OUR FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT IS ALSO OUR MOST EXPENSIVE…IMAGINE THAT!!!

Apparently not only is Barry "Almighty" our first black president, but also, as it turns out, he’s our most expensive president, ever. But then I suppose you could argue that one kinda goes along with the other because of that whole entitlement thing that blacks seem to have going for themselves these days. We’ve never had anyone quite so adept at wasting the taxpayer’s money. And that fact the he’s black reduces the likelihood that Barry would ever be criticized, since no one wants to be labeled a racist.

Because it’s now official, Barry "Almighty, the ‘One’ we had all been waiting for, has now spent more time traveling abroad than other U.S. president in history at this point in their presidencies. That according to a forthcoming study from the National Taxpayer Union Foundation (NTUF). "The most internationally well-traveled President, through five years, is also flying the most expensive-to-operate Air Force One to date," NTUF wrote. And very little, if anything, has really been gained from any of this travel.

After what has seemed like an eternity, but has only been five years, in the White House, Barry has now taken 31 trips for a total of 119 days abroad. At this point in George W. Bush’s presidency, Bush had taken 28 trips for 116 days, while ‘Slick Willie’ Clinton had taken 27 trips for 113 days. Barry’s many supporters are likely see nothing wrong here and would likely argue that America has somehow benefited. But most of those folks don’t pay any taxes and therefore play no role in picking up Barry’s tab.

Ronald Reagan on the other hand, after having been in office for five years, had taken 14 trips for 73 days while Richard Nixon had taken 12 trips for 60 days after five years in the White House. Meanwhile, Lyndon Johnson took 10 trips for 34 days at the five year mark and Dwight Eisenhower took 8 trips for 31 days after five years in the White House. And you know, I suppose I wouldn’t mind so much if on most of these trips Barry wasn’t going off to some foreign country for no other reason than to apologize for his own.

Citing a recent report in the Washington Examiner that found through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that taxpayers are on the hook for about $228,288 per Air Force One flight hour in 2013, a 27 percent increase from the previously confirmed cost of $179,750 per fight hour that NTUF used in its last study, the taxpayer watchdog concludes that Barry’s flights have cost taxpayers more than any other president. But hey, I’m sure he views his many excursions as somehow being worth it. I disagree.

NTUF estimates that Barry’s latest waste-of-a-trip to Europe and the Middle East "will likely involve about 29 hours of total travel time, assuming a cruising speed of 575 mph between Washington, Amsterdam, Brussels, Rome, and Riyadh, and then back to D.C." That amount, the group says, is going to cost taxpayers millions of dollars. "Using the previous estimate, the total cost of flying Air Force One between those international cities would be about $5,212,750," NTUF wrote. "Using the new data, the cost comes out to $6,620,352."

NTUF added that those amounts are just estimates, and the actual cost is likely to be quite a bit higher. "While these figures are approximations, and do not account for the additional (and likely greater) expenses of transporting the President’s Secret Service and diplomatic entourage, backup aircraft, land vehicles, and advance security teams, it goes to show that higher Air Force One operational costs substantially change the budgetary magnitude of these trips," NTUF wrote. But hey, it’s not like he’s spending his own money.

DEMS ON DRUGS…EMBARKING ON A NEW PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN…

NOTHIN' BUT A GEORGE SOROS STOOGE



Demonstrating once again that she remains very much in the habit of regularly smokin, snortin, or shootin’ up what must be some pretty potent hallucinogenics, old Babs Boxer told a conference call just last Friday, "Never in my lifetime have I seen a law that is helping so many people be so vilified." Let’s be clear about something, anyone who can look at Obamacare, and what it has thus far accomplished, and still be of the opinion that is actually helping more people than it’s hurting, is very obviously suffering from some pretty intense hallucinations. I’m not sure how else one could explain such a state of mind.

It was also during this same call that old Babs was heard to brag about the millions of people in her state who are now benefiting from the law that Republicans have been so determined to repeal. Babs went on to say, "This is a huge success, this law. I'm saying that. We had a terrible rollout, it slowed us up, but it's all falling into place now and the Republican answer is very, very simple -- let's repeal it and take away all these benefits from people. And that's just gonna wind up to be very bad for them at the end of the day." Well, I guess if you can call winning control of the Senate as being something bad.

Joining Boxer on this conference call was yet another Democrat who also is a big supporter of this debacle, that perennial dweeb, Chris Murphy. Murphy who took note of the fact that the Republicans' "original mantra" was "repeal and replace." He said, "Well, they voted to repeal it 54 times. They've never voted to replace it with the exception of one slap-dash plan offered by three Republican senators a few weeks ago. In the four years since the bill was signed, there has been absolutely no effort to articulate what they would do differently." That’s nothing less than a flat out lie. There have be numerous plans.

And of course Murphy went on to spew what has become the standard Democrat line saying, "And so the Republican's plan is simply to take away all of these benefits that have now transformed the lives of millions of Americans." Both Babs and Murphy are part of what is a coordinated effort, organized by the George Soros front group, Center for American Progress, the purpose of which to spread as many lies as possible claiming that the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, is now working very well after it’s rather rocky start. What we have here is just another propaganda campaign.

This boob, Murphy, said, "We have launched the Affordable Care Act Works campaign." He added, "We are down on the floor of...the Senate every week, holding press events nearly every week using social media to tell the true story about how this bill, four years after signature, is changing people's lives." He then went on to claim, "Now that the Affordable Care Act is working, now that we've gotten beyond those early months of technological glitches, we have a really good story to tell, and we haven't even begun to talk about how much money this is saving taxpayers." REALLY?

And he too expressed confidence in the Democrats being able to run on the issue this election year, saying, "So, I do believe that this is an issue that Democrats and proponents of the law can run on, but if and only if we continue to go out and tell the story of the mounting successes in the law." And something that I thought was really rather comical was when Boxer said that "truth is the Democrats' best ally." She added, "And we've told you the truth today. We've given you the numbers, we can back it up, and we're beginning to hear people really happily get out there and tell their stories."

Babs said "And, you know, this is -- I think time is on our side. The election isn't tomorrow. And all we have to do is tell the truth about this law. I am so excited about it, and the Republicans' answer is to take away all these benefits, all of these benefits from the people. And at the end of the day, the people are smart." For one to perceive Obamacare as somehow being a ‘benefit’ doesn’t require one to be smart, but, in fact, just the opposite. It’s the smart people who are able to see this thing for what it is, nothing more than another attempt by Democrats to gain control of the people.

Murphy again who went on to claim that the Obamacare enrollment numbers have been "robust" despite Republican efforts to "undermine" the law. He said, "So I think you have to, I think you have to talk about the success of enrollment in the context of a massive effort to try to stop people from enrolling, and, and ultimately people will figure out the benefit that's available to them. In the long run, these propaganda campaigns that are being waged won't work, and the numbers are going to continue to grow, even in states that are working against the law rather than supporting the law."

Murphy, of course, couldn’t resist mentioning Texas as being a state that is working against the law. "Imagine if -- if everyone was on the same page," Boxer said. "It would be really great." The real propaganda campaign underway here is the one being waged by the Democrats. And as one who was made to lose insurance that I liked, I would prefer it if the remaining 49 states were to follow Texas’ lead in opposing this disaster. And what really pisses me off is how these pathetic sleaze-bags can accuse of being liars, those being made to lose their insurance as a direct result of Obamacare, while the Democrats continue to be the real liars here.

APPARENTLY, JIMMY CARTER IS FEELING LEFT OUT???

If we can believe Jimmy Carter, somehow Barry "Almighty" is the first president to not see the wisdom in seeking advice from the former president who, up until 2008, had been considered by many to have been the worst president in modern American history. At least that’s what Carter told NBC’s "Meet the Press" on Sunday. "President Clinton did and President George W. Bush and H.W. Bush and even Ronald Reagan used to call on us to go into sensitive areas," Carter told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell Sunday. Although, try as I might, I just can’t come up with a single reason that might have prompted Reagan to have ever bothered to make such a call. So I’m not quite sure what it is that might have motivated Ronald Reagan to call him, other than to perhaps ask, "Hey Jimmy, what the hell were you thinking when you did that?" Other than that, I doubt there would have been much reason for any call to have been made.

