Rivalries or competition can certainly be a good thing. It helps push individuals and teams to excel and be the best they can be. However, if winning at any cost becomes the motto, then rivalries can be bad and lead to detrimental behavior.

In 1968, as a four year old living in New Jersey, I became a New York Yankees fan. Most may remember the Yankees were fairly inept during this period to the mid 70s. In fact, in 1969, their cross town rivals, the NY Mets, won the World Series. My father told me that a true fan sticks with their team regardless of how poorly they perform. He also taught me to respect rivals and to not only see their weaknesses, but their strengths. Thus, my favorite baseball player of all time was not Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, or Lou Gehrig, but Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams. This to me was the best way to respect a rival by recognizing they too have great players.

My sister in law and her family spent a few years living in Boston. During that time they became Red Sox fans, which coincidently was just in time to see them win their first of two championships in nearly a century. Every time I see them they make remarks and ask how I can be a fan of such an “evil” team. I try to explain that Boston is just as evil as New York, dishing out high salaries, and making it almost impossible for small markets to succeed. But they are too naïve to think Boston is just as evil as New York. When my teams win, I do not gloat or throw it back in other’s faces. I know what comes around, goes around and next year things can very easily flip flop. One thing that is very noticeable in rivalries is that people are both sore winners and losers.

The scary thing to me about my sister in law (She is not a bad mother, but on this topic her parenting skills can be questioned) is that she is teaching her kids the wrong message. She is teaching her kids that rivals and adversaries are evil and bad. This may help explain what I witnessed in the corporate world. People would lie, cheat, steal, and do anything to get an upper hand on peers. People became bad team members because they would withhold information and sabotage the work of others. This type of behavior was very common. Now, it is all starting to make sense. Children are taught to disrespect rivalries and competition by ignorant and misguided parents. My nephew is a good kid and I really worry that his parent’s bad behavior is going to teach him the wrong lessons about dealing with rivalries or competition. Worse yet, disrespecting a rival and underestimating their potential, is a sure way to lose out on opportunities that individuals may receive. Everyone needs to respect their rivals and be gracious winners and losers, it is that simple. To despise and hate rivals is simply wrong. This may also help explain our political polarization in this country. Conservatives do not respect liberals and vice versa. The fundamental issue is that people take rivalries personally instead of seeing them for what they really are: games, work, and education. This may go a long way to help explain why people are so sensitive these days and are offended very easily. It may explain why the “race card” is continually used to defend or prosecute behavior. This detrimental behavior has got to stop and people need to start being respectful to their rivals.

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Actually, government run Medicare rations and denies coverage more readily than the insurance companies. So one may only assume that coverage under ObamaCare will be worse than coverage from private insurance companies. However, the real fallacy about private insurance companies is there profit margins. According to the Census Bureau’s second quarter 2009 profit margins by industry, private insurance companies ranked 87^th out of 215 sectors analyzed. They had a profit margin of 3.5% compared to the average of 2.2%. United Health Group ranked as the number one profit business in the private insurance sector at 4.1%. This is nothing compared to the profit margins of conglomerates such as Google at 20.6% and Microsoft at 24.9%. Many other health care industries had much higher profit margins than private insurance companies. Health Care information had a profit margin of 9.4%, Home Health Care was at 8.5%, Medical Labs at 8.2%, and Generic Drug Makers was at 6.5%. All of this said, most of the burden in health care reform legislation is on the insurance industries while other health care sectors are given a pass.

One sector in health care reform getting a pass by the Democrats are the big pharmaceutical companies who ranked number 7 in profit margins at 16.5%. This sector was led by Johnson and Johnson that had a profit margin of a whopping 20.8%. It simply makes no sense to try to cut profits of an industry sector that is already struggling, while giving a pass to an industry that is extremely profitable. Even big oil and gas companies, whose profits are constantly being scrutinized by liberals, had profit margins nearly half of that of big pharmaceutical companies at 9.7%. This is nothing considering the Brewer’s sector profit margin was 26% and the Cigarette sector was at 17.4%. Apparently, liberal attacks against big business profits are random and illogical.

Thus, one may conclude, creating a government run private option to provide more competition against private insurance companies, may indeed force many insurance companies out of business since their profit margins are already slim. Also, by forcing private insurance companies to accept people with preexisting conditions and improve coverage will also eat into their slim profit margins. This proves that the goal of the White House and liberal legislators is to force private insurance companies out of business. This will pave the way to a one payer government controlled system using the dreaded public option.   

