era of entitlement : handouts for all

What does fiscal responsibility mean anyhow? To the common man, I believe this often uttered phrase means, "to live within one's means". To live within one's means, one spends less than one earns. This is the most simple of definitions, but often the simplest definitions are best.

President Obama is convening a "Fiscal Responsibility Summit" in Washington, D.C. immediately after passing the most pork-laden and largest spending legislation known in the history of mankind.

Never let it be said that our nation's leader lacks chutzpah. (Remember that the classic definition of chutzpah is the person who murders their parents and then pleads for mercy from the judge because he is an orphan.) Fiscal responsibility, to some, is a phrase which gets trotted out at a whim to point out what others should be doing to ensure economic responsibility in others and never mind what I am doing, mind your own business.

The antithesis of fiscal responsibility is the handout. handouts hurt everyone.

Obama has become a great handout champion. At his town hall meeting in an attempt to drum up support for his "porkulus" bill, Obama promised to do everything he could for Henrietta Hughes. Henrietta was homeless and needed a house and a small car. Google Henrietta Hughes for the latest as I cannot keep up with this woman's stories.

Part of the Obama administration's $75 billion dollar tax relief plan includes paying off some people's mortgages. Amazingly, read the unbiased story from MSNBC who explains why this is a good deal. People who did not read their loan agreement, bought new cars, bought more house than they could afford, people who should not have bought homes in the first place are going to get their mortgage assistance from the government. My personal favorite story is the guy who was prequalified to buy a $1.5 Million dollar condo on $20,000 per year income.

Bailing out the bankers last year was a huge mistake. If you don't think so yet, please read the story of Northwestern Bank (recipient of $1.6 Billion dollars of federal bailout money) who flew hundreds of employees and guests to LA to attend a golf tournament sponsored by the bank. The bank hired Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire and Sheryl Crowe. Not bad.

We live in the era of the handout. Who doesn't have their hand out nowadays, anyway? I work three jobs to support my family and saved for years to purchase a home, so not me. Think this entitlement concept has gotten out of hand?

• The porn industry is petitioning for a federal handout
  
• North Korea is jockeying for a handout from the Obama administration
  
• The city of Houston, Texas has proposed a program to pay off the credit card debt for those seeking to borrow a home. (This caused national outrage to the point that they replaced the original story with the backpedal story)

To be fair, President George W. Bush was a decent enough man, but lacked conservative values. Unlike his predecessor, W. was capable of keeping sluts out of the oval office and avoided getting handjo... wait... we are talking about handouts. Who in their right-leaning conservative mind would have signed into law the Family Leave Act or that boondoggle prescription drug bill?

President Obama, however, has ushered in a new era of the fully-entitled handout. Where does this all end?

I can tell you for certain who's pocket it is going to come out of.

state-sponsored child rape

Ah. Nothing like enlightenment. The grand mufti of Saudi Arabia (pictured at left) has publicly promoted government-sanctioned child rape and enslavement? What a guy. This, my internet audience, is spiritual leadership.

Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Sheikh (Saudi Arabia's top cleric and grand muff) says... "A girl aged 10 or 12 can be married. Those who think she's too young are wrong and they are being unfair to her."

Really Sheik? Really? Unfair to her? Really? Some might say somewhat snarkily that every ten-year old girl dreams of the day she will be wedded to and bedded by an old goat like you, Sheik. Have no fear, child protectors! When "marriage" (I mean come on) happens to an eight year old girl, an enlightened society will insist that a forty-seven year old "husband" sign an agreement not to rape her before she is physically able to be raped.

...Virginia may be for lovers, but Saudi Arabia is apparently for pedophiles.......

Some might say these guys are living in the stone age, but I hesitate to judge their society for this type of thing. Isn't it ethnocentric of me to call this type of edict barbaric? I guess we would hear from moderate muslims of the world speak out against this if it were wrong or offended them. I'll make sure to post links to the justifiable outrage of the moderate muslim world leadership as soon as word is in about their reactions to this (and after they announce to the rest of the world who they are and why they have kept quiet for so long). I am also waiting to report for the outcry and outrage from our ever-vigilent child protectors, the liberal. Let's hear from the Polanskyites in Hollywood about this. When is the we americans lack tolerance and understanding drama coming about this one? I can see it now. We can call the picture, "Not Without My Child-Whore"

(I'm back... I threw up in my mouth a little bit and had to swallow... no literally... I am playing at being cavalier about this subject but it actually just made me physically ill)

On the positive side, I guess this will help out with recruiting. My understanding is that many virgins (I believe the exact count is specified) are available in heaven for the successful extremist, but why should one have to wait?

Some might throw their show at this, but this just seems kind of "wrong". Is it still OK to believe in "wrong"? I am interested in some feedback on this. I guess I will have to become more "tolerant" and adjust my world view to accomodate our stalwart compadres the Saudis.

All right, government sponsored child rape and pedophilia is in, but cracking open children's skulls to get access to their brains for dining is still out! (prohibition includes raw and cooked children's brains). I mean it. I am drawing a firm line in the swirling sand dune on this one. We have to have some standards. Don't we?