But isn't that what they were paying him to do? It appears to OS that the champions of All Things Obama were unhappy with Mr. Williams for daring to appear on The Network That Dare Not Speak Its Name anyway. Remember the first few months of Himself's administration, when they studiously pretended Fox News didn't exist.
They found that approach, well, didn't work.
But NPR's brass likely never forgave Mr. Williams for being realistic, and for exhibiting an entreprenurial tendency to enjoy making money at what he does well, in the private sector. Some sins are unforgivable.
So, his comments on O'Reilly gave them the pretext they needed to vote him off the island.
They are (hold yer' breath, ever'body, 'cuz theeeze iz inflammmmmatory wordz!):
"I mean, look, Bill, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country," Williams told host Bill O'Reilly during a discussion on the dilemma between fighting jihadists and fears about average Muslims.
"But when I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they're identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous," Williams said.
Williams also commented on remarks by Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad warning Americans that the fight is coming to the U.S.
"He said the war with Muslims, America's war is just beginning, first drop of blood. I don't think there's any way to get away from these facts," Williams said.
Hell-bells, Mr. Williams! OS gets nervous about that too! Matter of fact, he was at Heathrow that strange day in August 2006 when the plot was foiled to put a bomber on a plane to America with the explosive hidden in a bottle of baby formula. The plane OS and one of his kids was on was one of the targets, it appears. OS spent the hours waiting, knowing something was terribly rotten in Denmark, and deliberately steering himself and the kid away from the many women dressed in full purdah, away from the nervous crowds, and towards emergency exit doors that appeared to head out to the tarmac. If the crowd began to panic, OS figured it would be better to be alive and under arrest with lots of 'splainin-to-do-Lucy than dead or 'splainin to Mrs. OS why our child had died.
OS gets nervous and avoids people who wear the Confederate flag as a shirt, or large tattoo. Or stupid Christian religious slogans. Or anything that indicates that they have some agenda to impose upon the rest of us.
That's not bigotry--that's a healthy sense of self-preservation, ya'll!
But, the good new is: NPR gets some tax money, yes, but they get a heapin' helpin' of their operating revenue from the local affiliates, who depend upon small donors to fund their operations.
Don't take a genius to figure this one out. After the local affiliate went to 'All-Obama-All-The-Time' and quit broadcasting classical music, OS's checkbook shut tight. Nothing sez you gotta' give these people money, or even honor your pledge to them. They sure as hell haven't honored their pledge to you! Check and make sure they're not sucking at the public teat via the state or local budget.
Take their money away, and they go away.
Go git' em, Mr. Williams! Speak yoh' mind! Illegitimi non carborundum!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Shootouts In Juarez, 20 October 2010
Fox News offers a brief report of today's events.
OldSouth posted an article on the subject, including a link to an in-depth interview about the situation in Northern Mexico.
This is not a gloating 'I-told-you-so' sort of moment. It is a wake-up call. Do we really think this sort of stuff won't jump the border into the US?
We sorely need some grown-ups in Washington to finally make some adult decisions, before a lot of people get killed.
And, let's remember all those folks caught in the crossfire, who just want to live their humble lives not terrorized by either the cartels or the government.
OldSouth posted an article on the subject, including a link to an in-depth interview about the situation in Northern Mexico.
This is not a gloating 'I-told-you-so' sort of moment. It is a wake-up call. Do we really think this sort of stuff won't jump the border into the US?
We sorely need some grown-ups in Washington to finally make some adult decisions, before a lot of people get killed.
And, let's remember all those folks caught in the crossfire, who just want to live their humble lives not terrorized by either the cartels or the government.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Charles Lollar: A Marine Takes On Another Congressional Creep
HT Another Black Conservative!
Creepy Steny Hoyer, whose district in Maryland has long been a Democrat plantation, has credible opposition.
Here's the first bit of copy on Lollar's campaign site:
Our economy is driven by the hopes, dreams and sweat of the American people. It is only because of their individual efforts that new products are invented, markets opened, and jobs created. When left free to operate they are the real engines that create new growth, jobs and prosperity.
He gets it--culture first, then the economy follows.
Again, another nightmare for the Left: He's black, he's male, he's successful, he's a happy guy, and he's a conservative.
This man is not sticking to The Script, they fume. Not at all!
