Obama’s White House is falling Down
By Daniel Greenfield
"A shallow, manipulative and egotistical amateur who is in over his head"
In the sixth month of his presidency, Obama has turned an economic downturn into an economic disaster, taking over and trashing entire companies, and driving the nation deep into deficit spending expected to pass 10 trillion dollars.
Abroad, Obama seems to have no other mode except to continue on with his endless campaign, confusing speechmaking with diplomacy. It is natural enough that Obama, who built his entire campaign on high profile public speeches reported on by an adoring press, understands how to do nothing else but that.
Ego driven photo op appearances and clueless treatment of foreign dignitaries
While the press is still chewing over Obama's Cairo speech, this celebrity style coverage ignores the fact that Obama's endless world tour is not actually accomplishing anything. Instead his combination of ego driven photo op appearances and clueless treatment of foreign dignitaries have alienated many of America’s traditional allies. Those who aren’t being quietly angry at Obama, like Brown, Merkel or Netanyahu, instead think of him as absurdly lightweight, as Sarkozy, King Abdullah or Putin do.
While his officials carry out their dirty economic deeds, Obama responds to any and every crisis as if it were a Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland musical, with a cry of, "Let's put on a show." Thus far Obama has put on "shows" across America, Europe and the Middle East. And what the adoring media coverage neglects to cover, is that Obama's shows have solved absolutely nothing. They have served only as high profile entertainment.
Neither alienating America’s traditional allies, through a combination of arrogant bullying and ignorance, nor appeasing America’s enemies, has yielded any actual results. Nor does it seem likely to. Islamic terrorism is not going anywhere, neither are the nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran. While Obama keeps smiling, the global situation keeps growing grimmer.
At home, if Obama was elected as depression era entertainment, the charm of his smiles and his constant appearances on magazine covers appear to be wearing thin on the American public. Despite the shrill attacks on Rush Limbaugh or the Republican Enemy of the Weak-- the Democratic Party of 2009, is polling a lot like the Republican Party of 2008. The Democrats have suddenly become the incumbents, and the only accomplishment they can point to is lavish deficit spending, often on behalf of the very same corporations and causes they once postured against.
The European Union Parliament's swing to the right cannot be credited to Obama, though doubtlessly some European voters seeing socialist economic crisis management on display in the world's richest country decided they wanted none of it, but it is part of a general turning against federalism. And Obama's entire program is dependent on heavily entrenching federalism at the expense of individual and state’s rights. Yet that is precisely his Achilles heel with independent voters who are polling against more taxes and expanded government. And no amount of speeches by Obama can wish away his 18 czars or the national debt he has foisted on generation after generation of the American people.
That leaves Obama with a choice between socialism and the independent voter. And thus far he has chosen socialism.
Obama's tactic of hijacking Bush Administration era policies on the economy and the War o n Terror, and exploiting them as Trojan horses to promote his own agenda, have left him coping with a backlash from his own party, as well as general Republican opposition.
His Czars are meant to function as the bones in an executive infrastructure accountable to no one, but a lack of accountability isn't just another word for tyranny, but for incompetence. A functional chain of command is accountable at multiple levels if it is to function effectively. Obama's White House by contrast is in a state of over-organized chaos, the sort of organized disorganization that undisciplined egotistical leftists naturally create for themselves, complete with multiple overlapping levels of authority and no one in charge but the man at the top, who's too busy doing other things to actually be in charge.
Dennis Blair as National Intelligence, who collaborated with the Muslim genocide of Christians in East Timor, trying to muscle out the CIA to create his own intelligence network, is typical of the kind of chaos being spawned by every chief in an expanding government bureaucracy working to make sure that all the Indians answer to him. Similarly the National Security Council wrestling with the State Department, highlighted by Samantha Power getting her own specially created NSC position to butt heads with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, illustrates the state of conflict and chaos in American foreign affairs. A state of chaos so pervasive that incompetence has now become commonplace and no one can even be found to double check the spelling of a Russian word that is meant to be the theme of American’s diplomatic reconstruction with Russia, or to pick out a gift for the visiting British Prime Minister.
The death of Chrysler at the hands of Fiat and the UAW
Meanwhile on the economy, Obama exploited the ongoing bailouts, transforming them from bailouts into takeovers meant to shift the balance of power in what had been a democracy and socially engineer not only corporations, but the live s of ordinary Americans. But the public's patience with corporate bailouts is at an end, most Americans were never happy with them to begin with, and want them to end. The death of Chrysler at the hands of Fiat and the UAW might look like a victory in the union ranks, but it doesn't play too well outside Detroit. And tacking on CAFE standards that will kill the pickup truck and the SUV will badly erode Obama in the swing states, if exploited properly in 2010 and 2012. Despite the constant media barrage, orchestrated out of the White House, the public is growing disenchanted with the performance of Obama and the Democrats.
With unemployment booming and the economy dropping, the jobs aren't there and the spending is out of control. Republicans today are polling better on ethics and the economy, than the Democrats are. That shows a trend which is likely to register in the mid-term elections in 2010, in the same way that the EU parliamentary elections served as a shock to the system.
In the opposition, Republicans are free to embrace the rhetoric of change, to champion reform and push libertarian ideas about the size and scope of government. In turn all Obama has is his celebrity fueled media spectacle world tour. A charade now serving as a parallel to the depression era entertainment that functioned as escapism in a dour time, but before long, it may be Obama that the American public will want to escape from.
