2008 is mercifully coming to an end. The year of the ass-backward; the year of the bailout, the meltdown and of failed leadership will soon be behind us, as will the disaster known as the Bush Presidency. Unfortunately for us, it appears as if President Bush isn’t quite prepared to saddle up and ride off into the sunset singing “Home on the Range” just yet. His unconstitutional approval of a bailout for the auto industry is yet one more nail in the coffins of capitalism, our constitution and individual freedom.

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Technorati Tags: Barack Obama, Chrysler, economic stimulus, Federal Reserve, Ford, General Motors, George W Bush, Henry Paulson, Troubled Asset Relief Program, US economy

While the screws are put to average American in the form of taxpayer bailouts of self-serving, greedy financial interests the government deems too important to let collapse or soaring fuel and food costs, both the Bush Administration and the 110th Congress continue to fiddle while Rome burns.

They pass everything from token measures such as Bush’s economic stimulus package to Congress’ pet mortgage reform, to Nancy Pelosi’s behemoth “comprehensive” energy bill - using economic, environmental and cultural socialism to deal with America’s ills. But the reality is that these measures taken by our leadership on both sides of the aisle are anything but helpful. In fact they are quite damaging.

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Technorati Tags: capitalism, George W Bush, global warming, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, US economy

“We look pretty silly when we lecture Baghdad on being in political stalemate and insist on staying in one ourselves.” - Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN).

No matter how hard Democrats try; No matter how many worthless resolutions they pass; No matter how many times they try to pull the rug out from under our soldiers, their seditious efforts are doomed to failure.

Despite beginning the drawdown for at least 5 of 15 Army combat brigades due to recent tactical successes, House Democrats conjured up another funding proposal that puts the screws to our military by making supplemental war funding contingent upon a rapid withdrawal. But once again, the measure fell short of the bulletproof majority needed to stop a Republican filibuster. Senate Republicans are again siding with the President and calling for a “clean bill” with no timetables. As punishment for the President’s obstinance, Democrats won’t bring the measure up again until next year, implementing the slow bleed approach and draining military coffers of their operating budgets until our men have no more bullets to fight with. Defense Secretary Gates has signaled that would mean the layoffs of thousands of civilian DoD employees, frozen contracts and cutbacks.

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Technorati Tags: Code Pink, Dennis Kucinich, George W Bush, Iraq, John Murtha, MoveOn.org