Fraudulent Unemployment Rate Dips as 350K More Drop Out of Labor Force

The media and Obama administration are doing their best to create a fraudulent picture of the employment situation, as only 115K jobs were created (lower than needed to keep unemployment steady), but the "unemployment rate" magically dipped to 8.1% as 350,000 more Americans left the work force.

This is a farce - the Labor Dept makes guesses about the labor force participation rate and has estimated that over 6 million people have left the labor force in the past 3 years.  Jobs are nowhere to be found, but the "rate" keeps dropping.  They are determined to get it to below 8% by election day, even if no jobs are ever created.

Navy SEALs Slam Obama For Taking Credit For Osama

If you listen to Obama, he did something no one else in the world would have done.  He gave the final ok to kill Bin Laden.  Whoa - what guts!  The Navy SEALs are now pissed off at Obama for using them as part of an election campaign. Chris Kyle, a former SEAL with 160 confirmed kills, said the following:

‘In years to come there is going to be information that will come out that Obama was not the man who made the call. He can say he did and the people who really know what happened are inside the Pentagon, are in the military and the military isn’t allowed to speak out against the commander- in-chief so his secret is safe.’

Another intelligence official said the following:

In the end, Obama was forced to make a decision and do it. He knew that if he didn’t do it the political risks in not taking action were huge. Mitt Romney would have made the call but he would have made it earlier – as would George W. Bush.

Shocker: GDP Growth "Less than Expected"

Does anyone else get tired of seeing these headlines "less than expected" when associated with economic activity under Obama?  As I expected, GDP growth of 2.2% is "less than the expected" 2.7% growth.

After record stimulus spending by Obama, this is a devastatingly awful recovery, if you can call it that.  Must be Bush's fault...

Obama Booed At Fenway Park

President Obama apparently received a loud chorus of boos when he appeared on the big video screen for a brief time to commemorate Fenway's 100th anniversary.  Unfortunately, no one seems to have the video since it was before the game.

Keep in mind - this isn't the South - it's the heart of liberalism.  Granted, there are probably a lot more males than females, and he is not well liked by males.  But still - it takes a lot to get booed so badly in Boston.  Apparently the other videos (from Conan, Mark Wahlberg, Dennis Leary) were well received.

Weekly Jobless Claims Not Looking Good

Remember late last year when everyone was worried about the economy? Then in January and February the jobs numbers in the US looked mildly better (probably due to a warmer winter). Well, the first two weeks in April looked pretty bad. Regarding the initial jobless claims, we're back to December levels.

Hillary Rosen Similar to Hillary Clinton

When Obama advisor Hillary Rosen slammed Ann Romney for "never working a day in her life," this reminded me of another famous Democrat: Hillary Clinton.

Remember when she said she wouldn't be:

some little woman standing by my husband like Tammy Wynette...I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was fulfill my profession, which I entered before my husband was in public life.

Hillary made this comment 20 years ago, and democrats still feel like it demeans women if they stay at home to look after their own children. To many of them, it seems to them like such a backwards notion which puts women in a second-class citizen role.

How does President Obama feel about this? It goes without saying that he probably agrees with Hillary Rosen, his advisor. And of course, President Obama could not pass up this opportunity to continue his warlike rhetoric on wealthy people. Michelle "couldn't afford to stay at home" on his $162,000/year salary. Ironically, if he had implemented his wish of 50% tax rates for high income earners, certainly his wife could not have afforded to stay at home as the government would have been taking half, instead of 30%!

Quick Thought on Ann Romney Attack

Sure, another GOP woman is attacked by a Democrat operative for not having the right to speak out on the economy because she raised kids instead of worked.

If that's the case, then Obama has no right to work on the economy either because neither he nor 60% of his administration has ever held a private sector job either.

GSA Scandal is Peanuts Compared to Obama

OK. I'll first say I know almost nothing about the latest GSA scandal. What I know is that 300 federal employees took a trip to Vegas and the bill came to about $2700 per person, or $800K in total.

So $800K is $800,000. It isn't $800 million (an amount similar to what Obama spent on Solyndra which went belly-up). It's isn't $800 billion which was the the amount of Obama's first failed stimulus program. And it's not $8 trillion, which is about the amount Obama will have added to our national debt by the time he's done (actually closer to $6 trillion, but close enough).

