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The Most Dangerous President in History

by Bob in Breckenridge ( 130 Comments › )
Filed under Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Liberal Fascism, Progressives at June 21st, 2010 - 8:30 pm

From GOPUSA

By Henry Lamb June 21, 2010 7:29 AM

Obama believes in the rule of law- his law. No other law is relevant. No other law matters. When Obama speaks, he expects the world to obey.

In his Tuesday night performance, he said “I will meet with the chairman of BP and inform him that he is to set aside whatever resources are required to compensate the workers and business…” “Inform him?” Where does Barack Hussein Obama get the authority to issue orders to the CEO of a private corporation? There is no such authority in the Constitution. There is no law that empowers the president to “inform” the CEO of any corporation how he will spend the corporation’s money. Obama couldn’t care less about the Constitution or the law.

There was no Constitutional authority for him to essentially take over General Motors and Chrysler, or the banks. Obama couldn’t care less about the law. When he speaks, he expects the world to obey.

There is no Constitutional authority for the federal government to require American citizens to purchase health insurance or any other product or service. It doesn’t matter. Obama spoke; his Congressional majority of comrades obeyed.

In 18 months, the man has demonstrated that he cares nothing about the system of government created by our founders and enshrined in the Constitution. He has demonstrated that he fully intends to “fundamentally transform” the United States of America — as he promised in his campaign. Now we are beginning to get a picture of the nation he intends to build. The picture is frightening.

Read the rest here: Lamb: The Most Dangerous President in History

Why Obama’s job approval here and worldwide is sinking to historic lows after only 1½ years

by Bob in Breckenridge ( 105 Comments › )
Filed under Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Economy, Elections 2010, Misery Index, Progressives, Socialism, UK at June 20th, 2010 - 10:00 am

Of course, we, meaning those of us with functioning brains, which excludes liberals, leftists and other various losers and miscreants, knew that most of America and the world would eventually WTFU and come to realize what we’ve known all along- That the incompetent bungler-in-chief Barack Hussein Obama will end up being the worst President in the history of our country.

Think about that for a minute.

He’s even more incompetent than that anti-Semitic ignoramus Jimmy Carter. Voters are getting buyer’s remorse, and the morons that bought this America-hating POS’s hope and change bullshit are starting to finally “get it”.

Well, not only most Americans, but also in Britain (and around the world, for that matter). Most Americans and Brits are finally realizing that this buffoon is not qualified to manage their local 7-11, much less our country, and that he is screwing up the relationships we’ve worked for years to build with our friends around the world, while coddling our enemies.

The amazing thing is that the bungler-in-chief and his band of lib losers have managed to do this in less than 18 months. This is what happens when an inexperienced and incompetent snake oil salesman fools 53 million dolts into voting for him.

This arrogant, ignorant asshole actually had the audacity (and not of hope) to send a letter to the leaders of the G20 nations lecturing them and almost demanding that they keep spending money that they (and we) don’t have to try to stimulate the world’s economies, even though most countries already are basically bankrupting their future by this out of control spending. This result is what happens when brain-dead liberals like Obama, Pelosi, Schumer, Frank, and Reid have unfettered control of the government.

Every policy or idea these idiot libs have enacted or propose to enact has already been tried and failed miserably numerous times, and these will fail also. The one thing that we know that will work at stimulating the world’s and our economies is cutting taxes and cutting spending. But mentioning tax cuts and spending cuts to these moronic libs is like offering kryptonite to Superman.

As usual, Nile Gardiner hits it out of the park it in his June 17th op-ed in the London Daily Telegraph-

Barack Obama: the most unpopular man in Britain?

What a difference 18 months and an oil spill makes. In January 2009 Barack Obama was hugely popular on this side of the Atlantic, and could have walked on water in the eyes of the British media, the political elites, and the general public. In June 2010 however he probably qualifies as the most despised US president since Nixon among the British people. In fact you can’t open a London paper at this time without reading yet another fiery broadside against a leader who famously boasted of restoring “America’s standing” in the world.

When even Obama’s most ardent political supporters in Britain, including Boris Johnson, are on the offensive against the White House, you know the president’s halo has dramatically slipped. It’s hard to believe that any politician could become more disliked in the UK than Gordon Brown, but Barack Obama is achieving that in spades. And as Janet Daley noted of the British press, the love affair with Barack is well and truly over.

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We are witnessing one of the worst exercises in public diplomacy by a US government in recent memory, one that could cause significant long-term damage to the incredibly important economic and political partnership between Great Britain and the United States. And for those who say this is minor storm in a tea cup, I would point out that it is highly unusual for a British Prime Minister to have to stand up to an onslaught against British interests by an American president, as David Cameron has just done. In fact the prospect of a major confrontation between Downing Street and the White House grows stronger by the day.

But this is not the whole picture. President Obama’s handling of BP is part of a far bigger problem. This is an administration that has consistently insulted Britain, and has even sided with her foes in some cases, most notably in its wholehearted support for Argentina’s call for negotiations over the sovereignty of the Falklands, a position that has been strongly backed by Venezuelan tyrant Hugo Chavez.

Read the whole article here

BTW, hat tip to Denny

Left vs. Right

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 176 Comments › )
Filed under Education, Media, Open thread, Patriotism, Politics, Progressives, Socialism at June 13th, 2010 - 11:00 pm

[Found here.]

The best summary of the various forms of government I’ve ever seen was in this must-see video from a year or so ago. If any of my fellow netizens haven’t seen it, it’s required viewing IMO.

I know I’m preaching to the choir, but if any of you have kids or grandkids that haven’t seen that video, it’s worth paying them to watch it.

Did someone say Open Thread?

Zogby poll: Most self-described democrats and/or liberals flunk basic economics badly

by Bob in Breckenridge ( 90 Comments › )
Filed under Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Economy, Misery Index, Polls, Progressives, Republican Party at June 10th, 2010 - 9:00 am

No wonder we’re f**ked. These are the friggin’ ignorant morons who are “leading” us right down the economic crapper. From the Wall Street Journal-

Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
Self-identified liberals and Democrats do badly on questions of basic economics.

By DANIEL B. KLEIN

Who is better informed about the policy choices facing the country—liberals, conservatives or libertarians? According to a Zogby International survey that I write about in the May issue of Econ Journal Watch, the answer is unequivocal: The left flunks Econ 101.

Zogby researcher Zeljka Buturovic and I considered the 4,835 respondents’ (all American adults) answers to eight survey questions about basic economics. We also asked the respondents about their political leanings: progressive/very liberal; liberal; moderate; conservative; very conservative; and libertarian.

Rather than focusing on whether respondents answered a question correctly, we instead looked at whether they answered incorrectly. A response was counted as incorrect only if it was flatly unenlightened.

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How did the six ideological groups do overall? Here they are, best to worst, with an average number of incorrect responses from 0 to 8: Very conservative, 1.30; Libertarian, 1.38; Conservative, 1.67; Moderate, 3.67; Liberal, 4.69; Progressive/very liberal, 5.26.

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The survey also asked about party affiliation. Those responding Democratic averaged 4.59 incorrect answers. Republicans averaged 1.61 incorrect, and Libertarians 1.26 incorrect.

Read the rest: Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

And on a somewhat related note, Obama gets pwned by Sgt. Joe Friday…

A tip of the hat to Denny, the grouchy old cripple himself!