Yesterday I spent too much of my time sifting through blogs and reading the whining nonsense of leftist journalists, so I decided to check out our taxpayer funded, bipartisan blog, whitehouse.gov/blog, for some fact.

Instead, I found this bit of propaganda.  http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/11/14/news-flash-insurance-companies-will-profit-if-status-quo-continues

Here are a few interesting tidbits from the site:

It first accuses the “insurance lobby” (I believe the administration includes Tea Parties in this lobby) of “releasing alarmist reports” about the “draconian health care premium increases” that the new health care legislation would bring about. I’m not sure the effect on insurance premiums the new legislation would have, but I do know that the Congressional Budget Office report http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/107xx/doc10710/hr3962Dingell_mgr_amendment_update.pdf  does not address it. So, the White House also does not know the effect on premiums.

It also claims that “insurance companies can profit from blocking down reform.”  Of course they can! The legislation would implement a “public option” in health care which would create unbalanced competition eventually leading to the complete demise of the private insurance industry!  In the words of Calvin Coolidge, “After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.” Now the White House seeks to demonize business and profit in order to pass legislation intended to murder the private sector.

It gets better. The White House has obtained the statistics on insurance company profits from none other than its mistress, Goldman Sachs (one of the main receivers of taxpayer provided bailout money)!  Why am I surprised?

The blog goes on to list key points in the legislation such as:

“Changing the way we handle hospitalizations, to prevent mistakes and to prevent unnecessary readmissions.”

“Creating incentives in the payment system to reward quality of care rather than just the quantity of procedures.”

“Putting prevention first, rewarding care that focuses on wellness and treating the whole patient in an integrated and coordinated delivery system.”

“Establishing a health insurance exchange with a public insurance option, where individuals and small businesses can buy lower-cost insurance that will spur competition and put downward pressure on costs”

Translation: We will tax you and control your life.

It adds:

“A fee on insurance companies offering high-premium plans — which would create a strong incentive for more efficient plans that would help reduce the growth of premiums.”

Dear private sector: You are screwed.

By: Liberty Belle

The political climate in the United States this year has been intense, to say the least. We the People have been patiently and quietly watching as our great nation is slowly stripped of its foundation by socialist bureaucrats whose vision for our future is a state controlled, Utopian, “classless” society free of capitalism and individual liberty.

We were awakened in September 2008 during the “sub-prime mortgage crisis.” Within a matter of days the government had us all convinced that if they didn’t implement the “Troubled Asset Relief Program” (“TARP”) (  HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARP” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARP) that the economy would surely collapse and we would see hardships worse than those of The Great Depression.  (  HYPERLINK “http://blogs.abcnews.com/moneybeat/2008/10/the-stock-marke.html” http://blogs.abcnews.com/moneybeat/2008/10/the-stock-marke.html )

So, within a week’s time, they passed the $700 Billion rescue package, which bailed out major banks, and sent an “IOU” to We the Taxpayers.

Then in February 2009, our 111th Congress passed the $787 Billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (  HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act ) which was designed, much like President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal of the 1930’s, to forge the creation of jobs by raising taxes and increasing government spending, a concept at which I’m still scratching my head in overwhelming curiosity.  President Obama spit-out numbers left and right that the stimulus package would create 1.5 million new jobs, 2 million new jobs, 3.5 million new jobs by the end of 2010 (it seems I didn’t get the memo that ‘job creation‘ is a role of government).   HYPERLINK “http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=8953961″ http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=8953961  He also declared this week, to our jubilee, that the Recovery Act is working according to plan! The national unemployment rate for January 2009 was 7.6% and the current (Sept 2009) unemployment rate is 9.5%. Looking at the numbers, the program seems to be a success!

Other government takeovers of private industry have added to the straws on the camel’s back — the federal government owns more than 60% of General Motors, the failed “Cash for Clunkers” Program put a strangle hold on small business auto-dealers  (  HYPERLINK “http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=8953961″ http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=8953961 ), the passing of the horrendous Cap and Trade legislation (  HYPERLINK “http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/wm2585.cfm” http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/wm2585.cfm ) which includes provisions to allow the federal government to set building codes and dictate whether citizen homes can be sold based upon their “energy efficiency rating,” and finally their most recent effort to nationalize healthcare by means of the propaganda machine.

