Obama pandering to union goons again

President Obama absolutely did the wrong thing when imposing tariffs on tires manufactured in China.  Not only do I think that he did the wrong thing, I also think he did it purely for political reasons.  These protectionist policies are actually hurting the industry as a whole rather than helping it.  The producers aren’t benefiting, because they have to make a decision to keep their manufacturing in China and pay a lot of money to import it, or to shift their production elsewhere where there is cheap labor.  The consumers sure aren’t benefiting, because they are now paying more for low-end tires.  Small businesses are also getting hurt by this trade war that Obama has started.  There is a decreasing demand for tires right now anyway, because of the state of the economy.  Many people can’t afford to go and drop close to a thousand dollars on a set of tires, so they are putting it off.  Then once the price goes up by 10-15% that drives demand down even more. This tariff obviously did not make the Chinese government very happy, which is not good, considering that they are the ones that are buying the majority of our debt.  This is big government at its best.  
The only people who could possibly stand to benefit from such a thing as the tire tariff are the Unions, who want the government to step in and protect them from any sort of foreign competition, that way they can jack up the price of their own labor.  I found the quote from Ron Kirk funny, which said “Enforcing trade laws is key to maintaining an open and free trading system.”  Wait a second.  Enforcing trade laws is the key to a free trading system?  So imposing a 35% tax on tire imports from China somehow makes the trading system more free?  And all this time, I thought that more regulation meant less freedom.  How about reducing trade laws is the key to an open and free trading system.  If you scrape away all of the BS from Ron Kirk’s statement (which would leave you with nothing), you could see that what he really meant was “Pandering to the union bosses will get Obama re-elected, therefore securing my job.”

The Empirical Evidence Against Big Government

Just ran across this video from the bi-partisan Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation

Venice Film Festival Plays Host to Some Real Schmucks

The President isn't the only so-called American who is traveling the world spreading propoganda that America is evil and buddying up with dictators. Michael Moore and Oliver Stone are both in Venice this week promoting their Anti-American films. In Michael Moore's new movie "Capitalism: A Love Story," Moore calls capitalism "evil," saying that it encourages poverty while lifting up the rich man. Last time I checked, Mr. Moore, your net worth was exceeding eight figures. So he is in effect calling the very system that allowed him to accumulate his 50 million plus in net worth evil. If you're that woried about the poor and impoverished, why don't you go find some of those impoverished people that you so dearly care for, give them a place to live and pay for them to get an education so that they can provide for themselves? Doesn't that seem like a more effective way to help someone than to change the capitalist system that this country was built on to a socialist or communist system where everyone is compensated the same no matter how hard they work? If all of these rich-- dare i say- communists, who are so "concerned" about poverty in the United States would invest their money in the people themselves rather than in movies and such that are going to make them more money, then they might be taken a little bit more seriuosly. Michael Moore, you are nothing but a phony and a hypocrate.


Which brings me to Oliver Stone. Many of you may know him from movies that he has directed such as: Any Given Sunday, JFK, World Trade Center, Born on the Fourth of July, and Natural Born Killers. Well, He has a new movie coming out called South of the Border where he travels to Venezuela and teams up with none other than Hugo Chavez to document the changes that put these nice leaders such as Chavez in power. They claim that Hugo Chavez and the like represent the views of the majority of their people, and that they have brought great change to their countries such as reducing poverty and providing healthcare and welfare to their people. Nevermind that they are authoritarian dictators vying for a totalitarian form of government. To use a quote from Hugo Chavez's friend Barack Obama, "You can put lipstick on a pig," but at the end of the day it's still a pig.

I Pledge to Be of Service to Barack Obama!

Is it just me, or is there something very disturbing about this video. Even more disturbing, is that this is supposed to be played in our government schools for all of our kids to see. If I was a parent, I would be on the phone with the superintendent yelling and screaming for them to not be a part of this indoctrination. This is frightening, and if your not pissed off then there is something wrong.

