Obama's Lowlights (8/27/12)

Stock Market - Due to questionable accounting practices and high prices, many Chinese companies are pulling assets out of the U.S. Stock Market.

Voter ID – According to a recent Washington Post Poll over 74% of Americans believe a valid photo ID be required to vote. In other news, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court judge denied a bid by civil rights groups to block the new voter identification law from taking effect, delivering a first-round victory to Gov. Corbett and legislative Republicans who pushed the measure through this spring saying it was needed to prevent voter fraud.

Green – The Export-Import Bank has guaranteed 2 billion in loans to develop green energy in South Africa.

Medicare – Here is an interview between ABC’s Tapper and Obama on ObamaCare Medicare Cuts: TAPPER: “Are you willing to pledge that whatever cuts in Medicare are being made to fund health insurance, one third of it, that you will veto anything that tries to undo that?” OBAMA: “Yes. I actually have said that it is important for us to make sure this thing is deficit neutral, without tricks. I said I wouldn’t sign a bill that didn’t meet that criteria.”

Hate - The Family Research Center (FRC) has been labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center because of their support for Chick-Fil-A. Last week a person attacked the FRC headquarters in Washington DC injuring one person.

Black Panther Party – Here is a statement by the BPP about the RNC convention in Tampa Bay: "We are under siege in Tampa because of this Republican National Convention." "The Republicans hate black people." "You better believe I'm going to put my God damned boot on their motherf****** necks!"

Jenna Ryan – The Huffington Post ran an article blasting Paul Ryan’s wife for defending cigar, nuclear, and pharmaceutical companies in her career as a lawyer.

AP – In an article this past week they called the recession recovery the worst since the Great Depression.

Homeland Security – Janet Napolitano is facing several lawsuits for favoritism towards women.

Fundraising – Obama has now held 200 fundraisers, Bush held 86 in two terms.

Arizona - In an executive order, Governor Brewer said she was reaffirming the intent of current Arizona law denying taxpayer-funded public benefits and state identification to illegal immigrants. This was in response to thousands of illegal aliens lining up across the country to get work permits based on Obama’s latest unilateral immigration policy. In fact, the Obama administration told China’s communist leaders that Arizona’s immigration law is "an example of a 'troubling trend' in the United States and an indication of “discrimination or potential discrimination” in American society."

Joe Biden - According to reporters following Biden on the campaign trail, staffers are editing press pool reports. Pool reports are developed and issued by press, for press in order to keep up with Biden's schedule and events, among other things.

Julian Assange – The Wikileaks founder has been granted asylum in Equator. This protects him from being extradited to face justice.

MSNBC – Host Toure suggests the Romney is engaging in the “N*ggerization of Obama”. What does that even mean?

Obama's Lowlights (8/23/12)

Paul Ryan – Ryan is my favorite politician (those who read my blog will already know this). He is a family man and although he has been in Washington for 14 years, he is squeaky clean and has no ties to lobbyists or special interests. Yes, the Democrats will demonize his financial ideas (you know the man that wants to kill Medicare), but the Democrats would demonize any conservative choice for VP. The Ryan choice shows that the Republicans are serious about making this election about the economy and our fiscal debt issues. Ryan is the only person in Washington with the fortitude to get off the fence and propose a budget plan to reduce the debt and cut spending and he has been rewarded for his efforts. Hopefully, Ryan can articulate his plan to Americans as Democrats paint him as the guy who wants to kill their grandmother. Ryan must show the facts - ObamaCare guts Medicare of 500 billion dollars over 10 years, not his plan.

Budget – Congress and the President has not passed a budget for 1200 days and counting.

Robin Hood - Hoping to build on state-level reforms aimed at closing the education achievement gap, the Education Department opened its Race to the Top competition to school districts on Sunday, inviting the poorest districts across the country to vie for almost $400 million in grants.

USDA – The USDA was allotted 2 million dollars for interns, but the problem is they only have one full time intern.

Eric Holder – Holder received a civil contempt lawsuit from Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Darrell Issa this past week for not releasing documents in the Fast and Furious program.

Joe Biden – Biden brought Paul Ryan’s deceased father (he died when Ryan was 16) in a negative way into one of his campaign speeches. In a Virginia campaign speech Biden told minority supporters a Romney/Ryan White House “will put you all back in chains.”

