Karmanomics

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Founding Father John Adams once said, "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." Fast forward to today, and the noted historian-in-chief, Barack Obama has yet to learn that wishing the economy was growing doesn't change the facts.

For weeks, the Obama administration has pushed the theme that the economy has turned the corner thanks to the policies of Hope 'n' Change™ and that the president deserves lots of credit for some sort of hard work. This is another way of saying that in the complete absence of quantifiable evidence that the federal government has boosted private sector employment (public sector employment is growing just fine, thank you), Obama should receive kudos anyway.

Imagine the depth of conceit and insecurity it takes for the leader of the free world to claim that he needs grade inflation and social promotion just for showing up in class like an immature, slacker teenager. Despite the attractive qualities of hubris and cluelessness, even the president's media cohorts, who for more than a year have dutifully reported that monthly job hemorrhaging is continually "unexpected," are questioning the party line.

This week, for example, the Associated Press reports that Obama and the Democrats will face skeptical voters in November because their economic rhetoric is contradicted by stubbornly high and persistent unemployment. "During stops in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, Obama will try to convince voters that his economic policies are working, despite an unemployment rate that's expected to remain at painfully high levels for months if not years."

Democrats will once again learn voters won't stop paying attention to that man behind the curtain as once again, liberal economic dogma is run over by the bad karma of their outcomes.



Comments

Duke of Earl

Of course Obama and his crowd of self-aggrandizing sycophants hate the facts. The facts are their worst nightmare. Facts are real and the left's rhetoric is fallacy at the least and out right lies most of the time. The left has NEVER let a good lie be replaced by a solid fact. NEVER!!!!!

Duke

Posted April 28, 2010 at 8:12:27 PM


Tom Teykl

These guys just need to be voted out of office in Nov. No big fanfare, just get rid of them....the USA IS NOT a socialist country and will not become one without a lot of noise....and at the moment, it is FAR FAR too quiet around here.

Our country will be OK if we look after our "Borders, Language, and Culture". The "political correctness is a certainly a problem now, (anyone with a brain can see that) but a larger problem is the absence of a NATIONAL "right and wrong". I believe THAT (absence) to be the basic problem today. We need a Loving God to be back in our country....and to be in charge!

Posted April 28, 2010 at 10:06:36 PM


Rod

Perfectly done. I feel like the Obama camp is engrossed in idealism, without regard to facts or historical evidence that the economic policies and political models (communism, socialism) have failed over and over and over again.

Mark Levin had a great quote he played last night (4/28/10) from Obama. On a *campaign stop* this week, he made a speech about how he does not begrudge the profit motive, yet he caveated that statement by saying something like he does "wonder how much is enough money". That is very telling: In the future, I would not be surprised to see some form of income cap/ceiling enacted into tax law. He has NO respect for the private sector or the concepts of liberty and freedom. He has never held a real job and has no idea what is required.

Vote every democrat out of office this fall. Require absolute specificty in our political leaders concerning their agenda. We need to slow down our government and get them back on the vision of the founders.

Posted April 29, 2010 at 12:43:33 PM


Don

Do you guys really think there is a magic wand solution for"stubbornly high and persistent unemployment?"

Too much patriot Kool-aid, not enough pragmatism. Smaller and more efficient government? Great idea, smart change is incremental and it's time to start stepping. Deregulate everything and let the free market reign unencumbered? Bad idea. The founders left room for change and interpretation, as well they should. I love the hair on fire mentality of one comment about "how much is enough" a legitimate rhetorical question that doesn't lead to income caps and soak the rich.

Just how do you put God in charge, whom will be the interpreter? Talk about he man behind the curtain. How about ethically inspired men and women who are both critical thinkers and compassionate beings, a much better way.

The GOP gets you guys with Guns, God and Gays, and the left does their magic with soak the rich, discrimination and war mongering, with the end result being all of us taking our eye of the ball. Campaign finance reform and term limits. If you don't change the money game, nothing is the way it should be.

The concept of the national interest is supplanted by special interests. We all need to get in the boat and row together, just that simple. We are all in the same team, Team USA. What would Jesus do, walk away from it all in disgust?

Posted April 30, 2010 at 3:11:22 PM


Clark,George R.

No nation whose majority incessantly decries God remains free for very long. I don't want to live in such a nation and the united States of America is headed in that direrection. Beware unbelievers.

Posted April 30, 2010 at 4:09:01 PM


Jack

The current unemployment rate is a result of the recent recession which we are now slowly emerging from. The recession--and resulting unemployment rate were not George Bush's fault as the left would have it. Likewise the current unemployment rate is not Obama's fault. This is a capitalist economy we live in, and government has very limited oversight over it. Government is effectively a 'silent partner' in our economy.

I was furious but not surprised when I realized that somehow the democrats had timed the 2008 presidential election to occur in tandem with the recession of 2008.

O B A M A

B I D E N

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NLA

Posted May 1, 2010 at 7:10:00 PM


Rob

Most curious (or should I say FURIOUS...)

Constructively offered, please consider the following.

I agree with Rod, except the lesson they've not learned doesn't seem to have stopped with the one on communism/socialism... let's look to other lessons from history, shall we?

"Multi-culturalism"/multi-ligualism doesn't work; and let's not forget what happened to the Romans...

As Don oversimplifies, "The GOP gets you w/ God Guns & Gays"... he is correect, but also argues one of my points. To digress for a moment, study the history of disarmed citizenry... truly the beginnings of tyranny, throughout history.

Also, "Shall-Issue" concealed carry laws have reduced violent crime exponentially for all states that have enacted such laws. I prefer to protect myself and my family, and not wait for the police to mark the chalk outline... As the Great Communicator once said, the biggest lie is "I'm from the government and I'm here to help"...

He also says the LEFT gets you with 'soak the rich' etc... the FAR Left has CO-OPTED the American Democratic Party. Frankly, if you pay close attention and look into their backgrounds, you'll see most of them have strong ties to the Amercian Communist Party... but then, you can see that if you look closely enough at their initiatives. Additionally, whereever they've failed at an initiative (such as gun control), the PEOPLE have not 'spoken', in their eyes... they don't give up that gn control agenda - but rather, attempt to TAX you out of ability to enjoy your rights... (I think a little war was started over taxes a little over 200 years ago...)

'Critical thinkers & compassionate beings?' I've had many a debate with Libs who think that, just because THEY don't like guns, no one else should have them either - and those same people basically shut you down and dismiss you as an inferior intellect if you don't subscribe to their views. Argue with FACTS; it gets them every time (as Duke seems to already know)

I don't mean to pick on Don; I hope I'm seen as rebutting some of his points, and giving him some things to think about... I don't trust someone else to decide my healthcare, and tax me to death to pay for it. However, I agree with him - it IS about the Money, POWER, and CONTROL... for both parties, to be sure, but in principle the GOP gernally gets it right - when they stick to their core values.

There are some valid concepts here, with everyone's points... but too often the left, and the right take things to their own extremes. Not that I think the middle is the place to be; on the contrary - there are some things on which you don't "compromise", and for me, those are the fundamentals of right, wrong, truth, honor, and loyalty. Don't give me any crap about "who's truth" etc - truth is truth, just as facts are facts... In short, "Don't pi$$ down my neck and tell me it's raining..."

And, of course, one day, we'll all be shown the truth. (Right, Mr. Clark?) I for one, look forward to a window seat, so I can look down into the abyss, and smile at all the folks who are in need of solarcaine. (OK, so I'm still human here, right?)

Posted May 8, 2010 at 9:51:43 PM


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