OS isn't that old, but he has childhood memories of going to the bus station in Nashville, (located on Commerce Street, if memory is accurate) and wondering what that 'Coloreds Only' sign above the water fountain meant. He has a friend whose father was a Klan wizard, and that friend is not proud of that piece of family history. Thingz wuz seriously, horribly ugly 'round heah not too long ago. More ugly than OS wishes to write about. It was inexcusable, and unsustainable, and blessedly some changes were made.
To see a Charles Lollar run for Congress, and have a shot at winning as a conservative, is lightyears beyond what OS could have imagined as a boy. Win or lose, he's got someone cheering for him from way down heah'. A credible showing, even if Hoyer wins, washes some of the sand out from under Hoyer's feet.
Here's the donation link, ya'll. A few shekels from a lot of people does a lot.
Let's at least make ol' Steny sweat some, what'cha say? Creative vengeance, cold and at a distance. And jolly good fun to boot!
Creepy Steny Hoyer, whose district in Maryland has long been a Democrat plantation, has credible opposition.
Here's the first bit of copy on Lollar's campaign site:
Our economy is driven by the hopes, dreams and sweat of the American people. It is only because of their individual efforts that new products are invented, markets opened, and jobs created. When left free to operate they are the real engines that create new growth, jobs and prosperity.
He gets it--culture first, then the economy follows.
Again, another nightmare for the Left: He's black, he's male, he's successful, he's a happy guy, and he's a conservative.
This man is not sticking to The Script, they fume. Not at all!
OS isn't that old, but he has childhood memories of going to the bus station in Nashville, (located on Commerce Street, if memory is accurate) and wondering what that 'Coloreds Only' sign above the water fountain meant. He has a friend whose father was a Klan wizard, and that friend is not proud of that piece of family history. Thingz wuz seriously, horribly ugly 'round heah not too long ago. More ugly than OS wishes to write about. It was inexcusable, and unsustainable, and blessedly some changes were made.
To see a Charles Lollar run for Congress, and have a shot at winning as a conservative, is lightyears beyond what OS could have imagined as a boy. Win or lose, he's got someone cheering for him from way down heah'. A credible showing, even if Hoyer wins, washes some of the sand out from under Hoyer's feet.
Here's the donation link, ya'll. A few shekels from a lot of people does a lot.
Let's at least make ol' Steny sweat some, what'cha say? Creative vengeance, cold and at a distance. And jolly good fun to boot!
The Mexican Drug War On Both Sides Of The Border: NPR Talk Of The Nation 19 October 2010
OS was driving to the bank and heard this conversation on NPR. Barely believing his ears, he looked it up this morning.
Jason Beaubien, NPR's Mexico City correspondent, was being interviewed about conditions on the ground in Mexico, and it was even more alarming than OS had believed--and OS has a pretty dark opinion of that part of the world.
The upsetting part was buried in the middle:
(Beaubien) You look at the number of drugs that are getting seized, that continues to be incredibly high. You know, you look at the insecurity, it seems like more parts of the country seem to be more insecure. Tamaulipas, which also it's just above Monterrey, is sort of below south Texas, below Laredo, McAllen, Brownsville, that area - that's where they killed these 72 migrants earlier this summer. That part of the country really feels I find it frightening being there at times. And people don't go out at night. You get major shootouts. The press doesn't report anything about what's going on.
You know, I was up there just two weeks ago, and the Zetas actually have lookouts along the river. And they're just...
CONAN: The Rio Grande?
BEAUBIEN: Along the Rio Grande, on their side, making sure that no freelancers go and just sort of move people without paying Los Zetas off to...
CONAN: So the Mexican the American government can't patrol the border, but the Zetas do.
BEAUBIEN: Yes. Yeah. It's incredible. And the migrants are terrified of them. And the locals know that if you want to move migrants across or if you want to smuggle across here, you have to cut a deal with the Zetas in order to do this. And there's a sense, in that part of Mexico, particularly, that things are really under the control of the cartels. And when you start talking about failed state I don't believe at all that Mexico is a failed state. But there are parts of it which feel like they have failed and which feel like the government is completely not in control.
Did you catch the remark? Sometimes, they speak in such dispassionate tones, one barely perceives what is being said:
'So the Mexican the American government can't patrol the border, but the Zetas do.' And this is from left-edge NPR, ya'll!! These aren't paranoid guys who live in Momma's basement, collect guns, and play soldier on the weekends.
The whole transcript is at the link above. It's a balanced view, and not all bad news.
And Beaubien makes a most valid point--when we cease to be a market for the poison they sell, they will go away, and sell it to someone else. When we control our own border, the bloodshed south of us will abate dramatically. Innocent people are being murdered, and live in fear and despair, because of our out-of-control appetites, and our blind refusal to do the minimal things necessary to enforce our southern border.
