Mar 05 2009
The Joke Is On Us
What in the world is this ridiculous flap over Rush Limbaugh’s statement about “hoping that he fails” when referring to President Obama. Like every liberal in America wasn’t hoping that President Bush would fail. Give me a break. Anyone opposed to Obama’s policies hopes he fails because his beliefs are wrong for the country and the only way we’ll get it right is if people see it’s not going to help in the long run. The problem is that a majority of Americans today only care about the short run. More and more would rather get something for “free” instead of having to work for it. Entitlements paralyze because they create a path of least resistance to getting something for nothing, even if everyone else has to pay for the “nothing”. Necessity is still the mother of invention but if I don’t have to work my way out, I don’t need to use any creativity and everyone suffers.
It’s great to see that President Obama is bringing change. No earmarks. Right. The problem is that there are so many zeros in the number of earmarks in the current $410 Billion dollar spending package, that the Democrats must think that it means zero earmarks. $200,000 for tattoo removal. How do we get jobs out of that? How does that work towards getting the economy going again, or over a million for studying manure odor in Iowa. This is not just a Democratic problem, some so-called Republicans are joining in the fray and submitting to the temptation of giving in to special interests, for their own interests of buying support to get re-elected. If the President were true to his campaign word and vetoed a 9,000 earmark laden bill, maybe the change that he promised would have some teeth. He’s hoping of course, that three years from now no one will remember and with a press not holding him accountable, he’s probably right. The joke is still on us.