Many have argued that in many ways Barry’s presidency is essentially nothing more than a continuation of Carter’s disastrous four years in office. And since the men see the world through a similar lens, there would never be any need for communication to take place. It is difficult to explain with "complete candor" why he and Barry do not have a closer relationship, Carter said, but he thinks it has something to do with his center at Emory University. He believes the Carter Center's views of equal treatment when it comes to the Middle East's countries may have caused tension between him and Barry. "I think the problem was that — in dealing with the issue of peace in between Israel and Egypt — the Carter Center has taken a very strong and public position of equal treatment between the Palestinians and the Israelis," said Carter. "And I think this was a sensitive area in which the president didn't want to be involved."

Carter also told Mitchell that he left the Southern Baptist Convention last year after it passed rules at its annual meeting "to require that women be subservient to their husbands, and women could no longer serve as a pastoral priest or as a deacon." Carter had been part of the SBC for years before he left the church, serving as a deacon and Sunday School teacher for six decades. Carter also commented on the problem of sexual abuse in the military and on the nation's college and university campuses. "Presidents of universities and colleges and commanding officers don't want to admit that under their leadership, sexual abuse is taking place, so rapists prevail," Carter said. And that’s exactly what I would expect to hear from someone who, like Barry, possesses absolutely zero leadership ability and is nothing more than an armchair quarterback. And as such. I feel that Carter really has no right to criticize those who do.

Also, as if anyone were truly interested, Carter made his opinion known on the ongoing situation in Ukraine. Remember now, that it was in 1980 when he banned U.S. athletes from participating in the Moscow Olympics. That was his rather limp-wristed response to the then-Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. And Carter said where the Ukraine is concerned, "there has to be a concerted international prohibition against Putin going any further than Crimea." But the problem with that supposed solution is the fact that Barry has now lost the trust of most of our friends, and any semblance of respect of our enemies. And just like Carter before him, Barry now seems very determined in his efforts to put America on the path to be so severely weakened that she will be made incapable of providing leadership. And just as it was with Carter, that’s exactly Barry’s intent. Neither man views America as being a force for good.

And of course Carter also saw fit to discuss, briefly, the scandal concerning the National Security Agency and its surveillance practices. "I have felt that my own communications were probably monitored," said Carter. "When I want to communicate with a foreign leader privately, I type or write the letter myself, put it in the mailbox and mail it... I believe if I send an email it will be monitored." What business does this political has-been have communicating with foreign leaders? And is it not, more often then not, that he chooses to communicate with those with whom he has much more in common? That would be those who, like him, hate this country. So it is with great curiosity that I wonder just what sort of information this former president might wish to keep from prying eyes. Like Barry, Carter has demonstrated on any number of occasions that he is nothing less than an enemy of this country.

NANCY TELLS DEMOCRATS, “DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY”…

                            

DEMOCRATS WERE THE FIRST ONES TO CALL 'IT' OBAMACARE

 

‘Old Stretch’, Nancy Pelosi, most everybody’s favorite ‘Botox Queen’, says she still believes that Obamacare will be a winning issue for Democrats in this November’s midterm elections. She’s doubtful that the troubled healthcare law could actually cost Democrats control of the Senate. In what I’m not quite sure was an attempt to convince herself or others, it was at a press conference on Thursday, that old Nancy was heard to declare that, "I believe it's a winner."

Nancy also went so far as to brush off any and all concerns regarding Florida Republican David Jolly's recent victory over Democrat, and candidate who was pretty heavily favored to win, Alex Sink in what was a special congressional election held this past March 11. The highly contested race was to replace the late Bill Young, a Republican, and had been considered, by many, to be a barometer for how each party might be faring now and in November.

Nancy said, "With all the money spent, with all the criticism of the Affordable Care Act and a 13-point advantage Republican district, we got it down to below 2 points." What Nancy failed to mention was that most of the money was spent by Democrats, who spent roughly four times as much as Jolly. I’ll be curious to hear how she explains away not only the loss of the Senate for the Democrats, but also her being leader of a few less Democrats in the House, come 2015.

With many pundits now predicting that Republicans will seize on the flaws of Obamacare as a central campaign strategy, Pelosi could have an uphill battle in trying to convince fellow Democrats that the healthcare law could be a strength rather than a weakness. Particularly since some are now interpreting the Sink defeat as a sign of the public mood on Obamacare. And with poll after poll showing less and less support for the law, their concern may be well placed.

A number of vulnerable Democratic senators continue to distance themselves from Obamacare especially since the bungled rollout of HealthCare.gov, and are already seeing their popularity suffer from what has been an onslaught of anti-Obamacare ads targeting them in their districts. In particular, have been the ads paid for by Americans for Prosperity, the conservative political action group backed by much maligned Koch brothers, David and Charles.

This particular group spent $27 million on anti-Obamacare ads between August and February targeting at least nine vulnerable Democratic lawmakers. A number of polls since the beginning of the year have indicated that public opposition to Obamacare now stands at roughly 60 percent or more. That figure is even higher among the uninsured, and strangle enough those are the very ones who were supposed to benefit the most from Obamacare.

The bottom line here is that the passage of Obamacare was the number one priority for the Democrat Party back in 2010, much more so than even working on the economy or getting people back to work. They were determined to attain for themselves that which they had desired for over 60 years enable the government to control how the American people are obtain their healthcare. They must now be made to lie in the bed that is essentially of their own making.

OBAMACARE…THE LIES THEY TOLD…

I’m sure we all remember how it was back in 2010 when the Democrats were absolutely salivating over the prospect of their finally being able to acquire that which they had sought since the days of FDR. They were finally going to be able to put the government in control of how the American people were able to obtain healthcare. It was something that they had been willing to spend every waking moment on, first in the crafting of it and then in seeking any way possible to shove it through Congress and finally onto Barry’s desk. No stone was left unturned, no lie was left untold and not one Republican vote was requested in the effort to give this disaster life.

It was back then that we heard, then 83 year old, John Dingell-berry say, "Today is a day that is going to rank with the day we passed the civil rights bill in 1964." Such idiotic drivel came in the form of a speech given there on the House floor exactly four years ago today, as House Democrats moved to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, without a single Republican vote needed, nor asked for. This toad then went on to say, "Today we are doing something that ranks with what we did on Social Security or Medicare. This is the day on which we can all be proud if we vote for that legislation." Yup, they were mighty proud.

Dingell-berry then proceeded to tell just one of the many lies that were told then, and have continued to be told ever since when he described the many things that it would supposedly make possible. He claimed, "Thirty-two more million Americans are going to have health care." He then said, "They don't now. America, which has health care of the best character in the world, does not make it available to 32 million people because they can't afford it, and Americans every day are losing their health care." The truth is that there were only roughly 8 million Americans who could not actually get insurance, not 32 million. He was lying then, and he knew it.

Now we fast forward just four short years to today and what we find is that with just 10 days left to go in the open enrollment period, Team Berry "Almighty" claims that around 5 million Americans have now signed up for insurance through the exchanges so far. But it claims that it doesn’t know, or it refuses to say, how many of those people have actually paid their premiums; nor does it say how many of those 5 million were previously uninsured. So you the lies and the mischaracterizations continue. In fact, the lies have been continuing, now, pretty much unabated for the last 5 years, since before it was ‘passed’ and signed into law.

"What does this bill do?" old Dingell-berry asked four years ago. And in answering his own question, this doddering old fool said, "It gives Americans the same health care that we here in the Congress have. It preserves their choice, and it sees that if those Americans want to change, they can do so." But last October, Barry & Co. were forced to admit that many people who wanted to keep their individual insurance plans, could not do so. That was despite Barry's repeated promise that if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. As it turned out, many of those plans folded because they did not meet Obamacare's minimum coverage standards.

"I want to commend my colleagues for this," Dingell-berry also said four years ago. "Madam Speaker, I have much humility, joy, and pride in supporting H.R. 3590 and H.R. 4872...As the historic vote draws near, I urge my colleagues to act on behalf of the American people." He said, "Let us this day stand boldly to do what is right for the health and well-being of our constituents, what is essential for the viability of American business, and what is necessary for our government...When we do this, history will smile upon us. And generations to come will say on this day, this President and this Congress performed something worthy to be remembered."

Let’s hope enough people remember this November 4 just what it was that old Dingell-berry and his fellow Democrats so proudly foisted on we the American people. How it was, because of their actions, that millions of Americans, myself included, would be forced to lose the insurance they not only liked, but that they could also afford. And when many of those folks chose to complain about having lost their insurance, the Democrats called them liars and accused them of concocting stories about how they were now worse off under the wonderful new healthcare law named for the president. This November let’s see just how many of them we can send home.

