Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
The Obama Legacy
Obama is the most polarizing figure in the history of America. No close seconds. His impulse to play the race card when faced with legitimate criticism is nauseating and unconscionable. But he has no conscience and he is, in his eyes, a victim.
But let's put the phony-ass race/victim card aside for a minute. One of the reasons Obama is such a terrible politician is because he has never been in a position of leadership before he became president. He never even had to run a campaign at the state level or when he was anointed US Senator. The Chicago Machine covered for him then. The national media has had his back ever since.
Thus, Obama has never learned the rudiments of politics. He does not build bridges or coalitions or working relationships. He has nothing but contempt for disagreement, nothing but hostility for opposition. Since 2008, the blank slate Obama has lost support in EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC! It's the constant sneer, smirk and middle finger that has eroded his synthetically-manufactured popularity. When people actually got to know the man, they learned that he is an ill-mannered brute. A bully. A slob.
But let's put the hokey claims to race victimization and an abrasive personality aside for a minute. Obama is perhaps the least honest politician America has ever seen. Yes, politicians are known for their factual flexibility. And yes, it is hard to rank dishonest people in a hierarchy. Is someone who lies 100 % of the time more dishonest than the 50 % liar? Do we hold the fisherman's tales in the same light as the president's? How do a series of venial lies measure up to a few strategic lies? It is sad that we have to consider such matters.
But however one calculates dishonor, Barack Hussein Obama is at the top of the list. His most recent series of falsehoods (falsehoods that span years) revolves around the Affordable Care Act. "It's not a tax. It's not a tax. It's not a tax. " Ultimately, Chief Justice Roberts reminded us of the obvious: It's a boatload of new taxes.
Are the Democrats really so tone deaf that they cannot understand our anger? Do they really expect us to now "work together" or "cooperate" or my favorite, "move on" ??? Obama is The Great Divider. His policies are dangerous but more importantly, his character is toxic. Can you really not understand why a 2700 page bill written in secret by ghost writers and passed by members of Congress who did not read the bill, might offend a nation? Can you really not understand why the extreme and prolonged series of lies concerning taxes and mandates and promises of no new taxes and is finally unveiled as nothing, nothing, nothing but more taxes, might offend us and give us pause to"move forward"???
Obama will be remembered as many things: Wannabe Victim. The Anti-leader. The Narcissist. The Slob. The King of Smirk. The First Adolescent President. The Chronic Liar. The Habitual Liar. The Creative Liar.
Yes, Obama will wear these labels proudly. And who knows what other labels history will heap upon this man? But for now, Obama wears the one crown he has actually earned on his own merits: Barack Obama is the Great Divider!
But let's put the phony-ass race/victim card aside for a minute. One of the reasons Obama is such a terrible politician is because he has never been in a position of leadership before he became president. He never even had to run a campaign at the state level or when he was anointed US Senator. The Chicago Machine covered for him then. The national media has had his back ever since.
Thus, Obama has never learned the rudiments of politics. He does not build bridges or coalitions or working relationships. He has nothing but contempt for disagreement, nothing but hostility for opposition. Since 2008, the blank slate Obama has lost support in EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC! It's the constant sneer, smirk and middle finger that has eroded his synthetically-manufactured popularity. When people actually got to know the man, they learned that he is an ill-mannered brute. A bully. A slob.
But let's put the hokey claims to race victimization and an abrasive personality aside for a minute. Obama is perhaps the least honest politician America has ever seen. Yes, politicians are known for their factual flexibility. And yes, it is hard to rank dishonest people in a hierarchy. Is someone who lies 100 % of the time more dishonest than the 50 % liar? Do we hold the fisherman's tales in the same light as the president's? How do a series of venial lies measure up to a few strategic lies? It is sad that we have to consider such matters.
But however one calculates dishonor, Barack Hussein Obama is at the top of the list. His most recent series of falsehoods (falsehoods that span years) revolves around the Affordable Care Act. "It's not a tax. It's not a tax. It's not a tax. " Ultimately, Chief Justice Roberts reminded us of the obvious: It's a boatload of new taxes.
Are the Democrats really so tone deaf that they cannot understand our anger? Do they really expect us to now "work together" or "cooperate" or my favorite, "move on" ??? Obama is The Great Divider. His policies are dangerous but more importantly, his character is toxic. Can you really not understand why a 2700 page bill written in secret by ghost writers and passed by members of Congress who did not read the bill, might offend a nation? Can you really not understand why the extreme and prolonged series of lies concerning taxes and mandates and promises of no new taxes and is finally unveiled as nothing, nothing, nothing but more taxes, might offend us and give us pause to"move forward"???
Obama will be remembered as many things: Wannabe Victim. The Anti-leader. The Narcissist. The Slob. The King of Smirk. The First Adolescent President. The Chronic Liar. The Habitual Liar. The Creative Liar.
Yes, Obama will wear these labels proudly. And who knows what other labels history will heap upon this man? But for now, Obama wears the one crown he has actually earned on his own merits: Barack Obama is the Great Divider!
