!!!FORWARD!!!

Apparently Team Obama has now settled on what it perceives as being a captivating slogan for the 2012 campaign. And, I might add, a very interesting choice it is. No mention of America, nothing motivational or Reagan-esque, just another mindless, vague and generic bumper sticker moniker. Apparently, during the decision making process that went on in selecting this new campaign slogan, little or no time was spent looking back into history, or maybe there was, where it might have been discovered that the word has a very long and storied association with European Marxism. Many Communist and radical publications and entities throughout the 19th and 20th centuries had the name "Forward!" or its foreign cognates. Wikipedia has an entire section called "Forward (generic name of socialist publications)." "The name Forward carries a special meaning in socialist political terminology. It has been frequently used as a name for socialist, communist and other left-wing newspapers and publications," the online encyclopedia explains. But with most Americans being ignorant of all things involving history, they're completely ignorant of the significance here.

Even the most casual of glances back in time would have revealed the fact that the slogan, "Forward!", reflected the conviction of European Marxists and radicals that their movements reflected the march of history, which would move forward past Capitalism and into Socialism and Communism. Team Barry "Almighty" released its new campaign slogan Monday in a 7-minute video. The title card has simply the word "Forward" with the "O" having the familiar Obama logo from 2008. It will be played at rallies this weekend that mark the Barry's re-election campaign's official beginning. There have been at least two radical-left publications named "Vorwaerts", the German word for "Forward". One was the daily newspaper of the Social Democratic Party of Germany whose writers included such characters as Friedrich Engels and Leon Trotsky. It still publishes as the organ of Germany's SDP, though that party has changed considerably since World War II. Another was the 1844 biweekly reader of the Communist League. Karl Marx, Engels and Mikhail Bakunin are among the names associated with that little publication.

And then it was back in the glory days of communist East Germany that the country named its Army soccer club ASK Vorwaerts Berlin (later FC Vorwaerts Frankfort). And then how can we forget Vladimir Lenin, that inspirational hero of the Democrat Party, who founded the publication "Vpered", which is the Russian word for "forward", in 1905. There was also a Soviet propaganda film-maker, Dziga Vertov, who made a documentary whose title is sometimes translated as "Forward, Soviet". Conservative critics of the Barry "Almighty" administration have noted his numerous ties to radicalism and socialists throughout both his time in the White House as well as during the years before he was "elected". The many examples of Barry's ties to radicals range from his first political campaign being launched from the living room of two former Weather Underground members, to appointing as green jobs czar Van Jones, a self-described communist. And let's not forget why Barry seems to be so intent on focusing forward. The following are 35 shocking statistics that prove that things have gotten worse in America….

