The Hundred Days Campaign

I listened to the President speak last night during his "100 Days" press conference. Aside from the Napoleonic allusion of the Hundred Days, I was mostly uninterested in Mr. Obama's "eloquence." The man I heard speaking last night spoke not as a United States President, but as an incredibly arrogant, self-proclaimed guru of solutions. Specifically, he stated it was his job to ensure that America maintained a "viable auto industry." I'm sorry, Mr. President, but that is not your job. First of all, the American auto industry is obviously not competitive with foreign companies; otherwise the current situation would not exist. It is the auto industry's job to keep itself viable in a globalized market, not the U.S. government. There is nothing the government can do aside from prolong it's demise with vain financial "rescue" programs. Capitalism would naturally force the revision of auto markets, with no "help" from outside sources. If a market fails once, it will fail again.

Equally disturbing was the Chairman's ineptitude in speaking about the people who have become auxiliary to a political agenda, the U.S. Servicemen. Commonly referred to simply as "troops", the people of the U.S. military have become dehumanized not by a chain of command or by bureaucracy, but by media and candidates looking for support. It was appalling to hear the "Commander-in-Chief" stumble over words as he tried to describe his "appreciation of U.S. Soldiers, Airman, Sailors, and Marines. The man is a fraud.