THE IMPERIAL, THE RED-FACED, AND THE VITALS

THE IMPERIAL.
Guess who's been tweaking again?

The President has imperiously messed with his own law, delaying non-compliance punishment for a business with 50-99 employees until 2016.

That makes 27 times he has either delayed a deadline or given a waiver or postponed consequences. This arbitrary decision politically manipulates the law to affect the piece of time leading up to an election.  (Translation: the Democratic boat is taking on water over Obamacare and the President has to protect the electorate from his punitive plan.)

Sage Steele

A lady on "The View" may have stumbled onto some truth about Obamacare during their DISCUSSION about the new CBO numbers.  A disappointed Barbara Walters opined "I can't remember a president who hasn't tried to implement universal healthcare.  Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter...all unsuccessfully pushed for a national healthcare act.  We know that Bill Clinton and Hillary tried and failed.  This is the mountain they can't climb."

Then Sage Steele said "AND MAYBE THERE'S A REASON...MAYBE THIS IS THE PROOF POSITIVE THAT THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT."

I don't know Ms. Steele, but her mother named her well; Sage must be a sage.  She joins others, who from the beginning have said they hoped the country would not have to suffer through the trial of such an ill-fated plan.  We can literally watch Obamacare take our country down month by month.  How can it be possible to spend a projected two TRILLION and not have ANYTHING but chaos to show for it?  This president is proving it can be done.

                                                                                                                                                                         

George Tsunis, Ambassador to Norway

THE RED-FACED.
Know what's embarrassing?  We had several ambassador nominations (Norway, Argentina, and Hungary) just approved.

This LINK shows an astounding cluelessness from them all.  The new ambassador to Norway spoke of the Norway's president (they have a monarchy), the new ambassador to Argentina has never been there, and the nominee to Hungary is a soap opera producer.  What do they all have in common?  They were big bundlers for the president.

Political rewards aren't new and if these people care to do a good job, they can learn.  Still, the stunning lack of foreign policy expertise (or even a cursive glance at the Wiki page for Norway) is cause for a red face.

THE VITALS.
The embarrassing things won't kill us, but tinkering with big things can.  The economy, healthcare, and our protection from terrorists are all vital.  Plus one more.  Americans are also concerned about a thuggish IRS.  All these things are serious because they come directly into our homes.

We see HEALTHCARE side effects and are appalled.  If this thing was as wonderful as advertised, people would be begging to join.

The ECONOMY has stalled for five years, and the recession is still blamed.  HOW ABOUT DOING SOMETHING THAT HELPS?

We desperately need jobs.  Disincentive not only steals jobs, it kills the human spirit.  So the biggest help would be to get rid of the jobs killer, Obamacare.  That's what is squashing new enterprise, holding back the addition of employees, and making impossible business' future plans.  How could anyone budget their employer requirements for the next year?

Stonewalling is dragging out THE IRS INVESTIGATIONS.

There are six on-going investigations about what the IRS has done.  The President has said there's not a smidgen of corruption, but unless he has a crystal ball, he doesn't KNOW what the outcome of the probe will be.

(Ummm...unless he put a person in charge of the probe who had maxed out campaign contributions to him.)

TERRORISM exists with actual people who want to kill us and then control the world.

So then why has it taken the President so long to even SAY the word "terrorism"?  Why did he say AlQaeda was on the run?  Why have we entered into an agreement with Iran, giving away the cookies and getting nothing but unkept promises?  What about Syria's promises to remove chemical weapons?  They've removed 4%.  Who actually thinks Iran/Syria will keep their word?

Our military stands vigilant between us and the uncivilized.  Yet the military is reduced and compromised with ridiculous rules of engagement and social engineering.  In the last five years, every tinhorn dictator on the planet has poked us in the eye.  Every "spring" in the Arab world has sprung.  And countries who have been loyal allies for decades have left our side.

We need a leader (not a king) who understands the way forward.  We need informed public servants whose desire is to serve their country.  And we can tell Barbara Walters that there were several good presidents she forgot...ones who knew not to mess with the vitals.  Lord, give us another one.