Obamites: The Private Sector as Cash Cow Only

A snifter clink to Michael Cembalest of JP Morgan for his study of Cabinet Secretaries: State; Commerce; Treasury; Agriculture; Interior; Labor; Transportation; Energy and Housing & Urban Development. It puts flesh on that which we all know: Barak “Chicago” Obama sees business as a cash cow to keep the corruption machine oiled. After all, how could Michelle have been paid north of 300k a year for a part time gig at a hospital without some help? And this was before she was proud to be an American!!!! Sinatra could have been singing “Chicago, Chicago, My Kind of Town,” to the Obamas.

Since the Wilson (and wife) administration, roughly half of Cabinet appointees have come from the business world. Republicans tended to have more but even FDR had fifty per cent. Three Democrats stand out with JFK having 28%, Carter 31% and Clinton 37% (along with the most millionaires). Obama comes in at less than 10%. That is change that does not offer much hope.

JFK, like Obama, was a feckless dilettante who never had a real job, aside from PT 109…and he managed to allow that to be cut in half. One cannot easily characterize Carter (peanut farms are regulated and subsidized – it is IMPOSSIBLE to lose money). Clinton’s history does not include military service or gainful employment. Ergo, since we tend to hire those whom we know, they appointed others who, like them, had made careers of slopping at the public trough.

Even given that, prior to the Obamites, Democrat presidents recognized that the nation’s prosperity depended on a robust business climate. In consideration of that, they appointed some Cabinet Secretaries with business experience to keep the engine purring. It simply made sense to have a mix of perspectives.

Here comes the “hopey/changey” president who promised to focus “like a laser beam” on “fixing the economy.” Insofar as less than 90% of his cabinet appointees have ever had a real job (lemonade stands, paper routes, and private law practices excepted), Obama’s laser needs adjustment. Perhaps he plans on doing it himself. Nevertheless, that, would be problematic as his private sector experience is quite limited. Perhaps he considers threatening bankers and their families who did not pay tribute business experience. After all, he did have to locate these recalcitrant bankers’ homes, pay some professional demonstrators and get them there – Clearly an entrepreneurial effort. It must be gratifying to see wives and children peek out the window in fear.

Obama has prospered in the fetid world of Chicago politics. In that world, the private sector need only call to find out the required bribe. To Obamites, actually producing a product is somehow dirty, as compared to their selling our children’s future in order to buy votes.

Indifference or contempt for those who create the things that keep us employed and living well is now his norm. To BHO and Consigliore Rahm, for example, publicly scorning BP and other evil providers of crude while taking their money (BP contributed $1 million to Obama’s 2008 campaign) and privately promising that it will all blow over, is simply business as usual.

Hope and change, anyone?

Draw your line in the sand. Resolve that today will be the day you start to fight back, because the number of tomorrows America has is dwindling down to a precious few.

Did you convert a friend, co worker, or family member to conservatism yesterday? If not what did you do to defend American freedoms yesterday? What will you do today and what do you plan to do tomorrow?

Earn the name American today. Stand and fight for me as I will fight for you because there really is no one to depend on but each other. Pledge your allegiance to America. Our country needs each of us now more than ever.

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Yesterday’s Rasmussen Presidential Index had Obama at –15

It’s even more basic than that.

We, the average hardworking, law-abiding, tax-paying citizens are supposed to work diligently with our noses to the grindstone, eyes straight ahead, never questioning.

The fruits of our labors are to be handed over to the government. They will decide if any of it is to remain with us.

Our replacement units (children) are to be handed over to the public schools for proper indoctrination.

Forget past dreams about personal success, achievement, investments, serenity, religion, family, or comfortable retirement. We are only tools of the state. When we are no longer useful, we are to be terminated.

Welcome to Obama’s New Amerika.

JFK, like Obama, was a feckless dilettante who never had a real job, aside from PT 109…and he managed to allow that to be cut in half.

Little note on Kennedy and PT 109. He took command of the PT 109 in April 1943. His first couple of months of command were spent getting the boat in shape. The boat was sunk on August 3, 1943. He actually commanded the boat in combat for a couple of months at most.

Kennedy had a lot of guts taking this combat mission, putting a plywood boat against Japanese destroyers, but if we accept the premise that the Navy does not consider losing your ship a good thing, Kennedy's command of the 109 was short and hardly a success.

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