The Conservative Sage

The outrage regarding Presidents Obama's speech to the school children last month was met with ridicule by the left. After all, how could anyone object to the President of the United States telling America's school children to stay in school, study hard and not make excuses? Many don't know that there was a larger agenda-which was changed when the backlash began. The plans to have the children write essays as to how they were going to "help President Obama" were scrapped due the controversy. Now we have another more clear example of how Obama automatons in the teachers unions are indoctrinating America's children. The latest controversy surrounds a video whereby approximately 15 young school children are shown singing President Obama's praises while chanting Barack Hussein Obama- incidentally , a middle name that his opponents were chided for using during the campaign. Speaking of his campaign, I remember seeing Obama's face on a television commercial...

There is a famous commercial from a few years ago where a guys says "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV". Well pretty soon playing a doctor will earn you more than being a real one. After the soon to be passed health care bill takes effect, the medical profession will lose not only many practitioners but also prestige. The Canadians have traditionally come to the US seeking higher pay which they cannot obtain in their own salary capped government run system. Polls suggest that some doctors will either retire or leave the profession altogether. I don' think the administration has asked themselves where will all the doctors come from to treat the extra 20 million people on the system? For those who use the cliche " we are the only industrialized nation without universal health care" should consider the facts: Canada has approximately 33 million, roughly the same as California. Denmark and Sweden have less than 10 million people respectively. The US has po...