1355 Obama - Illusionist (R.A.T.)

Steve, the ultimate illusionist. We thought some stimulust provisions

• polar-bear exhibit
• an antiprostitution program
• water-park ride

were egregious. But, alas, that was just part of the shell game (divide and conquer). So why did we fly senator Sherrod Brown (Ohio) back and forth to his mother's funeral to sign ARRA on friday; and, then Steve didn't sign it until Tuesday in a dog and pony show in Denver? Its because the above pork examples were a diversion from the bad stuff.

• Socialist health care (see prior post)
• R.A.T. Board
• SEC. 1221. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BOARD.
• There is established a board to be known as the ‘Recovery Act Accountability and Transparency Board (hereafter in this subtitle referred to as the ‘Board’)
• In the name of accountability and transparency, Congress has given the RAT Board the authority to ask “that an inspector general conduct or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation.”
• Inspectors General have traditionally had the independence conduct investigations without interference from the White House, Congress or the Department of Justice… Now, thanks to the RAT Board their investigations can be subjected to whims of partisan politics.

1356 Obama - Go Pope

How about this for a change Steve:

Let's run the congress like the Vatican

We can start by excommunicating Pelosi

• Pope Benedict XVI met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a pro-abortion rights Democrat, at the Vatican Wednesday.


• Following the 15-minute meeting, the Vatican released a statement calling on Catholic legislators – such as Pelosi – to work to end abortion.


• "His Holiness took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural moral law and the Church's consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death which enjoin all Catholics, and especially legislators, jurists and those responsible for the common good of society, to work in cooperation with all men and women of good will in creating a just system of laws capable of protecting human life at all stages of its development," the statement said.


• Catholics on both sides of the abortion debate saw Pelosi's visit as an attempt to legitimize her own brand of Catholicism - "ardent" but pro-abortion rights, The Hill reported.


• Pope Benedict XVI is a conservative theologian who had called secularization and denial of moral truths "the central problem of the 21st century." He has supported the excommunication of pro-abortion Catholic politicians in Mexico City.

1358 Obama - C.R.A.P. Stinks

Obama's CRAP stinks

• On February 10, in Fort Myers, Florida, Steve said
• "When the town is burning, .... Everybody needs to grab a hose."
• John Karch, Americans for Tax Reform says
• "The government cannot put into the economy what it first did not take out of the economy. That would be like scooping up water from one side of a lake, dumping the water into the other side of the lake, and announcing that you’ve just filled the lake."
• So back to Steve's satement:
• We've all got our hoses but he's making us squirt the water into the river so that it gets to the ocean and comes back as rain to douse the fire.
  

1359 Obama craps in Colorado

Just like Obama has many nicknames, so does his stimulus plan. Actually, 'stimulus' is a nickname for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Other nicknames: ARRA, porkulus, and of course Mike Huckabee's contribution:

• Congressional
• Relief
• Action
• Plan

To rub salt in this blogger's wounds

• President Barack Obama will sign the $787 billion federal stimulus package into law in Denver on Tuesday.
• Obama will sign the bill Tuesday at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.