From this sequence of events emerged the TEA Party Movement.

I refer to The Declaration of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, and they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. —– That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, – that when any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right it is their duty to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Men are indeed more prone to suffer than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. We have been silent for decades as Washington has slowly pushed this free nation closer to a Marx-Engels way of life. That is what the TEA Party movement and the American people are out to abolish.

Unlike our Founding Fathers, we need no new government.  We have a solid declaration of freedoms in writing; freedoms which have not been granted to us by government and therefore cannot be taken away from us by government.  We have finally begun to understand that in this nation the government only has powers which have been allotted by the governed. With this revelation at heart, we have revolted against “change.”

Of course, the mainstream media, the left, and all branches of government have portrayed our protests as “lunatic fringe” and our grassroots efforts as merely “Astroturf”,   but we know the truth and will continue to fight to protect the rights of the individual. Nevertheless, those who stand on the side of Liberty and those who stand on the side of Tyranny have equal protection under the First Amendment.

The next few months will be very exciting as the current leftist administration continues its efforts to nationalize medicine, just in time for the 2010 Congressional elections. And with numerous races, so far, proving successful for third-party conservative and libertarian candidates, perhaps Washington will finally acknowledge the cry of the American people to once again uphold the principles of our founding.

By: Liberty Belle

The United States economy has experienced years of prosperity and years of famine. The President during woeful economical situations has an enormous amount of power to restore or further destroy the economy. The typical solutions involve either major tax and spending reductions or significant tax and spending increases. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Barack H. Obama have preferred the latter solution. In fact, these administrations are so similar on domestic policy that we may be able to see the outcome of the Obama administration’s decisions by comparing them to those of Roosevelt.

Both Presidents proposed an increase in government spending as a means of “stimulating” the economy. Roosevelt introduced the New Deal, a complex package of federally funded programs intended to give government more control of the private sector. These programs included the Social Security Administration, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Recovery Administration. Some of these programs are still in effect today while others were deemed unconstitutional. Barack Obama signed into law his ‘New Deal’ in February 2009. As a $787 billion package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds programs for healthcare reform, energy, infrastructure, education, and taxpayer incentives to buy homes and vehicles. It also provides funding for the bailout of banks, mortgage lenders, and other private entities.

Each President placed an emphasis on job creating as a government responsibility. Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration in 1935 which provided jobs for almost 18 million Americans, but cost tax payers nearly $7 billion. It built parks, roads, bridges, and performed community service projects making it the largest employment base in the country. Since his 2008 campaign Barack Obama has stressed his intention of creating jobs. He has proposed road-building and other infrastructure projects with an emphasis on creating ‘green’ jobs. Currently pending is the American Clean Energy and Security Act which is meant to create jobs by increasing funding to renewable or ‘clean’ energy research.

Each administration prioritized an increase in federal regulation of the private sector to control economic climate. President Roosevelt created such programs as the Agricultural Adjustment Administration which regulated supply and price of crops and even sent inspectors to make sure farmers were abiding by the new regulations. President Obama is now regulating the automobile industry, bank industry and is pursuing government funded healthcare. The U.S. government now holds 60% equity stake in General Motors and has sold Chrysler to Italian automaker Fiat.

To pay for increases in spending, each President enforced income tax increases on wealthy Americans. In 1925 the top marginal tax was 24%. When FDR became President he increased the tax to 63% and it continued until 1945 reaching a whopping 94% (on all income over $200,000.00). Barack Obama plans to raise taxes on the wealthy starting with allowing the George Bush tax cuts to expire. This will increase taxes from 35% to 40% in 2010. In 2008 Obama announced that only those making $150,000.00 or more a year would experience an increase, but has not yet proposed an increase percentage.

These two administrations are both of a different time and culture, but stand with the same economic skeleton. Both the New Deal and Recovery Act stimulate a utopian ideal among society creating dependence upon the American government. However different our new president may be, these policies have been tried before. The unemployment rate rose from 3.1% in 1929 to 13.9% in 1940. Our unemployment rate has risen from 5% in 2007 to now 9.5%. The statistics show that increased federal spending during hard economic times does not solve any problems, but only increases the deficit. President Obama has a precedence before him that, if studied in detail, could offer better solutions and examples of what not to do during hard times.

