Where did President Obama go
after killing off thousands of Keystone XL
pipeline construction and manufacturing jobs?
Why, Disney World, of course. Sabotaging work
is hard work for Goofy and his pals.
And where'd he head after that? Why, up to
Manhattan for more high-priced campaign
fundraisers charging up to $38,500 per
partier. The business of wining and dining
politically connected donors ain't child's
play, you know.
Obama touted
a White House foreign tourism initiative on
Thursday with Cinderella's castle as his
backdrop. "America is open for business," he proclaimed chirpily to the
rest of the globe.
Tell that to the Keystone managers in Canada whom Obama and his State
Department rebuffed -- after years of
planning and review -- in order to appease militant environmentalists
and Hollywood celebs. The Animatronic Divider robotically
lambasted Republicans for pushing him to make
a decision this week. But Senate and HouseDemocrats issued the sharpest rebukes
to White House obstructionism:
"President Obama's decision
on the Keystone XL pipeline is a major
setback for the American economy, American workers, and
America's energy independence," Sen.
Joe Manchin, D-W.V., said.
"The rejection of the
Keystone XL pipeline permit is a missed
opportunity to drastically turn this economy
around. This pipeline would have created
thousands of new jobs and helped to ensure
our energy independence," Rep.
Jason Altmire, D-Pa., lamented.
"This delay is just
playing politics with American jobs and American
energy security," Rep.
Jim Matheson, D-Utah, pointed out.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle scratched
their heads as the job-snuffer-in-chief bolted
to Orlando's fantasyland to promote economic
growth. But there's no more fitting place on
Earth for the man whose escapist
administration occupies the land of make-believe and
no consequences. (Bonus moment: Obama got
to shake hands with Mickey Mouse, who
infamously turned up on a Florida ACORN voter
registration form in 2008. Constituent outreach at its
most surreal.)
On the very same day he quashed Keystone, Obama released
his first campaign ad of 2012 -- hyping his stellar record on
energy jobs. It's Opposite Day at
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 365 days a year. Even
more comically, the ad touted his exemplary ethics record
by quoting a moldy three-year-old endorsement
from left-leaning Politifact.
And as bipartisan Capitol Hill outrage over
the half-billion-dollar Solyndra solar stimulus bust mounts, Obama had the nerve to sprinkle
his inaugural campaign spot with -- wait for
it -- solar panels.
Instead of supporting new infrastructure jobs
in America through an energy
independence-enhancing project that has
bipartisan legislative support on
Capitol Hill, the president flew to Disney
World to peddle
looser visa restrictions in China and Brazil by
executive order. He also will expand
the Visa Waiver Program (a
security loophole-ridden program that was
suspended temporarily after the 9/11
terrorist attacks) to speed foreign
travel.
In case anyone needs reminding, it was the
relentless drive of the tourism industry and kowtowing State Department
bureaucrats that
led to the Bush-era Visa Express Program,
which relaxed visa policies,
eliminated in-person consulate interviews
and opened the door to the 9/11 hijackers. Brazil is just the latest base for al-Qaida and other Islamic
jihadi groups. It does not consider Hezbollah or Hamas terrorist
groups, and it disbanded its anti-terrorism force
in 2009.
The Visa Waiver Program and
other efforts to expedite the tourist visa
process also pose continuing
security risks because
-- as the Government Accountability Office
itself admitted last year -- there is still no
comprehensive, systematic way to track the 70
million-plus foreign visitors who enter the
country on tourist and other short-term visas.
Indeed, half of the
nation's estimated 20 million illegal aliens are
visa overstayers.
How many of the new Disney foreign tourists
whom Obama is
touting as America's economic
salvation will fail to return to their home
countries after their Obama World visas
expire? We'll likely never know. And Team Obama doesn't care.
In his opening campaign ad salvo, Obama accuses
his opponents of being "untethered to facts."
But this is an administration that believes
lowering visa standards and risking homeland
security to
pump up Disney foreign tourism is a better
path to economic recovery than supporting direct
American job creation and enhancing energy
security. Like the Disney characters
he posed with this week, our cartoonish president is
wholly untethered to reality.
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LAND OF OBAMA MAKE-BELIEVE
