Duh...It's a Job's Bill...

So, now the Cap and Trade scheme is not an environmental protection piece of legislation...now it is a "job's bill". Can someone please tell me how increasing the price of everything creates jobs? I think this flies directly in the face of conventional economic theory. If you increase the price of goods, consumers (that would be us) buy less. When consumers buy less, producers produce less...which means they need less employees. Thus, unemployment increases. This is not rocket science...this is fundamental economics.

I have really had enough of all of this. First, the Economic Stimulus legislation was going to save the economy and keep unemployment from increasing. Remember all the scary figures President Obama threw out? If the legislation was not passed unemployment could approach double digits. Interestingly enough...the legislation was passed and guess what...unemployment is approaching double digits (9.5%). Vice-President Biden laid it out clearly..."we guessed wrong". Beautiful...our elected leaders are "guessing".

Now, we are trying to pass health care...climate change legislation...and a whole slice of the liberal agenda. Seriously, do we really want the government to control health care? Look at the great success of the government managing your retirement funds (Social Security)...it is almost bankrupt. Or we can look at the wonderful job the government does with Medicare. Medicare is so bad that most doctor's won't even touch it.

Let's be honest...what do you expect to get when you have a bunch of elected officials passing legislation that they have not even read...much less researched. This is egregious stuff folks. Passing legislation without reading it is tantamount to complete and absolute failure to perform their basic job functions. I am absolutely ashamed of our elected "officials" right now. We need to throw all of these fools out of office as quickly as possible before they bankrupt and destroy our nation. We need elected officials that understand the foundations of our democracy and understand that they are servants of the people.

Wright is Wrong

Wow...that is all I can really say about Rev. Jeremiah Wright's performance at the National Press Club event this week. I think this guy has basically gone off of his rocker. I was literally in shock watching the event; Wright made an absolute ass of himself. I have never seen a more arrogant, mean-spirited, twisted, and smug "man of God" in my life. For someone who presents himself as a "preacher" yet goes out and demeans the very nature of the position - Rev. Wright should be ashamed. His church should also be ashamed. I think the thing that capped it off was his comment "he did not put me in chains, he did not put me in slavery, and he didn't make me this color". This comment was in response to a question about his relationship with Louis Farrakhan. If you look at this statement it defies all logic...for someone who is having a multi-million dollar house built for him he has done pretty well for a black slave who is in chains. This is crazy...this man has never been in chains and he was never a slave. He speaks as if he was a slave and that he is angry about being a slave. Get over it. I am never going to apologize to Rev. Wright for slavery for several reasons: A) I was not alive when slavery was practiced in parts of this country; B) my family wasn't even in the United States then - they were making their way from Lebanon, Lithuania, and other countries; and C) most importantly that there is no one alive today who was a slave. Rev. Wright deserves no apology from me or the government of the United States of America. If anything, Rev. Wright owes this country an apology - an apology for saying AIDS and HIV was created by the USA to infect black people - an apology for saying that the USA practices terrorism - and an apology for saying that the U.S. is attacking the "black church". Bottom-line this guy has made a drastic mistake. I feel sorry for Sen. Obama as he hitched his wagon to the wrong horse.

Just Words...

“Don’t tell me words don’t matter, 'I have a dream.' Just words? ‘We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal.’ Just words? ‘We have nothing to fear but fear itself.’ Just words? Just speeches?" These were the words Barack Obama "borrowed" from Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, who spoke the same words in 2006 as he was campaigning.

Now, as most of you know; I am a conservative and I find the "socialistic" notions of Obama and Clinton utterly repugnant on multiple levels. Universal health care...great notion...but, seriously has this worked for any country? Not at all, you only have to look at Europe. Virtually every nation in the E.U. has universal health care and when talking with citizens from these country they all say the health care systems are absolutely horrendous. It still boils down to the fact that if you have more money you have more choices. Do, I have statistics and figures to support this...no, but I have talked to folks from all over and they all say the same thing...bad idea. Now, the United States has approximately one quarter of the population on some sort of government sponsored health care system and it doesn't work. What makes these brilliant politicians think that the U.S. government can effectively control a system that would cover all of the U.S. when they cannot effectively do so now? Needless to say...I think it is absolutely absurd. If you want a democratic free country and an effective economy you have to let the free market work and that includes health care. Some may go without...unfortunately that is life. Last time I looked there wasn't a Porsche 911 GT3 in my garage and no matter how much I think I deserve one or how much someone tells me I deserve one...I still don't have one...because I can't afford one.

So, back to the speech. Some (Obama supporters) may say that folks are making a big deal out of nothing. I on the other hand think this is absolutely symbolic of Obama and is a telling sign of what his presidency would be like. Obama had the following remarks when asked if he should have credited the governor, "I’m sure I should have. Didn’t this time.” What an idiot..."I'm sure I should have"...are you kidding me? He should have simply answered, "yes, I should have and I apologize to Governor Patrick and to the American people for passing of another's words for my own." I don't have a problem with Obama using someone else's words...I mean let's be honest speech writers write most of the speeches we hear. However, if you are going to "copy" someone else's speech without saying so...that is just stupid. That would have been the same if Obama started his speech with "I have a dream" and tried to pass it off as his own.

I am sure Obama is a great guy...probably someone I would love to have a good political chit-chat with and share a beer or two; however, as the President of the United States, I think he would be extremly bad for this country.

His continued grandiose slip-ups and contempt he shows when someone questions him are telling of an individual who is in over his head. Obama has zero executive experience (just like Hillary) and to be the Chief Executive of the United States of America requires a bit more experience than a little litigation and a few years in the Senate. Being the head of the largest economic force in the world, being Commander In Chief of the most powerful fighting force in the world, and being responsible for hundreds of millions of people requires some serious executive experience and sound decision making skills. Skills I believe that are missing in Obama as evident by his latest "error". The President of the United States cannot say "I’m sure I should have. Didn’t this time" when literally the United States may be resting on his/her shoulders.