So what makes insurance companies evil in liberal eyes? Since the real reason cannot be profit or shoddy coverage since government run Medicare is worse, the only logical explanation is that they are in the way of government run socialized medicine.  

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Another important governor election took place in New Jersey between Republican Chris Christie, Democrat Jon Corzine, and Independent Chris Daggett. New Jersey is a very liberal state and Obama won it last year by 14.7 points (56.8% to 42.1%), meaning 4 out of every 7 voters went for Obama. Once again, it is a new year, and Christie defeated Corzine by 4 points. The result is a 19 point turn around from last year and this does not include that Daggett took more votes from Christie than Corzine.

In up state New York there was a special election to replace Representative John McHugh, who resigned to become Obama’s Secretary of the Army. Obama won this historically conservative district by about 5 points last year. This was an interesting race between three candidates: Democrat Bill Owens, Republican Dede Scozzafava, and independent Doug Hoffman. Dede Scozzafava came under attack by many Republican leaders during the final month leading up to the election for being too liberal. Hence, conservatives began backing independent Doug Hoffman and his campaign gained traction over the final weeks. As Scozzafava’s support diminished she suspended her campaign the final week and surprisingly endorsed the Democrat Bill Owens. This may have been because Owens ideology was closer to hers or it could have been out of vengeance due to the lack of support from the Republican Party. In any event, this was not good news for Hoffman and decreased his chances. Thus, Owens defeated Hoffman by 4 points. If we include the 6 points that Scozzafava received, then this election was only a 7 point turn around from last year. This should be a message to conservatives and the GOP that only the Democrats win when there is infighting and a power struggle. Hopefully, they will learn their lesson and not employ this losing strategy next year.  

The above results are clearly a referendum on how well the public has approved of the job done by the Obama administration thus far. Think about it, these election results consistently show about a 20 point change in public opinion, which incidentally correlates to how much Obama’s popularity decreased over the past year (from around 70% to 50%). Democrats will argue that these numbers are not indicative of Obama’s popularity since turnout was low. However, Obama campaigned hard for these candidates and the Democrats had a massive cash advantage and this failed to get the voter turnout they needed. But the Democrats can be thankful that the inept GOP strategy in New York gained them a House seat.  

It is ironic how Obama campaigned for “change” from the status quo, but during this election cycle he changed his tune to campaign for the status quo. This is especially odd in New Jersey where the combination corruption, taxes, and unemployment are arguably the worst in the nation. Americans and New Jersey citizens were not going to be fooled a second time by Obama’s charm and orator skills.  

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The recession has left millions of Americans facing unemployment, pay and benefit cuts, and salary freezes. According to Heritage's careful projections, by 2035 the Left's global warming plan will only increase the economic pain.

• Paying More at the Pump. Gasoline prices will rise 58 percent (or $1.38) above their natural increase. Americans will also pay 55 percent more for natural gas, 56 percent more for heating oil and a whopping 90 percent more for electricity.

• Hurting Families. Annual energy costs for a family of four will grow by $1,241 -- $4,609 including taxes -- forcing families to reduce consumption of goods and services by $3,000 each year as incomes and savings fall.

• Creating a Poorer America. By 2035, America will be $9.4 trillion poorer with cap-and-trade than without it. On top of that, the national debt will increase by $12,803 per person.

• Stifling Job Creation. In addition to establishing a framework for a less prosperous country, cap-and-trade will stifle opportunity and hurt an already-struggling job market. The supposed "green jobs" the Left claims Waxman-Markey creates pale in comparison to the nearly 2.5 million jobs it destroys.

So what do we get for all this? Not much: No more than .2 degree (Celsius) moderation in world temperature increases by 2100 and no more than a .05 degree reduction by 2050.

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The other alarming thing that I witnessed during my corporate days was increased bureaucracy. During my 21 years in the industry it became harder and harder to get my job done. In essence, I worked on a team with 5 to 7 individuals chartered with developing a new product. Meanwhile there are about 10 organizations within company placing barriers, redundancy, and roadblocks in the way making it harder for us to complete our job. These groups consisted of program management, human resources, several manufacturing sites, quality assurance, security, yield improvement, lab managers, senior management, finance, and so forth. Each group required an individual weekly status meeting covering mostly redundant issues. Essentially, the normal time required to finish a project doubled over my tenure due solely to bureaucracy. It was interesting to note that many of the smaller companies we purchased did not have the same level of bureaucracy. Thus, the larger the corporation the larger the bureaucracy is. That is why our federal government is loaded with bureaucracy because it is essentially the largest corporation in our country.

