Chuck Asay sifts the events of the day through his biblical worldview and tries to persuade readers to see things his way...that rights are given by a higher authority than the governments of men, that mankind is not the ultimate arbiter of truth and that our Constitutional Republic is worth protecting. Chuck believes ideas, not politicians rule the world. He tries to protect ideas which he thinks are good and attacks ideas he thinks bring harm.
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Robert Morano said, 6 months ago
Is this really how it looks to you? How sad.
Bruce4671 said, 6 months ago
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/how-many-businesses-have-announced-closings-or-lay-offs-since-obama-won-a-second-term/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/07/us-arms-treaty-un-idUSBRE8A627J20121107
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/harry-reid-hiking-debt-limit-18794t-we-ll-raise-it
So elections do have consequenses. I hope those that support Mr. Obama realize that these three things are the start of the complete undoing of the USA. The country that people all over the world come to to get away from these three things in in the country they left.
No jobs.
No personal freedom.
Outrageous debt with no limit in sight.
Colonel Claus
said, 6 months ago
Chillbilly, (with a nick like that, you gotta be a fellow Kentuckian)You forgot that Mitch looked like a CARDBOARD CUTOUT of an old turtle.
Radish
said, 6 months ago
Get your mother to wash your car.
Jase99 said, 6 months ago
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Why should anyone believe anything Obama says? The only thing he’s followed through on, so far, is Obamacare. The Democrats have no interest in working with us, they just want to pass their agenda.
More talking points with no basis in reality. If the Dems would have been able to ram through their dream health care reform we’d have single payer right now like ever other country in the world. Instead, the so called Obamacare is very similar to what Republicans had demanded. They oppose it only because it’s associated with a non-Republican President.
Fourcrows said, 6 months ago
@Bruce4671
That list of layoffs and closures is not proof that the election had anything to do with it. It was just someone looking at the internet looking for specific news articles that coincided with a date. What tipped me off was US Cellular – I am a telecomm engineer, and I know for a fact that Their layoffs have been ongoing – it has been a trend in our industry since 2006 (gee, who was President then?) to layoff permanent employees and replace them with contractors – it means no benefites or retirement investments for the company, less overhead, and the work still gets done. I’m sure you could find a comparable list if you looked up layoffs and closures for Nov. 2008, 2004, 2000, 1996, 1992, 1988, etc. Do any of those have to do with the election? This is the point in the fiscal year when companies make announcements about the coming fiscal year. If you want to pin any of these on election results, call up the CEOs and ask them directly. I can guarantee all of them will say their announcement would have come regardless of the elections outcome. Would you be so fast to blame Romney for these if he had won? (I’ll concede that someone on the left would, but they would still be wrong.)
leftwingpatriot said, 6 months ago
@HOWGOZIT
Subprime mortgages went from 8% of all mortgages to 20% from 2004 to 2006 when Republicans controlled both the WH and Congress. It was George Bush who encouraged an ownership society:
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“…if you own something, you have a vital stake in the future of our country. The more ownership there is in America, the more vitality there is in America, and the more people have a vital stake in the future of this country.” – President George W. Bush, June 17, 2004
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The unsold home inventory started building up in 2005 and the housing marked peaked and started its decline in the summer of 2006- again, when Republicans controlled both the WH and Congress.
lonecat said, 6 months ago
I had hopes that once the election was over the broken record would grind to a stop. But no, it’s the same old same old. Why should Obama promise to wash Boehner’s car and walk McConnell’s dog? Asay thinks that when a president wins a solid re-election he should lick the shoes of the people who spent the last four years trying to defeat him? Get real. I’m looking for some effort on both sides to come to an agreement. Boehner and Obama very nearly came to an agreement — exactly what went wrong is a matter of dispute, but maybe this time they can make it work. I hope Boehner can shake himself loose from the teaparty now.
mickey1339
said, 6 months ago
@leftwingpatriot
The own your own home push started with Carter. Clinton pushed it. I don’t think anyone twisted the peoples arms and forced them to buy a house with a too good to be true variable loan. It is greed on our part. We overextended ourselves on cheap credit, bought non-American produced goods and lived beyond our means. So then it’s all someone else’s fault? Grow up and take responsibility for your own actions. Are the loan providers wrong, evil people? If they lied or broke the law, they should be prosecuted and some were. Everybody got very flamed out because we always want to blame someone else for our mistakes. I am not a republican or a democrat, I’m a Libertarian. All I see with our current political structure is larger government, weaker industries, more wars, and worst of all a fractured, divided citizenry that lets these politicians tell them how to think. Whew, I feel better. Thanks for letting me share…
eyarsm said, 6 months ago
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If you don’t like Chuck’s message, why do you read them? Sometimes stupidity is shown in deeds but also in words Morty! Enjoy the next 4 years!
tod4
said, 6 months ago
Compromise would be nice and that hasn’t really come from the Republican side.
Dredpiraterobt$ said, 6 months ago
@Bruce4671
1. LEARN to LINK!
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2. of your list only three mentioned anything having to do with the Government.
a. Rocketdyne -
About 100 employees at Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, most of whom work in the San Fernando Valley, were laid off Wednesday in response to dwindling government spending on space exploration, the company said.
b. Darden Restaurants -
The company, which was among those who had received an Obamacare waiver in the past, is looking to limit workers to 28 hours per week. A full time employee that is required to have health insurance (lest the employer pay a fine) works 30 hours per week, as defined by the Obamacare law.
c. West Ridge Mine -
In its statement, UtahAmerican Energy blames the Obama administration for instituting policies that will close down “204 American coal-fired power plants by 2014″ and for drastically reducing the market for coal.
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a. is the result of a cut in Government spending (and we can include Boeing in on this one too. Gee, we’re fighting less wars and we need less of what the war machine makes, let me cry you a river!) If you stretch to include the Chemicals weapons distruction company, the job is finishing up, why would we continue to pay them and they their un needed employees comrade Bruce4671?
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b. Darden. Because God forbid the company that contributes to high blood pressure by over salting EVERYTHING they sell shoud be forced to participate in the rise in health care costs! They might as well lay those people off because I have a feeling there is a Boycott on its way for them. And those diners will find another place to eat and those waiters and cooks will be working in the new place!
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c. Coal! As if the natural gas boom just doesn’t exist! The drop in demand for coal is a result of the free market.
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Oh and then there is RIMM! Really! RIMM, a Canadian company that is being mismanaged out of the market! That’s Obama’s fault too! Right!
Sim is US CELLULAR which just sold a bunch of bandwidth to the newly acquired Sprint, a major expansion into the USA by a Japanese company… They did that because they are afraid that Obama is going to ruin the economy!
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Straws fear your grasping grasp Bruce4671!
DGF999 said, 6 months ago
“If we only had time, only had time for you…..”
CasualBrowser
said, 6 months ago
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“The Democrats have no interest in working with us, they just want to pass their agenda.”
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By “us” I’m guessing you mean Republicans. Are you telling me that ‘you’ don’t want to pass your agenda, and are interested in working with Democrats and Obama?
dtroutma
said, 6 months ago
“Our only job is to deny President Obama a second term.”
Yes, that is the epitome of “cooperation” from Republicans.