Are we getting mixed messages from the Obama administration? It seems like only a couple months ago, Vice President Joe Biden was out talking this as Recovery Summer. More recently, President Barack Obama, fresh off a two-week vacation in which he could ignore his constituency and concentrate more on what the polls are telling us, comes out and says he needs to do a full scale attack on the economy. What would this attack do? Is he trying to make it worse? From what we have seen in the past two years, I think he is.

The Democrats who still want to be associated with the president, are telling us that we cannot go back to the policies of the previous administration. In their next breath, the defender failing economic policies of the present administration by saying that it took eight years to mess things up, how can we make things better in only two? This line of thinking of course assumes that you are so stupid that you have absolutely no memory and no knowledge of history. The first six years of the Bush administration were years of economic growth for most Americans. But, because the last two years lead to a recession and the financial crisis, all eight years are being blamed for leading up to what happened.

The policies of this administration have clearly failed. The stimulus package cost more than the Iraq war and has created fewer jobs. Even taking into account the cost of the war, the budget deficits of the past two fiscal years are quadruple the worst year of the Bush administration. So what is the plan to attack this stagnating economy? We know what the answer is-more of the same of the past two years. More spending, more finger-pointing, more government control, more taxes and fewer liberties.

The president is even planning another trip to Wisconsin. When he was here a couple of weeks ago, someone forgot to tell him that Russ Feingold is also running for office and is a Democrat. No more of that maverick talk, Feingold needs to stand up next to the President and tell him that he voted for the stimulus spending, he voted for health care reform, and is ready to vote for our climate bill that will raise taxes, raise or utility bills, put more government control our lives and push more jobs out of the state creating more government dependence for the citizens

President Obama wants to continue to spend without limit and blame the Republicans for standing in his way. With the large Democratic majorities elected in the last election, Republican ideas have already been stifled. What happened to the bipartisanship that was promised us? I thought Barack Obama was going to be the president to bring everyone together. We were so tired of the bipartisanship from our last president, but why did it get worse? How about consulting someone who's had some business experience? It's clear that the only thing that Barack Obama can run is a golf cart.

How long are we supposed to wait for America to return to greatness? Is this our new normal? Are we supposed to be satisfied with mediocrity and decline? If we are, then let's stay the course.

Coming off his vacation in the Gulf Coast, President Obama heads up to Martha's Vineyard for another much-needed vacation. All is well in America. All as well if we believe our president. President Obama promised us that he would not rest until the economy had recovered. President Obama promised he would not rest until the Gulf Coast had been restored to its original beauty. President Obama promised us that he would not rest until everyone who is looking for a job can find one. Now that he is resting, we can put a checkmark in the completed column for these issues. If condition B. occurs, that means condition A has been met, right? Perhaps were not supposed to include math or logic in these postings.

In another week or so, the president will be back touring the country at taxpayer expense to raise money for Democrats. The administration wants to dupe America into believing we should reelect your Democrats. The Americans will have to be duped because as we have seen, we cannot use logic to believe that the Democrats have put into place some policies that have actually worked.

But Democrats can't even run on their own record. After passing their landmark health-care reform, the majority of Americans want it repealed. We're finding out that it is not lowering costs, but raising them and costing jobs in the long run too. Financial reform has not helped the economy. Perhaps we haven't given it enough time to start working. But if it's like anything else that the administration has passed, we will have to wait a long time.

Democrats are still blaming Bush. George Bush apparently caused all the problems that Barack Obama cannot solve. Well, we elected him to solve them, why hasn't he? It's too hard. Obama is in over his head. Boaters have found out that they have elected an inexperienced community organizer that has absolutely no idea on how to tackle the problems facing the nation today. Saying anything to get elected worked to get elected, but how many more years do we have to wait to seek results?

The economy is still in bad shape and is once again getting worse. After spending over $800 billion in stimulus money, the economy is sputtering again and job creat on has yet to occur. However, if we disagree with the Democrats, it can only be one of two reasons: we are either uneducated or bigots. The so-called party of the people does not listen to anyone other than their own ilk but it comes to tolerating someone else's opinion. You're either a redneck or a teabagger. That's their words, not mine.

So why did President Obama come to Milwaukee last week? The flood victims were waiting for him to come in like the knight in shining armor to give some FEMA relief money to the victims of the flood. Well, he raised over $300,000 for Tom Barrett's campaign, but not one thin dime for flood relief. That's because the administration doesn't help out the individual. They only help out collectively, so you would have to be a flood victim that's a member of a union like SEIU. That way no relief money will go to a Republican. But look on the bright side, flood victims, you'll have a train that will take you from Milwaukee to Madison. Isn't that much better than direct relief?

Well, sit back and relax. Take a vacation to follow the lead of our president. He has either solved the problems or he hopes that we will forget that he is an out of touch elitist.

Although quite predictable, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has been running stories about the Senate race here in Wisconsin that are not exactly objective. And in true liberal fashion, if you're not in lockstep with the progressive agenda, you're considered a mouth breathing troglodyte.

Ron Johnson came out in favor of believing that humans are not the sole cause of our changing environment. Yet all the lefties who believe in evolution, somehow want you to believe that the sun and the earth have stopped changing except for the forces of man. And the forces of man burning fossil fuels and exhaling carbon dioxide are poisoning the ecosystem that has been evolving for millions of years yet stopped about 10,000 years ago.

Ron Johnson is being criticized for not having a PhD in geology or ecology yet liberals have been preaching the gospel of Al Gore who also lacks a degree in atmospheric science and biology. His PowerPoint presentation may have won him the Nobel Prize for peace, but that did not make him the premier expert in earth sciences. Yet somehow, they are supposed to set aside what we know about climate gate and poke fun at Ron Johnson because he does not support a system that will raise taxes on all Americans and double what we are now paying for energy.

