Mr. President you have a problem. You are a spending addict.
While reading the accounts of how you stormed out of the debt limit meetings last night, I realized you have yet to accept your addiction. The question you should be asking yourself is not "How do I get conservatives in the house to go along with raising the debt ceiling?" it should be "How can we reduce spending and LOWER the debt ceiling?" Just one more fix is all you feel you are seeking. A temporary high to continue your personal feel-good-money-give-away to your political donors. You have already had your orgy of spending with your trillion dollar stimulus spending. You promised that THAT fix would make everything better. In your spending high you promised that this one massive infusion of our tax dollars would insure unemployment would top at 8% then recede. It has been over 9% ever since. You now want to tax the working people, but are so blinded by your addiction to see that people AREN'T working. And those who are, are struggling with lower wages and higher costs. You wouldn't see that from your private golf course, presidential plane and historic number of presidential vacation trips to post resorts. For you, the party of the presidency must continue. These gilded trappings seem to make you forget that you were vehemently against raising the debt ceiling in your partial term in the senate. You forget a lot about what you claimed to stand for as a candidate for President. As with every addict, the addiction now calls the shots. Unemployment, inflation and economic growth will all get better if you can just have more to spend. Well it won't Mr. President. And until you admit and learn to control your addiction, our nation's recovery will not happen. And THAT is what will end your presidency.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Bin Laden is Dead! What Next?
Before we continue our back-slapping, flag waving and dancing in the streets over the killing of Bin Laden, we must take a deep breath and look at the long-range picture. What we do now will have implications for our future.
Recall the anger we felt when we saw the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks laughing about the success of their plan. This short footage was shown over and over to remind us who was responsible for the murders of thousands. We vowed to be vigilant in our pursuit of those responsible. And that footage gave us proof of who we were after. The people who celebrated, along with Muslim extremists in the streets of Arab countries who burned our flag and praised the terrorist acts, gave us pause to question the perception of our nation and our countrymen in foreign lands. We wondered why they hate us so.
Perception is key to our future in the war on terror. Will this be perceived as the justice it is? Or will it be seen as just another volley in "an eye for an eye"?
I was a bit dismayed at the over-jubilance of some of the network media who reported the killing of Bin Laden. Some of them could barely contain themselves over the joy of this man's death. When one of the major networks showed a retrospective of Bin Laden's life, I thought the only thing missing was the sad music and tributes from Bin Laden's family and friends. I don't know why I should expect any caution from the media these days, they always report first then verify and justify at some later date. As revelers gathered outside of the White House to chant "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" and "Na na, hey hey, goodbye." I could only think of that post 9/11 footage of the masterminds. How will this be perceived in the Arab world? Only time will tell.
While we are relieved that the most hated enemy of the United States is dead, we must remember that he has followers. And that he has recruited members by portraying us as western oppressors of Islamic culture. Celebrating Bin Laden's killing will only add to his followers creation of his martyrdom. The legend of Bin Laden will grow if we elevate his death to that of the end of a fighting warrior. The reality that he was born to privilege and died living in the same manner will be washed over by our need to claim this as a great victory. The weakened terrorist, who saw his deputies caught and his followers dwindle, MUST NOT now be given a greater status by receiving weeks of media coverage and self congratulations by U.S. leaders. We stepped on a dying cockroach, scraped him off our shoe and tossed him in the toilet. Now back to finding his followers.
News has filtered out this morning that Bin Laden was located by using information collected from inmates at the Guantanamo prison. THIS is why we must never close GITMO; RESULTS! Let the tribunals begin.
Recall the anger we felt when we saw the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks laughing about the success of their plan. This short footage was shown over and over to remind us who was responsible for the murders of thousands. We vowed to be vigilant in our pursuit of those responsible. And that footage gave us proof of who we were after. The people who celebrated, along with Muslim extremists in the streets of Arab countries who burned our flag and praised the terrorist acts, gave us pause to question the perception of our nation and our countrymen in foreign lands. We wondered why they hate us so.
Perception is key to our future in the war on terror. Will this be perceived as the justice it is? Or will it be seen as just another volley in "an eye for an eye"?
I was a bit dismayed at the over-jubilance of some of the network media who reported the killing of Bin Laden. Some of them could barely contain themselves over the joy of this man's death. When one of the major networks showed a retrospective of Bin Laden's life, I thought the only thing missing was the sad music and tributes from Bin Laden's family and friends. I don't know why I should expect any caution from the media these days, they always report first then verify and justify at some later date. As revelers gathered outside of the White House to chant "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" and "Na na, hey hey, goodbye." I could only think of that post 9/11 footage of the masterminds. How will this be perceived in the Arab world? Only time will tell.
