AN INTERESTING DAY, TO SAY THE LEAST

It seems as though the current president has decided to come off of his directive that Congress pass a health care reform bill by the end of the month. Now he’s giving them until the end of the year. It looks to me like the current president may be stuck between a rock and a hard place. If he pushes the bill though early, people are going to be unhappy or even furious because most of our lawmakers will have not read a bill that will affect every man, woman, and child in the United States, and that is sure to increase the deficit and perhaps bankrupt this nation. However, every day he’s loosing support for his totalitarian scheme to take over a substantial sector of the nation’s economy and further control the lives of you and me. It looks like it is lose/lose for him and I hope he loses.

Also adding to special day when we are celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the moon landing, The Speaker of the House seems to have changed her definition of “rich”. It was couples making over $350,000 per year. Now she may have changed those figures to $500,000 for a single person and $1,000,000 for a family. These are the unfortunate segment of our society that is targeted to pay for health care reform. As most of us know, San Francisco is a pretty expensive place to live and to visit. In fact, if I was living in San Francisco, doing for a living what I currently do now, and married to someone doing the same thing for about the same money, our combined salary could be around $350,000. In other words, this is middle class. I wonder if her office has been getting some calls.

How in the world did we elect such a bunch? Some of my friends and followers may frown at what I’m about to write. In the state of Alabama, the University of Alabama football team has historically been superior to its cross-state rival, Auburn University. While Auburn has had some success, it has pretty much been while the Alabama was having difficulties. For most of this young twenty-first century, Auburn has dominated as a direct result of the “nightmare in Memphis.” The NCAA handed down horrific sanctions to Alabama that included substantial scholarship losses. During the period when the probation/scholarship losses were affecting Alabama, Auburn seized the day, recruited well, and won. With this behind us, Alabama is getting its groove back. Can you say 36-0, 12-2, champions of the SEC West, the only team to come close to beating eventual national champion, Florida? And Auburn? I can’t remember their record, but they had a losing season and changed head coaches. Who is the world is Gene Chizik?

Back to politics, the democrats got elected and they are in power. They took back the House and Senate in 2006 and took the presidency in 2008. Most mainstream Americans believe that a government that governs less governs best. They also believe that “stuff” should be handled in the private sector or the lowest level of government possible. Most also want a strong national defense and adhere to Judeo/Christian values. Again, how in the world did this bunch get elected? I refer you back to the Alabama/Auburn analogy that I wrote about above. Auburn enjoyed success when Alabama was having problems. The Republicans lost in 2006 and 2008 because they had problems, appearing to lose their way and compromise their principles. With the mainstream media playing this up, folks decided that they wanted a change and voted democrat. So, the Democrats came into power because of problems, perceived or real, that were plaguing the Republicans. If Republicans will stick to their principals and if they don’t have any catastrophes, their fault or not, occurring under their watch, I believe they are elected every time.
It’s beginning to look like the Republicans have a chance to take back the House and Senate in 2010. The Democrats are being Democrats and mainstream America doesn’t like it.