Come On, Folks

Come on folks, President Obama didn't consult with conservative economists as he claimed a couple of days ago at his press conference. He had claimed that he had consulted with both liberal and conservative economists about how to "fix" the current economy. I find it very far-fetched that any conservative economist would have advised him to continue to not only borrow an exorbitant amount of money but also to print it as well in order to "right" the economic ship.

No doubt, it has been debated to no end concerning the presumptuousness of such acts of pilfering the future of generations to come. Consider the weight of such debt. Consider the inflation as the U.S. dollar loses more of its value. What types of jobs that this "stimulus" package will supposedly create will result in nothing but more bureaucratic pallor as the government will enlarge... as it will enlarge due to more agencies having to be created just to administer such a monstrosity.

No, Mr. and Mrs. American citizen, government is not the answer; and I find it very disingenuous for the president to be castigating anyone much less those Republicans who have refused to jump aboard the good ship Porculus. He should be grateful that there are still people in this great country of ours that still possess the common sense and courage to take a stand, to take a stand against such governmental tyranny. Alas, however, the president will never notice this because of the blindness caused by his lifelong socialistic upbringing; and shame be upon you "Republicans" (Snowe, Collins, Specter) who did decide to betray the people by helping to pass the bill or at least give it the appearance of bi-partisanship.

Aren't we all tired now of being scoffed at by those such as Sen. Chuck Schumer who called those who protested the bill's "little, tiny, porky amendments" the "chattering classes"? Aren't we now tired of seeing these executives constantly being paraded in front of Congress to answer for their failings or transgressions? Having to listen to all the blustering of these politicos while these execs gaze in a stunning manner while being chastised. What purpose does that or will that serve... to watch wealthy people receiving their just desserts? May make us feel good for awhile, but we all know that those type of feelings wear off. Then we're back in same malaise. Hoping for another fix from those in D.C.

Come on, folks. We're all smarter than that. Are we going to take that stand or are we going to be like those people in Billy Joel's video, Piano Man, where all the bar crowd is so caught up by life's tumultuous effects that they choose the numbing of a night of libation? Forgetting vigilance. Forgetting right-mindedness. And, unfortunately, as the video shows, choosing to just feed the jar of the fellow who is playing us a memory so we can forget life for awhile.