At Last Obama Slips Below 50%!

Rasmussen Report

28% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -12. That's the lowest rating yet recorded for President Obama.

Sixty-one percent (61%) of voters say the country is moving down the wrong track, down two points from last week.

North Carolina's Stupid Tax Policy

American Thinker

Bullys in the White House

MALKIN

Also, see Malkin's new book: Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies

Please Don't Go to The White House Sgt. Crowley

Sgt. Crowley of the Cambridge police, definitely should not go to the White House. He is being used. The president calls it a teachable moment. But it is obvious that the president and his friend are still thinking racial profiling. If Crowley goes, he should say up front, ”That was a righteous bust and if you try to hint anything else, I am out of there.”

Driving home one frigid, windy night, I was pulled over by a policeman for weaving. When I explained that the wind was blowing my little VW Beatle back and forth, he let me go. A few minutes later I saw him parked on the road and I stopped, went over to his car, and as a local citizen, thanked him on his willingness to be out protecting us on such a night.

That is the way a college professor interacts with a policeman doing his job.

Sgt. Crowley is notified that two people look like they are trying to break into a neighbor’s house. There is no mention of whether they are black or white. There had been a recent attempt at a break in.

The reaction Crowley gets is not one to be expected by a person claiming to be a college professor, which should be: “Officer, thank you for checking on things. There was an attempted break in a little while back, so my neighbors are doing a good job of neighborhood watch.”

Instead, at first the man inside refuses to open the door. Later, Crowley is confronted by a slightly unkempt man, who is using some street language. “Is he really a college professor, or is he an intruder flashing bogus ID, trying to fake me out?”“He sure as hell does not look, act or talk like a Harvard professor.” (Which is what Crowley later indicated.)

As the man becomes even more erratic and refuses to say where the other man is in the house, it is time to take the action outside where there are witnesses and backup. The officer, definitely does not want to be shot by someone acting out of control or someone hiding in the house.

Not being able to get the situation under control, Sgt. Crowley takes the man, downtown. It is still not clear that he is not an intruder pulling a con.

There are only two teachable moments here. One is the president should learn to watch his mouth. The other lesson is how to interact with a law enforcement person who is trying to do his job. That don't need Crowley for that.

Obama Ready, Fire, Aim

Health Care Reformer Claims Don't Add Up

Investors Business Daily

Barbara Boxer Plays the Race Card Against a Black Businessman

This is powerful stuff! But you must listen very carefully to what Mr. Alford heard. If you do pay attention, you will get a lesson in Liberals’ racism. He has an exquisite radar for picking up the most subtle of the patronizing racism of the Left.

Crisis? Subterfuge for Government Takeover of Health Care?

Foxx Pledges to Read the Bill

Rep. Foxx signed the pledge to read the bill, so I sent her the following e-mail:

“Thanks for signing the pledge to read the bill. I hope there is some parliamentary procedure that can force Pelosi to give people the time. I tried to read Kennedy and Hagan's senate bill. Gave me a headache.

Leading up to the so called stimulus bill, I asked Kay Hagan to pledge to me that she would read the bill before signing. Of course, I never heard back from her. I put the letter on the blog, and every once and a while some reader will write in asking "Have you heard back from Hagan yet?" Some add "Hope you're not holding your breath."

This time, because she was part of signing off on the Kennedy bill, I guess she can claim she has read at least one of them. (The second worst proposal after the House's)
You are the greatest! Thanks again.”

Obama Irks Some Democrats By Declaring He Can Ignore Legislation

Four senior House Democrats on Tuesday said they were "chagrined" by President Obama's declaration in June that he doesn't have to comply with provisions in a war spending bill that puts conditions on aid provided to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
President Obama has irked close allies in Congress by declaring he has the right to ignore legislation on constitutional grounds after having criticized George W. Bush for doing the same.

Four senior House Democrats on Tuesday said they were "surprised" and "chagrined" by Obama's declaration in June that he doesn't have to comply with provisions in a war spending bill that puts conditions on aid provided to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

In a signing statement accompanying the $106 billion bill, Obama said he wouldn't allow the legislation to interfere with his authority as president to conduct foreign policy and negotiate with other governments.

