OPINION: Obama visits Dallas, Eastfield College to raise money, tout jobs bill

The main reason President Obama came to Dallas Tuesday was to raise money for the  Obama Victory Fund 2012 at two luncheon events. The Obama campaign goal is to raise $1 billion for the 2012 presidential race.

The first luncheon was scheduled for late Tuesday morning at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Dallas. General admission tickets ran $500 per person, VIP tickets, at $2,500, included preferred seating for two. Host tickets are $10,000,  included preferred seating for two and a photo reception for two. Obama was scheduled to arrive at Love Field at 11: 20 a.m. and deliver his remarks at 12:25 p.m. at the fundraising luncheon.

Campaign contributors were offered a credit card option to pay for the luncheon tickets and to make campaign contributions, if unable to attend. According to the 2012 barackobama.com website, "The first $5,000 of a contribution to OVF 2012 will be allocated to Obama for America (with the first $2,500 designated for the primary election, and the next $2,500 for the general). The next $30,800 of a contribution will be allocated to the Democratic National Committee. A contributor may designate a contribution for a particular participant. This allocation formula may change if following it would result in an excessive contribution."

Details of the second fund-raising event (believed to have a much higher price point) were not disclosed to the public except that Obama will deliver his remarks to these campaign contributors about 1p.m. in the Sheraton Hotel.

The secondary reason Obama was in Dallas is to demand passage for his the American Jobs Act, (also known as … "son of stimulus.")

Last week, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) admitted in an interview on Chicago's WLS radio station that the Democratic Party does not have enough votes in the Senate to pass Obama's proposed jobs bill.

Given the Republican Party's opposition in both the House and Senate to massive tax and spending increases, the likelihood of Obama's proposed job bill passing is close to zero. The U.S. economy is on the brink of another recession with economic growth rates close to zero and unemployment rates exceeding 9 percent and Obama wants to increase the taxes of business owners who create jobs.

Obama's proposal would result in more government spending, more taxes, more deficits, more unemployment and a higher national debt. Few politicians of either political party who are up for re-election in 2012 will vote for Obama's so-called jobs bill. Texans are saying to Obama: no thanks. Obama's jobs bill will be lucky to avoid the same fate as his massively unbalanced $3.7 trillion fiscal year 2012 budget proposal submitted to Congress in February. That proposal was voted down in the Senate last May by a 0 to 97 votes tally, a truly bipartisan unanimous rejection.

The president was scheduled to visit Eastfield College, part of the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD), and tour the Children's Laboratory School on the campus at 2:35 p.m. Obama will deliver remarks at 2:55 p.m. to students, faculty and guests in the Eastfeld College's gym urging Congress to pass his American Jobs Act .

Eastfield is located in Mesquite, which is in the 5th Congressional district of Republican Congressman Jeb Hensarling. The Congressman is co-chair of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, also known as the Super Committee or Super Congress. This committee must issue a recommendation by Nov. 23 to reduce the deficit by at least $1.5 trillion over a 10-year period.

Obama advocates alternative and sustainable energy sources such as more solar panel and wind turbine electrical power generation for the U.S. What is alternative/sustainable energy? It is the process of converting radiation from the sun, wind currents, and other alternative methods to produce electricity.

Eastfield College has a program to train students as technicians needed in every area of alternative/sustainable energy. Students enrolled in the  program can earn a Renewable/Sustainable Energy Technician Associate in Applied Sciences Degree for a broad foundation in understanding renewable and sustainable energy sources. There is also a two semester, 35-credit hour certificate program to learn how to install residential and commercial solar or turbine devices.

In 2009, U.S. electrical power industry generation consisted of 44.5 percent coal, 23.3 percent natural gas, 20.2 percent nuclear, 6.8 percent hydroelectric, 1 percent petroleum, 3.6 percent other renewal such as wind turbine and solar and other minor sources, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The reason less than 4 percent of electrical power in the U.S. is produced by solar panels and wind turbines is their cost of generating electrical power is between three to 10 times more expensive than coal and natural gas, which produces over two-thirds of all U.S. electrical power.