Christmas in June
Posted: June 9, 2009, 10:11PM
Silent Night.
Just the name itself conjures up sentimental thoughts of Christmas. Hear it in June and it sounds odd and out of place. Hear it in December and it sounds as wonderful as it has for hundreds of years.
What if Silent Night was played over and over every day on the airwaves, on TV, all over YouTube as if it were number one on Billboard every week? The same lyrics that says nothing new, the same melody, the same eloquence, played over and over and over and over?
At what point would Silent Night lose it’s power, it’s essence, it’s magic to transcend us back to a wintery Christmas night? At what point would Silent Night not sound so wonderful anymore?
At what point would we say, "Enough!"
When President Obama promised that he "will eliminate all income taxation of seniors making less than $50,000 per year . . . eliminating taxes for 7 million seniors -- saving them an average of $1,400 a year-- and will also mean that 27 million seniors will not need to file an income tax return at all,” he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama promised that he "will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days” he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama promised tougher rules against lobbyists that, "No political appointees in an Obama-Biden administration will be permitted to work on regulations or contracts directly and substantially related to their prior employer for two years. And no political appointee will be able to lobby the executive branch after leaving government service during the remainder of the administration,” he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama promised that, “during 2009 and 2010, existing businesses will receive a $3,000 refundable tax credit for each additional full-time employee hired," he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama promised “legislation that would allow withdrawals of 15% up to $10,000 from retirement accounts without penalty (although subject to the normal taxes). This would apply to withdrawals in 2008 (including retroactively) and 2009," he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama announced that if we didn’t pass the stimulus bill immediately, without anyone reading it, that it would be catastrophic and we may never recover, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we needed the stimulus to “create or save 150,000 jobs,” he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need the stimulus to prevent eight percent unemployment, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said if we didn’t bail out the banks immediately it would be catastrophic, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said if we didn’t bail out the auto industry immediately it would be catastrophic, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said, “Government is the only thing that can solve this crisis,” he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said Israel should give up their settlement, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said Iran has the right to peaceful nuclear power, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we do not need a “Car czar” and announced that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will be in charge, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Car czar” and announced Steven Rattner, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Global warming czar” and announced Carol Browner, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need an “Infotech czar” and announced Vivek Kundra, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Faith-based czar” and announced Joshua DuBois, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Health reform czar” and announced Nancy-Ann DeParle, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “New TARP czar” and announced Herb Allison, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Stimulus accountability czar” and announced Earl Devaney, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Non-proliferation czar” and announced Gary Samore, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Terrorism (don’t say that word) czar” and announced John Brennan, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Regulatory czar” and announced Cass Sunstein, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Drug czar” and announced Gil Kerlikowske, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Guantanamo closure czar” and announced Daniel Fried, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Great Lakes czar” and announced Cameron Davis, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “WMD czar” and announced Gary Samore, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need an “Education czar” and announced Arne Duncan, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Bailout czar” and announced Neel Kashkari, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Bank bailout czar” and announced Herb Allison, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Border czar” and announced Alan Bersin, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “War czar” and announced Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Fairness Doctrine czar” and announced Cass Sunstein, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need an “Aids czar” and announced Jeff Crowley, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Zoning czar” and announced Eva Gladstein, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Tech czar” and announced Chris Orenchuk, he sounded wonderful.
When President Obama said we need a “Performance czar” and announced Nancy Killefer, he sounded wonderful.
Enough!
When President Obama said this week that he is pleased that 345,000 more job losses in May is not as bad as expected while his total job loses since elected soared to 2.8 million and unemployment jumped to 9.4% for the first time in 25 years after he had already spent billions of taxpayers dollars on failed bailouts and a failed stimulus package, he doesn’t sound so wonderful anymore.
When President Obama said on the same day it was announced that unemployment leaped to 9.4% for the first time in 25 years and 2.8 million people have lost their jobs since he got elected, 345,000 of them in May alone, that had it not been for his stimulus package he wouldn’t have “saved or created 150,000 jobs," he doesn’t sound so wonderful anymore.
When President Obama said this week that he needs to ramp up the spending in the stimulus package to “save or create 600,000 (from which hand behind his back did he have that number?) jobs in one year,” he doesn’t sound so wonderful anymore.
When President Obama said this week that much of the budget deficit was inherited from the Bush administration, he doesn’t sound so wonderful anymore. In fact he sounds childish. After nearly 6 months in office, numerous Executive Orders, record spending legislations and bailouts, Presidents do not blame previous administrations.
When President Obama announced Pay Go today and said, "The reckless fiscal policies of the past have left us in a very deep hole . . . digging our way out will take time and patience and tough choices,” he doesn’t sound so wonderful anymore.
With all due respect, he sounds like all work no play makes . . . well, he just sounds as odd and out of place as Christmas in June.
Chuck
Comments
Chuck,
I totally agree. I loved the list of all the "czars". Wonder how much their salaries are costing us!
I find it very appropriate that Obama calls all of these people "czars". Czar - a tyrranical despot. How convenient that in the Obama administration we would have 16 tyrranical despots to date (the first 6 months). Historically, czars have been the leaders of their respective countries, but we now have 16 of them reporting to an even higher "power". Just further proof of Obama's God complex. He's set up his own feudal hierarchy in what has always been the most free country in history. It shows how far we have fallen and how quickly he is moving. While all of these voters who were duped sit in awe of him refusing to see all his broken promises, they are rapidly becoming his serfs. I am constantly reminded of the saying "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing." Too many good men are doing nothing and we are already paying the price for it.
Cynthia,
Think they're taking applications for the next "czar?" If we have to pay for them, maybe we can work it part time and recoup some of our own money back? :-P
He's naming "czars" so fast, Sarah, that as I was writing this column he announced Kenneth Feinberg as "Pay czar."
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