Say “Hi” to Mickey for Us

Some of you may have been concerned when “The Things I Think” was not updated last week. Some of you were probably thinking, “Has he given up…has President Obama and the Socialist march of the Left finally caused him to give up?"

Have no fear, I was simply in Disney World. The great thing about Disney World is that the resort is its own community. I have no idea how big it actually is, but it has to be in the hundreds of thousands of acres. It has its own roads, its own restaurants, its own shopping areas. It even has several of its own TV channels available to watch. In other words, it is easy to forget that the rest of the world is still operating as usual while you enjoy your fantasy vacation…

Apparently, President Obama and his staff are also vacationing in the new part of Disney called Socialist Land. For weeks the President warned us about the perils of the economic woes of the country, using words like “disastrous”, “catastrophic”, “depression”, and phrases such as: “The worst economy in decades.” Suddenly, this week, comes a flurry of optimism from the President and his financial henchmen about the sound fundamentals of the economy. No longer are we headed on a downward spiral toward total economic collapse, instead we should all now be confident that the worst is behind us and the only thing we have to fear is the fear (the Obama team has been spreading since last September) itself.

On Meet the Press, Christina Romer replied to a question on whether the fundamentals of the economy were sound with, “Of course they are sound”. President Obama this week made a comment about the sound fundamentals of the economy, including workers, companies, innovators…say isn’t that the exact same thing John McCain (R-AZ) during the campaign and was lambasted by President Obama for being “out of touch”.

Now, to be fair, I have blasted President Obama in the past for talking so negatively about the economy. Anyone who knows anything about economics knows that economics is 75% mental…if people think things are going well, then they will spend and the economy will do well; if they think things are headed down the toilet, they will batten down the hatches, put all their money into their savings and try to ride out the storm—which makes the economy sour. Prophecies on the economy are almost always self-fulfilling. And the Prophet Obama’s words have been no different.

The fact of the matter is this: President Obama used the economic recession in this country for political gain. He needed to create a State of Fear in order to pass a so-called stimulus bill which was just a massive, veiled, wasteful, Liberal spending bill. He knew that a bill totaling $780 billion containing so much pork for Liberal-Socialist programs would never garner enough support unless it was perceived as being the only way to prevent total, utter destruction. Now that the bill has been passed, the Democrats passed another $400 billion omnibus spending bill, and the Socialist path has been set, President Obama can begin to talk up the economy in hopes that his words now will have a calming effect on an unconfident market. The hope is that the economy will recover and President Obama will be seen as the Economic Messiah.

So, while the President was playing political chess, 600,000 people lost their jobs, the banking sector is about to lose $1-$3 trillion more in losses tied to the housing market, and the stock market lost another 8.5%, causing more Americans to lose more money in their retirement plans. There are two Americans most deserving of losing his/her job over the way this economy crises has been handled (not handled), the ones who have been in-charge since the beginning of the crises (2006)…Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. If President Obama is not careful, he too will be on the unemployment line in 4 years.

The economy will recover, and I hope it does soon, for the sake of all the people who have lost or are endanger of losing their jobs. I fear, however, that the Election-cycle rhetoric, coupled with the continued negative rhetoric accompanying passage of the Economic Stimulus Package has created an economic atmosphere that will cause millions of more Americans to lose their jobs, houses, and pensions. And, so too will follow more idiotic intrusions by the government that we will pay for down the road. Mr. President, while you are on your fantasy vacation in Socialist Land, please say "hi" to Mickey for us…and please, come home from vacation soon.

What would Jesus Do? All Proclaimed Messiahs Pay Attention

Hubris.
For years we have been hearing from the mainstream media about the unabashed hubris of President Bush. How his actions showed his arrogance and total disregard for bi-partisanship, cooperation, and the intelligence of the American people. This week, during a session with Republicans on Capitol Hill, President Obama reportedly responded to GOP questioning of his stimulus package (you know, the part where people who don’t pay any taxes get more money back from the government) with:

“I won. I will trump you on that.”

If this isn’t the epitome of arrogance, I don’t know what is—where is Liberal media on this one?

Promises, Shmomises.
President Obama made a pledge that no lobbyists would be allowed to work for his administration in departments they once lobbied and that they would not be allowed to lobby his administration if they left to go back to their lobbying firms. Well, that lasted until the first official needed a waiver from that rule. Bill Lynn, a Defense Department nominee has already been granted a waiver. Way to stick to your guns and “change" the face of politics, Mr. President. Of course, this does go along with the Liberal thinking that there are no such things as steadfast rules…just guidelines.

