An Answer to Jimmy's Prayers

Jimmy Carter was a horrible president. He was the 'anti-Nixon'. He was everything that Nixon was not, and that is why he was elected, and, interestingly enough, why he was such an abject failure. He had absolutely nothing to offer the country other than a pure heart. For all his failures, President Carter was a undeniably a good man, and probably one of the most honest men to ever hold the office. Unfortunately, he was also incompetent and has become the embodiment of the Peter Principle.

As even brief examination of the Carter years will clearly illustrate, the Carter era was an unmitigated disaster. After four years of Carter policys, the economy was in absolute shambles. Interest rates were sky high. Unemployment was high. The stock market was down, and lingering. Gas prices were rising. With the singular exception of the Camp David Accords, his international relations were like a bad sitcom. Iran fell to the Islamo-Nazis, the Russians took Afganistan, and he gave the Panama Canal away. Finally, with his housing redevelopment act, he put in motion the sequence of events that has brought our mortagage industry to it's knees.

We are not yet 100 days into the Obama Administration and already we are seeing massive and profoundly interesting changes. These changes will funamentally alter the American lifestyle for years to come. The Obama Administration is slashing the tax protections for charities. Do you tithe? You won't next year. Do you own your own home? Have you read what is happening to your deduction for interest? Want to change you vote yet? Got a retirement account? He's planning on taxing that twice...once going in, and once coming out. The stock market is so scared that it has been in virtual free fall since his election.

It's no better in the International arena. The Russians laughed at the Obama Administration's attempt to link the missile shield in southern Europe to their help in curbing Iranian nuclear ambitons. Watch for Russia to have more adventures in Georgia, too. The Brits are pissed because President Obama insulted them with the return of the Churchill Bust, and his treatment of Prime Minister Gordan Brown. We are now funding Hamas with $900 million to 'rebuild' the West Bank. More accuratly put, rearm the West Bank. Do we now put ourselves on our list of nations who support or sponsor terrorism?

Domestically, do you think freedom of the press is a good thing? Kiss that good by. The 'Fairness Doctrine' or something like it will soon force a lot of voices off the radio. Several Congressmen in the Social Democrat party have already started talking about this. How do you feel about having the political pack in the White House running the Census? Why is this important? Because it controls your representation in the House of Representatives. Do you want your medical records private? Too bad, the stimulus bill had a provision for a national database to track your treatments. Think Karl Rove was bad? Meet Rahm "Never waste a crisis" Emanuel. Eager for your state to get bail out bucks? Don't be. Taking the money makes your state agree to committments that will force your taxes up in the future.

Jimmy Carter is dancing in the streets because we finally elected a president who will make us forget 1976-1980. President Obama claims he's spreading the wealth. He's not. He's destroying wealth and the means of production, and in it's place, spreading poverty.

Welcome to the third world.