I am not a blind follower of anything. I have a Mac Book as my main laptop, yet use the Sony for some accounting matters and I have an Android for my phone. I swore by Honda as the best motorcycle in the world until my last one cost me an internship, job and other hardships, including leaving me and my daughter stranded on a dangerous mountain road. My spiritual life is similar, there is no proof and we only have our feelings about the matter, oops the right word is faith. This way of thinking goes for my politics too---go figure. I lean to the left, though I do have some strongly conservative feelings.
I think that our President is the best person for the job dispute the constant harassment and down right belligerent attitude he has been dealing with on a daily basis. The choices for republican side a couple of years ago were very poor, though sexy. Economics is not my forte, but I do understand that to get this mess cleaned up the people, “masses” if you will, need to have money to buy things. It is very obvious that the “job creators” are indeed creating jobs. Unfortunately, those jobs are in other countries or, as in Rich Perry's case, are minimum wage jobs are and not sustainable.
Of course the whole minimum wage debate is interesting too.
- Get the slobs working
- But don’t pay hem enough to live without government assistance
- Then call them lazy and good for nothing.
That is a topic for another time.
This post is about our President. I understand, to a limited degree, some of the obstacles he has had to hurtle, yet it seems that at very turn to get anything passed for the people, the bills get watered down to a faded reflection of the original intent. The President has capitulated and been walked over in so many ways it is insulting to the people of this great country. Some say that he is playing chess while others are playing checkers. The implication being there is so much going on behind the scenes and we just don’t know all the moves being made. However what if the game really is checkers and not the more nuanced chess? Perhaps the game has been defined as checkers and President Obama is still playing chess.
To continue the analogy further, the game of chess is thought out and never done from an emotional base, at least if the game is to be successful, while checkers is faster and less considered. This simile works even further, look at our recent past. One side throws out insults, jabs and slights and takes piece after piece, while the other considers and plans. One side bates the other, letting it collapse on itself.
This is a game of ego. Consider last weeks latest insult to the Office of the President. We all know it; the President wants to speak to Congress discussing the high unemployment rate. It is a routine matter to request time with the Congress and has NEVER been denied. The flimsy excuse given was that there was a debate going on for the Republican Presidential nominee (I did not hear about before this BS situation came along) and there were concerns about one side upstaging the other. We are talking about the Office of the President of the United States of America compared to someone who cannot get her history facts straight, a religious zealot, a political chameleon and some guy who is trying to create a political dynasty over the backs of the people he says he serves.
How many insults will it take before President Obama says that is enough? He has an incredibly important message to give the people of this country generally and Congress in particular and is getting bounced for a political reality show of NO real meaning.
Is it time to start considering another Democrat for President? Has President Obama been so thoroughly targeted as to become ineffectual? What is up with this battle of wills between Boehner and Obama? Could this brinksmanship be the downfall of our great nation?
These are some questions we need to look into and answer before we really do go over the edge of insanity.
OLC