It's not a Democrat/Republican issue, ya'll. It's a good/evil issue. We are allowing innocent people to be irreparably harmed because we will not do the right thing. And this is a problem we can go a long way toward solving.
If we have the will.
Jason Beaubien, NPR's Mexico City correspondent, was being interviewed about conditions on the ground in Mexico, and it was even more alarming than OS had believed--and OS has a pretty dark opinion of that part of the world.
The upsetting part was buried in the middle:
(Beaubien) You look at the number of drugs that are getting seized, that continues to be incredibly high. You know, you look at the insecurity, it seems like more parts of the country seem to be more insecure. Tamaulipas, which also it's just above Monterrey, is sort of below south Texas, below Laredo, McAllen, Brownsville, that area - that's where they killed these 72 migrants earlier this summer. That part of the country really feels I find it frightening being there at times. And people don't go out at night. You get major shootouts. The press doesn't report anything about what's going on.
You know, I was up there just two weeks ago, and the Zetas actually have lookouts along the river. And they're just...
CONAN: The Rio Grande?
BEAUBIEN: Along the Rio Grande, on their side, making sure that no freelancers go and just sort of move people without paying Los Zetas off to...
CONAN: So the Mexican the American government can't patrol the border, but the Zetas do.
BEAUBIEN: Yes. Yeah. It's incredible. And the migrants are terrified of them. And the locals know that if you want to move migrants across or if you want to smuggle across here, you have to cut a deal with the Zetas in order to do this. And there's a sense, in that part of Mexico, particularly, that things are really under the control of the cartels. And when you start talking about failed state I don't believe at all that Mexico is a failed state. But there are parts of it which feel like they have failed and which feel like the government is completely not in control.
Did you catch the remark? Sometimes, they speak in such dispassionate tones, one barely perceives what is being said:
'So the Mexican the American government can't patrol the border, but the Zetas do.' And this is from left-edge NPR, ya'll!! These aren't paranoid guys who live in Momma's basement, collect guns, and play soldier on the weekends.
The whole transcript is at the link above. It's a balanced view, and not all bad news.
And Beaubien makes a most valid point--when we cease to be a market for the poison they sell, they will go away, and sell it to someone else. When we control our own border, the bloodshed south of us will abate dramatically. Innocent people are being murdered, and live in fear and despair, because of our out-of-control appetites, and our blind refusal to do the minimal things necessary to enforce our southern border.
It's not a Democrat/Republican issue, ya'll. It's a good/evil issue. We are allowing innocent people to be irreparably harmed because we will not do the right thing. And this is a problem we can go a long way toward solving.
If we have the will.
Stephen Broden: The Texas GOP Congressional Candidate Omitted From The Ballot
HT to Doug Ross--this would be comical, were it not so maddening.
It appears that in at least one voting location, only the Democrat's name appears on the ballot. Ooops! How'd that happen, ya'll?
The Democrat, Eddie Bernice Johnson, has held the office for some eighteen years now, and seems to be viewing it as an ATM machine for her family members. But, that's OK, ya'll, 'jest so long as she does what MizNancy tells her to do...what's a bit of graft and fraud between friends, ya'll? Puh-leeeze!
Local businessman and pastor, Stephen Broden, is finally not amused after watching his neighborhood in Dallas deteriorate. He's the sort of conservative that drives liberals absolutely over the the edge--a successful and happy gent whose skin happens to be black, and who has no patience with the welfare state.
This video on his site is not terribly slick, but it is effective. Hope ya'll enjoy, and if in the US, you may be moved to send a few shekels his way.
It appears that in at least one voting location, only the Democrat's name appears on the ballot. Ooops! How'd that happen, ya'll?
The Democrat, Eddie Bernice Johnson, has held the office for some eighteen years now, and seems to be viewing it as an ATM machine for her family members. But, that's OK, ya'll, 'jest so long as she does what MizNancy tells her to do...what's a bit of graft and fraud between friends, ya'll? Puh-leeeze!
Local businessman and pastor, Stephen Broden, is finally not amused after watching his neighborhood in Dallas deteriorate. He's the sort of conservative that drives liberals absolutely over the the edge--a successful and happy gent whose skin happens to be black, and who has no patience with the welfare state.
This video on his site is not terribly slick, but it is effective. Hope ya'll enjoy, and if in the US, you may be moved to send a few shekels his way.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
PA Senate Race Neck And Neck
Public Policy Polling reports the Pennsylvania Senate race neck and neck.
