Obama, this JERK OFF is the biggest Marxist POS you let speak so far. I Guess he makes you look like the reasonable Marxist POS.

Chu to Congress: We’re not interested in lowering gas prices

posted at 11:00 am on February 29, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
Hey, at least Energy Secretary Stephen Chu gave an honest answer. When asked by Rep. Alan Nunnelee whether the Obama administration wants to work to get gas prices to come back down, Chu replied that they’re not focusing on that — and that higher gas prices mean more of a push for the alternative energy sources the administration wants to push:

“We agree there is great suffering when the price of gasoline increases in the United States, and so we are very concerned about this,” said Chu, speaking to the House Appropriations energy and water subcommittee.

“As I have repeatedly said, in the Department of Energy, what we’re trying to do is diversify our energy supply for transportation so that we have cost-effective means.”Chu specifically cited a reported breakthrough announced Monday by Envia Systems, which received funding from DOE’s ARPA-E, that could help slash the price of electric vehicle batteries.He also touted natural gas as “great” and said DOE is researching how to reduce the cost of compressed natural gas tanks for vehicles.High gasoline prices will make research into such alternatives more urgent, Chu said.

“But is the overall goal to get our price” of gasoline down, asked Nunnelee.“No, the overall goal is to decrease our dependency on oil, to build and strengthen our economy,” Chu replied. “We think that if you consider all these energy policies, including energy efficiency, we think that we can go a long way to becoming less dependent on oil and [diversifying] our supply and we’ll help the American economy and the American consumers.”The Heritage Foundation jumped all over Chu’s comments:

As shocking as his remarks are, they shouldn’t come as a surprise. Chu has a long record of advocating for higher gas prices. In 2008, he stated, “Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” Last March, he reiterated his point in an interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace, noting that his focus is to ease the pain felt by his energy policies by forcing automakers to make more fuel-efficient automobiles.

“What I’m doing since I became Secretary of Energy has been quite clear. What I have been doing is developing methods to take the pain out of high gas prices.”One of those methods is dumping taxpayer dollars into alternative energy projects like the Solyndra solar plant.

Another is subsidizing the purchase of high-cost electric cars like the Chevy Volt to the tune of $7,500 per car (which the White House wants to increase to $10,000). In both cases, those methods aren’t working. Solyndra went bankrupt because its product couldn’t bear the weight of market pressures, and Chevy Volts aren’t selling, even with taxpayer-funded rebates. What’s the president’s next plan?

Harvesting “a bunch of algae” as a replacement for oil.Meanwhile, the Obama Administration is seemingly doing everything it can to make paying for energy even more painful by refusing to open access to the country’s oil and gas reserves and blocking new projects that would lead to the development of more energy in America.

Case in point: the president’s decision to say “no” to the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that would have delivered hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil from Canada to Texas refineries, while bringing thousands of jobs along with it.And while Chu gave an honest answer that actually matches the actions taken by this administration, Heritage notes that Obama has offered nothing but double-talk on gas prices:

Sensing impending political fallout from the high cost of gas, President Obama last week spoke on the subject and attempted to deflect blame for the pain. He said that there is no quick fix to high gas prices and the nation cannot drill its way out of the problem, but as Heritage’s Nicolas Loris writes, the president ignored reality and dished out a series of half-truths. Among them, the president claimed oil production is its highest in eight years, that increasing oil production takes too long, and that oil is not enough.

Loris writes that while production is up on private lands, unrealized production on federal lands and offshore could have yielded even more output, increasing supply and driving down costs. If the president had said “yes” to Keystone, oil could have reach the market quickly. And as for the president’s push for alternative energy, those sources simply cannot stand the test of the market.Even before Chu spilled the beans, Democrats have begun pressing Obama to start taking gas prices seriously:

Congressional Democrats are ramping up pressure on President Obama to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to prevent rising gas prices from threatening the economy and their election-year prospects.They are growing anxious that the price of fuel could reverse their political fortunes, which had been improving due to signs of growth in the economy.Republicans have hammered Democrats on the price spike, repeatedly noting that gas prices — now at $3.72 per gallon for regular — have doubled since Obama won the White House.I guess Democrats in Congress don’t see this as a feature rather than a bug in Obama’s energy policies. The RNC came out with a video slamming Obama for high gas prices, but I suspect they’ll be rushing a new video to publication featuring Chu’s “who cares” attitude. Otherwise, this is a pretty effective 1-minute spot, and it might start showing up on TV broadcasts soon:

Blowback


Chu to Congress: We’re not interested in lowering gas prices

Senate vote to block HHS mandate on religious organizations tomorrow

Landrieu blasts Salazar, White House over drilling moratorium

Obama is a MARXIST PIG! GOD BLESS THIS CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN NATION AND SCREW THIS FREAK!

It’s Coming: Union, Leftist Leaders Announce ‘99% Spring?’… and Training in ‘Places of Worship’

Posted on February 27, 2012 at 8:13am by Jonathon M. Seidl
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Since Occupy Wall Street seemingly went into hibernation (we note seemingly because the movement keeps popping up despite what some national outlets are reporting), The Blaze has brought you plenty of analysis theorizing that the spring could be an even bigger time for the movement. Now, it looks like those theories have been confirmed: the unions and other leftists have announced a “99% spring.”

“We are at a crossroads as a country,” a letter on the site dedicated to the new movement says. “We have a choice to make. Greater wealth for a few or opportunity for many. Tax breaks for the richest or a fair shot for the rest of us. A government that can be bought by the highest bidder, or a democracy that is truly of the people, by the people, and for the people.”

It continues: “The choice is in our hands. This spring, we will act on that choice and rise up in the tradition of our forefathers and foremothers. We will not be complicit with the suffering in our families for another year. We will prepare ourselves for sustained non-violent direct action.”

That “preparation” looks like a week-long training session from April 9-15. But not just any training session, this training session will be held across the country and will reportedly feature meetings in “places of worship:”

From April 9-15 we will gather across America, 100,000 strong, in homes, places of worship, campuses and the streets to join together in the work of reclaiming our country. We will organize trainings to:

Tell the story of our economy: how we got here, who’s responsible, what a different future could look like, and what we can do about it Learn the history of non-violent direct action, and Get into action on our own campaigns to win change.

