Politics and Culture

This will be short since I don't want to repeat the excellent commentary on the Corner and American Spectator.

1. A country isn't great because its government spends a lot of money. The Soviet Union spent money. Hugo Chavez spends money. A country is great because its people can take of themselves and their neighbors without spending money.

2. If Obama were a rock band, he'd be Slayer because his speeches probably contain hidden messages when played backwards. "Join us. Come to Socialism."

Hell Awaits

The hell that awaits are a bloated, bankrupt, inefficient government.

3. However, if you take everything Obama says and say the opposite, then you'd arrive at the truth. For example: It was too much government that caused the banking crisis. The way to achieve energy independence is to find more energy like oil while waiting for the market to find efficient alternatives not wasting money on boondoggles. Spending trillions of dollars extra will actually increase the deficit and raising taxes to pay for it will probably be a drag, not a boon to the economy (duh!). The only way government can decrease health care costs is to not provide quality health care (rationing) if quality means what people need when they need it. Allowing schools to compete- like Washington D.C. schools did before Democrats cut funding for the voucher program- and not spending billions of dollars on bureaucracy and fulfilling union demands will make students more competitive. Bailing out the irresponsible is actually rewarding irresponsibility (duh #2!).

4. I'll give him the benefit of ignorance or just having a different priority set on the above stuff, but, "not because I believe in bigger government - I don't" is just a lie.