By: Liberty Belle

It seems that Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Max Baucus has been giving his Whitehouse-staffer-girlfriend, Melodee Hanes, hefty taxpayer-funded favors. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30478.html

In 2008, he gave her a $14,000 per year raise — making her salary the highest on Baucus’ payroll.

Later that year, in the middle of an economic crash, he used our money to take her on a trip to Vietnam and Dubai even though her job had nothing to do with foreign policy. Did I mention this trip cost more than $14,000 per person? I suppose Senator Baucus will put it on our tab.

Now he has nominated her for U.S. attorney in their home-state of Montana.

Really, Baucus?

After threats that the details of their relationship would be revealed, Ms. Hanes withdrew herself from the nomination.

They now live together on Capitol Hill.

When confronted with allegations of ethics violations, he stated, “I went out of my way to be up and up.”  I’m sure Maxie was being plenty “up and up” while they were overseas.

By: Liberty Belle

Saturday night was not a good night for TLB as I sat anxiously in front of the TV waiting for the vote on cloture ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloture#United_States ) of Dingy Harry Reid’s 2000+ page healthcare reform bill, knowing full well that it would pass. Thursday, Reid introduced his new reform bill and announced that he wanted a vote by Saturday, which would only give every senator 34 hours ( http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/19/health-bill-could-get-34-hour-reading-senate/ ) to read the legislation. The Congressional Budget Office quickly put together analysis ( http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=426 ) on the bill stating that despite its almost $1T price tag, the legislation would “yield a net reduction in federal deficits of $130 billion over the 2010-2019 period.” How could this be? Do they think we’re easily fooled into believing that an increase in government spending could reduce debt? Then I came across the full list of tax increases ( http://www.atr.org/breaking-full-list-tax-hikesbr-senate-a4227 ) imposed by the bill and it all made sense. Two of these taxes I feel are very revealing. I have been a strong advocate of healthcare reform in the sense of significantly reducing government regulation in the healthcare system, which would increase competition among private companies, which would then lower prices.

I also believe that promotion of charity hospitals and clinics would reduce the need for government programs. The government, like the team player it is, has placed itself into full competition with the private sector – if the referee is on the other team, we all know who wins the game. Some of the taxes include a tax on Health Savings Accounts (tax-free health accounts that create incentive for patients to save their own money to pay for healthcare) and a tax on charity hospitals. Can someone please explain to me how taxing health savings and charity hospitals will increase patient access to healthcare???? All of these tax increases, including an income tax hike on the wealthiest Americans, will be enacted immediately upon final passage of the bill. However, the “benefits” of the legislation will not take effect until four years from now, creating the appearance of false affordability. After purchasing ( http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/11/the-100-million-health-care-vote.html ) some key votes (on our dime mind you!), Dingy Harry’s wet dream came true and cloture passed in the Senate 60-40. When the Senators return from Thanksgiving recess next week they will vote on final passage of the bill with limited debate, which will most likely pass. In the meantime, TLB will be drowning her sorrows in a gallon of mint chocolate chip ice cream.

By: Liberty Belle

Everything we do in this country is made possible by energy whether it be nuclear, electric, petroleum, coal, etc. The food we eat is cultivated by a tractor run on fuel. It is processed in a factory lit by electricity and shipped to grocery stores powered by nuclear energy. Therefore, if the price of energy rises, then the price of everything rises. That’s exactly what Congress wants to do — raise the price of energy. House Resolution 2454, if implemented, will cause job loss, a reduction in household income, and will raise prices significantly.

On May 15, 2009, Representative Henry Waxman of California introduced House Resolution 2454. He titled it “to create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy.” The bill is based on an idea called “cap and trade,” a system in which the federal government places a limit on the amount of energy used by companies and individuals. Ben Lieberman of The Heritage Foundation, a research firm, described it to work by “raising the cost of energy high enough so that individuals and businesses are forced to use less of it.”

