Andrew Klavan explains economics

This is accurate, simple to understand and funny.

H/t Bob.

If you like this, you might also enjoy http://polination.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/the-difference-in-this-election/

Obama does it better!

Chrissy’s Site Bites: http://news.webshots.com/photo/2158693290056011884Hbtfso

Barack Obama has added himself to the official biographies of 13 previous presidents (so far) @ http://www.whitehouse.gov.

As of today (May 15, 2012), he has not gotten his name on to the biographies for Gerald Ford, or anyone prior to Harding. But maybe it’s a work in progress. There are very recent references in some of the “Look at me!” additions, such as the Buffett Rule.

There are also some blatant lies, like his claim to be promoting an “all of the above” approach to weaning us off foreign oil, striving to “protect” Social Security, and making sure our veterans get the best services possible. NOT.

If you want to see all of them, click on the URL for Bush and use the Next buttons to click forward. I made graphics like this of all of them and there is also a funny little bonus at the end to make you laugh.

Hat tip:
Obama Drops His Name Into the Other Presidential Biographies By Seth Mandel May 15, 2012
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/05/15/obama-drops-his-name-into-presidential-biographies/

Fact Check says Life of Julia is bogus

The Obama campaign’s “Life of Julia” slide show depicts a fictional woman whose life from age 3 to 67 is better under the president’s policies than under those of Republican Mitt Romney. But the facts do not support statements in the slide show.

1. Romney would leave Julia with “nothing but a voucher” to buy health insurance at age 65. Wrong. The plan Romney has endorsed would let her choose between traditional Medicare fee-for-service coverage, or a variety of private plans with premiums partially paid by the government.

2. As a senior citizen under Romney, Julia would have to pay “$6,350 extra per year” for a health care plan similar to Medicare. Wrong. This cost estimate is based on old and invalid cost estimates.

3. At age 67, Julia could “retire comfortably” under Obama but, “Under Mitt Romney: Julia’s benefits could be cut by 40%.” Wrong. Social Security is rapidly going broke. The trustees predict that all Social Security beneficiaries will be hit with a 25% cut by 2033 unless changes are made. Obama has proposed no plan to avoid this.

4. As a 22-year-old college student, Julia needs surgery that is covered “due to a provision in health care reform” keeping her on her parents’ insurance. Fair enough. But she’d probably be covered anyway: Thirty-seven states already have similar mandates on the books.

5. As a 31-year-old expectant mother, Julia “benefits from maternal checkups” required under Obamacare. But she would probably get that care anyway, since 85 percent of full-time workers have health insurance now, and a 1978 federal law already requires that employer-provided insurance generally must “cover expenses for pregnancy-related conditions.”

For details on each point made above, go to
http://factcheck.org/2012/05/the-life-of-julia-corrected/

If this doesn’t scare you, something is very, very wrong.

Caveat: I have seen no evidence whatsoever that Barack Obama is “brilliant” and I highly doubt he’s “devised” much of anything, never mind the entire scheme to bring this great nation to its knees. Is he helping to implement the plans that others have devised? Absolutely.

Chrissy’s Site Bites: http://news.webshots.com/photo/2947067860056011884QwjNyj
Click on graphic to embiggen.

An Obama classmate speaks out by Wayne Allyn Root – June 6, 2010
http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/obama-s-agenda–overwhelm-the-system-95716764.html

Rahm Emanuel cynically said, “You never want a crisis to go to waste.” It is now becoming clear that the crisis he was referring to is Barack Obama’s presidency.

Obama is no fool. He is not incompetent. To the contrary, he is brilliant. He knows exactly what he’s doing. He is purposely overwhelming the U.S. economy to create systemic failure, economic crisis and social chaos — thereby destroying capitalism and our country from within.

Barack Obama is my college classmate (Columbia University, class of ’83). As Glenn Beck correctly predicted from day one, Obama is following the plan of Cloward & Piven, two professors at Columbia University. They outlined a plan to socialize America by overwhelming the system with government spending and entitlement demands. Add up the clues below. Taken individually they’re alarming. Taken as a whole, it is a brilliant, Machiavellian game plan to turn the United States into a socialist/Marxist state with a permanent majority that desperately needs government for survival … and can be counted on to always vote for bigger government. Why not? They have no responsibility to pay for it.

