RNC’s new video “Familiar Rhetoric, Failed Record”. If you have not seen the video then you should check it out. The video already has over 800,000 views in less than a week. In the video we see clips from the 2011 State of the Union (and a few from the 2010) that are eerily similar to what President Obama said in his 2012 State of the Union last week. Some of the clips are the exact same from year to year.

The rhetoric has not changed, mostly due to the inability to act. Rhetoric without action is frustrating and annoying for the American people. The rhetoric in the speeches range from demands like when he ordered the colleges to cut their tuitions to ideas like fixing infrastructure in the country. What stumps me most is that of all the politicians in the country, no one sounds like their are in a perpetual campaign state more than him. Every speech sounds like he is still trying to become president rather than be president (although the issue of whether he wants to be in the office or just be running for the office is a whole different issue).

Of course, we are talking about a president here that talks about creating jobs but when a chance to create thousands of jobs with just one project, hides behind bureaucracy. It only make sense that there would be three years of talking about the same issues over and over again without stepping up and getting things done.

One of the biggest factors that this video shines the light on is the lack of originality by his writers and staff. The administration needs to take a look in the mirror and reevaluate how they are communicating to the constituency. More and more of this same old rhetoric during the election could be the main reason for their exit.

The video is well done and perfect example of that we have a president that is fine with spewing out rhetoric but comes up short on action and leadership. Hopefully we won’t have to sit through another one let alone four.

Here is the link to the video: http://youtu.be/UDDRiGIUYQo

Re-posted from PJMedia

Recently, I attended an event where a new 2012 Fisker Karma sports car was on display. Up until this time I had never heard of a Fisker Karma and after looking at the price tag I know why. It was a shocking $112,000. The Fisker Karma, manufactured by Fisker Automotive, looks like it should have a starring role in a Mission Impossible movie. It is a sleek cutting edge masterpiece of Finnish manufacturing.

Apparently sales have been brisk.  Great news I say!  After all, this is America where an awesome car made in Finland equals a new status toy for the one percent… or in this case more like the one half of one percent.

As I was ogling the car, my friend told me the Fisker company received a US government loan to help with the design of the car’s electric battery.

It turns out the Fisker Karma is a “green” electric car and part of Obama’s energy/manufacturing plan to lead our nation out of the “Great Recession.”

Fisker Automotive, a California based company with an  Al Gore venture capital firm connection was given a $529 million loan from the Department of Energy to provide manufacturing jobs and produce these high-tech electric cars.

But there is only one problem — the cars are built in Finland.

Why Finland?

Here is the answer provided by Fisker Automotive company founder Henri Fisker. “There was no contract manufacturer in the U.S. that could actually produce our vehicle,” he told ABC News  “They don’t exist here.”

Given the dismal state of U.S. manufacturing, Fisker’s statement does not surprise me. But what does surprise and infuriate me is $529 million of our hard earned tax money went into building this lavish product that only one half of one percent of our population could ever dream of driving.

Tuesday night when President Obama gave his State of the Union message he conveniently forgot to include this tawdry tale of economic excellence in his “America is Back” themed speech.

Obama-nomics means the smallest fraction of the population — the same ones Obama says need to pay more taxes — now have the opportunity to pay $112,000 for sporty new set of electric wheels. Meanwhile, the rest of us already paid $529 million for a car we have never heard of, let alone can afford, while the Fins got the jobs.

The Republican leaders in Congress missed a poignant message opportunity.

Outside the Capitol building there should have been a 2012 Fisker Karma on display with a windshield-sized $112,000 price tag easily read by the television cameras. Then, instead of the Republican response to The State of the Union address, they should have held a press conference featuring this gorgeous electric car of the future.

This would have made a terrific impact, illustrating Obama’s disastrous Energy Department loan policies, taxpayer waste and the declining state of American manufacturing.

To jumpstart sales should Obama buy a new Fisker Karma for Michelle?

Given the six figure price tag I have a feeling she would be too embarrassed to drive it.

In 2010, Barack Obama touted Solyndra’s solar panels in his State of the Union speech. We know what happened to Solyndra.

In this week’s State of the Union, Barack Obama touted Ener1′s electric car batteries. Today, Ener1 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Also in Barack Obama’s State of the Union this week, he touted Masterlock and the high productivity of its unionized workforce.

Given the odds, if you own stock in Masterlock, you might want to sell.

In 2010, Barack Obama touted Solyndra’s solar panels in his State of the Union speech. We know what happened to Solyndra.

In this week’s State of the Union, Barack Obama touted Ener1′s electric car batteries. Today, Ener1 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Also in Barack Obama’s State of the Union this week, he touted Masterlock and the high productivity of its unionized workforce.

Given the odds, if you own stock in Masterlock, you might want to sell.

The Obama Economy: Built. To. Last.

“The 65% of our population who are imbeciles really love it, so it must be best!”

