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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

The Foundation

"Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason." --Benjamin Franklin

The Demo-gogues

Teleprompter of the United States

The Oval Office Address (Short Version): "I've returned ... I assembled a team ... I'd like to lay out ... I've authorized ... I urge the governors ... I saw and heard ... I've talked ... I've seen ... I've talked ... I refuse ... I will meet ... I make ... I asked ... I approved ... I want to know ... I met with ... I've established ... I've issued ... I know ... I urge ... I expect ... I was a candidate ... I laid out ... I say ... I am happy ... I will not accept ... I will not settle..." --Barack Oblahblah

Never let a crisis go to waste: "[M]ake no mistake: We will fight this spill with everything we've got for as long as it takes. We will make BP pay for the damage their company has caused. And we will do whatever's necessary to help the Gulf Coast and its people recover from this tragedy." --Barack Obama

Wrong conclusions: "[O]ne of the lessons we've learned from this spill is that we need better regulations, better safety standards, and better enforcement when it comes to offshore drilling." --BO (In other words, more of the same oppressive government that contributed to causing the spill.)

The BIG Lie: "We consume more than 20 percent of the world's oil, but have less than 2 percent of the world's oil reserves. And that's part of the reason oil companies are drilling a mile beneath the surface of the ocean -- because we're running out of places to drill on land and in shallow water." --Barack Obama (The reason for deepwater drilling is government putting land and shallow water off limits.)

Non Compos Mentis: "In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11, I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come." --Barack Obama

Surely she can't be serious: "[C]arbon pollution, leading to climate change, will be, over the next 20 years, the leading cause of conflict, putting our troops in harm's way." --Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

Keep on blaming Bush: "Well, it runs out when the problems go away.... He brought us to the brink of financial crisis, he brought us to the brink of deep recession, ignoring issues related to climate change." --House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on whether there is a statute of limitations on blaming George W. Bush

Editorial Exegesis

"In a 'fireside chat' to quell concerns about the Gulf oil disaster, the president announced the appointment of an oil czar. Is more bureaucracy the answer to every problem? ... The president on Tuesday evening proved himself tone-deaf to this popular disenchantment, manifested in his sinking public approval ratings. He double-downed on his status as the federal government's expander in chief by announcing the establishment of an oil czar who will join the nearly 30 other czars running various sectors of the American Leviathan absent public accountability. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs described the newest czar as being 'in charge of a recovery plan, putting a recovery plan together ... when we get past the cleanup and response phase of this disaster.' It kind of begs the question: Why not a cleanup czar in the meantime? First things first. This is quintessential Rahm Think. Before the president was inaugurated, incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, cutthroat even by the Chicago machine standards that spawned him, infamously declared that you should 'never let a serious crisis go to waste.' The Democrats in power used a financial crisis -- of their own making, being the culmination of years of politicized housing policy -- to fulfill every taxpayer-funded fantasy on their wish list. Now the president is using the BP oil gusher crisis to justify yet another new taxpayer-funded agency. ... [M]illions of Americans would like to hear a reporter ask this president, 'Can you solve anything without asking for more government?'" --Investor's Business Daily

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Upright

"In a peculiar instance of synchronicity, President Obama's Oval Office speech to the nation last night resembled the very calamity it was intended to address: Like the oil spewing into the Gulf, it began as a focused and narrow stream of words -- and quickly spread out into an amorphous cloud of goo." --columnist Jonah Goldberg

"Many Americans are beginning to pick up the strange vibe that for Barack Obama, governing America is 'an interesting sociological experiment'. ... He's the first president to give off the pronounced whiff that he's condescending to the job -- that it's really too small for him, and he's just killing time until something more commensurate with his stature comes along." --columnist Mark Steyn

"We have become accustomed to [Barack Obama's] management style -- target a scapegoat, assign blame and go on the attack. To win health care legislation, he vilified insurance executives; to escape bankruptcy law for General Motors, he demonized senior lenders; to take the focus from the excesses of government, he castigated business meetings in Las Vegas; and to deflect responsibility for the deepening and lengthening downturn, he blames Wall Street and George W. Bush. But what may make good politics does not make good leadership. And when a crisis is upon us, America wants a leader, not a politician." --former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney

"This energy bill of goods, as dangled before us by the administration since the 2008 campaign, obscures practical and economic realities. To wit, trucks and cars don't run on sunlight or wind, and coal -- whose cost of generation the U.S. energy department priced at 44 cents per megawatt three years ago -- is our second cheapest form of energy, next to oil and gas, at 25 cents per megawatt. Nuclear power is $1.59. And how much, according to the energy department, is wind power? Oh, $23.37 per megawatt. Solar power? A whopping $24.34. Green jobs, anybody?" --columnist Bill Murchison

"Government is acting like the last drunk at the party. Government is spending at an unprecedented rate, regulating the minutest areas of our lives, and strutting around as if it's solving problems as it creates them." --investment newsletter publisher Robert Prechter

"Good intentions cause most of the world's great evils. ... In order to do good personally and in order to support social policies that do good, what humans need even more than a good heart (as beneficial as that can be) is wisdom." --columnist Dennis Prager