So what does creep and bureaucracy have to do with politics and the current Obama administration? Let’s not forget that the Obama administration is now the owner of many private sector businesses such as financial giant AIG and automotive companies Chrysler and GM. We have already seen the Obama administration generate “creep” policies that we conservatives like to call “regulation”.  Obama says he does not want his administration to be in the financial or automotive business. That is bunch of bologna! He loves this situation because he can enact and enforce regulation “creep”. Obama has already administered new CAFÉ standards on the automotive industry. Yes, while the car companies go through bankruptcy, they must also change their complete infrastructure to adhere to tougher standards. A wise leader would not inflict such tough standards on an industry that is struggling and in peril. The time to add tougher standards and creep (if at all) is when a company is stable and has a strong financial standing. Look at the legislation for ObamaCare that is now up to 2000 pages. This is another example of creep as the legislation becomes so massive and convoluted with bureaucracy.

I predict Obama will use this “power grab” into the private sector to inflict further regulation “creep” on auto and financial industries. That is why financial institutions are eager to pay back TARP funds. They have already seen Obama administer regulation “creep” such as salary and bonus restrictions. The Obama administration regulation “creep” is not any different than the corporate “creep” I experienced. They will continue to use their arrogance and bureaucratic ways to put up roadblocks, barriers, and regulation “creep” to inhibit time and cost efficiency in the private sector. In essence, these government run businesses will become less effective and destined to fail without a continued influx of bailouts.

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H1N1 Virus – The government had 6 months to get ahead of this virus, and they failed miserably. Now, does anyone really want the federal government to control our health care if they cannot contain a flu epidemic they saw coming? The H1N1 virus was officially declared a national emergency this past week.

Biden – Joe Biden’s credibility on foreign affairs took another blow this week. NATO seems to be backing the General McCrystal Afghanistan plan, and not Joe’s. This should not come as a shock, remember, Biden wanted to divide Iraq into three factions. Obviously, he was wrong on that front as well.

Global Warming – The latest global warming fad is that the Aspen trees in the West are dying by the thousands due to a parasite that is flourishing in the warmer climates. I live in the middle of the Rockies, and hike all over the place, and have yet to observe this trend of decimated Aspens.  

Iraq – Violence has escalated this past week as hundreds have died. Obama needs to keep an eye on this and make sure the U.S. does not cave to the liberal left retreat before Iraq is stable.

Afghanistan – It has been nearly 3 months since General McCrystal has given Obama his strategy for Afghanistan, but Obama continues to waffle on a decision. This is ridiculous; Obama has had ample time to commit to a strategy. Our troops are in harms way and deserve better from our leader. This past week was one of the deadliest in the war.

The Far Left – Obama is under attack from the far left because he has failed to take any action on gay rights, immigration, pro choice, holding terrorists without charge, withdrawing from Afghanistan, and so forth. Conservatives should not take this infighting amongst Democrats as a sign the political landscape is changing. Remember, the far left will vote for Obama again in 2012 regardless if he accomplishes the perceived goals of the far left or not.

ObamaCare – Democratic Senators are working feverishly behind closed doors to combine health care proposals. Democratic Senate Leader, Harry Reid, claims the public option will be in the final legislation despite having it cut from the Senate Finance Committee’s proposal. The caveat is that the states can decline to implement the public option. The nearly 2000 page, 1 trillion dollar House bill was released and people are still trying to comprehend the taxes and cuts that will pay for the bill.

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The most united Americans have been over the past decade was directly after 9-11. For a short period of time, people were able to set aside their differences and unite for a common cause. Why does it take such a traumatic experience for people to become sensitive, understanding, and compassionate? It is unfortunate that it takes the worst day in American history for everyone to treat each other with respect. Even more unfortunate, 9-11 is the cause of more issues that have divided Americans. The Iraq war, surveillance laws, torture, Homeland Security, the 9-11 commission, the growing federal deficit are just a few issues that have worked to divide and separate Americans more. The root cause for the divide on these issues is that Democrats and Republicans blame each other for causing the problems. Instead of working to resolve future problems and differences, politicians continually live in the past and play the blame game. This only generates more friction and division, as problems remain unsolved.

