Campaign Promises: Saying Anything To Get Elected

While roaming around, I found this video highlighted by The Conservative Post. Take a look at Candidate Obama vs. President Obama.

Take a look at three major broken promises from the Obama Administration thus far.

1. Allowing Five Days of Public Comment on Bills Posted on The White House Website Before Signing it into Law. - The first two bills he signed into law were not posted on the website for five days of public comment. One must also remember that after the stimulus bill came out of conference, the vote on the bill was scheduled for 12 hours later. Many Members of Congress did not read the bill, and others stayed up all night reading the bill by dividing it into sections among staff. The Obama Administration, and Congressional Leaders gave Members of Congress barely enough time to read the bill; let alone the American People.

2. Tougher Rules Against Revolving Door for Lobbyists and Former Officials. - "No political appointees in an Obama-Biden administration will be permitted to work on regulations or contracts directly and substantially related to their prior employer for two years. And no political appointee will be able to lobby the executive branch after leaving government service during the remainder of the administration." In the executive order the President signed, there is a "waiver" clause stating they can waive the rule if necessary. They put the clause into action when they appointed former lobbyist William Lynn to Deputy Secretary of Defense.

3. Create a $3,000 tax credit for companies that add jobs - The legislation was debated in Congress but failed due to lack of support. No further action is expected from Congress or the President.


Source: http://www.politifact.com/

Presidential Press Conference

In his second Presidential News Conference, President Obama made the case to the American people that his budget was the right one. He answered questions ranging from AIG Bonuses, to items in the budget, to the push for a world currency. The video above is the full video from the press conference.

Protected AIG Bonuses: Thank You Senator

The Investment and Recovery Act of 2009, signed into law on February 17th, was over 1000 pages long. Not one member of Congress, including drafters of the bill (Pelosi, Reid), actually read the massive piece of legislation. One may ask how someone can be so sure. Perhaps one member of Congress pulled an all nighter. One conclusive piece of evidence, is the amendment propsed by Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn). A provision that protects $165,000,000 in bonuses for AIG employees proposed before February 11th. Mr. Dodd has recieved the second most campaign funds from AIG, the first being President Obama. He at first denies any ownership of the amendment, and then shifts the blame to the White House. Watch the video above to see Mr Dodd's statements on the matter.

Day 50: A Review of the New Administration

Today marks the fiftieth day since President Barack Obama was sworn into office. In his first 50 days he has met challenges, and accomplished much. For better or for worse is for you to decide.

Here is a review, in chronological order, of what President Obama has done in his first 50 days in office.

January 20th: Inauguration Day. The Stock market sitting at just above 8279. After Obama is inauguration, the DOW closes 330 points down on the day.

January 22nd: The President signs an executive order closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

January 26th: With much controversy, Timothy Geithner, the head of the IRS, is confirmed despite his failure to pay $34,000 dollars in taxes.

February 3rd: Health and Human Services Designate, Frm. Sen. Tom Daschle, withdraws his nomination from consideration. His reasoning being none other than, tax problems. Mr. Daschle failed to pay income taxes on a car and driver given to him for four years, to drive him wherever he needed to go.

February 4th: The very next day, President Obama signs into law a bill that increases a tax on cigarettes by 61 cents. A promise broken from earlier in the campaign. He promised not to raise any taxes on those making under $250,000 a year.

February 9th: Obama's first prime time spotlight. He holds his first Presidential News Conference in the east room of the White House. He called for huge increases in government spending, yet failed to produce one example where government spending lead to increased prosperity. He also made a bold statement saying, "There are no earmarks in this bill."

February 10th: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced a vague plan on how the Obama administration would attempt to fix "bad" banks. The DOW closed 380 points down on the day.

February 13th: The House and Senate push through the stimulus bill less than 20 hours of the bill coming out of the conference committee. The DOW drops 82 points.

February 17th: Obama signs the Investment and Recovery Act of 2009 into law. The DOW finished 293 points down on the day.