OBAMA WARNS OF A NOVEMBER CLOBBERING…

Apparently, Barry "Almighty" is none too optimist about his party’s chances come this November. And recently said as much, warning just yesterday at a private home in Miami that Democrats are likely to "get clobbered" in midterm elections. But his rationale for this potential clobbering that may now be looming for his fellow Democrats proves that he must either be delusional or living in some sort of bizarre alternate universe. Because he seems to be of the opinion that the problem has nothing to do with where the Democrats stand on the important issues that we face because, he says, a majority of the American people actually agree them.

Barry told those in attendance, "[T]he problem is not that the American people disagree with us on the issues. The challenge is, is that our politics in Washington have become so toxic that people just lose faith and finally they just say, you know what, I’m not interested, I’m not going to bother, I’m not going to vote." So am I to assume from that statement that he seems to think that a majority of the American people are actually in favor of Obamacare, or support his drive for amnesty for those in this country illegally, or his stubborn opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline, or his support of gun control, or even his belief in global warming?

Barry went on to say, "And that’s especially true during the midterms. During presidential elections, young people vote, women are more likely to vote, blacks, Hispanics more likely to vote. And suddenly a more representative cross-section of America gets out there and we do pretty well in presidential elections. But in midterms we get clobbered -- either because we don’t think it’s important or we’ve become so discouraged about what’s happening in Washington that we think it’s not worth our while." Discouraged about what’s happening in Washington? Really? And whose fault is that? Surely not the Democrats, right?

Barry told the donors that "we need" Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. "We need Nancy Pelosi as speaker because folks like Nana over there, cleaning houses, may need her help and she’s going to look out for her. We need Harry Reid staying as Democratic Leader in the Senate because there are kids just like Elijah but who aren’t as lucky to have parents with the resources that Alonzo and Tracy have." Obviously Barry agrees with Bob Gibbs, who recently stated that should the Democrats lose control of the Senate, to use Gibbs’ words, it’ll be time to "turn out the lights, the party’s over." So Barry too thinks that we’ve been having a party?

As much as I hate to be the one to break the bad news to Barry, and any Democrat seeking re-election this year, while most on the loony left do in fact fully embrace the Democrats’ positions on the issues listed above, I think it pretty safe to say that there are millions of Americans who are very firmly opposed to his positions, and on nearly every single issue. Over the course of the last five years, in what has been his continuing effort to "fundamentally transform" our nation, all that he has accomplished is to run it even further into the ground. More people are now living off the government than at any other time in our history.

With each passing day some new poll comes out that makes it all the more clear that, despite the wasting of $17 million every month on ads designed to push it, more and more people want nothing to do with Obamacare. And when you put that together with the fact that real unemployment, not the bogus numbers that are being reported, has essentially skyrocketed, or the fact that the cost of gas, as well as the cost of heating and cooling our homes, is now twice as much as it was when Barry was elected, and the millions of people now receiving some form of government subsistence, more people are just tired of it all.

So, is Barry living in denial as he goes about the seeking of clues for why the Democrats will likely be on the receiving end of what could be a pretty severe drubbing come this November? But really, if that does in fact come to pass, it really shouldn’t be all that difficult to figure out why. Barry has constantly chosen to ignore completely those who did not vote for him. He as been all about dividing us, not bringing us all together. And it’s those folks who did not vote for him that have now become the ones who are continuing to be raped, financially speaking, by Barry and the Democrats in an effort to provide more to those who did vote for him.

DEMOCRAT RIDICULOUSNESS…

I’m really thinking that Barry must still be doing a little weed or something these days. It’s either that or he thinks that just because we elected one black guy as president we’d actually be stupid enough to elect another one. At least one that’s a Democrat and is one no more experienced for the job than he is. Barry recently made the idiotic comment that outgoing Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick would be a great fit in the Oval Office someday.

Barry made this silly suggestion during an interview with Boston-area TV station NECN, as he praised Patrick’s two-term run as governor and saying that the 57-year-old Patrick would make a great president or vice president in the future. I mean, how stupid is that? Patrick is no more qualified to be president than Barry was when first elected, or remains still today. And we see how well that’s turned out for the country on nearly a daily basis.

Barry said, "When you look at everything he's been able to accomplish and the strength of economic growth and job creation, the reforms that have taken place around education and improvements in transportation, Deval has done a great job, and I think signals that he could be very successful at the federal level, as well." But then, I don’t suppose he could do any worse than Barry has, but personally I’d like someone who’s actually qualified for the job.

Patrick, 57, is completing his second term in office and is bizarrely considered as being a rising Democrat star. Which just goes to show you just how shallow the gene pool must be on that side of the aisle. I’m guessing he assumes that because he’s the second African American to be elected as a governor since Reconstruction that that somehow makes him qualified to be president. That ranks right up there with being a community agitator.

But when taking into account the average intelligence of your average American voter, and the desire to elect someone whose only priority is the continuation of our current nanny state, the electing of a boob like Patrick isn’t really so far outside the realm of possibility. The majority of those who vote these days really couldn’t care less about whether or not measures are taken to keep their nation free. Their priority is the ensuring they get a free ride.

Because if people genuinely cared about making sure that their children would enjoy the freedoms that God intended for them, they would never vote for another Democrat as long as they lived. So the fact that millions of Americans seem to be quite willing to elect any Democrat, makes it very obvious that they are interested in nothing more than perpetuating their own individual little gravy-train. Such a warped mentality makes even a Patrick presidency a possibility.

OBAMACARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN PHYSICIANS GETTING SCREWED…

Word comes of yet another big plus of Obamacare. This one concerns the fact that doctors are now being warned that due to arcane Obamacare insurance reimbursement policies they could find themselves in the position of being unable to collect payment for treatments rendered. So says the American Medical Association (AMA) . You see, apparently Obamacare provides patients who obtain subsidized coverage through state insurance exchanges with a 90-day grace period before their policies can be canceled for non-payment. Insurers do not have to pay physicians for services incurred during the last 60 days of a policy that has been terminated for non-payment. My wife works in a doctor’s office and was talking about this very thing just the other day.

What this means is that insurers are now permitted to retroactively deny patients coverage when a policy is terminated at the conclusion of the grace period. "The grace period rule imposes a risk for uncompensated care on physicians," AMA President Ardis Dee Hoven said in a statement. Ms. Hoven went on to say, "Managing risk is typically a role for insurers, but the grace period rule transfers two-thirds of that risk from the insurers to physicians and health care providers." Ya know, there is nothing about this socialistic boondoggle that has an up side. It has accomplished nothing of what was promised, and like everything that has come from this administration, it has only succeeded in making things very much worse.

Meanwhile, the AMA has issued some guidelines that are supposedly designed to help physicians minimize the chances of they’re being stuck with unpaid patient bills. These include suggested administrative policies for doctors and proposed financial agreements for patients to sign in which they directly assume liability for unpaid insurance bills. The association has also urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to modify the grace period regulation so that physicians are promptly notified if a patient is not paying their insurance premiums. Right, like any of that is likely to take place. And in this era of Barry, too many people are now of the opinion that just because they sign something there’s no obligation to follow through.

Those who can remember that far back will recall that it was the AMA who was a big supporter of Obamacare, that even though most physicians disapproved of the association's stance. Which should tell you a lot about the political leanings of this organization. Polling of doctors also shows they are skeptical that Obamacare will improve medical service delivery or help them make a living, The Daily Caller reported. But then I think most of us realize that the intent behind this thing all along had nothing to do with actually improving anything or lowering costs. The sole motivation behind the Democrats’ creating this obamanation in the first place was to create a way that would provide to our government an improved method of controlling We the people.

No matter how many lies we keep being told about this monumental debacle, the end result is that it improves absolutely nothing more than that the government now has the ability to dictate what healthcare coverage we are now able obtain for ourselves. No longer will healthcare options be decided between the physician and the patient, but by some faceless bureaucrat hidden away in some cubicle. And oddly enough, the implementation of this thing has resulted in more people losing coverage than have actually gained coverage. And now we’re finding out that doctors are, what, likely to end up providing healthcare for free? I mean the insanity that is Obamacare seems to know no bounds. And it shows what happens every time the government gets involved.

