The progressives have developed a political tunnel vision. They cover their ears and shout “LA-La-La” to keep from hearing the truth. The left wing blogs have taken to deleting comments that run contrary to their beliefs. They don’t want to hear the truth and pretend that everything is going just fine.

Virginia goes red, New Jersey too. And Massachusetts is no big deal. OMG! Really!

And the biggest denier of the train wreck is President Obama himself. Not sure what happened, but perhaps he tuned into FoxNews and saw that they really do report all the news. That the cable news stations like MSNBC give a fantasy view of the way they wish things were.

As large numbers of Democrats are about to be retired in November, most of the whacked out progressives believe all is right with the world. Soon, all will be right. One wonders if they will ever wake up from the MSNBC induces trance, or will Matthews, Olberman and MadCow still believe they are in utopia?

This from NewsMax:

In a heavily choreographed meeting to rally Senate Democrats Wednesday, President Barack Obama urged Democrats to turn off cable news and blogs – get outside of “this echo chamber where the topic is constantly politics” – and focus on helping people.

Surprisingly, he singled out the left-leaning MSNBC in addition to Fox News – the usual target of the Obama administration.

Amazing stuff, right? But I doubt he will take his own advice. Narcissists never do.

The predictable and pathetic echos from the “progressive” blogs noted that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People gave Republicans all “F’s” in some imaginary legislative grading process. This is more a reflection of their feelings that many of “their own” people are no longer interested in being victims. The NAACP’s very existence as an organization depends on racism to keep the money coming in. And transparent ploys such as this “report card” attempt to fan the flames of racial division and give the impression that African-Americans are still just “colored people” in need of their services. Well, the NAACP’s services are as obsolete as their name.

My African-American friends love liberty, stand on their own two feet and bow to no one. Especially groups of people of their own race with a vested interest in holding them back. And the NAACP will cease to exist when African-Americans see them for what they really are. The chains that used to hold them back are now in the hands of groups like the NAACP, fanning racism wherever they can.

White Americans, African-Americans, Latino-Americans and Asian-Americans have awakened and now see that those that would divide us, those that force hyphens in our nationality are pushing the only word we need be concerned with away – Americans. We are all Americans. Those longing for the freedoms that are now under attack.

Every Republican that received an “F” from this group should proudly display the grade. It means that they do not support victim-hood and second class status for people based on race. It means they are above such outdated thinking.

In the category of advancing people and making race irrelevant and uniting all Americans, the NAACP gets a big RED F.

Since we posted on this subject, it seems others are starting to question Obama’s motives in the hard line attacks on Toyota. (See Why The Government Should Not Run Private Corporations).

The Obama Administration has proven to be anything but reluctant in sticking it’s collective noses into areas where they have a vested interest. Always to the detriment of their “competition”.

AFP Reports:

CHICAGO — The US transportation chief’s public rebukes of Toyota’s handling of a massive safety recall have raised eyebrows, given the US government’s major stake in rivals General Motors and Chrysler.

“The optics are terrible because — and this is what happens when a government owns a company – the two companies that are going to gain the most out of this are General Motors and Chrysler,” said Peter Morici, a professor at the University of Maryland’s business school.

Return the companies to the private sector and let them stand or fall on their own. Or call Ford to find out how to run a car company.

It has been a while, but the Bears are back. The Dow Industrial Average briefly dipped below the 10,000 mark a few moments ago. Tomorrow’s unemployment numbers are likely to add more bad news that the Obama Administration and the Democrats in Congress are impotent to get any kind of recovery going.

Thanks to Steve Jones for bringing this great jazzy blues song (or is it bluesy jazz) with a message to my attention (and for writing the lyrics). Jazz Artist Kathleen Stewart has recorded a song called Blame It On The Last Administration which you can hear by clicking this link.

In looking around her Artist site, she has released an album called Take Back America which is also available on the Web Site.

Did I mention she is a Tea Party Girl? Below is a recording from the Midland County Courthouse Tea Party called It Ain’t Your Money To Spend. Enjoy!

Steve thought this would go well with a previous post from today, and I agree. But this work stands on it’s own!

Sitting here looking at the horrific weekly unemployment numbers and awaiting the scheduled release of the January unemployment figures tomorrow and looking at the DOW, currently dropping like a stone at over -200 and headed below 10,000 from the looks of things, a song started playing in my head. I can hardly even notice it, very faintly.

When I see the Obama administration going after Toyota to boost GM’s bottom line, the song gets a bit louder. I can almost hear it now. Boom, boom, boom.

When I see the massive and crushing debt Obama intends to grow exponentially, the bass cuts through in my head.

When I see Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Obama with their finger on a self destruct button labeled Cap and Trade, and another labeled Health Care Reform, the guitars cut in.

And when I think that we have just under 3 years left of this horrible Administration, and I am wondering how we will ever recover from this Obama Plague, the vocals and Harmonica cut in and I remember the song in total clarity now.

The band: War
The song: Slippin’ into Darkness
The year: 1972

The Vietnam War, Agent Orange, Hanoi Bombings, Watergate, racism. The whole world seemed ready to crumble.

Somehow, those dark days seem a lot brighter today.

Enjoy the flavor of what used to be.

I miss Don Cornelius.

Ben Bernanke served as Federal Reserve Governor and Chairman of President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers. Appointed to a 4 year term on February 1, 2006, Bernanke presided over the financial meltdown as one of Bush’s chief economic advisers.

In a speech on May 17, 2007, Bernanke concluded:

Credit market innovations have expanded opportunities for many households. Markets can overshoot, but, ultimately, market forces also work to rein in excesses. For some, the self-correcting pullback may seem too late and too severe. But I believe that, in the long run, markets are better than regulators at allocating credit.

We at the Federal Reserve will do all that we can to prevent fraud and abusive lending and to ensure that lenders employ sound underwriting practices and make effective disclosures to consumers. At the same time, we must be careful not to inadvertently suppress responsible lending or eliminate refinancing opportunities for subprime borrowers. Together with other regulators and the Congress, our success in balancing these objectives will have significant implications for the financial well-being, access to credit, and opportunities for homeownership of many of our fellow citizens.

So, Bush’s economic adviser believed that the market should regulate itself. Not the government.

A few days later on May 28, 2007, Bernanke told a joint economic congressional committee:

Overall, the economy appears likely to continue to expand at a moderate pace over coming quarters. As the inventory of unsold new homes is worked off, the drag from residential investment should wane. Consumer spending appears solid, and business investment seems likely to post moderate gains.

We all know what happened. The next few quarters did not expand. Bernenke hedged his bet in this speech to be sure, but he believed the economy was doing just fine.

So, with Bernanke’s myopic vision as to the state of the economy, Bush made decisions based on this advice.

Given the economic events that occurred next, any other President would have not only refused to reappoint Bernanke, but would have – should have – demanded his resignation upon taking office.

So sorry, Mr. Obama. Your support and reappointment of Ben Bernanke no longer gives you the right to blame Bush. You are seeking advice and actions from the same source you hold responsible for the meltdown in the first place.

Really odd!