Well stated, Gene Rickaby.
Americans are approaching the most important elections in our nation's history. In 2010 we can collectively apply the brakes on a young president's unrealistic intentions.
President Obama has launched an onslaught on our nation's overall health and unity. His sincerity is marred by his thinking that he's the solution to all of our nation's problems. He is right: We should be acting on behalf of the planet, our nation and our fellow humans. He's wrong to think that such worthy endeavors can be achieved in a matter of months or a couple of years.
He becomes the problem when he attempts to force the achievements on us at the expense of our personal freedoms. Having sworn to honor the U.S. Constitution, he immediately acted in a systematic way to render that document irrelevant.
His intrusion into private business, his ignoring fiscal sanity by piling staggering debt on top of staggering debt and his appointment of czars -- make that commissars -- without any congressional oversight are not in keeping with our form of representational government.
In 2010 the elections will provide Americans the opportunity to rid Congress of fawning cheerleaders who are enabling Obama to ignore the will of the people. Without his near-rubber-stamp Congress, our president will quite possibly join the Americans he's supposed to serve and join us in a moderate approach to long-term problems.
Americans are essentially centrists; we don't need extremists from the right or left.
Gene Rickaby
Martinez
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Well stated, Gene Rickaby.
Can ANYONE list something this president has done that has tangibly helped this country? If I were on the job for 6 months and produced no results, I would be fired.....regardless of how bad the guy before me was.
You guys actually think that BO's voters watch the news or can tell you anything about his administration? Ask them something they will know about like what Michelle was wearing yesterday or how many times BO went golfing this week.
Very soon we are going to see the tangible proof of the President's philosophy. The government cannot continue with its give-away money and take over programs. When the money stops flowing, we will see whatever is left standing. I don't see taxing of business's foreign interests to encourage businesses to stay in the U.S. and create jobs here. The states are going bankrupt. I don't see massive encouragement of alternate energy sources, for example. And then there is the issue of health care for everyone ideology. The dollar is being devalued by excess supply, but the government keeps printing more dollars. And then, our President wants to allow illegal alien workers to remain in our country and take jobs away from U.S. citizens! An amnesty is coming, while American citizens remain out of work. Good job, Mr. President!
In his short time in office O has taken his cues from Chavez's playbook well.
This regime reminds me of the story of the Pied Piper. First, the piper got rid of the rats. When the towns people did not pay up, the piper got rid of the children (our future!)
Look a California's checkbook. Now scratch California off and print in U.S. Treasury. That is where we are headed shortly. Many of the other states are almost there. Most of them are in trouble because of having to pay for federally mandated programs. Soon there will be no money at the state level and no money at the federal level. And it is already getting more expensive and more difficult for the U.S. to borrow money. Now Obama wants to add the insult of higher taxes on our electric bill and to make working people pay for other people's healthcare. We are broke. Everyday people are broke. Not just the federal government. Families are broke. There is no more money for them to take. But take they will and they will lie to us to get it. Just like Obama's healthcare "town hall meeting" yesterday. It came out this morning that all of the questions were pre-screened and consequently there were no hard questions for Obama to answer. Why? Because he cannot possibly defend this program or say how he will pay for it. He doesn't want to have to say on TV that your electric bill is going up $1000 a year and, for those of you that work, your healthcare bill is going up another $500 a year.
Exactly how has he rendered the Constitution irrelevant? Are you confusing him with Bush?
Grouse....don't forget that Obama has hijacked the Census department....what better way to Gerrymander an election so that your party can stay in office.
grouse, would you help me find the position of czar in the constitution, please. Or show me where seizing the banking industry or auto industry are listed under the duties of the president? (please don't tell me it's under "privacy")
Where's that part in the Constitution where the President can fire CEO's and set the salary of private companies? I can't seem to find that part. ........... Here's where the left will justify the atrocities of the current government by saying something to the affect of "Bush was even worse." Sorry Charlie...that doesn't make anything Obama has done right.
You guys actually think that BO's voters watch the news or can tell you anything about his administration? Ask them something they will know about like what Michelle was wearing yesterday or how many times BO went golfing this week.
Posted by 2tired2argueanymore on Thu Jul 2, 2009 7:36 AM....The problem is that his worshipers do watch the "news" that fawns over the messiah each and every day. Perhaps if more watched Fox and lless CNN, PMSnbc, et al, they may wise up before it's too late.
Barack Obama didn't fire anybody. He said "If you want government bailout money, here's the conditions." He had a fiduciary duty to put conditions on the money. How ridiculous would it be to say "Sure, here's billions of dollars, now just keep doing what you've been doing." The banks and car makers didn't have to accept the money. Specifing conditions like this aren't unconstitutional, bankers and financiers and stockholders do it every day. It is absolutely legal.
Rationalize the President's disregard of the Constitution all you want corgimom.....we see right through you.
No corgimom, they gave them the money first, and then Obama fired the CEOs. Then Obama threw historical and business precedent, and I believe legal precedent, out the window and seized the bondholders assets and gave them to the union. Now, no one will ever buy a preferred stock or bond because they no longer have a guarantee of being the first paid in case of bankruptcy. Up until Obama, that was the law. Now there is no reason to risk your money by buying a corporate bond. And to give ANYTHING that belonged to a private citzen, or the taxpayer, to the UNION should be seen as an illegal campaign payoff and is definitely a marxist/socialist seizure of private property. As far as I am concerned it was a corrupt abuse of power and a blatant campaign payoff.
the federal government has all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. and the effectiveness of a sledgehammer on something as fragile as the economy,
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