The Only Trouble Is
President Obama went to a busy window-manufacturing plant near here on Friday to promote his economic policies and his new team of advisers as the monthly jobs report reflected only modest employment growth. “We will not rest until we have fully recovered from this recession,” the president told workers. (NYT, 1/7/11)
RedStateVT watched the President make this address. It was boilerplate stuff that you would typically see from any president, Democrat or Republican. What struck us, however, were Obama’s comments that his administration had been focused for the past two years on job creation and helping businesses grow. While we are certainly glad that Obama is focused on these issues now, it is deceitful for him to say that they were priorities in the past.
How Indeed?
Amid the repeal debate, Democrats and the media are behaving as if they have no knowledge of Congress's habits or the history of government health-care programs over the last half-century. Entitlements are always sold as modest and "paid for," then years later everyone suddenly discovers that they are "unaffordable" without digging deeper into the pockets of the middle class. How do you think Medicare and Medicaid got to their current pass? (WSJ, 1/8/11)
Democrats want more and more government entitlements without ever explaining how to fix the broken ones we already have.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Juan Williams Will Now Accept Your Apologies
The NPR executive who sparked a public outrcy in October by firing journalist Juan Williams is resigning from her job, the organization announced Thursday. Ellen Weiss resigned as senior vice president for news on the same day that NPR's board of directors completed its independent review of the dismissal of Williams. The directors recommended new internal procedures for personnel decisions and disciplinary action.
The board expressed confidence in CEO Vivian Schiller's leadership but voted to forgo her 2010 bonus because of "concern over her role in the termination process." Schiller drew criticism in November for saying Williams should keep his feelings about Muslims between him and "his psychiatrist or publicist" -- comments that she later apologized for. (Foxnews.com, 1/7/11)
A bit surprised to see this item, given that the uproar seemed to have settled down. But then again, there’s some new Repubs in town and NPR might be getting a little worried about their funding…..
The board expressed confidence in CEO Vivian Schiller's leadership but voted to forgo her 2010 bonus because of "concern over her role in the termination process." Schiller drew criticism in November for saying Williams should keep his feelings about Muslims between him and "his psychiatrist or publicist" -- comments that she later apologized for. (Foxnews.com, 1/7/11)
A bit surprised to see this item, given that the uproar seemed to have settled down. But then again, there’s some new Repubs in town and NPR might be getting a little worried about their funding…..
Thursday, January 6, 2011
A Brand New Day
Yesterday
How divided are Democrats right now? With 19 Democrats withholding support from Nancy Pelosi for House speaker on Wednesday, it represented the largest defection from a party's speaker nominee in nearly a century. (Washington Post, 1/6/11)
Why it seems like only yesterday that the media was falling all over itself to herald the selection of Pelosi as Madame Speaker…
Change You Can Believe In
Jubilant Republicans took control of the House on Wednesday and installed Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio as the new speaker before pushing through an overhaul of House rules intended to expedite their drive to dismantle the new health care law, cut federal spending and provide the tax cuts they see as a way to jump-start the economy. (NYT, 1/5/11)
Healthcare, spending, taxes. Sounds about right.
The Empire Strikes Back
“We need radical reform, we need a new approach, we need a new perspective,” said Mr. Cuomo, who was giving his first State of the State address. “And we need it now.” The speech was emphatically pro-business and centrist.....The new governor mentioned the word “tax” or “taxes” 21 times, mostly to denounce them and promise to lower them. “What made New York the Empire State was not a large government complex,” he said. “It was a vibrant private sector that was creating great jobs in the state of New York.” (NYT, 1/5/11)
OK, RedStateVT knows that it is dangerous to jump on the Andrew Cuomo bandwagon. We expect to be disappointed down the road, but for now at least, he is saying all the right things. And, by the way, unlike President Obama he is saying them right from the start. It took two years and a political drubbing for Obama to start talking about jobs and taxes.