Earlier in his six-month-old administration, Obama issued a similar statement regarding provisions in a $410 billion omnibus spending bill. He also included qualifying remarks when signing legislation that established commissions to govern public lands in New York, investigate the financial crisis and celebrate Ronald Reagan's birthday.

"During the previous administration, all of us were critical of (Bush's) assertion that he could pick and choose which aspects of congressional statutes he was required to enforce," the Democrats wrote in their letter to Obama. "We were therefore chagrined to see you appear to express a similar attitude."

The letter was signed by Reps. David Obey of Wisconsin, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Barney Frank of Massachusetts, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, as well as Reps. Nita Lowey and Gregory Meeks, both of New York, who chair subcommittees on those panels.

Obama needs Obey and Frank in particular to push through Congress key pieces of his agenda, including health care and financial oversight reform.

The White House said Tuesday the administration plans to implement the provisions of the bill and suggested that Obama's signing statement was aimed more at defending the president's executive powers than skirting the law.

"The president has also already made it clear that he will not ignore statutory obligations on the basis of policy disagreements and will reserve signing statements for legislation that raises clearly identified constitutional concerns," White House spokesman Ben LaBolt said in a statement.

Bush issued a record number of signing statements while in office as he sparred with Democrats on such big issues as the war in Iraq.

Democrats, including Obama, sharply criticized Bush as overstepping his bounds as president. In March, Obama ordered a review of Bush's guidelines for implementing legislation.

"There is no doubt that the practice of issuing such statements can be abused," Obama wrote in a memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies.

At the same time, however, Obama did not rule out issuing any signing statements, which have been used for centuries. Rather, he ordered his administration to work with Congress to inform lawmakers about concerns over legality before legislation ever reaches his desk. He also pledged to use caution and restraint when writing his own signing statements, and said he would rely on Justice Department guidance when doing so.

Two days after issuing the memo, Obama issued his first signing statement after receiving a $410 billion omnibus spending bill. He said the bill would "unduly interfere" with his authority by directing him how to proceed, or not to, in negotiations and discussions with international organizations and foreign governments.

Obey and the other House lawmakers said this week that Obama's signing statement on the war bill will make it tougher in the future to persuade other lawmakers to support the World Bank and IMF.

If Congress can't place conditions on the money, "it will make it virtually impossible to provide further allocations for these institutions," they wrote.

Polls Mid July

Generic Congressional Vote
Rasmussen Reports 7/13 - 7/19 Democrats 38 Republicans 42 Republicans +4

Direction of Country
Rasmussen Reports 7/5 - 7/12 Right Direction 32 Wrong Direction 62

Rasmussen Reports 2012 Match-ups: Obama, Romney Tied at 45%; Obama 48%, Palin 42%

I am a Conservative

Someone calling himself/herself Anonymous posted this on the comment page. I thought it should not be missed, so I am putting it out front:

Republicans are responsible for Republicans falling out of power, but not because they behaved as conservatives. George Bush spent more money and is responsible for more government growth than any Democrat president that came before him. The Republicans moved from right-of-center to left-of-center in only eight years. I am a conservative and an unaffiliated voter who believes that one cannot be a "compassionate conservative" with other people's money. Government is the only entity that can legally use force to obtain its goals. This means that when it uses my tax dollars to build a safety fence around a lake that doesn't exist, it is in part, doing so by holding a gun to my head. The Democrats are no better but I do not mistake Republicanism for conservatism. There are too many Republicans that have placed the party before the Constitution, liberty, and the principles of smaller government and less spending.The free market has brought more people up out of poverty than any government social planning. Any failure in the free market correcting itself can be traced back to government interference. To give the government more money and more power means handing social planning over to politicians and their political whims about getting elected. This nation began with leaders that risked everything they had to provide us with liberty. Today, our politicians do not lead, they dictate. They will not accept the same health care plans that they are willing to saddle on us. They will not curb their lavish lifestyles to save energy, but they will chastise us for leaving the refrigerator door open for too long. When our leaders lead by example, they will find me more compliant. Until then, I will voice my dissent.

