And here it starts! Open the cookie jar!!!!!!

Here come the cookies for everyone!! Now $110B for all those nasty business people, evil profiteers, to heat up the economy.

What happens when all those businesses start to hire people and then make big profits from all the new business. Will Prez Obama them demonize them for being profit driven? Will he then propose new taxes on those profits? The Govt giveth and the Govt taketh away!

Read it all here.

Are we this scared?

What has become of this country? We were attacked by radical Islamic terrorists on September 11, 2001. Now a little bitty church in Florida plans to burn Korans to commemorate the 9-11 attacks.

And here we have the general in charge of our Afgan war declaring that such actions by the church might get his troops killed. Read it all here.

Are we, the most powerful nation on earth, ready to shut down a little church protest of an attack on OUR country, because we are too afraid of the people who attacked us?

Are we afraid to tell the people who attacked us "no you can't build your mosque on hallowed ground?"

What have we come to?

And here it starts! Stimulus II

"If we don't pass my stimulus plan right now, unemployment could go above 8%"

Well Mr. President, we passed that threshold a year ago. And it's still going up.

And now, you just happen to have the magic Elixer for the economy!!!!!

Wow!! Why didn't you bring it out and hawk it earlier???? Oh yeah, had to work on ObamaCare. Oh yeah, had to work on financial reform so no more downturns?

So this is the silver bullet, right? Read it all here.

Just one little question Mr. President? What democrat in congress up for re-election is going to vote for all this new deficit spending?

This is not going to pass, so why all this campaigning????

Is this just an attempt to fire up the languid looney left base? Must be, because this is going nowhere.

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"Hail Mary Pass Time": get your bullshit filter out!

In case you have not noticed, today is September 6, Labor Day. For many of us that is the last day of a nice, long 3 day weekend.

For the political ruling class it is the first day of the race toward the November elections. And despite all the deniles, the Democrats are in deep, deep do-do.

So, get ready, the Dem's in general and Lord Obama in particular are going to start rolling out a blizzard of proposals to both dazzle and confuse the electorate. Why confuse?

Well, they can't run on their miserable record, they can't debate real ideas because their ideology is both flawed and rejected by the electorate, so they have to use the oldest political trick in the playbook: go buy the votes.

Read some of it here.

Veep Biden: "We're Headed in the Right Direction!"

In case you don't remember the Veep's message, here is a reminder.

Let's take a look at the direction we have been headed in: see the following graphic display.

Yep, can't wait for November!!!!!

Physics trumps God?

Did God create the world and the universe as told in the Book of Genesis, or is that just a mythical tale used as a setting for the whole Canon of Scripture we call the Bible. Those faiths aligned with the monotheistic entity, God, have contended in one way or another that the Genesis account is a faithful rendition of worldly creation.

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has come out here with the opinion that God was not necessary for the movement of matter and energy as the laws of physics would shepherd us toward the creation which we know.

I suppose it has never occured to prof. Hawking to ask "where did the laws of physics come from"? As cartesian beings, we sense a three dimensional world with a one way arrow flow of time as a fourth dimension. Thus, for us, everything including our experience of our own lives has an immutable time dependence about it. Not only does this shape our world view but it also shapes our comprehension of the world and universe which we cannot directly view. This leads to theological speculations on the ontological nature of God based on our own nature. While that can be helpful, it does not constrain God to our speculative thoughts.

The theological conclusions about the nature of God and indeed scriptural witness strongly argues that God does not exist in time. To God, time is another orthogonal coordinate of the universe. This implies that the nature of God as a set of behaviors does not intersect with the set of time dependent natures of man and the world. That God can "invade" our space with His creative revelations is certainly his perogative. Our ability to move to His space apparantly only occuurs through His Son, Jesus Christ (Jn. 14:6).

Physics has a lot to say to us about how the univers works. It has nothing to say to us about why it (and we) are here. That is what God's word revealed in scripture is all about.

Pity poor Prof Hawking if he never comes to this place of faith.

What is a muslim moderate?

