Mr. Obama, Lying Has Consequences

Many people have shed their rose colored glasses when it comes to trusting Barack Obama.  It has definitely showed up in the polls with his approval numbers now hovering around 40%, and, it all stems from his lying.  Lying about his writing the book "Dreams of my Father" when, in fact, Bill Ayers "ghost wrote" that book.  Then, lying about his casual acquaintance with Ayers.  You know, the guy that wrote his book and launched his senatorial campaign from his home.  Then, there were all those ObamaCare lies regarding keeping your insurance and your doctor; and, how it won't add one penny to the deficit or, how it would lower your costs for health insurance.

Of course, there was also the lie about Benghazi being caused by a video.  Then, there was the extent of the IRS scandal; saying that it was just a few rogue people in the Cleveland office.  Or, lying about the extent of the NSA spying and how, supposedly, American's aren't in the NSA's spying net.  So, it's no wonder that, people couldn't care less when he gave his speech on changes to the NSA's manual on spying.  According to a recent Pew poll, only 8% were interested enough in what Obama had to say by listening to his whole speech.  Of those, 73% thought that the President's changes would make little difference in keeping American's privacy safe and, 79% thought the changes wouldn't have any measurable impact on out fight against terrorism.  That same poll said that more than half of those polled didn't hear anything about the President's speech.

If these numbers don't show Obama as being a lame-duck President; then, nothing will.

Reference: Pew Research: Obama’s NSA Speech Has Little Impact on Skeptical Public: http://www.people-press.org/2014/01/20/obamas-nsa-speech-has-little-impact-on-skeptical-public/

Under Obama, Muslim Respect Of U.S. Falls By More Than Half

With many Muslim countries in flames, it is important to look back at the President's commitment to improving America's standing in the Muslim world.  After being elected, the Obama transition team posted this statement with regard to overall foreign policy:

"Barack Obama and Joe Biden will renew America’s security and standing in the world through a new era of American leadership."

Then, there was the Cairo speech in June of 2009 where the President said:

"I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles – principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings."

But, after more than three years of Obama, our standing in the world -- especially in the Muslim world -- is less than it was under that supposed "cowboy" of foreign policy: George W. Bush.  In June, Pew Research issued the results of a worldwide poll.  At the same time, comparing those results to the results of a similar poll taken in 2009:

Except for increases in Japan and Russia's favorable opinion towards America, every other category, by country, in this poll has fallen under Obama.  What's most disturbing is that Muslim support for U.S foreign policies has fallen by more than half from 34% in 2009 to just 15% this year.

When this poll was released, most of the left-leaning media didn't report it because it reveals another major Obama failure.  His problem is that he demonstrates weakness not strength  Arabs, by their nature, have a history of respecting strongmen as their leaders. You can't go on a worldwide apology tour and expect the world to respect us.  The President seems to think that his words speak louder than his actions; when, in fact, we all know that the reverse has always been true.  To me, the Pew results speak volumes as to why there is so much turmoil now in the Muslim world, and, let's not forget that this poll was taken long before any dumb YouTube video appeared.  With Obama, there is no leadership or strength for the Muslims to respect.  Only perceived weakness.  Just the opposite of Bush when the U.S. favorability numbers were higher.

-- Change.gov: Obama's Foreign Policy Plan: http://change.gov/agenda/foreign_policy_agenda/

-- Cairo Speech Text: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/us/politics/04obama.text.html?pagewanted=all

--  Pew Research: International Poll Results: http://www.pewglobal.org/2012/06/13/global-opinion-of-obama-slips-international-policies-faulted/

"Trust" At A New Low For Our U.S. Government

On April 19, Pew Research released the results of a poll that reported that only 22% of Americans trusted the government (Click to See Full NPR Story: Pew Poll: Trust In Government Hits Near-Historic Low). Pew actually repeated the same poll three times because they couldn't believe the results. But, is it any wonder?

The government, now primarily run by Democrats, has done nothing in the last year and a quarter to warrant any trust at all. There's been back room dealing behind closed doors to Democratic special interest groups like the labor unions. There have been billion dollar bribes for Senatorial and Congressional votes on health care. We had a takeover of General Motors by this government and the United Auto Workers walked away with control of the company; rather than the creditors. There was a near trillion dollars spent to create jobs with nothing to show for it except that union groups like the teachers, cops, and firefighters got to keep their jobs. Then, $75 billion dollars to thwart the rate of foreclosures; yet, foreclosures are running higher than ever. We had a 30% increase in the national debt in one year and, now, there's talk of a new and more onerous Value Added Tax that will kill even more jobs. Then, there was passage of a health care bill that 60% of this country didn't want. And, finally, a possible coordinated effort between the White House, the New York Times, and the Securities and Exchange Commission to disgrace Goldman-Sachs as a means of pushing through the control of the financial system of this country.

Personally, I can't believe that ANYONE trusts this government!

When someone like Bill Clinton talks about the danger of the Tea Party creating the conditions that spawned the Oklahoma City bombing, he should be very careful. When as many people, as the PEW poll suggests, seem to be anti-government, we are looking at one that is Democratically controlled and who, by itself, could spawn possible violence because it is not listening to the people. I think Bill Clinton should worry more about his own Democratic party; rather than the Tea Party who seems to be more in step with main-stream America.

The ACORN and Van Jones Stories Exposes a Real Media Bias

In a recent poll taken by Pew Research, the mainstream media managed to achieve new lows in public trust.

On accuracy in reporting, the opinion of our media fell to an unbelievable 29%.

On the fairness in dealing with all sides of an issue, the number was even more telling with only 18% of those being interviewed giving a favorable rating to the media.

(Click to the Chart from Pew's Website)

I find it interesting that this poll came out at nearly the same time when almost every news agency failed to at least mention the brewing controversy over ACORN. Even before that, the mainstream media completely ignored the background bio on that Obama radical, Van Jones. Instead, the only major media source to expose those facts was Fox News.

In effect, both of these stories had clear ties to Barack Obama and, under normal circumstances, would have been an explosive, paper-selling, front-page revelation. But, obviously, profits, viewership and subscription sales are less important than maintaining this President's image. And, this is why our American media isn't to be trusted with giving us the news.

The contrast in how the media treated George W. Bush and how they are now handling Barack Obama couldn't be clearer. If Bush was to have been seen as having the same kind of ties to someone like Van Jones or to a group like ACORN, you had to know that the New York Times would have spared no ink on those topics. For them, they would have figuratively used it as a means of "serial" killing the Bush Presidency with daily stories on the topic.

I am quite sure that there are thousands, if not millions, of Americans who are totally clueless on both the Van Jones and ACORN stories because they only read the New York Times, L.A. Times, or other biased newspapers and/or they only watch NBC, CBS, ABC, or MSNBC or CNN to get their news.

Today, the mainstream newspapers are near bankruptcy in almost every major city. The network news, too, is sliding in their viewership. Yet, they persist in their left-wing bias towards reporting the news. I had a high school teacher who'd often use the expression "wake up and smell the coffee" when somebody in class was acting a little dopey. Maybe our mainstream media should, before it is too late, "wake up up and smell the coffee" too. That's because, if they don't, they'll wind up in smelling soup in the soup lines and wishing they would have smelled the coffee before their businesses went completely under!


(Click to See Full Pew Research Commentary)