With thanks to Verogolfer over at Michelle’s site for the title of this post, it appears that being a perspective employee of the Obama/Geithner Treasury Department is about as lonely as Nancy Pelosi and Sandra Bernhardt were on Prom Night. Although, without the pig’s blood and Steven King influence.

For what, the fourth time in a month, someone nominated to a prominent Treasury Department post has withdrawn their name. Seeing that cheating on taxes is a-OK and a resume enhancement at Treasury, this guy must have been drowning kittens and puppies on the side and did not want it to come out.

And here we go again…(Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin via The Washington Post)

H. Rodgin Cohen, chairman of the New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, has withdrawn his name from consideration for deputy Treasury secretary, becoming the fourth pick for a prominent Treasury Department post to pull out in recent weeks.

A prominent attorney who has advised many of the top Wall Street firms, Cohen dropped out after the White House found an issue during his vetting process, two sources familiar with the matter said. The sources declined to identify the reason. Cohen did not respond to messages seeking comment.

Though the Treasury is filling its lower-level positions, the thin ranks on the senior levels are taking a toll on the department’s ability to deal with a financial crisis that continues to deepen in scope and complexity, government and industry officials say.

Gus O’Donnell, Cabinet Secretary for the British government, was quoted this week in British news reports saying it has been “unbelievably difficult” to talk to people at the U.S. Treasury: “There is nobody there.”

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said Wednesday during a briefing with reporters that he was “a little surprised” when told of the comments. He added that he has been working closely with British officials and had not heard of any communication problems.

I assume that Geithner has now hired Kelly Girls to answer his phones, since no one else seems to want to step foot into that building.

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Revolutionary talk is in the air. You can see it, hear it and most of all, feel it. Even as the Democratic Party State Television Networks (this is the MSM for those of you in Berkley) continue to pretend it does not exist.

Between the explosion of Tea Parties that have popped up like desert flowers after a Spring shower (Michelle Malkin has all of the updated links here) and now some very surprising, though very welcome words coming the Texas Legislature, I would hope (and think) that a LOT of politicians on both sides of the aisle are starting to really quake in their boots. To quote Adm. Yamoto after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, “We have awakened a sleeping giant.”

From TractionControl.com from the Texas Governor’s Conference Call:

This is not a transcript, but I do believe it communicates the tone of our Texas Conservative Leadership.

We. Are. Pissed.

“Our first response was to tell the Federal Government to keep their money and leave Texas the hell alone … but the reality is that the money is not theirs, it’s OURS. Texas is a donor state – paying more into the Federal Funding systems than we receive. If Texas were to refuse the $16 Billion of the stimulus the money would still be spent – just in other states.” [- attributed to several - Ed.].

The question, as Rep. Linda Harper Brown phrased it is, “How to determine the true cost to Texas?” – Down the road, when the strings attached are pulled. We have to do a cost benefit to see what can be accepted and what (like the unemployment relief and associated obligations) should be refused.

Later in the article, there is some yummy, red meat.

Rep. Wayne Christian actually went where I never thought a Government Rep. would go. He said there were three options.
One is Revolution;
Two is Insurrection; and
Three is Self-Rule – with Self-Rule being working within the system, participating in the Politics, opposing wrongs and standing for the right principles.

Hopefully, the speed and magnitude of this stimulus – coupled with the lack of real choice from the payors (taxpayers) and the payees (States) has not rendered option three moot.

I’ve always liked the independent streak that Texas has always had. (Just a shame most of them are Cowboys fans) It is something that is long overdue to be tapped into once again, if this country is to escape the 100 Year Marxist Plan that has been festering in the U.S. since the Wilson Administration. Maybe if Obama does one thing, it will be to help bring down the crumbling wall of Socialism due to his radical overreaching, ala the Berlin Wall and relegate the Democrat party and it’s appendages to the ash heap of history.

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You know how a teenager will say, probably after their first day of real work, that they are “overwhelmed” and did “not expect to work so much”. Well, those kids can hang their hats on the President, since he too is “overwhelmed”. I am sure that, well gosh, this being President thing is like, you know, really hard.