Pat Toomey is running against Joe Sestak--you know, the guy the White House attempted to buy off, then opposed in the primary in favor of Arlen Specter, but now they support him 'cuz none of that other stuff really happened so we'll just stuff it down the memory hole and if you bring it up you're just a tea-baggin racist nutter who clings to his guns and his Bible and you must be AstroTurf anyway besides we're in a recovery and you just sit down and shut up.
Here's the Toomey donation link.
If you're in the US, you can donate. If Toomey wins, he helps restore sanity. If you have a few shekels to throw his way, this is a great day to do it.
Pat Toomey is running against Joe Sestak--you know, the guy the White House attempted to buy off, then opposed in the primary in favor of Arlen Specter, but now they support him 'cuz none of that other stuff really happened so we'll just stuff it down the memory hole and if you bring it up you're just a tea-baggin racist nutter who clings to his guns and his Bible and you must be AstroTurf anyway besides we're in a recovery and you just sit down and shut up.
Here's the Toomey donation link.
If you're in the US, you can donate. If Toomey wins, he helps restore sanity. If you have a few shekels to throw his way, this is a great day to do it.
Obama Cedes Portions Of Interstate 8 In Arizona To The Drug Cartels; It's A Local Issue...
Hmmm....nice little state you got here. It'd be a shame if it were to, say, get overrun with criminals and the like. Right, Gino? Right, Vito? A cryin' shame.
From today's Washington Times:
The federal government recently posted signs along Interstate 8 in the Vekol Valley warning travelers the area is unsafe because of drug and alien smugglers. The signs were posted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) along a 60-mile stretch of Interstate 8 between Casa Grande and Gila Bend, warning travelers they are entering an "active drug- and human-smuggling area" and may encounter "armed criminals and smuggling vehicles traveling at high rates of speed."
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, whose county includes the valley, told The Washington Times earlier this month that Mexican drug cartels have posted scouts on the high points around the valley to control movement in the area. He said they have radios, optics and "night-vision goggles as good as anything law enforcement has."
"This is going on here in Arizona … 30 miles from the fifth-largest city in the United States," he said.
The sheriff said he asked the Obama administration for 3,000 National Guard soldiers to patrol the border, but got 15 signs along Interstate 8 instead.
ObamaBob claims that everyone loves his boss, and that the election will hinge on 'local issues', not having to to with The Beloved Leader. OS suspects that folks in Arizona might consider having a squad of trained Mexican assassins at large just might meet the definition of a local issue.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Quote Of The Day, 18 October 2010
From Jesse, naturally. And OS sincerely hopes he's mistaken!
But it's certainly worth sharing, because Jesse can by-golly use the English langauge.
"The world will soon wake up to the reality that everyone is broke and can collect nothing from the bankrupt, who are owed unlimited amounts by the insolvent, who are attempting to make late payments on a bank holiday in the wrong country, with an unacceptable currency, against defaulted collateral, of which nobody is sure who holds title."
But it's certainly worth sharing, because Jesse can by-golly use the English langauge.
"The world will soon wake up to the reality that everyone is broke and can collect nothing from the bankrupt, who are owed unlimited amounts by the insolvent, who are attempting to make late payments on a bank holiday in the wrong country, with an unacceptable currency, against defaulted collateral, of which nobody is sure who holds title."
Katherine Birbalsingh Sent Packing
To quote that great Southern philosopher, Gomer Pyle: Well, surprahze, surprahze!!
Cranmer is on the warpath. His reader are drawing knives on one another.
It's the blogosphere, ya'll. Ever'body calm down a tech.
OldSouth admires Miss Birbalsingh no end. What a brave lady, to graduate Oxford, lovely and attractive, with the world at her feet, and to choose to teach kids in forgotten neighborhoods of the UK. She could have taken up a very comfortable post at a private boarding school anywhere in the Commonwealth--Bermuda's nice, British Columbia's lovely, or any number of comfortable spots in England. She made a brave decision, and stuck to it, for well over a decade!
She made another in choosing to speak to the Conservative Party Congress. OS is not surprised to find that this forced resignation transpired. People who tell the truth to people allergic to truth find themselves in the crosshairs of the allergic peoples' anger. Don't ask how OS knows this, just trust he does.
We haven't heard the last of her, and the real debate, on both sides of the pond, is just about to get underway.
