Knowing that the nation's schools are doing so poorly teaching basic math skills to our children; and assuming that parents, being the ultra-responsible lot that you are, will try to fill in the gaps with some home schooling --- I thought it might be useful to present you with some numbers you might want to use in your remedial education efforts. The added bonus here is that you can also use these numbers to reinforce in your children that President Barack Obama really is, as has been written, "sort of" a God and is clearly succeeding in his quest to lead America to a golden new economic age.

30,383 That's the number of jobs the Obama Administration claimed to have "saved or created" in a statement last Thursday. The trouble is, there is no clearly defined way to determine jobs "saved or created." You can pretty much choose any number and run with it. The New York Post tells us that the tab comes out to $71,500 per saved-or-created job. Ask you child what they think might happen if small businesses had this money through tax cuts to use to expand and grow their businesses.

48,000,000 Since we're speaking of jobs, that's the approximate number of people employed by America's small businesses - specifically the ones that employ between 1 and 49 people. Medium-sized businesses employing 50 to 499 workers count for another 42,000,000 jobs. What about large businesses that employ over 500 people? Try 17,000,000. Surprising, isn't it? Now while you're working through these numbers with your kids be sure to tell them that the vast majority of these small and medium-sized businesses report their business income on their owner's personal tax return. These business owners, then, will be the ones hit when Barack Obama gets his tax increases on people earning over $250,000 a year. They employ most of our workers, and they're going to take the tax hit. Ask your child how they think this is going to work out! If you work for one of these small businesses you may want to give that some thought yourself.

$2,300,000 That's the amount of borrowed stimulus money that was sent to beauty schools in the Tampa, Florida area to train hairdressers, masseuses and nail technicians. People who are already licensed to do hair, nails and give massages in the Tampa area are looking for work. There will be no jobs waiting for the students who use this money to get their "beauty" licenses. The Florida Cosmetology Association says only 1% to 2% of beauty school grads will be working in that field five years after graduation. Use these numbers to try to convince your child that there are better things for them to train for than cutting hair, polishing nails and giving massages in Tampa.

61.4% Percentages are fun! It's bonus time when you can use percentages to teach your children about the perils of debt. At the end of 1999, as we were moving into the last year of the Clinton Administration, the amount of money our government owed was 61.4% of our GDP; the total value of all goods and services produced in this country during that year. By the time George Bush was through that figure had gone up by 8.8 percentage points to 70.2%. Not good. But ... by the time Barack Obama gets his first year all wrapped up that figure will have risen another 20.2 percentage points to 90.4%! We're on a roll! And here's your final fun percentage figure: In 2011 that figure will reach the magic 100%. At that point we owe more than the total value of our economy. That has to be the definition of something! Bankruptcy? Oh ... and we're not even talking unfunded liabilities here.

Finally ...

9% That's an unemployment figure. That's how high Barack Obama said our unemployment figure would go if we did not quickly pass his super-effective stimulus plan earlier this year.

7.9% That's how high Obama said unemployment would rise if we would just give him over $750 billion dollars to stimulate our economy. We did; and ....

9.8% That's our latest unemployment figure. Looks like the stimulus worked! The figure includes hairdressers, nail techs and massage therapists - in case you're wondering.

#1 As in Rule No. 1. Elections have consequences.

I'm serious. You'd better be careful out there - we have a bunch of racists running around. Why do I say that? Because new polling from CNN/Opinion Research Corporation shows that 51% of Americans disagree with Obama on the issues that matter most to them. Now we know that The Community Organizer is so wise, so pure, so all-knowing; and he cares so much for each and every one of us ... even us crackers ... that there could be only one reason to oppose anything this wonderful man wants to do, and that is because we're racists! We just can't handle the idea of a black man in the White House - and we were fooled! We only found out he was black after we elected him! That's the only possible reason you could ever disagree with The Community Organizer on the issues that matter most to you. Not because you used your brain and an ounce of common sense to realize that things still aren't looking too good out there.

Yesterday I tried to explain how Obama and the Democrats were scamming their way into making you believe that they healthcare plans could be deficit neutral. Looks like National Review has discovered yet another scam in the Baucus bill -- raid Social Security. Andrew Biggs explains:

But the CBO analysis actually leads to a very different conclusion: that in a classic "raid" on Social Security, Baucus's ostensible fiscal responsibility depends on raising Social Security taxes today to paper over new health spending, ignoring that those increased Social Security taxes imply higher benefit costs down the road.

CBO breaks down the Baucus plan's budgetary effects into those occurring "on budget" (where the substantive policy changes are) and those "off budget" (meaning through the Social Security program). The Baucus plan's on-budget provisions would reduce the ten-year budget deficit by a tiny $1 billion and in 2019 would increase borrowing by $6 billion. In the real world, where entitlement costs rise faster than projected and Congress fails to implement promised cuts to Medicare spending, the Baucus plan will doubtless generate significant deficits.

Meanwhile, the Baucus plan's fiscal skullduggery takes place off-budget. Social Security revenues would increase by $80 billion over ten years, with an $18 billon increase in 2019 alone. Around 3 million individuals would leave employer-sponsored health coverage -- which is exempt from taxes -- to purchase insurance through a subsidized "exchange." Leaving employer-sponsored coverage would raise workers' taxable wages and thereby boost Social Security revenues. Millions more would trade a portion of their insurance benefits for higher wages to avoid a new tax on high-cost policies. By skimming the new Social Security taxes, the Baucus plan appears to significantly cut the deficit when, in truth, it balances only by the skin of its teeth.