“Transparency—Could you use that in a sentence, please?”
Earlier in the week President Obama visited the White House Press Room. While on his visit, he was asked a question about the aforementioned Mr. Lynn. The President scorned the reporter for daring to ask him a tough question. Had it not been for one of the media acolytes jumping in and saying “I just want to say it one more time: Mr. President.”, President Obama may have beat the reporter from Politico.

The media is also apparently all in a twist over not being given access to the "re-swearing-in" of Mr. Obama by Justice Roberts that took place in the White House. It seems as though Mr. Obama and his administration are trying to strictly control the flow of information the press has access too—and that’s the opinion of the same press that was in his back pocket throughout the campaign! If transparency really is the goal, Comrade Obama, why stifle the press. After all they should be reporting on every questionable thing your administration does…just like they did with “W”.

Do you take us for idiots?.…Wait, don’t answer that.
One press conference and I can already tell that Robert Gibbs, the White House Press Secretary, and the entire Obama Administration is following the cue of the Clinton Administration: the American people are idiots; if you speak, they will believe.

In talking about President Obama’s executive order to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay and the mandate that the Army Field Manual be used as a guideline for interrogation, Gibbs said, “We've made our security stronger… the steps that were taken today ensure and enhance the security of the American people.”

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

If you closed Guantanamo because you believed it was morally wrong, fine. Tell us that.
If you limited interrogation techniques to those from the Army Field Manual because you feel that water boarding and sleep depravation are wrong, fine. Tell us that.

Then there is the tired argument that these moves will protect our troops, make it safer for them if they are captured. When in history has that ever proven to have been true. America has always treated its prisoners of combat with at least a modicum of decency; has that ever been returned by our enemies? Think of the images of our soldiers being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu and videos of Americans being executed on TV by Muslim extremists. Ask John McCain if American treatment of POWs in Vietnam equated to fair treatment at the Hanoi Hilton. Did the Nazis and Japanese return the generosity we showed toward their POWs? Even in our own Civil War places like Andersonville Prison in Georgia were hell holes for US troops who were captured. In so much as Liberals would have no intention of giving me and other Conservatives the same right to make moral judgments that I grant President Obama, our enemies have absolutely no intention of treating Americans nicely just because we are treating their captured nicely. (And honestly, my college dorm room was smaller than those cells at Gitmo). If, however, you believe this. Fine. Tell us that is the reason.

But, don’t feed us some line about these moves improving our security. Make no mistake about it, THEY DIDN’T. I respect the moral objections Mr. Obama has to these things…I don’t agree, but I respect. And, as President, if his moral objections demand that he make these moves, then so be it. These executive orders significantly hamstrung our ability to secure America…to that there is no doubt.

Don’t lie to us St. Barack…Jesus wouldn’t do that.

Advice from Former Residents of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Being President is a difficult job. I would say, “I don’t know why anyone would want to be President…” but, I would like to be President, so I won’t say that. I wonder what advice former Presidents would give Mr. Obama as he enters the White House?

George W. Bush: “Trust your moral beliefs about what is best for this country. Stand firm in those because, at the end of the day, that is all you will have. Public opinion is too easily influenced to be trusted. Don’t trust the other party with "bi-partisan bills", because they will abandon you and blame only you the second something goes wrong. And if a hurricane is about to hit a city, send every available man under 60 to help…otherwise, you’ll be blamed for a weak response.”

Bill Clinton: “If you see an intern walk by the Oval Office, be cool and say…” [That’s way too easy].

George H. W. Bush: “Don’t say anything that begins with, ‘Read my lips…’. Like maybe, ‘Read my lips, no lobbyists in my administration.’"

Ronald Reagan: “Get the hell out of my White House you Pinko-Commie!”

Jimmy Carter: “Just try to be nice to everyone…and…well…I…I really didn’t know what I was doing when I was in the White House so, maybe you better listen to Reagan.”

Richard Nixon: “Get rid of that Blackberry. Evidence. Evidence.”

Franklin Roosevelt: “Call all your Socialist plans something catchy like the New Deal and no one will notice. Heck, my policies took the country from a depression into a Great Depression and I still was able to blame that schlep Hoover. Do the same with Bush.”

James Madison: “You, Pelosi, and Lefty Judges-- READ THE CONSTITUTION…I wrote it for a reason. Follow it!”