Obama's Legacy

This is a letter to the editor in the December 15, 2012 Review Journal.

President Obama is worrying about his legacy, according to reports.
Are you kidding me? Because the mainstream media are in the tank for this president, he could be responsible for wiping out half the population with the plague and his "legacy" would be skillfully saving the other half despite the insurmountable obstacles he faced because of George W. Bush, the Republican Party, global warming and racism.

I think that this letter is funny, but sad. It is sad because it is so true.

Obama's Campaign Promises

In his crusade for a second crack at the presidency, Obama made many promises. He pledged to create "1 million manufacturing jobs by 2016", to cut "oil imports in half by 2020," and "cutting in half the growth in college tuition over the next 10 years. The means to accomplish these goals consisted of vague references to reforming tax codes and establishing "a new network of 15-20 manufacturing innovation institutes," etc.

Before his election, the Obama stated that the economy had turned around and he just needed more time. Now we are facing a "fiscal cliff".

Four years from now, we will see the results, but we must remember what Obama promised. Of course, he will not be campaigning, but we need to remember that politician's make promises that they do not keep. We must look at their record not listen to their promises.

Obama has blamed Bush for all the problems. Who will he blame now?

Surprise! We are approaching a "fiscal cliff".

Everyone is talking about the “fiscal cliff”. Did this just sneak up on us?

Our government is over 15 Trillion Dollars in debt. We are adding to that debt with over 1 Trillion a year. Then Congress decides to spend another 40 Billion Dollars a month on bad mortgages. We have unfunded liabilities in Social Security, Welfare, and other social programs.

Unemployment is at almost 8%. People are losing their homes, their jobs, and their hope.

Now everyone is noticing that we are approaching a “fiscal cliff”. What a surprise!

Just last Friday, the US Department of Education released new data on student loan defaults. Within a handful of years, US taxpayers will be on the hook for over $100 billion in student loan defaults.

When we needed strong leadership, the Republicans gave us Mitt Romney and the Democrats gave us Obama. Then, the people voted for the lesser of 2 evils. If we continue to vote for only the 2 major party candidates, we will continue to have the lesser of 2 evils governing us.

Register for other parties. Send a message that you have had enough. You can still vote for any candidate.

Political signage versus commerical signage

My neighborhood forbids commercial advertising on the front lawn, but the code makes an exception for politicians running for office. If anything, it should be the opposite. If I like a business, why should I be prohibited from putting their sign in my yard. If a political sign is OK, why not a business sign.

At least, the business only charges me for a service or product that I want or need. The government forces me to pay for things that I don't want. or use.

If my neighborhood doesn't like signs in our yard, then all signs should be prohibited.

Government Hypocrisy or Our Stupidity?

This is a letter to the editor in the Review Journal by Kenneth Heinz in Henderson

"Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they have health insurance, but does not require everyone to prove they are a citizen. Now many of those who refuse to prove or are unable to prove they are citizens will receive free health care, paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens."
 

I agree 100%

You can make a difference! REVISITED

In this post, I commented on the quote, “If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal.”.

It seems that everyone has a different opinion about who "they" is. It is the people in power. The people with money who control our government.

The problem is that "We" gave it to them. We didn't vote them out. We let them break their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. We reelected them.

We need to stop reelecting legislators who do not defend the Constitution.

The purpose of law and therefore the Constitution is to protect every individual's rights, liberty, and property. Therefore, it is unconstitutional to take your rights, or liberty, or property and give it to anyone else.

 

Obama revealed.

In a Review Journal article. Thomas Sowell told about a time when then Senator Obama spoke to a predominately black audience at Hampton University on June 5, 2007.

Obama charged that the federal government with not showing the same concern for the people of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit as they had shown for the people of New York after the 9/11 attacks, or the people of Florida after Hurricane Andrew hit.

He mentioned the Stafford Act, which requires communities receiving federal disaster relief to contribute 10 percent as much as the federal government does, was waived in New York and Florida, but not in New Orleans because the people in  new orleans are predominately black.

Yet, less than two weeks earlier, the Senate voted to waive the act for New Orleans and Obama voted against waiving it.

It should come as no surprise that President Obama will raise taxes if he is re-elected. But here’s the shocker: He will invite the United Nations to tax Americans directly. And the proceeds would go directly to the Third World.

We must protect our rights, liberty, and property by electing people who will keep their oath to  uphold the Constitution which is the law of our Country.