Mass SNAFU

The young and uninformed liberals are the best!

Conservative Kevin Jackson -  from the Black Sphere - is caught on tape dropping some reality on one of those young Democrats who haven't a clue about reality:

This video is a great example of how the clueless get riled up by the Party of "What We Can Do For You," who rarely deliver by the way, and how they create a dependent nanny state that looks to the government for support - instead of the mirror, as Mr Jackson recommends.

Rick Santelli goes off and sets the record straight

Rick Santelli - at times referred to as the catalyst of the Tea Party movement - went off on government spending, and shared some fiscal common sense on this morning's Squawk Box on CNBC:

Stop the spending is right.  It is not rocket science people, no matter what your Keynesian economic professor once told you.

Mark Steyn: Some thoughts on Afghanistan

Some quotes from Mark Steyn's latest piece on Afghanistan and our unengaged president:

"Stanley McChrystal is a liberal who voted for Obama and banned Fox News from his HQ TV. Which may at least partly explain how he became the first U.S. general to be lost in combat while giving an interview to Rolling Stone: They’ll be studying that one in war colleges around the world for decades."

"To return to [Washington Post's, Richard] Cohen’s question: “Who is this guy? What are his core beliefs?” Well, he’s a guy who was wafted ever upward from the Harvard Law Review to state legislator to United States senator without ever lingering long enough to accomplish anything. “Who is this guy?” Well, when a guy becomes a credible presidential candidate by his mid-forties with no accomplishments other than a couple of memoirs, he evidently has an extraordinary talent for self-promotion, if nothing else. “What are his core beliefs?” It would seem likely that his core belief is in himself. It’s the “nothing else” that the likes of Cohen are belatedly noticing."

"Hey, never mind: Moveon.org have quietly disappeared their celebrated “General Betray Us” ad from their website. Cindy Sheehan, the supposed conscience of the nation when she was railing against Bush from the front pages, is an irrelevant kook unworthy of coverage when she protests Obama. Why, a cynic might almost think the “anti-war” movement was really an anti-Bush movement, and that they really don’t care about dead foreigners after all."

Gallup poll: Self-identifying conservatives at highest level since '92

The stars are continuing to align for the midterm election bloodbath: 

 

 

Obama's new border strategy? Lots of signs!

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is calling out the president again, and this time it has to do with signs warning the public that illegals may be in the area, so stay away - or else!  What a great strategy:

So, the Obama illegal immigration strategy boils down to this: let illegals cross the border and warn the American public to stay away from their areas of travel. Dear Lord, is it November yet? This guy is Jimmy Carter on female hormones. 

Considering that the AZ immigration law is extremely popular, Governor Brewer is making Captain Kick Ass look pretty bad in all of this.  She is absolutely kicking his ass on immigration reform and it shows in the polls: the governor's approval rating is dwarfing that of The Messiah's, and Brewer's is on the rise and Obama's, well, not so much.

But hey, didn't the stimulus rely on a bunch of signs to stimulate the economy - albeit ineffectively - too? Yep:

 

Memo to President Hopenchange: Signs don't work.  Actions do.

Obama Presidency in free fall. Assume the crash position!

A new poll from the Wall Street Journal/NBC News just dropped a bomb on what’s left of the Obama Presidency:

Americans are more pessimistic about the state of the country and less confident in President Barack Obama's leadership than at any point since Mr. Obama entered the White House, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. ...

Sixty-two percent of adults in the survey feel the country is on the wrong track, the highest level since before the 2008 election. Just one-third think the economy will get better over the next year, a 7-point drop from a month ago and the low point of Mr. Obama's tenure.

Amid anxiety over the nation's course, support for Mr. Obama and other incumbents is eroding. For the first time, more people disapprove of Mr. Obama's job performance than approve. And 57% of voters would prefer to elect a new person to Congress than re-elect their local representatives, the highest share in 18 years. ...

Support for Mr. Obama and his party is declining among centrist, independent voters. But, more ominous for the president, some in his base also are souring, with 17% of Democrats disapproving of Mr. Obama's job performance, the highest level of his presidency.

I have wondered for a couple of months if Obama’s base has been eroding, especially so in light of his handling of the oil spill.  Considering that Democratic disapproval of this president’s performance is at its highest level ever, I think it’s safe to say that base is starting to show some cracks in the foundation.

