We came off one of the coolest summers in recorded history.  Last year was below average in temperture, too.  But that isn’t stopping greedy Democrat trial lawyers from pressing ahead with class action lawsuits against coal burning electricity generators and others.

NY Times Article

A public nuisance lawsuit against coal burning utility companies.  A class action lawsuit against oil, coal, chemical and insurance companies blaming them for property damages related to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.  It was their carbon dioxide emissions that contributed to “climate change” and magnified the impact of the storm so says the litigants, as if there have never been severe hurricanes before.  And there is an Alaskan coastal town suing ExxonMobil and oil, coal, and electric companies blaming them for thinning ice.

The insanity is just beginning.  Don’t forget:  Democrats blocked Republican tort reform every time it was introduced during the 2000s.

For decades Democrats have been saying that poverty causes crime in order to justify ever expanding welfare programs that reward stupidity and irresponsible behavior with free cash and to excuse criminal behavior among their most loyal voters.

It turns out that Democrats were lying again.

While unemployment rose during 2008, poverty rates rose as well.  It would make sense that the poverty rate would increase as unemployment increases.  However, while the poverty rate was increasing, crime across the United States was decreasing.

So if crime decreases as poverty increases, how does poverty cause crime like murder and rape?  Rape isn’t an economic crime, nor are most murders.

Census Statistics

• The official poverty rate in 2008 was 13.2 percent, up from 12.5 percent in 2007.
• In 2008, 39.8 million people were in poverty, up from 37.3 million in 2007 — the second consecutive annual increase in the number of people in poverty.

NY Times Article About Crime Drop In 2008

The 2008 violent crime rate was 454.5 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants (a 2.7 percent decrease from the 2007 rate), and the property crime rate was 3,212.5 per 100,000 persons (a 1.6 percent decrease from 2007).

Here’s an interesting passage from the NY Times article:

To put it another way, based on census figures for white and black men of all ages, a black man was roughly six times as likely to be a homicide victim as a white man in 2008.

Apparently, the liberals at the NY Times want us to feel sorry for blacks because they are more likely to be victims of murder.  What the NY Times doesn’t tell you is that blacks are more likely to be victims or murder because blacks are much more likely to commit murder.

FBI Homicide Statistics

In 2005, (homicide) offending rates for blacks were more than 7 times higher than the rates for whites.

It would be nice if the NY Times gave people all the facts.  Maybe there is something they don’t want people to know.

The biggest scam artists in the history of the world have all been Democrats.

There was Bernard Madoff who ran a $50 billion Ponzi scheme bilking thousands out of their life savings, leaving some destitute.  Then there was R. Allen Stanford who ran an $8 billion certificate of deposit Ponzi scheme.  Yesterday, Democrat fundraiser Norman Hsu was sentenced to 24 years in prison for running a $50 million Ponzi scheme and for violating campaign finance laws so he could illegally steer money to Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

Is it purely coincidence that the biggest scammers that have ever lived are all Democrats?  No.  Lying, cheating, and stealing are what Democrats do best.  Every Democrat policy at its core involves stealing money from those who earn it so it can be given to those who didn’t earn it to buy votes.  So it should come as no surprise that scammers are Democrats.

Norman Hsu Article From Boston.com

Norman Hsu Article From CNN.com

A former Democratic fund-raiser who contributed to the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama was sentenced Tuesday to 292 months, or more than 24 years, in prison for fraud including campaign finance violations…

More about Democrats Bernie Maddoff and Sir Robert Allen Stanford:

Bernard Madoff’s Political Contributions
Proof That Swindler R. Allen Stanford Is A Democrat

What kind of teacher would force her elementary school students to sing a song praising President Barack Hussein Obama for his accomplishments?  Here’s a video of one.

CBS News Obama Song Video And Article
Direct Link To Youtube Video

And what exactly has President Obama accomplished?  Other than to convince millions of brain-dead idiots to vote for him, that is?

Obama promised to create millions of jobs.  Did he accomplish that?  No.  Millions of jobs have been lost since he took office.  Job cuts soared in November 2008, the month he was elected.

Obama promised to create 5 million green jobs.  Has he accomplished that?  No.

Obama promised to end the wars.  Has he accomplished that?  No.  The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are going to hell under his leadership with more troop deaths now than a year ago.

I could go on and on about Obama’s failures.  There are no accomplishments to be found under his leadership.  Certainly nothing to justify indoctrinating little kids to sing a song praising him.

I thought the world was supposed to love us after the election of Barack Obama.  I thought that Muslim extremist terrorists would no longer hate us because of Obama having grown up in the Muslim world.

It looks like domestic terrorist plots have accelerated since the election of Obama.  A few months ago, a terror plot was broken up in New York.  Then a few days ago, another terror plot targeting New York by an Afghan immigrant was foiled.  Then yesterday, two separate arrests were made in bomb plots in Illinois and Texas targeting skyscrapers.

If anything, the election of Obama has not reduced the irrational hatred of America by radical Muslims.  The election of Obama and his actions as President have demonstrated weakness to those who want to do us harm and they are seizing on the perceived opportunity to strike.

Why else would domestic terror plots be on the rise after Obama took office?

Remember how Democrats said that Republicans were using terrorism as a method of stoking fear in the American people?  It looks like Democrats were lying again.  Terrorism is a real threat not ginned-up by Republicans.

It’s only a matter of time until a terrorist bombing succeeds on American soil now that Democrats are running the country.  If there is any silver lining, it is that the areas to be targeted are inhabited mostly by Democrat voters.

Why is it that the world’s most evil leaders all love President Barack Obama?  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had kind words for Obama.  And now terrorist dictator Moammar Gaddafi of Libya does, too.

Washington Post Article

…When it came to America’s 44th president (President Obama), Gaddafi offered only warm words, calling him “our son” and “our Obama,” and saying, “The election of Obama is the beginning of change.”

“We are content and happy if Obama can stay forever as the president,” Gaddafi said.

This is just further proof that evil people and terrorists love Democrats.  Why not?  Democrats think the same way and say the exact same things that terrorists do.  Mentally deficient birds of a feather flock together.

Toy maker Mattel is coming out with a Barbra Streisand doll.  Have a look at the doll at billionaire Democrat Oprah Winfrey’s site:

Barbra Streisand Doll

The doll doesn’t look anything like Barbra Streisand.  It is much prettier.  It’s probably more intelligent, too.  Remember:  Barbra Streisand sent out a memo full of spelling and grammatical errors criticizing President George Bush for being “dummbe”.

Do you need to be smart to be a singer who doesn’t write her own songs?  No.

The blatant hypocrisy of liberals never ceases to amaze.  While U2 frontman Bono is out telling world leaders that they must spend more of their citizens’ money to help the “poor” around the world, he was starting a private equity investment fund.

It’s bad enough when you demand that average people give up more of their money to help people you could help yourself with your own money, but to start a private equity fund to invest in companies to try to make more money takes the cake.  Bono easily makes a few hundred thousand dollars with every concert performance — and they are currently on tour.  Does he need more money?  Why isn’t he giving his money away to help the “poor” he pretends to care about?  Why is Bono investing his money to make more money when there are poor Africans starving to death and dying of disease that he could be helping?

Bono is a total and complete fraud.

Bono’s Elevation Partners Buys $35 Million In Palm Inc. Stock.

USA Today Article From 2004

Two electric and hybrid car companies largely owned by wealthy contributors to the Democratic Party have received nearly a billion dollars in U.S. government loans.

Tesla Motors received a $465 million government loan to make high-end electric cars.  This week, Fisker Automotive, Inc., received a $529 million government loan to help build a hybrid car in Finland.  Average people could never afford these cars.

Tesla was co-founded by Elon Musk, a big money DFL donor who made a fortune starting PayPal.  Checking the contribution records at fec.gov, I see that the founders of Tesla and most of the car company’s investors are Democratic Party contributors with contributions to many Democrats, including President Barack Obama.  I did not see hardly any contributions to Republicans.

