"I Don't Know But It Seems To Me . . ."

I don't know but it seems to me . . .
     - The election on November 2 was a landslide.  On TV, the U.S. map in red and blue told the story.  Except for small pockets, Democratic wins were in the Northeast and the West Coast.  I wonder if that is because those two regions are already Socialistic?

     - When the Republicans lost 20-30 House seats in 2006 and 2008, they couldn't help but admit they had failed to lead as the American people wanted.  The American people did not embrace the Republicans as Florida's Senator-elect Marco Rubio pointed out in his acceptance speech.  The American people rejected the Democrats and Obama's Socialist agenda, spearheaded by Obamacare.  The Republicans have a second chance.

     - The Democrats are refusing to admit they failed to lead as the American citizenry wanted.  Rather, Obama, Reid and Pelosi are steadfastly maintaining they achieved great things in the last two years.  The President attributes the historic Democratic losses to his preoccupation with achieving great things and his failure to communicate those achievements to the American people.  Huh?  The losses are a repudiation of his pursuit of Socialist policies, while ignoring the number one task of job creation.  

     - If Nancy Pelosi is elected as House Minority Leader by the Democrats, it will be proof the Democrats "don't get it."  Pelosi and Harry Reid became the faces for this election defeat on the part of those who were afraid of being called racists if they criticized Obama.  Through it all, Nancy's smile never left her face.  In fact, I have never seen it move, period!

     - The Republicans will control spending this time around or there won't be another chance.  If they don't succeed this time, the Tea Party will replace them as the conservative party in this country.  People want change and they don't care what the party label is to get it.

     - It seems to me a little hypocritical for the ultra-liberal AARP leadership to work tirelessly for the passage of Obamacare and now, within 48 hours of the election, raise health insurance premiums up to 13% on its employees because of health care reform.  The Association told everyone that Obamacare would not raise costs.  The millions of members of AARP would have liked to have known the truth before the election!  Luckily, apparently many of them just knew from good ol' common sense.  There are alternatives available to AARP and "mature"conservatives like me, should join them.

     - The worst news of the week?  The Federal Reserve is up to its old tricks.  It is devaluing every dollar in your pocket, your bank account and your retirement funds, by buying $600 billion of Treasury Bonds and rolling over another $275 billion maturing from the last round of $862 billion of "runaway non-stimulus."  This money is being "printed up" as you read this.  There is no value supporting this increase in the money supply so it cheapens every dollar around the world.  The Fed is buying the Treasury Bonds because, after the last two years, no one else sees the value in supporting Uncle Sam's spending addiction.

     - Keep an eye on whether Ron Paul, Republican Congressman from Texas, is given Chairmanship of the Subcommittee overseeing the Federal Reserve.  If he is named to that post, then House Republicans are serious about financial reform of the Fed.  If not, you know we are being played yet again.

I don't know, but that is how it seems to me!