“This spring we rise!” the website declares. “We will reshape our country with our own hands and feet, bodies and hearts. We will take non-violent action in the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Gandhi to forge a new destiny one block, one neighborhood, one city, one state at a time.”

So just who exactly is behind this? The letter contains “signers” that will be familiar to you. Or at least their organizations will. And it’s a buffet of far leftists, unions, and even the communist group Working Families Party. Oh, and of course Van Jones:

Sarita Gupta-Jobs With Justice
Bob King-United Auto Workers
George Goehl-National Peoples Action
Ai-jen Poo-National Domestic Workers Alliance
Justin Ruben-MoveOn.org
Mary Kay HenryService Employees International Union
Van Jones and Natalie FosterRebuild the Dream
Phil RadfordGreenpeace
Leo GerardUnited Steel Workers
Daniel CantorWorking Families Party
Bruce KlippleUnited Electrical Workers Union
But while Bob King of the United Auto Workers (UAW) is a signer of the letter, might the union be behind it more than it’s letting on? It would seem so. The Daily Caller was able to download a cache of files from the UAW website last week that point to a high level of organizing:

[A] series of files The Daily Caller downloaded from the United Auto Workers website indicate that the organized labor powerhouse is behind the effort.

The files, downloaded Sunday, include campaign talking points, a fill-in-the-blank press release template for participating organizations and an advance look at the social media campaign the organizers plan for Facebook and Twitter.
Also included is a “FYI” letter designed for endorsers to distribute, complete with a blank space at the top of the list of participating groups. Filling in a given organization’s name lends the impression that it, not the UAW, is the campaign’s driving force.

A Google cache indicates that the files were available on an unprotected area of the UAW’s web server at least as early as February 16. They disappeared from public view Monday.
The Caller was able to capture the information before it was deleted:

Uaw 99 Percent Spring Daily Caller

Also interesting? It appears the domain for the 99% Spring was registered by the leftist group MoveOn.org (also a signer of the letter).
“We will rise this spring, because we DO hold these truths to be self evident,” the 99% Spring site concludes, “that all men and women are created equal, that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
Get ready.
(H/T: Forbes; Andrea Shea King)

Obama you are a RACIST and pretty sad that your people need to resort to this. Obama U Got Nuttin Left, JERK OFF.

GOD BLESS AMERICA AND SCREW YOUR MARXIST ASS.

Remember ASSHOLE you earn

Respect in this world it is NOT given!

Paul Joseph WatsonPrison Planet.comFriday, February 24, 2012Imagine if Ron Paul announced a national campaign called ‘Whites for Ron Paul’ – he’d be vilified as a racist. And yet Barack Obama has done the equivalent of precisely that with his launch of ‘African Americans for Obama’.

The program urges black Americans to volunteer their time by making calls, organizing events and going door to door in their neighborhoods encouraging other African Americans to vote for Obama.Not only is Obama playing the race card in an attempt to pressure black Americans into voting for him, he is also violating the separation between church and state. In the video promo for the campaign, Obama urges black people to pressure churches into supporting his administration by getting his message out via “the faith community”. He also calls on voters to become “congregation captains”.Again, imagine what the reaction would be any of the Republican candidates launched a ‘Whites for Romney’, ‘Whites for Santorum’ or ‘Whites for Gingrich’ campaign.

There would be non-stop uproar. But Obama does the equivalent and gets a free pass.“I thought race didn’t matter Mr. President?” asks Chad Hasty. “I don’t think MLK would be too pleased with you at all. African-Americans for Obama? Give me a break. Under this President, more blacks are unemployed. More blacks are on food stamps. If I had to bet though, Obama will still pull 93% of the black vote. Again, just a wild guess.”As part of his efforts to lock down the black community as a voting bloc, Obama has arrived in Florida accompanied by an invasion of rappers and NBA basketball stars – all at taxpayer expense.

Krauthammer Mocks Obama’s Algae Energy Plan - Obama you are a real JERK OFF in life!

Obama Take your Head Out Of Your ASS!

"I was impressed by the President's analysis of this situation, where we have no control over the global price of oil," Charles Krauthammer said. "We're dependent on oil from unfriendlies. And he says, as we heard, drilling for oil to relieve our dependency is not a solution, it's not a plan. He said we have to go to clean energy. He talks about something really revolutionary today. Algae. A $14 million grant for the development of algae... I think this shows the vision, the hope and change he promised in 2008."

http://www.breitbart.tv/krauthammer-mocks-obamas-algae-energy-plan/

Obama and the rest of you PIGS, This is and always will be a conservative CHRISTIAN Nation! One way or the other. God Bless America

Obama and the rest of you PIGS, This is and always will be a conservative CHRISTIAN Nation! One way or the other. God Bless America and screw these Muslim Terrorists!

Dozens of parents in Tampa, Florida, are outraged after finding out that a member of the controversial Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) spoke to history students at Steinbrenner High School last fall. Dozens of parents showed up at the Hillsborough County school board meeting on Tuesday night to make their frustrations known. Among their concerns, as FOX News reports, the parents discussed the group’s alleged ties to a terror financing case involving Hamas.

MyFoxTampaBay describes the meeting that took place earlier this week:
Dozens flooded into the school board meeting to try and convince members not to allow CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) representatives to talk to public school students, claiming the group has ties to terrorism.Amid the uproar, a board member made a motion to schedule a workshop that would include presentations from CAIR and the education coalition.“We want a public workshop so that these folks who don’t understand what the truth is about this can hear the truth,” said Terry Kemple of the community issues council.That motion was voted down.

This isn’t the first meeting during which this issue has come up. Video posted on YouTube at the end of January shows various community members voicing their concern: CAIR is widely known as one of the nation’s premiere — not to mention the largest — Islamic civil liberties organizations. In recent years, the group has come under government and media scrutiny after being named by the Justice Department as a co-conspirator in a massive terror-financing case involving the Holy Land Foundation (read more about the Holy Land Foundation and CAIR).