You know, things such as pulling off a simple state dinner or simply avoiding giving a present to a head of state whose cheapness in price would mortify Fred Mertz. In other words, class. Something that these ghetto thugs have in zero supply.

From Ace of Spades (via Hot Air)

Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been “overwhelmed” by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest.

British officials, meanwhile, admit that the White House and US State Department staff were utterly bemused by complaints that the Prime Minister should have been granted full-blown press conference and a formal dinner, as has been customary. They concede that Obama aides seemed unfamiliar with the expectations that surround a major visit by a British prime minister.

But Washington figures with access to Mr Obama’s inner circle explained the slight by saying that those high up in the administration have had little time to deal with international matters, let alone the diplomatic niceties of the special relationship.

Not getting enough rest, eh? Well, maybe if he would stop partying every night and filling his gut with wagyu steak and argulua, he might sleep better and be a little more productive. Time for Obama to be put on the standard Employee 90 day Probationary Period.

As for our Brit allies, well, I hope they can see that this guy and his Moron Brigade are an abberation in U.S. Presidential history and keep that stiff upper that they are so famous for.

Maybe next time Election Day rolls around, people will not elect a person to the White House who less work experience than Trig Palin.

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Well, sometimes things even catch up to Tin-Plated Dictators with Delusions of Godhood. Especially when he is partying like it is 1797 in France while cube steak is making a comeback faster than Elvis sideburns.

While Obama and his cadre of bottom-feeders continue to party hearty on the American taxpayer’s dime, his polling numbers are sinking at about the same rate the stock market he keeps talking down is.

From Rasmussen Reports:

Sunday, March 08, 2009

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 39% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-one percent (31%) Strongly Disapprove to give Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of +8

It continues…

Voters are evenly divided in their reaction to President Obama’s proposed budget. However, 75% are concerned that it will lead to too much government spending. Review other key polls from the past week to see “What They Told Us.”

The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. It is updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update). Updates also available on Twitter.

Overall, 56% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance so far while 43% disapprove. For more measures, see Obama By the Numbers.

Investor confidence has fallen to a new all-time low as expectations of future economic performance continue to decline.

A better look at the numbers:

Note the disapproval rating doubling in just over a month. Even a Messiah has to get a little worried when his menu that consists of things that real Americans have never even heard of (e.g. wagyu steak and argulua) starts to help tank his precious poll numbers.

As for integrity, would you buy a house from this guy? Hell, even a car or TV? The man is a Typhoid Mary when it comes to anything of economic gain. And it looks like even some of the drones are setting to get it.

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Sorry that I have not been around to post at all the past week, but I was hit with the worst flu I have had in 15 years starting last weekend and was basically bed-ridden all week. I still feel like I have been hit by a Mack Truck, but think I can muster up a post.

And speaking of the flu, one of the best things to help in treating those coughing lungs, stuffy noses and overall feverish and achy feelings, is tea. God’s natural, liquid medicine…

And thanks to the great people at Portsmouth Tea Company, they are going to help Tax Day Tea Partiers celebrate in style by donating 70lbs of their tea to Tax Day Tea Party protests. (Hat Tip – Michelle Malkin – as always it seems

More at U.S. News & World Report. (Lord, are they still around? I have not read them in 25 years)

A great comment left there…

Ms. Marquandt’s characterization of people who are against legalized plunder by the government as “anti-stimulus” is simply anti-factual. If she’s referring to people being against a massive, pork-laden indebting of our grandchildren, she can hardly be referring to a “stimulus”, can she? Given the stock market’s response?

The scope of the industrial nationalizations, the kneecapping of the productive class, the sanctification of the responsibility-free, and the spectacular lack of ethics of the administration’s nominees—well, what more can one say? The Obamas are simply cocktail-partying and conga-lining while America burns. And throwing in a good dis’ of our old pals the Brits while they’re at it. I’m in awe.

Now, I think I will go take two more aspirin, lie down and try to get some zzzz’s. And at least I lost 8lbs in 4 days. That part I can live with.

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