Alan Caruba:The World is Having a Nervous Breakdown

Warning Signs  ...."Few arrive at a nervous breakdown overnight. It takes time and a variety of bad decisions or bad luck or both. After blaming George W. Bush and Republicans for his problems, Obama has taken to blaming bad luck. Does he even know that people have concluded the economy is now officially and completely his fault? "

• Rule Number One: Almost everything the government touches, it ruins in some fashion. At the very least, it increases its cost of operation.
• Rule Number Two: The government’s primary function is the defense of the nation against attack. As Ronald Reagan said, “Nobody ever started a war with us because we were too strong.”
• Rule Number Three: Government exists due to its ability to tax and spend other people’s money. Spending always needs to be restrained.
• Rule Number Four. Government will always produce more laws and regulations than are needed. It should be restrained. (See the U.S. Constitution). 

"When he proposed Obamacare, a million Americans showed up in Washington, D.C. to tell them not to do it. He should have listened to them. Now we call them the Tea Party."