I have to admit that having amateurs like Obama in power does provide a target rich material for the p.j. journolista corps (that's pronounced "core," Mr. President). We are heading into the Labor Day Weekend (am I the only one that resents that notion??) without a HURRICANE!!!! Sympatico to my friends in Virginia and parts north that are still without power, but as a veteran of a number of Gulf Coast hurricanes, Irene did not impress me much. In advance of the long weekend though, I wish all of you safe travels.
First topic - The childish dust-up with Speaker Boehner over a joint session of Congress presentation. Is the White House that nervous about Rick Perry getting in the race that they wanted to upstage the six-month long planned Republican debate? I commend Speaker Boehner's gentlemanly, professional response summed up thusly: "nice try...you can do it on the 8th." But this really is a case of the incredible shrinking presidency. We are witnessing a political supernova collapse into a black hole of nothingness (and puleeze, leftards, do not scream "racist" at me - it's what it is actually called.) Here' some visual verification:
Oh, by the way, this political campaign stop, speech has nothing to do with a "laser like focus on jobs." It is meant to do two things: 1) Put the little boy president into a big setting to try to re-establish his importance AND 2) re-package plans that don't work, call them "bi-partisan" and attempt to pin his economic failure on an intransigent congress.
Speaking of the economy - a couple of terrific articles came across the Rumbledesk this week. First up, where would you turn for economic advice? Well in these dark times with hope crushed out of the American economy like a spent husk of coconut drying in the West Texas sun, you might cry out to God. Well, how about the Vatican? Dan Mitchell recommends just that in a great piece: "Let's Send Obama to the Vatican For An Economics Lesson." Quoting from the pull quote of the Vatican spokesman:
Further forms of taxation would not be synonymous with solidarity but only with greater public spending and, perhaps, a higher debt and more widespread poverty. High taxes penalize saving, generate distrust in the ability to stimulate recovery, hit families and prevent the formation of new ones, as well as creating uncertainty and precariousness in employment. In short, they lay the foundations for another phase of unsustainable development.
Amen, padre! And, if like your humble Rumbler, you feel like you are waking up on the economic version of the set of "Groundhog Day," you are not alone. The boys over at Investor's Business Daily sum it up well: "The Endless Economic Recovery." Herewith another graphic:
Makes one long for a good dose of voodoo and trickle-down economics don't it? Someone ought to sneak into the White House Situation Room and Carville-esque hang a big sign that reads "It's the policies stupid!" But that assumes anyone over there can read. If you can handle the truth...
OK, you've been warned: "Broke! The Ten Facts About the Condition of American Families."
An excellent perspective piece from Shelby Steele over at the Wall Street Journal this morning: "Obama and the Burden of Exceptionalism." The notion that the 2012 election will be a battle for the very soul of America is summed up by this:
America seems to be facing a pivotal moment: Do we move ahead by advancing or by receding—by reaffirming the values that made us exceptional or by letting go of those values, so that a creeping mediocrity begins to spare us the burdens of greatness?
Obama has led the country on the path to mediocrity attempting to turn us away from our own exceptionalism out of some deep-set guilt or hatred. The rise of the Tea Party is proof positive that in the words of Monty Python, "I'm not dead yet." Obama and the mind-numbed press want to play the role of head whacking mortician on them with labels and lies:
As for me, and apparently Mr. Steele, I trust the American people:
As a president, Barack Obama has been a force for mediocrity. He has banked more on the hopeless interventions of government than on the exceptionalism of the people. His greatest weakness as a president is a limp confidence in his countrymen. He is afraid to ask difficult things of them.
Say, speaking of American decline and "leading from behind," how's that Arab Spring working out for you? The "rebels" are busily hunting the syphlitic goat-loving Khaddafi through the desert now and "bully!" that he's gone, but do we really have any idea what we are getting in exchange? The good folks over at Stratfor aren't so sure: "Libya: A Premature Victory Celebration." What's next, Syria? I'm all in favor of toppling tyrants and power to the people, but I am hugely worried that we are going to see the long shadow of a brutal Medieval religion being cast over the whole area for a long time to come. Until Islam is reformed, it is fundamentally incompatible with democratic rule.
With that dear friends, I will sign off.
Rumble on!
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