– Universal health care. The health care bill had very little to do with health care. It had everything to do with unionizing millions of hospital and health care workers, as well as adding 15,000 to 20,000 new IRS agents (who will join government employee unions). Obama doesn’t care that giving free health care to 30 million Americans will add trillions to the national debt. What he does care about is that it cements the dependence of those 30 million voters to Democrats and big government. Who but a socialist revolutionary would pass this reckless spending bill in the middle of a depression?

– Cap and trade. Like health care legislation having nothing to do with health care, cap and trade has nothing to do with global warming. It has everything to do with redistribution of income, government control of the economy and a criminal payoff to Obama’s biggest contributors. Those powerful and wealthy unions and contributors (like GE, which owns NBC, MSNBC and CNBC) can then be counted on to support everything Obama wants. They will kick-back hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions to Obama and the Democratic Party to keep them in power. The bonus is that all the new taxes on Americans with bigger cars, bigger homes and businesses helps Obama “spread the wealth around.”

– Make Puerto Rico a state. Why? Who’s asking for a 51st state? Who’s asking for millions of new welfare recipients and government entitlement addicts in the middle of a depression? Certainly not American taxpayers. But this has been Obama’s plan all along. His goal is to add two new Democrat senators, five Democrat congressman and a million loyal Democratic voters who are dependent on big government.

– Legalize 12 million illegal immigrants. Just giving these 12 million potential new citizens free health care alone could overwhelm the system and bankrupt America. But it adds 12 million reliable new Democrat voters who can be counted on to support big government. Add another few trillion dollars in welfare, aid to dependent children, food stamps, free medical, education, tax credits for the poor, and eventually Social Security.

– Stimulus and bailouts. Where did all that money go? It went to Democrat contributors, organizations (ACORN), and unions — including billions of dollars to save or create jobs of government employees across the country. It went to save GM and Chrysler so that their employees could keep paying union dues. It went to AIG so that Goldman Sachs could be bailed out (after giving Obama almost $1 million in contributions). A staggering $125 billion went to teachers (thereby protecting their union dues). All those public employees will vote loyally Democrat to protect their bloated salaries and pensions that are bankrupting America. The country goes broke, future generations face a bleak future, but Obama, the Democrat Party, government, and the unions grow more powerful. The ends justify the means.

– Raise taxes on small business owners, high-income earners, and job creators. Put the entire burden on only the top 20 percent of taxpayers, redistribute the income, punish success, and reward those who did nothing to deserve it (except vote for Obama). Reagan wanted to dramatically cut taxes in order to starve the government. Obama wants to dramatically raise taxes to starve his political opposition.

With the acts outlined above, Obama and his regime have created a vast and rapidly expanding constituency of voters dependent on big government; a vast privileged class of public employees who work for big government; and a government dedicated to destroying capitalism and installing themselves as socialist rulers by overwhelming the system.

Add it up and you’ve got the perfect Marxist scheme — all devised by my Columbia University college classmate Barack Obama.

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Wayne Allyn Root was the 2008 Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee and serves on the Libertarian National Committee.

According to Snopes, Wayne Allyn Root’s statement and his attribution as “classmate” are “Correctly Attributed.”
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/overwhelm.asp

Biggest Lie of 2011

PolitiFact’s choice for Biggest Lie of 2011 is also the Biggest Surprise!

In 2009, PolitiFact selected Sarah Palin’s comment about “death panels” as the biggest lie.

• In 2010, they once again sprang to the defense of Obamacare, selecting a “government takeover of health care” as the year’s biggest lie.

So who could have ever guessed they’d choose “Republicans voted to end Medicare” for their Number One Lie of the Year 2011?!

From PolitiFact:

The Democratic attack about “ending Medicare” was a pervasive line in 2011 that preyed on seniors’ worries about whether they could afford health care.

Occasionally, Democrats and liberal groups were careful to characterize the Republican plan accurately, but far more often, they demonized and distorted it with lies.

For example:

• They ignored the fact that the Ryan plan would not affect people currently in Medicare OR the people 55 to 65 who would join the program in the next 10 years.

• They used harsh terms such as “end” and “kill” when the program would still exist, although in a privatized system.

• They used inflammatory and inaccurate pictures and videos of elderly people who clearly were too old to be affected by the Ryan plan. E.g., one video showed an old lady in a wheelchair being pushed off a cliff. Another featured an elderly man who had to take a job as a stripper to pay his medical bills.

In a blog post, the DCCC stood by its claim, saying the ad accurately stated Ryan’s plan would “abolish” Medicare. But even the Washington Post (hardly a fan of Republicans) agreed they were lying.

