Thank You Ronald Reagan

In 1977, Star Wars was the most popular movie around. By 1984, it had become a derogatory term used by liberals to ridicule Ronald Reagan’s plan to defend this country from a nuclear attack by using space and land based interceptors that would shield us from all incoming missiles.

At that time, our only deterrence against a nuclear attack was something called MAD, which was short for Mutual Assured Destruction. It was an appropriate acronym. You nuke us; Then, we’ll nuke you and together we will blow ourselves off the face of the earth and take the rest of the world with us. Even for Reagan, a man with a strong believe in God and the hereafter, that was a terrible option.

The left went crazy when he presented this idea. What happened to sitting cross-legged around a solar heat source with the rest of the world’s leaders and singing Kumbaya? “We’ll get rid of our nukes. You’ll do the same and we’ll all be friends. Kumbaya, kumbaya.”

“It is impossible to hit a missile with a missile!” they whined. “It will blow up the budget and keep us from creating a perfect green world where every basic need is provided by the government. No, no we will not waste money on this Star Wars dream of yours!” Continue reading “Thank You Ronald Reagan” →

In an undisclosed location in the White House, unnamed Obama Administration advisors huddle to discuss the impending sequestration. No official transcript exists because (for the record) this meeting NEVER happened.

The mood was grim. The hot topic was a statement from Emily Holubowich, a lobbyists who represents a coalition of 3,000 nonprofit groups fighting the cuts, who accidentally spoke the truth to aWashington Post reporter: “The worst case scenario for us is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens!”

Advisor # 1: Emily is right. What if nothing bad happens as a result of the sequester? The president is going to look like a doofus. He will be a laughing stock, the brunt of all the jokes on late night TV.

Advisor # 2: We’ve got to turn up the rhetoric. Send out Janet Napolitano to say that we will no longer be able to enforce immigration laws.

Advisor # 1: We already did that, and besides, we’re not enforcing immigration laws now.!

Advisor # 3: We could not enforce them more.

(Silence)

Advisor # 2: We can close the Washington Monument and the White House Visitors Center. That’s never failed in past budget standoffs.

Advisor # 1: That’s not enough. The president said there will be real pain and there must be REAL PAIN! Remember, no pain, no gain for us.

Advisor # 2: We can tell them TSA agents screening airport passengers will have to be furloughed. It will mean long lines.

Advisor # 1: The lines are already long. Besides, if the agents are forced by time constants to stop groping grannies and toddlers, who is going to complain?

Advisor # 2: Scare them. Tell them it means less air traffic controllers. Airplanes will be flying blind.

Advisor # 1: Hell, Reagan fired all of them and there was barely a hiccup.

Advisor # 3: We could limit the number of children who attend Head Start. When the going gets tough, hide behind poor children. That always works.

Advisor # 1: The program is already a disaster. All the benefits are erased by the third grade. It might cause further scrutiny of this program and, worse still, it might stir the pot for real education reform and increase the call for vouchers. That will bring the teacher’s union down on us. No, we’d better drop that.

Advisor # 4: I know! Tell the it will cut out school lunches. Imagine the angst it would create among the nation’s poor parents!

Advisor # 1: Another boondoggle! We’re spending so much on food stamps and other food assistant programs, folks are wondering why welfare recipients can’t take some of that free food and pack lunches for their kids. Better not hit that one too hard.

Advisor # 6: Let’s stay on the subject of the poor. We can bring up the weatherization program for low income homes. Energy Secretary Stephen Chu said it will mean up to 1,000 homes won’t receive free makeovers. Think of all those people who won’t get new drywall, calking and new appliances.

Advisor # 1: Yes, but some smart journalist would point out that we could simply reduce the regulations that are driving up the cost of energy. Energy costs for the poor (and everyone else) would remain the same and we could save millions by eliminating this program. Also, that might trigger another discussion about all the money we’ve thrown at failed energy companies like Solyndra. No, no, that is much too risky. Let’s not beat that drum.

Advisors # 5: I know. We can go back to scaring seniors. They know their Social Security benefits are safe, but if we could tell them there won’t be enough workers to process those checks and they might arrive late . . .

Advisor # 1: At best we’re only talking about cutting less that one and a half cents on the dollar. That’s not going to happen unless we order the federal workers who process those checks to go to sleep at their work stations.

Advisors # 2: Yes, but they already go to sleep at their work stations and it would take an act of Congress to be able to fire even one of them.

Advisor # 4: An act of Congress, hum. What if, what if Congress acts in the 11th hour and gives the president “transfer authority”? You know, gives him the ability to pick and choose where to make those cuts in order to lessen the pain or eliminate it entirely?

Advisor # 1: That would put the ball squarely in our court. We’d have to eliminate worthless programs. We could no longer reward our friends and get away with it. (Cringe) That would be a real disaster!

Advisors 2 – 6: Agreed!

Ben Carson: Yes He Can! (Become President of the United States)

It is becoming clear that the Republican successor to Ronald Reagan may not come from Congress. He may not have executive experience as a governor of a state, though these are the roads most often traveled to the White House.

There is a new name on the lips of the politically engaged. To the uninitiated he might appear a most unlikely candidate.

Benjamin Carson is a physician, a gifted neurosurgeon who has a way with words as well as a scalpel. In fact, many say his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on February 7, cut the President of the United States, who was seated just a few feet away, to the quick. Some, like conservative commentator Cal Thomas, called his remarks “inappropriate.” Others say they were a breath of fresh air, a lesson in economics mixed with Biblical truths that are indisputable.

