Although daily entry’s are still in hiatus due to outside issues, an item today couldn’t be overlooked. Adam Shaw reported @breitbart.com: “The Trump administration notified the United Nations Friday of its intention to leave the Paris climate accord, the latest in a series of formal steps the administration needs to take to leave the agreement in 2020.”
“The State Department announced Friday that it had formally notified the U.N. of its intention to leave.
“As the President indicated in his June 1 announcement and subsequently, he is open to re-engaging in the Paris Agreement if the United States can identify terms that are more favorable to it, its businesses, its workers, its people, and its taxpayers,” a statement said.”
As regular readers know, the global warming farce has been a long-term subject here. Particularly regarding the scams of AlGore and liberal billionaire Tom Steyer who’s spent more than $100 million to push the climate change hoax to the political forefront.
Unfortunately for Gore and Steyer however the POTUS “and many conservatives saw the deal as one that placed a disproportionate burden on America’s economy and business and called for the U.S. to be withdrawn.”
According to the State Department, the U.S. supports “a balanced approach to climate policy that lowers emissions while promoting economic growth and ensuring energy security.” It also indicated that it will participate in upcoming climate talks as a way to protect U.S. interests and ensure “all future policy options remain open to the administration.”
What’s most interesting in this case is that the Paris climate accord withdrawal was formally announced on Friday, and today, three day later, Chris Pleasance and Daniel Roth write @dailymail.co.uk: “Cooler temperatures are predicted to span much of the eastern part of the United States throughout the month of August.”
“The first of several spells of below-average temperatures saw shorts exchanged for sweaters across the east of the country over the weekend, with lows of 60F in Chicago and Green Bay on Friday.
“Those overnight lows are expected to persist in lands east of the Rockies for the next two weeks, with daytime highs ranging from the upper 70s to the low 80s, according to Weather.com.
“Experts say a southward dip in the jet stream is causing the cooling effect.
This pattern will continue into the second week of August with below-average temperatures affecting much of the East Coast, Midwest, and some of the South.
“The Weather Channel reports that Sunday morning saw record breaking lows in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana.
“Another cold front is also expected to bring thunderstorms and showers through the central and eastern states early this week.
“New York City will be hit with showers and cloudy skies Monday morning, with temperatures staying in the high 60s.
“Between spells of cold weather temperatures could return to somewhere approaching seasonal norms, but the trend is for weather to be predominantly colder than usual, according to the Washington Post." And whereas the cold weather prediction came from a foremost liberal propaganda source, the revered Washington Post, that only adds to the veracity of the swing toward global-cooling.
All of which serves to prove that Mother Nature has always had a mind of her own and always will. Regardless of how much money the likes of Gore and Steyer bilk from the gullible public on their climate schemes and scams. And what’s really amusing is that all one really needs to refute the multi-billion dollar climate-change hucksters is a plain old outdoor thermometer.
That’s it for today folks.
Adios
Monday, August 7, 2017
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
BloggeRhythms
While news providers trip all over each other in trying to provide flashes about the POTUS’s current dissatisfaction with Attorney General Sessions, the real problem may simply boil down to the fact that Trump is a businessman, not a politician. And therefore, the choices he makes are what he deems best for his organization at any particular point in time, despite the political issues that might be caused.
Yet, on the other hand, in regard to the areas he knows best, business, industrial leaders and their stockholders illustrate total confidence in the nation’s current economic outlook.
As reported by Fred Imbert @cnbc.com this morning: “U.S. stocks traded higher as more companies continue to report strong quarterly results.”
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 114 points to hit a record high as Dow-component Boeing posted earnings per share of $2.55, topping Wall Street estimates. “The S&P 500 also hit a record, rising 0.1 percent as telecommunications led advancers. The Nasdaq composite climbed 0.3 percent and also notched an all-time high.”
“Coca-Cola and Ford also posted better-than-expected quarterly results.
“Earnings season has been strong thus far. With 34 percent of S&P 500 components having reported as of Wednesday morning, 78 percent have beaten expectations on the bottom line and 73 percent have topped on sales, according to data from The Earnings Scout.
“Kim Forrest, senior equity analyst at Fort Pitt Capital, said she expects companies to continue reporting strong quarterly results this season. "The results are showing the economy continues to improve, so I would expect these types of results to continue."
At the same time, cnbc.com also reports that Apple-supplier Foxconn will announce a plant in Wisconsin on Wednesday evening.
“The announcement would come on the heels of a Wall Street Journal interview with Trump, where he said he had spoken to Apple CEO Tim Cook about three U.S. factories. Apple has yet to comment on Trump's remarks. Cook told Jim Cramer on CNBC's "Mad Money" in May it would start a $1 billion fund to promote advanced manufacturing jobs in the United States.
“With its wide network of developers, Apple has already created two million jobs in the United States, according to Cook. Apple supplier Corning told CNBC last week that it would "immediately" invest $500 million and create 1,000 new jobs in the United States, but those jobs were related to medical devices.”
However, despite Trump’s continual delivery as promised for the nation’s economy, job development and opportunity, the mainstream media maintains its relentless leftist-supportive assault on the POTUS’s non-existent Russian association.
In this matter, Newt Gingrich has once again struck at the heart of the matter, suggesting the investigation change focus to where it really belongs. On the Clinton’s.
Jeff Poor writes @breitbart.com that “Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called efforts to reopen the story of alleged corruption surrounding the Clinton Foundation “totally reasonable” given the environment the Democratic Party had created.
“According to Gingrich, questions about the Russian government’s associations with those tied to the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign deserved attention as well.
“Well, look, the president’s now had six months of watching the establishment go after him relentlessly, dishonestly with a whole series of falsehoods,” Gingrich said. “And he’s saying, ‘Wait a second, if we’re going to attack Don, Jr. for one 15-minute meeting, what about the fact that her campaign chairman’s brother was the registered lobbyist for a Russian bank? What about the fact that they had this uranium deal while she was secretary of state?”
“I mean, in a sense, the left has brought on itself creating an environment in which it is now totally reasonable to go back and reopen the whole Clinton Foundation story and ask if we want to look at Russian influence, there was a lot more money going to the Clintons by any standard than anybody has even begun to allege in any way affected the Trump operation, particularly since nobody’s found anything yet that affected the Trump operation,” he continued. “You know, Andy McCarthy, who’s a great former prosecutor in the Justice Department, keeps writing pieces saying there’s no crime here. How can Mueller be an independent counsel when they have yet to define a single crime?”
So, considering the facts involved, Trump’s reaction is exactly what it should be. And that’s what he’s upset with Sessions about now.
As reported by Matthew Boyle @breitbart.com: “Trump is upset about how Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation and did not tell him he would before he took office. Trump has a legitimate grievance there—there is literally no way that Eric Holder or Loretta Lynch would have recused themselves in a similar spot during their tenures as now former President Barack Obama’s attorneys general. Nonetheless, Trump has yet to directly call on Sessions to resign, and has not fired him—despite constant griping from the opposition party media pushing for that next soundbite for him to do so and to keep the story alive.”
Nonetheless, despite the facts of the matter stated above, when politics are involved there are far more ramifications than would exist in the business world.
As noted by author Boyle: “Sessions is a critical part of the Trump administration—and before there was a Trump administration, Sessions was a critical part of the “movement” that elected Trump to the presidency. Losing Sessions could endanger the administration and the split the critical coalition that helped Trump to the presidency. Doing that is something Trump supporters nationwide do not want to see—and in fact, with all the reports of Trump being upset after he fired Gen. Mike Flynn earlier this year, it might be wise for the president to slow down and think about this one before he fires away too harshly and quickly.”
History shows the depth of Sessions involvement in the Trump campaign and its critical importance from the outset as Boyle writes: “Sessions, the intellectual leader of the future of the conservative movement, has provided the brainpower behind the populist nationalist revolt against political elites that’s been emerging since at least 2013. At a warm and windy rally here with thousands present in a packed football stadium just outside Huntsville, Sessions appeared on stage with Trump to back him for president. Sessions’ endorsement provides Trump with even more legitimacy as Trump’s two remaining serious opponents—Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX)—attempt to undermine him in a desperate bid by the donor class to regain control of the party from populists revolting in elections around the country. Sessions backing Trump is a significant blow to both Rubio and Cruz, as now the powerful Alabamian will be putting his entire operation all in behind Trump.