IT SEEMS OBAMA’S WAR ON WOMEN EXTENDS INTO THE FEDERAL WORKPLACE AS WELL…

And here we have a bit more of the hypocrisy that our ‘Dear Beloved Leader’, Barry "Almighty’ has become quite well-known for. As we all know, Barry has become quite adept at talking out of both sides of his very big mouth. And yet another fine example of this comes where out of one side he says something like, "Women are still the ones that are carrying the greatest burden when it comes to trying to balance family and work," and states that he is now planning something called a "White House Summit on Working Families" which is to take place this summer. Yup, another little commission that is more about putting on a show that it is about finding potential solutions to existing problems.

Now there is little doubt that what Barry is preparing to do here, as we run up to the November elections, is to cast as many stones in the direction of the private sector as he can. But during the time that Barry has been in office, and this is according to data from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the percentage of women in the civilian federal work force has been shrinking. Before Barry took office, it was already smaller than the percentage in the overall national civilian labor force. Under Barry, it has gotten even smaller. So as Barry seeks out ways to attack the private sector, it would seem that the federal government is the one with the bigger problem when it comes to women in its work force.

You see, OPM maintains a database called FedScope that contains historical information going back to 1998 on much of the federal civilian labor force, but does exclude, for example, the Judiciary, the White House, the Office of the Vice President, several intelligence agencies and the legislative staff of Congress. And according to this database, about 44.4 percent of civilian federal workers were female in 1998. In 2013, only about 43.5 percent were female, and that, oddly enough, is the lowest percentage in the sixteen years available. In 1998, nationwide, about 46.3 percent of the civilian labor force was female, and in 2013 about 46.8 percent of the nationwide civilian labor force was female.

Meanwhile, the female share of the federal government's civilian federal labor force peaked in 2000. That year there were 1,762,559 civilian federal workers covered by the OPM database. Men accounted for 969,255 or about 55 percent; women accounted for 793,288 or about 45 percent. In fiscal 2007 and 2008, the female share of the federal civilian labor force was trending very slightly upward, rising from about 44.2 percent in 2006 to about 44.4 percent in 2008. In fiscal 2009, the year Barry was inaugurated, the female share of the federal civilian workforce started trending slightly downward. In 2009, it was about 44.2 percent. By 2013, it had dropped to its 16-year recorded low of 43.5 percent.

In a report released last year, "Common Characteristics of the Government 2012," OPM published a table listing the gender composition of a subset of the federal civilian labor force it calls "non-seasonal full-time permanent" employees. This group, according to OPM, "includes all employees working a 40-hour work week year round with no absolute end date." The female share in this group was even smaller than female share in the overall civilian federal workforce. In fiscal 2008, the year before Barry took office, there were 1,673,249 non-seasonal full-time permanent federal workers. Of these, 13 had an unspecified gender, 947,808 or about 56.6 percent were male, and 725,428 or about 43.4 percent were female.

In 2012, and again this would be according to the OPM, there were 1,850,311 non-seasonal full-time permanent federal workers. Of these 1,060,226 or about 57.3 percent were male, and 790,085 or 42.7 percent were female. That is 4.2 points lower than the approximately 46.9 percent female share of the national civilian labor force in 2012. Now something else to take notice of here is the fact that the OPM data also indicated that women have a larger share of lower-paying jobs in the federal workforce. Now, imagine that. After all of the harping by Barry against those in the private sector, it turns out that women in the federal workforce are worse off in terms of equal pay.

And in 2013, among federal workers whose salary level was between $30,000 and $39,999, approximately 51.9 percent were female and 48.1 percent were male. Among federal workers whose salary level was between $40,000 and $49,999, approximately 51 percent were male and 49 percent were female. But among federal workers whose salary level was between $100,000 and $109,999, about 60 percent were male and 40 percent were female. And among federal workers who earned $180,000 and above, about 68 percent were male and 32 percent were female. So here we see further prove of Barry continuing, and rather clandestine war that he is perpetrating against women.

If Barry and his cadre of hypocritical Democrats are going to insist upon complaining about how it is that women in the private sector continue to be on the short end of the stick, it might be a good idea for them to first take a look to see how women seem to be faring in the federal workforce. And Barry might then want to get his own house in order before he goes around accusing those out in the private sector who seem to be doing a much better job than the federal government when it comes to fairness in pay. But as is usually the case with Barry specifically, and Democrats in general, facts must never allowed to get in the way of what’s seen as being good propaganda around election time.

AS THE ELECTION GROWS NEAR, THERE’S MORE ‘GOOD’ NEWS ABOUT OBAMACARE…

Well now, what do we have here as being the latest news when it comes to Obamacare? While information about this boon to America’s uninsured has been slow in coming, of late, mostly because of the fascination too many in our ‘news’ media seem to have with a missing airliner, Health industry officials are now saying that Obamacare-related premiums are likely to double in some parts of the country, which, as is no surprise, seems to counter claims recently made by the administration. But we shouldn’t really be too shocked by this, as many claims have been shown to be false.

And I assume that this will be far from being music to the ears of many Democrats especially those seeking reelection this year. Because apparently, those expected rate hikes will be announced in the coming months amid what is surely to be a rather intense election year with control of the Senate said to be up for grabs. The sticker shock could very likely bolster the GOP’s prospects in November and hamper ObamaCare insurance enrollment efforts in 2015. But we won’t know for certain just how big a part Obamacare will play until the dust finally settles after the election.

The industry complaints come less than a week after Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, and congenital liar, Kathleen Sebelius did her very best to downplay any and all concerns about supposed rising premiums in the healthcare sector. Lying through her pearly whites, Ms. Sebelius told lawmakers that while rates would increase in 2015 they would grow much more slowly than in the past. In testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee this lying sack of shit said, "The increases are far less significant than what they were prior to the Affordable Care Act."

Her comment was said to have baffled insurance officials, who said it runs completely counter to the industry’s consensus about next year. "It’s pretty shortsighted because I think everybody knows that the way the exchange has rolled out … is going to lead to higher costs," said one senior insurance executive who requested anonymity. The insurance official, who hails from a populous swing state, said his company expects to triple its rates next year on the ObamaCare exchange. The hikes are expected to vary substantially by region, state and carrier.

Other supposed health ‘experts’ were quick to point out that any predictions about premiums going higher are premature. One such ‘expert’, David Cutler, who has been called an architect of Obamacare, said, "Health premiums increase every year, so the odds are very good that they will increase next year as well. None of that is news. The question is whether it will be a lot or a little. That depends in part on how big the insurers think the exchanges will be." Spoken like a true bureaucrat. But still, I thought Obamacare was supposed to reduce cost.

The actual truth of the matter is that health insurance premiums have risen more after Obamacare than the average premium increases over the eight years before it became the law of the land. The individual market for health insurance has seen premiums rise by 39 percent since February 2013. Without a subsidy, the average individual premium is now $274 a month. Families have been hit even harder with an average increase of 56 percent over the same period — average premiums are now $663 per family, over $426 last year. So this thing just keeps getting better and better.

Regardless of what Barry’s minions may claim, it’s a fact that between 2005 and 2013, average premiums for individual plans increased 37 percent and average family premiums increased by 31 percent. So it’s a fact that premiums have risen much faster under Obamacare than in the previous eight years. Premiums are being hiked across the board for several reasons, but the biggest contributor Obamacare’s highly touted "essential health benefits," services that insurers on and off exchanges must provide. In other word government mandated services.

Some of these services, or so-called ‘benefits’, such as emergency and laboratory services, are uncontroversial. But many others, like maternity, newborn and pediatric services, are causing headaches for huge swaths of the population that simply don’t need them. For example, anyone past childbearing age, single men, the infertile, even nuns, their premiums are rising as well, because their plans must, by law, provide more services. But this is what happens when the government is allowed to insert itself into something that individuals are quite capable of taking care of themselves.

But premiums aren’t the only key to healthcare costs, we’re also seeing steep increases in both deductibles and out-of-pocket costs like co-pays. When it comes to employer health plans alone, four out of five U.S. companies have increased deductibles or are considering doing so. Prices may be people away from purchasing health insurance. It was a recent survey that discovered half of those who haven’t purchased health insurance yet this year cited their inability to pay the premium. So much for the "affordable" part of the Affordable Healthcare Act.

