The New Normal

Recently, the LA Times ran a story on the resurgence of high gasoline prices at the pump, climbing well above $4.00 a gallon. The Times reports that:

 "Partisan finger-pointing aside, polls suggest that most people aren't as worked up over gas prices as they were four years ago, when a gallon of regular hit a national average of $4.11 a gallon."

In other words, the L.A.Times is saying that Californians are resigned to the "New Normal" where high gasoline prices are no big deal, even if you have to take out a loan to fill up your SUV.

Our President and the media are trying to push this thing called the "New Normal" which is nothing more than fatalism repackaged. During the Carter presidency, we had what was known as the "Misery Index" where Americans were kept informed on a weekly basis as to how miserable their lives were based on high inflation, price controls, and an energy crisis where Carter gave a fireside speech wearing a sweater along with encouraging all Americans to turn down their thermostats and put on a sweater.

Once again, we have a president telling us that we as Americans need to be satisfied with the New Normal.

Here's the New Normal that the Obama administration and the media are trying to get you to accept without any questions whatsoever:

• High gasoline prices. We are told to get used to paying $3, 4 or 5 dollars a gallon for gas.The idea of paying $2.00 or less for a gallon of gas is a thing of the past. The price of gasoline has doubled under Obama. Obama's Energy chief, Steven Chu said this in 2008:   "Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe." This administration WANTS high gas prices. President Obama has said this about coal production:  "If someone wants to open a coal power plant then they can. Its just it will BANKRUPT them because they'll be charged a huge sum for all that green house gas being emitted." 
• Rolling blackouts due to federal regulations prohibiting the construction of refineries, new power plants, coal production and nuclear energy. 
• The median household income has declined by $4019. in the last four years. In the last 4 yrs., most middle-class families have lost at least $4000. or more in yearly income.
• High unemployment and declining incomes. Yesterday's headline in USA Today: Middle-class poorer, earned less in 2000s. During the Obama administration,  most households' income has declined by $3500. yearly.Total unemployment is fifteen percent (the U-6 unemployment number). The percentage of people working continues to shrink along with the number of jobs available.  
• More adult children are moving back home with parents. Three-in-ten parents reports (29%) report that their adult child has moved back in with them. This is the highest number since WWII.
• Average selling price for homes has declined by 10%.
• Home foreclosures have increased 34% under Obama.
• Americans on food stamps have increased 42% under Obama.
• Americans living in poverty has increased 16% under Obama.
• The New Normal is a President telling you that "You didn't build that business of yours. You succeeded with the help of others, including your government."

Is This As Good As It Gets?

The "New Normal" is for those who have settled for a 2nd rate nation commandeered by Obama, a nation that is no longer first in the world, a nation that is no longer the world economic leader. We now have the highest corporate tax rate of any western nation in the world which has removed our competitive edge. This drives jobs to other countries as well as foreign investment.

The "New Normal" is learning how to be content with simple prosperity, learning to live in a smaller home with an older car, with less money saved for retirement, less money in savings because more of your money is taxed and taken from you. The "New Normal" is living with second-rate Obamacare where you have to wait 1-3 months to see a doctor.

Some in Southern California may gladly accept high gas prices and rolling blackouts as the "New Normal" but not me. I don't believe we have to settle for the high unemployment rate, or lack of jobs. I believe that with a roaring economy, once again, my home will increase rather than decrease in value.

I'm voting for Romney-Ryan in November so we can replace the New Normal with American Exceptionalism and the entrepreneurial spirit. I'm voting for Romney-Ryan because they believe that our freedom doesn't come from the government but rather by reducing the size of government and its intrusion in our daily lives.

Our country can be great once again and even respected by our enemies, whereas now, we are joke and our enemies are laughing at us behind our backs. They love our weak, impotent President who basically has allowed them to build their nuclear weapons and threaten Israel and the world without any fear of U.S. reprisal.

Our best days are still ahead. With the Romney-Ryan administration, we can return to a full job recovery, a reduction of the national debt and a nation that encourages small businesses and innovation once we've finally gutted the EPA with all of its costly regulations designed to destroy our nation's economy, and making us energy dependent on our enemies. With Romney-Ryan, we will ensure greater security for our nation by producing all of our energy here at home.

