They Wish Obama's Numbers Approached Reagan's

[EdwardBaiamonte]

dear, there are many factors the affect an economy so isolating one is impossible but we can be positive that the more govt spends the more it creates bubbles that eventually burst when the artifical spending is stopped. Now do you understand?

Hysterical. The Clinton surplus led to a recession because the private sector turned to credit because they were in debt due to a lack of deficit spending. Look at my signature if you actually believe deficits cause recessions.

Bulletin: there never was a surplus during the Clinton administration.

It's the kind of propaganda that Leftist lame-brains believe.

True story.

Aww, take credit for it, there was a republican congress, was there not?

Newt Gingrich and company — for all their faults — have received virtually no credit for balancing the budget. Yet today’s surplus is, in part, a byproduct of the GOP’s single-minded crusade to end 30 years of red ink. Arguably, Gingrich’s finest hour as Speaker came in March 1995 when he rallied the entire Republican House caucus behind the idea of eliminating the deficit within seven years.

It's funny..

care to tell us what your point is??

 

[Dovahkiin]

Hysterical. The Clinton surplus led to a recession because the private sector turned to credit because they were in debt due to a lack of deficit spending. Look at my signature if you actually believe deficits cause recessions.

Bulletin: there never was a surplus during the Clinton administration.

It's the kind of propaganda that Leftist lame-brains believe.

True story.

Aww, take credit for it, there was a republican congress, was there not?

Newt Gingrich and company — for all their faults — have received virtually no credit for balancing the budget. Yet today’s surplus is, in part, a byproduct of the GOP’s single-minded crusade to end 30 years of red ink. Arguably, Gingrich’s finest hour as Speaker came in March 1995 when he rallied the entire Republican House caucus behind the idea of eliminating the deficit within seven years.

It's funny..

care to tell us what your point is??

The surplus caused the private sector to take on debt which led to a recession.

 

[Howey]

1. Statistics:
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."
If you believe statistics, human beings have one breast and one testicle.


And one more: "income inequality."



The current bumper-sticker is that they'll fight 'income inequality.'
That is as much a lie as most of the other gambits and fabrications the Left uses to mislead the public, and to accrue power.

The basic idea advanced by Leftists is "you should be doing a lot better...It's not your fault .....and we are the only ones that care about you, not those heartless Rightwingers..."

Do you believe them?
Simply look at which party has led the 10 worst performing cities for half a century, and the truth is staring you in the face.
Wise up.


a. Speaking of 'those heartless' folks.....here are statistics you can believe: " In the book titled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,"

Arthur C. Brooks cites extensive data analysis to demonstrate that values advocated by conservatives -- from church attendance and two-parent families to the Protestant work ethic and a distaste for government-funded social services -- make conservatives more generous than liberals."

You betcha!




2. Some look at the Obama economy and tend to say that is true of pretty much all of recent economies, failing to recognize the abject failure of his administration.

a. " Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more thantwiceas much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent.

Two of the groups hit hardest have been ones that turned out in abundance for Obama in 2008: black Americans and younger Americans (those between the ages of 25 and 34). During the first three years of the Obama “recovery,” the real median household income for black Americans dropped a whopping 11.1 percent. For Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 — the group most apt,as Paul Ryan put it, to be “staring up at fading Obama posters” and looking to “get going with life” — real median household income dropped 8.9 percent."
Americans’ Incomes Have Fallen $3,040 During the Obama ‘Recovery’




3. Now, before the recession, and the Obama malfeasance.....well, the Left tries to paint a bleak picture. Here, from the Washington Post:

“In the 25 years from 1980 to 2004, a period during which U.S. gross domestic product per person grew by almost two-thirds, the wages of the typical worker actually fell slightly after accounting for inflation.” A Rising Tide?


This is what I mean about 'statistics.'
They use the term 'wages' because either 'income' or simply 'standard of living' would choke them, and sink any chance the Left could win an election.


The statistics that claim the above fail to include the value of benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits, etc., which have represented a growing share of compensation over the years.
See Cox and Alm, “The Myths of Rich and Poor,” p.21


a. Prior to the current period, increases in prosperity resulted in more folks working only part time....currently there are more part timers because Obama hasn't been able to stimulate employment.

b. And, of course, including the weekly wages of part timers pulls down the statistical average.


"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

Reagan's approval rating was 49% his last year of office (average). It fell to 23% the last few months.

Obama, right now, is at 46%

 

[PoliticalChic]

of course it happened. When you tax a man he then must spend less and that decreases or recesses his economic activity!! Do you understand??>?

Show me where deficits have caused a recession.

dear, there are many factors the affect an economy so isolating one is impossible but we can be positive that the more govt spends the more it creates bubbles that eventually burst when the artifical spending is stopped. Now do you understand?

Hysterical. The Clinton surplus led to a recession because the private sector turned to credit because they were in debt due to a lack of deficit spending. Look at my signature if you actually believe deficits cause recessions.

Bulletin: there never was a surplus during the Clinton administration.

It's the kind of propaganda that Leftist lame-brains believe.

True story.

Aww, take credit for it, there was a republican congress, was there not?

There was no surplus.

 

[PoliticalChic]

1. Statistics:
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."
If you believe statistics, human beings have one breast and one testicle.


And one more: "income inequality."



The current bumper-sticker is that they'll fight 'income inequality.'
That is as much a lie as most of the other gambits and fabrications the Left uses to mislead the public, and to accrue power.

The basic idea advanced by Leftists is "you should be doing a lot better...It's not your fault .....and we are the only ones that care about you, not those heartless Rightwingers..."

Do you believe them?
Simply look at which party has led the 10 worst performing cities for half a century, and the truth is staring you in the face.
Wise up.


a. Speaking of 'those heartless' folks.....here are statistics you can believe: " In the book titled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,"

Arthur C. Brooks cites extensive data analysis to demonstrate that values advocated by conservatives -- from church attendance and two-parent families to the Protestant work ethic and a distaste for government-funded social services -- make conservatives more generous than liberals."

You betcha!




2. Some look at the Obama economy and tend to say that is true of pretty much all of recent economies, failing to recognize the abject failure of his administration.

a. " Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more thantwiceas much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent.

Two of the groups hit hardest have been ones that turned out in abundance for Obama in 2008: black Americans and younger Americans (those between the ages of 25 and 34). During the first three years of the Obama “recovery,” the real median household income for black Americans dropped a whopping 11.1 percent. For Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 — the group most apt,as Paul Ryan put it, to be “staring up at fading Obama posters” and looking to “get going with life” — real median household income dropped 8.9 percent."
Americans’ Incomes Have Fallen $3,040 During the Obama ‘Recovery’




3. Now, before the recession, and the Obama malfeasance.....well, the Left tries to paint a bleak picture. Here, from the Washington Post:

“In the 25 years from 1980 to 2004, a period during which U.S. gross domestic product per person grew by almost two-thirds, the wages of the typical worker actually fell slightly after accounting for inflation.” A Rising Tide?


This is what I mean about 'statistics.'
They use the term 'wages' because either 'income' or simply 'standard of living' would choke them, and sink any chance the Left could win an election.


The statistics that claim the above fail to include the value of benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits, etc., which have represented a growing share of compensation over the years.
See Cox and Alm, “The Myths of Rich and Poor,” p.21


a. Prior to the current period, increases in prosperity resulted in more folks working only part time....currently there are more part timers because Obama hasn't been able to stimulate employment.

b. And, of course, including the weekly wages of part timers pulls down the statistical average.


"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

Reagan's approval rating was 49% his last year of office (average). It fell to 23% the last few months.

Obama, right now, is at 46%

Is this a denial that you Obamunists would LOVE to have Reagan's accomplishments, in exchange for Obama's uninterrupted string of failures and ineptitude???


Speak up.

 

[PoliticalChic]

1. Statistics:
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."
If you believe statistics, human beings have one breast and one testicle.


And one more: "income inequality."



The current bumper-sticker is that they'll fight 'income inequality.'
That is as much a lie as most of the other gambits and fabrications the Left uses to mislead the public, and to accrue power.

The basic idea advanced by Leftists is "you should be doing a lot better...It's not your fault .....and we are the only ones that care about you, not those heartless Rightwingers..."

Do you believe them?
Simply look at which party has led the 10 worst performing cities for half a century, and the truth is staring you in the face.
Wise up.


a. Speaking of 'those heartless' folks.....here are statistics you can believe: " In the book titled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,"

Arthur C. Brooks cites extensive data analysis to demonstrate that values advocated by conservatives -- from church attendance and two-parent families to the Protestant work ethic and a distaste for government-funded social services -- make conservatives more generous than liberals."

You betcha!




2. Some look at the Obama economy and tend to say that is true of pretty much all of recent economies, failing to recognize the abject failure of his administration.

a. " Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more thantwiceas much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent.

Two of the groups hit hardest have been ones that turned out in abundance for Obama in 2008: black Americans and younger Americans (those between the ages of 25 and 34). During the first three years of the Obama “recovery,” the real median household income for black Americans dropped a whopping 11.1 percent. For Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 — the group most apt,as Paul Ryan put it, to be “staring up at fading Obama posters” and looking to “get going with life” — real median household income dropped 8.9 percent."
Americans’ Incomes Have Fallen $3,040 During the Obama ‘Recovery’




3. Now, before the recession, and the Obama malfeasance.....well, the Left tries to paint a bleak picture. Here, from the Washington Post:

“In the 25 years from 1980 to 2004, a period during which U.S. gross domestic product per person grew by almost two-thirds, the wages of the typical worker actually fell slightly after accounting for inflation.” A Rising Tide?


This is what I mean about 'statistics.'
They use the term 'wages' because either 'income' or simply 'standard of living' would choke them, and sink any chance the Left could win an election.


The statistics that claim the above fail to include the value of benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits, etc., which have represented a growing share of compensation over the years.
See Cox and Alm, “The Myths of Rich and Poor,” p.21


a. Prior to the current period, increases in prosperity resulted in more folks working only part time....currently there are more part timers because Obama hasn't been able to stimulate employment.

b. And, of course, including the weekly wages of part timers pulls down the statistical average.


"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

Reagan's approval rating was 49% his last year of office (average). It fell to 23% the last few months.

Obama, right now, is at 46%

President Dates in office Average approval rating
Ronald Reagan January 1981-January 1989 52.8


% Polling dates
Most recent weekly average 48 Feb 8-14, 2016
Term average to date 47 Jan 20, 2009-present
Presidential Approval Ratings -- Barack Obama


So...you wanna swap, huh?

 

[Dovahkiin]

Show me where deficits have caused a recession.

dear, there are many factors the affect an economy so isolating one is impossible but we can be positive that the more govt spends the more it creates bubbles that eventually burst when the artifical spending is stopped. Now do you understand?

Hysterical. The Clinton surplus led to a recession because the private sector turned to credit because they were in debt due to a lack of deficit spending. Look at my signature if you actually believe deficits cause recessions.

Bulletin: there never was a surplus during the Clinton administration.

It's the kind of propaganda that Leftist lame-brains believe.

True story.

Aww, take credit for it, there was a republican congress, was there not?

There was no surplus.

Yes, there was.

 

[PoliticalChic]

dear, there are many factors the affect an economy so isolating one is impossible but we can be positive that the more govt spends the more it creates bubbles that eventually burst when the artifical spending is stopped. Now do you understand?

Hysterical. The Clinton surplus led to a recession because the private sector turned to credit because they were in debt due to a lack of deficit spending. Look at my signature if you actually believe deficits cause recessions.

Bulletin: there never was a surplus during the Clinton administration.

It's the kind of propaganda that Leftist lame-brains believe.

True story.

Aww, take credit for it, there was a republican congress, was there not?

There was no surplus.

Yes, there was.

This is a perfect example of both
a. Figures don't lie,but liars can figure.
and
b. lame-brained Liberals....you....will believe what ever your masters tell you to.

In this case, that the rapist, Bill Clinton, was a marvelous executive, and managed to accrue a surplus in the federal spending.


Surplus:
an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand.
Google.


Now...get your calculator and watch this:
1. Want to see the actual national debt figures?

1993

4,351,044

1994

4,643,307

1995

4,920,586

1996

5,181,465

1997

5,369,206

1998

5,478,189

1999

5,605,523

2000

5,628,700

Historical Tables (table 7.1)

The table 7.1 will also show that Clinton inherited a $4 trillion debt.
Government - Historical Debt Outstanding - Annual 1950 - 1999

That means the debt increased 41% under Clinton.
And, thanks to President Reagan, no wars or military build up to blame the increase in debt on!


41% increase in debt.....no surplus.

Don't let me catch you perpetuating that lie again.

 

[Howey]

1. Statistics:
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."
If you believe statistics, human beings have one breast and one testicle.


And one more: "income inequality."



The current bumper-sticker is that they'll fight 'income inequality.'
That is as much a lie as most of the other gambits and fabrications the Left uses to mislead the public, and to accrue power.

The basic idea advanced by Leftists is "you should be doing a lot better...It's not your fault .....and we are the only ones that care about you, not those heartless Rightwingers..."

Do you believe them?
Simply look at which party has led the 10 worst performing cities for half a century, and the truth is staring you in the face.
Wise up.


a. Speaking of 'those heartless' folks.....here are statistics you can believe: " In the book titled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,"

Arthur C. Brooks cites extensive data analysis to demonstrate that values advocated by conservatives -- from church attendance and two-parent families to the Protestant work ethic and a distaste for government-funded social services -- make conservatives more generous than liberals."

You betcha!




2. Some look at the Obama economy and tend to say that is true of pretty much all of recent economies, failing to recognize the abject failure of his administration.

a. " Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more thantwiceas much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent.

Two of the groups hit hardest have been ones that turned out in abundance for Obama in 2008: black Americans and younger Americans (those between the ages of 25 and 34). During the first three years of the Obama “recovery,” the real median household income for black Americans dropped a whopping 11.1 percent. For Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 — the group most apt,as Paul Ryan put it, to be “staring up at fading Obama posters” and looking to “get going with life” — real median household income dropped 8.9 percent."
Americans’ Incomes Have Fallen $3,040 During the Obama ‘Recovery’




3. Now, before the recession, and the Obama malfeasance.....well, the Left tries to paint a bleak picture. Here, from the Washington Post:

“In the 25 years from 1980 to 2004, a period during which U.S. gross domestic product per person grew by almost two-thirds, the wages of the typical worker actually fell slightly after accounting for inflation.” A Rising Tide?


This is what I mean about 'statistics.'
They use the term 'wages' because either 'income' or simply 'standard of living' would choke them, and sink any chance the Left could win an election.


The statistics that claim the above fail to include the value of benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits, etc., which have represented a growing share of compensation over the years.
See Cox and Alm, “The Myths of Rich and Poor,” p.21


a. Prior to the current period, increases in prosperity resulted in more folks working only part time....currently there are more part timers because Obama hasn't been able to stimulate employment.

b. And, of course, including the weekly wages of part timers pulls down the statistical average.


"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

Reagan's approval rating was 49% his last year of office (average). It fell to 23% the last few months.

Obama, right now, is at 46%

President Dates in office Average approval rating
Ronald Reagan January 1981-January 1989 52.8


% Polling dates
Most recent weekly average 48 Feb 8-14, 2016
Term average to date 47 Jan 20, 2009-present
Presidential Approval Ratings -- Barack Obama


So...you wanna swap, huh?

I quoted the final year and months of their terms, moron. Obama is currently at 46.2%

 

[PoliticalChic]

1. Statistics:
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."
If you believe statistics, human beings have one breast and one testicle.


And one more: "income inequality."



The current bumper-sticker is that they'll fight 'income inequality.'
That is as much a lie as most of the other gambits and fabrications the Left uses to mislead the public, and to accrue power.

The basic idea advanced by Leftists is "you should be doing a lot better...It's not your fault .....and we are the only ones that care about you, not those heartless Rightwingers..."

Do you believe them?
Simply look at which party has led the 10 worst performing cities for half a century, and the truth is staring you in the face.
Wise up.


a. Speaking of 'those heartless' folks.....here are statistics you can believe: " In the book titled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,"

Arthur C. Brooks cites extensive data analysis to demonstrate that values advocated by conservatives -- from church attendance and two-parent families to the Protestant work ethic and a distaste for government-funded social services -- make conservatives more generous than liberals."

