Thursday, March 28, 2013

AMERICA, LOOK FOR THE TRUTH!!!

hello america!!! i know you can remember all of those failed energy companies that obama bailed out. i know you can remember his visiting that caterpillar plant in east peoria, ill on 2/12/2009 in gathering support for his stimulus---perhaps you can also remember the ceo rebutting what obama said &, if you can't, here it is...http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6866995&page=1#.UVTIwBek8vw

a lot has happened since that visit (20,000 plus layoffs) & caterpillar is still having its problems. you can read it here...http://www.jsonline.com/business/caterpillar-to-lay-off-up-to-300-employees-in-south-milwaukee-5v9bg5r-200464291.html

fisker received a $529 million dollar loan from obama & they're still having major problems as seen here...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fisker-puts-u-workforce-furlough-012204588.html;

regardless of what obama says, economically, we are not improving. our jobs market is very chaotic & mostly negative & the numbers don't lie. here jan 2013... http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/03/18/jan-state-unemployment/1996189/
this is feb 2013
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/03/08/february-employment-report/1971511/
mar 2013 should be released fri/apr 5th &, the news won't be encouraging.

it just seems that whatever obama touches, fails.

NUMBERS NEVER LIE!!!

hello america!!! the depart of labor just released the new jobless claims & puts the figure at 357,000. while obama & company will blame the sequester for the high numbers, don't be fooled. we have been losing 1 million plus jobs a month for far too long &, it started long before the sequester. here is the govt's own report...http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm

it doesn't matter how far back you search, under obama, our jobless claims have never been good although he said, 'we turned the corner' & now, he will blame the sequester & the repubs. however, we have been having a very serious jobs problem & obama has not helped nor will he help. but, he's good at spinning the numbers &, you & the media don't challenge him on it....here's feb 2013 jobless claims numbers...
23 feb/344,000--16 feb/366,000--9 feb/342,000--2 feb/368,000=1,420,000 new jobless claims for feb 2013......when you add up march's jobless claims, they equal 1,395,000.

i may not be a rocket scientist but, i do know that regardless of how many were hired during feb & mar, we still lost 2,815,000 jobs in a 2 month period &, this number only reflects those filing for new claims....

good people that's two million plus jobs lost on obamas watch in just two months &, all he ever talks about is more infrastructure spending & hiring more gov't workers. that plan didn't work the first time & it still won't work...whether you agree or not, something has to be hindering us from putting america back to work & hey, all you hear about is: obamacare, obama regulations, obama taxes, foodstamps, public welfare, social security &, extended unemployment benefits..............employers talk about the first 3 & too many americans are forced onto the latter 4.

there is no such thing as job security any more..........workers are truly at the mercy of their employers who are at the mercy of obamacare, obama regulations &, obama taxes &, you asked for 4 more years of this!!!!

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

WHERE ARE THE UNIONS ON THIS???

hello america!!! let me see if i have this right...obama & company can demonize all repub plans that take money away from education & yet, not a one of them has the stones to say anything about all the proposed school closings in chicago to help make up a $1 billion deficit. 

i could insert links to the 54 schools to be closed but, that doesn't help you do your own homework...just google 'chicago school closings' & you can choose which article to read....there are many but, the news is flying under the radar. is it wrong for the repubs to want to take money away from education to help bring our fiscal house in order but okay when the dems want to do it???????????

my biggest concern with this story is: exactly which districts will be targeted &, is this an attempt to try & control all the school violence in chicago.........

Sunday, March 17, 2013

MORE, MORE & MORE!!!

hello america!!! i've got to give it to obama---he's consistent in asking for 'more' while reducing nothing to get it. although i do favor 'clean energy' i don't favor the gov't trying to do at my expense &, whatever he charges the oil company's is going to be passed on to us---always has been/always will be. nor do i favor any money being 'kept' by our gov't because they will find reasons to raid it whenever the need arises. here's obama...http://theenergycollective.com/cnunez/199571/obama-calls-security-trust-fund-energy-research

obama is always comparing us with overseas country's---i wonder if he'll even mention this the next time he calls for higher taxes...http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-china-pledges-spending-restraint-20130316,0,6042887.story

say what you will but, do you know how much better this country would be doing if obama was only 1/2 serious about our spending & honestly tries to reduce it?????

