I promised myself and everyone else that I would not blog abut President Obama's statement that "the private sector is doing fine". Yes, I promised, but the ammunition his statement has given to us bloggers is just a gift that keeps on giving.
Obviously, Mr. President your information comes from your bragging about the 4.3 million jobs you have created. Maybe you should look at some net figures about our economy today.
Our current unemployment and underemployment is over 14%. Over two million have left the workforce, and we now have over 23 million out of work. You want credit for "creating" jobs at General Motors because you used taxpayer's money to put out of work employees back on the assembly lines.
Here's an analogy you might understand cause you're a golfer. Your "private sector" message is analogous to me saying I'm a great golfer and should be on the pro tour because I have over thirty years experience of golfing. Let's forget that I'm over 70 years old, have a 25 handicap, and haven't made a birdie in over two years. Other than those few unnecessary facts I definitely belong on the pro tour.
You are not "creating" jobs. Would you like to be informed, Mr. President, what North Dakota did about "creating jobs? I'm sure Americans will not hear about this positive venture from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, or MSNBC.
North Dakota began drilling for natural gas, along with drilling and fracking for crude oil. This put thousands upon thousands back to work to the point where N. Dakota's unemployment is hovering around 3%.
Another piece of information your supporting media won't tell Americans about is that the average income in North Dakota for men between the ages of 18-49 is $90,000. per year.
So, Mr. President, while you're giving campaign speeches urging Americans we need to spend more taxpayer's money for failed projects like Solyndra, wind turbines, solar panels, and buying oil from Brazil and the Middle East there is a place in this great country that is doing it on their own; North Dakota.
So maybe Mr. President, you should visit North Dakota, instead of hanging out with all your celebrity friends and begging for donations. You just might learn how to really "create" jobs.
Anyway, Mr. President, thanks for the gift you gave all us bloggers and true journalists by uttering that "the private sector is doing fine".
The truth is Mr. President, the private sector is not doing fine, but we will start on the right path beginning November 6th.
And that's Politics with Pete for today.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Why vote Obama
This goes out to all my Democrat-Liberal-Progressive friends....Here are the reasons you should vote for Obama this November:
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
Just askin' Mr. President
Like most Americans I love this country, was proud to serve in the military, and have the utmost respect for the Office of the Presidency. In many cases it is considered treasonous to make slanderous remarks toward the President or the office he upholds.
However, there are many questions many of us Americans would like answered before we step into the voting booth in Novem......wait.....wait a minute, before you go any further, stop reading this...go to your local library, Redbox, Netflix, etc., and rent two movies and watch them very closely.
The first movie to rent is the original "Manchurian Candidate" with Frank Sinatra. Then rent, "No Way Out" starring Kevin Costner. After you watch those two movies, then come back and finish reading my blog.
Mr. President, you want us to give you another four years in OUR White House, but:
WHY:
1. haven't you directed Harry Reid and the Senate to submit a budget in your first term?
2. was the only budget you submitted to the Senate defeated 0-97?
3. do you continue to deny the Keystone pipeline, and deny oil drilling in the U.S., but continue to import oil from Mid-East Muslim countries; even some countries that despise our country.
4. have you increased, by 100%, the entitlement of food stamp distribution?
5. have you decreased our military defense to the lowest it's been in decades.
6. do you continue to blame Congress for not passing a jobs bill, when, in fact, the House has passed forty bills, only to have them stopped dead at Harry Reid's desk.
7. do you criticize Governor Romney, and his association with Bain Capital, but shy away from the fact that Bain contributed more to you than the Republican Party in 2008?
8. are you so critical of Governor Romney's time at Bain, and yet you have never experienced any time at all working in any job except "community organizer"?
9. did you authorize a $192.Million to Palestine, a Muslim nation, without congressional approval?
10. have you sent over $3Million to withhold your college grades? Is it because your college transcripts will reveal you were a foreign student?
11. with the true unemployment over 14%, did you announce yesterday that "the private sector is just fine"?