If this were true, we could believe that if India and China had put a price on carbon, the floods in Pakistan would have been reduced. In addition, here in the United States, we could've had a cooler summer and the rain would've come more evenly -- not all in July. And we mustn't forget how the Street opened up to swallow SUVs.

While we're mocking a common sense stand by Ron Johnson, we are diverting our attention away from the fact that Russ Feingold would once again vote in lockstep with the progressives and pass a cap and trade bill. If he stands up for the citizens of the state like he has with the stimulus bill, a health care bill, and the financial reform bill, the citizens of this state better get prepared to pay. And pay big.

It's time to do what we can to stop radical agenda that was elected in 2008. It's time to stop throwing away our economic opportunity for higher taxes and more regulation. It's time to stop surrendering our freedom and liberties. Hope did not make things better. Hope continues to ruin the economy and increase our dependence on a government that taxes too much and regulates too heavily and spends way too much. Hope did not work. Maybe this time we should try faith. We need to have faith that we can make things better again and make America great again. It's time for action.

It often seems like President Barack Obama needs to do little else to prove to the American people that he is completely out of touch with them. I don't personally know anyone who was killed on Sep 11, 2001 in the terrorist attacks in New York City. I believe rebuilding the towers is taking too long and there is far too much emphasis on the memorial process to try to appease the people who lost loved ones. However, building a mosque two blocks away from the Ground Zero site is a slap in the face to every American. I find the president's comments completely offensive.

According to the administration, the Americans should be tolerant of the Moslems. Well, we can be, but it doesn't mean that they should be building a mosque two blocks away from the site where extremist Islamic radicals destroyed a symbol of America. So why is it that tolerance can only be defined when the Americans give up their freedoms and liberties for someone else's? New York Governor Paterson even offered to provide a different site. But, because the administration does not like him and wants to kick him out of office, that idea was completely shot down. Shot down like the towers.

The progressive movement in the United States should not be proclaiming that the terrorist attacks on 9/11 were an inside job. The current administration is doing more to move forward an agenda of Islamic radicalism than they could ever accuse George W. Bush of.

Why are we fighting two wars? Why are we in Afghanistan? The Obama administration is not standing up to the enemy that we are being told we are fighting. At what point will they admit they are surrendering? This administration is so yellow bellied it is even afraid of Glenn Beck. How is it to earn the respect of the American people?

President Obama said he does not comment on the wisdom of his decision. However, you can hear the smirk in his voice. He clearly supports a mosque at Ground Zero. Could this be just another diversion for the administration? If we're talking about a mosque, were taking our mind off the failed policies of the stimulus program, the high unemployment, the coming regulations and higher taxes, and so forth. There's so many things going wrong in America, it's hard to fathom how fast we have gotten here. If we don't change course soon, where is this going to lead us? Are we still going to be able to stand up for the America that this country has stood for for over 200 years?

When it comes to predicting the outcome of the Senate race in Wisconsin this fall, it is currently considered a tossup. This of course means that there will be a plethora of advertising between now and November 2. And as the case is with all political advertising, the facts are being twisted so that you draw a different conclusion from what actually has occurred in the past few years. Like all progressives, Russ Feingold is banking on you not paying attention to what he has been doing and only basing your judgment on his performance on what he will spoon feed you through his ads.

Senator Feingold is coming out with advertising saying that he is on your side. When did this start? When he pulled into the studio to record some advertisements? Feingold wants you to think that he was going against the Democrat caucus by voting against the financial reform bill that recently passed. Actually, Feingold do not think that the bill regulated enough. And when Democrats seek more oversight, it usually means saying goodbye to some of your freedom and liberty.

Feingold also voted for the 862 billion-dollar stimulus package which has turned out to be an utter failure. Why doesn't he include that in his advertisements? Another glaring omission is his proud vote on health care reform. Having passed months ago, the Democrats think that after it had passed, that people would begin to like it. Well, we've seen what's in it and the opposition to it still grows. Over half country would like to see this bill repealed.

Feingold isn't going to tell you about the action that is taking to extend tax cuts that were signed into law by the previous administration. He can't because he is not taking any action to do so. Translation-your taxes are going up. Way up. Also left out of the propaganda and advertising for the Senate race is how much the Democrats are chomping at the bit to pass a value added tax in a lame-duck session after the election. So in addition to income taxes rising, you're also going to be required to pay a national sales tax. Don't expect any breaks from the state.

Feingold is also not telling us about his proud vote for the recent teacher union bailout. The Democrat semantics call it the aid to states Bill. The people who voted for this bill, took money away from the poor people that Democrats always like to help, and diverted it to teachers who belong to unions. That is because they know that war campaign contributions will come from unions than the will from poor people. They even claim that this bill is paid for by cutting spending in other areas. Why is it that Democrats can only cut spending when they want to spend it in other areas? They can only give to Paul while taking from Peter. Why not let Peter and Paul keep what they themselves are? Oh, that sounds like too much liberty.

There is a choice this election. We can continue with the same failed policies that have continued to ruin the economy for the past year and a half. Or we can vote for change. Sounds a lot like 2008, doesn't it? That's because the results of the 2008 election were a huge mistake. Election day is coming quickly, maybe we can still get America back on track before any further damage is done.

It seems like only yesterday when we were anticipating the advent of the summer of recovery. Now, it seems like summer is over. It's not because we've torn off several pages of our calendar, it's not because of the hot weather is gone, and it's not because the children are back in school already. It's because there is no summer recovery. It was all an illusion. It was like one of those happy dreams that we wake up from all too early.

It was too early for the Liberals anyway. They thought they had done all their heavy lifting and now all they have to do is walk around the country and bask in their accomplishments. We'll accomplishments don't mean that we have achieved the results that this country needs-we are not back on the right track. We are still very much on the wrong track.

