Obama Economy Stagnates

The Obama economy has stalled out. With Cap and Trade legislation and Helath Care legislation on the horizon there is no chance for growth.

Memo to: Russ Carnahan

It's June 29th and I have the windows open and there is cool breeze blowing through the house. I checked with Dave Murray to see what the future weather would be. Dave said it would be about the same.

Russ thank you for the Cap and Tax legislation on something you know nothing about!

Spread the wealth

Conyers drops ACORN investigation

Earlier this year, Judiciary Committee Chairman, John Conyers, promised an investigation into ACORN's connection to voting irregularities. This week, according to Newsmax.com, he reneged on that commitment. Conyers stated that the probe was blocked by "Powers That Be" (himself).

The Future of Health Care

The Club for Growth gives a simple analysis of the direction of our health care system!

Is President Obama a Post Turtle?

You are driving down the road and you see a Turtle on a post:
You know he didn't get up there by himself,
He doesn't belong up there,
He doesn't know what to do while he's up there,
and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put him up there to begin with

Russ Carnahan Invites 1,000s to Join Him on a Conference Call

Yesterday the call went out to thousands of people to be sure to pick up the phone this evening for a conference call with Representative Russ Carnahan. Sure enough, at 6:45 the call came. It wasn't Russ on the phone, just his recorded voice saying to stay on the line to "get in on the call." You could ask questions but you had to push "0" to ask a question.

Listening for a few minutes, the theme of the calls was, "Don't allow imports, manufacture everything here, and the economy will be fine." Sounds simple enough. Limit our freedom to buy goods from where we wish and all will be OK.

I wanted to push "0" and ask, what if the stuff made here is more expensive? Will people still buy it? Or will the economy just stagnate further? I also wanted to ask about the excessive spending, what will he, Russ Carnahan, do about runaway inflation? What about energy? Will he allow more oil to be produced? Is he going to increase our cost of living through Cap and Trade? Is he going to allow this burden to crush our economy again?

I was going to push "0" and ask my questions but it was apparent the call was a setup. They were only going to allow questions to show his point of view so I turned on O'Reilly.

Cap and Trade Energy Tax

The Markey-Waxman “Cap-and-trade” Energy Tax bill, in the current form being considered by the House Energy and Commerce committee, would have the following catastrophic effects by 2035:

1.Reduce aggregate gross domestic product (GDP) by $9.6 trillion annually;

2.Destroy 1,105,000 American jobs per year on average, with peak years seeing unemployment rise by over 2,479,000 jobs;

3.Raise electricity rates 90 percent after adjusting for inflation;

4.Raise inflation-adjusted gasoline prices by 74 percent;

5.Raise residential natural gas prices by 55 percent;

6.Raise an average family's annual energy bill by $1,500 annually; and

7.Increase inflation-adjusted federal debt by 26 percent, or $29,150 additional federal debt per person, again after adjusting for inflation.

Source: Heritage Foundation

Roy Blunt visits St. Louis

Senatorial candidate, Roy Blunt, addressed massive deficit spending on Saturday. He also discussed issues he will address during his campaign:



Follow University Township Republican Town Hall Meetup page for more events.

Warning: Illinois State Police issuing $375 tickets for 1 mile over speed limit!

According to an IDOT press release:

Under enhanced penalties passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Rod Blagojevich last year, first-time work zone speeders, including those caught on camera, will be hit with a fine of $375, with $125 of that sum going to pay off-duty State Troopers to provide added enforcement in construction or maintenance zones. Two-time offenders are subject to a $1,000 fine, including a $250 surcharge to hire Troopers, and the loss of their license for 90 days.

However, who is more dangerous? People not going through construction zones at the posted speed limit or State Police rocket jockeys?


A St. Clair County Grand Jury has indicted a state police officer for killing two teenage motorists in a rather spectacular crash. In typical fashion, the police tried to cover it up.



Are the police interested in safety or just fleecing motorist?

