In a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan fired up a packed house of true believers. “Calypso Louie”, as the great Rush Limbaugh has nicknamed him, was delivering a message in the Allstate Arena in Rosemont as part of the 81st annual celebration of Saviours’ Day, marking the birth of his faith’s founder, W. Fard Muhammad.

His sermon, titled “God will send saviours,” was the keynote address, ending a weekend of workshops whose topics included health, preparing for natural disasters and unidentified flying objects. Farrakhan and his followers in the Nation of Islam believe in a UFO called “the wheel” or “the Mother Plane.”

Obama’s admiring neighbor from Chicago, Farrakhan, testifies to a 1985 religious experience in which he ascended into a flying saucer and heard the voice of dead Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad predicting historical events that came to pass.

Who was this “Fard” guy and what do Farrakhan and his followers believe?

Per bible.ca:

In the summer of 1930, a peddler made his appearance in the black ghetto of Detroit. He gave the name of Wallace D. Fard. He is believed to have been of Arab descent, but this has not been documented. He went from door to door selling clothing and accessories, as well as artifacts. These, he claimed, were like those the ancestors of the blacks wore and used. As he peddled his goods, he told tales about the blacks of Africa that entranced his customers. This led to informal gatherings in homes in which he told the blacks about their land of origin.

At first, his talks focused on black history, culture and diet. He did not say much about politics or religion, but as time progressed, his focus became more and more politically and religiously oriented. Eventually, his disciples were introduced to the Qur’an. Later, his talks became bitter denunciations of the white race. His audiences became so large that they could no longer meet in homes. A hall was rented and named “The Temple of Islam.” This is how the movement which calls itself “The Nation of Islam” and is called by detractors, “Black Muslims,” came into being.

Fard soon built his following into a tightly knit cult that looked to him as “Ruler of the Universe.” He established a university that was in reality a secondary school which emphasized the teaching of math and astronomy. It also focused on his teaching about “the ending of the spook civilization”.

Fard began a Muslim Girls Training Class that continues to today and still teaches the principles of home economics and how to be proper wives and mothers. He instituted a para-military unit called “Fruit of Islam” (FOI) to teach military tactics and the handling of firearms against the predicted day that whites would not tolerate their growth and prosperity.

He also set up the office of The Minister of Islam which, with the aid of a well trained staff, ultimately ran the whole organization. In three short years Fard has acquired some 8,000 followers. Under the direction of The Minister of Islam and his staff, the Nation of Islam continued to prosper. Fard retired from an openly active role in the direction of The Nation of Islam.

One of Fard’s early disciples, Elijah Poole, was given the Muslim name Elijah Muhammad. He became one of Fard’s favorites, and was ultimately named as the chief Minister of Islam. In June of 1934, only four years after he made his first appearance in Detroit, and shortly after Elijah Muhammad was named Minister of Islam, W. D. Fard completely and mysteriously disappeared.

Back to the present…

In his sermon yesterday, Farrakhan rambled for about 4 hours, on divergent topics, using religious texts to back up his opinions.

Farrakhan extolled the virtues of Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard. He also praised its auditing process, which is considered spiritual counseling by its members.

According to Farrakhan:

L. Ron Hubbard is so exceedingly valuable to every Caucasian person on this earth.

… L. Ron Hubbard himself was and is trying to civilize white people and make them better human beings and take away from them their reactive minds … Mr. Hubbard recognized that his people have to be civilized.

…and the crowd cheered.

Calypso Louie went on to predict yesterday that America is on the verge of facing violent uprisings like those we are watching in the Middle East.

What you are looking at in Tunisia, in Egypt … Libya, in Bahrain … what you see happening there … you’d better prepare because it will be coming to your door.

…and the crowd cheered.

He also cautioned President Barack Hussein Obama (mm mmm mmmm) to leave these future protesters alone and not to attack these innocent people.

…and the crowd cheered.

Has Calypso Louie been given a heads up by the Muslim Brotherhood?

A NOTE FROM KJ: For more insight into the Rev. Louis Farrakhan, here is a video interview he did in 2007 with CNN.

As Libya continues to wait for the Leader of the Free World, US President Barack Hussein Obama, to make a public statement about the crisis in their country, his Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, spoke for the Administration yesterday, in a tersely-worded e-mail:

The world is watching the situation in Libya with alarm. We join the international community in strongly condemning the violence in Libya.