One of the bill provisions is that every car must be capable of operating on alternative fuel. This means that American manufacturers must produce new cars that run without using gasoline. People who support this bill argue that the environment will benefit greatly from the reduction of gasoline use. I say that it is impossible to require already bankrupt automakers to invest in the technology of alternative fuel and to make every new vehicle to meet these standards. I am sure that creating these fuel efficient cars will require the use of a large amount of energy. If the manufacturers use more than the government allowed amount, they will be fined. They are not just going to absorb this loss. They will pass it on to their customers who will have to pay high prices for the new government mandated clean energy cars.

This future law will not only impose restrictions on companies, but on the average American citizen. Building codes will no longer be set by the State or local communities, but by the federal government. Along with enforcing building codes on new structures, every existing structure in America will receive a rating based on its energy efficiency. To get that energy rating on my home, for example, a federal agent will come to my house to inspect the windows, appliances, doors, insulation, etc. If my house doesn’t pass the energy efficiency review then I cannot sell it until I meet the standards. If I have to pay out of pocket to comply with this bill then I am going to raise the price for which I sell the house. Representative John Boehner while reading this section of the bill from the house floor reacted by saying, “ What kind of bizarre notion is that?”

This bill doesn’t stop at taking control of the energy use in our country, but it will impose restrictions on other countries as well. It will require that we only buy goods from countries who have “met criteria and who are on a ten-year reduction schedule.” This means that if China, for instance, doesn’t make efforts to reduce their carbon emissions then we won’t buy goods from them. During the debate of HR 2454 on June 26, 2009, Representative Boehner read to his fellow Members of Congress, “Page 210 states ‘to prevent an increase in greenhouse gas emissions in countries other than the United States.’ I presume that means India and China and they have made it perfectly clear to every one of us that they have no interest and will not go down this path.” This is likely to damage our relations with many countries who rely on our buying of their exports. Boehner adds, “The Wall Street Journal said the other day and suggested that this bill could start a trade war and if we begin to try to impose our bureaucracy on other countries, we could have just that.”

HR 2454 contains 1,427 pages of more rules and regulations just like those above. The Heritage Foundation estimates that if it becomes law, then by 2012 unemployment will have increased by 2 million and by 2035 it will have increased by an additional 2.5 million. The National Black Chamber of Commerce and the Brookings Institution agree with this assessment. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the cost to comply with HR 2454 will total $110 billion in 2020 which is $890 per household per year. Ben Lieberman in testimony before the Senate Republican Conference on June 22, 2009, said, “Electricity will go up 90% in 2035, gasoline by 58%, and natural gas by 55%. The cumulative energy costs for a family of four by then will be nearly $20,000.00.”
It is very important to be informed on the matters set before Congress as their decisions today could change America for the worse. On June 26, 2009 HR 2454 passed in the House of Representatives 219 to 212. It goes before the Senate sometime in the next few months. Americans need to stand up and fight for their freedoms by calling their States’ senators to make sure they do not pass House Resolution 2454.

References

Waxman, H. Rep. [CA-30] & Markey, E. Rep [MA-7]. (May 15, 2009).
House Resolution 2454 To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Boehner, J.A. Rep [OH-8] (June 26, 2009)
Transcript of Debate from House Resolution 2454 To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy. Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.

Elmendorf, D.W. (June 19, 2009).
(letter to Honorable David Camp, Honorable Charles B. Rangle, Honorable Henry A. Waxman, and Honorable Joe Barton). Cap and Trade Costs. Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C.

Lieberman, B. (June 22, 2009).
(Testimony before the Senate Republican Conference). The Economic Impact of the Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade Bill, The Heritage Foundation, Washington D.C.

Campbell, K.A. PhD & Kreutzer, D.W. PhD (June 25, 2009)
Waxman-Markey Global Warming Bill: Economic Impact by Congressional District. Web Memo, No. 2504.
Retrieved July 8, 2009 from
www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/tst062609a

For Immediate Release
March 8, 2010
CONTACT:Adam Guevara
info@joetegerdine.com
www.joetegerdine.com

JOE TEGERDINE: Mississippi Needs Eminent Domain Reform.

