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Dick Morris asks, “Does President Obama truly believe that he can castigate and condemn Wall Street on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and then secure its cooperation on the other days of the week?”

Another Obama nominee has removed himself from the running .. Jon Cannon, nominee for Deputy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator.

Wealth envy activists in Great Britain are sure doing a heck of a job articulating their position. Oh wait … never mind. They are too busy attacking the homes of bank CEOs.

Looks like disillusioned foreign leaders are no longer looking at Obama as “president of the world.”

Even Democrats in the media are becoming disillusioned with the man who was once their savior.

Hillary Clinton says that the United States is also to blame for drug-related violence in Mexico. She’s right.

People in Europe have also picked up their pitchforks and are outraged over executive pay issues. Wealth envy is growing.

Obama says that “we need not choose between a chaotic and unforgiving capitalism and an oppressive government-run economy.”

So is tax cheat Tim Geithner open to the idea of a global currency, or not?

Congress passed land and water conservation legislation that will set aside 2 million acres for new wilderness, thus making the areas off limits to oil and gas drilling.

Here’s some news that shouldn’t shock you .. the post office is running out of money.

What have unions done to the economy of California? I bet you can see where this one is going. This is just a taste of what this country will be like if the unions get their card check bill.

You want to see a tangible effect of this union card check bill? Check out the latest news from FedEx.

Barack Obama wants new forms of energy to become dominant in this country .. but how can that happen if we have Senators like Dianne Feinstein fighting to make sure that hundreds of thousands of acres in California are not used for solar or wind projects?

Dozens of Massachusetts cities and towns are taking steps to impose stiff new fines for smoking marijuana in public .. in order to “shield” the children.

Your tax dollars at work .. New York state paying for dental cleanings for toothless people.

The Tales of Totus, the President’s Teleprompter.

What are college students giving up for Lent these day? Facebook.

Okay, this is for you people that still don’t get it about the AIG bonuses. Read this letter by Jake DeSantis, an executive vice president of the American International Group’s financial products unit, to Edward M. Liddy, the chief executive of AIG Do you get it now? You will need to log in to read the article but it is worth it. If you don’t have an account, you can try using bugmenot.com.

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President Obama’s main focus last night was to shove down our throats about how a government-run healthcare system will solve all of our country’s problems.  Not even all the evidence  in the world that shows government-run healthcare is a mess is going to dissuade people who think that there is something out there called “free health care.”

The only thing government cares about is control, not your health.  When are people going to get it through their small pea brains that government doesn’t actually care about it’s people?  If government really cared, don’t you think they would have read the stimulus package and found that little bonus deal in there for AIG?

Also in response to last nights address, the president of the European Union, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, slammed President Barack Obama’s plans to have the U.S. spend its way out of recession as “a road to hell.”

Topolanek told the European Parliament on Wednesday that Obama’s massive stimulus package and banking bailout “will undermine the liquidity of the global financial market.”

But there is some good news from Washington.  Democrats in the House have decided that they will not include controversial global warming initiatives in Barack Obama’s budget. You may remember that by including it in the budget, reconciliation would ensure that Senate Democrats could pass the budget (and therefore global warming legislation) with a simple majority vote.  I betch Nancy Pelosi has her panties in a wad about his one.  Her fellow Democratic goons won’t let her have her precious global warming initiatives in the budget bill. Special budget procedures WILL however be used to remake the healthcare system.  At least we are starting to get some common sense on this global warming scam.

I don’t know how healthcare could fix the economy when that will require major spending, but I do have one thing that does not require spending and it will get rid of income tax and the IRS.  What do you think about that?

Have you ever heard of the Fair Tax?

What is the FairTax plan?

The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level, dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality, and, through companion legislation, the repeal of the 16th Amendment.

The FairTax Act (HR 25, S 296) is nonpartisan legislation. It abolishes all federal personal and corporate income taxes, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, and self-employment taxes and replaces them with one simple, visible, federal retail sales tax  administered primarily by existing state sales tax authorities.

The FairTax taxes us only on what we choose to spend on new goods or services, not on what we earn. The FairTax is a fair, efficient, transparent, and intelligent solution to the frustration and inequity of our current tax system.