Sadly for the future of Medicare and for the future of substantive debate in this nation, the Democratic lies worked. Polls showed voters were skeptical of the Ryan plan and want Medicare to remain largely the way it is now. It’s got virtually no chance of passing in the Senate or getting signed by Obama.

Whoopee for Democrats!

• They demagogued and lied when Republicans said Fannie and Freddie were headed for disaster and disaster struck.
• They demagogued and lied when Republicans tried to reform Social Security and they’re doing it again about Medicare.

The unavoidable fact is that the post-WWII baby boomer generation is retiring by the tens of thousands and there is simply no way the remaining taxpayers can afford to provide so much for so many.

Democrats routinely demonize Republicans and lie about their plans whenever Republicans try to be responsible adults and take mature steps to stave off disaster.

We saw how well that worked in 2008, when the problems with Fannie and Freddie that Republicans had warned of caused the housing bubble, collapse and subsequent recession EXACTLY AS REPUBLICANS SAID THEY WOULD!

What did Democrats do?  THEY BLAMED REPUBLICANS!

Social Security AND Medicare are headed toward total collapse. Anybody with half a brain can see that. Democrats have always and almost certainly always will continue to refuse to deal with the hard choices necessary to retool these programs so they can survive.

If Democrats stay in control and leave things as they are, the programs will collapse, but it will somehow be made to seem as if it is the fault of evil Republicans.

If Republicans take control of the government and do the hard things necessary to save the programs in SOME form, Democrats will demonize them and lie about everything, just as they did in 2011 with the Ryan Plan.

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SOURCES:
http://patriotupdate.com/16956/what-was-the-biggest-political-lie-of-2011
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/dec/20/lie-year-democrats-claims-republicans-voted-end-me/

THE HALLOWEEN GRUDGE

Posted by Pistol Pete

(but you knew that)

Congratulations to Chrissy on her new grandbaby.Glad to have you back.

OCCUBAGGERS HALLOWEEN HORROR!HAND THEM A JOB APPLICATION

funny video

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=32d_1320042510

OBAMA’S CLOWN

A clown is supposed to be funny–this hack is just a pompous blowhard

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/10/28/obama%e2%80%99s-clown/

DEBT FALLOUT:HOW SOCIAL SECURITY WENT ‘CASH NEGATIVE’ EARLIER THAN EXPECTED

‘Cash negative’= bankrupt–just like ‘additional revenues’= higher taxes

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-debt-fallout-how-social-security-went-cash-negative-earlier-than-expected/2011/10/27/gIQACm1QTM_story.html

SLOUCHING TOWARD THE 1930′S

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/10/slouching_toward_the_1930s.html

OBAMA: ‘NANCY PELOSI WAS ONE OF THE BEST SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER HAD’

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/10/31/obama-nancy-pelosi-was-one-of-the-best-speakers-of-the-house-this-country-ever-had/

HERE’S BOZO SUCKING UP TO THE PAISANI–HOW MUCH PAIN CAN YOU TAKE?

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CROWNED FIRST LESBIAN HOMECOMING COUPLE

Where else but California?

http://news.yahoo.com/high-school-students-crowned-americas-first-lesbian-homecoming-140805984.html

THE VERY ANGRY FIRST LADY

We had the grace and beauty of Laura Bush;now we have this:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/30/curl-the-very-angry-first-lady/

OBAMA FRAMING THE ELECTION NARRATIVE

His only option is to blame everybody else for everything.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/10/obama_framing_the_election_narrative.html

WALLBAGGERS GREETED WITH EARLIEST SNOW IN 59 YEARS

Who said God doesn’t have a sense of humor?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/occupy-wall-street-protesters-greeted-with-earliest-snow-in-59-years/

CANADIAN POLICE OPEN FIRE ON RUNAWAY COW!

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/stunning-video-canadian-police-open-fire-on-runaway-cow/

CAIN GETS THE CLARENCE THOMAS TREATMENT

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/10/31/herman-cain-clarence-thomas-sexual-harrassment/

COULTER:LIBERALS’ BIGGEST FEAR IS A CONSERVATIVE BLACK REPUBLICAN

OBAMA NEEDS VOTER AMNESIA

http://townhall.com/columnists/luritadoan/2011/10/31/obama_needs_voter_amnesia

OBAMA TO SIGN PRESCRIPTION DRUG EXECUTIVE ORDER

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/obama-to-sign-prescription-drug-executive-order/

IT HAD TO HAPPEN

ORGANIZED IGNORANCE

http://spectator.org/archives/2011/10/31/organized-ignorance

THE PARASITE LEFT

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/10/the_parasite_left.html

THE DUPED GENERATION

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/41854

ELECTION LAWS TIGHTENING IN GOP STATES

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-vote-florida-20111031,0,1962738.story

OBAMALAND:AMERICAN MULES MUST EAT CERTIFIED WEED-FREE HAY

Huh?This idiot wouldn’t know a hay bale from a bale of reefer.

