They Still Don't Get It (cont..) or News You Can't Use

I spent this past weekend at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Like many resorts, the Grand Hotel prints a daily synopsis of news for guests on the go. This past Sunday the following stories were taken from their New York Times Digest:

1) In California, a federal judge continues a fight with the federal government over a certain species of salmon. Each president since Bill Clinton has fought against excessive costs associated with excessive accommodations to prevent the supposed elimination of a species of salmon. President Obama's latest offer to spend $100 million apparently isn't enough.

2) This coming week, leaders from around the globe will converge on New York and the United Nations. On the agenda is global warming and collective efforts to eradicate our carbon footprint. But too many countries are being "selfish" by not agreeing to adopt jobs killing policies like cap and trade like we are.

3) Despite all the worlds leaders' adoration and respect for Barack Obama, and their constant clamoring for a meeting or an audience with him, our new president's foreign policies are "surprisingly" not having the effect of reversing or helping to ameliorate the bad feelings left by George Bush.

You can't make this stuff up. The slobbering and sycophantic obsession with President Obama or anything "progressive", is the signature of the "Gray Lady." And people wonder why we are marching in the streets.

Speaking of Healthcare Reform...

The American people should not support any healthcare reform, or any law for that matter, that excludes Congress or any elected official from its mandates, period. If they vote for it, they must live with it too. That should be the new mantra for America.

There He Goes Again

Former president Jimmy Carter insists on letting us know what he thinks even when we are decades beyond giving a damn about his thoughts or views on anything. Now we are being told by him that an "overwhelming portion" of those who demonstrate against the president's policies do so only because he is black. As I stated in an earlier post, the left simply cannot comprehend why anyone should, could, or would be opposed to anything that President Obama is for. It must be racism. It has to be racism. Were the American people prejudiced against former El Camino owners when they opposed Bill Clinton's healthcare reforms in 1993?

What intrigues me more about this story is that some in the media are suggesting that this may not be helpful to Obama. Hell, I'll bet you dollars to donuts that the White House requested this assist from Carter. When you cannot win your arguments on merit alone, cry foul. Cry racism.

ObamaMan in the Mirror

Dracula and other vampires are supposedly unable to see their images reflected in a mirror. Why this is so I'm not quite sure, maybe it's because they are purported to have no souls. Which may explain why President Obama and his followers on the left, well known blood letters where taxes and spending are concerned, are incapable of understanding what's really going on in America today.

The angst and energy on display throughout the summer, demonstrated in town hall meetings, tea party rallies, and marches on the lawn and steps of our nation's capitol, are not because we have a black president or that we're just too ignorant to know what's good for us. No, the reason so many of us have been and continue to be frustrated with Obama's Washington is that we are fed up with runaway spending, ill-conceived plans and self-serving politicians. We're tired of policies that are trotted out and propped up as mainstream when they are clearly the views held only by a minority of our populace. Cap and trade, card check, and the public option in ObamaCare are the most glaring of these. Nevertheless, Obama and his minions remain dumbfounded that they must repeatedly make the same arguments over and over again to a recalcitrant mob. Different day, different location, same speech.

By not acknowledging a large and vociferous dissent from main street America as the primary reason for his joint speech to Congress, the president risks further alienating himself which will push him further down a path that will ultimately prove perilous to him and his party. Misreading the tea leaves of what keeps a democracy alive and flourishing may be unimaginable to one as brilliant and farsighted as Obama, but he'll need a pair of drugstore cheaters to read between the lines.

Thanks Mr. President, Now I'm Convinced

He's a great salesman, that Barack Obama. Gifted, charming, intelligent, and so in charge. Yes, after 29, or is it 30, speeches on the topic of healthcare reform, President Obama has finally sold me. He has convinced me that he is a full-throated liar and his pants are on fire. Rep. Wilson was right when he blurted this out in the presidents speech last night however in cordial.

When the president looks you straight in the eyes and tells you that illegal immigrants will not be covered under ObamaCare, he is lying. It is at least a fib, and he knows it. Unless he really cannot tell the difference between not asking if you are here illegally before you receive services or explicitly covering them in the bill. This is the healthcare equivalent of 'Don't ask, don't tell."

We must also suspend reality when we are asked to believe that this plan will not add "one dime to our deficits, either now or in the future." BS. Only he and his cronies in the White House believe this to be true. The Congressional Budget Office has determined it will add at least $230 billion over ten years. And the waste and fraud he hopes to eliminate to help pay for all of this? Forget about it. Ain't gonna happen. But if they do come up short on "savings" he's going to come back and make more cuts. He promised. This is the same man who promised us more transparency, no more earmarks, and no lobbyists in his White House (just tax cheats).

He does admit that "there remain some significant details to be ironed out", but let's not quibble over small ball when we can pass legislation that will solidify the president and Ted Kennedy's legacies. Unfortunately for President Obama, it has been the details that have disrupted his attempted end around the American people. He never imagined that someone, let alone thousands, would read the fine print in 1,000 plus pages of legislation already passed in the House of Representatives. It is in the details where we uncover the hidden gems of universal coverage, taxpayer funded abortions, and end-of-life counseling.

And by the way, Mr. President, if your healthcare plans are so necessary and so urgent, why then does this all not start until 2013? Transparency indeed.

Shut 'er Down

When asked what I think if the budget impasse in Lansing cannot be fixed by midnight on September 30, I say shut 'er down! Do we really care if the DEQ is operational on the following Thursday morning? Or how about DLEG, or MEDC, or the DNR? Really? The only thing we can be sure of when our state capitol is open is that there will be any number of folk working on either regulating us more or devising new ways to tax us. I'll go out on a limb here and suggest that, given the current political climate, a majority of conservative and independent voters would prefer you all take a collective break and leave us alone. Let's extend the August break a little longer. When you are not there we are not getting screwed!

Moving Target

Watching MSNBC this morning we were reminded by Harold Ford Jr. that despite our ongoing efforts in Afghanistan against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, the real problem remains in Pakistan. When Iraq was the focus during GWB, we were told by Obama that Afghanistan was where the real fight should be. Unfortunately, all are wrong. Since most of the original 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, that is where our focus should have been initially addressed as well as currently.

For my money Saudi Arabia and Wahabism are the real culprits behind Islamic fundamentalists. Born in Saudi Arabia, and the sect behind the power of the House of Al Saud, Wahabism should be the true enemy of the West and of any modern civilization. Wahabism is the extreme face of the Muslim faith and continues to fuel intolerance for the likes of the Taliban and Al Qaeda.