Oil and Water

Since I've made no bones about the fact that I am a die-hard conservative, it should come as no shock to you that I'm more than ticked about the response of this administration in handling this oil spill that is ruining our beautiful coastlines here in Alabama. I realize that this oil spill is a huge accident; lives were lost, families broken; fragile ecosystems and industries destroyed, and for some people life will never be the same. Now I'm completely aware that there is nothing that Obama himself can do to plug the hole, but I also know that there are plenty of things that haven't been done because of bureaucratic red tape, and that is where my frustration lies.

Here are my issues:

It is absolutely inexcusable that you have businesses that have contacted the government for permission to begin cleaning the gulf waters and they have been denied the opportunity to try to prevent some of the damage to our fragile ecosystems because their idea hasn't been EPA approved. And oil spilling into the gulf and us doing nothing to stop the damage is EPA approved?

It is absolutely inexcusable that the administration refused offers from the Netherlands and other foreign countries to assist with the cleanup, simply because they didn't want to take the time to temporarily repeal the Jones Act. So the United States will fix everyone else's problem, but we won't accept help when it is offered to us in a crisis?

It is absolutely inexcusable that this oil has been pouring into the gulf for 56 days now, and only 4 days ago did our President decide to personally be in touch with the CEO of BP. I would hate for Obama to have to inconvenience himself by coming down off his throne and picking up the phone to discuss the worst environmental disaster to ever hit our country with the man who is in charge of the company that caused the spill.

It is absolutely inexcusable in President Obama's first real crisis his response has been to point fingers at the Bush administration, host celebrities at the White House, attend award functions, play golf and go on two vacations. Really? Celebrities, golf and two vacations in a month. I wish I could live like that.

It is absolutely inexcusable that if President Bush had had the same response as Obama, he would have been strung up by his toes for not responding immediately. Remember Katrina? What a biased media we have.

And finally, it is absolutely inexcusable that this is the same government that wants to control our health care system. Let's hope they don't treat your health care issues with the same urgency as this oil spill.

Shocking, huh?

Did anyone NOT see this coming?

Life in the Barn

Once upon a time, on a farm in Virginia, there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered quite a few grains of wheat. She called all of her Democrat neighbors together and said, 'If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?' '
Not I,' said the cow.
'Not I,' said the duck.
'Not I,' said the pig.
'Not I,' said the goose.

'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen, and so she did. The wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden grain. 'Who will help me reap my wheat?' asked the little red hen.
'Not I,' said the duck.
'Out of my classification,' said the pig.
'I'd lose my seniority,' said the cow.
'I'd lose my unemployment compensation,' said the goose.

'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen, and so she did. At last it came time to bake the bread. 'Who will help me bake the bread?' asked the little red hen.
'That would be overtime for me,' said the cow.
'I'd lose my welfare benefits,' said the duck.
'I'm a dropout and never learned how,' said the pig.
'If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination,' said the goose.

'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen. She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see. They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said, 'No, I shall eat all five loaves.'
'Excess profits!' cried the cow. (Nancy Pelosi)
'Capitalist leech!' screamed the duck. (Barbara Boxer)
'I demand equal rights!' yelled the goose. (Jesse Jackson)
The pig just grunted in disdain. (Ted Kennedy)
And they all painted 'Unfair!' picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.

Then the farmer (Obama) came. He said to the little red hen, 'You must not be so greedy.'

'But I earned the bread,' said the little red hen. 'Exactly,' said Barack the farmer. 'That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle.' And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, which smiled and clucked, 'I am grateful, for now I truly understand.'

But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her. She never again baked bread because she joined the 'party' and got her bread free. And all the Democrats smiled. 'Fairness' had been established. . Individual initiative had died, but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared...so long as there was free bread that 'the rich' were paying for.

EPILOGUE Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs.
Hillary got $8 million for hers.
That's $20 million for the memories from two people, who for eight years, repeatedly testified, under oath, that they couldn't remember anything.

IS THIS A GREAT BARNYARD OR WHAT?