Dezinformatsia

Treatises on the constitutional role of the executive: "[C]an this president honestly claim he has command and control when it looks like BP is the boss? ... [L]ooking down the road is BP going to be the big shot, and he's going to be, as I call him, the Vatican observer watching them do what they do? And that's all he can do." --MSNBC's Chris Matthews on the oil spill

"[Obama's] an observer. I think he's usefully and rightfully dangerous about power. I think he thought George Bush, George W. Bush overstepped in terms of executive power. And it's also, he's an observer by nature. ... If you don't use [power], you lose it. Barack Obama should overdo. He should overstep ... even at the risk of having a lawsuit filed against him." --Newsweek's Howard Fineman

Political booms: "Has the president contained the political damage?" --ABC's George Stephanopoulos on what's really important about the oil spill

Token blame passing: "The oil spill is the perfect metaphor for Obama's presidency so far. It's been cleaning up a lot of the messes left to him by his predecessors, whether it was bank bailouts, auto bailouts, Afghanistan ... preventing a depression that, you know, began to happen on George Bush's watch. ... It is a distraction from Obama's own agenda. ... And in that sense, it irritates him." --Newsweek's Jonathan Alter on the president who thinks government is the answer to everything

What would we do without reporters? "Politically, Bob Etheridge ... is fairly safe. He won his district with 57 percent of the vote back in 2008. Obama actually won his district 53 percent to 47 percent in North Carolina, in the Raleigh area. So politically, he should not lose his seat from this. However, at the end of the day, everyone agrees, it's never a good idea to physically assault somebody who's trying to videotape you, especially in the YouTube age." --MSNBC's Luke Russert on the congressman who assaulted two young men who asked him a question on video

Newspulper Headlines:

Advice From John Kerry: "Flip-Flop Do's and Don'ts for the Summer" --WTOP-FM Web site (Washington)

Questions Nobody Is Asking: "If Helen Thomas can win the Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Society of Professional Journalists, why can't James Taranto win the James Taranto Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Society of Professional Journalists?" --Don Surber, Daily Mail Web site (Charleston, WV)

Too Much Information: "Helen Thomas: Celebrated for Her Sex, Not for Her Accomplishments" --BigJournalism.com

Bottom Stories of the Day: "Hezbollah Lauds Helen Thomas" --YnetNews.com (Israel)

(Thanks to The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto)

Village Idiots

A rant from the insane: "I say seize their assets. Right now. Seize their assets today. Take over the [company]. I don't care [how]. Issue an executive order. ... Call it socialism, call it communism, call it anything you want. Let's watch Rush Limbaugh explode on TV. ... Seize the assets. Take over BP." --noted constitutional scholar Rosie O'Donnell

And again: "We're all culpable in America. We all fill up our gas-guzzler cars. We all don't have solar power on our window[s]. We have been sold the drugs by the dealer, which is our own government, of oil, and we've been shootin' up and we're addicted to it. ... This time, we've screwed with Mother Earth. We broke the freakin' womb of Mother Earth. ... We split it open, and she's hemorrhaging." --Rosie O'Donnell

"The United States Defense Department is the largest procurer of oil in the world, it uses more oil than anywhere else to kill people in the Middle East to get fuel to fight wars. It's sort of a cycle of life thing. Now, I'm not trying to be a conspiracy theorist. But I do think there's something -- just the way the pharmaceutical companies sometimes come up with a pill before they come up with the disease -- I think maybe we need a war all the time so we can wear out equipment and buy oil." --HBO's Bill Maher, who probably has been using too many "pharmaceuticals"

Useful idiot: "The inconvenient truth is that we share this planet with the rest of creation for a very good reason -- and that is, we cannot exist on our own without the intricately balanced web of life around us. Islam has always taught this and to ignore that lesson is to default on our contract with creation." --Prince Charles of England

Short Cuts

"I couldn't help but grin when I read World Cup referees are studying English swear words so that they can hand out yellow cards if needed. All they need to do is YouTube the current administration for a crash course in what not to say. We've got President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who is to the swear word what Webster was to the dictionary." --columnist Elisabeth Meinecke

"I noticed recently that Barack Obama was holding out an olive branch to the Taliban. He claimed to recognize that some of them were not as radical as others. I find it odd, though, that he can somehow spot nuances in terrorists 7,000 miles away, but every member of the Tea Party looks like a thug and a racist to him." --columnist Burt Prelutsky

"The president was back on the Gulf Coast again Monday, looking for a plug to stuff into that hole in the bottom of the sea (or at least the hole in his approval ratings)." --columnist Wesley Pruden

"British Prime Minister David Cameron flew to Washington over the weekend where he urged President Obama to stop bashing British Petroleum. The president needs a reality check. Polls show that if Barack Obama forces Americans to choose between him and England he could reverse the American Revolution just in time for the Fourth of July." --comedian Argus Hamilton

"President Obama announced [Tuesday] that he wants to use the oil spill to move America toward green energy. I have a crazy idea. Maybe he should use the oil spill crisis to fix the oil spill." --comedian Jay Leno



Comments

Keith Peitler

I really enjoyed the "Teleprompter of the United States" graphic, but for total accuracy you'll have to remove the American flag from the image, as POTUS has done from his press conferences. For shame.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 11:23:18 AM


Rob

"Surely she can't be serious:"

No, and don't call her Shirley. Call her _Senator_ Shirley.

http://therightofthepeople.wordpress.com

Posted June 16, 2010 at 11:30:56 AM


Jim C

Mr. Obama has trouble seeing what the problems are as evidenced by the rhetoric in his address. Must be because he has a lot of "I" problems.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 12:11:05 PM


Marvin Shoaf

With all the blithering about about US oil reserves,

WHY is the Bakken Reserve being ignored?????

