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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nI’m sorry, but I just love that picture and needed to write a post around it. The New York Times<\/a> and the Washington Post<\/a> feel the need to tell Republicans what they need to do to be successful in the next few years. That’s like me taking advice on how to expose phonies from Christopher David Duke<\/a>, but the Times, as is their wont, lectures Republicans with some fractured history;<\/p>\n Campaigning on pure negativity isn\u2019t surprising for a party that has governed that way since Mr. Obama was first sworn in. By creating an environment where every initiative is opposed and nothing gets done, Republicans helped engineer the president\u2019s image as weak and ineffectual. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yeah, no. The President and his staff engineered that image all by themselves by making him a weak and ineffectual leader – they didn’t need Republicans to help them in that regard. Benghazi, ISIS, Ebola, Fast & Furious all come to mind when the public needs examples of this White House’s failure to act in a timely manner. Not to mention that veterans have been complaining about Shinseki and the way the VA has been run for years, and it took the deaths of veterans to drive the point home finally.<\/p>\n And, oh, by the way, New York Times editorial board, it’s Harry Reid who hasn’t passed a budget in the Senate for five years, and all of the legislation that he’s been sitting on over the last year or so, waiting for yesterday’s election. So sell that crazy somewhere else.<\/p>\n From the Post;<\/p>\n A full debate on the United States\u2019 fight against the Islamic State is past due, with significant congressional review of and consent to the sustained air campaign over Iraq and Syria still lacking. The \u201csequester\u201d \u2014 those utterly irrational, across-the-board budget cuts that should never have come into effect \u2014 is set to hit harder next year. Lawmakers have plenty of reasons to head off the budget sledgehammer, from preserving military readiness to maintaining investment in programs that sustain Americans\u2019 quality of life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n While I agree with the Post that sequester is irrational and dangerous, it came out of the White House and it was enacted by a cowardly Congress not making the tough choices so I don’t have much hope in that regard. Especially, while the Post itself is calling for personnel cuts at the Pentagon without personnel cuts to the rest of the Executive Branch employees. <\/p>\n Can we please stop calling the redistribution of wealth of productive Americans to those who are less productive “investments in programs”? While I’m not in favor of pulling the rug out from under the truly needy, it’s hardly an “investment” when people won’t work for their way in the world. It’s only an investment in selfishness and a sense of entitlement. So let’s call it what it is.<\/p>\n Thanks to Chief Tango for the links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"