Yes, $800K is REAL money. But not in Obama land. It's a speck of sand on the beach in his world. Michelle Obama spent half this amount just to go on vacation in Spain (ie. there was no work involved). The Obamas recently spent $4 million to go on vacation in Hawaii. The president himself spent $170MM on his own inauguration.

My point is that if we're looking to stop corruption and wasteful spend, we need to start at the top of the government, not the bottom. Sure, every penny counts, but for the president's inauguration, he spent $47,222 PER SECOND of taxpayer money. Where's the outrage?

O'Keefe 1; Holder 0

James O'Keefe strikes again. This time, he walks into a Washington DC precinct where AG Eric Holder lives, says he is Eric Holder and the poll worker is ready to hand him a ballot with no ID whatsoever.

But Holder says there is no need for voter ID laws. Hilarious.

Was Eric Holder Right About Not Having a Race Discussion?

John Derbyshire, a conservative columnist and occasional contributor to National Review, was recently involuntarily retired by NRO for his recent provocative article on race and racial politics in TAKI magazine. (I've never heard of it either.) His most controversial point was that there is a higher percentage of blacks than whites with very low IQs. Interestingly, he linked to another source that suggested this point, but his mere mention of it shows an apparent agreement, which is a definite no-no for journalists (and all Americans for that matter).

No doubt that many people will find the subject of race very controversial and not worth the risk of even approaching it. (What gain is there for anyone to discuss it, particularly if you are white?) From that standpoint, Eric Holder was right that we don't want to talk about race. And for good reason - it puts an easy target on your back.

Surprise: Fairfax County Teacher Tells Students "Republicans are Stupid"

This is what passes for education these days. At Powell Elementary School in Fairfax, VA, liberal Democrat teacher Linda Martin tells her students that she doesn't like Republicans because they are "stupid."

Pathetic - and people wonder why many think that teachers are nothing but liberal indoctrinators.

Black Panthers Put Bounty on Head of Zimmerman, Ho Hum

What happens when a politically favored class who put a million dollar bounty on the head of a currently innocent man? Well, judging from the silence of Eric Holder, Obama and the rest of the media, absolutely nothing. The Black Panther party have rounded up 5-to-10 thousand men to hunt down George Zimmerman and "bring him to justice" themselves.

By their silence, does that mean Obama and Holder approve? I think it's hard to argue otherwise. After all, Obama said if he had a son, he would look like the victim. What the hell was the point of that if not to bring everyone into a frenzy? Apparently laws don't apply to the Black Panther party. By the way, where is La Raza in this whole situation when a Hispanic is being treated this way without being charged? Is he too "white" to matter to them? According to the NY Times, he's not "hispanic," he's a "white hispanic," whatever that means.

Eric Holder is too busy trying to prosecute white "militia members."

The Supremes and Obamacare: Who Cares?

The Supreme Court takes up Obamacare today and all the media will be hanging on the case. But I have to ask the question: who cares what they decide anyway? Whether it's invalidated on the Commerce Clause aspect is irrelevant in my opinion. More important in my view, is how the law was passed and whether the American people want it.

First, the law that passed was a fraud. It used gimmicks and accounting fraud to claim that it was budget neutral and wouldn't cost anything. Now the CBO admits it will cost over twice as much - and that's going to be generous. It will blow a hole so large in the budget that we will be Greece by the end of the decade (if we're lucky). Next, Obamacare is terrible policy. Contrary to the Democrat arguments, the law will worsen health care, will cost a ton and will force people off their existing plans that most people generally like. Finally, it was passed without widespread support - through a reconciliation budget process without bipartisan support. Yes, the DEMS own this piece of garbage. And now 2/3 of the country now say they are opposed.

So regardless of the outcome from these 9 individuals on the Supreme Court, the law should immediately be defunded and subsequently repealed anyway.

Former MF Official: Corzine Instructed Money Transfers

Ouch. Bad news for Jon Corzine.

Former MF Global executive Edith O'Brien said in an October 2011 email that CEO Jon Corzine gave her "direct instructions" to transfer $200 million of customer funds to an overseas account, according to a congressional memo released on Friday.

Would there be a single Democrat not calling for jail time if this were a Republican? I doubt it. Little wonder it was released on a Friday afternoon.

Obama Denies Texas Women Health Care

From IBD. I guess we can't count them as women if they're not liberals.