Now is the time to stop this unacceptable bloodshed. Our thoughts and prayers are with those whose lives have been lost, and with their loved ones.

The government of Libya has a responsibility to respect the universal rights of the people, including the right to free expression and assembly.

Thanks, Madame Secretary.  That should make a difference.  Sheesh.

It appears that everybody is deserting Kadhafi. The spiritual leader of the Muslim Brother (You remember them, that secular organization), Yusuf al-Qaradawi, put out a fatwa calling for Libyan soldier who can, to shoot Kadhafi in order “to rid Libya of him.”

The Egyptian-born cleric, usually based in Qatar, told Al-Jazeera television:

Whoever in the Libyan army is able to shoot a bullet at Mr Kadhafi should do so.

This leader of “the religion of peace” also told Libyan soldiers “not to obey orders to strike at your own people,”.   He then urged Libyan ambassadors around the world to dissociate themselves from Kadhafi’s regime.

This is not just any nutjob. He’s a celebrity in the Middle East for his controversial fatwas, or religious edicts. Qaradawi, in his 80s, hosts religious broadcasts on Al-Jazeera.

In the past, he has defended “violence carried out by certain Muslims.”

Because he has supported “terrorism” by sanctioning Palestinian suicide attacks in Israel, Britain and the United States will not grant him entry visas.

The Muslim religious leader, known as the spiritual leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and a longtime resident of Qatar, is the head of the International Union for Muslim Scholars.

And were was the fearless leader of Libya?

Yesterday, Kadhafi appeared on state-run television, sitting in a car, wearing a hat with ear flaps, holding an umbrella.  He claimed that he had not fled Libya after protesters overran several cities and his 40 year rule appeared to be collapsing.

He said:

I am going to meet with the youth in Green Square.

It’s just to prove that I am in Tripoli and not in Venezuela and to deny television reports, those dogs.

Kadhafi  was trying to squelch rumors that he had fled to Venezuela.

After days of violence, the apparent revolution had come to Tripoli, where protesters attacked police stations and the offices of Kadhafi’s state-run television, setting government buildings ablaze.

There were reports of massacres in the streets by Kadhafi’s military and African mercenaries, hired by Kadhafi.

One resident of east Tripoli said by phone:

It’s definitely the end of the regime. This has never happened in Libya before. We are praying that it ends quickly.

While all of this was going on, two Libyan fighter pilots, both colonels, got the heck outta Dodge, flying their single-seater Mirage F1 jets to Malta. They sought asylum, claiming that they had been ordered to attack protesters in Benghazi.

Italy put all military air bases on maximum alert after the fighters landed.

Human rights groups are putting the death toll at between over 200 to some 400 people, so far.

The effect on America’s economy will be immediate.

Libya is the world’s 18th largest oil producer, pumping out around 1.8 million barrels a day, or a little under 2 percent of the world’s daily output. Kadhafi’s regime sits atop the biggest oil reserves in the whole of Africa.

In response to the Libyan situation, oil prices surged. Benchmark crude for March delivery was up $7.88 a barrel, or 9.1 percent, to $94.08 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

With the oil price rising so rapidly, will it be any surprise if stocks are inevitably under severe pressure?

Rising crude prices are the biggest problem for investors because they reinforce fears of inflation and raw materials costs. They also can cause a big drop in global demand levels, as experienced in previous oil price shocks in 1973-4, 1979 and 2008.

Wow, it’s a good thing we have all these oil fields ready for production in our own country.  Oh, wait…

So, as the seeds of revolution continue to be sown in the Middle East, America and their allies are looking to the Leader of the greatest country in the world to say something, to offer hope, and to take a principled stand.

So far, all we’ve heard are **crickets**.

As I turned on my computer this morning, the following headlines greeted me at FoxNews.com:

• Chaos as Libyan Gov’t Building Burns
• Qaddafi Son: We’ll ‘Fight to the Last Bullet’
• U.S. ‘Gravely Concerned’ Over Libya Violence
• EU Citizens May Evacuate
• Bahrain Protesters Seek to Overthrow Royal Family
• Yemen President Rejects Demand to Step Down

Meanwhile, the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, yesterday called on Muslims to “remove” the US from the Islamic world.

