Economic Crisis

Not what I said my next post would be but a crisis is a crisis - and we are headed towards socialism in this country more than ever.


For starters, I love seeing people (i.e. Nancy Pelosi) blame "Bush's failed economic policies" for the current situation. While Bush has screwed up many many things, this one is not his fault. Shockingly it started with one of Jimmy Carter's failures* (worst. president. ever - How the hell did he win a Nobel Prize?). One more example of how the government meddling screws everything up. And as that video goes onto to show, it was then the Clinton Administration who exacerbated the problem. This is why I hear so many people claim how much more Dems care about the people and why Republicans hate poor people. Well now poor people can't afford homes because of the Dems and many have lost their house as well.

As that video also shows, Bush and McCain tried to go after Fannie and Freddie but guess who stopped them? The democrats, of course. Always looking out for the common man, clearly. We always hear about Bush making his "oil buddies" rich and getting rich off the "war for oil", yet we never hear about Obama getting rich off Fannie and Freddie or how he has made many of the people responsible for this mess rich. Yet another free pass for The Chosen One.



*should this video be taken down try going here.

The 'Bootstraps' Paradox

Just a quick thought or two:

• Democrats at the DNC, such as Nancy Pelosi and Michelle Obama, seem to love to tell 'uplifting' stories about Americans, like Barack Obama, who fought through adversity and tough times to make a great life for themselves. I think its great that people are able to do that. Absolutely agree on that point.
• These same Democrats also want to give handouts and freebies to anyone in this country who have hit hard times. Seems to go against the stories they like to tell about Obama.
• Let's say you were fired for a reasonable offense from your job and you had two options offered:

1. Go out and try to find another job, applying at various locales and working your way back up to were you were and possibly beyond that point.
2. Sit at home, play video games, drink, fuck, sleep, eat, etc. and collect a welfare check that allows you skate by for the rest of your life.

• Which of these options would you choose? I personally don't like the feeling of just skating by in life and would rather go out and find another job. But let's face it, a large portion of the population hates to work, is lazy, and has no problem skating by. And our unemployment rate goes up because of welfare. Add to that that many Americans on welfare end up having children while still collecting welfare, you can see why I said, "welfare breeds poverty."