Answer - Greed, lies, Greed,

Posted June 16, 2010 at 12:17:01 PM


Marvin Shoaf

Check it out!

The Bakken Reserve has more oil than all of the

Middle East combined. Once full production is

under-way it can be brought up for $15.00/barrel.

GREED - LIES - GREED

Posted June 16, 2010 at 12:27:49 PM


JJStryder

I was afraid he was going to throw his arm out of joint patting himself on the back during his speech last night. The President is clueless, his administration is clueless. So how long did they meet with the people who actually know the business and can really do something. 20 minutes with BP today. BP is on the brink of bankruptcy, they want this spill over. Help them with assets and wavers of Jones acts, get ships in to skim, whatever it takes. Just do it! When its over, bring in the Sierra Club and ask if they think drilling at these ridiculous depths is still a good idea for the environment!

Posted June 16, 2010 at 12:30:34 PM


Shawn, High Point, NC

Interesting that snopes.com says that the lack of U.S. the flag at his press conference is the same as photos of other presidents in remote locations. Two things snopes omits: 1) the other presidents are either in a remote outdoor location, or the angle of the photo they used does not portray the background shown from the front of the speaker; 2) Obama's press conference was in the EAST WING OF THE WHITE HOUSE, not some remote location. Couldn't have found any flags laying around the White House, huh?! Can't find any real leadership laying around there, either, can we?

Posted June 16, 2010 at 12:35:24 PM


Colorado

There are a lot of "usefull" Idiots.. Shouldn't that be "Useless" Idiots??? Isn't there anyone OUT THERE that can find out why Obummer is refusing help from at least 17 countries who want to skim the oil off the water,etc.??

This person, Obama, IS NOT interested in getting anything useful done in the gulf. Mean while I cannot believe that Obama has NO feelings about the folks that depend on the ocean for their living, and that the wetlands have no value so don't save them !!! I believe that most of us feel as if we are in a "living" nightmare. And no chance of waking up !! There are some people who are blaming the U.S.A. for "CENTURIES!" of wrongdoing. Wish I had saved the article... Centuries??? Wow! We've only been around as a nation for 2 1/2 centuries. I believe that we have contributed more positive things to all these un-grateful, miserable countries who have not contributed a darn thing. Most of them want what we have , but, aren't willing to do it the old fashioned way, like WORKING FOR IT!! THEY JUST WANT TO TAKE WHAT WE HAVE AND MAKE IT THEIR OWN...AND I'M SICK OF WAITING FOR SOMEONE KNOCK OBAMA AND HIS ILLEGAL ADM. OFF THEIR BUTTS.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 1:04:26 PM


Phillip F. Eisner

Unbelievable. President Obama's answer to the Oil Spill crisis is more "Big Government"!! Now we are going to have an "Oil Czar" to oversee the oil industry. Let me ask you this. Since Obama has taken office, what "problems" has the trillions of dollars he has spent and the "Big Government" he established in our lives solved for the nation??? The recession is worse than ever, unemployment was never supposed to go over 10%, the mortgage crisis and his solution was a joke, we all know about the auto industry with GM and Chrysler and his dealings there, that is probably going to go the the Supreme Court for violation of Bankruptcy Laws. I won't even go into O'BamaCare!!! Now he goes down to the Gulf and talks with the fisherman and shrimpers and other knowledgable experts so he knows whose "ass to kick", so to speak!! I can answer that one for him. It is the person he sees in mirror every morning, along with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. What a joke. He should submit his resignation immediately in the best interest of the country and go back to being a community organizer. I hope he was better at that than he is at being President. One thing is for sure. He is good at blowing smoke up everybody's ass, but he is no leader!!!

Posted June 16, 2010 at 1:05:33 PM


R. Denis Richter

The 2nd Amendment isn't Pro Guns;it's PRO FREEDOM!

Posted June 16, 2010 at 1:06:35 PM


Lee McNary

Why do these people incessantly dwell on the origin of the issues facing the nation? Do they think pinning blame outside their circle exempts them from addressing these issues? Dealing with the issues, regardless how they were created, is the JOB for which Obama continuously campaigns. He needs to quit whining and get to work.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 1:09:12 PM


ChuckL

Why has no major organization yet filed a lawsuit to remove these illegal CZARs.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 1:09:25 PM


Phillip F. Eisner

Oh, I almost forgot. I guess President Obama can take credit under his stimulus bill for all those jobs created down on the Gulf Coast trying to clean up the leak/spill. Chalk one up in the jobs created/saved department. Let's hope it offsets the ones that are lost due to the crisis.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 1:16:00 PM


ChuckL

Obama should be personally responsible for the increase in the costs of the clean-up caused by his obstruction of clean-up efforts for over a month.