You betcha!




2. Some look at the Obama economy and tend to say that is true of pretty much all of recent economies, failing to recognize the abject failure of his administration.

a. " Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more thantwiceas much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent.

Two of the groups hit hardest have been ones that turned out in abundance for Obama in 2008: black Americans and younger Americans (those between the ages of 25 and 34). During the first three years of the Obama “recovery,” the real median household income for black Americans dropped a whopping 11.1 percent. For Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 — the group most apt,as Paul Ryan put it, to be “staring up at fading Obama posters” and looking to “get going with life” — real median household income dropped 8.9 percent."
Americans’ Incomes Have Fallen $3,040 During the Obama ‘Recovery’




3. Now, before the recession, and the Obama malfeasance.....well, the Left tries to paint a bleak picture. Here, from the Washington Post:

“In the 25 years from 1980 to 2004, a period during which U.S. gross domestic product per person grew by almost two-thirds, the wages of the typical worker actually fell slightly after accounting for inflation.” A Rising Tide?


This is what I mean about 'statistics.'
They use the term 'wages' because either 'income' or simply 'standard of living' would choke them, and sink any chance the Left could win an election.


The statistics that claim the above fail to include the value of benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits, etc., which have represented a growing share of compensation over the years.
See Cox and Alm, “The Myths of Rich and Poor,” p.21


a. Prior to the current period, increases in prosperity resulted in more folks working only part time....currently there are more part timers because Obama hasn't been able to stimulate employment.

b. And, of course, including the weekly wages of part timers pulls down the statistical average.


"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

Reagan's approval rating was 49% his last year of office (average). It fell to 23% the last few months.

Obama, right now, is at 46%

President Dates in office Average approval rating
Ronald Reagan January 1981-January 1989 52.8


% Polling dates
Most recent weekly average 48 Feb 8-14, 2016
Term average to date 47 Jan 20, 2009-present
Presidential Approval Ratings -- Barack Obama


So...you wanna swap, huh?

I quoted the final year and months of their terms, moron. Obama is currently at 46.2%

I quoted their full terms.....
PresidentDates in officeAverage approval rating
Ronald Reagan January 1981-January 1989 52.8


%Polling dates
Most recent weekly average 48 Feb 8-14, 2016
Term average to date 47 Jan 20, 2009-present
Presidential Approval Ratings -- Barack Obama

And asked you this questioin:
So...you wanna swap, huh?

Reagan....52.8
Obama....47

You have verified the title of the thread.

"They wish Obama's numbers approached Reagan's."

And, you do.

 

[PoliticalChic]

1. Statistics:
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."
If you believe statistics, human beings have one breast and one testicle.


And one more: "income inequality."



The current bumper-sticker is that they'll fight 'income inequality.'
That is as much a lie as most of the other gambits and fabrications the Left uses to mislead the public, and to accrue power.

The basic idea advanced by Leftists is "you should be doing a lot better...It's not your fault .....and we are the only ones that care about you, not those heartless Rightwingers..."

Do you believe them?
Simply look at which party has led the 10 worst performing cities for half a century, and the truth is staring you in the face.
Wise up.


a. Speaking of 'those heartless' folks.....here are statistics you can believe: " In the book titled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,"

Arthur C. Brooks cites extensive data analysis to demonstrate that values advocated by conservatives -- from church attendance and two-parent families to the Protestant work ethic and a distaste for government-funded social services -- make conservatives more generous than liberals."

You betcha!




2. Some look at the Obama economy and tend to say that is true of pretty much all of recent economies, failing to recognize the abject failure of his administration.

a. " Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more thantwiceas much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent.

Two of the groups hit hardest have been ones that turned out in abundance for Obama in 2008: black Americans and younger Americans (those between the ages of 25 and 34). During the first three years of the Obama “recovery,” the real median household income for black Americans dropped a whopping 11.1 percent. For Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 — the group most apt,as Paul Ryan put it, to be “staring up at fading Obama posters” and looking to “get going with life” — real median household income dropped 8.9 percent."
Americans’ Incomes Have Fallen $3,040 During the Obama ‘Recovery’




3. Now, before the recession, and the Obama malfeasance.....well, the Left tries to paint a bleak picture. Here, from the Washington Post:

“In the 25 years from 1980 to 2004, a period during which U.S. gross domestic product per person grew by almost two-thirds, the wages of the typical worker actually fell slightly after accounting for inflation.” A Rising Tide?


This is what I mean about 'statistics.'
They use the term 'wages' because either 'income' or simply 'standard of living' would choke them, and sink any chance the Left could win an election.


The statistics that claim the above fail to include the value of benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits, etc., which have represented a growing share of compensation over the years.
See Cox and Alm, “The Myths of Rich and Poor,” p.21


a. Prior to the current period, increases in prosperity resulted in more folks working only part time....currently there are more part timers because Obama hasn't been able to stimulate employment.

b. And, of course, including the weekly wages of part timers pulls down the statistical average.


"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

Reagan's approval rating was 49% his last year of office (average). It fell to 23% the last few months.

Obama, right now, is at 46%

President Dates in office Average approval rating
Ronald Reagan January 1981-January 1989 52.8


% Polling dates
Most recent weekly average 48 Feb 8-14, 2016
Term average to date 47 Jan 20, 2009-present
Presidential Approval Ratings -- Barack Obama


So...you wanna swap, huh?

I quoted the final year and months of their terms, moron. Obama is currently at 46.2%

Remember this quote?
"...Obama's uninterrupted string of failures and ineptitude???"

Wise of you not to deny it.

 

[bodecea]

1. Statistics:
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."
If you believe statistics, human beings have one breast and one testicle.


And one more: "income inequality."



The current bumper-sticker is that they'll fight 'income inequality.'
That is as much a lie as most of the other gambits and fabrications the Left uses to mislead the public, and to accrue power.

The basic idea advanced by Leftists is "you should be doing a lot better...It's not your fault .....and we are the only ones that care about you, not those heartless Rightwingers..."

Do you believe them?
Simply look at which party has led the 10 worst performing cities for half a century, and the truth is staring you in the face.
Wise up.


a. Speaking of 'those heartless' folks.....here are statistics you can believe: " In the book titled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,"

Arthur C. Brooks cites extensive data analysis to demonstrate that values advocated by conservatives -- from church attendance and two-parent families to the Protestant work ethic and a distaste for government-funded social services -- make conservatives more generous than liberals."

You betcha!




2. Some look at the Obama economy and tend to say that is true of pretty much all of recent economies, failing to recognize the abject failure of his administration.

a. " Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more thantwiceas much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent.

Two of the groups hit hardest have been ones that turned out in abundance for Obama in 2008: black Americans and younger Americans (those between the ages of 25 and 34). During the first three years of the Obama “recovery,” the real median household income for black Americans dropped a whopping 11.1 percent. For Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 — the group most apt,as Paul Ryan put it, to be “staring up at fading Obama posters” and looking to “get going with life” — real median household income dropped 8.9 percent."
Americans’ Incomes Have Fallen $3,040 During the Obama ‘Recovery’




3. Now, before the recession, and the Obama malfeasance.....well, the Left tries to paint a bleak picture. Here, from the Washington Post:

“In the 25 years from 1980 to 2004, a period during which U.S. gross domestic product per person grew by almost two-thirds, the wages of the typical worker actually fell slightly after accounting for inflation.” A Rising Tide?


This is what I mean about 'statistics.'
They use the term 'wages' because either 'income' or simply 'standard of living' would choke them, and sink any chance the Left could win an election.


The statistics that claim the above fail to include the value of benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits, etc., which have represented a growing share of compensation over the years.
See Cox and Alm, “The Myths of Rich and Poor,” p.21


a. Prior to the current period, increases in prosperity resulted in more folks working only part time....currently there are more part timers because Obama hasn't been able to stimulate employment.

b. And, of course, including the weekly wages of part timers pulls down the statistical average.


"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

Numbers? Would that be the number of marines killed in terrorist attacks on his watch? You are right. Obama hasn't reached Reagan's numbers there.

 

[PoliticalChic]

1. Statistics:
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."
If you believe statistics, human beings have one breast and one testicle.


And one more: "income inequality."



The current bumper-sticker is that they'll fight 'income inequality.'
That is as much a lie as most of the other gambits and fabrications the Left uses to mislead the public, and to accrue power.

The basic idea advanced by Leftists is "you should be doing a lot better...It's not your fault .....and we are the only ones that care about you, not those heartless Rightwingers..."

Do you believe them?
Simply look at which party has led the 10 worst performing cities for half a century, and the truth is staring you in the face.
Wise up.


a. Speaking of 'those heartless' folks.....here are statistics you can believe: " In the book titled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,"

Arthur C. Brooks cites extensive data analysis to demonstrate that values advocated by conservatives -- from church attendance and two-parent families to the Protestant work ethic and a distaste for government-funded social services -- make conservatives more generous than liberals."

You betcha!




2. Some look at the Obama economy and tend to say that is true of pretty much all of recent economies, failing to recognize the abject failure of his administration.

a. " Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more thantwiceas much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent.

Two of the groups hit hardest have been ones that turned out in abundance for Obama in 2008: black Americans and younger Americans (those between the ages of 25 and 34). During the first three years of the Obama “recovery,” the real median household income for black Americans dropped a whopping 11.1 percent. For Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 — the group most apt,as Paul Ryan put it, to be “staring up at fading Obama posters” and looking to “get going with life” — real median household income dropped 8.9 percent."
Americans’ Incomes Have Fallen $3,040 During the Obama ‘Recovery’




3. Now, before the recession, and the Obama malfeasance.....well, the Left tries to paint a bleak picture. Here, from the Washington Post:

“In the 25 years from 1980 to 2004, a period during which U.S. gross domestic product per person grew by almost two-thirds, the wages of the typical worker actually fell slightly after accounting for inflation.” A Rising Tide?


This is what I mean about 'statistics.'
They use the term 'wages' because either 'income' or simply 'standard of living' would choke them, and sink any chance the Left could win an election.


The statistics that claim the above fail to include the value of benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits, etc., which have represented a growing share of compensation over the years.
See Cox and Alm, “The Myths of Rich and Poor,” p.21


a. Prior to the current period, increases in prosperity resulted in more folks working only part time....currently there are more part timers because Obama hasn't been able to stimulate employment.

b. And, of course, including the weekly wages of part timers pulls down the statistical average.


"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

Numbers? Would that be the number of marines killed in terrorist attacks on his watch? You are right. Obama hasn't reached Reagan's numbers there.

Big picture time.

President Reagan freed countless millions from the Evil Empire, and defeated same without firing a shot.


Then there's this:

Obama's Foreign Policy Hit Parade!


1. "(CNSNews.com) – White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday the Obama administration’s foreign policies in a number of areas have enhanced the world’s “tranquility” – a word that raised eyebrows asreporters pointed to situations in Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Ukraine and the South China Sea."WH We ve Substantially Improved the Tranquility of the Global Community CNS News


2. "Leaders ofthe five BRICS nations plan to create a development bank in a direct challenge to theWorld Bankthat they accuse of Western bias. The bank would use $50 billion of seed capital shared equally between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa but would undoubtedly be dominated by China. It would be the first institution of the informal forum started in 2009 amid the economic meltdown to chart a new and more equitable world economic order."
Watch Out World Bank Here Comes the BRICS Bank

a. "WhenBarackObamatook office, he pledgeda new overture to the world’s emerging powers. Today each of the Brics – Brazil, Russia, India,Chinaand South Africa – is at loggerheads with America, or worse."How Obama lost friends and influence in the Brics - FT.com



3. [August 18, 2011].... [Obama} called Thursday for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign, after months of his violent crackdown on protesters. The rhetorical escalation was backed bynew U.S. sanctions designed to undermine Assad’sability to finance his military operation..... culminatedmonths of calibrated diplomacythat has included three rounds of sanctionsand a gradual policy shift toward regime change in a nation long at odds with U.S. policy in the Middle East."Assad must go Obama says - The Washington Post

4."Russia 'to reopen Cold WarCuban listening post used to spy on America' Moscow-based daily Kommersant claimedRussia and Cuba have struck a deal'in principle' after President Vladimir Putin visited the island last week.

Citing several sources within Russian authorities, the respected daily wrote: 'The agreements were finalised while President Vladimir Putin visited Havana last Friday."
Russia 'to reopen Cold War Cuban listening post'


5. When the Egyptian people declined to be governed by the 7th century savages, the Muslim Brotherhood, Obama had a fit:
"The U.S. government has decided privately to act as if the military takeover of Egypt was a coup, temporarily suspending most forms of military aid, despite deciding not to announce publicly a coup determination one way or the other, according to a leading U.S. senator.
In the latest example of its poorly understood Egypt policy, the Obama administrationhas decided to temporarily suspend the disbursement of most direct military aid, the delivery of weapons to the Egyptian military, and some forms of economic aid to the Egyptiangovernment while it conducts a broad review of the relationship."
Senator: Obama Administration Secretly Suspended Military Aid to Egypt - The Daily Beast



6. "Putin Poised to Retaliate Against Obama by Trashing Iran Deal
Now that the U.S.-Russia relationship hasbroken down,Moscow could throw a wrench into the teetering nuclear negotiations with Iran.

But if Putin decides that retaliating against the U.S. and ruining Obama’s foreign policy legacy is more important than sealing a pact with Iran, the whole thing could unravel....Yet this time around, Obama is willing to accept an agreement from Iraq’s foreign ministry on U.S. forces in Iraq without a vote of Iraq’s parliament. .... We basically need a piece of paper from them,” another U.S. official involved in the negotiations told The Daily Beast. The official didn’t explain why the parliamentary vote, so crucial three years ago, was no longer needed.."Putin Poised to Retaliate Against Obama by Trashing Iran Deal - The Daily Beast



7. "ANKARA, Turkey (AP) —Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he no longer holds "direct" telephone conversations with U.S. President Barak Obama,suggesting a rift between the leaders who were once close."Turkish PM says he Obama no longer talk directly - Yahoo News

8. Underestimated the "Islamic State, IS" "The analogy we use around here sometimes, and I think is accurate, is ifa jayvee teamputs on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant,”Obama told the New Yorker, referring to ISIS.
“I think there is a distinction between the capacity and reach of a bin Laden and a network that is actively planning major terrorist plots against the homeland versus jihadists who are engaged in various local power struggles and disputes, often sectarian.”


9. Obama made another huge mistake inrefusing to negotiate an agreement to leave US troops in Iraq.
This is the source of the problem with ISIS: they're there because we weren't.
"Obama's 2012 Debate Boast: I Didn't Want to Leave Any Troops in Iraq
Obama then denied that he ever supported a status of forces agreement that would have left troops in Iraq:

MR. ROMNEY: [W]ith regards to Iraq, you and I agreed, I believe, that there should have been a status of forces agreement. Did you —

PRESIDENT OBAMA:That's not true.

MR. ROMNEY:Oh, you didn't — you didn't want a status of forces agreement?

PRESIDENT OBAMA:No, but what I — what I would not have done is left 10,000 troops in Iraq that would tie us down. That certainly would not help us in the Middle East.

"Here's one thing I've learned as commander in chief," Obama said at the end of the exchange. "You've got to be clear, both to our allies and our enemies, about where you stand and what you mean

Obama s 2012 Debate Boast I Didn t Want to Leave Any Troops in Iraq The Weekly Standard

a. "This month, Colin Kahl, the senior Pentagon official in charge of Iraq policy at the time, explained why the White House insisted on Iraq’s parliament approving the changes to the SOFA.

He wrote inPolitico Magazinethat in 2011 Iraq’s prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, “told U.S. negotiators that he was willing to sign an executive memorandum of understanding that included these legal protections.

Yet this time around, Obama is willing to accept an agreement from Iraq’s foreign ministry on U.S. forces in Iraq without a vote of Iraq’s parliament. “We believe we need a separate set of assurances from the Iraqis,” one senior U.S. defense official told The Daily Beast on Sunday. This official said this would likely be an agreement or exchange of diplomatic notes from the Iraq’s foreign ministry. “We basically need a piece of paper from them,” another U.S. official involved in the negotiations told The Daily Beast. The official didn’t explain why the parliamentary vote, so crucial three years ago, was no longer needed.”

