First black president inaugurated. Remember these empty words from the speech: “On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.” He promised to “begin again the work of remaking America.” My how he has begun that by remaking us into his community organized Marxist utopia. And the lies continued with, “And those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account – to spend wisely, reform bad habits and do our business in the light of day – because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.”
The President goes on to spend more in his first year than all other presidents combined.
Auto bailouts. General Motors (GM) becomes Government Motors as the government becomes the majority shareholder. President Obama, in an unprecedented move, fires the CEO of GM.
Insurance giant AIG almost goes under, but the government comes to the rescue again and provides a large bailout. AIG subsequently passes out large bonuses to executives and parties big time on our dime. “Outraged citizens” are bused around by ACORN to the different executives homes in staged demonstrations.
Obama spent the year circling the globe, apologizing for America everywhere he went. Who can forget the Cairo Speech, UN speech, bows to Saudi King, Japanese Emperor and Chinese Premier and handshake with Hugo Chavez?
The President moves the Census from the Department of Commerce to the White House and attempts to have ACORN run it.
Obama does away with enhanced interrogation techniques and orders that only the Army Field Manual will be employed leading to…
No more “War on Terror”. It is now dubbed the Overseas Contingency Operation and terrorists become enemy combatants and then just criminals. Terrorists acts become “man-made disasters .” In that vein, the decision is made by Attorney General Holder to try the 9/11 terrorists in New York City. Obama begins to realize his dream of closing GITMO by releasing Jihadists to Bermuda and having the government buy a prison in Illinois where the detainees will be moved.
Attorney General Eric Holder also drops charges on Black Panthers who intimidated people at polling places and in a speech refers to America as a “nation of cowards.”
Maoists and Marxists are revealed to be rampant in the Obama administration. Green Jobs Czar Van Jones steps down as well as Anita Dunn who declared Mao to be one of her heroes along with Mother Theresa.
Obama declares that he has saved the economy from the brink and the recession is over. Economy has slight bump up, but stock market continues to yo-yo and financial bubbles loom in the future along with the collapse of the dollar. Several countries suggest unhinging from dollar and seeking a new global currency.
The Porkulus Bill (Stimulus recovery) is passed and Obama promises to save or create 4, no wait 3.5, um make that 3 million jobs. It has been an utter failure with rampant fraud and the few jobs created costing somewhere in the area of $200,000 each. Record unemployment has reached levels as much as 10.2% federally with most states suffering much worse numbers.
Air Force One flying over New York City and the Statue of Liberty for a photo op, sending New Yorkers running for their lives thinking 9/11 is happening again.
Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic to the Supreme Court. A woman whom has made blatant racist comments and believes that policy is created from the bench.
The Beer Summit! Who can forget the President jumping to conclusions and declaring that the Cambridge Police Force acted stupidly when arresting a friend of his, Professor Gates. The President promptly invited his friend and Sgt. James Crowley for a photo op teachable moment at the White House and the three men drank beer around a table while accomplishing nothing.
Two omnibus spending bills full of pork and earmarks passed by Congress and signed by the President. One has 9,00- earmarks and the other contains 5,000. A separate Defense Bill contains several billion more in earmarks. What happened to no earmarks?
Approval ratings for the President go into freefall. An upper seventy percentage rating upon Inauguration eventually deflated to a 46% approval rating.
This year’s budget deficit: $1.6 trillion
Concerned citizens dubbed “right wing extremists” in a DHS Report entitled, “Right Wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence In Radicalization and Recruitment.”
Obama drops plans for a missile defense shield in Poland.
The Obama family brings home their family dog, Bo. An expensive, hard to find breed and not a shelter dog.
Obama announced plans for Afghanistan surge of troops. He chooses to send 30,000 although General McChrystal requested much more and soldiers I have talked to suggest at lease 100,000 are needed and probably more.
Obama meets the Queen of England and gives her an iPod already loaded with his speeches. He gives the Prime Minister a set of DVDs that do not work in European machines.
The Heathcare Debate! This has gone on for the better part of the entire year with a final culmination in the House passing a bill and then the Senate passing a bill. The bills now need to merge in committee. The House plan has a public option while the Senate version does not. The debate over government healthcare has outraged citizens and created deep dividing lines between socialism and the free market.
The healthcare debate and outrageous spending lead to rallies across the nation dubbed as Tea Parties. And a movement was sparked! Concerned citizens have gathered throughout the year at rallies, counter-rallies, townhalls and tea parties to protest government intrusion, taxes, and loss of freedom. The goal has been to get America back to her founding principles. Large gatherings happened simultaneously nationwide on Tax Day, Independence Day and a large 9/12 March On Washington that was attended by over one million people. The tea parties caused liberals to lose their heads, like Janeane Garofalo who called tea partiers “red neck racists” and MSNBC commentators to call tea partiers “teabaggers”, and the President to pretend to be unaware of the protests and then finally refer to the rallies as places where people were waving around tea bags.
