Why Didn't Someone Tell Me?

There has been a little, and I mean little, talk recently of this being China's century. However, I did not realize that they had caught, and surpassed us. They are the new "Shining City Upon The Hill", according to none other than Senator Obama. Yesterday, he informed us that China indeed, was a country with superior infrastructure, superior rail lines, superior airports, and superior harbors. How in God's name did they sneak up on us, and just push the greatest country aside?

Of course, they haven't caught us at all in anything, in spite of Senator Obama's pronouncement from on high. What the Chinese have, has been built on the backs of slave labor, and yes, even their schools fall down during earthquakes. These sweet leaders of the century even showed the world how far they have come by building a dissent, and protest area in Beijing near the Olympic village. Set aside for the moment, the fact that of 77 applications submitted to use this grand free speech facility, all 77 have been rejected. The games end tomorrow, and all the world, and Liberal America will marvel at the Chinese prowess in building the finest Olympic setting the world has ever seen. I can't wait until Senator Obama comments on this huge success. In fact, I'm beginning to get a clearer picture of his grandiose dreams of "change".

Meanwhile, back in the halls of the US Congress, House Republicans are still at it, insisting that Speaker Pelosi return with her Democrat allies, and get on with the passage of a comprehensive energy bill to ease the financial burdens on hard working Americans. It is rumored that she will reconsider drilling off the coast of America, but first, there is the small matter of attaching pork spending ammendments to such a bill. In other words, yes, she supports drilling, but only if the Congress will support her calls for non-related spending items. She doesn't support off-coast drilling at all, just wants to give the appearance she does, then blame those rascally Republicans for not passing the energy bill.

So, in spite of Senator Obama's claim, the Chinese haven't caught us, the House Speaker doesn't truly support easing the burdens on working Americans, and everyone can just go to hell, carrying that familiar old hand basket. Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? Yes! And that light is on the front end of an east-bound train that threatens to plow under the hopes, and the changes, promised us all by the man who ought to know: Barrack Hussein Obama!