Friday, March 15, 2013

OBAMACARE & YOU!!!

hello america!!! i started writing about this here...http://edagener.blogspot.com/2013/01/who-did-you-think-was-going-to-pay-for.html    & here...http://edagener.blogspot.com/2012/12/you-chose-big-bird-over-jobs.html    so, it should be no surprise that it's resurfaced & the news is the same---somehow you're going to pay for it...http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324392804578358540464713464.html

i searched the first 10 pages of google for this article today & i could not find msnbc reporting on it. one would think this is 'front page' news---silly me......like they would print anything that conflicts with their reporting anything negative about obama & any of his policy's........they may have reported on it however, i just didn't find it in the 1st 10 pages.

others did...http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/10/obamacare-fee-of-63-per-person-to-begin-in-2014/?page=all    & here...http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-fee.php

insuring people with pre-existing conditions is what made obamacare so popular however, obama never told you that you would end up paying for them to be covered...

&, if you have pre-existing conditions & didn't get to sign up, you're going to have to wait a while because you have this...http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/02/15/obama-administration-finalizing-that-pre-existing-condition-patients-will-have-insurance-coverage/    or, take your pick...http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/15/obama-administration-winds-down-plan-for-uninsurables/

i told you then & i'm telling you now---obamacare is not all it's cracked up to be &, the more you read the law, the less you're going to like it.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

JUST A FOLLOW UP!!! QUESTION YOUR MEDIA!!!

hello america!!! i just posted this...http://edagener.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-media.html    & then, while scrolling the news, i run in this...http://news.yahoo.com/erratic-north-korea-poses-serious-threat-183916977--politics.html...which belies what obama (& the media never challenged) said about us being safer then we were 48 months ago. obama knew he was lying when he first said it & the media just allows him to get away with it. if they would ask the hard questions when they should, obama would be forced to tell us more of the truth.

in case you were wondering about the world as a whole, here's the our own state departments list of warnings...http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html    oh, don't forget you just can't up & go to cuba yet dennis rodman can travel to north korea.

then you have this...http://news.yahoo.com/obama-pledges-swift-reaction-nkorea-nuke-test-190205244--politics.html    this comes from the same person that told us 48 long plus months ago that 'our words must mean more than words' in reference to north korea testing a missile. look at where north korea is today & then tell me what impact our words have on any country that opposes us?

how in the hell can we be safer if we're getting weaker while china, russia & others are getting stronger?

where in the hell are those big mouths at msnbc on this? & they call themselves 'news reporters'....

THE MEDIA!!!

hello america!!! at this point, if i were in the middle of the atlantic ocean sitting on a tree log &, obama & company told me that water was wet, i would actually reach into the water to verify it for myself. i can't take their word on anything because they slant the facts their way so as to look good when, in reality, they blatantly lie to the american people repeatedly.

obama started lying to america long before he was first elected &, the media condoned it by not reporting the truth to you. he blamed pres bush for all of our problems & nobody in the media reported anything about the 'glass-steagall act' being weakened &, that banks had to issue those 'sub-prime loans' in order to expand. obama & others sued &/or forced banks (under CRA) to make those very same 'sub-prime loans' that got us into this mess. where was msnbc's reporting that pres bush did try to 'save' our country's downfall starting in 2001 by asking for stronger regulatory measures against fannie mae & freddie mac? where was their reporting that congress rejected his warnings & calls for actions until it was too late? where was abc & the ny times?

the media has spent far too much time shielding & exonerating obama that it's too late for them to change their left-wing reporting now. they hailed obama as the second coming & blindly supported obamacare & refused to even examine it. it's far from what it was cracked up to be as was the obama stimulus. however, because of their support of obama, they adamantly refuse to publish anything negative regarding obama plans or policy's..........yes, covering those with pre-existing conditions is a good thing but, they don't tell you your rates go up to help pay for it. how come they don't plaster the headlines with what obamacare is now projected to add to our deficit? how come they're not telling you of the multi-millions of americans that still won't have healthcare coverage---no matter what?