The President promises to dismantle our nuclear stockpile while North Korea test fires missiles and Iran ramps up efforts to make nuclear bombs. Iran has ignored all international requests to cease and desist and the President and other leaders have been left impotent.
Miracle on the Hudson! One of the few feel good stories of the year. Pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger was able to bring down a full airliner after a flock of birds took out both engines without anyone dying and only a few injuries, using the Hudson River as a landing strip. People will recall images of the passengers waiting on the wings of the sinking plane as ferries raced out to rescue everyone.
The Swine Flu! The name quickly was changed to H1N1 Virus and everyone fears that a pandemic is on the horizon. America overreacts as only a few thousand die. Far below the number that die from the regular seasonal flu. Not enough vaccine is made available and rationing begins legitimizing fears that government run healthcare will lead to rationing.
The Iranian Protests! A fraudulent vote puts Iamadinnerjacket back in power and outraged Iranians take to the streets in the summer. The protests continue to this day as Iranians make their move toward full revolution to overthrow their corrupt government. Obama gives no support and promises that we will “bear witness”. Gee thanks, Barry!
Somali pirates! Pirates have long been a problem, but until this year and remained largely ignored by America. That was until the Maersk Alabama, an American ship, was hijacked. Captain Richard Phillips offered up himself as a hostage as his crew locked themselves below deck. For days we watched the pirates hold the captain hostage in a dingy. Finally, the Navy SEALS took action and killed three of the four pirates and freed Capt. Phillips. New reports from the crew disparage the Captain’s courage and claim he was captured because he was stupid, but it still was a great day for our military.
The Ft. Hood Massacre! On November 5th, Jihadist Nidal Malik Hasan, a US Army Major, mowed down 13 people (14 if you count the unborn baby) and wounded 30 others at Ft. Hood in Texas. A female police officer takes him down leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. The President takes a long time to address the nation and spends the first two minutes of his comments giving a shout out and thanking everyone at the gathering he is at for a great time and is quite jovial. Americans are left baffled by the man boy pretending to be a leader. Obama tells everyone not to jump to conclusions – unlike what he did with the Cambridge Police.
Bernie Madoff commits the largest Ponzi scheme in history leaving millions penniless. He is sentenced to 150 years in prison.
Roman Polanski finally arrested for a 1970s sex charge for drugging and raping a thirteen year old girl. He is put under house arrest.
ClimateGate!! The global warming hoax is up. The Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia in Eastern Europe is hacked and emails are released to the public that revealed an effort to cover up cooling temperatures, efforts to shut down scientists who were debunking manmade global warming and revealing an effort to coach certain members of the media in how to report on climate change. They deliberately changed, manipulated and deleted data. This came out before the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen and world leaders, including Obama, completely ignore it.
Ted Kennedy dies. Boo hoo…
Susan Boyle blows us all away with the voice of an angel and the face of a troll. She has become a sensation and sold more records internationally then anyone else. The video of her break out goes viral with several million hits.
Governor Mark Sanford went “hiking on the Appalachian Trail” and came back from Argentina with tales of his lurid affair with a woman. All prospects for this conservative to have a run at the presidency vanish and his wife leaves him. Calls for his impeachment fail, but that won’t take away his title as “Scum”.
Governor Sarah Palin quits her job as governor of Alaska. She claims to be stepping down because of numerous lawsuits that are wasting time and money for the state. Supporters like myself think she has made a stupid move that has killed her chances at the presidency, but her ability to raise funds has soared. Not to mention sales of her memoir which has broken records this year.
Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize for doing…nothing.
Tiger Woods and his Mistresspalooza. One of the most celebrated and inspiring athletes of all time proves to be a schmuck. The list of women he has cheated with during his brief marriage grows and grows and came to light after his wife tried to attack him with a golf club. For now, Woods has quit golf and his wife has moved out.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two entities behind the housing bubble crash are bailed out a few times and then given an unlimited line of credit…forever.
Debt ceiling raised to: $12.4 trillion
Jihadist attempts to blow up himself and a Detroit bound jet on Christmas Day. He gets through security with a device hidden in his underwear. He gets through also despite the fact he is on a watch list, has no baggage, pays cash and gets a one way ticket. Not to mention he is Muslim and his father has reported his extremist ways to the US embassy. American security has egg on its face and, thanks only to a bad detonator and a brave Dutchman, no blood on its hands. The President waits three days to address the country about the attack and is weak. Janet Napalitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, claims everything went well and then backtracks. We are still waiting for her resignation.
And finally the people who died this year: Natasha Richardson, David Carradine, DJ AM, Walter Conkrite, Farrah Fawcett, Paul Harvey, Billy Mays, Les Paul, Karl Malden, Patrick Swayze, Ricardo Montalban, Ron Silver, Dom DeLuise, Director John Hughes, William Safire, Soupy Sales, Jack Kemp, Roy Disney, Bea Arthur, Dominick Dunne, Ed McMahon, Brittany Murphy and Michael Jackson.
Good riddance 2009!!!
