An Obama Thanksgiving
Lest we forget, today is Thanksgiving in ObamaLand. It's a day when Americans count their blessings. Of course, in a nation withering under the weight of government avarice, corruption and tyranny, this year's blessings are in short supply for too many Middle Americans.
The unemployed and under-employed probably aren't in a celebratory mood. Most have their fingers crossed, hoping the family car will hang together and their children will stay healthy.
Many of the fifteen million people in this boat are skimming on the fringe of eviction or having their homes repossessed. They are driving without insurance and haven't slept through the night in months.
Thanksgiving Day has a special meaning for them. The unrelenting collection calls will cease for twenty-four hours. But that's a blessing no one wants to experience.
The last thing Americans want to see is disappointment on the faces of their children. And Christmas is just ahead. Countless parents are quietly asking themselves how they can shield their kids from the despair they feel? This crossroad, where guilt and the feeling of inadequacy intersect, is a punishing place.
How many heads of family, not living these horrors, are looking over their shoulder, fearful of tomorrow? Probably the owners of too many small businesses if they have managed to keep their doors open by gutting their staffs, inventory and service. Most have no time to take a deep breath, and are putting in relentless hours, just hoping to survive.
Employment Security checks may pay a few bills for a few weeks, but at an awful price. They are a weekly reminder that nothing has improved. They undermine a job seeker's confidence and mock his or her efforts to regain some semblance of dignity.
They offer no long term solution; they merely substitute this congress' commiseration for the opportunities it squandered placating the ranks of the never-do-well parasites. The Stimulus Package was $787 billion of frosting on pet welfare projects.
It's the freeloaders' contentment with the status quo that anchors the recession in place. Obama spent all the US' reserves on their care and feeding. That makes as much fiscal sense as leaving the ammunition with the camp followers to lighten the load of the foot soldiers marching into battle.
The folks in ObamaLand announced that a job summit will convene on December 3. Jobs won't be mentioned. They will focus on taxes, confiscating private wealth and re-distributing it to states whose uncontrolled spending have sent their residents packing.
ObamaLand has a lot in common with Disney World. Enjoying either requires a suspension of reality. That's why the sickle and hammer crowd is attacking Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck with such ferocity. They not only fear the message, they fear it will resonate from shore to shore.
So this Thanksgiving Day let's hope the unemployed can take a little solace in the fact that millions of Americans see the truth, have identified the enemy and the cause of their hardships.
So hang tough guys while Middle America storms the Kool-Aid stands.
The unemployed and under-employed probably aren't in a celebratory mood. Most have their fingers crossed, hoping the family car will hang together and their children will stay healthy.
Many of the fifteen million people in this boat are skimming on the fringe of eviction or having their homes repossessed. They are driving without insurance and haven't slept through the night in months.
Thanksgiving Day has a special meaning for them. The unrelenting collection calls will cease for twenty-four hours. But that's a blessing no one wants to experience.
The last thing Americans want to see is disappointment on the faces of their children. And Christmas is just ahead. Countless parents are quietly asking themselves how they can shield their kids from the despair they feel? This crossroad, where guilt and the feeling of inadequacy intersect, is a punishing place.
How many heads of family, not living these horrors, are looking over their shoulder, fearful of tomorrow? Probably the owners of too many small businesses if they have managed to keep their doors open by gutting their staffs, inventory and service. Most have no time to take a deep breath, and are putting in relentless hours, just hoping to survive.
Employment Security checks may pay a few bills for a few weeks, but at an awful price. They are a weekly reminder that nothing has improved. They undermine a job seeker's confidence and mock his or her efforts to regain some semblance of dignity.
They offer no long term solution; they merely substitute this congress' commiseration for the opportunities it squandered placating the ranks of the never-do-well parasites. The Stimulus Package was $787 billion of frosting on pet welfare projects.
It's the freeloaders' contentment with the status quo that anchors the recession in place. Obama spent all the US' reserves on their care and feeding. That makes as much fiscal sense as leaving the ammunition with the camp followers to lighten the load of the foot soldiers marching into battle.
The folks in ObamaLand announced that a job summit will convene on December 3. Jobs won't be mentioned. They will focus on taxes, confiscating private wealth and re-distributing it to states whose uncontrolled spending have sent their residents packing.
ObamaLand has a lot in common with Disney World. Enjoying either requires a suspension of reality. That's why the sickle and hammer crowd is attacking Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck with such ferocity. They not only fear the message, they fear it will resonate from shore to shore.
So this Thanksgiving Day let's hope the unemployed can take a little solace in the fact that millions of Americans see the truth, have identified the enemy and the cause of their hardships.
So hang tough guys while Middle America storms the Kool-Aid stands.
posted by David at
8:25 AM
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