The proposed Mosque at Ground Zero has stirred up a fierce debate in this country over radical and moderate Islam and the dangers, perceived or otherwise.

This begs the question: what is a moderate Muslim?

From the Wall Street Journal there is this;

Don't Gloss Over The Violent Texts
By Tawfik Hamid

In regards to Islam, the words "moderate'" and "radical" are relative terms. Without defining them it is virtually impossible to defeat the latter or support the former.

Radical Islam is not limited to the act of terrorism; it also includes the embrace of teachings within the religion that promote hatred and ultimately breed terrorism. Those who limit the definition of radical Islam to terrorism are ignoring—and indirectly approving of—the Shariah teachings that permit killing apostates, violence against women and gays, and anti-Semitism.

Moderate Islam should be defined as a form of Islam that rejects these violent and discriminatory edicts. Furthermore, it must provide a strong theological refutation for the mainstream Islamic teaching that the Muslim umma (nation) must declare wars against non-Muslim nations, spreading the religion and giving non-Muslims the following options: convert, pay a humiliating tax, or be killed. This violent concept fuels jihadists, who take the teaching literally and accept responsibility for applying it to the modern world.

Moderate Islam must not be passive. It needs to actively reinterpret the violent parts of the religious text rather than simply cherry-picking the peaceful ones. Ignoring, rather than confronting or contextualizing, the violent texts leaves young Muslims vulnerable to such teachings at a later stage in their lives.

Finally, moderate Islam must powerfully reject the barbaric practices of jihadists. Ideally, this would mean Muslims demonstrating en masse all over the world against the violence carried out in the name of their religion.

Moderate Islam must be honest enough to admit that Islam has been used in a violent manner at several stages in history to seek domination over others. Insisting that all acts in Islamic history and all current Shariah teachings are peaceful is a form of deception that makes things worse by failing to acknowledge the existence of the problem.

Mr. Hamid, a former member of the Islamic radical group Jamma Islamiya, is an Islamic reformer and a senior fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.

Beck: Restoring Honor Event

In case you have been living under a rock or perhaps in a cave for the last week, Glen Beck hosted a "Restoring Honor" event in Washington DC which drew perhaps 300,000 to 500,000 people. It was held at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, the anniversary of the Martin Luther King "I have a dream" speech.

Beck's stated purpose was to "turn the country back to God and to restore honor". Beck has been on a journey to try and understand the fundamental nature of the problems that have beset this country. He has transitioned from blaming democrats, to blaming Progressives, and now in effect blaming himself and all of us with the idea that we Americans need to turn around to God. In effect claiming that we should not ask whether God is on our side, but are we on God's side?

This is precisely the position that Abraham Lincoln was in during the Civil War and Beck has come to recognize his coming full circle to that same realization.

You might think that public soul searching of this sort would be generally applauded. But not in the current fractious atmosphere. Read here for example.

While the Progressive and Liberal press beats the drums for Islamic tolerance in America, these same camps seek to bludgeon anything that smacks of Christianity or real religion. The same folks who extol the endless virtues of Islam possibly haven't darkened the doors of a place of worship for a long time.

America's formation and history is inexorably connected with God's providential plan for mankind. As Beck accurately points out "if we don't turn back to God and get on his side, he'll find another bunch of people who will". The Old Testament of the Bible is full of stories to back Beck's statement.

From the NYT: Economy options dwindle

According to the NYT; "THE American economy is once again tilting toward danger. Despite an aggressive regimen of treatments from the conventional to the exotic — more than $800 billion in federal spending, and trillions of dollars worth of credit from the Federal Reserve — fears of a second recession are growing, along with worries that the country may face several more years of lean prospects."

Read it all here.

And they are right: the current Obama administration has tried everything THEY know how to do!!!!!!!

But folks we have been here before: it was called Jimmy Carter!

In 1979 we had high inflation, no growth, no jobs, high interest rates, and a demoralized country that was being told from the White House that "this may be as good as it gets".

