Bill Whittle - Why The Global Warming Agenda Is Wrong

A quick concise critique on the inconsistencies of the Anthropogenic Global Warming narrative. Brought to you by Bill Whittle and the tireless team at Declaration Entertainment.

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Jeannie DeAngelis - The Obama Bankruptcy Curse Strikes Again

Originally posted at American Thinker

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If an establishment is endowed with enough history to be able to hang a plaque on the wall that says “George Washington Slept Here,” that business usually grows. With Barack Obama, it’s the exact opposite. That’s why when Obama visits or supports a business, the plaque should read “Because of Barack Obama the business you didn’t build will soon be out of business.”

If Obama backs a solar energy company it is almost certain that a shutdown is in the offing. To date, approximately 34 Obama-backed green energy companies have gone bankrupt, the most well-known being Solyndra. With the help of a highly Obama-touted half-billion dollar federal loan guarantee, Solyndra expanded their solar panel operations and created 158 jobs. Then, 15 months later the company filed Chapter 11 and laid off 1,100 employees.

The Obama curse is not limited to green energy companies. In 2009 the President visited Cardinal Fasteners in Bedford Heights, Ohio, and by 2011 the bolt-maker was in Chapter 11 and was forced to suspend operations.

From the looks of things, in 2009 Barack really spread the bankrupting joy around. To promote his economic stimulus plan the president toured Allentown Metal Works, a 100-year-old Pennsylvania metal fabrication company that specialized in making heavy-duty steel components for bridges and power plants as well as for the cement and mining industries. The Lehigh Valley manufacturer didn’t get a 15-month or two-year reprieve; by 2010 the plant’s gate was padlocked.

And yet again in 2009, as part of his business-busting/pro-stimulus bill marathon Barack bulldozed his way into the heavy machinery manufacturer Caterpillar in Peoria, Illinois. After the President’s visit Caterpillar notified an additional 2,454 workers that they were “losing their jobs as the company continues to try to bring production in line with plummeting demand…The bulk of the job cuts – nearly 1,600 in all – [were] in Illinois at the company’s plants in East Peoria.”

Most would likely agree that it’s one thing when manufacturers of solar panels, steel components, and bulldozers get the deathblow, but when the Obama whammy starts hitting eateries, no one is safe. And I mean no one.

Last year while on the road campaigning in Ohio, while passing through Akron, Obama stopped for breakfast. The president ate two eggs over easy, bacon and wheat toast, hugged the owner Josephine “Anne” Harris, took a couple of courtesy photos, and left. Two hours later, the 70-year-old owner of Ann’s Place succumbed to natural causes and went home to be with the Lord.

In June of 2010, while down by the Gulf of Mexico eating snow cones and inspecting tar balls after the BP spill, Obama graced Camardelle’s Seafood with his esteemed presence.

At the time, Barack was on a mission to save the Gulf restaurant industry by proving the seafood was safe to eat. He proved it by scarfing down enough shrimp and crawfish at Camardelle’s to choke a Louisiana catfish. After he made his point, the following month the Grand Isle restaurant was forced to put up a “Closed” sign.

Then there was the New Chef’s Restaurant in Toledo, Ohio. Obama cited the 70-year-old establishment as an “indirect beneficiary of the government’s Chrysler bailout.” Obama, who has always been a stickler for pronouncing names correctly (like ‘Navy Corpse-man Christian [sic] Brossard’), praised workers at a nearby Chrysler Wrangler plant, saying, “And this plant indirectly supports hundreds of other jobs right here in Toledo. After all, without you, who’d eat at Chet’s or Inky’s or Rudy’s?”

A week after being mentioned in that speech, Chet’s…sorry, Chef’s Restaurant, after feeding the local community for almost three-quarters of a century, boarded up the windows, locked the front door, and walked away.

Now we come to find out that the owners of Washington DC’s Ray’s Hell Burger, Nice and Greasy Steak and Cheesy, and Ray’s Hell Burger Too are also closing up shop after failing to pay the rent.

Ray’s Hell Burger is home to the Soul Burger Number One, the Fat Joe, and the BIG Poppa.

Ray’s is where number one soul man, ultimate Big Poppa Barack Obama and his zany sidekick Phat Joe Biden used to dine together on occasion. When Barry was looking for a very special place to take Russian dignitary President Dmitry Medvedev, Ray’s Hell Burger was the place to go.

Obama ate juicy burgers at Ray’s and now the celebrated landmark has been served an eviction notice for being $39,000 in arrears for rent and damages. Tragedies like this illustrate that while “George Washington slept here” is a sure-fire way to make money, “Barack Obama dripped grease and mustard on this wooden top table” just isn’t enough history to keep the doors open or the rent paid.

Nonetheless, either way, businesses all across America continue to prove the President’s controversial campaign contention that “If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that.”