While we are relieved that the most hated enemy of the United States is dead, we must remember that he has followers. And that he has recruited members by portraying us as western oppressors of Islamic culture. Celebrating Bin Laden's killing will only add to his followers creation of his martyrdom. The legend of Bin Laden will grow if we elevate his death to that of the end of a fighting warrior. The reality that he was born to privilege and died living in the same manner will be washed over by our need to claim this as a great victory. The weakened terrorist, who saw his deputies caught and his followers dwindle, MUST NOT now be given a greater status by receiving weeks of media coverage and self congratulations by U.S. leaders. We stepped on a dying cockroach, scraped him off our shoe and tossed him in the toilet. Now back to finding his followers.
News has filtered out this morning that Bin Laden was located by using information collected from inmates at the Guantanamo prison. THIS is why we must never close GITMO; RESULTS! Let the tribunals begin.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Where are the Anti-War Protesters?
Millions of dollars are being spent on bombs dropped on a country to aid revolutionary rebels. The President of the United States has formed a coalition and is calling it a "humanitarian mission" and an effort to "protect American interests". World leaders are debating what should be done about the dictatorial leader. One thing is missing. The young people who protested outside the White House in large, orchestrated numbers with signs reading "No Blood for Oil", "Impeach!" and "De-fund This War!" when President Bush was in charge. New War, new president.
I shouldn't be surprised they are no-shows. We haven't heard a peep out of them about closing down GITMO now that Obama has reneged on that campaign promise. Similarly, we never heard from the feminists who praised then Democrat first lady Hillary Clinton for calling for the world to take a stand against the Taliban in Afghanistan for their enslavement of women, when we toppled the Taliban under Republican President Bush.
Time will tell and the truth will out. And they have. The feminist movement doesn't represent women, it represents women of the Democrat party. Bill Maher's recent sexist comment about Sarah Palin outed them yet again. It wasn't until they had egg on their silent faces that they were forced to issue a cool response. And as for the organized anti-war protests? We their community organizer is a little busy filling his campaign chest, reading teleprompters, golfing and taking vacations. He no longer has time to organize the community.
I question the President's choice of labeling this issue as "humanitarian" when the genocide in Darfur continues. Oh wait, there are no American oil interests there. Where was the humanitarian relief for the protesters who took to the streets of Tehran? I suppose when you are the President of the United States you can pick and choose which lives are more important. It's only your ethics and credibility on the line. Much like the anti-war protesters, whose credibility and legitimacy have been sold to the Obama administration and the Democrat party.
Don't get me wrong, I support this military action in Libya. Just as I supported Iraq, Afghanistan and any other nation trying to transform from a tyrannical dictatorship to a true democracy. And I believe that protecting the interests of the world economies is vital to keeping the free market flowing.
The time and truth have outed President Obama and his activist followers as the opportunists and media whores they are. Using military actions to push their agenda's and to get their man in charge of the purse strings. I can't wait until the 2012 election, which seems to have started with the Presidents campaign commercial last night. Let the campaign begin. And lets see if Obama and the left can hide their true motives again. Fool us once...
I shouldn't be surprised they are no-shows. We haven't heard a peep out of them about closing down GITMO now that Obama has reneged on that campaign promise. Similarly, we never heard from the feminists who praised then Democrat first lady Hillary Clinton for calling for the world to take a stand against the Taliban in Afghanistan for their enslavement of women, when we toppled the Taliban under Republican President Bush.
Time will tell and the truth will out. And they have. The feminist movement doesn't represent women, it represents women of the Democrat party. Bill Maher's recent sexist comment about Sarah Palin outed them yet again. It wasn't until they had egg on their silent faces that they were forced to issue a cool response. And as for the organized anti-war protests? We their community organizer is a little busy filling his campaign chest, reading teleprompters, golfing and taking vacations. He no longer has time to organize the community.
I question the President's choice of labeling this issue as "humanitarian" when the genocide in Darfur continues. Oh wait, there are no American oil interests there. Where was the humanitarian relief for the protesters who took to the streets of Tehran? I suppose when you are the President of the United States you can pick and choose which lives are more important. It's only your ethics and credibility on the line. Much like the anti-war protesters, whose credibility and legitimacy have been sold to the Obama administration and the Democrat party.
Don't get me wrong, I support this military action in Libya. Just as I supported Iraq, Afghanistan and any other nation trying to transform from a tyrannical dictatorship to a true democracy. And I believe that protecting the interests of the world economies is vital to keeping the free market flowing.
The time and truth have outed President Obama and his activist followers as the opportunists and media whores they are. Using military actions to push their agenda's and to get their man in charge of the purse strings. I can't wait until the 2012 election, which seems to have started with the Presidents campaign commercial last night. Let the campaign begin. And lets see if Obama and the left can hide their true motives again. Fool us once...
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