This proponent of “the religion of peace” was speaking to a meeting Shiite and Sunni scholars in Tehran at an international conference on Islam, when he said:

The main problem in the Muslim world is the presence of the United States. It is the biggest problem. We need to address that. It is necessary to remove the US from the Islamic world.

He added that America was currently weak.

Khamenei wants Muslims around the world to preserve the “people’s movement in Egypt”. According to him, it is the duty of both the people and dignitaries of Arab nations and the entire Islamic community.

He repeatedly stated that the Arab revolts were “Islamic” and must be consolidated.

Can you say “Caliphate”?

This “man of peace” went on to say:

The enemies try to say that the popular movements in Egypt, Tunisia and other nations are un-Islamic, but certainly these popular movements are Islamic and must be consolidated.

Khamenei also said that “the conspiracy of enemies to create differences between Sunnis and Shiites” needs to be confronted.

He’s got his own problems.

Iran’s opposition, for the second time in a week, has brought tens of thousands of supporters into the streets yesterday. The protesters were calling for the end to the Islamic Republic’s current government.

The government beat back the protesters with what witnesses said was a huge number of security forces. sent to silence the crowds.

According to witnesses, scores of anti-riot police and plainclothes Basij militia lined the streets and on several occasions fired indiscriminately into the crowd and beat protesters with steel batons.

Witnesses also reported that, in one neighborhood, the Basij dropped tear gas canisters from the roof of a commercial building onto the protesters.

Dozens have been injured and arrested, according to witnesses.

One witness reported:

This was the most violent protest we’ve had by far, and people were also really angry and fearless.

The witness said that the people seem determined to stay in the streets.

So, what are the purveyors of Smart Power! doing about the violence in the Middle East?

Not a whole heckuva lot, it seems.

Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in the turbulent Gulf region on Sunday for a week-long visit, in order to cement U.S. strategic ties with whatever allies we have remaining there.

He is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. He is also supposed to stop in Djibouti, where demonstrators inspired by revolts that toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia have clashed with riot police.

The Admiral’s spokesman, Captain John Kirby, said:

Though this trip was planned well before the recent unrest in the region, the chairman will be interested to gain the perspectives of leaders here about these protest movements.

He added that Mullen will also

…make clear his desire to see that peaceful protest be allowed to continue without threats or violence from any quarter and that restraint is shown by all sides in these disputes.

The Admiral, however, will not be stopping in Bahrain, an important strategic base of America’s military power in the Gulf.

The country had been the site of deadly clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces last week. The United States regards Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, as one of our primary defenses against Shi’ite power Iran across the Gulf.

At the same time Admiral Mullen is on his Goodwill Tour, Iranian warships have crossed the Suez Canal for the first time since 1979.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went on ABC News’ This Week with Christine Amanpour, where she spoke about the turmoil in the Middle East and said:

We try to hold everyone to a similar standard, but we cannot dictate the outcomes. We cannot tell countries what they’re going to do. We had, you know, no control over what happened in Egypt. We expressed our opinion as we went along and were working with our Egyptian counterparts so that their transition is peaceful, meaningful, transparent, produces results.

By the way, where is Hillary’s boss, the Leader of the Free World, during all this Middle Eastern upheaval?

Saturday, he stepped in to help coach his 9-year-old daughter Sasha’s basketball team while she went on a skiing vacation to Vail, Colorado with her mother and sister.

No one is reporting what he did yesterday.  He probably watched the NBA All-Star Game.

How…comforting. 

The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1791 as a part of the Bill of Rights, states that:

…the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The 44th President of these United States, Barack Hussein Obama, said this week:

The truth is, some of the main instigators behind the current protest in Wisconsin over Governor Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts have been the Democratic Party and their sponsored group named Organizing for America, whose publicity arm operates the  DNC-owned website barackobama.com.

Per David Horowitz’s discoverthenetworks.org:

Organizing for America (OFA) is a project of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The American public first heard about OFA on January 17, 2009, when President Barack Obama announced that the organization would soon open its doors for business. Two months later, in mid-March, OFA was officially launched.

Basing its operations on the third floor of the DNC’s Capitol Hill headquarters, OFA consists of a vast network of volunteers whose mission is to “let their friends and neighbors know about the President’s plan to invest in America’s future, improve health care and education, create green jobs, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and cut the deficit in half over the next four years.”