Jon Voight - Patriot

JANIS BROWN2012-02-15 12:29:13
Thank God. Finally someone as famous as you are agreeing with the big Obama dissapointment. Thank you for being there and seeing what is truly going on. It seems the only ones at are paying attention to Obamas tragic agendas are the older educated people

Mag2012-02-15 09:23:24
Wake up America!.Thank you Mr Voight for your wisdom and patriotism. I'm a Cuban-American who left, 50 years ago, a prosperous and rich island converted today in a place of hunger and desolation where Cubans are not allowed to participate in activities an

Mag2012-02-15 09:13:24
Wake up America! Thank you Mr Voight for your words of wisdom an patriotism. I'm a Cuban-American who left 50 years ago a rich and prosperous island converted today in a place of hunger and misery where even your thoughts are controlled. Sadly, we see sim

LLoveless2012-02-14 12:50:03
Good for you mr Voight. i know there are lots of Christian actors, and have been wondering where they are, while those actors who are Leftists are openly spaeking out. May others follow your lead. Vote America, before it's too late. God Bless your taki

Ken Hecker2012-02-13 22:16:18
Jon Voight stood with John McCain in 2008, as did Robert Davi. Mr. Voight is a major movie star, and father of Angelina Jolie. His movies, from "Midnight Cowboy" to "Catch 22" to the National Treasure films, establish him as one of the best of Hollywood

Bob2012-02-13 19:11:25
Thank you, Mr. Voight for your patriotism and willingness to state your opinions openly on a national news program! Obama is only following the dictates of the Quran which tell all Islamists that it is 'OK to lie to and about everything and if the Islamis

natasha2012-02-12 21:49:25
RIGHT ON MR.. VOIGHT! mY FATHER ESCAPED RUSSIA, AND HE TOLD ME OF THSES THINGS!

Mike T in Brighton.Co2012-02-11 14:31:00
Thanks for your words Jon. We now have taken another step toward America come back to a proud and strong nation. The American people will prevail over a broken goverment that only continues to make things worse.US Goverment see you in November, your FIRED

VH in Tampa2012-02-10 18:04:47
Very well said and Jon is right we need to work together and bring our country back to our faith and trust in what it was founded by and that is our Lord and savier Jesus Christ.

Gregory Romeu2012-02-10 15:57:40
SEMPER FIDELIS JON! Next opportunity you get, tell America to join forces with us on our nation's borders!Operation Presidio, Operation Circumspect.The rules of engagement have changed!

After reading this, is our President's birth certificate a FAKE?

1. Back in 1961 people of color were called 'Negroes.'So how can the Obama 'birth certificate' state he is 'African-American' when the term wasn't even used at that time?

2. The birth certificate that the White House released lists Obama's birth as August 4, 1961. It also lists Barack Hussein Obama as his father. No big deal, right? At the time of Obama's birth, it also shows that his father is aged 25 years old, and that Obama's father was born in " Kenya, East Africa ". This wouldn't seem like anything of concern, except the fact that Kenya did not even exist until 1963, two whole years after Obama's birth, and 27 years after his father's birth.

How could Obama's father have been born in a country that did not yet exist?
Up and until Kenya was formed in 1963, it was known then as the "British East Africa Protectorate".

3. On the birth certificate released by the White House, the listed place of birth is "Kapi'olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital". This cannot be, because the hospital(s) in question in 1961 were called "KauiKeolani Children's Hospital" and "Kapi'olani Maternity Home", respectively. The name did not change to Kapi'olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital until 1978, when these two hospitals merged.

How can this particular name of the hospital be on a birth certificate dated 1961 if this name had not yet been applied to it until 1978?

Resources: http://www.kapiolani.org/women-and-children/about-us/default.aspx Post-colonial history (from Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Kenya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya

Why hasn't this been discussed in the major media?????
Please send this to everyone you know with the hope that we can force the media as well OUR NATION to address this CORRUPTION.
"IN GOD WE TRUST"

Catholic League’s Donohue: ‘Obama Must Think We’re Stupid’ - Obama your arrogance allows you to underestimate your opponents!‏

Obama You are a JERK OFF! LOL
GOD BLESS AMERICA and this CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN NATION.

Catholic League chief Bill Donohue blasted President Barack Obama’s revised stance on HHS mandates for contraceptives and the morning-after abortion pill on Friday, calling it “the most serious infringement by the federal government on the rights of Catholics and others in 200 years.”After a deluge of criticism, Obama stepped to the podium Friday afternoon in an effort to stem the political damage.

The deal he announced would shift the responsibility for offering women free contraceptives, pregnancy-ending drugs, and sterilizations away from faith-based organizations, which had moral objections, and onto the backs of insurance companies.

The president ordered that the insurance industry would have to pay all costs, including co-pays, for those procedures. Although that appeared on the surface to take the matter out of the hands of faith-based organizations altogether, conservatives reacted angrily nonetheless.Donohue told Newsmax that several Catholic insurance companies would fall under the revised directive.

Also, many faith-based organizations self-insure themselves, which presumably means the members would still have to pay for the reproductive choices of others.“Quite frankly, he’s adding insult to injury,” Donahue said. “He must think the Catholics are stupid.” Other conservative leaders reacted strongly as well. Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the pro-life Susan B.

Anthony’s list organization, stated that: “Forcing insurance companies to be directly responsible for providing abortion-inducing drugs and forcing religious organizations to cooperate is an assault on religious freedom.” Hannah Smith, senior legal counsel for the religious-liberty organization The Becket Fund, stated: “This is a false ‘compromise’ designed to protect the president’s re-election chances, not to protect the right of conscience.

Hundreds, if not thousands, of religious institutions are still left out in the cold and will be forced to violate their religious convictions.”Another activist, Heather R. Higgins, the president of Independent Women’s Voice and a staunch foe of the president’s healthcare reforms, predicts that the HHS mandate kerfuffle is just one of a series of dilemmas the administration will face as it further defines the rules associated with implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which polls show is unpopular.