Obama Does a U-Turn on Immunity for U.S. Troops in Iraq - The Daily Beast

Obama rejected it.




10. "Turkey will refuse to allow a US-led coalition to attack jihadistsin neighbouring Iraq and Syria from its air bases, nor will it take part in combat operations against militants, a government official told AFP" Thursdayhttp://Breaking TURKEY REFUSES OBAMA REQUEST to Use Its Airbases to Fight ISIS The Gateway Pundit



11. "First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We’ve been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn’t get on a plane for the United States.In the unlikely event that someone with Ebola does reach our shores, we’ve taken new measures so that we’re prepared here at home. " Obama, Two Weeks Ago: 'Chances of an Ebola Outbreak Here ... Extremely Low'

a. "U.S. Nurses Say They Are Unprepared To Handle Ebola Patients" U.S. Nurses Say They Are Unprepared To Handle Ebola Patients
b. "After first Ebola case, red flags emerge that U.S. unprepared for pandemic" After first Ebola case, fears turn to U.S. pandemic preparedness

12. “Obama is the weakest of U.S. presidents, he had humiliating defeats in the region. Under him the Islamic awakening happened,” Younesisaidin a Farsi language interview with Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency. “Americans witnessed their greatest defeats in Obama’s era: Terrorism expanded, [the] U.S. had huge defeats under Obama [and] that is why they want to compromise with Iran,” Younesi said.

The criticism of Obama echoes comments made recently byotherworld leaders and even former members of the president’s own staff,such asFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Top Iranian Official: Obama is ‘The Weakest of U.S. Presidents’

13. "Shock U.S. Army admission: Obama freed Taliban ‘psychopath’ in Bergdahl trade"The Obama administration released Fazl and four other Taliban commanders May 31 from the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for Sgt. Bergdahl,
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/4/taliban-prisoner-traded-for-bowe-bergdahl-a-danger/#ixzz3Q2RT6ki2

"Breaking: Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update: Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update: Senior Defense Officials Confirm">Breaking:Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update:Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update:Senior Defense Officials Confirm" Breaking: Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update: Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update: Senior Defense Officials Confirm | Weasel Zippers

14. "GUMMING UP THE WORKS: Obama blasted for chewing gum during visit with Indian prime minister
Obama, who has been caught before munching on gum during high-profile political events, was taken to task by the country’s largest newspaper after he was spotted taking a piece out of his mouth during the annual Republic Day parade."
Obama blasted for chewing gum during visit with Indian PM


15. "Obama White House Declares Muslim Brotherhood Is Not a Terrorist OrganizationObama White House Declares Muslim Brotherhood Is Not a Terrorist Organization | CBN.com (beta)
a. "The Muslim Brotherhood called for “a long, uncompromising jihad” in Egypt just days after a delegation of the Islamist group’s key leaders and allies met with the State Department, according to an official statement released this week.

Just days after a delegation that included two top Brotherhood leaders washosted at the State Department, the organization released an official statement calling on its supporters to “prepare” for jihad, according to an independent translation of thestatementfirst posted on Tuesday." http://freebeacon.com/national-secu...ting-with-muslim-brotherhood-aligned-leaders/


16. "The threat from radical Islam has at least doubled in the past decade while Washington refuses to even admit the enemy exists, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said Sunday.

Pointing to a map showing the spread of violent Islamic extremism stretching across the Middle East and northern Africa, Flynn said, "Ten years ago I was drawing that map and there's only two or three dots on it. Today, what you're seeing on a map like that is a doubling of the enemy … a doubling or more."
http://www.Newsmax.com/Newsfront/Michael-Flynn-ISIS-doubled-spread/2015/02/08/id/623473/#ixzz3RHuxGbBb


17."Irran’s Supreme leader Ali Khamenei called for “Death to America” on Saturday, a day after President BarackObama appealed to Iran to seize a “historic opportunity”for a nuclear deal and a better future, and as US Secretary of State John Kerry claimed substantial progress toward an accord."
Khamenei calls 'Death to America' as Kerry hails progress on nuke deal | The Times of Israelhttp://www.timesofisrael.com/khamen...ry-hails-progress-on-nuke-deal/#ixzz3V9SRGder


18. "Not since the 1960s — and perhaps going back even further — has there been a time when so many Arab states and factions were engaged in so many wars, in quite such confusing configurations, said Frederic Wehrey of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “It’s so dangerous,” he said." http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...4e7b5c-d417-11e4-8b1e-274d670aa9c9_story.html

19. "It would be one thing had the president brought in a successful test anywhere. But his — and Secretary of State Clinton’s — “reset” with Russia has been greeted with aggression from President Putin and his camarilla. The “pivot” to Asia has turned into a palsied pirouette and been unmasked as cover for fading from the Middle East. The redlines in Syria have been erased. Libya, Yemen, Venezuela are wrecks. Afghanistan is teetering to the Taliban, while Mr. Obama’s withdrawal has left Iraq at the mercy of Iran and the Islamic State." http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-obama-doctrine/89118/
20. There is now no discernible U.S. strategy in Iraq.The administration claims to support the Baghdad government of Haider al-Abadi, who replaced Maliki, but it gives al-Abadi practically no support. It won’t commit ground forces or mount a serious aerial offensive and is reduced to encouraging Iran to chase ISIS into Syria.


This policy can only lead to greater bloodshed in Syria, while delivering all Iraq apart from Kurdistan to the militant Islamic and soon to be nuclear-armed theocracy of Iran.... Obama rounded up some allies to fight ISIS but has essentially handed the war off to Iran, America’s and the West’s greatest enemy in the Middle East."
Incredulity Among Allies Greets U.S. Policy After Years of Folly - The New York Sun

21. WASHINGTON—In reaching a historic agreement to restrain Iran’s nuclear program, President Barack Obama effectively shredded the foreign-policy playbook that had guided the U.S. for three decades....Obama also may have created a more unstable Middle East and, in the process, torn apart longtime U.S. ties with traditional allies such as Israel and Saudi Arabia.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/obamas-iran-deal-breaks-from-past-1436868053

22." The president has convinced himselfthat the open-ended appeasement of Iran will replicate the Nixon-Kissinger triumph with China. But they made no concessions to the Chinese: They agreed that there was one China but that Taiwan would not be reunited with the mainland by force, and it has not been.

Mr.Obama is handing Iraq to Iranashe gives Iran a green light to nuclear weapons,at the latest in ten years, as he unblocks $150 billion that has been frozen,without even getting a reduction in rhetorical abusefrom Tehran. Tom Friedman of theNew York Timesinfamously called it a “doctrine,” in the sense of the Stimson or Truman or Nixon doctrines.

But insipidity, irresolution, and obfuscation do not constitute a doctrine.

America’s traditional allies havelost all respect for [Obama's] foreign-policy-making...


As the U.S. cranks up to another presidential election, and rhetoric echoes loudly around the country about “the greatest nation in human history” (certainly a fair description in many respects),Americans should be aware of how the country is perceivedby foreigners. .... it has almost become, as President Nixon warned,“a pitiful, helpless giant.”
Incredulity Among Allies Greets U.S. Policy After Years of Folly - The New York Sun


"...insipidity, irresolution, and obfuscation do not constitute a doctrine."



And theObama legacy: America as “a pitiful, helpless giant.”



And....after the above list ofObama's gaffes, flubs, missteps, and outright incompetence......


23. "Russia and Nato 'actively preparing for war'
Rival war games by Russian armed forces and Nato represent greatest build up of military tension in Europe since Cold War, warns think tank"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ssia-and-Nato-actively-preparing-for-war.html


24.." Five Chinese navy ships are currently operating in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, marking the first time the U.S. military has seen them in the area.

The officials have been tracking the movements in recent days of three Chinese combat ships, a replenishment vessel and an amphibious landing ship after observing them moving toward the Aleutian Islands, which are split between U.S. and Russian control.

.... the Chinese naval movements, which came as PresidentBarack Obamawas visiting Alaska and the Arctic region on a three-day trip toaddress climate change." http://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon-watches-as-chinese-navy-ships-sail-in-bering-sea-1441216258

25. "Remember Obama Mocking Romney Over Russia Concerns? ‘The 1980s Are Now Calling to Ask for Their Foreign Policy Back... First Sarah Palin wasproven rightabout her Russia-invading-Ukraine prediction she made — and got mocked for — in 2008.

Now it’s Mitt Romney’s turn to take a bow for having “clear eyes” on Russia’s future threat potential." http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...calling-to-ask-for-their-foreign-policy-back/

26. This was published the day after the ISIS attack on Paris:
"Kevin (not only is this) an ISIS attack, but its coordinated at a level to take a large loss of life. This is the nightmare scenario we are constantly having to be prepared for from radicalized Islam… But we knew ISIS was a threat a year before the president ever called them the JV team. And we have to kill them before they kill us.”

Run the tape back to that morning on a nationally televised morning show, President Obama, “ISIL has been contained.” Run the tape back to President Obama’s statement immediately following the attacks in Paris, “We must stop those who do these crimes.” (You know… crimes… like the cat-burglars.)

Was there any reason why the president never mentioned Islam in his statement following the Paris attacks?

The president couldn’t wait to gloat over the kill shot of bin Laden (who was really mostly out of the picture by the time we finally got him.) He couldn’t wait to golf when Jihadi John had beheaded an American journalist. He couldn’t wait to goof on the families of our service men who lost their lives in Benghazi. And he was back to gloating when they believed they got the jihadi beheader this week." http://townhall.com/columnists/kevi...5/how-obama-contained-isis-n2080961/page/full


27. "America is about to accept9000 Syrian Muslims, refugees of the brutal war between the Assad regime and its Sunni opposition, which includes ISIS, Al Qaeda, and various other militias. That number is predictedto increase each year.
There are no Christian refugees that will be admitted.

...the Department of State is adhering with all the rigidity of a Soviet era bureaucracy to the rule that only people at risk from massacres launched by the regime qualify for refugee status.The rapes of Christian women and the butchery of Christianchildren do not count. " No room in America for Christian refugees


28. "It is clearly evident that President Barack Obama and his administration care little about reality but will push ahead with their ideological agenda.

Here we are just days after a horrific Islamic terror attack in Paris and what is the Obama administration response? They release five Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United Arab Emirates." http://www.allenbwest.com/2015/11/complete-madness-as-paris-mourns-obama-just-did-the-unthinkable/


29. "Not radical Muslim terrorism, not an unsecured border, not an ever-growing federal debt that now exceeds $18 trillion, not the fact that 109 million live in households on federal welfare programs. These are not the greatest threats facing us today."

"No challenge--no challenge--poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change," President Obama declared in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night.


30. "Ex-Guantanamo detainee now an al Qaeda leader in Yemen His personal relationship with Osama bin Laden and time in American detention make him an especially high-profile spokesman. A leaked Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO)threat assessmentand other declassified files documented Qosi’s extensive al Qaeda dossier. In the threat assessment, dated Nov. 15, 2007, US intelligence analysts described Qosi as a “high” risk to the US and its allies." http://www.longwarjournal.org/archi...-detainee-now-an-al-qaeda-leader-in-yemen.php

31. "A House Armed Services Committee report set to be released Thursday accuses the Obama administration of misleading Congress and violating federal law during a controversial prisoner exchange.The report compiled by the GOP majority charges that the administration did so when it bypassed Congress in negotiating the exchange of five Taliban prisoners for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was being held in Afghanistan. They suggested that the White House had put politics and expediency ahead of proper procedure in making the deal." https://pjmedia.com/trending/2015/1...a-violated-federal-law-with-bergdahl-exchange


Obama...as good at leading America in world events as you are in picking a leader.

 

[Howey]

1. Statistics:
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."
If you believe statistics, human beings have one breast and one testicle.


And one more: "income inequality."



The current bumper-sticker is that they'll fight 'income inequality.'
That is as much a lie as most of the other gambits and fabrications the Left uses to mislead the public, and to accrue power.

The basic idea advanced by Leftists is "you should be doing a lot better...It's not your fault .....and we are the only ones that care about you, not those heartless Rightwingers..."

Do you believe them?
Simply look at which party has led the 10 worst performing cities for half a century, and the truth is staring you in the face.
Wise up.


a. Speaking of 'those heartless' folks.....here are statistics you can believe: " In the book titled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,"

Arthur C. Brooks cites extensive data analysis to demonstrate that values advocated by conservatives -- from church attendance and two-parent families to the Protestant work ethic and a distaste for government-funded social services -- make conservatives more generous than liberals."

You betcha!




2. Some look at the Obama economy and tend to say that is true of pretty much all of recent economies, failing to recognize the abject failure of his administration.

a. " Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more thantwiceas much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent.

Two of the groups hit hardest have been ones that turned out in abundance for Obama in 2008: black Americans and younger Americans (those between the ages of 25 and 34). During the first three years of the Obama “recovery,” the real median household income for black Americans dropped a whopping 11.1 percent. For Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 — the group most apt,as Paul Ryan put it, to be “staring up at fading Obama posters” and looking to “get going with life” — real median household income dropped 8.9 percent."
Americans’ Incomes Have Fallen $3,040 During the Obama ‘Recovery’




3. Now, before the recession, and the Obama malfeasance.....well, the Left tries to paint a bleak picture. Here, from the Washington Post:

“In the 25 years from 1980 to 2004, a period during which U.S. gross domestic product per person grew by almost two-thirds, the wages of the typical worker actually fell slightly after accounting for inflation.” A Rising Tide?


This is what I mean about 'statistics.'
They use the term 'wages' because either 'income' or simply 'standard of living' would choke them, and sink any chance the Left could win an election.


The statistics that claim the above fail to include the value of benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits, etc., which have represented a growing share of compensation over the years.
See Cox and Alm, “The Myths of Rich and Poor,” p.21


a. Prior to the current period, increases in prosperity resulted in more folks working only part time....currently there are more part timers because Obama hasn't been able to stimulate employment.

b. And, of course, including the weekly wages of part timers pulls down the statistical average.


"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

Numbers? Would that be the number of marines killed in terrorist attacks on his watch? You are right. Obama hasn't reached Reagan's numbers there.

Don't you mean the millions of Afghans killed by Reagan's guns?

 

[Howey]

1. Statistics:
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."
If you believe statistics, human beings have one breast and one testicle.


And one more: "income inequality."



The current bumper-sticker is that they'll fight 'income inequality.'
That is as much a lie as most of the other gambits and fabrications the Left uses to mislead the public, and to accrue power.

The basic idea advanced by Leftists is "you should be doing a lot better...It's not your fault .....and we are the only ones that care about you, not those heartless Rightwingers..."

Do you believe them?
Simply look at which party has led the 10 worst performing cities for half a century, and the truth is staring you in the face.
Wise up.


a. Speaking of 'those heartless' folks.....here are statistics you can believe: " In the book titled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,"

Arthur C. Brooks cites extensive data analysis to demonstrate that values advocated by conservatives -- from church attendance and two-parent families to the Protestant work ethic and a distaste for government-funded social services -- make conservatives more generous than liberals."

You betcha!




2. Some look at the Obama economy and tend to say that is true of pretty much all of recent economies, failing to recognize the abject failure of his administration.

a. " Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more thantwiceas much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent.

Two of the groups hit hardest have been ones that turned out in abundance for Obama in 2008: black Americans and younger Americans (those between the ages of 25 and 34). During the first three years of the Obama “recovery,” the real median household income for black Americans dropped a whopping 11.1 percent. For Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 — the group most apt,as Paul Ryan put it, to be “staring up at fading Obama posters” and looking to “get going with life” — real median household income dropped 8.9 percent."
Americans’ Incomes Have Fallen $3,040 During the Obama ‘Recovery’




3. Now, before the recession, and the Obama malfeasance.....well, the Left tries to paint a bleak picture. Here, from the Washington Post:

“In the 25 years from 1980 to 2004, a period during which U.S. gross domestic product per person grew by almost two-thirds, the wages of the typical worker actually fell slightly after accounting for inflation.” A Rising Tide?