About Fisker, from the article:

WSJ Article

The award this week to California startup Fisker Automotive Inc. follows a $465 million government loan to Tesla Motors Inc., purveyors of a $109,000 British-built electric Roadster. Tesla, like Fisker, is a California startup focusing on high-end hybrids, with a number of celebrity endorsements that is backed by investors that have contributed to Democratic campaigns.

Fisker’s top investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a veteran Silicon Valley venture-capital firm of which (Al) Gore is a partner. Employees of KPCB have donated more than $2.2 million to political campaigns, mostly for Democrats, including President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group that tracks campaign contributions.

There you have it:  more pay-for-play politics from the Democratic Party.  It’s bad enough that Democrat contributors are getting massive loans to build cars that are not yet proven in the marketplace — and may fail — but they are getting loans to build cars that nobody but the rich can afford to buy.  The Tesla sells for over $100,000 and the Fisker is expected to be priced at $89,000.

If this isn’t an example of the Democratic Party using taxpayer money to reward rich political contributors then I don’t know what is.  And Al Gore stands to make even more money as he is a partner of the venture capital firm that co-owns Fisker Automotive.

Link to Al Gore’s page at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

What’s worse is that these cars aren’t even being built in America.  Tesla makes most of its cars in Europe and it appears that Fisker will, too.  Democrats are using taxpayer money to make loans to companies that won’t even use American labor.

Democrat Senator Max Baucus (of Montana) revealed his idiotic health care plan yesterday. Among the goals of the plan are to lower health care costs and extend coverage to millions of–but not all–uninsured Americans and legal immigrants. Democrats say that under his plan no personal tax increases will be required and that 94% of all Americans will be covered, leaving 6% uncovered. Health insurance coverage will be mandated for all and those who refuse to pay for it themselves will be subsidized by the government. Health insurers will be forbidden from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions and will not be able to impose a lifetime cap on benefits.

Let’s examine this plan and reveal the faulty logic of the dysfunctional Democrat mind.

How will all this be paid for under the Democrat plan? By raising taxes on health care insurers, medical device makers, drug companies, and medical labs.

Democrats will use the revenue from targeted industries to subsidize insurance for those who do not want to pay for it.

Raising taxes on companies leaves them with less money. Higher taxes reduce the rate of return on investment. In order to stay even, which every company will attempt to do, they will raise their prices and pass along the tax increases to consumers.

The cost of health care will increase because of the higher taxes. This will increase the government’s cost of subsidizing health insurance. The government will then need to increase taxes on the targeted industries to cover the higher cost of health care. The targeted industries will pass along the increased taxes to consumers, increasing the government’s cost of subsidizing health insurance. The government will then need to increase taxes on the targeted industries again, which will increase their costs which will be passed onto consumers again.

See how stupid Democrats are?  They think raising tax expenses on the health care industry will lower costs when it will actually increase them.  Baucus’ plan essentially pays for subsidized health insurance by driving up the cost of insurance, creating a never-ending loop of tax increases which will be passed on to consumers.  That’s liberal logic for you.

Max Baucus Health Plan Article

The company that made the playset for President Barack Obama’s children is slashing jobs and planning to move production to China.

Article

You may remember that Obama promised to create 2 million jobs.  Then, Obama promised to create 3 million jobs.  Later, he promised to create 4.1 million jobs.  Finally a few months ago, Obama said he was going to create or “save” 600,000 jobs in 100 days.  It’s nice to see him getting more precise as he pulls numbers out of thin air.

Millions have lost their jobs since Obama took office, and millions more have lost their jobs since he was elected.  Job cuts spiked the month Obama was elected.  Why?  Because his policies are disastrous for the economy.

Higher income taxes, higher investment taxes, a likely payroll tax for healthcare, higher energy costs from carbon cap and trade taxes–businesses are not waiting for these higher costs to take effect before doing something about it.  Businesses all over the country are estimating the costs of Obama’s massive new taxes and taking evasive action now.  More will follow.

I think unemployment could hit 12% – 15% if these carbon cap taxes get enacted any time soon.  Democrats have been dragging their feet on cap and trade all summer.  The only consolation is that those who put Obama into power will be the ones hurt most by his policies.