Progressives believe that we have accomplished major legislation which will fundamentally change America. That may be true, but it's not the change we need. I'm getting tired of President Barack Obama's analogy of the country being a teenager with a car. I'm tired of the ditch analogy and I'm tired of the president making a mockery out of the growing majority of people who disapprove of his performance on the job. But Democrats have narrowed it down to their own simple belief. If you disagree with them, you are either ignorant or a bigot. And this comes from a group of people who believe that they are the ones who are most respective of other people's opinions and of other people's views.

Spending $862 billion did not do the trick. It is the American taxpayer who got tricked. As an example, every two weeks, the Democrats come out and want to spend more money to save teachers jobs. Didn't they save teachers jobs twice with the stimulus money? Now, Nancy Pelosi has to call Congress back in session to vote on another teacher bailout. Apparently the summer of recovery will only appease a teachers union.

Jobless numbers are also representative of an economic plan that has failed. Even if you compare Obama's jobless numbers to the number of months that Ronald Reagan had similar jobless numbers, Obama is almost at the same number of months that the jobless rate has exceeded 9%. And Obama promised us a jobless rate capped at 8 1/2%. Who needs to have their car keys taken away? How about reigning in a few Air Force One trips?

The Obama administration believes the solution to everything is more spending. More government involvement. More taxation. At what point will we finally see positive results? The president claims the Republicans have no ideas. Well when you've already concluded that you're going to close your ears and not hear anything, you won't be open to new ideas. Should we stay the course? Definitely not.  Well, America is ready to get back on track. As the president has asked, did we put it in D. to go forward? Perhaps the country should consider putting it in R. It's time to go back. Back to prosperity.

The Secretary of transportation was in Wisconsin last week. He and Governor Jim Doyle were making pronouncements about the so-called high speed train is coming to Wisconsin. Although there is a lot of opposition to it, they are proclaiming that it cannot be stopped.

Their approach to this message indicates that we are having another public program shoved down our throats whether we like it or not. And we don't. There cannot be a better example of mis-spending by the government at the federal level causing dissatisfaction at the state level and trying to render everyone helpless.

If we have over $800 million in a slush fund waiting to be spent, there are plenty of other projects that need to be dealt with first. What about the Hoan bridge? This bridge is falling apart, has plenty of daily users, yet cannot get the money reallocated for something that has better use. What about the sewer system? Even if hundred million dollars will not fix that, yet people will be able to look forward to more sewer backups, more big dumps into Lake Michigan, and more inaction by the current mayor while they look for their little shovels in order to do a groundbreaking. Isn't government supposed to be responsive to people?

The way these bills are crafted, once the money starts flowing in, you have absolutely no say in how it gets spent except towards this boondoggle. If you change your mind, you have to repay the money so that it can be similarly wasted in another state. Of course, all of this money is being made available by the 862 billion dollar stimulus package. This is supposed to be forward thinking by the progressives. If anyone knows how this actually makes, or can be considered progress, let me know.

I certainly hope no one believes that the money being given to us so generously by the federal government will cover the cost of construction and operation. If it did, it would be the first. Even Doyle doesn't think that. Yet he seems determined to make this high-speed rail his legacy as governor. Being one of the worst governors Wisconsin has had, what is his legacy? I can't think of one either. Other than being one of the worst governors.

Why do we even get asked to go to the polls every four years, or two years, if this is the kind of crap that is being shoved down our throats by the people we send there to be responsible with our money? The progressive movement seems to think that any money, any wealth that anyone has should be shared by all. But what about the effort that it takes to make this money? That has to be left to a certain few people. The declining number of people who are paying taxes in the state are going to be left with a huge burden. Were going to be left with a train that nobody writes, a bridge that is falling down, and sewers that flow both ways. And we can't forget those generous pensions for all the people that we sent to fix these problems.

President Barack Obama made a personal appearance on The View earlier this week. Of course, I did not see it, however, it was all over just about all of the other news shows and news channels. So let's ask some basic questions. Was this the best use of the president's time? Is this all we have for the president to do?

Of course the answers are no. The decision to go on there was pure political. Politics is the basis for all of the decisions that the president makes, so why should this one be any different? I agree with the governor of Pennsylvania when he said that the president should be treating the office with more respect and dignity. We should all agree with that statement.

The president is obviously trying to raise his poll numbers with women voters. But instead of making a goofy appearance on a hen party gabfest, he should be looking to resolve what is actually causing his approval by the American electorate to be eroding.

Early in the year, the president was to make jobs is number one priority in 2010. Where is that priority? Evidently, the president is taking his priorities as a count down working its way to number one. So if we don't make it to number one by November 1, we still have until December 31 to claim a political victory for his base.

How's the economy doing? GDP figures for the second quarter are showing another decline. After a year and a half of spending several trillion dollars that we do not have, the inevitable slowdown in the economy is beginning to show again. Simply saying that things could have been worse is not much consolation. This recession has been going on too long or too many Americans. Despite what the GDP numbers say, we cannot claim that we are in recovery.

How about those two wars that we have had enough of? Iraq cannot be seen as a success story. Well, it can be if you compare it to Afghanistan. The deadliest month since the beginning of the war has been superseded by another deadliest month since the beginning of the war. Putting a new strategy in place with the new general has yet to show results. How long do we have to wait for this? I'm sure it will be shortly after the economic recovery.

The administration has been taking a power grab at everything they can get their hands on. And it's been a lot this year. Health care, the auto industry, the financial sector, the list goes on. Even items such as a climate bill that Congress cannot agree on, it's going to have negative effects shoved on the American public anyway. Then the administration wonders why businesses are not expanding? Every week businesses are being hit with new regulations and new uncertainties that are taking their toll on the bottom line. As a result it's also taking a toll on their top line. The uncertainty is not boosting investor confidence or consumer confidence. Yet it seems strange that the administration cannot figure this out. Perhaps it's because nobody in the administration has any business experience or business sense.