The administration denies funding for a Texas program that serves low-income women because of a law saying the program can't fund Planned Parenthood. Is this how the president protects women's health?

Public School Teachers Have Kids Work for Obama

All the great dictators in history knew that getting to mushy student minds are the key to realizing your political philosophy. In Fairfax County, VA, teachers are trying to assist Obama achieve his results. Michael Denman, a teacher at Liberty Middle School ordered students to drum up opposition research to help find "weaknesses" in GOP candidates. Then, he sent the results to the Obama campaign.

This garbage is what passes as "teaching" these days. Very sad.

Romney's Problem: Moderate Establishment Advisors

Mitt Romney has started to become palatable to conservatives as he has gotten pushed to the right. Then his advisor Eric Fehrnstrom said that today's Romney message is just for the primary and then when the general election starts, Romney will be like an "Etch a Sketch" and erase his message and start over. This is a major error and Romney needs to take control of his campaign before it gets hijacked like the McCain/Palin one did (emphasis on Palin).

Are you kidding? If this is what Romney's advisor believes, he should be fired. If it's true, then Romney has got some real explaining to do. We don't need a GOP candidate who believes that someone has to change his message to everyone. He's had a pretty good message focusing on the economy and telling the truth about Obama's catastrophe - just stick to it! And throw out the bums who disagree.

Is Obama Acting Unilaterally Against Iran?

During George W Bush's first term, the global cry was against his supposed "unilateralism" against Iraq. I always thought it strange that someone could make this claim when 49 countries went in side by side with the United States. Is there a double standard in viewing Obama (and Hillary)'s actions against Iran?

Let's look at these sanctions against Iran. First, it's debatable that sanctions ever work against government officials themselves. I can see several example where sanctions impoverish innocent people in a country, but I have seen very few, if any examples of where the leader in question, is personally impacted. But I digress - let's talk about uniteralism.

The US has exempted Japan, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain from penalities for not implementing these sanctions. OK - so this is the 3rd largest country in the world, the 4th, the 5th, the 7th, the 8th, and the 12th. Additionally, China (2nd largest) has said they oppose the sanctions, as has Brazil (the 6th) and India (#9). It is unlikely that Russia will support sanctions either (11th largest).

So if you're counting at home - out of the top 11 economies in the world, we might have Canada, , while the other 9 either are exempt or are saying they do not support it. If we go further down the list, we know that Netherlands (#15), Poland (#19), and Belgium (#20) also have exemptions. Turkey is also a likely no (#16). South Korea (#13), also dependent upon Iranian imports is likely to strike a deal with the US government. When it comes down to adding up the numbers, I'd bet out of the top 20 economies of the world, the only countries supporting Obama's sanctions against Iran fully will be Canada and Mexico, two other oil rich nations.

Sounds like Obama and Hillary are unilaterally supporting sanctions against Iran while most of the rest of the world either have decided they cannot go along right now, or they outright oppose them. It is true that many European countries are saying that in the future they will try to reduce Iranian imports, but when countries talk of the future, it has to be discounted as they are not doing it now, and their exemption can be renewed after 6 months.

Let's be honest, if this were GW Bush striking this deal, wouldn't there be protesters on the streets shouting about his unilateralism? 2 for 20 is not a very high batting average.

White House Wants it Both Ways

I saw David Axelrod on Fox yesterday and he was commenting on gas prices. He said "Gas prices are 11% higher than they were when Obama became President." First, this figure is completely wrong, but I will tell you how the White House is deceive the public.

If we look at crude prices when Obama came into office on January 20, 2009, the price was under $66/gallon. And today, they are at $107/gallon - a difference of 62%! So your first impression might be: "The guy in the White House is lying to us!"

Well, if we give the President the benefit of the doubt and say, hey, he's talking about the day he was actually elected, on November 4th, 2008, then we are closer. The price on that day was around $90/barrel, so today's prices are 18% higher.

Either way, the figure is wrong, but my problem is that the President is clearly attempting to deceive us and sometimes he uses the November 2008 date as a baseline for when he began, and sometimes he uses January 2009. Take unemployment for example, he usually says that when he started it was at 7.8% (January 2009 figure) and he never uses the figure which came out during the week of his election (6.5%).

Hey, I know most Presidents take credit for what they want, and blame the other guy for the bad stuff, but I think Obama takes this game to a completely new level, to a new stratosphere.