12. did you spend the majority of your term presenting and legislating your unconstitutional health care bill that will likely be defeated?
13. do you continue to bow to other world leaders, and continue to apologize for the U.S.?
14. would you accept $1Million from Bill Maher, who continues to show disdain for our U.S.?
15. and lastly Mr. President, why do you want us to give you another four years when you have shown no leadership ability at all.
And that's Politics with Pete for today
However, there are many questions many of us Americans would like answered before we step into the voting booth in Novem......wait.....wait a minute, before you go any further, stop reading this...go to your local library, Redbox, Netflix, etc., and rent two movies and watch them very closely.
The first movie to rent is the original "Manchurian Candidate" with Frank Sinatra. Then rent, "No Way Out" starring Kevin Costner. After you watch those two movies, then come back and finish reading my blog.
Mr. President, you want us to give you another four years in OUR White House, but:
WHY:
1. haven't you directed Harry Reid and the Senate to submit a budget in your first term?
2. was the only budget you submitted to the Senate defeated 0-97?
3. do you continue to deny the Keystone pipeline, and deny oil drilling in the U.S., but continue to import oil from Mid-East Muslim countries; even some countries that despise our country.
4. have you increased, by 100%, the entitlement of food stamp distribution?
5. have you decreased our military defense to the lowest it's been in decades.
6. do you continue to blame Congress for not passing a jobs bill, when, in fact, the House has passed forty bills, only to have them stopped dead at Harry Reid's desk.
7. do you criticize Governor Romney, and his association with Bain Capital, but shy away from the fact that Bain contributed more to you than the Republican Party in 2008?
8. are you so critical of Governor Romney's time at Bain, and yet you have never experienced any time at all working in any job except "community organizer"?
9. did you authorize a $192.Million to Palestine, a Muslim nation, without congressional approval?
10. have you sent over $3Million to withhold your college grades? Is it because your college transcripts will reveal you were a foreign student?
11. with the true unemployment over 14%, did you announce yesterday that "the private sector is just fine"?
12. did you spend the majority of your term presenting and legislating your unconstitutional health care bill that will likely be defeated?
13. do you continue to bow to other world leaders, and continue to apologize for the U.S.?
14. would you accept $1Million from Bill Maher, who continues to show disdain for our U.S.?
15. and lastly Mr. President, why do you want us to give you another four years when you have shown no leadership ability at all.
And that's Politics with Pete for today
Thursday, June 7, 2012
On Wisconsin - On Wisconsin
Would someone please tell ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, & MSNBC that Governor Walker did not get recalled in Wisconsin. ODonnell at MSNBC went so far as to declare Obama the winner in Wisconsin. Was the president up for recall in that state?
I enjoyed how the labor unions, private & public, before the recall election, called it one of the most important in our lifetime because "it means the survival of collective bargaining as we know it".
And just forty-nine minutes after the Wisconsin polls closed both Fox and NBC correctly projected Governor Walker as the winner. NBC went so far as to stop broadcasting election results in favor of Miley Cyrus' engagement and the Miss USA pagaent. At MSNBC broadcaster Ed Schultz said "the race is still not over....we have to count the absentee ballots". Really Ed?
The truth that the networks won't report is that Governor Walker won in such a landslide that a neighboring state initially spurned on by Unions to also recall their Governor, dropped their pursuit. Gee, what does that tell you? In fact Governor Walker won by a larger margin over the same man, Mayor Barret, than he did the first time he ran against him.
And then the major networks, along with all the Democrat pundits are now saying the recall attempt in Wisconsin "was no big deal"., and then began to tout "Obama is still ahead of Romney in Wisconsin". I thought the Wisconsin election was about collective bargaining in the state. I didn't know Obama and Romney were even involved in the race. Obama never made a trip to help Mayor Barret in his campaign against Governor Walker. I should mention, however, Obama did send a one-sentence twitter in support of Barret.
Since Governor Walker has been in office starting 2011 he has decreased the unemployment by 1.1%, lowered the state deficit from a minus to a surplus. He did this while still maintaining public workers making over $20,000., more individually than private workers. Now, if Governor Walker did not accomplish all of this do you really think he would have survived the recall attempt election?
