How unpatriotic!

It’s the American people that are hunkering down, rolling up their sleeves, restructuring and making it work. They have no choice. Obama gives absolutely no credit to the hardworking, American people. Is he blind or what? No wait, it’s all about him – I forgot, duh.

I think since the government hasn’t monkeyed around with new stimulus plans lately is why we’re seeing things maybe get a little better. When they kept doing that, things were not getting better. We kind of had to wait for the dust to settle to get working. So Obama not doing anything has helped more than anything.

I have a small business. The stimulus money has not helped us. If anything, it has done the opposite. Some customers of ours have had to close their doors. What we did to get through this was roll up our sleeves, trim some fat, work harder and find more creative ways to bring in business. As I recall, Obama was not here guiding us through any of that and he did not make any of those decisions for us. So how can he take credit?

I’m sure I’m not the only one that can say that.

-Tony

200 Days In, Vice President Biden Touts Recovery Act (voices.washingtonpost.com)

Vice President Biden declared Thursday that the $787 billion economic stimulus program is playing a major role in lifting the nation’s economy out of the worst financial downturn since the Great Depression.

Offering an assessment of the program 200 days after its enactment, Biden said that the legislation has moved the country from the edge of a financial abyss into what increasingly looks like an economic recovery.

“The Recovery Act has played a significant role in changing the trajectory of our economy and changing the conversation about the economy in this country,” Biden said in a speech at the Brookings Institution in the District. “Instead of talking about the beginning of a depression, we are talking about the end of a recession.”

…”I am optimistic that their report will show that we met or exceeded” the goals set for the program, Biden said. The administration said the law would create or save 3.5 million jobs over two years.

So, ok… a few things.

First, so it was the government that “saved” the country, not the hardworking American people. Hmm.

Second, it’s better? Lots of people are still losing their jobs every month. Here in Wisconsin, we’ve lost manufacturing (partly thanks to our sorry governor and very high taxes here in Wisconsin). So this – right now how things are – is what they call success? It’s over? This is it? That was their plan? This was their goal?

-Tony

$1,000,000,000,000.00

That’s a big number (it’s a thousand billion!). Thanks, Mr. Obama, we’re in the poor house now but that’s all part of your plan to make us even more dependent on the government, I know.

US deficit tops 1 trillion dollars (www.google.com/hostednews)

Yeah, it is like Obama hit the accelerator when he should have hit the brakes with spending. Well, we knew this but apparently the Obama Administration didn’t see it coming:

The Economy Is Even Worse Than You Think (online.wsj.com)

- The average length of official unemployment increased to 24.5 weeks, the longest since government began tracking this data in 1948. The number of long-term unemployed (i.e., for 27 weeks or more) has now jumped to 4.4 million, an all-time high.

…It may have made him unpopular in parts of the Obama administration, but Vice President Joe Biden was right when he said a week ago that the administration misread how bad the economy was and how effective the stimulus would be.

It’s like I said, Obama knew the state of things when he was running for the job of President and when he walked into office. There’s no blaming he can do. That’s pretty wimpy. Man up, dude. We’re not idiots out here even if the media repeats the same thing 500 times – well, I can speak for 58 million of us, at least – not the rest, although some in the middle seem to be seeing the light and regret who they voted for. Oops.

-Tony

People that voted for Obama are seeing him bail out Wall Street and Corporations while they receive nothing, which doesn’t meet their expectations Obama set during the campaign.

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll (www.rasmussenreports.com)

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 30% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-eight percent (38%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –8. The President’s Approval Index rating has fallen six points since release of a disappointing jobs report last week

Meanwhile, you’ve got Obama taking Air Force One on trips with his family (not to mention a scary joy ride around New York City) and Michelle Obama parading around in expensive clothes while the rest of the country is dealing with job losses and watching every penny. There’s a disconnect there showing that the Obamas are not in touch with the American people who put them in office.

Yeah, the honeymoon is over. Obama has messed with the economy enough to where he owns it now (he’s had it since 2006 when he was in the Democratic controlled Congress). No more Bush blaming. People want results and they’re not seeing any.

The only good thing, in my opinion, is that gas prices are holding at a good level $2.39/gal right now in Wisconsin) but Obama has nothing to do with that in he, in fact, wants gas prices higher.

-Tony

I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or Republican right now… can you afford for your monthly expenses to go up? Can you squeeze out an extra $400-$800 per month?

Barack Obama:

“…under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket…”

Companies will pass along the cost of the power they need to YOU. That is how things work. They don’t pay for it, you do.

Obama: Energy Prices Will Skyrocket Under My Cap and Trade Plan (newsbusters.org)

This is scary. Find out who your elected officials in Congress are and call them. Now. I am: (202) 224-3121

They’re getting swamped with calls 10 to 1 against this, so you may have to wait but still do it.

-Tony