Simple Man Politics

Tonight I was either privileged or tortured with another one of President Obama’s primetime national address depending on who you ask. While this evenings speech/Q&A was a little bit entertaining it never the less had less real substance in it than an empty test tube. I can only say one thing about this speech with any degree of certainty, and that is that he must think the American people are gullible and stupid.

In addition to the Obamacare/healthcare plan that Obama is currently trying to shove down the tax payer’s throat there was some attention paid to other issues as well. There was discussion in the Q&A about topics such as racism, TARP, stimulus, and the new budget bill. Throughout the Q&A Obama did an excellent job of deflecting his responsibility for the budget deficits or said that our worries were unnecessary.

Regarding his healthcare reform initiative he gave some great oratory supporting his view that he needed to reform healthcare and that only his way was the right way. He was also quick to point out that business as usual within the healthcare industry was unsatisfactory and had to change. He was also equally quick to point out that the sooner he got his bill through congress the better of we as a nation were going to be.

However throughout his entire speech and the subsequent Q&A he never answered any serious questions directly about what he was going to do or how healthcare reform was going to be accomplished. There were no hard facts at all about how this new public healthcare option was going to be paid for or how this would give patients and healthcare providers better options for patient healthcare.

As I had stated earlier he had talked about tonight such as finance reform, record deficit spending, and new banking regulations. The big problem here is he expects the American tax payer as well as congressmen, and senators to accept his opinion on healthcare as solid fact and swallow it like tripe. An even bigger problem with his healthcare proposal is that no one including himself has even read the damn thing.

I will agree that something has to be done about healthcare because it is enormously costly when you look at the cost of procedures, physician reimbursement, and insurance premiums. I will also tell you that I don’t think government bureaucrats being involved in the diagnosis or treatment process is the answer, which is what I also believe when it comes to the financial, investment, and auto industries.

I will also tell you that considering what I know about the Canadian and UK national healthcare programs that nationalized healthcare is the wrong answer. If you need proof closer to home than those of the Canadians and the UK just look at the public healthcare option in Massachusetts. That state has never ever been able to make it work without propping it up with a lot of state tax payer dollars.

From Simple Man Politics that is all for now. I hope you all have a wonderful night and I will see you all again soon CIAO4NOW!!!!!

Before I get started with today’s blog post I want to send out a big WAY TO GO to the crew of the Maersk Alabama a US flagged cargo ship carrying aid supplies to Kenya. After being boarded by Somali pirates the American crew managed to repel the boarders even though they were unarmed and retake control of the vessel.

Unfortunately the captain of the ship was taken away by the pirates as a prisoner. The captain and his family are in our prayers for a safe return today. I fervently hope that our President and the US navy and marine personnel now in the area go get our skipper back and put an end to all of this Somali Piracy B.S. now on to the business at hand.

This blog is about our brothers-in-arms across the big spit there in the UK and their own anti terror efforts. First off make no mistake these guys are very good at dealing with terrorists, having had somewhat of a problem with them in Ireland for the last couple of centuries. While I don’t necessarily agree with British policies in Ireland I can admire and respect the talents of their counter terror units.

We are not the only nation in the western hemisphere to have felt the sting of being attacked on our own soil, and having our people murdered by Islamic radicals. Both Spain and the United Kingdom have suffered the attacks of these Islamo-fascist cowards also. However the UK has seemed better equipped than the Spaniards to deal with radical Islamists, and the UK didn’t run away from the fight in the Middle East.

The men of these often unseen and rarely ever heard of counter terror teams in the UK have been responsible for actually being our first line of defense against Islamic terrorists by bearing the brunt of their cowardly and rabid attacks against civilized society on UK soil. Yet with bulldog determination the Brits keep pushing back and fighting harder against those animals sending them to their promised 70 virgins as if it was a holy command to do so.

Yesterday they managed to round up another 12 suspects of Pakistani descent in raids in the cities of Manchester, Liverpool, and the surrounding areas. The suspects ranged in age from a teenager to a 41 year old man and were arrested under the Terrorism Act in the UK. However the police could not release many details about the alleged plot because the operation is still ongoing.

Can you believe that with the service and piece of mind their efforts give our nation, that our President would insult them by returning the bust of Winston Churchill? Not only that but give a cheap collection DVDs in exchange for a priceless Pen holder made from the remains of the HMS President, a 19th century British warship. Let us not forget the IPOD that Michelle Obama gave the queen, as if she really needed it or didn’t have one of her own.

I’m here to tell you that it is about time President Obama figured out who his real allies are, and stop catering to all of the despotic dictators and Middle Eastern radicals that he is so fond of. As he is also so fond of pointing out our standing around the world is not good, so maybe we should hold on to and cherish the few real friends that we still have out there. I would say that the United Kingdom is a good place to start remembering who our great allies are.

That’s all I have for you today my Friends but I will be back for the T.G.I.F. post. Have a grand Thursday and CIAO4NOW!!!!!