I only have about 45 hours of coursework (I think, I haven’t checked my transcripts in at least 5 years) towards an AA degree in Business Administration, however, I believe that a diploma is only worth the paper it is written on.  We all know college graduates that can’t think their way through the $1 menu at Wendy’s. Anyway, in my mind knowledge is king. The more knowledge you have, the better. If you are not receiving the knowledge you want, then it is up to you to make a change, not someone else. A caveat that I must include here is that how you use the knowledge you have gained speaks to your moral character, and to a large degree, the way that knowledge was presented to you. Now that I have said my piece about knowledge and the inherent good and bad that comes with it, I will continue on to the subject of this post.

To be honest, I missed the first 15 minutes of the SOTU Rally because my 3-year-old daughter decided to find out just how loud (and long) she could scream ”nobody will help me get to bed” before my wife or I gave in and went back into her room and “helped” her (after she was already tucked in, along with her horse, elephant, giraffe, frog and dog.) I lost after 45 minutes, but only by default. My wife had a headache and said she couldn’t handle it at the moment. I am still positive that I am smarter than a 3-year-old, even though she did break her record by 10 minutes.

I was actually anticipating this speech. Can you believe that? I don’t know why I keep thinking, “This guy (and the people who pump him his information) can’t be THAT bad. He must sincerely be trying to do what he thinks is right for the country.” After listening and watching the jack-in-the-box show by Nancy Pelosi (even VP Biden was giving her sideways looks) and the right (ironic, isn’t it?) side of the chamber, I can comfortably say that President Obama (and by association, his staff) is pissed off at the people of the United States. Either that, or he is so ensconced in his cocoon of non-stop campaigning and speeches and photo ops (160+ flights on Air Force 1 in a single year? Really?) that he cannot remotely understand what the hub-bub is about. You know what I think? I think he is stunned that his popularity has fallen – even a little. At the beginning of his Presidency, he was confident in his speeches, with no idea how to lead this Country. Now? He still is confident in his speeches, with no idea how to lead this Country.

Did he really say he would not “give up” onUniversal Health Care? Even after the majority of polls ( I cannot read them all) tell him that the folks he is trying to help would rather he give up on Universal Health Care?

Did he really ask anyone with a better plan to “let him know” when the GOP has a website (http://www.gop.gov/solutions/healthcare) with just what he is looking for? 

Did he really, in all honesty, tell the SCOTUS that they f’ed up on Campaign Finance Reform? And not know that he was so badly mistaken in his understanding and subsequent representation of the decision? He is a constitutional lawyer, right? I wonder who vetted that part of the teleprompter…

Did he really say he was proposing a spending freeze (on a small portion of the budget) and then go on to say he was pushing forward with Cap & Trade (more spending), Universal Health Care (lots more spending) and taking $33 billion of “recovered money from the banks” and spending it on other stuff? Seriously?

As I typed earlier, I consider myself an educated man. It does not take a college degree to ponder what President Obama said and not wonder what in the hell he was thinking. Do you think he even bothered to scan the speech before it was loaded into the teleprompter? I see contempt for the workings of our government (even as politically damaged as they are), contempt for the people of the United States (even as economically damaged as they are) and a serious case of weknowitis. Simply put, he thinks the system sucks, he thinks the people denouncing his policies suck and he wants everyone to get out of the way and let him and his people handle it, because they know what is best for us.

I have never met this man and I know I do not want a first meeting let alone a second. He scares me.

The last line is the best…

Thanks to Marc Sheppard. More of his work here.

Hat Tip to Dr_Drumright.

Did you know that your rights are different from your wants? As my Dad always says , “Wish in one hand and sh*t in the other and see which one gets filled first.

Liberal women aren’t as attractive as conservative women. I figured as much, but here’s why.

Health insurance myths spouted by the MSM and Obama. Try reading the Census report, too.

Is Barack Obama leading the blind or blindly leading? Philosophy is not my strong suit. I blog so I am, right?

America, you made your bed, now lie in it. Or wake up and change the sheets.

A Card Check update. Big business is seeking alternatives to Union-backed legislation.

Is Obama punch drunk? Steve Kroft probably thinks so. So do a lot of the rest of us. Click here for Part 1 of the 60 Minutes Obama Interview video. Don’t ask me where Part 2 is – talk to CBS. Highlights from the interview can be read here.

The White House is optimistic the bottom is near and the economy will rebound this year. Not surprisingly, the GOP does not hold the same view.

Upcoming Conference Providing Guidance on President Obama’s and Attorney General Holder’s Memoranda on the Freedom of Information Act

On March 26, 2009, the Office of Information Policy (OIP), Department of Justice, will host a government wide training conference to discuss President Obama’s and Attorney General Holder’s Memoranda which establish a new era of open government.

The details for this event are listed below:

When:     March 26, 2009
Where:     Department of Commerce’s Auditorium
14th and Constitution Avenue NW (main entrance on 14th Street)
Time:     10:00 – 12:00 noon
Who should attend:     Agency Chief FOIA Officers, Agency Principal FOIA Contacts and FOIA Public Liaisons

No pre-registration is required. However, you must present your Government ID to attend the training. Questions regarding the conference may be directed to OIP’s Training Officer, Bertina Adams Cleveland, at (202) 514-1010. (posted 3/20/2009)

Hat tip to Stephen Gordon at The Liberty Papers blog.

I found a great posting about the subject here, by one Tom King, at his blog – Just One Man’s Opinion. This Act supposedly prevents the U.S. Military from being involved in homeland law enforcement.

Read more and you will learn more…

And why is it OK for Barney Franks not to be reprimanded for the highly insulting treatment he (and many uninformed Americans – to include most of Congress) has shown to these business people. If they decide to return some of their bonus, good for them. It is their money. After they pay taxes (another story for another time) they can do whatever they wish with their money. I won’t even get into the list of people that knew these payments were due by March 15th. You probably already know who they are.

The fact seems to have escaped the warped minds of those folks in Congress that they brought this upon themselves. Why not scapegoat the folks receiving the bonuses? Better them than us, is what Congress is saying. And they wonder why people in fly-over country have questions about the way things are being done in D.C.

Crazy, isn’t it?

http://www.e3gazette.com/2009/03/hr-1388-is-arbeit-macht-frei-too-strong.html

Scary stuff. The link to the full bill is here.

SEC. 938. INCOME FROM SOURCES WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

‘(a) General Rule- In the case of an individual who is a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia during the entire taxable year, gross income shall not include–

‘(1) income derived from sources within the District of Columbia, and

‘(2) income effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business by such individual within the District of Columbia.

Check here for the full text of the bill. Thanks a lot Mr. Gohmert.