Do you believe that Americans are capable enough to handle most of their own problems?
Or do you agree with President Obama that they are just not that smart and need the government to step in and handle things for them. The concept of dumbing down of many Americans is something I just don’t believe in.
For instance, did you hear that some people actually want this administration to force Daniel Snyder, the owner of the NFL Washington Redskins, to change the name of his football team?
Is that really a function of government? The press reported that irate citizens were demanding, (that’s right, demanding) that Attorney General Eric Holder should step in and force him to change the “insensitive,” “degrading” and “humiliating” name of the team.
Okay, maybe Channel 4 exaggerated a bit. Maybe it wasn’t thousands of calls. Perhaps hundreds? Think it was dozens?
Maybe three Great Neck Liberals made those phone calls. Who knows? Was this just another example of the media promoting its own agenda? You bet ya.
Even though the ACLU, the Anti-Defamation League, and Eric Holder don’t agree with me, I have come to the conclusion that this is not our government’s job at all. They don’t have to defend us at all from the trauma of hearing the word, “Redskins.” We can handle things like that ourselves. If it offends you, just give up your season tickets or boycott their advertisers. In a democracy, citizens can still do that.
By the way, if he wants to change the name, Mr. Snyder could really show his displeasure with Washington politics, by changing the name of his beloved Washington Redskins to the Maryland Redskins.
Here are some of my favorites, which are all based on government’s belief that we are to dumb to know what’s going on and thus need their help. Please feel free to add your own.
1 – San Diego’s mayor, Bob Filner, finally resigned in disgrace last month, after 17 women have come forward claiming that he had sexually harassed them. Was there any woman in the San Diego area that this creep didn’t grope?
Now, pay attention, he is not the dumb one, he is just sick. It’s their city council that’s dumb. Guess what these elected officials did? They voted to use taxpayer dollars to pay for all his legal expenses, even if he is found guilty.
If that’s not dumbing-down, I don’t know what is. Where is Gloria Steinem when we need her to defend these women? Oh I forgot, like Bill Clinton before him, ex-mayor Filner is a Democrat, so I guess that explains why our government should pay for his defense.
2 – In 2008, Leatrice Brewer sadistically killed her three young children because “she was saving them from voodoo.” Obviously insane, she is presently serving her sentence as a patient at an upstate mental hospital. Does it sound as if she needs the help of some government official? I guess so, because to her rescue came Nassau County Surrogate Judge Edward McCarty. But first lets get the backstory.
The biological fathers of the deceased children won a $350,000 judgement against Nassau County because they had previously warned the Bureau of Child Welfare about their ex-wife’s psychotic behavior.
Now, ready for this one? Ms. Brewer is claiming that, as the mother of her three deceased children, she is entitled to a portion of the settlement.
Ms. Brewer is not the dumb one, she’s really sick. Nassau County Surrogate Judge Edward McCarty is the winner of this year’s dumbing-down, man of the year award, because he ruled in her favor. Because of him, Ms. Brewer is being transported, at our expense, here for the trial.
3 – President Bush, the CIA, the Brits, and our own Congress believed that the UN inspectors were right and weapons of mass destruction were definitely present in Iraq.
Really? So who does President Obama call in to verify that these same weapons of mass destruction are being used in Syria? Those same UN experts.
Dumb? You bet ya. Only our government could come up with such a solution. If only Anthony Weiner were here to figure it all out for us.
4 – Hillary told us that no one, I repeat, no one in the White House cancelled any attempt to rescue our ambassador and his three brave defenders in Benghazi. It sort of just happened. And then she added that it took a week for her top notch, State Department officials to figure out that the attack was not a response to a video but a terrorist attack after all. Another example of our government in action. Are we that dumb to believe her?
As Sgt. Schultz said in “Hogan’s Hero’s,” “I know nothing”. Really? Aren’t you surprised that she didn’t bring in Inspector Clouseau to figure it all out for us?
5 – Some Americans still insist that the president’s housing policy is a clear indication of our steady recovery. But government statistics don’t lie either. Well, most of the time they don’t lie. Well, some of the time. Okay, how about sometimes they tell us the truth.
Anyway, they announced three weeks ago that new home sales for July were down 13.4 percent, the worst in three years. Even more telling for Obama’s economic policies, 24 percent of all mortgages are more than the actual value of their homes. They are under water. Are we to dumb to really understand what’s going on?
I’m surprised the government didn’t jump into action on behalf of those dumb homeowners, by bringing back Barney Frank and his no-downpayment, no-income verification, no interest mortgages.
Or better yet, how about a free home for everyone who wants one?
6 – Bradley (aka Chelsea) Manning, was convicted last month of passing documents to Wikileaks and sentenced to 35 years in jail. He will be serving his sentence while fulfilling his lifelong dream of living as a woman. What does our dumb government do to make a bad situation even worse? Taxpayers may be asked to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for his hormone therapy and a sex change operation! Dumb? Of course!
7 – Do you think that President Obama’s foreign policy of spreading democracy around the world is really working? He demanded democratic elections in Egypt, to replace their pro-American and pro-Israeli government and ended up with the Muslim Brotherhood. In the name of democratic elections, we have a democratic Egyptian government who hates us and called for our own destruction. Dumb? Of course!
8 – The biggest government overreaching occurred last month. It’s not Syria. It’s not Egypt. It’s not even the government shutdown.
What was the average American preoccupied with? Ben Affleck was chosen to star in the new action film, “Batman.”
Our government better step in and get us out of this mess. Being totally distraught and upset with this selection, millions of super-bright Americans spent much of their week begging, threatening and demanding revenge, trying to get Ben off the film. What do these geniuses do? They send a petition to the White House!
This was the perfect job for our president. As soon as he gets off the golf course, Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, said he will let us know the president’s personal choice to replace Ben Affleck.
Stephen Morris
North Hills
