By John Lillpop ——Bio and Archives--January 15, 2012
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Announcing this morning that he is seeking authority to streamline the executive branch, President Obama said he needs the same kind of "authority that every business owner has to make sure that his or her company keeps pace with the times. And let me be clear: I will only use this authority for reforms that result in more efficiency, better service, and a leaner government." As an example, the president wants to shut down the Department of Commerce, taking its core functions and giving them to a new agency that will also fold in the tasks of the Small Business Administration, the U.S. Trade Representative, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the Trade and Development Agency and the Export-Import Bank. "Right now, there are six departments and agencies focused primarily on business and trade in the federal government," the president said. "Six. In this case, six isn't better than one. It's redundant and inefficient. With the authority I am requesting today, we could consolidate them all into one department with one website, one phone number and one mission - helping American businesses succeed." Barack Obama, the warrior-slayer against big government? The cut and slash president?Consider, please, this unpublished report: Unnamed and unreliable insiders, speaking on condition of absolute anonymity, report that once his Consolidate and Shrink strategy for business is proven, Obama plans to expand the concept to the military. Under Obama’s plan, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines would be consolidated into a lean, mean mini-force called the Department of Peace and Harmony with branches in Australia and Uganda only. This department would be headed by Ron Paul in exchange for Paul’s release of his rowdy fans to the Obama 2012 reelection campaign. (Satire) The obvious fly in the Obama ointment is giving this president more unilateral power. That is an idea whose time is not likely to arrive any time soon, provided there really is an all-caring, loving God! Puleeeeeeeeeeeeeeze fellow Americans, do not fall for the latest Obama scheme!
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John W. Lillpop is a recovering liberal. “Clean and sober” since 1992 when last he voted for a Democrat. For years, John lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, the very liberal sanctuary city which protects, rather than prosecutes, certain favored criminals. John escaped the Bay Area in May and now lives in Pine Grove California where conservative values are still in vogue.