The Obammunism Chronicles 4: Look Out, Here Comes Obama's New Deal

The Policy Project ^ | 06 December 2008 | Patrick Gibson

[NorthShoreGibby]

The era of big government is officially back. How do you like that? Fourteen years, almost to the day, from Bill Clinton's pronouncement that the "era of big government is over," we are scheduled to be delivered from the current economic morass by a new administration promising newer schools, better roads, and, of all things, faster internet service. Presumably Barack Hussein Obama's administration will take a pass on making all of our children taller and our hair healthier.

Not that the era of big government ever really ended (it has grown tremendously since 9/11), but at least no one was bragging about the growth back then. It appears that a good chunk of BHO's economic recovery plan is to spend our way out of it. Of course, now that large segments of the banking, insurance, and auto industries will be reporting to their governmental overlords, what harm could there be in nationalizing the data infrastructure, or throwing more money at our incredibly expensive (mis)educational system?

Now what we are witnessing is a brazen expansion of government, not for the purposes of national security as has been the excuse thus far this decade, but rather a massive expansion, apparently excluding national security apparatus, for the stated purpose of "solving" our economic troubles. Troubles that were, incidentally, CAUSED by the same activist government that now proposes to fix things.

[Tarpon]

Looks like we exhausted the total brain power of the Obama administration in one fart — Bridges to nowhere for everyone.

[Texas Eagle]

...we are scheduled to be delivered from the current economic morass by a new administration promising newer schools, better roads, and, of all things, faster internet service. Presumably Barack Hussein Obama's administration will take a pass on making all of our children taller and our hair healthier.

Otopia is truly at hand.

[trek]

"Looks like we exhausted the total brain power of the Obama administration in one fart — Bridges to nowhere for everyone."

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, that fantastically good line just made my day!

[webschooner]

We are so screwed. Europe may look like the land of many freedoms by the time this big eared whack job gets done shredding the country.

[alloysteel]

The New New Deal. Rebuilding the infrastructure, yeah, that’s the ticket!

With a bow to Jon Lovitz. Shouldn’t he be working for the obama perpetual campaign? It would seem to be right up his alley, and man, could he ever use the gig.

[Albion Wilde]

[Right_in_Virginia]

LOL! ;^D

[ANGGAPO]

Since BO will have a staff of Clintonites working for him, I suspect the worst four years since Carter sunk the ship.