“Obamacare is a monumental abridgement of our freedoms, and this is just one example of it,” she tells Newsmax. “And the fact that this has only been changed because there’s an election coming up should give everyone pause. Because once there’s no more election coming up, what recourse are they going to have? Obama went along with this until there was blowback.”

The insurance industry appeared caught off balance by the decision to shift the burden to private enterprise. On Friday afternoon, AHIP press secretary Robert Zirkelbach issued the following statement:“Health plans have long offered contraceptive coverage to employers as part of comprehensive, preventive benefits that aim to improve patient health and reduce health care cost growth.“We are concerned about the precedent this proposed rule would set. As we learn more about how this rule would be operationalized, we will provide comments through the regulatory process.”

Now that the president has staked out his territory on the insurance mandate issue, attention will shift to how much political damage his re-election effort has sustained as a result of the controversy. There, opinions differ. “The controversy has not been well handled,” Democratic pollster, author, and Fox News contributor Douglas Schoen tells Newsmax. “The White House bowed to political reality to end a firestorm of protest. Now, the best asset for the White House and President Obama is a divided Republican field.”

Kyle Kondik, a political analyst at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said it become evident the administration had stumbled when left-leaning pundits such as E.J. Dionne started criticizing the administration’s position that religious institutions must provide, through their insurance carriers, health services that they find morally objectionable on religious grounds.But Kondik expects the matter to blow over and be long forgotten by the time voters go to the polls in November. “Catholics went for [Obama] 54 percent to 45 percent in 2008,” Kondik said, “but there's not much evidence that this is a monolithic group of voters.

My guess is that the 54 percent who supported him last time will be fine with this, and the 45 percent who didn't won't. Ultimately, I think this episode will be largely forgotten by the time the election rolls around, and today's backtracking likely makes the issue go away to a large extent.” He added: “Whether Obama wins or loses will be dictated in large part by the economy, with smaller issues like this probably not making much impact either way.” Donohue said the new Obama stance contains a “devious element,” in that it seeks to divide what he calls “a rather loosely formed and tenuous coalition of liberal Catholics joining with conservative Catholics on this issue in opposing Obamacare.

This is designed to peel off the liberal opposition in the Catholic community, bring them back into the fold,” he said.He predicted the strategy would work “to some extent, but it won’t work as well as he thinks.”Donohue told Newsmax that he believes the president’s ultimate objective is to require Catholic institutions to perform abortions.“Never in my life have I seen such a lust for abortion rights as I’ve seen in the Obama administration, and a contempt for religious liberty rights, particularly contempt for Catholics -- but not exclusively,” he said.

Donahue said Obama’s new stance on the issue effectively means that “employees who abide by the Catholic Church’s strictures” will have no choice but to pay for others’ abortion-related drugs and contraception.“No wonder Planned Parenthood is waving the flag. They got what they wanted,” he added. “…We know exactly what he’s doing. And he will be remembered as the president who took the culture war to the boiling point. If that’s the way he wants to be remembered, fine. But it’s not going to persuade practicing Catholics.” Said

Donohue: “We’re not going to forget this in November.”Read more on Newsmax.com: Catholic League’s Donohue: ‘Obama Must Think We’re Stupid’ Important: Do You Support Pres. Obama's Re-Election? Vote Here Now!

New Book Defends 'Bitter Clingers,' Exposes Obama’s War on Christianity - Obama is a MARXIST-MUSLIM PIG!

A new book written by Fox News Radio’s Todd Starnes investigates the Obama Administration’s war on Christianity and the president’s long-held belief that people who cling to their guns and religion are ‘bitter’ Americans.
“Dispatches From Bitter America – Culture War Stories from a Gun-Toting, Chicken-Eating, Son-of-a-Baptist” is now in book stores. The book has been endorsed by Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity and Gretchen Carlson along with conservative leaders like Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.


The book takes readers back to 2008 when then-Senator Obama fired the first shot in not just the war on Christianity but a war between the classes.
“It’s not surprising that they get bitter,” Obama said to a group of supporters in San Francisco. “They cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”

Starnes retorts: “Perhaps the reason people are clinging to their guns and religion because they are afraid President Obama might take them away.”
From there, Starnes uses a healthy dose of satire and serious writing to document and explore the attacks on God-fearing, patriotic Americans. His stories were gleaned from his travels across the country and conversations he had with Americans in coffee shops, diners, and grocery stores.

"Todd captures the sentiments many Americans feel as they helplessly watch the traditional values they grew up with being stomped out and over-ruled by political correctness,” Carlson said. “His stories will strike a chord, whether it's 'The War on Christmas,' 'Tag, You're Out,' or 'The Chocolate Czar.' Brownies now banned from school?’ Bah humbug."

The book also features exclusive conversations between Starnes and Hannity, Gov. Mike Huckabee, celebrity chef Paula Deen and others.
Starnes also tackles the culture war – outlining in graphic and sometimes frightening detail efforts to remove Christianity from the marketplace of ideas.

"Todd combines sound research with his signature wit to tell the stories of regular Americans who are standing up to a secular movement that seeks to remove all religious expression from the public square,” said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council. “This is a compelling book that puts our entire existence into the perspective of eternity."

Starnes will be on a national book and speaking tour to promote “Dispatches From Bitter America” – starting with the 2012 CPAC meeting in Washington, D.C.

You can visit www.toddstarnesbooktour.com to get a complete list of cities Starnes will visit.

To purchase his book, visit Amazon.com.Read more: http://nation.foxnews.com/todd-starnes/2012/02/03/new-book-defends-bitter-clingers-exposes-obama-s-war-christianity#ixzz1lL1M1CZG

Full view Back to messagesObama, the confirmed MARXIST PIG!

Yes, Wayne Allyn Root's statement below has been "Correctly Attributed" by Snopes.com. The link to Snopes.com is at the end of his statement.

If he is re-elected in 2012, the US is finished. The following is in simple language that everyone can understand. Not the gibberish that our government keeps telling people. Please read this carefully and make sure you keep this message going.

This needs to be emailed to everyone in the USA ...OBAMA'S COLLEGE CLASSMATE SPEAKS OUT

By Wayne Allyn Root Barack Hussein Obama is no fool. He is not incompetent. To the contrary, he is brilliant. He knows exactly what he's doing.

