Bumper sticker politics. part deux

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.

I ought to have started here...

One thing I ought to have started this with was a major point that I now make.

I want to make sure I let you all know, I have no problem with authority or authority figures.

My problem is with abuse of authority.
That is what I am seeing and therefore fighting in our society.
what with people trying so Hard to be politically Correct, or touting Diversity as the only way to get things done. Forcing people into comprimising their values, threatening the wellbeing and health of Americans who disagree... well those are things that the Founding fathers went to great lengths to stop.

An example I would like to use; now that they have the Government tied up the democrats are doing everything in their power (Which is considerable right now)to promote their agenda.
This agenda has nothing to do with the well being of America! it serves ONLY the democrats; it includes making sure Democrats have the edge in ALL future elections, it includes paying off the people they like (especially if that gets them future favors), and it includes doing whatever they can to make sure that, if ever someone tries to reinforce the Constitution they will still get there piece of the pie. ( in other words it includes decimating the Constitution and all it stands for.)


Case in point it recently came to my attention that when GM went into bankruptcy the Government took it over (which they even admit too, why is our GOVERNMENT not doing the job of government and is instead micro managing a car company?).
Then the Dems refuse to abide by the laws of bankruptcy in order to make sure that their favored group/s, namely the UAW, got preferred treatment over the stock holders who got hit with enormous loss.
They shoved BILLIONS of dollars into failing companies in order to " keep them from going bankrupt", which they did/are doing anyway, and now that they are going bankrupt they are forcing GM and Chrysler to give up all the lines of vehicles the democrats don't like in favor of more dangerous cars, "oh but they are better for the environment" ( yeah right... A Republican senator from Colorado recently pointed out that they are on the verge of figuring out how to build the Hummer so that it will get "100 miles to the gallon". but that technology has been stopped because the Dems want Hummer to go to China.)

And they are also closing dealers... oh but wait, not just any dealers. apparently as I understand it, it turns out that most of ( if not ALL of) the dealers on the list to be closed contributed significantly to the Republican party (or at least They donated to Obama's opponents). Meanwhile if a dealer gave money to the Obama? nope it is business better than usual for them.

Look here for details...Dealergate

Or HERE

and HERE I have a link to a letter written by one of those dealers who is losing his livelihood. Although I do want to point out one thing in particular to think on.

"On Thursday, May 14, 2009 I was notified that my Dodge franchise, that we purchased, will be taken away from my family on June 9, 2009 without compensation and given to another dealer at no cost to them. My new vehicle inventory consists of 125 vehicles with a financed balance of 3 million dollars. This inventory becomes impossible to sell with no factory incentives beyond June 9, 2009. Without the Dodge franchise we can no longer sell a new Dodge as "new," nor will we be able to do any warranty service work. Additionally, my Dodge parts inventory, (approximately $300,000.) is virtually worthless without the ability to perform warranty service. There is no offer from Chrysler to buy back the vehicles or parts inventory.

Our facility was recently totally renovated at Chrysler's insistence, incurring a multi-million dollar debt in the form of a mortgage at Sun Trust Bank.

And there you have it. THIS ladies and Gentlemen is the "change" that Obama wants to bring to the United States.
The Change of making the Democrats the ruling party in a sort of democratic dictatorship if you will.

Oh dear, This might get people upset.

This is one of my earliest posts on topic. Tuesday, October 7, 2008.

O.K. once more unto the breach, dear friends, go I.

That’s right, it is the season of politics and so back to politics this blog must go.

My first point is this, back when this race for the president got started, I stated that I was concerned about the reason/s people would use for voting the way they chose. More than that I was worried that people would point fingers and accuse others for voting a particular way because of a bias towards race or gender.

I remember a time when, in Arizona, there was a vote about what holiday/s we ought to “celebrate” the choice was (a) Martin Luther King Jr. day, (b) Christopher Columbus day or (c) both.

The way the vote came out was essentially, “we do not want TWO holidays added, and if we have to pick between Christopher Columbus or Martin Luther King. Then we guess it will be Columbus.

The rest of the country (it seemed) came down on the state of Arizona declaring that all the citizens of that state must be “RACIST” because we were “against Martin Luther King. But that wasn’t the case we were not “against” King. We were just for Columbus. But EVERYONE did everything they could to intimidate all of Arizona until finally Arizona gave in and switched from the idea of Columbus Day and instead made Martin Luther King Day the holiday of choice.

Now I want to make one thing very clear here… For most Arizonans it was not about race. We couldn’t have cared less one way or the other. There might have been a few who were motivated by racism but I am quite certain that race was NOT the main point for the majority of the voters.

