Paul Krugman finds out about Canadian Health Care

Paul Krugman, famous economist from the New York Times (who doesn't seem to understand basic economics) was served at a discussion panel.

http://www.thehopeforamerica.com/play.php?id=1592

When he asks Canadians if they feel that their health care is 'terrible', they all seem to answer 'yes'.
Hilarious.

Red pill vs. the Blue pill

Its almost like the blue state / red state thing.
Here's an article about Obama's health care speech the other night. Obama tried making an analogy that was epic fail:

"If there's a blue pill and a red pill, and the blue pill is half the price of the red pill and works just as well, why not pay half price for the thing that's going to make you well?" -- President Obama

In last night's press conference, President Obama seemed to be reliving that famous scene from The Matrix. The main character is offered a choice between a red pill that makes him see reality for what it is, and a blue pill that allows him to continue living in a pleasant world of illusions.

I think that the Matrix got it right. Obama wants us to swallow his blue pill.

The Biggest Lie Ever: 'My economic plan worked as intended'

That took cajones to say that.

President Barack Obama said his $787 billion stimulus bill “has worked as intended” as he pushed back against Republican criticism that his recovery program has failed to rescue the economy.

Obama;
If your plan all along was to convince us that spending $787 BILLION dollars was a severe waste of money? Then your stimulus bill worked as intended.
If your intention was to soar unemployment over 9%? Worked as intended.
If your plan all along was to make your economic crew look like idiots? Mission accomplished.

Transparency, redefined

This week, Newsweek finally noticed that the Obama Whitehouse isn't as transparent as, well, what they said it was going to be. In an article called "Obama Closes Door On Openess", they write:

Since Obama pledged on his first day in office to usher in a "new era" of openness, "nothing has changed," says David -Sobel, a lawyer who litigates FOIA cases. "For a president who said he was going to bring unprecedented transparency to government, you would certainly expect more than the recycling of old Bush secrecy policies."

Its written in a strange way. As if Newsweek can't figure out who in the Obama administration is keeping him from being as open as he wants to be. For instance, this sentence:

The hard line appears to be no accident.

So it wasn't just an accident??
I'd love to know how someone 'accidentally' gets secretive.

In upcoming weeks, I'll be watching to see if Newsweek wakes up and smells the coffee, as the people from the LA Times have.
In this blog, they openly mock Biden's private meetings:

And we've wondered aloud how this Democratic VP's private meetings with unnamed people on unnamed subjects differs from the private meetings with unnamed people that his evil predecessor had that got so many Democratic senators and representatives worried about nefarious secrets.

Its a good read. And good for the LA Times to take notice.

Obama's teleprompter commits suicide

In an apparent attempt to avoid further embarrassment, Obama's teleprompter leapt to its death today.
You can see the gruesome video here. CNN decided that it would be okay to show a close-up of its shattered and lifeless body on the floor.

Even more shocking then the video of the teleprompter committing Hari Kari? As the president continues talking about how the porkulus bill was necessary to save our cities, some hypnotized reporter in the foreground is caught nodding his head in agreement.

Actual headline: "Mrs. Obama bringing glamor to Moscow this weekend"

Punchline: And she didn't even leave the White House.

(headline & story here)

Helen Thomas Pwns Gibbs?

Actually, it was another reporter who started it.
But then Helen Thomas chipped in. I have to admit, I never thought I'd see Helen Thomas give any kind of criticism to this administration. I'm glad she stepped up to do it.



Personally, I think the reporters are sick of feeling like pawns.
My only question is: what took them so long?

Admitting that the Stimulus bill failed?

Nope.
The Obama administration won't do that.
Instead, they will redefine what their timeline is:

Back in February, with Congress moving swiftly to approve President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package, White House budget director Peter Orszag said the benefits of the stimulus would “take weeks to months” to be felt.

But now, the council of Economic Advisors to the president is telling us a different story:

“We always knew we were not going to get all that much fiscal impact during the first five to six months. The big impact starts to hit from about now onwards,” Romer said.

Of course, Romer is lying.
This is a chart that they put out a while back. You can find a copy here:

I think the most telling thing is that the unemployment rate was never supposed to go above 8% in 2009. Heck, if the chart is right, the unemployment rate is supposed to be at around 8% towards the 3rd quarter of 2009.

Who thinks that's going to happen?
If anything, the chart seems to be predicting that the unemployment rate would track... well, about where it is now, without all of that pork.

I'm keeping this chart alive. Because I want to see if our unemployment rate strays from it... at all.

David Axelrod: Floating a middle class tax

White House senior adviser David Axelrod said the president won't rule out a health care reform bill that includes a tax hike on people making less than $250,000 a year.

Don't forget for a moment, that when he said that, Axelrod was talking about the Health Care Reform that was supposed to save us money.

Obama admits that his Health Care plan is going to cost more

Obama has finally copped to the fact that his Health Care program is actually going to cost more money then it currently does.
His new argument:

President Barack Obama says he recognizes the heavy price tag of revamping the health care system but that it would be much more costly to do nothing.

My antenna go up anytime someone tells me that they can save me money by spending more.
Yours should too.
Especially when they have a huge website devoted to getting you to support their 'plan', where they solicit horror stories, and ask you to share your POV of why you support their plan.
More Pravda from the White House.