Tag: President

Can Obama “order” the Congress to do as he says?

Live video and blog: Obama promotes tax reform

“”The president orders his political adversaries in Congress to pass a fair tax plan for all Americans.”

  I am very worried about democracy and freedom in the USA.  The above quote which is the sub heading for the article betrays an awful opinion by the writer.  The President of the USA does not have the Constitutional right to “order” the congress to do anything.  This is a Constitutional democracy and not a dictatorship.  Seems like the news reporter and the editor that approved the subheading feel that Obama either already has or should be given dictatorial powers to “order” people to do things.  Such thinking on the part of our “free” press is a very sad commentary upon the future of freedom in USA.

Obama’s Parenting is not the Issue

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-blames-gop-failure-hit-d-c-social-140554699.html Obama makes a statement during this interview that he is a father and a parent and that his obligation to his family keeps him away from the “…Washington social scene.”  This is absurd. The WH is one big party after another starting with the big fantasy party for the Hollywood actors which he kept hidden for fear of public criticism.  Obama is the golfing, basketball, party, vacation, President.  So, in this writers opinion, such a claim by the President is just plain silly.

However, the bigger issue is President Obama’s continued refusal to see his own, “I will veto it.” stance as the problem.  Again and Again, the President says that he will not sign any legislation that does not give him exactly what he wants.  He has also repeatedly refused to implement legislation that he does not like and retards progress on other programs that would employ Americans.  His refusal of the oil pipeline deal with Canada is the latest example of his personal intervention to block progress.

We need to add that his own Democrat Party under former Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to allow anything to get done exept his Obama Care legislation which consumed the energy of the Congress totally during his first two years.  The Democrats refused to propose a Budget. They refused  to hold examination hearings of  any (there actually were a few) appointments by Obama. They tabled (a form of refusal to talk about something) any legislation that might take time away from the Obama Agenda.  All of the Democrat actions in the Congress have been to block anything Republican and that was the cause of Congressional gridlock.  I remember Greta Van Sustern asking Rep. Paul Ryan if Speaker Pelosi ever talked to him or any other Republican during her term. His answer was a blunt, “…No she does not speak with us, only very occasionally through intermediaries and the public press conference…”

Then and now, we also need to remember the Senate Majority leader Harry Reid’s weekly refrain of “Dead on Arrival” for every piece of Republican sponsored legislation sent to him by the House of Representatives.

Add it up.  Democrat Nancy Pelosi does not even bother to talk to the Republicans. Democrat Harry Reid says about their proposals, ” Dead on Arrival.”  And President Obama says about their legislative agenda, “I’ll veto it.”  So, who is responsible for such poor relations with Congress?  Surely, any alert person can add many more public statements by Democrat leaders which indicate that the Republicans had better do it the Democrat way or forget about getting anything done.  By the way, I think the Pelosi House of Reps did not propose or pass any budget during her term.  Also, I think that it is now over nine hundred days since the Democrats in the Senate have proposed a budget.

President Obama would do much better for the nation if he would stop partying, stop golfing, stop B Balling, stop vacationing, and stay home with the kids.  Maybe then he could get some office work done and stop leaving the running of the government to Valerie Jarrett.