Barbara Boxer to General: Call me "Senator," not "Ma'am"

Someone sent me this today, supposedly from a military man:

You were so right on when you scolded the general on TV for using the term, maâm, instead of Senator. After all, in the military, maâmis a term of respect when addressing a female of superior rank or position.
The general was totally wrong. You are not a person of superior rank or position.

CBO Dir. Elmendorf Says the Dems' Bill Will Expand Federal Health Care Spending Significantly

WOOPS!

Daddy and Mommy Love in Politics

In his June newsletter to his partners, the Rev. Rick Joyner writes: “In politics, we have what is called the ‘Mommy and Daddy factor.’” Voters tend to turn to strong father figures (i.e., Republicans) when faced with external danger. Then when the problem is domestic, they turn to mother figure (i.e., Democrats).

Reading this, I was reminded of the psychologist Eric Fromm’s teaching on conditional and unconditional love. He named them “father love” and “mother love” because of the parent who typically demonstrates each.

Conditional love, or father love, the child experiences on the condition he or she reaches some potential. Unconditional love or mother love, is experienced always with no conditions. For Fromm, each love could come from either parent, but both were important for the psychological wholeness of the child.

Joyner notes that when McCain began to run, the war on terror was paramount. Even though he was being outspent eight to one, and had nearly the entire media against him, he still was running ahead. Then in September, the problems in the economy hit like a tsunami. In typical fashion, the people became fearful and turned to the mother who promised to fix things for them. Even then, that message only won by a slim margin.

Joyner concludes that if Republicans could ever figure a way of projecting compassion, they would be unbeatable. If on the other hand, Democrats could project a devotion to strong foreign policy and national defense, they would be unbeatable.

How then do fathers sell a love which says “I believe in you and I want to help you believe in yourself. I want you to ‘be all you can be’.” On the other hand, mother love is easy. Remember Peggy, who exclaimed “I will never have to worry again! If I have trouble, Obama is going to pay my bills!”

Boone Town Council

A reader asked if Republicans would be running candidates for Boone Town Council. Finally, we have the answer:
Jean Borhman (owner of Char) and Matt Long (General Contractor). A Democrat (John ??) owns Haircut 101 downtown, filed against Loretta on Friday. That shows some opposition within their own party. Not to mention the resignation of Liz Aycock before filing.

Off With Sarah's Head!

Gregg, (See Below **)your many explanations of why people attack Sarah Palin are constructive. As a psychologist and a priest, I want to add another. There is a condition described in Christian literature as “coming under conviction.” It is a disturbing experience brought on when a person is made aware they are going against their own conscience. When conviction comes on you, you either repent, or oppositely, rid yourself of the irritant.

There is that great illustration in T.S. Elliot’s “Murder in the Cathedral” when Archbishop Thomas Beckett confronts Henry II regarding the king's sin. Unable to bear more, Henry cries: “Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest!” Then he has Beckett assassinated.

The Bible has stories of kings who did not like the messages they received, so they killed the messenger.

There stands Sarah Palin saying it is wrong to kill the unborn, cuddling her un aborted Downs syndrome child. “Can no one rid us of this meddlesome woman!” screams those coming under conviction.

**Reader Gregg writes:
The reasons for the liberal hate of Sarah Palin are:

1. She didn't abort her baby
2. She is attractive
3. She is a Conservative
4. She was from the grass roots
5. She didn't ride her husbands coat-tails
6. She likes guns
7. She likes men
8. She was from an average American family
9. She didn't go to an Ivy League college
10. She is not a bleeding-heart liberal who blames America first
11. She doesn't hang out with terrorist.
12. She doesn't need a teleprompter.
13. She never worked for ACORN to commit vote fraud.
14. She doesn't support Black Liberation Theology.
15. She wants to give power to the people instead of government.
16. She's not afraid stand up to her own party.
17. She supports energy independence.
18. She supports the people of Iran over their brutal dictator.
19. She supports Israel (not anti-semetic).
20. She's good enough, she's smart enough, and doggone it, people like her.
21. She loves our troops
22. She does not defend terrorists
23. She wins her ethics charges
24. She is not a lawyer
25. She was born in the USA not Kenya
26. She has carried only a US passport.