– Brett Stevens (in full-metal sarcasm mode) (HT:Amerika.org)

I’ll let Sir Charles Darwin explain why the entire premise of Barack Obama’s recent smug-fest campaign ad known as a State of The Union Address was an utter joke. Barack Obama thinks a welfare state with more tentacles than a sea monster from a Homeric Epic can give us an economy that is built to last. Darwin would explain reality as follows.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”

(HT:Thinkexist.com)

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The Obama Economy: Built. To. Last.

“The 65% of our population who are imbeciles really love it, so it must be best!”

– Brett Stevens (in full-metal sarcasm mode) (HT:Amerika.org)

I’ll let Sir Charles Darwin explain why the entire premise of Barack Obama’s recent smug-fest campaign ad known as a State of The Union Address was an utter joke. Barack Obama thinks a welfare state with more tentacles than a sea monster from a Homeric Epic can give us an economy that is built to last. Darwin would explain reality as follows.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”

(HT:Thinkexist.com)

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In years past, I’ve chosen to forego attending President Obama’s annual State of the Union speech, and instead focused on interacting with my constituents through live, virtual town halls while I watched the speech in my office. This wasn’t out of disrespect, but because I wanted to see real-time responses from Georgians and to get their ideas for what might jumpstart our economy.

This year, I decided to attend the State of the Union in hopes that the president might have learned something from his failed policies and for a change in direction in this particular speech. I went with my colleagues to the House floor and awaited the president’s arrival, hoping that he would deliver a speech that would give us real, honest solutions to get our economy going and create jobs outside of government.

Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Last night, we got nothing more than a campaign speech from President Obama that outlined his plans to further divide America for political gain. The State of the Union revolved around raising taxes, increasing spending, and enacting more government regulations – nearly all in conflict with the original intent of our Constitution.

President Obama, his administration, and most of my Democrat colleagues have it all wrong. More taxes, more spending and more government regulation will never be the solutions to our fiscal crisis. Real American growth and lasting prosperity will only prevail through the successes of the private sector. The president’s “Blueprint for an America Built to Last” has a serious, fundamental flaw: You can’t build a sturdy structure on a cracked foundation.

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In years past, I’ve chosen to forego attending President Obama’s annual State of the Union speech, and instead focused on interacting with my constituents through live, virtual town halls while I watched the speech in my office. This wasn’t out of disrespect, but because I wanted to see real-time responses from Georgians and to get their ideas for what might jumpstart our economy.

This year, I decided to attend the State of the Union in hopes that the president might have learned something from his failed policies and for a change in direction in this particular speech. I went with my colleagues to the House floor and awaited the president’s arrival, hoping that he would deliver a speech that would give us real, honest solutions to get our economy going and create jobs outside of government.

Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Last night, we got nothing more than a campaign speech from President Obama that outlined his plans to further divide America for political gain. The State of the Union revolved around raising taxes, increasing spending, and enacting more government regulations – nearly all in conflict with the original intent of our Constitution.

President Obama, his administration, and most of my Democrat colleagues have it all wrong. More taxes, more spending and more government regulation will never be the solutions to our fiscal crisis. Real American growth and lasting prosperity will only prevail through the successes of the private sector. The president’s “Blueprint for an America Built to Last” has a serious, fundamental flaw: You can’t build a sturdy structure on a cracked foundation.

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Traitor – One who betrays one’s country, a cause, or a trust. Class Warfare  – The concept of trying to influence voters by playing one segment of our society against another.

Last night Barack Obama gave yet another State of the Union speech – analysts, journalists, economists, the news media, bloggers are in a frenzy trying to decipher his speech. Even a fifth grader could discern that it was merely a dressed up version of his campaign speech in 2008, the one on “Hope and Change.”

There are two short portions of this speech that tells it all.  Obama said, “We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well, while a growing number of Americans barely get by. Or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.” This exemplifies the “Rules of Radicals” using class warfare to divide the populous.

His second statement which is indicative of a sick misguided Commander in Chief was this: “Anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned, doesn’t know what they’re talking about.” When a Commander in Chief makes a blatant lie like this to the American public, it signifies to all that we have a “sick puppy” dog in the White House on the loose.

Bare Facts: Issues Obama refused to discuss

Fast and Furious gunrunner operation resulting in murders of innocent people

His “green company” scam has cost taxpayer’s millions and there’s more to come.

Obama hid the fact the GM is having major problems with the Chevy “Volt.”
About 14 million Americans unemployed

Millions of people have stopped looking for work putting our actual unemployment figure above 15 to 20%.

National Deficit exceeds 15 trillion dollars – increase of 5 trillion in three years

787 Billion dollar stimulus – lost, gone forever

African American unemployment over 15% -

Home foreclosures continue (Oct 2011 alone there were 230,678 foreclosures

Hispanics are being misused once again in an attempt to buy votes for 2012.

