Recession Only Hits The American People, Not Washington

By Semperpapa

The fantasy land Obama lives in as he tries to tell the American people that the economic recovery is in full swing, may be justified by the actuality of Washington D.C.
For example, while fuel cost continues to have sharp impact on the ability of people to go to work and school, let alone taking vacations, exotic traveling of congressional members was up significantly in the first five months of 2011.
Some of the travel was paid by private enterprises, surely eager to wine and dine members of Congress with the possibility of favorable actions toward their agendas. But some of that travel is paid by the taxpayers.
So members of both Parties get to stroll around Europe with their spouses, or get to "visit" oil rigs and meet with oil companies executives around the Gulf of Mexico.

Another example is the way Obama uses Air Force One as a personal campaigning tool, firing it up at any occasion to fly to this or that fundraiser. So not only we the people foot the bill for the giant aircraft every time some fancy celebrity dinner is collecting money for the President and we also have to endure the disruption that the move causes to every area where the President goes, we also have to be lectured by the White House about energy consumption as we are left to wonder what the carbon footprint is for a Boeing 747 flying all around the country, and the world, at the whims of the One.

But it is all good. Michelle Obama goes to California, makes a little insignificant speech about Military families, which makes the trip official business, than goes on four fundraising events, most of the travel cost being picked up by the taxpayers. And some of the liberal drones are all warm and fuzzy about the "interest" shown by the Obama administration toward the Military.

At least we can be comforted by a DNC fundraiser that did not required any travel expense for the people because it was held at...the White House. Does anybody understand that the White House belongs to the people? Obama is a rent-free tenant there, not the owner!

What makes me feel good are the steps taken by the Obama regime to cut wasteful spending by forming one more committee to analyze the "problem" on the wake of the discovery of "treadmills for shrimps" and other such waste of money.
So the person in charge of that commission is Joe Biden. A man who invites the press corps to a water fight. He had a press conference today about the first step in his new role: cutting in half the number of web sites available to the people to get information about government programs. He claims that the move is to eliminate duplication of efforts and to streamline the process of search for the people. Or it could be a way to reduce access to government business for the people. You decide. And as far as "savings" accomplished by such bold action, nobody knows, but I am sure it will amount to "trillions", right Joe?

What I am happy to hear, though, is that Rep. Anthony Weiner will still collect his $174,000 salary even as he is in "rehab" looking for new ways to share his wiener with the rest of the female population. Isn't America great?

Even the dumb bimbo Debbie Waisserman-Schultz thinks that America has turned the corner in the economic recovery, so it must be true. In effect, if one goes by the employment situation for government workers, there has never been a recession as that sector has grown leaps an bounds. If a stupid idiot like Waisserman-Schultz gets to keep her job, how bad can the economy be?
And Michelle, rumors have it, is planning a nice vacation to Africa this summer. And she throws few scraps of pseudo-interest toward Military families, and some people just melt in her grubby hands. Life is good!

For the rest of us, let us eat cake.

Just my thoughts!