Huh???

Remember when President Obama tried to distance himself earlier this week from the unsavory and wildly unpopular back-room politicking that went on to sweeten the Health Care Reform Bill enough to make it palatable to the US Senate?

He told us that he was not involved in the negotiations. 

Rahm Emmanuel, the President's Chief of Staff, says otherwise.

It makes one wonder who is really running the country.  Who IS the puppet master?

(Another interesting comment he made in that interview was that he has not changed the legislative process into what he would like it to be.  Is that absolutely TERRIFYING to anyone but me?  Listen close when you watch the video.)

Rahm Emmanuel Contradicts President Obama's Claim

Another Example of Leftist Racism....

How about this little bit of elitist, racist, bigotted, condecending, socially-backward gushing from an icon of the Left?

This is disgusting. 

When will black Americans (and other minorities) wake up to how the Left really feels about them?  They are viewed as less than human.  Simple tools to use in winning elections.  The policies of the Left are DESIGNED to keep human beings in subjection and they have been ESPECIALLY damaging to the black community. 

Chris Matthews' "Unfortunate Racially Insensitive Comments"

Remember: This Is About YOU, And NOT The President

This 2-minute video summary of President Obama's recent campaign speech (delivered 22 Jan 2010) in Ohio really lets you know where his focus is. 

In the President's defense, 3 of the 132 self-references are to remind us that this is not about him.

Breitbart.tv » 132: The Number of Times Obama Refers to Himself in One Speech

Global Climate Update From My Neighborhood...

I understand that in the world of climate science doublespeak "global warming" can mean many things.  I know that "global" can also mean "local" or "regional".  I know that "warming" can also mean cooling.  I know it can result in more rainfall or less rainfall.  I know that it can lead to desertification or expansion of jungles.  I know that it can contribute to mass extinction and the discovery of new species.  I know it can have an adverse or a positive effect on physical and mental health of human beings.  I know that it can even contribute to more severe or milder reactions to certain stimuli.

Having acknowledged that, let me tell you what global warming is doing to us today.  In the high desert we had 6" of snowfall followed up by at least 3" of rain.  Temperatures are below normal - about 12 degrees low, as a matter of fact.  And by morning we will have at least 6 more inches of snow with temperatures a full 20 degrees below normal. 

I feel like Sid the Sloth, from the movie "Ice Age" when he said, "You know what I could really go for?  Global warming!"

This Just In From Great Britain...

As we continue to uncover the world of fabricated climate science, I am reminded of how lies become truth.

A lie is told. A second person cites the lie as substantiation of their own research. A third person cites the second person's "research". From there anyone can pick up the tertiary research and see that it is substantiated by at least two other sources and one of them is the primary source.

The lie becomes "common knowledge".

World misled over Himalayan glacier meltdown - Times Online

Healthcare Reform Townhall Video...

I found this a little late, but I enjoyed the "shock reporting" on the townhall meetings associated with healthcare reform.

A good insight into the mindsets of both sides of the argument.

Here's The Deal...

Okay, I can't stand hearing people tell government workers, whether they be police officers, city council members, or Motor Vehicle clerks, that they "pay their salary". 

That's just crazy talk. 

Of course, we all pay taxes of some sort.  Of course, some sort of taxes pay these workers' wages.

But let's get past the idea that in some way we are the boss of them.

On the other hand, as they say, there is the idea that at one time government employees were actually called "public servants".  That's an interesting idea.  "Public" would indicate that their work is funded by the people of a community.  It would indicate that the purpose of their work is to benefit the people of a community.  It would indicate that there is SOME truth to the idea that "we pay their salary".  And "servant" would indicate that their orientation or focus should be on providing some level of courteous or submissive work for the members of a community.  It would indicate that the goal of the worker would be to please or to satisfy the community members individually and at large.

So, what's with the snippy, grouchy, disrespectful, annoyed, put-out, slow, inattentive, discourteous, angry, intimidating, secretive, power-tripping, snack-eating-in-your-face, union member, self-serving government worker of today?

If we want to examine the inefficiencies and ineffectiveness of government today, we need to look at the worker, as well as at the system.

I once had a customer of mine virtually grab me by the ear and show me an area in which my workers were not doing their jobs.  After explaining why this was unacceptable to him, he looked me in the eye and said, "John, you have a management problem," and walked away.

He was right.  Sure, maybe I had lazy or unskilled workers, but the bottom line was that I was not managing them as I should have.

For the White House (I love that ambiguous name for the President) to blame problems on equipment, rather than accept responsibility for "its" management problem is just chicken.

It illustrates the fact that President Obama has never been in charge of anything in his life, and he is uncomfortable with responsibility.  Although he is more than willing to accept the perks that come with the title of POTUS.

