Obama keeps calling for bipartisan support, yet, has he done anything that can be considered bipartisan at all? Keeping Robert Gates as the Secretary of Defense? Not only is Gates not registered with a political party, the two dissenting votes during his confirmation came from two Republican Senators. Maybe Obama choosing Republican Representative Ray LaHood to serve as the Secretary of Transportation? Maybe LaHood can fix our broken public transportation system so that Amtrak will actually be cheaper than driving and it will be somewhat on time. That would be nice, but maybe Obama just wanted to keep the single Republican in his cabinet out of the way.
Telling the EPA to reconsider their decision that kept California from having a higher emission standard was one of the first things that Obama did (I thought he wanted to get the economy back on its feet, not kick it while it’s down). He already ended a ban on federal funding of international organizations that support abortions as well (I really care more about the use of federal funds than the babies, but I thought he was a Christian). Obama is doing what his voters probably asked for, but how can he ask for bipartisan support of his policies when he himself is a partisan tool? I can only see one reason why Obama would keep asking conservatives to back him, he is playing the “good parent, bad parent” game. At some point when you were a child and your parents were fighting, one of your parents might have offered to get you a toy that you wanted, but the other parent being the responsible one prevented the “nice” parent from buying you the toy. Now the responsible parent is the bad guy and the irresponsible parent is the good guy. You, of course, end up with nothing.
Nancy Pelosi’s state is going bankrupt and she is telling us that the best way to improve the economy is to have the government spend more on food stamps, unemployment insurance, and contraceptives. I can understand the reasoning behind the free contraceptives because they work in synergy with the left’s current battle plans against poverty. Handing out free condoms, increasing taxes (which decreases wages while increasing unemployment), raising the minimum wage (which increases unemployment and inflation), creating ineffective handout programs and getting people to rely on them, starting up an undependable universal health-care system, increasing food costs in order to be nice to animals (too bad producers just move into a red state), and increasing energy costs with ineffective environmental policies all lead to one solution: letting the socio-economical lower class die off.
If they spend three-thousand pounds on a meal for Muslim inmates, what else can they expect? Pretty soon the United Kingdom will face a crime spree started by the masses who want to live off the government. But then again, the United States gave Abdullah Mehsud a prosthetic leg that cost over fifty-thousand dollars during his stay at Guantanamo Bay. At least when Obama closes the prison, terrorists will not attack us in order to obtain free health-care.
In Texas, The Covenant School’s girls basketball team is apologizing to Dallas Academy for defeating their team 100-0. They are even attempting to forfeit the win because they deemed the game “shameful and an embarrassment.” This is an example of how political correctness and the hippie belief that “everyone is a winner” are ruining our society. The Covenant School’s team clearly possessed greater skill than the other team, so they won. Some may argue that the team should not have kept going after they were 59-0 at half-time, but anyone who actually enjoys competition (like those who might join a competitive sports team) would probably prefer that the other team not go easy on them. Going easy on your opponent is probably a greater insult than defeating him or her 100-0. I especially love how the Associated Press attempts to create more sympathy for Dallas Academy by emphasizing the school’s specialty in students with attention span problems:
“The academy specializes in teaching students with what it calls ‘learning differences,’ such as short attention spans or difficulty in concentrating.”
The rich are already ashamed of their wealth and now athletes are supposed to go easy on each other or risk being forced to forfeit. Maybe we should ban Rubik’s Cubes and replace them with The People’s Cube puzzles.
“How did Barack Obama’s inauguration make you feel?”
Hopeful, inspired, proud. Glad that we will be getting out of Iraq. Excited about having a black president. Peaceful now that we will not have to worry about the rent or money for gasoline. No wait, too far.
When I was asked that question, I was annoyed because everyone seemed to expect some words about the miracle that is Barack Obama. I voted for the other guy, but I would feel only a little less indifferent if McCain had won. Even though Obama won, the troops will still be in Iraq for over a year and people are still going to have to worry about money, health-care, and everything else they were worrying about before. I do not see much change in the near future. I see my parents paying more taxes if Obama lets Bush’s tax cuts expire (Bush’s tax cuts do more for people earning less than a hundred thousand a year than Obama’s will). I see energy prices increasing if Obama follows through with some of the policies that he supported during his campaign. I see myself and other students being forced to perform community service if Obama’s pinko police state hippie draft somehow manages to go through. The largest and most unfortunate change that I see is people foolishly starting to trust the government.
New York’s governor David Paterson announced a while ago that he wants to start an obesity tax in order to reduce obesity and help his state obtain funds. The tax would be added onto junk food items in order to make them less appealing, but one would hope that enough people would purchase these items anyway because the government needs the money. Paterson also wanted to place more taxes on internet companies and Amazon.com is now suing over a requirement that forces companies to collect taxes on shipments to New York residents even if the companies are located out of state. The Internal Revenue Service already has Gestapo-like powers (hey, Godwin’s Law). They have the power to seize assets and enforce liens without going to court. If you have watched The New Batman Adventures that was on about a decade ago, you will know very well that even the Joker will not take on the IRS: “I’m crazy enough to take on Batman, but the IRS?! No thank you!” We already have one organization that can destroy anyone at any time, if we gave New York the ability to cross state lines in the name of taxes, well, goodbye freedom. I am not against taxes, citizens who use infrastructure built by the government and the safety provided by the military should pay for the usage, but idiotic and corrupt politicians will spend recklessly on anything that sounds good but does not do anything useful in order to appeal to their voters and we need more accountability. As citizens, we have to educate ourselves and not let the government do what we ourselves would not do. California is nearing bankruptcy and Californians decided to allow more flexible spending of bonds because they wanted a high-speed train. Great, when you are going down the drain, borrow more money. Then spend this money on a high-speed train that nobody will use because public transportation is always overpriced and unreliable instead of education and infrastructure. If I did not live in California, I would enjoy its demise even more.
