Unsurprising, but still disappointing

Congratulations President Obama. I voted for you, so I'm glad you're finally in office. Yes, of course I want you to succeed--I want America to succeed--especially since I'm handcuffed to the American Dream. If the economy collapses, I lose my job, can't pay the bills, get thrown out on the street, can't buy gasoline, can't buy food, and have to resort to less polite means to survive (and probably get toasted in the process) ... I will be quite unhappy about the whole thing.

But I came across this statement from Rush Limbaugh. He must be smoking something powerful, because he's completely lost touch with reality. "Liberalism," as he puts it, is no more to blame for our present situation than is "conservatism." The former Republican administration was less conservative than even the most liberal Democratic administration we've ever had. That is, if you count Federal spending. No so-called "liberal" government could get away with spending half a trillion dollars on social programs (particularly money we don't have). Social programs simply can't inspire the kind of fear that motivated and enabled the government to lose its head. Trust me. Limbaugh would lose his lunch if Obama were to ask for $100B in new dollars for education--not that Obama could get that past Congress without a fight. But Limbaugh would be OK with spending the same money to lay Afghanistan to waste. If he's the measure, "conservatism" is simply bat-shit craziness. I'm pretty sure it's not, so therefore he's just bat-shit crazy.

Many of us have had to shut up and put up over the problems of the Bush administration. Perhaps Limbaugh should do the same. But then, he's still entitled to his opinion. And we all know what opinions are ...