Bad omens abound for President Obama in his quest to win reelection in 2012. The President will have an uphill battle in his bid for a second term when faced with these Top 10 Bad Signs. 1. Jobless rate: The unemployment rate is stubbornly stuck at around 9%, with no sign of abating. Obama is reduced to running around the country touting his phony jobs bill and blaming others (President Bush, Japanese tsunami, Arab Spring, European debt, Tea Party) for the sad state of affairs.

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Ezra Klein of the Washington Post has written an excellent treatise on how the American economy collapsed, what the government did about it, and what the government might have done differently that would have actually fixed it.

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In Orwell’s 1984, “…The individual is always subordinated to the state, and it is in part this philosophy which allows the Party to manipulate and control humanity.” From Big Journalism by Liberty Chick.

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Until George W. Bush took office, the cries that our media system in America has fallen hostage to corporations had never been so fervent. Soros especially became vocal in this regard, spreading that same message around the country and internationally that democracy in America was in great peril due to a crisis in journalism: In the end, what the left wants is to take the profit incentive away from the business of media and get it out of the hands of the private sector. They cannot fathom the thought of corporations continuing to own the media outlets in America, because then they cannot control the content. Instead, the left would prefer to put their trust solely in the hands of the government and so-called philanthropists. To some, the phrase “new public media” might sound like Utopia. But look at where media is already heading today. When George Soros is building his own media empire to force his political ideology onto the American people, I simply don’t see how that plan protects democracy in our country. I may not like what I see and hear on every channel or at every web address these days. But I am afforded multiple points of view from a plethora of sources that are driven by the market demand. I am responsible enough to go to multiple sources, seek out the facts, and form my own opinions. I’d prefer for my government and George Soros not to form those for me. The Soros Media Empire – on Government Steroids?.

The 1st part of this series is here: Soros’ Media Empire: When Elections Fail, Turn to Public Propaganda Journalism

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From The American Spectator by Andrew B. Wilson:

America’s gift to the world isn’t freedom or democracy. It isn’t the example of a free market that has created unparalleled prosperity for the nation over more than 200 years. It isn’t the generosity of the American people or their willingness to go to the defense of others threatened with tyranny. And it isn’t baseball, football or basketball… or any of the exports of Hollywood and American popular culture. No, it is none of those things. According to Barack Obama, America’s gift to the world is spending. More precisely, it is our willingness to spend beyond our means — in the happy thought that we (or if not we, they, the Obama administration) are spending someone else’s money.

Obama Redefines America’s Gift to the World.

What do these guys smoke before going on air?

“As readers will see from the actual data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Press’s comments made on the “McLaughlin Group” were so false it’s laughable” This via Noel Sheppard at NewsBusters: According to the BLS’s Establishment Survey, there were 132.4 million nonfarm workers in America in January 2001. When Bush left office in January 2009, this number was 133.5 million – a 1.3 million increase. As just released last Friday, this number is now 130.5 million – a 3 million decrease since Obama was inaugurated. According to the BLS’s Household Survey, there were 137.8 million total workers in January 2001. This number was 142.2 million in January 2009, a 4.4 million increase. As just released last Friday, this number is now 139.1 million – a 3.1 million decrease since Obama was inaugurated. As such, depending on which survey you look at, Bush’s job creation in his eight years was either 1.3 million or 4.4 million. Both surveys show job losses under Obama at basically 3 million. Why do they lie like that?

There should be a law against that level of ignorance.