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When does the Federal Government Act?

NPR(National Public Radio) once again treats us lower class citizens as though, we are lower class NPR commentator Marc Acito graciously demonstrated this overall National Public Radio's ostentatiousness, on Thursday's All Things Considered. Poking fun of the syntactic style of FDR and Sarah Palin the intended target of his criticism, on what this self described musical geek calls 'Eliza Doolittle Day.' Referring to Sarah Palin as an 'Eliza Doolittle'(The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phoneticist, so she can pass as a lady.) And 'All Things Considered host Michele Norris makes it clear "This is the kind of unofficial holiday that only musical fans would know about," granted that may be true, but I get the feeling Norris and Acito believe us lower class citizens could never be musical fans. Ah to say Dr. Quack is lower class. Moreover, a big musical fan since early duckhood. And 'My Fair Lady'(from which the Eliza Doolittle character comes from) is one of the best.

 

Let me retreat to 'When Does the Federal Government Act,' Sarah Palin made her point on Sunday past with Chris Wallace May 23, 2010, with some true grit the former Alaskan Governor made it clear the Obama Administration should have acted with all due diligence with regard to the BP Gulf oil spill cleanup. Sarah Palin is far from the first to offer this opinion, but is surely the most profiled person to date to do so. And I might add, kudos for Palin taking the stand, eloquent or not.

 

I've heard cable news commentators of stature water down the administration’s response to the oil spill asking, should we have expected President Obama on the shoreline immediately with a mop and bucket... No, but I did expect because the Spill occurred in water under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government, for the Federal Government to have reacted with more intention. They did not, President Obama reacted in the same manner, he has handled every issue, with self-serving political mumbo jumbo instead of listening and serving the people giving us not everything we ask for, but rather as the leader of this the greatest nation on earth, protection and assistance with the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness.

 

Instead President Obama gave the good citizens of the gulf, political jargonistic rhetoric, with a finger pointing, smooth talk and problems with apparent short term memory when it comes to promises, like action, change and security for all the people of America. When does or when should the Federal Government act in the case of an oil spill as in the BP Gulf oil spill, IMMEDIATELY, that's when.

 

It's hard to believe that with one call the President of the United States could not enlist the help of every major corporation, organization, scientific group and every international ally in stopping the oil leak, then the relative clean up. We explore the depths of the little known seas of earth and probe for water on the moon, but we can't stop an oil leak on the ocean floor created by man. President Obama seems to not have the mojo he so boastfully said he had winning the Presidential election in 2008. From NASA to every major university and allies around the world, the President should have asked for help day one, hour one to solve a problem that is of interest to the entire globe. This is what the President could have done immediately and is certainly, relatively good at. Don't dare to give me the answer back, how do you know he didn't make put the personal call out?  He did not. The proof is in the pudding.

 

So what does the President do?  He plays the blame game enforcing by way of political, populist and international pressure on BP to shoulder full responsibility for stopping and cleaning up the oil spill disaster. Yes BP is responsible, but in cases of impending cost and disaster to the people of America, the federal Government with all its resources should be putting those resources to use and availability to BP. Send the bill later. Save our coast, stop the campaign style politics and for heaven’s sake stop the blame game, in disasters, there is no immediate blame, but should be immediate cooperation with due diligence in resolving the disaster NOW!

Additional note: I completed this blog early Sunday morning and well before the airing of Meet the Press and other Sunday News programs, but held up publishing until I had the chance to review each of Sunday’s special news programs. On Meet the Press with David Gregory, Carol Browner the Administration’s top environmental advisor commenting on the oil spill, said that the government is responding with the largest environmental mobilization effort ever. There are 150 scientists on the case, 1400 vessels working on the oil sick coming ashore and much more. This is all news President Obama should be proud of announcing.

However, five weeks down the road from when the spill occurred, it’s about time we heard what the government is doing and or that the government is now doing something at all. One of the biggest issues I have with President Obama is his seemingly off of center definition of what government transparency means. And that was why so many voted for him, the promise of change and transparency in Washington, well the change has been a switch to Chicago style politics, where transparency is a merge of misdirection and illusion of what realty may be or is.

We can all pray; that what Browner and President Obama are doing will resolve the BP oil spill and clean-up, by expeditiously mobilizing all America’s and her allies’ resources to the gulf’s aid.

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What's really scary about the Dem's Health Care Legislation...

The scariest part of the Democratic Party's Health care Legislation passed through the House of Congress March 21, 2010, and sure to pass the Senate on Tuesday 3/23/2010, is what wasn't said for the most part over the weeks leading up to its final passage. Mandate, Mandate, Mandate. Sure, once in a while I'd hear a radio or TV host bring it up, momentarily. But momentarily was it, zip that's all folks. And I understand why.

 

The opposition to the Democratic Party's health care legislation was the only thing bipartisan with regards to the Bill itself. 34 Democrats voted with 178 Republicans to stop this specific piece of Legislation for a variety of reasons. They did not vote to stop Health care reform. The possible and very likely symptomatic problem with the Democratic Party Bill is the execution of its Mandate. I could have supported the Dem's health care legislation if not for the Mandate of requiring and enforcing each and every American, business and institution to pay for a health insurance plan. Enforcement whether I can afford it or not under stiff penalties enforced by none other than, the IRS.

 

I now believe that the Democratic Party, once a Party of the American dream and human richness, is now a Party of Left Wing Loons bent on shifting the political landscape in America to that of a revolutionary militaristic held society. I didn't want to concede to this possibility of what was once a proud and great Political Party of the people. But the realization of legislation passed that is supposed to be so good for the American people, must be enforced and policed by the government's bully dog, the IRS. Give me serious pause as to the state of the government now in power in this the greatest nation on earth. I'm not coming down on the IRS nor blame them in the matter of the Health care Legislation just passed. The IRS is simply the good licensed soldier of the Federal Government and will have a job to do.

 

Now, not only will the Federal Government have complete access to my financial records but, my medical records as well, potentially in one central system. Isn't this the excessive power of government our Founding Father's wrote against in establishing the Bill of Rights "A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference." Thomas Jefferson.  Sunday night March 21, 2010 did we possibly see a glimpse of an arbitrary government? John Adams wrote "Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people." When some politicians and Tea Party protesters cried  chicanery, I'm reminded again of what John Adams wrote;"Be not intimidated... nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice."

 

The Democratic Party has become the Party of hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice. The Democratic Party once believed in the American Dream and was called the Party of the People. Sure the Party passed entitlement programs, but clearly were not meant nor were inclined to be intrusive upon the Liberties of Americans. But the Democrat Party has changed greatly over the decade and a half infiltrated by Loons and so far to the Right Fanatics, they are seen as Left, what a mess. Now they are eager and hungry for government intervention and government will over the people. So back to my original thought as to why Mandate wasn't a cry by the opposition to the Health care Bill. The Left Loons would have been characteristically deaf.

 

As a small business owner, the Health Care Mandate will limit my size and potential for growth, it will be an albatross around the neck of America's businesses. Thomas Jefferson wrote; "A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government."

 

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