The Crux of The Matter
Increase in doctors due to Obamacare: 0
Increase in nurses due to Obamacare: 0
Increase in dentists due to Obamacare: 0
Increase in med techs due to Obamacare: 0
Increase in phlebotomists due to Obamacare: 0
Increase in PCA's due to Obamacare: 0
Increase in CNA's due to Obamacare: 0
Increase in IRS agents due to Obamacare: 16,000
The Democrats have made their values crystal clear!
Increase in nurses due to Obamacare: 0
Increase in dentists due to Obamacare: 0
Increase in med techs due to Obamacare: 0
Increase in phlebotomists due to Obamacare: 0
Increase in PCA's due to Obamacare: 0
Increase in CNA's due to Obamacare: 0
Increase in IRS agents due to Obamacare: 16,000
The Democrats have made their values crystal clear!
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Welcome to Greece
Awaiting the words of the most conceited human being in history to address his serfs. ...Oh...he is on...
The King of Smug has spoken. Oddly, he used the word "I" less than expected. He did take the opportunity to chant his own horse shit talking points about CEO pay that has nothing to do with anything.
Interesting highlight. The emperor used the example of someone other than his own mother to illustrate the life and death abuses of the evil insurance companies. Might that be because the story he used to advance his political career has been revealed to be a giant falsehood? (Imagine a politician advancing a lie for the purpose of using his own mother as a political pawn!)
Someone said Rogberts et al, awakened a sleeping giant. I agree. The spirit of 2010 lives on!
The King of Smug has spoken. Oddly, he used the word "I" less than expected. He did take the opportunity to chant his own horse shit talking points about CEO pay that has nothing to do with anything.
Interesting highlight. The emperor used the example of someone other than his own mother to illustrate the life and death abuses of the evil insurance companies. Might that be because the story he used to advance his political career has been revealed to be a giant falsehood? (Imagine a politician advancing a lie for the purpose of using his own mother as a political pawn!)
Someone said Rogberts et al, awakened a sleeping giant. I agree. The spirit of 2010 lives on!
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
7.5 Hours to Supreme Court Ruling
I want SCOTUS to send ACA/Obamacare to the scrap heap but I am not as sanguine as most of the bill's opponents. When the justices chose to announce the ruling on Thursday, the last day of the session, I took it as an omen. Why would they delay announcing a popular decision? Friday afternoon is a great time to announce anything one does not care to announce. And if the last day in your week (and the last day before Summer vacation) is Thursday...
I will get a few hours of sleep before I tune in. But tune in, I shall. In the words of Joe Biden, this is a big deal.
I will get a few hours of sleep before I tune in. But tune in, I shall. In the words of Joe Biden, this is a big deal.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Fast and Furious
This played out pretty much as I thought it would. It was a minor, politically-motivated scandal. Undercover police routinely distribute guns, narcotics and other contraband, usually through proxies. Sometimes things go wrong. Fast and Furious is one of those times.
I knew it would be the cover-up that would do Holder in. Had he done a few mea culpas like Janet Reno post-Waco, the scandal would have blown over long ago. But Holder, like his boss, is an extremely proud man. It's never his fault and he is not going to say sorry. He would stonewall and filibuster and drag his feet. But mostly, Holder would reveal his contempt--in every sense of the word--for Congress. Who do these plebes think they are?
Over the years I have heard a lot of commentary about the nature organizational personalities. People tend to surround themselves with people whose personalities resemble their own. A collective personality emerges. If you talk to the receptionist or the shipping guy or the purchasing agent at Sunshine, Inc., you get a cheerful disposition. Whereas the personnel at Surley, Surley and Surley present themselves in a different, albeit consistent, manner.
The Obama Administration is not an exception to this rule. The overgrown adolescent has surrounded himself with other overgrown adolescents. Holder, like Obama, is sullen and petty and mean. The two men are blessed with abundant self esteem. Their wondrous acts cannot be appreciated by an ungrateful and disrespectful Congressional body. Ah, the burden of talent!
Fast and Furious was a simple story of a diva scorned. But then the uber-diva asserted Executive Privelege into the plotline. Huh? A classic surprise-but-not-really-surprising turn of events. What happens now?
Obama is the most Nixonian president we have seen in thirty-eight years. Holder is the second coming of John Mitchell. The RN Gang were done in by their own excessive hubris. I suspect the Chicago Mob will render themselves a similar fate.
I knew it would be the cover-up that would do Holder in. Had he done a few mea culpas like Janet Reno post-Waco, the scandal would have blown over long ago. But Holder, like his boss, is an extremely proud man. It's never his fault and he is not going to say sorry. He would stonewall and filibuster and drag his feet. But mostly, Holder would reveal his contempt--in every sense of the word--for Congress. Who do these plebes think they are?
Over the years I have heard a lot of commentary about the nature organizational personalities. People tend to surround themselves with people whose personalities resemble their own. A collective personality emerges. If you talk to the receptionist or the shipping guy or the purchasing agent at Sunshine, Inc., you get a cheerful disposition. Whereas the personnel at Surley, Surley and Surley present themselves in a different, albeit consistent, manner.
