tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91078122009-11-07T19:55:51.338-05:00Welcome to Mike's America, a view of news and opinion that has caught my attention. You're welcome to share your thoughts by commenting on posts.Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2715125http://photos1.blogger.com/img/249/2318/640/Mebest.jpgThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-77508162254083656742009-11-07T19:23:00.002-05:002009-11-07T19:55:51.359-05:002009-11-07T19:55:51.359-05:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0Contrast that with Obama's photo-op in Delaware. Plus: Consider Obama's "My Pet Goat" moment in his first public response to the tragedy!Friday night former U.S. President George W. Bush and First...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/11/george-and-laura-bush-visit-victims-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-13192657536121437652009-11-06T10:25:00.003-05:002009-11-06T11:02:48.813-05:002009-11-06T11:02:48.813-05:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com010.2% in October! Remember that Obama claimed the stimulus bill would save or create millions of jobs. It didn't. Remember that the Obama Administration said that the stimulus bill would keep...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/11/unemployment-hits-record-high.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-49653785626982121322009-11-05T11:23:00.003-05:002009-11-05T11:42:57.182-05:002009-11-05T11:42:57.182-05:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0And if you have cancer and lose your private insurance, you'll have to wait six months under Obama Care!Remember how Obama accused opponents of the government run health care scheme of telling lies...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/11/under-govt-run-health-plan-you-will-pay.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-43572560431507648412009-11-05T01:01:00.004-05:002009-11-05T01:37:03.890-05:002009-11-05T01:37:03.890-05:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0Apparently, he only has time to go to Berlin when it's all about him!Rich Lowry points out that:In his first year in office, Barack Obama has visited more foreign countries than any other president....http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/11/obama-cancels-plan-to-attend-20th.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-40009998899390009442009-11-05T00:41:00.004-05:002009-11-05T00:53:54.280-05:002009-11-05T00:53:54.280-05:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0Election WAS a repudiation of Obama! Bad news for Dems in 2010 and 2012!Writing in the Los Angeles Times on October 25, Peter Nicholas framed the problem perfectly:Now tack on a trio of state and...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/11/tuesdays-election-saw-obamas-star-fall.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-88612829921762637702009-11-04T12:17:00.002-05:002009-11-04T12:26:05.268-05:002009-11-04T12:26:05.268-05:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0Harry Reid, who demanded a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq, insists he will not be held to a timeline to vote on health care!This is too funny!Top Dems: No Health Care Bill in 2009By JONATHAN...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/11/democrats-may-stall-health-care-vote.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-72971878183824356532009-11-04T00:04:00.002-05:002009-11-04T00:35:57.074-05:002009-11-04T00:35:57.074-05:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0Big wins a preview to 2010!Caption this:http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/11/huge-swing-in-vote-to-gop-in-va-and-nj.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-9710624729692564872009-11-03T15:59:00.003-05:002009-11-03T16:12:17.193-05:002009-11-03T16:12:17.193-05:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0Keep your fingers crossed and watch out for those ACORNs in NJ! One good sign: The White House is running away from this as fast as they can!Polls close at:7 PM in Virginia8 PM in New Jersey9 PM in...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/11/fired-up-for-tonights-results.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-600107796856376522009-11-03T01:29:00.006-05:002009-11-03T01:44:28.690-05:002009-11-03T01:44:28.690-05:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0The RNC ad also asks: "Whose side are you on?" Some of us have been wondering the same thing about RNC leaders!Perhaps to make up for the $900,000 the National Republican Congressional Campaign...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/11/rnc-runs-ad-urges-ny-23-voters-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-67128364775853224142009-11-01T20:33:00.003-05:002009-11-01T20:52:25.833-05:002009-11-01T20:52:25.833-05:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0Trick or Treat Comes a day late in Upstate New York. One day after lauding her selfless decision to withdraw, I retract every nice thing I said about this idiot!Yesterday, I commended Dede Scozzofava...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/11/betrayal-lifelong-republican-scozzofava.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-25758750719019783092009-10-31T14:39:00.003-04:002009-10-31T14:45:56.463-04:002009-10-31T14:45:56.463-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0It's got to be the Democrat's favorite holiday. They can pretend to be something they are not and take stuff from everyone else!The classic Halloween video with Bob Hope in "The Ghost Breakers" And...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/halloween-video-madness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-42846673353590377472009-10-31T11:15:00.004-04:002009-10-31T11:37:59.869-04:002009-10-31T11:37:59.869-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0She released her supporters but did not endorse Hoffman, the Conservative candidate!From Scozzafava statement:It is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting on many of my supporters to shift...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/scozzafava-quits-campaign-for-new-york.