Your Fly is Open!

Earlier today a Boeing 777 left Brussels on its way to Newark. At “wheels up” in Belgium both seats 1A and 1B were occupied with living, breathing pilots. Somewhere between there and here a vacancy appeared. I’ve flown many hours in both of those front seats. Sometimes I was PIC (Pilot in Command) and sometimes the other guy or gal was. It will be interesting to learn just how long it took for the First Officer to realize that he or she was now PIC whether they wanted to be or not.

I felt a bit like that about the administration of President Bush (the 43rd) especially since the last election. Until yesterday, just about the only one to stand up to the bully in the playground was a guy with more hardware and electrical circuits in his heart than a Star Wars droid. Then though, last night in Pennsylvania, President W came out swinging. Predictably, he did it with class as he declared that he would not directly compromise his successor with direct comment or criticism. He should have in my book, but then I have little class as declared by a reader who seems to scour my posts searching for the prurient. Well, she does hail from New England so perhaps that explains it.

On a rainy night in Erie, President Bush reaffirmed that “Government does not create wealth. Government creates an atmosphere, an environment which makes it easier for people to create wealth”.

Let me ask my liberal readers a question. I know you’re out there because I get your pursed lips responses. Anyway here is the question. What government agency, program or whatever makes a profit? OK, before the liberal screams become too strident about profit is bad an/or Government should never make a profit from the sweat of the downtrodden, let me rephrase it.

What government agency, program or whatever breaks even and before you answer, the IRS does not qualify.

OK, let’s cite a few examples as you wrack your brain. The Post Office? Get real. Fedex can make a living doing it though. Amtrak? Is a huge money black hole.

We know that by, Obama’s own admission, Medicare and Medicaid, are not sustainable. We also know that he says the overall budget deficit is not sustainable. He said it three weeks ago in New Mexico and this week in Washington, D.C. Never mind the fact that more than 93% of that debt is his.

Then we have Joe Biden shrugging his shoulders and confessing that when they came into office and proposed this massive spending, they must have “guessed wrong”.

Guessed?

But, let's just surmise that the govenment's record remains intact. So GM is going to turn a profit? Or how about the chances for socialized health care? And you can choose the color of the lipstick for that latter pig. Or, go for the entire pallette.

But the media seems to be consumed by Obama’s fly-killing prowess. For me, if he’d then brought it back to life, that would have been worth the price of admission. And it would have been no surprise to his more devoted adherents who, while they don't need another sign, a little top-up of messiah juice couldn't hurt. Perhaps he knows that and is saving it for later.