The FairTax:

• Enables workers to keep their entire paychecks
• Enables retirees to keep their entire pensions
• Refunds in advance the tax on purchases of basic necessities
• Allows American products to compete fairly
• Brings transparency and accountability to tax policy
• Ensures Social Security and Medicare funding
• Closes all loopholes and brings fairness to taxation
• Abolishes the IRS

VISIT WWW.FAIRTAX.ORG

So it turns out that Christopher Dodd’s wife was the former director of an AIG controlled company. No wonder he included that amendment back in February to save AIG bonuses.

Senator Charles Grassley says that Obama’s budget is a step toward socialism.

The Heritage Foundation gives you a detailed analysis of how Obama’s idea of “stimulus” is to spread the wealth around.

Hey, what took you people so long to figure this out? From the New York Daily News: Hey President Obama, the campaign is over - forget the popularity contest.

Here are the top ten ways the government can recoup the AIG bonuses.

This is a question that we need to ask ourselves more often: How can Americans increase their own freedom? Well .. there’s elections and all. But that’s the old fashioned way.

Don’t worry, the government will do something to alleviate the fact that more blacks and Latinos are losing their jobs in this economy.

The Governor of New York and fellow Democrats want to increase taxes on New Yorkers making over $500,000 a year. Mike Bloomberg explains how devastating this would be for the local economy.

In Atlanta, there is another brouhaha over the opening of a government school in partnership with U.S. Marine Corps.

The hotel industry is upset with Congress for its hypocrisy over “luxury” spending for corporate travel.

Another Democrat in Washington with tax issues? This time it could be Fortney “Pete” Stark.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is worried about the important things in life …

Michelle Malkin has come up with a seal for The Teleprompter of the United States.

Do you remember the high school “sexting” girl? Now her parents want the government to write laws to combat sexting.

All articles were obtained from boortz.com

Will this story about Wal-Mart awarding $2 billion to its hourly employees be covered like AIG’s bonus giveaway? Probably not. And do you know why? Because that money went to hourly employees. And to wealth-envy Americans, these are the people that really deserve the bonuses. Not the people who manage those employees, or manage the payroll .. those people are evil because they have suceeded in life. But the people who make sure that the video game aisle and the movie section is clear for the walking zombies in this country.  You know, the ones that have like 6 kids and bitch because they can’t afford the little bastards.

Liberals just love to demonize Wal-Mart because it is a non-union employer.  When this card check bill gets passed, expect Wal-Mart to be the first company to be attacked by the unions.  Some rating agencies have already reduced the rating they give Wal-Mart on the expectation that Wall-Mart will be hurt badly by the Unionization by Intimidation bill. I’m sure Democrats are just steaming knowing that  Wal-Mart is awarding roughly $2 billion to hourly employees, which includes $933.6 million in bonuses, $788.8 million in profit sharing and 401(k) contributions, millions of dollars in merchandise discounts, and contributions to its employee stock purchase plan.  I don’t think Wal-Mart, the Evil Empire, got the memo that the Democrats want to make their employees more reliant on government.

And speaking of bonuses.  The house yesterday passed a bill to tax 90% of those AIG bonuses. Did you know that type of act is unconstitutional?

Article 1, Section 9, Clause 5 - United States Constitution

“No bill of Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.”

Do you know what the word “attainder” means?  It’s a 15th century word meaning “extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person upon sentence of death or outlawry usually after a conviction of treason.”  The definition of “bill of attainder”:  “A bill of attainder may be defined to be an Act of Parliament for putting a man to death or for otherwise punishing him without trial in the usual form. Thus by a legislative act a man is put in the same position as if he had been convicted after a regular trial.”

Well, in this case the Congress isn’t trying to put anyone to death … they’re just trying to steal some money, as usual.  They are trying to deprive some individuals of property that is rightfully and lawfully theirs without accusing them of a crime and without the benefit of any trial … except, that is, for this trial that has been taking place in the media for the last week.  But, oh, did Congress forget about the piece of paper sitting in The National Archives called “The Constitution”?  A man cannot be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process, and in our country due process means a trial before a jury of one’s peers. Barney Frank, Pelosi and the rest of Obama’s goons are trying to take these people’s money through legislative action without a trial.