So I very much hope that the albatross of Obamacare remains very firmly hung around the neck of every single Democrat up for re-election this year regardless of his, or her office. Every Democrat running for elected office this year, whether it be for federal, state or local office, must be made to defend the party’s position, as well as their own, on what is nothing more than a massive intrusion by government into the private life of every single American citizen. We must rid ourselves of as many as possible of those who are in favor of instituting this kind of control and we must remember that the desire to control is imbedded in their Democrat DNA.

THANKS TO OBAMA, THE WORLD HAS BECOME FAR MORE DANGEROUS…

How is it that anyone, today, with even an ounce of brainpower can look at how Barry conducts himself whenever in the position of having to deal with leaders of other countries, and not see someone who is so in completely over his head. But then I suppose when one’s main job experience comes from years of being a community agitator, what is there about that position that would, in any way, prepare one for dealing actual world leaders?

And wouldn’t you think that even the most diehard supporters of Barry, would recognize the fact that the world is a very dangerous and, at times, unstable place. And over the course of the last 5 years it has only become much more so and on both counts. And if events of the last couple of weeks reveal anything, it’s that a world, without a strong and influential America, is destined to become all the more dangerous and all the more unstable.

Now I fully understand that in this the 21st century, America has no business trying, nor can it afford, to be the world’s policeman. But having said that, it’s extremely important that America remain the strongest kid on the block, because as such, it is able to provide some level of influence over the bullies who remain and who, were it not for America, would be causing trouble. The possessing of potent military force goes a long way in assisting the diplomatic approach.

Unlike the Barry "Almighty" appeasement oriented approach to foreign policy that calls for one to speak rather boldly while at the same time having purposely reduced the size of one’s stick, I prefer the, "Speak softly, and carry a BIG stick", or the "Peace through strength" philosophies, myself. I fail to see the logic, or the wisdom, in allowing a communist country, say a Russia or a Red China, to assume the primary leadership role in the world.

Barry likes to think that his way is more likely to result in America being more respected, but unfortunately, it just the opposite that has taken place. America is no longer respected and the main reason for that is because America is no longer feared. It’s seen as being weak. And it’s because of that fact that the world has become roughly the equivalent of some small town whose sheriff is Barney Fife. Thugs can ride into town and pretty much have their way.

Usually all that’s needed in order to keep the bullies from gaining an upper hand is just the mere presence of someone bigger and who has the potential to become badder. And it is that capability that, under Barry "Almighty", America is very rapidly losing, or that some would say has already lost. Because as weird as this may sound, Barry actually sees the world as being a much safer place with a weaker and less influential America and being just another member nation.

TAXPAYERS TO FUND YET ANOTHER EXCURSION FOR MOOCHELLE OBUMMER…

Apparently our pathetic waste-of-skin first lady, Moochelle Obummer "has been looking for an opportunity to go to China," or so said some nameless and faceless White House official this past Monday. And she also considers it to be a "real treat" to have the taxpayers cheerfully standing by to pick up that tab allowing her daughters, as well as her mother, to tag along with her. And it should come as no surprise that the White House has been less than forthcoming regarding the exact dollar amount that will be expected to be picked up by we the taxpayers.

"You know, the first lady has talked about the importance of young people here in the United States learning about other cultures. She believes that about her own children, and has seen this as a really unique opportunity to share a very different part of the world with her two daughters and with her mother as well," Mochelle's Chief of Staff told a conference call on Monday. Well, idn’t nat nice. And what better time than now to do that while she has the taxpayers there to pick up the tab for it all. We should all be so lucky as to have someone else pay for our vacations.

Moochelle’s Chief of Staff, some bimbo by the name of Tina Tchen, went on to say, "I think, as she said before, before they came here to the White House, Mrs. Robinson had not done any travel internationally, so the opportunities when she's been able to do that have been a real treat, I think, for Mrs. Robinson, for the first lady, for her daughters as well to travel together and to see these places and experience them together." Ok, that’s fine, it matters little to me if she wants to take her kids somewhere, but let her pay for it instead of forcing me to!

And when asked just how much this little trip will cost us, some boob named Ben Rhodes replied, "As a general matter, we don't disclose the details associated with the security of either the president or the first lady. This question comes up on many trips. What I would say is that determinations about the protection of the President and first lady are made by the Secret Service. We don't interfere in those decisions at all, nor do we publicize the details of that information." Yes, more from what was supposed to the most transparent administration in history.

Asked if Barry and Moochelle will bother to reimburse the U.S. government (taxpayers) for the cost of having the children and grandmother tag along, Tchen also refused to answer: "We are not discussing or disclosing information regarding the details or the logistics of the trip." Now come on, these two view themselves as being nothing less than America’s royal family, and as such they aren’t about to be bothered with such trivial details as actually paying for anything. After all, we are talking about the first black president, that must be worth something.

As has been previously reported by a number of outlets, travel by an American first lady typically includes the military passenger jet that carries her and the children, Secret Service personnel to provide security, and a separate cargo plane to haul official vehicles. Moochelle and family leave Washington on Wednesday, flying first to Beijing, where they'll visit Red China's first lady. Then it's on to Xi'an, where the famous terra cotta warriors are located; and finally to Chengdu in Sichuan province, where Moochelle will speak to high school students.

And then I guess in what was some sort of attempt to justify this very costly boondoggle, Tchen said, "And she'll be able to share her experience with Americans," noting that PBS and its "network of millions of teachers and students" will be following Moochelle’s trip: "And the first lady will be posting blogs and travel information for each step of the trip along the way on whitehouse.gov. And we encourage young people and all Americans to follow along and learn more about China through the first lady's trip." And, so they can see how a real mooch operates.

Rhodes told the conference call that Moochelle's visit to Red China will "focus on people-to-people relations" as well as education and "youth empowerment." He noted that Moochelle had planned the trip long before the Dalai Lama visited Barry "Almighty" at the White House, so her trip was not planned to soften Red China's anger over that event. "This type of visit takes a long time to plan, and I think the First Lady has been looking for an opportunity to go to China," Rhodes said. Well whooptee-fuckin-doo. Let her pay for it!

Frankly, I’m getting really sick and tired of paying for this family’s endless multi-million dollar excursions! I’d like to be able to take my family on vacation as well, but unfortunately what money I make goes to cover the cost of my gas, food and lodging all of which have increased rather dramatically in cost since Moochelle’s spouse first came diddy-bopping into the Oval Office. We, the taxpayers, have now spent well over $1 Billion on these costly little jaunts taken by our corrupt first family. And enough is enough!

SO, THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAVE BEEN A PARTY? WHO KNEW???

In looking back at all that has occurred over the course of the last five years I’m just can’t bring myself to view the destruction of my country, the gutting of our military, the government seizure of our healthcare system, nor the shredding of our Constitution as being things that could ever be viewed as being cause for a celebration. But then, I’m not a Democrat. My reason for even bringing this up stems from an appearance of Barry’s former White House Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, who took part in a roundtable, on a recent "Meet the Press" program.

The featured guest on this, one of the more idiotic episodes of this once venerable program, was none other than that flaming asshole of a White House adviser, Dan Pfeiffer who, during the discussion, painted what can only be described as a ludicrously optimistic portrait of what he thinks lays ahead regarding the 2014 midterm elections and how things are likely to play out for the Democrats. This imbecile actually went so far as to claim, and rather emphatically, that, "I believe we will keep the Senate." I’m not sure who it was that he was trying to convince.

It was later in the same show that Gibbs actually admitted that, yes, the Democrats could "absolutely" lose the Senate. He added: "If [Obama] doesn't get more involved in raising money and making this a choice, as Dan Pfeiffer said, you lose the Senate. And, if you lose the Senate, turn out the lights because the party's over." But I thought his way of describing the last 5 years as being a party was a little distasteful. I mean who among us can look back at what has occurred over the course of the last 5 years and describe it as being anywhere near a party.

I honestly think that only someone who possesses a deep hatred of their own country would be able to look at where we stand today as nation and see it as sufficient reason to call it a party. Because personally, I find it all very depressing. At a time when we have millions of unemployed folks, millions of people on food stamps, millions more who are now on some form of government assistance and with millions of people who have lost, or will lose, their health insurance, I guess I’m a little confused how anyone, even a Democrat, could call this a party.

But, as we all know, Democrats are more than a little different than normal people and as such have a tendency to view things differently from us normal folks. I mean, who but a Democrat could view America as being in need of some sort of ‘fundamental transformation’? But it is that warped vision that has been the driving force behind the Democrat agenda of the last five years. And has America been made better? I would argue that even a cursory glance would reveal an America that has been made far worse off than it was just a mere 60 months ago.