We taxpayers should not have to carry the burden for this dictator and neither should BP for costs that were increased because of Obama's obstinacy.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 1:20:07 PM


RCJ

How big is too big to fail? GM & Chrylser received my money (and yours) because they were ostensibly "too big to fail," but BP is receiving threats and abuse. So, when BP closes their doors & goes into receivership, who's paying for the Gulf cleanup? Perhaps our liberal friends who have shown such fine examples of charitable giving. Mr. Obama, can you spare a dime?

Posted June 16, 2010 at 1:20:35 PM


Freeman Shell

0bama was clearly lying about the crisis shaping his environmental thought for the next decade , 20 years , 50 years. His thoughts on oil were set 20 years ago and have not changed.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 1:34:44 PM


Harold (Wyatt)

Another CZAR; How many jobs is that going to create? The CZAR will not work alone. They will have to hire people to supply him info, as he sits in some fancy office working his butt off. YIPPEE,, Obamy just created more jobs. My question is, if no one else is working to pay taxes, where is the money coming from to pay them?

Posted June 16, 2010 at 1:43:56 PM


Ron Reagan

Does anyone actually think with less regulation that suddenly these large companies will "do the right thing." Wake up everyone. The lack of good regulation and oversight is why this happened in the first place. Constant Obama bashing gets us nowhere.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 1:59:10 PM


John Savin

Now, excuse me for thinking clearly, but I find it rather strange that Obama pronounced that he will work at all costs to "stop this invasion of our shores" with respect to the oil spill but feels the best way to "stop the invasion of our shores" by illegal aliens is so send Attorney General "Stedman" Holder to sue the State of Arizona.

I am curious, when is the next bus leaving for the Bizarro Planet, or, am I on it already?

John S.

The Holy City of Massapequa

Posted June 16, 2010 at 2:30:17 PM


Bob W

"It's Official: U.S. Warns It Can't Guard Part of Mexican Border." Fox News.com

So since it is official that the Federal government is Incapable, or more likely, unwilling in securing our borders, than states have the rights to enforce their own borders and sovereignty!

Let's get, at the very least, New Mexico and Texas on board with similar laws as Arizona to enforce their borders. We know California is too far gone since it is in essence a 'territory' of Mexico.

Perhaps the states that border California can secure their borders from Illegal alien entry, but allow a great exodus from each state into California. Offering free rides to aliens to LA, Sacramento, San Diego, and other cities as drop-off points is in order.

California since you are so concerned with illegal aliens, providing your own tax dollars to assist them shouldn't be an issue, now should it? Good luck!

Posted June 16, 2010 at 2:38:39 PM


Gordon DeSpain

"--noted constitutional scholar Rosie O'Donnell"

If you would, sir, please correct the attribution above. I'm almost certain you mis-spelled "constipational."

Posted June 16, 2010 at 2:41:36 PM


Howard Last

Fat Rosie is now qualifies to join Ginsberg, Breyer, Stevens, Sotomeyer and Kennedy (part time for following international law) as a supreme. James Madison call your office.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 2:50:49 PM


Frank E

06/16/10

HOW MUCH MORE DAMAGE ARE THE PEOPLE GOING TO LET

THIS "ISLAMIC TERRORIST" INFLICT ON OUR NATION??

"MY GOD PEOPLE,"OBAMA HAS US IN DEBT,BROKE,NOW HE

WANTS TO ADD TO OUR DEBT,BY BRINGING PALESTINIAN

REFUGEES,SOME TO SETTLE IN AMERICA AT TAX PAYER

EXPENSE! $20,3 MILLION DOLLARS!I'm wondering how

the convenient oil spill occured.What better way

to stop drillingfor oil?????

Posted June 16, 2010 at 2:53:10 PM


Tex

Who the H E straight line, straight line, is this ROSIE O'DONNEL?

What has she EVER contributed to the good of the American People?

Has she or any of her ancesters fought for FREEDOM? Has any of her ancesters died for the cause of FREEDOM?

Has she ever gone to the front lines, and entertained our Troops?

And last,,,HAS SHE EVER THANKED A SOLDIER FOR KEEPING HER &%$(&* SAFE?????

Posted June 16, 2010 at 3:20:06 PM


Tex

If the statute of limitations runs out when the problems sre solved, then G.W. Bush will FOREVER be to blame, because the problems will NEVER be solved. That means George W. Bush is the most powerful man in the World! He single handedly created ALL the Worlds problems! Those problems will be around to plague the World FOR ALL ETERNITY!

It is truly amazing that for eight years no one could see it coming! No one tried to stop him! Do you suppose EVERYONE ELSE just LET IT HAPPEN so they would have SOMEONE TO BLAME???

Posted June 16, 2010 at 3:43:16 PM


Sam Santucci

Eighteen months after the fact I still find myself wondering how in hell did this guy get elected? Granted, he's a slick operator and eloquent speaker who presents the appearance of coolness and confidence, but for anyone who is really looking, he is arrogant, self centered, condescenting and dangerous for America. We, as Americans, must realize the dangerous road we are on and take back our country in November. Better to have a lame duck President for two years rather than having one who has the backing of a House of Representatives out of control for two more years!

