Obama Finally Makes Decison on Afghanistan Troop Levels

Today it leaked out that President Obama has finally decided to send more troops to Afghanistan after months of dithering on the subject.

Obama has decided to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan months after the request was made by his top commander in Afghanistan.

However, Obama is delaying the official announcement until he gets a chance to talk with leaders in congress to explain his decision.  There are several prominent Democrats in congress that are against sending more troops.

The president needs to decide if he is in this war to win it or not.  Our troops deserve more support than months of hand wringing over the political implication of sending more troops.  Let us hope that the president will enact the right strategies to allow our troops to defeat our enemies and return safely home.

Senate Delays Debate on Cap and Trade

Harry Reid is saying that he will delay debate on Cap and Trade until the spring.  This is good news for those against this massive back door tax on Americans.  Democrat Senators from red leaning states are worried as this will push cap and trade bill debate too close to the 2010 elections.

Some are saying that this will kill the cap and trade bill until sometime in 2011 as vulnerable Senators would be unwilling to push two major pieces of unpopular legislation within 12 months of an election with the health care reform bill almost certainly coming up for debate this year or early next year.

It is disheartening to understand that our Senators would rather pass legislation as far away from an election as possible to avoid impacting their careers.  One would think that if they realize that people are against it, they wouldn’t vote for it.

Obama Pushes Debt to $12 Trillion

In another political first, the Obama administration and the Democrat controlled congress gave us a new record national debt of $12 trillion.

It took our government less than 8 months to add over $1 trillion to the national debt.

Worse yet, the White House is reporting that the national debt could go to $14 trillion by the end of this fiscal year and over $24 trillion by 2019.

We need to demand an end to this reckless spending before America digs a hole that we can’t get out of.

Get Obamacare or go to Jail

Like I was sayin… do not pass go.  I saw this in several places.  Apparently the Senate version of Obamacare includes a provision which would send people to jail who refuse to purchase health insurance and refuse to pay a fine.

Say want you want to, but Obama’s plan will make sure that everybody gets health care since if you are in jail, you get free health care.

I wonder what will happen to the tax cheats in the administration and congress if they refuse to enroll and pay a fine?

I guess the 2012 campaign slogan will be Hope and Change or Jail Time.

The Rise of the Obama Youth

Like I was sayin… is it 1930 again?  There is a video making the rounds on cable news and the Internet of some school kids singing the praises of Dear Leader er President Obama.

What teacher or school administration thought this was a proper use of tax payer money and furthered the kids education.

You can see the video here and read more about it.

I worry when people are willing to go this far to push their political agenda.  It is as if the teachers believe that they need to brainwash these kids to think the same way they do.  The video reminds me of those videos of the Hitler Youth and North Korean children singing praises to “dear leader”.

Hopefully, the people in NJ will remove the administration and teachers responsible for this act.

Healthcare Reform Killing Cap and Trade?

Like I was sayin… once we get a chance to see what they are doing, it will all slow down.  With congress, the president, and the nation all focused on Healthcare Reform, several of the other top agenda items are being put on the back burner.

According to this post at Conservative Patriot HQ, several top Democrats are starting to worry that the Healthcare debate will kill other key initiatives.

Let us all hope that they don’t try to sneak a bunch of stuff through while we are all watching the healthcare debate.

Obama Administration Way Off on Unemployment

Like I was sayin… it could always be worse.  The Obama administration told us earlier this year that if we didn’t pass the stimulus package, unemployment could get as high as 8%.

On Friday, unemployment hit 9.7%.  This is a 26 year high.

The Conservative Patriot HQ has a great post that shows a chart that shows the Obama predictions along with the actual unemployment numbers.

Perhaps the government needs to allow us to keep more of our money rather than thing they should write us checks and increase the deficit and national debt.

Congressional Research Service: HR 3200 WILL Cover Illegal Immigrants

Like I was sayin… you have to read the thing.  I was have seen serveral posts that indicate that the health care reform bill HR 3200 will cover illegal immigrants.

It seems that it is the president that is spreading myths about health care when he says that illegals will not be covered under the plan.  According to the Congressional Research Service the bill will.

I can see why the dems wanted to pass this bill as quickly as possible without giving anybody time to read it.  At some point, we have to start demanding more from our government.

Kennedy Demonstrates Lack of Principles to the Very End

Like I was sayin… what’s good for you now might not be good for you later.  Ailing Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy wants to roll back a law that he pushed for that removes the power of the state governor to appoint a replacement senator.

In 2004, he was concerned that John Kerry would win the presidential elections forcing then Republican Mitt Romney to appoint a replacement senator.  Kennedy was concerned that Romney would appoint a republican so he pushed for a law that required an election within five months of the seat becoming vacant leaving the seat vacant until the special election.

Now that Kennedy is ill and will most likely not finish out his term, he wants to restore the power of the governor to appoint a replacement.  Kennedy even went so far as to say that it is very important that the state have two representatives in the senate at all times.  Interestingly enough, there is a Democrat in the Massachusetts governor’s mansion now.  It seems that Kennedy’s principles are only as strong as the way the political winds blow.

If every there was a reason for term limits, Ted Kennedy’s over 40 years in congress is a strong reason limiting the political ruling class.

Obama Lies about AARP Endorsement

Like I was sayin… if I say it enough, it might become true.  Yesterday in a town hall meeting President Obama indicated that the AARP was behind his plan to reform health care.  However, the AARP indicated that Obama’s assertion wasn’t true.

As the president’s scheme to drive people to a government run health care plan is loosing support, the President has started to invent support where it doesn’t exist.

This could qualify as some of that fishy disinformationabout health care that Obama wants to be reported to him.