Barack Obama

Here's a great summary of why we all should have been in the streets a long time ago, apparently written by a Republican to fellow Republicans:

Now, since Obama's regime, all of a sudden, folks have gotten mad, and want to take America Back...BACK TO WHAT/WHERE is my question?

After The 8 Years Of The Bush/Cheney Disaster, Now You Get Mad?

You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.

You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate Energy policy and push us to invade Iraq.

You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us.

You didn't get mad when we spent over 800 billion (and counting) on said illegal war.

You didn't get mad when Bush borrowed more money from foreign sources than the previous 42 Presidents combined.

You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars in cash just disappeared in Iraq.

From the I-got-irritated-and-did-some-quick-research department:

Politifact, a purportedly "neutral" fact-checking organization, is a bullshit factory.

Here's why:

Politifact was established in August 2007, according to WIkipedia--Politifact's own "About" page tells absolutely nothing of their history.

They have rated a grand total of four statements by George W. Bush, one in each category of "True", "Mostly True", "Half True", and "False". (The remaining categories are "Mostly False" and "Pants on Fire".

By contrast, they have rated 341 statements by Barack Obama. The breakdown is 81 T, 77 MT, 85 HT, 42 MF, 51 F, and 5 POF.

Rumors have surfaced that the White House and Pentagon are completing plans to bomb Wall Street into submission as a final solution to bringing to an end the current string of economic problems fomented by the evildoers of high finance.

Today President Obama and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (shown below on our back porch campaigning for Obama in 2008) rejected efforts by anti-women's health groups and their allies in Congress to cut off access to birth control for millions of women simply because they work at religiously affiliated hospitals or attend religiously affiliated universities.

North Carolina has the second-longest federal judicial emergency in the nation.

Public Policy Polling says the smart black guy trumps the serial adulterer in the Old North State. Who'd a thunkit?

You can add North Carolina to the list of states where the Newt surge is good news for Barack Obama's reelection prospects. He leads Gingrich by a 47-43 margin there.

I won't be dwelling on the legal or ethical problems associated with the Solyndra loan guarantee debacle; I'm sure investigators will be sorting that out soon enough. But I did want to clarify a few aspects of this situation, because apparently many folks are viewing this company's troubles as a failure of either public policy or the viability of renewable energy itself. Far from it. As a matter of fact, this story represents a stunning victory. Not only was the precipitous drop in the price of solar panels predictable, it was desired.

Which never should have been dropped in the first place:

But the White House, in its latest five-year plan proposal, also intends to place all of the East Coast off limits to exploration, reports The New York Times. The ban on West Coast drilling also would be maintained.

And this is one good reason why these decisions simply cannot be left up to individual states:

Hi folks!

Long time, no post, I know. But the reasons for my long silence is a blog post for another day. I thought you might appreciate this news out of Occupy Greensboro:

If you are going to demand change, start at the top.

Since the president is coming to town, we though we would pay him a visit.

Will it work? We don't know, but we will try.

He can:

1) Let the hotel be the bad guy and tell us to leave or be arrested, in which case we will decamp to the PUBLIC street and wait.

2) Send an aide to receive the petitions and we will say, "No thanks, we wish to deliver them to the president personally."

3) He can sneak out the back and avoid us, not very presidential.

4) He can actually meet with us.

Regardless, we will be collecting polite, cogent letters to hand him at:

dearmrpresident@occupygreensboro.org

Did I mention that we are sending this letter to all the local press?

An Open Letter from the