While poking around for some new Obama material, I tripped over his (inflated) ego and fell into his Blueprint for Change website. Now, I’ve been there before, but only for a short time, and always came away feeling dirty, feeling compelled to shower as soon as I got away. This time I lingered a bit longer and something took hold of me and I couldn’t escape!
There’s some kind of stealth tractor-beam or “cone of containment,” or something that sucks you in and you feel warm all over, visions of puppy dogs and Christmas trees and all that is good and holy invades your being and a glowing vision of His Obamaness appears and says “DO NOT DESPAIR MY SON, I AM HE WHO AM, READ MY STUFF” whatever that means? But since this “HE WHO AM” voice told me to read, I read.
And read … and read … and read … for thirty-three pages.
Friends and neighbors, if you haven’t read his entire Blueprint for Change, you need to; it is a real eye-opener. While he doesn’t specifically mention my favorite maladies (yeast infections, jock itch, or explosive diarrhea) he does address everything else that is wrong with the world – that’s right, not just the United States, but the world.
He is going to fix it ALL. ALL, as in EVERYTHING. What a colossal ego. I sincerely doubt that any ten of our best Presidents (you pick’em) together could accomplish what Barry says he’s going to do.
So, Point One, it can’t be done. And Point Two, the costs are prohibitive.
Now, let’s get serious.
You’ve heard the old phrase “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon, you’re talking real money.” Well, Barry has specific references to billions liberally sprinkled throughout the blueprint. And worse, over and above his specific dollar amounts, he casually uses terms like “creating” this and “expanding” that with no reference to the costs of his creation and expansion. Creating something or expanding anything in government does not happen without significant costs.
I have neither the time nor the wherewithal to put a price tag on his blueprint – maybe some think tank with unlimited funding can. But, friends and neighbors, we’re not talking “chump change” here, we’re talking unfathomable amounts of taxpayer dollars. If you’re wealthy, you’re going to get the shaft – a very large, unlubricated shaft with splinters. If you’re a middle-income, financially comfortable taxpayer, there’s not a lot to look forward to except lots more taxes and the prices of many goods going up. But, if you are “disadvantaged,” cha-ching, you’ll hit the jackpot.
I know I can’t possible be right, but visions of income redistribution and various “isms” keep popping up, like: “from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” That seems to be floating, just below the surface, scattered around between the lines of the blueprint.
I have to wonder how many citizens have actually read this document. No reasonably intelligent citizen can really believe that anyone, much less the accomplishment-challenged Barack Obama, can do what he’s set out in this fairy tale.
I encourage anyone reading this to go to this website and read as much as you’re able to take (best not do it on a full stomach).
And finally, in case there’s still any skepticism regarding Obama’s plans for “Global Poverty,” he commits to doubling foreign aid to $50 billion dollars. That’s $15 billion short of the $65 billion annual contribution that makes up the oft-quoted $845 billion. ($65 billion for 13 years = $845 billion). We could expect that, in his second term (or sooner) he’d add in that final $15 billion to satisfy the UN’s goal. The following is quoted directly from his blueprint:
"Fight Global Poverty
Obama will embrace the Millennium Development Goal of cutting extreme poverty around the world in half by 2015, and he will double our foreign assistance to $50 billion to achieve that goal. He will help the world’s weakest states to build healthy and educated communities, reduce poverty, develop markets, and generate wealth."
Of course, there was no dollar amount in his “Global Poverty Act of 2007,” his pending bill is merely enabling legislation in preparation for the actual funding which will happen after his election.
My friends, if anyone is looking for a source for some serious blogging, this blueprint is the mother lode. It needs to be dissected and exposed for what it is – a blueprint for disaster. Here is the link:
AN UPDATE: 8-21-2008, I've just been made aware of Crawfish's extensive work on this subject. He actually posted each of the Blueprint sections along with comments. It is deserving of a visit and a read. Here is a link to the Swamp: