We the People ........

Today, I’m going to tackle two apparently disparate topics but they’re really not.

Let’s start with the Knicker Bomber. After the unsuccessful effort to bring down the Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight, the Director of Counter Terrorism, Michael Leitner, was informed. He was skiing at the time and refused to return to his office at the CIA in Langley, Virginia.

Now, with that in mind, let’s look at some numbers because I love numbers and doing so annoys Obama supporters because they “feel” and they “want” and they are “entitled”. But they hate facts.

Since September 11, 2001 there have been 33 terrorist attacks on US soil. During the President George W. Bush years there was an average of 2.5 attacks per year. In the first year of Obama there have been 13. And don’t even bother to ask about the resultant deaths because the 13 at Fort Hood alone far outweigh all the rest.

Could the answer be that under the Bush “rules of engagement” the bad guys knew their chances of success were somewhere between slim and none? But, under Obama we know that those rules have been relaxed and Obama advertised that fact as he went on his world-wide apology tour.

In a "swift and bold" move, Obama decided that ex-inmates of Gitmo who hail from Yemen should not be repatriated to that benighted sand dune. Does Obama know that a dozen Arab nations are just a plane ride away from it? But like many Obama pronouncements, it sounds good superficially but actually achieves nothing.

And before we leave the subject of terrorism, Mayor Bloomberg of New York City has demanded that the Federal Government pick up the $200 Million per year tab to hold this sham trial. Can you imagine what a feast a defending lawyer is going to make of Obama and Holder's promise that conviction is certain?

Okay, now let’s look at the other topic, namely Healthcare.

On at least 8 separate occasions, while on the campaign trail, Obama promised to show the Healthcare debate on CSPAN. Well now the White House has said a loud and definite “No”. I’m pretty certain that Obama will try to reconcile the disparity by claiming that he would like to see his promises come to pass but that the Speaker, Ms. Pelosi, would not play along. Don’t you love “weasel words”?

Now where’s the common thread?

The American people have shown overwhelmingly that they want nothing to do with Obamacare. The American people expect the president to keep them safe. President Bush did and Obama hasn’t..

So the common thread is the American people; but Obama and his people believe that they are smarter and, therefore, they know better.

Not !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But they overlook one thing. When the global financial system threatened to go into "meltdown" last year, mobs around the world demanded that their governments do more and save them. In this country though, people demonstrated at the Tea Parties that they wanted their Government to do less.

Let Freedom Ring!