St. Louis' Lee Presser on the Constitution

Obama Kills Fly

Attorney General Madigan meets with Don Obama

According to an article in STLtoday.com, Illinois Attorney General met with President Obama regarding Roland Burris' Senate seat. Also in the meeting were Valerie Jarett, Obama's senior advisor and his Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel.

This sound like something from The Godfather where Madigan goes to "The Don" to get his blessing to take the seat. Perhaps Obama will make Burris an offer he can't refuse.

See: Madigan met Obama about potential Senate Run.

Senator Durbin sells stock after economic briefing

According to Fox news:

Senator Dick Durbin's financial disclosure statements show that one day after he and fellow congressional leaders were urged by then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to craft bank-bailout legislation, he sold almost$ 43,000 worth of mutual fund shares. He then bought a similar amount in Berkshire Hathaway stock. Altogether Durbin sold investments worth $116,000 in September.

For more information see Durbin's Story on Fox News.

Pelosi Mobile

Nancy Pelosi and the congress have been kind enough to present us with the car of the future:




Be sure to write your local congressman and thank them!

Stimulus Package Could be Bad for your Health!

As you may or may not know, the recently passed "Stimulus Bill" has provisions that will ration health care benefits. According to the editorial in Bloomberg News:
"Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan," Betsy McCaughey states:

Tragically, no one from either party is objecting to the health provisions slipped in without discussion. These provisions reflect the handiwork of Tom Daschle, until recently the nominee to head the Health and Human Services Department.

Senators should read these provisions and vote against them because they are dangerous to your health.

Daschle says health-care reform “will not be pain free.” Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.

Is this the change that was voted for? If this concerns you contact your Senator or Representative right away. To find your Congressman go to: http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/index.htm

For more information see:
The Public Health Care Plan: What Seems to Be the Problem?

Voter fraud discoverd in the City of St. Louis, points to higher government officials

ACORN's main defense on the voter fraud issue has been that, none of their illegally registered voters actually voted. Now the City of St. Louis Board of Election Commissioner has found over 30 counts of election fraud;



The commissioners are talking about referring the case to the US Attorney in St. Louis. These guys have known about this for years and refuse to do anything about it. Our Secretary of state has been "investigating" ACORN and voter fraud and found nothing.

Here is what the Missouri GOP has to say:

Today’s announcement by the St. Louis City Board of Elections makes it clear that voter fraud continues to thrive in Missouri, despite Robin Carnahan’s attempts to cover up the problem. Earlier this year, she issued an incomplete and less-than-professional report claiming that the state’s elections are ‘free of fraud.’ We now know that this is simply not true. Carnahan, the chief elections officer in the State of Missouri, has diminished the impact of voters who abide by the law, instead, attempting to whitewash her record of overlooking the existence of voter fraud in Missouri.

We commend the St. Louis Board of Election’s diligence in the face of Carnahan’s indifference, and we hope that the U.S. Attorney fully investigates these allegations.

St. Louis County GOP on Twitter

The St. Louis County Republican Central Committee is now on Twitter. You can find them at STLGOP.

If you are not familiar with Twitter, this may be a good opportunity to give it a try. (www.twitter.com)

Barack Obama Reduces Deficit

Barack Obama proposes a 100 million dollars in savings in the national budget. With a two to three trillion dollar proposed deficit, Obama shows true leadership.

County taxing districts are raising taxes without a vote

While our property values are dropping due to our national financial problems (see article below) our county taxing autorities are countering by increasing their tax rates. School districts, municipalities, fire districts are raising taxes.

There are two components to your property tax. One is the assessed value of your home and the other is the tax rate per $100 valuation of your home. Last year the tax rate was $6.9808 per $100 valuation of your property. To calculate your tax, take your assessed value, divide by 100 and multiply by the tax rate. If your assessed value was $45,370, you would calculate $45,370/100= 453.7 X 6.9809 = $3,167.20 tax. Those tax rates are now increasing.

See Post-Dispatch artice for more information