Romney and Republicans Can Fatally Shoot Each Other

http://news.yahoo.com/romney-parks-millions-offshore-tax-haven-160547876–abc-news.html  It seems to this writer that the biggest danger for the Republican party is its self-destruction.  At first, all of the debates and the interchanges were hum drum and boring.  As time went on, the debates became interesting and there was a hearty and good interchange of thoughts.  However, the Iowa vote lead to destructive criticism between the candidates.  Now, this has evolved into a full shooting war of personal criticism against the Republican front-runner.  The criticism includes his success as a venture capitalist.–Is success as a businessman and creator of jobs considered a deficit?  Well, the media pundits including conservatives seem to think it is!  The attacks continue against Romney’s generosity to his religion. It seems that the pundits want to uncover some nefarious Mormon conspiracy by their use of innuendo.  Additionally,  we see the Anti Romney forces unleashing a smear attack like OWS against Romney’s intelligent use of the USA tax code to preserve his money. The idea here is that millionaires like Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, NJ Senator Frank Lautenberg, Congressman Daryl Issa are all OK but millionaire Mitt Romney is some kind of Darth Vader figure to be considered dangerous to the American political system.  Add to all of this the obvious disdain of conservative talk show hosts who only vaguely cover their anti Romney bias, and one wonders WHY? a man like Mitt Romney, a person of such obviously admirable accomplishments -why? he would want to subject himself to such burn and pillage tactics from his rivals!!?  I guess he believes he is the right man for the job of President of the USA.  The others do too. However, their collective self-destruction is being played out on the TV daily.  The only beneficiary is Obama.  It can be hoped that the Republicans can right the ship but like the Captain of the Concordia they may be more interested in waving to relatives onshore than protecting the safety of the Republican party.

Herman Cain for President

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/cain-nearly-quit-campaign-florida-straw-poll-says-115734617.html

I don’t have much money, but I would willing to contribute it to the Cain campaign for President.  Hey, I’m white and he ‘s black.  Just put that in here for the too many people who says things are racially motived.  Why do I even mention it because I am honest and want to put things out on the table because too many are not willing to use the “color” word and the USA is going into the “can” because of it.  Mr. Cain, as the article notes, is an accomplished, educated, intellectual with credentials that do him and the nation well.  I like his candor, I like his Moxie, I like his ideas, and I like his plan for America.  Personally, I am for Romney, but I am listening to Herman Cain and the more I hear, the more I like.  He is fun.  He is refreshingly candid and transparently honest and he just might be the leader we need for President.

Bill Clinton

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/bill-clinton-gingrich-2012/2011/09/20/id/411722?s=al&promo_code=D175-1  This is a very interesting article because Bill Clinton is a thinker.  It also reveals the respect that President Clinton has for Speaker Gingrich.  I always pay attention to President Bill Clinton because he is a moderate Liberal with real life experience, was President for two terms, and was willing to actually compromise, and actually collaborate with the Republican party because unlike President Obama, Bill Clinton loves America, is not an idealog, and can see beyond his predilictions to the realities of the moment.

Press Prejudice

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/rep-john-fleming-field-criticism-over-600k-income-153305241.html

Fleming was merely pointing out a consequence of tax increases–that business owners will have less money to re-invest and hire new workers if they decline to take a pay cut. But his message likely won’t resonate, as Jansing said, with “average Americans.”  This is the key reality that is buried deep in the center of the article.  The reporting here is more of the sensational pro Obama reporting that telling one message in the headline, reinforces that message in the first several paragraphs and then makes a factual correction toward the end of the article , a point by the way, that most research on news reading, points out that the reader has gone onto other articles since the average American reader gets, the headline and the first two paragraphs and forgets the rest of the article. 

Obama Blame Game?

President Obama set out a very political speech while insisting that he wants everybody  That of itself should tell you all you need to know.  But lets go further.  He wants to cut social security taxes for individuals and employers.  This writer believes that he wants to destroy social security.  A cut in social security will create how many jobs?  None.  A cut in Social Security will help save the Social security system?  No it will not but it will further weaken it and destroy the social security system creating the crisis he so onemindedly has pursued.  What about encouraging a systematic overhaul of the progressive tax system.  How about encouraging business to return money made by sales oversea to the USA by not taxing that money, amounting to many billions of needed investment money to be put to work in USA.  The President asked to speak to Congress.  The Congress graciously accepted his request and as is the law, it agreed at some great trouble to itself, to invite him.  But instead of a speech of was full of Leadership, Obama merely waged his bony finger in their face, and scolded them while attempting to set them up for 100% of the blame.  So, what shall the people do?  Ignore Obama.  We have this guy’s mode of operation and it is not a method of helping America but of destroying America.    Secondly, we must see beyond the Obama administrations use of phony class warfare which sets American against American. Thirdly, we need to overcome the blame game and give Congress the chance they need to correct the problem.  It is very important to note that the Congress and the Congress alone can allocate the money and reduce the deficit but that through enormous discretionary funding the Presidents, as they have in the three wars, can squander hundreds of billions of dollars annually on destruction while American dies.

