I’ve divided this into sections…

Prediction Fulfilled:

- His approval numbers will be below 50% before the 2012 election

- We will see the credibility of U.S. Treasury Bonds, arguably the most secured investment, questioned with historical deficits

- Strategic ground forces will exit Iraq in accordance with the signed SOFA under President Bush, but support forces will remain indefinitely

- Blue Dog Democrats will be outcasts and will have to be courted for votes on tough economic issues

Partially fulfilled or In Progress

- We will see less than 50% of Americans paying income taxes

- The top tax bracket will be +65% in Federal Income Taxes, +80% in total income

- Unemployment will hit 10% by 2011 and will not see single digits until after 2013

- The DJIA will not return to +10K before 2012

- Guantanamo Bay may close, but a replacement will be erected in its place somewhere else in the world

- Obama will attempt but will be prevented from nationalizing Healthcare

- Obama’s stimulus package will pass but little of it will be spent before 2011

- Obama and his foreign policy team will embrace a less prominent role in international relations, bowing to the U.N. and failing to counter the rise of China, India, and Russia

No Progress or not enough know at this time:

- Obama will be re-elected under the perception that he ended the war in Iraq and the economy is in recovery

-�Republicans will return to the Majority in the Senate and House by 2016

- When he leaves office there will be no more diversity in the U.S. Congress than there is today

- Obama’s policies will reduce the production of coal and the number coal related jobs by 2012

- Zero legislation will be passed impacting illegal immigration

- For the first time since the French Revolution, fewer people will enjoy freedom and liberty in the world�

- Iran and at least 3 other nation states will become nuclear capable

- The U.S. will suffer a terrorist attack, likely a dirty bomb in a major city center.

As the media lauds Obama for the rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips from the Somali pirates, I ask for a dose of reality.

First, the Navy SEALS who rescued Capt. Phillips deserve the true credit for their actions. But, from personal experience I know the often the military operators don’t get or want the glamorous accolades. We see it as just doing our job.

Second, the Maersk Alabama is one of many ships that have been attacked and continue to be attacked. There an estimated couple of hundred captives held by these pirates. Won’t Obama save them too? He and his administration are praying, wait scratch that, hoping that this pirate business goes away now that they have their proclaimed victory. It may disappear from the headlines but their activity will not.

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Welcome to a new day! No longer is public protest monopolized by the radical left-wing of this country. It is time to voice your outrage with Obama and the Democrats attempts to socialize this country. Stand up!

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/15/begala.taxes/index.html

President Obama’s solution for the failing Chrysler company is force a brokered deal with Fiat SpA. Upon which he will transfer $6B in U.S. tax payer money to the Italian company to make them solvent?!?

Fiat has demanded strong concessions from the U.S. autoworkers unions or they’ll walk. If they get the concessions and the bailout money it is a win-win for Fiat and lose-lose for American workers. Has any news organization questioned the great one on this? Nope, because he is the opulent job creator.

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I heard the ridiculous news this morning on the radio that Katie Couric (a.k.a. the Leprechaun) won the Walter Cronkite award for her biased and dispicable interview with Sarah Palin. Anyone surprised?

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President Obama gave the order to use force to rescue the American hostage, and the US Navy successfully carried out the operation. They both deserve credit for a job well done in this case. It is important now that the United States declares war on Somali piracy, and end this threat to American interests. Write your Representatives and Senators and demand a War Declaration!

Happy Easter everyone. It looks like first reports are now coming in that the American hostage to the pirates was freed today by a Navy operation. Three Somali pirates were killed, and the 4th was injured and is in custody! Capt. Phillips is unharmed according to Foxnews. This is the best possible outcome, and it’s good to see that the military was able to take swift action. They missed the first chance to get Phillips, but it sounds like the heroic Captain made a second attempt.

Read this.

Is the Navy under orders not to shoot, or are they just making sure they don’t hit the hostage? Inquiring minds want to know.

Either way, this is an even bigger act of war, and we have NO WAR DECLARATION FROM CONGRESS and a President who is eerily SILENT on the issue.

Where’s all of that good will that Pres. Obama was supposed to get together from the world community? I seem to recall that North Korea tested a long-range missile, despite our warnings and everyone’s objections, but I see no threatening UN Security Council resolutions coming into play?

Where are the two American journalists who were captured on the North Korean border, supposedly as an insurance policy against our intervention? Shouldn’t we be hearing something about that, about now? Should we not threaten military action against Pyongyang, if we don’t see our citizens returned, unharmed?

What is it about liberals (and not-far-right-enough Conservatives) who try to reason with tyrants? Remember the Cold War? Reagan had it right when he called a spade a spade, and said he would defend our nation, and build the military to levels that the Soviets just couldn’t match. In retrospect, short of a nuclear war, we could have put tanks in Moscow in the 1970’s and toppled the communist regime if we’d had the gumption. North Korea is no Soviet Union, neither is China. Perhaps we should call their bluff, and have a little less talk, and a lot more action.

So the pirates are sending reinforcements? Are you kidding me? Is it just me, or are the Somali terrorists of the seas keenly aware that we now have a liberal head of government, in the spirit of Jimmy Carter, who will try to acquiesce and wait for UN response? This is an act of war, and I’m surprised to see that not even our Republican leaders have even started a war resolution.

Congressman Doug Lamborn (R, CO – 5), as my representative, I urge you to begin drafting a war resolution against Somalia for their implicit support of the lawless regimes that wreak havoc on the seas, and free trade. Do we need another Lucitania, a Pearl Harbor, or even worse, a 9/11 to go to war?

Remember when President Bush said that Iran was a threat, and that he expected them to accept their wrongdoing before coming to the international table? Well, since Pres. Obama has come on the scene, they’ve made a mockery of him, and made him look foolish and naieve. They now have 7,000 centrifuges humming away to produce material for nuclear bombs, and if the U.S. (and even Israel) won’t do anything now, what do you think they will do if Iran can nuke Europe?

The world is always spinning out of control, and “the war” is every single day. There are always groups out to kill us, and there are always forces out there seeking to create chaos and fear. The United States stands alone as the watchman and protector of civility and freedom. While we are not everywhere, and we have not freed everyone, we have done more good than harm (far more), and I believe firmly that this trend (in the long run) will continue. Unfortunately, we now have a government that seeks to build consensus, where none can exist. Sometimes people are just wrong, and the tyrants of North Korea and Iran are just plain wrong here. The Somali pirates (pirates are terrorist with boats, just so you put this into proper perspective) are wrong, too.

President Clinton’s inaction during the 1990’s to numerous terrorist attacks on US soil and interests, helped to embolden the terrorists which culminated in the 9/11 attack. Will President Obama repeat these mistakes?