Inauguration of the Obama Era

Unfortunately, I was not able to listen to inaugural address live, but I did get a transcript off the internet.  Here are a few of my comments after a quick first review: 

OBAMA: “On this day, we come together to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises…”

What he’s really saying is that since the campaigning is over he doesn’t have to act petty anymore or make promises he can’t possibly keep.  Now we get the real Barack Hussein Obama.

OBAMA: “We will restore science to its rightful place and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost.” 

Huh?  Nothing more than a bunch of buzz words that mean he’ll increase your taxes and give a portion of it to the NSF and NIH.  “Technology’s wonders?” What is he talking about? 

Here’s a scary one…

OBAMA: “The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works, whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, healthcare they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.”

The last time I checked, none of those things are the responsibility of the Federal government!  The Constitution outlines the powers and responsibilities of the federal government, and none of those are there!  I don't want the government to find me my next job.  He’s talking about socialism, plain and simple.  This is what we voted for.  Hope you guys like living in France because that is Obama’s vision for the USA.

OBAMA: “The nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous.”

Once again, he’s talking about wealth distribution and guised socialism. 

OBAMA: “The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on the ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart – not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.” 

Once again, he wants to extend prosperity to everybody.  More socialism.  The incentive for working hard is that the guy down the street gets an HDTV.  Awesome.  In a system like that it’s only a matter of time before everybody becomes “the guy down the street.”  Why work hard if you don’t have to? 

OBAMA: “With old friends and former foes, we’ll work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat and roll back the specter of a warming planet.” 

Wow, are nuclear threats and global warming really on the same priority level?  I’ll expound my thoughts on the global warming propaganda crusade another time. 

OBAMA: “And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders…” 

Is he serious?  Are we really so indifferent to suffering in other countries?  According to the US census bureau we gave more than $39 Billion in foreign aid in 2006.  http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/09s1259.pdf   These are your tax dollars at work.  Obama seems to think that $39B is “indifferent”; so, how much do we have to give to be on the warm-fuzzy list?