Watch this video from left-wing CNN. (H/T Hot Air)
CNN is being blocked by the government from going down to the beaches to take pictures and film – so that they cannot convey the severity of the damage and the problems caused by the government and the Coast Guard dragging their feet in order to comply with red tape and regulations.
The Democrats are not really interested in solving the problem, they just want you to vote them. That’s the only problem they’re serious about solving.
Excerpt:
Venezuela’s legislature has voted to nationalize 11 oil rigs owned by the US firm Helmerich & Payne.
The rigs, located in Monagas, Anzoategui and Zulia states, will be taken over by state oil giant Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the official news agency AVN said.
PDVSA had asked the legislature controlled by supporters of leftist President Hugo Chavez to take over the rigs after the US firm declined to negotiate a new service contract, unlike 32 other foreign firms.
The oil giant is South America’s top oil producer.
Since 2007 Caracas has nationalized companies in industries from oil to utilities, to telecoms, cement, steel and banking.
Speaking of Breitbart, do you all know the famous actor Michael Moriarty from the TV show “Law and Order”? He linked to me yesterday from Breitbart’s Big Hollywood web site. Isn’t that amazing! I think it’s just by accident, I’m sure he isn’t a regular reader.
UPDATE: Ooops almost forgot.
Actually there is a nice summary of Obama’s demolition job on the economy that you can read in the Wall Street Journal. I liked it. Most of the stuff I blogged about already as it happened.
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From economist Veronique de Rugy at The Corner (National Review). (H/T Gateway Pundit)
Here’s her graph:
She writes:
Since the beginning of the recession (roughly January 2008), some 7.9 million jobs were lost in the private sector while 590,000 jobs were gained in the public one. And since the passage of the stimulus bill (February 2009), over 2.6 million private jobs were lost, but the government workforce grew by 400,000.
Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit has this graph of the average unemployment rate under Bush and Obama.
Keep in mind that Democrats were in control of the House and Senate starting in January of 2007. That means that all the spending was theirs from that point on – Bush just had no public support to cut spending and veto things like TARP. If we take out 2008, his unemployment rate would be much lower.
I know that all the young people seem to really like socialism. I hope they also like the taste of leaves and grass. Because that’s all they’ll be able to afford if this keeps up! The poor little lemmings – believing everything their sheltered government-school educators told them about the way the world works. I wonder if the little rascals know who Jimmy Carter is?
WINTERY KNIGHT 