Obama, the talking machine

Presidents come and go, but Barack Obama stands above the rest in one characteristic.  He is without doubt the champion “motor mouth” of all time.  It isn’t even close.  Drug addicts must have their next fix on a daily, or even an hourly, basis.  Barack is just as driven to deliver his next speech.  He is totally addicted to the sound of his own voice.

Recently, he received massive media coverage for his State of the Union speech.  A normal politician would enjoy that huge exposure and relax for a bit, but not our boy.  He, his teleprompter, and his entourage are off on Air Force One the very next day to “speak” once again in North Carolina.  That is followed by two successive days of yet more speeches.  Four days and four speeches! For Barack, that is orgasmic.

Also, what you see is what you get.  That’s the Obama presidency in a nutshell.   Talk, and talk, and talk to satisfy his overwhelming need to voice his perceived superior intellect.  His only presidential actions are to expand his voter base by promoting a Greek-style entitlement society.  Other than that, Obama doesn’t actually “do” anything, except talk.  North Korea, Syria, Mali, Iran, Benghazi, the economy, and the deficit don’t reach his attention level.  Considering action on these hot spots would interfere with writing and delivering the daily speech. Barack rationalizes this approach by labeling it “leading from behind.”  A more realistic assessment would be “a continual failure to do anything at all.”

Only vacations in plush surroundings interfere with the daily talking fix.  If the vacation includes golf with rich supporters so much the better.  Those problems that so occupy other presidents are ignored.

Chicago teen shot

Any murder is sad, but some seem more so.  She was in a Chicago band that marched in the recent Inaugural parade.  She was an honor student and popular among her peers.  Sadly, she was killed in a Chicago park that is close to Obama’s home.  In other words, this was yet another senseless killing of a person just entering the promising part of life.  Yet another!

Ah, but the liberal politicians see the killing as an opportunity to play up their anti-gun campaign.  Michelle boards her private plane along with Valerie Jarret to attend the funeral.  Mayor Rahm tears up (if you can imagine) just talking about the incident.  Barack didn’t attend only because his presence would be distracting.  

Thus, this girl’s funeral was turned into a shameless political pitch for Obama’s anti-gun campaign.  No doubt, this killing was by gunfire.  But, the real problem lies elsewhere.  Killings like this one flow from a seriously failed culture.  Over half of the gun crimes occur in large cities.  The shooters generally live in the poor areas.  The people who live in those parts of the cities are largely African-American.

An article in Commentary magazine notes that despite composing only 1% of the population, black males between the ages of 18 and 24 represent 18% of the gun homicides and 27% of the homicide offenders. 

Instead of forcing school kids to eat carrot sticks, Michelle should address this problem.   This is where the real problem lies, not in gun ownership.  No legislation, liberal inspired or not, will cure this endemic problem that largely defines much of today’s black community.

No, I’m not a racist, just striving to be a realist.