Congress is preparing to increase the debt ceiling by almost two trillion dollars. They are including a package called the Omnibus Spending Bill. “Omnibus” is defined by Merriam-Webster as “providing many things at once.” Indeed, the Omnibus Spending Bill does do that. The bill contains 5,000 pork projects, or earmarks as they are called now. FIVE THOUSAND PORK PROJECTS! The amazing audacity of these Washingtardians. The Washington Post reports that there are 5,224 earmarks adding up to 3.898 billion dollars in pet projects for the law makers. And all of this despite Obama’s campaign posture where he promised to end most earmarks, and now he is spending billions on them. After he signed the first bill with over 9000 earmarks, he stated, “Done right, earmarks have given legislators the opportunity to direct federal money to worthy projects that benefit people in their districts, and that’s why I’ve opposed their outright elimination.” He also said “Earmarks that members do seek must be aired on those members’ Web sites in advance, so the public and the press can examine them and judge their merits for themselves,” Oh, I get it, that transparency thing. Except, what do you know? Try Googling to find the earmarks. It’s tough. I couldn’t do it and I spent an hour trying. Here’s another thing Obama said, “The future demands that we operate in a different way than we have in the past,” Obama said Wednesday. “This piece of legislation must mark an end to the old way of doing business and the beginning of a new era of responsibility and accountability that the American people have every right to expect and demand.” He said this after he signed the first stimulus package. I guess, if he signs the omnibus bill, it will be this piece of legislation that marks the end of the old ways of doing business and the beginning of a new era. I hope.

So Obama mispoke, the Washingtard term for lying, when he said “no earmarks” and the end of the “old ways” of doing business. Big surprise. He is sort of right on one thing. He is doing business differently than his predecessors. He is mis-speaking at a rate never before seen in Washington. He is spending at a rate never before seen in Washington. One thing I think he did get right is the promise of transparency. It is absolutely transparent that Washington, from the top down, is being run by a gang of indifferent scum that take no heed to basic economics, honesty, what the people want, and most serious, the principles that made America.

So President Obama, why don’t you prove me wrong and not sign the impending Omnibus Spending Bill? Why don’t you do the right thing, the thing you promised and veto the bill when it reaches your desk. Come on Pres? A little honesty won’t hurt. A little keeping your word is a good thing. It’s just not a Washington thing. So here we go, spiraling into massive debt at an unchecked pace, without even a hint of chagrin on the Washingtards’ faces. Not even a hint.

I’ve heard is that the best scam is one done right before your eyes. It reminds me of a Russian factory worker who each day left the factory with a wheel barrow with a blanket covering it. The guards checked under the blanket and it was always empty. Years later in his retirement he ran into the guard who said “I always thought you were stealing something.” The retired factory worker responded, “I was stealing something. I was stealing wheel barrows.” And that’s what Washington is doing underneath Captain Obama, stealing “something,” and that “something” is America. And I thought the pirates were in Somalia. How silly of me.

That’s my Reetzality for the Day.

Thanks for the read.

Brett Reetz