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I'm not a fan of the president. But I've thought things over and have decided to write some advice for the president so that he has a chance in the next election. Why am I doing this? Because it's not in anyone's interest to see Obama fail.
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First, Obama needs a reality check. Does he really need to fly to Denmark with Oprah to pitch for the 2016 Olympics, when unemployment rates are at their highest level in 26 years? Not only did he look bad when Chicago's bid fell flat, it was also completely unnecessary. Stop futzing around and please get down to actual business.
Obama's main problem is letting people step on him, whether in his own cabinet or in the media. And nobody respects a weak leader. Obama needs to go on Fox News and engage both sides of the issue, while clearly articulating his own point of view, which he has not done in the health care debate. The current bill is so convoluted and murky that if the "professionals" in government can't decipher it, then the majority of the American people can't either.
There's also his pandering problem. We get it Mr. President, you're a very multicultural man who thinks diplomacy can unite the world. That would be wonderful if this was a perfect world, but it's not. There are evil people in this world. There are corrupt people in this world. Some of them even make up the "czars" in your administration, who I also suggest you get rid of. But the point is that you need to stop apologizing. Most countries have histories filled with certain "faux pas" that might be deemed regrettable. This doesn't mean you have to say you're sorry for everything that happened. No country is so high and mighty that they haven't screwed up at least once. Move on.
Concerning international matters, Obama should get tough on Iran and put our bloated defense budget to some use by blowing up their nuclear facilities, to show them we're not letting an unpopular, weak, Holocaust denier think he has a say in global affairs. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should know just how irrelevant he is. Obama should also send a message to Venezuela by putting a 100 percent tax on every CITGO station in America. And he should just stay out of the Israeli-Palestinian issue altogether. If they're as "rational" as they say they are then they can solve their own problems. We don't need to butt in.
Domestically, the president should have ended the bailouts, but it's too late for that. If he wants to win points with conservatives, it would be smart to start enforcing our immigration laws. An illegal immigrant was just arrested for planning to use a WMD to blow up Dallas, Texas. This was after he spent three years in jail in Jordan and decided to come to America. Give us your bums, your illiterates, your terrorists and your people with bad attitudes and ill will.
Also, enough with the pet projects. We don't need a transnational bullet train that — knowing the government — will cost billions to build with union contracts, and will never make back the money it cost to build the damn thing in the first place.
You want to save the environment? Pass a law that 50 miles per gallon should be standard in every car in America by 2015. Put a tax on Japanese and Korean cars. When was the last time they bought one of our products? Start giving tax cuts, low interest government loans and grants to manufacturers. Offer incentives so that we can start making things in this country again. Finally, decriminalize marijuana, and tax the living daylights out of it — even if it's temporary. In my opinion we're not a country that can handle legalized marijuana long-term.
Obama needs to shape up; otherwise he's going to end up like Jimmy Carter and go right to the top of the list of presidents who stink. You've talked the talk, Mr. President, now walk the walk.
