When the USS Abraham Lincoln returned from war in May 2003, President Bush stood before a giant sign that shouted, “Mission Accomplished.” The media and their liberal overlords twisted this sign’s meaning in attack after attack. I recommend the current President and Messiah of the Liberal World proclaim the accomplishment of one of his chief goals.
We are hearing more details about Obama’s push to create the liberal Utopia where all needs are met by big brother and no one goes without. This week he is making a huge push for his healthcare plan. Like most things spawned from the Democratic side of the aisle it involves meddling in business, reducing freedoms and increasing dependence on Uncle Sam.
The latest news buzz has been on Barack Obama’s plans for universal healthcare. It is easy to bring out sad stories of people who seem to fall through the cracks in the system and go without care, but before we scrap the greatest healthcare system in the world we must make sure we have the facts straight. It is seldom helpful to base laws on emotional appeals.
While Congress is away from Washington for the Fourth of July, President Obama replied to charges that his plans for healthcare reform were rushed and too costly. Of course, his reply was quintessential political boilerplate. He says “doing nothing would cost far more than changing the system.” He made no appeal to the need for change and no details of the changes or what we will get for our money–just an unprovable claim that doing nothing would be worse.
Take notice whenever a politician says that the expensive program he is touting is less costly than doing nothing. This is not an attempt to convince but to obfuscate. It is easy to point to statistics and stories of failings of our current system, because his own system has not been implemented and therefore is difficult to examine. Liberal programs are never measured by what they do or do not accomplish but by what they meant to accomplish. Welfare is a good thing because it meant to cure poverty. Never mind the destruction of minority families and the harm done by these programs.
The healthcare status-quo could never be more expensive than surrendering control of one-fifth of our economy to the government and control of our healthcare decisions to bureacrats. The cheapest healthcare system is one that allows market forces to determine costs, and that rewards creativity and innovation. Government healthcare will choke off innovation, will cost everyone in higher taxes and will drive market forces from the equation. Costs, procedures, and standards will be set by government fiat. Anyone who has experienced healthcare systems run by the US government (welfare systems, BIA Indian Health Services, Veterans Administration, etc.) wouldn’t wish that care on the rest of the country.
As a child I was taught: “If you can’t find anything nice about a person then say nothing at all.” In an effort to conform to the manners my mother repeatedly (and futilely) tried to instill in me, I have decided to find something nice about President Barack Obama and the current leadership of the United States Congress.
This morning on the radio I heard an announcement that really irked me. Yes, it irked me. The announcer was reporting that gas prices were rising around the country, “but the good news is they are way below where they were a year ago.” Is that now the criteria for good news: things aren’t as bad as they have been. If Bush were still president we would be hearing of how the rich greedy oil companies are strangling our country. The news would be filled with reports of families choosing to do without medicine for their children because of the cost of gas—ringing alarms in gas prices and healthcare. With Barry in the White House there is this overwhelming urge to be nice and see the bright side. With Bush it was assumed that since he was from Texas that he must be permitting high oil prices. Since Obama has never run anything or worked in any industry but government then no one dreams he could effect oil prices. (more…)
Only a few months into the new administration and America has gotten exactly what the voters wanted—a boat load of change. With the changes we’ve seen, we’ll soon long for the good old days. The best thing about this current political situation: with the choking portion of liberal good intentions wrapped around government waste and abuse the words Democrat and liberal will soon become obscenities. (more…)
President Obama is going to Saudi Arabia in June to meet with King Abdullah. On this trip I would recommend one piece of essential equipment for his kit:
With this he will be able to bow even lower than last time to better humiliate himself and the American people.
So, what is wrong with following custom of bowing to a King? The problem is one of sovereignty. When one bows to a monarch it is a recognition of your subjection and their superiority. In a monarchy the monarch is sovereign and the people are subjects. In our nation the people are sovereign and the leaders are employees.
It would be nice if Mr. Obama would remember why he is the most powerful man in the world—because he was chosen to lead the most powerful nation on earth. The Saudis need us to buy their oil more than we need them to sell it to us. Hopefully Mr. Obama will remember the sovereign to which he owes allegiance and acts of respect—the American people.
After promises to close Guantanamo Bay the Obama administration seems to have woken to the realities of the world we live in. For too long the foreign policy of the left has been “blame America first.” In their view the evil in this world is not people who would kills innocents and blow themselves up out of insane religious zeal. To the left, the only evil in this world is the United States. The country that has freed more people, opened more doors to the unfortunate and given more generously than any other nation on earth is evil and wicked because we refuse to give up our freedoms to build their Utopian dream world, where everyone is equally poor and the individual submits for the sake of the collective. (more…)
