Each week I sit down, pants-less, and try to figure out which news story I should write about on this blog. There are always headlines of interest that revolve around who is killing who in the middle east, or which congressman sucked at his job the most over the past week (lots of competition), but even though those stories are interesting no subject is more enticing then that of Mr. Barack Obama. He storms into the White House promising bipartisanship and fiscal responsibility and within two months he has a projected 2 trillion dollar budget deficit. Yes! Score one for the good guys! This president of ours sucks. Ha ha ha. The economy will fail, our armed forces will be ill-equipped and, if we are lucky, maybe violence will break out in the streets! It will all be on his watch, and it will all be his fault and the people of the United States will cry out for a savior and guess who is gonna be their… yup, the Republican party. In 4 or possibly 8 years the Republicans will sweep back into power and… and what? The Republicans just had control for nearly 20 years and what was accomplished? Economic warning signals were ignored, the federal government continued to expand at an astounding rate, Campaign Finance Reform stomped all over free speech, the power of the presidency was vastly expanded, and civil rights were ignored as Bush authorized illegal wiretapping. I hope and pray that we never see the last 8 years as “the good old days.”
So when I criticize the Democratic party please understand that I realize that the Republicans are just as bad. However, it looks like a reformation of sorts is starting to sweep through the Republican party. Finally, the Republicans are starting to see that in order for them to win elections they will have to embody conservative principals. The problem, is that they don’t just need to convince their Republican constituency that low taxes and less government are a good idea. They also need to sell these ideas to the American people as a whole. In order to do this they are going to need a leader. Someone who can articulate these principals well enough so that the average American can understand them. Hopefully this leader will come along soon, because if he doesn’t, I’m not sure there is going to be much of an America left to rescue.
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To be totally honest I kind of enjoyed Barack’s speech last night. Even though I disagreed with most of what was said, it was nice to go a whole speech without cringing or being pandered to. Politicians generally just speak down to us, that’s just how things are, but Mr. Obama doesn’t seem to be quite as bad as some (ahem, John Kerry).
Rush Limbaugh was wrong. When the President is successful, the nation is successful. I hope that Barack Obama succeeds in improving America’s image around the world, strengthening our national security, bringing home the troops from Iraq, and bringing our country out of this recession. I pray for our President every day and I wish him the best.
The whole “hope and change” thing is starting to come together but I think it still needs some work. I think some of the problem might be that Mr. Obama and I define those words differently. First, “hope” means that we have a positive outlook on the future.
- It means that we don’t have to worry about how the heck our kids are going to pay for some social program that the Democrats decided should be part of a “stimulus package”.
- It also means I shouldn’t have to be concerned that if I work hard and build a successful business that I might have the crap taxed out of me as soon as things start to get going.
- I shouldn’t be at the mercy of some apathetic bureaucrat who will determine the nature and quality of my health care (I guess you could say I’m pro-choice).
- I shouldn’t have to be concerned that my President is going to endanger my livelihood by taxing the small business that I work for.
- I definitely shouldn’t worry that my elected officials who aren’t democrats might be completely cut out of the legislative process as mysterious legislation is passed hours after it is written despite the fact that few members of congress have even read the bill.
But with less than 2 months of Barack’s Presidency in the past, I should be worried about all of these things. I’m worried that big businesses aren’t allowed to fail while small businesses aren’t allowed to succeed. I’m basically developing an anxiety disorder while Mr. Hope and Change makes pretty speeches!!
Change, at least to me, means a movement from a previous condition to a new one. Obama didn’t just promise change in the ruling party in Washington. Obama promised change in the way that Washington was run. Most of Obama’s appointees served in the Clinton administration. Is there group that represents the classic methods and ideals of the Democratic party more than the Clinton administration? Pushing massive spending bills through Congress twice a week all while preaching about taxing the rich and giving to the poor is not new! Nothing about Obama’s policies so far is in any way new. This is the same old mantra of bigger government, more regulation, more government control, and more spending that the Democrats have been pushing since FDR.
I actually agree with Obama about quite a few of his foreign policies. More on this is coming soon.
So the whole “Hope and Change” thing isn’t going to work out. What did any of us expect? Were we really naive enough to think that Washington elites would support someone for president that would take away their power? The American people have been duped. Hopefully we will wake up and smell the scam before it is too late. Now that would be change I could believe in.
