This'n'That; March Thirteenth #2; More Unremarkable Remarks

The "Condemning Conservatives" Tour; Stop #3
Campaigning on "The Taxpayers' Dime"
"Clown Prince" Blather Opportunity;
barackingham Palace-Rose Garden
THE "CLOWN PRINCE:"  Good morning, everybody. Before I make an announcement about our efforts to stand up for U.S. businesses and U.S. workers, I’d like to say a few words about the situation in Afghanistan.  Over the weekend, as many of you know, there was a tragic incident in which a number of Afghan civilians were killed. What I’ve made to President Karzai when I spoke to him is that the United States takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered. We’re heartbroken over the loss of innocent life. The killing of innocent civilians is outrageous and it’s unacceptable. It’s not who we are as a country, and it does not represent our military.  And for that reason, I’ve directed the Pentagon to make sure that we spare no effort in conducting a full investigation. I can assure the American people and the Afghan people that we will follow the facts wherever they lead us, and we will make sure that anybody who was involved is held fully accountable with the full force of the law.  Yesterday, I met with General Allen and Ambassador Crocker, who were here in Washington, and I’ve extraordinary confidence in them and in the many Americans who are serving in Afghanistan and who have made extraordinary sacrifices to be there. Today I’ll be meeting with Prime Minister Cameron, who is part of our broad coalition serving in Afghanistan, and we’ll have an opportunity to consult about the way forward as we prepare for the NATO summit in Chicago later this spring.  So make no mistake, we have a strategy that will allow us to responsibly wind down this war. We’re steadily transitioning to the Afghans who are moving into the lead, and that's going to allow us to bring our troops home. Already we’re scheduled to remove 23,000 troops by the end of this summer, followed by -- following the 10,000 that we withdrew last year. And meanwhile, we will continue the work of devastating al Qaeda’s leadership and denying them a safe haven.  There’s no question that we face a difficult challenge in Afghanistan, but I am confident that we can continue the work of meeting our objectives, protecting our country and responsibly bringing this war to a close.
    Since my January-2009 immaculation, I've been confronted other events of this nature and I've used an appropriate response, depending on the type of event and it's location.  Remember the shooting incident during my first year of rule.  It took place in November, 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas.  An Army Major--a muslim--Nidal Malik Hasan, went nuts and shot the hell out of lot'sa other soldiers and civilians.  This nice muslim guy--much to my chagrin--was eventually charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 38 counts of attempted murder!  How can that be?!?  This guy was merely following his faith.... Kill all the infidels!!!
    Now we have this U.S. soldier shooting hell out'ta lot'sa nice muslim men, nice muslim women as well as nice muslim children.  This soldier--maybe suffering a miniscule amount of stress from previous war-zone assignments--allegedly killed 16 Afgans and wounding several others.  We can not condone this outrage against the peaceful muslims and Taliban members of Afganistan!!  Rather than treat the soldier in this latest travesty like Major--and nice muslim guy--Hasan of Fort Hood 'fame,' we must publically crucify in 'Downtown Rathole, Afganistan.'  Subject him to a civil Afgan trial where he'll surely be found guilty with no caviat of mental illness; stress related depression, et al.  No other U.S. president ever has--or ever would--subject the soldier to this miscarriage of justice, but that's what 'General' Holder and I are all about!!
    As I did during my first year of rule--The "Worldwide Apology Tour"--where I went to every muslim and communist country at kissed the ass of each potentate as well has his highest advisors, I've bent over backwards to--verbally--once again kiss Karzai's ass!!  While I don't really need a reason to support and applaude muslims, this incident just makes it easier to cement my position with them as well as my own muslim faith!
    The muslim in me is having great misgivings about the wars in both Iraq and Afganistan.  They're not going well; the American taxpayer is 'on-the-hook' for the cost, rather than taking a percentage of Iraqi crude oil as partial payment.  The ideal solution at this point is--in Iraq--herd all the nationals into one area and bomb the rest of the country into one huge glass parking lot; --in Afganistan--about seven days of saturation carpet bombing the whole country should take care of any al Qaeda and Taliban opposition.  We should not be there 'nation-building!'  Neither 21st Century America nor 16th Century Afganistan will ever be on the same page politically, culturally, economically, philosophicallly!!  What-ta-hell's the reason for being there?!?
    Now, one of the things that I talked about during the State of the Union address was making America more competitive in the global economy. The good news is that we have the best workers and the best businesses in the world. They turn out the best products. And when the playing field is level, they’ll always be able to compete and succeed against every other country on Earth.  But the key is to make sure that the playing field is level. And frankly, sometimes it’s not. I will always try to work our differences through with other countries. We prefer dialogue. That’s especially true when it comes to key trading partners like China. We've got a constructive economic relationship with China, and whenever possible, we are committed to working with them to addressing our concerns. But when it is necessary, I will take action if our workers and our businesses are being subjected to unfair practices.  Since I took office, we’ve brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration, and these actions are making a difference. For example, we halted an unfair surge in Chinese tires, which has helped put over 1,000 American workers back on the job. But we haven't stopped there. 
