Baruch Hashem Adonai ..........

In the US today it is “National Prayer Day”. In previous years, both under President Bush and his predecessor, this day was recognized at the highest level of our Republic. But not this year, well not in the usual way.

Obama declared that he was going to celebrate it privately. His plan was to go down to the Press Room at the White House to a packed audience. Upon a signal from the teleprompter, he would enter with a halo superimposed above his head.

It would be a fake one, courtesy of MSNBC Special Effects but what the heck. Obama would assume the mantle and think it was real and so would a huge proportion of his voters who would be sitting on their La-Z.-Boy recliners, popping a cold one as they glanced out of the trailer window on the lookout for the mailman carrying this month’s welfare check or, better yet, the Publisher’s Clearing House” team announcing that they’d won.

Anyway, at the point that the “Great Leader” entered, every member of that audience would drop to their knees and sing, “O Come let us adore him”.

I, on the other hand have a real prayer backed up by a real hope.

The prayer is that there is a limit to the extent that this government will be allowed to own and control every aspect of American life. First it was the banks, then it was insurance. But let’s not leave the banks just yet. Today was the day that their “stress” test results were published. Apparently Wells Fargo flunked but ironically they didn’t want to ask for TARP money in the first place but Obama is going to insist. How else to enforce control? Hard on those heels came the automobile industry. When they emerge from bankruptcy it looks like Chrysler will be followed by GM.

Now, I hear that Obama wants a cabinet level post to govern sports in this country. Never mind that the US kicks butt in the vast majority of Olympic sports. Except for gymnastics; since Mary Lou Retton at least. Maybe one of the first daughters would like to try out? That would explain a lot.

Finally, for now at least, here’s a graphic example of the Democrat’s imperative to control everything.

The senior Senator from New York, Chuck Schumer, wants to introduce legislation to force IHOP and other breakfast restaurants to serve only maple syrup from that state. And, rumor has it that that in a similar vein, Al Sharpton only wants white eggs be fried.

My hope is that in 2010 these clowns will be gone.

We’ll deal with Obama in 2012 unless in the meantime he destroys himself.

After that, a sledge hammer will take care of the teleprompter.