How much longer can we hear that the Republicans are merely obstructionists and the Bush administration is to blame for the nation's ills? On party lines alone, the Democrats should be able to get anything through Congress that they wish. Perhaps there might even be a couple of Democrats that have enough sense to rubber stamp anything without thinking. It's time for the Obama administration to take responsibility for the direction of this country for the past year and a half. But, because it's not going in the right direction, it has to be somebody else's fault. It's the Obama administration to "man up." From the results that we have seen, they just can't do it. Not even with the ladies from The View.

As we get closer to the election day, it's time to start paying attention to the U.S. Senate race. Do we want hope and change or do we want the status quo of the last 8+ years? It sounds like the 2008 election all over again. Only this time with the U.S. Senate.

Can Russ Feingold run on his record? Many of his votes cast in the Senate are in lockstep with the Democrat status quo. Feingold voted for the stimulus and he voted for healthcare reform. He voted along party lines in many of his votes at least the past year and a half. Now, all of a sudden he thinks he is a maverick and is bucking his party lines. He was the only Democrat to vote against the financial reform bill. Being on the losing end of this vote, that's not much consolation. Feingold said his vote against it was not because he didn't believe that he would be standing up for the freedom of Americans. No. He voted against it because it did not impose even more regulation. Feingold also voted against the patriot act. Yet, Feingold was part of a Congress that signed away more American liberties than the patriot act ever can or will.

But what is the big issue of the Senate race this year? Is it deficits? Is it the two wars? Is it out-of-control spending? Is it healthcare regulations? Not according to Feingold. The deciding issue in this year's Senate race is-drilling for oil in Lake Michigan.

Drilling for oil in Lake Michigan? Like many citizens, I was not aware of the impending drilling that was going to take place in the Great Lakes. And of course if it does, it will create a slick that will go all the way to Iowa. That's going to decide my vote.

Like many citizens, I'm trying to think of some tangible results for Russ Feingold that he has provided for the state in his three terms as senator. Can you think of any? Neither can I.

Actually, the Obama administration admits to one mistake. I'm not going to take a lot of time to discuss the Shirley Sharrod episode, because that is an actual distraction of what is really going on in America.

During the so-called summer, the Obama administration is trying to propagandize their accomplishments with the economy. And having done, we need distractions so that there is not a lot of time to examine the actual facts.

The Recovery Act has been a dismal failure. Spending $1 trillion that we did not have as added to the gross domestic product, but has not created jobs. The administration has been totuing that it has created or the qualifying "saved" 2 million jobs. Yet the closely watched unemployment rate has been hovering above 9% for 18 months. Even according to government economists, the employment rate will be at or above 9% for the next 18 months. How's that hope and change thing working out?

Sensible spending is another area of great failure for the Obama administration. Since finding out that the president can spend money without limit, he has. Spending money any and everywhere is the administration's plan to convince people that the economy is getting better. Have you been persuaded?

Passing healthcare regulations and financial reform has caused more uncertainty in the economic outlook. Even Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has called the future unusually uncertain. That certainly is going to instill a great deal of confidence by investors to prevent a double dip recession. This should concern us all if we have any plans of seeking a sound retirement. Because of this financial reform bill, the days of getting a sound retirement are gone. Now days, if you get above 2%, you're really raking it in. Even during the Bush years, we were able to average 8 to 12%. Think Obama, 1% or below is the norm.

If we are to remember the worn-out rhetoric that the president has told us, everything is fine in America. Obama says he would not rest until every one who is seeking a job has one. Obama said he would not rest until the oil crisis in the Gulf had been stopped and cleaned up. Well, I don't recall hearing that these problems are solved, yet I do hear that Obama is taking a vacation. Liberals and progressives alike are coming to his defense saying that he is earned a well deserved vacation. My point is not to argue to the contrary, don't throw out a bunch of phrases that are meaningless if you're not going to live by them yourself. America was led to believe that an Obama administration would mean more transparency, better action, and strong results. I have yet to see any of these.

We've all known for years that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel panders to the liberal and Democrat candidates no matter how bad they are. That's an assumption that we'll just have to live with. They are starting to come up with some so-called news stories comparing Senator Russ Feingold to candidate Ron Johnson. If we are aware of this bias, we sometimes have to remind ourselves that it exists in order to read these columns without having to be interrupted to run to the cabinet to get the Alka Seltzer.

In one article, we are led to believe that the deciding factor on who we should send to Washington for the next six years should be based solely on if the candidate owns any type of stock in BP. Well, Ron Johnson on some outright, and Russ Feingold old and some through a mutual fund. Gosh, Wally, this doesn't make the decision crystal-clear. But, let's think this over. Who in their right mind would invest in an oil stock for a company that would at some point in the future cause an environmental disaster? The only good news is, the wealth of these two candidates has also been diminished by the decrease in the stock price. That makes us all feel good, right?

Now, Russ Feingold is being painted as a fiscal conservative. Well, at least he won't be grouped in with those evil tax and spenders who voted for the stimulus program and health care. His Russ Feingold also in lockstep with the confirmation of Elena Kagan? There are so many Kagan lovers out there, I'm surprised she hasn't found a husband yet. Even Senator Herb Kohl loves her. But, let's change the subject.

Senator Feingold has come out against voting for the financial reform bill. He's claiming that it will help pinch pennies like we do here in Wisconsin. Well, pandering to cheapos may get some votes, but only from those who don't remember the expense of votes that Senator Feingold has cast. Will one of his votes have an effect on his reelection? Yes, but not this one. It will be his vote for health care.

