How far have race relations been set back in the past five years?

The following is a transcript of remarks made by President Obama to the White House press corps on Friday 19 July 2013:

America is not a post-racial society. The president expresses some wise thoughts, but the words of his supporters in the press and in Congress are the antithesis of these stated opinions.

Chris Matthews demagogues the issue

This is the consistent meme of Matthews and MSNBC   "The first string of videos in this series is from a single segment toward the back end of August 16th’s Hard Ball, and they are not easy to watch.  In these videos, Chris Matthews spends every breath he has trying to portray the Tea Party as racist.  "You might wanna put a pillow on your desk for these."

Wake up Black America  "Tyrone" asks, "Will a GOP win in November mean the return of "Jim Crow"?"
 "Now you may be asking who would say something so incredible insane and stupid. I'll let you all figure it out."

EPA Decree Shrinks Size of Wyoming by a Million Acres

Can anyone stop the Obama Administration and it's agencies?

CNS News   "Why is the EPA altering state boundaries in Wyoming - and reversing over 100 years of established law?  Well, apparently the city of Riverton now falls under the jurisdiction of the Wind River Indian Reservation.  "This, obviously, isn't sitting well with the governor's office - which is urging the EPA to reconsider its ruling and respect the rule of law.
Reacting to the decision to reduce the size of Wyoming by about a million acres, Wyoming Governor Matt Mead warned of the dangers to all Americans of this type of unilateral land redistribution by the EPA:" ...
Via Lucianne.

 

The debate on income inequality

 

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, in the Huffington Post! Beware the increased minimum wage  "Raise the minimum wage and combat poverty! That sounds like a great idea, but... not so fast. As it turns out, increasing the minimum wage actually hurts the working poor, is a windfall for affluent families, and raises the barriers facing the unemployed. There is growing evidence that increasing the minimum wage hampers employment for low-skilled workers who need the most help and experience."

 

WaPo; Economists agree: Raising the minimum wage reduces poverty
"One funny part of watching journalists cover the minimum wage debate is that they often have to try and referee cutting-edge econometric debates. Some studies, notably those lead by UMass Amherst economist Arin Dube, argue that there are no adverse employment effects from small increases in the minimum wage. Other studies, notably those lead by University of California Irvine economist David Neumark, argue there is an adverse effect. Whatever can we conclude?"

Not this economist: Thomas Sowell weighs in on the subject: Facing Minimum-Wage Truth   "It is surely no coincidence that, when the federal minimum-wage law remained unchanged for twelve years while inflation rendered the law meaningless, the black teenage unemployment rate — even during the recession year of 1949 — was literally a fraction of what it has been throughout later years when the minimum-wage rate was raised repeatedly to keep up with inflation.

"When words trump facts, you can believe anything. And the liberal groupthink taught in our schools and colleges is the path of least resistance."

McDonnell, Christie Wonder Why Obama Gets Away with It

Big Government  "Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, now facing 14 felony counts on corruption charges, offered up what may be called the "Obama defense" in his response: "If it were applied as the law of the land, then nearly every elected official, from President Obama on down, would have to be charged for providing tangible benefit to donors," he said. It won't fly with a judge, and makes no moral difference. But as an observation, he has a point."
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....We are reminded today by testimony in the government's lawsuit against Standard and Poor's that the White House does the same thing all the time--in this case, apparently retaliating for a ratings downgrade.

Do not forget Obama's vindictive shutdown of national parks.

 

Alan Caruba: Obama's State of the Union Speech Will Be All Lies

Warning Signs

 

"On January 28, the President of the United States will stand before a joint session of Congress and lie to them and to all Americans.

"The mainstream media will treat it as a serious presentation and make no mention of the lies.

"Following the State of the Union speech (SOTU) there will be a formal response by a Republican spokesman. It will be very polite and not likely to strongly expose the lies and oppose the President. 

"The “low information” Americans will take Barack Obama at his word. " ...

http://thecontributor.com/five-timely-state-union-cartoons

 

The Obamacare Protest Song

Eagle Rising  "The Obamacare legislation has millions of people all over America confused, upset, angry, sad and riding on a rollercoaster of negative emotions. Just this past weekend we learned that Obamacare enrollment has been even worse than we originally feared and a net of more than 3 MILLION people have actually LOST their health insurance coverage. Wasn’t Obamacare supposed to get more people covered – not less?

"Some Americans are so upset that they are even discovering new talents. Like this man who just learned that he has a knack for writing catchy music and lyrics! Check out his Obamacare Healthcare Protest song – and then share it around. Let’s make it go viral!"

The Obamacare legislation has millions of people all over America confused, upset, angry, sad and riding on a rollercoaster of negative emotions. Just this past weekend we learned that Obamacare enrollment has been even worse than we originally feared and a net of more than 3 MILLION people have actually LOST their health insurance coverage. Wasn’t Obamacare supposed to get more people covered – not less?
Some Americans are so upset that they are even discovering new talents. Like this man who just learned that he has a knack for writing catchy music and lyrics! Check out his Obamacare Healthcare Protest song – and then share it around. Let’s make it go viral!

Read more at http://eaglerising.com/3895/new-viral-hit-obamacare-protest-song/#bWCAHx79dErc3mZF.99

 

 Hat tip to Jade Spier; Texas Tea Party Patriots PAC

The Keystone Kop-out Kontinues

Canada to Obama: ‘Make Up Your Mind on Keystone, Lightbringer’
.... "Canada bluntly told the United States on Thursday to settle the fate of TransCanada Corp’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline, saying the drawn-out process on whether to approve the northern leg of the project was taking too long.

