THE OBAMA SLIDE

"The number of Americans who trust President Obama to make the right decisions has fallen by roughly 17 percentage points. Obama's job approval is down to about 50 percent. All presidents fall from their honeymoon highs, but in the history of polling, no newly elected American president has fallen this far this fast."

- Columnist David Brooks

Is this A Great Barnyard or What?

An update of a classic. Isn't Change Wonderful?

"Who will help me grow my wheat?" asked the little red hen.

"Not I," said the cow.

"Not I," said the duck.

"Not I," said the pig.

"Not I," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen, and so she did.

She planted her crop, and the wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden grain. "Who will help me reap my wheat?" asked the little red hen.

"Not I," said the duck.

"Out of my classification," said the pig.

"I'd lose my seniority," said the cow.

"I'd lose my unemployment compensation," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen, and so she did.

At last it came time to bake the bread. "Who will help me bake the bread?" asked the little red hen.

"That would be overtime for me," said the cow.

"I'd lose my welfare benefits," said the duck.

"I'm a dropout and never learned how," said the pig.

"If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen.

She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see. They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said, "No, I shall eat all five loaves myself."

"Excess profits!" cried the cow. (Nancy Pelosi)

"Capitalist leech!" screamed the duck. (Barbara Boxer)

"I demand equal rights!" yelled the goose. (Jesse Jackson)

The pig just grunted in disdain. (Ted Kennedy)

And they all painted 'Unfair!' picket signs and marched around and around

the little red hen, shouting obscenities.

Then the farmer (Obama) came. He said to the little red hen, "You must not be so greedy."

"But I earned the bread," said the little red hen.

"Exactly," said Barack the farmer. "That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle."

And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and

clucked, "I am grateful, for now I truly understand."

But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her. She never again baked bread because she joined the 'party' and got her bread free. And all the Democrats

smiled. 'Fairness' had been established.

Individual initiative had died, but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared...so long as there was free bread that 'the rich' were paying for.

Epilogue

Bill Clinton received $12 million for his memoirs.

Hillary received $8 million for hers.

That's $20 million for the memories from two people, who for eight years repeatedly testified, under oath, that they couldn't remember anything.

IS THIS A GREAT BARNYARD OR WHAT?

(There is still a lot of BS in that barnyard!)

DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!

"If you receive an email that says 'Nude photo of Nancy Pelosi' do not open the attachment. It is a nude photo of Nancy Pelosi!"

- Jon Caldara of the Independence Institute

Swine Flu

If you wake up looking like this, DON'T go to work!

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(Dear God, please, someone tell me this was Photoshopped!!)

THE PROGRAM

On Friday, September 11th, 2009, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States. Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on this eighth anniversary of one of our country's worst tragedies. We do this to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11, their families, friends and loved ones who continue to endure the pain, and those who today are fighting at home and abroad to preserve our cherished freedoms.

In the days, weeks and months following 9/11, our country was bathed in American flags as citizens mourned the incredible losses and stood shoulder-to-shoulder against terrorism. Sadly, those flags have all but disappeared.

Our patriotism pulled us through some tough times and it shouldn't take another attack to galvanize us in solidarity. Our American flag is the fabric of our country and together we can prevail over terrorism of all kinds...

Action Plan:

(1) Forward this email to everyone you know. Please don't be the one to break this chain.

Take a moment to think back to how you felt on 9/11 and let those sentiments guide you!

(2) Fly an American flag of any size on 9/11; make it a priority on this day!

Thank you for your participation.

God Bless You and God Bless America

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How about displaying the flag on all correspondence - snail mail and email, on blogs, sites and everywhere else it can be seen?

And, if you have a flag lapel pin, this would be one of the times it would be very appropriate to wear it.

THE CHAIR

Al Gore, Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama go to heaven, God addresses Al first. ''Al, what do you believe in?''

Al replies: "Well, I believe that I won that election, but that it was your will that I did not serve. And I've come to understand that now.''

God thinks for a second and says: "Very good. Come and sit at my left.''

God then addresses Bill. "Bill, what do you believe in?''

Bill replies: I believe in forgiveness. I've sinned, but I've never held a grudge against my fellow man, and I hope no grudges are held against me.''

God thinks for a second and says: "You are forgiven, my son. Come and sit at my right.''

Then God addresses Barrack.

"Barrack, what do you believe in?''

He replies: "I believe you're in my chair."

Why Parents Don't Trust the Educator-in-Chief and His Comrades

By Michelle Malkin

September 4, 2009

They think we're crazy. "They" are the sneering defenders of Barack Obama who can't fathom the backlash against the president's nationwide speech to schoolchildren next Tuesday. "We" are parents with eyes wide open to the potential for politicized abuse in America's classrooms.