Ronald Reagen came to office, let a wrenching economic correction take its course to wring out the inflation monster and then slashed marginal tax rates which unleashed the largest economic expansion in modern history. Oh, and by the way, he defeated the Soviet empire in his spare time!

But do not dispare......the current crowd is not out of ideas yet! They are going to let the Bush tax cuts expire at the end of the year. They still want ObamaCare to go forward, they still want Cap & Trade, and don't forget their debt commission that will no doubt call for a National VAT tax. Won't all those things do such great good for our economy??????

If we do not start major surgery this November, a couple years down the road we may look back at 2010 as a time of unparalleled prosperity!

Wouldn't that be a pathetic thing!

Good News on the Gun Front.......for now.....

The EPA has rejected a petition to ban lead from bullets and fishing lures, read it all here.

"EPA is taking action on many fronts to address major sources of lead in our society, such as eliminating childhood exposures to lead," the agency said in a written statement. "However, EPA was not and is not considering taking action on whether the lead content in hunting ammunition poses an undue threat to wildlife."

A coalition of conservation groups had filed its petition earlier this month arguing that the use of lead in ammo and tackle is poisoning the nation's lakes, ponds and forests and asking the EPA to ban the "manufacture, processing and distribution" of lead shot, bullets and fishing.

Chris Cox, executive director of the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action, objected to the pettion, saying the conservationists were trying to circumvent this rule by suggesting that while ammunition itself is exempt from regulation, the chemical components of the ammo and fishing lures -- specifically, the lead -- can fall under the EPA's jurisdiction.

But environmental activists like Michael Fry of the American Bird Conservancy told FoxNews.com that the petitioners waited to submit their request until nontoxic alternatives such as steel, copper and alloy became readily available.

Stay tuned, the gun banners will not stop here.

Those darn "Little People"...

What is an elite leader to do? You enact everything you think the people need in order to live out your vision of a universal utopia and what do the thankless louts do? They protest! So how should you react? Charles Krauthammer nails the answer to that question right here.

And promiscuous charges of bigotry are precisely how our current rulers and their vast media auxiliary react to an obstreperous citizenry that insists on incorrect thinking.

● Resistance to the vast expansion of government power, intrusiveness, and debt, as represented by the tea-party movement? Why, racist resentment toward a black president.

● Disgust and alarm with the federal government’s unwillingness to curb illegal immigration, as crystallized in the Arizona law? Nativism.

● Opposition to the most radical redefinition of marriage in human history, as expressed in Proposition 8 in California? Homophobia.

● Opposition to a 15-story Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero? Islamophobia.

Now we know why the country has become “ungovernable,” last year’s excuse for the Democrats’ failure of governance: Who can possibly govern a nation of racist, nativist, homophobic Islamophobes?

Note what connects these issues. In every one, liberals have lost the argument in the court of public opinion. Majorities — often lopsided majorities — oppose President Obama’s social-democratic agenda (e.g., the stimulus, Obamacare), support the Arizona law, oppose gay marriage, and reject a Ground Zero mosque.

And since the liberals have lost the battle of ideas, all they can fall back on are attacks such as these.

EPA: Ban Lead Bullets!

The EPA is proposing to ban the use of the metal Lead in bullets, read it all here.

While it is possible to read this as a move by the typical enviro-whacko groups to prevent lead poisoning in deer, more than likely this is a bigger part of the socialist agenda to disarm Americans.

After all, guns are of no use with out effective ammunition. So instead of tackling the Second Amendment head on and getting clobbered for it, the Gun-Banners may take the backdoor route through the EPA.

All patriots need to let the EPA hear from them.

Jobs: Saved, Created, and DESTROYED!

While the Obama administration is busily crunching the fictional numbers of jobs saved or created, Americans will probably be more interested in this compilation of jobs destroyed as chronicled by Michelle Malkin here.

For example;

They’re employees of companies like Assurant Health, which announced last week that it would slash 130 jobs at its offices in Milwaukee and Plymouth, Minn., to prepare for costly Obamacare mandates.

