Trading the Bus for a Fiat

During his campaign for president, Barack Hussein Obama analogized a bus, driven by the Republican party and the previous administration, as having lost its driver and that he was needed to grab the wheel and stop us from going off a cliff. Since his victory at the polls and ascension to the Oval Office, the new president has decided to abandon the public transportation motif and chosen to go it alone in a sports car. His modus operandi now is to rule by fiat.

With one party rule since his election, Obama and his party have become an oligarchy, inflicting their whims on a vast majority that vociferously declares that it does not want them. It is a dangerous trend, for while they are staying within the lines and following the law, they are quickly learning that there is really no reason to maintain that path.

The hubris and arrogance demonstrated by the ruling elites has been staggering, and the clear contempt exhibited by alleged representatives such as Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) toward their constituents, frightening. The actions of the Legislative and Executive branches has been appalling, passing new laws that were obviously unpopular, and the derisive comments at meetings with the people a testament to that contempt.

The Obamas' opulent lifestyle in the face of a shattered economy and incredible joblessness is an absolute insult to the American people. The hypocrisy of his admonitions in contrast to his own deeds is nothing short of majestic, telling us to tighten our belts as he lives the life of which Robin Leach reported.

Now, the only thing being reported is news about Lindsay Lohan's arrest and subsequent trial, while the "press" completely ignores the blatant corruption in Washington. It seems the only interest by the media in Charlie Rangel and his thirteen ethics violations, for example, is a desire to hear him complain how it is the Republicans' fault that he is in trouble. The lack of intellectual curiosity by the media is astounding.

There is also a troubling lack of true opposition from the Republican party, save for a few stray members of Congress who have spoken out. Thus far it seems that there is little standing in the way of the Democrats' runaway "progress", and barely a whisper of the disastrous and escalating debt, despite the plaintive wails from the Left when George W. Bush ran a measly $400 billion debt. The media, in the face of a $13 trillion debt seems to give Obama a "Heckuva job, Brownie", something for which Bush was excoriated during the Hurricane Katrina debacle.

Perhaps it could be argued that the Republicans are merely standing aside and allowing the Democrats to commit Hari Kari, letting them take as much rope as they need, only to sweep into Congress in November. That is a hope for change I can cling to, but only if the Republicans handle it better this time around.

Hopefully, they have learned the same valuable lesson that we have.

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