Detroit ” In the latest stop on his “Recovery Summer” tour, rock star President Barack Obama landed in Holland, Michigan, on Thursday, insulted its congressman, handed American stimulus dollars to a Korean corporation, and proclaimed Obamanomics a success even as Michigan has lost 94,000 jobs since his Recovery Act was enacted.<\/p>\n
All in all, another day in the life of an increasingly unpopular president who seems to be living in an alternative universe.<\/p>\n
That universe insists that government is the source of jobs, and so Obama was in Western Michigan to declare another victory in Washington’s mission to create a new green economy.<\/p>\n
But the green economy looks like a lot of green for the well-connected. The president handed $150 million in stimulus money over to Korean CEO Peter Bahnsuk Kim of LG Chem. LG Chem is an $11 billion Korean conglomerate that hardly seems a candidate for the American Recovery Act. No wonder the program is so unpopular. . . .<\/p>\n