Arkady's Thoughts

ACORN has been under significant pressure from two heroes literally risking their life to expose ACORN and the criminal enterprise they have built on Alinsky's principles. For every liberty loving and red blooded American, ACORN represents everything that is wrong with this country. Most of us have discovered this awful organization accidentally during Obama's campaign. We learned slowly about ACORN's involvement with the Community Reinvestment Act and it's mafia-style tactics they used to intimidate bankers. We learned that Obama represented ACORN during a lawsuit in Chicago, where ACORN alleged that banks practice discriminatory lending practices. Although Obama's involvement was minimal his roots as a community organizer and presence in this case suggests that he is partial with their views. Lastly, we discovered the following video of community organizers and Obama pledging his support and acceptance of ACORN's agenda. Then we learned that ACORN was kn...

Courtesy of the guys at PatriotRoom , looks like Joe Wilson's remark resonated through the halls of Congress as quickly as it did through the wires of the blogosphere . In a story breaking today, it would appear that the loop hole the ICS wrote about - the inability to verify citizenship - will indeed be closed. Democrats apparently will continue marching right off the cliff as long as the One keep spewing inspiring rhetoric. On one hand this story should be amusing, on the other hand it saddens me that in this vehemently partisan administration the only way to actually get legislation passed is to call Obama a liar on national television. Proof in this stipulation lies in the fact that two amendments to ban illegals from health coverage were struck down by Democrats.

Joe Wilson may have erred and is the source of condemnation of his party, but virtually nobody is discussing Obama's bitterly partisan speech or his ideas - no, Joe Wilson is the topic of conversation. Job well done, whether intentional or not. However a divide between the left and right continues to rage and now the nitty -gritty regarding illegal immigrant coverage is on the forefront. So, who is the actual liar? First of all, we need to figure out just how many illegal immigrants are in this country. This number varies drastically depending on source, here are just some examples: Center for Immigration Studies : 6 million New York Times : 11-12 million Department of Homeland Security : 11.5 million American Resistance : 15-20 million Let us also assume that tracking people without any documentation or formal entry is very difficult and estimating these numbers is hardly an exact science. Let us however assume that the number is closer to 12 million because that was the number c...

Perhaps Joe Wilson achieved the unintended when he accused Obama of lying yesterday during the much anticipated health reform speech. Every blog, news source, cooler conversation is buzzing about yesterday's reaction. Today on talk radio in the morning, callers were passionately arguing the actions of Joe Wilson and condemnation from Wilson's party has been vociferous . In this video , you can see for yourself what the hoopla is all about and notice Obama comes out slinging first accusing Republicans of spreading bogus lies and being cynical. While I found the entire experience enjoyable, it was only because of the factual underpinnings - that is Obama was indeed being less than truthful and as discussed in my previous post, the usual number of 45+ million uninsured most DEFINITELY includes illegal immigrants. However, Joe Wilson broke with tradition and interrupted a presidential speech to a joint meeting of Congress. As with any kind of argument about the spread of gove...

I watched the whole thing, all 48 minutes of it and found the speech to be rather predictable, but I did jot down a few key points of interest for those interested in the general gist of the speech. Generally, Obama's tone reminded me slightly of his campaign rhetoric and he had some inspirational moments convincing his audience that something must be done. True, something needs to be done - but unfortunately his proposals are not the solution, because his analysis of the problem is incorrect. Worse still, despite weeks of discussion and analysis of several key "lies" and fallacies Obama continued to maintain the following: Health coverage will not change: Obama still continues to maintain the impossible. Those that have health coverage will not experience a change. Really ? Except that he plans to dump 40+ million people into our health system, so the strain of so many additional patients not play an adverse role on our coverage? After all, a main problem of our insura...

Let us quickly look at a man by the name of Mark Lloyd and his official position of Associate General Counsel and Chief Diversity Officer (not a czar technically) a a man who was once employed by George Soros ' Center for American Progress (CAP). Beyond the jumble of fancy sounding names, keep in mind that CAP is an extreme left leaning think tank with George Soros ' as a major benefactor . If George Soros is willing to put up his hard earned cash to support this body, good chance it qualifies for his radical agenda. Views on talk radio : Mark Lloyd's rise to fame and inevitable appointment within the Obama administration is his stance on "equalizing" talk radio. He wrote a piece while employed at CAP, proposing a plan to impose harsh fees on successful talk radio stations and divert that funding to the likes of NPR. Come again? Is this just not blatant distribution from successful private stations, to much less successful stations? The thought of wrestling priv...

Obama administration is finding itself in a most unpleasant situation and the results are going to be devastating. You may be aware that Obama has garnered interest from many left of center individuals with his appointment of numerous czars . Beyond czars being unconstitutional as they bypass Senate confirmation hearings, these czars have a more radical past than Obama himself and that should tell you something. Move out Jeremiah Wright, out of the way Bill Ayers, here comes Van Jones. We first learned about Van Jones from Glenn Beck the popular conservative host on Fox News. Incidentally the discovery of Van Jones is accidental and most of the blame can go on the Obama administration, something I am sure they are now regretting. It all began after Beck accused Obama of being a racist, after Obama accused Cambridge police of acting “stupidly” involving an incident with his friend and professor, Robert Gates Jr. Shortly after, Beck found himself under the attack by a group called Color...