No, I am not watching the
Obama press lecture.  I will
admit that I simply cannot
stand listening to him drone
on, like some haughty pro-
fessor lecturing an entry
level course to undergradu-
ates.  The only tolerable way
to hear Obama has been
devised by none other than
Rush Limbaugh.  He now
plays Obama sound-bites at
high-speed, symbolizing his
rush to promote his agenda.

Limbaugh's method is a win-
win!  First, it transforms the
dull, confused stammer of
Obama into a cartoon-ish
voice that is actually fun to
listen to.  Second, it reduces
those 8-10 minute answers
to simple questions by at
least a third of the time.  The
result is we are less bored
hearing him.  Not that we really
want to hear him at all, but I
suppose since he is our pre-
sident, we should give him an
ear (not that he needs anymore
ears..., HA-HA-HA!).

I heard a pre-speech state-
ment from Rahm Emanuel
that today's presser would be
a victory celebrating Obama's
six months of success in im-
proving the economy.  HUH?
I'd like to try what he's smokin'.
Obama's first six months have
been an utter failure..., if your
objective was to preserve
individual liberty, the Constitu-
tion, and facilitate the free
market to thrive and the people
to prosper.

But if your objective is to de-
stroy the nation, then I'll give
Obama an A+.  Absolutely
everything he's done since
taking office has been ideal
for turning America into a
banana-republic-style Marx-
ist dictatorship.  He's even
adopted the time-honored
traditions of a Castro or a
Chavez in appearing on TV
nearly everyday, giving long,
boring speeches full of lies.

As of June, America is now,
for the first time in history,
as a Federal budget deficit
of $1 TRILLION dollars!  Of
course, a trillion doesn't seem
to have the same significance
as it once held in pre-Obama
times.  For example, last year,
the Federal Reserve pumped
at least $3 Trillion dollars into
the economy.  Nobody really
knows how much, since they
are a private entity and keep
their books secret.  But it's
been reported that the number
now is up to $9 Trillion dollars!
Who knows where it's all been
going?

One fellow who's been trying to
keep tabs is TARP Inspector
General, Neil Barofsky.  I wrote
about him recently as being
one of three I.G.s that the
Obama Administration is trying
to fire.  Barofsky released a
report estimating that the USA
may be in the hook for some
$23.7 TRILLION dollars in
debts and obligations due to
all of the government and
Federal Reserve money that
has been spent or promised.
Obama's budget projections
alone will double the National
Debt in 5 years and double
it again the next 5.  So he's
already matched ALL of the
over-spending of ALL previous
America presidents all by him-
self.

The stimulus bill, which Obama
promised would keep unem-
ployment at 8% has already
failed, with unemployment at
9.5% now and probably be-
tween 10-11% by year's end.
The Cap & Trade carbon tax
initiative, yet to be finalized, will
cost us another $5 Trillion or
more and several million more
unemployed.  Not content with
the government in control of
the financial, automobile and
soon the energy industries,
Obama now wants control of
1/6th of the economy which
is our medical and pharma-
cuetical industries.

Obama is beating the drum
daily for Congress to rush
through a new health care
that will put Uncle Sugar in
every aspect of health care,
despite the fact that the
proposed plan won't take
effect until 2013.  So why
the hurry?  Well, Obama is
now starting to slip in the
public opinion polls.  Worse
yet, many of his allies in the
Congress are concerned that
voters may remember what
they're doing and vote them
out of office.  They've already
been hammered by over-
whelming numbers of phone
calls and emails against pre-
vious legislation, like Cap &
Trade and the stimulus.

I suppose I could also men-
tion some of Obama's other
missteps, such as foreign
policy gaffes.  The famous
misspelled "ReStart" button,
the wrong-format DVD gift
set, or the video I-pod as a
gift to the British Royalty.
Or how he's been scolded
by Europe, Russia, China,
and even Iran.  His trashing
of America a broad with his
apology tours.

Under Obama, America is
now poised for the govern-
ment to have direct control
of 60% of the nation's econo-
my.  The value of the dollar
is in decline and may be
replaced as the currency of
international trade.  The
cost of food, energy, and
everything else will increase
while income declines as
taxes and interest rates gob-
ble up earnings.  Our legal
system has already been
trashed as a result of the
government's bail out of the
automobile industry.  

Yes,  he's done quite a bit
in his first six months.  None
of it good by any rational
standard.  But then, we are
no longer interested in the
rational.  All that matters is
the Obama worship cult.