Great article from the Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123604419092515347.html
The next article shows the effect that taxing the rich will have. Taxing the rich hurts everyone because the rich will have to layoff the little people.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6975547&page=1
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Rush Limbaugh's take
I recommend you guys watch his whole speech, but here is just an excerpt. I try to ignore his cockiness and listen to the great great information.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MyDsRWwQvc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MyDsRWwQvc&feature=related
Bush's legacy
I hope people reading my blog don't think I'm just bashing Obama. I'm taking shots at the message. The messenger just happens to be Obama. Everyone believes that Obama is bringing some new ideas to the table. Truth is for the most part he isn't. It's just the democratic platform thats been there for decades being repackaged. I'll write a blog about that later.
I wrote that Obama has been saying that the people have rendered their judgment and brought him in to change things. Well, Bush also had this type of arrogance when he was relected in 2004. He said that he won alot of capital with his re-election. Political capital to be exact and he intends to spend it. I was asked by a friend on my thoughts on Bush and here it is:
The Good:
1) On the social issues, Bush was a true conservative. The limits he put on abortion and embyronic stem cell research, received much praise from most of the country. He was a true conservative on social issues such as gay marriage. The US is a centrist country that leans right. How else do you explain the most liberal state in the country defining marriage as being between a man and woman...twice.
2) His faith based initiatives were also well received. Giving power to local organizations such as churches to serve the community. He realized that who would know the needs of the people better....some bureaucrat sitting in Washington or the people in the local communities that serve the people everyday. It was such a good plan that Obama plans to continue the funding to the faith based initiative program.
3) His attempt to reform education with the No Child Left Behind act was an attempt at bipartisanship. He even reached out to Ted Kennedy to write the bill. Spending on education rose almost 60% in Bush's first three years, this represents a bigger increase in investing in education than Clinton's 8 years. The goals of the bill were for mandatory testing and accountability. Some critics claimed that teachers were teaching to the test, but propents of the bill said at least they were teaching to something. Scores improved drastically for certain grade levels, however the US still lags other countries.
4) Bush sent billions of dollars to Africa for the AIDS epidemic in this country. He was never given enough credit for the help he gave to millions of people living in Africa. He did more for Africa than Bill Clinton ever did.
5) He stood against the alarmists of global warming who said that the world was going to end. He slowed the movement toward a policy disaster allowing facts to catch up with the global warming alarmists. Initially Al Gore claimed that there are no scientists that dispute that global warming is the problem. Now there are over 650 UN scientists that debunk this claim and the numbers are still growing. In fact, scientists now say we are headed towards global cooling.
6) He kept our country safe after 9/11. There were more deaths and injuries from terrorist attacks during Bill Clinton's time in office than George Bush's time in office. A fact many people don't know.
7) He assigned John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
The bad:
The war in Iraq was his ultimate undoing. I won't list many because I think the mainstream media has kept everyone well informed of his missteps.
1) The war in Iraq was badly bungled. He didn't send enough troops to begin with and ignored pleas from generals on the ground. Once he did send the surge, it was a great success.
2) While Bush was fiscally conservative when speaking of tax cuts, he was not a conservative when it came to spending. Government grew way too much under his watch.
3) Conservatives believe in less government. Bush did the opposite.
4) Afghanistan is going back into chaos
5) Many people accused Bush for a lack of transparency.
The ugly:
I also believe that the media made him a target. The mainstream media usually do attack conservative candidates more. It's not just me being paranoid. Study after study shows that there is a clear bias in media coverage. You can view the results of an analysis performed by George Mason University as proof. (Time magazine compares him to Jesus Christ)
1) He was blamed for 9/11. They even scrutinize how he reacted when he was told that there had been an attack. He continued to read calmly to children.
2) He was blamed for Katrina even though a majority of the blame should rest on local government. Can you imagine if we got the federal government involved everytime there was a tornado in Oklahoma? Look at what a difference Bobby Jindal has made. He also experienced hurricanes, but he was prepared. No need for the feds.
3) He was blamed for the current economic crisis even though the policies that were put into place happened in the Clinton administration.
4) He was blamed for the price of gas. The price of gas had to do with supply and demand and there was little he could do about it. Well, the reverse is not true. Prices dropped under his watch and guess what...He wasn't given credit for it.
