State of dis-Union

The President has read a very well written campaign speech again, courtesy of his top aides, teleprompter L and teleprompter R. As he eloquently read the words (rehashed from his last two addresses) to congress by his finest speech writers, I get the feeling that nobody has taken the happy rose colored glasses off of his blinded eyes. While the President claims to "know the difficult times of the American people", I can't help but wonder if he knows of our pain while he is body surfing in Hawaii. Or playing 18 holes in Virgina. Does he know what it is like to look for jobs that just aren't out there as he holds his White House cocktail parties? Does he anguish over how to pay the bills as he takes Michelle out for a night on the town, compliments of the American taxpayer? As he addressed congress for the third time, does he really see the anger over his and their wasting tax dollars on no bid government contracts given to Democratic party donors behind closed doors? Does he realize that most of us would be happier to have a job that provides private health coverage, over being unemployed with a government plan...that we are required by law to pay into...even when the money isn't coming in? Does he see the irony in his taxing people that earn over 250k to cover his social programs, while in the same speech, trying to motivate those same people to create more jobs?

As for President Obama's plea for bipartisanship, he should probably ask a non-partisan person what that means. He seems to think it means everyone should follow his misguided path in lockstep. We have yet to see any evidence to show why Republicans agreeing with any of his destructive plans would be better than just saying 'no' and being obstructive. Millions of Americans across the country have risen up to protest in support of putting the breaks on President Obama's programs.

This State of the Union was supposed to be about JOBS. But the jobs won't materialize unless an environment is created free of the fear of massive taxes, government control and government mandates. Jobs won't be created unless consumer spending increases. Again, that won't happen in an environment of fear. The fear of losing ones job, having ones pay cut, or having ones taxes increased to pay for a health care system that mandates fines and fees, created in closed door session and presented in thousands of pages of government lingo and red tape and that few Americans want.

The State of the Union is a state of polarized fear. And while FDR may have claimed that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself", he didn't know the fear of a nation struggling to keep their heads afloat while an incompetent political party in power puts their personal agendas above doing whats best for the country.