How politicians handled hurricane Katrina is another prime example of Americans playing the blame game. It only took a day or two for Americans to become even more divided because of the poor response. Just when you think the growing divide amongst Americans cannot get any worse, something happens, and the situation worsens. We continue to spiral in a downward direction. The question is what will get us out of this downward spiral? Unfortunately, no single person can answer this question. The good news is that we understand the root cause of the growing divide as being one of conservatism versus liberalism, but it is by no means an easy problem to resolve.

Americans as a whole, just like Congress, are much too vindictive and want revenge. They live in the past instead of looking to the future. That is what the “blame game” is; it is living in the past and letting those mistakes and errors continue to fester because we do not have the ability to move on and concentrate on the future. The past is the past, nothing can be done about any mistakes or errors made in the past. Instead, Americans need to look to the future to resolve the errors and mistakes made in the past. More importantly, Americans must learn from our mistakes so as to not make them again.

Instead of admitting or learning from mistakes, people tend to lay blame on others. Blame is very common in the corporate world since ego maniac engineers and managers “never” make any mistakes. It was common for engineers and managers to call what they referred to as “brain storming” meetings to find ways to resolve problems. Unfortunately, most managers and engineers do not want to hear a point a view that is different from theirs. Thus, these meetings generally turned into what I would like to refer to as “blame storming” meetings. Since most managers and engineers do not have strategic vision to come up with unique ideas to solve problems, they instead live in the past blaming each other for getting them into the predicament in the first place. This analogy holds for politicians as well.

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The real story about this race is the fact that many prominent conservatives such as Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, Fred Thompson, and others have endorsed the independent candidate Doug Hoffman over Republican Dede Scozzafava. Scozzafava got one prominent endorsement from Newt Gingrich. After Gingrich pushed his support behind Scozzafava, conservative talk show hosts Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck blasted Gingrich for backing a moderate Republican candidate over a true conservative. Scozzafava is liberal on many social issues, but she will vote against cap and trade as well as ObamaCare. Conservatives are wrong to say there is no difference between Scozzafava and Democrat Bill Owens, because Owens will vote for ALL Obama policies. There is no denying that Doug Hoffman is certainly a true conservative on all issues including social ones. But Scozzafava was the Republican choice by the people of her upstate New York district, not Hoffman. Hoffman does not even reside in the district, so again Scozzafava may be the best choice because she understands her constituents better. While Scozzafava has been getting her campaign funding primarily from the district, Hoffman has been getting his contributions from conservatives around the nation. This type of behavior should sound familiar. It is similar to the federal government regulating and mandating states on issues that the states should better understand. It is arrogant for many around the country to assume District 23 in New York will be better represented by a true conservative over a moderate.   

This, to me, is the problem with the Republican Party: Hard core conservatives do not accept moderates. The result of this division within the political party may be that both Scozzafava and Hoffman cancel each other out, giving the seat to Owens. This means another vote for Pelosi and Obama on every issue. It simply does not make sense to push for a candidate on ideology only, especially if it can hurt the party in the long term. Do not get me wrong, I would certainly prefer Hoffman over Scozzafava, but is it worth the risk of giving Obama another vote on all policies in the House. If I were voting in the district, I would pick the candidate (Scozzafava or Hoffman) that is ahead in the polls. Sometimes it is important to what is best for the team than what is best for me.   

Once again, I do not mean to diminish the importance of social issues. However, I think they get too much attention on the national stage. Like most conservatives I am a strong believer in state rights. Thus, it is best to have social issues like abortion, gay marriage, medical marijuana, capital punishment, and so forth decided by the people of each individual state. It is not only the best way to compromise on these divisive issues, but it allows Washington legislators to focus on other glaring problems such as the economy and our debt.  

So I applaud Gingrich for backing a less conservative candidate. Gingrich understands that the GOP needs to expand and recruit moderates to be successful in the future. He does not believe everything that Hannity, Limbaugh, and Beck preach is necessarily 100% correct. This is especially true regarding their view that moderates are insignificant because they go with the consensus on ALL issues. This is a bunch of nonsense.

We will find out on Tuesday if the GOP gamble on Hoffman pays off.