The health care reform bill will not benefit the people of Wisconsin due to the programs that are already in place at the state level. But yet, the citizens of Wisconsin will be asked to contribute to the enormous price that is going to be expected to be paid by the citizens of the United States. It's not going to be a good bang for the buck.

Well, it doesn't take an oddsmaker to figure out who the Journal Sentinel is going to endorse come this fall. And hopefully we will have some actual issues that will come up that will help the voters of this state decide. Then, there's always the possibility that Ron Johnson may own stock in other evil corporations too. After that, our only hope is that Russ Feingold's fund manager got him out of those stocks in time.

President Obama is looking forward to the summer. Congress will be in recess and he can make appointments without the consent and advice of the Senate. He can tour the country using Air Force One to avoid the day-to-day responsibilities of his office and do the one thing he does well-campaign. He will be putting forth his best effort to further divide the country politically and do it all on taxpayers dollars.

Having little or no success of his own in his first half of his term of office, Obama will be preaching the rhetoric of his well-worn grooves-blaming Bush for the failures of the Obama presidency. Yes, according to President Obama, George Bush screwed things up so bad that President Obama cannot do what he was elected to do; fix-it.

Having no record of success to run on, the president must turn the election to being a choice. The choice being in what Obama and the Democrats describe as failed policies which led us into this financial mess or, the failed policies of taxing, spending, government takeover, pandering to unions, and excuse making. The latter of course is being re-branded as moving forward.

Americans have yet to find out who is spending nearly $1 trillion has yet to produce the jobs that America is looking for in order to consider the great recession as over. Passing health care reform via the rhetoric that it is going to reduce costs and solidify America's future is a long way from being realized. Jobless benefits are also being re-branded as stimulating the economy. Prominent Democrats have come out and used those very words. So just who is being bamboozled?

The favorite whipping boy of President Obama is anyone who is a Republican. Time and again President Obama has blamed Republicans for holding up key pieces of legislature which would require us to increase the deficit, raise our taxes, and surrender our civil liberties. If the Republicans had done this, I'd like President Obama to give an example. Democrats were swept into office with large majorities in both houses of Congress. Yet if they can't pass the socialist agenda of President Obama and the members of his administration, how can this be the fault of Republicans?

Whenever I see President Obama pending over and screaming into a microphone with his arms flailing back and forth like a young Joe Cocker, I just don't know what to think. It doesn't look presidential, it doesn't sound presidential, and it sends a message that President Obama is not interested in being president of all the citizens of the United States. His actions and his policies screamed to the American people that President Obama wants to divide further an already divided American people.

If we look at any speeches made by past presidents I think you will find that none have spent almost their entire term completely procreating their predecessor and the opposing party. President Obama's actions are illustrative of his inexperience's and his lack of skills of how to manage the government. There were warning signs in 2007 and 2008 that Barack Obama did not have the right kind of experience in order to govern effectively. Many voters did not heed this warning. But then again it does not take a Nostradamus to figure this one out. Once again we are entering into a in which a line of change is going to be needed at the federal level. Let's hope we can do it right this time.

Some days it's just plain difficult to understand what is going on in America today. One thing we do know is that the United States is on the wrong track. Unfortunately, the government seems content to not only stay on this track, but to pick up speed.

The Arizona immigration law seem to have been a situation that could and should have been handled by the state of Arizona and backed up by the federal government. Instead it has turned into an us versus them situation. Consciously choosing not to enforce the immigration laws that are on the books, the federal government is not letting Arizona worked on solving their own problem. There are either too many Republicans in Arizona or not enough unions in Arizona. During the summer of 2008, immigration was a hot issue. The many candidates for president at the time all have plans on how to handle the immigration problem on the border with Mexico. Then, the economy tanked and the priority shifted. Immigration was shelved albeit promised to be handled in the first year of the Obama presidency. We now know that a year and a half later, things are getting worse.

Arizona carefully crafted a law that would complement the federal law to give itself some power and authority to handle what it viewed as a problem. Although I know where Arizona is, I don't know firsthand the extent of their problem. However, they should be able to address the problem as they see fit. No one is coming to the rescue. Unlike the auto companies, unions, teachers unions, and all the other Democrat special interest, no one is coming to the rescue.

Until the federal government can construct their own immigration reform bill as promised, the least they could do is butt out and let Arizona take care of their problem in the interim. But instead, the Obama administration chooses not to enforce the current law, or create a better law, they want to tie the hands of the people of Arizona. The United States versus Arizona. Whatever happened to the promise of bringing people together and being one nation-the United States of America. Apparently, there is no political gain in approaching a vision of America as United.

It is also downright idiotic for companies to think they can boycott the state of Arizona. It's even worse for government entities -such as the Milwaukee County Board-to think that they can effectively boycott the state of Arizona. What is to be gained? Do they think they can boycott by not drinking Arizona iced tea? If New York does something stupid, are we going to boycott them by not drinking Manhattan's? That seems to make sense to the Liberals.

Instead of using NASA as a way to reach out to the Muslim world, the Obama administration should reach out to its own citizens and work on the fundamental responsibility of the federal government -- keep Americans safe.

After a year and a half in office, President Obama seems directionless other than his desire to destroy capitalism and expand the government to all areas of our life. The government is not creating jobs, it is not solving the economic crisis, it is not helping Americans to achieve their true potential. Instead, the administration is creating an environment that will create more people will be more dependent on an overreaching federal government every day of their lives. It is spending money left and right which may be building GNP but it is not restoring the fundamental economic basis that has kept this country strong since the Industrial Revolution. Can America regain its greatness? Can America regain its greatness before it's too late?

When President Barack Obama was in Racine the other day, he had to face some unexpected questions about the success or lack of success with the so-called Recovery Act. As we know from previous experiences, President Obama does not do well when asked questions posed with an opposing viewpoint. Apparently he has gotten used to the notion that he will come into a city, make a speech, answer a couple of questions any long-winded fashion and leave with a higher approval rating.