Drought – Obama is using the drought in the Midwest as a campaign talking point to blast Republicans for not passing a farm bill. However, the Republicans have passed a farm bill; they are waiting on Democrats to approve it.

Auto Bailouts - The Treasury Department says in a new report the government expects to lose more than $25 billion on the $85 billion auto bailout. That's 15 percent higher than its previous forecast.

Erskine Bowles – Clinton’s former chief of staff and Obama’s debt commissioner had this to say about Paul Ryan and his budget: “Have any of you met Paul Ryan? We should get him to come to the university. I’m telling you this guy is amazing, uh. I always thought that I was OK with arithmetic, but this guy can run circles around me. And, he is honest. He is straightforward. He is sincere. And, the budget that he came forward with is just like Paul Ryan. It is a sensible, straightforward, serious budget and it cut the budget deficit by $4 trillion…just like we did.”

Michelle Obama – The first lady lectured gold medalist gymnast Gabby Douglas on Jay Leno about eating an Egg McMuffin.

Obama's Lowlights (8/20/12)

Corporate Welfare - According to Cato, the most spending on “corporate welfare” programs in the federal budget -- more than $25 billion -- went to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A majority of the department’s farm subsidies go to the largest farms, the report noted. The Department of Energy is responsible for nearly $18 billion in corporate welfare in FY 2012. Other programs to make the list: the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Community Development Block Grant program ($285 million); the Commerce Department’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program ($2.2 billion); attempts by Transportation Department policymakers to develop a high-speed rail network ($1.2 billion) and the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management ($1.4 billion) land-use programs.

Wealth Tax – As a massive tax of 75% is being planned on the wealthy in France, it could backfire and lead to a mass exodus from the country. The same can happen in the U.S. as more and more people are rescinding their citizenship because of high taxes.

Nuclear Power - The government is suspending permits and license extensions for nuclear power plants, which account for 18% of the country’s electricity, until issues concerning disposal of nuclear waste are resolved.

Health Care - The founder and CEO of Papa John’s warned they will have to raise the price of its pizzas due to President Obama’s health care law.

Gas Prices - With gas and oil prices rising, rail shipping is making a comeback in America.

Welfare - Over 100 million people in the United States are receiving some form of federal welfare.

Taxes – An inspector general report claims 4.2 billion dollars in child tax credits were issued to illegal aliens.

Allen West - A Democratic lawmaker says Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) offended the entire Congressional Black Caucus by delivering Chick-fil-A chicken and biscuits to their weekly meeting -- and then walking out -- when it was his turn to provide the group with a formal lunch. In other news the American Sunrise Super PAC released a TV ad featuring Rep. Allen West wearing boxing gloves and beating up white women in a boxing ring. He is also featured stealing money from a black family.

Cancer Ad – The Obama campaign denies any knowledge of the appalling Obama Super PAC commercial that claimed Romney was to blame for a former Bain employee (Joe Soptic) wife’s death. However, information has come forward that the campaign has once again lied and were fully aware of the story back in May. In other developments, Soptic admits he was offered a buy out from Bain and was not just laid off. In fact, Bain helped the Soptic family with other financial issues. Yet, the Obama campaign is condemning Republican Super PAC attacks on his economic record.

New Jersey – Governor Chris Christie signed the teacher tenure reform legislation into law which will no longer protect bad teachers.

ObamaCare - Currently, according to CBO, there are 53 million uninsured persons in the United States, including uninsured illegal aliens. The CBO estimates that in 2022--8 years after the Affordable Care Act has been fully implemented--30 million people will remain uninsured.

Bailouts – Obama wants to bailout all struggling industries: “I said, I believe in American workers, I believe in this American industry, and now the American auto industry has come roaring back,” he said. “Now I want to do the same thing with manufacturing jobs, not just in the auto industry, but in every industry.”

Obama's Lowlights (8/16/12)

Network News – A study found that 6 of 7 stories on ABC, NBC, and CBS news stations about Romney’s overseas trip were negative and focused on blunders.

Ohio – The DNC and Ohio Democratic Party are trying to change a new voting law that provides military servicemen more time to vote.

