A Reason To Be Worried
Written by: Tom Sawyer
Happy Friday!
While reading some news on the Internet, I ran across something that should be troubling to us all. This is from an article concerning president Obama’s decision to scrap Bush’s missile-defense plan:
“Obama’s decision Wednesday to scuttle a costly and technically challenged long-range missile-defense system in Europe marks his most significant reversal of a Bush foreign policy priority. It could change the dynamic of what has been an increasingly tense relationship between the U.S. and Russia, which viewed the Bush plans for missile defenses in Poland and the Czech Republic as a threat.”
Clicking on the link above will take you to the article where you can read more about it, but I want to get on with what is troubling about this situation.
…Obama’s announcement drew heated criticism from Republicans, who accused the president of abandoning central European allies and caving in to Russia in a naive bid for diplomacy.
Democrats praised the decision; Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin called it “a sound choice that will improve our security.”
I don’t want to complicate things any more than they should be; it is what it is. Over and over again, two groups of supposedly intelligent leaders disagree AND their disagreements just so happen to fall within their party affiliation. I call foul and say this is wrong and downright stupid.
RIGHT AND WRONG
Since many people believe in their party, this is what I think they are saying:
- When a Democrat is president, the Democrats think that is the best thing for the country
- When a Republican is president, the Republicans think that is the best thing for the country
- Both parties think every decision (or almost every one) made by a president from the opposite party is wrong
- Both parties think every decision (or almost every one) made by a president from their pary is right
Doesn’t this seem impossibly too black and white? If I’m a Democrat, how can I responsibly think everything a Republican does is wrong and vice versa? We are smarter than that aren’t we? When I say “we” I’m talking about everyone who isn’t part of the political money grab. I call it a money grab because integrity, responsible decision-making and virtually everything else is put aside so politicians can stay in the good graces of their party.
I challenge anyone who reads this to respond with one thing that a president from your party did (past or current presidents) that you didn’t like and something a president from the other party did that you did like. Just give it to us plain and simple.
I will start off by saying I don’t like how BHO bailed out the auto industry. I think the American auto companies produced big SUVs, trucks and car that were low on technology and reliability, but comparitive in price with foreign makes. I think it was their time to fall because of the environment they created. If the government wanted to get involved I think they should have helped a new company purchase equipment and factories from GM and Chrysler. I hope I’m not alone in not believing all this talk about a “new GM.”
Tags: Obama scraps Bush's missile-defense plan, one party is always right, something to trouble Americans
September 18th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
The more reading and research I do the more my aggravation grows to some of what Bush did while in office. First, I didn’t realize it at the time, nor did most of the country but the “Patriot Act” was a total attack on our constitution and if it wasn’t for the fear and temporary unity after 9/11 there is no way it would have passed; the American people wouldn’t have allowed it.
The port deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – This is where Bush started to lose me during his second term. He quietly tried to sneak the change of ownership of some US ports to the UAE without informing the People. I have a problem with any foreign country running the security of our ports but have a real problem with a country smack dab in the middle of the countries who hate the US with a passion running our ports.
Medicare part d: Yet another Bush failure which is a big contributor to the record rising costs of Medicare. I may come off a bit abrasive but I am sick of entitlement programs like Medicare, Welfare, Medicaid, etc… which is one of the reasons I so strongly oppose a public option or single payer system. The thing about entitlement programs is that once they are put in place there is no government official that would consider taking it away from the people who use it because quite simply it would be political suicide and there wouldn’t be enough people willing to take that dive. I hope everyone thinks long and hard about the permanence of Obama’s Health Insurance/Care Reform before they jump in head first. Me personally, I want the government the hell out of my life and wallet as much as possible.
The public option will lead to the single payer system which is precisely what they (Democrats and those who lean way left) want. I just had an interesting conversation with a store manager at a very large grocery store chain who had recently become frightened of Obama’s plan due to the information he received from a meeting with the heads of his company. They told him that if the reform passed they would no longer be offering health care as a benefit to the employees. This is a grocery chain that stretches into numerous states to give you an idea of the magnitude. This isn’t an isolated opinion, what do you think employers are going to do? They are going to take the cheaper option and what will we eventually be left with? Single payer…end of story.Reply
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