Posted by
onlinebenny on Friday, February 20, 2009 3:52:32 PM
President Obama said today that if he sees any wasteful spending by government agencies, he "will call them out." Well, he can't veto the spending bill anymore. So he will call them out. I can't wait to see the mainstream media report this as a "good government" initiative.
On another note, listening to Lou Dobbs' show in the car, I heard a clip of Obama going ever further in ratcheting up the panic/catastrophe angle. He will not stop until every last person in this country is paralyzed with fear. I have seen otherwise intelligent people buying into the fear, saying things like this is the worst we've ever seen. I'm not that old, but I remember the 1970's. That was really dispiriting, but we muddled through. And the beginning of Reagan's presidency saw such an uptick in unemployment and interest rates, that I was convinced that Reagan had no idea what he was doing. Yet Reagan didn't talk down our future. Things were bleak, but hope emanated from our leaders. Not this leader, however: he is Jimmy Carter redux and more (what more I'm not sure).