Gas & Electric.
 Mark Patterson, chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for financial giant Goldman Sachs.
 Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, was registered to lobby until 2005 for clients, including the Coalition for Asbestos Resolution, U.S. Airways, Airborne Express and drug-maker ImClone.
 Mona Sutphen, deputy White House chief of staff, was registered to lobby for clients, including Angliss International in 2003.
 Melody Barnes, domestic policy council director, lobbied in 2003 and 2004 for liberal advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the American Constitution Society and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
 Cecilia Munoz, White House director of intergovernmental affairs, was a lobbyist as recently as last year for the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group.
 Patrick Gaspard, White House political affairs director, was a lobbyist for the Service Employees International Union.
 Michael Strautmanis, chief of staff to the president’s assistant for intergovernmental relations, lobbied for the American Association of Justice from 2001 until 2005.

I cannot help but wonder if this loser, our president, this pathetic piece of dog squeeze, will ever give up on his plan of tirelessly bashing Bush. Is this what we have to look forward to for the remaining three years of his term? Just one of many of the swipes taken at Bush Wednesday night was when Barry stated that "we cannot afford another economic "expansion" like the one from the last decade, what some call the "lost decade", where jobs grew more slowly than during any prior expansion." Lost decade? Who besides brain dead liberal democrats are calling it the lost decade? The truth of the matter is, that no matter what this buffoon may claim from his pulpit, is that until the Democrats took back congress in 2006, the Bush economic expansion saw the "lowest" unemployment in American history. So I'm not sure what ol' Barry was smokin prior to him giving his speech on Wednesday night, but whatever it is he must be sharing it with a good many of those in his administration as well as many Democrat members of congress. That Barry can continue with his wreaking of such devastation on our country the result of which has been that now one in 10 Americans still being unable to find work, many businesses are either in the process of being shuttered, or remaining shuttered, where home values have plummeted and where many small towns and those individuals living in rural areas being especially hard hit, and still profess to be the protector of the little guy is maddening . And yet, as he droned on for roughly an hour and 10 minutes, not one viable solution to any of these ongoing issues was proposed. Unless, of course, you count a nonsensical "jobs" bill that is nothing more than a scaled version of his so-called "stimulus" plan/slush fund. Look, everyone knows, or should know by now, that the government cannot create long-lasting jobs in the private economy. All it can do is to work to create an environment conducive to economic growth, one that makes the creation of those long-term jobs possible. And that is not what Barry "Almighty" is interested in, not in the slightest. And his moronic drivel about supposed tax cuts that have taken place for 95 percent of working families had me running to the bathroom so fast I nearly tripped over the cat. Does he really think we're all that stupid? Granted, a very large part of his ever-shrinking cheering section is that stupid. I know this because I hear a good many of them when they call in to very radio talk shows and do nothing more than to show their ignorance. But to have to listen to his claims of providing cut taxes for small busine\\sses, for first time home buyers, parents trying to care for their kids and for 8 millions Americans paying for college, it was just too much for me. He makes the claim that because of all these "tax cuts", Americans now have more money to spend on gas, food and other necessities therefore helping businesses keep more workers. I don’t know about any of you, but I have seen a very obvious decrease in my disposable income since Barry strolled into the Oval Office. So much so that is seems as if this guy is truly living in some kind of twisted alternate universe. He added that he hasn't raised taxes by a single dime on a single person. Not a single dime. NOT YET, ANYWAY!!!! But again Barry is being just a bit disingenuous here, because when you look a little closer you see that most of his tax cuts were "temporary" tax cuts. And as always with Barry, semantics come into play here, because a lot of what Barry calls tax cuts we actually payments to people who don't even pay taxes in the first place. And then there is that ridiculous notion of his proposed spending freeze. This is nothing but empty rhetoric and is completely fraudulent in that when you’re talking about a total spending program that is in the trillions, the amount of spending that is supposed to “frozen” amounts to a drop in the bucket and reduces the overall increase in spending down from 45 percent to 44 percent. DUH.
Then there was that very obvious shot taken by Barry “Almighty” across the bow of the Supreme Court. A comment made and directed straight at the court’s most recent decision and that brought his fellow Democrats to their feet in a very enthusiastic and rousing standing ovation. Can you imagine the chill that must have been going down the backs of the Justices while literally surrounded by a crowd of crazed lunatics loudly cheering the man who was essentially slandering them? In a blatant lie, Barry chose to totally mischaracterize exactly what that most recent Supreme Court decision was all about, causing that much talked about reaction from Judge Alito. His diatribe against the members of the court was far from presidential behavior to say the least and was based on such an obvious lie. Lies continue to spew out of this man’s mouth almost at will and the speed with which they are echoed in the government run media is simply amazing. And for Barry to choose such a forum as his first State of the Union Address to essential degrade the Justices of the Supreme Court was nothing if not pathetic and a disgrace to the office that he has been elected to. That little ploy was nothing more that a smokescreen, an attempt to distract the American people away from what it truly was all about, freedom of speech. What was accomplished by this very key decision, was the ultimate leveling of the playing field when it comes to allowing corporations the same opportunity as Labor Unions to support the political candidates of their choice with contributions. Not foreign corporations as alluded to by Barry, but American corporations. Now if I were Barry, I think I would be a bit more careful about throwing around such accusations, especially when there remain a great many questions regarding the sources of a lot of the money received by his presidential campaign. This guy is performing as the complete antithesis of what we were promised and what was the reason that many voted for him. And it is now the reason that so many are becoming disenchanted with him.

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