Posted June 16, 2010 at 3:46:25 PM


Fred Greenstreet

It is time the walrus said....when are we going to, carte blanche tell the federal government to MIND IT'S OWN BUSINESS...see the Constitution. We can not bitch about to much government when we are want to call on them every time mother nature serves up a curve ball...stay the hell out of "our" business, we can handle it!!! Keep our country secure from our enemies, got it! Mother nature isn't on the list of known terrorists or countries that would do us harm. God Bless America!!!

Posted June 16, 2010 at 3:50:41 PM


Don Rose

I would like to help you out with a donation but my food bill is up 15% gas here is $2.89 gal., Health insurance is up $320. a month, LPG $2.50 therm, Taxes went up on the base,havent seen my tax bill yet. My donations have gone down to just about 0 and not sure what my state and federal taxes will be this year. May have to drop out of Vol. fire Dept. and other clubs. So how else can I help you? DR

Posted June 16, 2010 at 3:52:16 PM


Paul Terry Stone

"Don't let a good crisis go to waste." Obama states that anything related to the current problem is a potential crisis that must be addressed now to avert it. He claims that his idea is the answer to the problem that he manufactures in his mind and rides to the rescue like the Lone Ranger.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 4:17:27 PM


JJStryder

Ron Reagan? Do you believe that government regulation keeps us all safe and comfy.? What about individual responsibility? Even corporate? Do you believe BP did this on purpose because no bureaucrat was watching? Liability and bad PR are enough to get businesses to act responsibly. Self interest. Free enterprise. The idea that Government is our watch dog is part of the problem we are having with voters like you. We see that individuals ARE responsible for their actions. We don't need an all powerful central government managing every aspect of our lives. Where do you think "Too Big To Fail" comes from? Government. Otherwise, lousy businesses would fail like they deserve to.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 4:25:36 PM


Seth

President Obama speaks to the nation from the Oval Office. Whoopee! Yada, yada, yada more of the same, but no substance at all. Hey, man, if you are going to talk the talk, you had better walk the walk and that doesn't mean we need another panel or commission or more bureaucracy to get the job done. I guess these hotshot politicos haven't learned yet that God so loved the world, he didn't send a committee. You are supposedly the Commander-in-Chief, so DO YOUR JOB and stop passing the buck!

Posted June 16, 2010 at 4:33:22 PM


Kandi-Lee Hoy

Regarding Rosie O'Donnell's wound comment:

What does she think when a volcano erupts?

Or when geysers go off?

Probably the same thing she thinks when she talks about steel not having a melting point.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 4:33:47 PM


Gordauch

"[M]illions of Americans would like to hear a reporter ask this president, 'Can you solve anything without asking for more government?'"

Where's Helen Thomas when she's needed to ask those penetrating questions?

Posted June 16, 2010 at 4:47:43 PM


hank

If you really want to know how far left this country has gone, go to the library and ask for a copy of CFRs (Code of Federal regulations).Cabinet members and federal department heads charged with implementing presidential executive policies are appointed and then appoint executives to implement such directives as they see fit. Laws to imolement these policies are posted in CFRs and then become laws with criminal penalties, sometimes Draconian. These laws are seldom ever seen, never mind passed, by your legislators. Nobody knows they exist until triped up by them. CFRs are the source of almost all the Draconian laws destroying education since 1950 that took responsibilty for education from the states and lodged it entirely with HEW. Read em and weep.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 4:53:11 PM


J.H.

I mostly snoozed through Obama's latest campaign speech, but one part did perk up my ears and I'm amazed that more people have not commented on it:

QUOTE: "Last year, the House of Representatives acted on these principles by passing a strong and comprehensive energy and climate bill –- a bill that finally makes clean energy the profitable kind of energy for America’s businesses. "

Notice the word 'profitable.' How does he intend to do this? 'Green' energy is great, but it's not cost effective by any means. I'd gladly put a bunch of solar panels on my roof, but the fact is that based on cost there's no ROI.

The fact is that green fails because green is not cost effective at this time. People are already paying plenty for the old standby 'fossil' fuels. If green can't be cheaper, no one is going to switch to it.

I can just imagine what kind of wonderful rules will be put in place to make green energy 'profitable,' and how much this is going to end up costing the average American.

Frankly I found that part of the speech to be quite worrisome.

The rest of it was the usual blather we've been hearing for over 2 years now.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 5:25:18 PM


Rifleman

A minor, grammatical point, if Mr. Alxander reads these posts: The ELLIPSES, from the Greek: ἔλλειψις, "omission"...should have no...space...between...the separations and omissions...of the text. The last indicated omission will...have four dots, if part of the text is omitted at the end. The first three dots indicate the omission and the fourth dot is the period....