This is what I mean about 'statistics.'
They use the term 'wages' because either 'income' or simply 'standard of living' would choke them, and sink any chance the Left could win an election.


The statistics that claim the above fail to include the value of benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits, etc., which have represented a growing share of compensation over the years.
See Cox and Alm, “The Myths of Rich and Poor,” p.21


a. Prior to the current period, increases in prosperity resulted in more folks working only part time....currently there are more part timers because Obama hasn't been able to stimulate employment.

b. And, of course, including the weekly wages of part timers pulls down the statistical average.


"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

Numbers? Would that be the number of marines killed in terrorist attacks on his watch? You are right. Obama hasn't reached Reagan's numbers there.

Big picture time.

President Reagan freed countless millions from the Evil Empire, and defeated same without firing a shot.


Then there's this:

Obama's Foreign Policy Hit Parade!


1. "(CNSNews.com) – White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday the Obama administration’s foreign policies in a number of areas have enhanced the world’s “tranquility” – a word that raised eyebrows asreporters pointed to situations in Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Ukraine and the South China Sea."WH We ve Substantially Improved the Tranquility of the Global Community CNS News


2. "Leaders ofthe five BRICS nations plan to create a development bank in a direct challenge to theWorld Bankthat they accuse of Western bias. The bank would use $50 billion of seed capital shared equally between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa but would undoubtedly be dominated by China. It would be the first institution of the informal forum started in 2009 amid the economic meltdown to chart a new and more equitable world economic order."
Watch Out World Bank Here Comes the BRICS Bank

a. "WhenBarackObamatook office, he pledgeda new overture to the world’s emerging powers. Today each of the Brics – Brazil, Russia, India,Chinaand South Africa – is at loggerheads with America, or worse."How Obama lost friends and influence in the Brics - FT.com



3. [August 18, 2011].... [Obama} called Thursday for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign, after months of his violent crackdown on protesters. The rhetorical escalation was backed bynew U.S. sanctions designed to undermine Assad’sability to finance his military operation..... culminatedmonths of calibrated diplomacythat has included three rounds of sanctionsand a gradual policy shift toward regime change in a nation long at odds with U.S. policy in the Middle East."Assad must go Obama says - The Washington Post

4."Russia 'to reopen Cold WarCuban listening post used to spy on America' Moscow-based daily Kommersant claimedRussia and Cuba have struck a deal'in principle' after President Vladimir Putin visited the island last week.

Citing several sources within Russian authorities, the respected daily wrote: 'The agreements were finalised while President Vladimir Putin visited Havana last Friday."
Russia 'to reopen Cold War Cuban listening post'


5. When the Egyptian people declined to be governed by the 7th century savages, the Muslim Brotherhood, Obama had a fit:
"The U.S. government has decided privately to act as if the military takeover of Egypt was a coup, temporarily suspending most forms of military aid, despite deciding not to announce publicly a coup determination one way or the other, according to a leading U.S. senator.
In the latest example of its poorly understood Egypt policy, the Obama administrationhas decided to temporarily suspend the disbursement of most direct military aid, the delivery of weapons to the Egyptian military, and some forms of economic aid to the Egyptiangovernment while it conducts a broad review of the relationship."
Senator: Obama Administration Secretly Suspended Military Aid to Egypt - The Daily Beast



6. "Putin Poised to Retaliate Against Obama by Trashing Iran Deal
Now that the U.S.-Russia relationship hasbroken down,Moscow could throw a wrench into the teetering nuclear negotiations with Iran.

But if Putin decides that retaliating against the U.S. and ruining Obama’s foreign policy legacy is more important than sealing a pact with Iran, the whole thing could unravel....Yet this time around, Obama is willing to accept an agreement from Iraq’s foreign ministry on U.S. forces in Iraq without a vote of Iraq’s parliament. .... We basically need a piece of paper from them,” another U.S. official involved in the negotiations told The Daily Beast. The official didn’t explain why the parliamentary vote, so crucial three years ago, was no longer needed.."Putin Poised to Retaliate Against Obama by Trashing Iran Deal - The Daily Beast



7. "ANKARA, Turkey (AP) —Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he no longer holds "direct" telephone conversations with U.S. President Barak Obama,suggesting a rift between the leaders who were once close."Turkish PM says he Obama no longer talk directly - Yahoo News

8. Underestimated the "Islamic State, IS" "The analogy we use around here sometimes, and I think is accurate, is ifa jayvee teamputs on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant,”Obama told the New Yorker, referring to ISIS.
“I think there is a distinction between the capacity and reach of a bin Laden and a network that is actively planning major terrorist plots against the homeland versus jihadists who are engaged in various local power struggles and disputes, often sectarian.”


9. Obama made another huge mistake inrefusing to negotiate an agreement to leave US troops in Iraq.
This is the source of the problem with ISIS: they're there because we weren't.
"Obama's 2012 Debate Boast: I Didn't Want to Leave Any Troops in Iraq
Obama then denied that he ever supported a status of forces agreement that would have left troops in Iraq:

MR. ROMNEY: [W]ith regards to Iraq, you and I agreed, I believe, that there should have been a status of forces agreement. Did you —

PRESIDENT OBAMA:That's not true.

MR. ROMNEY:Oh, you didn't — you didn't want a status of forces agreement?

PRESIDENT OBAMA:No, but what I — what I would not have done is left 10,000 troops in Iraq that would tie us down. That certainly would not help us in the Middle East.

"Here's one thing I've learned as commander in chief," Obama said at the end of the exchange. "You've got to be clear, both to our allies and our enemies, about where you stand and what you mean

Obama s 2012 Debate Boast I Didn t Want to Leave Any Troops in Iraq The Weekly Standard

a. "This month, Colin Kahl, the senior Pentagon official in charge of Iraq policy at the time, explained why the White House insisted on Iraq’s parliament approving the changes to the SOFA.

He wrote inPolitico Magazinethat in 2011 Iraq’s prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, “told U.S. negotiators that he was willing to sign an executive memorandum of understanding that included these legal protections.

Yet this time around, Obama is willing to accept an agreement from Iraq’s foreign ministry on U.S. forces in Iraq without a vote of Iraq’s parliament. “We believe we need a separate set of assurances from the Iraqis,” one senior U.S. defense official told The Daily Beast on Sunday. This official said this would likely be an agreement or exchange of diplomatic notes from the Iraq’s foreign ministry. “We basically need a piece of paper from them,” another U.S. official involved in the negotiations told The Daily Beast. The official didn’t explain why the parliamentary vote, so crucial three years ago, was no longer needed.”

Obama Does a U-Turn on Immunity for U.S. Troops in Iraq - The Daily Beast

Obama rejected it.




10. "Turkey will refuse to allow a US-led coalition to attack jihadistsin neighbouring Iraq and Syria from its air bases, nor will it take part in combat operations against militants, a government official told AFP" Thursdayhttp://Breaking TURKEY REFUSES OBAMA REQUEST to Use Its Airbases to Fight ISIS The Gateway Pundit



11. "First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We’ve been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn’t get on a plane for the United States.In the unlikely event that someone with Ebola does reach our shores, we’ve taken new measures so that we’re prepared here at home. " Obama, Two Weeks Ago: 'Chances of an Ebola Outbreak Here ... Extremely Low'

a. "U.S. Nurses Say They Are Unprepared To Handle Ebola Patients" U.S. Nurses Say They Are Unprepared To Handle Ebola Patients
b. "After first Ebola case, red flags emerge that U.S. unprepared for pandemic" After first Ebola case, fears turn to U.S. pandemic preparedness

12. “Obama is the weakest of U.S. presidents, he had humiliating defeats in the region. Under him the Islamic awakening happened,” Younesisaidin a Farsi language interview with Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency. “Americans witnessed their greatest defeats in Obama’s era: Terrorism expanded, [the] U.S. had huge defeats under Obama [and] that is why they want to compromise with Iran,” Younesi said.

The criticism of Obama echoes comments made recently byotherworld leaders and even former members of the president’s own staff,such asFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Top Iranian Official: Obama is ‘The Weakest of U.S. Presidents’

13. "Shock U.S. Army admission: Obama freed Taliban ‘psychopath’ in Bergdahl trade"The Obama administration released Fazl and four other Taliban commanders May 31 from the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for Sgt. Bergdahl,
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/4/taliban-prisoner-traded-for-bowe-bergdahl-a-danger/#ixzz3Q2RT6ki2

"Breaking: Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update: Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update: Senior Defense Officials Confirm">Breaking:Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update:Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update:Senior Defense Officials Confirm" Breaking: Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update: Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update: Senior Defense Officials Confirm | Weasel Zippers

14. "GUMMING UP THE WORKS: Obama blasted for chewing gum during visit with Indian prime minister
Obama, who has been caught before munching on gum during high-profile political events, was taken to task by the country’s largest newspaper after he was spotted taking a piece out of his mouth during the annual Republic Day parade."
Obama blasted for chewing gum during visit with Indian PM


15. "Obama White House Declares Muslim Brotherhood Is Not a Terrorist OrganizationObama White House Declares Muslim Brotherhood Is Not a Terrorist Organization | CBN.com (beta)
a. "The Muslim Brotherhood called for “a long, uncompromising jihad” in Egypt just days after a delegation of the Islamist group’s key leaders and allies met with the State Department, according to an official statement released this week.

Just days after a delegation that included two top Brotherhood leaders washosted at the State Department, the organization released an official statement calling on its supporters to “prepare” for jihad, according to an independent translation of thestatementfirst posted on Tuesday." Open Jihad Declared in Egypt Following State Dept. Meeting With Muslim Brotherhood-Aligned Leaders


16. "The threat from radical Islam has at least doubled in the past decade while Washington refuses to even admit the enemy exists, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said Sunday.

Pointing to a map showing the spread of violent Islamic extremism stretching across the Middle East and northern Africa, Flynn said, "Ten years ago I was drawing that map and there's only two or three dots on it. Today, what you're seeing on a map like that is a doubling of the enemy … a doubling or more."
http://www.Newsmax.com/Newsfront/Michael-Flynn-ISIS-doubled-spread/2015/02/08/id/623473/#ixzz3RHuxGbBb


17."Irran’s Supreme leader Ali Khamenei called for “Death to America” on Saturday, a day after President BarackObama appealed to Iran to seize a “historic opportunity”for a nuclear deal and a better future, and as US Secretary of State John Kerry claimed substantial progress toward an accord."
Khamenei calls 'Death to America' as Kerry hails progress on nuke deal | The Times of IsraelKhamenei calls ‘Death to America’ as Kerry hails progress on nuke deal


18. "Not since the 1960s — and perhaps going back even further — has there been a time when so many Arab states and factions were engaged in so many wars, in quite such confusing configurations, said Frederic Wehrey of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “It’s so dangerous,” he said." How the Yemen conflict risks new chaos in the Middle East

19. "It would be one thing had the president brought in a successful test anywhere. But his — and Secretary of State Clinton’s — “reset” with Russia has been greeted with aggression from President Putin and his camarilla. The “pivot” to Asia has turned into a palsied pirouette and been unmasked as cover for fading from the Middle East. The redlines in Syria have been erased. Libya, Yemen, Venezuela are wrecks. Afghanistan is teetering to the Taliban, while Mr. Obama’s withdrawal has left Iraq at the mercy of Iran and the Islamic State." The Obama Doctrine - The New York Sun
20. There is now no discernible U.S. strategy in Iraq.The administration claims to support the Baghdad government of Haider al-Abadi, who replaced Maliki, but it gives al-Abadi practically no support. It won’t commit ground forces or mount a serious aerial offensive and is reduced to encouraging Iran to chase ISIS into Syria.


This policy can only lead to greater bloodshed in Syria, while delivering all Iraq apart from Kurdistan to the militant Islamic and soon to be nuclear-armed theocracy of Iran.... Obama rounded up some allies to fight ISIS but has essentially handed the war off to Iran, America’s and the West’s greatest enemy in the Middle East."
Incredulity Among Allies Greets U.S. Policy After Years of Folly - The New York Sun

21. WASHINGTON—In reaching a historic agreement to restrain Iran’s nuclear program, President Barack Obama effectively shredded the foreign-policy playbook that had guided the U.S. for three decades....Obama also may have created a more unstable Middle East and, in the process, torn apart longtime U.S. ties with traditional allies such as Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Obama’s Iran Deal Breaks From Past

22." The president has convinced himselfthat the open-ended appeasement of Iran will replicate the Nixon-Kissinger triumph with China. But they made no concessions to the Chinese: They agreed that there was one China but that Taiwan would not be reunited with the mainland by force, and it has not been.

Mr.Obama is handing Iraq to Iranashe gives Iran a green light to nuclear weapons,at the latest in ten years, as he unblocks $150 billion that has been frozen,without even getting a reduction in rhetorical abusefrom Tehran. Tom Friedman of theNew York Timesinfamously called it a “doctrine,” in the sense of the Stimson or Truman or Nixon doctrines.

But insipidity, irresolution, and obfuscation do not constitute a doctrine.

America’s traditional allies havelost all respect for [Obama's] foreign-policy-making...


As the U.S. cranks up to another presidential election, and rhetoric echoes loudly around the country about “the greatest nation in human history” (certainly a fair description in many respects),Americans should be aware of how the country is perceivedby foreigners. .... it has almost become, as President Nixon warned,“a pitiful, helpless giant.”
Incredulity Among Allies Greets U.S. Policy After Years of Folly - The New York Sun


"...insipidity, irresolution, and obfuscation do not constitute a doctrine."



And theObama legacy: America as “a pitiful, helpless giant.”



And....after the above list ofObama's gaffes, flubs, missteps, and outright incompetence......


23. "Russia and Nato 'actively preparing for war'
Rival war games by Russian armed forces and Nato represent greatest build up of military tension in Europe since Cold War, warns think tank"
Russia and Nato 'actively preparing for war'


24.." Five Chinese navy ships are currently operating in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, marking the first time the U.S. military has seen them in the area.

The officials have been tracking the movements in recent days of three Chinese combat ships, a replenishment vessel and an amphibious landing ship after observing them moving toward the Aleutian Islands, which are split between U.S. and Russian control.

.... the Chinese naval movements, which came as PresidentBarack Obamawas visiting Alaska and the Arctic region on a three-day trip toaddress climate change." Five Chinese Navy Ships Are Operating in Bering Sea off Alaska

25. "Remember Obama Mocking Romney Over Russia Concerns? ‘The 1980s Are Now Calling to Ask for Their Foreign Policy Back... First Sarah Palin wasproven rightabout her Russia-invading-Ukraine prediction she made — and got mocked for — in 2008.

Now it’s Mitt Romney’s turn to take a bow for having “clear eyes” on Russia’s future threat potential." Remember Obama Mocking Romney Over Russia Concerns? ‘The 1980s Are Now Calling to Ask for Their Foreign Policy Back’

26. This was published the day after the ISIS attack on Paris:
"Kevin (not only is this) an ISIS attack, but its coordinated at a level to take a large loss of life. This is the nightmare scenario we are constantly having to be prepared for from radicalized Islam… But we knew ISIS was a threat a year before the president ever called them the JV team. And we have to kill them before they kill us.”

Run the tape back to that morning on a nationally televised morning show, President Obama, “ISIL has been contained.” Run the tape back to President Obama’s statement immediately following the attacks in Paris, “We must stop those who do these crimes.” (You know… crimes… like the cat-burglars.)

Was there any reason why the president never mentioned Islam in his statement following the Paris attacks?

The president couldn’t wait to gloat over the kill shot of bin Laden (who was really mostly out of the picture by the time we finally got him.) He couldn’t wait to golf when Jihadi John had beheaded an American journalist. He couldn’t wait to goof on the families of our service men who lost their lives in Benghazi. And he was back to gloating when they believed they got the jihadi beheader this week." How Obama Contained ISIS


27. "America is about to accept9000 Syrian Muslims, refugees of the brutal war between the Assad regime and its Sunni opposition, which includes ISIS, Al Qaeda, and various other militias. That number is predictedto increase each year.
There are no Christian refugees that will be admitted.

