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A 180 degree difference from what they say and what they do has become standard-operating-procedure at the Obama White House.  Take government regulation, for example.   In the middle of the deepest and longest sustained economic downturn since the Great Depression, the Obama Administration cranked out new regulation faster than Oscar Meyer makes hot dogs.  

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By MG Paul E. Vallely, US Army (Ret.), Contributing Editor   

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Rapidly rising gas prices at the pump have turned up the heat on Barack Obama.  Interestingly, the Administration that just three years ago said it was committed to policies that would cause energy prices to “skyrocket” and get our gas prices “to the levels in Europe,” now says there isn’t much they can do about rising costs to consumers. 

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Whether you agree with a President or not, any administration should at least be consistent and predictable.   

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If you had any lingering doubts about the Obama Administration’s lack of respect for the Constitution or for the sovereignty of the United States of America just watch this 7 minute exchange between Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta that occurred yesterday before the Senate Armed Services Committee. 

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The Congressional Budget Office says that the government provided $24 billion of tax credits and direct subsidies to the energy industry in 2011.   Here’s how it was divided up: 

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Back in February, 2009 Barack Obama said, “today I’m pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.”  Not only has he not delivered on his pledge, the deficit is still headed in the wrong direction.
 

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An axiom of economics is “if you want more of something, subsidize it; if you want less, tax it.”  As near as I can tell, that pretty much sums up Barack Obama’s upside-down energy policy.  He wants to punish the hydrocarbon industry that supplies 85% of our energy needs, while throwing billions at green technology ideas like bankrupt Solyndra and the newly unplugged Chevy Volt.  But, exactly why he wants to inflict more pain on every single American along the way, particularly at a time when so very many are struggling is beyond me.  The dots simply don’t connect.
 

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