A shallow, manipulative and egotistical amateur who is in over his head
Obama has tried to play Lincoln, Reagan, JFK and FDR-- but in the end he can only play himself, a shallow, manipulative and egotistical amateur who is in over his head, and trying to drag the country down with him. Obama’s White House is falling down and while the flashbulbs are still glittering and the parties are going on in D.C. and around the world, Obama and the Democratic Congress may be headed for a recession of their own.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
US Concerns breakdown in Law and Order
This is certainly something for you to remember in the future, because this will definitely rear its ugly head again.
Paulson reveals US concerns of breakdown in law and order
By Stephen Foley in New York
Friday, 17 July 2009
The Bush administration and Congress discussed the possibility of a breakdown in law and order and the logistics of feeding US citizens if commerce and banking collapsed as a result of last autumn's financial panic, it was disclosed yesterday.
Making his first appearance on Capitol Hill since leaving office, the former Treasury secretary Hank Paulson said it was important at the time not to reveal the extent of officials' concerns, for fear it would "terrify the American people and lead to an even bigger problem".
Mr Paulson testified to the House Oversight Committee on the Bush administration's unpopular $700bn (£426bn) bailout of Wall Street, which was triggered by the failure of Lehman Brothers last September. In the days that followed, a run on some of the safest investment vehicles in the financial markets threatened to make it impossible for people to access their savings.
Paul Kanjorski, a Pennsylvania Democrat, asked Mr Paulson to reveal details of officials' concerns, which were relayed to Congress in hasty conference calls last year. The calls included discussion of law and order and whether it would be possible to feed the American people, and for how long, according to Mr Kanjorski.
"In a world where information can flow, money can move with the speed of light electronically, I looked at the ripple effect, and looked at when a financial system fails, a whole country's economic system can fail," Mr Paulson said. "I believe we could have gone back to the sorts of situations we saw in the Depression. I try not to use hyperbole. It's impossible to prove now since it didn't happen."
The Oversight committee is investigating the takeover of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, a deal forged in the desperate weekend that Lehman Brothers failed, and which later required government support because of Merrill's spiralling losses.
Mr Paulson defended putting pressure on Bank of America when it had last-minute doubts about the deal in December. Not to have done so could have rekindled the "financial havoc" the bailout had calmed.
Paulson reveals US concerns of breakdown in law and order
By Stephen Foley in New York
Friday, 17 July 2009
The Bush administration and Congress discussed the possibility of a breakdown in law and order and the logistics of feeding US citizens if commerce and banking collapsed as a result of last autumn's financial panic, it was disclosed yesterday.
Making his first appearance on Capitol Hill since leaving office, the former Treasury secretary Hank Paulson said it was important at the time not to reveal the extent of officials' concerns, for fear it would "terrify the American people and lead to an even bigger problem".
Mr Paulson testified to the House Oversight Committee on the Bush administration's unpopular $700bn (£426bn) bailout of Wall Street, which was triggered by the failure of Lehman Brothers last September. In the days that followed, a run on some of the safest investment vehicles in the financial markets threatened to make it impossible for people to access their savings.
Paul Kanjorski, a Pennsylvania Democrat, asked Mr Paulson to reveal details of officials' concerns, which were relayed to Congress in hasty conference calls last year. The calls included discussion of law and order and whether it would be possible to feed the American people, and for how long, according to Mr Kanjorski.
"In a world where information can flow, money can move with the speed of light electronically, I looked at the ripple effect, and looked at when a financial system fails, a whole country's economic system can fail," Mr Paulson said. "I believe we could have gone back to the sorts of situations we saw in the Depression. I try not to use hyperbole. It's impossible to prove now since it didn't happen."
The Oversight committee is investigating the takeover of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, a deal forged in the desperate weekend that Lehman Brothers failed, and which later required government support because of Merrill's spiralling losses.
Mr Paulson defended putting pressure on Bank of America when it had last-minute doubts about the deal in December. Not to have done so could have rekindled the "financial havoc" the bailout had calmed.
Recession Victims
Recession hits Harley-Davidson, Marriott - Harley's net income plunges 91%!
The Long-Term Budget Outlook - The deficit will be 100% of GDP within 11 years!?!JPMorgan 2Q Profit Jumps 36%, Topping Forecasts. This includes stimulus money. Cheaters!Where's The Outrage Over AIG's Latest Bonuses?CIT Seeks Private Funds to Avoid CollapseNew Jobless Claims Down Sharply Last Week- What a bunch of hogwash; MSNBC has been a positive spin propaganda machine for the Obama administration for quite some time. There were only 522,000 applications for unemployment last WEEK. But remember, only 60% of people who lost their jobs can apply, so that means that 833,000 people lost their jobs LAST WEEK. And MSNBC's response is, "See how good its getting?"
Obama: Now is time to change health care- The US is being "prison raped" into socialized healthcare. You're gettin' it whether you want it or not.