Posted June 16, 2010 at 5:50:49 PM


Rifleman

“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government..." -- Thomas Jefferson

Posted June 16, 2010 at 5:56:59 PM


enemaofthestatistquo

Freeman Shell posted this earlier today-0bama was clearly lying about the crisis shaping his environmental thought for the """next decade , 20 years , 50 years""". His thoughts on oil were set 20 years ago and have not changed.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 1:34:44 PM

Freebie Guy, Perhaps you've missed the point of that statement by Obama. maybe its not about his previous thoughts on climate,environment,oil policy at all, if this is a quote or paraphrase from the speech, "shaping his envronmental thought for the next decade, 20 years, 50 years". Is OBAMA alluding to the lenght of his Presidency(ascendancy)? Didn't Rep. Stupak make a similar allusion to Megyn Kelly on Fox after knuckling under on Obamacare, saying this President 10 years from now or something like? Does Stupak know something we don't, like the precise time,place when Obama will Crown Himself POTUS for Life?

Posted June 16, 2010 at 7:40:01 PM


kev

It's people like this ron reagan (shame he has to use this name) who put this guy into office. He's the one who should wake up and see what his guy is doing to us. Does he really expect us to sit here and let this guy and this administration push their leftwing crap on us, while doing absolutely nothing about this disaster except threaten and laughingly act tough? This guy was totally unprepared to be president and it was almost a crime to put him in. He was a"community organizer," people! How is that related to the office of the President of the United States? YOU wake up, Mr. reagan.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 7:44:51 PM


FREDO

Words mean things! For God's sake, it isn't an oil spill from a ship, it's an oil leak from the ocean floor 5,000 feet down, and with todays technology, ancient Roman engineers from 2,000 years ago would've had it stopped in a week!

Posted June 16, 2010 at 7:45:31 PM


Gene Kinnick

I heard nothing new or anything I was not expecting, which continues to be a disturbing matter for most of us. There is simply no substance to anything he has to say. As with everything else, he seems convinced it is his way or no one's way and continues to ignore simple common sense and reason. As my father used to say, "There my boy, is a perfect example of an over-educated idiot!"

Posted June 16, 2010 at 7:52:16 PM


enemaofthestatistquo

Ultimately, the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill belongs to the crew of the Deepwater Horizon. Not BP, or Federal government whether Clinton, either Bush41/43, or Obama. The crew were on site, and should have inspected daily for faulty equipment, ordered and insured installation of any necessary updated equipment, & if they saw a neccesity they should have shut down production until repairs were done. They should neither be upheld as heroes or portrayed as victims or villains, 11 of them paid for their negligence with their lives.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 7:55:57 PM


enemaofthestatisquo

All -ALL- Life on Earth is based on the carbon atom. The EPA has declared Carbon Dioxide to be a pollutant, the next step will be a tax on carbon , then on all elements of the Periodic Table, Then to Hold your breathe, will insure that you live longer.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 8:06:05 PM


S. J. Landaas

Obama is the worst president I can remember. I look forward to 2012 when we can remove him from office. God forbid that Obama

is reelected. Our country would be in dire peril!!!!

Posted June 16, 2010 at 8:24:20 PM


Joseph Blough, Jr.

ChuckL wrote: Why has no major organization yet filed a lawsuit to remove these illegal CZARs.

Sorry to disabuse you Chuck, but those “CZARs” [sic] are legal. Please refer to Article II, Section 2, paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the United States. To wit:

“He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.”

The salient part being, “[he] shall appoint … all other Officers of the United States, … but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, or in the Heads of Departments.”

As much as you or I may dislike the appointments, they are 100% legal and well within the authority vested in the executive by the constitution.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 8:47:10 PM


Patricia R. Stonsby

Obama would be a great deal of fun by his stupidity alone, if he were not so dangerous to our nation and our world!

Every time he opens his mouth, he says nonsense or blames someone or something else. He is a total jerk, and the sooner we can impeach him the better for all of us!

My pen is ready and at the stand by~! I hope yours is too. God Bless America. Patricia Stonsby

Posted June 16, 2010 at 9:08:48 PM


BRD

Karl Marx can be righteously proud of the obamination - to have one of his own in office. Since we are now a nation of hapless, helpless victims totally dependent upon government care and feeding, few will mind when our government goes crawling for help to the world government of the UN at the least natural or man-made provocation it deems to difficult to handle. Wait for it!

Posted June 16, 2010 at 9:29:32 PM


Miles Kaste

As I read today's Chronicle, I came upon:

"We depend on your support to keep this priceless resource coming to your inbox every Wednesday. Help us by making a secure online donation to The Patriot's 2010 Independence Day campaign."

Since I am a regular reader but an irregular contributor, my conscience pricked my shoddy semblance of fiscal responsibility in this matter of supporting conservative commentaries, but while reaching for my credit card, I came to the Romney quote.

I backed up to confirm that it was under the "Upright" section. Since Mitt Romney is just barely ranked above Juan McAmnesty in my estimation, I have sheathed my credit card for the time being, and I will be watching for comments on this opinion posting.

Posted June 16, 2010 at 10:49:58 PM

Editor's Reply:

If we agreed on every issue with every person under the Upright section, we wouldn't have an Upright section. Take the quote for what it is -- a correct assessment of Obama's character and methods.

Don Selje

The oil leak and the illegal immigration leak have a lot in common: 1) they are present, continual and visual gushers 2) earlier leaks are destroying the environment 3) the threat of lawsuits is the first sign of leadership and 4) 1,2 and 3 are being observed and implemented by incompetent malcontents working against the best interests and traditions of American values and ingenuity. Impeachment is a worthy goal after November!

