I didn’t realize how nice and quiet the political scene has been until the freak show returned to DC today.

Claiming there’s only one President at a time, Mr. Obama refused to comment on the Israel-Gaza conflict while centrally planning the entire US economy with his new team. There were moments the members of his team seemed to look a bit confused, as if thinking “Does our new boss have any clue what the f*** he is doing?”

He soon answered the unspoken question by naming Leon Panetta as the new head of the CIA. It’s the year of the clueless in Washington! Heck, we’ve been safe for over 7 years, why not play roulette with the lives of Americans?

It’s starting to look like the change we were waiting for is defined as “The same old faces we’ve seen in Washington for decades, only this time we’re playing musical jobs!”

But there are a few new faces. Harry Reid defiantly came out in defense of Al Franken’s vote stealing while vowing to stop Roland Burris (whose appointment may be embarrassing but is still legal) from being sworn in.

Yet some things never change. Like Nancy Pelosi’s face, no matter what emotion she attempts to convey.

Blago’s the gift that keeps on giving.

I can’t wait to see the Senate Dems block Burris next week.

H/T to Allahpundit at Hot Air who brings up a good point:

One point I haven’t heard anyone raise yet: Precisely because Caroline’s vulnerable on the latter point, Senate Democrats will be forced to shore up her credibility right away by giving her a high-profile role on prominent legislation — and it’s not hard to guess what that legislation will be. Everyone comfy with an absolute novice being thrust into an area of policy that’s famously complex? Hillary was going to play point man on health care for Teddy had she remained in the Senate; now, ironically, it’ll probably be her replacement, at least for purposes of photo ops.

So this very inexperienced woman not only may be appointed to the US Senate, but could also be given a high profile position on day one to help bolster her experience creds. So much for the United States being a meritocracy.

I’ve heard Caroline’s appointment is a done deal, but we’ll have to wait and see about that. Paterson can’t be very popular with New Yorkers right now, after proposing his whopping tax increases. He’ll have to weigh the benefits of having help from the Kennedy fundraising machine with the possible backlash from appointing a woman who’s never held a a full time job. Hmmm….sounds eerily similar to another senate seat in another state.

Obamanomics - 1930’s Style: What’s old is new again. Welcome to 1930’s Keynesian economics.

Ray Kelly’s Wiretap Alarm - Democrats play politics with the lives of Americans.

Here Comes the Great Man Complex: How many monuments to Barack Obama will be erected in the next few years (on our dime)?

US Could Take Stake In Big 3 - Does this mean that if I, a taxpayer, become part owner of Ford Motor Company, that when my lease is up I can just keep my little Escape?

With all of the money the Fed’s been pumping into the economy, one would think things would have stabilized by now. Yet, November’s job loss numbers tell us things quickly went from bad to worse.

Tom Blumer analyzed the data and was only able to come to one conclusion. Read the rest of this entry »

Barack Obama managed to ruin my lunch for the second day in a row. I wish he’d time his little ‘Office of the President Elect’ press conferences later in the day, midnight would be good. All of our meals should be fairly well digested by then.

He’s starting to sound like the adults from Charlie Brown. Instead of “Whaant, whaant, whaant” it’s “Er, um, er.” The theme today was common sense government. I wish he would explain the common sense of borrowing and spending our way out of a problem caused by too much borrowing and spending. Read the rest of this entry »

The Democrats decided not to do anything for the Big Three automakers for the time being. Nancy Pelosi, trying to sound tough, said the auto companies need to show a plan before the big bad democrats will show them the money. Harry Reid was even more eloquent when he said they were kicking the can down the road to buy some time. Read full story at Townhall.com.

With any luck their little trick will backfire and the companies will be forced for go into Chapter 11 before Congress can “show them the money.” They will then be able to renegotiate contracts and reorganize and perhaps come out stronger in the long run.

As I listened to Detroit auto executives begging for taxpayer dollars, I was reading about how those same CEOs flew to Washington on private jets. They didn’t even jet-pool! Three private jets flew three CEOs to DC so they could put their grubby little hands out asking for a bailout that, according to Mitt Romney, will put them out of business. Talk about having a lot of nerve. They didn’t even look embarrassed.

How many times did the Democrats grill oil company CEOs about their “obscene profits” and their own compensation and benefits? Geez, at least oil company execs aren’t flying in on private jets pleading for a piece of the TARP!

