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The Real Obama Jobs Record

The November election will ultimately be a referendum on President Obama. The media will surely try to turn it into a choice between the GOP nominee and the President, but the reality is that voters will first decide whether this President deserves another term. It really doesn' matter who the GOP nominee happens to be, because the Obama record will outweigh all other factors. This is why the media needs to do a better job of explaining the real unemployment picture to Americans. Most of you are probably thinking things are starting to turn around based on what you hear in the news. Take a closer look and what you'll find is a grim jobs picture that is far from the economic turnaround the White House would have you believe.

From Investor's Business Daily:

While the media and the administration portray the most recent jobs number — 8.3% unemployment — as good economic news, more sober minds understand what's really going on. The facts show a jobs slump that should not get an incumbent president re-elected.

Sure, the jobless rate is falling. But according to the Congressional Budget Office, we are going through the longest stretch of high unemployment since the Depression. The rate has been higher than 8% since February 2009, the month after Obama took office.

And, says the CBO, it is expected to stay above 8% through 2014.

Even worse for an administration straining to make the case that it deserves to be around for another four years is the real unemployment rate. It's not 8.3%, but closer to 15%, a figure that reflects those who "would like to work but have not searched for a job in the past four weeks as well as those who are working part time but would prefer full-time work," says the CBO.

Another White House problem comes from this in the CBO report: "The share of unemployed people looking for work for more than six months — referred to as the long-term unemployed — topped 40% in December 2009 for the first time since 1948, when such data began to be collected; it has remained above that level ever since."

Read the article "High Real Unemployment Data Reflect Poorly On Obama" here

First Nuclear Reactor Since 1978 Just Approved

There is no doubt that the United States is facing an Energy Crisis. One could easily argue that our security interest in the Middle East is rooted in protecting our energy sources as much as it is fighting terrorism. For most of the past thirty or so years, the dividing line has been drawn between the Democrats who want to do away with fossil fuels entirely at all costs to our economy and the Republicans who want to find new energy sources closer to home. One source of energy that seems to be absent from the debate is nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is responsible for providing 20% of our nation's electrical needs. It is a clean energy whose technology has improved considerably from the last time a reactor was approved and constructed. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) just approved the construction of two new reactors in Georgia. This is progress people! The last time we built a reactor in this country was 1978. Yes, 1978! The population has grown and so has our need for electricity and the bureaucrats in Washington, along with the Environmental lobby has caved in and granted this approval. This is big news, but unfortunately we need 100 more by 2030 just to maintain the current 20% output. I hope the next President has the leadership and backbone to stand up to the tree hugging environmentalists and develop a real energy policy. Lord knows we need one!

From Scientific American:

Years of shifting and smoothing Georgia red clay paid off today, as the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to allow construction of two new nuclear reactors (pdf) at the Plant Vogtle nuclear power station near Augusta. Atlanta–based utility giant Southern Co. will soon have permission to complete construction and operate two AP1000 type nuclear reactors designed by Westinghouse.

But what were initially lauded as the first reactors of a nuclear renaissance when proposed are more likely to be the exceptions that prove the rule of no new nuclear construction in the U.S. Only this twin set of reactors in Georgia, another pair in South Carolina and the completion of an old reactor in Tennessee are likely to be built in the U.S. for at least the next decade. "We won't build large numbers of new nuclear plants in the U.S. in the near term," says Marvin Fertel, president of the Nuclear Energy Institute, a lobbying group for the nuclear industry.

Capitalism or Socialism... Where Do You Stand?

I found this gem on a blog run by a gentleman in India. I decided to share it with you. Now granted, the photo is a simplistic image that compares the two economic systems, but the questions are truly an eye opener. Go ahead and read them. I'm sure they will resonate in terms of how some of the left wingers want to run this country!

From Destiny's Child:

If a capitalist doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one.
If a socialist doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.

If a capitalist is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.
If a socialist is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.

If a capitalist is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A socialist wonders who is going to take care of him.

If a capitalist doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Socialist demand that those they don't like be shut down.

If a capitalist decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A socialist demands that the rest of us pay for his.

If a capitalist reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.
A socialist will complain

The US Budget Problem In Simple English

I wish I could take credit for this, but that goes to the the guys at Mr.Conservative.com. They did something that most politicians have a hard time doing, they used simple english to describe the crisis our Nation is facing with the budget. Like my previous post, this requires little commentary. Study this chart and grasp the problem. Imagine it was your household. Then ask yourself, which candidate or political Party is willing to make the tough decisions to fix it!

From Mr.Conservative.com

Just The Facts... The Obama Economic Record

No need for added commentary here folks. The facts speak for themselves. You decide. Yes He Did? or No He Didn't?

From Mr. Conservative.com:

For backup research please from the Republican Study Committee please follow this link