Posted June 16, 2010 at 11:28:13 PM


Gordon DeSpain

enemaofthestatistquo

I don't know if you've worked for a company, lately, that is buried under "rules, regulations, policies, procedures, etc," but, you can bet that the BP workers were observing every one of the above, because, a government inspection team had barely cleared the Platform, when it went up.

There was a problem shortly before the surge of oil that preceded the Gas blowout, and, some survived the succeeding event to tell about it. I would bet that this 'prior' event was probably exascerbated by one of the Government Rules (etc.), that had them doing something that was ultimately dangerous...deadly.

The key thing to remember when dealing with government sticking their 2 million cents in, is that it may not be the best idea to ever come out of an Office full of people who've never done that. Someone, that has never turned a wrench, never gone in harms way. Never had to obey or implement a rule (etc.) that they turned into a "Zero Tolerance Policy," because no-one wanted to do that, and, in many cases, is ultimately deadly.

Posted June 17, 2010 at 12:00:44 AM


Solano Patriot

Obama is the Manchurian Candidate. Like millions of other Americans when he told Joe the Plumber he wanted to distribute the wealth we should have all got behind Billary. At least she can be as mean as a polecat, ask Bubba. Everyone who reads this please get a copy of Alinskys Rules for Radicals. You will see Hussein is using it as his textbook and it fits right in with his belief in Allah. Pray everyday for God to take this guy out. Please Lord we have learned our lesson all too well. Amen?

Posted June 17, 2010 at 12:15:22 AM


Michael Reynolds

With the Obama-rama virtual ban on drilling for oil, I wonder just how many plastic water bottles the Libtards can produce from a windmill? Just a thought.

Posted June 17, 2010 at 10:45:32 AM


Ruth Ann Wilson

"I don't know if you've worked for a company, lately, that is buried under "rules, regulations, policies, procedures, etc," but, you can bet that the BP workers were observing every one of the above, because, a government inspection team had barely cleared the Platform, when it went up.

There was a problem shortly before the surge of oil that preceded the Gas blowout, and, some survived the succeeding event to tell about it. I would bet that this 'prior' event was probably exascerbated by one of the Government Rules (etc.), that had them doing something that was ultimately dangerous...deadly.

The key thing to remember when dealing with government sticking their 2 million cents in, is that it may not be the best idea to ever come out of an Office full of people who've never done that. Someone, that has never turned a wrench, never gone in harms way. Never had to obey or implement a rule (etc.) that they turned into a "Zero Tolerance Policy," because no-one wanted to do that, and, in many cases, is ultimately deadly."

Gordon DeSpain

Excellent words on UNELECTED BUREAUS, UNDER "THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT." DE FUND

Declaration of Independence - "he has erected multitude of offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and EAT OUT THEIR SUBSTANCE."

For God & Country

The American

Posted June 17, 2010 at 1:32:23 PM


karl anglin

Any man can make mistakes, but only an

idiot persists in his error.---Marcus Cicero

(106 BC-43 AD)

Posted June 17, 2010 at 4:35:23 PM


Carl

At times God gives us what we need,

Other times He gives us what we

deserve! What have we done to

deserve this idiot? He is

certainly not what we need!

Oh and for my union friends who

are embracing socialism, take the

time to google and see how many

countries that are socialist have

unions. Zero! In fact it was

the Pole Walenza and the Pope who

helped overthrow socialism in

Poland. Trade Unionists end up

with a bullet in the back of

their head in a ditch like in

Socialist Germany, Socialist Russia,

Socialist China, Socialist Cuba,

Socialist Venezulala, and the

list goes on. Look up the quote

by D. Bonhofer who was hanged by

the Nazis. It goes something like

this. "I didn't speak up for the

mentally disabled, nor for the

physically disabled, nor for the

jews, nor for the trade unionists,

and when they came for me there

was no one left to speak up."

Posted June 17, 2010 at 7:59:36 PM


enemaofthestatistquo

Gordon...U replied to me,"I don't know if you've worked for a company, lately, that is buried under "rules, regulations, policies, procedures, etc," but, you can bet that the BP workers were observing every one of the above, because, a government inspection team had barely cleared the Platform, when it went up." Well, I don't have to work for a company that is buried under "rules, regulations, policies, procedures, etc." to know the effects of government "etc.", We are all buried under Federal, state, & local rules, regulations, policies, procedures, every day! I simply stated that those on-site are ultimately -at fault, to blame, accountable, responsible, etc. But I was unaware that a " 'government inspection team' had barely cleared the Platform when it went up" as you put it, which begs the query- were they actually inspecting or making a "crisis" to manage, or "to not waste"? I know sounds like a conspiracy theory, but governments have been known to use deception to misled their publics before. Let's investigate that? German instigated border incidents before 1939 invasion of Poland come to mind starting WWII.

Posted June 17, 2010 at 10:56:40 PM


Gordon DeSpain

As I recall, they were onboard to present Safety Awards to the Crew, and, had cleared the Helideck about an hour before the accident. And, I'm not prone to "Conspiracy Theories" either, but, I've had a bad feeling about this since I read the report. It just doesn't smell right.