A New York Times report describes OFA as “an army of [Obama] supporters talking, sending e-mail and texting to friends and neighbors as they try to mold public opinion.”

From an article titled Fight for our State Workers, written by Mary Hough and posted 2/17/11 on barackobama.com:

UPDATE: For the past two days, thousands of workers have been gathering at the State Capitol in Madison, WI, to defend their rights in the workplace. From nurses to police officers, public sector workers and OFA volunteers have been protesting against proposed legislation to take away workers’ rights to bargain collectively. With a vote on the legislation expected as early as today, volunteers are already gathering at the Capitol this morning. It’s going to be a big day in Madison and you can follow updates throughout the day on the OFA Wisconsin Twitter feed.

Organizing for America is mobilizing on the ground in Wisconsin to defend the rights of public employees from an attempt by the governor to take away their right to organize.

Is Obama’s involvement in the Wisconsin protest a violation of the Tenth Amendment?

According to the Detroit Free Press:

President Barack Obama and his political machine are offering tactical support, eager to repair strained relations with some union leaders upset over his recent overtures to business.

The potent combination has helped fan the huge protests in Wisconsin against a measure that would strip collective bargaining rights from state workers. The alliance also is sending a warning to other states that are considering the same tactic.

…For Obama, stepping into a confrontation with a governor has its risks. The president is in a struggle of his own to tame spending, and siding with unions may cast him as a partisan even as he talks about setting a new tone in Washington.

Ya think, DiNozzo? 

Also, Obama has to keep campaign promises that he made to the Labor Unions.

Therefore, Obama will be standing beside Labor Unions, public and private, as they come together to carry out a $30 million plan to stop anti-labor measures in Wisconsin and 10 other states.

This new Labor “Allied Powers” includes AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka working with leaders such as Teamsters president James Hoffa.

Politics make strange bedfellows. The fact is, they haven’t been on speaking terms for years.

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, thinks that Obama is helping fuel “Greece-style” protests in the United States.

His political organization is colluding with special interest allies across the country to demagogue reform-minded governors who are making the tough choices that the president is avoiding.

Boehner’s right. For instance, Education Secretary Arne Duncan prmised teachers’ unions during an education summit in Denver that he would stand by them in states where governors have pledged to shut down teachers’ collective bargaining rights. He specifically mentioned Wisconsin.

So, is the President of the United States abusing his powers in violation of the Tenth Admendment of the United States Constitution?

Remember, the Tenth Admendment states that:

…the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. 

I don’t see the name Barack Hussein Obama, anywhere in the Tenth Amendment.  Do you?

Today, there may be a Perfect Storm in Madison, Wisconsin.

Minnesota State Employee Union members, joined by bussed-in Union thugs will be holding rallies in protest of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts, that would actually make them pay something toward their own retirement.

Oh, the humanity.

According to the state AFSCME website:

Rallies will be held Saturday at the Capitol at 10:30 am and 4:00 pm. On Saturday and Sunday, bus service will be limited to shuttles from the east and west edges of Madison (click here for info). The Friday bus schedule is here.

Union members from all work sectors and their supporters have turned out every day this week to send a loud signal that lawmakers must not strip bargaining rights from most public employees. AFSCME members have poured into the Capitol from around the state.

…But AFSCME members were hardly alone. Other public sector unions were well represented, including police and firefighters who have been exempted from the union busting proposal. Private sector unions also have come out in force, as did university and high school students.

We will not stop until the attack on our bargaining rights is over.

…Shuttle buses will be running from Madison’s east and west sides on Saturday and Sunday. A full statewide bus schedule now is being arranged for Monday.

They included detailed instructions as to what their members should do:

When you get off your bus in Madison on Friday, head for the Capitol and look for your legislators. There is an information desk in the Capitol Rotunda where you can find out the names and office numbers of your legislators if you don’t already know them.

This is about protecting your fundamental rights in the workplace and the future of your family. Make sure you are heard today!

And then there’s this, posted 2/17/2011 on barackobama.com, by Elizabeth Chan:

Thursday marked the third straight day of rallies in Madison, Wisconsin—where students, nurses, public safety officers, and others are gathering to stand up for the rights of Wisconsin state employees.

