President Obama must have an awefully sore shoulder this morning. He patted himself on the back so hard and so many times, it's a wonder he wasn't rushed to the hospital with a dislocated shoulder!
Here's a perfect example why "professional" politicians are so clueless. They BELIEVE that government creates jobs! Never actually having had jobs themselves, they don't really understand how the economy works. Yes, they write checks to someone who in turn employs someone. But for every check they write, someone ELSE has to pay for that check and becomes LESS able to employ someone. Hmm. The math. That stupid math that just keeps getting in the way.
It's amazing that a President can claim that he's "created" so many millions of jobs while at the same time ignoring the fact that real unemployment is at all time highs. Again, that silly math just keeps getting in the way. But DON'T pay attention to the man behind the curtain!
Fortunately, the President DID make a few decent suggestions such as encouraging nuclear power. He also recommended tax breaks for companies investing in capital equipment and raising payrolls. That's good stuff.
But is he serious about giving the already "Dead on Arrival" Obamacare another try? I guess he must really want to work with Republicans, because if that bill is pushed more, he will cost many Democrats their beloved jobs. And this from a man who claims to have created jobs!
In listening to the address, it amazes me how so many words can contain so little meaning. "We will do this". "We will do that". Ok, so why haven't you done this or that already? Oh that's right, you had to blame everything on your predecessor. As we know, the ridiculous stimulous bills, TARP, bailout of General Motors and Chrysler were all Bush's fault. So is the ongoing war in Afghanistan. So is the out-of-control budget deficit. All Bush's fault. Well before we get too hard on the President, let's rememeber he just got into office - a YEAR ago!
While campaigning, President Obama promised to "unify". HUH? How many bills are being voted strictly along party lines like Obamacare? In fact, President Obama is probably the most polarizing figure in history. And that's saying something after Bill and Hillary Clinton, George Bush and Newt Gingrich.
Seriously, if you want to waste a perfectly good hour and a half and yet learn nothing other than the art of obfuscation, listen to last night's address. Lot's of jobs created or saved, yet none destroyed. Lot's of money spent with all kinds of real results, like the grocery store check-out clerk in Pittsburgh who would have lost her job without the bailout funds. Never mind the real people who join the unemployment rolls week after week. Lot's of applause by other politicians whose sole purpose is to get face time on camera and keep their jobs.
Thankfully, the speech finally ended and we can go on to the "people's business" like spending more money we don't have - all while providing "8 million middle-class Americans with tax cuts"! Don't pay attention to the main behind the curtain!
I hope everyone writes Mr. Obama a "get well" card this morning. First, in sympathy to his dislocated shoulder and second to express sympathies for his delusions of grandeur. As he told us, the state of America is not only JUST FINE but he has more hope than ever. Didn't someone I know write a book about the AUDACITY of HOPE?
Another State of the Union Adress and another hour of empty rhetoric. While the President may not walk the walk, at least he talked the talk, and talked the talk, and talked the talk...
The truly sad aspect of the State of the Union address is that it gave the President an honest opportunity to acknowledge where things stand and propose SOLUTIONS - not to take credit for accomplishments that haven't actually been made.
Tomorrow, we'll go back to the markets and review our "Take" after a heavy news week.
Marko's Take
Showing posts with label State of the Union. Show all posts
Showing posts with label State of the Union. Show all posts
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The State Of The Union
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is with deep regret and sadness that I must report that the State Of The Union is ABYSMAL.
It is with great hope, audacious or not, and resolute determination that I lay out the agenda necessary to reverse our cascading prospects and return the United States to its rightful place in the world community.
It is with boldness that we face the future - which, while most dark now, is BRIGHTER than the past.
It is with perserverance that we will implement the changes needed, no matter how drastic, to assure that this nation DOES NOT pass the point of no return.
Towards that end, I am prepared to take the following steps:
1. Eliminate the ability of the Federal Reserve to influence either monetary policy or any freely traded market - either by actions it takes or through its proxies in the financial community. I would prefer an outright abolishment, but the privately held nature of the FED makes this impossible without infringing on legal property rights.
2 Eliminate the Internal Revenue Service and ask Congress to dramatically simplify the personal tax structure to a form of flat tax.
3. Eliminate the Department of Homeland Security and reverse the nation's plunge into "police state" status. All future intelligence should be carried out by the entities already in place such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency.
4. Revoke the Patriot Acts and restore civil liberties to Americans that were ILLEGALLY subject to barbaric acts under the misguided premise of our own protection.
5 Restore faith and confidence in the nation's currency by returning to the Gold Standard. And, if necessary, order an immediate audit of Ft. Knox and all other significant depositaries of Gold.
6. Order Congress to develop an emergency plan to achieve energy self reliance. I expect Congress to immediately remove all roadblocks to the development of nuclear energy, natural gas and alternative fuels such as solar and wind power. Furthermore, I will oppose any attempt to re-instate any form of windfall profits tax.
7. Seek the elimination of both the House and Senate Ethics Committees. Instead, ethics within the noble chambers of Congress, should be reviewed by a specially convened committee of promininet citizens with no current or past ties to Congress.
8. Pass legislation giving existing and future member of Congress NO SPECIAL TREATMENT. Beginning in 2010, all new members of either chamber will be automatically enrolled in the Social Security System and Medicare. If they choose to opt out, and prefer their own plans, these will not be provided at tax-payer expense. Furthermore, all members of Congress will be expected to make the very same payroll contributions that Americans are currently subject to. All EXISTING members will accrue NO ADDITIONAL benefits and will be expected to make the identical contributions to these programs that you, the American people have been forced to make your entire lives.