When President, got asked about the success of the stimulus bill, his reply seemed a bit hostile. When looking for success, he had to point out that with out the $862 billion stimulus package, the recession would've been worse. How so? How can the "things could have been worse" basis be defended? Of course it can't be. There are no statistics for how bad things could've gotten. I'm sure there are just as many economists were saying that no difference at all has been made. The economy would've been exactly the same, only the money is gone. The portions that did not get wasted went to state governments so they could plug their huge deficits.

President Obama no longer can defend his promised that unemployment would not exceed 8%. It has been over 9% since February 2009. But, of course his great claim to success is that it did not go to 11 or or 12%. He was so proud of himself telling the city of Racine and unemployment did not go above 11 or 12%. The unemployment rate in Racine is over 14%. I'm sure the city was proud to hear the president boast.

In a report by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, President Obama also break that 73,000 people received extended unemployment benefits because of the stimulus plan. I thought the stimulus plan was supposed to create jobs. It only created census jobs, and those had to be counted twice in order to impress somebody. Yet the only impressed Joe Biden.

I'm sure President Obama is going to continue his summer tour going to states to help Democrats get elected so that we can continue on this road to ruin. You'll come to a town, dump some stimulus money, and then make political speeches.

Why is everything strictly political with President Obama? Wasn't he a like it to be president of all Americans? Every time he gets in front of his Teleprompter, he bashes Republicans about stances that are mostly made up. I can't believe he's been out of touch. Yet he blames publicans for being out of touch.

The Obama presidency was supposed to steal America. It was supposed to bring people together. It was supposed to unite the United States. Yet a year and a half later, this country is more polarized than ever before. Obama was elected to solve our problems. He was supposed to solve the economic crisis. He wanted to solve the immigration crisis, he wants to solve the oil crisis, he wants to solve the energy crisis, he wants to solve all of our crises. He sold America on hope and change. But we found out that the change is wrong and the hope is gone. He now says that no one can solve these problems. And when Obama says he can't, he won't. Now America is stuck with the failed presidency for another 2 1/2 years. We've gone from 'yes we can' to 'nobody can.'And when nobody can, nobody will.

This great country that will now celebrate 234 years of independence must now find a new direction. In  1776 this country began its destiny to greatness not by creating a government, but by getting rid of the old one. In 2010, it's time to get rid of the so-called leaders in the top level of our current government. Then, and only then we will be able to return to the greatness this country will be again.

Peggy West is a big fat idiot. And I say that with the endearment and admiration that Joe Biden often displays. Isn't it great when we can take a phrase from another great Democrat-Al Franken-and paraphrase it into a situation that is relevant today. Only liberals don't like it when you use their own logic against them. I won't spend a lot of time examining the statement that she made, I'll let others do that. But the fact that someone would say it's and believe it at the time it is simply astonishing.

This is clearly indicative of what's wrong with politics today. People are in office-usually liberals and progressives-that are just plain dumb. They take positions and make statements about things that are just plain ignorant and yet they believe they are right. But Arizona law is a perfect example. People don't know what's in it, they just know they're against it. People wouldn't even know that they had laws in Arizona if the left wing media would not come out and say that they are bad laws. Not having read them, people take the position that they know what they are talking about. Unfortunately, there are many people like this in America today. I guess that explains why President Obama still has a 45% approval rating.

Vice President Joe Biden is another person like this. He doesn't like to listen to his constituency-the entire United States population-he just likes to cuss them out. What a good example he sets for the children. I didn't even know he was in town. And of course he didn't get any local coverage of his potty mouth examples until it was picked up by the national media. Of course anyone in the Obama administration would certainly like to tell off anyone who believes they should receive lower taxes. After seeing what a waste of money every program by the Obama administration has put through, how can any Americans feel good about paying more?

America today is replete with people who would rather shout you down with their own opinions telling you, you are wrong without even listening to what you have to say. Just ask anyone who uses the word "teabagger." You can bet their mind has shut down the second they open their mouth.

This is America, folks. We are all entitled to our opinions. That doesn't mean we shouldn't listen to an opinion we may not agree with, but we should be able to do it with some civility. And we should still do this while we have some freedoms and some liberties left. This comes from a person who started out calling a county supervisor a big fat idiot. My hypocrisy gives me credibility.

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico clearly out of hand, the Obama administration is creating a diversion to hopefully get that failure of policy out of the headlines. Showing that the Obama administration has a thirst for controlling the message of the media like Pravda did for the Soviet Union, the administration came out with a propaganda piece called the Recovery Summer. What a pile of crap this is.

The only person in the administration who can come out with a straight face and talk about how well the stimulus act as word is Joe Biden. From time to time he comes out and tells how well the recovery act has done in bringing us all of the recession. Biden breaks about how many jobs the administration has created. And we can't forget that bogus number of them all; the number of jobs saved. Just about a year and a half ago, the Obama administration promised the American people that the unemployment rate would not go above 8% if they pass the recovery act. Well, we committed to spending over $862 billion in the unemployment rate has been above 8% entire time. That's even counting the temporary jobs for the census workers several times over. Perhaps Congress will be generous enough to pass a bill making these temporary jobs permanent. After all, they can be union jobs and they can count how many people are joining unions. It just seems right for America.

Yet, I have this terrible habit of trying to make sense out of things. If the stimulus bill worked so well, why do progressives keep asking for more? Why do we need more government spending to get the economy going? If things were going so well, is in an time to turn things over to the private sector that made this country great? Of course it would be if the progressive agenda did not include more uncertainty that is keeping businesses from hiring and expanding.

The spring offensive was interrupted by the gulf oil spill. It slowed down comprehensive financial reform which in turn slow down comprehensive climate change. We won't even have time to get to comprehensive immigration reform. Yet, we have to keep reselling the American people on comprehensive health care reform. Small changes can be made, everything has to be comprehensive.