“The new book Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump and the Storming of the Presidency also includes critical details about how Sessions knew that endorsing Trump was a critical moment in his career. If he failed to succeed in getting Trump not only the nomination but into the Oval Office past Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton in the November 2016 general election, he would not have a future at all in GOP politics. Sessions bet it all on Trump, and they won.
“He became the first U.S. Senator to back the now-President of the United States. It was, as we reported at the time, a “game change” moment in the campaign—as big a deal as any other moment over the two years of Trump’s meteoric rise to the Oval Office.”
All of which serves to underline the point that politics is quite a different game than running one’s own business. And since that will remain the case, it might be best if Trump backed off the issue at present, giving Sessions some time to adjust his focus.
Because even if Trump is absolutely correct in his analysis of Sessions, in the eyes of the mainstream media, his political opponents and many current supporters, Trump will still be perceived as wrong. And while that’s something that may not matter when running privately-owned enterprises, it can be a total disaster in the job he holds now.
That’s it for today folks.
Adios
Yet, on the other hand, in regard to the areas he knows best, business, industrial leaders and their stockholders illustrate total confidence in the nation’s current economic outlook.
As reported by Fred Imbert @cnbc.com this morning: “U.S. stocks traded higher as more companies continue to report strong quarterly results.”
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 114 points to hit a record high as Dow-component Boeing posted earnings per share of $2.55, topping Wall Street estimates. “The S&P 500 also hit a record, rising 0.1 percent as telecommunications led advancers. The Nasdaq composite climbed 0.3 percent and also notched an all-time high.”
“Coca-Cola and Ford also posted better-than-expected quarterly results.
“Earnings season has been strong thus far. With 34 percent of S&P 500 components having reported as of Wednesday morning, 78 percent have beaten expectations on the bottom line and 73 percent have topped on sales, according to data from The Earnings Scout.
“Kim Forrest, senior equity analyst at Fort Pitt Capital, said she expects companies to continue reporting strong quarterly results this season. "The results are showing the economy continues to improve, so I would expect these types of results to continue."
At the same time, cnbc.com also reports that Apple-supplier Foxconn will announce a plant in Wisconsin on Wednesday evening.
“The announcement would come on the heels of a Wall Street Journal interview with Trump, where he said he had spoken to Apple CEO Tim Cook about three U.S. factories. Apple has yet to comment on Trump's remarks. Cook told Jim Cramer on CNBC's "Mad Money" in May it would start a $1 billion fund to promote advanced manufacturing jobs in the United States.
“With its wide network of developers, Apple has already created two million jobs in the United States, according to Cook. Apple supplier Corning told CNBC last week that it would "immediately" invest $500 million and create 1,000 new jobs in the United States, but those jobs were related to medical devices.”
However, despite Trump’s continual delivery as promised for the nation’s economy, job development and opportunity, the mainstream media maintains its relentless leftist-supportive assault on the POTUS’s non-existent Russian association.
In this matter, Newt Gingrich has once again struck at the heart of the matter, suggesting the investigation change focus to where it really belongs. On the Clinton’s.
Jeff Poor writes @breitbart.com that “Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called efforts to reopen the story of alleged corruption surrounding the Clinton Foundation “totally reasonable” given the environment the Democratic Party had created.
“According to Gingrich, questions about the Russian government’s associations with those tied to the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign deserved attention as well.
“Well, look, the president’s now had six months of watching the establishment go after him relentlessly, dishonestly with a whole series of falsehoods,” Gingrich said. “And he’s saying, ‘Wait a second, if we’re going to attack Don, Jr. for one 15-minute meeting, what about the fact that her campaign chairman’s brother was the registered lobbyist for a Russian bank? What about the fact that they had this uranium deal while she was secretary of state?”
“I mean, in a sense, the left has brought on itself creating an environment in which it is now totally reasonable to go back and reopen the whole Clinton Foundation story and ask if we want to look at Russian influence, there was a lot more money going to the Clintons by any standard than anybody has even begun to allege in any way affected the Trump operation, particularly since nobody’s found anything yet that affected the Trump operation,” he continued. “You know, Andy McCarthy, who’s a great former prosecutor in the Justice Department, keeps writing pieces saying there’s no crime here. How can Mueller be an independent counsel when they have yet to define a single crime?”
So, considering the facts involved, Trump’s reaction is exactly what it should be. And that’s what he’s upset with Sessions about now.
As reported by Matthew Boyle @breitbart.com: “Trump is upset about how Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation and did not tell him he would before he took office. Trump has a legitimate grievance there—there is literally no way that Eric Holder or Loretta Lynch would have recused themselves in a similar spot during their tenures as now former President Barack Obama’s attorneys general. Nonetheless, Trump has yet to directly call on Sessions to resign, and has not fired him—despite constant griping from the opposition party media pushing for that next soundbite for him to do so and to keep the story alive.”
Nonetheless, despite the facts of the matter stated above, when politics are involved there are far more ramifications than would exist in the business world.
As noted by author Boyle: “Sessions is a critical part of the Trump administration—and before there was a Trump administration, Sessions was a critical part of the “movement” that elected Trump to the presidency. Losing Sessions could endanger the administration and the split the critical coalition that helped Trump to the presidency. Doing that is something Trump supporters nationwide do not want to see—and in fact, with all the reports of Trump being upset after he fired Gen. Mike Flynn earlier this year, it might be wise for the president to slow down and think about this one before he fires away too harshly and quickly.”
History shows the depth of Sessions involvement in the Trump campaign and its critical importance from the outset as Boyle writes: “Sessions, the intellectual leader of the future of the conservative movement, has provided the brainpower behind the populist nationalist revolt against political elites that’s been emerging since at least 2013. At a warm and windy rally here with thousands present in a packed football stadium just outside Huntsville, Sessions appeared on stage with Trump to back him for president. Sessions’ endorsement provides Trump with even more legitimacy as Trump’s two remaining serious opponents—Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX)—attempt to undermine him in a desperate bid by the donor class to regain control of the party from populists revolting in elections around the country. Sessions backing Trump is a significant blow to both Rubio and Cruz, as now the powerful Alabamian will be putting his entire operation all in behind Trump.
“The new book Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump and the Storming of the Presidency also includes critical details about how Sessions knew that endorsing Trump was a critical moment in his career. If he failed to succeed in getting Trump not only the nomination but into the Oval Office past Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton in the November 2016 general election, he would not have a future at all in GOP politics. Sessions bet it all on Trump, and they won.
“He became the first U.S. Senator to back the now-President of the United States. It was, as we reported at the time, a “game change” moment in the campaign—as big a deal as any other moment over the two years of Trump’s meteoric rise to the Oval Office.”
All of which serves to underline the point that politics is quite a different game than running one’s own business. And since that will remain the case, it might be best if Trump backed off the issue at present, giving Sessions some time to adjust his focus.
Because even if Trump is absolutely correct in his analysis of Sessions, in the eyes of the mainstream media, his political opponents and many current supporters, Trump will still be perceived as wrong. And while that’s something that may not matter when running privately-owned enterprises, it can be a total disaster in the job he holds now.
That’s it for today folks.
Adios
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
BloggeRhythms
Today’s another wherein one has to wonder if those on the left ever pay attention to what goes on in the nation, or simply pursue their consistently backward agenda, regardless.
Evidence of Democrat refusal to accept and respect the wishes of the public majority can be seen farther along in today’s entry. But first, here are several examples of what their stubbornness is up against.
It was mentioned here yesterday that according to a new Rasmussen Report survey: 74% of adults rate life as good or excellent. That’s the highest level of satisfaction ever recorded by Rasmussen.
“Only 5% of Americans in this survey rate their life as poor.
And now, today Fred Imbert reports @cnbc.com that: “The S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent to hit a record high, with financials, materials and energy rising more than 1 percent to lead advancers. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 123 points.
“Caterpillar and McDonald's contributing the most gains.
"This is what the market needs to hear from industrial names coming in strong," said Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Financial. "This is the earnings week."