Romney Taxes - The ruthless Senate majority leader sees political gold in his attack on Romney — and he’s got the blessing from President Barack Obama’s campaign for the attack, even if he lacks evidence on Romney’s failure to pay taxes. In fact, a Reid spokesman says Barack Obama is his credible source for his attacks. To make matters worse, Reid and Pelosi both refuse to release their tax returns. I think the reason that Romney, Reid, and Pelosi do not want to release their taxes is because they are all very wealthy. This will show Reid and Pelosi are hypocrites and it would give credence to Obama’s argument that Romney is out of touch. To counter, the Romney camp should demand that Obama’s Columbia university records be unsealed and released to the public.

Hatred – Glenn Thrash, who writes for Politico, reveals that Obama has a strong “hatred” towards Romney in his book “Obama’s Last Stand.”

Campaign – Romney outraised Obama in July 101 million dollars to 75 million dollars. In other news, a recent Gallup survey of registered voters conducted July 23-29 found that 92 percent of Americans who voted for McCain in 2008 plan to vote for Romney this fall and just 5 percent have switched sides to support Obama. But among Obama's 2008 supporters, just 86 percent are planning to do so again and 9 percent are switching their support to Romney.

Gun Control – There was another massacre this past week in Wisconsin by a White Supremacist and therefore, there has been another call by liberal leaders for tighter gun control laws.

Greece – The cash strapped country is cracking down on illegal immigrants who cost the country millions in welfare expenditures each year.

Super PAC – Obama releases a Super PAC ad that says he disagrees with Super PAC ads. And here is another desperate ad by an Obama Super PAC: “When Mitt Romney and Bain closed the plant, I lost my healthcare, and my family lost their healthcare. And a short time after that my wife became ill ... And she passed away in 22 days. I do not think Mitt Romney realizes what he’s done to anyone, and furthermore I do not think Mitt Romney is concerned.” I can make the same claim that government run Medicare killed my father.

Iran - A British bank (Standard Charter) schemed with the Iranian government to launder $250 billion from 2001 to 2007, leaving the United States' financial system "vulnerable to terrorists," New York's financial regulator charged this past week.

Civility - "This is the E. coli club,” Pelosi said of the Republicans in reference to their view on women.

Obama's Lowlights (8/13/12)

Economy – The economy added 163 thousand jobs but the June jobs forecast was revised lower to 64 thousand jobs and the unemployment rate went up 8.3%. If that is not bad enough 155 thousand people stopped looking for work and the real unemployment rate is at 15%.

Illegal Immigration - The Obama administration released illegal immigrants who went on to commit more crimes, including charges of 19 murders, 3 attempted murders and 142 sex crimes, the House Judiciary Committee said in a report this past week. All told, the nearly 47,000 illegal immigrants the administration was notified of but declined to deport between 2008 and 2011 under its Secure Communities program had a recidivism rate of 16 percent, the committee said.

Chevyvoltville - Maybe it should be renamed "Chevrolet Volt-ville." The largest concentration of Chevrolet Volts in the country will play a key role in helping Austin, Texas residents in a 700-acre planned community as they test the impact of "smart homes" and other green technology, like electronic vehicles. The government is going to fund the project using millions of taxpayer dollars.

Negative Campaigns – Obama had this say about negative campaigns in 2007 “If I find out that somebody is doing that, they will be fired. And I have been absolutely crystal clear about this, and I have been clear about this for a very long time. That’s not what I believe in, that’s not who I am.”

Chick Fil-A – Following record breaking business days at many Chick-Fil-A fast food chains around the country the National Same Sex Kiss Day was held August 3rd at a Chick-fil-A near you! In other news, Adam Smith, who is reportedly an adjunct lecturer at the University of Arizona, made it a point to visit a local Chick Fil-A so he could milk the company for a free water while verbally assaulting a nice young woman working there. This episode was caught on video and cost Smith his job.

Solyndra – The former CEO of the defunct company called the Obama White House the “Bank of Washington” in an email.

Fast and Furious - Former Deputy Director of ATF William Hoover submitted his resignation after the House Oversight Committee released a scathing report this week about his role in and responsibility for Operation Fast and Furious.

Harry Reid – The Senate Majority Leader called Mitt Romney a felon on the senate floor with no evidence.

IRS - The Internal Revenue Service may have delivered more than $5 billion in refund checks to identity thieves who filed fraudulent tax returns for 2011, Treasury Department investigators said last week.