Republican Governor Walker Scott Walker has proposed a radical plan to take away the collective bargaining rights of public workers. Those who teach and those who plow the snow-filled Wisconsin streets would no longer be able to organize for better working conditions and rights in the workplace.

Since Tuesday, the streets of Madison and the halls of the Capitol building have been filled with thousands of ordinary folks who are sending the strongest message possible to their state legislators—their rights are not up for negotiation.

Organizing for America–Wisconsin, who has been among the most vocal advocates for state employees’ rights, is tweeting live from the rallies and pulling together the voices, videos, and photos of this movement.

That is one side of the showdown happening today.  The other side is comprised of  Tea Party members.

According to Drew Ryun, president of American Majority Action, one of the conservative groups planning the demonstration, organizers are “meeting fire with fire.”

We have buses coming in from all over the state. We see this as the opening salvo of the 2012 election season. The Tea Party movement facing off against the unions. And we like the odds.

The Tea Party Rally has been named the “I Stand With Scott Walker” Rally.

Another group that will be there are the Tea Party Patriots.  Here is what their Founders, Jenny Beth Martin and Mark Meckler,  had to say:

In the current situation in Wisconsin, we see Democratic politicians and their constituency standing against democracy. Instead of responding to the will of the people, Democratic legislators are in hiding, and refusing to show for a vote which they are certain to lose. Teachers have closed down the schools. Union thugs have overrun the capitol and are damaging property, and carrying signs with crude abuse and threats. Meanwhile, instead of acting “Presidential” and calling for a restoration of the democratic process, civility and decency, the President and his Organizing for America are actually standing against democracy in Wisconsin.

In summary, here is what we see in Wisconsin ; Democratic legislators in hiding and not legislating, teachers on sick-out and not teaching, and students out of school and not learning. Most importantly, we see our President, who is supposed to be a leader, not “leading.” Is it any wonder that public opinion has turned against the President, the Democrats, public employee unions and their thugs?

They are absolutely right.  I can not remember any other American President advocating anarchy.  It’s almost like he wants to radically change America…or something.

As I write, Madison, Wisconsin has imploded in a scene reminiscent of the upheaval in the Middle East.

At least 15 school systems in Wisconsin cancelled classes today because 1,100 called in sick.

At least 10,000 employees and supporters rallied yesterday in Madison in opposition to legislation supported by Republican Gov. Scott Walker.

I guess they screamed themselves sick.

Per cnn.com:

Classes were not held today in the Madison Metropolitan School District, because the Wisconsin Education Association Council called for people to come to the Capitol on Thursday and Friday to “stand beside your neighbors, family and friends to help our voices be heard.”

40 percent of 2,600 teachers, assistants, social workers and psychologists in the bargaining unit called in sick late Tuesday, forcing the district to cancel Wednesday’s classes for 24,500 students.

And this just in from 620wtmj.com:

The Wisconsin State Senate has some members MIA.

It is supposed to be discussing, debating and, maybe,voting on Governor Scott Walker’s budget bill, the Democrats have gotten the Heck outta Dodge.

Law enforcement officials are trying to find at least one Democratic senator to bring in for a quorum, but, according to River Hills Republican Senator Alberta Darling, all the Democrats got on one bus and left the state.

The discussion, debate and vote will not occur until a 3/5ths quorum can be reached.

Is it over some tyrannical decree by an uncaring politician? Is it a life or death situation? Well…if you listen to Jessie Lidbury, regional field organizer, it is:

We’ve got a fight on our hands and it’s personal. Over the past few days serious developments have surfaced of Governor Scott Walker presenting a “Budget Repair Bill” that will essentially gut collective bargaining for public employees here in our own backyard of Wisconsin.

Over the next couple days nurses, teachers, snowplow drivers, prison guards, and public servants will be standing together to let Governor Walker, know what is at stake: livelihoods, heath care, our children’s education, and the rights of all workers.

A regional field organizer for whom, you ask? Well, let them tell you:

Organizing for America is mobilizing on the ground in Wisconsin to defend the rights of public employees from an attempt by the governor to take away their right to organize.

Got it?

ORGANIZING FOR AMERICA…AS IN BARACKOBAMA.COM…THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.

The same guy who said to TMJ4 in Milwaukee:

Some of what I’ve heard coming out of Wisconsin, where you’re just making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain generally, seems like more of an assault on unions.