    Two weeks ago, I created a Trade Enforcement Unit to aggressively investigate any unfair trade practices taking place anywhere in the world. And as they ramp up their efforts, our competitors should be on notice: You will not get away with skirting the rules. When we can, we will rally support from our allies. And when it makes sense to act on our own, we will.  I just signed a bill to help American companies that are facing unfair foreign competition. These companies employ tens of thousands of Americans in nearly 40 states. Because of subsidies from foreign governments, some of their foreign competitors are selling products at an artificially low price. That needs to stop.  This morning, we’re taking an additional step forward. We’re bringing a new trade case against China -- and we’re being joined by Japan and some of our European allies. This case involves something called rare earth materials, which are used by American manufacturers to make high-tech products like advanced batteries that power everything from hybrid cars to cell phones.  We want our companies building those products right here in America. But to do that, American manufacturers need to have access to rare earth materials -- which China supplies. Now, if China would simply let the market work on its own, we’d have no objections. But their policies currently are preventing that from happening. And they go against the very rules that China agreed to follow.  Being able to manufacture advanced batteries and hybrid cars in America is too important for us to stand by and do nothing. We've got to take control of our energy future, and we can’t let that energy industry take root in some other country because they were allowed to break the rules. So our administration will bring this case against China today, and we will keep working every single day to give American workers and American businesses a fair shot in the global economy.  We're going to make sure that this isn’t a country that’s just known for what we consume. America needs to get back to doing what it's always done best -- a country that builds and sells products all over the world that are stamped with the proud words: "Made in America." That’s how we create good, middle-class jobs at home, and that’s how we're going to create an economy that’s built to last.
    How do we compete in the world market as manufacturers?!?  As I've proven--many times before--I ain't got'ta clue!!  I'm kinda thinkin' that all this deficit spending; all this borrowing of trillions-of-dollars from China; all this concentration on unsustainable green energy sources; all these--highest-in-the-world--taxes sure-as-hell aint working!!  I can bally-hoo all I want about how good American products are; about how great and efficient American workers are, if prices at the marketplace aren't competitive, they ain't gonna be any sales-simple as that!!
    If my newly formed 'Trade Enforcement Unit' is as effective as 'General' Holder's Social Justice Department, we've seen our last sale in or to, a foreign country!!  Actually--as designed--the 'TEU' is not designed to work efficiently; the design is simply to reward more and more of my supporters with government jobs; government jobs that pay 130% of the average pay of those folks tasked with 'footing-the-bill;' the American taxpayers. 
    I continue to whine about China not letting the markets work, all-the-while circumventing the American auto market by offering $7,500 bribes to Chevy Volt buyers!!  I've spent TRILLIONS on rewards in the infrastructure, in the unsustainable green energy, the auto sectors--just to name a few--to what end?!?  Nothing has changed!!  Unemployment--without regime tinkering--is still in the 11% range; true unemployment is still in the 15-16% range!!  Thankfully, MY self-serving national pamphleteers aren't mentioning that over TWO-MILLION JOBS have been lost and the national average of gas is up over 100% since my immaculation!! 
    Who-the-hell is making 'the rules' I refer to?!?  Is there some United Nations Huge Battery Manufacturing and Marketing Rules Agency?!?  Not no, but Hell NO!!  The responsibility for battery quality in the United States falls upon the manufactures IN THE UNITED STATES!!  We've got it so 'down-pat' that more and more battery fires are breaking out.  Do we hear about battery fires in China?!?  'Nuff Said!!'
   The owe-bama Regime keeps karping about taking charge of America's energy future.  It's in our hands to change energy policy, thus our energy future.  Do we?!?  Again, not no, but Hell NO!!!  We refuse to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project, thus killing 25,000 immediate--well paying--jobs; thus killing over 150,000--well paying--long-term, permanent jobs in the oil discovery, the oil production, the oil transportation, the oil refining sectors!!  This would help replenish the over TWO-MILLION JOBS lost since my immaculation!!
    America can not return to the country that produces and markets products wordwide without a significant change in the way federal governance is conducted.   A reversion to the America with the values, morals, ethics and the distinct lack of governmental control of the early twentieth century, yet keeping the technology and progress of the twenty-first century is the best change that could be made with individual and middle-class economic advancement in mind.  This can never be allowed and still track the path the progressives and socio-fascists have planned for the country.  The modern liberal mindset is that of a Marxist, a Leninist, a fascist and a communist all rolled into one!  Modern American government is all about power and control; power held by the legislators at every level, control of as many aspects of everyone else's lives as possible.  With the actual power centers held by special interests and their lobbyists who dispense various measures of limited power to the elected legislators they control.   George Soros and his "Bretton Woods" type governing style--and subjectively, myself--only dispense said power and control to those who've been vetted by the group.  As such--unless the "Tea Party" Movement retains, grows it's influence--the control wil become tighter and tighter as the socio-fascists continue to be elected and re-elected.