Because I’m half of Chicks on the Right, people assume I’m glued to Fox News all the time. Quite the contrary. I hardly ever watch Fox News. I’ll listen to replays of some shows every so often on the radio, but for the most part, I don’t know who’s who from a Fox standpoint. I kind of don’t care.
If I watch the news these days, I usually watch BBC. Why BBC? Because they don’t annoy the crap out of me, basically. They’re not American, first of all, so I feel as though they’ve already got an edge on being somewhat objective – more so than ANY of the American news outlets. There is no such thing as journalism in this country anymore. You’re either a liberal who watches the mainstream media, or you’re a conservative who watches Fox. This is why BBC World News is on at my house more than any other news channel.
This is also why this article caught my eye this morning. Sometimes people can’t see the forest through the trees, but I truly believe that, in addition to a conservative American standpoint, the objective WORLD view is that our country is basically falling apart. And, our President and his First Lady? They’re partying their asses off, having a grand ol’ time on the taxpayer’s dime.
FLOTUS’ Spain trip? COMPLETELY unnecesary and over-the top. Sure, they “are covering their own vacation expenses such as accommodation, (but) the trip may cost US taxpayers as much as $375,000 in terms of secret service security and flight costs on Air Force Two.”
The timing of this lavish European vacation could not have come at a worse moment, when unemployment in America stands at 10 percent, and large numbers of Americans are fighting to survive financially in the wake of the global economic downturn. It sends a message of indifference, even contempt, for the millions of Americans who are struggling just to feed their families on a daily basis and pay the mortgage, while the size of the national debt balloons to Greek-style proportions.
While the liberal-dominated US mainstream media have largely ignored the story, it is all over the blogosphere and talk radio, and will undoubtedly add to the President’s free falling poll ratings. As much as the media establishment turn a blind eye to stories like this, which are major news in the international media, the American public is increasingly turning to alternative news sources, including the British press, which has a far less deferential approach towards the White House.
The MSM is turning a blind eye. But the world? Yep, folks. They’re paying attention. Kind of like conservatives are. Go figure. They understand, as we do, that this Obama administration doesn’t give two craps about what the American people really want. They just want to eat their cake at the expense of struggling Americans.
The First Lady’s ill-conceived trip to Marbella and the complete disregard for public opinion and concerns over excessive government spending is symbolic of a far wider problem with the Obama presidency – the overarching disdain for the principles of limited government, individual liberty and free enterprise that have built the United States over the course of nearly two and a half centuries into the most powerful and free nation on earth.
My favorite paragraph of the editorial was this one, which so eloquently states what I already feel in my heart:
There is however a political revolution fast approaching Washington that is driven not by mob rule but by the power of ideas and principles, based upon the ideals of the Founding Fathers and the US Constitution. It is a distinctly conservative revolution that is sweeping America and is reflected in almost every poll ahead of this November’s mid-terms. It is based on a belief in individual liberty, limited government, and above all, political accountability from the ruling elites. The Obama administration’s mantra may well be “let them eat cake”, as it continues to gorge itself on taxpayers’ money, but it will be looking nervously over its shoulder as public unease mounts.
A revolution is coming. And, I think the folks at the top are OBLIVIOUS to this revolution. They underestimate the power of the American people. They underestimate the power of the American SPIRIT, for that matter.
November is coming, folks. It is so ON.