"The majority of companies that have reported have beaten" the Street, said Nick Raich, CEO of The Earnings Scout. "If there is a negative in these numbers, and this was expected, is that the earnings growth rate has declined from the first quarter."
Wall Street also expects the Fed to keep interest rates unchanged at its meetings this week, while major metro area home prices rose 5.7 percent in May, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index.
The vast improvement in the nations economy is further seen in an article by Scott Lanman this morning @bloomberg.com/news, titled: “Pickup in Confidence Shows Americans Upbeat on Jobs, Economy”
“A four-month high in U.S. consumer confidence reflects Americans’ sunnier views on both their current situation and outlook, a positive sign for the economy, data from the New York-based Conference Board showed Tuesday.
“Overall, consumers foresee the current economic expansion continuing well into the second half of this year,” Lynn Franco, director of economic indicators at the Conference Board, said in a statement.
“The Democratic Party’s top leaders talked about reviving Teddy Roosevelt’s fights against big corporations, mimicked Bernie Sanders’ calls for a massive minimum wage hike, and echoed Franklin Roosevelt’s promise to deliver a “New Deal” to the American public.
“It was the kind of message the party’s liberal wing has waited years to hear.
“For a long time the Democratic Party has been pretty timid about the role of government,” said Tamara Draut, a vice president of policy and research at the liberal think tank Demos. “It’s a good thing to see them leaning in to it.”
Chuck Schumer then offered an opinion one really has to think about. Because it seems as if he doesn’t really know what nation he lives in or has even an iota of knowledge of how that nation is supposed to function.
Schumer said: “When you lose elections, as we did in 2014 and 2016, you don’t flinch, you don’t blink. You look in the mirror and ask what did we do wrong? The number one thing we did wrong was not to present a strong, bold economic agenda to working Americans so they’re hope for the future might return.”
Schumer’s language proved cause for Roarty to note that it “was reminiscent of a revolutionary-minded activist.”
“Old-fashioned capitalism has broken down, to the detriment of the consumer,” the Democratic Senate leader said. (The term “Better Deal” is an homage to President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal economic program from the 1930s, which many liberals still view as the foundation for the party’s economic agenda.)
“Progressive leaders also approved of the substance of agenda. That wasn’t surprising, given that many of the proposals in the “Better Deal” agenda were tailor-made to please a liberal audience, including raising the minimum wage to the $15-an-hour mark Bernie Sanders advocated for during last year’s presidential election.
“It also calls for allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, reshaping trade deals, and creating a new government position to enforce anti-trust laws.”
While the economy-stifling objectives are obvious in Schumer’s verbiage, Liz Peek wrote an excellent rejoinder @FoxNews.com this morning.
“If you don’t succeed at first, fail and fail again. Democratic congressional leaders who seem to be pursuing that strategy trotted out a series of failed solutions Monday to problems that only worsened under the Obama administration. They mislabeled their absurd plan “A Better Deal.”
“If truth-in-labeling laws applied to political slogans, the Democrats would have to rename their new game plan “An Awful Deal.”
“Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) were joined by other top Democrats at a news conference in tiny Berryville, Va., in a laughable effort to show that big-city Democrats really and truly care about ordinary Americans and not just far-left elites.
“But instead of coming up with effective and workable policies, the mislabeled Better Deal is the same old collection of anti-business, anti-growth, anti-job policies that guided the Obama White House and that resulted in eight years of sluggish economic growth and stagnant family incomes.
“Obama’s anti-business posture, echoed in the Democrats’ new platform, hurt the country and hurt job creation. How can Democrats deny it, when even the prospect of lower corporate taxes and lighter regulation under President Trump caused the World Bank to raise its growth expectations for the United States. Why do they think the stock market keeps hitting new highs?”
While the level of understanding Ms Peek shows regarding the nation’s economy is outstanding on its own, she also included an observation from JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon who applied his world-renown banking knowledge to explain: “the absurdity of the anti-business jihad that so many Democrats embrace when he spoke on an earnings conference call earlier this month. Dimon said he had recently visited France, Argentina, Israel and Ireland, and spoken with the prime ministers of India and China. “It's amazing to me that every single one of these countries understands that practical policies that promote business and growth is good for the average citizens of this countries, for jobs and wages, and that somehow, this great American free enterprise system, we no longer get it," Dimon said.
However, not to find fault with Dimon’s conclusion because he certainly is a most-qualified observer. Nonetheless, Trump voters surely got his message, which is why he’s now in office and the nation’s economy is rapidly turning for the better.
That’s it for today folks.
Adios
Evidence of Democrat refusal to accept and respect the wishes of the public majority can be seen farther along in today’s entry. But first, here are several examples of what their stubbornness is up against.
It was mentioned here yesterday that according to a new Rasmussen Report survey: 74% of adults rate life as good or excellent. That’s the highest level of satisfaction ever recorded by Rasmussen.
“Only 5% of Americans in this survey rate their life as poor.
And now, today Fred Imbert reports @cnbc.com that: “The S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent to hit a record high, with financials, materials and energy rising more than 1 percent to lead advancers. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 123 points.
“Caterpillar and McDonald's contributing the most gains.
"This is what the market needs to hear from industrial names coming in strong," said Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Financial. "This is the earnings week."
"The majority of companies that have reported have beaten" the Street, said Nick Raich, CEO of The Earnings Scout. "If there is a negative in these numbers, and this was expected, is that the earnings growth rate has declined from the first quarter."
Wall Street also expects the Fed to keep interest rates unchanged at its meetings this week, while major metro area home prices rose 5.7 percent in May, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index.
The vast improvement in the nations economy is further seen in an article by Scott Lanman this morning @bloomberg.com/news, titled: “Pickup in Confidence Shows Americans Upbeat on Jobs, Economy”
“A four-month high in U.S. consumer confidence reflects Americans’ sunnier views on both their current situation and outlook, a positive sign for the economy, data from the New York-based Conference Board showed Tuesday.
“Overall, consumers foresee the current economic expansion continuing well into the second half of this year,” Lynn Franco, director of economic indicators at the Conference Board, said in a statement.
- Share of respondents citing “good” business conditions rose to the highest level since early 2001; the proportion expecting them to improve over the next six months also increased
- Labor differential, measuring share of those saying jobs are plentiful minus the share saying they’re hard to get, widened to 16.1 percentage points, the most since August 2001
- Consumers were modestly less upbeat about income prospects than in previous month
- Buying plans up for autos and homes, down for major appliances
“The Democratic Party’s top leaders talked about reviving Teddy Roosevelt’s fights against big corporations, mimicked Bernie Sanders’ calls for a massive minimum wage hike, and echoed Franklin Roosevelt’s promise to deliver a “New Deal” to the American public.
“It was the kind of message the party’s liberal wing has waited years to hear.
“For a long time the Democratic Party has been pretty timid about the role of government,” said Tamara Draut, a vice president of policy and research at the liberal think tank Demos. “It’s a good thing to see them leaning in to it.”
Chuck Schumer then offered an opinion one really has to think about. Because it seems as if he doesn’t really know what nation he lives in or has even an iota of knowledge of how that nation is supposed to function.
Schumer said: “When you lose elections, as we did in 2014 and 2016, you don’t flinch, you don’t blink. You look in the mirror and ask what did we do wrong? The number one thing we did wrong was not to present a strong, bold economic agenda to working Americans so they’re hope for the future might return.”
Schumer’s language proved cause for Roarty to note that it “was reminiscent of a revolutionary-minded activist.”
“Old-fashioned capitalism has broken down, to the detriment of the consumer,” the Democratic Senate leader said. (The term “Better Deal” is an homage to President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal economic program from the 1930s, which many liberals still view as the foundation for the party’s economic agenda.)
“Progressive leaders also approved of the substance of agenda. That wasn’t surprising, given that many of the proposals in the “Better Deal” agenda were tailor-made to please a liberal audience, including raising the minimum wage to the $15-an-hour mark Bernie Sanders advocated for during last year’s presidential election.
“It also calls for allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, reshaping trade deals, and creating a new government position to enforce anti-trust laws.”
While the economy-stifling objectives are obvious in Schumer’s verbiage, Liz Peek wrote an excellent rejoinder @FoxNews.com this morning.