In closing the State of the Union Speech was disgraceful, boring and served as a jump start for Obama’s 2012 Presidential run. Nothing more, nothing less – Obama’s State of the Union Address will go down in history as a political gimmick or devious fairy tale trying to sell his “ Deflated Hope and Change” of 2008.

With 1 billion dollars in his war chest he will spend the remainder of 2012 with total disregard to the welfare of our Nation.  A Commander in Chief who not only participates in class warfare, but pits races against each other is despicable.  He is a liar, traitor and very ill person who wishes to do harm to the greatest Nation in the World.

It is sad to think that the Commander in Chief of America chooses to destroy, not lead. 

May God Bless America

As Always,

Little Tboca

Sometimes the events in the political realm  causes this throbbing to occur in my head. Usually it is fine, since these events are fleeting and all I have to do is turn the television off, listen to music, eat a ding-dong and think happy thoughts.  The events of the last 10 days have managed to create a constant throbbing that even music by the Marconi Union cannot soothe.

Let us start with the two South Carolina debates. While watching, I was put off by the cheering. It is a debate not a hockey game. It wasn’t just the cheering, it was what the people were cheering about. They whooped and hollered at comments that made absolutely no sense. On display for the country to see was behavior by those in my party, best explained by Anne Coulter, when describing liberals, as mob mentality.

The more caustic or snide the remark, the louder the audience cheered. There is a lot of anger in the country and candidates would be remiss if they did not try to tap into this to garnish support, but they must do so responsibly, something lacking in those debates.  In the second debate the crowd was whipped up into such a frenzy all rational conduct went out the window.

During the first debate in Florida, the crowd remained subdued. In that atmosphere Newt Gingrich’s comments fell flat. Why? People actually had time to comprehend what he said. Even more important, they listened to the replies. Whether it was from Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney or Ron Paul, it became clear that Newt’s rhetoric did not match the facts. It was proven he did lobby for Freddie Mac, he does behave erratically and he was thrown out of his position as Speaker of the House.

What happened the next day?

The disgraced former Speaker went on the talk circuit complaining that the audience was not allowed to cheer for him. He threatened to pull out of the next debate if the people were not allowed to behave like a raucous mob.  He has put the media “on notice” he will not tolerate the suppression of free speech. As an “historian” he knows darn well it is not suppression of free speech to request a private audience to behave respectfully. The facts do not matter to him, he is playing to the mob mentality. He claims  if he is the nominee, he will tell the Commission on Presidential Debates to change their rule requiring the audience to remain silent.

Can you see him threatening to pull out of those debates?

President Obama will be really bothered by that threat, won’t he?

It will be interesting to see what tomorrow’s debate brings.

Now for the second source of my pounding head.

No, it is not Jack Daniels.

It was President Obama’s State of the Union Speech.

Yes, it was the typical SOTU speech; long, boring and a laundry list of desires. Unlike most SOTU speeches, however, it was also candidate Obama’s campaign kick off speech:

But in return, we need to change our tax code so that people like me, and an awful lot of Members of Congress, pay our fair share of taxes. Tax reform should follow the Buffett rule: If you make more than $1 million a year, you should not pay less than 30 percent in taxes. And my Republican friend Tom Coburn is right: Washington should stop subsidizing millionaires. In fact, if you’re earning a million dollars a year, you shouldn’t get special tax subsidies or deductions. On the other hand, if you make under $250,000 a year, like 98 percent of American families, your taxes shouldn’t go up. You’re the ones struggling with rising costs and stagnant wages. You’re the ones who need relief.

It is clear, as the President tries to distance himself from the occupy movement, he is clearly pandering to them.

I did get some relief  last night, it came in the form of the response to the SOTU by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, this was my favorite part:

The extremism that stifles the development of homegrown energy, or cancels a perfectly safe pipeline that would employ tens of thousands, or jacks up consumer utility bills for no improvement in either human health or world temperature, is a pro-poverty policy.  It must be replaced by a passionate pro-growth approach that breaks all ties and calls all close ones in favor of private sector jobs that restore opportunity for all and generate the public revenues to pay our bills.

That means a dramatically simpler tax system of fewer loopholes and lower rates.  A pause in the mindless piling on of expensive new regulations that devour dollars that otherwise could be used to hire somebody.  It means maximizing on the new domestic energy technologies that are the best break our economy has gotten in years.

There is a second item on our national must-do list: we must unite to save the safety net. Medicare and Social Security have served us well, and that must continue.  But after half and three quarters of a century respectively, it’s not surprising that they need some repairs.   We can preserve them unchanged and untouched for those now in or near retirement, but we must fashion a new, affordable safety net so future Americans are protected, too.

Just as my headache started to subside, I remembered it was Rush Limbaugh who chased this man out of the primaries before they even began. Time for another ding-dong.