Unbelievable

It is now 24 hours after America's first Black President gave his first State of the Union address and, as expected, the general consensus is...eh. While Obama didn't really say anything surprising, we should still be absolutely STUNNED that what he did say is actually the opinion of the majority of our elected officials (something that will hopefully be remedied in November). How can such a large group of people be so shockingly full of themselves that they still believe, even after the elections in MA, NY, and VA, that the American people are still behind them? Even when a majority of voters in MA listed health care and other liberal agenda items as their reason for voting for Scott Brown. Lets review some of last nights really dumb ass moments

Fee on the biggest banks- Good job Presbo! Increase taxes on the very people that you need to loan the money to get the economy rolling again

Cut Taxes for 95% of Americans- OH? Did you now? Since when do a first time homebuyer credit, tuition reimbursement, and unemployment increases qualify as tax cuts?! Then he goes into "we have not raise income taxes by a single dime on a single person" (then for emphasis) "Not a single dime!" Seems to me like he is considering NOT raising taxes a tax cut. Consider it a gift.

2 million jobs saved!- WHAT? when we lost 4 million jobs this year, this is just simply nonsense. Then he goes on to describe the jobs and just makes the number worse. This is the makeup of those 2 million:

Two-hundred-thousand work in construction and clean energy. Three-hundred-thousand are teachers and other education workers. Tens of thousands are cops, firefighters, correctional officers, and first responders. And we are on track to add another one and a half million jobs to this total by the end of the year.

One thing to notice is that every one of the jobs that he refers to here are either government jobs (also known as private sector taxes) or private sector jobs supported by government contracts. Obama's perfect world has everyone working for the government (he said as much when he referred to his time at a private law firm as "behind enemy lines"). Apparently he is taking his economic advice from Bernie Madoff.

Last but not least, he gave us this little gem:

Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests - including foreign corporations - to spend without limit in our elections. Well I don't think American elections should be bankrolled by America's most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities. They should be decided by the American people, and that's why I'm urging Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps to right this wrong.

It's nice to see a bit of honesty for a change. This was an open admission that Congress and the President are absolutely corrupt and beholden to special interests. We all saw it in the crafting of health care reform (thank you SEIU), and in the bank bailouts (thank you AIG, sorry Lehman) but it was nice to hear what we suspected all along; that our politicians are not in Washington to serve us, but to serve themselves.

Jenkem and Democratic Health Insurance Reform

A few years ago, a number of the major news networks were reporting on a growing concern about the youth of various 3rd world countries. Children were using a bizarre new hallucinogenic drug called Jenkem. New drugs come on the market all of the time. It is human nature. Since time immemorial, man has been trying to find a new and better way to escape from the horrors (or joys as those damned perpetually upbeat people call them) that constitute being human. There was a difference this time though. This new drug was even more disturbing than usual because of the way that it was produced. Jenkem, see, is made by filling a bag half full of feces and urine, sealing it, and allowing the cocktail to ferment for up to a week. It is then opened and the escaping fumes are inhaled, hopefully, causing euphoria and, at times, hallucinations.

This is very much like the Democratic Health Care plan. A few months ago, 1900 pages of bad policy, government takeovers, and increased taxes were set before both houses of Congress and left to ferment. We now have a bill which is expected to be close to 2300 pages long that is full of bad policy, government takeovers, increased taxes, kickbacks, and outright bribes.

Passing this bill will be akin to huffing Jenkem. We will have our brief high. However, like all highs, we will eventually come down. And after we do, instead of living with the taste of shit in our mouths for a few days, we will be savoring it for years to come.