9. Hold ALL members of Congress accountable to the same standards that they would be subject to as employees of IBM, Proctor and Gamble, or any other respected corporation. Members of Congress are NOT ROYALTY. They work for you, the American People. Should any member of Congress commit an act or offense which would subject them to termination by a reputable firm, than they shall be as subject to termination, expulsion, or suspension as YOUR employees.
10. Begin the reversal of America's role, unwanted by the majority of the world community, as global policeman. I intend to address the U.N. shortly to further delineate the change of policy. However, I've always been partial to Teddy Roosevelt's credo of "speaking softly and carrying a big stick".
11. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I will take whatever steps necessary to restore the rights granted to ALL Americans under the Constitution and its ammendments. If necessary, I will "stack the courts".
The Constitution is the greatest document written by an American and single most important document in our history, yet years of judicial interference have destroyed this great document. If necessary, I will call for a NEW Constitutional Convention, have the original document with its ammendments re-drawn and re-ratified.
If these steps are taken....and Ladies and Gentlemen, they WILL be taken, we will begin the healing process that this country so desperately needs. I ask from you just one thing... Patience and grass roots support. If your candidate for 2010 does not ascribe to the steps outlined above, I ask you to create a groundswell of support and make your voices heard at the ballot box.
We CAN return the country to a prosperous nation. We CAN return America to the land of opportunity.
We WILL return the country to a prosperous nation. We WILL return America to the land of opportunity.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish you goodnight and HOPE without AUDACITY.
Marko's Take
It is with deep regret and sadness that I must report that the State Of The Union is ABYSMAL.
It is with great hope, audacious or not, and resolute determination that I lay out the agenda necessary to reverse our cascading prospects and return the United States to its rightful place in the world community.
It is with boldness that we face the future - which, while most dark now, is BRIGHTER than the past.
It is with perserverance that we will implement the changes needed, no matter how drastic, to assure that this nation DOES NOT pass the point of no return.
Towards that end, I am prepared to take the following steps:
1. Eliminate the ability of the Federal Reserve to influence either monetary policy or any freely traded market - either by actions it takes or through its proxies in the financial community. I would prefer an outright abolishment, but the privately held nature of the FED makes this impossible without infringing on legal property rights.
2 Eliminate the Internal Revenue Service and ask Congress to dramatically simplify the personal tax structure to a form of flat tax.
3. Eliminate the Department of Homeland Security and reverse the nation's plunge into "police state" status. All future intelligence should be carried out by the entities already in place such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency.
4. Revoke the Patriot Acts and restore civil liberties to Americans that were ILLEGALLY subject to barbaric acts under the misguided premise of our own protection.
5 Restore faith and confidence in the nation's currency by returning to the Gold Standard. And, if necessary, order an immediate audit of Ft. Knox and all other significant depositaries of Gold.
6. Order Congress to develop an emergency plan to achieve energy self reliance. I expect Congress to immediately remove all roadblocks to the development of nuclear energy, natural gas and alternative fuels such as solar and wind power. Furthermore, I will oppose any attempt to re-instate any form of windfall profits tax.
7. Seek the elimination of both the House and Senate Ethics Committees. Instead, ethics within the noble chambers of Congress, should be reviewed by a specially convened committee of promininet citizens with no current or past ties to Congress.
8. Pass legislation giving existing and future member of Congress NO SPECIAL TREATMENT. Beginning in 2010, all new members of either chamber will be automatically enrolled in the Social Security System and Medicare. If they choose to opt out, and prefer their own plans, these will not be provided at tax-payer expense. Furthermore, all members of Congress will be expected to make the very same payroll contributions that Americans are currently subject to. All EXISTING members will accrue NO ADDITIONAL benefits and will be expected to make the identical contributions to these programs that you, the American people have been forced to make your entire lives.
9. Hold ALL members of Congress accountable to the same standards that they would be subject to as employees of IBM, Proctor and Gamble, or any other respected corporation. Members of Congress are NOT ROYALTY. They work for you, the American People. Should any member of Congress commit an act or offense which would subject them to termination by a reputable firm, than they shall be as subject to termination, expulsion, or suspension as YOUR employees.
10. Begin the reversal of America's role, unwanted by the majority of the world community, as global policeman. I intend to address the U.N. shortly to further delineate the change of policy. However, I've always been partial to Teddy Roosevelt's credo of "speaking softly and carrying a big stick".
11. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I will take whatever steps necessary to restore the rights granted to ALL Americans under the Constitution and its ammendments. If necessary, I will "stack the courts".
The Constitution is the greatest document written by an American and single most important document in our history, yet years of judicial interference have destroyed this great document. If necessary, I will call for a NEW Constitutional Convention, have the original document with its ammendments re-drawn and re-ratified.
If these steps are taken....and Ladies and Gentlemen, they WILL be taken, we will begin the healing process that this country so desperately needs. I ask from you just one thing... Patience and grass roots support. If your candidate for 2010 does not ascribe to the steps outlined above, I ask you to create a groundswell of support and make your voices heard at the ballot box.
We CAN return the country to a prosperous nation. We CAN return America to the land of opportunity.
We WILL return the country to a prosperous nation. We WILL return America to the land of opportunity.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish you goodnight and HOPE without AUDACITY.
Marko's Take
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