Cross-posted at AustinHess.com and UncommonSenseBlog.com

by Austin Hess…

I am continually amazed (though not surprised) by Obama’s war on business. Considering that his own job security depends largely on the unemployment rate, you would think that he’d be a bit friendlier toward people who, you know, create jobs. But, what can you expect from an effete pseudo-intellectual liberal who grew up in an academic bubble (having everything handed to him) without any experience in the real world of the private sector? I am ever more increasingly convinced that the only way the unemployed are going to get new jobs is for Obama to lose his.

He can’t seem to open his mouth without putting someone out of work. His ludicrous class warfare rhetoric alienates even some of his would-be supporters. Remember his demagoguery of business people (mainly from bailed out companies that should never have been bailed out in the first place) having conventions in Las Vegas? That severely hurt the Las Vegas economy (I wonder how many poor cocktail waitresses lost their jobs) and led otherwise Democrat-supporting casino magnate Steve Wynn to call him a socialist.

Obama would do well to heed the advice of one of America’s most underrated Presidents, Calvin Coolidge:

The words of a President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately.

I’m not going to hold my breath on that one, though.

One of the latest examples was Obama’s disparagement of corporate jet owners in his demagoguery of Republican “intransigence” in refusing to raise taxes as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling, etc. (which they didn’t want to do in the first place). Let’s set aside the fact that the tax breaks regarding the depreciation of corporate jets were part of Obama’s “stimulus' package (again revealing him to be a hypocrite,,. or maybe he just didn’t read his signature economic "achievement”). Even reliable Obama shill Warren Buffet, who “patriotically” implores Obama to raise his taxes (someone tell him he can go tax himself by writing a check to the treasury and leaving everyone else alone), couldn’t stomach that crap.

I was amused recently to hear a Vice President of Hawker Beechcraft (an aircraft manufacturer where my dad works) on Laura Ingraham’s radio show, joining the growing chorus of business leaders decrying Obama’s war on business. Laura pointed out that the revenue generated by closing the tax loophole for corporate jets over the course of something like a few thousand years would not cover the deficit for this year alone (again, pointing out the ridiculous nature of Obama’s “tax the rich” agenda). Of course, what do facts matter when you can score political points and further depress another business in a down economy?

The latest development regarding Obama and Hawker Beechcraft is an impending decision on awarding a Defense contract for Light Air Support and Light Attack and Armed Reconnaissance aircraft. The choice is between the American-made Hawker Beechcraft AT-6 and the Brazilian-made Embraer EMB-314. Both are similarly priced, but by all accounts the AT-6 is the higher performing aircraft.

For an administration that claims to be concerned about “saving and/or creating” American jobs, the choice of the AT-6 (which will support around 1400 American jobs) would seem to be obvious. However, despite Obama and his party’s continual bitching about the outsourcing of American jobs (their anti-growth policies couldn’t have anything to do with it), that appears to be Obama’s inclination in this case. But that’s not the most compelling reason for me to support the choice of an American company to support American national security needs.

Embraer is partially controlled by Brazil’s socialist government, and the company’s bylaws give the Brazilian government control over aspects of the business that could impact its ability to meet the mission needs for the aircraft. I think it is logical to trust the production of American military aircraft to an American company that has been manufacturing aircraft for the military since World War 2 rather than a company controlled by a government that is increasingly unfriendly toward the United States and whose President blamed the current (capitalist) economic crisis on “white people with blue eyes” (how did he know it was all part of my grand scheme to make sure Obama is a one term President?!!!!11!).

It is bewildering to me that this is even an issue, but Obama seems to have some bizarre affinity for the Brazilian economy (more so than the American economy). After all, this is the same President that opposes any form of domestic oil drilling, but strongly encourages it in Brazil (lol, does he only care if oil spills affect WHITE people? How RAAAAAACIST!!!!1!).

Thankfully, though, this is not a done deal. If you are so inclined, you can read more about it at the AT-6 website, and contact your legislators and the DoD about the issue. Here in MA, I doubt that Kerry will do anything but blindly do anything Obama wants him to do, but there is some hope for Scott Brown.