Barack Obama - Doing his part to live up to every expectation conservatives have come to expect. Why did anyone think that he should turn Congress loose on spending? Congress, of course, has responded like a drunken 16 year old in control of his parents' Platinum credit card.The Snarky Files. Snarky means several things. I prefer the definition of "sharply critical." Here's my take on some news stories this past week. No real news here, just snark.
News Flash!
I just got off the phone with Arizona Representative Jeff Flake. He responded to one of my letters regretting that he had missed the vote on the cap and trade bill. He apologized and indicated that the bill, of course, won't get by the Senate so easily and also believes that if and when it returns to the House, it won't get passed a second time.
Thank you Representative Jeff Flake.
G(rrrrrrrrrr)8!
President Obama and G8 world leaders have declared that, with new global regulations, they will single-handedly prevent the world's temperatures from rising more than two degrees Fahrenheit.
The moves were designed to put the squeeze on the world’s developing nations, most of whose leaders will join the G8 for a debate chaired by President Obama today. (TimesOnlineUK)The new plan includes reducing CO2 emissions by banning all factories, gasoline, cars, airplanes, ships, industrialized farming, electric producing plants, nuclear energy, conservative talk-radio hosts, and sanitary landfills. Russian leaders suggested a shorter term solution by offering to launch the remainder of its nuclear arsenal at the largest population centers around the globe. They sweetened the deal by offering to take out Alaska and Sarah Palin once and for all.
The expected catastrophic drop in world population was predicted to get rid of the pesky humans, the largest producers of CO2 according to Al Gore's research team, mostly in industrialized countries.
Obama told G8 leaders that he had "dibs" on being the world ruler after the cataclysm, should any people besides he, Al Gore and Congress survive the global restrictions.
Boxer Shorts
California Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer announced to the world, and apparently with a straight face, that without the global climate change bill:
there will be dire results: droughts, floods, fires, loss of species, damage to agriculture, worsening air pollution and more. (Yahoo!)That's good enough for me to justify the House cramming through a 1200 page bill, so complex no one understands what it says, what it will do, what the ramifications are, without anyone able to read it, and with only five hours of debate. Let's get that puppy passed in the Senate!
Once Americans cannot meet the tax obligation of the federal government and the US runs out of money and factories shut down and electricity is no longer produced, I'll still praise Barbara for her considered contributions to our global future.
W Is Back
In a stunning move for the hope and change crowd, President Obama admitted in a speech in London this past week, that the war in Afghanistan "has a long way to go." (Reuters) MSNBC Anchor Keith Olbermann felt the president's speech must have been rigged. "We are still unclear how Dick Cheney was able to get access to President Obama's teleprompter," he was quoted as saying.
Democratic leaders who had so carefully crafted their political positions based on hatred of George W. Bush and his continued support of the war on terror were not immediately available for comment.
W Under Pressure
In a shocking move to preserve the Obama legacy from slipping ever more into the George W. Bush camp, Attorney General Eric Holder announced this past week that he may investigate the Bush era torture cases. (Newsweek) While I'm all for investigating past presidents for abuses which they may or may not have committed in office, this particular case smacks too much of hypocrisy on the part of the Obama administration.
Why investigate the accusations of CIA torture during the Bush administration? Because it is a safe bet for the Obama administration since the CIA waterboarding ended long before the Obama administration took power - no "dirt" could possibly rub off on Obama.
Why not investigate Bush's "lies" about the war in Iraq? Because Obama's basically adopted Bush's policies on that war. What about Bush's abuse of wiretapping? Let's see, did President Obama give up that executive power yet? No?
Looks like business as usual in the Oval Office. How's that hope and change working for the rest of you?
Are You Sure?
President Obama said the $787 billion spending package (stimulus) "has worked as intended." (Bloomberg)
Does this really mean that Obama intended that national unemployment levels would creep toward ten percent, the stock market would remain basically flat, mortgage companies would continue to flounder, the government would have to take over private industries, the housing market would stall, and credit remains tight?
If that's how the spending package (stimulus) was going to work as intended, then I guess it's working great.
It Gets Worse
A Wall Street Journal op-ed piece indicates that not only is the spending package (stimulus) not doing its job, but that the economy is really as bad as we all think.
The recent unemployment numbers have undermined confidence that we might be nearing the bottom of the recession. What we can see on the surface is disconcerting enough, but the inside numbers are just as bad. (Wall Street Journal)I won't quote all the sordid details of the "inside numbers" but suffice to say that we're not out of the woods. With Congress considering a third spending bill to rebuild the infrastructure, the only thing to say is: It's a shame they couldn't have gotten it right the first time around. $787 billion is a pretty large experiment.
Weighty Judgments
Justice Sonia Sotomayor vowed at the beginning of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings that she would hold "fidelity to the law." (Washington Times)
Are we so gullible as Americans that we actually believe that any judge can promise personal feelings and ideologies won't get in the way of their judgments? Obama nominated her because of those feelings. Can we honestly think she won't represent the policies of the current administration?
Perhaps not. You can't really predict what a wise Latina woman will do in the Supreme Court.
TOTUS
The Teleprompter of the United States (TOTUS) fell to its demise during one of Obama's many, many, many teleprompted speeches. (ABC News) Obama was forced to rely on the one, remaining teleprompter and notes.
This "news" story only proves my assertion that the primary role of government is to provide entertainment and the primary role of media is to keep us apprised of the entertainment. The Great Crash of 2009 was rumored to be caused by Obama's bull hitting the teleprompter screen with too much force.
Unhealthy Care
In the middle of the economic woes, Congress insists on cramming through an emergency health care reform bill. President Obama, anxious to bankrupt the country as soon as possible, stated that he would support any bill that Democrats could force through Congress. (Bloomberg)
This brings up the important question that Congress fails to ask: What is the dang hurry with all of these bills? What is Congress hiding?
Looks like Obama's promise of "transparency" was more campaign rhetoric. What he really meant instead of transparency was obfuscation. Behind the obfuscation is political power strong enough to break the economy and remove the people's power.
There is no health care system in the world that will fix statism.
The Obama Syndrome
In Alligator, Mississippi, population 220, Tommie “Tomaso” Brown, 38, defeated Robert Fava, the mayor since 1979. (Telegraph) Brown is the first black mayor the town has ever had. Citizens speculate that since a black man got elected as president, people are more open to having black people in office.
The real reason, of course, has nothing to do with race, but with Obama liberalism. As Fava put it:
I ran on ’30 years of dedicated service’ and he ran on ’Change’. He promised a swimming pool and a recreation centre, [sic] which he can’t do. (Telegraph)It looks like when push comes to shove in the political arena, Americans really just want government to give us stuff. Preferably by having rich people pay for it all.
Who will pay for this stuff when the rich people have all died from over-taxation?
Selling Out
In my last Snarky Files I mentioned Michael Jackson's kids being held for auction to the highest bidder. The mother of two of the children, Debbie Rowe, expressed an interest in her "offspring." It looks like she's released her claim on them after getting paid off to the tune of four million dollars. (NY Post)
And here I was all worried that parents and families were devalued in the US. I wonder how much I can get for my kids?
I Swear
After reading much of this, you might be feeling a bit worried or stressed. I've got good news for you. Recent research indicates that swearing helps to make you feel better.
Researchers from the school of psychology at Britain's Keele University have found swearing can make you feel better as it can have a "pain-lessening effect," according to a study published in the journal NeuroReport. (Reuters)So go ahead and make yourself feel better. I feel your pain.
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