But if that’s true, then it must also be true that if, through no fault of your own, you no longer have a successful business that you didn’t build, “you didn’t get there on your own…somebody along the line gave you some help.” And that somebody would be Barack Obama.

Jeannie DeAngelis

Jeannie DeAngelis writes almost exclusively for American Thinker and has been published on the conservative website Pajamas Media, as well as hosting a blog. See Jeannie's Blog

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Glenn Beck - Agenda 21

The Agenda 21 plan openly targets private property. For over thirty-five years the UN has made their stance very clear on the issue of individuals owning land.


United Nations Agenda 21: "Land… cannot be treated as an ordinary asset, controlled by individuals and subject to the pressures and inefficiencies of the market. Private land ownership is also a principal instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth and therefore contributes to social injustice; if unchecked, it may become a major obstacle in the planning and implementation of development schemes.

The provision of decent dwellings and healthy conditions for the people can only be achieved if land is used in the interest of society as a whole."

At risk from Agenda 21:

Private Property ownership.

Single-Family homes.

Private car ownership and individual travel choices.

Privately owned farms.

Agenda 21 Key Words

Vince Flynn and Agenda 21

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Detroit - A Showcase of Liberal Policies and Leadership

Detroit, MI - 32.5% of the population under the poverty line. Hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961.
Buffalo, NY - 29.9% of the population under the poverty line. Hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1954.
Cincinnati, OH - 27.8% of the population under the poverty line. Hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1984.
Cleveland, OH - 27.0% of the population under the poverty line. Hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1989.
Miami, FL - 26.9% of the population under the poverty line. Has *never* elected a Republican mayor.
St. Louis, MO - 26.8% of the population under the poverty line. Hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1949.
El Paso, TX - 26.4% of the population under the poverty line. Has *never* elected a Republican mayor.
Milwaukee, WI - 26.2% of the population under the poverty line. Hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1908.
Philadelphia, PA - 25.1% of the population under the poverty line. Hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1952.
Newark, NJ - 24.2% of the population under the poverty line. Hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1907.

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Michelle Malkin - Fox & Friends - 6-21-12

Syndicated Columnist, NY Times #1 Best Selling Author, President of Twitchy.com, Michelle Malkin, offers her perspective on the latest updates on the Fast and Furious case. Other topics discussed: Prison on the Hill: Nancy Pelosi claims she could've arrested Karl Rove "Any Day"; Unions Unite: SEIU Pledged Largest-ever field campaign; and Prisoners Paid to Go Green: earning up to $1.15 an hour making solar panels.

Discussing the latest details regarding the Fast and Furious investigation.

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Free Market America - "If I Wanted America to Fail"

The environmental agenda has been infected by extremism—it's become an economic suicide pact. And we're here to challenge it. On Earth Day, visit www.freemarketamerica.org.

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Austin Hill - 'We Can’t Wait!' Obama Harnesses More Control Over Private Businesses

"We Can’t Wait!”

Barack Obama often seems annoyed by the limitations of his office these days, especially with a Congress that occasionally disagrees with him.

So rather than let something silly like the co-equal branches of government get in the way, the President has chosen instead to harness the mantra “We Can’t Wait!” (do an online search with the mantra and his name), and then impose his controls over our economy by executive mandates.

With an unending supply of programs to stimulate everything from domestic tourism to farm production, President Obama has huge chunks of the American economy firmly within his grasp. 4 years ago this kind of government control seemed like a good idea to some, but who still thinks that way now?

I remember back in the fall of 2008 when I attended an Obama campaign “meet up” at a bar. It was in Phoenix, Arizona – the home of Mr. Obama’s opponent at that time, John McCain, and home to a brutal real estate crash - and a mortgage lender friend told me “you gotta come meet these people. They’re young, hip, smart, lots of MBA’s and lawyers, and they’re all supporting Obama.”

What I observed as I mingled with the young, hip, smart people was that they liked to talk about how young and hip and smart they believed Barack Obama to be. They’re confidence in this one man was unending, while specific details about economic and public policy concerns weren’t discussed much.

“Why did so many banks and borrowers agree to ARM loans in the first place?” I asked one of the hipsters, trying to engage a discussion about how bad government policy can incentivize bad consumer behavior. “Obama will implement a program to stop the foreclosures” was all the answer I could get.

“Why do healthcare insurers continue to raise their rates?” I asked another hipster, hoping we could talk about the ways in which government policy prevents competition among insurance companies. “Obama has a plan to expand coverage and reduce premiums” I was told. End of discussion.

That was in 2008. Now, after nearly three and a half years of President Obama’s all-seeing and all-knowing wisdom forcing private companies and individuals to do what he wants them to do, we should pause and ask ourselves: does more government control over our economy produce more prosperity for us all?”

