Thursday, September 26, 2013

BloggeRhythms 9/26/2013

Just read some eye-openers illustrating how far America’s place in foreign respect has sunk, thanks to the incumbent’s bungling approach.  
 
Chris Stirewalt of FoxNews.com writes that, “Some coverage was given to the fact that the president of the United States wanted to have a handshake and a photo with the new Iranian president, whom the administration now calls ‘moderate.’  And President Hassan Rouhani said ‘No thanks.’ So again – in America, on this supposed mission to change the way Iran operates – Rouhani does not want to even shake the hand of the man who is the head of the country he's supposed be ‘moderating and mellowing’ about. " 
 
Then Rouhani told Charlie Rose: “Well, after all, we're speaking of two countries who have had no relations for 35 years.  So clearly to begin talks requires prep work. When completed, it is possible to have a meeting.”
 
Fox News, Bret Baier, opined: “Prep work?  For a pull aside/handshake/photo?  Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the U.S. was dissed with the world watching.”
 
And then I found this on Drudge: “Following his UN speech, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hosted a private dinner party, which was attended by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has a history of cozying up to controversial world leaders.”
 
So, the President of the United Sates of America gets brushed off with a lame excuse while a two-bit street corner radical is invited to dine privately with a newly elected world leader. Although it took me half a page to present the case, I think it clearly speaks for itself. 
 
And now we come to major mismanagement item number two for today, also from FoxNews.com, saying: “The Internal Revenue Service is unable to account for $67 million in spending related to the implementation of ObamaCare, according to an IRS watchdog report released Wednesday.”
 
A report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said ”the money was part of a $488 million fund established to cover implementation costs between 2010 through 2012.” And that “The $67 million in unaccounted-for spending was associated with "indirect" implementation costs, which can include providing employees with workspace and information technology support.”
 
Now, here’s the critical part: The report concluded that the IRS "lacks complete information regarding the full cost of [Affordable Care Act] implementation. This lack of complete information on ACA implementation costs limits the IRS’s ability to accurately report to stakeholders the total resources it applied to the ACA implementation and fully estimate the resources needed in the future for this effort," the report states.”
 
As for me, I’m certainly not surprised whereas government’s never been able to administer anything properly at all. Bureaucracies simply aren’t the place to go to get things done. But, as a practical matter, what today’s items clearly point out is a horrendous fault in what politics have become.
 
If you take a step back and look at the reasons for the terrible shape not only health care, but the entire economy is in as well, it all boils down to political partisanship at the core.
 
Simple logic and basic probability both make it practically impossible that virtually all Democrats believe the incumbent's health care tax is a good law. Conversely, it’s unlikely all Republicans think the reverse. Yet, that’s how they vote, pro or con, along party lines regardless of what’s at stake.
 
In the meantime, however, we the citizens are whipped back and forth, forced to accept the results, victims of others desires for power and personal gain, regardless of the immense cost to us all.   
 
And one thing I’m certain of, regardless of the eventual outcome of the health care tax dispute. With very few exceptions, no politicians, and especially the one at the top, really give a good GD about our health care or anything else regarding us, never have and never will.
 
That’s it for today folks.
 
Adios

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