So apparently, our ‘Dear Beloved Leader’, Barack
Hussein Obama has now taken it upon himself to issue what he considers to his
marching orders to the Republicans in Congress, warning them against threatening
a government shutdown after returning from their break in September. At which point they will have a month to pass
a new federal budget. And I am quite
sure, knowing our ‘Republicans in Congress’ as I do, they will most assuredly
be only to happy to do exactly as they are told. Because it matters not that we are neck deep
in debt, only that Barry be allowed to spend.
It was just this past Thursday that, while in New
Orleans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Barry was
heard to say, “Let’s not introduce unrelated partisan issues.” And our ‘Fearless Leader’ went on to say,
“Nobody gets to hold the American economy hostage over their own ideological
demands.” Apparently he most certainly was
not talking about himself or any of his fellow Democrats because they have most
certainly taken the position of holding the economy, and the country, hostage
on any number of occasions over their ideological demands.
Now for those unaware, the new fiscal year begins on
Oct. 1. And if Congress doesn’t pass a
budget, which I don’t think has been done at any time during Barry’s entire
presidency, then it must pass a continuing resolution, or a temporary measure in
order to keep the government fully funded and operating. Earlier this week, it was Ted Cruz, a
presidential candidate, who said he would push for any continuing resolution to
defund Planned Parenthood. Other Republicans have opposed removing the
sequester cuts that would require a boost in federal spending.
It was during Barry’s little speech there in New
Orleans that he talked about how the economy has recovered. “It’s why we need
to do everything we can in government to make sure our progress keeps growing,”
Obama said. “That requires Congress to protect our momentum, not kill it. Congress
is about to come back from a six-week recess.”
It is only by Barry’s definition that the economy can be said to have
‘recovered’. For Barry to continue to put forth the idiotic claim that there
has been an economic recovery of any kind is absolutely ludicrous and patently
dishonest.
Barry said, “I want everybody to understand that
Congress has about a month to pass a budget that helps our economy grow.” He
added, “Otherwise we risk shutting down the government and services we all
count on for the second time in two years. That would not be responsible. It
does not have to happen. Congress needs to fund America in a way that invests
in our growth, in our security. Not in a way that cuts us off at the knees by
locking in mindless austerity or short cited sequester cuts for our economy and
our military.” This kind of rhetoric is
nothing less than reckless!
Barry went on to issue a veto threat saying, “I’ve
said I would veto a budget like that.” He went on to say, “I think most
Americans agree, we’ve got to invest in rather than cut things like military
readiness, infrastructure, schools, public health, the research and development
that keeps our companies on the cutting edge. That’s what great nations
do.” What about ‘great nations’ that
continue to spend more than they take in, racking up a $19 Trillion debt. Are they simply supposed to keep spending record
amounts even though they are essentially broke?
How responsible is that?
I think we can all come to agree that our Republican
majority in Congress has proven to be nothing more than an unmitigated disaster
and a complete disappointment and shows no sign of becoming anything different
in the near future. Republicans are going to have a very important decisions to
make over the course of the next few months if they are to have any hope of
maintaining their current majorities beyond 2017. They can either do as Barry says, or they can
do as we the people demand! You would
think that the decision would be a relatively simple one. And yet…
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