“Obama’s” Economy

For me it is official. Obama and his amateurs have now crossed the threshold of “inherited” into the arena of “if you break it, you own it.” Obama’s weeks of “crisis” and “catatrophe” were followed by bad financial policy and spending in a bill that people could not even read before voting, followed by tying strings to the bailout money for banks and business. As I said a few days ago, Obama has his hand up the ass of this puppet so far that he has to take responsibility for it himself, at some point. That point is now.

Why? Well, you recall people from the left waxing and lamenting for the days of Clinton, and his big hyped up fake economic dotcom boom that burst on the backs of hi-tech companies which produced nothing yet still had hyperbolic stock valuation increases? While Obama does NOT have the dotcom bubble nor a good economy, he does have one thing- a stock market at Clintonian levels. So those of you longing for the Clinton days, we’re back there now!

Obama singlehandedly talked down the economy and rushed through aid at such a breakneck pace that what has subsequently happened is the economy itself, i.e., Wall Street, big money, big business- you know, all the people the far left hate- those people are cutting holes in their mattresses and yelling “Sell! Sell! Sell!!!” He has thrown on the table all his chips in a huge spending package which INSURES devaluation first, then inflation later. He has followed that with an absolutely stupid claim that he will cut this deficit that he just more than doubled in half in 4 years. Translation? “Your taxes are going up soon baby…”

Tie to that the fact that this numbskull has not yet realized that in order to pay for his next goal, broad and sweeping health care reform (meaning- Nationalized Health Care), he again is going to have to burden this country with a huge tax based pricetag. Rather than do what is WISE, and wait a few years until the U.S. starts to (hopefully) rebound a bit and strengthen economically, Barry is going to continue full steam ahead. Even simply talking about such a plan right now has a chilling effect on the confidence of Wall Street to invest. But what should we expect from someone with only book taught and political experience? What should we expect from a person who has so little experience, and all of that experience was gained by helping people get handouts?

 

No- this economy is not what he has ‘inherited’ any longer. This is now Obama’s creation. This is Obama’s recession now… and it will be his depression, if he does not get a dose of insight and start thinking things through…

And, as we can see, his plan is working superbly, as he planned. Dow is down 246 as I write this. Let’s hope he keeps his mouth shut the rest of the day. 

Don’t want to scare anyone, but I think if we get close to 6000, it will collapse.

 

Obama Keeps His Promises, Kinda

Obama seems to be finding out that keeping his promises as President might be a little harder than a simple campaign promise. While he has rescinded some Bush policies, for the most part he is either keeping the others, or struggling to find a way to make his promises actually work.

Notably, Obama has made it clear that waterboarding will not be utilized. That is an easy one, requiring only words, really, and having little repercussions- at least no “visible, tangible” repercussions, let alone huge logistical legal problems or practical hurdles. On the other hand, he has asked that the military use current manual referenced techniques while the administration reviews the actual and practical values of “enhanced” interrogation.

Obama has utilized the “state’s secrets” authority several times. This flies in the face of his “change” and “transparency” image, one where he and the left criticized Bush to the extent that an image of the Kremlin or Stalin come to mind. Of course, I personally agree that a President has a right to some secrecy for the sake of protecting the Country. I am just pointing out the hypocrisy of the left for criticizing such tactics vociferously, while finding it rather convenient when you are the one in charge.

Obama promised to close Gitmo in a year. Then, he sent Eric Holder down to Gitmo to review what the reality is regarding this ambition of his. Again, citing the goal before the reality of the plan can be worked out is a sign of a first term wide eyed Senator-become-President based on hype, not substance. These are the frantic jumps of a man driven by left leaning rabid children who will, of course, get quite upset and violent if they don’t get the attention they feel they deserve.

Obama has now stated that he will have combat troops out of Iraq by Aug. 2010. He states he will have the remainder of troops out by the end of 2011. This would be close to meeting his promise on the campaign trail of 16 months. Well, one of the many changing promises he made, anyway.

Obama’s plan is to have the troop level drawn down to 35-40,000 “non-combat” troops initially. This is about one third of what we have over there right now (approx. 140k). Those “non-combat” troops remaining will be primarily to support the Iraqi government and security forces.

The achievement of this plan is largely undefinable due to the moving target of semantics. There are several problems with this goal, in my opinion.

