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The Numbers Don’t Lie…Numbers Before Obama and After Obama

Scotty Starnes — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:05:04 +0000

As I continue to point out to all the Obama-fluffers in the world, the numbers don’t lie.

America Before President Obama Took Office and Now

	Before	Now	Change
Number of Unemployed¹	12.0 Million	13.1 Million	+9%
Long-Term Unemployed²	2.7 Million	5.6 Million	+107%
Unemployment Rate³	7.8%	8.5%	+9%
“High Unemployment” States⁴	22	43	+95%
Misery Index⁵	7.83	11.46	+46%
Price of Gas⁶	$1.85	$3.39	+83%
“Typical” Monthly Family Food Cost⁷	$974	$1,013	+4%
Median Value of Single-Family Home⁸	$196,600	$169,100	-14%
Rate of Mortgage Delinquencies⁹	6.62%	10.23%	+55%
U.S. National Debt¹⁰	$10.6 Trillion	$15.2 Trillion	+43%

President Obama Leaves Event Promoting “Clean Energy” in a Motorcade of 22 Fossil-Fueled Vehicles (Video)

Scotty Starnes — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:22:43 +0000

Hypocrite…

That’s how Obama rolls. Then the fleet of vehicles goes to the airport where Obama boards that fossil-fueled 747.

Obama Is Creating a Nation of Dependency…Food Stamps Usage Up 45%

Scotty Starnes — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:31:38 +0000

Obama is using the Cloward-Piven Strategy. Overwhelm the system so it crashes.

Direct payments. The amount of money the federal government hands out in direct payments to individuals steadily increased over the past four decades, but shot up under Obama, climbing by almost $600 billion — a 32% increase — in his first three years. And Obama’s last budget called for these payments to climb another $500 billion by 2016, at which point they would account for fully two-thirds of all federal spending.

People getting benefits. According to the Census Bureau 49% now live in homes where at least one person gets a federal benefit — Social Security, workers comp, unemployment, subsidized housing, and the like. That’s up from 44% the year before Obama took office, and way up from 1983, when fewer than a third were government beneficiaries.

Food stamps. This year, more than 46 million (15% of all Americans) will get food stamps. That’s 45% higher than when Obama took office, and twice as high as the average for the previous 40 years. This surge was driven in part by the recession, but also because Obama boosted the benefit amount as part of his stimulus plan.

Disability. The number of people on Social Security disability has steadily climbed since the 1970s, thanks mainly to easier eligibility rules. But their numbers jumped 10% in Obama’s first two years in office, according to the Social Security Administration. That sharp rise was due largely to meager job prospects since the recession ended in 2009. When employment opportunities are scarce, experts note, many who could otherwise work sign up for disability benefits instead.

H/T to Investors

2011 Real GDP a Pathetic 1.7%

Scotty Starnes — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:17:45 +0000

It’s OK America. Debbie Wasserman Shultz says the economy is turning around as the GDP numbers continue their downward revisions and the Federal Reserve is going to print a 3rd round of dollars to prop up this “recovering” economy.

That’s the final, pathetic growth number for 2011.

From Business Insider:

From the just-released GDP report:

Real GDP increased 1.7 percent in 2011 (that is, from the 2010 annual level to the 2011 annual level), compared with an increase of 3.0 percent in 2010.

The increase in real GDP in 2011 primarily reflected positive contributions from personal consumption expenditures (PCE), exports, and nonresidential fixed investment that were partly offset by negative contributions from state and local government spending, private inventory investment, and federal government spending. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.

Obama Claims He’s Not Campaigning…As He Travels Across the US Giving Campaign Speeches

Scotty Starnes — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:05:02 +0000

Obama lies so much he believes his own lies. He wants his gullible followers to believe he isn’t campaigning while out giving campaign speeches in key swing states that are important to his reelection efforts. Obama’s next bumper sticker should be “Don’t believe your lying eyes.”

From ABCNews:

LAS VEGAS – President Obama refused to pick favorites in the Republican field or wade deeper into the heated primary-season rhetoric, declaring, “Until the Republicans have a nominee, we don’t have a campaign.”

