Obama's State of Coercion Address

If these weren't serious times, last night's speech was almost silly. It was shockingly foolish ...

He spoke of fiscal responsibility and tightening their belts and freezing spending NEXT YEAR ...
Congress should be ashamed of itself for each and every paycheck they deposit. If I ran my company the way they run the government, I'd be in foreclosure. I say we foreclose on them.

He spoke of government creating jobs (and so do Republicans) …
Government doesn’t create anything.

He spoke in lofty terms and rising and soaring language ...
Government is infatuated with itself, and it's nauseating on both sides of the isle.

He said 95% of Americans got a tax cut and that the only increases will be on those making more than $250K annually ...
Taxing the so-called rich is redistributive by definition, and anyone who supports that kind of progressive policy is a Marxist by definition.

They jump to their feet in applause when Obama mentions tax cuts ...
Why do we get weepy over tax cuts as if the government is giving us something? It's our dadgum money to begin with for goodness sakes.

He says that insurance companies and banks are the problem ...
Government takes 40% of our incomes and has left crushing debt to our children, yet the insurance companies and banks are the problem?

He wants the government to solve the health care crisis ...
It's beyond folly to allow the same folks who bankrupted Medicare to get within a country mile of healthcare reform. Allowing a government bureaucrat to manage our health care system is like asking an alcoholic to manage a liquor store.

He gave examples of business growing because of government stimulus ...
Not one client of mine clamors for a second stimulus, and no one has suggested that the Reinvestment Act did anything for them. They must not have been invited to the pork party.

He spoke of government solving our problems ...
Government isn't the answer. Yet there is a generation that prefers to suckle at the government teat, and liberals know that.

My thoughts ... I say freedom. Get the government out of our lives. Give us the freedom to succeed or fail. I hope there are enough people to reject this affront to freedom and the Constitution.