“If you don’t succeed at first, fail and fail again. Democratic congressional leaders who seem to be pursuing that strategy trotted out a series of failed solutions Monday to problems that only worsened under the Obama administration. They mislabeled their absurd plan “A Better Deal.”
“If truth-in-labeling laws applied to political slogans, the Democrats would have to rename their new game plan “An Awful Deal.”
“Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) were joined by other top Democrats at a news conference in tiny Berryville, Va., in a laughable effort to show that big-city Democrats really and truly care about ordinary Americans and not just far-left elites.
“But instead of coming up with effective and workable policies, the mislabeled Better Deal is the same old collection of anti-business, anti-growth, anti-job policies that guided the Obama White House and that resulted in eight years of sluggish economic growth and stagnant family incomes.
“Obama’s anti-business posture, echoed in the Democrats’ new platform, hurt the country and hurt job creation. How can Democrats deny it, when even the prospect of lower corporate taxes and lighter regulation under President Trump caused the World Bank to raise its growth expectations for the United States. Why do they think the stock market keeps hitting new highs?”
While the level of understanding Ms Peek shows regarding the nation’s economy is outstanding on its own, she also included an observation from JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon who applied his world-renown banking knowledge to explain: “the absurdity of the anti-business jihad that so many Democrats embrace when he spoke on an earnings conference call earlier this month. Dimon said he had recently visited France, Argentina, Israel and Ireland, and spoken with the prime ministers of India and China. “It's amazing to me that every single one of these countries understands that practical policies that promote business and growth is good for the average citizens of this countries, for jobs and wages, and that somehow, this great American free enterprise system, we no longer get it," Dimon said.
However, not to find fault with Dimon’s conclusion because he certainly is a most-qualified observer. Nonetheless, Trump voters surely got his message, which is why he’s now in office and the nation’s economy is rapidly turning for the better.
That’s it for today folks.
Adios
Monday, July 24, 2017
BloggeRhythms
Several news story's today serve to show why leading Democrats grasp at the tiniest of straws as they try to keep their failing party together. And it’s the lack of having anything substantial to offer constituents that leads to reactions such as the creation of Russian witch hunts, making them look even worse than the pathetic whiners and hopeless cases they truly are.
An item news.grabien.com titled “As Gas Prices Fall to 12-Year Low, Schumer Claims Gas Prices 'Never Go Down, begins: “Even as gas prices have fallen to the lowest point in years under President Trump, Senate Minority Leader is claiming the price of petrol has only gone up.”
According to the text: “Over the July 4th holiday weekend, gas prices were at their lowest point since 2005, according to the AAA.
"At $2.23, today’s average national gas price is the cheapest the country has seen all year," AAA reported. "On the week, gas prices fell in 46 states. Only Illinois, Oklahoma and Washington, D.C. saw prices increase, albeit by one cent each, while Hawaii and Maine remained flat. South Carolina continues to carry the cheapest gas in the country at $1.90. Today, consumers can find gas for $2.00 or less at one out of every four gas stations in the country."
Despite the statistics presented, when Schumer appeared on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, he claimed prices are only rising, thanks to "huge companies buying up other big companies."
"Gas prices are sticky -- you know, when the domestic price goes, uh, when the, uh, price for oil goes up on the markets, it goes right up but it never goes down.," Schumer said. "How the heck did we let Exxon and Mobil merge?"
After reading Schumer’s assessment, one has to wonder who he thinks his audience is. Because anyone owning a gas-driven vehicle or machine knows full well how gas prices have fallen.
And once again its readers who prove the point.
Reader Western commented: “Well, he is correct. Prices in California have gone up, and scheduled to go up even more, due to liberal taxation.
Old Hickory wrote: “Schumer is confused and thinks Barak "Prices will necessarily rise" Obama is still in office. Obama did everything he could to sabotage US energy production. He tried to regulate coal to death and oil and gas acreage leased fell to a 35 year low. The result was coal mines shut down and O&G production on federal land dropped by 15% even while the shale boom nearly doubled production on private property.”
Matamoros added: “Yep oil peaked at well north of $100 a barrel under Obama. It stayed over $80 for most of 2010-2015. That was a huge gift to Putin and OPEC. Those stupid policies are what allowed Putin to fund his military buildup. Thanks to private investment, we are now exporting liquid NG, undercutting Russian market share and profit margins in Europe. Energy price decline is a major factor curtailing Russian aggression, just like in the 1980s.”
BigAl further noted: “All of that and sold 20% of our uranium to the Russians as well.”
All of which goes to confirm that if the Democrats continue without a meaningful, recognizable platform with tangible benefits, today’s voter's are far too well-informed to accept the divergence attempts of witch-hunts. Particularly when leaders like Schumer come across as totally ignorant of simple staistics, such as current trends in the price of a basic commodity like oil.
On the other hand, however, another article concerned a topic in which Democrats are consummate experts; politics.
Brooke Singman writes @FoxNews.com about the same politician, Schumer, “who had choice words for Hillary Clinton in an interview over the weekend, blasting the Democratic presidential nominee for blaming Russia for her loss to now-President Trump -- who picked up on the jab in a Monday morning tweet.
“When you lose to somebody who has a 40 percent popularity, you don’t blame other things -- Comey, Russia -- you blame yourself,” Schumer told the Washington Post. “So what did we do wrong? People didn’t know what we stood for, just that we were against Trump. And still believe that.”
He was referring to “comments Clinton has made tying her November election loss to multiple factors -- including former FBI Director James Comey’s decision to re-open the investigation into her private email server as well as the email hack of her campaign chairman's account.”
So, here’s a guy who blamed the presidential election on the lack of a platform, and running a campaign based solely on being against the other candidate. Yet, he did it on the very same day that when discussing particular issues, such as the price of oil, he has no idea whatsoever of what he’s talking about either.
And then, what truly becomes an interesting circumstance regarding all the efforts of Democrats to uncover Trump collusion with Russians during the past election, the vast majority of the American people are quite content with the way things are going at present.
As presented by Rush on Friday: “This is from Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, but it’s actually the result of a Rasmussen Reports survey. You ready for this? Seventy-four percent of the American people say they have never felt better and are very happy. New Rasmussen Report survey: 74% of adults rate life as good or excellent. That’s the highest level of satisfaction ever recorded by Rasmussen. That’s up from 61% in 2010 and 67% in 2014.
“Only 5% of Americans in this survey rate their life as poor. Most of those surveyed said the first 40 years of life were the best. Unmarried adults were the happiest.”
Thus, one would have to believe that creating issues where there are none, make the Democrat lack of a platform even harder to attract voters who are now happier than they’ve been in recorded history.
Bringing us to another Democrat issue with which they appear to be incorrect about, as reported by AWR Hawkins @breitbart.com who writes:
“A study from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) shows during the time period 2007 to 2015, the percentage of adults with carry permits rose 190% and violent crime fell by 18%.
“According to CPRC, from 2007 to 2015 the “murder rates fell from 5.6 [per 100,000] to 4.9 per 100,000. This represents a 12.5% drop.” At the same time, “overall violent crime fell by 18 percent.” And again, these drops are coinciding with a 190% increase in “the percentage of adults with permits.”
The CPRC showed that the number of concealed carry permit holders “grew by a record 1.83 million” in 2016. This beats the previous record of 1.73 million, set in 2015, and means “6.53% of American adults have permits.” Moreover, “outside the restrictive states of California and New York, about 8% of the adult population has a permit.”
Making one wonder if leadership on the left is ever going to do some research on subjects before they present incorrect matter in the future. Because although 74% of adults rate life currently as good or excellent, they might be able to attract some of the 26% finding it somewhat less. Provided they can ever come up with something beneficial to offer.
That’s it for today folks.
Adios
An item news.grabien.com titled “As Gas Prices Fall to 12-Year Low, Schumer Claims Gas Prices 'Never Go Down, begins: “Even as gas prices have fallen to the lowest point in years under President Trump, Senate Minority Leader is claiming the price of petrol has only gone up.”
According to the text: “Over the July 4th holiday weekend, gas prices were at their lowest point since 2005, according to the AAA.