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• Community Organizing – Obama, who once was a community organizer, says this is the way for the people to get their message out to the public. This is true except for those community organizers that created the Tea Parties.
• The First Amendment – Obama is trying to silence critics that are against his health care reform policy by having citizens telling on their neighbors if they are acting “fishy” or giving out perceived misinformation about the convoluted plan.
• Protesting – When ACORN and anti-war liberals protest, it is okay and perceived as a genuine grass roots effort. When conservatives protest out of control spending and health care reform, these gatherings are called manufactured or orchestrated by “wacky” conservative groups. The Democratic National Convention referred to the people at these gatherings as “angry mobs”. From what I can tell these so called mobs are much better behaved than the hate and conspiracy theories preached at Obama’s church gatherings run by the pastor Jeremiah Wright.
• Foreign Policy / Domestic Policy – Obama will sit down and talk with rogue leaders around the world and even apologize for past American behavior. However, he will not sit down and talk with adversaries that question his domestic policies of spending, waste, and bureaucracy. He dismisses these people as ill informed trolls.
• Foreign Policy / Domestic Policy – Obama will apologize for behavior done by others. He has yet to apologize for any of his blunders such as the Gates incident. Everything is always the fault of someone else and there is plenty of blame to go around except when it comes to him. 
• Cap and Trade / Global Warming – If the earth’s temperature is rising due to carbon emissions, U.S. cuts in carbon emissions will be futile as growing industrial giants (China and India) refuse to curb their emissions. Thus, cap and trade mandates and regulation will only make it harder for U.S. industries to compete globally. 
• CAFÉ Standards / Auto Industry – As the auto industry tries to come back from bankruptcy, the Obama administration has placed more mandates that will make it even harder for them to compete globally. After all, other national governments are not placing these same mandates and regulations on their auto industries.  
• Global Warming / Corporate Regulations – Obama and the Democrats continue to pass crippling legislation placing mandates and regulations against U.S. industries although recent data indicates that global temperatures have dropped the past 5 to 10 years.
• Race – Does Obama transcend race or does he actually believe the statement he made about the Gates arrest and the hateful rhetoric preached by Reverend Jeremiah Wright that he listened to in his Church?
• North Korea and Iran / Missile Defense – As North Korea and Iran pursue nuclear missiles; the liberals are cutting our missile defense system.
• Education – Obama claimed he would promote competition to improve education, however one of the first things he accomplished as president was cutting the DC voucher program that gave minorities an opportunity to attend charter schools.
• Foreign Policy – Obama apologizes to the Muslim world about our supposed anti-Islam policies. However, Obama forgets about the thousands of American lives lost fighting for the freedom of Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan, as well as in Balkan states.
• Foreign Policy – Obama sides with Chavez and Castro on the Honduras coup d’état; while refusing to take sides in Iran. Obama seems to be on the wrong side of democracy on every foreign political situation that arises. He also caved to North Korea’s demands to give them legitimacy to get two U.S. prisoners released by sending Bill Clinton over to negotiate for the U.S.

Please let me know if anyone has any other suggestions for illogical liberal policies. I am sure the above list only scratches the surface.