Yes, we have been transformed. From a once very prosperous and faith based nation into what is now the equivalent of some soulless third world banana republic. In 2008 there was much talk about change, but as we have came to find out, change is not always a good thing. And change for the sake of change, more often than not, results in moving backward not forward, as was promised. So does there still remain enough of the American spirit that will cause enough people to come together to change our present course in what may very well be our last opportunity to do so? I guess we’ll find out in November.

VLAD - 1; OBAMA ‘THE PUSSY’ - 0

With each passing day it’s as if Jimmy Carter never left the White House. And in no area does that notion seem more prevalent than in the area of foreign policy. Where most people would come to understand, very quickly, that empty threats and hollow rhetoric accomplish very little when dealing with a Vlad Putin, our ‘Dear Beloved Leader’ is either a little slow on the uptake, or can be said to be channeling the likes of Neville Chamberlain. Either way he seems to relish acting in a manner that further weakens America’s leadership status in the world.

You see, Barry has now hinted at what would be additional sanctions being placed on Russia, warning his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the United States and its allies would "never" recognize Crimea's breakaway vote Sunday. In a telephone call, Barry told Putin that the vote that found 95.5 percent of ballots in favor of the Crimean Peninsula leaving Ukraine to rejoin Russia violated the Ukrainian constitution. Now don’t you know that Barry, I’m quite sure, has Vlad shaking in his shoes. I would have loved to have been a fly in Vlad’s office during that call.

According to some silly statement released by the White House: "President Obama emphasized that the Crimean 'referendum,' which violates the Ukrainian constitution and occurred under duress of Russian military intervention, would never be recognized by the United States and the international community." Funny that Barry would be worried about Vlad violating the Ukrainian constitution when it’s so obvious that he thinks very little of violating ours. I guess the Ukrainian constitution isn’t considered to be a "living document."

Joining international condemnation from other world capitals, Barry warned "Russia's actions were in violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and that, in coordination with our European partners, we are prepared to impose additional costs on Russia for its actions." I guess I’m confused on just what it is that makes Barry think he qualified to ‘warn’ any foreign leader, let alone Vlad. I’m sure Vlad views our stellar president as being a hapless clown that is very obviously in well over his head. Barry’s experience as a community agitator did little to prepare him for this.

The Kremlin said earlier that the call was initiated by the American side, as relations between Russia and the United States have plunged to their lowest point since the Cold War. Putin told Barry that the referendum was fully legal, "in line with the norms of international law and the UN charter." Ukraine's new pro-European leaders and the West have branded the referendum "illegal" because the strategic Black Sea region has been under de facto control of Russian forces since the start of the month. But such accusations have had very little, if any effect, on the situation.

White House spokesmoron Jay "The Lyin’ Sack Of Shit’ Carney earlier said Russia had spurned outreach to Ukraine and calls for international monitoring, instead escalating its military intervention into Crimea and initiating military exercises on Ukraine's eastern border. He called Russia's actions "dangerous and destabilizing." Gee, no shit, there, Jay. If our president had some balls maybe, just maybe, this whole thing could have been averted. But nope, Barry the appeaser just couldn’t bring himself to do that. Barry continued to be a major embarrassment.

And in trying to discover just how naïve Barry is, one need look no further than the statement from the White House that claimed the crisis can be solved diplomatically, but not so long as "Russian military forces continue their incursions into Ukrainian territory" and conduct large-scale military exercises along the border with Ukraine. Russia should support the "immediate" deployment of international monitors to "help prevent acts of violence by any groups." Barry’s doing nothing but to piss into the wind. Barry might as well be telling Vlad that he’ll hold his breath until he turns blue.

Last week, the United States imposed visa bans targeting Russians and Ukrainians blamed for threatening the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine. Barry also signed an executive order paving the way for economic sanctions against individuals or entities in Russia. The order sets broad criteria, and could target those accused of usurping peace in Ukraine or Russian officials seeking to impose control over any part of the country. US sanctions are expected to be mirrored by several Western powers. Vlad is bothered by sanctions, and anyway, it’s too late for that.

But look, in all honesty this is but one more example of Barry’s trying to lead from behind. This community agitator of a president that we have now saddled ourselves with, for the second time, is pretty much clueless when it comes to being able to figure out how it is that foreign policy is supposed to be conducted. And the perennial limp-wristed boob, John Kerry-Heinz, in spite of what Lindsey Graham may think of him, is even more incompetent at the job than was Hitlery Clinton. No one gives fart about what Barry says. He’s being laughed at and couldn’t care less.

So the world now seems to be going up in flames pretty much everywhere you look. And I’d say that it has much to with the fact that Barry refuses to allow America to assume any sort of a leadership role in ongoing world events. He assumes the fact that he’s the first black president that somehow qualifies him as being someone that other world leaders must listen and pay attention to. Now while his supporters may pass out in his presence, sadly most world leaders have come to view Barry as being not much more than a joke. So we see that without a dominant America, the world quickly descends into chaos.

THE CURRENT DEMOCRAT TIZZY…REAL OR IMAGINED???

Well, the fact that Barry "Almighty" once again has an approval rating back down into the 30s, according to Gallup, seems to have at some Democrats now running for Congress this fall a little worried. And at least according to The New York Times, one party lawmaker has gone so far as to describe our ‘Dear Beloved Leader’ as being somewhat "poisonous," while others said his political operation has done little to help struggling candidates. And even though much time has already been spent to downplay it, many Democrats are also fretting over last week's Republican victory in the special House election in Florida and the millions of dollars conservative groups are spending to attack Democrats for their supporting of Obamacare.

"I’m a prolific fundraiser, but I can’t compete with somebody who has got 50-some-odd billion dollars," Rep. Joe Garcia told the Times. The Florida Democrat, in his first term, has been pummeled by in more than $500,000 worth of negative TV ads by Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and other conservative groups over this support of Obamacare, the Times reports. AFP, which is backed by the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch whom the Democrats have spending a great deal of time and their own money demonizing of late, spent $140,000 on ads targeting Garcia last November. He is being challenged by Republican Carlos Curbelo. "One hopes the cavalry is coming," Garcia told the Times. "One hopes the cavalry is coming."

I can only assume that by "the cavalry" Garcia can only be making reference to perhaps George Soros or any of the many other billionaires who are known to be very eager and quite willing to support leftists like Garcia who seem to be quite determined in their efforts to destroy our country. Anyway, for its report, the Times interviewed more than two dozen Democrats, legislators, supposed strategists and any and number of others, who contend that several challenges from Republicans this week, including David Jolly's surprise win over Democrat Alex Sink in the Florida special election on Tuesday, were developments that had not been anticipated by party officials. They had to have known it was possible, people hate Obamacare.

There has been much talk about that election, especially regarding the fact that Barry won that Florida district which had been represented by for nearly 42 years by Rep. Bill Young until his death last year, in both 2008 and 2012. And while some on our side have tried to claim that Jolly's victory can be, and should be, seen as a referendum on Obamacare, personally, I’m not quite ready to go that far. Because while Barry’s approval numbers may be in the basement, for now, Hitlery Clinton’s numbers have been on the rise. And we all know how she feels about socialized medicine. And James ‘Flaming Nutjob’ Carville has made it known that should she run and win in 2016, she would have no intention whatsoever of ridding us of Obamacare.

Apparently the Times also cited supposed Democratic concerns over the fact that former, Sen. Scott Brown's decision on Friday to explore challenging first-term Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire. Scott recently moved to the state from Massachusetts. It has been said that with Brown’s emergence onto the scene, that seat is now in play and could help tilt the Senate back to the GOP this fall. Another conservative superPAC, American Crossroads, co-founded by GOP strategist Karl Rove, pledged $650,000 toward Brown's effort. Shaheen has already called on Brown to sign the agreement that helped prevent outside groups from pouring millions of dollars into his last Massachusetts Senate election which Brown lost to ‘socialist dingbat’, Elizabeth Warren.

Now also according to the Times, conservative organizations have so far spent about $40 million this election cycle, compared to $17 million spent by thus far by Democrats. But as I said, Democrats have far more big money donors on their side, than we have on ours, and I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before the big bucks start flowing in. "Everyone is trying to send the signal: Don’t get ahead of yourself — 2016 is critical, but 2014 comes first," David ‘The Douche Bag’ Plouffe, Barry "Almighty’s" former campaign manager also told the Times. I’m not about to believe much of anything that I hear from the New York Times or, for that matter, any Democrat whining about the unfairness of a system clearly rigged in their favor.

