It's been 1 year since Il Duce took his oath of office. 1 year ago, Il Duce put his hand on the Bible and swore that he would uphold the Constitution. And he has - if by "uphold" you mean "wipe your ass with it".
This special edition of Vulture Droppings is a look at the Obama presidency, year 1. And what a year it's been.
The following is a list of Il Duce's greatest achievements from his first year in office.
* sound of crickets chirping *
Uh.....yeah.
Even the Associated Press expressed dismay with the lack of tangible achievements from the President's first year in office in a piece entitled "After year, hope turns into disappointment."
Forget "can," "change" and, above all, "hope." The new word echoing in the blogosphere and beyond as Obama enters Year Two: disappointment.Disappointment may be the word of the day for supporters of the One World Socialist Utopia, but the rest of us are left jaws agape at the magnitude of overreach perpetrated by Big Media's (the BM for short) Chosen One.
Where to begin describing the voracious magnitude of Il Duce's grasping? Here's the short list - I'm sure I've forgotten something.
- The nationalization of 2/3 of the American automobile industry
- The nationalization of a large number of financial institutions
- A cabinet full of tax cheats and grifters
- A racist Supreme Court appointee
- A gargantuan, monstrous stimulus package (read: corporate welfare)
- The decision to treat terrorists as criminals, complete with the rights guaranteed to American citizens
- A Nobel Peace Prize for.........hmmm, I STILL haven't figured that one out yet
- Cap-and-Trade legislation
- The Hopenhagen "deal" (non-binding, thankfully) for reducing greenhouse gases
- Escalation of the war in Afghanistan (breaking a campaign promise in doing so)
- Nationalized health care (read: the forced takeover by the federal government of 1/7 of the American economy)
- Trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see
But the rest of it is all Duce's - every last fetid, steaming, freedom-sapping piece of it.
Il Duce's stunning affinity for the fascist (or corporatist) economic model has been breathtaking. Many mistakenly call Duce a socialist or communist. Oh no, not he! He is a National Socialist in the tradition of Mussolini, Franco, Peron, and, of course, Hitler.
Mind you, I want to make clear that Duce's comparison to Hitler is economic only -- at least for now. We'll see if he goes "Woodrow Wilson" on us as his plans for the reinvention of America begin to run into increased opposition.
So what can we expect in the coming year? It's hard to say, particularly today, when Massachusetts (WHA-WHA-WHAT?!?!?!?!) has elected a Republican to Teddy Kennedy's seat in the senate. There have been more documented Bigfoot sightings than Republicans elected to the Senate by Massachesetts, for crying out loud! I didn't think anyone could top Bill Clinton's feat of losing the House of Representatives to the Republicans after 40 years of Team Donkey control; this may, in fact, be bigger than that.
The fallout has been stunning. Many Donkeys are running for cover, not wanting any part of the healthcare legislation that Scott Brown used as the fulcrum to pry Kennedy's seat away from the Donkeys.
Il Duce insists that he is going to stick to his agenda. Apparently, that would include even more nationalization of private businesses, starting with student loans. It remains to be seen if Donkey party members of Congress will play along after losing the People's Republic of Taxachusetts.
So here's hoping that the DoublePlusGoodHopeChange we were promised dies a quick and painful death before our nation does. The 2010 elections can't come soon enough.
