Midknight Review -- new and revised: Obama's speech, the "freeze" and the truth . . . more smoke and mirrors.

Yes, blowing smoke will be the name of the game, tonight.

Think about this: tonight, Obama will tout his freeze on government spending and he will make it sound good. Oh, he will admit that much more can be done in this arena, but this is a start and will save a "whopping 240 billion dollars" over the course of the next ten years -- compared to $ 9 trillion in actual spending (which he will not mention).

Neither will he mention the fact that none of the proposed cuts will be approved by the current Congress. He will not admit that he has increased discretionary spending by 24% over the past year - 3 times the average increase for any previous president.

Nor will he put his "freeze" into a historical context. To wit: the freeze will fix his increases for discretionary spending at $63 billion for 2011; $82 billion for 2012 and 79 billion for 2013. In other words, his spending policies WILL NOT BE REVERSED for the three proposed years of the "freeze." Of course he can put a freeze into effect - he has already jacked up spending by the totals we have just presented.
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The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

Obama's speech, the "freeze" and the truth . . . more smoke and mirrors.

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