The Obama Administration is not an exception to this rule. The overgrown adolescent has surrounded himself with other overgrown adolescents. Holder, like Obama, is sullen and petty and mean. The two men are blessed with abundant self esteem. Their wondrous acts cannot be appreciated by an ungrateful and disrespectful Congressional body. Ah, the burden of talent!
Fast and Furious was a simple story of a diva scorned. But then the uber-diva asserted Executive Privelege into the plotline. Huh? A classic surprise-but-not-really-surprising turn of events. What happens now?
Obama is the most Nixonian president we have seen in thirty-eight years. Holder is the second coming of John Mitchell. The RN Gang were done in by their own excessive hubris. I suspect the Chicago Mob will render themselves a similar fate.
Monday, June 18, 2012
If Obama Wins
If Obama wins, I won't feel defeated. The Patriots' last two Super Bowl losses and the Celtics' 2010 lay down to the dreaded Lakers all delivered a genuine feeling of dejection and yes, defeat. They won. We lost.
I know the pain of losing all too well. That is not what I experienced in November, 2008. That is not what I will experience if Obama wins in 2012. What I have experienced for most of my life is the uniquely sad experience of watching a close friend drink himself to death. America is the close friend and self-delusion is his John Barleycorn.
For over thirty years I have seen America guzzle self-delusion. We are great so the laws of arithmetic do not apply to us. Have another drink and we'll pay the piper tomorrow. Or the next day. Or the next. Should the science of economics raise its ugly head we will shoot the messenger. Party on, dudes.
2008 was the year ignorance crystallized. Belief meets disbelief. Yes, we all believed that bad things would happen if Civics and Economics were scratched from the cannon (to say nothing of science, critical thinking, history or rudimentary literacy.) But still, there was disbelief. The Soviet flag waved in front of the White House was chilling. But the coast to coast displays of Obama zombies cheering on the downfall of their country was creepy. Real creepy.
Obama killed Bin Laden. Beyond that, his presidency has been a disaster. Almost as disturbing as his wretched job performance is the cold and petty character that has revealed itself over the past four years. The rich guy who won't help his destitute brother. The puny man who instructs his minions to play the race card against all who disagree with him. The Nixonian figure who maintains an enemies list a mile long. The bully who torments the politically disconnected. The overgrown college sophomore who spits in the face of middle class America.
Of all the con artists in the world, why did America swoon over this cheesy shill? You could have been bamboozled by a better class of carnival barker! You could have succumbed to a better cult leader than this empty suit. But all it took was a vapid community organizer to lead you over the cliff. And follow you did!
If Romney wins, America is still in deep shit. A large segment of the population is delusional by choice. They have consciously chosen silliness as a preferred lifestyle. They have taken a vow of willful blindness. At least 46% of America will still be cult bait. They will follow the next big thing, no matter how ridiculous that big thing happens to be. Mostly, they will refuse to examine the next great leader if scrutiny is deemed declasse.
Self-delusion is powerful stuff. We all fall victim to its charms from time to time. But when an entire country drinks the Kool-Aid, that country might well be doomed.
I know the pain of losing all too well. That is not what I experienced in November, 2008. That is not what I will experience if Obama wins in 2012. What I have experienced for most of my life is the uniquely sad experience of watching a close friend drink himself to death. America is the close friend and self-delusion is his John Barleycorn.
For over thirty years I have seen America guzzle self-delusion. We are great so the laws of arithmetic do not apply to us. Have another drink and we'll pay the piper tomorrow. Or the next day. Or the next. Should the science of economics raise its ugly head we will shoot the messenger. Party on, dudes.
2008 was the year ignorance crystallized. Belief meets disbelief. Yes, we all believed that bad things would happen if Civics and Economics were scratched from the cannon (to say nothing of science, critical thinking, history or rudimentary literacy.) But still, there was disbelief. The Soviet flag waved in front of the White House was chilling. But the coast to coast displays of Obama zombies cheering on the downfall of their country was creepy. Real creepy.
Obama killed Bin Laden. Beyond that, his presidency has been a disaster. Almost as disturbing as his wretched job performance is the cold and petty character that has revealed itself over the past four years. The rich guy who won't help his destitute brother. The puny man who instructs his minions to play the race card against all who disagree with him. The Nixonian figure who maintains an enemies list a mile long. The bully who torments the politically disconnected. The overgrown college sophomore who spits in the face of middle class America.
Of all the con artists in the world, why did America swoon over this cheesy shill? You could have been bamboozled by a better class of carnival barker! You could have succumbed to a better cult leader than this empty suit. But all it took was a vapid community organizer to lead you over the cliff. And follow you did!
If Romney wins, America is still in deep shit. A large segment of the population is delusional by choice. They have consciously chosen silliness as a preferred lifestyle. They have taken a vow of willful blindness. At least 46% of America will still be cult bait. They will follow the next big thing, no matter how ridiculous that big thing happens to be. Mostly, they will refuse to examine the next great leader if scrutiny is deemed declasse.
Self-delusion is powerful stuff. We all fall victim to its charms from time to time. But when an entire country drinks the Kool-Aid, that country might well be doomed.
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