What Happened to That Guy??

Did you ever meet someone and think they were wonderful? Everything about the person just captivates your fancy, you know? Then slowly ( or not so slowly) the scales fall from your eyes and you see the person you admired in complete detail, flaws and all. It's kind of sad, isn't it? Sad because the person is so flawed, obviously, but also, sad because you were duped, mistaken, utterly wrong about a person. It happens to the best of us. Who hasn't met a man (or woman) and thought that they had just met the most brilliant, funny, wonderful person in the world; only to find out in time that the person is in fact a selfish, self absorbed narcissist. What are you going to do? You try to put it behind you, of course. Take a walk, read a good book, take up a new hobby, maybe. In time, you hope that you can see things more clearly, and move on with the rest of your days. But when the person in question is the commander in chief? Yikes! Run for cover and try to keep your head above water until the next election, I guess. In the course of my day, I speak to many people, about a lot of different things. The one dominant theme that I hear over and over is about the economy and the state of the world. I don't hear much consumer confidence on any given day, and I certainly don't hear any one that is happy with the state of the world right now. I don't think that John McCain was the best choice, but he certainly was the better choice. Many people who are still hanging in there with the first foreign born president since the Revolution keep putting the blame on President Bush. Okay.... From the time after the first awful attack on September 11th, he kept us safe. He went to Afghanistan and pushed the Taliban back until it was no longer a threat, something that the Soviet Union had been unable to do in over ten years of fighting there. He sent troops into Iraq and removed a crazy lunatic despot and the country enjoys free election for the first time ever. But I can see where those would be horrible things to some people. As awful as the attacks were that September, they did one thing that was wonderful. They brought out a sense of unity that I hadn't seen since Ronald Reagan was president. People were actually patriotic, proud of our country and proud of our troops. Those on the far left couldn't abide by that, and now look, the media has gotten us right back to were we used to be, squabbling and ashamed; kowtowing to the European nations that we support, financially and with our military. It must be easy for them to fund all the socialist programs they want. They don't need a military budget, they just use ours. Europe is kind of like that neighbor who is always borrowing something, a cup of sugar, the hedge clippers, something, and never paying it back. Here's a thought that I have suggested before: If you really and truly want to balance the budget, I could do it in three years, without one single cut in our spending. I would make an announcement at the United Nations : Ladies and Gentlemen, in three years the United States of America will not be giving any money to any country, friend or foe. Get ready, be prepared. The next year I would say Get ready, the gravy train stops in two years. Make your arrangements now. Be prepared. The third year I would say Okay then, that's it. We are finished supporting you, good luck with all that. The next year, without having to send all of the pork to our "allies" the dollar should be strong, and our budget balanced, and prosperity would reign from sea to shining sea. We could use that money to repair our infrastructure. We could use it to guarantee a college education to every US Citizen, we could save it like crazy for a rainy day. How cool would that be? No more deficit spending? Hallelujah! Think about it. You'll thank me later.