Under the Oak

I’ve been thinking for a day or two how I might express my absolute disgust at the notion that strong opposition to Obamacare is based on race. This basic idea that opposing Obama = racism has been floating around almost since election night, but in the past week (out of desperation) it has been taken up by mainstream media (E.g., Dowd), former presidents, and congressmen. Thankfully, I don’t have to dig too deep to find the words because Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, has beat me to it.

I actually kinda like Obama as a person. He seems like the kind of guy that it’d be fun to hang out with…maybe shoot some pool…play some chess. That kinda thing.

His crazy-liberal agenda. Not so much. And many (the majority) of Americans aren’t too keen on it either. For instance, I don’t know very many people willing to pay $1761/yr to SAVE THE PLANET from CERTAIN DOOM. On health care, the president stood before congress and claimed that a program which brings 30 million new insured patients, government regulation, and no rationing is “deficit neutral.” Given that this is MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE, I think it is safe to say that Joe Wilson’s outburst, admittedly inappropriate in the room itself, was appropriately echoing through living rooms across the country.

Does opposing the President’s outrageous agenda make Joe Wilson, me, or anyone else a racist?

If so…well…then I’ll just have to be a racist…who doesn’t judge people based on something as silly as the color of their skin…err…yeah…one of those…

In other news: Obama has decided that making Putin and Mother Russia happy is more important than protecting ourselves and our allies from nuclear tipped missiles.

And to think, we’re not even 1/4 of the way through Obama’s presidency.

So in the past week or so. . .

The great state of Minnesota has selected an actual clown as its representative in the Senate chamber. While I worry that the interests of Minnesotans will be poorly represented, I seriously doubt that the addition of said clown to the Senate could negatively effect the stellar reputation of that body. *cough*

Speaking of clowns…you may not have heard: Michael Jackson died!!!!!!!1 I was sitting in Barnes & Noble when I was accosted by the couple behind me who were receiving constant texts and emails to tell them that Jackson he died. I know its a generational thing, but seriously, people. Get over it. The man was a freak show either by choice or as a product of the twisted environment in which he lived. I feel for his children, but I don’t see why this should be in the news almost a week later.

No clown flavored post would be complete without another cunning strike by the Cult of Green, right? The House this week passed what amounts to a massive tax increase on energy consumption. The chances of it ever passing the Senate are slim, but the very fact that it passed the House scares me – especially now that we have a one-party government. It will “only” cost $150 per year, we are told. Turns out, its more like $1800…and by 2030 $6300 per year for an average family of four (actually, if the CBO is as wrong in their predictions of the cost of this bill as they were about prescription drug coverage, then the cost will be more like $150,000 per year per family). But it is NECESSARY in order to SAVE THE PLANET from IMMINENT DESTRUCTION. I wonder how much a double-decker taco from Taco Bell (which uses energy to produce flour, tortillas, beans, hot water, corn, beef, beef grinding, cheese production, lettuce, paper, and ink on top of the energy cost of the actual retail of said product) would cost in this green future that our politicians dream up. $59.99 Value Meals!!

Meanwhile, President Obama has sided with Chavez and the United Nations against Honduras. From everything I’ve read, the ousted president of Honduras was in direct violation of the constitution of that country. No wonder they got rid of him. And no wonder our government would jump to his defense.

The blazing heat has zapped whatever spirited blog posts I might otherwise have been coming up with this week, but as much as I hate the heat, I wish I was leaving for Jamaica on Friday.