Does He Even Listen To Himself?

From the mouth of Vice President Joe Biden:

They [Republicans] still believe … that we’re a bunch of socialists – all these things you hear. I think the healthcare debate put a big stake in the heart of that argument.

No, Joe, the healthcare debate confirmed the argument that the Democrats are a bunch of socialists. Sheesh. What is ObamaCare if it’s not socialism?

A New Light

Professor Jacobson over at Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion quoted Michelle Obama from a couple of years ago:

Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.

I read these words today in a new light.

She’s right, but not in the way she meant.

None of us will ever go back to our lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.

My Wishlist

If I were President (heck, if Barry proves anything, it’s that the old promise that “anyone can become president” is actually true):

1. Withdraw from the United Nations; kick the United Nations out of New York City and make them hold their meetings somewhere else.
2. Overturn all court decisions based on international law rather than on the Constitution of the United States; protect America’s sacred sovereignty.
3. Recognize the rights of the unborn to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

There may be more to come; this is just what came to me on the spur of the moment.

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

I finally realized today another, more devious reason, besides wanting to hide the costs, that the benefits in ObamaCare do not start until 2014.

It’s so that Obama can insist that he has to get reelected or the benefits will never kick in—that if he’s defeated the bill will be overturned. And he’s right.

O Fortuna, from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana

Having a classical tune in my head, and being able to tap out a tune by ear on the piano, I did a Google search for something that would allow me to search for a song by doing just that.

Having then found Musipedia, I tapped out what turned out to be O Fortuna, from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. It took just a bit more poking around on Wikipedia, though, because what Musipedia was able to find for me, while consisting of the right notes, was not the right tempo and was definitely not the right orchestration—at least Musipedia found something from the larger Carmina Burana, anyway, which was enough.

Seriously, what did people do before ubiquitous access to the World Wide Web?

Perpetuating an Entitlement Mentality

I received a letter in the mail today from the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau telling me that my response to the census will “help [my] community get its fair share of government funds”, which is to say “its fair share of” the money the government confiscates from me anyway.

I thought the point of the census was to be able to determine representation, both at the State and Federal level, to ensure that my interests were adequately protected. I didn’t know it was so that the redistribution of tax dollars could be “fair”.

 Is it “fair” to distribute the money to all communities equally based on population percentages? Is it “fair” to distribute the money based on relative income levels, so that communities with higher income levels get less (or more?) government funds?

What’s “fair”, anyway, and who determines what’s “fair”?

“Those are my government funds and I’m entitled to get them.” Yeah, right. How about, “Those are my tax dollars and I’m entitled to keep them.”

Obama, the Late-Night Talk-Show Host

What, did Obama have a laugh track and applause lights during today's speech? He must think he's a late-night talk-show host. Listen to this video, at about 2:10. I wonder if it was all just nervous laughter.