Checking Facebook this morning, a posting from Rush got me laughing: “I think Obama probably said to the mullahs in Tehran, "If you like your nuclear program, you can keep your nuclear program," and he meant it when he said it to them.”
I then read an article concerning the current state of the incumbent’s so-called “legacy.
Written by Ben Geman of The Hill online via Drudge, the column begins: “President Obama has a chance to craft a second-term legacy on climate change even as the rest of his agenda runs aground in Congress.”
The author points out that, “Gun control legislation is dead; immigration reform is on life support; and reaching a fiscal deal with Republicans appears to be a long shot. To make matters worse, what was supposed to be his signature first-term achievement — ObamaCare — is suffering from a disastrous rollout.”
Mr. Geman then continues with, “But there’s one thing that’s going right for Obama: Executive action on climate change is moving full-speed ahead at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He may be able to do more through climate change [rules] because the EPA has the authority,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told The Hill on Thursday. The most far-reaching piece of Obama’s climate plan is carbon emission standards for the nation’s fleet of existing power plants, by far the largest single source of industrial carbon emissions. The EPA is also writing standards for new plants.”
It’s then noted that, “One problem facing Obama is that some of the new EPA regulations might not be settled by the time he leaves office.”
As I read the preceding, the same thought's occurred that has throughout this entire administration to date. Everything touched so far has been a huge disaster, from the economy’s reversal, to foreign oil dependency, to relinquishment of control of foreign policy, to immigration, to job losses, shrinking GDP, welfare roll’s explosion, education’s continuing slide and lately, the crumbling health care system due to poorly designed new taxation. And then, this writer, Ben Geman, thinks the day can be saved by concentrating on an issue that doesn’t even exist; climate change.
So, if this is how Dem’s really think, I guess there’s no surprise whatsoever as to why the nation’s in its present horrendous condition.
But there is good news for the rest of us folks, because the article points out later that, according to Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer, “[Administrative actions] don’t have the same kind of impact in defining a president as big legislative accomplishments and they are more susceptible to being overturned. The next president can change them. That’s always the problem.”
As for me, I’ve got to bet that the odds of a Republican winning the presidency next time around are huge, provided they just sit back, keep quiet and let Dem’s continue to destroy themselves. And what that means is, Professor Zelizer’s absolutely correct, the climate change fiction will finally be dead in it’s tracks.
And as far as Republicans and Independents are concerned, the numbers keep getting better for them, as illustrated by Pew this week, also via Drudge: PEEEEEWWWW- Second Term Slide Continues
That's it for today folks.
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