It also seems fitting that during the Fort Myers, FL campaign stop, he responded to RINO Governor Charlie Crist’s warm introduction as follows:

“This is not about partisan politics,” Republican Gov. Charlie Crist said in introducing the Democratic president. “This is about rising above that.”

Trying to strike the same tone, Obama thanked Crist, saying: “When the town is burning, you don’t check party labels. Everybody needs to grab a hose.”

Actually everybody that attempts to live their lives responsibly “needs to grab” something because they are getting hosed! What Crist is doing is the opposite of “rising above”, it is sinking to a low and slithering like a snake once that low is reached.

I didn’t see if Obama thanked Crist for his role in putting up the sacrificial Republican lamb who he defeated in November, but he definitely should have. I suppose Crist believes that if a portion of the massive pork bill is sent to Florida, he and his fellow bureaucrats can put it to good use and put the Floridians back to work. If this doesn’t work out, he and his fellow bureacrats just need to ask for more the next time.

Barack Obama has displayed an overwhelming arrogance… but of course the adoring leftist media portrays him as humble. He is willing to admit a mistake on the heels of a long line of tax cheat administration nominations after all. He is also prone to claiming that his victory in November means that the nation wants whatever Obama wants. The dangers of the uninformed electorate are being exposed now that it is too late. Of course, the dangers that are exposed will be reframed such that they don’t affect the next election cycle.

I’ve read comments regarding the fact that the Dems won in November and therefore are taking control, which is natural. Does the fact that they have a near super-majority mean that whatever they push is acceptable? The fact that a misled (giving the voters the benefit of the doubt) electorate gave the majorities and The White House to the libiots, does not automatically qualify their idiotic plans as acceptable.

Is there a point at which the incremental socialization of our nation will become an issue to those who sneer at the mentions of Cuba or Venezuala as related to our plight? Will there be a point when people who might be inclined to poke fun at the inefficiency and waste associated with government wake up to the fact that more and more is falling under the control of the only thing that is growing, the wasteful and grotesquely ineffient government? Will there come a time when citizens will be hurt badly enough that they stop voting for their oppressors and the limp RINOs that serve as accessories to the theft of liberty?

Drudge has a link to a Wall Street Journal article by Elizabeth Williamson, “Taxpayers May Face Hurricane Tab.”

WASHINGTON — As hurricane season begins, Democrats in Congress want to nationalize a chunk of the insurance business that covers major storm-damage claims.

The proposal — backed by giant insurers Allstate Corp. and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., as well as Florida lawmakers — focuses on “reinsurance,” the policies bought by insurers themselves to protect against catastrophic losses. The proposal envisions a taxpayer-financed reinsurance program covering all 50 states, which would essentially backstop the giant insurers in case of disaster.

The program could save homeowners roughly $500 apiece in annual premiums in Florida, according to an advocacy group backed by Allstate and State Farm, the largest writers of property insurance in the U.S.

Please don’t think the Dems, the major insurers, and Florida Governor “Crispy” Crist want the United States taxpayer to open their wallets without limits. On the contrary, the libiots in the House are looking out for us in Title III, Sec. 304:

(Sec. 304) Sets the maximum aggregate potential federal liability for payment of claims under all reinsurance contracts sold in any single year at $200 billion, or such lesser amount as the Secretary determines based on review of the reinsurance market.

The article indicated that the blatant Socialist presidential candidates, Barry Obama and the wife of The Rapist, support this plan. One is left to wonder if they realize that there is a limit to taxpayer liability for the decisions of others. Perhaps Barry and Hill will take what redistribution they can get, even if it isn’t entirely up to their desire for complete nationalization of property (and all other forms of) insurance. Nikita Kruschev would certainly approve of this piecemeal approach.

"We can’t expect the American People to jump from

 Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their 

elected leaders in giving them small doses of Socialism, 

until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism.”
                                             

-Nikita Khrushchev