Hillary in 2012, Democrats?

CNN: Just plug the darn hole, Mr. President!

The national media made a big stink over BP CEO Tony Hayward spending some time on his yacht last weekend but was strangely quiet on President Obama's golf outing - his seventh round since the explosion in the Gulf.  Oddly enough, CNN has taken the lead in mocking Obama's penchant for crisis golf and tied the two activities together.  From News Busters:

It's still early and I may be premature in my analysis but ... is the tide turning against this president? I mean really turning?  

We've seen some recent disappointment from some of his biggest fans in the media and CNN would have never criticized Obama like this a year ago.  But ... is it possible - dare I say it - that the Left is finally starting to realize what many of us have known all along - that Barack Obama is nothing more than an empty suit with teleprompter skills?

Immigration by the numbers

Below, an excellent video on immigration (broken into two parts) highlighting the future immigrant population explosion that has the potential to cause catastrophic damage to this country’s economic exceptionalism. 

When you watch the video, keep in mind the wise words of Senator Ed Kennedy back in 1965 when the Immigration Act was passed:

"First, our cities will not be flooded with a million immigrants annually. Under the proposed bill, the present level of immigration remains substantially the same ... Secondly, the ethnic mix of this country will not be upset ... Contrary to the charges in some quarters, [the bill] will not inundate America with immigrants from any one country or area."

The majority of illegal immigrants migrating to the U.S. have low education levels that result in low income levels while here.  This contributes to low tax payments, recently estimated to be about 25% of what a normal household would pay in taxes.

As the video points out, a growing number of illegal immigrants are using public services but are not contributing to the funding of said services at the same rate as normal households.  This has resulted in a net deficit that is being subsidized by the taxpayer.  As the illegal immigrant population grows and their tax contributions remain the same, an unsustainable deficit emerges that has the potential to create severe fiscal problems at all levels of government.  The charts in the video provide a nice visual of what that will look like.

So what's the answer?  According to a study by the non-partisan, Center for Immigration Studies, the first step is to "enforce our immigration laws and reduce illegal immigration."  Now isn't that a novel idea? 

We can then work on legal immigration with a focus on adding people to this country who can contribute to its greatness and avoid turning it into a third-world social democracy where everyone shares in the poverty.

Are you a producer or a parasite?

   

That’s the question a frustrated Missouri farmer recently posed to the national Democrats:

David Jungerman farms 6,800 acres of river bottom land in western Missouri.

He’s not the kind of guy who posts on Twitter or has a Facebook profile.

So when the 72-year-old Raytown man wanted to speak out politically, he used what he had handy: a 45-foot-long, semi-truck box trailer.

Are you a Producer or Parasite

Democrats - Party of the Parasites

He planted the trailer with its professionally painted message in his Bates County cornfield along heavily traveled U.S. 71 about an hour south of Kansas City. He wanted lots of people to see it.

And of course, one of the parasites in question found it offensive and - as any good far-left zealot is wont to do - attempted to burn it down …twice.  It’s still up though and getting the point across and as luck would have it, it isn’t going anywhere anytime soon:

“Well, I would have pulled it out of there by now if they hadn’t burned the tires off.”

Democrats: the party of unintended consequences and parasites. 

Thomas Jefferson said it best when he said “we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the industrious.”  Never has that statement been more true than today and kudos to Mr. Jungerman for pointing that out.

People moving out of California. People moving to Texas.

I have posted in the past on the differences in political philosophy between the uber-liberal state of California and the much more conservative leaning Texas.  I have argued that the liberal policies of states like California tend to do long-term harm and that the conservative policies of states like Texas have had an overall positive impact in comparison.  

One of those benefits has been the influx of people moving into your state - as opposed to those moving out - in search of a better environment.

Well, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words ...

A black line is indicative of inward movement, aka, people moving in:

A red line means people moving out:

Quite the disparity but the numbers don't lie: California has been experiencing a population decline while Texas has been attracting people looking to take advantage of their low tax, small government philosophy.  Which, incidentally, has contributed to a great quality of life for a lot of people.  As Ryan Streeter pointed out at the Enterprise Blog:

Texas’s low-cost, liberty-loving atmosphere has become an attractive alternative to California’s oppressive public sector and dysfunctional policy environment.

And those maps prove it.