He is purposely overwhelming the U.S. Economy to create systemic failure, economic crisis and social chaos -- thereby destroying capitalism and our country from within.

Barack Hussien Obama was my college classmate.

( Columbia University , class of '83).

He is a devout Muslim; do not be fooled. Look at his Czars... Anti-business… anti-American.As Glenn Beck correctly predicted from day one, Barack Hussien Obama is following the plan of Cloward & Piven, two professors at Columbia University ... They outlined a plan to socialize America by overwhelming the system with government spending and entitlement demands.

Add up the clues below. Taken individually they're alarming. Taken as a whole, it is a brilliant, Machiavellian game plan to turn the United States into a socialist/Marxist state with a permanent majority that desperately needs government for survival... And can be counted on to always vote for bigger government.

Why not? They have no responsibility to pay for it. Universal health care! The health care bill had very little to do with health care. It had everything to do with unionizing millions of hospital and health care workers, as well as adding 15,000 to 20,000 new IRS agents (who will join government employee unions).

Obama doesn't care that giving free health care to 30 million Americans will add trillions to the national debt.

What he does care about is that it cements the dependence of those 30 million voters to Democrats and big government.
Who but a socialist revolutionary would pass this reckless spending bill in the middle of a depression?

Cap and trade! Like health care legislation having nothing to do with health care, cap and trade has nothing to do with global warming. It has everything to do with redistribution of income, government control of the economy and a criminal payoff to Obama's biggest contributors.

Those powerful and wealthy unions and contributors (like GE, which owns NBC, MSNBC and CNBC) can then be counted on to support everything Obama wants.

They will kick-back hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions to Obama and the Democratic Party to keep them in power.

The bonus is that all the new taxes on Americans with bigger cars, bigger homes and businesses helps Obama "spread the wealth around."Make Puerto Rico a state. Why? Who's asking for a 51st state? Who's asking for millions of new welfare recipients and government entitlement addicts in the middle of a depression? Certainly not American taxpayers!

But this has been Barack Hussien Obama's plan all along.His goal is to add two new Democrat senators, five Democrat congressmen and a million loyal Democratic voters who are dependent on big government.

Legalize 12 million illegal Mexican immigrants. Just giving these 12 million potential new citizens free health care alone could overwhelm the system and bankrupt America . But it adds 12 million reliable new Democrat voters who can be counted on to support big government.

Add another few trillion dollars in welfare, aid to dependent children, food stamps, free medical, education, tax credits for the poor, and eventually

Social Security...Stimulus and bailouts. Where did all that money go? It went to Democrat contributors, organizations (ACORN), and unions -- including billions of dollars to save or create jobs of government employees across the country.

It went to save GM and Chrysler so that their employees could keep paying union dues.It went to AIG so that Goldman Sachs could be bailed out (after giving Obama almost $1 million in contributions).

A staggering $125 billion went to teachers (thereby protecting their union dues).All those public employees will vote loyally Democrat to protect their bloated salaries and pensions that are bankrupting America ...The country goes broke, future generations face a bleak future, but Obama, the Democrat Party, government, and the unions grow more powerful.
The ends justify the means.

Raise taxes on small business owners, high-income earners, and job creators. Put the entire burden on only the top 20 percent of taxpayers, redistribute the income, punish success, and reward those who did nothing to deserve it (except vote for Obama).

Reagan wanted to dramatically cut taxes in order to starve the government. Barack Obama wants to dramatically raise taxes to starve his political opposition.

With the acts outlined above, Barack Hussien Obama and his regime have created a vast and rapidly expanding constituency of voters dependent on big government; a vast privileged class of public employees who work for big government; and a government dedicated to destroying capitalism and installing themselves as socialist rulers by overwhelming the system.

Add it up and you've got the perfect Marxist scheme -- all devised by my Columbia University college classmate Barack Hussien Obama using the Cloward and Piven Plan..."Correctly attributed" says Snopes!

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/overwhelm.asp

FACT CHECK: Obama's 2012 State of the Union - If you can not Dazzle them with Brilliance try and BAFFLE them with BULLSHIT! Disgraceful.

WASHINGTON – It was a wish list, not a to-do list.
President Obama's array of plans in his State of the Union speech was light on a key piece of context -- namely, that his hands are so tied until after the election that it is doubtful many if any of them can be done in the remainder of his term. There can be little more than wishful thinking behind his call to end oil industry subsidies -- something he could not get through a Democratic Congress, much less today's divided Congress, much less in this election year.

A look at Obama's rhetoric Tuesday night and how it fits with the facts and political realities of the day:

OBAMA: "We have subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that's rarely been more profitable, and double-down on a clean energy industry that's never been more promising."

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THE FACTS: This is at least Obama's third run at stripping subsidies from the oil industry. Back when fellow Democrats formed the House and Senate majorities, he sought $36.5 billion in tax increases on oil and gas companies over the next decade, but Congress largely ignored the request. He called again to end such tax breaks in last year's State of the Union speech. And he's now doing it again, despite facing a wall of opposition from Republicans who want to spur domestic oil and gas production and oppose tax increases generally.
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OBAMA: "Our health care law relies on a reformed private market, not a government program."

THE FACTS: That's only half true. About half of the more than 30 million uninsured Americans expected to gain coverage through the health care law will be enrolled in a government program. Medicaid, the federal-state program for low-income people, will be expanded starting in 2014 to cover childless adults living near the poverty line.
The other half will be enrolled in private health plans through new state-based insurance markets. But many of them will be receiving federal subsidies to make their premiums more affordable. And that's a government program, too.
Starting in 2014 most Americans will be required to carry health coverage, either through an employer, by buying their own plan, or through a government program.
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OBAMA: "Tonight, I want to speak about how we move forward, and lay out a blueprint for an economy that's built to last - an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values."