"At $2.23, today’s average national gas price is the cheapest the country has seen all year," AAA reported. "On the week, gas prices fell in 46 states. Only Illinois, Oklahoma and Washington, D.C. saw prices increase, albeit by one cent each, while Hawaii and Maine remained flat. South Carolina continues to carry the cheapest gas in the country at $1.90. Today, consumers can find gas for $2.00 or less at one out of every four gas stations in the country."
Despite the statistics presented, when Schumer appeared on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, he claimed prices are only rising, thanks to "huge companies buying up other big companies."
"Gas prices are sticky -- you know, when the domestic price goes, uh, when the, uh, price for oil goes up on the markets, it goes right up but it never goes down.," Schumer said. "How the heck did we let Exxon and Mobil merge?"
After reading Schumer’s assessment, one has to wonder who he thinks his audience is. Because anyone owning a gas-driven vehicle or machine knows full well how gas prices have fallen.
And once again its readers who prove the point.
Reader Western commented: “Well, he is correct. Prices in California have gone up, and scheduled to go up even more, due to liberal taxation.
Old Hickory wrote: “Schumer is confused and thinks Barak "Prices will necessarily rise" Obama is still in office. Obama did everything he could to sabotage US energy production. He tried to regulate coal to death and oil and gas acreage leased fell to a 35 year low. The result was coal mines shut down and O&G production on federal land dropped by 15% even while the shale boom nearly doubled production on private property.”
Matamoros added: “Yep oil peaked at well north of $100 a barrel under Obama. It stayed over $80 for most of 2010-2015. That was a huge gift to Putin and OPEC. Those stupid policies are what allowed Putin to fund his military buildup. Thanks to private investment, we are now exporting liquid NG, undercutting Russian market share and profit margins in Europe. Energy price decline is a major factor curtailing Russian aggression, just like in the 1980s.”
BigAl further noted: “All of that and sold 20% of our uranium to the Russians as well.”
All of which goes to confirm that if the Democrats continue without a meaningful, recognizable platform with tangible benefits, today’s voter's are far too well-informed to accept the divergence attempts of witch-hunts. Particularly when leaders like Schumer come across as totally ignorant of simple staistics, such as current trends in the price of a basic commodity like oil.
On the other hand, however, another article concerned a topic in which Democrats are consummate experts; politics.
Brooke Singman writes @FoxNews.com about the same politician, Schumer, “who had choice words for Hillary Clinton in an interview over the weekend, blasting the Democratic presidential nominee for blaming Russia for her loss to now-President Trump -- who picked up on the jab in a Monday morning tweet.
“When you lose to somebody who has a 40 percent popularity, you don’t blame other things -- Comey, Russia -- you blame yourself,” Schumer told the Washington Post. “So what did we do wrong? People didn’t know what we stood for, just that we were against Trump. And still believe that.”
He was referring to “comments Clinton has made tying her November election loss to multiple factors -- including former FBI Director James Comey’s decision to re-open the investigation into her private email server as well as the email hack of her campaign chairman's account.”
So, here’s a guy who blamed the presidential election on the lack of a platform, and running a campaign based solely on being against the other candidate. Yet, he did it on the very same day that when discussing particular issues, such as the price of oil, he has no idea whatsoever of what he’s talking about either.
And then, what truly becomes an interesting circumstance regarding all the efforts of Democrats to uncover Trump collusion with Russians during the past election, the vast majority of the American people are quite content with the way things are going at present.
As presented by Rush on Friday: “This is from Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, but it’s actually the result of a Rasmussen Reports survey. You ready for this? Seventy-four percent of the American people say they have never felt better and are very happy. New Rasmussen Report survey: 74% of adults rate life as good or excellent. That’s the highest level of satisfaction ever recorded by Rasmussen. That’s up from 61% in 2010 and 67% in 2014.
“Only 5% of Americans in this survey rate their life as poor. Most of those surveyed said the first 40 years of life were the best. Unmarried adults were the happiest.”
Thus, one would have to believe that creating issues where there are none, make the Democrat lack of a platform even harder to attract voters who are now happier than they’ve been in recorded history.
Bringing us to another Democrat issue with which they appear to be incorrect about, as reported by AWR Hawkins @breitbart.com who writes:
“A study from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) shows during the time period 2007 to 2015, the percentage of adults with carry permits rose 190% and violent crime fell by 18%.
“According to CPRC, from 2007 to 2015 the “murder rates fell from 5.6 [per 100,000] to 4.9 per 100,000. This represents a 12.5% drop.” At the same time, “overall violent crime fell by 18 percent.” And again, these drops are coinciding with a 190% increase in “the percentage of adults with permits.”
The CPRC showed that the number of concealed carry permit holders “grew by a record 1.83 million” in 2016. This beats the previous record of 1.73 million, set in 2015, and means “6.53% of American adults have permits.” Moreover, “outside the restrictive states of California and New York, about 8% of the adult population has a permit.”
“CPRC observes: Regression estimates show a significant association between increased permit ownership and drops in murder and violent crime rates. Each one percentage point increase in rates of permit-holding is associated with a roughly 2.5 percent drop in the murder rate. This holds true even after accounting for incarceration rates, the number of police per capita, and other demographics.“In other words, more concealed carriers, less murder.”
Making one wonder if leadership on the left is ever going to do some research on subjects before they present incorrect matter in the future. Because although 74% of adults rate life currently as good or excellent, they might be able to attract some of the 26% finding it somewhat less. Provided they can ever come up with something beneficial to offer.
That’s it for today folks.
Adios
Friday, July 21, 2017
BloggeRhythms
Sorry folks, still under the weather. So, after 2627 (7 plus years) straight daily entry’s I’m taking some time to recover and pick up again on Monday.
But, as long as I’m here today, noticed three items on Drudge worth noting.
According to to CNSNews.com: “The real value added to the U.S economy by the mining, construction and manufacturing sectors boomed in the first quarter of 2017, while the real value added by the financial and insurance sector dropped, according to data released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
“Overall, the U.S. economy grew at an annual pace of only 1.4 percent in the first quarter. But the value added by mining grew by a booming 21.6 percent, while construction grew 5.6 percent and manufacturing grew 4.7%.
“The overall 4.7 percent growth in manufacturing reflected 5.0 percent growth in manufacturing of nondurable goods (i.e. products such as clothing and food) and 4.4 percent growth in the manufacturing of durable goods.
“At the same time that mining, construction and manufacturing were booming, the finance and insurance sector declined by 2.1 percent.”
Then Katherine Rodriguez reports @breitbart.com that: “USDA statistics on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation showed that 42,609,852 people in the U.S. took part in the food stamp program in fiscal year (FY) 2017, the lowest level it has been since 2010 when 40,302,000 people enrolled in the program.”
While the economic news was breaking, Joshua Caplan @thegatewaypundit.com reported:
“Under the leadership of former Obama official Tom Perez, a new FEC report reveals the DNC finished the month of June $3.3 million in debt.
“They’re broke. Just like their policies.”
Does anyone else see a correlation in these happening. Or is it just me?
That’s it for today folks.
Adios
But, as long as I’m here today, noticed three items on Drudge worth noting.
According to to CNSNews.com: “The real value added to the U.S economy by the mining, construction and manufacturing sectors boomed in the first quarter of 2017, while the real value added by the financial and insurance sector dropped, according to data released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
“Overall, the U.S. economy grew at an annual pace of only 1.4 percent in the first quarter. But the value added by mining grew by a booming 21.6 percent, while construction grew 5.6 percent and manufacturing grew 4.7%.
“The overall 4.7 percent growth in manufacturing reflected 5.0 percent growth in manufacturing of nondurable goods (i.e. products such as clothing and food) and 4.4 percent growth in the manufacturing of durable goods.
“At the same time that mining, construction and manufacturing were booming, the finance and insurance sector declined by 2.1 percent.”
Then Katherine Rodriguez reports @breitbart.com that: “USDA statistics on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation showed that 42,609,852 people in the U.S. took part in the food stamp program in fiscal year (FY) 2017, the lowest level it has been since 2010 when 40,302,000 people enrolled in the program.”