Now all of this is pretty complicated .. I know. This means that most Americans won't catch on to what the Democrats are pulling. Know this ... there has NEVER been a big entitlement program that did not cost AT LEAST twice as much as the political class said it would cost when they pawned it off on the American people. This is as it shall be with ObamaCare. It is going to bankrupt this country. These jerks in Washington don't care, though. They can always tax the rich, can't they?

Ron Bloom. Ever heard the name? He is Obama's manufacturing czar. Last year, Bloom gave a speech to some union members in New York. He apparently was giving a speech on the union role in bankruptcy and restructuring of the auto industry. Here's what the guy had to say:

"Generally speaking, we get the joke. We know that the free market is nonsense. We know that the whole point is to game the system ... we know that this is largely about power. That this is an adults only, no limit game. We kind of agree with Mao that political power comes largely from the barrel of a gun. And we get it that if you want a friend you should get a dog."

Can you believe this? This character is The Community Organizer's manufacturing czar! Manufacturing is part of the private sector! It is at the core of our free market economy! And this moonbat is saying that the "free market is nonsense?" He believes that the whole point of free enterprise is to "game the system?"

Let's do a little recap here:

1. Obama writes of his gravitation toward Communist student groups and Marxist professors in college.
2. Obama appoints an avowed Communist to be his green jobs czar.
3. Obama's communications director sings the praises of Mao
4. Now we have Obama's manufacturing Czar citing Mao and calling the free market "nonsense."

What am I missing here?

I don't think I'm missing anything at all. I believe we have a president who feels great animosity toward the free markets and everything-not-government.

I think if the American voters ... and this includes black voters who voted for this menace simply because of skin pigmentation ... need to freaking wake up or this country is royally screwed.

That comes straight from the Obama administration - equal rights for black voters cannot be achieved without the Democrat Party.

Here's the scenario. Voters in Kinston, North Carolina decided that they wanted to get rid of party affiliations for candidates in local elections ... positions like City Council and Mayor. Then along comes Barack Obama's Justice Department. The imperial federal government swoops in to save a small town from its own sovereign ignorance! The Justice Department overruled the voters, decided that partisan were needed in this town so that black voters can get their candidates elected. In this case, black "candidates of choice" were identified by the Justice Department as Democrats. Apparently the Justice Department believes that white voters will only vote for black candidates if they are Democrats. So you get rid of the party affiliations and all of the sudden this is a violation of black voters' right to elect candidates they want!

Bear in mind that this is the same Justice Department that dropped the case against the Black Panthers who were intimidating voters at a voting precinct in Pennsylvania during the election.

Sadly, this is a legitimate question to ask. The Democrat plans to take over 18% of our economy (under the guise of healthcare reform) is well underway ..... but in order to get this thing passed, Democrats are not beyond bribery. Essentially, yes, that is what we are seeing. Democrats in Washington are including perks or exemptions for certain states in order to gain Senate votes from those states.

You want some examples?

Nevada would get help from the federal government with its Medicaid bills. Isn't that special? However, the same does not go for every state. Hmm wonder why. Could it be that Harry Reid is from Nevada, and he sure pulls his weight around Congress.

Senior citizens in Florida and New York get additional Medicare benefits! Aren't they lucky? Too bad if you decided to retire in Minnesota. Or Wisconsin. No extra benefits for you.

And it's not just states, folks. Some professions are being singled out. Like firefighting and construction ... these "high-risk professions" will be getting a tax break on a new insurance tax that the Democrats want to pass. Soon, teaching government schools will be a "high-risk" profession .... or being a Senator!

Are you seeing what is happening here, folks? This healthcare reform is nothing but a scam to make more Americans dependent on government. It is nothing more than a scam to give the government control of more of our economy. And the way the Democrats will achieve this scam is to offer perks and benefits and exemptions and pork until they get the votes they need.

Your random bit of the day. Aren't you glad I didn't post another exercise video?

The Heritage Foundation explains that Obama's plan to give Social Security recipients $250 "starts the process of converting the program from an earned benefit funded by a worker's own contributions to a welfare program."

Obama is being criticized for delaying any troop decision in Afghanistan. The response from the Democrats? Republicans didn't care about Afghanistan for seven years!

Joe Biden is heading to Eastern Europe to try and assure our allies there that we will protect them from Russian bullying.

Joe Biden also believes that Arlen Specter saved our nation from depression by voting for the economic stimulus bill back in February.

Senate Democrats want to address the nation's rising debt ... whether the White House or House like it or not.

The governor of the Bank of England wants to break-up the banks in order to prevent them from becoming "too big to fail."

This columnist believes that Obama's biggest flaw is that he is too perfect.

In a few weeks, Obama is expected to sign the UN Climate Change Treaty ... which Lord Monckton says would eviscerates US sovereignty.

Obama wants small banks to have access to the government' financial rescue fund, in order to provide credit to small businesses.

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has decided that all non-union government workers will be forced to take nearly five working weeks of unpaid leave next year to save the city money.

Car dealers are saying that the cash for clunkers program has made it hard to find cheap, used vehicles.

MoveOn.org is demanding that Democrats stay off of Fox News.

How's this for asinine. The United Nations says that counterterrorism measures "risk unduly penalizing transgender persons." Are you freakin' kidding me?

Stop the presses ... Oprah is going to sit down with Sarah Palin.

Soon we are going to have to lock up journalists in museums and display cases!

Bill Caudle is in the Army now...to pay for his wife's cancer treatments.

Huffington Post offers 10 examples of what they think is bias in the news programming on Fox News Channel.