IS IT TRUE October 10, 2013
IS IT TRUE that 9 months into his second presidency George W. Bush in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that devastated New Orleans and exposed the efficacy of the federal government as being right up there with people who have been committed to an asylum had an approval rating of 39%?…in yesterday’s Associated Press poll of presidential approval President Obama now has an approval rating of 37% which is lower than President George W. Bush every had?…those who are saying that the Republicans are taking the biggest beating from the ineptness of government and the inability to reach a deal on a budget should take note of this latest poll?…the reality of the situation is that Democrats, Republicans, and the President of the United States all are feeling the tar and feathers of public opinion for their failure to negotiate in good faith to reach an agreement to re-open the government of the USA?…the American people may be distracted by life and somewhat uninterested in the day to day shenanigans of government but for the most part they are realists who understand that both parties are playing politics with the country and will exact a toll on those who have been a part of it from the Tea Party right up through the most liberal factions in Congress?
IS IT TRUE that coinciding with the 37% approval rate of President Obama was the exposure that 5 dead United States servicemen and women’s families will not be getting the $100,000 honorarium that military families are always granted for the purpose of handling the funeral arrangements and travel associated with giving fallen heros a proper burial?…this happened on the heels of our federal government issuing a permit for an immigration rally on park lands that were closed to World War II veterans just 24 hours earlier?…there are things in government that are wasteful, there are things in government that are irresponsible, but for the first time in a long time the choices made by our government with respect to what to refuse to pay for in the government shutdown are disgusting?…the approval rating of President Obama (37%) and the Congress (10.5%) reflect that disgust?
IS IT TRUE the government of Vanderburgh County has successfully cut $4 Million from the 2014 budget?…this happens at a time that the same county government has agreed to put $1.5 Million into the kitty to fund improvements to the Centre for the purpose of attracting conventions to Evansville?…this was something we are sure was a hard choice(s) to make but time will tell if these were the right decisions?…we at the CCO do not condemn the County for this choice and were not privy to the information they had to make these decisions?…it is the members of the County Council and the County Commissioners who will live or die politically with these decisions as they will not be forgotten or ignored in the future?
IS IT TRUE that most of Evansville is rejoicing tonight at the fact that the St. Louis Cardinals will be playing the Los Angeles Dodgers for a spot in the World Series?…it is ironic that Evansville native Don Mattingly is the manager of the Dodgers and grew up in a town that just loves the Cardinals?…Evansville cannot lose with the National League this year as either our home team Cardinals or our hometown hero Don Mattingly will be in the World Series?…either way the National League pennant winner will command the affections of the largest number of the people of Evansville this year?
