gp_archives / 2009 / February

Today we’re gonna party like it’s 1773! UPDATE: Photos & video added

Posted 27 Feb 2009 in economy, patriotism, Republicans, taxes, teaparty

I won’t be blogging much today, as I will be attending two Tea Party demonstrations here in Dallas and Fort Worth today to protest the runaway spending being carried out by President Obama and Democrats in Congress. If they don’t hear from us en masse, they’ll just keep printing money, raising our taxes, spending us into a deeper hole and putting our children and grandchildren further in debt. Texas Tea Party The Cowtown Bar & Grill Friday, February 27, 2009 3pm to 7pm 7108 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76116 (817) 570-7910 There will also be a demonstration at Victory Plaza in downtown Dallas today from 11:00am – ?? Michelle Malkin has a list of other Tea Party...

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Responding to Obama’s nuanced SOTU speech

Posted 25 Feb 2009 in Barack Obama, economy, hypocrisy

“I promise you — I get it!” For me, that was President Obama’s most disingenuous phrase of the evening. And the perfect summary for all he’s done wrong up to now. He most certainly does not “get it.” Tonight’s half-hearted pep talk doesn’t undo the past month of fearmongering he’s engaged in every time he’s spoken about the economy. The American people continually hear about how this is the worst economy since the Great Depression; carefully chosen language which brings to mind bread lines and crushing poverty. Obama’s even gone so far as to say we might “never recover” without the profligate spending he and Congressional Democrats are peddling. Fifty-two minutes of insincere puffery won’t undo all that now....

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President Obama’s "stimulus" plan patterned after Monty Python sketch

Posted 23 Feb 2009 in Barack Obama, economy, humor, socialism, taxes

It’s been bothering me how familiar President Obama’s “stimulus” plan looked. And then it occurred to me…I’ve seen it before! “Wait a tic … blimey, this redistribution of wealth is trickier than I thought.”

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The Air Force One mote in President Obama’s eye

Posted 19 Feb 2009 in Barack Obama, economy, environment, hypocrisy

Does President Obama’s messiah complex mean that he doesn’t have to practice what he preaches? Does anybody remember when President Obama chastised Detroit auto executives for flying to Washington to beg for their bailouts, saying they were “tone deaf” to the concerns of the American people? Or when he scolded Citibank for their plans to purchase a corporate jet? Or when he criticized banking officials for flying to corporate events “on the taxpayer’s dime”? Then somebody explain to me why President Obama, who regularly talks about “green energy” and a “new era responsibility,” made the doubly feckless choice to fly Air Force One 1,700 miles to Denver to sign the $3.27 trillion government expansion bill rather than simply doing...

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More diplomatic blunders from President Obama

Posted 18 Feb 2009 in Barack Obama, dhimmitude, Hillary Clinton, stupidity

Two news headlines demonstrate the Obama administration’s priorities in diplomacy. Barack Obama sends bust of Winston Churchill on its way back to BritainA bust of the former prime minister once voted the greatest Briton in history, which was loaned to George W Bush from the Government’s art collection after the September 11 attacks, has now been formally handed back. The bronze by Sir Jacob Epstein, worth hundreds of thousands of pounds if it were ever sold on the open market, enjoyed pride of place in the Oval Office during President Bush’s tenure. But when British officials offered to let Mr Obama to hang onto the bust for a further four years, the White House said: “Thanks, but no thanks.”...

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President Obama signs spending bill, hails "the beginning of the end"

Posted 17 Feb 2009 in Barack Obama, Democrats, economy, outrage

Well, the fight is over. The Democrats’ pork-laden $3.27 Trillion spending monstrosity is now law. BOHICA. DENVER – President Barack Obama put his own indelible imprint on the nation’s distressed economy Tuesday, signing the huge recovery package into law, readying a $50 billion proposal to help homeowners fend off foreclosure and awaiting emergency restructuring plans from flailing automakers. Obama said the sprawling legislation, which congressional Democrats pushed to passage last week over near-unanimous opposition from Republicans, would “set our economy on a firmer foundation.” Obama’s first major piece of legislation, it’s a $787 billion mix of tax cuts and one of the biggest public spending programs since World War II. “I don’t want to pretend that today marks the...

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Silencing dissent with the "(Un)fairness Doctrine"

Posted 16 Feb 2009 in Barack Obama, censorship, Democrats, hypocrisy, intolerance, liberals

Are the Democrats trying to censor free speech with the “(Un)fairness Doctrine”? Ed Morrissey reminds us what then-candidate Obama had to say about it back in June of 2008: “Senator Obama does not support re-imposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters,” said press secretary Michael Ortiz in an e-mail to B&C late Wednesday. “He considers this debate to be a distraction from the conversation we should be having about opening up the airwaves and modern communications to as many diverse viewpoints as possible,” said Ortiz. But now that President Obama and the Democrats are in charge, it appears that fascism is back on the menu: WALLACE: Will you rule out reimposing the Fairness Doctrine? AXELROD: I’m going to leave that...

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Don’t bring Gitmo prisoners to Texas

Posted 12 Feb 2009 in Barack Obama, humor, jihadists, terrorism

The terrorists are gonna have to go somewhere when Gitmo is closed. I’m glad it’s not gonna be here. WASHINGTON – Texas Republicans turned up the pressure Wednesday over the president’s plan to close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, demanding assurance that terrorists won’t end up in facilities in Texas. “Any such detention facility in the continental United States would instantly become a target for terrorists,” the GOP lawmakers warned in a letter to President Barack Obama, who has set a one-year deadline to close the prison. Rep. Lamar Smith of San Antonio, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, has been pushing legislation to ensure that none of the detainees end up on U.S. soil,...

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Are Democrats dragging America over the cliff?

Posted 12 Feb 2009 in Barack Obama, Democrats, responsibility, taxes, wise quotes

In my December 31 post, I did my best not to be pessimistic as we headed into 2009. President Obama had not yet been inaugurated and I sincerely wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, despite my strong reservations about how I figured he would translate his radical beliefs into public policy. So I gathered a few quotes as watchwords and tried to be cautiously optimistic. The last month, however, has proven accurate my forboding. In just 23 days, President Obama and Congressional Democrats have taken every opportunity to quickly weaken, undermine, and “remake” America into a faltering doppelganger of European timidity. Issued order to close Guantanamo Abased himself on Al-Arabiya Dropped the charges against the USS...

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The real price tag of the Generational Theft Act: $3.27 TRILLION

Posted 12 Feb 2009 in Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, economy, lies, outrage

Lando Calrissian said it best: “This deal’s getting worse all the time!” Via The Heritage Foundation: All of the major news outlets are reporting that the stimulus bill voted out of conference committee last night has a meager $789 billion price tag. This number is pure fantasy. No one believes that the increased funding for programs the left loves like Head Start, Medicaid, COBRA, and the Earned Income Tax Credit is in anyway temporary. No Congress under control of the left will ever cut funding for these programs. So what is the true cost of the stimulus if these spending increases are made permanent? Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) asked the Congressional Budget Office to estimate the impact of permanently...

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