...the Department of State is adhering with all the rigidity of a Soviet era bureaucracy to the rule that only people at risk from massacres launched by the regime qualify for refugee status.The rapes of Christian women and the butchery of Christianchildren do not count. " No room in America for Christian refugees


28. "It is clearly evident that President Barack Obama and his administration care little about reality but will push ahead with their ideological agenda.

Here we are just days after a horrific Islamic terror attack in Paris and what is the Obama administration response? They release five Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United Arab Emirates." Complete madness: As Paris mourns, Obama just did the UNTHINKABLE - Allen B. West - AllenBWest.com


29. "Not radical Muslim terrorism, not an unsecured border, not an ever-growing federal debt that now exceeds $18 trillion, not the fact that 109 million live in households on federal welfare programs. These are not the greatest threats facing us today."

"No challenge--no challenge--poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change," President Obama declared in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night.


30. "Ex-Guantanamo detainee now an al Qaeda leader in Yemen His personal relationship with Osama bin Laden and time in American detention make him an especially high-profile spokesman. A leaked Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO)threat assessmentand other declassified files documented Qosi’s extensive al Qaeda dossier. In the threat assessment, dated Nov. 15, 2007, US intelligence analysts described Qosi as a “high” risk to the US and its allies." Ex-Guantanamo detainee now an al Qaeda leader in Yemen | The Long War Journal

31. "A House Armed Services Committee report set to be released Thursday accuses the Obama administration of misleading Congress and violating federal law during a controversial prisoner exchange.The report compiled by the GOP majority charges that the administration did so when it bypassed Congress in negotiating the exchange of five Taliban prisoners for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was being held in Afghanistan. They suggested that the White House had put politics and expediency ahead of proper procedure in making the deal." House Armed Services Committee: Obama Violated Federal Law with Bergdahl Exchange


Obama...as good at leading America in world events as you are in picking a leader.

lol @ CNS News...

I haven't seen a meltdown like this since Yurt!

 

[PoliticalChic]

1. Statistics:
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."
If you believe statistics, human beings have one breast and one testicle.


And one more: "income inequality."



The current bumper-sticker is that they'll fight 'income inequality.'
That is as much a lie as most of the other gambits and fabrications the Left uses to mislead the public, and to accrue power.

The basic idea advanced by Leftists is "you should be doing a lot better...It's not your fault .....and we are the only ones that care about you, not those heartless Rightwingers..."

Do you believe them?
Simply look at which party has led the 10 worst performing cities for half a century, and the truth is staring you in the face.
Wise up.


a. Speaking of 'those heartless' folks.....here are statistics you can believe: " In the book titled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,"

Arthur C. Brooks cites extensive data analysis to demonstrate that values advocated by conservatives -- from church attendance and two-parent families to the Protestant work ethic and a distaste for government-funded social services -- make conservatives more generous than liberals."

You betcha!




2. Some look at the Obama economy and tend to say that is true of pretty much all of recent economies, failing to recognize the abject failure of his administration.

a. " Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more thantwiceas much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent.

Two of the groups hit hardest have been ones that turned out in abundance for Obama in 2008: black Americans and younger Americans (those between the ages of 25 and 34). During the first three years of the Obama “recovery,” the real median household income for black Americans dropped a whopping 11.1 percent. For Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 — the group most apt,as Paul Ryan put it, to be “staring up at fading Obama posters” and looking to “get going with life” — real median household income dropped 8.9 percent."
Americans’ Incomes Have Fallen $3,040 During the Obama ‘Recovery’




3. Now, before the recession, and the Obama malfeasance.....well, the Left tries to paint a bleak picture. Here, from the Washington Post:

“In the 25 years from 1980 to 2004, a period during which U.S. gross domestic product per person grew by almost two-thirds, the wages of the typical worker actually fell slightly after accounting for inflation.” A Rising Tide?


This is what I mean about 'statistics.'
They use the term 'wages' because either 'income' or simply 'standard of living' would choke them, and sink any chance the Left could win an election.


The statistics that claim the above fail to include the value of benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits, etc., which have represented a growing share of compensation over the years.
See Cox and Alm, “The Myths of Rich and Poor,” p.21


a. Prior to the current period, increases in prosperity resulted in more folks working only part time....currently there are more part timers because Obama hasn't been able to stimulate employment.

b. And, of course, including the weekly wages of part timers pulls down the statistical average.


"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

Numbers? Would that be the number of marines killed in terrorist attacks on his watch? You are right. Obama hasn't reached Reagan's numbers there.

Don't you mean the millions of Afghans killed by Reagan's guns?

Nah....I mean you Obama drones would LOVE to have Reagan's accomplishments.

As you have just proven.

 

[PoliticalChic]

1. Statistics:
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."
If you believe statistics, human beings have one breast and one testicle.


And one more: "income inequality."



The current bumper-sticker is that they'll fight 'income inequality.'
That is as much a lie as most of the other gambits and fabrications the Left uses to mislead the public, and to accrue power.

The basic idea advanced by Leftists is "you should be doing a lot better...It's not your fault .....and we are the only ones that care about you, not those heartless Rightwingers..."







Do you believe them?
Simply look at which party has led the 10 worst performing cities for half a century, and the truth is staring you in the face.
Wise up.


a. Speaking of 'those heartless' folks.....here are statistics you can believe: " In the book titled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,"

Arthur C. Brooks cites extensive data analysis to demonstrate that values advocated by conservatives -- from church attendance and two-parent families to the Protestant work ethic and a distaste for government-funded social services -- make conservatives more generous than liberals."

You betcha!




2. Some look at the Obama economy and tend to say that is true of pretty much all of recent economies, failing to recognize the abject failure of his administration.

a. " Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more thantwiceas much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent.

Two of the groups hit hardest have been ones that turned out in abundance for Obama in 2008: black Americans and younger Americans (those between the ages of 25 and 34). During the first three years of the Obama “recovery,” the real median household income for black Americans dropped a whopping 11.1 percent. For Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 — the group most apt,as Paul Ryan put it, to be “staring up at fading Obama posters” and looking to “get going with life” — real median household income dropped 8.9 percent."
Americans’ Incomes Have Fallen $3,040 During the Obama ‘Recovery’




3. Now, before the recession, and the Obama malfeasance.....well, the Left tries to paint a bleak picture. Here, from the Washington Post:

“In the 25 years from 1980 to 2004, a period during which U.S. gross domestic product per person grew by almost two-thirds, the wages of the typical worker actually fell slightly after accounting for inflation.” A Rising Tide?


This is what I mean about 'statistics.'
They use the term 'wages' because either 'income' or simply 'standard of living' would choke them, and sink any chance the Left could win an election.


The statistics that claim the above fail to include the value of benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits, etc., which have represented a growing share of compensation over the years.
See Cox and Alm, “The Myths of Rich and Poor,” p.21


a. Prior to the current period, increases in prosperity resulted in more folks working only part time....currently there are more part timers because Obama hasn't been able to stimulate employment.

b. And, of course, including the weekly wages of part timers pulls down the statistical average.


"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

Numbers? Would that be the number of marines killed in terrorist attacks on his watch? You are right. Obama hasn't reached Reagan's numbers there.

Big picture time.

President Reagan freed countless millions from the Evil Empire, and defeated same without firing a shot.


Then there's this:

Obama's Foreign Policy Hit Parade!


1. "(CNSNews.com) – White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday the Obama administration’s foreign policies in a number of areas have enhanced the world’s “tranquility” – a word that raised eyebrows asreporters pointed to situations in Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Ukraine and the South China Sea."WH We ve Substantially Improved the Tranquility of the Global Community CNS News


2. "Leaders ofthe five BRICS nations plan to create a development bank in a direct challenge to theWorld Bankthat they accuse of Western bias. The bank would use $50 billion of seed capital shared equally between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa but would undoubtedly be dominated by China. It would be the first institution of the informal forum started in 2009 amid the economic meltdown to chart a new and more equitable world economic order."
Watch Out World Bank Here Comes the BRICS Bank

a. "WhenBarackObamatook office, he pledgeda new overture to the world’s emerging powers. Today each of the Brics – Brazil, Russia, India,Chinaand South Africa – is at loggerheads with America, or worse."How Obama lost friends and influence in the Brics - FT.com



3. [August 18, 2011].... [Obama} called Thursday for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign, after months of his violent crackdown on protesters. The rhetorical escalation was backed bynew U.S. sanctions designed to undermine Assad’sability to finance his military operation..... culminatedmonths of calibrated diplomacythat has included three rounds of sanctionsand a gradual policy shift toward regime change in a nation long at odds with U.S. policy in the Middle East."Assad must go Obama says - The Washington Post

4."Russia 'to reopen Cold WarCuban listening post used to spy on America' Moscow-based daily Kommersant claimedRussia and Cuba have struck a deal'in principle' after President Vladimir Putin visited the island last week.

Citing several sources within Russian authorities, the respected daily wrote: 'The agreements were finalised while President Vladimir Putin visited Havana last Friday."
Russia 'to reopen Cold War Cuban listening post'


5. When the Egyptian people declined to be governed by the 7th century savages, the Muslim Brotherhood, Obama had a fit:
"The U.S. government has decided privately to act as if the military takeover of Egypt was a coup, temporarily suspending most forms of military aid, despite deciding not to announce publicly a coup determination one way or the other, according to a leading U.S. senator.
In the latest example of its poorly understood Egypt policy, the Obama administrationhas decided to temporarily suspend the disbursement of most direct military aid, the delivery of weapons to the Egyptian military, and some forms of economic aid to the Egyptiangovernment while it conducts a broad review of the relationship."
Senator: Obama Administration Secretly Suspended Military Aid to Egypt - The Daily Beast



6. "Putin Poised to Retaliate Against Obama by Trashing Iran Deal
Now that the U.S.-Russia relationship hasbroken down,Moscow could throw a wrench into the teetering nuclear negotiations with Iran.

But if Putin decides that retaliating against the U.S. and ruining Obama’s foreign policy legacy is more important than sealing a pact with Iran, the whole thing could unravel....Yet this time around, Obama is willing to accept an agreement from Iraq’s foreign ministry on U.S. forces in Iraq without a vote of Iraq’s parliament. .... We basically need a piece of paper from them,” another U.S. official involved in the negotiations told The Daily Beast. The official didn’t explain why the parliamentary vote, so crucial three years ago, was no longer needed.."Putin Poised to Retaliate Against Obama by Trashing Iran Deal - The Daily Beast



7. "ANKARA, Turkey (AP) —Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he no longer holds "direct" telephone conversations with U.S. President Barak Obama,suggesting a rift between the leaders who were once close."Turkish PM says he Obama no longer talk directly - Yahoo News

8. Underestimated the "Islamic State, IS" "The analogy we use around here sometimes, and I think is accurate, is ifa jayvee teamputs on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant,”Obama told the New Yorker, referring to ISIS.
“I think there is a distinction between the capacity and reach of a bin Laden and a network that is actively planning major terrorist plots against the homeland versus jihadists who are engaged in various local power struggles and disputes, often sectarian.”


9. Obama made another huge mistake inrefusing to negotiate an agreement to leave US troops in Iraq.
This is the source of the problem with ISIS: they're there because we weren't.
"Obama's 2012 Debate Boast: I Didn't Want to Leave Any Troops in Iraq
Obama then denied that he ever supported a status of forces agreement that would have left troops in Iraq:

MR. ROMNEY: [W]ith regards to Iraq, you and I agreed, I believe, that there should have been a status of forces agreement. Did you —

PRESIDENT OBAMA:That's not true.

MR. ROMNEY:Oh, you didn't — you didn't want a status of forces agreement?

PRESIDENT OBAMA:No, but what I — what I would not have done is left 10,000 troops in Iraq that would tie us down. That certainly would not help us in the Middle East.

"Here's one thing I've learned as commander in chief," Obama said at the end of the exchange. "You've got to be clear, both to our allies and our enemies, about where you stand and what you mean

Obama s 2012 Debate Boast I Didn t Want to Leave Any Troops in Iraq The Weekly Standard

a. "This month, Colin Kahl, the senior Pentagon official in charge of Iraq policy at the time, explained why the White House insisted on Iraq’s parliament approving the changes to the SOFA.

He wrote inPolitico Magazinethat in 2011 Iraq’s prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, “told U.S. negotiators that he was willing to sign an executive memorandum of understanding that included these legal protections.

Yet this time around, Obama is willing to accept an agreement from Iraq’s foreign ministry on U.S. forces in Iraq without a vote of Iraq’s parliament. “We believe we need a separate set of assurances from the Iraqis,” one senior U.S. defense official told The Daily Beast on Sunday. This official said this would likely be an agreement or exchange of diplomatic notes from the Iraq’s foreign ministry. “We basically need a piece of paper from them,” another U.S. official involved in the negotiations told The Daily Beast. The official didn’t explain why the parliamentary vote, so crucial three years ago, was no longer needed.”

Obama Does a U-Turn on Immunity for U.S. Troops in Iraq - The Daily Beast

Obama rejected it.




10. "Turkey will refuse to allow a US-led coalition to attack jihadistsin neighbouring Iraq and Syria from its air bases, nor will it take part in combat operations against militants, a government official told AFP" Thursdayhttp://Breaking TURKEY REFUSES OBAMA REQUEST to Use Its Airbases to Fight ISIS The Gateway Pundit



11. "First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We’ve been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn’t get on a plane for the United States.In the unlikely event that someone with Ebola does reach our shores, we’ve taken new measures so that we’re prepared here at home. " Obama, Two Weeks Ago: 'Chances of an Ebola Outbreak Here ... Extremely Low'

a. "U.S. Nurses Say They Are Unprepared To Handle Ebola Patients" U.S. Nurses Say They Are Unprepared To Handle Ebola Patients
b. "After first Ebola case, red flags emerge that U.S. unprepared for pandemic" After first Ebola case, fears turn to U.S. pandemic preparedness

12. “Obama is the weakest of U.S. presidents, he had humiliating defeats in the region. Under him the Islamic awakening happened,” Younesisaidin a Farsi language interview with Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency. “Americans witnessed their greatest defeats in Obama’s era: Terrorism expanded, [the] U.S. had huge defeats under Obama [and] that is why they want to compromise with Iran,” Younesi said.

The criticism of Obama echoes comments made recently byotherworld leaders and even former members of the president’s own staff,such asFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Top Iranian Official: Obama is ‘The Weakest of U.S. Presidents’

13. "Shock U.S. Army admission: Obama freed Taliban ‘psychopath’ in Bergdahl trade"The Obama administration released Fazl and four other Taliban commanders May 31 from the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for Sgt. Bergdahl,
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/4/taliban-prisoner-traded-for-bowe-bergdahl-a-danger/#ixzz3Q2RT6ki2

"Breaking: Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update: Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update: Senior Defense Officials Confirm">Breaking:Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update:Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update:Senior Defense Officials Confirm" Breaking: Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update: Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update: Senior Defense Officials Confirm | Weasel Zippers

14. "GUMMING UP THE WORKS: Obama blasted for chewing gum during visit with Indian prime minister
Obama, who has been caught before munching on gum during high-profile political events, was taken to task by the country’s largest newspaper after he was spotted taking a piece out of his mouth during the annual Republic Day parade."
Obama blasted for chewing gum during visit with Indian PM


15. "Obama White House Declares Muslim Brotherhood Is Not a Terrorist OrganizationObama White House Declares Muslim Brotherhood Is Not a Terrorist Organization | CBN.com (beta)
a. "The Muslim Brotherhood called for “a long, uncompromising jihad” in Egypt just days after a delegation of the Islamist group’s key leaders and allies met with the State Department, according to an official statement released this week.

Just days after a delegation that included two top Brotherhood leaders washosted at the State Department, the organization released an official statement calling on its supporters to “prepare” for jihad, according to an independent translation of thestatementfirst posted on Tuesday." Open Jihad Declared in Egypt Following State Dept. Meeting With Muslim Brotherhood-Aligned Leaders


16. "The threat from radical Islam has at least doubled in the past decade while Washington refuses to even admit the enemy exists, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said Sunday.

