AN OVERSEAS VACATION

And a good time was had by all ... well I really cannot say "by all" but at least a good time is being had by Obama and his entourage as they visit Ireland and the UK and Europe. Back in the 50 States, there are problems. Some of these problems are new and some are several years old, but all of these problems are ignored by our President as he attempts to expand his personal
role as a world leader.




While Obama ate dinner with the Queen of England and "blew" the toast, the American federal government announced that this past week 424,000 new applications for unemployment benefits were filed by US citizens. Just 2 months ago the White House gloated over the news that the weekly number of the newly unemployed had dropped below 400,000 and proclaimed that this number would continue to drop. What has happened is for the past seven (7) weeks the number of Americans losing their jobs and seeking unemployment benefits has been consistently over the 400,000 number.



Mother Nature has also decided to test Obama while he took his break from Washington by unleashing tornadoes across mid-western states and southern states. Even Philadelphia, the epitome of a northeastern metropolis, had a brush with a tornado. The number of killed or injured or severely impacted by these terrible storms is in the hundreds of thousands. The reaction by BHO was to insure his suffering fellow citizens that he would pay them a visit "next Sunday".



What ever happened to the idea that for the President of the United States of America the needs of other Americans always come first? BHO, if he was truly interested in the welfare of the citizens of his country, would have curtailed his overseas trip and returned to Washington to at least give the appearance that the needs of his nation are paramount to him.



The natural and needed response to this lastest example of Obama's self serving conduct needs to be implemented by American voters now by vocal opposition to Obama and then followed up in November of 2012 with a vote that is in the best interest of our nation. That ballot selection must be for the Republican candidate for the White House.