I Got Nothing

Three years ago I wrote what I wanted from the next President of the US, and what have I got?

1. A commitment to the destruction of Al Qaeda, a well-thought out strategy for an achievable victory in Iraq in-term and a firm posture towards counter-terrorism at home and abroad.

Obama has given me mostly indications that he considers our war with AQ like a bad relationship that he can't get out of and only talks about mending to keep up appearances. What he really feels, he tells to his democrat socialist buddies on the other side of the pond, like a dude catting out on his girl.

2. A commitment to federal deficit elimination in-term.

Yeah right. I don't think I've heard Obama even talk about money cogently during his campaign or his term. Austin Goolsbee has disappeared. (Good riddance) Paul Volker is being ignored. His spending is outrageous. The biggest Federal spending from the man with the most expensive presidential campaign in history. This will not only end in tears, it may end in blood. 

3. A commitment to defend the rights of all Americans in civil unions and in marriage, separate but equal.

I give him a B. On gay marriage he elides the Conservative position. He doesn't ask, and he doesn't tell. I think that is appropriately presidential.

4. A commitment to prosecute businesses that hire illegal immigrants, a robust and secure guest worker program, a secure southern border and a new treaty with Mexico which commits both countries to the repatriation or repudiation of their citizens here in America.

Nothing.

5. The establishment of a separate domestic intelligence agency under the auspices of the Secret Service and new Federal counter terrorist circuit court. A thorough review of the Department of Homeland Security aimed towards cutbacks.

Security theater has reached new heights of absurdity. He has had Holder antagonize the intelligence community. The chances of new thinking here is close to nil. Napolitano is not shining in any way.

6. A federal works program aimed at the trades, plumbing, electricians, carpentry etc and tax incentives to small businesses aimed at the home building market.

Instead of gonging the populist bells against Wall Street, Obama might have done something for Main Street. He has not. Small business is getting no credit, literally or figuratively in the Obama Administration. There are no "shovel ready projects" not even for the manufacture of shovels.

7. The creation of an American Standard Associate's degree. A no-nonsense, no excuses degree program established in community colleges coupled with decertification of open-enrollment 'universities'.

Nothing.

8. The elimination of catastrophic health care requirements.

Of course he has gone 180 degrees against this and spent all of his domestic political capital throwing compromises against the wall and coming up, not with linguini but garbage. Only 35% of Americans like the proposals before Congress. There is no vision, there is only arrogant political will established by the mandated of the deluded.

9. The elimination of mandatory sentencing laws, parole and any program that effectively increases scrutiny on prisoners once they have been released. Establishment of a prison colony in Alaska & a return to hard labor sentences.

Nothing. Just more ACLU opportunism.

10. Establishment of a federal works program to divert water from the Great Lakes to the Southwest.

Yeah well, I didn't really expect that to happen.

1. A commitment to the destruction of Al Qaeda, a well-thought out strategy for an achievable victory in Iraq in-term and a firm posture towards counter-terrorism at home and abroad.

Obama has given me mostly indications that he considers our war with AQ like a bad relationship that he can't get out of and only talks about mending to keep up appearances. What he really feels, he tells to his democrat socialist buddies on the other side of the pond, like a dude catting out on his girl.

2. A commitment to federal deficit elimination in-term.

Yeah right. I don't think I've heard Obama even talk about money cogently during his campaign or his term. Austin Goolsbee has disappeared. (Good riddance) Paul Volker is being ignored. His spending is outrageous. The biggest Federal spending from the man with the most expensive presidential campaign in history. This will not only end in tears, it may end in blood. 

3. A commitment to defend the rights of all Americans in civil unions and in marriage, separate but equal.

I give him a B. On gay marriage he elides the Conservative position. He doesn't ask, and he doesn't tell. I think that is appropriately presidential.

4. A commitment to prosecute businesses that hire illegal immigrants, a robust and secure guest worker program, a secure southern border and a new treaty with Mexico which commits both countries to the repatriation or repudiation of their citizens here in America.

Nothing.

5. The establishment of a separate domestic intelligence agency under the auspices of the Secret Service and new Federal counter terrorist circuit court. A thorough review of the Department of Homeland Security aimed towards cutbacks.

Security theater has reached new heights of absurdity. He has had Holder antagonize the intelligence community. The chances of new thinking here is close to nil. Napolitano is not shining in any way.

6. A federal works program aimed at the trades, plumbing, electricians, carpentry etc and tax incentives to small businesses aimed at the home building market.

Instead of gonging the populist bells against Wall Street, Obama might have done something for Main Street. He has not. Small business is getting no credit, literally or figuratively in the Obama Administration. There are no "shovel ready projects" not even for the manufacture of shovels.

7. The creation of an American Standard Associate's degree. A no-nonsense, no excuses degree program established in community colleges coupled with decertification of open-enrollment 'universities'.

Nothing.

8. The elimination of catastrophic health care requirements.

Of course he has gone 180 degrees against this and spent all of his domestic political capital throwing compromises against the wall and coming up, not with linguini but garbage. Only 35% of Americans like the proposals before Congress. There is no vision, there is only arrogant political will established by the mandated of the deluded.

9. The elimination of mandatory sentencing laws, parole and any program that effectively increases scrutiny on prisoners once they have been released. Establishment of a prison colony in Alaska & a return to hard labor sentences.

Nothing. Just more ACLU opportunism.

10. Establishment of a federal works program to divert water from the Great Lakes to the Southwest.

Yeah well, I didn't really expect that to happen.