Obama is Victim of Bush's Failed Policies

Who will the Obama Democrats Blame For These Next 4 Years?  Surely it can't / won't be George W. Bush anymore?!  The column below appears in Chapter 7 of my book: Skullduggery! True Causes of the Financial Crisis  http://www.skullduggerybook.com/

Note the date of this column and also know that the writer, Chuck Green, is a life-long Democrat an former editor-in-chief of the Denver Post. And they re-elected Obama...

Obama is a Victim of Bush's Failed Promises
Greener Pastures Column -- 5/15/10 

Barack  Obama is setting a record-setting number of  records during his first year in office.
… largest budget ever… largest deficit ever… largest number of broken promises ever... most self-serving speeches ever... largest number  of agenda-setting failures ever… fastest dive in popularity ever.  Wow! Talk about change.

Just one year ago, fresh from his inauguration celebrations, President Obama was flying high. After one of the nation's most inspiring political campaigns, the election of America's first black president had captured the hopes and dreams of millions.  To his devout followers, it was inconceivable that a year later his administration would be gripped in self-imposed crisis.

Of course, they don't see it as self-imposed.  It's all George Bush's fault.

George Bush, who doesn't have a vote in congress and who no longer occupies the White House, is to blame for it all.

He broke Obama's promise to put all bills on the White House web site for five days before signing them.

He broke Obama's promise to have the congressional health care negotiations broadcast live on C-SPAN.

He broke Obama's promise to end earmarks.

He broke Obama's promise to keep unemployment from rising above 8 percent.

He broke Obama's promise to close the detention center at Guantanamo in the first year.

He broke Obama's promise to make peace with direct no precondition talks with America's most hate-filled enemies during his first year in office, ushering in a new era of global cooperation.

He broke Obama's promise to end the hiring of former lobbyists into high White House jobs.

He broke Obama's promise to end no-compete contracts with the government.

He broke Obama's promise to disclose the names of all attendees at closed White House meetings.

He broke Obama's promise for a new era of bipartisan cooperation in all matters.

He broke Obama's promise to have chosen a home church to attend Sunday services with his family by Easter of last year.

Yes, it's all George Bush's fault.  President Obama is nothing more than a puppet in the never-ending failed Bush administration.

If only George Bush wasn't still in charge, all of President Obama's problems would be solved.  His promises would have been kept, the economy would be back on track, Iran would have stopped its work on developing a nuclear bomb and would be negotiating a peace treaty with Israel.  North Korea would have ended its tyrannical regime, and integrity would have been restored to the federal government.

Oh, and did I mention  what it would be like if the Democrats, under the leadership of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, didn't have the heavy yoke of George Bush around their necks?  There would be no ear marks, no closed-door drafting of bills, no increase in deficit spending, no special-interest influence (unions), no vote buying (Nebraska, Louisiana).

If only George Bush wasn't still in charge, we'd have real change by now.

All the broken promises, all the failed legislation and delay (health care reform, immigration reform) is not President Obama's fault or the fault of the Democrat-controlled Congress.  It's all George Bush's fault.

Take for example the decision of Eric Holder, the president's attorney general, to hold terrorists' trials in New York City.  Or his decision to try the Christmas Day underpants bomber as a civilian.

Two disastrous decisions.

Certainly those were bad judgments based on poor advice from George Bush.

Need more proof?

You might recall that when Scott Brown won the election to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts, capturing "the Ted Kennedy seat", President Obama said that Brown's victory was the result of the same voter anger that propelled Obama into office in 2008.  People were still angry about George Bush and the policies of the past 10 years. And they wanted change.

Yes, according to the president, the voter rebellion in Massachusetts was George Bush's fault.

Therefore, in retaliation, they elected a Republican to the Ted Kennedy seat, ending a half-century of domination by Democrats.  It is all George Bush's fault.

Will the failed administration of George Bush ever end, and the time for hope and change ever arrive?

Will President Obama ever accept responsibility for something... anything?

Chuck Green is a veteran Colorado journalist and former editor-in-chief of The Denver Post. 

The 2nd Wave of the Financial Crisis is Here! FHA (Federal Housing Administration) Loans Imploding!

WAKE UP AMERICANS!!!

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is the 2nd wave of the housing crisis. The Wall Street Journal article of 11-20-12 (link at the bottom) painfully lays out the numbers and the history of abuse of the FHA by progressive politicians.  The abuse of the housing / mortgage markets is what caused the Financial Crisis and that fact is indisputable, yet the Obama administration has thus far successfully laid that blame on "the failed policies of the previous administration" and the "fat-cat bankers and greedy Wall Streeters." No!

