People are becoming disillusioned..

I think people are beginning to see that most (perhaps all) politicians are greatly affected by their induction into the halls of power. President Obama, more than anyone I can think of, has ignored the very promises he made during the campaign. He talked of transparency in congressional discussions, of putting an end to earmarks, of fiscal responsibility, of removing the influence of political lobbyists, and of keeping the unemployment rate below 8%. On these issues, he's batting zero.

The "we know better than anyone else" attitude seems to be catching, particularly in this administration. We might feel better about some of the decisions regarding Social Security, health care, or taxes and IRAs, if we were all in the same boat. However, the leaders of these "reforms" don't pay into Social Security (salaries forever), have their own life-time cadillac health insurance, and use their positions to accumulate wealth (and, apparently, avoid paying taxes).

Unbelievable Arrogance

The arrogance of the Washington leadership is astonishing. That they would push forward with an enormous bill--that most congressmen have not had a chance to read--in spite of the concerns of the American people, shows an utter contempt for constituents.

Thomas Sowell, from the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, is also amazed.

"In short, this is not about improving the health of the American people. It is about passing something--anything--to keep the Obama administration from ending up with egg on its face by being unable to pass a bill, after so much hype and hoopla."

As he continues: "The only rational explanation for such haste to pass a bill that will be slow to go into effect is to prevent the public from knowing what is in this massive legislation..."

This is not about health. It is about ego. The appointment of so "czars" to get around the system for approving cabinet members is another indication that this president, and his cronies, totally disregard the basic rules and values of this society--all to impose the will of a few arrogant elitists.

Just what I was talking about

This was in my paper, just the day after my post. I guess others have noticed the deception too.

Tired of being lied to?

I wonder how many who voted for President Obama are getting tired of the lies. I'm hopeful that there are reasonable people out there who have figured out that they fell for a line, just as they were supposed to.

The health care debate is an excellent example. During the campaign, Barack Obama said on multiple occasions that all discussions of health care (among other things) would be held in the open. I heard him say that debates would be broadcast on C-Span and/or streamed on the Net.

Transparency was an important part of his belief about how government should work.

Well, it was all pretend. Speaker Pelosi even chuckled when asked about it: Oh that was the campaign. Now all health care bill discussions are conducted in very private rooms, by only the most liberal members of the Democrat party. It is about power, control, and taxes, and they don't want people to realize what's going on.

I guess this ties in with my other blog; people are pretty gullible. It is a bit frightening.

Sick of political correctness!

I just hate to think what I'm going to have to go through the next time I want to fly to visit the grandkids. Can someone please forget this politically correct nonsense and do some decent profiling? How many elderly couples or young families have to pay because some man was permitted to buy a plane ticket with cash, pass through security, and get on an airplane to fly to the US without luggage? Nobody thought that was the least bit odd? Or, did no one dare say anything for fear of being.....impolite? intolerant? racist?

Even worse is the fact that he was on a watch list, his father had tried--more than once--to alert authorities, and it was known that he had been speaking with a radical cleric. Yoo Hoo!

Charles Krauthammer, from the Washington Post Writer's Group, identifies a real problem within the current United States administration:

The reason the country is uneasy about the Obama administration’s response to this attack is a distinct sense of not just incompetence but incomprehension. From the very beginning, President Barack Obama has relentlessly tried to downplay and deny the nature of the terrorist threat we continue to face. Napolitano renames terrorism “man-caused disasters.” Obama goes abroad and pledges to cleanse America of its post-9/11 counterter­rorist sins. Hence, Guantanamo will close, CIA interrogators will face a special prosecutor, and Khalid Sheik Mohammed will bask in a civilian trial in New York — a trifecta of political correctness and image management.

And just to make sure even the dimmest understand, Obama ban­ishes the term “war on terror.” It’s over — that is, if it ever existed.

If it weren't for a faulty detonator and some passengers, more than 300 people would likely be dead. And Obama's administration is calling this man a "suspect" and sent him to a jail where he quickly lawyered up and stopped talking.

Mr. Krauthammer goes on to say:

This absurdity renders hollow Obama’s declaration that “we will not rest until we find all who were involved.” Once we’ve given Abdul­mutallab the right to remain silent, we have gratuitously forfeited our right to find out from him precisely who else was involved, namely those who trained, instructed, armed and sent him.

This is just nuts. I'm going to carry on some more tomorrow.