Republican Debate-Valid Scores?

I did not watch the first debate and I did not watch the debate last night.  I do not like debates.  Why?  Because as a very young man I listened to the radio broadcast of the Nixon/Kennedy debate and I believed that Nixon was the definitive winner of the debate.  However, the paid commentators and political pundits all gave the win to Kennedy.  Many have since written that the debate definitely was Nixon’s on content and relevancy.  It was Kennedy’s on looks, charm and rhetorical flare.  So I do not watch debates.  How many others, especially Republicans who are likely to vote, did not watch?  Therefore my question is, Did Romney lose and Perry win?  And should we care?  My vote is that the debates are not real indicators of the quality of a candidate’s potential to be a serious minded President of the USA.  What do you think?

Obama Regime Must be Replaced

http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-legacy-failed-recovery-double-dip-recession-052627528.html

It is time for regime change and the place is Washington, DC.  As this very fair and insightful article tells us, all of the ideologically motivated “changes” of the Obama Administration have damaged the USA.  Why?

1.  The Obama Administration was from the very first, an ideologically motivated administration.  That of itself is not surprising since most elections are about ideas.  a. However, the Obama administration has plenty of ideas but no experience in governing a nation.  b. The ideas of Mr. Obama and his appointees were hidden under benign liberal slogans like, “hope and change” but were actually revolutionary Maoists, socialist, egalitarian, and even in some forms communist political philosophies.  c. Others may have had the same ideas but the Obama administration actually tried to implement them with the aid and protection of a main stream news media that covered up all facts and fed the American people carefully selected pabulum. ( this was ridiculously illustrated by the reporting that Mr. Obama was “losing sleep” (poor baby) over the debt debate and recently was forced to curtail his Cape Cod luxury vacation because of Hurricane Irene. ( I wonder if he was afraid to bail water at the multi million dollar mansion in which he resided?)  Folks,  the main stream press, as you know, actually reported these items to get our sympathy for our President!

2.  The Obama administration has not presented any plan for the economic recovery of America.  instead they have passed that off to the Republicans in Congress.  It seems that they have reversed the tried and true axiom of our government, namely, that the President proposes and the Congress disposes.  (Maybe the President has never graduated from the Illinois Senate?)

3.  The President actually thinks that the identification of the problem is the entire scope of his job and that the rest of the government is supposed to come up with the solution.  Okay!  But when they do come up with the solution, such as the numerous Republican legislative proposals, he has his henchman Harry Reid say, Dead on Arrival in the Senate and if that fails, he tells the problems solvers that he will veto their efforts.  And he does all of this while going on record saying that we need more cooperation and collaboration in Washington.

4. Lastly, and this is simply my personal pet peeve…I do not think that Barrack Hussein Obama likes America.  Oh, yes, he likes Air Force One.  He uses it as his personal private plane while at the same time criticizing corporate executives for using private company jets.  Oh, yes, he likes the massive serving staff of the White House, that caters to his whims ( as they did for other Presidents) but Obama at the same time tells us to stop eating at fast food restaurants, and to tighten our belts and learn to give up our perks and share the wealth…all the while he luxuriates in the splendors of the perks we lavish on our Presidents…and all the while, I believe, he doesn’t even like us.

There is a solution to all of this.  It comes in November 2012 when the citizens of this great nation should tell Mr. Obama, “Thanks, but no thanks.”  Give him his pension and get him out of the White House before he completely destroys the nation we love and he doesn’t even like.