Monday Morning Open Thread

Lots going on this week:

The Wisconsin recall election is tomorrow.  How will the outcome affect the general election in November?

George Soros says “90 days to save Euro”.

Washed up and disgraced golfer, Tiger Woods, wins his second tournament of the year and moves up to 3rd in the FedEx Cup point standings.

Romney continues to gain in the polls, especially among women.

Global economy at risk as US, Europe and Asia slow.

Do Economists EVER get predictions right?

Your tax dollars hard at work protecting the nation from terrorists.

The BIG RESET?

Feel free to discuss these topics or anything else of interest.

UPDATE, by Mark Noonan:  Lost in Friday’s dismal employment report is this:

Last Friday’s unemployment news crashed the stock market and upended the presidential race. Lost in the excitement, however, was the news that African-American unemployment, already significantly above general levels, rose by much more.

Nationally, unemployment in May rose from 8.1 percent to 8.2. This is bad, especially considering how much time has passed since our economic troubles began, but it is less than catastrophic. As the Root reports, for African-Americans, however, the news was much, much worse. Unemployment among Blacks rose from 13.0 percent to 13.6 percent…

Seriously, black Americans, is Obama really doing a darned thing for you?  Is this the man you’ll really give 90% of your votes to on November 6th?

Memorial Day Weekend Open Thread

Just a few of the ongoing stories shaping events as we head into this holiday weekend, where we celebrate the sacrifices of countless generations of selfless Americans to keep us safe and advance the cause of freedom around the globe.

Greece continues to slide toward oblivion with the masses complaining about losing government jobs and bennies and the people who should be footing a good portion of the bill, evading taxes in every conceivable way.  One of the main organizations shoring up the Greek economy is the International Monetary Fund — whose Managing Director has little sympathy for the Greeks.  Will the IMF and the EU continue to prop up the irresponsible Greeks or just let them implode.  What effect will either choice have on the EU and economies beyond Europe?

It looked as though Elizabeth Warren might easily unseat Scott Brown from Ted Kennedy’s old Senate seat until it came to light that Warren claimed to be part Cherokee Indian.

However, when Cornell Law School professor William A. Jacobson, citing a genealogist, announced “In what may be the ultimate and cruelest irony … it turns out that Warren’s great-great-great grandfather was a member of a militia unit which participated in the round-up of the Cherokees in the prelude to the Trail of Tears,” Warren’s candidacy began to implode.

On the scientific front, the privatization of space exploration has begun.

Feel free to discuss these or any other topics.

Well, I’m Back

Or, more accurately, will be when I have more chance to write for a moment.  But, the hiatus is over, and Mark Noonan is once again commenting on Blogs for Victory.

It won’t be exactly like it was before – I simply do not have the time to write 3 to 5 blog entries per day, but you should see me a couple times a week posting – and perhaps more as we get closer to November.

Meanwhile, Zero Hedge has the chart no one dares to show the President; more proof that BLS is putting out bogus data.

How a white man can get hold of Eric Holder’s ballot.

It’s a good thing that Obama apparently slept through 20 years of this guy’s sermons.

The only way Obama can get re-elected:  create an alternate universe.

UPDATE:  Well, some of us did point out that Obama was “Welcome Back, Carter” – now we have some proof:

Marking the similarities between President Barack Obama’s time in office and former president Jimmy Carter’s is nothing new. But as of Monday, Obama has hit one more Carter benchmark – both saw gas prices double in their first term of office.

Open Thread

This had to go at the top…..

What is really sad it that African-American teens are murdered every day in the inner city for stupid reasons (they are unarmed, outside playing, walking home with candy and drinks, murdered for their shoes or jackets, etc. etc.), but only ONE alleged murder get the national attention from politicians, activists, liberal media and proggy bloggers. 

Maybe, because the shooter is “white”.  They are not interested in black on black crime. …… If they put the energy into other murders they do on this one maybe they can curb some of the inner city crime and murders.  There should be rallies every day for the murders that take place across the country EVERY DAY!

It is truly pathetic.

Now have at it.

Since our leftist bloggers out there want to deflect and dodge away from the issues Americans care about and try to reshape the debate into one of social issues, here is their chance to hoist their own petard or hang themselves.

Update: Wow, no takers.  With the dumbed down talking points being obAMATEUR’s stellar record, you would think that the lefty bloggers would have something to brag about…..

But, today marks one of the most remarkable statistics to come out of Washington in a long time: Today, Tuesday, March 20 2012 marks the 1,056th day since Congress passed a yearly budget for the federal government.

The fault does not lie with Congress as a whole. The President has failed to lead. Senate Republicans have tried to do the same. But after passing a budget resolution in 2009, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has refused to allow passage of a new budget in 2010, 2011, and, it appears, 2012 as well.  He has refused to allow Republican budgets to the floor for debate.

“We do not need to bring a budget to the floor this year,” Reid told reporters last month, arguing that legislation setting limits on spending is sufficient.  Of course we know that a budget loaded with deficit spending is not a good tactic in an election year.

“The fact is, you don’t need a budget,” agreed fellow Democrat and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer a few weeks ago. “We can adopt appropriations bills. We can adopt authorization policies without a budget. We already have an agreed-upon cap on spending.”

In fact, the lawmakers are REQUIRED BY LAW to pass a budget each year. That’s made clear by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. But why let the rule of law get in the way.  Just like that pesky Constitution, the law does not allow Democrats to do what they want, because they feel we are too stupid to take care of ourselves.

Update…..
More on the debt:

ObAMATEUR made a grand-standing speech as a Senator calling Bush’s spending unpatriotic and attacking him for putting this debt on our children and grandchildre.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUPZJDBJI84.

At the time, Bush’s debt accumulation was $4.89 trillion for EIGHT years.  This according to the obAMATEUR was “unpatriotic”.   And of course, his fellow Democrats and media minions parroted these talking points, ad nauseum.

obAMATEUR’s debt accumulation has surpassed Bush’s “unpatriotic” spending in just OVER THREE YEARS.  His debt, which has been saddled on our children and grandchildren, sits at $4.94 trillion and still growing PLUS obAMATEUR’s “health care” has not kicked in yet.  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57400369-503544/national-debt-has-increased-more-under-obama-than-under-bush/

The CBO came our a few days ago stating that its cost will be DOUBLE what was originally estimated by the White House.

The country’s financial state is in dire straits.  The rising deficits and more debt accumulation than any president in history are the reasons Democrats don’t want to pass a budget during an election year.  This action will bring the country’s financial state into the limelight front and center and the pResident will have to answer for it, guaranteeing certain doom for his election chances.

As I said before, the LAW requires Congress to pass a budget.  All the budgets are being held up by Harry Reid in the Senate.  Democrats trash the law and the Constitution to save this poor excuse of a pResident.