The painful part for this lovely lady is to be wrenched involuntarily from children to whom she has inevitably become attached. It's one thing to leave at year's end, with a plan in place, and to be able to say 'goodbye and Godspeed'. This is something else entirely, and it can truly, truly hurt. OS hopes the parents get in touch, and slather some love on her in the next few days. That helps ease the sorrow.
That being said, time to go forward.
OS lives in a county where 50% of the ninth graders never make it to the graduation line at the end of the twelfth grade, and of those who do, only about 10% ever graduate from university with a bachelor's degree, and about 10% of them pursue grad school. The schools here, well, suck. But we're assured they are wonderful, because at least it's not Chicago, where over 200 school-aged kids were shot last year, according to a recent article in Time Magazine. OS is happy his kids have graduated, and are long gone from this place, much as he loves living here. He doesn't want to see his grandchildren attending these schools.
It's time to really, really have that public discussion about how badly we educate our children, and what must be done to set things right. The guv'mint, at all levels, is out of money, so the typical union rant of 'Send us enough money, you ingrates, and we'll do a better job' is no longer an option.
They've been in the business of doing less with more for years, ya'll. That approach has proven to be a failure.
We now have to decide how to do a credible job with less, much less, and do it all much more credibly. Korea, India and Singapore are about to eat our collective lunch.
Miss Birbalsingh, OS thanks you from the bottom of his grumpy heart. You have done the world a great service, and he predicts you have great days ahead of you. Someday, before too long, he'd like to fly you over to our part of the world and let you talk to us. He knows a few folks who might be very interested in listening.
If you read this, young lady, and would like to get in touch, Cranmer has my contact information.
God bless you, comfort you, and strengthen you as you undertake 'all such good works He has prepared for you to walk in.'
This ain't the end, young lady. It's jest the beginning!
As Gomer would exclaim: ShaZAYuhm!!!
Cranmer is on the warpath. His reader are drawing knives on one another.
It's the blogosphere, ya'll. Ever'body calm down a tech.
OldSouth admires Miss Birbalsingh no end. What a brave lady, to graduate Oxford, lovely and attractive, with the world at her feet, and to choose to teach kids in forgotten neighborhoods of the UK. She could have taken up a very comfortable post at a private boarding school anywhere in the Commonwealth--Bermuda's nice, British Columbia's lovely, or any number of comfortable spots in England. She made a brave decision, and stuck to it, for well over a decade!
She made another in choosing to speak to the Conservative Party Congress. OS is not surprised to find that this forced resignation transpired. People who tell the truth to people allergic to truth find themselves in the crosshairs of the allergic peoples' anger. Don't ask how OS knows this, just trust he does.
We haven't heard the last of her, and the real debate, on both sides of the pond, is just about to get underway.
The painful part for this lovely lady is to be wrenched involuntarily from children to whom she has inevitably become attached. It's one thing to leave at year's end, with a plan in place, and to be able to say 'goodbye and Godspeed'. This is something else entirely, and it can truly, truly hurt. OS hopes the parents get in touch, and slather some love on her in the next few days. That helps ease the sorrow.
That being said, time to go forward.
OS lives in a county where 50% of the ninth graders never make it to the graduation line at the end of the twelfth grade, and of those who do, only about 10% ever graduate from university with a bachelor's degree, and about 10% of them pursue grad school. The schools here, well, suck. But we're assured they are wonderful, because at least it's not Chicago, where over 200 school-aged kids were shot last year, according to a recent article in Time Magazine. OS is happy his kids have graduated, and are long gone from this place, much as he loves living here. He doesn't want to see his grandchildren attending these schools.
It's time to really, really have that public discussion about how badly we educate our children, and what must be done to set things right. The guv'mint, at all levels, is out of money, so the typical union rant of 'Send us enough money, you ingrates, and we'll do a better job' is no longer an option.
They've been in the business of doing less with more for years, ya'll. That approach has proven to be a failure.
We now have to decide how to do a credible job with less, much less, and do it all much more credibly. Korea, India and Singapore are about to eat our collective lunch.
Miss Birbalsingh, OS thanks you from the bottom of his grumpy heart. You have done the world a great service, and he predicts you have great days ahead of you. Someday, before too long, he'd like to fly you over to our part of the world and let you talk to us. He knows a few folks who might be very interested in listening.
If you read this, young lady, and would like to get in touch, Cranmer has my contact information.
God bless you, comfort you, and strengthen you as you undertake 'all such good works He has prepared for you to walk in.'
This ain't the end, young lady. It's jest the beginning!
As Gomer would exclaim: ShaZAYuhm!!!
