General Thanksgiving
Issued by the PRESIDENT of the United States Of America - George Washington
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLICK THANKSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:"

NOW THEREFORE, I do recommend and assign THURSDAY, the TWENTY-SIXTH DAY of NOVEMBER next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed;-- for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish Constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted;-- for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge;-- and, in general, for all the great and various favours which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

Following is a list compiled by Investor's Business Daily of all the promises Obama made during his campaign.  Let's follow it and see how well he does.

Taxes

• Give a tax break to 95% of Americans.

• Restore Clinton-era tax rates on top income earners.

• "If you make under $250,000, you will not see your taxes increase by a single dime. Not your income taxes, not your payroll taxes, not your capital gains taxes. Nothing."

• Dramatically simplify tax filings so that millions of Americans will be able to do their taxes in less than five minutes.

• Give American businesses a $3,000 tax credit for every job they create in the U.S.

• Eliminate capital gains taxes for small business and startup companies.

On issue after issue after issue Democrats take up the side that weakens America while consistently opposing the side that strengthens America.

Democratic Crises

After examining issue after issue this year I was struck by one thought. Democrats seem to always support policies that weaken America while opposing policies that would strengthen her.

While spending considerable time trying to figure out why this would be, I think I’ve come upon a theory that explains everything.

The thing that made this such a mystery was my ability to accurately predict what stand the Democratic party would take on any given issue simply by asking which position would hurt America and which would help. Democrats consistently choose the policy that would most hurt America. Using this standard it is easy to predict which position Democrats will take on a wide variety of seemingly unrelated issues.

For instance, two unrelated issues: home mortgages and oil. On the surface these two issues have nothing in common, yet if you examine the results of policies Democrats favored and implemented, you will see that those policies have three things in common: they both failed, it was knowable in advance that they would fail and their failure was devastating to America.

It will surely not be long before Liberals forget how hateful they were towards President Bush.  So we will put this article here to remind them.  This documents the vicious liberal hatred expressed towards George W. Bush for most of his presidency.  This article is typical of liberal sentiments expressed towards George W. Bush during most of his presidency. 

Goodbye and Good Riddance
Paul Waldman | November 11, 2008 |
The American Prospect
    
After eight years of President Bush, we almost don't know how to function without him -- almost. But before we move on, we should pause to remember just what we're leaving behind.
   
Just over two years into George W. Bush’s presidency, The American Prospect featured Bush on its cover under the headline, "The Most Dangerous President Ever." At the time, some probably thought it a bit over the top. But nearly six years later, it's worth taking a moment to reflect on the multifaceted burden that will soon be lifted from our collective shoulders.

Since last week, I have stopped short and shaken my head in amazement every time I have heard the words "President-elect Obama." But it is equally extraordinary to consider that in just a few weeks, George W. Bush will no longer be our president. Let me repeat that: In just a few weeks, George W. Bush will no longer be our president. So though our long national ordeal isn't quite over, it's never too early to say goodbye.

President-elect Barack Obama's choice of Rep. Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff drew fire Thursday from Republicans, and a few Democrats, who noted that a candidate elected on a call for change had turned to a veteran partisan pugilist for his first appointment. Rep. Rahm Emanuel's selection as chief of staff for Barack Obama drew criticism by Republicans and some Democrats.

The Obama transition team also announced Thursday, in a joint statement with the White House, that Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, will meet President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush on Monday afternoon at the White House.

"No matter how we cast our ballots, this election gives us all reason to be proud of our democracy and our country," Mr. Bush said to White House employees.

Mr. Obama also talked by phone with leaders of nine countries, including French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

But the first major task of the emerging administration was settling on a staff chief. Mr. Emanuel hinted at the difficult decision in his acceptance statement. In taking the job, the Illinois Democrat has left behind a career in Congress that began just six years ago but included engineering the Democratic takeover of the House in 2006 and rapidly ascending the ranks of leadership.

"I'm leaving a job I love to join your White House for one simple reason -- like the record amount of voters who cast their ballot over the last month, I want to do everything I can to help deliver the change America needs," he said. Mr. Emanuel, an Obama friend from Chicago's insular political world, brings to the post a hard-charging, sometimes profane voice that contrasts sharply with Mr. Obama's unflappable demeanor. He spent much of the Clinton administration inside the White House political office, shaping message and policy with a keen eye on its electoral impact. His legislative attention was focused on tax and health-care issues. But he angered some Latino organizations by steering the House away from a fight over an immigration-law overhaul.

Stanley Kurtz - Sept. 29, 2008

What exactly does a "community organizer" do? Barack Obama's rise has left many Americans asking themselves that question. Here's a big part of the answer: Community organizers intimidate banks into making high-risk loans to customers with poor credit.

In the name of fairness to minorities, community organizers occupy private offices, chant inside bank lobbies, and confront executives at their homes - and thereby force financial institutions to direct hundreds of millions of dollars in mortgages to low-credit customers.

In other words, community organizers help to undermine the US economy by pushing the banking system into a sinkhole of bad loans. And Obama has spent years training and funding the organizers who do it.

The seeds of today's financial meltdown lie in the Community Reinvestment Act - a law passed in 1977 and made riskier by unwise amendments and regulatory rulings in later decades.

CRA was meant to encourage banks to make loans to high-risk borrowers, often minorities living in unstable neighborhoods. That has provided an opening to radical groups like ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) to abuse the law by forcing banks to make hundreds of millions of dollars in "subprime" loans to often uncreditworthy poor and minority customers.

Any bank that wants to expand or merge with another has to show it has complied with CRA - and approval can be held up by complaints filed by groups like ACORN.

In fact, intimidation tactics, public charges of racism and threats to use CRA to block business expansion have enabled ACORN to extract hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and contributions from America's financial institutions.