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Homemade Laundry Detergent -- Makes Enough for About 180 Loads
by Carla
1 Bar - Fels Naptha soap ($1.29 for a 5-1/2 ounce bar)1 cup - Washing soda $3.99 55 ounce box (do not confuse this with baking soda)1/2 cup - Borax ($3.49 for a 76 ounce box on sale price, regular price is $3.99) This is the old 20 Mule Team brand, and this can be found at Wal-Mart.)1 - 5 gal. High Density Polyethylene plastic utility bucket with lid. These are often available free from bakeries, or approximately $4-tio $5 at [Sam's Club or] Wal-Mart, or your local paint store)
Grate the Fels Naptha soap into small pieces. You can chop it with a knife, cheese grater, or food processor. Heat four quarts of water in a large, heavy saucepan on top of stove and add soap, stirring constantly till melted. This will take a while depending on the size of your grated pieces. Meanwhile, fill the five gallon bucket half full with warm water. Add the 1 cup of washing soda and the 1/2 cup of Borax and stir well. When soap is melted pour into bucket, then continue to fill bucket with warm water until full. Stir well and let sit overnight until cool. This "concentrate" will thicken as it sits. Stir before using. Now, I use this concentrate straight out of the bucket and use 1/3 cup per large load. The original instructions said to save an old laundry detergent container, fill half full with concentrate then add water to top. Shake and use 5/8ths cup per large load. Repeat till your concentrate is gone. This will give you 10 gallons of laundry detergent. That just seemed more trouble than necessary. So I use the concentrate as-is. No need to have to make room for another container. You will have enough leftover soda and Borax to make approximately five more buckets of detergent. You will have to buy more soap. The costs for one 5-gallon bucket (not including the bucket) is approximately $2.40. If you compared that to the expensive brand of concentrate @ $20.00 per container, just think of the savings and that is if your store bought container makes 180 loads! Since I don't buy the twenty dollar Tide brand, I'm not sure if that is for 180 loads, so the savings could be a lot more. $14.40 for a total of six 5-gallon buckets compared to $120 for six containers of Tide 2X concentrate. In a small space, enough to hold 1 box of Borax, 1 box of washing soda and 6 bars of Fels Naptha you can have better cleaning power than six containers of store bought laundry detergent. This will also save more than $100!
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The Long-Term Budget Outlook - The deficit will be 100% of GDP within 11 years!?!JPMorgan 2Q Profit Jumps 36%, Topping Forecasts. This includes stimulus money. Cheaters!Where's The Outrage Over AIG's Latest Bonuses?CIT Seeks Private Funds to Avoid CollapseNew Jobless Claims Down Sharply Last Week- What a bunch of hogwash; MSNBC has been a positive spin propaganda machine for the Obama administration for quite some time. There were only 522,000 applications for unemployment last WEEK. But remember, only 60% of people who lost their jobs can apply, so that means that 833,000 people lost their jobs LAST WEEK. And MSNBC's response is, "See how good its getting?"
Obama: Now is time to change health care- The US is being "prison raped" into socialized healthcare. You're gettin' it whether you want it or not.
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Homemade Laundry Detergent -- Makes Enough for About 180 Loads
by Carla
1 Bar - Fels Naptha soap ($1.29 for a 5-1/2 ounce bar)1 cup - Washing soda $3.99 55 ounce box (do not confuse this with baking soda)1/2 cup - Borax ($3.49 for a 76 ounce box on sale price, regular price is $3.99) This is the old 20 Mule Team brand, and this can be found at Wal-Mart.)1 - 5 gal. High Density Polyethylene plastic utility bucket with lid. These are often available free from bakeries, or approximately $4-tio $5 at [Sam's Club or] Wal-Mart, or your local paint store)
Grate the Fels Naptha soap into small pieces. You can chop it with a knife, cheese grater, or food processor. Heat four quarts of water in a large, heavy saucepan on top of stove and add soap, stirring constantly till melted. This will take a while depending on the size of your grated pieces. Meanwhile, fill the five gallon bucket half full with warm water. Add the 1 cup of washing soda and the 1/2 cup of Borax and stir well. When soap is melted pour into bucket, then continue to fill bucket with warm water until full. Stir well and let sit overnight until cool. This "concentrate" will thicken as it sits. Stir before using. Now, I use this concentrate straight out of the bucket and use 1/3 cup per large load. The original instructions said to save an old laundry detergent container, fill half full with concentrate then add water to top. Shake and use 5/8ths cup per large load. Repeat till your concentrate is gone. This will give you 10 gallons of laundry detergent. That just seemed more trouble than necessary. So I use the concentrate as-is. No need to have to make room for another container. You will have enough leftover soda and Borax to make approximately five more buckets of detergent. You will have to buy more soap. The costs for one 5-gallon bucket (not including the bucket) is approximately $2.40. If you compared that to the expensive brand of concentrate @ $20.00 per container, just think of the savings and that is if your store bought container makes 180 loads! Since I don't buy the twenty dollar Tide brand, I'm not sure if that is for 180 loads, so the savings could be a lot more. $14.40 for a total of six 5-gallon buckets compared to $120 for six containers of Tide 2X concentrate. In a small space, enough to hold 1 box of Borax, 1 box of washing soda and 6 bars of Fels Naptha you can have better cleaning power than six containers of store bought laundry detergent. This will also save more than $100!
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US Debt Clock
Read all the titles on the following page. The "unfunded liabilities" at the bottom is seriously under-reported.
It's funny that people look at these numbers as if they're just a curiosity and have no bearing on their future.
