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IN THIS ISSUE ARTICLES Ho-hum There is
hope at last
(or is there?) Is it too little, too late? An Open Letter to Congressman Ed
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Ho-hum You
would think that Macbeth had just heard President Obamas first State of With
unabashed chutzpah, there was Barack Obama once again promising transparency in
government, bans on lobbyists, and the elimination of earmarks in legislation. It was
déjà vu all over again. All of the other regular elements were there as well, including
blaming George Bush for all of the soaring budget deficits and every other unsolved world
problem, and calling on Republicans in Congress to play along in a bipartisan fashion
regardless of how repugnant most of the Democratic legislation has been. One of the FOX News panel members had counted the use of the
word I 96 times, and me 18 times. On the other hand, Obamas
extolling of traditional American values and the U.S. Constitution were roughly comparable
to hearing Eminem
praising the virtues of Beethovens Fifth Symphony. While
undoubtedly there were some viewers who were sucked in by the charismatic oratory (what
was that famous line by P. T. Barnum?), the Anointed One did little tonight to restore his
creds. He did not take the dramatic turn toward the political center that many pundits
expected him to do, but instead promised that the coming year would be more of the same
old, same old. Somewhat surprisingly, he implored his Democratic allies in Congress not to
abandon ship in the middle of the election year. That he had to do so was an
acknowledgment that some of them are in deep doo-doo with the electorate back home.
Take one for the Gipper, he seemed to be telling them, except he would never
allude to that famous line from the old Ronald Reagan movie.
maybe the
unemployment lines will not be as long after November.
After all, he did state that his primary focus for the year would be on the economy
and providing jobs. It would have been far more assuring and comforting if he had added
that he would be enrolling in an Econ 101 class at As
usual, the Opposing Partys response after the Address was somewhat anticlimactic,
although So
the blogosphere will have something to discuss for the next week or so, then things will
return to normal. The Presidents approval rating may bump up a point or two, but
then reality will set in once again. By spring or early summer, I doubt that anyone will
be pointing back to tonights speech as a turning point in the 2010
elections
especially anyone who is worried about having to stand in a post-November
unemployment line. (0)
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There
is hope at last
(or is there?) The
internet newspaper World Net Daily
is reporting today that an advertising group called Grassroots
Campaigns has placed ads on Craigslist in various cities around the country searching
for directors to run offices in 32 cities
to counter the hysteria and lies of
Glenn Beck and to
stop the lies of the tea baggers. The organization has previously done work for the
Democratic National Committee and MoveOn.org. According
to the ad, each director will be paid a salary of $24,000, and will be responsible for
hiring 15 to 50 local canvassers to go forth and spread the gospel of progressive
liberalism to the unwashed masses who might otherwise be sucked in by those who promote
individual responsibility and limited government. Lets
see, now
If
each of these new directors hire an average of 32.5 canvassers, that will provide at least
2.5 million jobs that the Obama Administration will be able to claim as either
created or saved. We
are happy to see that the Democrats are at last becoming involved with ending our
countrys rising unemployment. This
new concern was further illustrated by a quote from Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) in this
mornings Denver Post in which he said,
Abraham Lincoln had this saying, You fight one war at a time'
.The focus
has got to be on jobs and small business, on jobs and on the people in the middle.
Kudos to Rep. Perlmutter; it took him just three years in office to figure this out. One
still must wonder, however, if he came up with this new reality all by himself or was told
by his ventriloquist Nancy Pelosi to say it. (0)
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Is it too little, too late? There
have been several articles written of late by fellow conservative writers lamenting the
current state of affairs in this country and suggesting that it is already too late to
restore Writing
at American
Thinker, conservative author Randall Hoven opines, I'm
not sure if Republican wins will fix things, even if we get genuine conservatives in
office, because the necessary actions are also unpopular. We need to cut entitlements --
even get the federal government out of Medicare/Medicaid. If Republicans try that, they
will be tossed out. In the current debate, it was Republicans
saying don't cut my Medicare. The implication here is that the situation
in There
is a certain amount of logic in Hovens thesis, in that a basic American
characteristic is that we always want more. Most followers of political trends would
probably agree that, by a wide margin, the immediate concern of Americans today is the
ongoing economic recession, most clearly exemplified by ever-increasing unemployment
levels. The voter frustrations that were demonstrated in last weeks special election
in In
many ways, I have to agree with him. The American electorate is well known for its short
attention span and failure to learn from the past. If this were not the case, the Carter
Administration would have been the final flirtation with the concept of a
progressive/socialist Utopia
in American history. Americans quickly forget, however, and easily buy into campaign
rhetoric that seems to promise a change from their current situation. Ultimately,
complete economic security and social justice can only be brought
about by totalitarianism; total government control over our lives and property, risk and
opportunity, freedom and liberty. Most Americans realize this but are sometimes slow to
recognize it. It is, however, an outcome that is anathema to them. It is also the path on
which the Obama Administration and its progressive Democratic allies have been leading us,
and we are finally waking up to this fact. This
banana-republic junta made a fatal mistake. After its election win in 2008, it assumed
that it had free reign and that the majority of the American public would quietly
acquiesce, joining with those who are too apathetic to care, too mired in an entitlement
mindset to oppose deficit-inducing handouts, or because of those overly opportunistic
people who see some perceived political or economic advantage that a nanny-state
environment would provide. The arrogant and
self-absorbed delusions of the Obama Administration were epitomized in June of last year
when Press Secretary Robert Gibbs smugly responded to a question regarding the
administrations decision to close the If
we were to describe the cyclical nature of American politics with a traditional sine curve
of trigonometry, it would show that we have just passed the highest point of the curve or
the lowest, depending on your political perspective, but that the direction of the curve
is reversing in either case. The major Republican victories in The
real question, then, are whether the conservative Second Revolution that seems
to be taking hold in our country will be successful in bringing about significant changes
in the 2010 and 2012 elections, and then carry them forward? If it does, will the
conservative movement be able to prevent the loss of conservative values in government, as
happened after the huge conservative victory in 1994 under Newt Gingrichs
Contract with America?. Our political history over the last 60 years indicates
that it will not. Making matters worse, each time the pendulum swings back to the Left, it
moves slightly more to the Left than previously. This is why some conservative
prognosticators are pessimistic about Here
in (0)
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An Open Letter to Congressman Ed Perlmutter TO: Rep. Ed
Perlmutter Can
you hear me now? is the famous line from the Verizon Cellular commercials that seems
especially appropriate after Tuesdays stunning Democratic loss in deep-blue The
Obama Administration and the Democratic leadership in Congress have perceived that the
American voters are fools, and have assumed the arrogant position that they know better
than the citizenry what is good for them. In their zeal to promote what they foolishly
refer to as social justice, they have set about to drag everyone down to the
same level rather than raising the economic well-being of all Americans. You would think
that after the New Deal, the Great Society, and the War on
Poverty, even Democrats would recognize that you cannot legislate poverty away
altogether, but that we can certainly place the burden of debt on future generations only
to exacerbate the situation, making more and more people dependent on the federal
government for their welfare. Then again, this is perceived to be the method for retaining
power. The radical Socialist Saul Alinsky described it perfectly in his many writings.
Unfortunately for his adherents, it doesnt work that way in Can
you hear me now?
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