Thanks to Big Ben, No Thanks to Obama...

Let me start off my initial posting for the great & glorious BBBC by thanking Big Ben for adding me in as a contributor. He has been a loyal follower & gratis sponsor of my YouTube sports show (http://www.youtube.com/SportsFrenzy2) as well as an initial follower of my new blogs (http://sportsfrenzy2.blogspot.com & http://frankensteinvice.blogspot.com) so I wish him nothing but success with his “Bombastic” new undertaking!!!

Now, on to my first political rant…like Big Ben, I claim no affiliation with a political party. I don’t care if you’re Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, or Pomeranian. If you show me common sense and an inherent ability to sway lobbyists to kiss your nether regions, I’ll vote for you (here’s your pimp, Dave – “The Conquistador in 2012!!!”)...

I really hope Barack Obama succeeds as President. To wish otherwise would make me a foolish American. We should hope that each and every President who takes office, regardless of whether or not we voted for him or her, does well. However, the playing field is never level, thanks to the media. If you dislike a Democratic candidate, you’re automatically pigeonholed as an ultra-conservative, Limbaugh-loving Republican moneygrubber by CNN. If you have issues with a Republican candidate, you’re a pot-smoking, gender-bending hippie according to Fox News. Last time I checked, the people of the United States can walk into a McDonald’s and easily choose from roughly a dozen or so entrée options without the assistance of Rachel Maddow or Bill O’Reilly (provided the menu is posted in Spanish as well as English...another day, another diatribe). Why then does our all-important political system & our media insist that you’re either a donkey or you’re an elephant...otherwise you’re a jackass???

Let’s look at the ‘secret’ negotiations of the Obama administration with the health care industry as an example of how we have let the left-leaning media tell us how we better kiss Barack’s ass...or else. With the economy in shambles (and not getting much better, taking the June 2009 stock market numbers into account), the Prez that all the chicks would love to bang (hey, if his buck-nasty wife is in the Maxim Hot 100, ‘B.O.’ must be topping the “Better Homes & Gardens” list of men that frigid housewives everywhere would love to see in nothing but a BBQ apron!) has decided to ‘fix’ the American health care system by taking the typical Democratic path…help the poor & elderly and make the middle pay for it. Wait, that’s unfair…the rich would pay, but THEY CAN STILL AFFORD IT!!! The middle class is currently working multiple jobs when not getting laid off just to make ends meet, but the new Medicare drug plan Obama’s people are touting helps only the elderly (no offense intended to those who have made it this far in life, but would you have liked it if the tables were turned 30 years ago?)...

Meanwhile, ‘many health industry leaders’ are being asked by the Obama administration to reduce health spending by $2 trillion over the next decade, according to an AP report. Pardon me for not towing the company line, but wouldn’t health care providers just cut jobs and services to meet that goal? Does Obama think $2 trillion will just magically disappear with a wave of The Health Care Fairy’s wand? As I have discussed with Big Ben and others at our Max & Erma’s roundtable every week, the answers lie in regulating frivolous lawsuits and extravagant insurance premiums. Everyone wins if attorneys can’t ambulance-chase and insurance providers charge reasonable rates for decent policies. Unfortunately, it looks like this administration will take the easy way out...again.

So buckle up, kids. It’s going to be a bumpy four years (hopefully, not eight). While Prez Obama takes his wife out on yet another date night at the taxpayers’ expense and Keith Olbermann proclaims that the ‘First Couple’ are the most important entities ever to grace the Milky Way, our country will continue to crumble. G.W. Bush started our downfall (with a not-so-inconsiderable push from the Clinton administration), but make no mistake…Obama has done NOTHING to make things better to this point. I truly hope he does find a way to steer us into peaceful waters, but gas prices are rising again, the auto industry has officially collapsed with GM’s bankruptcy…and the Prez seems more concerned with appearing at sporting events than with our well-being...

When G.W. acted like that, he was a charlatan. Obama does it, and he’s a saint. Go figure...