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It’s a CRYING shame!

Crying is a natural human reaction to many different events.  Babies cry when they are tired, wet, hungry, lonesome………..or, just to get attention.

The rest of us often cry for the same reasons, or maybe for joy, shock………..or, just to get attention.

President Obama is no different than the rest of us and, I assume that like me or my family, he cries in private, too.  Usually, though, he has not cried in public.  He didn’t cry when Al Quiada beheaded a journalist, nor the multitude of others similarly murdered.  All those Christian men lined up on a beach and systematically and ruthlessly beheaded were not enough to make Obama cry in public.  The massacre at Charlie Hebdo did NOT make Obama cry.  The random and relentless assassination of Parisians did NOT make Obama cry.  Even his cause celebre of climate change did NOT make him cry.

But, gun control?  Well, that made him cry.

He pretended that he wants gun control to stop the tragedies that occur when someone guns down helpless people in restaurants, or any public place.  Those horrendous occasions cause all of us to cry.  The difference between Obama and most of us is that we don’t blame the gun.  We blame the person shooting the gun.  Murdering a group of people is always a cause for grief, but it does not make us want to ban the weapon.  After all, when suicide bombers drive into a United States barracks, setting off their bombs and killing our sons and daughters, Obama does not call for us to ban cars, or limit who can have a car……..NOR does he cry!

I believe that his tears in this particular public forum did come partially from sadness.  The loss of loved ones is absolutely a reason to cry.  But, I also believe that he went out of his way to cry for political purposes.  Why is there this pessimistic view of Obama’s tears?   Because he did NOT cry for other mass tragedies, it is out of character for him to cry in this instance.  The obvious conclusion is that his tears served some ulterior purpose and, I believe that purpose was to create the impression that gun control is so important that even the President of the United States cries   in public about it.  Trying to appear emotionally engaged on an issue is not a new tactic for Democrats.  Remember when Hillary Clinton cried in public,?  Her poll numbers went up, thanks to the media reporting those tears as proof that Hillary was a “truly wonderful and emotionally engaged woman”.

Ironically, when another politician cried in public, he was insulted and derided for not being able to control his emotions.  The media claimed that THAT politician was an immature hack and unqualified to hold his position.  That politician, of course, was Republican Representative Boehner, the Speaker of the House.

Why is it that both men, and Hillary,  cried in public and, yet, the media’s reaction is so different?

Obama was lauded for feeling so deeply about an issue.  Hillary tears were proof that she was not the robot she appeared to be.  Boehner was characterized as a buffoon and, according to the media, his lack of control of his feelings made him not worthy to hold the Speakership.

The plain truth is that the media never lets a “tragedy go to waste”, as Rahm Emmanuel once infamously said.  And, politician’ tears are just so useful in advancing a point of view.

It’s no wonder that the American electorate increasingly believes that the media has leaned so far to the left and Lieberalism that the media no longer recognizes honest men and women nor honest emotions.  The media manipulates issues, reports, and even TEARS to enable Lieberals to continue taking more power, money, and control of our lives.  Lieberals do NOT believe in Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness………….unless THEY can define those Constitutional guarantees.   They now even “define” tears.

So,  it’s no wonder that the American electorate senses that we need a new President, like Trump or Cruz, or Rubio, or Christie, or Fiorina.  We need men and women in politics who are honest….honest with themselves and honest with us.  We do NOT need another President who manipulates policy or their public persona to gain political stature, as the Obama and the Clintons have done on multiple occasions, or who use emotions to further their agenda.

It’s too bad that the Democrats can’t find at least one, solid, honest person to run for President.  They rely upon a woman who has been involved in scandal after scandal, from Whitewater, to Foster’s death, to the multitude of women whom have been sexually abused by Governor and then President Clinton and, the women who have been consistently abused by Hillary in her attempts to disguise, hide, and minimize her husband’s sexual perversions.

It’s easy to understand a baby’s tears and even for us to understand and empathize with adults crying.  And, if those abused women cry, we would surely understand.  But, to see Obama or Hillary get teary eyed in public is just an obvious, and sickening, ploy for political gain.  Whether the media can bring themselves to couch the big O’s or the Big Hill’s tears as just another useful tool in their political tool box is unlikely.  More likely is that the media will laud them for their tears and pretend that the tears makes these politicians real people.