Everybody Hide So You Don't Die From Swine Flu

The big bad swine flu is here and according to Barack's Scientific Advisers, it could kill 90,000 people, while infecting half of the United States. Emergency rooms and intensive care units are going to fill up and hospitals across the country are going to be in chaos. We better hurry up and get this healthcare bill passed before half of the nation comes down with the swine flu and gets bankrupted by hospital bills (sarcasm).


I actually had the swine flu, and I know two other people that had it. My symptoms lasted for- get this- ONE DAY! Now I'm fine. No hospital stay, no medication, nothing.
Don't misunderstand me; the one day that I had the symptoms was pretty bad, however I really have a hard time buying into the scare tactics from the Obama White House.

Lockerbie Bomber is Now a Free Man

Scotland has released Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, the person responsible for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, otherwise known as the Lockerbie Bomber. Apparently he is suffering from terminal prostate cancer with less than three months to live, and the Scottish government thought that it would be a humane thing to free him. What about the 270 people that he was convicted of killing? They weren't allowed to go home and die in the comfort of their own home with their families by their side.


And then you have the Obama administration coming out publicly condemning the Scottish Government for releasing him. There they go again with their rampant hypocracy. When it comes to terrorists in American custody, such as those in Guantanamo, Obama wants nothing to do with them. Why? Because that might adversely affect his global apology tour. So what does he do? He signs an order to shut down Guantanamo and send the majority of the fine folks staying there back home with not so much as a slap on the hand. What about the FALN terrorists whose clemency was secured by Eric Holder and eventually granted by President Clinton?


Its almost funny to hear the Obama hypocrates weigh in on this, given their own track record of being friendly to terrorists. The previous two examples given are just two of the many. Bill Ayers anyone?

A Time for Choosing

Im not really in the mood for writing today, so here is my favorite speech ever given by Ronald Reagan.

Israel Won't Rule out a Strike Against Iran

According to an article run in Israel's Maariv newspaper, Israel may be looking at a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities sometime in the near future. A senior Israeli defense official has said that time is working against them if they in fact plan to carry out the strike, because the Iranian government is dilligently working to hide and camoflauge potential targets.
I don't think that they will see much help militarily from Mr. Obama, as he would prefer to sit down and have a beer with Ahmadinejad rather than put his foot down and stand up united with our most important ally in the Middle East if not the world.
If Iran had it's way and Israel was in fact wiped off the map, then you can say goodbye to our national security here in the States. Islamofacism would be running rampant everywhere in the middle east and eventually all over Asia, Africa, and Europe, and it would be very difficult for the United States to do anything about it with no friends in the area to lend a hand. Maybe its just me, but I see no problem with Israel going in and setting Iran back a few years.

Obama And His Goons Are At It Again

It appears that Obama is using mob tactics once again to silence dissenters. Apparently the administration has set up a way for concerned citizens to "rat-out" anyone who might voice "phony" concerns over ObamaCare. And then you have this guy in St. Louis who is passing out "Don't Tread on Me" flags who is assaulted by some SEIU members. Is this what it's come down to- silencing the opposition at any cost? Seriously folks, whats next? Are we going to start seeing those who dissent from the ideas of this administration get "whacked?" Admittedly, maybe thats a little out there, but then again I honestly would have never thought that Id see the day where the United States government would start asking citizens to report "phony" concerns.


I would like to leave you with a quote from James Madison in Federalist Papers no.62


"“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is today, can guess what it will be tomorrow. Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known and less fixed?”

Birthers

So it appears that the Obama "birther" movement is still going strong. For those of you who dont know about the "birthers," they are a group of people who are still hung up on the question of whether Obama was really born in Hawaii like he claims, or Kenya as many in the birther movement allege.
I read a column on Townhall.com by Chuck Norris, in which Chuck suggested that Obama make public his birth certificate so that we can move on and the birthers can dry up about it. Seems easy enough; I mean if you have nothing to hide, then why not?
Dont get me wrong, Im no-where close to a fan of Mr. Obama, but he is already in office, and I really dont think that his place of birth makes a whole hell of a lot of difference now. I think their efforts could be better used in speaking out against Obamas inevitable tax hikes that he promised would not happen.