on the way home from work I often pass a pontiac cruiser that has a lot of bumper stickers on the back of it. the person who owns this vehicle is very obviously pro Obama.
But I have to take issue with one of the bumper stickers and so here we are.
The Bumper sticker is trying to be "witty" but falls short, stating "January 20, 2009 the end of an error."
The point it is trying to make was that George Bush was an "error" the "witty" part was the play on words... replacing Era with Error.
Anyway...
I decided today that I suppose I can concede the point in that message. George Bush did err while in office. Most presidents do! Some points I disagree with him on are...
1. The no child left behind act. this act was not thought through and led to students losing the chance to learn because there was no funding attached to the law and resources had to be redirected that might have benefited more.
2. T.A.R.P. funds. I think the Government should NOT be trying to subsidize businesses even if they are "too big to fail" I think of it more as "the bigger they are the harder they fall"... and the longer you stand under them trying to prop them up the more likely it is that WHEN they fall (because they still will) the more likely they are to take you out with them. (proven now by GM and Chrysler BTW)
3. not reinforcing the border security that we so desperately need. no further comment necessary here.
4. Spreading the military too thin. We do not need to have our military scattered everywhere around the world all the time. when we went into the current wars we ought to have first increased troop strength and second made certain that we had solid exit strategies and realistic timetables for withdrawal.
Here is the thing, If George Bush was an error, then The current administration is a disaster. an error is forgetting to pack a spoon in your lunch so you cannot eat your yogurt or pudding or whatever. We now have an admin in place that not only forgot the spoon but didn't even bother to pack a lunch!
They then want to inflict their poor choice making on the rest of us demanding that we all have to STARVE because they have a problem due to their own shortsightedness. Not only has President Obama failed to FIX the problems George Bush left us, he has compounded the problems and then LIED TO OUR FACES about it.
Not only do we have to face a poorly funded No child left behind act, Now Obama wants to add a poorly funded health care plan that has even LESS thought placed in it then the No child left behind act.
He increased the amount of money handed over to companies that were failing, drawing out the painful process of watching the giant companies flounder creating extra stress and uncertainty on wall street.
Not only are our borders STILL unprotected but he is trying to push for amnesty for all the illegal aliens and stretch our resources even further even though they already are insufficient.
And now we are facing further possible troop deployments because everyone sees the U.S. as being weak because of HIS prevarication. (oh yeah Iraq and Afghanistan aren't enough... let's also face Korea, Iran, Pakistan,...)
So to the person who thinks Obama getting into office was the end of an error? how about this. I think this is more a case of "from the frying pan into the fire!" and frankly I think all I can hope for is that we don't ALL get burned.
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