Posts Made By: david elosser

"When it comes to greenhouse-gas emissions, Energy Secretary Steven Chu sees Americans as unruly teenagers and the Administration as the parent that will have to teach them a few lessons."

"“The American public…just like your teenage kids, aren’t acting in a way that they should act,” Dr. Chu said."

Typical arrogance that's rampant in the Obama administration. Looks like Mr Chu should start with his own department:

"Boy, the Energy Department is really having trouble practicing the energy efficiency it keeps preaching: The latest inspector general’s report found that the DOE often neglects to turn down the thermostat, wasting millions of dollars in energy every year. The latest report found that “the Energy Department failed in many cases to use controls on heating, ventilation and air conditioning that are a primary means of conserving energy during non-working hours,” as Dow Jones Newswires put it. That could have cost the DOE more than $11 million."

http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/07/23/energy-inefficiency-the-department-of-energy-fails-another-audit/

David E

This one's got two of the Lib's favorite topics: evil greedy corporate execs and government run universal health care.

http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-pace-airlines-ceo-arrested-090922,0,4324263.story

David E

...if you're goin' to donate, donate to the Rebublicans.

"Despite being in the minority in Congress, Republican campaign committees outraised Democrats by $1.7 million in August as they have aggressively collected political cash amid the rancorous debate over health care... Republicans also held an edge over Democrats in the amount of money available, when counting debts, as both parties set the stage for the 2010 elections, in which more than three dozen competitive House and Senate seats are at stake."

"RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho said the health-care debate that played out in town-hall meetings in August boosted fundraising. In the first three weeks in August, for example, the party averaged 2,000 donations a day from new donors, she said."

Hey Obama, how 'bout doing some more Sunday talk shows promoting your health care reform, eh? You available this Sunday? I'm sure Chris Matthews wouldn't mind gettin' a funny feelin' up his leg agin.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-09-24-party-money_N.htm

David E

"The $787 billion economic recovery package also is stimulating growth in the federal government as agencies hire thousands of workers and spend millions of dollars...Fourteen of the top federal agencies responsible for spending under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act say they've hired about 3,000 workers with stimulus money. That's helped fuel the continued growth of the federal government, which increased by more than 25,000 employees..."

"Stimulus critics such as Rep. Darrell Issa of California, the top Republican on the House oversight committee, say the package has enlarged the federal bureaucracy without making a dent in the nation's unemployment rate, which was 9.7% in August.

"The only thing we have seen stimulated by this package has been the size of the federal government," Issa said in an e-mailed statement.
Damn straight there Mr Issa.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-09-23-stimfed_N.htm

David E

I can't remember, did anything like this happen when Bush was president? Reagan? Nixon? Clinton even???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zrsl8o4ZPo

David E

"Even though the Border Patrol now reports that almost 1,300 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border is not under effective control, and the Department of Justice says that vast stretches of the border are “easily breached,” and the Government Accountability Office has revealed that three persons “linked to terrorism” and 530 aliens from “special interest countries” were intercepted at Border Patrol checkpoints last year, the administration is nonetheless now planning to decrease the number of Border Patrol agents deployed on the U.S.-Mexico border."..."Border Patrol Director of Media Relations Lloyd Easterling confirmed this week...that his agency is planning for a net decrease of 384 agents on the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal 2010, which begins on October 1.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/54514

David E

"The total cost of regulation to the State of California is $492.994 billion which is almost five times the State's general fund budget, and almost a third of the State's gross product."

"The total cost of regulation was $134,122.48 per small business in California in 2007..."

"The cost of regulation results in an employment loss of 3.8 million jobs which is a tenth of the State's population."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/bottomline/detail?entry_id=48275

David E

Unfortunately, the rest of us aren't.
From NYT:
"...unemployed Americans now confront a job market that is bleaker than ever... and employment prospects are still getting worse."

"Job seekers now outnumber openings six to one, the worst ratio since the government began tracking open positions in 2000."

"And even though the pace of layoffs is slowing, many companies remain anxious about growth prospects in the months ahead, making them reluctant to add to their payrolls." No kidding! Probably has something to do with the 12 trillion dollars in national debt Obama has racked up that no one can pay for.

"Meanwhile, some businesses are in a holding pattern as they await the financial consequences of the health care reforms being debated in Washington." Hey, it's only going to cost a trillion dollars in new taxes, just what are they all worried about???

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33041366/ns/business-the_new_york_times//

David E

edit: in a current related article: "The unemployment rate for young Americans has exploded to 52.2 percent -- a post-World War II high, according to the Labor Dept. -- meaning millions of Americans are staring at the likelihood that their lifetime earning potential will be diminished and, combined with the predicted slow economic recovery, their transition into productive members of society could be put on hold for an extended period of time."

Why? "...without a clear economic recovery plan aimed at creating entry-level jobs, the odds of many of these young adults -- aged 16 to 24, excluding students -- getting a job and moving out of their parents' houses are long."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/the_dead_end_kids_AnwaWNOGqsXMuIlGONNX1K

While Obama is floundering around trying to figure out what to do about increased Taliban violence in Afghanistan:
"The suicide blasts that rocked northwest Pakistan over the weekend signal the Taliban remain a threat despite intensified military operations and unmanned drone attacks targeting the group's leaders, analysts said Sunday...Pakistan is battling al-Qaida and Taliban militants close to the Afghan border blamed for scores of attacks over the last two years."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090927/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan

David E
edit: Meanwhile, in a current related story:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/09/obama-administration-frees-three-more-gitmo-detainees.html

It's official, Democrats are now fighting to give illegals full access to our health care through their health care reform. 21 Democrats in the House, led by Rdp. Honda of California say "...it's unfair to bar illegal immigrants from paying their own way in a government-sponsored exchange."

"Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, said proposals that include government coverage for illegal immigrants leave him incredulous.
"If anybody can, with a straight face, advocate that we should provide health insurance for people who broke into our country, broke our law and for the most part are criminals, I don't know where they ever would draw the line," he said."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/28/liberals-seek-health-care-access-for-illegals/

David E