Posted on 02/17/2013 6:53:08 AM PST by Rummyfan
Im also issuing a new goal for America, declared President Obama at his State of the Union on Tuesday. Well come to the particular goal he issued momentarily, but before we do, consider that formulation: Did you know the president of the United States is now in the business of issuing goals for his subjects to live up to?
Strange how the monarchical urge persists even in a republic two-and-a-third centuries old. Many commentators have pointed out that the modern State of the Union is in fairly obvious mimicry of the Speech from the Throne that precedes a new legislative session in British Commonwealth countries and continental monarchies, but this is to miss the key difference. When the Queen or her viceroy reads a Throne Speech in Westminster, Ottawa, or Canberra, its usually the work of a government with a Parliamentary majority: In other words, the stuff shes announcing is actually going to happen. Thats why, lest any enthusiasm for this or that legislative proposal be detected, the apolitical monarch overcompensates by reading everything in as flat and unexpressive a monotone as possible. Underneath the ancient rituals the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod getting the door of the House of Commons slammed in his face three times its actually a very workmanlike affair.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Should? Consciously or not, the president is telling us his State of the Union show is a crock, and he knows it.
LOL! But it makes me think we are finished. How do we change course with the electorate, media, and intelligentsia we have?
Should? Consciously or not, the president is telling us his State of the Union show is a crock, and he knows it.
LOL! But it makes me think we are finished. How do we change course with the electorate, media, and intelligentsia we have?
Steyn is great.
Highly recommend reading the entire article:
http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/340827
“What’s he on about? The annual “deficit” has been over a trillion for every year of Obama’s presidency. The cumulative deficits have, in fact (to use a quaint expression), increased the national debt by $6 trillion. “
For your Mark Steyn ping list.
For your Mark Steyn ping list.
For your Mark Steyn ping list.
Sorry for the triple post. It looked like my system froze.
“How do we change course with the electorate, media, and intelligentsia we have?”
By UNITING against the common enemy — those who are trying to destroy the USA from the inside.
If conservatives and Republicans (we all know they are not all the same) would have united against Obama and gotten out the vote, Obama would not have gotten a second term. Romney wasn’t going to be Reagan, but he surely wouldn’t be Obama. Conservatives who stayed home and sulked or voted third party were the ones who reelected Obama.
And the worst is that they never learn — they elected Clinton too by voting for Ross Perot, instead of keeping their eye on the prize.
See my tagline.
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The percentage used by my kids.
"Turn those lights off! We're paying for the electricity!"
"Stop running hot water down the drain! We're paying for the water plus the gas to heat it!"
"Don't stand there with the refrigerator and freezer open waiting for enlightenment! If you don't know what you want, leave!"
I have similar questions about how Obamacare was to be paid for by cutting "waste, fraud and abuse"
Unless, of course, Obama just means any resources used by us peasants is wasted.
They're not showing a movie in there!
“I have similar questions about how Obamacare was to be paid for by cutting “waste, fraud and abuse””
Here is how Obamacare will be paid for:
The Unsung, But Massive Obamacare Sales Tax Increase That Is On the Way
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2989396/posts
“...there are a number of new taxes that the ACA will bring - twenty one to be exact - but the sales tax on the purchase of health insurance is by far the largest.”
Oh, that’s a good one! I expect I’ll get an opportunity to use it today.
That’s what dictators and tyrants do, they dictate and terrorize, and obama is no exception. If obama didn’t have a political and media machine to bend to his will, he would probably be one of the homeless living on the streets of chicago, or engaging in jihad in kenya.
BTTT
I doubt it,
The first requires basic skills and the latter requires some form of courage.
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