i said it before & bears constant repeating. BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU GET YOU NEWS FROM &, IF THEY DON'T REPORT BOTH SIDES, GET IT FROM THOSE THAT DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

obamas getting the rich to pay more in taxes was supposed to have solved the problem & yet, now they want more. do you honestly believe that we can't balance our budget without raising taxes? why can't we get rid of the programs that don't work & consolidate the ones with multiple agency's---just for starters.......

another thing...in all this 'gun control crap, not once have you heard obama & company appeal to hollywood & the music industry to curtail their violent productions......i'm just saying.

Saturday, March 9, 2013

OBAMA, DO THE RIGHT THING!!!

hello america!!! i would have more respect for obama if he would just come out & tell the truth & then, honor that truth. there are, & have been, so many blatant contradictions coming from obama & company that one is totally at a loss as to what to believe. one must remember, obama is the same person (regarding the incident in mass when his friend was 'accosted' by the police) that first said he couldn't comment on the incident because he didn't know all the facts & immediately followed that by saying the police acted 'stupidly'.

when it comes to this 'obama invented sequestration', obama toured the country telling us the sky was going to fall, water was going to flow uphill &, because of the repubs, the end of america was at hand. as the 'so-called leader' of america, he should have been touring the country telling us that no matter what, we would get through it & at the same time, order all gov't departments to find the least destructive cuts so as to help ease the pain. nope, not obama...his continued usage of fear tactics has to be lived up to &, the cuts have to be inflicted to do the most damage so as to make his warnings look good.

well, the sequester is now law (obama didn't even try to 'veto' it) &, he now says it won't be the 'apocalypse' others said it would be----you might notice how he said 'others' & kept himself out of it. the man is a fake & there is no nicer word i can use. (which makes me question how his own party can continue to blindly follow him when he keeps driving the bus over them?)

obama wants us to feel as much pain as can be inflicted on us because of the sequester & that's just plain wrong. that is not what any 'so-called leader' should want or condone. in truth, he should be doing just the opposite but hey, this is obama i'm talking about. instead of closing the whitehouse to tours (& blaming it on the sequester), he should be finding other ways of cutting the spending &, for you to defend him for his actions borders on idiocy---he knew this was coming & waited until the last minute to 'try' & do something about it. he could make cuts in other areas that would allow the whitehouse tours to continue &, for him or anybody else to tell you differently is pure crap..................are you going to defend his release of criminals (because of the sequester) & allow him to chalk it up to saying there is no other way? do you mean to tell me that between our justice department & homeland security that they cannot find other areas to cut? BULL-CRAP...we all know they could & should but won't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i didn't like obama in the very beginning for our country &, i have many more reasons to dislike him since.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

'DOOM & GLOOM'!!!

hello america!!! this is but another example of the dems 'doom & gloom' tactics &, can only hope that it will stop...http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/341897/maxine-waters-sequester-could-cause-170-million-jobs-be-lost-charles-c-w-cooke    well, depending on where you get your numbers from, we only have 100 million to 155 million working people in america so, how in the hell could we possibly lose 170 million jobs? more importantly, where was her voice on sequestration since nov 2011?

obama is the master of spreading 'doom & gloom'...http://www.wnd.com/2013/03/obama-now-says-his-sequester-idea-dumb/    if you care to remember how obama got his obamacare bill through congress, you can't take him on his word that he couldn't have gotten both sides together & come up with a more sensible plan to reduce our spending.

'doom & gloom' from obamas lips to your ears...http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2013/02/19/president-obama-speaks-sequester

&, there's more...http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc-news/50960223#50960223

if obama were serious about serious spending cuts, he would never have ridiculed rep paul ryans plan...instead, he would have worked with him to get it to where both party's were agreeable to it. however, it was easier for him to 'allow' the 'throw granny off the cliff' ads to instill fear in the elderly.

well, guess i'll go outside & see if i can catch a piece of the sky when it falls..........

