Writing as a blogger is not always easy work. Some times I find it difficult to find a story that grabs me and that I think is worth expounding on. Yeah, it used to be that way but then came President Obama. Now it seems like I live a Fort Knox and get to find gold simply by stretching my arm out from my lounge chair. A case in point:
Remember as he was arguing for the Stimulus bill, President Obama pointed to his host as an example of where rehiring would occur due to the stimulus:
But Obama said the company (Caterpillar) told him Wednesday it would hire back some of those workers if the legislation passes. As House and Senate negotiators worked to reconcile differences between competing versions of the legislation, Obama spoke during a visit to a highway construction site here just outside of Washington.
“You don’t need to travel very far from that debate to see why this plan is both urgent and essential for our recovery,” he said.
Um, nope:
Morning Edition, March 18, 2009 · Caterpillar plans to lay off an additional 2,400 employees at five plants in Illinois, Indiana and Georgia. The world’s largest maker of mining and construction equipment has seen its sales wither as the sluggish world economy and credit crisis weaken demand for its products. In January, the company announced it was laying off more than 20,000 workers.
I will point you, yet again, to Obama’s own economist whose own research says that big government spending does not “stimulate” anything other than big government egos!
On issue after issue, Obama and his homies have been not only wrong, but willfully ignorant of facts and history. They are so focused on reshaping America to reflect their ideology that they are willing to accept the consequences that will come from having zero credibility. Of course, in his defense, Obama doesn’t see it this way. He believes that his ego teleprompter and good looks will carry him across what he surely sees as just a kerfuffle amongst the unenlightened masses.
The only thing we can say for certain about Obama and his administration is that when their lips are moving, they’re lying.
I know you don’t read the Wisconsin papers/websites–but in the last 3 weeks, almost every announced industrial layoff in Wisconsin has been Cat-related.
Shocking. Absolutely shocking. BTW, my older brother-in-law was a victim of that.