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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Government by Freakout: Obama’s scare tactics aren’t much of a long-term
strategy
by Jammie
The president’s sequester strategy is like Howard Beale in “Network”:
“Woe is us. . . . And woe is us! We’re in a lot of trouble!”
It is always cliffs, ceilings and looming catastrophes with Barack Obama
. It is always government by freakout.
That’s what’s happening now with the daily sequester warnings. Seven
hundred thousand children will be dropped from Head Start. Six hundred
thousand women and children will be dropped from aid programs. Meat won’t
be inspected. Seven thousand TSA workers will be laid off, customs workers
too, and air traffic controllers. Lines at airports will be impossible. The
Navy will slow down the building of an aircraft carrier. Troop readiness
will be disrupted, weapons programs slowed or stalled, civilian contractors
stiffed, uniformed first responders cut back. Our nuclear deterrent will be
indefinitely suspended. Ha, made that one up, but give them time.
Mr. Obama has finally hit on his own version of national unity: Everyone
get scared together. |
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