Mississippi 4thDistrict Republican candidate for Congress,
Joe Tegerdine, issued the following statement concerning
Eminent Domain Reform.
Our government should not have the authority to take ourprivate property and give it to a
corporation or other private entity.   There is no justifiable reason for infringing upon our
fundamental and constitutionally protected property rights.  Whatever the rational today,
will be the unwinding of more of our freedoms later.  Today is the day we begin to build
a bastion around our Constitution to protect our fundamental rights of Life, Liberty, and
Property.
We as Mississippians find ourselves in the unfortunatecircumstance of having to fight to
ensure these rights because our elected officials have been unable or unwilling to do so.
We have already successfully collected signatures for the Personhood Amendment (Life),
the Voter ID Amendment (Liberty), and have begun to work on the Eminent Domain
Amendment (Property).  We will have the opportunity to vote on these amendments
ourselves without having to rely on our elected officials to properly represent the voice of
the people.
Eminent Domain Reform is Initiative #31 and reads as follows:
“Initiative #31 would amend the Mississippi Constitution to prohibit state and local
government from taking private property by eminent domain and then conveying it to
other persons or private businesses for a period of ten years after acquisition. Exceptions
from the prohibition include drainage and levee facilities, roads, bridges, ports, airports,
common carriers, and utilities. The prohibition would not apply in certain situations,
including public nuisance, structures unfit for human habitation, or abandoned property.”
Farm Bureau worked hard in 2009 to pass H.B. 803 (Eminent Domain Reform). Though
H.B. 803 failed to pass, Farm Bureau is continuing this fight to protect the rights of
Mississippi property owners. Farm Bureau has created a website at
http://savingmyland.orgwhich has instructions and petitions for Initiative #31 which can
be printed directly from the website.We will need to collect 90,000 signatures by
October 1st, 2010 to get this Initiative on the ballot.
Please join me in this fight to get Eminent Domain Reform on the ballot and together we
can secure our rights to property and prosperity, for this generation and future
generations, together.

For more information visit http://savingmyland.org.

There are two new websites in Mississippi that need your support and attention.

http://www.mississippiconservative.com  This is a news site and updates campaign news in Mississippi’s Fourth District.

http://theonedollarrevolution.com

WHAT IS THE 1 DOLLAR REVOLUTION?

Let me start to explain with a question: If you could send one dollar to the candidate running against Nancy Pelosi and get her defeated, would you do it?

The1DollarRevolution.com is the brainchild of the Mississippi Gulf Coast 9/12 Project. It was inspired by the “Massachusetts Miracle“, the election of Republican candidate Scott Brown to fill the vacated Senate Seat of the Late Ted Kennedy. Also known as “The Scott heard around the world” this election is seen by many as the rejection of the Obama policies that have placed our country in such peril. For over one year now we have watched as our system of government has been transformed, corrupted and “changed” into something we do not like. I say it’s time to change it back to something that the founding fathers would recognize. This is what the The1DollarRevolution.com was created to do. By harnessing the power of the “Tea Party” and “9/12 Project” movements, we the people can take back control of the government that is supposed to be working for us.

Here’s how it works. We will post the candidate information on this site that is sent to us from fellow Tea Party patriots and 9/12ers. These candidates will be the ones that the Tea Party patriots and 9/12ers in their district endorse. Now “We The People” who are not in their district can send a donation directly to the candidate to help them get elected. We will keep a tally of the donations sent to each candidate to keep track of who is getting enough to help them win. Imagine, if you could send one dollar to the candidate running against Nancy Pelosi, and several million of the rest of us did to, that would mean millions of dollars to help get that candidate elected.

All this time we have looked at the situation and said, I only have one vote, I can’t get Barney Frank defeated… well now you can. The purpose of this site is to bring the entire “Tea Party” Nation together as one giant fund raising machine to get conservative candidates elected who will work for us and answer to us. Candidates who are posted on this site will have a brief Bio and information provided to give you an idea of what they stand for and will be vetted by our staff to insure that they hold the values that we have as “Tea Party” patriots and 9/12ers. You will send your donation directly to the candidate via a link to their website on their bio page on this website. Think of it as the encyclopedia of “Tea Party” candidates.