The really disturbing thing there for me was the fact that even though the people of the state made a choice in the polls they were forced to change their minds FOR NO GOOD REASON. Just because someone else CHOSE to be offended.

Like wise I wonder how many people will be offended at all the people who vote “against” Senator Obama. See when I think about going to the polls and voting in this election season I see myself voting for the candidate of my choice based on little things like… Issues! Moral Fiber! Leadership Ability! Those are the concerns as I see them.

Recently I watched an episode of Frasier. In that episode Martin (the dad) sides with one candidate and his sons side with the other. During the taping of a commercial for the candidate the sons want in office they discover, what is to them, A serious flaw. Their candidate believes in extraterrestrial beings. Now to these brothers, who are both psychiatrists, this is madness and they believe that their choice of candidate is totally unhinged and incompetent. But because they don’t like the other guy they still do everything they can to get their guy elected.

See they sold out completely. When they threw their support behind their guy, they decided that it did not matter that he was a total loony tune, it didn’t matter that he might lead the country into total danger because of his views or beliefs. All that mattered was getting their candidate elected. They threw away EVERYTHING they believed they compromised all their morals they corrupted all their values. All for the wrong reasons.

I wonder so much if that is what is going to happen this year. I think it might. We need to be Aware of the facts people. We need to follow the candidates and see what is really going on; and most of all we need to open our eyes and start realizing that the person we elect should be elected because he/she stands up for what is right, (not just sounds good) has the strength and fortitude to take office (doesn’t get wishy washy) and will serve the needs of the people rather than his own needs.

No bones here I am for John McCain. He has been a straight shooter while Barak Obama has continuously covered up and lied. John McCain has served the country, sometimes making hard choices to do so, Barak Obama has shown at every step that he is only interested in serving himself.
So why is it that people are willing to shoot themselves In the foot, voting for someone unprepared to take the highest office in the land? People we are all on the verge of selling out! Please when you vote; LOOK AT THE ISSUES. Look at the voting record, look at who has shown himself most willing to be up front. Don’t look at the smooth patter, or the idea of political correctness. Those are not issues and if those are the criteria you choose to base your vote on it could cost us more than we can Imagine.

Why can't he understand?

This is another of my old posts this one was originally posted, Wednesday, March 4, 2009.

I am really quite frustrated today.

Now I will make no bones about it, Yes I think George Bush was a decent President. Yes I would have preferred a republican to Mr. Obama.

But I think I am giving Mr. Obama as much credit as I can.

My issue this time is that I heard Mr. Obama blame ALL our current economic woes on the Bush Administration.

And I have to pause to admit that it is very possible, that when it came to policies like the economy, Mr. Bush could have done much better.

I will NOT deny President Obama that point.

The problem here is that at the same time that Obama is CRITICIZING the Bush administration for it's fiscal mismanagement, the economical plan President Obama is pushing is THE SAME PLAN AS THE BUSH PLAN ONLY BIGGER!!!!!

If you are claiming that the economy was "destroyed" by President Bush then wouldn't you think that continuing or increasing the same policies is foolishness in the extreme?

Let us compare shall we...

Bush advocated bailouts. Obama is pushing bailouts. Bush wanted to increase government control of the banks. Obama is trying to increase control of the banks. Bush issued stimulus packages. Obama is issuing stimulus packages.
In short Bush Meddled with the economy. he departed the republican plan for our economy and we are paying the penalty.
And now Obama is continuing down the exact same road only bigger! Bush's bailouts after all only ran to the tune of 300 Billion dollars. Obama's plan is 2 TRILLION dollars.

More than twice the spending of his predecessor.

The only real difference is that Obama can pointhis finger at Bush and say "See, see it's all his fault."

I thought we were promised change.

On that note, one more issue.

We were also promised transparency.

So far what has the Obama administration been transparent about? they have released files showing all the "bad things" the prior administration did. his own cabinet? nada.

Although, since yet another Obama appointee has proven to have tax problems, I figure everyone in our capital is thinking twice now.

It almost has to be like they are thinking "oh no if he picks me then I will get into trouble."

Seriously there has been no change. the people he keeps appointing, keep dissappointing!
He has given positions in his admin to lobbyists even though he declared his dislike for people like that. And he still refuses to see the reality that is looking him in the face.

Mr. Obama. PLEASE start making some real changes. The things you are doing so far are not change. (Certainly not change for the better.)

I think A great change would be for all the politicians to stop thinking about themselves and START thinking about the reason they were put in office in the first place.
To Serve the American people!