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• Iraq War / Darfur – Liberals are up in arms about the lack of federal government action in Darfur to stop the genocide, however they are opposed to the Iraq War and stopping the genocide that exterminated hundreds of thousands of Iraq citizens.
• The Czars / U.S. Constitution – Obama is trampling and circumventing the U.S. Constitution by appointing a plethora of Czars that have absolutely no oversight or confirmation to be appointed. This goes against the Constitution that ensures checks and balances. Oddly, Obama had the audacity to criticize Bush for expanding the power of the executive branch.
• Torture / U.S. Citizen Rights – Liberals would sacrifice the rights of thousands of U.S. citizens to protect the rights of THREE enemy combatants that were responsible for the needless death of thousands of Americans.
• Election Fraud / ACORN – Liberals constantly insist that Bush fraudulently won two elections, but at the same time they do not want to investigate ACORN and their questionable practices.  
• Taxes / Cabinet Appointees – Obama and the Democrats are raising taxes on wealthy Americans, but many Congressional and Cabinet Member Democrats have been accused and found guilty of tax evasion.
• Stimulus Spending / State Rights – The arrogant federal government attached irresponsible mandates to the stimulus spending bill dictating how states could use the funding. Does the federal government actually understand state issues better than the states?
• Corporate Regulation / Government Spending – The Democrats are placing financial mandates on private sector industries including pay scales. At the same time the Obama administration has wasted money on lavish parties, campaign trips, increased travel overseas, photo ops, and so forth. Let’s not forget that the Democrats have openly admitted that at least 10% of the stimulus funding will be wasted on bureaucracy and fraud.
• Stimulus / Job creation – The stimulus was suppose to create jobs however, the only sector that has seen job growth is the federal government.
• Cap and Trade / Job Creation – Cap and Trade will force carbon emitting companies to cut jobs.
• Cap and Trade / Middle Class Families – Liberals say they are party for the poor and middle class, but cap and trade will force the energy prices for ALL Americans rise drastically. This is one of those hidden taxes.
• Cap and Trade / Oil Dependence – Cap and Trade is suppose to rid our dependence on foreign oil, but it will force carbon emission industries to purchase their oil directly from foreign nations to avoid cap and trade taxes.
• Stimulus / Middle Class Families – Heavy spending will place another hidden tax on all Americans, it is called inflation. Obama and the Democrats are flooding our economy with money that will eventually lead to rapidly rising prices on all goods and commodities.
• Gas Prices / Drilling – As gas prices continue to rise and we continue to send money to rogue nations the Democrats refuse to drill off our coasts and in Alaska. Remember, drilling techniques have been refined over the years and can be done with a negligible effect on the environment.
• Government Intervention – The government is now running private sector financial and auto industries and not only do they not have any experience running these companies, they have shown they cannot run government industries such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Post Office. They are all going bankrupt and continue to receive taxpayer bailouts. Keep in mind, of all the people working in the Obama administration, it is hard to find one that successfully ran a business or worked in the private sector.  

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• Abortion / Capital Punishment – Liberals are against punishing guilty individuals, but okay with punishing the innocent with a death sentence.
• Abortion / Entitlement Programs – Many liberals believe that abortion is as means to control populations; however liberals need large population increases to pay for their ponzi-scheme run entitlement programs such as welfare, Medicaid, and food stamps.
• Health Care Reform / The Surveillance Act – Liberals are okay with the government running our health care and having access to our private health records deciding whether or not we live or die, but they have a problem with the government listening in to our phone conversation to prevent a terror attack.
• Health Care Reform / Health Care Reform – Health care reform will potentially save the lives of deadbeats while promoting euthanasia for responsible elderly citizens. After all, more elderly people are conservative while most young Americans (especially deadbeats) are liberal and expect government bail outs and entitlements.
• Enemy Combatants / U.S. Soldiers – Liberals what enemy prisoners of war to have the same rights as every American, but U.S. soldiers are not even given these rights. If a U.S. soldier commits a crime they are dealt with by the military and not the public court system.
• Civil Rights / Entitlements – The civil rights movement pushed for equal rights for minorities, but entitlement programs do nothing other then keep minorities oppressed - living lives in poverty subject to crime and addictions.
• Taxes / Entitlements – Responsible citizens are penalized with higher taxes to support entitlement programs for potentially deadbeat individuals.
• Private Sector Regulation / Government Regulation – Liberals are so obsessed with regulating the private sector they ignore federal government regulation over their policies and government owned companies such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
• Women’s Rights / Women’s Rights – Women did not like it when Hillary Clinton was victimized by the media when she ran against Obama, but they are okay with them defaming a reputable woman in Sarah Palin and her family when she ran against Obama.
• The Fairness Doctrine – Liberals are okay with applying the Fairness Doctrine to the radio, but not other communications mediums as TV, the internet, or even our college classrooms.
• Corporations / The Stimulus – The stimulus spending was supposedly designed to save and create jobs, however very little money went to large or small businesses to save or create jobs. Remember, liberals view large corporations as evil and they do not deserve any money unless it is the automotive industry and one of their largest supporting special interest groups: The United Auto Workers (UAW)
• Waste, Bureaucracy, and a large government – Oh wait, the liberals are consistent on this one. They love a large wasteful and bureaucratic government.
• Global Warming / Nuclear Power – Liberals believe in global warming, but despise the most efficient and clean energy source: Nuclear Power.
• Iraq War / Afghanistan War – Liberals condemned the Iraq War and wanted to leave in defeat, now Democrats are using the same winning strategy in Afghanistan (Surge and local alliances). Despite the highest causality rates in the Afghanistan War, the media refuses to give it the negative coverage that the Iraq War received.

Please let me know if anyone has any other suggestions for illogical liberal policies. I am sure the above list only scratches the surface.