While the economic news was breaking, Joshua Caplan @thegatewaypundit.com reported:
“Under the leadership of former Obama official Tom Perez, a new FEC report reveals the DNC finished the month of June $3.3 million in debt.
“They’re broke. Just like their policies.”
Does anyone else see a correlation in these happening. Or is it just me?
That’s it for today folks.
Adios
Thursday, July 20, 2017
BloggeRhythms
Tough morning today, due to intestinal glitch which should be soon be over. However, instead of calling in sick, I’m going to let an article and comments from readers fill in for me. And, in my opinion they did a very good job.
The article comes from AFP’s Ivan Couronne via yahoo.com and begins: “Thursday marks six months in power for US president Donald Trump. Fellow Republicans hope to turn the page on a relatively fruitless debut and lift a trophy with tax reform before his first year is out.
“Since January 20 the president has rolled back 14 regulations set by his, predecessor Barack Obama, notably on environmental and industry rules.
“He also claimed a critical victory with the Senate's confirmation of conservative judge Neil Gorsuch onto the US Supreme Court, and has signed numerous executive orders.
"What we've done over a short period of time, and what we're going to be doing over the next six months, will be incredible," the billionaire businessman-turned-politician said Monday.
“But a grand legislative accomplishment has eluded him, including his long-pledged repeal of the health care reforms that was Obama's signature domestic achievement -- and which have divided Republicans.”
While the bias of the author against the POTUS is obvious, it’s remarkable that the appointment of a Supreme Court Justice in the first six months receives 14 words in the middle of a sentence. Yet, the effects of that appointment will significantly influence court rulings for many, many years to come.
When it comes to the real world, however, readers have totally different opinions about Trump’s accomplishment's while placing blame for the POTUS’s “relatively fruitless debut” where it really belongs.
Reader 2WAYSTREET commented: “It's just sad how hard the Liberal left has worked to continually slow any chance of success for this President, yes he has his downsides but my god, this is dispicable. And if it had been Cruz or even thier pick Jebbie Bush it would have gone the same way. Our nation used to fight the good fight in politics and then come together no matter who won, thats how it was with Obama, we didn't see known celebrities out there holding Obama's bloody head or crybabies whining day after day about the loss, America came together and said " Give The Guy a Chance" but because a Republican won the Liberal's and Liberal media went off the cliff and haven't stopped for a second, even today. The Liberals are willing to watch America burn to the ground just to keep up their tantrum. SAD.”
Reader Mamamia took another path, producing a long list of accomplishments that the author either isn’t aware of, or simply chose to ignore.
Examples from the quite long list of first six-month accomplishments includes:
“US Debt” ”As of today, the US Debt has decreased under President Trump since his inauguration by (-$103) Billion. (President Obama increased the US debt in his first 6 months more than $974 Billion or nearly $1 Trillion.) The difference between Presidents Trump and Obama is more than $1 Trillion.”
“Jobs: ”According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics President Trump added a projected 1,027,000 jobs in his first six months (January through June 2017.) President Obama on the other hand lost more than 3,826,000 million jobs in his first six months.”
“Unemployment: “Also according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the unemployment rate since President Trump’s inauguration decreased from 4.8% to 4.4% (January through June 2017). The unemployment rate in January 2017 was 4.8% and by June it was down to 4.4%. Unemployment under President Obama on the other hand moved in the opposite direction. In his first six months as President the US unemployment rate increased each month from 7.8% in January 2009 to 9.5% by June of 2009.
“Illegal immigration is down almost 70% under President Trump.”
“NATO announced Allied spending is up $10 Billion because of President Trump.”
“After being nominated by President Trump, Constitutionalist Judge Neil Gorsuch was confirmed and sworn in as Supreme Court Justice in early April.
“The President has signed around 150 executive orders, memoranda and proclamations as of July 19th, including:
* Dismantling Obama’s climate change initiatives.
* Travel bans for individuals from a select number of countries embroiled in terrorist atrocities.
* Enforcing regulatory reform.
* Protecting Law enforcement.
* Mandating for every new regulation to eliminate two.
* Defeating ISIS.
* Rebuilding the military.
* Building a border wall.
* Cutting funding for sanctuary cities.
* Approving pipelines.
* Reducing regulations on manufacturers.
* Placing a hiring freeze on federal employees.
* Exiting the US from the TPP.”
There’s considerably more posted by the reader, but space prohibits its addition. But just what’s there is quite a lot of accomplishment if you stop and think about it. Which those on the left and in the mainstream media certainly chose to ignore.
Reader AlanC wrote: “The libertards and the clowns that call themselves media have tried to derail Trump and his agenda at every turn. But we still have a bustling economy and the public has grown wise to all the turmoil the libertards have tried to create now it is starting to work against them. The midterms will be fun to watch the dems continue their downward spiral. Keep bashing and causing nothing but trouble dems. It only shows how immature and foolish they are.”
Reader Dude opined: “The problem is that Trump is going against the establishment. Both democrats and republicans make up the DC establishment, and neither of them want him there. And of course the news media is doing all they can do damage him. During the campaign he survived all of that, and will continue to. Trump is our first truly independent president.”
And reader Dude is certainly correct in his observation. Most of those in the “swamp,” are putting up obstacles. Primarily because none of them, regardless of party affiliation, want an outsider in their midst showing them up for the wastrels they truly are.
Then Sir.Dennis presented some very impressive statistics.
“In the first 6 months of the Trump Presidency, the Dow increased by nearly 2000 points. The Stock Market has gained over $4 trillion in value since Trump became president.
“In the first 6 months of the Trump Presidency, the national debt decreased by $103 billion. In Obama's first 6 months, the debt went up $974 billion.”
“In the first 6 months of the Trump Presidency, over 1,027,00 new jobs have been added to the economy. In Obama's first 6 months, 3,826,000 jobs were lost.”
“I hope America has 8 more years of Trump's failures, because 8 years of Obama's successes damn near killed us!”
So, thanks to those readers who put their thoughts, opinions and conclusions in print today. Particularly because what they posted is the absolute, unequivocal truth.
That’s it for today folks.
Adios
The article comes from AFP’s Ivan Couronne via yahoo.com and begins: “Thursday marks six months in power for US president Donald Trump. Fellow Republicans hope to turn the page on a relatively fruitless debut and lift a trophy with tax reform before his first year is out.
“Since January 20 the president has rolled back 14 regulations set by his, predecessor Barack Obama, notably on environmental and industry rules.
“He also claimed a critical victory with the Senate's confirmation of conservative judge Neil Gorsuch onto the US Supreme Court, and has signed numerous executive orders.
"What we've done over a short period of time, and what we're going to be doing over the next six months, will be incredible," the billionaire businessman-turned-politician said Monday.
“But a grand legislative accomplishment has eluded him, including his long-pledged repeal of the health care reforms that was Obama's signature domestic achievement -- and which have divided Republicans.”
While the bias of the author against the POTUS is obvious, it’s remarkable that the appointment of a Supreme Court Justice in the first six months receives 14 words in the middle of a sentence. Yet, the effects of that appointment will significantly influence court rulings for many, many years to come.
When it comes to the real world, however, readers have totally different opinions about Trump’s accomplishment's while placing blame for the POTUS’s “relatively fruitless debut” where it really belongs.
Reader 2WAYSTREET commented: “It's just sad how hard the Liberal left has worked to continually slow any chance of success for this President, yes he has his downsides but my god, this is dispicable. And if it had been Cruz or even thier pick Jebbie Bush it would have gone the same way. Our nation used to fight the good fight in politics and then come together no matter who won, thats how it was with Obama, we didn't see known celebrities out there holding Obama's bloody head or crybabies whining day after day about the loss, America came together and said " Give The Guy a Chance" but because a Republican won the Liberal's and Liberal media went off the cliff and haven't stopped for a second, even today. The Liberals are willing to watch America burn to the ground just to keep up their tantrum. SAD.”
Reader Mamamia took another path, producing a long list of accomplishments that the author either isn’t aware of, or simply chose to ignore.
Examples from the quite long list of first six-month accomplishments includes:
“US Debt” ”As of today, the US Debt has decreased under President Trump since his inauguration by (-$103) Billion. (President Obama increased the US debt in his first 6 months more than $974 Billion or nearly $1 Trillion.) The difference between Presidents Trump and Obama is more than $1 Trillion.”
