The Imperial Presidency

I watched Barack Obama being interviewed by Tim Johnson on Nightline. I was struck by Obama's arrogance when he spoke of "deploying our resources" as prior to his ascension, I thought America was a capitalistic society where people were free to select their career path, strive for professional education, and practice what they were qualified for, not what a command economy laid out for them. My bad-we are on a central planning life path with a great community pot of resources, not what we earn for our families but what Obama deigns to allow us. Obama questions the "profit motive" of insurers who do not want to alienate or kill off their policy holders who after all pay premiums. But are we allowed to question Obama's motives? Obama spoke of committees of medical "gatekeepers" being established which will keep you from receiving specialized care at the time of your greatest need-the government will marshal its resources on the front end and focus on prevention. God forbid you have a complicated, expensive, chronic, or extensive illness or condition under Obama's rationing scheme. His condescension was apparent with his red pill/ blue pill cost argument as though we are wasting resources for the sheer joy of it now in medical care or as patients. People who have to foot the bill have always sought the most efficient treatment without this haughty idiot's admonition. This emperor showed his true colors as a sham commander when he tried earlier in his administration to make wounded veterans bear the cost of their treatment. Bush was lambasted for saying he was the "decider" in his real effort to be a wartime commander-in-chief after the worst attack ever on our nation, now we have this usurper who palpably possesses a king complex trying to take over the most vital and personal aspects of our lives. We can not afford to let him.