Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Can't wait and what's the rush?

So far, Obama's "leadership" has been to continue campaigning.  He's more like a used car salesman than statesman.  We've seen him rush to:

Bail out the banks
Pass a stimulus ("now")
Force Chrysler to be sold
Force GM into bankruptcy
Pass ObamaCare
And lately even securing the 2016 Olympics for his hometown.

But when it comes to Afghanistan:
He's only met with the commander once (via video conference)
He still can't decide whether to commit more troops. 

He has the time to fly to Europe to petition the International Olympic Committee for the 2016 Summer Olympics.  He even has the time to get the British PM involved.  But deciding on Afghanistan, the Taliban, and al Queda?  That apparently can wait.  This is a war he reminds us that he "inherited"; yet he seems to have just heard about it yesterday and has to examine all the angles.  Makes you wonder since he was ready 4 months ago to take over our healthcare just how long he's been working on that.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

National Health Care

The next time you hear Obama or Congress claim that Obamas health care plan will cost $50-65 billion per year, remind them that when Medicare came into existence in 1966, its projected cost in 1990 was $12 billion.  They only missed that estimate by 900%.