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What About Mono-tasking?
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 | Healthcare, Politics | 1 Comment
I know that the new way of doing things is to multi-task but there are things that might better be done with a laser focus. One of those things that should have been mono-tasked is President Obama’s healthcare inititiative.
Instead of going to try to get the Olympics, or going across the country trying to get the birther vote, he should be concentrating on the votes that count. President Obama is a Constitutional lawyer he should know that the votes that count are the ones that will give him the sixty votes.
The Democrats seem to have forgotten that they won the election. They also seem to have forgotten that the people elected them to get things done. If they don’t get things done, they may not get re-elected.
If President Obama got the healthcare with a public option that he and the majority of Americans want, then he could be in a better position to help those Congressmen and women that need to be re-elected. He should be concentrating on those people to get their vote.
He should forget about pleasing the Republicans and remember what he said after his Presidential win: that he is the President of all the United States. While the public option may not please everyone, it will please the majority and that’s what our laws require.
Speaking of what our law requires. why don’t we do away with the filabuster option in the Senate? The House has done away with it and I think that the Senate should too. The filabuster makes it almost necessary to get a two thirds vote which should be reserved for Amendments.
P.S. Today is my daughter’s birthday. Every day, but particularly at her birthday, I am reminded I may never create a breathtaking sunset or a Mona Lisa but having a part in creating this Awesome human being makes me thankful to God, and Da Vinci jealous.
P.P.S. Happy Birthday!!! Anjanette Love Dad
Damn You! Liberal Media
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 | Life, Politics | No Comments
President Obama has brought a very glaring problem to the attention of the public. We are being indoctrinated. Now I’m not talking about the disgusting things that the President suggested in his speech like our children getting a good education; no, I’m talking about the despicable things that the liberal media has forced us to believe.
I remember the first time it happened to me. It was 1965 and the media put on this ridiculous show called I Spy. The liberal media wanted us to believe that Blacks and Whites could work together and even be friends. They wanted us to believe that Blacks could become Rhodes Scholars. The sad part is that I felt that way already due to a previous indoctrination from my mother but that was when parents actually taught their children right from wrong.
This was sort of when the flood gates openned. Soon we had the groundbreaking Kirk kissing Uhura which is kind of funny when you think that Kirk had already interacted with a green Orion slave girl and no one complained. Soon we had Chico and the Man espousing the view that Hispanics and Whites could get along. What next World Peace?
Too Much, Too Late
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 | Economics, Politics | No Comments
Another person called me today and told me the bad news. He works in the construction industry and hasn’t worked for three months. Another friend works at Circuit City and though he is still working he isn’t putting much in his retirement account. I’d love to think that like some B movie western, the cavalry is on the way but I fear the horses might be dead.
The experts are predicting that the unemployment rate will reach eleven percent by the third or fourth quarter (sounds like a hell of a Christmas present). Yet the Congressional Republicans are still fighting with the President on his stimulus bill.
Some of them argue that the bill will take too long to actually stimulate the economy, others say they want more tax cuts but those of us who don’t have secure government jobs for the next two, four, or six years just want action.
I can’t help but think that the business of politics should change it’s name to show business because all of these politicans seem to be posturing for the next election. Okay, we get it, Republicans are the tax reducers and Democrats spend like there is no tomorrow.( which the way things are going my not be a slogan but a prophecy) On second thought, the way they are arguing maybe that should be No Show Business. When Sean Penn expresses his opinion on a government action we don’t have to listen. When Congress and the President express theirs, we better listen.
I realize that nobody in government wants to make a mistake that would cost them their next election but now is the time for action. If you make a mistake try something different. The American people are forgiving if you make a mistake cause at least you tried something.
Imagine two doctors at the scene of an accident; doctor one waits for the injured to get to the hospital and doctor two treats the wounded on the spot. If one of the injured dies while doc two is treating him we would be more forgiving then if doc one’s patient dies in the operating room. It is better for the economy to have a little now then to die with too much , too late
What Recession?
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 | Economics, Politics | No Comments
People are losing their homes. Famous People are being ripped off by Bernard Madoff. Unemployment is likely to rise to double digits. All of these economic indicators would point to a recession and yet I am beginning to wonder: What Recession?
Don’t get me wrong, I, like many Americans, am tightening my belt to the point that people have thought that I have lost weight (They also worry that my belt will give way and they will be smothered in blubber). I, like most reasonable people, am trying to pay off my credit cards, start saving, get an emergency fund, forego buying the big screen TV, and even put off planning to go on vacation. I would think that this is the least you should do in a recession. So I have a question: With the economy being so bad how can so many people be going to the Presidential Inauguration?
They are expecting anywhere from two million to two and a half million people to be at the event. This will not only be more than George Bush, it is my understanding it will be more than any inauguration. So let me get this straight; at a time when people are facing worse economic times than any time since the Great Depression people feel the need to spend their money to be half a block to almost two miles away from an event they could see better on television.
I would like to believe that all of the vendors and restaurants and hotels are giving huge discounts to the people because times are tough and this is a historic event etc. but my belief in Santa Claus has still not placed Salma Hayek under my tree. I’m sure that the law of supply and demand has kicked in and accommodations are astronomical.
Now I realize that there are going to be lots of the well off in the crowd but they all can’t be Beyonce. So I can only assume that some of those attending will not be well off. Are they doing this so that they can tell their grandchildren that they were there when the first black man was inaugurated? This seems like a pretty poor reason to invest what may be your last money, especially when you could lie. My grandchildren won’t believe that I was at the Lincoln assassination but if I tell them that I saw Obama Inaugurated they probably will, even if it was on tv.
I also question why, when the government is being weighted down with trillion dollar debt that they choose to run this. I don’t think the Constitution calls for this, so maybe we should end it. It seems like this is a lot of frivolity in times like these. What will I tell my grandchildren when they ask if i was at some historic event? I’ll tell them I was in a voting booth.
Don’t Be Nice in Front of Me
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 | General, Politics | No Comments
Most of the time when a President leaves office he looks a lot older then when he was elected. I know he is older but I mean that he seems to have aged disproportionately more in those 4 or 8 years. If things keep progressing the way they have been, President Obama may look like Benjamin Button at the beginning of his life when he leaves office. As if the economic crisis wasn’t enough now he will have to face more problems in the Middle East.
I can understand that Hamas has attacked Israel and that Israel has the right to defend itself, but does it have the right to do more? If I remember from the Old Testament playbook it is not an eye for a spleen. Please don’t tell me that the Israelis have a right to eradicate Hamas because they are a threat because that’s what Hamas is saying about the Israelis.
Of course I won’t be solving this problem anytime soon, so I am trying to make things easier on me. A couple of days ago I was coming to a stop and a car was coming out of the parking lot. The car in front of me stopped and let the other car ahead of him. I quickly stopped. Then I prayed that the car in back would not be coming home with me. As I was waiting, it suddenly dawned on me that the car in front of me thought that he had done a good deed by letting the other car go in front of him. From my point of view, however, he had inconvenienced me and therefore had done a bad deed. Now I know that two wrongs don’t make a right but a right and a wrong make a neutral.
So I think we should agree to this rule. If you are in front of me don’t be nice; that guy leaving the 7/11 will have to wait for a break in traffic. If, however, the Black Toyota coming out of the Piggly Wiggly has me behind the wheel; do a good deed and let me out.