Trouble Down The Road By Roger Behra

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Trouble Down The Road

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Roger Behra


On November 4, 2008, America entered a new political era with the election of a new president, Barack Obama, and several new liberal congressmen to compliment his administration. It was a very close popular vote, but the political philosophy has changed very much farther to the left; more liberalism and less conservatism. Now it is going to be pure far left liberalism in Washington and the effects of it throughout America. It does not bode well for the country.

The November election has put the spotlight on some very troubling aspects that are not going to be favorable for America’s future. Those aspects to be mentioned here are very troubling, indeed.

The economic aspect is at the top of the list. President G. W. Bush and the liberals before the election left the American economy in shambles. The president did not spend enough of his time keeping check on congress. He spent far too much time on America’s involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. So, the liberals with the help of some independents passed laws and regulations that eventually badly hurt the American economy. It is the worst economy since the presidency of Jimmy Carter, one of American’s worst presidents.

Now the new president has to hit the ground running at full speed. Even then it will take around 18 months to get the economy to at least an acceptable stage. And if the new president alters the present tax structure at any time during the first four years coming, the economy may never properly recover. The new president must forget tax increases or changes and, instead, provide tax incentives. Stay tuned.

The second and very important aspect is the mass media in America, because it has put America’s two-party system in grave danger. The mass media in America leans so far to the left. It is so liberal that it throws out of balance any objective thinking and results. That was crystal clear during the campaigning to elect American’s new president. It is what the mass media said combined with what they did not say. Journalism in its proper form died during the 2008 political year. The mass media’s liberal slanted reporting elected Barack Obama.

Had the mainstream media been fair and reported the background facts about Obama instead of ignoring them, the election would have been a much different story. One voter at an after election interview said it he knew all the facts not reported about Obama, he never would have voted for him. And the background facts were also ignored about his vice-president, that he was almost kicked out of his college for cheating, and that he was guilty of plagiarism in one of his very import college papers. The mass media has the black eyes to be sure. With the liberal media and liberals in general, the unacceptable is acceptable.

The third troubling aspect is the startling trend toward class-warfare. Lower income voters making less than $50,000 a year voted from Obama, so the class-warfare strategy worked because of mainstream media. A class-warfare situation can cause the majority to benefit themselves instead of the country in the voting booth. That seemed to happen, because the lower income voters were more interested in electing the first black to the presidency instead of truly deciding who was the best qualified. Another good example of class-warfare is to tax the high-income earners, so that taxes from the “rich” can be handed out to the lower income earners in the form of incentives. Obama plans to do just that.

The fourth troubling aspect is the coming change in foreign policy. Under the previous administration (Bill Clinton) the terrorists were able to organize and do their dirty work unpunished. And when Clinton did act, the missile was fired into the wrong building. The G. W. Bush administration is very firm and active against terrorism. Obama plans to make major changes in foreign policy. He has no experience in any foreign policy decisions whatsoever. 9-11 was the result of the Clinton administration’s do nothing approach to terrorism that the Bush administration had to contend with. Presently, Iran is working night and day as fast as she can to develop a nuclear weapon so she can complete her wish of hatred to wipe Israel of the map. Iran is the chief supplier of weapons and terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan. North Korea is also a very troubling regime. It is anyone’s guess as to how Pres. Obama is going to face and handle problems put forth from them. Stay tuned.

R. B.12/30/08