#1 Median household income in the United States is down 7.8 percent since December 2007 after adjusting for inflation.
#2 There are 5.6 million less jobs than there were when the last recession began back in late 2007.
#3 The U.S. government says that the number of Americans “not in the labor force” rose by 17.9 million between 2000 and 2011. During the entire decade of the 1980s, the number of Americans “not in the labor force” rose by only 1.7 million.
#4 In 2007, the unemployment rate for the 20 to 29 age bracket was about 6.5 percent. Today, the unemployment rate for that same age group is about 13 percent.
#5 In 2007, 73.2 percent of all young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 that were not enrolled in school had jobs. Today, that number has declined to 65 percent.
#6 Back in the year 2000, more than 50 percent of all Americans teens had a job. This past summer, only 29.6% of all American teens had a job.
#7 When Barry "Almighty" entered the White House, the number of “long-term unemployed workers” in the United States was approximately 2.6 million. Today, that number is sitting at 5.6 million.
#8 The average duration of unemployment in the United States is nearly three times as long as it was back in the year 2000.
#9 Back in 1950, more than 80 percent of all men in the United States had jobs. Today, less than 65 percent of all men in the United States have jobs.
#10 According to the Barry "Almighty" administration, about 20 percent of all jobs in the United States were manufacturing jobs back in the year 2000. Today, only about 5 percent of all jobs in the United States are manufacturing jobs.
#11 Sadly, more than 56,000 manufacturing facilities in the United States have been shut down since 2001 with many of those closings taking place since Barry came into office.
#12 Back in 1980, less than 30% of all jobs in the United States were low income jobs. Today, more than 40% of all jobs in the United States are low income jobs.
#13 The U.S. trade deficit with China during 2011 was 28 time larger than it was back in 1990.
#14 About twice as many new homes were sold in the United States in 1965 as are being sold today.
#15 Home prices in the 4th quarter of 2011 were four percent lower than they were during the 4th quarter of 2010. Overall, U.S. home prices are 34 percent lower than they were back at the peak of the housing bubble.
#16 The total value of household real estate in America has declined from $22.7 trillion in 2006 to $16.2 Trillion today.
#17 At the end of 2011, 22.8 percent of all homes in the United States with a mortgage were in negative equity. That would have been unthinkable a decade or two ago.
#18 Total home mortgage debt in the United States is now about 5 times larger than it was just 20 years ago.
#19 Total consumer debt in the United States has increased by a whopping 1700% since 1971.
#20 Since the beginning of 2009, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States has increased by over 100 percent.
#21 The number of children living in poverty in the state of California has increased by 30 percent since 2007.
#22 Back in the year 2000, 11.3% of all Americans were living in poverty. Today, 15.1% of all Americans are living in poverty.
#23 In November 2008, 30.8 million Americans were on food stamps. Today, 46.5 Million Americans are on food stamps.
#24 The U.S. dollar has lost 96.2 percent of its value since 1900. Again, a good share of that taking place in just the last three years.
#25 In 1950, the United States was #1 in GDP per capita. Today, the United States is #13 in GDP per capita.
#26 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 49 percent of all Americans live in a home that receives direct monetary benefits from the federal government. Back in 1983, less than a third of all Americans lived in a home that received direct monetary benefits from the federal government.
#27 In 1980, government transfer payments accounted for just 11.7% of all income. Today, government transfer payments account for more than 18 percent of all income.
#28 Federal housing assistance increased by a whopping 42 percent between 2006 and 2010.
#29 Medicare spending increased by 138 percent between 1999 and 2010.
#30 Back in 1990, the federal government accounted for 32 percent of all health care spending in America. Today, that figure is up to 45 percent and it is projected to surpass 50 percent very shortly if it hasn't already.
#31 Back in 1965, only one out of every 50 Americans was on Medicaid. Today, one out of every 6 Americans is on Medicaid, and things are about to get a whole lot worse. It is being projected that Obamacare will add 16 Million more Americans to the Medicaid rolls.
#32 Right now, spending by the federal government accounts for about 24 percent of GDP. Back in 2001, it accounted for just 18 percent.
#33 In 2004, the U.S. government had a budget deficit of a little over 412 Billion dollars. This year, the U.S. government will run a budget deficit of over 1.3 trillion dollars.
#34 In 2001, the U.S. national debt was less than 6 trillion dollars. Today, it is over $15 Trillion and it is increasing by about $150 Million every single hour.
#35 The U.S. national debt is now more than 22 times larger than it was when Jimmy Carter became president.

Now I will concede that while Barry may not be responsible for the initial creating or bringing about of some of these issues, he can, most definitely, be said to be responsible for having made nearly all them worse, much worse. So forward? Yes, by all means Barry wants us all to be very firmly looking forward and not back where we would quickly be reminded of all the damage that has been done to this country in just the last 3+ years. And unfortunately, all of the shocking statistics listed above don’t come anywhere near to fully capturing the horrible pain that many American families are having to endure because of sad shape that today's economy is in. Pain that has only been made significantly worse, courtesy of the many policies that have been put into place by Barry and his fellow Democrats. But if Barry does get re-elected, just what is it that any of us will have to really look forward to, exactly? Imagine having a Barry in the White House who doesn't have to worry about getting re-elected. To say that this coming election is crucial to our survival is an understatement. We simply cannot afford to be subjected to another 4 years of this.