When Barack Obama strides to the podium of the U.S. House of Representatives to offer his fourth (and hopefully last) State of the Union address on January 24, it will mark a milestone in government dysfunction.
And believe it or not, we’re referring to something other than the Obama administration’s disastrous handling of this country.
January 24 will mark the 1,000th day that’s passed since the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate has approved a budget. Seriously … the Senate hasn’t passed a budget since April 29, 2009. Of course that 1,000-day streak isn’t entirely their faults – as the Democratic-controlled U.S. House was too busy shoving Obamacare down our throats to pass a budget in 2010.
Anyway, the result of all this dysfunction? A bunch of “continuing resolutions” that kick the can down the road month-by-month while the public is subjected to the occasional “government shutdown” threat (which, unfortunately, is never acted upon).
All this process does, of course, is to perpetuate a spending culture that continues to rack up trillions of dollars in deficits while refusing to prioritize government functions or address mushrooming entitlement obligations. In fact, 2012 will be the fifth year in a row in which the federal government spends more than $1 trillion in money that it doesn’t have … which would seem to indicate that this approach isn’t working.
So … will Obama make note of the 1,000 day anniversary when he addresses lawmakers?
What do you think?
Frankly, we’re not holding our breath that this president- who has failed to propose a single dime of savings since the debt debate began – will call attention to this colossal failure of leadership.
Why not? Because doing so would run counter to his partisan blame narrative.
That’s disappointing … and risky.
After all, despite its failure to hold fast to the fiscal principles its members were elected on, at least the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget last year.
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By semi January 16, 2012 at 10:08 am
Caption this picture:
The picture of Reid and McConnell says enough, caption should read “Screwing the US Taxpayer for the Last 21,170 Days”. That’s about 58 years they have resided in the halls of Congress.
By Skidmarks January 16, 2012 at 12:18 pm
President Obama said he would veto any bills that attempt to override the automatic budget cuts that will apply because the Joint Congressional Committee failed to make recommendations.
The President has learned that you can’t trust those Shit-zus in Congress.
By Government Gone Wild January 16, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Bash and Blame time, plus bs re-election propaganda.
Let us not forget that the House passed dozens of jobs creation bills and forwarded them on to the US Senate for approval. Harry Reid declared them all DOA (highly likely under Obama’s request).
Obama is your typical charismatic psychopath. You want to understand this creature of habit? Then look at his history, his actions/inactions, and his words.
Obama might be highly educated with a law degree from Harvard. But it can never be denied, that he has a serious sickness between his ears. He plays minds games. Actually, I have come to believe that he gets his kicks off of it. One thing is clear, he has no real empathy for others. And I think that comes from his dysfunctional childhood in addition to the company he chose to associate with later on in his life.
Look past the deep authoritarian voice, his smile and into his mindset including what he says and does. Experience with con artist and players grants wisdom to read these kinds of people quickly. However, the writing was all over the wall about him before he was elected. People in general were either oblivious to his type, or just play lazy, or easily suckered.
We have been in a recession now for 3 to 4 years. That can not be denied no matter what one might attempt to allege otherwise. On average, statistics tell us that recessions on average last only 10 months. The longest ever recorded was 16 months. By all records, we should have been out of this recession over 2 years ago.
$6,000,000,000,000.00 dollars in 3 years spent by this administration. His first year in office was nothing but Obamacare this and Obamacare that, while jobs were being lost everywhere. We are no better off. We still have record breaking poverty rates, record breaking homelessnes, high unemployment, high gas prices, high food prices, higher utility rates, and a government gone wild with a man man at the helm.
Nevertheless, the ‘State of Who to Blame’ speech will be given. Desperate Obama is. And it will show in his teleprompter speech written by someone else, as he looks down his nose at all of us.
By Common Sense January 16, 2012 at 2:15 pm
Government Gone wild gives us a perfect example of “Bash and Blame time, plus bs re-election propaganda.” the following paragraphs after that statement are a perfect example, no facts just tin foil hat partisan spewage. Me thinks the Fat T perhaps…??
By SCBlues January 20, 2012 at 11:49 pm
I agree.
Reeks of Fat T.
Just BS and BS and then some.
Obama Derangement Syndrome.