Maybe they didn’t deserve those bonuses, but, the bonuses were paid pursuant to a legally enforceable contract. The property is theirs. Now we have politicians who are trying to take it away just because they’re unhappy and embarrassed because they didn’t take care of this little problem before the bailout money was paid.

We’re gonna find out shortly who in the Senate has read The Constitution.

The Washington Times is reporting that the Obama administration is ending the federal firearms program that allows pilots to carry guns if they’ve completed a federal-safety program.

After the September 11 attacks, commercial airline pilots were allowed to carry guns if they completed a federal-safety program. No longer would unarmed pilots be defenseless as remorseless hijackers seized control of aircraft and rammed them into buildings.

Now President Obama is quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology.

This past week, the administration apparently diverted $2 million from the pilot training program to hire more supervisory staff, who will engage in field inspections of pilots. Since Barack Obama was elected, the approval process for pilots to carry guns on planes “slowed significantly.” And with this move last week, the process has completely stalled.

As of right now, 12,000 pilots have been approved to carry guns.   Has a pilot gone nuts on an airplane or improperly brandished the use of a gun?  Zero cases have been reported.  So why would Obama do such a thing? It’s all about control people.  The Democrats are in charge and they want to disarm the people that they are in control of.

Jonah Goldberg on never letting a good crisis go to waste.

In 2008, US household wealth fell by over $11 trillion. Here’s an idea. These people haven’t been punished enough. Let’s increase their taxes and let the government take whatever they have left.

The CEO of Blackstone says that 45% of the world’s wealth has been destroyed by this financial crisis.

The honeymoon is fading quickly .. which means that the Obama administration has to work even faster to get its agenda passed before it’s too late.

Barack Obama’s tax policies are going to turn Silicon Valley into a ghost town. How is that? By increasing taxes on the achievers. Let’s kill innovation for the sake of government power.

The Senate still has to have its way with this “cramdown bill” and it looks like we may have a vote on it this month. Look for the interest rates on new mortgages to go up as soon as these ignoranuses pass this thing.

Some politicians, including Republicans, are actually starting to feel sorry for Timothy Geithner. No way. The guy is a tax cheat - a willful and conscious tax cheat. If he can’t handle the job, find someone who can.

Obama’s third pick for Deputy Treasury Secretary has officially withdrawn his name from the candidate pool. That’s his third pick in just one week, by the way.

Freddie Mac is going to tap into another $30.8 billion in taxpayer dollars.

Some governors like Rick Perry of Texas rejected some of the federal stimulus money for unemployment because it would require a change in the state’s definition of unemployment.

Obama is going to be the first president since Grover Cleveland to miss the annual Gridiron Dinner. Not much of a jock sniffer, I guess. Maybe if they could just make hammering high-achievers a sport. Wait! It already is.

Utah’s solution to budget woes .. put a tax on caffeine. I know it’s hard to believe, but I drink decaf.

What would Bernie Madoff’s punishment be if he lived in countries without our judicial system? I rather like the idea of hanging him by his …….. oh hell, never mind.

How come we never heard about this guy trying to build a dirty bomb in Maine last year?

Atlas Shrugged updated for the financial crisis? WTH?

Some interesting articles to read:

A must read: ‘Manchurian Candidate’ Starts War on Business by Kevin Hassett.

Peter Orszag, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, says that the fundamentals of the economy are weak. Yeah, more positive talk to get things moving again.

Are you ready for the battle? Healthcare is taking center stage in Washington. Obama and the Democrats want to make you even more dependent on government. Trouble is .. that’s just fine with most Americans.

Hugo Chavez wants Barack Obama to follow the path of socialism in leading the US out of this economic crisis. Hugo the Horrible needs to pay more attention. Obama is already on that path.

Iran has test-fired a new missile with a pretty hefty range. Don’t you think this is something to worry about, compared to salaries of corporate CEOs? Wait a minute! Was that a CEO I saw getting off that private jet at the local airport last week?

Top Democrats added an additional $524 million in defense earmarks to the 2008 appropriations bill. These are for projects that the Pentagon does not want or need.

