Union Boss Trumka Issues Threat. Demands That Democratic Elected Officials Support Unions Or Else
Posted: 6 June, 2011 Filed under: Barack Obama, Elections, Politics, Progressive Agenda, Union Corruption, Union Deals, Unions | Tags: barack obama, boeing, elections, intelligent us politics, national labor relations board, nlrb, Politics, richard trumka, socialism, trumka, union, union corruption, unions, us politics, workers of the world unite Leave a comment »If I was in the process of ramping up to spend more than $500 million of money that I stole fair and square to reelect Barack Obama, I suppose I would be rather demanding. In fact, I’d probably feel just like Richard Trumka who, I’m sure, feels he bought this President, along with most of the Democrats in the House and Senate, so they had better by God support the unions who put them in office. Read the rest of this entry »
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Obama Admin Loaned $2 Billion To Brazilian Company For Offshore Oil Wells But Halted US Drilling In Gulf
Posted: 23 March, 2011 Filed under: Barack Obama, Energy, Global Warming, Progressive Agenda | Tags: barack obama, corruption, energy, energy exploration, energy policy, obama, oil, oil drilling, political corruption Leave a comment »
Republican Senator David Vitter of Louisiana is questioning how the United States has benefited from a $2-billion loan the United States made to a Brazilian oil company for its offshore drilling operations.
Senator Vitter is entirely right in questioning a loan which carries with it such utter hypocrisy.
How has that loan helped US companies, the senator asked in a March 17, 2011 letter to Fred Hochberg, president of the Export-Import Bank.
“I am sure you can understand the frustration Louisianans have with a $2 billion loan to produce energy offshore Brazil,” Vitter wrote to Hochberg – especially given the “ongoing de facto moratorium” on deep water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Obama administration has approved only three permits for drilling new deep water wells in the Gulf of Mexico since it lifted its moratorium on issuing permits last October– seven months after the BP rig explosion and oil spill.
“I would appreciate a full accounting for the return on investment the American taxpayer has received, and is anticipated to receive, on the $2 billion loan to this Brazilian petroleum company,” Vitter wrote to Hochberg. “I want to understand why permitting domestically is nearly stalled, and if there is at least a return on this investment over the last year and a half for supporting production offshore Brazil.”
When Vitter first inquired about the loan to Petrobras (the Brazilian national oil company) two years ago, the Export-Import Bank responded to Vitter’s staff by telephone, explaining that the US would benefit from the loan through the increased export of US drilling products and services.
The Export-Import Bank of the United States, the official export credit agency of the United States, helps finance the export of US goods and services to international markets.
Specifically, Vitter now wants to know:
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The name of all US companies that have increased exports based on this loan.
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The specific product exports that have increased based on this loan.
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The return on investment for this loan during the next 5 and 10-year windows.
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The name of all US and foreign investors, including institutional investors, that increased their share holdings in Petrobras in excess of $50 million within a 6 month period before and after the loan.
“Given that U.S. offshore oil and gas reserves are estimated at nearly triple the 40 billion barrels estimated offshore Brazil, a thorough response from you would be helpful in understanding why permitting domestically is nearly stalled, and if there is at least a return on investment for supporting production offshore Brazil,” Vitter wrote.
Obama was in Brazil last weekend. Monday, he arrived in Chile, From there he’ll stop in El Salvador. The White House says the South American trip is intended to seek out “job creating opportunities.”
Export-Import Bank President Hochberg is among the delegation accompanying Obama on his South American trip.
Congressional Dems Express Frustration Over Lack Of Obama Leadership
Posted: 16 March, 2011 Filed under: Barack Obama, Budget Crisis, Health Care Reform, ObamaCare | Tags: barack obama, budget, congress, congressional democrats, congressional elections, democrats, leadership, liberals, obama, obamacare, president Leave a comment »
Democrats in Congress say they have grown frustrated with Obama because of his lack of leadership in their ongoing battle with Republicans over spending cuts, but with nothing in Obama’s career to suggest that he is one for political rough riding, it is odd for Democrats to express dismay that Obama isn’t leading the charge.