Pointing to a map showing the spread of violent Islamic extremism stretching across the Middle East and northern Africa, Flynn said, "Ten years ago I was drawing that map and there's only two or three dots on it. Today, what you're seeing on a map like that is a doubling of the enemy … a doubling or more."
http://www.Newsmax.com/Newsfront/Michael-Flynn-ISIS-doubled-spread/2015/02/08/id/623473/#ixzz3RHuxGbBb


17."Irran’s Supreme leader Ali Khamenei called for “Death to America” on Saturday, a day after President BarackObama appealed to Iran to seize a “historic opportunity”for a nuclear deal and a better future, and as US Secretary of State John Kerry claimed substantial progress toward an accord."
Khamenei calls 'Death to America' as Kerry hails progress on nuke deal | The Times of IsraelKhamenei calls ‘Death to America’ as Kerry hails progress on nuke deal


18. "Not since the 1960s — and perhaps going back even further — has there been a time when so many Arab states and factions were engaged in so many wars, in quite such confusing configurations, said Frederic Wehrey of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “It’s so dangerous,” he said." How the Yemen conflict risks new chaos in the Middle East

19. "It would be one thing had the president brought in a successful test anywhere. But his — and Secretary of State Clinton’s — “reset” with Russia has been greeted with aggression from President Putin and his camarilla. The “pivot” to Asia has turned into a palsied pirouette and been unmasked as cover for fading from the Middle East. The redlines in Syria have been erased. Libya, Yemen, Venezuela are wrecks. Afghanistan is teetering to the Taliban, while Mr. Obama’s withdrawal has left Iraq at the mercy of Iran and the Islamic State." The Obama Doctrine - The New York Sun
20. There is now no discernible U.S. strategy in Iraq.The administration claims to support the Baghdad government of Haider al-Abadi, who replaced Maliki, but it gives al-Abadi practically no support. It won’t commit ground forces or mount a serious aerial offensive and is reduced to encouraging Iran to chase ISIS into Syria.


This policy can only lead to greater bloodshed in Syria, while delivering all Iraq apart from Kurdistan to the militant Islamic and soon to be nuclear-armed theocracy of Iran.... Obama rounded up some allies to fight ISIS but has essentially handed the war off to Iran, America’s and the West’s greatest enemy in the Middle East."
Incredulity Among Allies Greets U.S. Policy After Years of Folly - The New York Sun

21. WASHINGTON—In reaching a historic agreement to restrain Iran’s nuclear program, President Barack Obama effectively shredded the foreign-policy playbook that had guided the U.S. for three decades....Obama also may have created a more unstable Middle East and, in the process, torn apart longtime U.S. ties with traditional allies such as Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Obama’s Iran Deal Breaks From Past

22." The president has convinced himselfthat the open-ended appeasement of Iran will replicate the Nixon-Kissinger triumph with China. But they made no concessions to the Chinese: They agreed that there was one China but that Taiwan would not be reunited with the mainland by force, and it has not been.

Mr.Obama is handing Iraq to Iranashe gives Iran a green light to nuclear weapons,at the latest in ten years, as he unblocks $150 billion that has been frozen,without even getting a reduction in rhetorical abusefrom Tehran. Tom Friedman of theNew York Timesinfamously called it a “doctrine,” in the sense of the Stimson or Truman or Nixon doctrines.

But insipidity, irresolution, and obfuscation do not constitute a doctrine.

America’s traditional allies havelost all respect for [Obama's] foreign-policy-making...


As the U.S. cranks up to another presidential election, and rhetoric echoes loudly around the country about “the greatest nation in human history” (certainly a fair description in many respects),Americans should be aware of how the country is perceivedby foreigners. .... it has almost become, as President Nixon warned,“a pitiful, helpless giant.”
Incredulity Among Allies Greets U.S. Policy After Years of Folly - The New York Sun


"...insipidity, irresolution, and obfuscation do not constitute a doctrine."



And theObama legacy: America as “a pitiful, helpless giant.”



And....after the above list ofObama's gaffes, flubs, missteps, and outright incompetence......


23. "Russia and Nato 'actively preparing for war'
Rival war games by Russian armed forces and Nato represent greatest build up of military tension in Europe since Cold War, warns think tank"
Russia and Nato 'actively preparing for war'


24.." Five Chinese navy ships are currently operating in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, marking the first time the U.S. military has seen them in the area.

The officials have been tracking the movements in recent days of three Chinese combat ships, a replenishment vessel and an amphibious landing ship after observing them moving toward the Aleutian Islands, which are split between U.S. and Russian control.

.... the Chinese naval movements, which came as PresidentBarack Obamawas visiting Alaska and the Arctic region on a three-day trip toaddress climate change." Five Chinese Navy Ships Are Operating in Bering Sea off Alaska

25. "Remember Obama Mocking Romney Over Russia Concerns? ‘The 1980s Are Now Calling to Ask for Their Foreign Policy Back... First Sarah Palin wasproven rightabout her Russia-invading-Ukraine prediction she made — and got mocked for — in 2008.

Now it’s Mitt Romney’s turn to take a bow for having “clear eyes” on Russia’s future threat potential." Remember Obama Mocking Romney Over Russia Concerns? ‘The 1980s Are Now Calling to Ask for Their Foreign Policy Back’

26. This was published the day after the ISIS attack on Paris:
"Kevin (not only is this) an ISIS attack, but its coordinated at a level to take a large loss of life. This is the nightmare scenario we are constantly having to be prepared for from radicalized Islam… But we knew ISIS was a threat a year before the president ever called them the JV team. And we have to kill them before they kill us.”

Run the tape back to that morning on a nationally televised morning show, President Obama, “ISIL has been contained.” Run the tape back to President Obama’s statement immediately following the attacks in Paris, “We must stop those who do these crimes.” (You know… crimes… like the cat-burglars.)

Was there any reason why the president never mentioned Islam in his statement following the Paris attacks?

The president couldn’t wait to gloat over the kill shot of bin Laden (who was really mostly out of the picture by the time we finally got him.) He couldn’t wait to golf when Jihadi John had beheaded an American journalist. He couldn’t wait to goof on the families of our service men who lost their lives in Benghazi. And he was back to gloating when they believed they got the jihadi beheader this week." How Obama Contained ISIS


27. "America is about to accept9000 Syrian Muslims, refugees of the brutal war between the Assad regime and its Sunni opposition, which includes ISIS, Al Qaeda, and various other militias. That number is predictedto increase each year.
There are no Christian refugees that will be admitted.

...the Department of State is adhering with all the rigidity of a Soviet era bureaucracy to the rule that only people at risk from massacres launched by the regime qualify for refugee status.The rapes of Christian women and the butchery of Christianchildren do not count. " No room in America for Christian refugees


28. "It is clearly evident that President Barack Obama and his administration care little about reality but will push ahead with their ideological agenda.

Here we are just days after a horrific Islamic terror attack in Paris and what is the Obama administration response? They release five Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United Arab Emirates." Complete madness: As Paris mourns, Obama just did the UNTHINKABLE - Allen B. West - AllenBWest.com


29. "Not radical Muslim terrorism, not an unsecured border, not an ever-growing federal debt that now exceeds $18 trillion, not the fact that 109 million live in households on federal welfare programs. These are not the greatest threats facing us today."

"No challenge--no challenge--poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change," President Obama declared in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night.


30. "Ex-Guantanamo detainee now an al Qaeda leader in Yemen His personal relationship with Osama bin Laden and time in American detention make him an especially high-profile spokesman. A leaked Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO)threat assessmentand other declassified files documented Qosi’s extensive al Qaeda dossier. In the threat assessment, dated Nov. 15, 2007, US intelligence analysts described Qosi as a “high” risk to the US and its allies." Ex-Guantanamo detainee now an al Qaeda leader in Yemen | The Long War Journal

31. "A House Armed Services Committee report set to be released Thursday accuses the Obama administration of misleading Congress and violating federal law during a controversial prisoner exchange.The report compiled by the GOP majority charges that the administration did so when it bypassed Congress in negotiating the exchange of five Taliban prisoners for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was being held in Afghanistan. They suggested that the White House had put politics and expediency ahead of proper procedure in making the deal." House Armed Services Committee: Obama Violated Federal Law with Bergdahl Exchange


Obama...as good at leading America in world events as you are in picking a leader.

lol @ CNS News...

I haven't seen a meltdown like this since Yurt!

You Leftists try to ignore the truth with the absurd lie about 'meltdown.'


You know you can't deny a single one of the news reports I've linked....

Thirty-one of 'em!

And not a single, solitary one denied.



Face it.....Obama has been the greatest failure and embarrassment every in the presidency...
....and the only failures approaching him are the total morons who voted for him.


That would be you.

 

[Howey]

1. Statistics:
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."
If you believe statistics, human beings have one breast and one testicle.


And one more: "income inequality."



The current bumper-sticker is that they'll fight 'income inequality.'
That is as much a lie as most of the other gambits and fabrications the Left uses to mislead the public, and to accrue power.

The basic idea advanced by Leftists is "you should be doing a lot better...It's not your fault .....and we are the only ones that care about you, not those heartless Rightwingers..."

Do you believe them?
Simply look at which party has led the 10 worst performing cities for half a century, and the truth is staring you in the face.
Wise up.


a. Speaking of 'those heartless' folks.....here are statistics you can believe: " In the book titled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,"

Arthur C. Brooks cites extensive data analysis to demonstrate that values advocated by conservatives -- from church attendance and two-parent families to the Protestant work ethic and a distaste for government-funded social services -- make conservatives more generous than liberals."

You betcha!




2. Some look at the Obama economy and tend to say that is true of pretty much all of recent economies, failing to recognize the abject failure of his administration.

a. " Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more thantwiceas much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent.

Two of the groups hit hardest have been ones that turned out in abundance for Obama in 2008: black Americans and younger Americans (those between the ages of 25 and 34). During the first three years of the Obama “recovery,” the real median household income for black Americans dropped a whopping 11.1 percent. For Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 — the group most apt,as Paul Ryan put it, to be “staring up at fading Obama posters” and looking to “get going with life” — real median household income dropped 8.9 percent."
Americans’ Incomes Have Fallen $3,040 During the Obama ‘Recovery’




3. Now, before the recession, and the Obama malfeasance.....well, the Left tries to paint a bleak picture. Here, from the Washington Post:

“In the 25 years from 1980 to 2004, a period during which U.S. gross domestic product per person grew by almost two-thirds, the wages of the typical worker actually fell slightly after accounting for inflation.” A Rising Tide?


This is what I mean about 'statistics.'
They use the term 'wages' because either 'income' or simply 'standard of living' would choke them, and sink any chance the Left could win an election.


The statistics that claim the above fail to include the value of benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits, etc., which have represented a growing share of compensation over the years.
See Cox and Alm, “The Myths of Rich and Poor,” p.21


a. Prior to the current period, increases in prosperity resulted in more folks working only part time....currently there are more part timers because Obama hasn't been able to stimulate employment.

b. And, of course, including the weekly wages of part timers pulls down the statistical average.


"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

Numbers? Would that be the number of marines killed in terrorist attacks on his watch? You are right. Obama hasn't reached Reagan's numbers there.

Big picture time.

President Reagan freed countless millions from the Evil Empire, and defeated same without firing a shot.


Then there's this:

Obama's Foreign Policy Hit Parade!


1. "(CNSNews.com) – White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday the Obama administration’s foreign policies in a number of areas have enhanced the world’s “tranquility” – a word that raised eyebrows asreporters pointed to situations in Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Ukraine and the South China Sea."WH We ve Substantially Improved the Tranquility of the Global Community CNS News


2. "Leaders ofthe five BRICS nations plan to create a development bank in a direct challenge to theWorld Bankthat they accuse of Western bias. The bank would use $50 billion of seed capital shared equally between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa but would undoubtedly be dominated by China. It would be the first institution of the informal forum started in 2009 amid the economic meltdown to chart a new and more equitable world economic order."
Watch Out World Bank Here Comes the BRICS Bank

a. "WhenBarackObamatook office, he pledgeda new overture to the world’s emerging powers. Today each of the Brics – Brazil, Russia, India,Chinaand South Africa – is at loggerheads with America, or worse."How Obama lost friends and influence in the Brics - FT.com



3. [August 18, 2011].... [Obama} called Thursday for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign, after months of his violent crackdown on protesters. The rhetorical escalation was backed bynew U.S. sanctions designed to undermine Assad’sability to finance his military operation..... culminatedmonths of calibrated diplomacythat has included three rounds of sanctionsand a gradual policy shift toward regime change in a nation long at odds with U.S. policy in the Middle East."Assad must go Obama says - The Washington Post

4."Russia 'to reopen Cold WarCuban listening post used to spy on America' Moscow-based daily Kommersant claimedRussia and Cuba have struck a deal'in principle' after President Vladimir Putin visited the island last week.

Citing several sources within Russian authorities, the respected daily wrote: 'The agreements were finalised while President Vladimir Putin visited Havana last Friday."
Russia 'to reopen Cold War Cuban listening post'


5. When the Egyptian people declined to be governed by the 7th century savages, the Muslim Brotherhood, Obama had a fit:
"The U.S. government has decided privately to act as if the military takeover of Egypt was a coup, temporarily suspending most forms of military aid, despite deciding not to announce publicly a coup determination one way or the other, according to a leading U.S. senator.
In the latest example of its poorly understood Egypt policy, the Obama administrationhas decided to temporarily suspend the disbursement of most direct military aid, the delivery of weapons to the Egyptian military, and some forms of economic aid to the Egyptiangovernment while it conducts a broad review of the relationship."
Senator: Obama Administration Secretly Suspended Military Aid to Egypt - The Daily Beast



6. "Putin Poised to Retaliate Against Obama by Trashing Iran Deal
Now that the U.S.-Russia relationship hasbroken down,Moscow could throw a wrench into the teetering nuclear negotiations with Iran.

But if Putin decides that retaliating against the U.S. and ruining Obama’s foreign policy legacy is more important than sealing a pact with Iran, the whole thing could unravel....Yet this time around, Obama is willing to accept an agreement from Iraq’s foreign ministry on U.S. forces in Iraq without a vote of Iraq’s parliament. .... We basically need a piece of paper from them,” another U.S. official involved in the negotiations told The Daily Beast. The official didn’t explain why the parliamentary vote, so crucial three years ago, was no longer needed.."Putin Poised to Retaliate Against Obama by Trashing Iran Deal - The Daily Beast



7. "ANKARA, Turkey (AP) —Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he no longer holds "direct" telephone conversations with U.S. President Barak Obama,suggesting a rift between the leaders who were once close."Turkish PM says he Obama no longer talk directly - Yahoo News

8. Underestimated the "Islamic State, IS" "The analogy we use around here sometimes, and I think is accurate, is ifa jayvee teamputs on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant,”Obama told the New Yorker, referring to ISIS.
“I think there is a distinction between the capacity and reach of a bin Laden and a network that is actively planning major terrorist plots against the homeland versus jihadists who are engaged in various local power struggles and disputes, often sectarian.”


9. Obama made another huge mistake inrefusing to negotiate an agreement to leave US troops in Iraq.
This is the source of the problem with ISIS: they're there because we weren't.
"Obama's 2012 Debate Boast: I Didn't Want to Leave Any Troops in Iraq
Obama then denied that he ever supported a status of forces agreement that would have left troops in Iraq:

MR. ROMNEY: [W]ith regards to Iraq, you and I agreed, I believe, that there should have been a status of forces agreement. Did you —

PRESIDENT OBAMA:That's not true.

MR. ROMNEY:Oh, you didn't — you didn't want a status of forces agreement?

PRESIDENT OBAMA:No, but what I — what I would not have done is left 10,000 troops in Iraq that would tie us down. That certainly would not help us in the Middle East.

"Here's one thing I've learned as commander in chief," Obama said at the end of the exchange. "You've got to be clear, both to our allies and our enemies, about where you stand and what you mean

Obama s 2012 Debate Boast I Didn t Want to Leave Any Troops in Iraq The Weekly Standard

a. "This month, Colin Kahl, the senior Pentagon official in charge of Iraq policy at the time, explained why the White House insisted on Iraq’s parliament approving the changes to the SOFA.