The President and his supporters like to pretend that anything short of Obama’s controls over the economy is tantamount to no government regulation at all. “We can’t go back” the President has said, suggesting that before he became our ruler, banks and insurance companies and oil corporations were completely unregulated.

This, of course, is false. Our economy is heavily regulated, and while some regulations are necessary and helpful, others are not. Federal law, for example, forbids health insurance providers from competing with each other across state lines; it forbids oil corporations from developing petroleum energy throughout much of the U.S.; and federal banking policy – much of which emanated from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – incentivized reckless borrowing and lending during the last decade.

But one of the most costly and destructive realities of the Obama economy is the incalculable amount of taxpayer money that is being spent, and ultimately wasted, on things that benefit only the President and his supporters. Take for example, the President’s signature healthcare reform law (“Obamacare” if you will).

Early in his term, President Obama sold his plan with glowing promises. “If you like your Doctor, you can keep your Doctor,” the President told us, and “this will bend the healthcare cost curve downward.”

Yet just last week, President Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius reluctantly admitted in a Senate hearing that the funding mechanisms for government provide healthcare are collapsing, the costs of administering Obamacare are spiraling out of control, and since the law came in to existence the price of private insurance has skyrocketed, causing a few million Americans to lose their coverage. Obamacare has been horrible for everyday Americans, yet Mr. Obama enjoys the status of being the President to finally “reform” healthcare, and some 1600 other people enjoy the new government employment positions that the programs have necessitated.

A similar scenario has unfolded with the President’s “green energy” efforts. Consider that since taking office in January of 2009, President Obama provided General Motors with more bailout funds (beyond the amounts that President Bush had handed-over to them in 2008); forced the resignation of former General Motors C.E.O. Rick Wagoner and handpicked his successor; mandated that G.M. step up production of the hybrid electric Chevy Volt; then offered government-funded subsidies to get people to buy the cars.

Despite all this, the Volt has sold so poorly that G.M. has called a five week production hiatus to allow “excess inventories” to get bought. Once again, everyday Americans suffer the consequences of government control and planning, yet President Obama wears the “green” badge with pride.

The President’s mandates and controls are still hampering private businesses, while future generations of tax revenue are being spent on his selfish pleasures. We desperately need of relief from his stranglehold – and we can only wait so long.

Austin Hill

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Austin Hill is an emerging American voice, addressing culture-defining questions through books, talk radio, web, speaking, and interviews. His recent books "White House Confidential" and his new title "The Virtues Of Capitalism" show his range from whit-infused writer to thought-provoking expert on the intersection of philosophy, religion, politics & culture. Hill helps to make the complex seem simple when exploring capitalism, socialism, and other "Isms".

He is an editorial contributor to national publications such as U.S. News & World Report, a columnist with TownHall.com, and is a popular expert-host on radio from leading stations in Washington DC, Chicago, Phoenix and Los Angeles, and nationally with networks such as Fox NewsTalk Radio.  He hosts the "Austin Hill Show" weekday mornings at Fresno, California's Talk Radio 105-9 KMJ-FM,  and weekday afternoons at Boise, Idaho's Newstalk 580 K I D O radio.

Hill holds a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, and a Master's Degree in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics from Biola University in California.

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Alfonzo Rachel - Thanks to Liberals, We All Have to Live with High Oil Prices

Liberals just don't get it. Environmentalists are driving up the costs of oil and energy, and in turn, increasing the costs of everything from health care to airline prices. Can we really power an airplane with wind farm electricity? Find out on the ZoNation.

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Barack Obama's War on Drilling and Oil In America - High Prices

Fact: President Barack Obama’s Energy Secretary Steven Chu wants to “figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” At the time he made the statement, gas cost $7 – $8 a gallon in Europe.

Fact: Since taking office, President Obama’s entire energy agenda has made a gallon of gas more expensive.

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1. Immediately after taking office in 2009, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, canceled 77 leases for oil and gas drilling in Utah.
2. The EPA announced new rules mandating the use of 36 billion gallons worth of renewable fuels (like ethanol) by 2020.
3. This summer President Obama needlessly instituted, not one, but two outright drilling bans in the Gulf of Mexico.
4. After rescinding his outright offshore drilling ban, President Obama has refused to issue any new drilling permits in the Gulf, a policy that the Energy Information Administration estimates will cut domestic offshore oil production by 13% this year.
5. Interior Secretary Salazar announced that the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic coast, and the Pacific coast will not be developed, effectively banning drilling in those areas for the next seven years;
6. The Environmental Protection Agency has announced new global warming regulations for oil refineries;
7. Interior Secretary Salazar announced new rules making it more difficult to develop energy resources on federal land.

All of these policies raise gas prices at the pump by either: 1) decreasing the availability of domestic energy supplies, or 2) increasing regulatory costs on gasoline production.

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