Mass SNAFU

Liberals take notice

THIS is what unchecked liberalism gets you:

 

That's a whole lot of unhappy, freedom-loving patriots getting together at Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally to send the following message to the arrogant, elitist left: you do not know what's best for us and it's time for a change. 

So consider yesterday's gathering of half a million concerned citizens an omen of what's to come November 2nd.  Elections do have consequences.

New NRSC ad: Who exactly is extreme again?

Uh, it's the party of big government, trillion dollar deficits, forced healthcare, et cetera, et cetera. Yeah, you know, the one that knows what's best for all of us no matter what we may think.  The Democrats have done more damage to themselves by exposing their true colors in ignoring the court of public opinion on pretty much every single one of their agenda items and on issues like the AZ immigration law and the Ground Zero Mosque.  

They are no longer the party of the people and this new ad sheds some light on that fact:

I say good riddance and let's just hope the new Republican majority doesn't act as stupidly as the Democratic one did over the past 19 months.

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.

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.

The "worst president ever" label is starting to surface - and stick

And it only took 18 months.

Obama has been one big ass disappointment to say the least, and you just know the Hillary lovers are looking at their intra-party Obot rivals with a look of deep concern as the political carnage continues to pile up around them.

You can already see the Republicans in 2012 circling like vultures over what's left of President Hopenchange.  There is no doubt their platforms will be based on a theme of competent leadership, something we have yet to see from the artist formerly known as the Smartest President Ever. Throw in some economic expertise and a dash of fiscal responsibility and you pretty much have the recipe for your next president - a Republican.

Record low!

A new low in the passion index:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 23% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-five percent (45%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -22. That’s the lowest Approval Index rating yet measured for this president (see trends).

An interesting subset of the poll is the breakdown in support by gender:

Among men, 20% Strongly Approve and 50% Strongly Disapprove. Among women, those numbers are 27% and 40%.

That's some serious dissatisfaction by men with half strongly disapproving.  That does not bode well for The One. Not to mention, that this oil spill – and the lack of a federal response – is going to hurt as we move forward.  If this thing isn’t plugged soon, Obama may surpass Bush’s poll numbers at the end of his 2nd term, and that is not what Team Obama had in mind two months ago.

Mexican president is a hypocrite

With the White House as the backdrop, Mexican President Felipe Calderon – with the full blessing of the Obama administration – criticized Arizona’s immigration law yesterday in a joint presser with The One.  A vast majority of proud Americans - none of whom work in the Obama administration by the way - had an issue with a foreign head of state publicly ripping Arizona while a guest at the White House, which prompted Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) to quip "It's a little bit like inviting a guest over for dinner and then having them criticize the food.”  Exactly.

But to make matters worse, it turns out that the details of the Arizona law that Calderon has fraudulently taken issue with - profiling and asking suspected illegals for their documents - are routinely practiced in his own country’s southern border.  

Calderon freely admitted as much in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Rush Limbaugh used those sound bites to expose the Mexican president as a first class fraud – and idiot:

Let’s not forget that the Arizona law prohibits racial profiling and only allows law enforcement to ask for documentation when the suspect has been lawfully stopped, detained or arrested.  Not so in Mexico.

I guess Calderon didn’t read the law either.

Is anyone in the Obama administration going to read the AZ law before dumping all over it?

First it was Obama who erroneously slammed the AZ immigration law, even though he obviously didn't read it.  Then it was AG Eric Holder who had all sorts of bad things to say about the law, yet admitted that he hadn't really read it.  Today, the ever clueless Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano admitted that even though she thinks the law sucks, she too has yet to actually read the damn thing:

(Click the image to watch)

Real Clear Politics has the transcript:

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano admits she hasn't read the Arizona immigration law, but passed judgment on it anyway. "That's not the kind of law I would have signed," she declared. "I believe it's a bad law enforcement law. I believe it mandates and requires local enforcement and puts them in a position many do not want to be placed in," Napolitano said. "When I was dealing with laws of that ilk, most of the law enforcement agencies in Arizona at that time were opposed to such legislation," she claimed.

Legal immigrant puts the smack down on Tucson City Council

"You have been elected to oversee the city's business, not to become advocates for illegal immigration." - Gabriella, a legal immigrant

AZ Governor Jan Brewer to President Obama: Bring it biatch!