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
It's funny that people look at these numbers as if they're just a curiosity and have no bearing on their future.
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
Consumer Retrench
Gary Shilling: Stock Market Will Crash as US Consumers Retrench
500,000 Will Exhaust Unemployment Benefits by September, 1.5 Million by Year-end
As Boom Times Sour in Vegas, Upward Mobility Goes Bust
Summers urges Banks to Lend Mores, Says Recovery Pace 'in doubt.'
Americans Pay Back Debts Most Since '52 as Jobless Spur Savings - Smart people. You don't want to enter this depression in debt.
More bodies go unclaimed as families can't afford funeral costs - Sounds like a good plan! I mean, they're dead anyway right?
Subprime brokers mutate into loan fixers
Tough Times for Dairymen
Why the economy won't recover soon
USPS May be Unable to Make Payroll in October and Retiree Health Plan Costs, Union Says
White House Putting Off Release of Budget Update The 2009 Deficit is $2 Trillion--Four times that of 2008!
As Economy Bites, White House Delays Budget Review
Faber: Next Stimulus Will Be Worse
Imminent Erosion of US Dollar Seawall
Rogers: America Bordering on Communism "Let's be honest about what this is: an attempt to hide a record-breaking deficit"
Cost of Bailout to US: $24 Trillion Maximum exposure could be $80,000 for every American
Examples of How Tax Increases Could Hit the Rich
US Commerce Chief Worried About Firms' Liquidity "Could cause small, medium manufacturers to go out of business."
United Airlines Set to Cause Financial Turbulence "Looks to raise ticket prices for thousands of fliers" and "stop taking credit cards for travel from certain travel agencies."
500,000 Will Exhaust Unemployment Benefits by September, 1.5 Million by Year-end
As Boom Times Sour in Vegas, Upward Mobility Goes Bust
Summers urges Banks to Lend Mores, Says Recovery Pace 'in doubt.'
Americans Pay Back Debts Most Since '52 as Jobless Spur Savings - Smart people. You don't want to enter this depression in debt.
More bodies go unclaimed as families can't afford funeral costs - Sounds like a good plan! I mean, they're dead anyway right?
Subprime brokers mutate into loan fixers
Tough Times for Dairymen
Why the economy won't recover soon
USPS May be Unable to Make Payroll in October and Retiree Health Plan Costs, Union Says
White House Putting Off Release of Budget Update The 2009 Deficit is $2 Trillion--Four times that of 2008!
As Economy Bites, White House Delays Budget Review
Faber: Next Stimulus Will Be Worse
Imminent Erosion of US Dollar Seawall
Rogers: America Bordering on Communism "Let's be honest about what this is: an attempt to hide a record-breaking deficit"
Cost of Bailout to US: $24 Trillion Maximum exposure could be $80,000 for every American
Examples of How Tax Increases Could Hit the Rich
US Commerce Chief Worried About Firms' Liquidity "Could cause small, medium manufacturers to go out of business."
United Airlines Set to Cause Financial Turbulence "Looks to raise ticket prices for thousands of fliers" and "stop taking credit cards for travel from certain travel agencies."
Sunday, July 19, 2009
OBAMA HAS INTERPRETED NIGERIA
LET’S CHANGE IT!
From President Barack Obama in Ghana came a strong damnation of the irresponsible governance that has for decades been the unfortunate lot of Nigeria but which has assumed an embarrassing status with the current congenital incompetence mismanaging the country.
In a well-delivered speech, the 44th President of the United States of America, who could not be accused of racism, spoke eloquently about the success of Ghana (Nigeria’s failures) with a biting indictment of the shame of most of the rest of the continent of which Nigeria is a giant among the continental embarrassments.
Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) congratulates Ghanaians who have risen from the valley of adversity to the mountain of prosperity and good conduct to be the first port of call in sub-Saharan Africa on an elaborate and historical visit; and as Obama attested, The 21st century will be shaped by what happens not just in Rome or Moscow or Washington but by what happens in Accra as well. Ghana has shown that something good can come out of Africa after all.As we congratulate Ghana - its people and leadership we turn our attention to the irresponsible leadership of Nigeria, which believes that a Madam Rebranded spraying cologne on a stinking corpse is what would make Nigeria attractive to the world.
