How Obama's incompetence and that of his administration continues to cost American lives and jobs

Obama and his entire administration have shown an extreme level of incompetence that is steadily destroying American lives and jobs, and will only cost more in the future. From the time he was on the campaign trail, it was glaringly obvious that Obama was the wrong person at the wrong time for this job. His election was due in part to people stupidly falling for the "hope and change" mantra but what has that "hope and change" brought us thus far? I'd love to know the actual numbers of people who now deeply regret their misguided vote for him. Hopefully that number will continue to grow as more people turn off "American Idol" and turn on a legitimate news organization's channel (i.e., one that will report the actual facts rather than serve as the blushing cheerleader for everything Obama does or says such as is done daily by CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, etc).

Let's recount just some of the highlights of Obama's incompetence and that of his administration. It has ranged from the highly incompetent Desiree Rogers (Social Sec) being more concerned about sitting as a guest at a White House State dinner (a breach of protocol) than assisting the Secret Service with the security-cleared guest list. Those gate crashers could have had any number of weapons (hardware or chemical) that could have killed or seriously injured the President or any of the guests there. Why wasn't Rogers immediateley fired??? She's good buddies with The Obamas thus regardless of the level of her incompetence she gets to keep her job and refuse Congress' request to answer questions on the matter. How many more people will she permit to crash events at the White House or other, less secure locations?? Will her incompetence be permitted to cause someone's actual injury or death? She shouldn't be given the chance to screw up again.

The tragic Ft Hood massacre was another result of the incompetence of the Obama administration. That murderer should not have even been in the Army any more but instead had been recently promoted?!? Why? Because of the Obama administration's, and far too many other's, deadly insistence on being PC and not wanting to risk hurting someone's feelings by "profiling" them. However not wanting to risk hurting delicate feelings is risking lives, and at Ft Hood COST precious lives.

Obama has nominated numerous people for high level positions who have had to "decline" the nomination or resign b/c of their incompetence - Daschle, Richardson, Van Jones, etc. Geitner who has great influence over large sums of money couldn't even figure out Turbo Tax and do his taxes done properly?!?

Most recently, on Christmas Day, the now dubbed "Underwear Bomber" was permitted to get on a plane and fly here with explosives in his crotch. This guy was on a terrorist watch list, had been communicating with known terrorists, had purchased his ticket with cash, had a one-way ticket, had been denied a travel visa to Britain and his own father had warned the U.S. 6 months ago that this guy was a threat. However, due to Sec Napolitano's ignorant insistence on not hurting his delicate feelings by "profiling" him, he was allowed to board a plane and head toward the U.S. Napolitano actually had the audacity to state that the "system worked". Worked? Oh, Obama has "asked for answers" on how this could have occurred. I can save the administration a whole lot of money and time and tell them in 5 seconds - incompetence and stupidity by Obama's high level picks for his administration caused this to happen.

It isn't surprising that Obama keeps nominating incompetent individuals. He feels a kinship with them. He had absolutely NO executive experience before being given the most powerful position in the country, and indeed the world. It still astounds me that a majority of Americans didn't give a damn about that fact. We're certainly seeing the consequences of that error in judgment on a daily basis. Anyone who owns a business where professionals are needed to get the job done knows better than to hire someone who has absolutely no experience with the type of work involved. I couldn't get a job as a pilot no matter who I know because I have not received the training necessary. I would be laughed out of the HR Dpt if I applied for a job as a brain surgeon. Why then were so many Americans confident enough to elect a person who had NO experience for the job???

Obama was elected for a variety of reasons, none of which were legitimate reasons to put him in the Oval Office. There were millions who voted for him b/c they thought it was simply 'time' to have someone with an African-American heritage in the office - he's thus the Affirmative Action President. Many elected him b/c Americans get stupidly apathetic about the real issues and/or too often think that if one party has been in power for two terms the other party should be given their "turn", regardless of the incompetent boob who may be running for a particular office. Many were also swaying and swooning over Obama's "powerful, moving" (teleprompter-fed) speeches. Barf. Every time he delivers a speech he spews out a lot of words that don't form a coherent message, or if a message does somehow manage to cobble itself together and get across, it's a message of a plan that is VERY dangerous for America.

