Congressman Paul Ryan (R, Wis) and former Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Holtz-Eakin came together early this week to lambaste Obama's failed economic policies.
In a conference call to supporters and the press, CBO Director Holtz-Eakin said that there is "no evidence" that "the stimulus has really worked" and that Obama's Keynesian fixes simply won't work.
There is nothing about Keynesian stimulus that is going to fix those problems. The spending by the government has gotten worse, has not solved the housing problem, and has also not been successful. Instead, the key to more rapid economic growth is going to have to be the business sector and international trade.
Representative Ryan echoed that assessment, saying:
Take a look at what our government has done in the last two years trying to get this economy out of the recession. The 1.1 trillion dollar stimulus, which is what it is when you add the interest spending, has not worked. It has exacerbated our debt problems. The Keynesian experiment, which was more spending, has failed to produce … jobs, it didn’t bring our unemployment down below 8% as it is promised. We’re still hovering close to ten percent. We’re not producing the private sector jobs that we need to be if we want to get back to our pre-recession unemployment rate. We’d have to create 250,000 jobs a month for five years running and we’re not anywhere close to that. So why is that happening?
Ryan proclaimed the Obama Administration and Congress have failed miserably to shore up confidence in the U.S. economy. ryan said that the current direction that government is headed is in "the exact opposite direction it ought to be going."
"Boise State is No. 1 because it hammered and nailed until the bridge-to-somewhere was complete. The national christening came with its stunning 2007 Fiesta Bowl victory against Oklahoma."
So says Chris Dufresne at the LA Times. Holy smokes, this is going to be an interesting season. Polls, reviews, opionions ranking BSU anywhere from #5 to, now, #1. There is a lot of pressure to perform, and the first game this Monday will go a long way to confirm or deny the placement.
The school has worked for years to build its football program, now the preseason favorite. The formula includes mixing divergent, undervalued players into a winning team.
From Boise, Idaho
The cool-downs after Boise State practices this summer didn't require an ice tub. Defensive end Ryan Winterswyk and teammates simply ran out of Bronco Stadium and jumped in the Boise River.
This has actually been years the making — born of the brow sweat of thousands who dared to dream. "There are people who came long before I got here to set this up," Winterswyk said.
Reaching the prove-it pinnacle has been a junior college, Division II, I-AA and K2 climb, given that Boise State began in 1892 as an all-girls school (St. Margaret's Hall), was a junior college until 1965 and did not start playing major-division football until 1996.
The conspiracy that is college football would never allow this to happen — or so the politicians have argued.
Well, that was short lived, but still a win for OC, sort of. The re-vote happened last night and this time it passed the California Senate. However, there were amendments made that required it to go back to the Assembly for approval. They could not get it done before midnight which means the bill is effectively dead.
Here's what I see as the main issue: if they had more time, it would have passed. If it had passed, the hypocritical RINO Schwarzenegger would have signed it into law.
It would have been disappointing but not surprising to see that happen considering the locale.
On the other hand, it is almost a certainty that the law would have been immediately challenged as unconstitutional. With the way things have been gonig in other states where there are strict anti-gun laws being thrown out, it would have a good chance of being overturned in California too.
Just saw the news on GunPundit.com. The vote was super close, so if you are an open-carry advocate and live in Cali, pick up the phone and make sure the next vote doesn't go the other way.
The California Senate rejected a bill Monday that would have made it illegal to carry unloaded guns in public, but lawmakers will give the vote one more try.
Monday’s 20-16 vote fell one short of the majority needed, but the Senate will reconsider the measure Tuesday.
The bill, AB1934, was introduced after a series of demonstrations by gun-rights organizations during which they encouraged participants to openly carry unloaded weapons. California law lets gun owners carry a rifle or handgun in a holster if it is not loaded.
I'm sure there are other kids that can sing this well, but there can't be that many. Rhema Marvanne is 7 at the time this video was taken. Wow. Incredible control, pitch, and timing. Listen:
All the hubbub surrounding the President's comments, and subsequent backpeddling, regarding the mosque in New York have caught the attention of many, including Chuck Norris. At WND, he posts part 1 on this topic.
Unlike any other time in U.S. history, our First Amendment freedoms of speech and religion are in jeopardy. As if recently passed "hate-crime" laws and a politically correct culture weren't bad enough, now our president is using international pressure and possibly law to establish a prohibition against insulting Islam or Muslims.
Let me remind us how we got here.
Speaking for most founders in his day, John Jay, America's first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by George Washington himself, said, "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."
Two hundred years later, President Obama has already denied America's rich Judeo-Christian heritage before the eyes and ears of other countries, as he publicly declared in Turkey on April 6, 2009, for the whole world to hear: "We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation."
Then there was Cairo in June 2009, when President Obama vowed to establish "a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world … I also know civilization's debt to Islam. … I also know that Islam has always been a part of America's story. … And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States. … So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed."
He goes on to say, "That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn't. And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear."
That last line is really one of the most unique U.S. presidential religious passions and missions stated to date: "And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear."
Another big question is: What did the president mean when he said, "That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn't"? It makes no sense at all to refer to a partnership between a country and religion – America and Islam. Why not say partnership between America and Muslim nations or a partnership between Americans and Muslims or even a partnership between Christianity and Islam? That comment is very strange to me and has a much deeper meaning.
Part 2 of this story. If you haven't read it already, skip on over and read part 1 first. via WND.
Last week, the media, White House and nation were in a hullabaloo over a Pew Research Center poll which revealed that one in five Americans believe President Obama is a Muslim.
The poll received so much attention and response that the White House released a rebuttal reiterating that Obama is "a committed Christian."
The fact is, Americans are more baffled now by Obama's personal religion than they were when he first came into office.
John Green, University of Akron politics professor and senior fellow with the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, concluded, "I haven't seen any example, and I've been following polling of presidents for a long time now, of where we've seen increased confusion about religiosity the longer they're in office."
Part of the confusion comes, for example, when Obama doesn't make room to commemorate a National Day of Prayer with prominent Christian leaders or even spend time with the God-centered Boy Scouts of America at their national jamboree (as preceding presidents have), but he doesn't miss hosting the Muslim Iftar Ramadan dinner at the White House or pass up the chance to fight for the rights of Muslims to construct an Islamic mosque near Ground Zero.
At times, Obama has given pointed responses about his faith in Christ. At other times, he comes across ambiguous and even clueless about his faith. Still, at other times, he is downright condescending about the Christian faith.
Part 3 is out. Chuck is on a roll. In part 1, Mr. Norris discusses how special envoys are being used to partner with the religion of Islam, and in part 2 he talks about Obama's real beliefs. In this installment, he highlights the preferential treatment given to that of Islam vs. Christianity.
In response to the Pew Research Center poll that indicated one in five Americans think President Obama is a Muslim, a week ago the White House released a rebuttal insisting that the president is "a committed Christian."
Those words remind me of those from President Teddy Roosevelt, who said, "Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big."
And Obama's actions are again our focus here in Part 3.
In Part 1, I began to demonstrate how the President is using U.S. Special Envoy Rashad Hussain, his own presidential position and others in his administration to deepen and expand the partnerships between the United States and the religion of Islam.
In Part 2, I detailed Obama's real spiritual beliefs based upon a rare in-depth 2004 interview by a religious reporter for a major newspaper publication, including his beliefs about prayer, sin, heaven, the Bible and the person of Jesus.
Now, in Part 3, I will demonstrate how Obama categorically has been prejudicial in his treatment of Islam versus Christianity.
