Gifford’s Shooting – Unfortunately, this tragedy is being made worse by liberals wanting to blame right leaning pundits and politicians. The bottom line is that violence is never the answer and criminals need be to be held accountable for their actions. Blaming others is not going solve anything.
ObamaCare – House Republicans put forth a vote to repeal ObamaCare this week.
Birthrights – Fourteen states may challenge the fourteenth amendment which provides citizenship to the children of illegal aliens.
NY Snow Storm – The poor response by city workers to clear snow during the holiday winter storm was because city workers were protesting on behalf of their union’s request. Apparently they are upset with recent budget cuts.
New START – Obama’s nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia (passed the Senate 71-29) is being scrutinized by Russia’s Duma and they are seeking to change much of the language in the treaty.
Debt – For the first time in our national history the debt level has gone over 14 trillion dollars. This is nearly 100% of GDP – In other words; our national debt level is equal to the annual size of the U.S. economy!
Pelosi – Here’s a great quote: “If all Americans liked their healthcare we would still have taken it over”.
Chief of Staff – Rahm Emanuel will be replaced by another Chicago insider Bill Daley. Daley is expected to be more corporate friendly, but Daley did have ties to Fannie Mae.
Obama Hypocrisy – Obama chastised Bush for placing a “signing statement” on bills – he called it unconstitutional. Obama is considering using the same technique on a war funding bill. Also, in 2006, Obama voted against raising the debt ceiling, today he is encouraging Congress to increase our debt level.
Robert Gibbs – The White House Press Secretary will leave his post in February. I, for one, will be sad to see him go. He was the perfect poster child for the inept Obama administration. Gibbs is a gaffe machine and could challenge VP Biden for the number of incoherent statements made by this administration.
Filibuster – Democrats are trying to change the Senate super majority rule. In other words, instead of the Senate having to obtain 60 votes to pass major bills, they will only need 51 votes. If Democrats get their way, they must remember what comes around goes around - Someday Republicans will have majorities and take advantage of this rule.
Modest Pay – Obama says everyone making over 250 thousand dollars is rich and should pay more in taxes. But when Robert Gibbs announced he was leaving, Obama claimed it was understandable since he was only earning a modest salary of 173 thousand dollars. If 173K is modest, then how is 250K rich?
Economy – Good news for Obama, unemployment dropped from 9.8% to 9.4%. This is certainly an encouraging trend, but there is a long way to go until the economy is back at full employment levels. The economy only added 103 thousand jobs, which is a modest gain. Hence, it is surprising the unemployment rate fell 0.4%
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