THE FACTS: Economists do see manufacturing growth as a necessary component of any U.S. recovery. U.S. manufacturing output climbed 0.9 percent in December, the biggest gain since December 2010. Yet Obama's apparent vision of a nation once again propelled by manufacturing -- a vision shared by many Republicans -- may already have slipped into the past.
Over generations, the economy has become ever more driven by services; not since 1975 has the U.S. had a surplus in merchandise trade, which covers trade in goods, including manufactured and farm goods. About 90 percent of American workers are employed in the service sector, a profound shift in the nature of the workforce over many decades.

The overall trade deficit through the first 11 months of 2011 ran at an annual rate of nearly $600 billion, up almost 12 percent from the year before.
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OBAMA: "The Taliban's momentum has been broken, and some troops in Afghanistan have begun to come home."

THE FACTS: Obama is more sanguine about progress in Afghanistan than his own intelligence apparatus. The latest National Intelligence Estimate on Afghanistan warns that the Taliban will grow stronger, using fledgling talks with the U.S. to gain credibility and stall until U.S. troops leave, while continuing to fight for more territory. The classified assessment, described to The Associated Press by officials who have seen it, says the Afghan government hasn't been able to establish credibility with its people, and predicts the Taliban and warlords will largely control the countryside.
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OBAMA: "On the day I took office, our auto industry was on the verge of collapse. Some even said we should let it die. With a million jobs at stake, I refused to let that happen. In exchange for help, we demanded responsibility. We got workers and automakers to settle their differences. We got the industry to retool and restructure. Today, General Motors is back on top as the world's number one automaker. Chrysler has grown faster in the U.S. than any major car company. Ford is investing billions in U.S. plants and factories. And together, the entire industry added nearly 160,000 jobs."

THE FACTS: He left out some key details. The bailout of General Motors and Chrysler began under Republican President George W. Bush. Obama picked up the ball, earmarked more money, and finished the job. But Ford, which Obama mentions as well, never asked for a federal bailout and never got one. It's managed to get along on its own. Also, as part of its restructuring, Chrysler is not really a U.S. automaker anymore. Italian automaker Fiat now owns a 30 percent share, and it will eventually go to 51 percent under terms of the U.S. bailout and its bankruptcy restructuring.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/24/fact-check-obamas-2012-state-union/#ixzz1kU9FsD3Q

FACT CHECK: Obama's 2012 State of the Union

Is This the Reason Obama Said ‘No’ to the Keystone Pipeline?

Obama is No more then a Chicago BULLSHIT Criminal!

In rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline project this past week, the Obama administration did exactly what they told everyone they were going to do.

The question many are asking is, “Why?”
Why did the President kill the pipeline deal that so many Democrats, Republicans and labor union leaders support?
Was it done because:

A. – As the administration has said publicly, there is not enough time to do a proper environmental impact study?

B. – Thanks to alternative energy companies like Solyndra, we’re on the path to becoming an oil-free energy generating country?

C. – Billionaire Warren Buffett (and Obama advisor) has an investment in a Canadian railway that would benefit from killing Keystone?

D. – Is it because Brazil, the country whose deep-water oil fields we agreed to fund, is going to be selling us cheap and plentiful oil?

In the case of the environmental impact study argument, it has been noted that the project could begin moving forward and jobs be created as another study commenced. If the findings show that the pipeline’s route needed to be changed, or additional safety measures put in place, those could easily be added to the project.

The Solyndra question answers itself.
Concerning the Warren Buffett investment, Bloomberg News reports:
Warren Buffett’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC is among U.S. and Canadian railroads that stand to benefit from the Obama administration’s decision to reject TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s Keystone XL oil pipeline permit.

But what about Brazil? Was the real reason that President Obama rejected the Keystone XL deal because he was expecting Brazil to start selling us some of the cheap oil from their newly-discovered oil deep water oil fields. Estimates of the underwater fields could make Brazil an energy superpower and a very wealthy nation.

In May of 2011, President Obama visited Brazil and pledged massive financial support from America in the amount of $2 billion dollars. Obama also hinted that the money being lent to Brazil should also put America at the front of the line once the oil starts pumping.
The President‘s wishful thinking seems to have been undercut by China’s forceful negotiating.

Last week it was announced that Brazil and China had inked a deal for oil sales, big oil sales.

Additionally, in the wake of the Keystone XL rejection, Canada‘s Prime Minister has talked about building a pipeline to his country’s west coast where oil could easily be pumped into tankers waiting to take the oil to

China:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in a telephone call yesterday, told Obama “Canada will continue to work to diversify its energy exports.”
If you wonder what the Prime Minster means when he says “diversify its energy exports“, he is apparently talking about China. The Bloomberg News report continues:

Canada this month began hearings on a proposed pipeline by Enbridge Inc. to move crude from Alberta’s oil sands to British Columbia’s coast, where it could be shipped to Asian markets.

As the Iranians inch closer to realizing their threat to block the transport of oil through the Strait of Hormuz and the EU has voted to ban oil imports from Iran, the importance of oil from South American oil is obvious.

Some might argue that the oil underneath American soil and American waters would bring great independence and security.
So why did Obama block Keystone? Is it one of the above? What’s your opinion?

Obama you PIG Marxist get ready to have your ASS handed to you. Gotta Luv The Newt! LOL

KING: You've met the candidates. It's time now to begin the debate, an event that has quite a dramatically different feel than just a few hours ago. Just this morning, as Senator Santorum just noted, we learned he, not Governor Romney, won the Iowa caucuses.

There were five podiums on the stage when the sun came up. Four now because of Governor Rick Perry's decision to drop out. And just as Speaker Gingrich surged into contention here in South Carolina, a direct fresh character attack on the Speaker. And Mr. Speaker, I want to start with that this evening. As you know, your ex-wife gave an interview to ABC News and another interview with "The Washington Post."

And this story has now gone viral on the Internet. In it, she says that you came to her in 1999, at a time when you were having an affair. She says you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage. Would you like to take some time to respond to that? GINGRICH: No, but I will.

(APPLAUSE) GINGRICH: I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office. And I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that.

(APPLAUSE) KING: Is that all you want to say, sir? GINGRICH: Let me finish. KING: Please. GINGRICH: Every person in here knows personal pain. Every person in here has had someone close to them go through painful things. To take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question for a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine.