But like we told them that, you can’t change the opinions of decent nations with deceptions, Obama has painted a graphic picture of the ugliness of the Nigerian ostrich.While the ruling party behaved like a band of pirates in Ekiti and thought the world was not watching, Obama was taking notes. Each nation gives life to democracy in its own way, and in line with its own traditions. But history offers a clear verdict: governments that respect the will of their own people are more prosperous, more stable and more successful than governments that do not. This is about more than holding elections it’s also about what happens between them.While the present administration makes mockery of the rule of law as core of its Seven -Point deception and hounding Nuhu Ribadu for standing against corruption which it pretends to fight, Obama came out clear: No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich them or police can be bought off by drug traffickers. No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top or head of the port authority is corrupt. No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery. That is not democracy that is tyranny and now is the time to end it. Whereas former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his successor are apostles of do-or-die politics, Obama says the Ghana model is it: Time and again, Ghanaians have chosen constitutional rule over autocracy, and shown a democratic spirit that allows the energy of your people to break through. We see that in leaders who accept defeat graciously and victors who resist calls to wield power against the opposition.Obama was not all about denunciations but also about practical measures to end the season of anomies in Nigeria. He advocated a bottom-up change with a solemn promise that America will support change seekers who are ready to sort their country. And, for the young people who are giving up and using social vices as escape values from the miseries in Nigeria, Obama had appropriate counsel: In places like Ghana (Nigeria), you make up over half of the population. Here is what you must know: the world will be what you make of it. You have the power to hold your leader accountable and to build institutions that serve the people.This is the critical challenge today for us as a people. The time has come for both the young and the old. The young must take the challenge of fixing Nigeria. The re-branders have exhausted all their possibilities and we are left as an object of derision by their misrule. Now is the time for the re-builders to step out as Obama, who did it in his own country within two years, has cut out the job ahead of 2011. It is absurd that, as bad as things are for Nigeria, President Yar-Adua is turning the rumor of his Second Term bid to a reality. It is only the wicked souls in the Party Destroying People (PDP) who can give thought to the tragic idea that any nation deserves eight years of the nonsense currently going on in Nigeria.
The moment must begin to find its women. All change agents must step out now from the deserts of the Northwest and the hills of the Northeast; from the valleys of the North-central, to the plains of the Southeast; and from the creeks of the South-South, to the Savannah of the Southwest.
It is time to take back our country from the demons and let righteousness reign. If we are set to do it, YES, WE CAN! If we don’t, YES, WE CAN’T.
The banner of our movement must be CHANGE.
Yinka OdumakinNational Publicity SecretaryAfenifere Renewal Group (ARG)
www.afenifererenewal.org
From President Barack Obama in Ghana came a strong damnation of the irresponsible governance that has for decades been the unfortunate lot of Nigeria but which has assumed an embarrassing status with the current congenital incompetence mismanaging the country.
In a well-delivered speech, the 44th President of the United States of America, who could not be accused of racism, spoke eloquently about the success of Ghana (Nigeria’s failures) with a biting indictment of the shame of most of the rest of the continent of which Nigeria is a giant among the continental embarrassments.
Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) congratulates Ghanaians who have risen from the valley of adversity to the mountain of prosperity and good conduct to be the first port of call in sub-Saharan Africa on an elaborate and historical visit; and as Obama attested, The 21st century will be shaped by what happens not just in Rome or Moscow or Washington but by what happens in Accra as well. Ghana has shown that something good can come out of Africa after all.As we congratulate Ghana - its people and leadership we turn our attention to the irresponsible leadership of Nigeria, which believes that a Madam Rebranded spraying cologne on a stinking corpse is what would make Nigeria attractive to the world.
But like we told them that, you can’t change the opinions of decent nations with deceptions, Obama has painted a graphic picture of the ugliness of the Nigerian ostrich.While the ruling party behaved like a band of pirates in Ekiti and thought the world was not watching, Obama was taking notes. Each nation gives life to democracy in its own way, and in line with its own traditions. But history offers a clear verdict: governments that respect the will of their own people are more prosperous, more stable and more successful than governments that do not. This is about more than holding elections it’s also about what happens between them.While the present administration makes mockery of the rule of law as core of its Seven -Point deception and hounding Nuhu Ribadu for standing against corruption which it pretends to fight, Obama came out clear: No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich them or police can be bought off by drug traffickers. No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top or head of the port authority is corrupt. No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery. That is not democracy that is tyranny and now is the time to end it. Whereas former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his successor are apostles of do-or-die politics, Obama says the Ghana model is it: Time and again, Ghanaians have chosen constitutional rule over autocracy, and shown a democratic spirit that allows the energy of your people to break through. We see that in leaders who accept defeat graciously and victors who resist calls to wield power against the opposition.Obama was not all about denunciations but also about practical measures to end the season of anomies in Nigeria. He advocated a bottom-up change with a solemn promise that America will support change seekers who are ready to sort their country. And, for the young people who are giving up and using social vices as escape values from the miseries in Nigeria, Obama had appropriate counsel: In places like Ghana (Nigeria), you make up over half of the population. Here is what you must know: the world will be what you make of it. You have the power to hold your leader accountable and to build institutions that serve the people.This is the critical challenge today for us as a people. The time has come for both the young and the old. The young must take the challenge of fixing Nigeria. The re-branders have exhausted all their possibilities and we are left as an object of derision by their misrule. Now is the time for the re-builders to step out as Obama, who did it in his own country within two years, has cut out the job ahead of 2011. It is absurd that, as bad as things are for Nigeria, President Yar-Adua is turning the rumor of his Second Term bid to a reality. It is only the wicked souls in the Party Destroying People (PDP) who can give thought to the tragic idea that any nation deserves eight years of the nonsense currently going on in Nigeria.
The moment must begin to find its women. All change agents must step out now from the deserts of the Northwest and the hills of the Northeast; from the valleys of the North-central, to the plains of the Southeast; and from the creeks of the South-South, to the Savannah of the Southwest.
It is time to take back our country from the demons and let righteousness reign. If we are set to do it, YES, WE CAN! If we don’t, YES, WE CAN’T.
The banner of our movement must be CHANGE.
