Political Musings

Berg v. Obama

Those of you who want to keep up with the latest on the Berg v. Obama lawsuit and you want the latest news; Jeff Schreiber's blog at http://www.americasright.com/ is a good place to look. He stays in touch with Phillip Berg and has contacts close to the courthouse.
Yesterday Rush (Rush Limbaugh) touched on the possibility that Obama's trip to Hawaii may be related to the case. I did not want to mention it in this blog because of its speculative nature. But because of Rush, it is out there. The reason behind the speculation is that Obama waited several days before departing to visit his 'gravely' ill Grandmother.

It is a stretch to read too much into that because he has probably been in touch with people close to the Grandmother and knew he had time to tidy up his campaign before making the trip. What I think is more telling is the timing of the trip. The judge in the lawsuit is close to rendering a decision on the dismissal motions and Obama may be trying to scare up a live birth certificate that will pass muster. That is if the Grandmother isn't gravely ill. But any of this is just speculation. Speculations may be interesting, but it does no good to speculate on Obama's trip because there are no facts to back up any of these suspicions.

Sarah Palin

Sarah continues to be an interesting personality. It is too bad the mainstream press can't get past her wardrobe. I have never seen any candidate so mercilessly denigrated. But buck up about it because if she weren't effective, it would not be happening.

Groups like ACORN have been caught committing voter fraud in several states but Obama still will not disassociate from them. Sarah Palin called for Obama to denounce ACORN's activities in an interview with Sean Hannity. Sarah wants Obama to denounce ACORN and take a stand for fair elections. But that is hard for Obama to do because he has donated so much money to them. Remember, his ties with ACORN are long and deep. Not only is he a financial supporter but at one time he actually helped train ACORN's organizers.

Obama v. NRA

The surrogates for Obama are out on the media circuit denouncing a new television ad by the NRA that demonstrates his anti-gun positions. Of course, the surrogates point to recent statements by Obama supporting the 2nd Amendment. The problem with that defense is Obama's terrible voting record against owning firearms. Has he really had a change of heart? If we elect Obama with a veto-proof Congress, the NRA thinks that his original anti-gun stance will resurface and he will initiate and pass more anti-gun legislation. Politicians have to kiss a lot of ugly babies while campaigning, and this is probably just another such choice he has made for votes. Do not trust Obama when it comes to firearms. His history does not support any change of heart that he is currently trying to project.

The Economy

It is early Friday morning and the futures market is plummeting. The DOW has reached its block point at minus 550 points, ditto for the S&P index of minus 60 points. World markets have all fell by 10% or greater. Thanks again to the Liberal Democrats for creating this mess.
Unintended consequences always prevail when governments institute policies without thinking through their actions. We now have found out that the guarantees put in place to prop up the faith in Australia's banks have been too successful. The folks down under are selling off equities and putting the cash in the banks. The result is a plunging stock market.--Oh Well!
Banks are loaning to each other but still holding tight on loans to everybody else. That is also defeating the reason for the bailout.

The Democrats are planning another cash give-away of tax dollars to 'stimulate the economy'. It just seems like the politicians never learn. Trying to legislate a good economy will fail every time it is tried. Reducing the capital gains tax would stimulate interest in equities again, but they won't do that. The Congress will not do anything that lessens their control over us a little bit. What a shame, we really need the government to take a step back, but Liberal Democrats want to do the opposite, they want more control!

Cheers,

-Robert-