Barry’s abysmal approval ratings, 41 percent in a Wall Street Journal/NBC Poll last week, matching a New York Times/CBS News survey in February and 39 percent in a recent Gallup poll, is another cause for concern. Any rating under 50 at midterm is said to spell trouble for the party in power. But look, such claims are made based on historical data that I have to wonder is even in play anymore. I mean, half our population no longer pays taxes and nearly half is now on some form of government ‘assistance’. How many of those geniuses would ever vote for anyone, midterm election or not, who might be willing to either start forcing them to pay ‘their’ fair share, or would be likely to place some sort of limit on their government goodies?

"The state of Democrats is very much tied to the state of the president — and in that regard, these are far from the best of times," or so Geoff Garin, a Democratic pollster, told the Times. Now I’m no political strategist or pollster, but I’m just not buying that concept. These days what millions of people are going to be doing is to vote for is the candidate that they view as being the one most likely to keep paying them not to work. And I think the fact that most Democrats seeking re-election are distancing themselves from Barry, with some now even going to far as to have asked disgraced president ‘Slick Willie’ Clinton to campaign for them, is really not much more than a political ploy designed to increase the odds that are already in their favor.

ACCORDING TO PELOSI, WHEN IT COMES TO OBAMACARE AND THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, IT’S ALL GOOD…

In what I’m not quite sure was an attempt to convince herself, her fellow Democrats or we the American voter, Nancy "We Have To Pass It In Order To Find Out What’s In It" Pelosi, scumbag Democrat, said, "No, absolutely not," Democrats should not shy away from supporting Obamacare. That, even though a very heavily favored Democrat, Alex Sink, lost the special congressional election down here in Florida just this past Tuesday. Sink's Republican opponent, a fellow by the name of David Jolly, campaigned against Obamacare, but still, at least according to what Pelosi said at news conference on Thursday, that's not likely to be a winning strategy for Republicans come this November.

Old Nancy said, "I'm very proud of our House Democrats and how they have not only embraced the Affordable Care Act that they helped create, but how proud they are of it. I think that the Republicans are wasting their time using that as their electoral issue, and they will find that out." So I guess, if I’m understanding her correctly, she sees it as being a good thing, and apparently no big deal, that millions of Americans have now lost the healthcare coverage that they liked, myself included. But I’m not sure how she is able to convince herself that this is not, at least potentially, a gift to the Republicans. And who knows, she may even be right. After all, the American voter isn’t known for being particularly bright.

Pelosi said, of course she is disappointed that Sink lost. She described her sense of things by saying, "But I'm very proud of the effort that was made to get out the vote. I think that our candidate Alex Sink -- she's so excellent, so superb. And she said it just right. There are many good things about the Affordable Care Act that are good for the health and well-being of the American people. There are some things that need to be fixed. Let's do that. And that is the message of our members." She then went on to say, "So this is, for us, unfortunate -- came close, within two points. But again, we feel confident about the fuller participation in November and what that will mean for that election."

Jolly still faces a regular election in November, and Pelosi suggested that Democrats could very well prevail when there is likely to be a much larger voter turnout. Pelosi also made it clear that heading into the midterm election, the Democrats' focus will be on women's issues. She said, "House Democrats agree, for many of our members, supporting women, children and families, especially our veterans, has been our life's work. That's why we delivered our agenda...founded on three pillars: fair pay, including paycheck fairness and raising the minimum wage; paid sick leave; and affordable quality child care as the third pillar. We look forward to working together all of us on our agenda." So we’ll see if women are once again are stupid enough to fall for such drivel.

Speaker John ‘Bonehead’ Boehner, had a news conference of his own on Thursday, and was heard to say the Florida election reminds Republicans "that jobs and the economy remain the American people's top priority." But, he said, it's also a reminder "that the American people are still concerned about the president's health-care law." Now he can say what he wants, none of which can be trusted, but from what I’ve been hearing, Boehner wouldn’t have been all that disappointed had Sink actually won. Rumor also has it that Jolly got very little help from the RNC, which only serves to, once again, make the point that if you’re going to contribute you should contribute only to specific candidates. Otherwise you have no idea to whom it is that your money goes.

YES, BY ALL MEANS, WE MUST BE NICER TO THOSE HERE ‘ILLEGALLY’…

Further proof, as if we needed any, that we now find ourselves up to our armpits in what is yet another election season is the fact that Barry "Almighty", our ‘Dear Beloved Leader’, has now launched what’s being called an ‘internal review’ on how he can better provide additional leniency to illegal aliens inside the United States of America. So apparently we must now be kinder and gentler in how we go about sending those who are here ILLEGALLY, back to their nation of origin.

When Barry promised back in 2008 that his would be the most transparent administration in history, I’m assuming here that most people didn’t realize that what he was really talking about was being transparently political. Because that’s all this move is really all about, trying to garner as many votes as possible for the Democrats who just might wind up losing control of the Senate in just a few short months. And I’m sure that this is just the beginning of the antics that we’re likely to be seeing.

Barry’s little announcement that he would seek to grant more executive amnesty to illegal aliens came after he met with three Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) members on Thursday -- CHC chairman Rep. Ruben Hinojosa and Reps. Luis Gutierrez and Xavier Becerra. Hispanic lawmakers have complained vociferously of late about the number of deportations executed by Barry’s administration. Such behavior makes it pretty obvious that these characters are not living up to the oath they took.

In speaking of this idiotic meeting, a readout of what took place was released by the White House that actually said, "The president emphasized his deep concern about the pain too many families feel from the separation that comes from our broken immigration system." What a bunch of political bullshit! But then, this is the exactly the kind of tripe that we have come to expect from Barry. It demonstrated a willingness to do whatever is necessary if it might gain a few Democrat votes.

A Senate GOP aide made the point that these concerns are really overblown because roughly two-thirds of what the amnesty advocacy community is considering deportations are actually removals of people caught as they were trying to cross the border. And Secretary of Homeland Defense Jeh Johnson essentially admitted as much in a recent congressional hearing. So it should make it all the more obvious that Barry’s new approach here is nothing but typical politics, pure and simple.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is the law enforcement agency that handles deportations from the nation’s interior, reports that 98 percent of 2013 deportations were of convicted criminals, people who just crossed the border, or people who illegally re-entered the U.S. after being deported before. So if this is in fact the case, I guess Barry would like it much better if we were to just turn a blind eye to those poor unfortunate souls and simply allow them to remain.

Barry kicked off 2014 by asserting his executive powers, infamously saying he has a pen and a phone that he plans to use if Congress does not move forward on his agenda. For the last nearly year and a half, since the 2012 presidential election, Barry has pressured Congress to grant amnesty to illegal aliens. The White House worked with the Senate’s bipartisan, four Democrats plus four RINO, "Gang of Eight" to write an immigration bill that passed the Senate but stalled in the House.

Barry has also tried to pressure the House to move on immigration, and after a recent meeting with the president, Speaker ‘Bonehead’ Boehner said the issue they agreed on most was immigration. Gee, big surprise there, right? Even so, it was a majority of the House GOP conference that very vocally stood up against granting legal status to illegal aliens, and massively increasing legal immigration, during this extended period of high unemployment in America.

Let’s face it, we now have in this country estimated 50.5 million working age, bona fide Americans who are now either officially unemployed or not working, but want to work. And yet, Barry and his merry band of liberal/progressive/communist Democrats seek to flood a sluggish job market that’s already in sad shape, with millions of illegal immigrants? Now I ask you, how much sense does that really make? And why, if not for political reasons, would anyone WANT to do that?

And it was in that summer of 2012, and just before the presidential election I might add, that Barry announced in the White House Rose Garden, with then Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano standing by his side, something called the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which granted executive amnesty to so-called DREAMer illegal alien minors. And that too, I think it pretty safe to assume, was a move made purely out of politics.

And it is said that any additional executive action now would very likely infuriate House Republicans, even those who are in favor of moving forward with amnesty. For instance, House Majority Leader, and bona fide RINO, Eric Cantor, who supports granting legal status to illegal aliens, criticized the administration’s non-enforcement of immigration laws in an addendum to a 2012 report he released on Thursday. But Cantor is just one more who is far from being able to be trusted!