He wrote inPolitico Magazinethat in 2011 Iraq’s prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, “told U.S. negotiators that he was willing to sign an executive memorandum of understanding that included these legal protections.

Yet this time around, Obama is willing to accept an agreement from Iraq’s foreign ministry on U.S. forces in Iraq without a vote of Iraq’s parliament. “We believe we need a separate set of assurances from the Iraqis,” one senior U.S. defense official told The Daily Beast on Sunday. This official said this would likely be an agreement or exchange of diplomatic notes from the Iraq’s foreign ministry. “We basically need a piece of paper from them,” another U.S. official involved in the negotiations told The Daily Beast. The official didn’t explain why the parliamentary vote, so crucial three years ago, was no longer needed.”

Obama Does a U-Turn on Immunity for U.S. Troops in Iraq - The Daily Beast

Obama rejected it.




10. "Turkey will refuse to allow a US-led coalition to attack jihadistsin neighbouring Iraq and Syria from its air bases, nor will it take part in combat operations against militants, a government official told AFP" Thursdayhttp://Breaking TURKEY REFUSES OBAMA REQUEST to Use Its Airbases to Fight ISIS The Gateway Pundit



11. "First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We’ve been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn’t get on a plane for the United States.In the unlikely event that someone with Ebola does reach our shores, we’ve taken new measures so that we’re prepared here at home. " Obama, Two Weeks Ago: 'Chances of an Ebola Outbreak Here ... Extremely Low'

a. "U.S. Nurses Say They Are Unprepared To Handle Ebola Patients" U.S. Nurses Say They Are Unprepared To Handle Ebola Patients
b. "After first Ebola case, red flags emerge that U.S. unprepared for pandemic" After first Ebola case, fears turn to U.S. pandemic preparedness

12. “Obama is the weakest of U.S. presidents, he had humiliating defeats in the region. Under him the Islamic awakening happened,” Younesisaidin a Farsi language interview with Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency. “Americans witnessed their greatest defeats in Obama’s era: Terrorism expanded, [the] U.S. had huge defeats under Obama [and] that is why they want to compromise with Iran,” Younesi said.

The criticism of Obama echoes comments made recently byotherworld leaders and even former members of the president’s own staff,such asFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Top Iranian Official: Obama is ‘The Weakest of U.S. Presidents’

13. "Shock U.S. Army admission: Obama freed Taliban ‘psychopath’ in Bergdahl trade"The Obama administration released Fazl and four other Taliban commanders May 31 from the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for Sgt. Bergdahl,
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/4/taliban-prisoner-traded-for-bowe-bergdahl-a-danger/#ixzz3Q2RT6ki2

"Breaking: Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update: Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update: Senior Defense Officials Confirm">Breaking:Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update:Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update:Senior Defense Officials Confirm" Breaking: Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update: Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update: Senior Defense Officials Confirm | Weasel Zippers

14. "GUMMING UP THE WORKS: Obama blasted for chewing gum during visit with Indian prime minister
Obama, who has been caught before munching on gum during high-profile political events, was taken to task by the country’s largest newspaper after he was spotted taking a piece out of his mouth during the annual Republic Day parade."
Obama blasted for chewing gum during visit with Indian PM


15. "Obama White House Declares Muslim Brotherhood Is Not a Terrorist OrganizationObama White House Declares Muslim Brotherhood Is Not a Terrorist Organization | CBN.com (beta)
a. "The Muslim Brotherhood called for “a long, uncompromising jihad” in Egypt just days after a delegation of the Islamist group’s key leaders and allies met with the State Department, according to an official statement released this week.

Just days after a delegation that included two top Brotherhood leaders washosted at the State Department, the organization released an official statement calling on its supporters to “prepare” for jihad, according to an independent translation of thestatementfirst posted on Tuesday." Open Jihad Declared in Egypt Following State Dept. Meeting With Muslim Brotherhood-Aligned Leaders


16. "The threat from radical Islam has at least doubled in the past decade while Washington refuses to even admit the enemy exists, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said Sunday.

Pointing to a map showing the spread of violent Islamic extremism stretching across the Middle East and northern Africa, Flynn said, "Ten years ago I was drawing that map and there's only two or three dots on it. Today, what you're seeing on a map like that is a doubling of the enemy … a doubling or more."
http://www.Newsmax.com/Newsfront/Michael-Flynn-ISIS-doubled-spread/2015/02/08/id/623473/#ixzz3RHuxGbBb


17."Irran’s Supreme leader Ali Khamenei called for “Death to America” on Saturday, a day after President BarackObama appealed to Iran to seize a “historic opportunity”for a nuclear deal and a better future, and as US Secretary of State John Kerry claimed substantial progress toward an accord."
Khamenei calls 'Death to America' as Kerry hails progress on nuke deal | The Times of IsraelKhamenei calls ‘Death to America’ as Kerry hails progress on nuke deal


18. "Not since the 1960s — and perhaps going back even further — has there been a time when so many Arab states and factions were engaged in so many wars, in quite such confusing configurations, said Frederic Wehrey of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “It’s so dangerous,” he said." How the Yemen conflict risks new chaos in the Middle East

19. "It would be one thing had the president brought in a successful test anywhere. But his — and Secretary of State Clinton’s — “reset” with Russia has been greeted with aggression from President Putin and his camarilla. The “pivot” to Asia has turned into a palsied pirouette and been unmasked as cover for fading from the Middle East. The redlines in Syria have been erased. Libya, Yemen, Venezuela are wrecks. Afghanistan is teetering to the Taliban, while Mr. Obama’s withdrawal has left Iraq at the mercy of Iran and the Islamic State." The Obama Doctrine - The New York Sun
20. There is now no discernible U.S. strategy in Iraq.The administration claims to support the Baghdad government of Haider al-Abadi, who replaced Maliki, but it gives al-Abadi practically no support. It won’t commit ground forces or mount a serious aerial offensive and is reduced to encouraging Iran to chase ISIS into Syria.


This policy can only lead to greater bloodshed in Syria, while delivering all Iraq apart from Kurdistan to the militant Islamic and soon to be nuclear-armed theocracy of Iran.... Obama rounded up some allies to fight ISIS but has essentially handed the war off to Iran, America’s and the West’s greatest enemy in the Middle East."
Incredulity Among Allies Greets U.S. Policy After Years of Folly - The New York Sun

21. WASHINGTON—In reaching a historic agreement to restrain Iran’s nuclear program, President Barack Obama effectively shredded the foreign-policy playbook that had guided the U.S. for three decades....Obama also may have created a more unstable Middle East and, in the process, torn apart longtime U.S. ties with traditional allies such as Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Obama’s Iran Deal Breaks From Past

22." The president has convinced himselfthat the open-ended appeasement of Iran will replicate the Nixon-Kissinger triumph with China. But they made no concessions to the Chinese: They agreed that there was one China but that Taiwan would not be reunited with the mainland by force, and it has not been.

Mr.Obama is handing Iraq to Iranashe gives Iran a green light to nuclear weapons,at the latest in ten years, as he unblocks $150 billion that has been frozen,without even getting a reduction in rhetorical abusefrom Tehran. Tom Friedman of theNew York Timesinfamously called it a “doctrine,” in the sense of the Stimson or Truman or Nixon doctrines.

But insipidity, irresolution, and obfuscation do not constitute a doctrine.

America’s traditional allies havelost all respect for [Obama's] foreign-policy-making...


As the U.S. cranks up to another presidential election, and rhetoric echoes loudly around the country about “the greatest nation in human history” (certainly a fair description in many respects),Americans should be aware of how the country is perceivedby foreigners. .... it has almost become, as President Nixon warned,“a pitiful, helpless giant.”
Incredulity Among Allies Greets U.S. Policy After Years of Folly - The New York Sun


"...insipidity, irresolution, and obfuscation do not constitute a doctrine."



And theObama legacy: America as “a pitiful, helpless giant.”



And....after the above list ofObama's gaffes, flubs, missteps, and outright incompetence......


23. "Russia and Nato 'actively preparing for war'
Rival war games by Russian armed forces and Nato represent greatest build up of military tension in Europe since Cold War, warns think tank"
Russia and Nato 'actively preparing for war'


24.." Five Chinese navy ships are currently operating in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, marking the first time the U.S. military has seen them in the area.

The officials have been tracking the movements in recent days of three Chinese combat ships, a replenishment vessel and an amphibious landing ship after observing them moving toward the Aleutian Islands, which are split between U.S. and Russian control.

.... the Chinese naval movements, which came as PresidentBarack Obamawas visiting Alaska and the Arctic region on a three-day trip toaddress climate change." Five Chinese Navy Ships Are Operating in Bering Sea off Alaska

25. "Remember Obama Mocking Romney Over Russia Concerns? ‘The 1980s Are Now Calling to Ask for Their Foreign Policy Back... First Sarah Palin wasproven rightabout her Russia-invading-Ukraine prediction she made — and got mocked for — in 2008.

Now it’s Mitt Romney’s turn to take a bow for having “clear eyes” on Russia’s future threat potential." Remember Obama Mocking Romney Over Russia Concerns? ‘The 1980s Are Now Calling to Ask for Their Foreign Policy Back’

26. This was published the day after the ISIS attack on Paris:
"Kevin (not only is this) an ISIS attack, but its coordinated at a level to take a large loss of life. This is the nightmare scenario we are constantly having to be prepared for from radicalized Islam… But we knew ISIS was a threat a year before the president ever called them the JV team. And we have to kill them before they kill us.”

Run the tape back to that morning on a nationally televised morning show, President Obama, “ISIL has been contained.” Run the tape back to President Obama’s statement immediately following the attacks in Paris, “We must stop those who do these crimes.” (You know… crimes… like the cat-burglars.)

Was there any reason why the president never mentioned Islam in his statement following the Paris attacks?

The president couldn’t wait to gloat over the kill shot of bin Laden (who was really mostly out of the picture by the time we finally got him.) He couldn’t wait to golf when Jihadi John had beheaded an American journalist. He couldn’t wait to goof on the families of our service men who lost their lives in Benghazi. And he was back to gloating when they believed they got the jihadi beheader this week." How Obama Contained ISIS


27. "America is about to accept9000 Syrian Muslims, refugees of the brutal war between the Assad regime and its Sunni opposition, which includes ISIS, Al Qaeda, and various other militias. That number is predictedto increase each year.
There are no Christian refugees that will be admitted.

...the Department of State is adhering with all the rigidity of a Soviet era bureaucracy to the rule that only people at risk from massacres launched by the regime qualify for refugee status.The rapes of Christian women and the butchery of Christianchildren do not count. " No room in America for Christian refugees


28. "It is clearly evident that President Barack Obama and his administration care little about reality but will push ahead with their ideological agenda.

Here we are just days after a horrific Islamic terror attack in Paris and what is the Obama administration response? They release five Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United Arab Emirates." Complete madness: As Paris mourns, Obama just did the UNTHINKABLE - Allen B. West - AllenBWest.com


29. "Not radical Muslim terrorism, not an unsecured border, not an ever-growing federal debt that now exceeds $18 trillion, not the fact that 109 million live in households on federal welfare programs. These are not the greatest threats facing us today."

"No challenge--no challenge--poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change," President Obama declared in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night.


30. "Ex-Guantanamo detainee now an al Qaeda leader in Yemen His personal relationship with Osama bin Laden and time in American detention make him an especially high-profile spokesman. A leaked Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO)threat assessmentand other declassified files documented Qosi’s extensive al Qaeda dossier. In the threat assessment, dated Nov. 15, 2007, US intelligence analysts described Qosi as a “high” risk to the US and its allies." Ex-Guantanamo detainee now an al Qaeda leader in Yemen | The Long War Journal

31. "A House Armed Services Committee report set to be released Thursday accuses the Obama administration of misleading Congress and violating federal law during a controversial prisoner exchange.The report compiled by the GOP majority charges that the administration did so when it bypassed Congress in negotiating the exchange of five Taliban prisoners for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was being held in Afghanistan. They suggested that the White House had put politics and expediency ahead of proper procedure in making the deal." House Armed Services Committee: Obama Violated Federal Law with Bergdahl Exchange


Obama...as good at leading America in world events as you are in picking a leader.

Get some douche, honey. Your twat will start twitching.

 

[PoliticalChic]

1. Statistics:
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."
If you believe statistics, human beings have one breast and one testicle.


And one more: "income inequality."



The current bumper-sticker is that they'll fight 'income inequality.'
That is as much a lie as most of the other gambits and fabrications the Left uses to mislead the public, and to accrue power.

The basic idea advanced by Leftists is "you should be doing a lot better...It's not your fault .....and we are the only ones that care about you, not those heartless Rightwingers..."

Do you believe them?
Simply look at which party has led the 10 worst performing cities for half a century, and the truth is staring you in the face.
Wise up.


a. Speaking of 'those heartless' folks.....here are statistics you can believe: " In the book titled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism,"

Arthur C. Brooks cites extensive data analysis to demonstrate that values advocated by conservatives -- from church attendance and two-parent families to the Protestant work ethic and a distaste for government-funded social services -- make conservatives more generous than liberals."

You betcha!




2. Some look at the Obama economy and tend to say that is true of pretty much all of recent economies, failing to recognize the abject failure of his administration.

a. " Amazingly, incomes have dropped even more during the “recovery” than they did during the recession. In fact, they’ve dropped more thantwiceas much as they did during the recession. From the start to the end of the recession, the real median income of American households fell $1,413, or 2.6 percent. From the end of the recession to the present day, it has dropped $3,040, or 5.7 percent.

Two of the groups hit hardest have been ones that turned out in abundance for Obama in 2008: black Americans and younger Americans (those between the ages of 25 and 34). During the first three years of the Obama “recovery,” the real median household income for black Americans dropped a whopping 11.1 percent. For Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 — the group most apt,as Paul Ryan put it, to be “staring up at fading Obama posters” and looking to “get going with life” — real median household income dropped 8.9 percent."
Americans’ Incomes Have Fallen $3,040 During the Obama ‘Recovery’




3. Now, before the recession, and the Obama malfeasance.....well, the Left tries to paint a bleak picture. Here, from the Washington Post:

“In the 25 years from 1980 to 2004, a period during which U.S. gross domestic product per person grew by almost two-thirds, the wages of the typical worker actually fell slightly after accounting for inflation.” A Rising Tide?


This is what I mean about 'statistics.'
They use the term 'wages' because either 'income' or simply 'standard of living' would choke them, and sink any chance the Left could win an election.


The statistics that claim the above fail to include the value of benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits, etc., which have represented a growing share of compensation over the years.
See Cox and Alm, “The Myths of Rich and Poor,” p.21


a. Prior to the current period, increases in prosperity resulted in more folks working only part time....currently there are more part timers because Obama hasn't been able to stimulate employment.

b. And, of course, including the weekly wages of part timers pulls down the statistical average.


"Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

Numbers? Would that be the number of marines killed in terrorist attacks on his watch? You are right. Obama hasn't reached Reagan's numbers there.

Big picture time.

President Reagan freed countless millions from the Evil Empire, and defeated same without firing a shot.


Then there's this:

Obama's Foreign Policy Hit Parade!


1. "(CNSNews.com) – White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday the Obama administration’s foreign policies in a number of areas have enhanced the world’s “tranquility” – a word that raised eyebrows asreporters pointed to situations in Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Ukraine and the South China Sea."WH We ve Substantially Improved the Tranquility of the Global Community CNS News


2. "Leaders ofthe five BRICS nations plan to create a development bank in a direct challenge to theWorld Bankthat they accuse of Western bias. The bank would use $50 billion of seed capital shared equally between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa but would undoubtedly be dominated by China. It would be the first institution of the informal forum started in 2009 amid the economic meltdown to chart a new and more equitable world economic order."
Watch Out World Bank Here Comes the BRICS Bank

a. "WhenBarackObamatook office, he pledgeda new overture to the world’s emerging powers. Today each of the Brics – Brazil, Russia, India,Chinaand South Africa – is at loggerheads with America, or worse."How Obama lost friends and influence in the Brics - FT.com



3. [August 18, 2011].... [Obama} called Thursday for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign, after months of his violent crackdown on protesters. The rhetorical escalation was backed bynew U.S. sanctions designed to undermine Assad’sability to finance his military operation..... culminatedmonths of calibrated diplomacythat has included three rounds of sanctionsand a gradual policy shift toward regime change in a nation long at odds with U.S. policy in the Middle East."Assad must go Obama says - The Washington Post

4."Russia 'to reopen Cold WarCuban listening post used to spy on America' Moscow-based daily Kommersant claimedRussia and Cuba have struck a deal'in principle' after President Vladimir Putin visited the island last week.