Last week Joe Biden made a speech to the AFL-CIO in Miami. Don’t worry, Biden made it VERY clear that unions will be rewarded by this administration.

A state housing agency in Minnesota is launching a new program to offer Islamic mortgages to home owners. Let a state agency offer Christian mortgages and the ACLU will pop a gasket.

The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected Al Franken’s request for an election certificate that would seat him in the Senate.

Considering the current economic crisis and the current mindset of our leaders in Washington, there has been a lot more talk about Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged.” Here’s an interesting compilation of blog commentary about “Going Galt.”

House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner says that GM isn’t going to get any more bailout money without a plan of how to repay it. Is the House Minority Leader saying that there was no repayment plan for the billions already given to GM? Well, here’s a plan … let them fail. John McCain seems to agree with that .. he says that the best thing for GM would be to let it go bankrupt.

Massachusetts is considering a “Hummer Tax” that would force owners of “gas guzzlers” to pay higher fees when registering their vehicles. Massachusetts is a Democrat state. There is not one penny earned and held by a private citizen that Democrats do not covet.

John Kerry wants to make sure you know that the “Animal House” party days are over for U.S. banks.

The Prime Minister from the UK came to visit Barack Obama last week. That didn’t go over too well. Apparently Obama was suffering from exhaustion from handling our economic crisis.

This column from the Boston Globe pretty much sums it up: the science of climate change is not nearly as important as the religion of climate change. But if you are OwlGore, you get defensive when somebody dares to question the religion of climate change.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta has withdrawn his name from the running for surgeon general. Was this a Bill Campbell moment?

At an Ohio government school, 700 people applied for one job opening for a janitorial position. Government jobs are golden when government is king.

What are your children learning about Islam in their school text books? How about the fact that some textbooks don’t acknowledge the 9/11 hijackers as Muslims.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is spending more than $173,000 to train liquor store clerks to be nice to customers.

What is America’s manliest city?

Obama voters told to leave hunting safety class.

For you aviation nuts, take a photo tour of Air Force One.

All articles were obtained from boortz.com

The Prime Minister of Great Britain wants to outlaw tax havens for all those evil rich people who hide their money overseas to avoid taxes. Pass all the laws you want my friend, the high-achievers will always find a way. It’s a matter of survival.

Democrats in the Senate want the Republicans to join them in creating a “Truth Commission” to investigate the Bush administration’s supposed abuse of power.

Obama’s tax hikes are meeting opposition from … Democrats?

The chairman of the FDIC says that the fund used to protect consumer deposits could soon dry up. Wonderful, just wonderful.

A Russian general has taken a page from the “911 was an inside job” crowd .. saying that the United States planned the satellite collision that happened in early February. Too much fermented potato juice, I suspect.

A bill currently in the House Energy and Commerce Committee would place tobacco under control of the Food and Drug Administration. Uh oh. Something else I can agree on? What a day!

Looks like Obama’s plans for energy-independence have run into a little snag … in New York, green projects are tied up in red tape because their projects will endanger bats, birds and other wildlife.

Can anybody please tell me why this news about Google giving out million dollar bonuses is a big deal? The company managed to turn in a profit, even in this economy. Darn right they should be giving bonuses. I have family members working for Google. Maybe I can float a loan.

Is anyone going to call out the AFL-CIO executives for having their winter meeting at a luxury resort in Miami? No Democrat, that’s for sure. I would like to know how many of them flew down there on a private jet.

Michelle Malkin keeps us updated on where your stimulus money is being spent .. on bike paths, sidewalks and beautification projects! Sounds like economic stimulus to me.

Apparently some Republicans in Missouri have downed the Obama birth certificate kool-aid. They have proposed a “voter bill of rights” to take care of any future situations.

Do you qualify for Barack Obama’s foreclosure prevention plan? The Washington Post has created a little interactive survey to find out.

Can listening to sexually aggressive lyrics prompt teenagers to have sex at an earlier age? Yeah … like they actually need prompting.

Here’s a classy 21-year-old woman who punched a flight attendant on a flight leaving from Tampa.

All articles were obtained from boortz.com