Come On Down To Our Boat, Baby
He (Howard Dean) said liberals, like him, share one thing with the right-leaning tea party movement: a desire to change the way business is done in Washington. But that has not happened under Obama, said Dean, an unsuccessful candidate for president in 2004. (Burlington Free Press, 1/6/11)
Welcome aboard, Howard!
How divided are Democrats right now? With 19 Democrats withholding support from Nancy Pelosi for House speaker on Wednesday, it represented the largest defection from a party's speaker nominee in nearly a century. (Washington Post, 1/6/11)
Why it seems like only yesterday that the media was falling all over itself to herald the selection of Pelosi as Madame Speaker…
Change You Can Believe In
Jubilant Republicans took control of the House on Wednesday and installed Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio as the new speaker before pushing through an overhaul of House rules intended to expedite their drive to dismantle the new health care law, cut federal spending and provide the tax cuts they see as a way to jump-start the economy. (NYT, 1/5/11)
Healthcare, spending, taxes. Sounds about right.
The Empire Strikes Back
“We need radical reform, we need a new approach, we need a new perspective,” said Mr. Cuomo, who was giving his first State of the State address. “And we need it now.” The speech was emphatically pro-business and centrist.....The new governor mentioned the word “tax” or “taxes” 21 times, mostly to denounce them and promise to lower them. “What made New York the Empire State was not a large government complex,” he said. “It was a vibrant private sector that was creating great jobs in the state of New York.” (NYT, 1/5/11)
OK, RedStateVT knows that it is dangerous to jump on the Andrew Cuomo bandwagon. We expect to be disappointed down the road, but for now at least, he is saying all the right things. And, by the way, unlike President Obama he is saying them right from the start. It took two years and a political drubbing for Obama to start talking about jobs and taxes.
Come On Down To Our Boat, Baby
He (Howard Dean) said liberals, like him, share one thing with the right-leaning tea party movement: a desire to change the way business is done in Washington. But that has not happened under Obama, said Dean, an unsuccessful candidate for president in 2004. (Burlington Free Press, 1/6/11)
Welcome aboard, Howard!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Get On Board
Crash Landing
A lineup of legislation is waiting this year like planes stacked up on a runway in a snowstorm. Supporters hope bills that had slim hopes when Douglas was in office will be cleared for takeoff with Shumlin at the helm. Advocates for decriminalization of marijuana, physician-assisted suicide and single-payer health care are all among those looking at the new legislative session with the idea that this could be their year. (Burlington Free Press, 1/4/11)
Not the state’s $150 million deficit or job creation in Vermont. This is what Vermont’s moonbats now want to focus on: dope, murder and government-run healthcare. Pray for us.
To The Victors
Even before the speaker's gavel is passed at noon from Nancy Pelosi to John Boehner, it would appear that the Republicans are determined to form just as arrogant and overreaching a majority as the one they defeated. (Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 1/4/11)
Maybe we missed it, but we don’t recall Milbank referring to Pelosi and Reid as “arrogant and overreaching” when they were trumpeting the agenda that he agreed with.
A lineup of legislation is waiting this year like planes stacked up on a runway in a snowstorm. Supporters hope bills that had slim hopes when Douglas was in office will be cleared for takeoff with Shumlin at the helm. Advocates for decriminalization of marijuana, physician-assisted suicide and single-payer health care are all among those looking at the new legislative session with the idea that this could be their year. (Burlington Free Press, 1/4/11)
Not the state’s $150 million deficit or job creation in Vermont. This is what Vermont’s moonbats now want to focus on: dope, murder and government-run healthcare. Pray for us.