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Has Barack Obama really broken his promise to pursue bipartisanship? This “economic stimulus” bill was bullied through both houses of Congress. Three Republican (Specter, it is on next time you are up for reelection) senators made up the entirety of the “bipartisan” support for this bill. All of this is pretty condemning evidence, but not necessarily of only President Obama.
Nancy Pelosi apparently thinks that we elected the first female president two years ago when the Democrats gained a majority in the House. Her antics prancing around the world legitimizing regimes that actively and openly preach death to America and her allies, seem to be the action of a very ill-advised liberal presidential administration; not a Speaker of the House. The point is that Nancy seems to have become slightly to big for her pants-suit (this is not a fat joke, I am speaking metaphorically).
It was Nancy Pelosi that promised Republicans 48 hrs to review the 1072 page economic stimulus bill. It was also Pelosi and Harry Ried that refused to allow a single house Republican to be present while the House and Senate hammered out this bill in committee. These were a few of the more partisan moves made while this bill was being pushed into law.
Of course Obama is far from blameless. The President is the leader of his party, and it was his job to reign in his party’s leaders. Clearly the commitment to building consensus in congress that Obama promised to have is nonexistent. Despite the fact that Obama allowed Pelosi and Reid do his dirty work, I think that the American people are starting to wake up and smell the politics.
When it comes right down to it Obama has refused to make the tough decisions and stand up to his own party for change in Washington. When the Republicans were in power they passed many bills without building any consensus, and now it is the Democrat’s turn to rule the playground (wet-willies and indian-burns all around).
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I’ve decided to start keeping track of all the campaign promises that our new President has broken. I believe it is the responsibility of every good citizen to hold his government accountable, and that is what I’m trying to do. Sadly my knowledge and influence are limited, but if you tell your friends about this sight, maybe that will change someday.
Click here This is, of course, the Obama-Biden campaign website.
In case you haven’t been reading the news, the House of Representatives just passed a 1 Trillion dollar “Stimulus” bill. No Republicans voted for the bill, and 7 Democrats broke with their party to vote against it. Of course, $1 trillion may not seem like much when compared to the $1.5 trillion that Bush spent on his two “stimulus” bills but trust me, it is. Instead of giving billions to save the jobs of irresponsible executives and keep failing businesses running, we could have let them crash and burn and then allowed the economy to rebuild itself and hopefully learn from its mistakes. Instead Mr. Obama is about to sign a bill that will add hundreds of billions to the national debt that has almost nothing to do with stimulating the economy! “What exactly is in this bill?” you may ask. Well, good question. I’d love to tell you, but unfortunately I have a job and I’m in school, so I don’t have time to read the 8 inch thick, 1,071 page long bill that congress just passed. I don’t feel bad though because almost none of our elected representatives have read it either! Nancy Pelosi promised the Republicans that they would be given 48 hrs to read this bill once the new version had been hammered out since all House Republicans were kept out of the committee meetings, but instead she gave the GOP legislators a little over 2 hours to read a 1,072 page document. So much for a future that holds an end to partisanship and fiscal responsibility. Our legislative branch just passed a $1 trillion bill that they haven’t read just because their party supports it!! Has all sense and reason abandoned these men and women?!
But lets focus, briefly, on what we do know about this bill.
- It includes tax cuts (don’t get too excited) and economic incentives for companies to develop economic vehicles including golf carts.
- It also includes $287 billion tax cuts for families that will amount to about $400 a year per person. (We all saw how Bush’s $600 “stimulus checks” a few months ago saved us all from economic disaster so… yeah…)
- $70 billion for K-12 schools. (Finally someone with the courage to throw money at the education problem. Truly change we can believe in)
- $46 billion for transportation projects.
- $20.00 to pay some kids to egg Bush’s house next week. (probably not the worst way the government has spent $20)
I would criticize more of what is in this bill, but it was only passed a few hrs ago, and no one has had time to figure out what the heck they just voted for/against yet. I know that at some point millions for contraceptives was included, as well as radical changes to health care in America. I don’t know if these riders were taken out of the final version of this bill, but I guess we will find out soon enough.
I am disappointed that the American people have such a short memory. But I am even more disappointed in Obama. He preached transparency, bi-partisanship, fiscal responsibility and then broke each of those promises during his first month in office. Turns out he is just one more slick politician that says one thing on the campaign trail and does another. I guess America is still waiting for a leader that will change the way Washington is run.
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