Yinka OdumakinNational Publicity SecretaryAfenifere Renewal Group (ARG)
www.afenifererenewal.org
Saturday, July 18, 2009
......be Patience
Is the love affair over??? Click the link for video. One point of interest as you read the first paragraph. Did Obama ever tell the public that "collapse" was even a possiblity? Not even close. But guess what? It's not a matter of "if", it's when.
Obama Urges the Public for Patience
In his weekly radio and Internet address, President Barack Obama urged Americans to have patience in his $787 billion stimulus package, saying that the legislation saved the economy from the brink of collapse and expressing optimism that the economy would start showing tangible signs of improvement toward the end of Summer and into the Fall.
Despite being in the middle of an overseas trip that took him to Russia, Italy and Ghana, the president used nearly all of the almost eight minute address to respond to critics of the stimulus package - on both the left and right - and defend the massive spending bill.
“The recovery act wasn’t designed to restore the economy to full health on its own, but to provide the boost necessary to stop the freefall,” President Obama said. “It was designed to spur demand and get people spending again and cushion those who had borne the brunt of the crisis.”
In recent weeks, critics of the plan have taken note of the poor job numbers released by the U.S. Labor Department and sought to tie those numbers to the stimulus package that the administration claimed would save millions of jobs and keep the unemployment rate below 8 percent. Currently the unemployment rate is at a 26-year high of 9.5 percent and is almost certain to surpass the 10 percent mark by the end of the year.
"Remember the promises? They promised you that if you paid for their stimulus, jobs would be created immediately," House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) said in his own weekly radio address. "In fact, they said that unemployment would stay under 8 percent. Yet just months later, they are telling us to brace for unemployment to climb over 10 percent. They promised jobs created. Now they scramble to find a way to play games with government numbers by claiming jobs saved."
Critics on the left have also hammered the president and his administration for what they see as a stimulus package too small to be effective and compromised by the inclusion of billions of dollars in tax cuts at the insistence of Congressional Republicans - a combined three of whom voted for the final version in both the House and Senate. Those on the left have called for the creation of a second stimulus package, however, Obama rejected that notion in his weekly address.
Obama also responded to critics that claim his administration is trying to do too much too soon. He said that his health care, education and environmental reforms were key to putting the economy on more solid ground in the future.
“I am confident that the United States of America will weather this economic storm,” Obama said. “But once we clear away the wreckage, the real question is what we will build in its place. Even as we rescue this economy from a full blown crisis, I have insisted that we must rebuild it better than before.” RED ALERT!!! What is Obama's idea of "better"?
The increased focus on the stimulus act and the domestic economy are a reflection of Obama’s falling poll numbers. While still on decidedly solid ground, polls show public confidence in the administration’s response to the crisis is beginning to wane. A Washington-Post/ABC News poll conducted in late June found that 52 percent of Americans believe the stimulus package will restore the economy, down from 57 percent just two months earlier.
The White House seems very concerned about the diminishing support, especially in politically important states like Ohio. There, the unemployment rate is already over 10 percent. The sorry state of the economy in the Buckeye State has caused Obama’s approval numbers to plummet recently. His approval rating is down to 49 percent in the state, according to Quinnipiac University Poll, down from 62 percent in May. In response, the White House sent Vice President Joe Biden to Cincinnati last week to trump the stimulus plan. The unemployment rate has also surpassed 10 percent in the key electoral states of Indiana, Michigan and Florida.
Even with falling poll numbers in politically important states, 2012 is a long way off and Obama attempted to reset the American people’s focus on the bigger picture.
“The recovery act was not designed to work in four months,” the president said. “It was designed to work over two years. We also knew that it would take some time for the money to get out of the door.”
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Obama Urges the Public for Patience
In his weekly radio and Internet address, President Barack Obama urged Americans to have patience in his $787 billion stimulus package, saying that the legislation saved the economy from the brink of collapse and expressing optimism that the economy would start showing tangible signs of improvement toward the end of Summer and into the Fall.
Despite being in the middle of an overseas trip that took him to Russia, Italy and Ghana, the president used nearly all of the almost eight minute address to respond to critics of the stimulus package - on both the left and right - and defend the massive spending bill.
“The recovery act wasn’t designed to restore the economy to full health on its own, but to provide the boost necessary to stop the freefall,” President Obama said. “It was designed to spur demand and get people spending again and cushion those who had borne the brunt of the crisis.”
In recent weeks, critics of the plan have taken note of the poor job numbers released by the U.S. Labor Department and sought to tie those numbers to the stimulus package that the administration claimed would save millions of jobs and keep the unemployment rate below 8 percent. Currently the unemployment rate is at a 26-year high of 9.5 percent and is almost certain to surpass the 10 percent mark by the end of the year.
"Remember the promises? They promised you that if you paid for their stimulus, jobs would be created immediately," House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) said in his own weekly radio address. "In fact, they said that unemployment would stay under 8 percent. Yet just months later, they are telling us to brace for unemployment to climb over 10 percent. They promised jobs created. Now they scramble to find a way to play games with government numbers by claiming jobs saved."
Critics on the left have also hammered the president and his administration for what they see as a stimulus package too small to be effective and compromised by the inclusion of billions of dollars in tax cuts at the insistence of Congressional Republicans - a combined three of whom voted for the final version in both the House and Senate. Those on the left have called for the creation of a second stimulus package, however, Obama rejected that notion in his weekly address.