ObamaBob Spins For Meet The Press: It's Local Issues, And It's The Chamber Of Commerce and Karl Rove's Fault
Really, that's what he said.
It's not about The Beloved Leader at all. Folks just love him and MainSqueeeeezeMichelle. They're gonna vote Democrat in droves.
It's hard to make this sort of stuff up.
But, OS did predict last week that this would begin, so his readers were informed before the onslaught of half-truth was launched.
So, let's go with ObamaBob's premise: It's just 'local issues'.
OS drives by the forcibly closed and abandoned Chrysler dealership here in his little town. That's a local issue. The business was forced into oblivion by the Obama White House, who turned the bankruptcy code upside down in order to reward the UAW.
OS passes resumes of friends on to those who might provide employment, in this 'recovery' with its real unemployment rate of near 18%. The One promised us if he were allowed to spend $800 billion that unemployment would drop. That's a local issue.
OS has calculated that his bank savings account actually costs him money, because the .25% interest rate paid does not recoup the annual maintenance fees for the account. That's a local issue. Obama backed the nomination of Bernanke to head the Fed for another term earlier this year.
Thirty-five years after the establishment of the Department of Education, and untold billions poured down that rabbit hole, the graduation rate in this county is 50%. The teacher's union is sitting fat and happy, though. That's a local issue, 'cuz those employers in need of employees find it tough to find qualified people who will show up to work and not screw things up.
Houses aren't selling, 'cuz the market is now so distorted by Fannie/Freddie/Treasury and the general fraud in the mortgage industry that property can't be valued, and it's not certain title can clear in many instances. That's on Obama's watch. That's a local issue! In spades!
Undoubtedly, folks in all parts of the country can add their own items to the list of 'local issues'--like all those shallow-water oil-rig workers Obama threw out of work last summer. The Chinese can drill, the Cubans can drill, the Brazilians can drill. Texas and Louisiana are simply out of luck. The Beloved Leader has spoken. Let them eat cake.
Need we continue?
Keep grinnin' thar', ObamaBob! Keep ranting about Karl Rove and the Chamber of Commerce! That'll turn the tide, Bubbah! Folks ever'where just love your boss, and all those folks are gonna git in that votin' booth and show their appreciation for him on November 2. It'll be a regular ol' love feast.
Cuz' it'll be about local issues...
It's not about The Beloved Leader at all. Folks just love him and MainSqueeeeezeMichelle. They're gonna vote Democrat in droves.
It's hard to make this sort of stuff up.
But, OS did predict last week that this would begin, so his readers were informed before the onslaught of half-truth was launched.
So, let's go with ObamaBob's premise: It's just 'local issues'.
OS drives by the forcibly closed and abandoned Chrysler dealership here in his little town. That's a local issue. The business was forced into oblivion by the Obama White House, who turned the bankruptcy code upside down in order to reward the UAW.
OS passes resumes of friends on to those who might provide employment, in this 'recovery' with its real unemployment rate of near 18%. The One promised us if he were allowed to spend $800 billion that unemployment would drop. That's a local issue.
OS has calculated that his bank savings account actually costs him money, because the .25% interest rate paid does not recoup the annual maintenance fees for the account. That's a local issue. Obama backed the nomination of Bernanke to head the Fed for another term earlier this year.
Thirty-five years after the establishment of the Department of Education, and untold billions poured down that rabbit hole, the graduation rate in this county is 50%. The teacher's union is sitting fat and happy, though. That's a local issue, 'cuz those employers in need of employees find it tough to find qualified people who will show up to work and not screw things up.
Houses aren't selling, 'cuz the market is now so distorted by Fannie/Freddie/Treasury and the general fraud in the mortgage industry that property can't be valued, and it's not certain title can clear in many instances. That's on Obama's watch. That's a local issue! In spades!
Undoubtedly, folks in all parts of the country can add their own items to the list of 'local issues'--like all those shallow-water oil-rig workers Obama threw out of work last summer. The Chinese can drill, the Cubans can drill, the Brazilians can drill. Texas and Louisiana are simply out of luck. The Beloved Leader has spoken. Let them eat cake.
Need we continue?
Keep grinnin' thar', ObamaBob! Keep ranting about Karl Rove and the Chamber of Commerce! That'll turn the tide, Bubbah! Folks ever'where just love your boss, and all those folks are gonna git in that votin' booth and show their appreciation for him on November 2. It'll be a regular ol' love feast.
Cuz' it'll be about local issues...
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