To The Victors
Even before the speaker's gavel is passed at noon from Nancy Pelosi to John Boehner, it would appear that the Republicans are determined to form just as arrogant and overreaching a majority as the one they defeated. (Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 1/4/11)
Maybe we missed it, but we don’t recall Milbank referring to Pelosi and Reid as “arrogant and overreaching” when they were trumpeting the agenda that he agreed with.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Four Days In
What Indeed
Of all the new governors, John Kasich, Republican of Ohio, appears to be planning the most comprehensive assault against unions. He is proposing to take away the right of 14,000 state-financed child care and home care workers to unionize. He also wants to ban strikes by teachers, much the way some states bar strikes by the police and firefighters. “If they want to strike, they should be fired,” Mr. Kasich said in a speech. “They’ve got good jobs, they’ve got high pay, they get good benefits, a great retirement. What are they striking for?” (NYT, 1/4/11)
We love teachers, but one of the shibboleths of the Left is that they are overworked and underpaid. Not true and Kasich dares to speak it. Good for him.
Christie Cuomo
Salary cuts for New York State employees will begin at the top, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Monday. Mr. Cuomo said he would give back 5 percent of his $179,000 salary, or $8,950, in order to “lead by example” as the state grapples with its huge budget deficit. (NYT, 1/3/11)
Back-to-back good days for Cuomo.
The Kitchen Sink
"The reckless Republican repeal of health care is a budget busting bailout for insurance companies that will kill jobs, raise Americans' taxes, and deny critical care to women and children. It is unconscionable that Republicans plan on ramming the bill through the House without exploring the disastrous impact repeal will have on Americans," said Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., the outgoing chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. (Foxnews.com, 1/4/11)
So a symbolic vote (for now) to repeal Obamacare will blow the budget, destroy job-creation, raise taxes and put women and children at risk all the while helping the evil insurance companies. Why didn’t Miller add that it would weaken America’s image in the eyes of foreign countries, increase global warming and destroy the hard-fought rights of union workers? No need for a thoughtful discussion, might as well wrap together all the Left’s issues.
Of all the new governors, John Kasich, Republican of Ohio, appears to be planning the most comprehensive assault against unions. He is proposing to take away the right of 14,000 state-financed child care and home care workers to unionize. He also wants to ban strikes by teachers, much the way some states bar strikes by the police and firefighters. “If they want to strike, they should be fired,” Mr. Kasich said in a speech. “They’ve got good jobs, they’ve got high pay, they get good benefits, a great retirement. What are they striking for?” (NYT, 1/4/11)
We love teachers, but one of the shibboleths of the Left is that they are overworked and underpaid. Not true and Kasich dares to speak it. Good for him.
Christie Cuomo
Salary cuts for New York State employees will begin at the top, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Monday. Mr. Cuomo said he would give back 5 percent of his $179,000 salary, or $8,950, in order to “lead by example” as the state grapples with its huge budget deficit. (NYT, 1/3/11)
Back-to-back good days for Cuomo.
The Kitchen Sink
"The reckless Republican repeal of health care is a budget busting bailout for insurance companies that will kill jobs, raise Americans' taxes, and deny critical care to women and children. It is unconscionable that Republicans plan on ramming the bill through the House without exploring the disastrous impact repeal will have on Americans," said Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., the outgoing chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. (Foxnews.com, 1/4/11)
So a symbolic vote (for now) to repeal Obamacare will blow the budget, destroy job-creation, raise taxes and put women and children at risk all the while helping the evil insurance companies. Why didn’t Miller add that it would weaken America’s image in the eyes of foreign countries, increase global warming and destroy the hard-fought rights of union workers? No need for a thoughtful discussion, might as well wrap together all the Left’s issues.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Gadda da Vida
Hot Air
Despite mounting evidence that the greenhouse gas buildup in the Earth's atmosphere is causing runaway changes to the climate – NASA this month declared 2010 the hottest year on record – several pollsters say the American public isn't listening. In a recent survey, Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change, found that the number of people in the United States who believe in global warming fell from 71 percent to 56 percent between 2008 and 2010. Just 34 percent of the public thinks there's scientific agreement on climate change, down from 47 percent two years ago. (Politico.com, 12/31/10)
Once again we defer to Ronald Reagan who famously said: “the people usually get it right!”
Also
Shame on Politico who anointed Gloria Allred one of 2010’s “Best Supporting Actors” for her despicable act of exposing Meg Whitman’s housekeeper who lied about being in this country legally.
