while it is true that obama prepared budgets - and those budgets were not acceptable to the house of representatives - did i miss the part where obama and his minions did anything to negotiate a final budget? did i miss the negotiation and compromise part? did i miss where the president, senate and house representatives sat down over burgers and brews and knocked out a budget deal? or could it be that because none of those events took place with serious intent that the country wound up with continuing resolutions? all parties found it more convenient to play the blame game and revel in the press coverage and face-time it granted them than they did sitting down and doing the hard work.

and that is why i lay the blame for our fiscal collapse squarely at the feet of the president of the united states - for his failure to lead and to insure that the best outcomes for the country are designed and implemented. he is still a social reformer with no concern for the welfare of the country. he is overly concerned with income and wealth equality among us rather than insuring that all of us have an equal opportunity to increase our income and wealth. he prefers to give a man a fish rather than teach him to fish - and he will take another man's last fish to accomplish his goal. that is the ultimate robin hood economy!

over and over and over all i hear is that we have to take from the rich and spend it on the poor. and it disappoints me that people follow this philosophy and intention the same way the rats followed the pied piper! hopefully we will all be better off -dare i say live happily ever after - when the piper and his followers are played out of town!