“Jobs: ”According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics President Trump added a projected 1,027,000 jobs in his first six months (January through June 2017.) President Obama on the other hand lost more than 3,826,000 million jobs in his first six months.”
“Unemployment: “Also according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the unemployment rate since President Trump’s inauguration decreased from 4.8% to 4.4% (January through June 2017). The unemployment rate in January 2017 was 4.8% and by June it was down to 4.4%. Unemployment under President Obama on the other hand moved in the opposite direction. In his first six months as President the US unemployment rate increased each month from 7.8% in January 2009 to 9.5% by June of 2009.
“Illegal immigration is down almost 70% under President Trump.”
“NATO announced Allied spending is up $10 Billion because of President Trump.”
“After being nominated by President Trump, Constitutionalist Judge Neil Gorsuch was confirmed and sworn in as Supreme Court Justice in early April.
“The President has signed around 150 executive orders, memoranda and proclamations as of July 19th, including:
* Dismantling Obama’s climate change initiatives.
* Travel bans for individuals from a select number of countries embroiled in terrorist atrocities.
* Enforcing regulatory reform.
* Protecting Law enforcement.
* Mandating for every new regulation to eliminate two.
* Defeating ISIS.
* Rebuilding the military.
* Building a border wall.
* Cutting funding for sanctuary cities.
* Approving pipelines.
* Reducing regulations on manufacturers.
* Placing a hiring freeze on federal employees.
* Exiting the US from the TPP.”
There’s considerably more posted by the reader, but space prohibits its addition. But just what’s there is quite a lot of accomplishment if you stop and think about it. Which those on the left and in the mainstream media certainly chose to ignore.
Reader AlanC wrote: “The libertards and the clowns that call themselves media have tried to derail Trump and his agenda at every turn. But we still have a bustling economy and the public has grown wise to all the turmoil the libertards have tried to create now it is starting to work against them. The midterms will be fun to watch the dems continue their downward spiral. Keep bashing and causing nothing but trouble dems. It only shows how immature and foolish they are.”
Reader Dude opined: “The problem is that Trump is going against the establishment. Both democrats and republicans make up the DC establishment, and neither of them want him there. And of course the news media is doing all they can do damage him. During the campaign he survived all of that, and will continue to. Trump is our first truly independent president.”
And reader Dude is certainly correct in his observation. Most of those in the “swamp,” are putting up obstacles. Primarily because none of them, regardless of party affiliation, want an outsider in their midst showing them up for the wastrels they truly are.
Then Sir.Dennis presented some very impressive statistics.
“In the first 6 months of the Trump Presidency, the Dow increased by nearly 2000 points. The Stock Market has gained over $4 trillion in value since Trump became president.
“In the first 6 months of the Trump Presidency, the national debt decreased by $103 billion. In Obama's first 6 months, the debt went up $974 billion.”
“In the first 6 months of the Trump Presidency, over 1,027,00 new jobs have been added to the economy. In Obama's first 6 months, 3,826,000 jobs were lost.”
“I hope America has 8 more years of Trump's failures, because 8 years of Obama's successes damn near killed us!”
So, thanks to those readers who put their thoughts, opinions and conclusions in print today. Particularly because what they posted is the absolute, unequivocal truth.
That’s it for today folks.
Adios
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
BloggeRhythms
Yesterday Rush, as usual, proffered a well-informed analysis of what actually transpired in the Republican failure to repeal and replace Obamacare. His rationale includes the obvious rules and protocols of the Senate and also practicalities regarding particular Senators and those influencing them.
Rush began by describing the POTUS’s current position on the legislation wherein he’s “not gonna own it. Which he’s been saying for months. He said, you know, the smart thing politically for him to do is to let it fail and let the Democrats absorb all the blame. Let Obama and the Democrats take the blame. Just let it fail. But Trump said — as a show of good faith — he was gonna work with people to try to replace it, to repeal and replace it rather than just to let it implode, let it fail.”
With repeal and replace failing, Rush interprets Trump's present actions to possibly mean “he’s just going to sit by and let the thing fail, and that means old Mitch and the boys can go in there and fail to repeal it and that means Obamacare remains the law of the land. This is where it gets interesting. Obamacare is imploding. It is in the process of consuming itself. If Trump follows through and just says, “I’m gonna let it fail,” and we just sit by and watch premiums go up 45, 50% every year… As we watch insurance companies pull out of the exchanges, as we watch the subsidies end, as we watch the exchanges close, as nobody’s able to buy insurance…”
Next, Rush addressed “the Trump opposition in the, quote, unquote, “elite club” known as the establishment,” whom he believes now find themselves in a quandary whereas the election didn’t work out as expected.
“What are they gonna do now? See, the objective in the original design of Obamacare was to fail. But it was supposed to fail with Hillary Clinton or another Democrat in the White House. And, at the moment of failure, it was then to be suggested almost as a brilliant spur-of-the-moment idea, “Hey, why don’t we just go single payer.” Or, “Hey, why don’t we just put everybody on Medicare? Hey, problem solved!” Because, at that time, that point in time, premiums would be out of reach, deductibles out of reach, insurance companies closing down and closing up shop, exchanges closing up shop. So it’d be eagerly demanded, even maybe by the public.”
However, as a result of the election, “now we’ve got Trump who doesn’t want to go single payer, and this the Democrats and the establishment know. So there are two options here, and it’s interesting to note that if you listen to the media and you listen to the Democrats, repealing Obamacare is the worst thing that could be done, but it isn’t. Staying with Obamacare and letting it implode is the absolute worst outcome here. Repealing it means you repeal it. You get rid of every Obamacare law, and that means you start over. But it also raises a question: At what point do you…? Where do you resume?”
Having laid out the current status of the situation from a procedural aspect, Rush then got into unseen underlying pitfalls regarding individual Senators, having as much, or more, influence on their votes as the issue itself.
Rush’s used talks with Senator Ted Cruz to define the current state of affairs, saying: “Let me set this up by reminding you what Ted Cruz has told me I don’t know how many times. [T]he thing that shocked him more than anything his first few days in the Senate was how 90% of what senators do is get reelected. Ninety percent of their time is spent raising money, organizing fundraisers, dealing with the consultants and all who raise the money, planning the events.
“The other 10%’s being a senator. It shocked him. It was that blatant, that obvious. Why? Because getting reelected is the most important job every senator thinks he has. Probably to a degree this is true in the House, but he was speaking specifically of the Senate. And yet, if getting reelected is the most important thing, then a question occurs to me.
“All of these promises and all of these votes to repeal Obamacare since 2010, now when they have the power to actually do it, they don’t do it, they can’t do it. After all these promises, after all these times being elected on the basis of that promise, and yet they obviously don’t fear the voters in their states nearly as much as they fear something else.”
And that’s where missing pieces fit together regarding the individual votes of Senators, whereas the force driving them most strongly isn’t political affiliation, constituent's satisfaction or particular legislation itself. Not surprisingly, according to Rush, the main worry turns out to be money, pure and simple.
Regarding those Senators, Rush explains: “They are clearly willing to incur your wrath at reelection time. They would much rather do that than deal with whatever is gonna happen to them if they vote to repeal it. They’re afraid of somebody. They are concerned about somebody or something, but it isn’t you. Despite the most important thing in their lives, being reelected, that’s what you do. So who is it that they’re more afraid of than you? Who is it that they are the least interested in angering?
“Well, yeah, money people, but I want get more specific than that. Of course it’s the money people, the donors and all that, but who are they, and what threat do they have? What threat do they have that can make elected officials more fearful of them than of you? ‘Cause if you don’t show up, whatever else happens is academic. It has to be the fact that whoever it is they’re afraid of can supply them with, in their minds, enough money to win reelection no matter what your opinion of them is.
“But it all circles around money, understandably. And there’s nothing new about that. I’m not claiming to have discovered anything earth-shattering here. But I just find it interesting.”