All of this is happening because officials from the Wisconsin Governor’s Office told the Wisconsin State Employees Union on Friday that expired collective bargaining agreements would be canceled March 13. The previous arrangement made with State Employee Unions can be terminated with 30 days notice.

Also, last Friday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker presented a budget repair bill that removes nearly all collective bargaining rights for almost all public employees in Wisconsin. The measure will make it easier for employers to fire workers that engage in some form of labor unrest.

Just like this.

The voters of Wisconsin put in a Conservative Governor for a reason.  They were tired of state government largesse and out-of-control Progressively-driven situations like the one that is unfolding right before the country’s eyes today.

Unfortunately, the situation in Wisconsin is just the beginning.  With the Administration behind them, Union thugs and Progressive pinheads will continue to have temper tantrums, such as we’re witnessing today, as the wishes of the American people, who spoke loudly and clearly on November 2nd, 2010, are carried out.

Gird your loins.

President Barack Hussein Obama released his long-awaited budget on Monday, and he did not disappoint…if you are a radical who wants to drive the greatest nation on Earth completely out of existence.

This unbelievably irresponsible budget projects the biggest one-year debt jump in history during 2011, nearly $2 trillion, reaching $15.476 trillion by Sept. 30, which would be the the end of the fiscal year. That would be 102.6 percent of Gross Domestic Product. This would be the first time since World War II that this shameful figure has been reached.

Additionally, this failure of leadership, called a budget, calls for Obama’s government to run a deficit of $1.645 trillion this year, which will be more than $230 billion over 2009’s budgetary record. By contrast, 2007’s deficit was just $160 billion altogether.

Gosh, didn’t the Dems take over Congress in 2007?

This new budget outlines more than $200 billion in higher taxes for oil and gas companies, banks and multinational firms, which will not make these businesses very happy, to say the least. It also leaves out an essential promise that Obama has made to big business:  overhauling the corporate tax code in order to lower the overall rate that businesses pay.

Caroline Harris, chief tax counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said:

I’m just extremely disappointed. I certainly did not expect to see a full plan. But I did think some good-faith effort would have gone a long way with the business community.

The White House says it remains interested in working with lawmakers and businesses to overhaul of the corporate tax code.

And if you believe that, I have a bridge over the Mississippi River to sell you.

The budget increases also raise the fee that businesses pay the government to backstop their pensions plans.

This new proposal would allow the government agency that guarantees corporate pensions for 44 million Americans to raise premiums to make up for the agency’s own massive budget deficit. Even though the administration’s budget document said the proposal would raise $16 billion over the next decade, it would still fall short of what the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. needs to be solvent.

In order to cover for Obama’s gross negligence, Congress will be called on to vote to raise the debt limit later this year.

Republicans are not impressed by the president’s proclivity for sharing our wealth:

Sen. Lamar Alexander, of Tennessee said:

I still don’t see a sense of urgency from the president about the massive federal debt His budget calls for too much government borrowing — even though the debt is already at a level that makes it harder to create private-sector jobs.

Speaking of sharing our wealth…have you heard that the workers at Government Motors are all getting bonuses for the company’s turnaround, which was financed by our tax dollars?

The Government-subsidized General Motors showed a profit of $4.2 billion in the first nine months of 2010 and is expected to announce a fourth-quarter profit soon.

Nearly all of GM’s hourly workers are scheduled to receive a bonus payment of more than $4,000. This is more than double the previous record in 1999, which came at the height of the boom in sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks. Around 28,000 white-collar workers such as engineers and managers will get 4 to 16 percent of their base pay. And a few…less than 1 percent…will get 50 percent or more.

According to Bill Selesky, an auto industry analyst with Argus Research in New York, GM’s recovery is “dramatic” and he says that the lavish bonuses were needed to stop talent from jumping to other automakers, especially crosstown rival Ford.

He also said that the company is also trying to send a message:

It’s the new GM.

Fine. Pay back our money and use your own.

The bailout of GM cost American taxpayers $49.5 billion.

Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa said:

Since the taxpayers helped these companies out of bankruptcy, the taxpayers should be repaid before bonuses go out. It sends a message that those in charge take shareholders, in this case the taxpayers, for a sucker.

After living through the first two years of this administration, I agree .  The American people are all being played for suckers.