So, like I said in the beginning, with this being an election year it is virtually guaranteed that, whether we’re talking about Obamacare, immigration, extended unemployment benefits or any number of other politically sensitive issues, I’m quite sure that we will see Barry, and the Democrats, pulling out all the stops in an effort to salvage Democrat control of the Senate. And I guess the only question that remains would be one that asks whether the American people, or enough of them, will actually buy it.

I HAVE A DREAM…

Yes, my friends, I have a dream. I dream of a day when we'll see a majority of the American people finally snapping out of whatever trance it is that they have been in now for what seems, at least to me, to be decades. That they would finally come to realize that the government, and those who are part of government, be they bureaucrats or politicians, are not, I repeat are NOT, their friends. I dream of a time similar to that of my youth, when people like my folks took great pride in being self-reliant, self-sufficient and who were able to raise a family free of government interference. My father believed in an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay. He wasn’t afraid of work, having at least two jobs for most of the time I was growing up. And he instilled that work ethic in all of his kids.

I have a dream that once again there would be a majority of people in this country who actually love their country, who still got all teary-eyed at the playing of our national anthem, who recognized the importance of defending our Constitution and of making sure that our government acted responsibly in making sure that future generations would be able to enjoy the level of freedom that our Founders had envisioned for us. I have a dream that people would recognize the need for a military that is second to none, viewing it as being simple commonsense that freedom isn’t free and must be protected. I have a dream that a majority of people would gladly support rules requiring those who wish to join their ranks as citizens of this great country, do so legally and by the rules.

I have a dream that we could see an end to what has become the hyphenated American. That we could all come to the decision to bring an end to the African-American, the Hispanic-American or the Anything Goes-American. I have a dream when we would all look at one another, regardless of our race or religion or country or origin, and see nothing other than a fellow American. I have a dream that more people would come to believe that being an American still meant something special. That while, as a people, we are always willing to lend a helping hand, it should be expected that that helping hand would come with certain limitations. Assistance offered would not be offered with an open end, that those who are offered help would be expected to come to stand on their own.

And I have a dream that people would come to take their right to vote a bit more seriously. And they would also see the importance of protecting that right. I have a dream that a majority of Americans would understand the importance of having someone show some form of identification at the time of voting. And I have a dream that when judging political candidates, more Americans would take the proper measures in determining a candidate’s fitness for holding public office. That more people would look past a candidate’s race or so-called star power. That such things as character, values, integrity, honesty and the standing by one’s principles would become the truly important qualities and/or traits that one would look for in those who one chooses to vote for.

So anyway, there you have it. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m neither foolish, nor naïve, enough to think that much of my dream has much of a chance of ever coming true. Too many people in this country seem have forgotten, or simply have no interest in finding out, what it means to be an American. And I would even go so far as to say that many have been encouraged to do so. And many in this country, when once people came to this country wanting to BECOME an American, now no longer have no such desire to become one of us, seeking only to take advantage of us and of our generosity. The American spirit that once burned so brightly has now become not much more than a flicker. And if we allow it to be extinguished completely, America, as it was meant to be, will surely be dead.

AMERICANS JUST NOT THAT WORRIED ABOUT ‘CLIMATE CHANGE’…

It seems like the Democrat slumber party that took place this past Monday night, in an effort to get more people as worked up about climate change as they are, was pretty much nothing more than a complete bust. Because most Americans still don't view it as being the impending doom that Democrats do. At least that’s what we can glean from a new Gallup poll. Additionally, and according to this very same poll, what is a top priority for most Americans is their being able to have access to affordable energy. They see that as something that is in far more need of being tackled than is the trumped up boogieman of climate change.

This latest poll points out that more than two-thirds, or 67%, if Americans say they worry much more about the availability/affordability of energy, while it’s less than half, or 49%, who worry about climate change. Out of 15 issues, only 24% of Americans care a great deal about climate change, with an additional 25% caring about it a fair amount. Whereas, access to energy was greatly on the minds of 37% Americans, with another 30% saying they cared a fair amount. In all, 67% of Americans care more about keeping their homes heated and lit at an affordable rate, than do the 49% who care more about combating bogus climate change.

I guess that might explain why it is that the idea of getting the Keystone Pipeline built is so popular right now, plus there’s the fringe benefit that it will create thousands of new jobs. If only a certain U.S. president understood that point. But, perhaps we're being a bit too harsh when it comes to the Democrat’s slumber party earlier this week. We did get some good moments, like Cory Booker saying that the first thing he did upon getting his driver’s license was to drive to Hawaii. That type of idiocy is symbolic of how just little credibility these Democrats have in claiming that their next great apocalypse is being caused by man.

Oddly enough, whenever you go looking to see just who it is that’s behind this whole wackadoodle idea, what you usually find, far more often than not, are sleazy characters from the political left. But then that only stands to reason, because who else but liberals would go to all the trouble, and expend all that time and energy in trying to convince people of being a fact, that which is so obviously fiction? Because the majority of the ‘facts’ that are so often used to backup this cockamamie theory are nothing more than endless works of pure fiction. There’s never any there, there. But that still doesn’t stop the scammers.

As was the motivation behind the implementation of Obamacare, it’s nothing other than pure politics that’s the driving force behind ‘global warming’, or, as the nomenclature has now been altered to the more generic sounding, ‘climate change’. There was no genuine concern exhibited for folks who were actually unable to obtain health insurance, just like there is no genuine concern about whether climate change is actually occurring, and if so what might be its cause. These are concoctions that Democrats come up with to assist them in both furthering their anti-American agenda and as a way for them to garner more political power for themselves.

ANOTHER CHAPTER OF THE GAS-BAG CHRONICLES…

And here we have yet another prime indicator that, yes, we are in fact hip deep in the midst of yet another election season. Because there is nothing that drives that point home better than having some leftwing-loon-of-a-Democrat claiming that, yes by golly, he actually does support the building of something like the Keystone XL Pipeline. The Democrat in question, is, of course, none other than ‘Mr. Gasbag’ himself, Steny Hoyer. Steny said he supports building the Keystone XL Pipeline and that he agrees with the State Department’s report that not building the pipeline would increase greenhouse gas emissions. Of course, as is usually the case with Democrats, that support will last only until the next election.

At some little gathering referred to as a pen-and-pad briefing, at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, old Steny was asked, "In the State Department’s report, it said that if the Keystone Pipeline is not built, the method of delivering oil would increase greenhouse gases from 28 to 42 percent, are you in favor of not building …." Steny responded, "If it was not built? Sorry, I don’t understand the question." So the question was then reduced to a third grade level and asked again, "The State Department’s report, it said that not building the Keystone pipeline, the method of [delivering the] oil would increase greenhouse gases. Are you in favor of not building the pipeline, even if it means greenhouse gases will increase?"

To which Steny was finally able to respond by saying, "In favor of not building it? I’m in favor of building it. I said about a year ago, I think in this group, that I was for Keystone." He then went on to say, "I think the State Department is correct." Steny said, "The president has made the observation on numerous occasions and I’ve heard him personally, been with him when he said that obviously we want to be on a path away from fossil fuels, but natural gases are preferable to oil, clean air. Obviously, the extraction process itself is concerning to many people, as it well should be. We need to make sure that it’s safe, no harm to the water." Like we need a dimwit like Steny telling us that we need to make sure it’s safe.

And Steny continued, saying, "But I agree with the president. I agree with the observation you just quoted from the State Department that this would be net positive, not a negative, so I support it." Steny had previously stated in 2011 that Republican efforts to force a vote on the Keystone XL pipeline project was a "stick in the eye" of Democrats who oppose it. Keystone, for those of you who may have been living under a rock for the last few years, is, according to the website of TransCanada, the company in charge of the project, the proposed 1,179-mile 36-inch diameter pipeline that will transport crude oil from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada to Steele City, Neb. And a majority Democrats are, in fact, against building it.

So anyway, despite the many claims that he somehow actually does support the energy and the jobs that Keystone XL would provide, we should, by now, also be very aware of Barry’s continuing war on all things fossil fuel related and of his bogus concerns about carbon emissions. It has been these ‘concerns’ that he claims as being the reason behind his continuing refusal to approve the pipeline. But I think we all know the real reason for his stubborn refusal to move ‘forward’ with the pipeline, and it has far more to do with politics that some misplaced concern over carbon emissions. Barry would rather direct billions of taxpayer funds to his ‘green energy’ supporters than to do anything that would actually make this country energy independent.