I am back!

Hey all.

It has been a very long time since I last blogged. However, I am so frustrated with how things are going nationally, I have to have a place to vent. Not doing so is decidedly unhealthy...

Anyways, today's post is going to address President Obama's ridiculous State of the Union address (and follow up)...

First of all, there is no way that President Obama can honestly believe that the reason Scott Brown won his Senate seat because the voters of Massachusetts were still mad at President Bush. The Commonwealth has a large number of independents, but Democrats outnumber Republicans 3:1, and a Republican has not held a Senate seat there for over 30 years. Additionally, Scott Brown ran almost solely on the idea that his seat would enable Republicans to defeat the current healthcare legislation. The people of the Commonwealth voted overwhelmingly against both healthcare and the Administration's RADICALLY leftist agenda.

A little background is necessary at this point. In President Clinton's early Presidency, he also tried to push a leftist agenda, including healthcare reform. The American people rejected this too, and handed the Democrat's sweeping losses in 1994. After this, President Clinton moved to the center, and governed effectively (ignoring his personal, umm, passions). History would teach us that President Obama should follow this pattern. Most analysts expected the State of the Union address to acknowledge this and move forward. They were all wrong.

President Obama gave the most insolent, arrogant, stubborn address I could have imagined. I will address a number of things that deserve attention.

He ignored the separation of powers twice. First, he drafted an executive order because he didn't like the way the Senate voted on an issue. Second, he called out the Supreme Court because he didn't agree with a ruling they recently handed down. These actions are unprecedented in a State of the Union address.

He announced a continued push for healthcare reform, despite the disapproval of the American people by wide margins. This move alone will likely cost him both the majorities he enjoys in Congress and his Presidency. He is convinced that the American people didn't like the legislation because he "didn't explain it well enough". No, they don't like it because the legislation makes the system we already have worse, not better.

He announced the intent to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" from the Armed Services, despite overwhelming opposition from those within the military. This is done solely to please the LGBT supporters he had during the election.

He continued to blame President Bush for the problems the country currently faces, even though he has been in office for a year now. It is time for him to stop playing the blame game and own up for his own political failures.

He blamed Republicans for saying "no" to everything. This is a lame argument, as the majorities he held until Scott Brown's election were enough to pass everything he wanted, even if every republican voted no every time. Blaming Republicans is a convenient, if not entirely truthful, ploy that should be exposed for what it is.

Lastly, he called for an end to lobbyist influence. While I do agree with this to an extent, he was lying to the American people about the extent of lobbyist influence within his Administration. For one, his administration is chalk full of lobbyists. For two, the DAY AFTER his speech, he invited a number of lobbyists into the white house for "private consultations" on upcoming policy. President Obama is a bold-faced LIAR.

I can't take this anymore.