Political Thoughts and Musings

I could continue to point out the absurdities of government intervention into private markets, but I think the bumbling idiots on The Hill are doing a fine job of self-destruction without my help. I could point out the stubborn (wasn't Bush the stubborn one?) tunnel vision of Barack Obama, who continues to push increasingly unpopular, and unimportant (global hoaxing) policies, but then, he is also doing a heckuvajob at squandering the political capital he "inherited".

So I won't.

As Ryan said earlier, it's just too easy to point and laugh at our political aristocrats who are tripping over themselves to try and cement their place in history as some visionary reformers or courageous pioneers. The sad truth is that they are only a few in a long history of incompetent nannies pushing an agenda that has been rejected since the days of Woodrow Wilson. Thus the Progressive strategy of "crisis management", "taking care of the poor" and "equality". If you can hide your motives in the cloaks of compassion then people seem readily willing to give away their autonomy.

But I've said all this before. And anyway, it will only spark the same arguments and discussions with the same people.

And yet, I still have not heard a good argument for government health care, cap'n tax, Keynesian economics or anything else being pushed by the Progressives rulership. The best they are coming up with is that "something needs to be done because the current system is broken." Hardly awe-inspiring.

I'd like to think that Obama the Naive is becoming Obama the Realistic. But I'm not optimistic. At least publicly, he seems to still be repeating the same, tired rhetoric about the "mess he inherited" (never mind that he sought out the job) and how darn tough it is to clean up. The first quarter of his term is nearly over with, and he is still complaining about GWB. It is unbecoming of a leader and a president. Perhaps internally he is realizing that governing the most powerful nation on Earth is a bit more difficult than "just words, just speeches". I honestly think he thought he'd stride into office, and with a wave of his hand turn the United States into his vision of Utopia.

The next 12 months promise to be quite interesting. I don't have a lot of confidence in the so-called blue dog Democrats to stand up for the wants of their constituents. It's a tricky spot they are in; vote for wholesale government take over and lose their seat, or oppose that and get re-elected but have to face the steely terror of Fancy Nancy. Neither is desirable, but actually representing the people who hired you seems...appropriate, to put it mildly.

If either the House or the Senate swings to the GOP (unlikely, although I think they will pick up many seats) I can only imagine the elevated complaining that we will have to endure from our unprecedented president, considering what we now endure while he enjoys a congressional supermajority.

In the meantime, I'm going skiing.