The only big businesses Democrats like are the failed ones. They want windfall profit taxes on successful companies so they can turn around and throw it away on failed business models. They would be better off burning the money. Romney believes the best thing for the US automakers is to go bankrupt, and that to bail them out will ultimately lead to their demise. Read the rest of this entry »

I forgot to change the channel after the local news ended and ABC News came on. They gave a little recap of the bailout hearing today in Congress. Of course they showed clips of Democrats like Maxine Waters and Barney Frank whining about how the bailout isn’t helping. I laughed out loud, and found it especially amusing that ABC News couldn’t find it in their hearts to allow the truth of the financial crisis to see the light of day. Click here for a live blog from the hearing (not ABC News).

As a refresher, it was the housing crisis that sent the house of cards tumbling down. The housing crisis was caused when banks were forced to give mortgage loans to people who weren’t credit worthy. So the banks and other financial institutions made lemonade out of the lemons dealt to them by our government. Some (Republicans) tried to do something about this ponzi scheme, but Maxine Waters, Barney Frank and other Democrats led the charge to keep it going. If you don’t believe me watch this video.

Now, not only are these idiots going to be left in charge of “bailing out” our financial system, they’ve increased their numbers. But hey, America has spoken. Apparently, incompetence, idiocy and corruption are all the rage these days.

The Democrats plan to investigate George W. Bush after he leaves office. Read story. It’s almost laughable after their recent declarations about a new age of bi-partisanship.

Gee, I wonder if they will investigate their role in the collapse of the mortgage industry or Chuck Schumer’s role in causing a bank to fail or Harry Reid’s big mouth causing a steep decline in the stocks of the insurance industry. Now that would be bi-partisan!

Democrats are now pushing for a government ownership stake in the US auto companies, in exchange for a $25 billion bailout package. Read Story. As if the Democrats in government, who are in the back pockets of the unions, will somehow manage to make these companies profitable.

They’re trying to scare us, like they did before the other bailouts that haven’t worked. This time they want us, the taxpayers, to bailout an industry that’s failing, in part because they’ve made such bad deals with unions. How many people in America with no college degree make $70K a year with a full pension? There aren’t many that I know of. But we’ll get to fund those nice little perks.

Where will it end? Nationalizing banks, insurance companies, airlines? Welcome to the USSA, comrades!

I predict that not a single US Senator will cause a run on a major bank during the Presidency of Barack Obama.

Chuck Schumer and the democrats won’t do it, because it won’t do them any good politically to cause further destruction to our economy while they have complete control in Washington.

Even if there was a Republican that depraved, no Republican would ever be given cover by the main stream media the way Schumer was.

Trashing President Bush has become the new national past time. Is anyone else out there as sick of it as I am? Was he perfect? No! But he’s a decent man, he kept us safe and he’s been given no credit for anything he’s done right.

Maybe if those on the right had publicly stood up for the President over the past 8 years the Republicans wouldn’t have taken such a beating at the polls on Tuesday. They never learn. Read the rest of this entry »

I know a lot of conservatives woke up this morning feeling defeated. The lefties feel vindicated and are having a blast kicking us while we’re down. But don’t be too discouraged.

The behavior of the left the past eight years has been nothing short of disgraceful. They have trashed a President who is a decent human being for their own political gain. Today their puppets are on TV talking about how divisive politics will now come to an end. Why is that? Since they don’t need that weapon anymore?

Here is their problem. They now have complete control. How long can they continue to blame President Bush for their own failures? Conservative values didn’t cause the economic crisis to happen. They know it but they aren’t going to tell you that. All they care about is power. 

And now that they will have all the power, we can expect them to borrow even more money for another stimulus package. Not that it worked before, but hey, what’s another trillion between friends? Barack Obama is already warning us that perhaps he won’t be able to fulfill all of his promises any time soon. Sooner or later the left’s policies will catch up to them.

In the mean time, conservatism is alive and well. Conservatism wasn’t defeated at all. John McCain is a decent, honorable and trustworthy man. But based on his record he wasn’t a true conservative and we know it. The Republican Party lurched too far to the left. At times there was no distinguishing the Republicans from the Democrats. Republicans played nice with the Democrats and then took the blame whenever something went wrong.

Now the Democrats will have no one to blame but themselves. As Rep. Thaddeus McCotter put it we’re at Republican Rock Bottom and it’s now time to seize freedom. We have no place to go but up.

We may have a few tough years ahead of us, but we haven’t lost our will and we haven’t lost our voices.

Why vote for Dan Maffei, or any Democrat for Congress for that matter? Let me count the reasons!

1-You despise the First Amendment to the Constitution and want free speech wiped out with the Fairness Doctrine. You also despise the Second Amendment. Only criminals should have guns.

2-You believe the Constitution is a living, breathing document and you hope someone finally kills it once and for all.

3-You don’t believe employees have the right to a secret ballot when deciding on unionizing. You prefer that thugs show up at employees’ doors and make them sign a card. Read the rest of this entry »