The people in the great state of Wisconsin have spoken, regardless of Obama and Romney's policies and popularities. The people have spoken that there will be no more of the Unions, "fox guarding the henhouse" mentality any longer. The Unions keep saying they are protecting jobs for the middle class. Yeah, with the real unemployment over 14%, where are the jobs you are protecting?
Americans are not as naive as President Obama thinks we are. We believe we really don't need Unions any longer. In fact over 50,000 have been lost in the Union memberships over this past year. More people are taking non-Union jobs and working hard to take care of their families, rather than have their Union dues go to corrupt Union officials or to the Obama campaign.
And that's Politics with Pete for today.
I enjoyed how the labor unions, private & public, before the recall election, called it one of the most important in our lifetime because "it means the survival of collective bargaining as we know it".
And just forty-nine minutes after the Wisconsin polls closed both Fox and NBC correctly projected Governor Walker as the winner. NBC went so far as to stop broadcasting election results in favor of Miley Cyrus' engagement and the Miss USA pagaent. At MSNBC broadcaster Ed Schultz said "the race is still not over....we have to count the absentee ballots". Really Ed?
The truth that the networks won't report is that Governor Walker won in such a landslide that a neighboring state initially spurned on by Unions to also recall their Governor, dropped their pursuit. Gee, what does that tell you? In fact Governor Walker won by a larger margin over the same man, Mayor Barret, than he did the first time he ran against him.
And then the major networks, along with all the Democrat pundits are now saying the recall attempt in Wisconsin "was no big deal"., and then began to tout "Obama is still ahead of Romney in Wisconsin". I thought the Wisconsin election was about collective bargaining in the state. I didn't know Obama and Romney were even involved in the race. Obama never made a trip to help Mayor Barret in his campaign against Governor Walker. I should mention, however, Obama did send a one-sentence twitter in support of Barret.
Since Governor Walker has been in office starting 2011 he has decreased the unemployment by 1.1%, lowered the state deficit from a minus to a surplus. He did this while still maintaining public workers making over $20,000., more individually than private workers. Now, if Governor Walker did not accomplish all of this do you really think he would have survived the recall attempt election?
The people in the great state of Wisconsin have spoken, regardless of Obama and Romney's policies and popularities. The people have spoken that there will be no more of the Unions, "fox guarding the henhouse" mentality any longer. The Unions keep saying they are protecting jobs for the middle class. Yeah, with the real unemployment over 14%, where are the jobs you are protecting?
Americans are not as naive as President Obama thinks we are. We believe we really don't need Unions any longer. In fact over 50,000 have been lost in the Union memberships over this past year. More people are taking non-Union jobs and working hard to take care of their families, rather than have their Union dues go to corrupt Union officials or to the Obama campaign.
And that's Politics with Pete for today.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
For all Seniors
Just a short blog for all you Senior citizens living on a fixed income that include our monthly Social Security check. Remember when Nancy Pelosi announced, "Well you have to read the new healthcare bill to find out what's in it".
We all knew the new healthcare bill was 2,977 pages in length. Did all you Senior living on a fixed income read it? You didn't? Wow, you should have.
Buried in the 2,977 pages is a written law that increases your Medicare deductions to more than $120.00 per month in 2013. And if that doesn't wake you up a little, beginning in 2014 your monthly Medicare deduction will increase to over $240.00.
Now there are two ways to stop this. First, we must hope and pray that the Supreme Court overturns Obama's healthcare bill and rule it unconstitutional.
The second way to stop this unconstitutional bill may be the most fail safe. Vote for GOP nominee Governor Romney, who has promised he will overturn Obama's health care bill his first day in office.
Seniors, please remember this in November, and remind all your Senior friends, as I just did.
And that's Politics with Pete for today
We all knew the new healthcare bill was 2,977 pages in length. Did all you Senior living on a fixed income read it? You didn't? Wow, you should have.