They’re employees of medical-device firms in Massachusetts, where officials say they’ll be forced to cut back on operational costs and jobs thanks to a little-noticed Obamacare tax on their products that goes into effect in 2013.

They’re employees of such restaurants as White Castle and International House of Pancakes, whose executives say they will be forced into layoffs and premium hikes to cope with the federal law’s $3,000-per-employee penalty on companies whose workers pay more than 9.5 percent of household income in premiums for company-provided insurance.

They’re mom-and-pop enterprises across the country that must now deal with Obamacare’s onerous Section 9006 tax-filing mandate. It requires them to file 1099 forms with the IRS for every vendor from whom they purchase $600 or more in goods. Sen. Mike Johanns (R., Neb.) calls it one of many “job-crushing provisions” that will bury small business in paperwork and legal costs.

They’re the estimated 23,000 workers in the deepwater-drilling industry whom the White House deliberately wrote off in pursuit of its junk-science-based drilling moratorium.

They’re the estimated tens of thousands of workers employed by car dealers shut down by Obama’s auto czars at a time, as the TARP inspector general pointed out last month, “when the country was experiencing the worst economic downturn in generations and the government was asking its taxpayers to support a $787 billion stimulus package designed primarily to preserve jobs . . . all based on a theory and without sufficient consideration of the decisions’ broader economic impact.”

They’re employees of Utah oil and gas companies whose leases have been pulled without cause by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. The Interior Department’s own inspector general rejected Salazar’s explanation that the Bush administration had rushed the leases through. The Deseret News reports that “rescinding these leases has likely cost the state millions already. Officials in Uintah county estimate the county lost 3,000 jobs in 2009, and Duchesne lost 1,000 jobs.”

They’re employees of commercial and recreational fishing businesses in New England, who have organized a flotilla on Martha’s Vineyard on Thursday to protest the Obama administration’s restrictive environmental policies and stealth regulatory ocean grab.

Insanity right at the top: Veep Biden, "moving in the right direction"

No Mr. Veep, we are moving to the hard-core Progressive Left at Warp Speed and you clowns are taking the economy not to mention the country down the toilet with a huge flush.

What does the Veep say? Read it all here!

In Iowa: "Beat Whitey Night!"

What kind of "change we can believe in" have we had over the last 19 months? Well, the President called a white policeman stupid for arresting a black homeowner. The New Black Panthers have gotten off scott free after intimidating white voters in Philadelphia, and the DOJ under Eric Holder apparently is not going to prosecute black on white crime.

Can you speculate on what consequence all these high level actions might have? Well, if not, then read this article here where multiple fights at an Iowa State Fair were apparently the product of a call to "Beat Whitey Night".

No matter hard the times in America, no matter how difficult the challenges we face; we would hope the President would serve, at the least, to unite us in the one thing we all share in common: We are Americans.

But this President has amply demonstrated he does not like the America that propelled him to where he is and he is incapable of providing that kind of leadership.

One Word Summary of ObamaCare: Failure, Failure, Failure

From National Review Online..........

The wheels are coming off Obamacare even sooner than most had predicted. The American people are not being fooled by the sugar-coated sales campaign, jobs are being lost, health costs are rising, and the first program to be launched is a dud.

● A new CNN poll shows that 56 percent of Americans oppose the health-care law, with only 40 percent supporting it — virtually unchanged from March when the legislation passed. Rasmussen’s latest poll of likely voters shows that 56 percent want it repealed and 54 percent say the law is bad for the country.

● Liberal advocates for Obamacare now have no choice but to admit that their messaging campaign has failed. In a conference call last week hosted by Families USA to share extensive polling data, advocates were told to stop saying that the law will reduce costs and lower the deficit. It’s not true and people don’t believe it. Instead, they advised liberals to focus on anecdotes about people who have been helped by the changes.

Do they really believe that people won’t pay attention to the double-digit premium increases that are coming, the $575 billion coming out of Medicare to pay for massive new entitlement programs, the $500 billion in new taxes that are driving up health-care costs, the barrage of new regulations putting employers and the health-care sector in a straightjacket, and the despised individual mandate that will force Americans to purchase expensive, government-dictated health insurance?

