Obama and Antiplanner
Posted November 16th, 2008 at 7:14 PM by SamHReaders to this blog know how much I respect Antiplanner’s opinion. Mind you, Antiplanner’s no fan of George Bush’s. and I honestly wasn’t sure which way he was going to swing in the election. Indeed he stated “my heart wants Obama to win, but my head tells me he will be a disaster for our economy — and right now the economy appears to be the most serious issue of this particular moment in time.” So he went with McCain.
With that in mind, there’s no Antiplanner will keep a close eye on Obama’s big-government policies. Right off the bat, he wonder if Obama will declare war on the subrurbs, focusing on — you guessed it— the proposed ‘Office of Urban Policy.’ And who do you suppose is offering up ideas on “the design and implementation of new, cutting-edge policies?” None other than former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros, who knows a thing or two about, well, housing and urban development.
Unfortunately.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
One place that I really disagree with this article is that Obama will restore our international standing. What’s our international standing? America is #1 in the world, and everyone knows it. It’s people like Obama who feel that America is always wrong. But, much of the free world is what it is because of America, not in spite of it. It’s been easy for countries to fault George Bush for their ills the past eight years. If Western Europe had to provide for their own defense over the past decades, they would be struggling more economically than they already are. They haven’t had to maintain a standing military to defend against aggressive countries such as Russia. The good news of Obama’s election may mean that those countries will realize that they now are responsible for their own defense. Those countries have had the luxury of standing on the sidelines and complaining about George Bush. Now, they will have to get in the game and actually have to take some hits.