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Blog 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!