Idol Chatter

When you listen to politicians you ought to knowt that if they told you what they really thought and held to priciples, you’d never elect them. And that is our fault. We just want to hear what we want to hear. The better the spin or at least the closer it is to what we want to believe can be, the more likely we are to go along with what, I’d argue, we really know to be at best reality spun to idealistic levels and at worst just a pack of lies.

However, of all the politiicans in today’s political arena, I’ve got to hand my hat to our current president. He’s got the ability to spin any side of an argument and the ability to make up total lies down so pat, you believe him. He understand the craft of lying better than any I’ve ever seen.

Guess what America, we can’t tax the rich, give to the poor and have happy days. It’s a nice concept but even Jesus told us there will always be poor. If you over tax the engine that drives our country, you will either ruin it and, consequently see even more unemployment than we have today or you will see the rich leave this country for more understanding nations which will also leave us with fewer jobs. 

Wake up and take stock. We need to get real with ourselves first and then we need to not expect but demand truth from those who will shape (or in Obama’s case, should he have his way, completely control) our future.  We need to fight for an America where anyone can still control their future if they work hard and seize opportunity rather than buy into some socialist state where it makes no sense to work hard because all you achieve is just given to those who don’t work at all.

As we hurl towards what is admittedly an historic ignaural ceremony next week one has to step back and ponder what is most important to us as a country.  Now before you think I’m going to wax philosophically on how Obama is our first black president take stock of what is actually getting more air time on the major networks.  Is it what President Obama will say or is it what Michelle will wear?

I wish I were more surprised to hear the incessant drone about what color, what style and how much the 1st Lady will spend on her gown.  But I’m not.  It is testiment to our shallowness as a nation.  Or maybe it’s our national attention deficit disorder that has us barely deal with more meaty subjects (unless we can spin them as some sort of impending disaster).  In any event, we’ll hear more about Michelle’s dress, how many balls the President and 1st Lady attend and what they ate than we’ll spend analyzing any substance that may be contained in the President’s speech.

Oh well…

I hear the smart money is on a cream or other natural colored dress but I’m betting on red.  Now will it be a plunging neckline or bare back…

Will Preseident elect Obama select Senator Clinton for Head of State?  This is the subject getting a fair amount of attention as Obama talked with both Clinton and Governor Richards about the post.

I am reminded of the old saying “keep your friends close and your enemies even closer”.  Obama does not seem to like Clinton much depsite the acclaimed speech she gave at the DNC and her campaign stumping she did for Obama after he had won the party’s nod for Democratic nominee.

The news pundits are also wondering how Vice President Elect Joe Biden might factor in any foreign policy role.  However, no matter who is offered and accepts the HOS role, he or she isn’t going to want Biden ‘helping’ out.  The HOS must have a firm command of international relations and Biden, unless serving for some humanitarian type of endeavor is likely to just be in the way and potentially undermining the HOS position.