The truth is that Dr. Carson, a devout man, did not direct his remarks to the president. He has been writing and speaking about these issues for some time. However, he did not pull any punches in this venue simply because Barack Obama chose to attend. Continue reading “Ben Carson: Yes He Can! (Become President of the United States)” →

Twas the Night before Cliffmas

(With Apologies to Clement Clark Moore, Henry Livingston, Jr. or Anonymous)

Twas the night before Cliffmas, when all through the House

Republicans were wondering if their leader was a man or a mouse;

The parameters for the budget talks had been set out with care,

In hopes that a compromise soon would be there.

The taxpayers were uneasy, not snug in their beds,

While visions of higher rates danced in their heads;

And mom with her checkbook and dad with the bills,

Had just settled down with a bottle of pills, Continue reading “Twas the Night before Cliffmas” →

Morning in Amerika

It is morning in Amerika and the majority of people who voted to reelect Barack Obama president don’t even know it. Everything appears to be normal but everything has changed. The United States will not be the same.

I have never felt that all was lost after a single election as I do today. The ship of state has been described as a battleship. Its course cannot be changed abruptly. A major correction is a long slow process.

Barack Obama didn’t begin the process that changed us from a democratic republic to a democratic socialist country but he will finish it, or at the very least, take us to the point of no return. Continue reading “Morning in Amerika” →

The Green Screen President

The average moviegoer is ill-equipped to tell the difference between live-action filmed on location and that which is created in the air-conditioned comfort and safe environment of a film studio. In such an environment, there is no danger. The attacking forces or impending peril is simply projected on a green screen behind the actors whose movements are carefully choreographed by a script.

That was the vision that came to mind Tuesday when our president was escorted to a podium in the safe confines of the United Nations’ building in New York to give an address against the familiar backdrop of its green marble wall. Continue reading “The Green Screen President” →

Trickle-Down Dysphoria: Inside the mind of Barack Obama

On September 14, 2011, Barack Obama was addressing a crowd of students at North Carolina State University when he said, “If you love me, you’ve got to help me pass this bill.”

Obama was not elected to be loved. He was elected to perform the duties of the office and defend the Constitution. He also was elected to lead us out of the worst recession since the Great Depression. He has done a poor job. In fact, his policies and political rhetoric have brought us to the brink of economic disaster, driven our two major political parties farther apart and divided the country along racial and ethnic lines that may take years or decades to repair.

Many were puzzled by this odd statement from an American president. However, Dr. Paul Fick, the renowned clinical and forensic psychologist from Laguna Niguel, Calif., who often brings clarity to the political arena, says it is “completely comprehensible” when viewed from the perspective of Obama’s troubled childhood.

It was Fick, who, in his1995 book, “The Dysfunctional President,” correctly predicted that Bill Clinton would, during his time in office, act out sexually in a manner that would risk his presidency.

In his latest book, “The Destructive President,”Fick makes a compelling case that Obama’s need for love that was left unfulfilled has led him to attempt to control others in order to have a feeling that he is loved, however temporary.

Obama’s failure to resolve his childhood pain, resulting from rejection, abandonment, maternal neglect, multiple moves and divorces, and an alienation regarding religion, race and socioeconomic status resulted in the “victim logic” that has been the dominant theme of his 2012 campaign. Far more damaging is that these unresolved emotional issues have produced an “inner rage” that resulted in an outright “hatred for his country.” Continue reading “Trickle-Down Dysphoria: Inside the mind of Barack Obama” →

Obama Women: Clueless Government Gals

Barack Obama is going to war with Mitt Romney. He isn’t fighting this war himself. He is fighting it with some women. Not just any women, he has a brigade of women who cannot or will not think for themselves.

They pick their president the way a seven-year-old picks her Barbie Doll. They think Obama is cute and swoon over meaningless phrases like “hope and change.” They have bought into his class warfare rhetoric, the old zero-sum game. I am poor (or not as comfortable as I’d like to be) because someone else is rich. Obama has promised to punish the rich and these women believe the rich deserve it. Continue reading “Obama Women: Clueless Government Gals” →

Democrats Demand Your Fair Share

I was born into the Democrat Party. When I became old enough to question my family’s political roots, I was told, “Democrats are the party that cares about working people and the poor.” That was good enough for me until I reached the age reason and began to think for myself.

It was all a big lie!

I am not saying that my family deliberately lied to me. It was just that they had accepted the conventional wisdom of the day, which is still hanging around.

“Repeat a lie often enough and it will be believed.” The theory espoused by Goebbels, Hitler’s propaganda minister has been used effectively by politicians of all political stripes but most effectively by Democrats in this country to create a dependent class. Continue reading “Democrats Demand Your Fair Share” →

How to Solve the Housing Crisis

President Obama inherited the worst recession since the Great Depression, but he has done nothing to get us out of the current economic mess. After 3 ½ years, he now owns the economy and the outlook is terrible.

The root cause of the recession was the housing crisis and it remains the housing crisis. Though certain areas have shown a slight uptick, it’s far from over. Until the housing crisis is solved, we can’t move on.

Obama’s failed policies have best been described by housing experts at the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University as “extend and pretend.” Continue reading “How to Solve the Housing Crisis” →