Now, here is where you come in. If this revolution is to be successful, you have to do three things, first: send us the info about the candidate that you want us to put on the site and who they are running against, do that on our Submit Your Candidate page on this website. Second, send at least $1 to each of the other candidates on the site. Third: help us spread the word. You must send this website to every person that you know of who is a “Tea Party Patriot” or a 9/12er. Post The1DollarRevolution.com on every conservative blog you can find. Make this thing go viral and we will have the system in place to get the people we want elected to replace every single incumbent in the house and one third of the senate. Now, let’s be clear, I know there are a hand full of true patriots in the house and maybe even the senate that “We The People” would want to keep. Michelle Bachman is one example. We will certainly support her and any other incumbent that the Tea Party Nation feels needs to stay.

Also, of course you can send any amount you wish to any candidate but if we harness the power of the millions of us who have had enough, we will bring about the “Real” Change that this country so desperately needs. A change back to the traditional values that made this country the greatest place on earth in the history of man. And, the founding fathers would be proud. Let’s get to it. Follow me…

Yesterday the Senate passed the Omnibus Appropriations bill  http://senatus.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/senate-passes-2010-omnibus-appropriations-bill/ — a $1.1 Trillion bill that has allowed Congress to pass their devastating health-care legislation by using our military as mere pawns. It is currently on its way to One-Term-Barry’s desk for him to sign and destroy us all. But, The Liberty Belle will not go into details on that subject else she will explode into angry oblivion.  Instead, she will rant about football — good ole’ American football.

College league football championship match-ups are determined by the Bowl Championship Series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series , which is, basically, a computer generated polling system to determine which teams will play against each other in a set of “bowl games.” The system works theoretically, but there are oftentimes glitches or errors that leave teams out — 2004 season, Auburn was undefeated and yet did not get to play in any bowls or for the championship. This has created huge controversy among college football fans (we all know what the BS in BCS stands for), and it seems also amongst members of Congress.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/71815-hatch-college-football-playoff-bill-could-pass-the-senate

They have introduced the College Football Playoffs Act of 2009, which passed through an Energy and Commerce subcommittee this week.

They must be joking.

This legislation is being especially pushed by Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican from Utah. The University of Utah Utes were undefeated last year, but only made it to the Sugar Bowl, and poor Hatch did not get a chance to see them play for the National Championship game.  So now he’s backing legislation to force the NCAA  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA to change their rules.

Abuse of power much?

Not only is it an abuse of power, but an attempt to destroy a booming business. The BCS system has created billions of dollars in revenue through sponsorships, which go to support the NCAA and university athletic programs. This legislation will destroy the commerce of college football, fine universities for not complying to the new rules, and allow government control of how they play the game.

Yes, the BCS is unfair and should be thrown out, but it should be changed by the NCAA and on their terms — not the government.

On Thursday, Obama held his White House “job summit”, which was a meeting between the administration and private CEOs to discuss job creation. TLB thought that maybe this was a positive sign, that Obama had finally realized that he has no clue what he’s doing, it obviously isn’t working, and that he needs to consult the private sector. To her disappointment, it was just another dog-and-pony show. Of course, as usual, the White House was busy focusing on demonizing profit and the private sector. During the summit, Obama said this of businesses to the audience of CEOs:

“Many have figured out how to squeeze more productivity out of fewer workers.  And that cost-cutting has become embedded in their operations and in their culture.  That may result in good profits, but it’s not translating into hiring and so that’s the question that we have to ask ourselves today: How do we get businesses to start hiring again?”

Excuse me, what?

“That may result in good profits, but it’s not translating into hiring…”

Mr. President, do you know anything about business? Profits are not just for the pockets of wealthy CEOs. They are for business survival. No business can exist without profit and this country was built upon the profit of those businesses.

Rush Limbaugh puts this statement into perspective, “Would you hire Barack Obama to run your business?  Well, then why let him run your business?  Would you hire him as an employee in your business?  Why let him be part of your business?  He’s admitting he doesn’t know anything about it today with his summit.”

As far as his question, “How do WE get businesses to start hiring again?”

The answer: You don’t!

All government can do is transfer private sector jobs into the public sector. That’s smoke and mirrors job creation. To create REAL jobs, Mr. President, you must get out of the way of the private sector through tax cuts, deregulation, and a truly free market.

If you want to revive the private sector, Mr. President, do us all a favor and resign.