The Prodigal Birth Certificate

On Monday, April 25, 2011 Hawaii's registrar certified a long form birth certificate for Barack Hussien Obama as a true and legal document.  During Tuesday's White House press briefing, Jay Carney lambasted a reporter for asking why the President did not release the long form birth certificate and settle the issue of his eligibility.  On Wednesday morning, the White House posted the long form birth certificate online.  Obama said he did this to end the controversy over his citizenship so he could focus on more important issues.  The controversy did not seem to affect his "focus" (maybe obsession would be a better term) on ramming Obamacare through congress despite all the negative feedback the American People were giving him on it.
The timelines on this are interesting.  Back in January, Neal Abercrombie, Governor of Hawaii and friend of the President's maternal grandparents, announced there was some kind of written record of Obama's birth, just not a long form birth certificate.  Then on April 25 a long form birth certificate is conjured up, certified and delivered to the White House on Wednesday morning at the latest.
There are already skeptics who doubt the authenticity of this instant birth certificate.  The list of suspicious items is long.  Why is Obama Senior's race listed as African.  African is not a race it is a nationality.  Negro or colored were the terms used for black people back in the 1960s.  There are faint x marks above the boxes for twin and triplet.  The attending physican's signature box is smudged.

If Obama thinks this will make doubts about his citizenship and eligibility go away, he's wrong.  To paraphrase his buddy Rahm Emanuel, never let a possible conspiracy to deceive the people go to waste.  As one of our creditors, China, likes to say: we will be living in interesting times. 

The True Road to Recovery

Friday night John Boehner, Harry Reid and Barack Obama reached a budget agreement for the U.S. government.  Conservatives and liberals complained there was too much compromise involved but hey, that is how agreements are reached between parties with different agendas.  Personally, I would have preferred higher spending cuts.  The democrats' threat to shut down the government would have hurt them more than the republicans.  Remember, Bill Clinton shut the government down for 3 weeks in 1995 and we're still here.  Back in the 1970s the government was shut down over budget problems.  I was a Federal employee with the Social Security Administration at the time.  I and my coworkers went to work every day.  The only difference was our earnings from October 1 until the budget was resolved was delayed.  We did not get any interest on the delayed funds even though they were in the U. S. Treasury deposits accounts earning interest.

At least we have a budget again.  The demagogues democrats were so busy with their 2500 page earmark and pork-laden piece of scrap law called obamacare they forgot(??!!) to make a budget.  A budget is a map for government to follow.  No budget means no real control over the government's spending.

One more point here.  There were reports that non-essential federal employees would be laid off until the budget impasse was resolved.  The number of employees affected was estimated between 500,000 and 800,000.  If that number could be reduced that would be a considerable savings.  It's like what Jay Leno said in response to Mr. Obama's request that small businesses increase hiring, The President forgot that only the government hires more people than they need.