Death Records Now

I was shocked to read that about tens of thousands of conservative activists showed up for a protest in Washington DC. I wasn’t shocked to read their signs or complaints. One protester held a sign saying he voted for the real American… nice. Another protester freaked out about Obama turning us into a Socialist nation despite the fact that he is willing to forgo a public health care option.

The major topic was tax and deficit complaints. I’ve looked at my paycheck over the last year and it went up due to Obama’s "Making Work Pay" tax cut. As far as I know, there weren’t conservative protests after Reagan’s and Bush II’s deficits. At least Reagan rebuilt the military while Bush added an Education and Medicare entitlement. (An interesting side-note: Joe Wilson voted to create the Medicare entitlement which reimbursed hospitals for treating illegal immigrants!) As I continued to read the article, I started wondering if these Tea protests are the conservative version of Vietnam protesters.

These protesters are making me feel bad for Obama. When they start complaining about giving a speech to students, I have to wonder if there is anything he could ever do that is right?

I guess protesters are annoying in general. Bush II’s protesters were no better with their Nazi/Fascist/Terrorist/Not My President/War Criminal attitude. Maybe I can’t stand protesters because I have a job, a wife, and a child, or in other words: a life. If I’m going to march to Washington it is going to be for something very important, not a deficit during a recession which any economist will tell you is necessary.

As of now, I’m pleased with Obama’s job. The economy he inherited is beginning to stabilize. He has kept the Fed Reserve Chairman and has hired competent people including his Supreme Court choice. His foreign policy record is off to a better start than Clinton and unlike his predecessor, we haven’t been attacked on his watch. The US is respected in the world once again and maybe there will be health care reform that tweaks the system enough where I don’t have to worry about bankruptcy if I get cancer or some other sickness.

Maybe I’m just a member of the 2009 version of a silent majority. I’m sure many will post his declining poll numbers, but when Obama’s ideas are pitted against the opposition’s idea, Obama still wins.

Before I close, I will say that one difference between the protesters of Bush and Obama is that it appears Republican politicians too often agree with the protesters. Congresswoman Jean Schmidt told a birther that she agreed that Obama isn’t American. Let us not forget Palin’s death panels or Grassley’s pulling the plug on Grandma. Gov. Rick Perry talked about seceding! Finally, I leave you this quote from a GOP strategist that sums up how I feel:

Longtime GOP strategist John Weaver said the Wilson incident isn’t a "huge deal" by itself, but "taken together with what’s happened over the last eight years, it’s symptomatic of what our problem is."We do have structural, demographic issues we’re not addressing," he said. "But we also have tone problems. We could have the best policy ideas in the world, but we can’t get anybody to buy them if our salespeople are angry. Nobody wants to hang out with a bunch of cranks."

You are so right!

There were not too many of them in DC. Only 275 from our tri-state area made the journey to DC which is about a 2 hour drive. That was not a good showing at all! They are definitely in the minority! These people are the fringe faction of the republican party. They are doing a great job of distancing the good people from the republican party. So is Rush, Beck and all the folks at Fixed News as well as Wilson who was just caught lying about being an immigration attorney. Seems he was a real estate attorney! How ironic…

What I don’t understand is why these people want to continue to feed the Wall Street gang with health care. Twenty to thirty percent profit and they deny people care. One insurance company has two corporate jets. CEOs making millions…the hospitals and medical supply companies are just as bad. What are these people thinking?

Most of the people I saw were vets and on medicare. So are these people only concerned about themselves? When the profit goes to forty or fifty percent…will they own up to what they did?

Obama gave a tax cut earlier this year, I did not receive it. I guess I made too much…but I’m not complaining, I’m just glad to have a job! And someone has to pay for the two wars that Bush did not fund and the drug deal for the seniors that benefited the drug companies. I would gladly pay more so people had health care. Earlier this year, a little boy died because of an infected tooth!

You know, if you look at the voting records of some of these long time republicans…no matter who is in power..they vote no to everything. Ron Paul…straight no to everything. So are these people really doing their jobs? Are they playing it safe voting no?

I think Obama is doing a great job, considering what he was handed.