Obama's plans for Socialized Medicine and Cap and Trade is another example of how his incompetence shapes his decisions. Anyone with even a small amount of knowledge of finances and business should be able to understand that over-regulation and over-taxing KILLS JOBS. Doctors will leave the profession by the 1,000s when they simply can't stand the government bureacracy anymore and can't afford to pay skyrocketing liability premiums on top of additional and increased expenses for their employees' health insurance. Nurses and other aides to Drs will leave the profession by the 1,000s when they are even more overworked because of the millions of new people abusing the "free" health care system and the steadily decreasing number of Drs. Socialized Medicine will also cost Americans their jobs in other areas because employers won't be able to afford the costs of mandatory socialized medicine, and will eventually lay off millions of people. Sen Vitter recently provided some facts about this matter: the dramatic expansion of Medicaid that served as the bribe for Sen Landrieu's vote for Socialized Medicine will cost the state at least $1.3 billion over ten years, far more than the $300 million 'benefit'; the $300 million is a one–time benefit while the $1.3 billion per decade is forever; the bill cuts Medicare by $466 billion and steals almost half a trillion dollars from Medicare to pay for a new entitlement; the bill contains $518 billion of tax increases nationwide; as for the oft-repeated promise that no one who earns under $200,000 will be affected, 42.1 million of those earning under $200,000 will pay higher taxes in the form of higher insurance premiums because, as the Congressional Budget Office reports, the bill increases health care costs overall; businesses will have to provide a government-defined health insurance benefit to their employees or pay a new tax, and the National Federation of Small Business says that would cost the nation at least 1.6 million jobs; and, this new mandate will also create an incentive for businesses to dump their employees off their health plans, because it would be cheaper to do that and pay the new tax. Finally, the "benefits" of the new Socialized Medicine bill do not kick in until 2014 but the taxes and other cost increases will start immediately upon Obama signing the bill.

Why would Obama push his plans so hard then? I hope it's just incompetence but I fear it's far more sinister - he's setting out to "fundamentally" change America (his own words) in the WRONG direction - the U.S. becoming a socialist republic. (As a quick reminder, socialism is when the government takes from those who produce (i.e., work and made money) and give to those who don't produce thru government handouts). Socialism has ALWAYS been a miserable failure for any country that has attempted it, ALWAYS. Plus, if Obama wants socialism so badly I am happy to host a fundraiser to buy him a one-way ticket to China or any of the other countries that are currently socialist.

Obama's planned Cap and Trade will be a job killer as well. Companies will be forced to pay higher taxes (i.e., penalties) for any output that whatever extremist environmetalist wacko running the E.P.A. or money-wasting Congressional Committee decides on a whim is a "pollutant" that week. The environmentalist crazies are picking on dogs this week by saying that dogs have a larger "carbon footprint" (thru their passing gas) than an SUV. What's next, taxing us for owning dogs, forcing us to only have one per family, or killing any who poot too often? I suppose that with the "energy meter" the Obama administration wants to put in every household you could tell if the family dogs are farting too much and the fart police would be sent in immediately to shoot the offending dog(s).

When will it stop? How much is America willing to put up with before we decide finally and firmly to kick the incompetent, socialist bums out of office this coming November and the next? I hope that people will stay involved and stay informed about what Obama and the other liberals are doing and planning to do in DC. We have to stay vigilant about these issues and hold our elected officials accountable. From the local city council races to statewide positions to national offices we MUST be willing to kick out (or not elect in the first place) the incompetent and the socialist (which is redundant I know), regardless of party affiliation or no affiliation at all. What Obama and other liberals are doing and planning in DC are unconstitutional power grabs and are destroying this country economically and militarily. Even worse is that many of the bills the liberals keep passing are nearly impossible to repeal in the future, and with more and more liberal judges being nominated by Obama and voted on by liberals in the Senate, won't be declared unconstitutional. We must Continue to Fight on every issue, every day and in every election no matter how big or small!!!