(APPLAUSE) My -- my two daughters -- my two daughters wrote the head of ABC and made the point that it was wrong, that they should pull it, and I am frankly astounded that CNN would take trash like that and use it to open a presidential debate.

(APPLAUSE) KING: As you noted, Mr. Speaker, this story did not come from our network. As you also know, it is a subject of conversation on the campaign. I'm not -- I get your point. I take your point.GINGRICH: John -- John, it was repeated by your network. You chose to start the debate with it. Don't try to blame somebody else. You and your staff chose to start this debate with it.

(APPLAUSE) Let me be quite clear. Let me be quite clear. The story is false. Every personal friend I have who knew us in that period said the story was false. We offered several of them to ABC to prove it was false. They weren't interested because they would like to attack any Republican. They're attacking the governor. They're attacking me. I'm sure they'll presently get around to Senator Santorum and Congressman Paul.I am tired of the elite media protecting Barack Obama by attacking Republicans.

(APPLAUSE & GOD BLESS AMERICA)

Obama, your dumb ASS is screwed one way or the other. GOTTA LUV IT CUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Big deal or just a paperwork shuffle? The Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin breaks the news that the Obama administration will reject the application for the Keystone XL pipeline — but with a caveat:

The Obama administration will announce this afternoon it is rejecting a Canadian firm’s application for a permit to build and operate a massive oil pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border, according to sources who have been briefed on the matter.However the administration will allow TransCanada to reapply after it develops an alternate route through the sensitive habitat of Nebraska’s Sandhills.

There had already been talk of adjusting the pipeline route to satisfy some concerns over the risk being taken with aquifers in Nebraska. The permit application would have had to be amended in order to make those adjustments. Did that require a rejection from the State Department? Probably not, although it’s unclear whether the law would have allowed for a change in the current application. Perhaps some EPA-experienced attorneys could address that point.Here’s an even more interesting question.

The rejection allows Obama to fulfill the requirement in the compromise 60-day payroll-tax holiday bill for a decision on Keystone. If Republicans want to force Obama into a decision on the new application, they’ll have to force it into another bill, probably the eventual compromise bill that extends the payroll-tax holiday for the entire year.Update:

Looks like the recommendations of Obama’s own jobs council got as much attention from Obama as the Simpson-Bowles deficit commission, huh? “Drill, drill, drill” just got changed to “delay, delay, delay.” Leadership!

Doubling down: Obama follows Cordray recess appointment with three more to NLRB

Obama is no more then a common Shitcago Bullshit CRIMINAL. Your days are numbered!

Ed saw it coming this morning and now here it is.

Between this and The One waging war in Libya without congressional approval — a move which his own lawyers found dubious, I remind you — I’m thinking the GOP really needs to run a guy next year with a less expansive view of executive authority. How about Dick Cheney?

The president used his power to name Sharon Block, Terence Flynn and Richard Griffin to the board, which arbitrates workplace disputes and federal labor issues. The controversial board — which drew fire from Republicans after its acting general counsel sided with an aircraft workers’ union in a dispute with aerospace giant Boeing — was in danger of becoming inactive when the term of Craig Becker, another Obama recess appointee, expired last month, depriving it of a quorum.

Block and Flynn are Democrats, while Griffin is a Republican.
“The American people deserve to have qualified public servants fighting for them every day – whether it is to enforce new consumer protections or uphold the rights of working Americans,” Obama said in a statement. “We can’t wait to act to strengthen the economy and restore security for our middle class and those trying to get in it, and that’s why I am proud to appoint these fine individuals to get to work for the American people.”
Labor unions, whose relationship with Obama had been strained recently, cheered the move.

Why would O risk a constitutional confrontation with Congress over something as minor as the NLRB or his new consumer board? Why, for the same reason he does everything: Because it might help him get re-elected. He’s going to run against a “do-nothing Congress” next year so he needs some dramatic examples of him heroically defying GOP obstructionism to serve the public good. And if that means taking a dump on the Constitution to help labor and impress middle-class voters, well, that’s just what strong, blue-collar presidents have to do sometimes.

The legal argument against what he’s doing couldn’t be simpler, as David Freddoso explains. Essentially, Obama’s claiming that he gets to decide whether pro forma sessions of the Senate amount to real sessions for purposes of recess appointments; that sure sounds like a violation of separation of powers insofar as each branch typically sets its own rules, but the beauty of this maneuver from Obama’s perspective is that he probably can’t be sued over it.

Federal courts will refuse to rule on certain turf-war disputes between the executive and the legislature on grounds that they represent a “political question” that should be decided by voters, not by judges. I’m not sure if that’ll apply here — what happens when someone ends up suing Cordray on the theory that he was never constitutionally appointed? — but that’s what The One’s counting on.

So shameless is this power grab, in fact, that even John Yoo, whose name is a curse word on the left when it comes to executive overreach, thinks Obama went too far. Lefty Timothy Noah, who supports Cordray’s appointment, candidly admitted today at TNR that he can’t figure out how this could possibly be constitutional.

(If Obama has the power to define when the Senate is and isn’t in recess, writes Noah, then he could theoretically treat every weekend of the year as a recess.) In fact, according to Mark Calabria at Cato, not only does the Cordray appointment flaunt the Constitution, it actually violates the terms of the Dodd-Frank statute pushed through by O’s own party:

More importantly the “recess” appointment of Cordray doesn’t solve the President’s problem. The Dodd-Frank Act is very clear, even a law professor can probably under this section, that authorities under the Act remain with the Treasury Secretary until the Director is “confirmed by the Senate”.

A recess appointment is not a Senate confirmation. Now don’t ask me why Dodd and Frank included such unusual language, they could have just given the Bureau the new authorities, but they didn’t. So even with this appointment, the CFPB won’t be able to go after all those non-banks, like the pay-day lenders and check-cashiers that caused the financial crisis (oh wait, those industries didn’t have anything to do with the crisis).

Meanwhile, Iain Murray at National Review reminds us that the names of the three NLRB appointees were only sent to the Senate three weeks ago. They haven’t been filibustered, so there’s no obstruction — yet. So eager is President Working Class Hero to start off an election year by defying Congress that he picked this fight before he had to.