Crackdown
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will seek a one-year salary freeze for state workers as part of an emergency financial plan he will lay out in his State of the State address on Wednesday, senior administration officials said. The move will signal the opening of what is expected to be a grueling fight between the new governor and the public-sector unions that have traditionally dominated the state’s political establishment. (NYT, 1/2/11)
RedStateVT has never been a fan of la familia Cuomo, but we are beginning to be impressed. It speaks volumes when a Democrat is prepared to crack down on unions. From overtime abuses, to pension scandals to snow removal slowdowns, union leaders have violated the public trust and must be held accountable.
They love it, they love it not….
Democrats, who in many cases looked on the law (Obamacare) as a rabid beast best avoided in the fall elections, are reversing course, gearing up for a coordinated all-out effort to preserve and defend it. (NYT, 1/2/11)
Dems just can’t seem to make up their minds, can they?
Despite mounting evidence that the greenhouse gas buildup in the Earth's atmosphere is causing runaway changes to the climate – NASA this month declared 2010 the hottest year on record – several pollsters say the American public isn't listening. In a recent survey, Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change, found that the number of people in the United States who believe in global warming fell from 71 percent to 56 percent between 2008 and 2010. Just 34 percent of the public thinks there's scientific agreement on climate change, down from 47 percent two years ago. (Politico.com, 12/31/10)
Once again we defer to Ronald Reagan who famously said: “the people usually get it right!”
Also
Shame on Politico who anointed Gloria Allred one of 2010’s “Best Supporting Actors” for her despicable act of exposing Meg Whitman’s housekeeper who lied about being in this country legally.
Crackdown
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will seek a one-year salary freeze for state workers as part of an emergency financial plan he will lay out in his State of the State address on Wednesday, senior administration officials said. The move will signal the opening of what is expected to be a grueling fight between the new governor and the public-sector unions that have traditionally dominated the state’s political establishment. (NYT, 1/2/11)
RedStateVT has never been a fan of la familia Cuomo, but we are beginning to be impressed. It speaks volumes when a Democrat is prepared to crack down on unions. From overtime abuses, to pension scandals to snow removal slowdowns, union leaders have violated the public trust and must be held accountable.
They love it, they love it not….
Democrats, who in many cases looked on the law (Obamacare) as a rabid beast best avoided in the fall elections, are reversing course, gearing up for a coordinated all-out effort to preserve and defend it. (NYT, 1/2/11)
Dems just can’t seem to make up their minds, can they?
Saturday, January 1, 2011
RedStateVT Announces 2010 Cheney Award Winner
RedStateVT announces the winner of the 2010 Cheney Award, our 2nd annual presentation of this honor. The Cheney Award is given annually to the individual who – in our opinion – has done the most to preserve and promote the values of American liberty, strength and exceptionalism. The award honors Vice-President Dick Cheney for his service to and defense of this great country.Receiving consideration for the 2010 award were Sean Hannity, the Tea Party, Paul Ryan, and Boston journalist and radio show host Howie Carr along with Sarah Palin who was also on last year’s short list. The winner (also a runner-up last year) is Dick Morris.
Morris was a dynamo - writing books, appearing almost nightly on television and blogging relentlessly – all in service of the opposition to the Obama agenda. It seemed at times that he was out to single-handedly defeat Obamacare. Begging, pleading and exhorting the American people to write their Congressmen, make phone calls and send in donations for advertising, he did it all.
At election time, it was Morris who did the heavy lifting, traveling the country and analyzing the local races that the media did not have time for. It was Morris who realized that the Republicans had an extraordinary opportunity to win back the country and slow the socialists in their tracks. And so – as with healthcare – he was relentless in taking on the fight. While some may say that Morris over-promised (control of the Senate and a 100 House seat pick-up) we applaud his zeal and his vision.
RedStateVT is pleased to honor Dick Morris as the 2010 Cheney Award recipient.
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