Defense - A nuclear bomb facility in Tennessee was temporarily shut down, after experiencing a security breach when 3 protesters broke through its surrounding fencing and reached a building storing highly enriched uranium. The protesters painted slogans onto the building before security personnel were able to intervene. According to security, the breach was, “the worst we’ve ever seen.” 

Israel - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta met with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu last week. The Israeli Prime Minister told Panetta that time is running out for the international community to step in and end Iran’s nuclear program peacefully.

Internet - The House voted unanimously to fight efforts to give the UN more control of the internet.

Education - A poorly performing Michigan public school district has turned over its 3 schools to a private, for-profit charter school company in hopes of improving academic quality for its students.

Obama's Lowlights (8/9/12)

Economy – The Commerce Department confirms fears that the American economy will continue to struggle in the future. The reported GDP growth rate from April to June is 1.5%, reflecting a decrease in consumer spending. 

EuroZone – Unemployment rate for the Eurozone in June was still at record levels - 11.1%.

Regulation - House Republicans are set to pass an anti-regulation bill that would freeze major government regulations until the unemployment rate falls to 6 percent.

Planned Parenthood – Twenty-Four year old Tonya Reaves died after Planned Parenthood botched her abortion.

Elizabeth Warren – According to the Boston Globe, Warren (the falsified Native American) will give the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. However, it was announced that Julian Castro (Mayor of San Antonio Texas) will give the keynote address. Also, Joe Biden has been booted as a headline speaker in favor of Bill Clinton.

New York – Mayor Bloomberg is trying to get hospitals to stop offering baby formula in an attempt to force women to breastfeed.

Penn State – The NCAA punished the football team saying the Sandusky pedophilia case showed that football and winning was more important than anything else. Well, kudos to all those Penn State football players that are staying put proving to the NCAA and other vulture NCAA football coaches trying to get players to transfer that winning and football is not the most important thing at Penn State. In fact, Paterno would have never tried to get players transfer to Penn State from a sanctioned school. Let’s face facts, the NCAA actions against Penn State are not different than how the Obama administration acts in most instances – they both abuse their power and overstep their legal bounds.

War on Women – The New York Times published an Op-Ed attempting to reintroduce this silly liberal storyline back into the campaign again in large part because of GOP opposition to the contraceptive mandate in ObamaCare and their reluctance to fund Planned Parenthood.

DOJ - A Federal DC Judge confirmed that President Obama's political appointees in the Department of Justice did in fact interfere with the prosecution of two New Black Panther party members after they were filmed outside of a Philadelphia polling place in 2008 wielding a billy club and intimidating voters.

Guns – The UN arms treaty has died, but is going to be revisited again in the near future.

Louisiana – The state teachers union is pushing for litigation against schools that are part of the state voucher program.

Israel – White House Press secretary Jay Carney refuses to say what city is the capital of Israel – Jerusalem or Tel Aviv.

Fast and Furious - Congressional investigators have concluded that five senior ATF officials are collectively responsible for the failed Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation.

Post Office - U.S. Postal Service likely to default on a $5.6 billion payment it owes to the U.S. Treasury.

Education - Washington, DC is paying 305 students with poor academic and behavioral records $5.25 an hour to attend summer school.

Obama's Lowlights (8/6/12)

Economy - U.S. manufacturing growth in July slowed to its most sluggish pace since December 2010.  Economists worry that a decrease in manufacturing could be a symptom of a dangerous loss of economic momentum. Also, U.S. economic growth slowed to 1.5% in the second quarter. In other news, Ford’s profit dropped 57 percent in the second quarter.

General Motors – The car company still owes the government (taxpayers) 42 billion of 50 billion dollars in loans.

New York - The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering adding on a 'green fee' on each new MetroCard to encourage riders to recycle their cards.

Gun Control – In the aftermath of the Aurora massacre, President Obama has flipped flopped and now says he is seeking more gun control laws.

Climate Change - The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change produced a global warming model that blamed humans and predicted a global climate catastrophe. Now though, many scientists are retracting their cataclysmic predictions and reassuring the public that there is nothing to worry about and that no report proves that carbon emissions harm the Earth’s climate. 

Germany - Germany’s credit rating is likely to drop from AAA. Moody’s credit rating agency has pronounced Germany’s credit rating outlook to be negative, which often precedes downgrades.

Gay Porn - One of the "bundlers" who has raised $50,000 to $100,000 for the Barack Obama presidential campaign is Terrence Bean, who once controlled the biggest producer of gay porn in America.