Buried in the 2,977 pages is a written law that increases your Medicare deductions to more than $120.00 per month in 2013. And if that doesn't wake you up a little, beginning in 2014 your monthly Medicare deduction will increase to over $240.00.
Now there are two ways to stop this. First, we must hope and pray that the Supreme Court overturns Obama's healthcare bill and rule it unconstitutional.
The second way to stop this unconstitutional bill may be the most fail safe. Vote for GOP nominee Governor Romney, who has promised he will overturn Obama's health care bill his first day in office.
Seniors, please remember this in November, and remind all your Senior friends, as I just did.
And that's Politics with Pete for today
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Join me...be a king
Are you starting to feel a little "squeezed-in" or even claustrophobic by both political parties? And you know it's going to get worse as we get closer to November. We are the voters that the parties want, no need, so they can continue to squeeze us. We keep hearing "I feel your pain".
Both political parties would have us believe they understand what a young married couple goes through as they pull up to a gas pump that reflects nearly $4.00 a gallon, or what bills they must pay to survive another month as they go to their part time jobs just to take care of their family.
They would have us believe they understand our "pain" as we pull a son or daughter out of college because a tuition cost can't be met. They claim to understand, while they are campaigning, that they understand our frustration because our homes are being foreclosed, or "under water' because of the Dodd-Frank Bill.
These same members of both political parties will never, ever relate or understand just what the average American is experiencing now in this horrendous economy. When do elected officials of the parties worry about gas prices for themselves? Their aides fill up their gas tanks and charge it to their expenses. They work much less than forty hours per week. They take month long breaks during the summer and holiday seasons. And no matter the length of their time in office they enjoy a life-time pension paid for by taxpayers.
And now, yes now, during the campaign-election cycle we suddenly are listened to. But voters do not get excited. I said they are "listening" to us. Don't be fooled that they will do more than listen. They want another term to make life better for us, so they say on their campaign stumps. No they don't. Most just want their lives better for themselves.
Oh, granted there are some who want the best for all Americans, but they are very few. This current administration has proven that. Spending billions of taxpayers dollars on failed energy projects, and refusing to drill for our own oil as we spend billions to Middle East countries for their oil are just two indicators. There is more evidence to this that many are becoming more aware of as we draw nearer to November.
But I do have a message from us freedom loving voters to the campaigners. Come this November we are the kings. Yes, we will decide, not you, who will represent us for a better economic America.
I know my one single vote by itself may not make a difference, but I vote in hopes that millions of other Americans will be a "king" like me and make a sound decision on what path our country moves into starting this November. Be there to vote
And that's Politics with Pete for today.
Both political parties would have us believe they understand what a young married couple goes through as they pull up to a gas pump that reflects nearly $4.00 a gallon, or what bills they must pay to survive another month as they go to their part time jobs just to take care of their family.
They would have us believe they understand our "pain" as we pull a son or daughter out of college because a tuition cost can't be met. They claim to understand, while they are campaigning, that they understand our frustration because our homes are being foreclosed, or "under water' because of the Dodd-Frank Bill.
These same members of both political parties will never, ever relate or understand just what the average American is experiencing now in this horrendous economy. When do elected officials of the parties worry about gas prices for themselves? Their aides fill up their gas tanks and charge it to their expenses. They work much less than forty hours per week. They take month long breaks during the summer and holiday seasons. And no matter the length of their time in office they enjoy a life-time pension paid for by taxpayers.
And now, yes now, during the campaign-election cycle we suddenly are listened to. But voters do not get excited. I said they are "listening" to us. Don't be fooled that they will do more than listen. They want another term to make life better for us, so they say on their campaign stumps. No they don't. Most just want their lives better for themselves.
Oh, granted there are some who want the best for all Americans, but they are very few. This current administration has proven that. Spending billions of taxpayers dollars on failed energy projects, and refusing to drill for our own oil as we spend billions to Middle East countries for their oil are just two indicators. There is more evidence to this that many are becoming more aware of as we draw nearer to November.
