Stunning stuff, but it seems to have no end!

It’s a strange world after all. We have a president who cannot quit smoking himself but yesterday he signed into law the most restrictive anti-smoking bill ever devised. Last week our country faced some great challenges. Iran was turned upside down. North Korea continued to threaten our nation. The wars continued in Afghanistan and Iraq. Countless millions of our fellow Americans struggled to feed themselves and their families. Given the seriousness of these issues, what would you think the headline story was coming out of the week? During an interview our president first warned a housefly to bug off but when his warning went unheeded, he, with laser like precision, snatched and did away with the small critter, once and for all. I have not seen the video of his great moves against the fly but I understand it has been a huge hit on the internet. And, I don’t doubt it for one second. Here we are in the middle of our government usurping one right after another and the focal point of our media is how he is able to kill a fly in mid sentence. Oh, by the way, PETA, the animal protection folks are really saddened by his open and public disregard for the life of that tiny little fly. I’ve told you folks before, you cannot make this stuff up. It’s as if the people in the white jackets should be lining up as we all go off the deep end together! I confess that I couldn’t help myself given the material out there and that’s what is flying off my keyboard on this Tuesday morning, June 23, 2009.

We read these kinds of stories and while they may bring a brief smile, we have little time for levity when we think about the things going on in our country today. I read yesterday that business leaders are now saying all those jobs lost during the recession may not be coming back, even after things get back on track, or at least most of them. This is pretty sad news when you think how the $780 billion dollars was supposed to immediately create new jobs or at the very least slow down job losses. Thus far, the proof is that it has done neither and it sounds like it might never. In response, the administration came up with a mystical jobs created and/or saved statistic that no one can prove or disprove since it exists only in the Twilight Zone. Now we have learned that was the point all along. It turns out to be a rough approximation of a number that does not exist to begin with. What’s that old saying? Liars figure but figures don’t lie, that is unless they are fabricated from thin air.

The current executive branch includes dozens of Chicagoland political veterans and thus far they have shown they know how to use muscle to get things done. They continue to have their way. But the American people may yet still awake from their overdose of hope induced slumber. It’s one thing to saddle us all with debts that will take generations to pay, it’s all together another thing entirely when they use those very funds to take away our choices, our rights, and to fundamentally change the foundation of individual freedoms that has made this country great. Yeah, we might continue to see things happen in the short term purportedly in the name of saving our jobs, our economy, and our way of life, but one day soon a huge wake up call will be answered by the folks who get up every day and go out and get things done. They will see through the smoke and mirrors, the hypnotic speeches, and the strong-arm squeeze going on. The poll numbers are ever so slowly dawning some reflection that many folks are just now beginning to grasp what’s at stake. I can sense it already, folks are rubbing their eyes, paying attention, and are ready now to wake up and smell the coffee, and I say Amen to that! Have a great rest of the week and may God bless you all. Amen. …….More later.