February 24h: Obama address' a joint session of Congress. He claims: his views do not include big government, his stimulus bill is good for America, and it contains "no earmarks".

February 26th: Obama releases his budget outline which raises taxes on individuals, small businesses, capital gains, dividends, and foreign source profits of corporations while eliminating several energy tax credits.

March 4th: While testifying before the Senate, Treasury Secretary Geithner is challenged by Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) as to the invention by the Obama administration of a new metric -- "creating or saving" jobs -- the very same metric Obama claimed on Feb. 9 is the most important measure of success.

March 5th: The Treasury Secretary, admits before the Senate Finance Committee, that the Obama budget will raise taxes on small businesses. There is a trend it seems. The DOW dropped 279 points.

March 9th: DOW closes at 6,547. A 21% drop from Inauguration Day.



Source: http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=PR&date=20090310&id=9684293

Universal Health Care; Right or Privilege?

Universal Health Care: Health care coverage that is extended to all eligible residents of a governmental region and often covers medical, dental, and mental health care. These programs vary in their structure and funding mechanisms. Typically, most costs are met via single-payer health care system or national health insurance. Universal health care is implemented in most wealthy, industrialized countries, with the exception of the United States.

After reading the definition above, it seems like the United States' moral obligation to implement this new policy, right? Wrong! Health care is not a right to every American citizen. Many Americans have a strong sense of entitlement, which includes the myth of a "right" to health care. Rights are more often used for a restriction of government power, not the expansion of it.

Think about this for a moment: Everyone in America has health care already in a way. If one goes into the emergency room with a broken leg, the hospital cannot turn them away. By law they must treat them. After the treatment, if one states they have no way to pay for such treatment, the hospital simply writes it off. Which simply means the rise in health care costs for people who can afford the treatment. With "universal" or "socialized" health care: The bill simply goes from the insurance companies, to the tax payer.

Recently, President Obama asked congress for a down payment of over $600,ooo,ooo,ooo dollars for socialized health care. After the down payment, comes the yearly payments. America cannot afford the down payment; How is it going to pay for it every year? Again, this is generational theft. The only way to pay for this, is to raise taxes, or cut spending. Due to the spending, and proposed spending of the 111th Congress, it is safe to say a raise in taxes is inevitable.

For a moment, disregard the fact that this policy will tremendously increase the national debt, and put a huge burden on the American tax payer. Here are some other reasons, short and simple, why universal health care should not, and cannot be implemented:

-Government-mandated procedures will likely reduce doctor flexibility and lead to poor patient care.

-Universal health care would result in increased wait times, which could result in unnecessary deaths.

-Patients aren't likely to curb their drug costs and doctor visits if health care is free; thus, total costs will be several times what they are now.

-There isn't a single government agency or division that runs efficiently; do we really want an organization that developed the U.S. Tax Code handling something as complex as health care?

-Like social security, any government benefit eventually is taken as a "right" by the public, meaning that it's politically near impossible to remove or curtail it later on when costs get out of control.

With that being said, universal health care is not the answer. Though it would be disastrous to implement this policy, it would also be consequential to do nothing. The 45 million Americans who lack health care coverage should get incentives for buying some type of health insurance. If every American today had a way to pay for treatment, health care costs would drop dramatically. America should encourage capitalism by promoting free market stances, not promoting expansion of government. The sense of entitlement has grown too high in this country, and accepting universal health care will only increase it.


If you are concerned about this issue, please contact your congressman or congresswoman addressing your concerns.

Conservative Political Action Conference Highlights

Here are some of the highlights of the Conservative Political Action Conference is Washington D.C. over the weekend.

Note: To see the remaning parts of speeches: Click on the next part to the video down at the bottom of the video screen. It should have a line of videos. Click on the next part of the speech.

Congressman Ron Paul (Republican-Texas):



Ann Coulter (Conservative Author):



John Boehner (House Minority Leader-Republican-Ohio)


Last but not least: Rush Limbaugh (Conservative Talkshow Host)


To check out more videos, go to youtube.com, and type in "CPAC 2009".