The Apology Tour

Amazing to me President Obama would take umbrage to Governor Romney calling his european tour "an apology tour."  Surely he has listened to the tapes! What would he call it? His comments could not be interpreted as anything other than apologetic for his obviously perceived American immorality, impropriety; lack of religious, ethnic, and cultural sensitivities. Shamelessly he sighted his presidency as the dawning of a new age of forbearance and tolerance for this socially wayward nation of ours! And yet not once could he bring himself to mention the benevolence, contributions and great sacrifices America has made, and continues to make on behalf of world peace and its general welfare.

Impotent

Reuters' reported it in the morning, President Obama confirmed it that evening: Governor Romney was to blame for the Bangladesh Embassy terrorist attack and the subsequent killing of our ambassador (they didn't say directly responsible mind you, but no question implied he precipitated it!). If that doesn't tear it for you Obama supplicants, I don't know what will! This President of ours is not only incompetent but a prefabricator of the first water, of epic Pinocchio proportions. In his every word he avowed his inaction, his coverup of this atrocity as prudent, appropriate and presidential. His defense of his failed foreign policy: Ben Laden is dead and our soldiers are coming home! I'll give him that: Ben Laden is indeed dead, but other than saying,...."Okay,go ahead and do it", his participation at best was meager; as for bringing our soldiers home from another non-war, they are coming home alright, unbowed but not victorious. And least we forget, although Ben Laden is dead his Jihad lives on. The world views President Obama's America as impotent in both it's strengths and weaknesses!

Tom Swift Full Throttle

(The 3rd Debate) From the get go, Romney lost a golden opportunity to hammer Obama on the administration's weak and constantly fluid analysis of the events in Benghazi. Romney would have been better served if Obama had commented first, and undoubtedly would have devolved into all sorts of characteristic double speak on an issue that clearly was mishandled, culminating in Hillary's entertaining and predictable public hari-kari and Obama's ham handedly and falsely noble "she works for me" comment.  I would have loved to have been sharing a beer with Bill  when he let that one fly.

Obama was his, by now familiar, cock-sure self with the turf being one in which the similarities outweighed the differences, that of foreign policy.  His attitude seemed to be a condescending version of "you may have seen baseball on TV but I have actually been to Fenway Park".  Yet, having sat with the joint chiefs, it would appear that Obama has never actually played ball in that park either. In response to Obama's quip that Romney has never actually experienced the implementation of foreign policy, Romney ideally should have responded, "like you have never actually worked in the private sector?", but again he chose dignity over trading barbs with a desperate and apparently delusional politician. The President continuously described policies of another President that exists perhaps in the Obama mind, but has failed to materialize in Washington. The statement that we should not be "nation building" in foreign countries in favor of nation building "at home" seems to suggest isolationism as foreign policy and reveal a  fundamental flaw with his assertion that we are somehow safer today and will be safer by decreasing our presence in foreign affairs. His banging the drum for the teacher's union by suggesting that Romney has it all wrong and more expenditure on education will surely lead to smarter students flies in the face of statistics that rank US students 17th in the world, with no correlation between expenditure,class size and achievement. All this rhetoric while sitting next to a Massachusetts Governor who presided over the top ranked school system in the country and had the nerve to suggest that quality of teachers was more important than quantity. And Obama continued to reference Romney's economic plan as not "adding up", yet he failed to explain why his economic plan is failing to produce jobs and, while on the subject of adding up, has accrued 16 trillion dollars of debt. Perhaps the Obama economic team should spend less time on Romney's website and more time developing their own effective strategy. A suddenly glorious record of achievement was presented with an America safer than ever before and with alliances never before seen in our history. He may continue to repeat the macho lines of "Iran will never possess a nuclear weapon s long as I am President" or the farcical "We will stand with Israel", hysterical in the context of his well documented and publicly expressed disdain for Netanyahu.  But the facts remain that we are another day closer to a nuclear Iran and Israel lives under the threat of annihilation with Egypt run by the Muslim brotherhood, Syria lobbing explosives into Turkey and Lebanon, an entire mid-east in turmoil whilst our President honors his alliances by choosing a Vegas fundraiser over a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister. Perhaps the debate format should be altered with the opportunity to rebut with "Mr.President, we have on line two, Bebe Netanyahu to add his comments". Now that would be entertaining.

And another thing. What is with the flip-flopping on maintaining a military presence in Iraq?  First Obama supported it, then when faced with resistance, promptly put his tail between his legs and slinked out of the country without so much as a parade. What a disservice to those who served there. We did it in Germany, we did it in Korea, we did it in Japan.  We maintained a military presence in regions of conflict after hostilities had ceased as a deterrent to further hostilities.  So after we busted our military humps in Iran, we are just going to leave and allow the Arab Spring to do its thing?  Sure, that has been enormously successful. And Obama's comment criticizing Romney over naming Russia as geo-political threat:  Just who does Obama think gives Syria the backbone and makes dealing with Iran and North Korea a diplomatic nightmare?  Has he actually been to the United Nations recently? Oh yeah, it was the video.  But it's all okay because he will have flexibilty after the election. Ask Putin.

