The Federal Reserve today issued a statement that the US economy looks like it's going into a "double-dip" recession -- or should that be "triple-dip?" I don't know. Since the Comrade's been in office, it's kinda hard to keep track of the economic disasters.
At any rate, the Fed apparently says we can look forward only to more unemployment because consumers just aren't buying anything, because -- due at least partly to the price of gasoline -- they don't have any money to spare. If they're working. And that's a big if.
And Nasty Controlling Bitch Katrina Sibelius head of God only knows what -- I mean, don't you think you'd have to be just a little psychopathic to take a job like hers? -- has decided that all of us Americans need further encouragement to migrate our high-fat, high-protein diets to high-carbs -- which make you very fat and flabby, to boot.
Take my word on this. I've spent my entire life on one or another diet, and the only thing that works is high-protein, reduced carbs, unless you're a some kind of maniacal jogger. I love vegetables, but they're all carbs. And when you only eat a few of them, they only make you hungry, as in "appetizer." This is a fact borne out by the experience of every human culture.
So anyway, given the above -- that things are getting worse on both the economic and bully fronts, I've decided to look for the silver lining. I mean, something good must have come from something the Comrade's done so far, right? I mean, even a broken clock is correct twice a day, right?
So let's see....
Well, he shut down Gulf oil production, refuses to open drilling in ANWR, and has made coal so expensive to produce, coal companies are beginning to shut their facilities. So that means electricity will soon cost even more than gasoline.
I guess that pretty much eliminates any value that might be had from electronic cars.And maybe by this time next year, us citizens will have to decide if we want to buy pasta or fund one more hour of electric light and refrigeration in our homes. I mean, to stretch our unemployment handouts.
Oh well, there's socialized medicine. This has already increased insurance premiums by more than 100% in some cases and in a recent survey by someone, something like 30% of small business owners said they'd have to stop offering insurance all together under Obamacare.
Socialized medicine also reduces payments to doctors and other health care professionals and to hospitals. So far, these producers have been able to "cost-shift" their losses to private insurance. Like, if Medicaid only pays 40% of what's owed, the doctor, hospitals, et. al,, will simply raise prices 60% for people with private insurane.
If there's no more private insurance, these health care producers more than likely will no longer see Medicare/Medicaid patients. Happened before. When Medicaid was instituted in Illinois, four or five hospitals in blighted areas of Chicago shut down. Not enough patients with private insurance in those areas to carry the costs for everyone.
On top of that, the Comrade and Sibelius also see fit to give their friends and donors exemptions from socialized medicine.
This reminds me, during the Civil War, a rebel general named Cleburne suggested drafting the slaves into the Confederate army and giving them their freedom in exchange for service. Confederate President Jeff Davis noted that he couldn't do that because it made it look like freedom from slavery was a value.
Yeah. Like freedom from socialized medicine is also an apparently highly-sought-after value. And you can only get that if you kiss the Comrade's ass and fill his campaign coffers.
Shame on you suck-ups!
So, moving on, we have the draw-down of forces in Iraq, for which we can thank George W, and greater emphasis on Afghanistan, which is an apparently "unwinnable" war because we're dealing with tribal shamans and goatherds there. Like do they care about bringing their nation into the 21st century or even the "world community." I doubt it.
And now we also get to fight in Libya -- which is really none of our damn business. Libya has lots of oil, which it sells mainly to Europe. Why can't Europe defend its own interests? Aw, shucks, they're all depressed and destitute because their socialist economies are collapsing? What a damn shame.
You'd think the Comrade would look at that hot mess as a "teachable moment," but he's such a rigid idealogue, his mind is so closed and narrow, he can't really fairly assess what's going on there. Its just beyond the scope of his capabilities. If he looks at the truth of that situation, he'd have to admit -- even to himself -- that he's deliberately destroying the USA. And his ego's too fragile to ponder that. He'd probably end up in a strait jacket at Walter Reed, decorating his rubber room like the inside of million-dollar limo or Air Force One.
So, yeah, as the 2012 election looms larger and larger, let's keep in mind all these wonderful things the Comrade has done. And continue asking yourself and others:
Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
Save the Republic.
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