A Date to Remember

OK, I defended the President over his Memorial Day golf outing, now it is time for me to join in the criticism. This morning, after a de facto government takeover of General Motors, Mr. Obama gave a speech predicting higher unemployment, factory closings, and business failures; and furthermore declared that it is encumbent upon those who will suffer from these outcomes to sacrifice for the sake of our children and grandchildren - who's futures are being mortgaged on a daily basis. It seems, in light of this bleak outlook, rather inapropriate for the President to employ three jets and two helicopters to take his wife on a date in New York City. Excuse me, but are there not restaurants and theaters in Washington? Aside from the cost to the taxpayers (which the administration refuses to quantify), the blatant hypocrisy of a so-called "Global Warming" activist flying off on a whim with three Gulfstream G-5's and two helicopters is astounding. Not to mention the cost to the city and citizens of New York, as well as waste of fuel and pollution expended by the traffic tie-ups caused by the presidential motorcade, which also creates inefficiencies and loss of production to anyone attempting commerce amidst the disruption. Incredibly, the theater-goers who had to wait an hour for the play to start because the President, the most powerful man in the world, could not manage to get there on time, gave him a standing ovation. New York City is in serious financial trouble; the cost to the city alone is irresponsible. It is dismaying that the President is happy to live like a rock star while demanding sacrifice from the average American.