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-16574457823155048612009-10-31T01:42:00.002-04:002009-10-31T02:31:09.346-04:002009-10-31T02:31:09.346-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0You are unlikely to find a sorrier rogues gallery than Obama's guest list!Did you ever wonder who were the folks who got all those special invites to the White House since the Obama's turned it into...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/white-house-visitor-list-reveals-ayers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-73054155453936742392009-10-31T01:30:00.001-04:002009-10-31T01:34:34.881-04:002009-10-31T01:34:34.881-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0Scare a liberal!http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-halloween.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-38911703600972491052009-10-30T18:26:00.003-04:002009-10-30T22:04:43.377-04:002009-10-30T22:04:43.377-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0Rather than give the troops the reinforcements they need, Obama instead uses the dead for a photo op! What an ASS!Obama's one and only trip to the Dover Delaware Air Force Base which is the gateway...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/liz-cheney-criticizes-obama-for-using.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-7422561517087809652009-10-30T17:26:00.005-04:002009-10-30T22:04:17.640-04:002009-10-30T22:04:17.640-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0House Committee sessions where these issues were voted on were nothing but a sham! The real work went on behind closed doors in direct contradiction to Obama's promise for an open process!Nancy...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/pelosis-health-bill-1990-pages.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-88129140517026216502009-10-30T00:12:00.003-04:002009-10-30T00:49:53.999-04:002009-10-30T00:49:53.999-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0Hope, Change and a Nobel Peace Prize don't cut the mustard with the Mullahs!It was supposed to be Obama's first big achievement in foreign affairs. Michael Adler, who has been gushing about a new age...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/iran-rejects-deal-on-nukes-and-stalls.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-57273784528227499082009-10-29T15:19:00.004-04:002009-10-30T00:52:43.535-04:002009-10-30T00:52:43.535-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0Associated Press confirms what we first reported a few days ago...Stimulus jobs overstated by thousandsBy BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and MATT APUZZOAssociated PressOct 29,2009WASHINGTON (AP) - An early...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/obama-wh-admits-stimulus-jobs-created.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-6865768473969705032009-10-29T00:00:00.002-04:002009-10-29T00:44:55.536-04:002009-10-29T00:44:55.536-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0His warning about the value of freedom and danger of big government is even more relevant today!"A Time for Choosing" otherwise known as "The Speech" was delivered in a broadcast in support of Barry...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/45th-anniversary-of-speech-that.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-4927118632731273662009-10-28T12:11:00.002-04:002009-10-28T12:40:03.190-04:002009-10-28T12:40:03.190-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0The real plan is bad enough!What an actor! Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid presented his idea (we still haven't seen the bill which he wrote in secret) for a government run health plan that had an...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/sen-reids-government-run-plan-is.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-67282811003554233572009-10-27T13:14:00.003-04:002009-10-27T13:26:16.022-04:002009-10-27T13:26:16.022-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0The big sign indicating this shift was Obama's decision to abandon Polish and Czech allies in missile defense pact! When the mouthpiece for world communism starts praising Obama, it's time for a...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/pravda-america-turning-to-socialism.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-45235331192744212082009-10-26T13:44:00.003-04:002009-10-26T13:58:29.815-04:002009-10-26T13:58:29.815-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0Scare your neighbors! Be Barack the Nobel Prize Winner!The marathon joker and Nobel laureate! Get your Barack the Joker Mask here.Or print out one of these and dress it up with a fancy ribbon and...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/last-minute-halloween-costume-idea.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-23604032165353231092009-10-25T13:03:00.006-04:002009-10-25T16:29:20.862-04:002009-10-25T16:29:20.862-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0Nov. 3rd election shaping up as referendum on Obama!With all the talk last week of the White House bailing on the flailing campaign of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds (known as "Dirty...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/hopey-changey-hangover-bad-news-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-27419876971703451152009-10-24T14:16:00.002-04:002009-10-24T14:32:57.516-04:002009-10-24T14:32:57.516-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0Obama lifts accountability and transparency rules for Unions as he cuts CEO pay of bailout firms!Remember the shock this week when Obama's pay czar announced up to a 90% cut in the salaries of...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/why-no-union-pay-czar-it-helps-to-be.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107812.post-56581847027542302302009-10-24T13:24:00.003-04:002009-10-24T14:15:08.245-04:002009-10-24T14:15:08.245-04:00Mike's Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com0A topic I first raised in March rings ever more true!In March I wrote: "Is Obama the New Nixon? How long before full White House involvement in enemies list and attack politics is revealed?"At the...http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2009/10/another-mike-was-right-moment-obama-is.html