 

"The hard-line comments by Foreign Minister John Baird were the clearest sign yet that Canada’s Conservative government has lost patience over what it sees as U.S. foot-dragging.
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“ 'The time for Keystone is now. I’ll go further – the time for a decision on Keystone is now, even if it’s not the right one. We can’t continue in this state of limbo,” Baird said in a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

"Although the State Department is responsible for ruling whether the pipeline meets the national interest, President Barack Obama has made clear he will make the final decision."
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"Oh, it also makes sense, another big negative for this clown-car administration.
The whole world was supposed to love us if Obama was elected president and he has somehow managed to piss off Canada.

"Three more years."

 

The Clockwork Conservative: The Oil Will Flow Somewhere   "But here is the crux of our dilemma.  The oil will flow somewhere.  Canada is not about to let their developing oil reserves sit idle for anyone.  With the Keystone XL expansion on hold for now, they have already started taking steps to find other customers and China is first in line.  To get the oil where the Chinese can get to it, Canada is laying out plans to expand one existing pipeline and add another one."

Wendy Davis

 

Wendy Davis, Fibber   ... "Well, most outlets have treated her admitted fabrications as news, although some have been noticeably generous in their framing of the issue. “Wendy Davis tells a fuller version of her rags-to-riches story,” CBS News tweeted on Monday. CNN observed that Davis’s life story is now “more complicated” than the “compelling narrative” she had originally presented. MSNBC was quick to cast the story from an anti-GOP angle: “Right pounces on news that Wendy Davis embellished life story,” a familiar position from which to launch the inevitable follow-up: “Will Republicans overreach?” ...

According to MSNBC, the real reason conservatives “pounced” on the story is that they loathe Davis for “making life choices they disagree with — including the decision, as a mother, to prioritize her career.” And adding to the charge of sexism, MSNBC adds, “It’s hard to imagine those choices generating criticism were Wendy Davis a man.”

Mostyn Law Firm donates $1 million to help Wendy Davis in Texas governor's race   Do not hope for tort reform from Ms. Davis. In fact, I fear for Texas' favorable legal climate.

Wendy Davis’ ex-husband: “They’ve asked me not to talk to reporters”  "Wendy Davis, the progressive movement’s Texas darling because of her pro-late term abortion filibuster, is withering under revelations that much of her narrative of struggle and financial hardship is misleading at best, fabricated at worst.
"The wagons are being circled around her with claims of a War on Women and sexism … all because the truth has come out via an interview with her husband by the Dallas Morning News, and other investigation." 

"I think she had a midlife crisis. She wanted to be around a younger crowd," Jeff said, referring additional questions to Wendy.

H/T to Weasel Zippers

These Words from Obama Are Frightening -- and Revealing

The Foundry  "It’s less than comforting to hear the President make light of terrorist threats.
"In a recent interview with The New Yorker, President Obama referred to today’s al-Qaeda fighters as the “jayvee” team.
“ 'The analogy we use around here sometimes, and I think is accurate, is if a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant,” he said.
"This shows that the Administration’s wishful thinking about al-Qaeda isn’t over. Obama and his fellow officials seem to think if you say something enough times, it will become true.
"Before Benghazi, they claimed al-Qaeda was defeated and on the run. Four dead Americans later, this was proven false." ...

 

President Obama: One More Reason to Dislike Him; Now he's playing the race card big time.

The American Spectator  "My dislike of President Obama isn’t a matter of the color of his skin, but rather because of the content of his character or lack thereof.

"I dislike President Obama because of his petulance. What other President would tell the opposition party in his first meeting with them, “I won. I’m the president,”? What other President would intervene in a local matter and

declare that its police department had “acted stupidly” while admitting he did not have all the facts? What other President would make the Dalai Lama leave the White House through a side entrance with a big pile of garbage awaiting him? What other President would tell the Prime Minister of Israel to let himself out of the White House? What other President would unceremoniously return a bust of Sir Winston Churchill to the British? What other President would while traveling abroad describe his country as “arrogant, derisive and dismissive?”....

... "Over the past 120 or so days, more Americans have come to dislike Obama, including many who voted for him not once, but twice. ...These numbers represented an all-time low for President Obama. None of this has anything do to with Obama’s race."...

The writer discusses many more issues with Mr. Obama, then sums it all up with this:

"Indeed, why should anyone dislike Obama because of his race when there are so many other good reasons to dislike him?"

Obamacare and the media

http://terrellaftermath.com/

 

Obama Asks Bartenders To Sell Obamacare  Among others, of course.

 

WaPo Fact Checker Gives Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Three Pinocchios   "Lately, President Obama's political action group, Organizing for Action (OFA), has claimed that six million Americans have successfully signed up for Obamacare. However, even The Washington Post Fact Checker finds this assertion to be suspect."

Big-Journalism

California Drought = Flood of New Rules; It’s a hard rain of regulations gonna fall

Legal Insurrection

... "These regional tensions often inspire proposals to break California apart, such as that offered by noted technology investor Tim Draper to split California into six separate states. However, those ideas are going to be as fruitful as our current drought-ridden fields.
"Furthermore, Brown’s plans for “bringing people to together” will likely be heavy on new rules (e.g., California’s version of Cap-and-Trade, the Global Warming Solutions Act). Interestingly, state Senate president Darrell Steinberg is now just discovering the economic costs of anticarbon politics." ...