Ask moms and dads in Farmington, Utah, who discovered this week that their children sat through a Hollywood propaganda video promoting the cult of Obama. In the clip, a parade of entertainers vow to flush their toilets less, buy hybrid vehicles, end poverty and world hunger, and commit to "service" for "change." Actress Demi Moore leads the glitterati in a collective promise "to be a servant to our president." Musician Anthony Kiedis pledges "to be of service to Barack Obama."

The campaign commercial crescendos with the stars and starlets asking their audience: "What's your pledge?"

This same "Do Something" ethos infected the U.S. Department of Education teachers guides accompanying the announcement of Obama's speech -- until late Wednesday, that is, when the White House removed some of the activist language exhorting students to come up with ways to "help the president." Education Secretary Arne Duncan had disseminated the material directly to principals across the country -- circumventing elected school board members and superintendents now facing neighborhood revolts.

O's bureaucrats can whitewash offending language from the Sept. 8 speech-related documents, but they can't remove the taint of left-wing radicalism that informs Obama and his education mentors. A spokesman maintained that the speech is "about the value of education and the importance of staying in school as part of his effort to dramatically cut the dropout rate." But the historical subtext is far less innocent.

Obama served with Weather Underground terrorist and neighbor Bill Ayers on the Chicago Annenberg Challenge education initiative. Downplaying academic achievement in favor of left-wing radical activism in the public schools is rooted in Ayers' pedagogical philosophy. Obama served as the program's first chairman of the board, while Ayers steered its curricular policy. The two oversaw grants to welfare rights enterprise ACORN and to avowed communist Michael Klonsky -- a close pal of Ayers and member of the militant Students for a Democratic Society. SDS served as a precursor to the violent Weather Underground organization.

As investigative journalist Stanley Kurtz reported, Klonsky and Ayers teamed up on the so-called "small schools movement" to steer schoolchildren away from core academics to left-wing politicking on issues of "inequity, war and violence."

A cadre of like-minded educators and national service administrators across the country share the same core commitment to transforming themselves from imparters of knowledge to transformers of society. The "change" agenda trains students to think only about what they should do for Obama -- and rarely to contemplate how his powers and ambitions should be limited and restrained.

Ayers preached his education-as-"social justice" agenda to his "comrades" at the World Education Forum in Caracas, Venezuela, three years ago:

"This is my fourth visit to Venezuela, each time at the invitation of my comrade and friend Luis Bonilla, a brilliant educator and inspiring fighter for justice. Luis has taught me a great deal about the Bolivarian Revolution and about the profound educational reforms underway here in Venezuela under the leadership of President (Hugo) Chavez. We share the belief that education is the motor-force of revolution, and I've come to appreciate Luis as a major asset in both the Venezuelan and the international struggle -- I look forward to seeing how he and all of you continue to overcome the failings of capitalist education as you seek to create something truly new and deeply humane."

Ayers continued:

"I walked out of jail and into my first teaching position -- and from that day until this I've thought of myself as a teacher, but I've also understood teaching as a project intimately connected with social justice. After all, the fundamental message of the teacher is this: You can change your life -- whoever you are, wherever you've been, whatever you've done, another world is possible. As students and teachers begin to see themselves as linked to one another, as tied to history and capable of collective action, the fundamental message of teaching shifts slightly, and becomes broader, more generous: We must change ourselves as we come together to change the world. Teaching invites transformations, it urges revolutions small and large. La educacion es revolucion!"

This is why informed parents do not trust the Educator-in-Chief and his "comrades." You can take Obama from the radicals in Chicago. But you can't take the Chicago radicalism out of Obama.

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Michelle Malkin is the author of the forthcoming "Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Cronies" (Regnery 2009).

Pearls of Wisdom

A Better World By Herman Cain When my first grandchild, Celena Patrice, was born in January, 1999, I looked at her little fifteen minute old face and the first thought that came to my mind was not "How do we give her a better start in life?" My first thought was "How do I make this a better world?" During those moments as I looked at Celena's little face, I couldn't help but think about all the other little faces in the world, and what type of world they would inherit. At that moment, my past dreams and accomplishments seemed insignificant in comparison to the many challenges we face as a nation and as a world of nations. Everyone is blessed with different abilities. But when we choose to be CEO of SELF, we allow ourselves to dream. We empower ourselves to be happy. And we use our God given abilities to make a difference in the lives of others and in the world. As CEO of SELF, a better world is our responsibility. One little face at a time.

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It's FairTax Friday - look at your paystub!