Then there's that pesky Constitution that gets in the way. The liberals in Congress could've shoved all of these bills through and had them made into law if we didn't have to have a 3/5 majority in the Senate to pass a bill. If the Senate would pass things with a simple majority, just think of all the good taxes that could be raised and the liberties we could have given up.

Yes, progressives across the country are in agreement that we must spend more money in order to reduce our debt. This makes as much sense as holding Weight Watchers meetings at old country buffet. Once any type of government spending is put in place, it assumes view as a permanent entitlement. Until we put people in office but no longer think this way, people continue to triple the deficit. And from where we are today, that's a scary thought.

The process of tax-and-spend or spend spend is not going to get our economy moving and our country great again. We elected our current government because we thought that Washington was broken. Well, Washington is still broken if not more broken. And it looks like they won't be happy until everyone in America is broke. They can then claim victory for having redistributed the wealth. And there will be none to have anymore. Anyone for a brighter future?

In true progressive form, we can apply a double standard and feel good about it. Because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, we have a common hate: BP. And through this common hate, we can publicly extort, shakedown, and make hateful statements about this company and feel good about it. It's practically patriotic.

Even though President Barrack Obama, has claimed responsibility for the cleanup and stopping of the oil spill, it continues. And because President Obama has publicly acknowledged that he cannot do anything about it, the best thing to do is to create a diversion. Even though President Obama has said that he will not rest until every one wants a job will find one, the Gulf of Mexico is cleaned up and restored, (your subject here), etc., President Obama has found time to hold a private concert in the White House, take a vacation to Chicago, play round after round of golf, etc., the mainstream media has absolutely no problem with this. They say Obama need some down time even as president.

But what about the people who are in charge of stopping the leak at the bottom of the ocean? BP CEO Tony Hayward is being publicly criticized for taking a Saturday off to watch a yacht race. Because he is a rich guy and part of an evil private enterprise that practices capitalism, he can practically be spat upon for being out of touch.

The president's speech from office did little or nothing to help the president's agenda will be a part campaign will be the solution to all our problems. As hundreds and thousands of gallons of oil are wasted every day looking to the surface in the Gulf of Mexico, the president is content with playing golf and waiting for BP to eventually stop the gusher on its own by August. Yes, August.

This means four months of crude oil being wasted, four months of the Gulf of Mexico being soiled and no one doing anything about it except pointing fingers and placing blame. Yet, President Obama is happy because the people who are being displaced from their jobs are being compensated by an evil corporation. And their liability is without end. Also good news for the administration is the fact that these people who have been put out of jobs cannot be attributed to the stimulus package and the failure thereof. It's almost like giving Obama $20 billion to spend as he pleases without adding to the deficit. It's the administration's dream. It's almost win-win.

So, we've got about two more months of having this oil spill over well with Gulf of Mexico along with all the people who make a living in the states connected to it. As things become more out of hand, the administration will see this as a green light to pass more of their progressive agenda. So, will not only get higher gas prices, but higher taxes too. Shouldn't we be using this crisis to break our addiction to foreign oil? If we don't go cold turkey, we may not do it ever. Isn't this part of the change we need? Isn't this the change we voted for November 2008? How many more times do we have to hear "Now is the time. Now is our moment. We can't afford not to"? As things become more chaotic, these ideas actually makes sense to the progressives who are spewing them. Do they make sense to you?

We are closing in on the second month of having crude oil gush from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico. This is then called the worst oil spill in American history. It is also working towards another worst-worst managed crisis in American history.

BP is being blamed for the entire spill. I'm certainly not here to defend them because I do not have a stake in the outcome. However, the way the Obama administration is handling this crisis is equally shameful. In every rate of history, resident Obama claims that he has been on the scene since day one. Looking at the results, the statement could almost be true. Every success failed, every idea has been wrong. And if President Obama believes that government is the answer to this problem, well then let's hold him accountable too.

When the well will set up for drilling, BP had to have their plans approved by the federal government. That would've been under this administration. Obama's person in the MMS, was also a BP insider. When plans needed to be changed, they were approved in five minutes. But you won't hear this from the mainstream media. With the mainstream media does ask is: is the Obama administration doing enough to hold BP accountable? Well, what NBC should have asked is is the Obama administration doing enough? The answer is clearly no.

What we are slowly finding out is that other nations have offered their help with providing ships that would skim the oil out of the gulf yet the president has turned them away. He is not even talked to the CEO of BP. Whatever happened to the guy who was going to bring people together? People of differing points of view? He wants to talk to the leader of Iran without preconditions, yet does not have the stones to talk to a CEO in Great Britain-our greatest ally.

Obama's reason for not talking to the BP CEO is that he will tell him only the things he wants to hear. Obama wants action not just words. Doesn't that seem just a little ironic? Obama's actions to date only include making a few photo ops in Louisiana and a couple of television interviews. Sounds like word action to me. The only thing the Obama administration has done was bully BP.

Also on the agenda for the Obama administration is to use this crisis is a tool to pass a climate change bill. In an effort not to waste a crisis, Obama is going to place a moratorium on drilling in the Gulf for six months. What better way to drive up the price of gasoline? What better way to increase our dependency on foreign oil? But yet Obama believes that we can get off oil in a short period of time. If not now, when? Although global warming enthusiasts are certainly, applaud this move will matter how stupid it is. But if people don't want to use oil, why don't they stop, themselves? They only want you to stop using oil. They think they're doing their part by not having their furnace on in July. Boy, that's really helping the globe hold down.

