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Rethinking Obama’s political performance in Tucson
Byron York delves into the options Barack Obama had for scripting his speech and the undertones his final draft implicated. A tormenting and emotional four days had passed, which was plenty of time for some of the most volatile voices in the media to pass judgment and blame Republicans for this tragedy and everything else under the sun, before he finally addressed the nation and offered his sentiments. During those four days Obama made no effort to take the heated and accusatory opinions off of the media burner. When the military tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas occurred in 2009, he had immediately taken the initiative to urge everyone to avoid assumption and blame. It was only upon determining that there was no feasible way to deny that Loughner was simply an extraordinarily disturbed registered democrat that Obama could make his speech and announce that politics were not to blame for the shooting.
Three reactions by lawmakers to the Arizona shootings
1. Encase the entire House and Senate floor with plexiglass to prevent visitors from throwing objects at members of Congress. Indiana Republican Representative Dan Burton can be thanked for re-introducing this bright idea. Perhaps he and his fellow leaders should not give Americans so many reasons to want to throw things at them.
2. Make punishable by law the illustrating of pictures of elected officials with crosshairs on their images and ban people from saying things that could be considered threatening to lawmakers. Democrat Representative Robert Brady of Pennsylvania wants Big Brother to monitor your Photoshop skills.
3. Stoke the fire under the FCC to bring back the Fairness Doctrine, which has nothing to do with fairness, to muzzle Rush Limbaugh and all the other conservative radio and television personalities for being so critical of liberal ideology and all of its inadequacies. Thank you, Democrat Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina, for nothing.
Record $14 trillion-plus debt
America has reached an unprecedented depth in debt. Our $14 trillion debt divided by the population of America averages out to each and every American owing $45,300 to pay it off. Take into consideration that nearly half of the citizens in this country don’t even pay taxes and, therefore, hardly contribute to society and that number doubles. Yet, we keep the doors on our borders unlocked, we discuss granting amnesty to millions upon millions of illegal aliens, we continue to pay so many of our citizens to stay home and watch television all day, giving them no encouragement to live their lives with dignity or any hunger for achievement or pride, and we scratch our heads wondering how our current deficit came to be. It is very simple. The America we currently live in is not real. It is like a family with a joint income of $30,000 who has two BMWs in the garage of their 2,700 square foot home with an RV in the driveway and a pool in the backyard. It is not real. We all see it but it is an illusion that is crippling us more and more day after day. As indescribably irresponsible as so many of our government leaders, so many of our banks, and so many of our CEOs have been, we need to come to terms with the fact that we are at fault, too. Look at the rest of the world around you. Can you honestly tell yourself that this would last forever? Our national debt is terrifying and the only thing scarier than our debt is the fact that we owe so much of it to China.
These next two years will be a time that tests what is really important to every American. It will question our resolve and our patience. It will question our ability to sacrifice and continue to stand proudly in the company of adversity.
If the possibilities of November 6, 2012 leave you with a feeling of indifference then you may be living in an unfortunate dream world, which persists only to utterly shock you once you do finally wake up.
1,722.4 miles to go.
Rethinking Obama’s political performance in Tucson
Byron York delves into the options Barack Obama had for scripting his speech and the undertones his final draft implicated. A tormenting and emotional four days had passed, which was plenty of time for some of the most volatile voices in the media to pass judgment and blame Republicans for this tragedy and everything else under the sun, before he finally addressed the nation and offered his sentiments. During those four days Obama made no effort to take the heated and accusatory opinions off of the media burner. When the military tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas occurred in 2009, he had immediately taken the initiative to urge everyone to avoid assumption and blame. It was only upon determining that there was no feasible way to deny that Loughner was simply an extraordinarily disturbed registered democrat that Obama could make his speech and announce that politics were not to blame for the shooting.
Three reactions by lawmakers to the Arizona shootings
1. Encase the entire House and Senate floor with plexiglass to prevent visitors from throwing objects at members of Congress. Indiana Republican Representative Dan Burton can be thanked for re-introducing this bright idea. Perhaps he and his fellow leaders should not give Americans so many reasons to want to throw things at them.
2. Make punishable by law the illustrating of pictures of elected officials with crosshairs on their images and ban people from saying things that could be considered threatening to lawmakers. Democrat Representative Robert Brady of Pennsylvania wants Big Brother to monitor your Photoshop skills.
3. Stoke the fire under the FCC to bring back the Fairness Doctrine, which has nothing to do with fairness, to muzzle Rush Limbaugh and all the other conservative radio and television personalities for being so critical of liberal ideology and all of its inadequacies. Thank you, Democrat Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina, for nothing.
Record $14 trillion-plus debt
America has reached an unprecedented depth in debt. Our $14 trillion debt divided by the population of America averages out to each and every American owing $45,300 to pay it off. Take into consideration that nearly half of the citizens in this country don’t even pay taxes and, therefore, hardly contribute to society and that number doubles. Yet, we keep the doors on our borders unlocked, we discuss granting amnesty to millions upon millions of illegal aliens, we continue to pay so many of our citizens to stay home and watch television all day, giving them no encouragement to live their lives with dignity or any hunger for achievement or pride, and we scratch our heads wondering how our current deficit came to be. It is very simple. The America we currently live in is not real. It is like a family with a joint income of $30,000 who has two BMWs in the garage of their 2,700 square foot home with an RV in the driveway and a pool in the backyard. It is not real. We all see it but it is an illusion that is crippling us more and more day after day. As indescribably irresponsible as so many of our government leaders, so many of our banks, and so many of our CEOs have been, we need to come to terms with the fact that we are at fault, too. Look at the rest of the world around you. Can you honestly tell yourself that this would last forever? Our national debt is terrifying and the only thing scarier than our debt is the fact that we owe so much of it to China.
These next two years will be a time that tests what is really important to every American. It will question our resolve and our patience. It will question our ability to sacrifice and continue to stand proudly in the company of adversity.
If the possibilities of November 6, 2012 leave you with a feeling of indifference then you may be living in an unfortunate dream world, which persists only to utterly shock you once you do finally wake up.
1,722.4 miles to go.
