First comes Obama, then comes a welfare, socialist dictatorship

University Wire

03-06-2008

(Daily Utah Chronicle) (UWIRE) SALT LAKE CITY -- While on the campaign trail, Barack Obama demonstrated how he would use a presidential bully pulpit if elected. Obama's mainly black crowd in Beaumont, Texas, experienced a dose of Obama Tough Love as he told parents they need to shape up.

"It's not good enough for you to say to your child, 'Do good in school,' and then when that child comes home, you got the TV set on, you got the radio on, you don't check their homework, there is not a book in the house, you've got the video game playing," he said. "So turn off the TV set, put the video game away. Buy a little desk or put that child by the kitchen table. Watch them do their homework. If they don't know how to do it, give them help. If you don't know how to do it, call the teacher. Make them go to bed at a reasonable time. Keep them off the streets. Give 'em some breakfast. Come on ... you know I am right."

I do know he is right. Parents should be parents, and this advice is common sense. He goes on to say that parents should stop letting their kids grow fat eating Popeye's Chicken for breakfast and drinking four to five cans of soda per day with no exercise.

"Children have to have proper nutrition," Obama said. "That affects also how they study, how they learn in school."

I don't object to anything he is saying. What I object to is that he thinks it is his job as a presidential candidate to give parenting advice. And worse, that he thinks it is the role of government to step into citizens' houses and tell them how to handle their lives. The government is not the answer to everything.

He is just another guy in a long line of politicians who feel that every aspect of American life should be regulated. What else is he going to want to regulate if elected? Already in New York City, trans-fats have been banned. If you happen to live in New Orleans, it might soon be illegal to serve an obese person fast food. Liberals and the Democratic Party want big government. Big government entails having a one-size-fits-all answer for everything.

With nationalized health care you will be told what kind of treatment you can get if you are sick. Obama and the Democrats want to raise taxes so they can decide what happens to your hard-earned money. In California they are trying to tell the citizens how warm or cool house temperatures can be. You will have no choice in the kind of car you drive, no choice in schools, gun control, how large your carbon footprint can be and, of course, fees for not recycling.

Soon, before stepping outside without a hat on because you might develop skin cancer, you will have to ask permission from a welfare state government fat with power.