Not A Wonk: Al and Barry want to save us!

As if we haven't been bent over enough: The U.S. should consider drafting a second stimulus package focusing on infrastructure projects because the $787 billion approved in February was “a bit too small,” said Laura Tyson, an outside advisor to President Barack Obama.

Who among you agrees?

Not many according to Rasmussen:

Perceptions of Obama	Results	Links
Obama Approval Index	-3	A, C, T
Strongly Approve	33%	A, C, T
Strongly Disapprove	36%	A, C, T
Taxes Will Go Down	10%	A, C, T
Gov't Spending Will Go Up	73%	A, C, T
Obama on Economy - Ex/Good	42%	V, C, T
Obama on Nat'l Sec - Ex/Good	44%	A, C, T
Leadership - Ex/Good	51%	A, C, T
Views Society as Fair	44%	A, C, T
Politically Liberal	70%	V, C, T
Iraq Priority - Troops Home	59%	A, C, T
Troops Home - End of 1st Term	66%	A, C, T
Obama on Energy - Ex/Good	50%	A, C, T
Supreme Ct Choices Too Liberal	41%	V, C, T
More Ethical Than Most Politicians	38%	A, C, T
Ethics Ex/Good	45%	A, C, T
Trust Obama on Economic Crisis	30%	A, C, T
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Overall, we the people are starting to catch on to the Bamster and his merry band of thieves. We trust them 30% to straighten out the economic crisis. Sheesh. If you had cancer and were given those odds of survival, you'd be worried.

The number I laughed over was that 38% of those polled think Barry is more ethical than most politicians. You would have thought on sheer perception that number would have been higher. Carefully crafted image BURN!

10% of some think taxes will go down. WHAT?! Who are these folks? It's certainly not our representatives. They have been telling us about their spending plans and hand-wringing how to pay for it. Um, that would be you 10%ers. YOU will be paying for it. Trust.

While our lack of leadership leader wants you to believe he "gets it" he most certainly does not. I am buoyed by the numbers turning. It translates to folks understanding that Barry has no intention of keeping his word to those he heavily relied on to get him into office. Those folks seem to be asking some hard questions about their guy, and for that I am grateful. Welcome home folks. Come on in and let me get you a helmet.

Speaking of helmets, you will need to make sure yours is on and the strap pulled tight for this next bit of asswipery.

Al Gore today compared the battle against climate change with the struggle against the Nazis.

Oh man, you read that right. So let me see if I can break this down. Climate change = fighting Nazis. Those who think this climate change bugaboo is based on flawed science and want a fair hearing on all sides of this complex issue = the Nazis.

Hey Al, first off let me say thanks for inventing the Internets. Crowning glory, I say. Secondly, I got to thinking and I was wondering if you could help me out on something that's been bothering me about the prospect of you making some payola from this CRISIS. Is it true?

There was this article written about you and I have to say it made some pretty compelling points. One point in particular was the one where you bully the Nazis, um I mean, those who disagree with you based on scientific facts:

Congressional hearings he conducted in 1992 have been described as inquisitorial show trials. One victim, Professor Richard Lindzen of MIT, has written about scientists being "in the crosshairs" of Gore, who "tried to bully" them into changing "their views and supporting his climate alarmism." Lindzen also refers to a failed Gore effort to "enlist Ted Koppel (then a TV host) in a witch hunt to discredit anti-alarmist scientists."

Lindzen is viewed by some as one of the nation's foremost climatologist. Unlike Gore - whose movie and slide show have been rife with error - he knows what he is talking about, probably a major reason Gore won't debate him. Lindzen years ago did about $10,000 worth of work as a witness for fossil-fuel companies. There was nothing wrong with that, and he clearly was not corrupted by it.