Via CNS, here’s Carney warning the press corps yesterday that Obama was prepared to engage in unilateral executive action “small, medium, and large” to push his agenda. Let’s put this power grab in the “medium” category; “large” is reserved for wars like Libya that he’s undertaken without so much as a resolution of good luck from Congress. The more I think about this, the more it smells like O’s version of FDR’s court-packing plan, except (a) this is more constitutionally dubious and (b) this is transparently a cheap election-year pander. Exit question: What will the next Republican president use this exciting new precedent for, pray tell?

Update: Via Free Republic, enjoy this 2008 AP story describing how Democrats successfully used pro forma Senate sessions to block evil monarchical lawless cowboy president George W. Bush from making recess appointments of his own.

This City is No More then a CRIMINAL Organization!

This City is No More then a CRIMINAL Organization!

Philadelphia is known as the city of brotherly love and, apparently, paying out massive pensions to public employees who will continue working for the city. Marion B. Tasco, who has been described as being “politically savvy,” will retire from her sixth term as councilwoman, collect $478,057, and then be sworn in on Monday to serve her seventh term, Catherine Lucy and Chris Brennan of the Philadelphia Daily News.

How does she get away with this?Tasco, along with many of her fellow Council members, is enrolled in Philadelphia’s Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP). DROP allows city workers to collect salary and build up pension money during the last four years of their employment, writes Aaron Kase of Philadelphia Weekly. Naturally, when DROP was originally introduced, it was touted as being “revenue neutral.” It’s been anything but that.

SInce its introduction, Philadelphia’s DROP program has cost the city $258 million in extra pension costs over a decade, according to a 2010 Boston College study. Philadelphia’s Mayor Nutter has tried on numerous occasions to eliminate the DROP program.

“In September, Council voted to override Nutter’s veto of a bill, sponsored by Tasco that would preserve the DROP program, while reducing its cost,” writes Jan Ransom of the Daily. Nutter has vowed to work “tirelessly” to abolish the program.And his attempts didn’t deter Tasco.

“While many of Tasco’s fellow council members dropped out of the re-election race after controversy broke out over their enrollment in DROP, Tasco stayed in the race and won,” writes Robert Johnson of Business Insider.That means, come Monday, she will be elected as City Councilwoman for Philadelphia’s Ninth District, with all the pay and benefits that come with that position — as well as an additional $478,057.

As Business Insider points out, the city’s web page touts Tasco “as one of Philadelphia’s most influential, politically savvy, and pro-active public officials.”Over the next few days, Tasco could be proving that claim correct

TEN THINGS GOD WON'T ASK ON THAT DAY.

I grew up in the 40s/50s with practical parents. A mother, God love her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the original recycle queen, before they had a name for it... A father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones.

Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away. I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and lawn mower in one hand, Mom in a house dress and dish-towel in her hand. It was the time for fixing things. A curtain rod, the kitchen faucet, screen door, oven door, hem the dress. Things we keep.

It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing, eating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more.

But then my dad died, and on that clear winter's night, in the warmth of the hospital room, we were struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more.

Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away...never to return. So.. while we haveit... it's best we love it.. and care for it... and fix it when it's broken...... and heal it when it's sick.

This is true for marriage..... and old cars.... and children with bad report cards..... and dogs with bad hips.... and aging parents..... and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it. Some things we keep. Like a best friend that moved away or a classmate we grew up with.

There are just some things that make life important, like people we know who are special..... and so, we keep them close!

I received this from someone who thinks I am a'keeper', so I've sent it to the people I think of in the same way.. Now it's your turn to send this to those people that are "keepers" in your life Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them,but you know they are always there.
Keep them close!

TEN THINGS GOD WON'T ASK ON THAT DAY.

1... God won't ask what kind of car you drove. He'll ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation.

2... God won't ask the square footage of your house, He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.

3.. God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet, He'll ask how many you helped to clothe.

4... God won't ask what your highest salary was. He'll ask if you compromised your character to obtain it.

5... God won't ask what your job title was. He'll ask if you performed your job to the best of our ability.

6... God won't ask how many friends you had. He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.

7... God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived, He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.

8... God won't ask about the color of your skin, He'llask about the content of your character.

9... God won't ask why it took you so long to seek Salvation. He'll lovingly take you to your mansion in heaven, and not to the gates of Hell.

10... God won't have to ask how many people youforwarded this to, He already knows your decision.

Reuters: Obama Will Ask for $1.2 Trillion Increase in Debt Limit by Week’s End‏ - Obama is out of his MIND! Impeach his crusty ASS Now!

Back in August, Congress passed a deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling after a highly contentious debate between the two parties. Back then, the fight was over about a $2 trillion increase in spending. So imagine what might happen when Congress returns from vacation to find the president has asked for another $1.2 trillion increase in the limit.

According to Reuters, that’s exactly what Obama is getting ready to do:

The debt limit is projected to fall within $100 billion of the current cap by December 30. President Barack Obama is expected to ask for additional borrowing authority to increase the limit by $1.2 trillion.

Under the new budget, Congress can only vote to block the debt-ceiling extension with a disapproval resolution. Lawmakers have 15 days within receiving the request to vote down the debt limit increase.

The debt limit currently stands at $15.194 trillion and would increase to $16.394 trillion with the request.

Also of note: the supercommittee launched at the time of the debt deal that was tasked to find at least $1.2 trillion in cuts failed in late November. The minimum amount the committee was supposed cut spending by is, coincidentally, the same amount the president is set to ask Congress to increase the debt limit by.

The last time the debate came up, many Republicans (those who didn’t acquiesce and vote for the deal) noted that spending would not decrease after passing the agreement. Chief among them was Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK).

“In spite of what politicians on both sides are saying, this agreement does not cut any spending over 10 years. In fact, it increases discretionary spending by $830 billion,” he said at the time.

“I voted against this agreement because it does nothing to address the real drivers of our debt. It eliminates no program, consolidates no duplicative programs, cuts no tax earmarks and reforms no entitlement program. The specter of default or a credit downgrade will still hang over our economy after this deal becomes law.”

It looks like he was right