Posted by
Sgt Relic on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 8:05:08 AM
The Avis of American billionaires, Warren Buffett, speaking in an interview on CNBC said the economy has "fallen off a cliff". The Omaha NE mogul who endorsed Mr. Obama in the last election, apparently believing that nationalizing everything in sight and spending incredible amounts of tax dollars, the cost to be borne by future generations, is the answer to our economic woes. He also called upon our nations leaders, particularly those in the legislative branch, to stop the partisan bickering over what solutions are best for America.
This writer was confused by this last statement having labored all these years under the impression that it was the function of the congress to debate and arrive at the best decision for the country. Is that just something they do for C-Span? Should our national government be more like the great double play combination of Tinkers to Evers to Chance, with Red Nanny writing the bill, whipping it over to "Land Deal" Harry for his approval who then sends it with the speed of a Gossage fastball to the Oval Office for rubber stamping?
The reality is that congressional republicans can talk to their hearts content but in the end they are outvoted so republican counter-proposals carry the same weight as your opinion did concerning what refrigerator your parents were going to buy. Maybe it wasn't a frig but you remember the conversation, it goes like this; "What do you think of this one son?", you respond, "I like the little one that would fit in my room!", and the answer is, "Well this is one we're getting!" We are close enough to single solution politics as it is.
Did Warren miss the fact that nobody in congress EVEN READ the 787 billion dollar stimulus bill? Perhaps that was his point. It would seem logical to view floor debate over a bill THAT NOBODY ACTUALLY READ to appear to be partisan side taking!!!! I mean, republicans voted AGAINST it without knowing what was in it, but then didn't democrats vote FOR IT without knowing what they were in favor of.
Mr. Buffett, a prominent member of Team Obama as part of the President's economic brain trust continued, "What is required is a commander in chief that's looked at like a commander in chief in a time of war." I couldn't say if Mr. Obama is looked upon as a war time commander in chief but I will agree that sometimes he looks "like one". Mixing metaphors, lets play the old NFL "you make the call" game with the following pictures.
Now if he can just get the trains to run on time we're golden!