Posted by
Bob.Petersen on Monday, October 19, 2009 3:48:58 PM
RIGHTthoughts
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Post 8: October 15, 2009
That's right you read the title correctly. I know my liberal friends can't believe that I pened such a
title. How could I say such a
thing when I have absolutely zero respect for President Obama?
Well, I left something out of the title, it should read, "Obama
COULD BE the greatest modern era President." In fact he could be canonized
with the likes of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln if he actually fullfiled
his promise for hope and change.
Those of you that voted for Mr. Obama tell me, were you voting for the
expansion of the Federal "Nanny State; More debt than all previous
administrations combined, and in less than six months at that; Economic polices
that have resulted in double digit umemployment and an unprecedented
devaluation of the US Dollar; Eventual hyper inflation? I'd love to hear back from you because
it's hard for me to believe anyone would support the idelogy of this
President. Weren't you voting for
a change in the politics? Didn't
you want an end to the "Good Old Boys" network in Washington. Didn't you want an end to
"pork-laddened" legislation?
Didn't you want transparency from your elected officials? Didn't you want the President and Congress
to have higher values than their predecessors?
For some of you I suspect that you hoped Mr. Obama, like Jesus, would
enter the political temple, overturn the tables, drive out the money changers
and tax collectors! Instead Mr.
Obama is building more tables and promoting tax cheats to positions of power.
So what could be the alternative? What could President Obama do to go down in history as one
of the greatest leaders of all time?
Well for a start he could:
Clean Up
Washington:
I find it ironic that the President uses the argument that he will
help pay for his unconstitutional plan to nationalize healthcare by cleaning up
the waste, fruad and corruption in Medicare. I'd suggest that he show us that he has the
"right" stuff and clean
up the corruption and fruad first before starting any new programs. In fact let's clean up all of government!
Eliminate
"Pork" and "Earmarks":
Pass legislation, even a Constitutional amendment if necessary, that
requires every bill be considered on it's own merits. In other words no more bribs in the form
of pork or ear marks to buy support for a specific piece of legislation. Give
the President line item veto power to hold the Congress accountable. By the way after two hundred years why
do we need new legislation in the first place?
Establish
Constitutional Integrety:
Establish a Constitutionality test for all legislation before it can
be voted on. In fact review all
existing legislation against this test and repeal all that fail. You might suggest that this is the role
of the Court however Congress and
the President all swear to uphold the Constution so they should not be passing
this responsibility to the judiciary.
Educate America:
Visit Heritage.org and take a look at their "Book of
Charts," especially the educational spending chart. The chart compares federal funding
for K-12 education in relation to
test scores for academic
competancy. No surprise to find
that test scores remain flat while funding increases year after year regarless
of which party is in power. It's
time we introduce competition into the educational system with vouchers and the
elimination of tenure. As Bill
Cosby says, "We need to put a body on each of our children.". I
interpret this to mean let's all get together with the kids and teach them how
to read, write, do math, and think critically. And while we're at it let's teach them honest history and
what the Constitution means.
Empower America by
Fostering Personal Responsibility:
End all government entitlement programs and develope a culture that
empowers individuals to take responsibilty for their lives. Couple this with
the educational reforms mentioned above to educate people on how to take care
of themselves and to discover who God always intended then to be. Incentivize faith-based and civic
institutions to provide the safety nets to insure everyone has an equal
opportunity to succeed. You'd
think this would be a primary value for the first black President.
End the Political
Class, No Career Politicians:
Limit Congressional sessions to two one-month sessions with all
intervenying work accomplished by web meetings, email, social network systems
(Facebook, Linkedin, etc.). This
would force the elected representatives to maintain separate employment while
they serve in Congress. Having to
live with the consequences of their actions will certainly change their
legislative approach.
Accomplishing real change in any one of these categories would secure
Obama's reputation as a great President.
Accomplishing change in a majority of these areas would establish Barack
H. Obama as the greatest President since Abraham Lincoln!