This next paragraph is point #5 in acknowledgements in my book: Skullduggery! True Causes of the Financial Crisis   http://www.skullduggerybook.com/

Five - To all citizens of the U.S. that recognize The Financial Crisis of 2007-2012 was man-made.  This recession was not a normal ebb and flow of financial cycles.  This "worst recession since the Great Depression" was man-made, caused by racial activists, community organizers, three presidents and all their progressive ilk in Congress who cast aside common sense and proven mathematical models that forecast giving (subprime) mortgages to people (black, brown, white or in between) with poor credit, little downpayment and poor job histories would end badly.  My generation, the Baby Boomers, produced a small group of liberal people within the Democratic party that became wealthy, powerful and guilt ridden over their good fortunes.  They sought to level the playing field for those less privileged in life, a very admirable goal on the surface.  The trillion or so dollars that has been spent to shore up the U.S. economy could have literally been given directly to the less fortunate across the U.S. and they would have come out far better and we would not have experienced The Great Recession.  The saddest irony of the progressive Baby Boomers' experiment gone wild is that they hurt most the very people they wanted to help (and the rest of us in the process!).  Rarely do career politicians, activists and community organizers have the business acumen to run the largest corporation in the world - the United States of America and this has once again been proven beyond the shadow of doubt.

Carter, Clinton and Obama - the chief architects of the Financial Crisis... less than 7% of the country knows this...

YOU must know this full story.  Why?  Because history MUST record this correctly.  Otherwise we are doomed to see this repeated, over and over again as long as progressive politicians and presidents view the income and taxes paid by Americans as their piggy bank / dollars to spend on far-left, social justice, spread the wealth around projects.  "Affordable Housing" (subprime loans) were the root cause of the Financial Crisis.  Knowing where all of those shitty mortgages came from and why is to know the truth.

The FHA - Federal Housing Administration - the next $16.3B - $93.7B in FHA insured housing is defaulting NOW (11-20-12 Wall Street Journal).  It was predictable; it was forecast by many economic scholars even while the Obama administration was refuting those claims and ramping up the FHA after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac imploded.   

Here's the link to that story:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323551004578119151344157858.html?mod=ITP_opinion_2

WAKE UP PEOPLE!  THE HOUSING / FINANCIAL CRISIS WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT! 

It was the realization of "social justice" we have heard so much about since Obama came on the scene in the 2008 election.

FoxNews - Middle Class Tax Warfare-50% of Your Take-Home Pay!

Half Your Paycheck To The Government In 2013!

The president is convinced Americans need to pay more in taxes. Here's what he said yesterday.

“I think everybody out there understood that was an important debate and the majority of voters agreed with me. By the way, more voters agreed with me on this issue than voted for me! So we've got a clear majority of the American people who recognize if we're gonna be serious about deficit reduction we gotta do it in a balanced way."

But let me tell you, come January 1, you're probably not going to be happy with the amount of taxes you're paying. That's because it's not just Federal taxes that you pay.

A middle class taxpayer pays 25% percent of their income in Federal Income Tax. Sounds, ok?

Then there is the Federal Social Security and Medicare payroll tax of 13.3%. You pick up 5.65% while you're employer pays 7.65%. Add them up and that's 38.3% of middle class family incomes going to Uncle Sam. But we aren't done, not by a long shot.

According to the Tax Foundation, the average state's income tax rate on the middle class is 4.82%. Of course, some states have it and some don't, but we're taking an average here.

Now the total: 43.12% of middle class income to taxes.

Oh, and I almost forgot, unless congress makes a move, Federal Income taxes go to 28% for middle income folks next year as the Bush tax cuts expire.

Neither party has said they want that to happen, but in Washington, well, you never know.

Also the payroll tax for those folks will go to 15.3% from 13.3%percent.

Did I mention state, property, corporate, and excise taxes? No?

All told, next year, total taxes will go to almost 50% for the middle class; the very group that the president says he wants to protect. That means 50 cents out of every dollar earned has to go to the government. Half of everything will go to an entity that didn't earn that money, and shouldn't be entitled to all that dough.

Unbelievable. You think most Americans agree that's fair?

I don't think so.

Here's the link at FoxNews:

Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/willis-report/blog/2012/11/15/half-your-paycheck-government-2013#ixzz2COxzA362

Today We Mourn the Loss of an Old Friend - Common Sense

An Obituary printed in the London Times.

  

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure
How old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.

He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:

- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn't always fair;
- And maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, Sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place.
Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death,
-by his parents, Truth and Trust,
-by his wife, Discretion,
-by his daughter, Responsibility,
-and by his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 5 stepbrothers;
- I Know My Rights
- I Want It Now
- Someone Else Is To Blame
- I'm A Victim
- Pay me for Doing Nothing

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.

If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.

on another matter...

What the Hell happened in 1997-1998? (see picture below)

The median price of homes rose 3.5% for 108 years... until 1997.

To know the answer to that question is to understand the who, when and why that caused The Great recession of 2008-2012 and counting.  Less than 7% of the U.S. population knows these answers. Want to be one of the 7%?  Scroll down and read the next blog below this one! (This will make you angry!)