Citing several sources within Russian authorities, the respected daily wrote: 'The agreements were finalised while President Vladimir Putin visited Havana last Friday."
Russia 'to reopen Cold War Cuban listening post'


5. When the Egyptian people declined to be governed by the 7th century savages, the Muslim Brotherhood, Obama had a fit:
"The U.S. government has decided privately to act as if the military takeover of Egypt was a coup, temporarily suspending most forms of military aid, despite deciding not to announce publicly a coup determination one way or the other, according to a leading U.S. senator.
In the latest example of its poorly understood Egypt policy, the Obama administrationhas decided to temporarily suspend the disbursement of most direct military aid, the delivery of weapons to the Egyptian military, and some forms of economic aid to the Egyptiangovernment while it conducts a broad review of the relationship."
Senator: Obama Administration Secretly Suspended Military Aid to Egypt - The Daily Beast



6. "Putin Poised to Retaliate Against Obama by Trashing Iran Deal
Now that the U.S.-Russia relationship hasbroken down,Moscow could throw a wrench into the teetering nuclear negotiations with Iran.

But if Putin decides that retaliating against the U.S. and ruining Obama’s foreign policy legacy is more important than sealing a pact with Iran, the whole thing could unravel....Yet this time around, Obama is willing to accept an agreement from Iraq’s foreign ministry on U.S. forces in Iraq without a vote of Iraq’s parliament. .... We basically need a piece of paper from them,” another U.S. official involved in the negotiations told The Daily Beast. The official didn’t explain why the parliamentary vote, so crucial three years ago, was no longer needed.."Putin Poised to Retaliate Against Obama by Trashing Iran Deal - The Daily Beast



7. "ANKARA, Turkey (AP) —Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he no longer holds "direct" telephone conversations with U.S. President Barak Obama,suggesting a rift between the leaders who were once close."Turkish PM says he Obama no longer talk directly - Yahoo News

8. Underestimated the "Islamic State, IS" "The analogy we use around here sometimes, and I think is accurate, is ifa jayvee teamputs on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant,”Obama told the New Yorker, referring to ISIS.
“I think there is a distinction between the capacity and reach of a bin Laden and a network that is actively planning major terrorist plots against the homeland versus jihadists who are engaged in various local power struggles and disputes, often sectarian.”


9. Obama made another huge mistake inrefusing to negotiate an agreement to leave US troops in Iraq.
This is the source of the problem with ISIS: they're there because we weren't.
"Obama's 2012 Debate Boast: I Didn't Want to Leave Any Troops in Iraq
Obama then denied that he ever supported a status of forces agreement that would have left troops in Iraq:

MR. ROMNEY: [W]ith regards to Iraq, you and I agreed, I believe, that there should have been a status of forces agreement. Did you —

PRESIDENT OBAMA:That's not true.

MR. ROMNEY:Oh, you didn't — you didn't want a status of forces agreement?

PRESIDENT OBAMA:No, but what I — what I would not have done is left 10,000 troops in Iraq that would tie us down. That certainly would not help us in the Middle East.

"Here's one thing I've learned as commander in chief," Obama said at the end of the exchange. "You've got to be clear, both to our allies and our enemies, about where you stand and what you mean

Obama s 2012 Debate Boast I Didn t Want to Leave Any Troops in Iraq The Weekly Standard

a. "This month, Colin Kahl, the senior Pentagon official in charge of Iraq policy at the time, explained why the White House insisted on Iraq’s parliament approving the changes to the SOFA.

He wrote inPolitico Magazinethat in 2011 Iraq’s prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, “told U.S. negotiators that he was willing to sign an executive memorandum of understanding that included these legal protections.

Yet this time around, Obama is willing to accept an agreement from Iraq’s foreign ministry on U.S. forces in Iraq without a vote of Iraq’s parliament. “We believe we need a separate set of assurances from the Iraqis,” one senior U.S. defense official told The Daily Beast on Sunday. This official said this would likely be an agreement or exchange of diplomatic notes from the Iraq’s foreign ministry. “We basically need a piece of paper from them,” another U.S. official involved in the negotiations told The Daily Beast. The official didn’t explain why the parliamentary vote, so crucial three years ago, was no longer needed.”

Obama Does a U-Turn on Immunity for U.S. Troops in Iraq - The Daily Beast

Obama rejected it.




10. "Turkey will refuse to allow a US-led coalition to attack jihadistsin neighbouring Iraq and Syria from its air bases, nor will it take part in combat operations against militants, a government official told AFP" Thursdayhttp://Breaking TURKEY REFUSES OBAMA REQUEST to Use Its Airbases to Fight ISIS The Gateway Pundit



11. "First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We’ve been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn’t get on a plane for the United States.In the unlikely event that someone with Ebola does reach our shores, we’ve taken new measures so that we’re prepared here at home. " Obama, Two Weeks Ago: 'Chances of an Ebola Outbreak Here ... Extremely Low'

a. "U.S. Nurses Say They Are Unprepared To Handle Ebola Patients" U.S. Nurses Say They Are Unprepared To Handle Ebola Patients
b. "After first Ebola case, red flags emerge that U.S. unprepared for pandemic" After first Ebola case, fears turn to U.S. pandemic preparedness

12. “Obama is the weakest of U.S. presidents, he had humiliating defeats in the region. Under him the Islamic awakening happened,” Younesisaidin a Farsi language interview with Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency. “Americans witnessed their greatest defeats in Obama’s era: Terrorism expanded, [the] U.S. had huge defeats under Obama [and] that is why they want to compromise with Iran,” Younesi said.

The criticism of Obama echoes comments made recently byotherworld leaders and even former members of the president’s own staff,such asFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Top Iranian Official: Obama is ‘The Weakest of U.S. Presidents’

13. "Shock U.S. Army admission: Obama freed Taliban ‘psychopath’ in Bergdahl trade"The Obama administration released Fazl and four other Taliban commanders May 31 from the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for Sgt. Bergdahl,
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/4/taliban-prisoner-traded-for-bowe-bergdahl-a-danger/#ixzz3Q2RT6ki2

"Breaking: Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update: Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update: Senior Defense Officials Confirm">Breaking:Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update:Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update:Senior Defense Officials Confirm" Breaking: Bowe Bergdahl To Be Charged With Desertion…Update: Attorney Has Received Charges But WH Delaying Notice To Public…Update: Senior Defense Officials Confirm | Weasel Zippers

14. "GUMMING UP THE WORKS: Obama blasted for chewing gum during visit with Indian prime minister
Obama, who has been caught before munching on gum during high-profile political events, was taken to task by the country’s largest newspaper after he was spotted taking a piece out of his mouth during the annual Republic Day parade."
Obama blasted for chewing gum during visit with Indian PM


15. "Obama White House Declares Muslim Brotherhood Is Not a Terrorist OrganizationObama White House Declares Muslim Brotherhood Is Not a Terrorist Organization | CBN.com (beta)
a. "The Muslim Brotherhood called for “a long, uncompromising jihad” in Egypt just days after a delegation of the Islamist group’s key leaders and allies met with the State Department, according to an official statement released this week.

Just days after a delegation that included two top Brotherhood leaders washosted at the State Department, the organization released an official statement calling on its supporters to “prepare” for jihad, according to an independent translation of thestatementfirst posted on Tuesday." Open Jihad Declared in Egypt Following State Dept. Meeting With Muslim Brotherhood-Aligned Leaders


16. "The threat from radical Islam has at least doubled in the past decade while Washington refuses to even admit the enemy exists, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said Sunday.

Pointing to a map showing the spread of violent Islamic extremism stretching across the Middle East and northern Africa, Flynn said, "Ten years ago I was drawing that map and there's only two or three dots on it. Today, what you're seeing on a map like that is a doubling of the enemy … a doubling or more."
http://www.Newsmax.com/Newsfront/Michael-Flynn-ISIS-doubled-spread/2015/02/08/id/623473/#ixzz3RHuxGbBb


17."Irran’s Supreme leader Ali Khamenei called for “Death to America” on Saturday, a day after President BarackObama appealed to Iran to seize a “historic opportunity”for a nuclear deal and a better future, and as US Secretary of State John Kerry claimed substantial progress toward an accord."
Khamenei calls 'Death to America' as Kerry hails progress on nuke deal | The Times of IsraelKhamenei calls ‘Death to America’ as Kerry hails progress on nuke deal


18. "Not since the 1960s — and perhaps going back even further — has there been a time when so many Arab states and factions were engaged in so many wars, in quite such confusing configurations, said Frederic Wehrey of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “It’s so dangerous,” he said." How the Yemen conflict risks new chaos in the Middle East

19. "It would be one thing had the president brought in a successful test anywhere. But his — and Secretary of State Clinton’s — “reset” with Russia has been greeted with aggression from President Putin and his camarilla. The “pivot” to Asia has turned into a palsied pirouette and been unmasked as cover for fading from the Middle East. The redlines in Syria have been erased. Libya, Yemen, Venezuela are wrecks. Afghanistan is teetering to the Taliban, while Mr. Obama’s withdrawal has left Iraq at the mercy of Iran and the Islamic State." The Obama Doctrine - The New York Sun
20. There is now no discernible U.S. strategy in Iraq.The administration claims to support the Baghdad government of Haider al-Abadi, who replaced Maliki, but it gives al-Abadi practically no support. It won’t commit ground forces or mount a serious aerial offensive and is reduced to encouraging Iran to chase ISIS into Syria.


This policy can only lead to greater bloodshed in Syria, while delivering all Iraq apart from Kurdistan to the militant Islamic and soon to be nuclear-armed theocracy of Iran.... Obama rounded up some allies to fight ISIS but has essentially handed the war off to Iran, America’s and the West’s greatest enemy in the Middle East."
Incredulity Among Allies Greets U.S. Policy After Years of Folly - The New York Sun

21. WASHINGTON—In reaching a historic agreement to restrain Iran’s nuclear program, President Barack Obama effectively shredded the foreign-policy playbook that had guided the U.S. for three decades....Obama also may have created a more unstable Middle East and, in the process, torn apart longtime U.S. ties with traditional allies such as Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Obama’s Iran Deal Breaks From Past

22." The president has convinced himselfthat the open-ended appeasement of Iran will replicate the Nixon-Kissinger triumph with China. But they made no concessions to the Chinese: They agreed that there was one China but that Taiwan would not be reunited with the mainland by force, and it has not been.

Mr.Obama is handing Iraq to Iranashe gives Iran a green light to nuclear weapons,at the latest in ten years, as he unblocks $150 billion that has been frozen,without even getting a reduction in rhetorical abusefrom Tehran. Tom Friedman of theNew York Timesinfamously called it a “doctrine,” in the sense of the Stimson or Truman or Nixon doctrines.

But insipidity, irresolution, and obfuscation do not constitute a doctrine.

America’s traditional allies havelost all respect for [Obama's] foreign-policy-making...


As the U.S. cranks up to another presidential election, and rhetoric echoes loudly around the country about “the greatest nation in human history” (certainly a fair description in many respects),Americans should be aware of how the country is perceivedby foreigners. .... it has almost become, as President Nixon warned,“a pitiful, helpless giant.”
Incredulity Among Allies Greets U.S. Policy After Years of Folly - The New York Sun


"...insipidity, irresolution, and obfuscation do not constitute a doctrine."



And theObama legacy: America as “a pitiful, helpless giant.”



And....after the above list ofObama's gaffes, flubs, missteps, and outright incompetence......


23. "Russia and Nato 'actively preparing for war'
Rival war games by Russian armed forces and Nato represent greatest build up of military tension in Europe since Cold War, warns think tank"
Russia and Nato 'actively preparing for war'


24.." Five Chinese navy ships are currently operating in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, marking the first time the U.S. military has seen them in the area.

The officials have been tracking the movements in recent days of three Chinese combat ships, a replenishment vessel and an amphibious landing ship after observing them moving toward the Aleutian Islands, which are split between U.S. and Russian control.

.... the Chinese naval movements, which came as PresidentBarack Obamawas visiting Alaska and the Arctic region on a three-day trip toaddress climate change." Five Chinese Navy Ships Are Operating in Bering Sea off Alaska

25. "Remember Obama Mocking Romney Over Russia Concerns? ‘The 1980s Are Now Calling to Ask for Their Foreign Policy Back... First Sarah Palin wasproven rightabout her Russia-invading-Ukraine prediction she made — and got mocked for — in 2008.

Now it’s Mitt Romney’s turn to take a bow for having “clear eyes” on Russia’s future threat potential." Remember Obama Mocking Romney Over Russia Concerns? ‘The 1980s Are Now Calling to Ask for Their Foreign Policy Back’

26. This was published the day after the ISIS attack on Paris:
"Kevin (not only is this) an ISIS attack, but its coordinated at a level to take a large loss of life. This is the nightmare scenario we are constantly having to be prepared for from radicalized Islam… But we knew ISIS was a threat a year before the president ever called them the JV team. And we have to kill them before they kill us.”

Run the tape back to that morning on a nationally televised morning show, President Obama, “ISIL has been contained.” Run the tape back to President Obama’s statement immediately following the attacks in Paris, “We must stop those who do these crimes.” (You know… crimes… like the cat-burglars.)

Was there any reason why the president never mentioned Islam in his statement following the Paris attacks?

The president couldn’t wait to gloat over the kill shot of bin Laden (who was really mostly out of the picture by the time we finally got him.) He couldn’t wait to golf when Jihadi John had beheaded an American journalist. He couldn’t wait to goof on the families of our service men who lost their lives in Benghazi. And he was back to gloating when they believed they got the jihadi beheader this week." How Obama Contained ISIS


27. "America is about to accept9000 Syrian Muslims, refugees of the brutal war between the Assad regime and its Sunni opposition, which includes ISIS, Al Qaeda, and various other militias. That number is predictedto increase each year.
There are no Christian refugees that will be admitted.

...the Department of State is adhering with all the rigidity of a Soviet era bureaucracy to the rule that only people at risk from massacres launched by the regime qualify for refugee status.The rapes of Christian women and the butchery of Christianchildren do not count. " No room in America for Christian refugees


28. "It is clearly evident that President Barack Obama and his administration care little about reality but will push ahead with their ideological agenda.

Here we are just days after a horrific Islamic terror attack in Paris and what is the Obama administration response? They release five Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United Arab Emirates." Complete madness: As Paris mourns, Obama just did the UNTHINKABLE - Allen B. West - AllenBWest.com


29. "Not radical Muslim terrorism, not an unsecured border, not an ever-growing federal debt that now exceeds $18 trillion, not the fact that 109 million live in households on federal welfare programs. These are not the greatest threats facing us today."

"No challenge--no challenge--poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change," President Obama declared in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night.


30. "Ex-Guantanamo detainee now an al Qaeda leader in Yemen His personal relationship with Osama bin Laden and time in American detention make him an especially high-profile spokesman. A leaked Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO)threat assessmentand other declassified files documented Qosi’s extensive al Qaeda dossier. In the threat assessment, dated Nov. 15, 2007, US intelligence analysts described Qosi as a “high” risk to the US and its allies." Ex-Guantanamo detainee now an al Qaeda leader in Yemen | The Long War Journal

31. "A House Armed Services Committee report set to be released Thursday accuses the Obama administration of misleading Congress and violating federal law during a controversial prisoner exchange.The report compiled by the GOP majority charges that the administration did so when it bypassed Congress in negotiating the exchange of five Taliban prisoners for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was being held in Afghanistan. They suggested that the White House had put politics and expediency ahead of proper procedure in making the deal." House Armed Services Committee: Obama Violated Federal Law with Bergdahl Exchange


Obama...as good at leading America in world events as you are in picking a leader.

Get some douche, honey. Your twat will start twitching.

And there it is!

The Liberal white flag!