Preznit Speaks

So much malarkey, so little time. The preznit spoke today at the Detroit Economic Club and had quite a lot of nothing to say. Well, I guess he said enough for me to ridicule. In fact there is so much to ridicule I don't have time to deal with all of it now.

Here's our preznit addressing the students in the audience.

Glad to be here with the Secretary of State of Michigan, Terri Lynn Land; the Attorney General Mike Cox. I appreciate all the state and local officials who have come out. I want to thank all the college students, middle school, high school and college students who are here as part of the Detroit Economic Club student program. It was my honor to have shaken a lot of hands. I hope my advice was good, which was to aim high, make right choices, and listen to your mother. (Applause.) I'm still listening to mine.

I made my share of mistakes as a young shaver, but let me tell you, nothing like this hypocrite. It doesn't bother me when people who have turned their own lives around hold themselves up as examples; what bothers me is a person who got every break, every flippin' advantage, who did enough only enough to get by in college, the national guard, miscellaneous jobs, etc., and then he talks like this. But what should we expect? He got where he was through family connections, money from family connections, his family name, and dumb luck. Period.

Now, all budgets have got to be based on priorities, and mine are clear: The government's most solemn duty is to defend and protect the American people. In a time of war, we will always provide our military and homeland security personnel with the tools they need to do their jobs. And so our budget raises defense spending by almost 5 percent, and funds critical upgrades in homeland security, such as a new program to secure our chemical plants, ports, and public transportation systems.

Well, it's an outright lie, but let's dig a little deeper. If we consider his actions rather than words what he means is: We go to war when it suits us, whether or not we are well equipped to do it or are ready for the peace that follows. We'll finance the war by running a huge deficit while we cut taxes on the wealthiest among us, in other words, those that benefit the most from freedom's protections will not be asked to help pay more so that our children and grandchildren aren't saddled with the cost of pursuing the war. (Applause.)(Yes, I inserted the applause line)

A pro-growth strategy must address the growing burden of junk lawsuits. Last month I met Bruce McFee, who runs a manufacturing company in North Lansing. A few years back, Bruce bought a company called Sullivan Palatek. In the 1940s, another company with the name "Sullivan" in it made a product with asbestos. The two companies are in no way related. But that hasn't stopped trial lawyers from filing 53 asbestos claims against Bruce's company.

Here's what he said about the lawsuits: "If they put us out of business, the replacement is going to be an overseas business -- I believe there are hundreds of companies in the same mess. And it's sucking money out of our state." And he's right.

Junk lawsuits have driven the cost of America's tort system to more than $240 billion a year -- greater than any major industrialized nation. Think about that. It creates a competitive disadvantage in a global economy, for the American economy to have so many lawsuits. It imposes unfair costs on job creators. It raises prices for consumers. Our legal system must serve the cause of justice, not the interests of trial lawyers. Congress needs to pass meaningful class action and asbestos legal reform this year.
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To reduce the cost of medicine for every doctor, every patient and every business, Congress needs to pass medical liability reform this year.

Ahhh, the breath of fresh air. Take it in, the problem with America is junk lawsuits. Let's just restrict people's ability to obtain fair and full compensation for injuries inflicted upon them by the negligence of others and that will solve all of our troubles. This is the worst kind of giveaway precisely because it rewards someone the preznit might call an evildoer. If one of his precious offspring were to be, G-d forbid, injured (or worse) by, say, a drunk-driver, would he want to limit her recovery to a maximum of $250,000 no matter how badly she was injured? I don't think so.

So why protect negligent doctors or asbestos manufacturers? Oh that's right, they're part of his "constituency". Take this story, a sad and tragic story that shows who might be harmed and who is rewarded with lawsuit reform.

APPALACHIA, Va. – It hurled like a cannonball into Dennis and Cindy Davidson’s house, right through the wall of the bedroom and onto the bed where 3-year-old Jeremy was sleeping.

The huge boulder continued its path, crashing through a closet before finally stopping at the foot of 8-year-old Zachary’s bed. Zachary would be fine. Jeremy was crushed to death.

A bulldozer operator widening a road at a strip mining operation atop Black Mountain had unknowingly dislodged the half-ton boulder that August night. And now, more than four months later, Jeremy’s death is still being felt across the coal mines of southwestern Virginia.

Should we restrict this family's rights of recovery Mr. Preznit sir? Why treat this family any differently than those that are the victims of medical negligence or faulty products?

And on to Social Security. We all know he doesn't really know what the hell he talks about, but...

I'm calling upon the Congress to act. Because if we don't act now, imagine what life is going to be like trying to fill the hole. When you're $200 billion short, and a couple of years later you're $300 billion short, and the shortfalls grow every year, there aren't many options available to you if you don't do something now. In other words, you can raise taxes significantly. That will wreck the economy. You can dramatically slash benefits. You can borrow a lot of money. But whatever the case is, the closer you get to the day in which we start going into the red, the problem only accelerates.

Man, this guy has no soul. You asked for him America.* Oh, and do you suppose the writers include the great phrase "in other words" or is that just his addled brain farting?

*Well I and 49 million others didn't but he is worse every day.