Government incomprehensibility
Our Federal government has a new program. I'd describe it to you, but after reading their own description from their own website, I have no idea what it does. The so-called "description" is little more than political fluff with no real details on what actually is going on! But don't take my word for it... see for yourself.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/22/social-innovation-fund-government-doing-business-differently
Public option is back
Although we were told that ObamaCare ditched the public option, many of us warned that the liberal wing would start trying very hard to pass extra legislation putting one in place. And we were right.
As both political parties worry about the growing federal deficit, an unlikely proposal is returning from last year’s divisive healthcare debate: the "public option." Creating a major government health insurance program was roundly rejected last year, but 128 House Democrats are pushing to reconsider the idea, contending that it would hold down federal spending.
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/shocker-here-comes-the-public-option?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sweetness-light%2FsURR+(Sweetness+%26+Light+-+Articles)
White House wants your pay information
PresBo and Congressional Democrats, in the name of "paycheck fairness," want to know a lot of information about you and your pay.
The Obama administration is backing legislation that includes regulations requiring U.S. businesses to provide to the government data about employee pay as it relates to the sex, race and national origin of employees.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/69746
Obama would lose today to an unnamed GOP candidate for President
This must be exceedingly bad news for him, but right now voters would rather have a Republican, ANY Republican, win in 2012 than Obama.
According to a new Quinnipiac University poll , Americans would rather vote for an unnamed Republican than Obama in 2012 by a 39% to 36% margin.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/07/22/2010-07-22_gopers_leads_president_barack_obama_in_2012_presidential_race_poll_disapproval_a.html
So much for "Recovery Summer"
PresBo and Biden have been trumpeting the so-called "recovery summer," claiming that, this summer, jobs would be created and the economy would rebound. It must have disappointed him to discover that new unemployment claims jumped last week by 37,000.
New claims for unemployment insurance jumped by 37,000 to a seasonally adjusted 464,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The sharp increase comes after claims fell steeply two weeks ago to their lowest level since August 2008. But much of that drop was driven by temporary seasonal factors and not an improving job market.
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/recovery-summer-jobless-claims-up-37k?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sweetness-light%2FsURR+(Sweetness+%26+Light+-+Articles)
Climate bill dies... let the blame begin!
The Senate admits that it simply cannot muster 60 votes for cap & trade legislation, and the finger-pointing to assign the blame is already beginning. Geeze, maybe it was just a bad bill, you know?
Conceding that they can't find enough votes for the legislation, Senate Democrats on Thursday abandoned efforts to put together a comprehensive energy bill that would seek to curb greenhouse gas emissions, delivering a potentially fatal blow to a proposal the party has long touted and President Obama campaigned on.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/22/AR2010072203614.html?hpid=topnews
Obama lie exposed
This author makes the point that, on ObamaCare being a tax or not, Obama absolutely lied.
One of two things is true, here. Either the mandate is a tax, as the Obama Justice Department now asserts in court, and President Barack Obama lied to the American people -- loudly, firmly, repeatedly, as he worked to get this massive federal power grab enacted -- or else Barack Obama was telling the truth last year, the penalty is not a tax, and the Justice Department (directly answerable to the president) is lying in court today when it asserts no one can challenge the mandate because it falls under the wide-ranging "taxing authority" ... that it's a tax. Someone's lying: either Barack Obama or Barack Obama.
http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/health-care-lies-99089234.html
I hope you found these articles and opinion pieces informative and entertaining. Have a great weekend.
"Recovery summer" is mostly gone. I wouldn't count on much of a effort now. The President will have to save up the misery and use some fancy footwork by next summer...to improve his re-election chances in November 2012. Meanwhile...there are Democrats sitting there in southern states...shaking their heads and wondering how they got talked into this mess.
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