Posted by
William D. Dannenmaier on Saturday, March 27, 2010 8:14:23 PM
When the Saudi family decided the billions of dollars they were receiving from the United States for oil were inadequate and raised the price, the resulting increase in gasoline and heating oil prices roused popular outcry in the United States. “Why,” was the question, “don’t we drill for our own oil in Alaska, the western states and off the coast? Drilling will create jobs and those billions will remain in the United States.” We were told it would take ten years to get that oil into public use. We must pay the Saudi princes’ prices during the interim. Again the price of oil is creeping up. I’m certainly glad our politicians approved drilling two years ago. Or did they? Could Congress and Obama be more interested in the welfare of the Arabic peoples than they are of us?
A March 10th article on either Drudge or Google quoted Pelosi as saying, “… this person is a very sick person…” The article headline mentioned Rahm Emanuel and Eric Massa. I didn’t read the article, so I don’t know which of the two men she was talking about. Perhaps both.
I received a letter from the Census Bureau telling me that they were going to send me a letter. That letter probably went to a hundred million people, a letter telling them they would receive a letter. At first I was amused. Everything it attempted to do could have been done in a short paragraph in the coming letter. Then my taxpayer instincts took hold. That letter cost us a hundred million sheets of paper and a hundred million envelopes. It also cost ink and, perhaps, the salaries of part-time workers to get the letters in the envelopes and mailed. It was not amusing, it was disgusting.
In the last election I voted for McCain reluctantly – I didn’t like him – but was afraid of Obama’s history of friends and associates – remember the proven saying “birds of a feather flock together.” Now I’m more convinced than ever that Obama is a product of his Muslim heritage and his twenty years in Wright’s hate America, hate white people church. Since his election Obama has favored and befriended, or attempted to befriend, every despot and dictator around the world while criticizing and alienating democracies to the point of trying to subvert Honduras’s lawful, elected, government. He has supported the pouring of billions of dollars into anti-democratic, oil rich, Muslim autocracies while canceling plans to begin exploring in oil rich areas of the United States, which would have brought jobs and wealth to Americans. Is he showing his true colors?
Congressman Matheson’s brother applied for a Federal judgeship, for which he was well qualified, a year ago, but was ignored. Congressman Matheson was one of the Democrat’s opposing the health bill. Suddenly, Obama forwarded his brother’s name for approval as a Federal judge. Just a coincidence? How many other retiring Democrats in Congress are getting promises of high paying Federal jobs in exchange for their votes?
When questioned concerning the legality of tactics Pelosi was using to pass the “health care” bill, President Obama was quoted as responding, “Process doesn’t matter.” He has a lot of company in that belief. Every dictator has believed that. Begin with Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin, if you wish, and continue to Castro, Chavez and Putin. Just as lots of Americans are supporting Obama, lots of Italians, Germans and Russians, those who weren’t executed or imprisoned, supported their masters. I’m not certain that their supporters were happy with the long term results. Obama and Pelosi’s legacy could be the destruction of democracy in our nation.
Frank Turek has an interesting article, “Deem Obama Impeached,” in which he quotes Obama as saying, when asked about Congress “Deeming” health care passed, that he doesn’t care how it is passed as long as it is passed. Then Turek lists the complaints about King George in justifying the American Revolution and compares each one with current Obama policies. As a final, he asks if Obama wouldn’t care about the processes of law given in the Constitution if Congress were to “deem” Obama impeached.
I suppose it is a silly question, but now that ObamaCare, which will care for all, has passed why do we need Medicaid, designed to help those who can’t pay for themselves or, for that matter Medicare? If they reduce the value of Medicare to me, will they reduce the amount they subtract from my retirement income to pay for it?
Thought for the day: A conservative trusts in God not in government: a liberal trusts in government not in God.