I believe government does not well serve the interests of the American people, no matter what their political party affiliation. As reflected in my previous post, liberals predicate hope on the expectation that government will create or expand socialist programs that benefit them directly. This is the cornerstone of the Democratic Party. Conversely, the concept of change among conservatives means that they’ve had enough of tax policies that fund socialist programs, particularly when the result is costly, inefficient, and ruinous to a healthy society. If liberals are so blind they cannot see the danger signs in their own country, they need to look at the near-bankrupt European Union, which is nothing if not a massive socialist state.
Having said that, it seems that in the past 30 years, not even American conservatives are paying much attention to government misfeasance, although a recent poll does suggest that only 19% of Democrats and 29% of Republicans are satisfied with government performance. No matter how you slice it, most Americans are disgusted with high-ranking officials, which lead us to consider the two candidates vying for the presidency.
Having said that, it seems that in the past 30 years, not even American conservatives are paying much attention to government misfeasance, although a recent poll does suggest that only 19% of Democrats and 29% of Republicans are satisfied with government performance. No matter how you slice it, most Americans are disgusted with high-ranking officials, which lead us to consider the two candidates vying for the presidency.
As we are thankfully nearing the end of a much-too-long journey to the November elections, Americans once again (for the fifth time) have the choice of two candidates who unfortunately do not represent our nation’s best and brightest. But if one is listening to the mainstream media, one man does enjoy immense popularity – amazing only when you consider that he is an unaccomplished Marxist, who changes direction as often as he does his skivvies; but he is overflowing with hope. His hope being that he will be able to fool most Americans into believing he offers true change in the Nation’s Capital; the hope of his adoring fans is that they’ll benefit from an expansion of socialist programs. Hope and change is his promise, but is that what he’s getting ready to deliver?
The other day, blogger A. C. McCloud at Fore-Left publicized a list of an infamous Gang of Thirteen “distinguished” Americans, chosen by Barack Obama to advise and mentor him into the White House. Nine of these people are former members of the Clinton Administration. Hope and change. They form a cadre of individuals whose ineptitude has brought much suffering to the world, and to the American people. Hope and change.
In order to gain some perspective on our government’s performance over too many years, I want to review the activities of past administrations and the not-so-exceptional job they’ve done on behalf of the American people. We must first acknowledge that the events of 11 September 2001 did not begin on 10 September. They began years earlier, each successive event revealed to us with increasing audacity. It is a chronology of dangerous men, testing how far they could go before the United States would act decisively. Unfortunately, for all of us, it was a long wait.
Jimmy Carter’s performance as president was remarkable in the abstract when Iranian terrorists attacked and seized our Embassy in Tehran; he took pains to explain to television audiences (and the Iranian terrorists who were watching) what he would not do in response to their impudence. As it turned out, Carter intended to do nothing. His inaction gave encouragement to the enemy of the United States. Carter was nothing if not negligent in the performance of his duties inasmuch as he failed to act decisively when confronted with an act of war.
In spite of his success confronting the USSR, it was during the Reagan presidency that we lost sixty people when the Beirut Embassy was bombed in April 1983 and an additional 241 servicemen in October of the same year when terrorists drove a truck bomb into a barracks. Reagan did nothing.
Under President George H. W. Bush, the incompetence of U. S. Ambassador April Glaspie led us into the first Gulf War to free Kuwait from Iraq. To their credit, the Kuwaitis did pay for the expenses of the war, but I must also say it appears unseemly that they also paid for Bush’s presidential library.
During the Clinton Administration:
(1) Al-Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center in 1993, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000.
(2) Al-Qaeda terrorists forced the United States/United Nations out of Somalia (1993-1994)
(3) We lost nineteen servicemen in the Khobar Towers terrorist bombing in 1996
(4) Al-Qaeda terrorists destroyed two of our African Embassies on 7 August 1998, killing more than 230 and injuring 4,000.
(5) In October of 2000, terrorists bombed the USS Cole with the loss of 17 killed and 39 wounded.
Al-Qaeda again attacked the United States during the administration of George Bush, this time successfully toppling the World Trade Center, rending extensive damage to the Pentagon, and a failed attempt to fly an airplane into the White House. Since Bush initiated his war on terror, there have been no attacks in the United States, and I assume this is the result of carrying the war to the enemy, rather than waiting for him to bring it home to America.
The other day, blogger A. C. McCloud at Fore-Left publicized a list of an infamous Gang of Thirteen “distinguished” Americans, chosen by Barack Obama to advise and mentor him into the White House. Nine of these people are former members of the Clinton Administration. Hope and change. They form a cadre of individuals whose ineptitude has brought much suffering to the world, and to the American people. Hope and change.
In order to gain some perspective on our government’s performance over too many years, I want to review the activities of past administrations and the not-so-exceptional job they’ve done on behalf of the American people. We must first acknowledge that the events of 11 September 2001 did not begin on 10 September. They began years earlier, each successive event revealed to us with increasing audacity. It is a chronology of dangerous men, testing how far they could go before the United States would act decisively. Unfortunately, for all of us, it was a long wait.
