Occupy Wall Street / Politics

The Occupy Wall Streeters should put down their copies of Das Kapital and pick up this year’s Forbes 400 [Reader Post]

Back in 2000 or 2001 I read a piece in Newsweek or TIME that discussed flyers whining that they didn’t have enough storage space in the overhead compartment bins on airplanes. I remember writing a letter to the editor saying that the only reason that people had the luxury of being able to whine about such things was that flying had become so safe that flyers could shift their focus to the more mundane. Then of course September 11th came along and people started focusing on the basic reason planes exist… to get them from point A to point B in one piece.

The Occupy Wall Streeters are just like the people whining about the overhead compartments. These are the people who enjoy the fruits of the capitalist system in which they live – iPhones, Starbucks, Facebook, Twitter, Twinkies, Nikes, ATMs, MSNBC, not to mention adequate food, shelter, and transportation, yet want to destroy that very system.

Economy / Herman Cain / Politics / Taxes

Poor people will prosper under 999 – and so will the rest of the country. [Reader Post]

Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan is imperfect, but it’s by far the best plan on the table. As such, criticism of 9-9-9 comes from all quarters.

The left is unhappy that its egalitarian nature is the opposite of the progressive tax structure we’ve had for a century. I suspect however that it is not simple tax policy that drives their antipathy, it’s revenge. You don’t have to listen very long to one of President Obama’s “fair share” speeches to recognize it. Or watch much of the “Occupy your city here” demonstrations going on around the country to see the envy. The notion of those fat cat Wall Street bankers paying the same tax rate as a single mother of three who works two jobs to support her children is simply unacceptable.

Barack Obama / Baracks Broken Promises / Congress / Economy / Environment / Obamanomics / Politics / polls / POWER GRAB!

The left’s 40% blue core… insanity, stupidity or religion? [Reader Post]

It’s still a year out from the election, but Rasmussen’s most recent poll makes one start to wonder. It shows President Obama at 46% of the vote against GOP frontrunner Rick Perry’s 39%. That was a flip from the previous week’s Obama 41% vs. Perry’s 44%.

The Perry part of that poll is not really of consequence. President Obama tends to perform about the same against various other challengers and against the “generic” Republican candidate. The ebb and flow of a weekly news cycle has an impact on the fringes, but not so much on the core. And that core is the thing that one has to wonder.

Barack Obama / Deception and Lies / Economy / Energy / Environment / Obamanomics / Politics / propaganda bureau

Electric car owners are in for a huge shock [Reader Post]

Electrifying, even.

It’s said that the pathway to hell is paved with good intentions. People buy electric cars for many reasons- saving the environment and cost savings versus the price of gas are usually the most common. Soon they are going to find themselves in fiscal hell thanks to Barack Obama. And that’s the good news.

Barack Obama / Culture of Corruption / Harry Reid / Liberal Idiots / Nancy Pelosi / Obama Euphoric-Rapture Syndrome / Politics / POWER GRAB! / propaganda bureau

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me all the time, I am a democrat [Reader Post]

Caught this article in Obamico Politico:

President Obama looks past debt debate to job creation

President Barack Obama on Tuesday called a compromise to raise the debt ceiling and launch the U.S. government on a path toward deficit reduction “just the first step” toward strengthening the country’s economy and creating jobs.