Stay to the left and speed up…

The year is 1912. Captain Obama hurries to the bridge of the huge passenger ship, agitated at being called away from a celebrity-packed party on the luxury deck. “Ice ahead, Captain,” says the worried officer. “Could be an iceberg.” The Captain looks out into the darkness. He’s never commanded this ship in these waters before; in fact, he’s never been at sea. But he learned to appear confident in college, and he’s anxious to get back to the party. “Oh, it’s just a big chunk of ice. Stay to the left. This ship is unsinkable. Plus all the world’s ice is melting. Full speed ahead! In fact, increase our speed by ten knots.” Unlike the Titanic, our country has negotiated around some major economic icebergs in the past. But it’s 2011, our debt now exceeds our GDP, and our leader is more concerned with holding his office than dealing with the issues. Disaster can be avoided, but time is running out. We can’t balance the budget with tax increases; spending and promises must be reduced. And the media has to stop handing the mic to Democrats who still blame Bush and repeat the same old worn-out class warfare nonsense. Democrats control the government – the White House, the Senate, the bureaucracy, the media, government education and the courts. It’s time they put down the violins and step up to the challenge.

Democrat’s kabuki dance

Rush Limbaugh’s use of the term kabuki dance last week caught my attention. I thought it was some African term that was sure to get the lovable little fuzzball in PC trouble again.
It turns out that kabuki is a form of Japanese dance that features over-the-top costumes and makeup, exaggerated theatrics, and farce. What a perfect description of Washington today!
Come on, Democrats. Stop the kabuki dancing and get serious about fixing the current unsustainable level of government spending and future promises.

The wet blanket of statism

Progressive people like to fix what they consider unfair. It might be some disadvantaged soul who needs a hand, or some money-wasting, environment-damaging corporate type who needs to be taken down a notch. Government is their vehicle and Western Europe is their model.

Well, after 80 years of social engineering through regulation, it ain’t working. Instead of improving poverty, health, civility and education, big government has become a wet blanket over the entire economy. Fannie Mae, health care reform, stimulus... good grief. A once great, thriving nation is drifting into oblivion. Obama didn’t start the decline, he just stomped on the accelerator.

Change may get ugly. After all these decades, the Washington bureaucrats, the media, and the unions are deeply entrenched. But better now than later. My generation made the mess, and we ought to step up to fix it.

In addition to dramatically shrinking the government, we need to face up to some facts of life. Accidents happen. Outcomes vary despite equal opportunity. Good intentions aren’t enough. You can’t reason with truly evil people. Redistribution spreads misery, not wealth.

We need leaders like Paul Ryan, Mitch Daniels and Marco Rubio to take charge. Heck, Donald Trump would be more effective than Barack Obama and his czars.

Better weather approaches. It’s time to get out from under the wet blanket.