Sorry, Sorrier, and Sorriest

By William L. Garvin

“If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.”  Thomas Jefferson

So Veep Joe Biden is sorry he got “too far out over his skis” voicing his “comfort” with gay marriage.  And Hilary Rosen is sorry she insulted Ann Romney and stay at home moms everywhere by saying she has “never worked a day in her life.”  And Sandra Fluke is sorry that people thought she meant others should pay for HER contraception.  The Secret Service is sorry they got caught hooking up with hookers.  The General Services Administration is sorry their “party card” has been canceled.  And Bill Maher is sorry about…absolutely nothing.  One needs a soul, a conscience, or a sense of decency to feel sorry.

What is sorrier is that Al Sharpton isn’t sorry about his continual race baiting.  His most recent incendiary rant urging “rabbits being hunted to get guns and start shooting back” fits right in with the MSNBC modus operandi of “ready, fire, aim!”  Flaming liberal Howard Dean isn’t sorry about saying Republicans “hate women” are “anti-gay, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant” and “don’t like Latinos.”  This is as ignorant as those, President Obama included, who say Republicans want “dirty air and dirty water.”  Aren’t liberals supposed to be opposed to profiling and stereotyping?

What’s sorrier is all those who ranted and railed every single day about President Bush and Veep Cheney being responsible for gas hitting $4/gallon now rant and rail daily about President Obama not having much to do with today’s $4 plus price tag.  Undoubtedly the President has “forgotten” about the leftist meme that the previous spike in price was all due to President Bush’s ties to Big Oil and Cheney’s ties to Halliburton.  Currently, the San Jose Mercury News says California gasoline averages $4.23.  “Prepare to get clobbered” said Patrick DeHaan, the senior petroleum analyst with GasBuddy.com in an article by Gary Richards.  California’s prices could rise as much as twenty cents in the next few days!

What is sorrier is the President’s class warfare against “the rich” and his adoption of the Occupy movement’s hatred for the “one percent.”  Of course, he turns right around and hobnobs with ‘onepercenters” at $35,000 and $40,000 per plate dinners.  He also collects more money from Wall Street than any president before and spends more time in fundraisers that ever before.  Indeed, when he announced the “official start” to his reelection campaign, it looked no different than what he has been doing for the last six months!

What is sorriest is the absolute fiscal disaster brought on by Democrats.  Take California, the bell weather state for the entire country.  While Governor Brown continues to pour money down the bullet train sinkhole, he’s trying to solve his ballooning $16 billion fiscal crisis by “realignment.”  Simply stated, he’s dumping state prisoners, Medi-Cal, and social welfare recipients on the counties.  Unfortunately, county pension costs run between 4 and 9 percent but could easily balloon to between 15 and 20 percent.  Look for Chapter 9 bankruptcies when this happens.  Orange County, which declared bankruptcy in 1994, appears to be on the brink again.

Cities are also at risk.  Look at the City of Angels.  Former Mayor Frank Riordan has stated that LA will be bankrupt before 2014.  The current City Administrative Officer, Miguel Santana has told the mayor that there will be a $222 million shortfall this year that could be $427 million by 2014-15!  Why?  In spite of the recession, LA added 5,000 employees to its payroll between 2005 and 2010.  Secondly, its pension funds projects an 8% return on their investments.  Unfortunately for their two largest funds, they have only averaged $3.5% and 2.8% for the last ten years!  That’s your liberal economic model in a nutshell.

What’s sorriest is that President Obama has increased the national debt by $5.1 trillion in only thirty-nine months!  He promised that unemployment would never reach 8% but he can’t get it below that number.  Unemployment applications have averaged 379,000 for the last four weeks and 500,000 more disheartened workers have simply given up and deserted the workforce since February.  There’s no hope with this administration’s policies.  That’s why we need a change.