..And In Second Place..The USA

..And in Second Place..The USA!



There is a disapointing, short sighted trend within the Obama Administration that is focused on all the wrong decisions. In order to pay for the wave of Socialism that remains unabated major infrastructure projects are getting cancelled that will set America into a second place standing against global competitors.

Paying for the huge corporate bailouts requires this be done. This was the first example of shortsighted and wrong decision making. Using the Bush Administration's failures as a crutch to excuse further bad decisions is petty and lacks in leadership.

Nothing exposed this more than the State of Union address; Congress was lectured, same old topics raised over and over, Bush was blamed and more emphasis was put, still, on failed policy. Quietly, behind the scenes, there was wholesale slaughter at NASA. Late last year the ribbon cutting ceremony at Yucca Mt. was, also, quietly cancelled. The layoffs will begin shortly and the lies of "saving jobs" will make Liberal media headlines.

While tacit mention was made of our children's educational future; SEIU and the teacher's unions will continue to dictate educational policy instead of parents. Nothing was mentioned of Southern California and the plight of the farmers there. The unemployment and destruction of families continues.

The promised shovel ready projects are still not moving shovels. High speed rail proposals will only go to those Senators who vote for Healthcare and Cap and Trade. Nothing was mentioned on actually creating jobs for everyday Americans who need to get to work now even if it means pumping gas or bagging groceries. Lots of talk on training for the "jobs of tomorrow" and the "green" economy: but this takes months, even years. What does an unemployed (or underemployed) parent do in the meantime? Hope for extensions in benefits from DOR?
That is exactly what the President said. That was his great solution. Extend UI benefits!

Tax credits to small business is not the answer either. A tax credit is a voucher to be cashed in on a later date. It does nothing in the immediate to help hire, pay bills, manage costs. The President was eager to claim not "one dime" was raised on American incomes. Nothing was done to lower them either at a time when we need every "dime" we can get.
The spending freeze doesn't take effect until 2011 (actually June of 2011). That gives sixteen months of largesse still to come; but in the words of the President, "thats how budgets work"..What? Thats not how mine works!

Well, at least there has been "headway" made on earmarks. Like a ship heading for the rocks, but at least, it has slowed down a bit. We are still making smoke filled room deals, taxpayer funded junkets (Copenhagen) and amendments buried in bills that are not even related to one another.(Case in point: the time line of Cobra benefits for recently layed off workers has been increased from nine months to fifteen months. It was an amendment buried in the Defense Appropriations Bill for fundng Iraq and Afghanistan).

Nothing has changed. Washington continues to ignore and nibble around the edges and call it "sweeping reform!" It is not. Barak Hussien Obama said what ever he had to say (or, what he was told to say by Andy Stern and Roger Emult) in order to get elected. This Administration took the least educated and poorest among us and used them as a catalyst for "Hope and Change".
Oh, but, their lives are going to change alright, for the worse.

....And That Is The Diatribe....

The Tragic Tale Continues..

The Tragic Tale Continues..


I have a friend from High School who has recently engaged me in an open dialogue concerning my "Diatribe". His arguements are laced with personal attacks and constant references to my lack of a college education as if that is the be all and end all of one's ability to conduct any kind of political discourse or right of offering an opinion. His references to my "supposed" radio show and my lack of historical context, or understanding of history and grammatical errors seem to be the foundation of his vitriol towards myself. I have asked him to come on the show and explain his reasons and the convictions of his reasons.

Thus far, no answer. Hey, nobody is perfect.

I gauge my development of opinion based on mitigating factors. This was not always the case. I was once a card carrying Liberal and always surrounded myself with like minded people and exposed myself to literature and print of that lean. My research and self education have steadily ramped up since my days as a Staff Officer for the U.S. Coast Guard Aux.. Now, that I do this radio show, I must be acutely aware of information, where it comes from, the context of its message and how I package it to specifically express the desired effect I am trying to impart. It can be quite a process at times.

I have also, well, grown up.

Being able to pontificate a political opinion armed with your diploma and sense of self righteous archetype theories are a great weapon to wield against an opponent who has based his/her political standards upon common sense, personal experiences, and years of watching those said 'theories' relegated to the ash heap of history. Marx can be studied all he wants. He was wrong. History has proven it.

All these crazy theorists (Cloward+Piven, Van Jones, Sunstien, etc) all get their ideas from dead politics. Thats right, dead politics. All their heroes are dead along with their failed experiments. It is as simple as that in my mind.

Maybe that is the dilemna my adversary cannot ascertain. The simplicity. For me I have the past as prologue. For him he has the past as proof I don't know what I am talking about.

There is something we should all watch for when listening to a politico speak. Watch for the use of negativety towards the nation and it's people. Always a red flag. Hitler told of a great empire yet always talked of crushing the enemy. Lenin spoke of a revolution that will sweep away the old, Obama said he was days away from "...fundamentally changing the United States". What was wrong with the old United States?..Yeah..See what I'm saying?

It is here that I superimpose my friend in this catagory. Always the negative, always the personal and be-littleing. Nothing positive in his presentation. Ergo, I am wary.

I love this nation and and he hates it. Based on that premise alone I win the arguement without uttering a word. Bring on the exultations of Marx all you want, please, ( I know nothing about him) I want you too. That way branding you a Socialist nutbag can be done by your own hand. Again, I do not need to utter a word.

I will use the words of Reagan, JFK, Eisenhower, Palin, McCain, Bush 1+2, even Nixon who all helped lead a nation and triumphed and failed all at some time but believed in one overiding principle. That America is exceptional and our best days are still ahead and that the people know what is best for them not some theorist with a college diploma.

..And That Is The Diatribe..