Under the #FairTax shareholders will no longer be taxed on dividends and will pay no capital gains on their investments!

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ABCs of the FairTax

A ALL federal income taxes and federal payroll taxes will be replaced with The FairTax, also called a consumption tax or a national retail sales tax.

B Brackets of taxation are eliminated. There is just one rate for everyone.

C Capital gains taxes are eliminated. More investment means more jobs.

D Death Taxes are eliminated, and keeping track of deductions is over.

E Everyone is taxed at the same rate of 23% on new goods and services.

F Foreign visitors will pay sales taxes (about $60 billion/year).

G Groceries and basic necessities are not taxed using the “pre-bate”.

H Hidden taxes hurt the poor more than the non-poor.

I IRS is eliminated and replaced with a Sales Tax Administration.

J Job creation in the USA would take off, because embedded taxes and taxes on corporate profits would be eliminated.

K Keeping the collection of taxes simple saves taxpayers billions of dollars annually, which is estimated to be about $250 billion or more.

L Liberals hate the idea because it gives people control of their money instead of government. Lobbyists will hate it also.

M More money for workers and businesses by eliminating compliance costs.

N No more income tax returns!

O Oppressive demands by the IRS would be eliminated!

P Pre-bate of expected sales taxes on basic necessities is based on family size and paid monthly to each family.

Q Quick passage by Congress is not likely without a massive demand by the voters.

R Repeal of the 16th Amendment would be in a companion bill.

S Spend more on stuff, you pay more in taxes.

T Two-thirds vote by the Senate would be required to change the 23% rate.

U “Underground economy” would pay taxes (billions!) like everybody else.

V Visibility of the federal taxes we pay would be crystal clear.

W Workers would control their lives and their “pursuit of happiness”.

X XL (extra large) economic growth would be unstoppable!

Y You decide how much you pay in taxes when you spend, not the government.

Z Zero rate of taxation on education expenses and Zell Miller would love it!

Laura's E-Blast

http://www.LauraIngraham.com

September 1, 2009

Political guru Charlie Cook is predicting Democrats will lose 20+ seats in the House of Representatives next year. Pollsters Zogby, Gallup, Rasmussen all show a striking downward trajectory of public approval for this administration, across almost every major demographic group. So why is this happening?

It's true that President Obama won last November because people wanted a change from Bush policies. But for many independent voters, that meant an end to dirty politics and Washington excess -- promises Obama made at every stop along the campaign trail. Instead what they got is what most conservatives predicted -- huge deficits, higher taxes, a ballooning federal government, and a weak, appeasement-first foreign policy. Heck, when we can't even convince Scotland to keep the despised Lockerbie bomber behind bars, you know we've lost ground.

Some -- such as David Brooks of the New York Times -- suggest Obama's in trouble because liberals in Washington hold too much sway over his administration. Newsflash: HE IS A LIBERAL! He is obsessed with climate change. He adores socialized medicine. He wants to jack taxes even higher. Obama, in other words, is a typical 80s Ivy League liberal who still thinks Reagan got it all wrong. Far from being too influenced by lefty powerbrokers, the president has breathed them new life.

In the end, history will likely show that when Obama started dropping in the polls, it wasn't because "he took on too much at once" or "because he wasted time negotiating with Chuck Grassley." He lost ground because his ideas were rejected by the American people, just as they were after the Carter era.

Most Americans want the government to tighten its belt and clear the way for businesses to expand. We want real economic growth, fueled by dynamic companies creating new job opportunities. Fake growth, enabled by government make-work and financed by Chinese lenders, is a lot less popular -- and, for that matter, sustainable.

For all the recent discussion of the Kennedy dynasty and Obama's glamor, the reality is that even from the grave, Reagan is still beating Democrats on the issues that matter most.

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Top ten reasons why Democrats should strongly support the FairTax

Reason 1: The FairTax meets the entire Democratic tax agenda, starting with progressivity. The FairTax is far more progressive than the current income tax system. Under the FairTax, low-income households experience five times the benefit increase as compared to high-income households. And a switch to the FairTax causes real wages to rise.

Source: Jokisch, Sabine and Laurence J. Kotlikoff, “Simulating the Dynamic Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Effects of the FairTax,” NBER Working Paper No. 11858, December, 2005 and Kotlikoff, Laurence J. and David Rapson, “Comparing Average and Marginal Tax Rates under the FairTax and the Current System of Federal Taxation,” NBER Working Paper No. 12533, Revised October 2006. Available at http://tinyurl.com/nzy66d

Reason 2: The FairTax eliminates the highly regressive tax on wages of the working poor and middle class. The FairTax removes the single most regressive element (the payroll tax) for wage earners. Payroll taxes are currently imposed on the first $97,500 of earnings but drop steeply to only a few percent above that amount. The FairTax repeals this unfair tax and allows wage earners to keep their entire paycheck. According to Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, “Everyone hates taxes, but the payroll tax has got to be the worst. Four out of five American workers pay more in payroll taxes than they do in income taxes. The payroll tax is also regressive as hell -- poorer workers pay proportionately more than richer ones.”