Anyone with common sense was that our economy is still too shaky to digest a huge tax increase. It is still shaky because of the policies of the Obama administration. Blaming George Bush is not leading us to recovery. It is not creating jobs. Whatever happened to that promise of January? That jobs was going to be the number one priority in 2010. Well, nobody anticipated a huge oil spill at the magnitude what we are experiencing. Nobody including BP, nobody including the Obama administration, because neither of them seem to be able to make any progress. They're trying everything except cooperation.

Hundreds of Americans have made suggestions on what needs to be done to stop the oil. But, we're not Harvard graduates so were too stupid to know about anything that may work. Were too stupid to think that an alliance of other oil companies in the Gulf area could lend their ideas and maybe some resources to help stop the oil flow. But, because no one in the administration has any business sense, they believe that anybody in a different company simply loads the competition. They would rather see the competition drop dead and not somehow. But, were all in this together. We are all going to suffer from the damage done to the golf and the increase in energy prices. Not to mention the increase in taxes being proposed as a result of this disaster and the increase in food prices.

There is also an abundance of places that you can go to to donate money to help out. Well, if you want to help out by making sure the costs do not get shifted to the taxpayer, try going to BP for a tank of gas. As long as BP has cash flow, they will be able to pay for the damage they have caused. The price of gas is still competitive with the other oil companies across the street and you get a tank of gas as part of the deal. Bankrupting the oil company will not solve this problem. And as we have seen, keeping your boot on the throat will not solve the problem, and being bullheaded by not speaking to all parties involved is not going to solve this problem. If Obama is so smart, why is it taking so long to make progress?

A couple of weeks ago, it looked like the Obama administration was not taking charge of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But recently, President Obama came out and said that he was in charge and the buck stops with him. At first, I found that hard to believe. But after some reflection and looking at the facts, I can now see that the Obama administration was in charge from day one. As they say, the proof is in the pudding. Let's take a look at that pudding.

The oil has been gushing nonstop since at least April 20. There is then chaos and confusion as to how to stop it fast and efficiently. This is certainly the thumbprint of the Obama administration and its agility. Every effort to control this spill has failed. Every idea has been wrong. Sounds like the federal government to me.

The attempt to control this disaster is not unlike the Obama administration's approach to economic recovery. Again, every action has failed and every idea has been wrong. Oil keeps gushing and it has all been wasted. Just like the recovery act, the money keeps gushing and it has all been wasted. And the most conclusive part is that nothing has worked. Nothing has worked in either case.

But, because the federal government has been working on this, it must be a success. Just think of all that gas that has not come from this crude oil. It has not been burned in SUVs and polluting our atmosphere. A lot of that gas would have been wasted anyway. Just think of how many NASCAR races that would have burned it all. Rich people with their fancy Harley-Davidson motorcycles would have been cruising around the country aimlessly polluting the air burning gas that they would have bought at BP. Yes, some birds have died, but the science has shown that these birds were e-mailed in carbon dioxide into the air which would have contributed to global warming. It's a small price to pay to help control and stop the globe from warming and the oceans from rising.

Yes, the fishing industry has been ruined in Louisiana and well for Mexico. But let's not think of the higher prices that it is going to cost us all. We all guilty of spending too much money at Red Lobster? If you believe in capitalism you probably have. The good news is that all of these fishermen can now partake in the generous social programs being expanded by the federal government. The evil rich people can pay higher taxes to support these poor folks. After all, it's not their fault.

Whether it's ending the recession were ending this oil spill, the Obama administration is in or their head. They have no ideas and are producing no results. Their diversionary tactics of bringing criminal charges against BP would seem like a good idea if the oil would stop gushing from the ocean floor. A halfhearted effort at placing blame seems to be more important than getting actual results for what needs to be done by this administration. President Obama has taken responsibility for this, so they own this now. And the results speak for themselves.

With the Senate race here in Wisconsin, there really is no need to take an interest in a Senate race in Pennsylvania. There's not much excitement going on with the race here, so why is Pennsylvania important?

Senator Arlen Specter, one-time Democrat, longtime Republican, and newly converted Democrat again, changed parties to save one job-his. Well, it didn't work. Specter was in the Senate for about 30 years, and in the Senate, seniority is everything. Specter could bring home the bacon for Pennsylvania, so keeping him in the Senate would have been in the best interest for the citizens of Pennsylvania. Here in Wisconsin, it doesn't matter because no senator brings home anything. But that's another story.

The Obama administration was standing behind Arlen Specter is a good loyal party man, just as George Bush had done in his term. If the stronger candidate, Joe Sestak, was challenging Specter for the Democrat nomination. As we know, Sestak won.

During the campaign, Joe Sestak claimed that someone from the Obama White House had offered him a job in the administration if he were to drop out of the Senate race and not challenge Specter. Well, Sestak declined the job offer and continued his campaign. When asked about the job offer, Sestak said that there was one. He did not divulge any other details. So was there more to the story? There had to be.

Well now, it seems like the White House and Joe Sestak have gotten together and got their stories straight. They are both telling the same 'facts.'The Obama administration had brought in President Clinton to make the job offer. And the job was an appointment on a nonpaying advisory board.

Being a skeptic, I have a hard time believing that this was all that had taken place. If this job offer had taken place, why was Bill Clinton brought into the mix? Bill Clinton, although his wife is Secretary of State, is not really a big fan of the Obama administration. And this job-a nonpaying advisory board? It sounds like a diversion to keep the media from investigating what really had occurred. Is this all there is to it? It sounds to me like everybody got together just to get their lies straight. Wouldn't this be ironic if this turns out to be like Watergate where the cover-up turns out to be worse than the actual crimes committed?

Again let's ask the question, does this really matter? Is it just politics as usual? Does the White House have credibility problems? The short answer is-yes to all. It matters because we were sold on the promise that we would not have politics as usual by a transparent, open and honest administration that has not delivered on those promises. Promises made do not guarantee a delivery.