5) Obama is still blaming Bush and will continue to do so for the next 4 to 8 years. It's a great way to escape any sort of accountability. Reagan inherited a bigger mess than Obama did and pulled the country out of it quickly.
I think the biggest problem with George Bush was his inability to communicate. He couldn't even say the word nuclear. If he would have got out and defended his policies more boldly and put rumors to rest more quickly, he could saved a lot of face.
I wrote that Obama has been saying that the people have rendered their judgment and brought him in to change things. Well, Bush also had this type of arrogance when he was relected in 2004. He said that he won alot of capital with his re-election. Political capital to be exact and he intends to spend it. I was asked by a friend on my thoughts on Bush and here it is:
The Good:
1) On the social issues, Bush was a true conservative. The limits he put on abortion and embyronic stem cell research, received much praise from most of the country. He was a true conservative on social issues such as gay marriage. The US is a centrist country that leans right. How else do you explain the most liberal state in the country defining marriage as being between a man and woman...twice.
2) His faith based initiatives were also well received. Giving power to local organizations such as churches to serve the community. He realized that who would know the needs of the people better....some bureaucrat sitting in Washington or the people in the local communities that serve the people everyday. It was such a good plan that Obama plans to continue the funding to the faith based initiative program.
3) His attempt to reform education with the No Child Left Behind act was an attempt at bipartisanship. He even reached out to Ted Kennedy to write the bill. Spending on education rose almost 60% in Bush's first three years, this represents a bigger increase in investing in education than Clinton's 8 years. The goals of the bill were for mandatory testing and accountability. Some critics claimed that teachers were teaching to the test, but propents of the bill said at least they were teaching to something. Scores improved drastically for certain grade levels, however the US still lags other countries.
4) Bush sent billions of dollars to Africa for the AIDS epidemic in this country. He was never given enough credit for the help he gave to millions of people living in Africa. He did more for Africa than Bill Clinton ever did.
5) He stood against the alarmists of global warming who said that the world was going to end. He slowed the movement toward a policy disaster allowing facts to catch up with the global warming alarmists. Initially Al Gore claimed that there are no scientists that dispute that global warming is the problem. Now there are over 650 UN scientists that debunk this claim and the numbers are still growing. In fact, scientists now say we are headed towards global cooling.
6) He kept our country safe after 9/11. There were more deaths and injuries from terrorist attacks during Bill Clinton's time in office than George Bush's time in office. A fact many people don't know.
7) He assigned John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
The bad:
The war in Iraq was his ultimate undoing. I won't list many because I think the mainstream media has kept everyone well informed of his missteps.
1) The war in Iraq was badly bungled. He didn't send enough troops to begin with and ignored pleas from generals on the ground. Once he did send the surge, it was a great success.
2) While Bush was fiscally conservative when speaking of tax cuts, he was not a conservative when it came to spending. Government grew way too much under his watch.
3) Conservatives believe in less government. Bush did the opposite.
4) Afghanistan is going back into chaos
5) Many people accused Bush for a lack of transparency.
The ugly:
I also believe that the media made him a target. The mainstream media usually do attack conservative candidates more. It's not just me being paranoid. Study after study shows that there is a clear bias in media coverage. You can view the results of an analysis performed by George Mason University as proof. (Time magazine compares him to Jesus Christ)
1) He was blamed for 9/11. They even scrutinize how he reacted when he was told that there had been an attack. He continued to read calmly to children.
2) He was blamed for Katrina even though a majority of the blame should rest on local government. Can you imagine if we got the federal government involved everytime there was a tornado in Oklahoma? Look at what a difference Bobby Jindal has made. He also experienced hurricanes, but he was prepared. No need for the feds.
3) He was blamed for the current economic crisis even though the policies that were put into place happened in the Clinton administration.
4) He was blamed for the price of gas. The price of gas had to do with supply and demand and there was little he could do about it. Well, the reverse is not true. Prices dropped under his watch and guess what...He wasn't given credit for it.
5) Obama is still blaming Bush and will continue to do so for the next 4 to 8 years. It's a great way to escape any sort of accountability. Reagan inherited a bigger mess than Obama did and pulled the country out of it quickly.
I think the biggest problem with George Bush was his inability to communicate. He couldn't even say the word nuclear. If he would have got out and defended his policies more boldly and put rumors to rest more quickly, he could saved a lot of face.
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