Obama Awarded More Than Just the Nobel Peace Prize (video)

If the world was stunned to learn that President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, it will be even more amazed by all the awards that are still coming his way.

Obama Address - Accomplishments (video)

President Obama addresses the nation, on SNL, listing his various accomplishment so far since taking office.  Quite funny.

Note: This was just after Chicago lost its bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

SNL Spoofs Glenn Beck and Obama's Media Blitz (video)

Pretty funny.

The Obama Card (video)

The Shape of Things to Come

Tuesday, 2/17/09, President Obama signed into law his economic stimulus massive spending and federal government expansion bill, and our country embarked on its journey toward failed European-style democratic socialism.

One fun aspect of the debate over the bill was how "bi-partisan" came to mean "agree 100% with the other party" rather than the former meaning of "both parties compromising to something they both could live with".

Another fun aspect was that "I'm open to other ideas" seems to actually mean "My mind is already made up, so don't bother me with ideas I don't already agree with".

The next four years are going to be awesome.

Speaking of awesome... Two years ago (2006) our state's governor was up for re-election. She was telling people that they should vote for her because, if they did, then the next four years would be really awesome. In 2008, our state had the highest unemployment rate of all states in the country (according to Michigan's Labor Market Information site, unemployment was over 10% in December 2008). Awesome.

By the way... If the Democrats had really wanted to stimulate the economy (as opposed to what they did do... fund all their pet pork projects), here are some things they could've done instead:

• reduce, if not eliminate, the capital gains tax
• stimulate investment in the economy
• reduce corporate taxes while also eliminating all the crazy exemptions
• simplifies the tax code for businesses
• reduces the cost of doing business in our country (Ireland only charges businesses 12.5% vs. Washington charging 35%)
• Remember, business do not really pay any taxes. People do. We pay taxes for businesses when we buy their products/services. Which leaves less money for us.
• reduce payroll taxes, what individuals pay, what employers pay, and what self-employed people pay
• reduces the cost to employers of having employers (makes it less expensive to hire new workers, or keeping the current workers)
• puts more money in people's paychecks
• would help poor people, as EVERY worker pays payroll taxes
• reduces expenses for small businesses and self-employed people
• would immediately help people and businesses

Full of Hopiness & Changiness

I don't know about you, gentle reader, but like so many, many others in this country, I am just filled to overflowing with hopiness and changiness.  I'm drinking the coolaid, eating the ice cream, and it is good.  So very good.  Yessirree!

editor's note.  Below are some word definitions.

hopiness... the quality of believing concepts one wishes or hopes to be true, rather than in facts

changiness... the qualitiy of believing that change, regardless of the details or the exact nature of that change, is A GOOD THING^®