Jimmy Carter’s performance as president was remarkable in the abstract when Iranian terrorists attacked and seized our Embassy in Tehran; he took pains to explain to television audiences (and the Iranian terrorists who were watching) what he would not do in response to their impudence. As it turned out, Carter intended to do nothing. His inaction gave encouragement to the enemy of the United States. Carter was nothing if not negligent in the performance of his duties inasmuch as he failed to act decisively when confronted with an act of war.
In spite of his success confronting the USSR, it was during the Reagan presidency that we lost sixty people when the Beirut Embassy was bombed in April 1983 and an additional 241 servicemen in October of the same year when terrorists drove a truck bomb into a barracks. Reagan did nothing.
Under President George H. W. Bush, the incompetence of U. S. Ambassador April Glaspie led us into the first Gulf War to free Kuwait from Iraq. To their credit, the Kuwaitis did pay for the expenses of the war, but I must also say it appears unseemly that they also paid for Bush’s presidential library.
During the Clinton Administration:
(1) Al-Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center in 1993, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000.
(2) Al-Qaeda terrorists forced the United States/United Nations out of Somalia (1993-1994)
(3) We lost nineteen servicemen in the Khobar Towers terrorist bombing in 1996
(4) Al-Qaeda terrorists destroyed two of our African Embassies on 7 August 1998, killing more than 230 and injuring 4,000.
(5) In October of 2000, terrorists bombed the USS Cole with the loss of 17 killed and 39 wounded.
Al-Qaeda again attacked the United States during the administration of George Bush, this time successfully toppling the World Trade Center, rending extensive damage to the Pentagon, and a failed attempt to fly an airplane into the White House. Since Bush initiated his war on terror, there have been no attacks in the United States, and I assume this is the result of carrying the war to the enemy, rather than waiting for him to bring it home to America.
These are facts – not interpretations. It illustrates government incompetence of the highest order and underscores the importance of voters making the right kinds of choices in national leadership. And if some of the high-officials in previous administrations were nincompoops, and if we truly believe that Congress is a viable check against the power of the presidency, why do voters continually elect inept or self-serving legislators?
The officials responsible for preventing or reacting to attacks upon United States persons or property, in my judgment, were criminally negligent – and by this, I mean they should be in prison. They were ultimately responsible for the deaths of our people, the destruction of our national property, and damage to our economy. The only logical conclusion from the facts presented is that terrorist activity dramatically increased through five successive presidencies, and it was during Clinton Administration when planning for the destruction of the World Trade Center occurred – long before Bush won his first term to the White House.
Now we learn Barack Obama has selected several of the same ineffectual socialist elitists from the Clinton Administration to help him formulate policies for the next four years. They are the same idealists who provided the political climate from which foreign attack was possible: Madeline Albrecht, Warren Christopher, and Richard Danzig (recently famous for his Winnie the Pooh foreign policy model). The honest, forthright, future hope of America Barack Obama seeks the advice of Eric Holder (who conspired with Bill Clinton to grant a pardon to billionaire fugitive Marc Rich). Tony Rezko must be dancing with joy, while chanting, “Allah Akbar!”
Mr. McCloud pointed out in his post, “Where is the change?” And let me add, “Where is any hope” for a brighter, more secure future? If there is any hope, it cannot rest with Barack Obama and his Gang of Thirteen. I realize that we must let the voters decide who will lead this country. We must once again decide, between two politicians, which one will do the least damage. Maybe by repudiating Obama, voters will discover that they love America more than political party or the false promises of this Marxist messiah. Perhaps in the future, voters will elect higher quality congressional representatives, the pool from which superior presidential hopefuls will emerge. In time, we may be able to vote on Election Day without having to hold our nose. Following the defeat of Barack Obama, this is my hope.
The officials responsible for preventing or reacting to attacks upon United States persons or property, in my judgment, were criminally negligent – and by this, I mean they should be in prison. They were ultimately responsible for the deaths of our people, the destruction of our national property, and damage to our economy. The only logical conclusion from the facts presented is that terrorist activity dramatically increased through five successive presidencies, and it was during Clinton Administration when planning for the destruction of the World Trade Center occurred – long before Bush won his first term to the White House.
Now we learn Barack Obama has selected several of the same ineffectual socialist elitists from the Clinton Administration to help him formulate policies for the next four years. They are the same idealists who provided the political climate from which foreign attack was possible: Madeline Albrecht, Warren Christopher, and Richard Danzig (recently famous for his Winnie the Pooh foreign policy model). The honest, forthright, future hope of America Barack Obama seeks the advice of Eric Holder (who conspired with Bill Clinton to grant a pardon to billionaire fugitive Marc Rich). Tony Rezko must be dancing with joy, while chanting, “Allah Akbar!”
Mr. McCloud pointed out in his post, “Where is the change?” And let me add, “Where is any hope” for a brighter, more secure future? If there is any hope, it cannot rest with Barack Obama and his Gang of Thirteen. I realize that we must let the voters decide who will lead this country. We must once again decide, between two politicians, which one will do the least damage. Maybe by repudiating Obama, voters will discover that they love America more than political party or the false promises of this Marxist messiah. Perhaps in the future, voters will elect higher quality congressional representatives, the pool from which superior presidential hopefuls will emerge. In time, we may be able to vote on Election Day without having to hold our nose. Following the defeat of Barack Obama, this is my hope.
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