American Construction Workers Need Not Apply

That's what the Obama administration and the liberal socialists are effectively saying. When they passed the spending wish-list (stimulus) bill, they sidestepped including E-Verify, a Department of Homeland Security program that allows employers to check social security numbers.

USA Today reports that up to an estimated 300,000 stimulus infrastructure jobs might go to illegal alien construction workers.

Does it get any more abysmally stupid than this? I don't think so. Recall when I blogged about Obama economic adviser Robert Reich saying that none of these jobs should go to educated white male construction workers?

I wasn't joking.

Talk about liberal bloviating. Not only that; it's a sexist, racist, bigoted policy. And I thought the Dems were supposed to be the "inclusive" party.

This is called vote buying, folks. How, you ask? Simple; and you heard it here first: this administration will find a way to allow them to vote in your elections.

It will likely begin with driver's licenses or some other kind of provisional paperwork.

The administration needs to get its head out of the sand. Encouraging these workers by leaving the borders wide open and allowing lawsuits against American landowners on the border who are trying to protect their home's and property ushers in other problems.

Obama's open border pandering policy is also letting in the gangs and drug cartels. The Houston Chronicle reports at least five drug cartel cells operating in Houston already. Barak, Chicago is not that far north. Yo, comrade.

Will Obama Administration Nationalize Banks?

That's the question being bandied about not only in the financial sector, but around kitchen counters and in diners across the nation. The Obama administration is trying to quell this speculation.

They trotted out Robert Gibbs, White House press secretary, who said, "This administration continues to strongly believe that a privately held banking system is the correct way to go, ensuring they are regulated sufficiently by this government."

It seems the keyword here is "believe". That's a relatively lukewarm term when citizens (at least conservatives and libertarians) would prefer to hear something more along the lines of "insist".



The two banks that are currently the most worrisome are Bank of America and Citigroup. The bottom line is if nationalization takes place, shareholders would likely be wiped out.

Is this any way to treat citizens? Hardly. When times were great, Wall Street institutions didn't mind slamming people with high credit interest rates. When times got bad because of lending irresponsibility, taxpayers had to bail them out. Some of the money went for lofty bonuses.

Where is the shame, where is the shame? President Obama needs to step up and show leadership and take these banks to task. That's some change I'd like to see.