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Progressivism is bad if it is the only accepted philosophy from which to propose and evaluate concepts. Yet, in the environmental field, that is arguably the case.

“No leadership … I do think its pretty odd the president’s on vacation right now …. the world markets are in deep crisis .. its no joke … this isn’t just an August up and down little blip .. this is a very serious situation.” – Jeffrey Sachs regretting his support for Obama on Morning Joe

“We need to show government that we don’t have confidence in people who stop an industry over night without any thought on how it is going to affect families who rely on the industry,” Ms Bakalian said.

Blatant disregard for Constitutional principles will result in coming chaos says Judge Andrew Napolitano. – Video from LibertyPen

Obama’s promotion of green jobs came with strings. Unionized workforce. Compliance with expensive environmental technology in the manufacturing process. Promotion of politically correct benefits (e.g., gay partners). Uncertain cost of electricity. The conflicting parts of the Obama Agenda doomed these companies as they competed against countries with competitive workforce costs, minimum permit processing and government regulation, easy credit, and cheap land, water and electricity.

Hispanic voters are a key voter bloc as Mr. Obama seeks re-election next year, but many of them felt he broke his promise to them to work on legislation once he took office. Thursday’s move already was paying dividends as Hispanic advocacy groups praised the steps. – Washington Times

SEIU, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Communications Workers of America, billionaire financier George Soros, and billionaire hedge fund manager and husband of Maine Rep. Chelie Pingree Donald Sussman are the deep pockets.

Brent Bozelle of Media Research Center discusses the pro Obama bias in the liberal media’s attacks on GOP candidate Gov. Rick Perry. The “Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin treatment.”

[H]andouts already cost $522 billion per year before Obama took office. He increased this giant amount to $697 billion per year in the first half of his term, and now half of Americans depend for their living expenses in whole or in part on government handouts paid by the other half who pay income taxes.

The rise of the welfare state has eroded respect for private property rights and fostered a socialist mentality that dulls individual responsibility.