Now, who specifically “bought” particular Senators votes, when, where, how and why are things that may never be discovered at all. But what is known is that as found in Wikipedia) “lobbyists are, in some circles, referred to as the "fourth branch of government," as some have great influence in U.S. national politics due to their monetary resources and the "revolving-door" practice of hiring former government officials. It is widely believed to be common practice for politicians to solicit money from lobbying firms in exchange for better access to officials, especially members of the United States Congress, and to buy favoritism in policies.”
Most interestingly, if Rush is correct about Senators that have been bought, his suspicion may well be confirmed today when all of them will meet with the POTUS for lunch at the White House.
Republican Representative from Texas, Louis Gohmert put it this way as he spoke to Stuart Varney on Fox Business this morning, commenting on his disappointment in the Republican Party for promising repeal and not staying true to their word.
Gohmert said: “I love what the president is doing and he's going to have every one of the senators there. I hope, Stuart, the message is going to be … ‘look, you all promised you would repeal it [Obamacare] if you got the majority and you got it. You voted for repeal in the last Congress, and now I will sign it as soon as you vote to repeal it. You better not have been lying to your constituents because you're going to get a chance to vote to repeal and keep your promise; and, if you don't, we’re gonna find somebody that will keep their promises.”
Which means that if money truly is driving the votes of particular Senators, and after the White House lunch with the POTUS, there are still dissenters, they will have exposed themselves. Because, Gohmert got it right when he said they all “promised” they would repeal Obamacare if they got the majority they now have."
Thus, this very afternoon all Senators still refusing to vote for repeal and replace will be known by the POTUS, the constituents of those dissenters and the voting public in general. And it's those Senators that can then be targeted in the future as one’s placing personal interests above fulfilling the commitments of their jobs. Bringing us back to Gohmert's threat that: "You better not have been lying to your constituents because you're going to get a chance to vote to repeal and keep your promise; and, if you don't, we’re gonna find somebody that will keep their promises.”
That's it for today folks.
Adios
Rush began by describing the POTUS’s current position on the legislation wherein he’s “not gonna own it. Which he’s been saying for months. He said, you know, the smart thing politically for him to do is to let it fail and let the Democrats absorb all the blame. Let Obama and the Democrats take the blame. Just let it fail. But Trump said — as a show of good faith — he was gonna work with people to try to replace it, to repeal and replace it rather than just to let it implode, let it fail.”
With repeal and replace failing, Rush interprets Trump's present actions to possibly mean “he’s just going to sit by and let the thing fail, and that means old Mitch and the boys can go in there and fail to repeal it and that means Obamacare remains the law of the land. This is where it gets interesting. Obamacare is imploding. It is in the process of consuming itself. If Trump follows through and just says, “I’m gonna let it fail,” and we just sit by and watch premiums go up 45, 50% every year… As we watch insurance companies pull out of the exchanges, as we watch the subsidies end, as we watch the exchanges close, as nobody’s able to buy insurance…”
Next, Rush addressed “the Trump opposition in the, quote, unquote, “elite club” known as the establishment,” whom he believes now find themselves in a quandary whereas the election didn’t work out as expected.
“What are they gonna do now? See, the objective in the original design of Obamacare was to fail. But it was supposed to fail with Hillary Clinton or another Democrat in the White House. And, at the moment of failure, it was then to be suggested almost as a brilliant spur-of-the-moment idea, “Hey, why don’t we just go single payer.” Or, “Hey, why don’t we just put everybody on Medicare? Hey, problem solved!” Because, at that time, that point in time, premiums would be out of reach, deductibles out of reach, insurance companies closing down and closing up shop, exchanges closing up shop. So it’d be eagerly demanded, even maybe by the public.”
However, as a result of the election, “now we’ve got Trump who doesn’t want to go single payer, and this the Democrats and the establishment know. So there are two options here, and it’s interesting to note that if you listen to the media and you listen to the Democrats, repealing Obamacare is the worst thing that could be done, but it isn’t. Staying with Obamacare and letting it implode is the absolute worst outcome here. Repealing it means you repeal it. You get rid of every Obamacare law, and that means you start over. But it also raises a question: At what point do you…? Where do you resume?”
Having laid out the current status of the situation from a procedural aspect, Rush then got into unseen underlying pitfalls regarding individual Senators, having as much, or more, influence on their votes as the issue itself.
Rush’s used talks with Senator Ted Cruz to define the current state of affairs, saying: “Let me set this up by reminding you what Ted Cruz has told me I don’t know how many times. [T]he thing that shocked him more than anything his first few days in the Senate was how 90% of what senators do is get reelected. Ninety percent of their time is spent raising money, organizing fundraisers, dealing with the consultants and all who raise the money, planning the events.
“The other 10%’s being a senator. It shocked him. It was that blatant, that obvious. Why? Because getting reelected is the most important job every senator thinks he has. Probably to a degree this is true in the House, but he was speaking specifically of the Senate. And yet, if getting reelected is the most important thing, then a question occurs to me.
“All of these promises and all of these votes to repeal Obamacare since 2010, now when they have the power to actually do it, they don’t do it, they can’t do it. After all these promises, after all these times being elected on the basis of that promise, and yet they obviously don’t fear the voters in their states nearly as much as they fear something else.”
And that’s where missing pieces fit together regarding the individual votes of Senators, whereas the force driving them most strongly isn’t political affiliation, constituent's satisfaction or particular legislation itself. Not surprisingly, according to Rush, the main worry turns out to be money, pure and simple.
Regarding those Senators, Rush explains: “They are clearly willing to incur your wrath at reelection time. They would much rather do that than deal with whatever is gonna happen to them if they vote to repeal it. They’re afraid of somebody. They are concerned about somebody or something, but it isn’t you. Despite the most important thing in their lives, being reelected, that’s what you do. So who is it that they’re more afraid of than you? Who is it that they are the least interested in angering?
“Well, yeah, money people, but I want get more specific than that. Of course it’s the money people, the donors and all that, but who are they, and what threat do they have? What threat do they have that can make elected officials more fearful of them than of you? ‘Cause if you don’t show up, whatever else happens is academic. It has to be the fact that whoever it is they’re afraid of can supply them with, in their minds, enough money to win reelection no matter what your opinion of them is.
“But it all circles around money, understandably. And there’s nothing new about that. I’m not claiming to have discovered anything earth-shattering here. But I just find it interesting.”
Now, who specifically “bought” particular Senators votes, when, where, how and why are things that may never be discovered at all. But what is known is that as found in Wikipedia) “lobbyists are, in some circles, referred to as the "fourth branch of government," as some have great influence in U.S. national politics due to their monetary resources and the "revolving-door" practice of hiring former government officials. It is widely believed to be common practice for politicians to solicit money from lobbying firms in exchange for better access to officials, especially members of the United States Congress, and to buy favoritism in policies.”
Most interestingly, if Rush is correct about Senators that have been bought, his suspicion may well be confirmed today when all of them will meet with the POTUS for lunch at the White House.
Republican Representative from Texas, Louis Gohmert put it this way as he spoke to Stuart Varney on Fox Business this morning, commenting on his disappointment in the Republican Party for promising repeal and not staying true to their word.
Gohmert said: “I love what the president is doing and he's going to have every one of the senators there. I hope, Stuart, the message is going to be … ‘look, you all promised you would repeal it [Obamacare] if you got the majority and you got it. You voted for repeal in the last Congress, and now I will sign it as soon as you vote to repeal it. You better not have been lying to your constituents because you're going to get a chance to vote to repeal and keep your promise; and, if you don't, we’re gonna find somebody that will keep their promises.”
Which means that if money truly is driving the votes of particular Senators, and after the White House lunch with the POTUS, there are still dissenters, they will have exposed themselves. Because, Gohmert got it right when he said they all “promised” they would repeal Obamacare if they got the majority they now have."
Thus, this very afternoon all Senators still refusing to vote for repeal and replace will be known by the POTUS, the constituents of those dissenters and the voting public in general. And it's those Senators that can then be targeted in the future as one’s placing personal interests above fulfilling the commitments of their jobs. Bringing us back to Gohmert's threat that: "You better not have been lying to your constituents because you're going to get a chance to vote to repeal and keep your promise; and, if you don't, we’re gonna find somebody that will keep their promises.”
That's it for today folks.
Adios
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