Obama also responded to critics that claim his administration is trying to do too much too soon. He said that his health care, education and environmental reforms were key to putting the economy on more solid ground in the future.
“I am confident that the United States of America will weather this economic storm,” Obama said. “But once we clear away the wreckage, the real question is what we will build in its place. Even as we rescue this economy from a full blown crisis, I have insisted that we must rebuild it better than before.” RED ALERT!!! What is Obama's idea of "better"?
The increased focus on the stimulus act and the domestic economy are a reflection of Obama’s falling poll numbers. While still on decidedly solid ground, polls show public confidence in the administration’s response to the crisis is beginning to wane. A Washington-Post/ABC News poll conducted in late June found that 52 percent of Americans believe the stimulus package will restore the economy, down from 57 percent just two months earlier.
The White House seems very concerned about the diminishing support, especially in politically important states like Ohio. There, the unemployment rate is already over 10 percent. The sorry state of the economy in the Buckeye State has caused Obama’s approval numbers to plummet recently. His approval rating is down to 49 percent in the state, according to Quinnipiac University Poll, down from 62 percent in May. In response, the White House sent Vice President Joe Biden to Cincinnati last week to trump the stimulus plan. The unemployment rate has also surpassed 10 percent in the key electoral states of Indiana, Michigan and Florida.
Even with falling poll numbers in politically important states, 2012 is a long way off and Obama attempted to reset the American people’s focus on the bigger picture.
“The recovery act was not designed to work in four months,” the president said. “It was designed to work over two years. We also knew that it would take some time for the money to get out of the door.”
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Summer Recovery?
Many Left Uncounted in Nation's Official Jobless Rate
Tim Geithner Refuses to Answer Congressman Brad Sherman's Question on Derivatives Bailouts
Baby Boomers to Kids: Kiss the Inheritance Good-bye
Obama Rejects Second Round of Stimulus First infusion"not designed to work in four months...designed to work over two years."
Stocks Slipped 2% Last Week
Christmas Creeps into July at Sears
US Budget Deficit Tops $1 Trillion for First Time
After Losing Homes, Families Move into Tents
Awash With Cash (The Mogambo Guru)
Major Lender Faces Crunch
Study: State Budget Crunches Will Slow Economy
Republicans Unify Against More Stimulus Spending Call $787 billion plan 'flop,' say it hasn't fulfilled its hype
Empty Parking Spaces Sign of Recession
Boston Zoo May Close, Euthanize Animals
Failure is Imminent
Financials Pull Stocks Higher
China Takes Steps to Break Sway of Mighty Greenback - Do you remember when you thought this would never happen?
The Doctrine of Preemptive Bailouts and the Biggest Bailout You Haven't Heard About. "...this is a disturbing new development in our bailout nation since this is one of the first times that the U.S. Treasury will try to preemptively deal with a financial problem."
Geithner Says Global Economy to Suffer Setbacks During "Recovery" - this has plausible deniability written all over it, i.e., "I told you there'd be setbacks."
Debt Deflation: The Reason Why Government Economic Stimulus is Doomed to Fail
Momentum Builds Toward Possible End of Federal Reserve - a day late, and a US dollar short.
The Shamans Economic Solution: Why Failure is Imminent
What's the Real CPI Inflation Rate?
Don't read this unless you are a scholar of one sort or another. All others, your heads will explode. Below is an excerpt.
Boomers: Winter is Coming
Barack Obama became the 1st Generation Xer to be elected President of the United States. His background is a classic Nomad story. He has lived the life of a wanderer, living all over the globe, a child of divorce, fatherless, raised by grandparents, and a free agent in his career. Generation X grew up as abandoned children and alienated young adults. Generation X leaders will be pragmatic, savvy and practical. Obama has proven thus far to be pragmatic and able to get his agenda initiated. Previous Nomad leaders who proved to be highly competent doers during a time of Crisis include Dwight D. Eisenhower, George Patton, and Harry Truman. You may not agree with Obama’s plans or policies, but it is clear to anyone that he is an intelligent, pragmatic man that will institute dramatic change in the policies of the United States.
It is very likely that Barack Obama will lead the country into the next Crisis. He will not lead us out of the Crisis, as it is unlikely to subside until 2025. As the Unraveling transitions into Crisis the apathy reflected in historic low voter turnout will reverse itself as Americans become mobilized by the Crisis. The economy always undergoes wrenching transformations during a Crisis. The U.S. economy will likely be racked by panic, depression, inflation and war. We have witnessed a preliminary financial panic, but the real panic will be much more traumatic. The separateness and blame witnessed during the Unraveling will transform into gathering and family togetherness. McMansions will become useful as three generations will more frequently live under one roof. Immigration will decline as the population will fear outsiders and place strict restrictions on foreigners entering the country. During the coming crisis, our culture will likely be cleansed, censored, and harnessed for the public good. The current ongoing financial debacle will ultimately contribute to the Crisis causing trigger of a worldwide oil shortage.
China Takes Steps to Break Sway of Mighty Greenback - Do you remember when you thought this would never happen?
The Doctrine of Preemptive Bailouts and the Biggest Bailout You Haven't Heard About. "...this is a disturbing new development in our bailout nation since this is one of the first times that the U.S. Treasury will try to preemptively deal with a financial problem."