Yes, I'm well aware of the German incidents on the Polish Border prior to the invasion of the Sudetenland. Many of the things I'm seeing from Baghdad, have the stench of 'setup.'

I'll have to go back and see if I can find that report. I'm also suspicious of events at the Well Head, but, I can't pull up a scenario which would match the pattern of the Blowout at the Drill Deck: classic Gush, Whoosh, Boom (when the Gas invaded 'hot' Electrical Busses, etc.). All it needs at that point, is one overheated Wire, or an Arc of any kind.

Posted June 18, 2010 at 7:25:52 PM


Gordon DeSpain

enemaofthestatistquo

Hmmmmm? I answered your post, but, it sorta vanished.

A flood of Rules, Regulations, Policies, Procedures, Edicts, Decrees etc, are, historically, Marker #2, of the 20 Markers of the "End of Golden Ages." They are a result of the sudden appearancee of attractive, well paid, Government jobs to fill Agencies, Bureaus, Departments, Offices and lone Tyrants (Csars), each with a "Power" to write the above. Which are a result of, in direct response to, Marker #1, "...when Women begin rising to positions of Great Power."

The Government Inspection Team apparently flew off the Platform about an hour before the Blowout, which was a classic, Gush, Whoosh, Boom, that is the known warning sign to run like hell.

This is normal, and, I can see nothing at the Well Head to dispute that the event is anything, but, an accident...still something doesn't smell right, and, I have no idea what it is. I'd have to be a lot closer to the Well than Baghdad, to really figure out what that is.

Posted June 18, 2010 at 8:54:31 PM


Gordon DeSpain

Ach...? Now, they both show up...?

Posted June 18, 2010 at 8:55:30 PM


enemaofthestatistquo

Gordon, there is the distinct possibitity, however unlikely, of terrorist sabotage, or domestic sabotage, or treasonous sabotage, just speculating.

Posted June 18, 2010 at 9:55:15 PM


Gordon DeSpain

At this point in time, that's all we have to work with, speculation.

Posted June 18, 2010 at 11:19:50 PM


Frank O

When I read Benjamin Franklin's words at the beginning of the Chronicle: "Here comes the orator! With his flood of words and his drop of reason!" it made me think of Obama. One who is constantly touted as intelligent with great leadership abilities, but who lack empirical evidence that it is so.

Posted June 19, 2010 at 12:07:05 AM


Kathy

Some of you guys give Rosie way too much credit. First, you must have a brain, and she's proven she doesn't. The goo spews out of her mouth just like it does O's, like 2 peas in a pod. And peas don't have brains.

O can't go after BP. It's hard to chastise someone from inside their pocket. And if they weren't following govt regs, whose fault is that? Don't we have a whole, huge, overpaid, porn watching, bribe-taking, we-pay-their-salaries govt department for that?

Posted June 19, 2010 at 10:23:44 AM


Lloyd

Love the Patriot Post, and I have a couple times supported it, and will do so in the future also. Are you tax excemt, or in other words are our donations tax deductable? If so I would be willing to donate appreciated stock now and them, and that way I would get the deductiona, and the Post the proceeds. Let me know if you are set up to except stock donations.

Thanks, Lloyd J. Eicher

Posted June 19, 2010 at 1:41:30 PM


KenC

Hey Miles Kaste -

What Romney says (in this particular instance) is TRUE! We need a leader, not a politician. There are a rare few who can fill the shoes of POTUS. Obama is NOT the one!

P.S. - Since you sheathed your credit card, I'll pull out mine. It is going to take time, money and focus to get dangerous narcissist ("I've returned ... I assembled a team ... I'd like to lay out ... I've authorized ... I urge the governors ... I saw and heard ... I've talked ... I've seen ... I've talked ...", etc.) OUT of office!

Posted June 20, 2010 at 2:32:59 PM


enemaofthestatisquo

Gordon---from above---"As I recall, they were onboard to present Safety Awards to the Crew, and, had cleared the Helideck about an hour before the accident. And, I'm not prone to "Conspiracy Theories" either, but, I've had a bad feeling about this since I read the report. It just doesn't smell right." Question, Since when has a Federal government entity ever awarded a private entity any kind of 'safety' award? I call that suspicious behaviour, as in they had to be there to plant the charges...or not...

Posted June 21, 2010 at 5:01:08 PM


Eddie H.

The Democrats have been calling the Republican party the "Party of NO" Lets start calling the Democrats the "Party of YES." Yes to anything and everything to do with more spending, more laws, more government control, more rules and regulations,more taxes. YES to everything.

Even a mother says no to a child that does to excess. Why should the Democrats be allowed to have everything they seem to want at taxpayer's expense. Let's start labeling the Democrats for what they are, The Party of YES.

Posted June 25, 2010 at 7:34:28 PM


Mephisto

Prince Charles of England is proof positive that the Royal Family should stop their policy of inbreeding.

Besides being ugly and his wife being voted "Best in Show" by the Westminster Kennel Club, he is an unmitigated moron.

Posted July 28, 2010 at 5:09:26 PM


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