Source: Reich, Robert B., “Whose Tax Cuts?” The American Prospect, Volume 13, Issue No. 22, December 16, 2002. Available at http://tinyurl.com/m5cshf

Reason 3: The FairTax is the only plan that completely untaxes the poor. Even a person with a zero percent income tax rate today must pay payroll taxes on the first dollar they earn and also pay hidden federal taxes in the prices of everything they buy. The FairTax removes these hidden taxes, eliminates the payroll tax, and holds all taxpayers harmless against any taxes on essentials such as food, clothing, and shelter.

Source: “The Prebate Explained,” Americans For Fair Taxation White Paper. Available at http://tinyurl.com/n733zd

Reason 4: The FairTax stops the export of jobs. Our income tax favors imports over U.S. production by exempting imports from U.S. tax, and we penalize U.S. exports by allowing foreign nations to impose taxes when our goods enter their shores. This adds up to an average 17 percent price advantage over U.S. produced goods, which greatly depresses U.S. exports and costs us jobs. The FairTax stops this abuse by taxing all goods consumed in the U.S. alike and untaxing exports.

Source: “Hausman Study Shows Distortions in International Trading System Hurting U.S. Manufacturers: An Economic Analysis of WTO Rules on Border Adjustability of Taxes,” May 2006. Available at http://tinyurl.com/ntl4wm.

Reason 5: The FairTax untaxes education. The FairTax rewards education and upward mobility in the simplest and most powerful way: It eliminates tuition from all federal taxation. This allows individuals to apply their whole paycheck to tuition before any taxes are taken out. Source: “Why the FairTax is good for young and low-income families,” Americans For Fair Taxation White Paper.

Available at http://tinyurl.com/mynjzg and HR 25.

Reason 6: The FairTax is the only plan that targets and taxes existing wealth, not the fruits of labor. The FairTax will tax every dollar of accumulated wealth in the most efficient way possible – when it is spent. Tax shelters, loopholes, or other gimmicks to shield large wealth from taxation will be a thing of the past.

Source: Kotlikoff, Laurence J., “The Case for the FairTax,” The Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2005, page A18.

Reason 7: The FairTax boosts the real growth and prosperity of the U.S. Independent research studies confirm the powerful economic effects. Beacon Hill Institute predicts that real GDP would be 10.3 percent higher in just four years under the FairTax. Laurence Kotlikoff, Ph.D., predicts the capital stock to be 12.8 percent higher by 2010 and 43.7 percent higher by 2030, leading to real wages that would be 11.5 percent higher in 2030 than otherwise would be the case if the current tax system remained in place.

Source: Tuerck, David, et al., “The Economic Effects of the FairTax: Results from the Beacon Hill Institute CGE Model,” The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University, February 2007 and Jokisch and Kotlikoff, “Simulating the Dynamic Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Effects of the FairTax,” September 2006. Available at http://tinyurl.com/nag8km

Reason 8: The FairTax is revenue neutral. The FairTax, at a 23 percent tax rate, raises the same amount of money for the federal government as today’s income tax system. This means that steep budget cuts are not required to pass meaningful tax reform.

Source: Bachman, Paul, Jonathan Haughton, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Alfonso Sanchez-Penalver, and David G. Tuerck, “Taxing Sales Under the FairTax: What Rate Works?” Beacon Hill Institute, published in Tax Notes, November 13, 2006. Available at http://tinyurl.com/mcwk94

Reason 9: The FairTax promotes the American Dream. The FairTax makes home ownership more affordable because used homes are totally untaxed, and three out of four homebuyers buy used homes. For new and used homes, the FairTax does not tax the earnings used to pay mortgages, interest rates will be far lower under the FairTax, and a homebuyer can save for a down payment faster than under current law.

Source: “Promoting home ownership: How the FairTax’s benefits for homeowners exceed the mortgage interest deduction,” Americans For Fair Taxation White Paper. Available at http://tinyurl.com/lgn2t8

Reason 10: The FairTax is not a political slogan. FairTax.org is nonpartisan. Our broken tax system hurts every American, and it will take leaders from all parts of the political spectrum to fix it.

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