Mules,horses and cattle don’t much care about weed-free,they just eat it.

http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/maritanoon/2011/10/31/obamaland_american_mules_must_eat_certified_weed-free_hay/page/full/

THE UGLINESS STARTED WITH BORK

A liberal-majority court is critical for the left to push their agenda

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/opinion/nocera-the-ugliness-all-started-with-bork.html?_r=1

WHEN YOU’RE HANDING OUT CANDY TO TRICK-OR-TREATERS TONIGHT,JUST THINK OF IT AS REDISTRIBUTING THE WEALTH!

THE TUESDAY GRUDGE

posted by Pistol Pete

TWO PRESIDENTS-

ONE HUMBLE AND REVERENT

THE OTHER ARROGANT AND SELF-ABSORBED

9/11:GEORGE W. BUSH STANDS TALL

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_091211/content/01125108.guest.html

PERRY COMES UNDER FIRE AT CNN/TEA PARTY DEBATE

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/09/12/debate.teaparty/index.html

MEMO TO GOP:SOCIAL SECURITY DEMAGOGUERY IS THE PROVINCE OF LIBERALS

http://www.creators.com/conservative/david-limbaugh.html

GUTTING DEFENSE WON’T SOLVE DEBT PROBLEM

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/584539/201109121840/Our-Budgetary-Disarmament.htm

FIVE REASONS BLACK AMERICANS SHOULD GIVE UP ON THE DEMOCRAT PARTY

http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2011/09/13/5_reasons_black_americans_should_give_up_on_the_democratic_party/page/full/

STOP CALLING TEA PARTY EXTREME–IT ISN’T

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/09/stop_calling_the_tea_party_extreme_it_isnt.html

QUESTION YOU’LL NEVER HEAR AT A DEMOCRAT DEBATE

DUDE,WHERE’S MY JOB?

http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/jackbouroudjian/2011/09/12/dude,_wheres_my_job/page/full/

OBAMA ADMIN. TARGETS DOWN SYNDROME BABIES UNDER OBAMACARE

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/09/12/obama-admin-targets-down-syndrome-babies-under-obamacare/

PAUL BOOED FOR BLAMING U.S. FOREIGN POLICY FOR TERRORIST ATTACK

DEBATE WINNERS AND LOSERS

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2011/09/12/cnntea_party_express_debate_winners_and_losers

BLABBERMOUTH-SCHULTZ:GOP CANDIDATES ‘WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR WITH THE TEA PARTY’

‘at the altar OF’ is grammatically correct,but she’s a liberal wacko,so let it go.

http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/12/wasserman-schultz-on-debate-gop-candidates-%E2%80%98worship-at-the-altar-with-the-tea-party%E2%80%99/

OBAMA’S LATEST EPA RULE KILLS ANOTHER 500 JOBS

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/09/obamas-latest-epa-rules-kills-another-500-jobs/

SWING VOTERS RECOIL FROM UNIONS AND OBAMA

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/printpage/?url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/09/12/swing_voters_recoil_from_unions_and_obama_111296.html

OBAMA TO CONGRESS:TAX  THE RICH TO PAY FOR JOBS BILL

It’s worked so well so far

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/181081-obama-tax-the-rich-to-pay-for-the-jobs-bill

KRAUTHAMMER ON OBAMA JOBS BILL: ‘THE WORD CYNICISM IS INADEQUATE HERE.’

http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/12/krauthammer-on-obama-jobs-bill-the-word-cynicism-is-inadequate-here/

ROMNEY CHEAP SHOTS PERRY

PERRY BETTER GET BETTER

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/09/12/perry-better-get-better/

OBAMA CONFIRMS AUSTRALIA VISIT–SET FOR NOVEMBER

The perpetual vacation continues

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/barack-obama-confirms-australia-visit-set-down-for-november/story-e6frg6n6-1226135318068

THE THURSDAY GRUDGE

posted by Pistol Pete

MUCH OF TODAY’S REPORT WILL OBVIOUSLY BE ON LAST NIGHT’S DEBATE AND TONIGHT’S SURE-TO-BE-INSPIRING SPEECH BY OBAMALAMADINGDONG.