But I do have a message from us freedom loving voters to the campaigners. Come this November we are the kings. Yes, we will decide, not you, who will represent us for a better economic America.
I know my one single vote by itself may not make a difference, but I vote in hopes that millions of other Americans will be a "king" like me and make a sound decision on what path our country moves into starting this November. Be there to vote
And that's Politics with Pete for today.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Did you know?
I did a lot of channel-surfing today. The unemployment climbed to 8.2%, and many pundits have summarized that the true unemployment is 14.8%. In May we only added 69,000 jobs, and April's job creation was reconfigured from 117,000 to 77,000. And so I decided, with the help of my remote, to visit ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, & Fox to hear and see how this "spin" was being broadcasted to the public.
With the exception of Fox the other news networks gave little or no information on these mportant subjects. I even became amused when MSNBC broadcasted a campaign speech by our President today, where he is stating that he is continuing to create jobs, and if we reelect him things are really going to get better. After all, as he says, "Look what I inherited".
There are so many issues that the media will just not report on at all. It seems they just like to "pick & choose". So I, your humble blogger, has decided to put a list of "Did You Know's" together and hope you wonder, as I do, why we don't see the following issues:
Did You Know:
1. President Obama has given the Hollywood producers most of the classified details of the bin Laden attack, but has spent over $300,000. blocking his college grades. Some, like Donald Trump, say it just may show our President was a foreign student.
2. The media was so quick to report GOP candidate Romney played a playground prank at the age of fifteen, but would not report that Al Sharpton of MSNBC called the GOP a group of Adolph Hitlers, and Louis Farrakhan has threatened that "American cities will burn" . One wonders if someone called the Black Panthers a group of Hitlers or called Farrakhan an Adolph Hitler. I can see Sharpton & Jackson now yelling "whites are racists".
3. The media will not report that in 2008 our President surrendered his law license in order to escape charges he falsified information on his law application.
4. Our First Lady surrendered her law license in 1993 to escape standing trial for insurance fraud.
5. According to a spokeswoman from the University of Chicago, our President never served as a professor of law, and only taught on a part-time basis, even though he claimed such.
There are so many other issues and news that our media refuses to broadcast, or will "pick & choose" those topics that will enhance their network views and leanings. We need the entire media to report all information on the news.
We are being cheated. Don't let the certain facets of the media be your only deciding factor in this November's election.
And that's Politics with Pete for today
With the exception of Fox the other news networks gave little or no information on these mportant subjects. I even became amused when MSNBC broadcasted a campaign speech by our President today, where he is stating that he is continuing to create jobs, and if we reelect him things are really going to get better. After all, as he says, "Look what I inherited".
There are so many issues that the media will just not report on at all. It seems they just like to "pick & choose". So I, your humble blogger, has decided to put a list of "Did You Know's" together and hope you wonder, as I do, why we don't see the following issues:
Did You Know:
1. President Obama has given the Hollywood producers most of the classified details of the bin Laden attack, but has spent over $300,000. blocking his college grades. Some, like Donald Trump, say it just may show our President was a foreign student.
2. The media was so quick to report GOP candidate Romney played a playground prank at the age of fifteen, but would not report that Al Sharpton of MSNBC called the GOP a group of Adolph Hitlers, and Louis Farrakhan has threatened that "American cities will burn" . One wonders if someone called the Black Panthers a group of Hitlers or called Farrakhan an Adolph Hitler. I can see Sharpton & Jackson now yelling "whites are racists".
3. The media will not report that in 2008 our President surrendered his law license in order to escape charges he falsified information on his law application.
4. Our First Lady surrendered her law license in 1993 to escape standing trial for insurance fraud.
5. According to a spokeswoman from the University of Chicago, our President never served as a professor of law, and only taught on a part-time basis, even though he claimed such.
There are so many other issues and news that our media refuses to broadcast, or will "pick & choose" those topics that will enhance their network views and leanings. We need the entire media to report all information on the news.
We are being cheated. Don't let the certain facets of the media be your only deciding factor in this November's election.
And that's Politics with Pete for today
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