Obama’s stimulus checks are going to some interesting people. According to the news, one person who has been dead for forty years received one. In another case, an Italian, long dead, who left the United States in 1930 and never contributed to Social Security received one. Our efficient Federal Government (which will oversee our nationalized health care) estimates that between ten and twenty thousand checks have been sent to people now dead, which probably means between twenty and forty thousand checks. But, who’s counting? I suggested to a friend at the Cardiac Club that perhaps they were using the Democrats’ voting lists, but he argued they were simply having ACORN determine who should receive them.

Obama’s seizures of the banks and firing executives at General Motors is a nationalizing trend. Does he plan to stop with multi-billion dollar firms or follow the Socialist pattern of dictating all production and money exchange? The outlines of his medical care proposal make one fear he plans to run all aspects of our lives. The ultimate ironies are the Jackson day rallies in which Democrats pledge their allegiance to the doctrines of President Andrew Jackson. Jackson opposed nationalization and destroyed the National Bank.

The captain of the ship seized by pirates has been rescued. That is one small step for man. Now let’s take a large step for mankind. Obama should send the Navy, in strength, off Somalia and attack the harbors known as pirate hangouts. Everything floating should be sunk. Several docks should be destroyed, as well as all warehouses and dry docks. When that is over, the total cost of the operation – men, munitions, ships – should be determined. Whatever it is, thirty, sixty or whatever millions of dollars, should be determined. Then that bill should be sent to the leaders of Somalia saying, “We know you didn’t want those pirates so we have removed them for you. This is the bill. If you don’t pay it, we might think you were for the pirates and have to come in and do some serious damage. Sincerely,….” I wouldn’t expect to see any money, but neither would I expect to see pirates in that region attacking our ships again.

A news report said that Obama sat “stoically” through a diatribe by “President” Ortega of Nicaragua blaming the United States for all of Central and South American ills.  Why an article implying that Obama would disapprove? Obama had said, basically, the same thing a few days earlier. In fact, consider the persons Obama has accepted as political “friends:” Iran’s Armadinejad, Cuba’s Castro, Venezuela’s Chavez and Russia’s Putin; all of whom are despots who have or are in the process of destroying beginning democracies. Why should anyone be surprised at this choice of persons to admire, consider those whom Obama admired in earlier years such as Reverend Wright and Bill Ayers. What all of these men have in common is their hatred of the United States and a desire to destroy its democracy.

One of Obama’s little mentioned ideas (by the Democratic News Media) during his campaign was to establish a national police force the size of the army. I expected him to transform ACORN into this, especially after he allocated millions of dollars in his stimulus package to them, but now it appears that his Homeland Security is taking over that role. Is this Obama’s new Hope and Change Society?

McCain’s top adviser during his Presidential campaign, Steve Schmidt, has emerged and is advising the Republican Party as to how to win the next election. Considering Mr. Schmidt’s past success, Republicans should listen carefully to what he says, and do the opposite.

Occasionally, but rarely, a political leader will say something in public that he/she normally reserves for conversations with fellow politicians of his own party. That happened recently. Ray Buckley, Chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, commenting on the “T” Parties in his state said they, “…didn’t even know what they were protesting,” and, “…they looked like they had lost their minds.” Wonderful comment – for the Republicans. It says what the Democratic politicians think of tax paying citizens.

The attack on the right of honest citizens to own guns continues. Even Obama’s choice for the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of banning guns. I suggest gun-owners take a leaf from the radical Left-Wing Liberals. They rename things to make them more palatable. For example, terrorist attacks have become something like “human caused destruction.” Eliminate the word “guns.” Use the old fashioned term “Equalizer” instead. After all that is what guns do, they give honest citizens an equal chance against criminals.