Many people are concerned about Barrack Obama's birth certificate. They
say because he has not been forthright about the disclosure of his birth
certificate it must be because he was not really born in the United
States. At best, they say he must be trying to conceal something about
his birth certificate. Even now, after the release of his birth
certificate, some are saying the released birth certificate is not a
scanned document as the White House has claimed, but a computer
manufactured document. I have looked at the video making these claims;
the speaker does make some good points; the document shown in the video
does look strange.Others say that although he claims to be a Christian,
he does not wear jewelry during Ramadan, so he must be a practicing
Muslim.I am not too concerned about either of these issues. If he was not
born in the United States then the fraud and cover up will go down in
history as the greatest con job in the history of the world. It is almost
beyond reason to believe that anyone could, or would even attempt to
revise a person's birth records 30 or 40 years after their birth.As far
as the Muslim religion, I have known too many good, peaceful Muslims to
be very concerned if our President is a Muslim or a Christian.For me, I
am much more concerned about his lack of a resume than I am about his
lack of a birth certificate. Even before the election, I was saying,
"What has Barrack Obama done? And where has he done it? From my
perspective as a manager with over 25 year's management experience, I
felt he had no known management experience. As soon as Barrack Obama
began picking his staff, I knew he was not qualified to be President.
Just no management experience and as time went on, we saw the inability
to make decisions, which is quit common with entry level management, and
perhaps some immaturity or lack of desire to manage.As I say, the first
clue was how Barrack Obama picked his staff. Anyone who has any
management experience, or observed a successful organization, knows you
must have a diversified staff. If not, everyone is thinking the same way
and you never get a different point of view. Now I hear Barrack
complaining that none of his staff gives him any new ideas. I have news
for you Barrack, they do not have any new ideas, and they are all
thinking the same way you think.The second clue was Barrack and his staff
continued to complain about the problems that the administration of
President Bush had left behind. It is ok to point out the problems or
issues for the first 30 to 60 days. But by 90 days, you best have the
issues identified and solutions in place. If someone was working for me
and complained about the issues left behind by the previous
administration six months into the job, I would do two things. Ask what
did they have in place to correct the previous 'errors' and I would begin
looking for a replacement, because I would know I had made a mistake in
hiring, this young man is in well over his head.But Barrack not only
continued to complain, he continued down the same path that President
Bush had established! What was he changing? Nothing, he was just doing
more of it! I feel President Bush lost control of spending when the
Democrats took control of Congress in 2006, and President Obama has
continued doing more of the same. Agreeing or disagreeing with the
ongoing military action is really not the point, has President Obama
significantly changed what President Bush was doing is the question. If
he has changed nothing, how can he continue to complain about the mess
President Bush left behind? It has now been two years, any competent
manager would have never complained, they would have just taken the
necessary action to correct the problems as they saw them.Still another
example is Barrack's lack of leadership and slow decision making, or in
many cases, no decision.Consider the BP Gulf oil spill; eleven of our
people were killed, and Barrack took over forty days to talk to the
President of BP! Unbelieveable! The President of the United States should
have been on the phone within 24 hours.The conversation should have been
something along these lines;President of the United States: It appears we
have a problem in the Gulf. Do you have a handle on it yet?President of
BP: Oh yes we have it under control. (If this was his answer, I would
know he was lying)Or President of BP: No, we are still trying to get our
arms around this; we do not have any details at this time. (Now I know I
am dealing with an honest person)Either answer, the next statement from
President of the United States should be; you are the experts at deep
water drilling. Let me know when you have that well capped. I am going to
be talking to some experts here about how to contain and clean up the
spill, but it is your responsibility. I will let you know what action my
experts recommend. Let me know if we get in your way. I do not want any
of that oil to touch our beaches.We now know that there were several
methods that may have worked very well in containing the oil. The
President of the United States could have received that information
within 72 hours. We had a great opportunity to real world testing of the
several different methods. The President of the United States could have
assigned sections to each different method; we could have learned what
really works.Any real manager knows that a crisis gives one the
opportunity to learn and correct previous errors. It is not an
opportunity to take advantage of the situation and run through one of
your pet projects, such as shutting down oil drilling. We also know that
Barrack Obama has little, if any, understanding of economics. To support
this statement, I go to none other than Barrack Obama.Barrack Obama said,
"Under my plan energy prices will sky rocket."There are only two reasons
any leader would lay out such a plan.1. They have no understanding of
economics2. They are attempting to destroy the economy of the country.I
am willing to give him the benefit of doubt and go with number 1.Some say
there is a third, that Barrack Obama is pursuing an environmental
policy.If that is the case, I will still go with number 1.Increasing
energy costs has a negative effect on all of us, and because the poor
spend a larger percentage of their income on energy, it has a larger
impact on the poor than the rich. Increased energy prices will cost you
more when you pay your utility bill; it will cost you more when you put
gas in your car. It also costs the farmer more to raise and harvest their
crops, this increasing everyone's food costs.(Have you noticed that the
government has taken the cost of food and the cost of energy out of the
statistical bucket that measures inflation?)Of course, any company that
uses energy to produce a product must increase the cost of their product
or lay off people, thus negatively impacting jobs.(Have you noticed that
the government does not count people as unemployed once they stop
collecting unemployment insurance?)It is a marvel what one can do with
statistics.As my college statistic professor said; "Statistics are like a
bikini swim suit, what they revel is suggesting, but what they conceal is
vital."There are some who point out that the United States is now
producing 11 percent more oil than we were in 2008. They say this as if
Barrack Obama has accomplished something. However, many of that same
group has in the past, rejected more drilling because it takes five years
to get the oil into production. If it is true that it takes five years to
get the oil into production after we start, then the 11 percent increase
must be credited to President Bush.I believe I have made my case that,
"Under my plan energy prices will sky rocket." is not a good plan or
statement. What I fail to understand is why anyone would vote for a
politician who has such a plan. If people really understood the
ramifications of this statement Barack Obama would not get one vote.
Michele would not even vote for him.Barrack Obama also feels that the
government can "Level the playing field, by taking from the rich and
giving to the poor."If that were true, why is it that when someone poor
wins the lotto, winning millions of dollars, within just a few years, in
almost every case, they are broke and often filing bankruptcy. The
exceptions are when they are smart enough to get a good attorney and
accountant to help them handle the money.No Barrack, taking from the rich
and giving to the poor, does not make the poor rich, you make the poor
rich by educating them to behave like the rich.So this takes us back to
the Muslim question. As I have stated before, I have known too many good,
peaceful Muslims to be very concerned if our President is a Muslim or a
Christian. However, everyone should be concerned if he is lying about his
religion, for if someone will lie about their religion they will lie
about anything. Perhaps that could be said about any lie, for without
integrity, you have nothing.