Geithner Says Global Economy to Suffer Setbacks During "Recovery" - this has plausible deniability written all over it, i.e., "I told you there'd be setbacks."
Debt Deflation: The Reason Why Government Economic Stimulus is Doomed to Fail
Momentum Builds Toward Possible End of Federal Reserve - a day late, and a US dollar short.
The Shamans Economic Solution: Why Failure is Imminent
What's the Real CPI Inflation Rate?
Don't read this unless you are a scholar of one sort or another. All others, your heads will explode. Below is an excerpt.
Boomers: Winter is Coming
Barack Obama became the 1st Generation Xer to be elected President of the United States. His background is a classic Nomad story. He has lived the life of a wanderer, living all over the globe, a child of divorce, fatherless, raised by grandparents, and a free agent in his career. Generation X grew up as abandoned children and alienated young adults. Generation X leaders will be pragmatic, savvy and practical. Obama has proven thus far to be pragmatic and able to get his agenda initiated. Previous Nomad leaders who proved to be highly competent doers during a time of Crisis include Dwight D. Eisenhower, George Patton, and Harry Truman. You may not agree with Obama’s plans or policies, but it is clear to anyone that he is an intelligent, pragmatic man that will institute dramatic change in the policies of the United States.
It is very likely that Barack Obama will lead the country into the next Crisis. He will not lead us out of the Crisis, as it is unlikely to subside until 2025. As the Unraveling transitions into Crisis the apathy reflected in historic low voter turnout will reverse itself as Americans become mobilized by the Crisis. The economy always undergoes wrenching transformations during a Crisis. The U.S. economy will likely be racked by panic, depression, inflation and war. We have witnessed a preliminary financial panic, but the real panic will be much more traumatic. The separateness and blame witnessed during the Unraveling will transform into gathering and family togetherness. McMansions will become useful as three generations will more frequently live under one roof. Immigration will decline as the population will fear outsiders and place strict restrictions on foreigners entering the country. During the coming crisis, our culture will likely be cleansed, censored, and harnessed for the public good. The current ongoing financial debacle will ultimately contribute to the Crisis causing trigger of a worldwide oil shortage.
Unemployment Will Increase
Obama Says Unemployment Will Increase for Months - Changing their tune now aren't they? First it was "I'm going to fix this", now it's more of a play by play.
Brand Name Companies Go Bankrupt
Some Economists Warn Obama's Too Optimistic on Economy
Still Traveling for Business But Carefully
FBI: Bank Robber Cites Economy in Holdup
Strong Results at Intel Pull Stocks Sharply Higher
Despair Flows as Fields Go Dry and Unemployment Rises The San Joaquin Valley is America's fruit and vegetable basket.
Jobless Benefits Run Out in Record Numbers
Washington's Dilemma: This Isn't a Recession, it's a Collapse
California Nightmare (The Mogambo Guru)
Brand Name Companies Go Bankrupt
Some Economists Warn Obama's Too Optimistic on Economy
Still Traveling for Business But Carefully
FBI: Bank Robber Cites Economy in Holdup
Strong Results at Intel Pull Stocks Sharply Higher
Despair Flows as Fields Go Dry and Unemployment Rises The San Joaquin Valley is America's fruit and vegetable basket.
Jobless Benefits Run Out in Record Numbers
Washington's Dilemma: This Isn't a Recession, it's a Collapse
California Nightmare (The Mogambo Guru)
Collapse By the Numbers
How's that for sarcasm? This issue is called, "Collapse by the Numbers". Enjoy.
‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’ - that's a quote from Joe Biden.
Foreclosures at record high in first half 2009 despite aid
Port of Long Beach imports down 28.4%
Out Of Work, Out Of benefits, Out Of Luck
Foreclosures rise 15% in the first half of 2009
Dem health RX a Poi$on Pill in NY - Terrifying 57% Tax looms for biggest earners.
Social Security spends $700,000 on Phoenix Conference
Industrial Production down 13.6%
CIT moving toward bankruptcy.
Verleger Sees $20 Oil this Year on ‘Devastating’ Glut "Crude oil will collapse to $20 a barrel this year as the recession takes a deeper toll on fuel demand, according to academic and former U.S. government adviser Philip Verleger."
Food Prices Falling on US Stores - this is only a temporary benefit for people who still have jobs, due to so many people with less money to buy food.
Bankruptcy Filings Up 33% Over Past 12 Months
‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’ - that's a quote from Joe Biden.
Foreclosures at record high in first half 2009 despite aid
Port of Long Beach imports down 28.4%
Out Of Work, Out Of benefits, Out Of Luck
Foreclosures rise 15% in the first half of 2009
Dem health RX a Poi$on Pill in NY - Terrifying 57% Tax looms for biggest earners.
Social Security spends $700,000 on Phoenix Conference
Industrial Production down 13.6%
CIT moving toward bankruptcy.
Verleger Sees $20 Oil this Year on ‘Devastating’ Glut "Crude oil will collapse to $20 a barrel this year as the recession takes a deeper toll on fuel demand, according to academic and former U.S. government adviser Philip Verleger."
Food Prices Falling on US Stores - this is only a temporary benefit for people who still have jobs, due to so many people with less money to buy food.
Bankruptcy Filings Up 33% Over Past 12 Months
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