News briefs are a collection of interesting news stories…
This session is all about our Organizer-In-Chief:
Brief 1: Dorothy Rabinowitz wrote an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal yesterday peering into the inner workings of Obama’s mind. Rabinowitz describes him as “the alien in the White House” since he is more in tune with his ideology than average Americans. As President of the United States he is, perhaps, the leader of the free world and he seems to gravitate to that role yet forgetting that his is our President first.
I wasn’t sure whether to list this posting as an update to I Dream of Health Care or my review for Judge Napolitano’s book Lies the Government Told You. I punted and selected neither.
This headline from the Associated Press may qualify for the Homer Simpson “DUH” awards; “Report: Health overhaul will increase tab.” The assessment wasn’t by any “right-winged” think tank or pundit. The Health and Human Services Department provided the bad news except that it is too late as the bill is now law. The article listed more bad news regarding long-term care insurance and medicare so read at your own risk. Here are some of my predictions:
News briefs are my collection of interesting news stories that may not warrant a full post…
Brief 1: It seems like the citizens of Japan want the U.S. out of their country. The UK Daily Mail reported that thousands of protesters called for the removal of all of the estimated 47,000 U.S. troops. Apparantly our troops are noisy and pollute as they protect the pacific rim. I say bring em home. Why spend our tax dollars to boost the Japanese economy. There are a lot of communities in the United States that would welcome them and the money they spend. We also need to take all of our equipment and defense technology too. While we are at it, we can take them out of Germany too.
Brief 1: The Associated Press reported that a man stripped off his clothes and began to jog near the White House. He was quickly apprehended and taken to a hospital for mental health observation. The nude jogger posed no threat to the President, who was home at the time. It was unclear, however, whether CNBC’s Chris Matthews would be available for his Hardball telecast or would be committed to a mental health facility for further observation. An angry Keith Olberman was overheard saying, “That damn Matthews. I wish that I had thought of that. That would make Obama love me more.”
Earlier in the month in my posting, Groundswell, I provided a case that there is a true groundswell of opposition to excessive government. I will admit that it started as more of a anti-liberal Democrat movement, but the ranks have been joined by many others. I believe that this groundswell has turned into a trickle (this is a positive development) as we are seeing the main stream media starting to open up and do their jobs although still to a limited extent.
I believe, and we should remember that this is a gathering storm against politicians of all party affiliations.
A while back I posted Divided We Fail, which outlined my theory that politicians want a divided country so they can “rule” with impunity. I am sorry about the quotes, but I cannot bring myself to call what politicians do as ruling or leadership. I have to use the quotation marks to signify my dirision at their efforts.
In the last few days and weeks, there seems to be another campaign, primarily by the President and his followers to provide a distraction. The willing mainstream media made a big deal about how President Obama had a secret meeting with “leading” conservatives in the media. Unfortunately, the meeting was not so secret and the meeting did not include the most conservative voices.
January 19, 2009 – Update: It is now estimated that the costs for the Obama inaguration will surpass $170 million ($49 million to be spent by the Federal Government and another $75 million by local governments who will seek reimbursement from the Federal Government. According to my math that is $124 million in tax dollars!). The article by ABC News did NOT call for this money to be spent on homeless, the poor, or starving people.
January 14, 2009 – Update: It is estimated that the costs for Barrack Obama’s inaguration will surpass $100 million dollars.
Update January 7, 2009: Oddly enough, just days after posting this, I was watching a show about weird places to go in Pennsylvania and saw a segment on The Blob. An annual Blobfest is held each year in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania at the Colonial Theatre where part of the movie was filmed. The Blob lives.
I was reading the paper this morning, in fact, I stopped reading the paper to write this. The article that I started reading reminded me of a scary movie that I watched when I was younger. I remembered it as somewhat frightening, but by today’s standards of animation and special effects, it would probably appear quite lame.
Brief 1: Dorothy Rabinowitz wrote an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal yesterday peering into the inner workings of Obama’s mind. Rabinowitz describes him as “the alien in the White House” since he is more in tune with his ideology than average Americans. As President of the United States he is, perhaps, the leader of the free world and he seems to gravitate to that role yet forgetting that his is our President first. 