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Afghanistan – American Soldiers continue to die as Obama continues to be indecisive about what strategy to employ. A Commander-in-Chief needs to be able to make quick, and bold decisions about national defense and Obama has shown he does not have the fortitude to be an effective leader. A good president appoints competent men to advise him and then accept their strategies and plans. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and General Petraeus have proven to be competent. Obama hired General Stanley McCrystal and refuses to heed his advice, but instead is listening to the likes of Joe Biden – who has been wrong on how to handle the Iraq situation. It is mystery as to what Obama is thinking. The man who claimed he would fight this “good war” and hunt down Osama Bin Laden continues to waffle.  

Russia – What did Obama get from Russia for giving up United States’ plans to build a defense missile base in Eastern Europe? Nothing! Hillary Clinton visited Russia to try to get more sanctions on Iran, and Russia told her absolutely not! Obama’s apologies and great speeches do not seem to have any effect on Russia. Now, that may surprise some very naïve people, but it certainly will not surprise anyone who has witnessed World history the past century. 

Anita Dunn – The White House Communications Director has also been exposed. Dunn, who has recently gone after Fox News, has been shown in a June speech she gave to high school students claiming her two favorite philosophers are Mao Tse-tung and Mother Teresa. Mao Tse-tung is credited with killing over 70 million people. How many socialists / communists are in the White House administration?

Joe Biden – The past few weeks Biden was proclaiming the stimulus a success saying it saved and created a million jobs. He further said the stimulus saved the American economy from a completely imploding. This week, Biden now claims the U.S. economy is not in a recession, but it is indeed in a depression. So which Biden do we believe; the optimist or the pessimist? It is probably somewhere between the two extremes hailed by the obviously confused and discombobulated Biden.

ObamaCare – The largest denier of health benefits is not private insurance companies, but government run Medicare. Beware of ObamaCare! Another blow to health care reform came when the Senate voted down the “Doctor Fix” bill this week, which was a proposed 250 billion dollar extension to ObamaCare.

The Pay Czar – Ken Feinberg, the pay czar, forced Citigroup to sell a profitable business unit to avoid paying one of its employees a 100 million dollar bonus. It makes no sense for the government to force a struggling company to sell off a profitable unit. This is a classic example of big government destroying capitalism.

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Obama certainly has the persona to become a paranoid individual. To become paranoid, an individual must first have the super ego complex. We already know Obama has the super ego complex or what is sometimes referred to as the God complex. People with a super ego or God complex are individuals that are “know it alls” that very rarely admit to an error or mistake (See my post yesterday on the “Obama’s Super Ego”). Since the media and masses around the globe reinforce Obama’s ego with constant praise and large turnouts at speeches, it is easy to obtain a super ego and even the God complex. Let’s not forget that many have anointed Obama as the second coming of Christ. This complex does not only fit Obama’s persona, but the persona of most individuals in his administration.

It is important to note that super egos are very common and most Presidents have one. The only President of my time, that did not have a super ego, in my opinion, was Ronald Reagan. In fact, every professional field is loaded with super egos such as doctors, lawyers, engineers, investors, and so on. This is common in the work place where managers are not interested in opinions or question from subordinates; instead they lead by the phase: Do it my way or hit the highway. Thus, to say Obama has a super ego is not really a big surprise. However, the super ego can manifest itself and get worse over time leading to delusional behavior and paranoia. This behavior can be witnessed throughout history by observing the leadership of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao Tse Tung. Many present day Washington politicians that commit a crime or adultery have a super ego that has grown over time where they actually believe they are so powerful that they can abuse their authority and they would never get caught. Hence, they have become delusional.   

Obama has become delusional to a certain extent because he and his administration think there way of thinking is 100% right, and anyone with differing viewpoints are 100% wrong. Thus, they are looking to quiet people that have different view points. After all, people that question or contradict their points of view make them look bad especially if they think they are right. There is no other way to explain this weird and polarizing behavior of essentially threatening the opposition to see things there way or be destroyed. It also explains the left’s willingness to reinstate the fairness doctrine or implement net neutrality; in essence, they support this to eliminate the competition by infringing on their right of freedom of speech.  

