Words Words Words

Hail to the King

Words are symbols that wreak of power and influence. The American public elected Barack Hussein Obama based on his words; they had nothing else to judge him with because his senatorial record only revealed over a hundred "present" votes, but nothing to which he was actually committed. What this implies is that Obama does not commit to anything with action, but instead, uses words to give you hope that he will.

Next Thursday, Mr. Obama will be making a speech designed to turn around the economy with a plan to create jobs for the over 14 million Americans who are out of work. He will probably discuss spending cuts, but his real emphasis, I believe, will be on stimulus spending--more words that mean he wants us to throw more money after bad, as he did with Solyndra Inc.,  a company that produced solar panels. 

Moe, Larry, and Curly

The Obama administration gave $535 million to Solyndra, a favorite 'green company' of his, and when it appeared to be having problems, private investors put in an additional $75 million with the government agreeing that if the company became insolvent, the private funds would be given priority over $385 million of the government's investment. Well, the company declared bankruptcy, abruptly laid off 1100 workers without notice, and we, the taxpayers are out a lot of money . . . again. Now the workers have filed a class action suit against the company based on their failure to provide them with 60 days notice of termination--a requirement of companies having at least 50 employees--but there are loopholes in this situation that may mean the workers are going to get, shall we say, screwed. 


What is Obama going to say next Thursday? Words. Empty words. He will tell us how it isn't his fault by blaming others, including, I suspect, God; at least acts of God, like the hurricanes, tsunami, and earthquake.  But let's not forget that Obama has even blamed ATM machines for the country's economic woes.He will tell us how congress is failing America and refusing to cooperate in a bipartisan manner. He will blame the last administration and whine over the mess he inherited. Words.

Bye-I'm off on another vacation with your tax money

In spite of this, there will be plenty of people who will vote for him next year. They will not care about his record of reckless spending, a spending that led to no results. They will not care about how he is systematically socializing the country with government regulations, entitlement programs, company takeovers, and bailouts. They will only care about his words, his promise of change, his call for hope, and they will pull that lever and vote for him because they refuse to vote for a Republican, or they will have the baseless hope he requires of those who believe in him. That, by the way, is the problem. One 'believes in' God, for example, or doesn't. One should not have to 'believe in' a president. When one 'believes' in something, that belief is based on a prognostication of the future rather than results from the past, and that is always risky. Obama has no past to believe in except a past containing parents who were Communists, friends who were anarchists, a spiritual leader who is a racist, and a wife who did not feel proud to be an American.


If Obama's words give you comfort, you might be a liberal and only words, not deeds, count.






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