IT’S ALL ABOUT PRIORITIES

This President has made it absolutely clear that he doesn’t gave a damn about the economy, about how many Americans are unemployed, what is going on in Iran, or where Khalid Sheik Mohamed gets tried. The only damned thing this demagogue cares about is his health care plan. Now the word of the day is being shouted around Washington: “RECONCILIATION! RECONCILIATION AT ALL COSTS! RECONCILIATION IS COMING, SO SHUT UP AND GET OUT OF THE WAY! CLING ON TO YOUR GUNS AND RELIGION!” 

Out here in California, they are getting ready to lay off thousands of school teachers. A gathering of concerned parents and other citizens stormed the San Francisco Unified School District with demands that these layoffs not occur. After all, they insist, education should be a top priority. Actually, I somewhat agree with them; if people don’t know how to read, how are they going to be able to understand the 2,700 pages of the new Health Care Plan? 


Or maybe, that’s in the grand plan of things? 

Nevertheless, this just sums up a looming case in point. Cities are out of money, states are out of money and, although the day of reckoning is fast approaching the Congress keeps on spending money as if there were no bottom to our taxpayer pockets. Yes, the day is coming when we are either going to have to literally learn how to speak Chinese, or we are going to be “tapped out,” as they say in the gambling business.

When that day comes, we the people and our illustrious Congress and President are going to have to come to grips with a word we haven’t really understood in decades: “priorities.” When we finally realize that there really isn’t enough money to go around, we are going to have to decide what is absolutely essential to the continuation of our nation, and what isn’t. 

And, where do you think a nationalized health care plan will be on that list of priorities in relation to:

• National defense

• Education

• Energy

• Law enforcement

• Fire protection

• Unemployment

• National debt

• Terrorism

Sen. Jim Bunning (Republican from Kentucky), Thursday stopped legislation that would extend unemployment benefits at a cost of $10 billion. He didn’t feel we should be shelling out another $10 billion when we have several hundred billions of unspent dollars in the stimulus fund. Why not take it out of there? Vice President Joe Biden went after Bunning like a caged whale, saying that it’s not right to hold up unemployment checks to millions who are unemployed through no fault of their own. Biden is correct, but so is Bunning. We’re heading for a big economic disaster; save the $10 billion by taking the money out of the stimulus fund and putting it into the unemployment fund. Biden’s priority is obviously to keep the $10 billion under Democrat control so it can be used just before the November election, and Bunning’s priority is to start taking steps now to protect our financial butts. Who’s right and who’ wrong?


I do know that ominous signs are running up the flagpole, as I predicted they would. The number of new weekly unemployment claims is rising again; new housing sales in January plummeted; foreclosures are really about to sting our economy again; and the Administration’s priority is health care. The message we Americans are hearing is: “Who cares if Americans are losing their jobs, cars, houses, bank accounts, retirement plans and furniture? Who cares? Just who gives a damn about those dumb Americans, anyway? The Administration’s only priority is to get health care passed, period.”


Hold on, friends. What is coming is obviously going to be a very rough ride. While Obama fiddles, America burns.


That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.