We should not fall for that lie.  If we do, THAT would be a real CRYING SHAME!

 

“Gimme” Something, Anything, and make it NOW!

The deal that purports to solve the Fiscal Cliff….at least for a few months…..is really no more than yet another “gimme”  package.

Spending cuts?  Ho hum.  What are those?   Real tax reform?  Ho hum.  Who needs it?  A bill actually read, in its entirety, BEFORE signing?  Ho hum.  Who reads those things anyway?

We have become so accustomed to handouts from the Government that no one questions where the money truly comes from…or bothers to read legislation before passing it.   And, certainly, no politician trusts the American people to read what is being proposed.  Oh, no.  We are supposed to trust them to do the right thing!  Unfortunately, neither  Obama nor the Congress are prepared to do the difficult job of creating a fair economic environment for everyone.  A fair economic environment would create more equal opportunities than this mumbo jumbo mix of ridiculous programs funded by our tax dollars.  Let individuals make decisions on where to spend their own money, not politicians in Washington.

Let’s admit it.  I, and my fellow taxpayers, and our children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, have become little more than a handy source of money for Obama’s arcane projects and public giveaways.  Remember Solyndra and GM?  It’s sad that few people who are on the take care about where the welfare money comes from.    Surprised?  No matter how Obama talks grandly about “doing” for others (as if his trip to and from Haiwaii helped the economy), the hard fact is that ALL Government  largesse is from OUR tax dollars!  Oh, yes, Virginia, those dollars did NOT come from President Obama nor his cronies in Washington.  And, whether admitted or not, those tax dollars taken from taxpayers will actually result in LESS jobs and a HIGHER DEFICIT.  Extending unemployment benefits means that people become ever more dependent on Government and less likely to accept that they might have to make adjustments in order to survive.  This welfare mentality is pervasive throughout America now.

And, it’s not just individuals begging in Washington.  EVERYONE expects the U.S. Government to bail them out of emergencies.   Even Governor Christie is begging for money to solve his state’s economic problems.  (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/01/02/lawmakers-outraged-after-house-gop-scraps-vote-on-sandy-aid/).

He is irate, as usual, that Congress didn’t just wave the bill through and begin paying through the nose.  As Bill Crystal mentioned last night, on FOX News, the total amount demanded far exceeds the New Jersey state budget.  And, the Congress was in the midst of dealing with a highly contentious, and unfortunately misguided, bill to avoid the Fiscal Cliff.  But, Christie doesn’t care about that either!  He sees a chance to use public guilt as a source of funding to make HIS budgets balance.

It’s pathetic that Christie and other welfare addicts don’t stop to think of the resulting chaos that their selfishness has caused for our economy.  Welfare benefits and entitlements are destroying us financially, with little possibility of cutting those welfare addicts off.  And, for those of us who have religiously paid into Social Security and Medicare, our benefits are being indexed, based on our current income.  Social security and Medicare were state-mandated pension funds for us and yet, due to the welfare society syndrome, they are now considered entitlements…………if you are too “rich”.

The sad fact is that “takers” seldom care where the money comes from.  They are all too ready to follow anyone who promises them more free money and, that is what Obama does best.  He continuously harps that everyone should pay their fair share.  Well, those of us in upper income brackets have ALWAYS PAID OUR FAIR SHARE.  In fact, we pay the majority of the taxes.  Not only are our tax rates higher, but there are very few deductions allowed to us.  Our Social Security and Medicare premiums are raised and the payouts reduced.  We cannot deduct insurance premiums, and on and on.  AND, if we happen to have a deduction that would help lower our tax rate, why then, the Alternative Minimum Tax cuts it down to size.

The “gimme” society is determined to make everyone the same, even if everyone is NOT the same.  Remember, America’s promise was the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, NOT the guarantee of Happiness.  That means that everyone should have equal opportunity, not equal pay, equal living standards,  and, definitely not “equality” based on taxing the stuffing out of others.

It’s definitely time for individuals in the  “gimme” society to start earning their own way.  And, it’s past time for Congress and Obama to stop politicizing issues and begin acting like responsible statesmen!

The “gimme” society is failing us, themselves, and our heirs.