Federal Reserve – Are government audits coming for the Federal Reserve? The House of Representatives has passed legislation, in bipartisan fashion, to do just that but unfortunately it is expected to die as soon as it reaches the Senate floor. However, most Democrats are against the audit because they do not want to make it like they meddle in financial issues. Really?

Virginia Voter Fraud - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign is asking Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to launch an investigation into voter-registration forms that are being sent to Virginia residents and addressed to deceased relatives, children, family pets and others ineligible to vote.

Senate Cafeteria - Senate food service workers voted not to join a union (Service Employees International Union- SEIU affiliated local).

TSA – The government organization has gotten an injection in funding and now will be patrolling bus and train stations.

Election Enthusiasm – The latest Gallup polls show Democratic enthusiasm as its lowest levels since the 2000 election and Republicans at their highest point since 2000.

Obamaisms - "Just like we've tried their plan, we tried our plan, and it worked...that's why I'm running for a second term." “Mr. Romney wants to get rid of funding for Planned Parenthood. I think that is a bad idea,” Obama said. “I’ve got two daughters. I want them to control their own health care choices. We’re not going backwards, we’re going forwards.”

USDA – Caving to pressure from farmers and dairy producers the USDA retracts its call for “Meatless Mondays” – the latest initiative pushed by the UN.

Obama's Lowlights (8/2/12)

Death Tax - On January 1, the death tax is set to climb to as high as 55 percent — among the highest rates in the world — with the amount exempted from tax dropping to just $1 million.

ObamaCare - Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) pledged to block conservative efforts to vote on the repeal of Obamacare and to block the Obama tax hikes. 

FDA - The FDA said that baby bottles and children’s drinking cups could no longer contain the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA. Its decision was a response to a request by the American Chemistry Council urging that BPA in those products be phased out, in part to boost consumer confidence. 

Gun Control – It did not take long after the Colorado massacre for those on the left to call for gun control. But the call for gun control backfires since background checks for people wanting to buy guns in Colorado reportedly increased more than 41 percent after last week’s Aurora movie massacre. Even Mexico got in the act, lecturing the U.S. on guns (yes, the same country that has tens of thousands of people die each year from guns): "Because of the Aurora, Colorado tragedy, the American Congress must review its mistaken legislation on guns. It's doing damage to us all," Mexican President Calderon said. NY City Mayor Bloomberg got into the debate by saying police officers should not protect Americans until gun control is enacted.

Fundraising – We hear all this talk that Romney is outspending Obama. President Obama spent $58 million in June and still has almost $100 million on hand for more. Romney? He spent a paltry (by comparison) $33 million, and only has $22.5 million left to spend. In other news, Obama’s 185 fundraising event was with 60 of his wealthiest supporters in San Francisco, including two figures at the center of the Solyndra loan controversy.

Obama Enemy List – Top contributors to the Romney campaign are facing IRS and Department of Labor audits of their taxes and workplace.

Chick-Fil-A – Boston Mayor (Thomas Menino) had this to say about the company who has been donating money to pro family organizations: “Chick-Fil-A doesn’t belong in Boston. You can’t have a business in the city of Boston that discriminates against a population. We’re an open city; we’re a city that’s at the forefront of inclusion.” What’s worse, the supposedly anti-gay comments made by Chick-Fil-A President Dan Cathy as reported by MSM never happened. MSM made it up.

Tax Fairness - A new report just out from the Internal Revenue Service reveals that 36 of President Obama's executive office staff owe the country $833,970 in back taxes. But the White House expects to increase taxes on the wealthy.

Border Security - Two Seattle men say they spent more than two hours in a detention center at the Canadian border after U.S. border agents discovered illegal chocolate eggs in their car.

US Forest Service - The City of Tombstone is squaring off against the U.S. Forest Service over water rights in a fight to rescue “The Town Too Tough to Die.” Citing the Wilderness Act, the Forest Service is refusing to allow the city to repair its waterlines to mountain springs it has owned for nearly seventy years – and which date back to the 1880s. This refusal is threatening residents, private property and public safety with the risk of a total loss of fire protection and safe drinking water.

Budget and Deficit – It has been over 1100 days since Congress passed a budget and our deficit, for the fifth straight year, has gone over 1 trillion dollars.