Thursday, January 21, 2010

"Its Not My Fault!!"

How many of you remember Bill Buckner? Let me refresh your memory, he is the first-baseman who let a ground ball get through his legs and cost the Boston Red Sox the World Series. Let's flash forward a few years to the NFL playoffs and a name we are all familiar with, Tony Romo, siting on the one yard line with seconds left in the game, fumbling the ball and costing the Dallas Cowboys a victory to advance in the playoffs. I'll bet all of the Cub fans reading this remember "Bartman" the fan who reached out to grab a sure out and changed the outcome of the game and the Cubs quest to reach the World Series again. Mistakes, the thing in life we all have in common. Mistakes can be made by anyone, doctors, lawyers, athletes, and even politicians. How many of us have made a mistake and was happy that none of our friends were around to see it! Nobody wants to look dumb, it hurts our egos, it tarnishes our images, it proves we are human! Personally I'm glad nobody is around when I'm assembling a piece of furniture or some new device for home improvement, it seems even when I follow the directions copiously I still manage to make a mistake or two; my wife will attest to this. Our first instinct when we make a mistake is to assign blame somewhere else, I often blame ambiguous instructions. Ultimately we must admit to our own mistakes and errors in judgement. The world over people have been making errors of one kind or another since time began, just ask Eve! Only in Washington is it possible never to make an error in judgement on your own, there is always someone else to hold accountable for mistakes that would normally be the fault of those making the decisions that were proven to be wrong. When Scott Brown won the senate seat from Massachusetts the democrats have blamed George Bush, red-neck voters, a weak opponent, FOX NEWS, Glenn Beck, and basically anybody but Barack Obama and the Democrat Party. This attitude of we can't possibly be wrong is the major reason that the American people are dissatisfied with the Obama administration. The fact that George W. Bush is still being used as an excuse for Barack Obama's mistakes is ludicrous, and it reveals a very disturbing feature about Barack Obama; a gigantic ego that refuses to admit to error. The psychological term for this type of personality is megalomania, a person so filled with ego he will not allow the possibility even mentioned that he could be in error about anything. The fact that Obama refers to people with opposing opinions as obstructionists, rather than people with a different point of view shows his distaste for opposition to his will. A man with this type of personality will not change his course, his agenda will remain the same no matter what the facts may dictate. Although Obama said he wants to now slow down the process of health-care I fear it is only a way to distort the public's perception of who he really is. Months ago the public staged huge demonstrations across the nation against the proposed health-care issue, and this administration dismissed them as unimportant. Suddenly the people are important. Barack Obama needs to have his cage rattled on a regular basis by the voters, he may not be taking notice but those around him are. It's time to grow up Mr. President, admit your mistakes like a big fellow, George didn't do it all!!

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