In an interview with Spanish language network Univision, recorded in Arizona one day after his Tuesday State of the Union address, the president was challenged to defend his own campaign-style speeches as he travels the country. He denied that he is campaigning.

“My general instinct is to focus on doing my job because my attitude is, if I’m doing my job well, people will recognize it, and the politics will follow,” he said. “Some people may interpret that as campaigning. I consider that to be important to my leadership in governing this country.”

According to Gallup, Obama is One of the Most Polarizing Presidents in US History

Scotty Starnes — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:15:38 +0000

Didn’t Obama proclaim he would be the first “post-partisan” president?

From Politico:

President Barack Obama’s third year in office elicited some of the most polarized job approval ratings ever, as the differences between Republican and Democratic views of the president stood at near record highs, a new survey shows.

In 2011, 80 percent of Democrats approved of Obama’s job performance, compared to 12 percent of Republicans, according to Gallup.

The gap of 68 percent is the fourth-highest on record, going back to the Eisenhower administration, the pollster said.

Only President George W. Bush’s fourth, fifth and sixth years in office showed higher degrees of polarization.

It appears that the past decade has seen some of the most polarized views on the presidency. Together, the Bush and Obama administrations account for the seven most polarized years on record, and eight of the Top 10.

Despite all this, the polarization is likely to get even worse in 2012.

Joe Biden’s Taliban Flip-Flop (Video)

Scotty Starnes — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:30:26 +0000

As a Senator, Joe Biden said both al-Qaeda and the Taliban attacked the U.S. on 9/11. However, as Vice President, Joe Biden has declared that the same Taliban is now “not an enemy.” It’s no wonder Obama picked Joe. He’s a flip-flopper as well.

Barack Obama is The Promise President

Scotty Starnes — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:30:23 +0000

Bloomberg Poll: US Investors Like Romney/Gingrich Over Obama…Foreign Investors Like Obama Over Romney/Gingrich

Scotty Starnes — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:30:42 +0000

Well foreigners usually hate American ideals so of course they would love a progressive liberal who is trying to turn America into Europe by redistributing US worldwide.

Via Politico:

Investors in the U.S. would rather see Mitt Romney as the country’s next president than President Barack Obama, while those outside of the U.S. would prefer no change in the Oval Office, according to a new poll Thursday.

Romney, who touts his business and executive experience as his biggest assets on the campaign trail, is preferred three-to-one by U.S. investors, while investors overseas prefer Obama two-to-one, according to a Bloomberg survey that polled 1,209 investors, traders and analysts from around the world.

To show you how much the media is pushing Romney as their GOP choice, Politico didn’t report that US investors also prefer Newt Gingrich over Obama. The media is so scared to see an Obama/Gingrich debate.

House Queen Barney Frank Plans to Marry His Partner

Scotty Starnes — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:23 +0000

I believe Barney is the catcher. Just sayin…

From The Hill:

Retiring congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) will marry his longtime partner, Jim Ready.

Frank and Ready plan to wed in Massachusetts. Frank’s home state is one of six states, in addition to the District of Columbia, that permits gay marriage.

Frank announced in November that he would be retiring from Congress after 16 terms to pursue other opportunities. In 1987, Frank disclosed that he was gay, becoming the first openly gay member of Congress.

He was outed by his gay partner who happened to be a prostitute and ran a brothel out of Frank’s home. Frank’s pleaded ignorant to having knowledge about the brothel being ran from HIS HOUSE.

Ready and Frank have known each other since they met in 2005 at a fundraiser in Maine, and began a relationship in January of 2007 after Ready’s partner died. Ready works as a photographer and has a small buisness doing custom awnings, carpentry, painting, and welding according to Frank’s office.

Ready, like many political spouses, has occasionally found himself in the headlines. He was arrested in 2007 for growing marijuana outside his Maine home; Frank was present at the time he was arrested. Ready later pleaded guilty to a fine for civil possession, and related charges were dropped.

“I told him that our relationship could not develop if he could not promise me that he would not repeat this. He apologized, with great sincerity I believe, and he made that promise and has lived up to it,” Frank said in a statement in 2010.