YOU’LL SEE THIS CLIP A LOT TODAY

Brian Williams is shocked that Perry doesn’t feel bad about executing scum in his state

GOP DEBATE WINNERS AND LOSERS

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/09/07/reagan_library_gop_debate_winners_and_losers

DEBATE RECAP

From Powerline

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2011/09/debate-recap.php

NOBODY MESSES WITH THE PACKERS–NOT EVEN OBAMA

I said last week Packer Backers would burn down the TV station if they didn’t see the game–that was not an exaggeration

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/09/nobody_messes_with_the_packers_-_not_even_obama.html

PERRY CORRECTS BRIAN WILLIAMS ON TEXAS JOBS SMEAR

OBAMA’S JOBS PLAN TO REFLECT HIS MORE MODEST AMBITION

And it will only cost another $300 billion

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-jobs-20110908,0,3335512.story

PELOSI PEEVED REPUBLICANS OPT OUT OF REBUTTAL TO OBAMA’S SPEECH

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/07/republicans-opt-not-to-give-rebuttal-to-obama-speech-ticking-off-pelosi/?test=latestnews

AMATEUR HOUR AT THE WHITE HOUSE

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/09/amateur_hour_at_the_white_house.html

VIDEO:SHARPTON PROVIDES DEBATE ANALYSIS– ‘GALEO’ AND ‘YOUR MAMA’

http://www.breitbart.tv/nbcs-sharpton-provides-debate-analysis-galeo-and-your-mama/

NOW,FOR SOME REAL JOB CREATION

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/584103/201109071848/Now-For-Some-Real-Job-Creation.htm

KIDS WITH BUSH ON 9/11 SAW CHANGE SWEEP OVER HIM

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Kids-with-Bush-on-9-11-saw-change-sweep-over-him-2159471.php

PERRY,ROMNEY COME OUT SWINGING

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/rick-perry-and-mitt-romney-come-out-swinging-in-reagan-debate/2011/09/07/gIQAhygcAK_blog.html

PERRY SLAMS ROVE AS ‘OVER THE TOP’ IN HEATED SOCIAL SECURITY DEBATE

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/perry-rove-socialsecurity/2011/09/07/id/410147

NEWT UNLOADS ON MEDIA

THE WATERMELON REGIME’S PAY TO PLAY WAY

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/09/the_watermelon_regimes_pay-to-play_way.html

HERE IS VIDEO OF THE FULL DEBATE FROM MSNBC

http://www.therightscoop.com/reagan-library-gop-debate-live-stream/

OBAMA’S MAD DASH FOR THE EXIT IN IRAQ

http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2011/09/07/obamas-mad-dash-exit-iraq/

THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY BY THE NUMBERS

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904583204576544712358583844.html

MSNBC RUNS SEIU ATTACK AD ON REPUBLICANS DURING GOP DEBATE

http://www.breitbart.tv/msnbc-runs-seiu-attack-ad-on-republicans-during-gop-debate/

THUGGERY IN WISCONSIN UNION BATTLE

We’re going to see this type of violence repeatedly as the overthrow of the regime draws nigh;it’s all they have

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/09/thuggery_in_the_wisconsin_union_battle.html

THE RISE AND FALL OF HOPE AND CHANGE

You’ve GOT to check this out!

http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=93212

MONICA LEWINSKY HAS FAILED TO FIND HAPPINESS

She had a chance at a normal life–then she went to the White House and blew it.

(sorry)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034697/Lonely-Monica-Lewinsky-trying-play-Bill-Clinton-affair.html

ELDERLY RELATIVE FALLS,LEFT TO DIE;

MOTHER AND SON ‘HAD OTHER THINGS TO DO’

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_b90795de-246c-5e96-8165-a46f9feb6a9b.html

DRUNKEN ELK GETS STUCK IN TREE

http://www.thelocal.se/36002/20110907/

RACE FOR WEINER’S SEAT TURNS INTO OBAMA BASHFEST

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/09/07/battle-for-weiners-seat-in-congress-turns-into-referendum-on-obama-policies/

RUSH:OBAMA HAS NOT FAILED

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_090711/content/01125106.guest.html

PALESTINIANS USE OBAMA’S OWN WORDS IN NEW RADIO AD

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/09/figures-palestinians-use-obamas-own-words-in-a-new-radio-ad/

STARTING TO GET A LITTLE LOOPY-TTFN