What was Obama’s Worst Decision of 2009? Presenting the Non-Sequitur Policy of the Year Award | NewsReal Blog

What was Obama’s Worst Decision of 2009? Presenting the Non-Sequitur Policy of the Year Award | NewsReal Blog: "Special Report’s lead story Wednesday evening was the remarkable saga that is now called “Gitmo.” my nominee for the first annual “Non-Sequitur Policy of the Year” award (NSPY, pronounced “nespy”, rhyming with ESPN’s ESPY award). Not a very catchy title, perhaps, but appropriately utilitarian in form and function. This first annual award goes to the policy which most epitomizes the absurdity of left wing activist government. It was not an easy choice.

The sheer volume of nonsense proposed by the Obama-led Administration in one year has made us almost immune to the lure of common sense. The list is long. A $787 billion stimulus bill is passed and “tax credits” (i.e., cash payments made by the government to people who don’t pay taxes) are called tax cuts. When the unemployment rate rose to 10.2%, Obama informed us that the stimulus bill “created or saved” 650,000 jobs. Obama ’s “sweet home Chicago” failure to bring home the Olympic bacon for Mayor Richard Daley and other cronies was trumpeted as a goodwill gesture on behalf of the American people.An astonishing “cash for clunkers” bill, which literally mandated the destruction of property, was hailed as a resounding success. The government’s spending rose to 26% of GDP while expenditures were 60% higher than receipts, but Obama/Pelosi/Reid pushed for further deficits with their massive “health care” and “climate change” bills. The former promises more access to medical care for lower cost and the latter promises a “.7 degree” reduction in temperature in 40 years. Climate scientists were caught manipulating/losing/hiding global warming data, but Obama’s EPA still announced CO2 will be regulated as a pollutant. Obama joined with pro global warming activists who flew to Copenhagen on private jets, while experiencing an extraordinary blizzard. These “activists” furiously applauded that savior of planet earth, Hugo Chavez."