YOU CAN'T BE LED WHEN YOU HAVE NO LEADER!!!

hello america!!! if you honestly cannot see what has happened to this country over the past 4 years, perhaps you should renounce your citizenship & move to a 3rd world country.

you elected obama to lead & he's done everything but that. he recently ran around the country spreading his 'doom & gloom' crap, meets the house & senate leaders the day before the sky's supposed to fall, & now that the sequester is going to happen, he gets in front of the mikes to tell you it won't be as bad as he thought.   what's so bad about all this is, the dems support him blindly.

you might remember (back in nov 2011) that the 'super committee' failed to agree on a way to reduce our spending that would appeal to both sides & it was the obama/whitehouse that came up with this 'sequestration plan'. obama immediately blamed the repubs for the committees failure to come to terms & he threatened to veto & bill that would roll the sequester back...http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/21/clock-ticks-down-to-super-committee-failure/

from nov 2011 until now, where was obamas blueprint to avoid this sequestraion? where was the dems? & everything the repubs came up with was demonized & rejected.

obama & the dems have lied to you consistently & yet, you say nothing & act like sheep. here's another one obama lied to about...http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/010713-639637-reelected-obama-immediately-raises-middle-class-taxes.htm#ixzz2Hye9eRZy

obama got his wish to raise taxes on the wealthy jan 1st & yet, he's calling for more. when will he actually sit down & come up with a blueprint that will cut our spending across the board?

Friday, March 1, 2013

A FOLLOW-UP TO 'OUR VIOLENCE IS OUT OF CONTROL'!!!

hello america!!! this is a follow-up...http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-allentown-allen-high-shooting-hearing-20130228,0,3618246.story    i first wrote about this allentown shooting here...http://edagener.blogspot.com/2012/12/our-violence-is-out-of-control.html

AMERICA, AFTER 4 YEARS OF BLAMING PRES BUSH, WHO DO YOU BLAME NOW???

hello america!!! when you voted this past november, you re-voted for more of that 'hope & change' crap. well, in keeping it real, the 'hope' has long faded &, the 'change' is not good &, as a country, we are going in the wrong direction. but, you already knew that, didn't you? if you had any doubts about how 'well' we're doing, all of the following should help you decide....starting with this...http://www.dailyjobcuts.com/...please click on 'FEBRUARY LAYOFFS' & scroll through the list. it's sickening. there is a wealth of information at this site.

i'm not a pessimist however, here are some more numbers that should make you wonder why your 'obama vote' is not good for our country: for the month of february, we have had 1,310,000 new jobless claims & here's the breakdown---23 feb/344,000; 16 feb/366,000; 9 feb/342,000; &, 2 feb/368,000 & these numbers come from the bureau of labor statistics & are issued every thursday at 8:30 am/est. what's so sad about all of this is, these jobs losses have been pretty consistent for all too long &, there's so ending in sight.

then you have this: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/28/revised-estimate-shows-economy-grew-in-4th-quarter-but-only-at-01-percent-rate/    doesn't it make you want to jump for joy?

where are we? you have this about the housing market...http://www.cnbc.com/id/100500430...which is countered by this...http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-01/construction-spending-in-u-s-unexpectedly-fell-in-january-1-.html

obama even praised our manufacturing markets but, here it is... http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/01/us-usa-economy-pmi-markit-idUSBRE9200L320130301

our retail market didn't do (& isn't doing) as well as was expected & the holidays didn't help.

well, you all feel the pain at the gas pump & at your grocery checkout counter...we are not better off now then we were 4 years ago. in fact, on far too many fronts, we are worse off &, the following should prove it to you...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/us-economic-growth_n_2780906.html

our beautiful country is being run by a bunch of misguided people that don't know what in the hell is going on. nobody knows anything, nobody did anything, nobody gave permission for anything & yet, we continue to have moments like this... http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/01/thousands-illegal-immigrants-already-released-according-to-report/    which begs the question, who the hell is in charge & what are they in charge of?

when you have the 'so-call leader' waiting until the day before the sequester is about to kick in to sit finally sit down with both sides, can there really be any doubt as to why we're in the sorry shape we're in???