During the bloody 14-month fight over ObamaCare, Obama opted not to fully engage until the final three weeks. Since Obama declined to take the lead when it came to a multi-trillion-dollar law that will forever be associated with his name, Democrats should know that he isn’t jumping into the fight over funding the government for six months. Read the rest of this entry »
Labor Unions Intensify The Street War In Wisconsin
Posted: 24 February, 2011 Filed under: Barack Obama, Elections, Mid Term Election, Politics, Progressive Agenda, Recession, Unions | Tags: congressional elections, democratic party, democrats, economics, liberal agenda, political corruption, progressive agenda, ronald reagan, Scott Schaefer Leave a comment »
Wisconsin Republicans have begun increasing the pressure on the Democratic State Senators who fled Wisconsin to prevent legislature from having a quorum, thus forestalling that body’s ability to vote on budget legislation aimed at returning the state to a sustainable course of fiscal sanity.
These Democrats, who fled Wisconsin faster than the French left Paris, are obstructionists who are refusing to work within the law, continue to reject the defeat Democrats suffered at the polls in the November midterm elections. The massacre suffered by the Democrats in November was due to a political tsunami of American voters who turned out by the millions, casting their votes for fiscal responsibility. Read the rest of this entry »
Dog Pile on ObamaCare: Tally Of States Suing Government Over ObamaCare Now Totals 26
Posted: 19 January, 2011 Filed under: Bailouts, Barack Obama, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Mid Term Election, Politics, Recession | Tags: barack obama, constitutionality, federal government, lawsuits, obama, obamacare, supreme court Leave a comment »
As House Republicans in Washington along with the new Tea Party freshman ponder and debate how to repeal ObamaCare, six more states joined a lawsuit in Florida against President Obama’s health care overhaul. Now more than half of the states in the Union are challenging the law. Read the rest of this entry »
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Hypocrisy Transparent As Obama Prepares To Meet With Chamber of Commerce
Posted: 19 January, 2011 Filed under: Barack Obama, Economy, Mid Term Election, Progressive Agenda | Tags: anti-business, barack obama, campaign finance laws, chamber of commerce, midterm election, obama, reelection Leave a comment »
Although the sea of socialist rhetoric and hypocrisy through which Barack Obama makes us wade is routinely deep, I found a news blurb this morning that I found particularly hypocritical. Barack Obama is meeting with the US Chamber of Commerce to see what he can do to help create jobs. Obama also wants to assure the business community he supports them.
That’s a tall order for the most anti-business President in our history.
Then it dawned on me, this is what Obama meant by transparency when he was running for office, because his effort to appear pro-business by making nice with the Chamber of Commerce is entirely transparent.
Just two months ago Obama was on a nationwide speaking tour attacking and maligning the Chamber of Commerce, claiming they were trying to buy the election, and snatch prosperity from the poor voters who deserved it. But that wasn’t bad enough. Read the rest of this entry »
ObamaCare Gives Special Treatment To AARP: Were There Any Supporters That Weren’t Somehow Paid Off?
Posted: 16 January, 2011 Filed under: Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, ObamaCare | Tags: aarp, barack obama, Health Care, health care reform, obamacare, political corruption Leave a comment »
The health insurance industry and its supporters have a new criticism of ObamaCare. Information is coming to light which indicates that the AARP is getting preferential treatment under ObamaCare regulations released just before Christmas. This news caused me to really think about those who supported Obama’s hostile takeover of the health care system. So was there anyone who supported ObamaCare whose support wasn’t somehow extorted or paid for?
Turning America Around: Part One
Posted: 25 December, 2010 Filed under: Barack Obama, Defense, Economy, Politics, Progressive Agenda, Recession | Tags: barack obama, Economy, liberal agenda, Politics, progressive agenda, redistribution of wealth Leave a comment »
A great American philosopher once said: It’s Déjà vu all over again. Although it’s a great line, my intent here is not to wax philosophic by quoting Yogi Berra. The malaise in which America now flounders is Déjà vu all over again, as it is eerily reminiscent of the America of 1980 and the malaise in which the country was mired at that time. Because the last thing they want are parallels being drawn between Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter, liberals will disagree, but the similarities are so striking they’ll have to split hairs to do it. Very much the way Jimmy Carter split hairs over the definition of recession while debating Ronald Reagan in 1980.
Though I’m convinced the similarities between America in 1980 and America today are clear, I’ll illustrate them with several irrefutable examples. Mind you, this is by no means a comprehensive list, we don’t have that much ink, so these are just a few examples: Read the rest of this entry »