This post invites readers to add to the list of why people like her if you would like to. If you want to start a list of why people don’t like her, do it on another blog, or at least on another post on this blog. Stay off this post

Forgetting Sarah Palin

Ann Coulter You Are So Right On

Small Businesses Irate Over Climate Change Bill

The revolution will not be televised: it's been blinking along on a giant bakery sign in St. Louis, Mo., instead.

Fed up with his congressman's vote on a sweeping climate-change bill that passed the House of Representatives in late June, the proprietor of McArthur's Bakery took to his street sign and posted a clear message to all passersby:

"Russ Carnahan voted to ... close us and other ... small business."

David McArthur, vice president of the 52-year-old family operation, a Gateway City institution, is one of a growing umber of business owners and taxpayers nationwide who are mobilizing against the so-called cap-and-trade bill, which would levy harsh fines on energy consumption that harms the environment.

McArthur told FOXNews.com that every aspect of his business relies on the forms of energy targeted by the American Clean Energy and Security Act, and that his congressman, Carnahan, was supporting "a direct tax increase on small business" by voting for it.

"We make (our product) with electricity, we bake it with gas, we refrigerate and freeze it with electricity and we distribute it with gas and oil," said McArthur, who said he worries that high prices could cost his company up to $15,000 a year in an industry with a very tight margin for profit.

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The legislation requires that the country reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020. Big energy plants and producers would have a cap on emissions like carbon dioxide, but could purchase "credits" from other companies that have met their reduction goals. The Obama administration says it will pump hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy.

The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the plan would have a minimal effect on most taxpayers, costing an average family about 25 cents a day in its first years of implementation.

But the effect on small businesses could be wide-reaching.

"He's killing small business -- he's killing us," McArthur said of Carnahan, who was one of a majority of Democrats who voted for the bill in a closely fought 219-212 vote.

McArthur, who penned a scathing letter to Carnahan, is not alone in taking the message directly to his congressman. Dozens of small protests were organized at the end of June at federal buildings and outside the offices of national lawmakers who voted for the bill.

Mike Wilson, who led a protest in Cincinnati of about 100 people on June 27 across from the offices of Rep. Steve Driehaus, D-Ohio, said he was appalled by the 1,500-page legislation, which was fast-tracked by House leaders for a vote Friday. A 310-page amendment was slapped onto the bill Friday morning.

"It was, quite frankly, criminal passing a bill that you didn't read," said Wilson, founder of the anti-tax group Cincinnati Tea Party.

Wilson says he is part of a national movement opposed to the bill that was organizing protests from Napa to Nashville, and that will continue to assert pressure as the Senate prepares to vote on the bill later this year.

Crowds were not as large as those at the April 15 anti-tax Tea Party protests, from which the base of these rallies is being formed.

But the protesters aren't the only ones monitoring how members of Congress are voting on the issue.

The National Federation of Independent Business and the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors announced they have started a public scorecard on how lawmakers vote on priority legislation for business owners -- and are keeping a close eye on all the congressmen who have supported cap-and-trade.

The NFIB says escalating fuel costs are the second-biggest problem small business owners face, and argued that the legislation is putting a premium on alternative energy sources without considering the needs of entrepreneurs.

"At a time when our nation faces near 10 percent unemployment and stalled economic growth, now is not the time to impose an $846 billion energy tax on small business," wrote Susan Eckerly, senior vice president for public policy at the NFIB.

In the days since McArthur flashed his feelings on the bakery's electronic billboard, he was contacted by Carnahan's office and agreed to take the message down. He is happy to have a new line of communication to Carnahan, but he said that the current crisis is putting enough pressure on his business without added pressure from the bill.

"We have not had the ability to make money for the last three years," McArthur said. "Another year and a 50-year icon in St. Louis is gone."

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CBS, Helen Thomas Challenge Gibbs On "Controlled" Town Hall Meeting

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