Do These People Even GET IT???

I PROMISE that the inefficiency and ineffectiveness of government has NOTHING to do with their computers - or any other tool they are using or not using.  It has EVERYTHING to do with the sense of entitlement and superiority that the culture of bureaucracy perpetuates. 

The problem is the worker - not the tool.

White House budget director blames old computers for ineffective government
By Ian Swanson - 01/14/10 02:56 PM ET

A big reason why the government is inefficient and ineffective is because Washington has outdated technology, with federal workers having better computers at home than in the office.


This startling admission came Thursday from Peter Orszag, who manages the federal bureaucracy for President Barack Obama.


The public is getting a bad return on its tax dollars because government workers are operating with outdated technologies, Orszag said in a statement that kicked off a summit between Obama and dozens of corporate CEOs.


“Twenty years ago, people who came to work in the federal government had better technology at work than at home,” said Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget. “Now that’s no longer the case.


“The American people deserve better service from their government, and better return for their tax dollars.”


The White House release that included Orszag’s comments said one “specific source” of ineffective and inefficient government is the huge technology gap between the public and private sectors that results in billions of dollars in waste, slow and inadequate customer service and a lack of transparency about how dollars are spent.


Obama is meeting with CEOs to solicit their views on how to improve the federal government with new information technology.


“Improving the technology our government uses isn’t about having the fanciest bells and whistles on our websites — it’s about how we use the American people’s hard-earned tax dollars to make government work better for them,” Obama said in a statement.


Obama had proposed the meeting in April. CEOs from Craigslist, Facebook, Microsoft, Adobe Technology and Monster.com are among those taking part.


“It’s time to bring government into the 21st century,” Orszag said. “Information technology has the power to transform how government works and revolutionize the ease, convenience and effectiveness by which it serves the American people."


Those attending the summit are to break into smaller groups to discuss streamlining government operations, improving customer service and maximizing return on IT investments.

Do You See The Problem?

Read the previous post , watch the 2-minute video embedded, and then watch the video from an interview with C-SPAN embedded in this post.

Do you see the problem?  The President is not willing to keep the promises that Candidate Obama made in 2008. 

He was LYING to the American voters then, and he CONTINUES to do so now.

Have You Seen The Transparency?

Have you seen the transparency that Candidate Obama promised in this video?  When I think of the health care reform debate, I can't remember anything close to what he talks about here.

Some Thoughts From Ben Stein...

WE FIGURED HIM OUT!
By Ben Stein

Why is President Barack Obama in such a hurry to get his socialized medicine bill passed?

Because he and his cunning circle realize some basic truths:

The American people in their unimaginable kindness and trust voted for a pig in a poke in 2008.

They wanted so much to believe Barack Obama was somehow better and different from other ultra-leftists that they simply took him on faith.

They ignored his anti-white writings in his books.

They ignored his quiet acceptance of hysterical anti-American diatribes by his minister, Jeremiah Wright.

They ignored his refusal to explain years at a time of his life as a student.

They ignored his ultra-left record as a "community organizer," Illinois state legislator, and Senator.

The American people ignored his total zero of an academic record as a student and teacher, his complete lack of scholarship when he was being touted as a scholar.

Now, the American people are starting to wake up to the truth. Barack Obama is a super likeable super leftist, not a fan of this country, way, way too cozy with the terrorist leaders in the Middle East , way beyond naïveté, all the way into active destruction of our interests and our allies and our future. The American people have already awakened to the truth that the stimulus bill -- a great idea in theory -- was really an immense bribe to Democrat interest groups, and in no way an effort to help all Americans.

Now, Americans are waking up to the truth that ObamaCare basically means that every time you are sick or injured, you will have a clerk from the Department of Motor Vehicles telling your doctor what he can and cannot do.

The American people already know that Mr. Obama's plan to lower health costs while expanding coverage and bureaucracy is a myth, a promise of something that never was and never will be -- a bureaucracy lowering costs in a free society. Either the costs go up or the free society goes away.

These are perilous times.. Mrs. Hillary Clinton, our Secretary of State, has given Iran the go-ahead to have nuclear weapons, an unqualified betrayal of the nation. Now, we face a devastating loss of freedom at home in health care. It will be joined by controls on our lives to "protect us" from global warming, itself largely a fraud if believed to be caused by man.

Mr. Obama knows Americans are getting wise and will stop him if he delays at all in taking away our freedoms. There is his urgency and our opportunity. Once freedom is lost, America is lost. Wake up, beloved America .

Ben Stein is a writer, actor, economist, and lawyer living in Beverly Hills and Malibu . He writes "Ben Stein's Diary" for every issue of The American Spectator.