Christina’s Common Sense

I don’t know who made this video, but it sure is funny.

The government has repeatedly demonstrated its incompetence to run anything. From car registration to education to its own (all too numerous) agencies, the government has done nothing but make life more complicated, more expensive, and lower in quality. Yet for some reason there seems to be this idea that when it comes to extending health coverage to every living human being in the country, government will miraculously be cured of its inherent flaws.

This notion, of course, has been proven wrong many times by our neighbors across the pond, who now have such a healthcare crisis that they are implementing steps to return to a more free market healthcare system.

The problems with British healthcare include do-it-yourself tooth extractions, critically ill patients being left in ambulance holding patterns while they wait for a doctor to become available, and mandating that patients discuss only one illness per visit. As if that weren’t enough proof, Canadians (who also have universal healthcare) are coming to the US to get the medicine they need—and some of them are suing their government to pick up the tab.

American healthcare is a mess. I won’t deny that. But we must not confuse the need to fix it with the idea that it is the government’s job to do so. How much would you trust a friend who kept letting you down? Better yet, how long would he be your friend? Not long, I’ll bet. So why do we trust the government when it keeps letting us down and its programs are shown not to work? I can’t see why. Our healthcare system needs help, but government action is demonstrably not the answer.

China has been causing much angst and consternation of late, with the whole Tibet fiasco and all. On top of all that, the summer Olympics will be held in Beijing this summer. Now, Hillary is calling for Pres. Bush to boycott the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies unless China shapes up and starts paying attention to human rights.

I can hardly think of a more limp-wristed, sissy-Mary way to show disapproval for China’s behavior. Not attend the opening ceremonies? What the heck is that going to accomplish? Nothing, that’s what it will accomplish. Not showing up to the opening ceremonies will have no impact on the Chinese. They lose nothing if our president does not attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. We, however, lose a lot. If Pres. Bush stays home from the Olympics, it will only make America look like she doesn’t have the guts to really reprimand China.

If America wants to show its displeasure with China, she should do so in a manner that actually gets attention. Not by keeping her president at home for the opening ceremonies. If we think that’s going to change any behavior, we’re kidding ourselves. Besides, the Olympics is a time for the world to send its best of the best to compete on the biggest stage in the world, not a time to play politics. Is that too much to ask?

Think back to middle school history. Remember the Donner Party? The people who set out for the West, got stranded in California, and found themselves in such dire straits they had to eat each other?

Well, this election year, the Democrats are doing the same thing (metaphorically, of course). Their party is so bankrupt, their ideology so vacuous, and their candidates so utterly laughable that they’re out of resources. All they can do is consume each other.

John McCain may be the luckiest politician ever to live. His own party hates him and many of them will sooner stay home than vote for him. Not only that, but the Republicans should lose big this year. We’ve got an unpopular war, an economy in a minor recession, and the Republicans basically flushed their twelve years in power to the point that they were ousted in the midterm elections. They haven’t done themselves proud since. By all political analysis, the Republicans should fall on their faces this year.

But they may not. Hillary and Barack are so busy tearing into each other that they don’t have the resources to tear into McCain. The Democrats could easily make hay on pointing out McCain’s traitorous actions against his own party. But they can’t! They’re too busy shredding each other.

John McCain and the Republicans have no business winning a consolation prize, never mind an election, this year. But their opposition is so bad that they just might anyway. If the Republicans win a darn thing in November, they will truly have been blessed by their enemies.

Last week, Hillary Clinton recounted a tale of landing under sniper fire during her 1996 trip to Bosnia . Turns out, the tale was a crock. Big shocker, I know. She says she “misspoke” about the incident, and there actually was sniper fire on the hillside near the landing strip. Good heavens. If this woman confuses sniper fire near her with bullets actually being fired at her, what else will she “misspeak” over? I mean, if the North Koreans batted an eye she’d rapidly turn it into a full-scale nuclear assault or something.

Since then, various military commanders have denounced Hillary’s remarks, saying that it demeans the sacrifices they make. They’re right. Making light of something like getting shot at by snipers diminishes everyone who’s actually been under fire. It’s like schools branding everyone and his brother with a learning disability—it hurts the credibility of those who are actually learning disabled. Not only that, but Hillary’s story makes the military look like they fell down on the job and let the First Lady and her teenage daughter land with a bunch of disgruntled Bosnians on the runway.

So we have two options here. Hillary’s either too dense to properly recall a fairly memorable incident like being shot at, or she cares so little about our servicemen that she’s perfectly willing to make up a story which demeans them. Neither one’s a particularly attractive trait in a potential Commander-in-Chief, is it?

With Barack’s pastoral mishaps and Hillary’s faulty memory, the Democrats look ready to shred themselves this year. For them, that’s bad. Which translates to wonderful for America! And for this blog, as  it means I will rarely be short post topics.

That title may sound strange coming from a Republican. But it’s the truth. I am happier than a pig in the mud to see Hillary celebrate big wins in Ohio and Texas last night.

As things currently stand, neither Clinton nor Obama will have enough delegates to win the nomination by the Democrat National Convention. You know what that means? Oh yeah—blood on the floor, dirty tricks, nasty politics.

If you’re a Republican, there’s nothing that makes your side look better than to see the Democrats tear themselves to shreds. The dirtier they have to get, the less likely people are to vote for them. And that means they are more likely to vote for our guys.

Does life get any better for conservatives than watching liberals self-destruct? No! So I say: “Run, Hillary! Run!”