President Obama and "Only Government"

It was a rough press conference, to say the least.

President Obama was questioned about more bizarre remarks made by his own Vice President, and he seemed to laugh right along with the reporters in the room, as they were laughing at Biden.

More importantly, and more tragically, President Obama continued with his apocalyptic rhetoric about what will, necessarily, happen to the United States economy, if American citizens don't fully embrace (and the United States Congress doesn't pass) the big government giveaway bill, jokingly referred to as "the economic stimulus bill."

More alarming, still, was his insistence that - - to use his words - - "only government" can break the recession (read the details HERE).

No reference to the hard work and productivity of the American worker.

No reference to the job creation brought about from investors who take risks with their money and build business that employ others.

No reference to the fact that, even in an economic downturn, the wondrous American economy still produces a greater GDP than any other nation - - greater than that of China, a country with three times the population of the U.S.

Last fall, I published a national column about the similarities on economic ideas, between then-Senator Obama, and Mr. Obama's father, Barack Hussein Obama Sr.


Drawing from research compiled by Investor's Business Daily, I specified how Senator Obama's plans for the United States economy mirrored the proposals put forth by his communist father, while he was working for the government of Kenya back in the early 1960's.

Worse still, Senator Obama's socialistic ideas were seemingly being embraced by the American people. Yet the plans put forth by his communist father were resoundingly rejected by the Kenyan government, because Kenya was actually undergoing a pro-Western, free-market revolution, and Mr. Obama's socialistic ideas were considered to be a "step backwards" from where Kenya really needed to go.

In fact, Barack Hussein Obama Sr.'s plans were so extreme, he actually was fired from his job in the government of Kenya.

But President Barack Obama knows with certainty that "ONLY GOVERNMENT" can save the United States from the current recession.

It's been said that each new generation must, in some cases, learn the same lessons over and over again.

But must each new U.S. President learn - - on-the-job, no less - - how and why the U.S. economy works, while third-world economies do not?

"Change" is underway, and it's going to be a rough ride. Stay tuned. And stay vigilant.

Power Corrupts

As the government hand-out bill is hanging in the balance on Capitol Hill, my latest column from Townhall Dot Com details how quickly President Obama, members of his Adminisration, and members of Congress have abandoned campaign pledges, broken promises, and have embraced their own self-serving agendas, in this new era of "Hope and Change."

The link to the column is HERE


Stay tuned. This is NOT the end of wealth re-distribution in this current Congress. It is ONLY the beginning.

But If He's Republican, Is He Really "Black?"

Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele has been elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee.

I think this is great news.

But will Liberal America actually accept him as "truly black?"

Recall that 8 years ago, when Colin Powell was selected to be President Bush's Secretary of State, he was chided as "not really black." But why not? Powell's ancestry traces back to Jamaica, not to American slaves, and that was supposedly why he wasn't regarded as "truly black."

But more realistically, Powell was serving in a Repubplican Administration, and he himself (at the time anyway) was a Republican. And "real black" Americans can't be Republicans, right?

And when it was Condoleeza Rice's turn to be Secretary of State, she got the same treatment. A black person who is a Republican, just isn't "really black."

So what is to come of Michael Steele?

Let's talk about it tonight on the Austin Hill Show.....

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Are You On The Side Of The Republican Party, Or On The Side Of Rush Limbaugh?

Politico Dot Com broke a story late this afternoon indicating that a Republican Congressman, Phil Gingrey of Georgia, has told Rush Limbaugh to "back off."


Over the past two days, Limbaugh has responded to President Obama telling Republican congressional leaders to "stop listening" to his show. Limbaugh has surmised that Obama MAY BE more threatened by himself, than by the Republican leadership in the Congress - - and that doesn't speak well of the Republican congressional leadership.

Limbaugh has also surmised that, in any event, Obama is talking about him, so as to distract people's attention from the real issue - - his huge, "stimulus" spending legislation.

NOW, however, Republican Congressman Gingrey has told Limbaugh to "back off," and claims that Limbaugh, Hannity and "the rest of them" (all us talk show hosts, I guess) don't understand what it is to exhibit leadership in the Congress.

Is he right?

And whose side are you on?

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Is It Time For America To Become A Weaker Country?

President Obama campaigned on a pledge to reduce weaponry in space. Today, Reuters reports that on the President's website, there is a pledge to rid the universe of "weapons" in space....a nice goal, perhaps, but it is difficult to determine what a "weapon" is in space, given that even a weather tracking satellite can be used as a "weapon." If Obama enters into an international agreement, and commits the U.S. to not deploying "weaponry" in space, this would weaken the U.S.

Additionally, President Obama announced plans to allow individual states the freedom to set individual auto emissions standards...which makes it more difficult for an ailing car industry to manufacture cars tailored to more, individualized specifications...which makes the cost of the care rise....

In short, this will weaken the automobile industry.

And of course, last week President Obama ordered the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prision facility.

We seem to be headed on a path of a weaker America, weaker economically, militarily, and otherwise. Could this, perhaps, be the goal?

Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright once lamented that America was during the Clinton years (and still is) the world's only remaining "superpower."

Could this lament now be permeating the Obama Administration?

And is it time for us to be "weaker" - - just to make it more fair for the rest of the world?

We'll talk about it tonight on The Austin Hill Show - - 1 - 888 -630-WMAL, if you'd like to join the discussion. Listen at www.TheAustinHillShow.Com

A Better World For Terrorists...

On his second full-day in office, President Obama has ordered the closure of the Gitmo detention center.

On the surface this looks like America is "lightening up" and "going easier" on combatting terror. . How else should the world's terrorists think of America, knowing that one of our new President's top priorities is to close down a prison facility where some of our best interrogation work is done?

But beneath the surface, a serious political problem could be brewing for President Obama. What do we do with the approximately 245 terrorists that remain at Gitmo, chief among them, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed?

Talk is underway to place some of these thugs in the Fort Leavenworth "Disciplinary Barracks." Located in Kansas, Fort Leavenworth is the only maximum disciplinary facility in the entire Department of Defense.

But why should the smalltown community surrounding Fort Leavenworth be forced to deal with the threat of dangerous enemy combatants in its own community? Their town would immediately become a terrorist target in a far greater way than they are now.

We'll talk about this big news, tonight on The Austin Hill Show.

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Does President Obama Get A "Pass" Because He's Black???

You might think that's a "racist" sort of question. But no less than Juan Williams, Fox News commentator, probes this question today in the Wall Street Journal. Williams says we ned to judge Obama on his "performance," and NOT on his racial status.

But will we judge Obama that way?

We'll talk about that tonight.

Also....earlier today at the National Cathedral, the Obamas, the Bidens, and the Clintons attended a prayer service.

Not big news, in and of itself, but as the National Anthem was being played...only Obama and Hillary placed their "hand over their heart."

Tacky? Bad taste? A problem?

Bill Clinton, to his credit, was singing his heart out. But the former Prez, and the Vice President and his wife, did nothing.

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