WHY
AMERICA IS HEADED DOWN THE WRONG TRACK
A few years back my wife sent me an
email thread that she'd been having with my accountant at the time. He was an excellent CPA, but until I read
their exchange, I had no idea what an uber-Liberal and Obama sycophant he
was. Like most knee jerk Progressives,
my opposition to Obama's policies was seen as racist. I felt compelled to respond. Below is my response to my former
CPA.
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Dear Mikey:
Carole sent me the “thread” you two
have written to each other. I just want
to interject my thoughts at this point.
First of all, if we’re going to have any discussion of a political
nature, it has to be an honest one. I
frankly thought it was a cheap shot to ask Carole if Obama were “evil”. It’s a non relevant question that doesn’t
advance the conversation. It’s a
diversion. Just like questions of
Obama’s citizenship are a diversion. In
the meantime, the private sector is being crushed, jobs are being destroyed,
and the country is going bankrupt. How
dare you suggest that her legitimate concerns, and mine as well, are driven by
“anger”. Again, another distraction from
the truth.
Just because I and Carole may not
favor a government controlled, centralized, top-down health care system,
doesn’t translate into throwing the sick, sore, lame, and disabled into the
street to starve or freeze to death.
Your tacit argument that says “anything” is better than what we had, is
intellectually lazy. Sure things needed reform, but not replacement. The same private employer-based system of
insurance you abhor somehow managed to produce the highest level of health care
treatment for its citizens, and a life span that increased year to year. Now
what have we got? A bureaucracy larger than anything we’ve ever seen
that seizes property from its citizens
without their consent; dictates the level of care that can be provided and what
treatment you may or may not be allowed to have; and adds ten trillion dollars
to the debt while destroying MediCare.
Your well intended compassion produced a bill that was produced by the
most corrupt political process in modern times, in the middle of the night,
with no transparency. One thing I have
to say positive about Nancy Pelosi is that at least she doesn’t try to hide how
dopey she is. She puts it right out
there...”we have to pass the bill before we find out what’s in it.” If ObamaCare is so damn good, why is this
administration granting hundreds if not thousands of waivers? Who is benefiting from those waivers and
who’s going to pay for them?
As for your comments about those
terrible bankers and arbitragers, I’d suggest you do some reading about “crony
capitalism”. Then you’ll know why the
same people from Goldman Sachs that Bush the Devil relied on permeate this
administration at all levels. Hey, how
about the deal that Jeff Imelt and GE got?
$15B and no taxes. While we’re at
it, let’s let the government take over the country’s largest car maker and
screw the bond holders in the process, reversing over 100 years of bankruptcy
law. Fantastic. And now the government
wants to sell its GM stock at a loss of billions of dollars to the
taxpayers. Can you say U.A.W. health and
welfare trust? Our Punk in Chief in our
present miserable economic climate doesn’t have any problem rewarding his union
buddies by having the NLRB sue Boeing to prevent their expansion, and creation
of over a thousand new jobs in South Carolina.
And where was Obama when the Communists, Socialists, and Unionists took
over the capitol building in Wisconsin?
Did he condemn the vile language and death threats? Did he blink an eye when the “protesters”
wreaked over a million dollars in damages, and defaced a memorial to
veterans? Nope, no way Jose`. But he can step out in front of a microphone
during an official press conference and refer to American citizens as
“tea-baggers”. Ask one of your friends
in the gay community what a tea-bagger means.
Since we’re on the subject, don’t
ya think that was just wonderful shutting down the whole gulf oil drilling and
exploration? While you’re at it, do some
more research into how many jobs were actually destroyed now, and permanently
because of that? But don’t let that stop
the insanity. Let’s loan $2B to Brazil
to drill in the gulf where American companies are forbidden to drill from. How’s that $4+/gal gasoline working out for
you? And don’t tell me it’s
“speculators” driving up the cost of oil.
It’s the Federal Reserve monetizing our currency that is the “peg” for
oil prices worldwide that is resulting in the hike. Yep, it’s the economy
stupid. Bush may have signed onto TARP
(a total failure) but your boy Obama supported it too. Then of course he had his own stimulus which
as we all now see was another smashing failure. He promised that if we gave him
a couple of trillion dollars he’d solve
all our problems (even those caused by Bush). He also promised several times that he’d “cut
the deficit in half by the end of his first term”. He’ll say anything he needs to say even if
it’s the exact opposite of what he is actually doing.
Oh yeah, and how’s that Libya thing
going? “Splain me Lucy” why we give $25M
to rebels who may have significant links with Al Queda. If we went into Libya to prevent the massacre
of innocents, why aren’t we rushing to the aid of the really courageous people
rebelling in Syria or Iran?
And for God’s sake, stop blaming
Bush. All you touchy-feely liberals
never take responsibility for your actions.
Lot’s of world leaders including Bush honestly believed there were
weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Did
you forget that Hussein had used them on his own people? And what happened to the thousand of liters
of weaponized anthrax your beloved UN
said he had? At least Bush went to
Congress before he went to war. I don’t
recall Obama following the Constitution when he went into Libya.
You want to know why I am
angry? It’s not because Obama is half
white. I look around after almost two years, and from what I see, I know the country
is NOT going in the right direction. And
I look at this administration and I see card carrying Communists, Unionists and
socialists who attack this country every day, including our military, and our
citizens. May I suggest you do some
research on some of the past and present presidential aides, advisers, and
“czars”. Van Jones, Cass Sunstein,
Valerie Jarret, Richard Trumpka, Andy Stern, Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers. All I see is Obama running around telling the
whole world that America is a bad place and that we really need to change
things. I will tell you what I believe
and why I am deeply opposed to Obama. I
believe Obama is a punk. He’s an angry
community organizer that was mentored by Communists in his youth (read his auto
biography) and continued to purposefully surround himself with “revolutionaries”. He is a ruthless thug. He is a vicious political operative. He plays the race card, gender card, religion
card, and class card anytime he finds it advantageous. He seeks to coercively re-distribute income
based on his own conceptions of fairness.
Just listen to what he told “Joe the Plumber”. He insults the Supreme
Court which is supposed to be a co-equal branch of government in his State of
the Union address. He has no respect for
the Constitution and has publicly expressed his resentment that the
Constitution is a limitation on the powers of government to act. This is an
administration that can’t call a Muslim army officer who yells “Allah akbar”
and kills and wounds dozens of soldiers and people a terrorist. And he equates immigrants who came to this
country through Ellis Island, with those who sneak across the border.
I wouldn’t calI Obama “evil” just
as I wouldn’t call Karl Marx or Friedrich Engels evil. But I do believe he’s
destroying the country I love. He told
us he’s going to “fundamentally transform America”. I will do anything within law to stop him
from accomplishing that goal.
So my friend, you can continue to
fiddle while Rome burns. Continue
drinking the Kool-Aid and buy the propaganda that anything the present
administration and Obama does is just fine.
Not me. Just don’t confuse my or
Carole’s resistance and opposition to the policies of Barry Soetoro as
something shallow, misguided, or racist.
Love,
Ricky
