Wednesday, April 29, 2009

I haven't had alot of extra time lately....

and, therefore, haven't wrote in a couple of weeks. It has not been for the lack of material....because there has been plenty. I, however, did not want this day to go by without addressing the milestone of this, the 100th day of the Obama administration. So just what has been "accomplished" in the "First 100 Days" of this administration?

First, I would like to say how refreshing it has been to see a President actually keep his word and do his best to make good on his campaign promises (I mean refreshing in a sort of appalled and disgusted kind of way....ok, so maybe refreshing wasn't the best word to use). Unfortunately his campaign promises were of an oversized, intrusive, big spending, socialistic bent government. The thing is, many of you didn't hear or see that coming because he buried it in coffee grounds, wrapped it in a pretty box with gold paper and red ribbons; then slapped a "Yes we can" sticker on it and walked right past you! Now....let's get to our list and take a look at some of the "accomplishments".

Not necessarily in chronological order:
1) Financial system bail-out. To be fair, the Bush administration started this fire. The Obama administration just poured gasoline on it.
2) Expansion of abortion funding both here and abroad.
3) Filled out a March madness bracket.
4) Expanded stem cell research.
5) Retraction of defense spending.
6) Proposing a new budget that would, by most projections, double our federal deficit.
7) Ran into a window that he thought was an open door (that's not a joke....he really did that).
8) Getting a stimulus spending bill pushed through that is packed with billions in wasteful spending that isn't going to stimulate much more that government growth. To be fair to Mr. Obama....no....that was quite fair!
9) Naming a Treasuring Secretary who was caught committing tax evasion.
10) Naming others to cabinet positions who had also committed tax evasion.
11) Took a Hawaiian vacation.
12) Ordered the closing of Guantanimo Bay detention center.
13) Changed the term "War on Terror" to "Overseas Contingency Operation".
14) Gave GM and Chrysler a bail-out.
15) Fired the CEO of GM.
16) Got a dog.
17) Is considering not allowing the Banks to pay back bail-out money but, instead converting the prefered stock the government holds to common stock which would, in essence, nationalize the banks (that whole socialism thing).
18) Has positioned the government to posibly take partial ownership of GM.
19) Made friends with Hugo Chavez.
20) Made a home video and sent it to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
21) Planted an herb garden.
22) Took a world tour and apologized to the world for all of the terrible things that the U.S.A. has done.
23) Bought a brand new, big screen, flat panel....teleprompter.
24) Became the first sitting President to appear on the Tonight Show.
25) Became the first sitting President to make fun of disabled people on national television.

So, in his first 100 days in office Mr. Obama has done more to put our country on the path to becoming a European type socialistic government than the previous eleven U.S. Presidents combined! Just imagine what he can do in four years! Now, if you are an ultra-liberal leftists, (which makes up the majority of the current administration, the House, and the Senate) you might think that was a compliment....trust me, it wasn't!


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