1. You don’t set an actual line in the sand timeline just for the sake of pleasing those on the left. You don’t put troops in increased danger but announcing your military plans. 
2. You don’t make promises you don’t need to. He could work to achieve this with absolutely no mention of the end date to the public. But again, what matters more is the “image”… what matters more is the pleasing of the rabid pea-brains, not the security of the soldiers, the country, and Iraq. Selfish.
3. You don’t announce to the enemy such a date, as they now know they just have to wait.
4. You don’t ever assume that such a large goal can be achieved. No military plan survives the trip from planning table and paper, to the field of battle, to the target date.
5. There is no such thing as “non-combat” troops. First and foremost, everyone in the military is trained to kill. Additionally, even those who “push papers” are still quite capable of being targets.
6. Couple with #5 is this question: How exactly do “non-combat” troops help with security? Mace?

 

This open mic promise from Barry is nothing more than a cookie for the left… something bright and shiny, so they can be placated for the time being. Let’s revisit this in 16-19 months.

 

Now We Have Intelligence?

Just a couple of things here, on Iran.

When dealing with international intelligence, we all (those of us with brains enough to understand the complexity of the “machine”) understand that it is a very, very imperfect science. One in which I personally would rather err on the side of protecting my butt rather than rely on the statements or inferred intentions of others.

Over he weekend, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, stated he believes with some certainty that Iran now has enough fissile material for a nuclear bomb. Without going into great details here (as they really are not all that important) let’s just say that others disagree, and the “opinion” on this issue is all over the map. 

The reason I bring this topic up is, now that people like Clinton and Obama can no longer blame others, but rather must make their own decisions and live with them, it will be very interesting to see how surefooted these cats are. 

Secondly- these folks better get on the same page and start watching what the hell they say and to whom. Sec. of State Clinton stated that she did not believe that Obama’s efforts to work with Iran diplomatically would provide results. This information came from an official speaking, under condition of anonymity, who had attended the meeting with the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. I have a very hard time imagining a statement by Sec. Rice that would have sounded so out of line. I bet Obama is furious, and rightly so. Guess we’ll have to find out who wears the pants in the family.

Apparently those (Arabs) present shared some concern that Obama might make some kind of quiet deal with Iran, without first consulting with them. Secretary Clinton responded “We’re under no illusions,” the official quoted Clinton as telling al Nahyan. “Our eyes are wide open on Iran.”

They must have had a good laugh at that. As much as I regret that no WMD’s were found in Iraq, at least Bush stuck with the premise that we cannot take a chance with a dictator who would not allow full inspections by UNSCOM; and that we can now take the “we know for sure now” approach, as well as taking some pride in creating the only true democracy in the Arab world.

Clinton voted for the war, firmly, and made some very strong statements about it. Then, she backtracked, when the reality became more difficult to defend, and changed her tune, for political purposes. Her stating that NOW, now that SHE and another lefty are in charge, that the intelligence will be pure, perfect, and that they will make no mistakes or misread anything while making firm decisions, well, this is just a hoot. I bet they damn near laughed the keffiyeh’s right off their heads. 

I feel like I am watching the Keystone Cops. How much longer do we have to go to 2012?

 

Here are a couple of the Clinton pre-war quotes:

 ”In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including Al Qaeda members…”

“It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.  Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well, effects American security.” 

“This is a very difficult vote, this is probably the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make.  Any vote that might lead to war should be hard, but I cast it with conviction.” 

 

“There is a very easy way to prevent anyone from being put into harm’s way, and that is for Saddam Hussein to disarm, and I have absolutely no belief that he will.  I have to say that this is something I have followed for more than a decade.”

“For now nearly 20 years, the principal reason why women and children in Iraq have suffered, is because of Saddam’s leadership.”

“The very difficult question for all of us, is how does one bring about the disarmament of someone with such a proven track record of a commitment, if not an obsession, with weapons of mass destruction.

“I ended up voting for the Resolution after carefully reviewing the information and intelligence I had available, talking with people whose opinions I trusted, trying to discount political or other factors that I didn’t believe should be in any way a part of this decision, and it is unfortunate that we are at the point of a potential military action to enforce the resolution.  That is not my preference, it would be far preferable if we had legitimate cooperation from Saddam Hussein, and a willingness on his part to disarm, and to account for his chemical and biological storehouses.”

 

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