● We have (more) direct evidence of jobs being lost as a result of Obamacare. Assurant Health, a health insurer based in Milwaukee that specializes in individual and small-group policies, has announced that it is laying off 130 workers as of October 1. Assurant is a terrific company that was the first to sell a Health Savings Account policy and has continued to be responsive with innovative products to serve customer needs.

But new one-size-fits-all regulatory requirements are forcing insurers to slash personnel to meet new “administrative” tests, rules that present real challenges to a company that focuses on direct customer service rather than selling policies thousands at a time. Assurant is highly adaptable and will survive, but many capable employees and their families can thank Obamacare for losing their jobs.

● The president’s much-touted high-risk pools so far are a flop. Kaiser Health News reports that “an unexpectedly small number of people” have signed up for the program designed to provide insurance for people with preexisting conditions who were uninsured for at least six months. So far, a total of about 3,600 people have applied for state plans and 1,200 have been approved, with another 2,400 in the 22 state plans operated by the federal government.

North Carolina’s risk pool director says that “interest in the program has been lower than we expected.” As of last week, Connecticut had enrolled just one person.

The risk pools were flawed from the start, as we have written. Washington should have instead provided adequate resources to the states to supplement existing risk pools or create their own.

Obamacare will get even more unpopular as the damage of this fatally flawed legislation becomes clearer. And it also will become clear that the only solution is to start over with a clean sheet of paper and sensible reforms that don’t take a wrecking ball to our health-care sector.

How do you know this is true? What how many democrats WON'T mention ObamaCare in the campaigns unless forced to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"It's Fiscal Child Abuse!!!"

Turn up the speakers and watch this video!!

Hat Tip: Wilma R

Don't forget the Oldies to catch up on Today

According to a Library of Congress survey, Atlas Shrugged, published in 1957, may be second to the Bible as the most influential book read in America. It is required reading in management training at BB&T, the 12th-largest bank in the U.S. and one that resisted taking TARP bailout funds. Since the Obama administration took office, Atlas Shrugged has been making a renaissance with rising sales and library waiting lists, partly because it explains our current economic woes more straightforwardly than most of what we hear from today's experts.
What happened in Ayn Rand's narrative is coming to pass today, with an anti-business administration reviling private industry, capitalizing on crisis to expand and redirect investment within and between sectors of the economy — setting quotas, prices and compensation. Businesses responded by retrenching — ceasing to invest, innovate and expand. Whole industries contracted, closed down, or moved offshore; much like the U.S. gas and oil drilling industry is doing today. Then, just as now, management became frustrated and discouraged, reluctant to create jobs in an environment of excessive government meddling.

While the private sector shed nearly 8 million jobs in the past two-and-a-half years, the federal government increased its payroll by 240,000 jobs. So the private sector that is the primary source of national wealth has been shrinking while supporting a growing public sector that generally produces nothing. That burden is made greater by the fact that government workers have incomes 30% higher and benefits 50% more costly on average than those received by equivalent private-sector workers.

Read it all here and maybe in the book too!

Is Pandora's Box being opened????

That picture above is a view of Iran's first nuclear power plant outside the city of Bushehr. With Russian assistance it will be loaded with nuclear fuel rods with a couple of days from now. After various tests, the plant will presumably go critical in the near future and begin generating power. Read it all here.

Iran is not just another country joining the nuclear power club: Iran is the "ground zero" of radical Islamic terrorism around the world. No less source than the CIA, read here, lists the legal system of Iran as being based on Sharia Law. What does that mean? Sharia Law is the sacred law of Islam, read more
here.

In its radical expression, Islam and Sharia Law seek to purge the world of infidels, those who are not Muslim under Islamic religion. With the advent of nuclear power in Iran, one of the world's most radical Islamic nations now has the secrets of the greatest power mankind has devised.

Is that smart?