How about you? Are you happy with "The New Normal"? 

Welcome to the New Normal: Obamaville

Barack Obama on January 25th in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (at Conveyor Engineering & Manufacturing Co.) said this:  

If you're willing to put in the work, the idea is that you should be able to raise a family and own a home, not go bankrupt because you got sick, 'cause you've got some health insurance that helps you deal with those difficult times; that you can send your kids to college; that you can put some money away for retirement. That's all most people want. Folks don't have unrealistic ambitions. They do believe that, if they work hard, they should be able to achieve that small measure of an American dream. 

This is Obama's downsizing of the American Dream. He's describing his own serfs. President Obama believes that if you work hard and become successful, you should be punished with higher taxes. 

Notice that President Obama said, "Folks don't have unrealistic ambitions..." What is an unrealistic ambition?  Does the President get to decide if YOUR ambitions or mine are "unrealistic"? If you want to own your own company and have 3 or 4 limos, is that unrealistic? If you want a home that is larger than 1200 sq. ft, is that unrealistic? Who gave Obama the right to decide what is realistic or unrealistic in terms of your ambitions? 

In Obama's America, he was able to rise above the unrealistic expectations of some to become President of the United States. But now he is telling Americans to "downsize" their expectations or dreams. Maybe you won't ever own your own home; maybe you won't ever have a sizable retirement plan because you now live in Obamaville. We have a President who wants to punish that who rise above his "statist" expectations. 

Obama wants you to believe there is a decline in most American's lifestyles because of capitalism--because of its own structural failures and inabilities. He wants you to believe five dollar gasoline is what you get with an economy where everybody's out there fending for themselves. You're paying five dollars for gas because of those filthy, greedy oil companies, not because he rejects the Keystone Pipeline and all other drilling including Anwar in Alaska.

Welcome to the New Normal Obamaville:

• Where a record 87,897,000 Americans are no longer in the labor force. 
• Where if we really count all those who are no longer employed and can't find a job, we have an unemployment rate of 19.1%
• Where gasoline prices have gone up from $1.87 when Obama took office to over $5.00 gallon, but according to the LA Times, it's no big deal. Americans are accepting these prices and driving less, becoming more efficient, combining errands.
• Where in 2006-2007, 90% if all college graduates found jobs, but now in Obamaville, only 56% do.
• Where 1 in 4 homeowners are currently "underwater" owing more on their homes than they are worth.

You've lived too well for too long as an American.

If you have read either of Obama's 2 books, you know that he is trying to level the playing field and put us on equal footing with the rest of the world. It's not fair to the other peoples in the world who have not lived as well as we have because we have stolen what they have.

It's not fair. And President Obama is the one who gets to define "fairness." 

Welcome to the New Normal: Obamaville.

Obama's Energy Chief Wants Your Gas Prices To Go Up!!

I doubt that you've heard this because most of the media has kept it under wraps. Earlier this week, Steven Chu, the Nobel Prize-winning energy chief  for Obama was asked if the White House wanted to keep gas prices high. Chu said "Yes!" and he said it before a congressional committee.  He said they liked the prospect of high gasoline prices because if furthers the development of alternative fuels. 

Whatever you're paying at the pump is of NO concern for Steven Chu and the Obama White House. He told Congress this week that his goal is not to get the price of gasoline to go down. Did you get that? Obama's head of Energy says the high gas prices is not even a concern to him.  

According to Obama's head of the Energy Dept., our goal is NOT to decrease our dependency on oil. We're not going to "ok" the XL Pipeline from Canada and we're not going to drill for oil in Alaska, nor are we going to lift the drilling moratoriums in the Gulf or on the east or west coasts. Why? Because according to Chu, we don't want more oil. We don't want an oil-based economy. We want you using wind or solar-powered energy. 

But, don't worry, Obama shares your pain. Last night, he was at a glitzy New York City fundraiser where admission was $38,500 per person and 80 were present at an upscale Manhattan restaurant. Well, maybe he didn't feel your pain last night, but I'm sure he's going to feel your pain this weekend when he fills up his gas tank. Oh...I'm sorry...he doesn't drive? He never stops at a gas station. But he says he feels your pain. I hope  his pain doesn't keep him from missing any fundraisers. I for one would hate to see that.