The most annoyingly snarky moment, one that the liberal pundits call a defining moment, came when Obama, in full condescension, criticized Romney's comments on naval strength in numbers of vessels by lecturing him on the advances in military hardware such as "aircraft carriers that we land planes on" and "ships that go underwater called submarines".  Implying Romney was unfamiliar with contemporary military hardware, he went on to remark how we no longer have "horses and bayonets" like we did in 1916. Snarky is not well-informed, Mr. President. To suggest that advances in military hardware make up for lesser amounts of that hardware shows not only a poor understanding of military history (ask the Russians, in WWII they seemed to have a grasp on numbers over technology as did the more recenet VietCong), but a fundamental lack of common sense.  Excuse me, but I can have the most sophisticated warship on the planet, but it still can't be in two places at once. Regardless of whether your vessel is powered by steam or a nuclear reactor, it still relies on propellers and hulls to get from point A to point B just like they did in 1916.  Although technology has improved, speed improvement over the same time period has not been statistically significant. Thus, a vessel providing presence in the China Sea is just not going to get to a crisis in the Persian Gulf much faster than it did in 1945. Furthermore, the implication that sophisticated warships cruise into battle solo is preposterous.  An aircraft carrier remains vulnerable and still travels in a battle group consisting of specialized vessels.  Perhaps Mr. Obama should spend more time playing Battleship where your toy fleet is arranged in, yes, a battle group. And as the Brits will tell you, a significant development over that same time period is the anti-ship missile, a development that can and will reduce your fleet size in an instant. Please reference the Falkland Islands.

So once again, will the American voters choose style over substance?  Will condescension and snarky one-liners sway the voter in favor of the incumbent who, as of yet, has not yet told us how he intends to alter the course of his failed policies?  What, exactly is Obama proposing to do in the next four years that is fundamentally different than the last? Romney can continue to repeat himself over and over again, but if he is lecturing on business economics to an electorate more concerned with charisma, swagger and entitlements, then all is lost. Romney was sluggish and at times, appeared to be tiring of repeating himself in the face of an onslaught of disinformation and unprofessionalism on the part of his opponent.  But the fact remains that a prosperous America is a strong America. An America that can project its will across the globe.  Now is not the time to retreat into isolationism, nor is it the time to pull the global default lever and succumb to socialism as a cure for our ailments.  It is a time for leadership, and most importantly,new leadership. Let's hope America comes to this realization by November 6.

They Like Him?

Hugo Chaves doesn't like America on several levels, but likes our President.The Ayatollahs don't like America and everything it stands for, but like our President.The Arab Brotherhood detests the American way of life, but likes our President. The Palestinians don't like America for our surmised affinity for the Jews, but like our President. Putin demonstrates his dislike for America every chance he gets, but likes our President. Moanmar Kadafi didn't like America but liked our President (you see where that got him!). Let me not forget Rev. Jeremiah Wright who fundamentally damns America for its alleged mistreatment of African-Americans among other-things, but likes our President! And there is Bill Ayers the communist terrorist bomber who hated America but liked our President! Does that not tell you something? "Leading from behind" has become a popular metaphor for our President's foreign policies, but I ask from behind who? This administration's professed commitment to identify America's enemies from within, and if need-be prosecute them to the full extend of the law, but I ask who might they be! In our President's demonstrated perspective I remain skeptical.

The Numbers!

The numbers, the numbers, isn't anyone paying attention to the numbers! It's not rocket science, it's not calculus, it's simple arithmetic. We are going broke, for all intent and purpose we are broke! Yet our government is expanding on the very programs that got us there. What are we thinking? Do we have a financial death wish, a 16 trillion dollar and counting death wish. Our welfare state has run amuck: Medicare, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( PPAC) otherwise known as Obamacare, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) otherwise known as Food Stamps, and a host of other government entitlement programs; to say nothing of exorbitant retirement packages for government employees are lending a new dimension to being broke! And as we speak, to keep up, the Treasury's printing presses roar on, as our dollar's value plummets. Anyone for a Prozac?

Recurring Queries and Thoughts

In my frustrating attempts to fathom President Obama's appeal to the electorate, I find myself again quoting Don Quixote's faithful companion Sancho, in mollifying his masters distorted perspective on life, and his unattainable quests with the simple retort, "...but I like him. Is Barack Obama's appeal simply that, for the man, as opposed to his leadership qualities, his integrity, his accomplishments, his intelligence? I'm to gather, in person, when out of the limelight he is a most affable, well-met man However, most of us see him on camera when performing in public, right? In that, what is there to like: His preacher-like, halting speech pattern, his jerky bobble-head robotic body language, his smarmy condescending attitude? What? Okay their is no accounting for personal taste, I'll give you that. But, their has got to be more than just that, does a president make? It has got to be his politics, his party affiliation that garners the majority of his attractiveness, his support, wouldn't you say? And to me, that is the most scary prospective of all, for today's Democrat party lead by Barack Obama, is committed to Socialism lock-stock-an'-barrel, right out of the Cloward and Piven's playbook of social reform. Who with but a modicum sense of government and history would wish that on us? Again I say God help us!

Mr. Spontaneity

Know these blogs of mine are spontaneous reactions to a circumstance, an event, a provocation. Their is no desire here to be an ego-driven political pundit; to be identified as a political scientist of record. What I know, at least I think I know. I do no research, no premeditated heavy thinking in these blog blurbs.What you have here is just a Conservative venting his spleen! You will forgive my wanting spelling, syntax, and creative punctuations.