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The most destructive personal trait that has fueled the large American divide is the Super Ego. It is great to have confidence, but it is another issue if people have a very large ego. This is something I have witnessed throughout my years and is a difficult concept to explain. The crux of the issue is people with large egos believe that they are the best in their profession. This is similar to the “know it all” personality. The problem is exasperated by the fact there are literally hundreds of people in each profession that think they are the best. Problems and issues do not get resolved because those with super egos do not listen or work well with others. Most people with a super ego feel they are the best and that it is beneath them to work with supervisors, peers, or subordinates with a perceived lower intellect. The super ego is often referred to as the “God Complex” because these people believe they are so superior to everyone else. These people are so full of themselves because they feel they are the best and smartest individuals in a profession. Hence, the super ego problem is much bigger than just a few select people. It is a widespread problem. Super egos exist at all levels and in all fields; I have dealt with a lot of engineers over the years with super egos. In fact, in my 21 years in the corporate world, people openly admitted to making a mistake or error only a handful of times. Undoubtedly, every business entity from McDonald’s to Wall Street in the United States has at least one super ego working there. People with a super ego are terrible team players and mentors. They are extremely demanding, selfish, and self-centered and are destructive to what an organization is trying to accomplish. It really is a shame because super ego individuals are genuinely smart. If super ego personalities only used their intellect to be a better a person or improve their work environment, things could be drastically different in this country. Another common characteristic of a super ego personality is that they will give the impression that their time is more valuable than anyone else’s. They will not wait their turn and routinely interrupt others. Super egos over-value their importance.

Ronald Reagan was a good President because he did not have a super ego. As President, he was not concerned about his image or his legacy because he was already an accomplished actor. Regardless of how he was perceived as President, he could always look at his accomplishments as an actor. This helped Reagan to become a very productive President. He was not afraid to go out on limb because it might tarnish his image. He was not afraid to challenge and break down barriers. He also trusted his cabinet to do their jobs and would listen to their input. He was objective and could put his ego aside to do the right thing.

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Obama campaigned effectively against John McCain by claiming he would be another 4 years of Bush. America is a centrist country, but unfortunately the people chose a liberal in Obama instead of a centrist in McCain. It is sad, but I would love to have four more years of Bush, McCain, or any previous president instead of Obama. As a fiscal conservative I had my issues with Bush spending, but his spending was mild when compared to Obama. FDR and LBJ spending was also tame when compared to Obama’s. Half way through Obama’s first year in office he has run up a deficit of 1 trillion dollars. Yesterday, I went into our mom and pop drug store and spotted a professional looking one trillion dollar bill pasted in their window. Fittingly, the bill had Barack Obama’s picture and of course his charismatic smile that he uses to brainwash Americans along with his fancy words. First, I chuckled at the sight of this bill, then I realized this is not funny because it has become a reality. Clinton and Geithner have been in China begging and pleading with their government to continue to buy our Treasury Bills so the Democrats can fund ObamaCare. China is closing in on owning one trillion is U.S. debt. A trillion dollars in spending and debt is becoming more and more common with Obama at the helm.

I am not sure why most people think that “change” means better. When I first started in the corporate world, it was common to see people that had been with the company their entire careers. Today, that is almost unheard of. People bounce around from job to job thinking that things will be better somewhere else. I was miserable my last 8 years in the corporate world and people asked me why didn’t I change jobs or go to another company. My reply to them was as realist, I realize that the grass is not always greener somewhere else and it could in fact be worse. I was and still am a strong believer in loyalty and working out issues instead of quitting and running away. However, that is what we are becoming as a nation. It is easier to quit and run away then deal with the problems and issues at hand. I must have reviewed thousands of resumes in my day and found a high percentage of individuals changed jobs on average every two years or so. Even if candidates that moved jobs frequently had the best applicable experience, I threw the resume in the trash and would not bother wasting a call on them. I knew there was a high probability they would do the same if I hired them, it was in their nature. I realized that continuity and long Gevity were the best ways to build a strong team. Today, however, we believe that change has got to be better even if we do not understand or know exactly what that change is. A person can finally obtain their dream job, but can be miserable if their boss and peers are hard to get along with.

So, be careful what you HOPE for in CHANGE, you may not get what you thought you would. I think Obama is a fitting example of this, after all, he campaigned as centrist, but governs from the far left. I am sure Americans are starting to come to the realization that they have been whambuzzled by Obama’s vague but mesmerizing words. Obama pulled off a con job similar to a sleazy used car salesman hooking in naïve shoppers. Obama is a perfect example of a con man using a “bait and switch” tactic to perfection. 

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