President Obama set out his plan for creating jobs in a fiery speech to both houses of Congress on Thursday. Once he again he has tried to craft legislation that the Republicans can support. Once again the Republicans in Congress are already lining up to block it. Michelle Bachmann with her total lack of credibility had this to say, “The president is politically paralyzed and philosophically incapable of doing what needs to be done. The president should take immediate action." What action is that Michelle? After saying he agreed with President Obama on trade Rep. Dave Camp R-Mich. called for the president to send those agreements to congress. It is my understanding that congress has had these agreements for a while and has been refusing to act on them. Then he went on to say this, “However, I was disappointed that the president did not discuss the one area that can truly spark sustained private-sector job creation in this country — comprehensive tax reform." And what is that Congressman Camp, more tax breaks for big corporations because I heard the president call for tax reform. Tax reform that benefit small businesses, veterans, the long term unemployed, and middle-class families while ending tax breaks for major corporations who are already making billions in profits.

"Ultimately I think the problem is there are some things in there that are good, but by and large, it's a proposal based on things that just won't work, haven't worked in the past and they won't work in the future." said Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. I find it incredibly arrogant that a Republican senator can say that these policies won’t work when the Republican’s policies have put us in this situation in the first place.

"The president's plan makes a mockery of the recent debt limit deal. That agreement cut $7 billion in appropriations next year but the president now wants to borrow hundreds of billions more to finance a second stimulus package." was Sen. Jeff Sessions, (R) from Alabama’s thoughts on the speech. Was this man even in the House of Representative’s chamber last night? The president thoroughly explained that this bill was paid for before ever getting to congress by using the debt committees power to identify savings to pay for it.

My favorite reaction came again from Congresswoman Bachmann; she said that President Obama had insulted congress. Congresswoman Bachmann you and your caucus have been insulting the American people for years. Your anti-gay, anti-government, read my lips no new taxes philosophies have done nothing to improve the economy of this country. Just the opposite, you and your party didn’t like the fact that in 2008 the American country rejected your failed economic policies. So from day one you and yours have had one plan – BLOCK EVERY THING! Then you go out on the stump and talk about failed policies. What policies, you have blocked every policy initiative this White House has sent congress, declaring them all dead on arrival.

If you need more Republican reaction just turn on FoxNews I’m sure they are going wall to wall with Republicans criticizing a bill full of their ideas. They don’t want to pass it because just like every other piece legislation that will help they don’t want this president to be successful. A Google search shows a number of times that Sen. Mitch McConnell, the minority leader in the senate, made statements like the one he said on October 25, 2010, "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president." He said this in an interview with the National Journal. From health care reform to the ridiculous fight over the debt ceiling being raised, an action that had in the past been pro forma, the Republican Party continues to fight for the profits of companies that make billions, while telling mom & pop restaurant owners that they are doing it for them. Bullshit!

I live in Maryland and an example of our crumbling infrastructure just occurred yesterday when a highway on-ramp buckled. For years I used to sit on a highway over pass waiting to get on an on-ramp that shakes worse than the ground did during our recent earthquake. In my neighborhood I drive over over-passes that have huge chunks of concrete missing around the seams. Once again Republicans have begun to argue that protecting Exxon/Mobil and GE’s profits is more important than fixing our crumbling highways.

Do they think the entire electorate is as dumb as the average FoxNews viewer? Do they really think anybody is buying this BS that protecting Wall Street’s ridiculously low capital gains tax really helps the husband and wife that work 20 hours a day between the two of them just to run the local 7-11, or Dairy Queen, or Maid Brigade? No we don’t; we’re not all stupid. Most of us know that small businesses are incredibly risk ventures whose biggest problem is making payroll. The problem with payroll partly is an employer’s contribution to Social Security. Which President Obama addressed last night.

I know personally the risks of owning a small business. I used to be an independent title abstractor. Business was robust back in the late 1990’s. I decided to merge my one man abstracting company in with a larger firm for that very reason, payroll. Payroll was going to force me to work even harder for the same profits. I had reached the point of needing at least part-time help and doing so was going to be a problem if the then robust real estate market took a turn for the worse. Well guess what it did and the company I merged with has had to lay off most of its employees while asking those that remain to produce even more work product then they were already.

It is time that we stop listening to members of the Republican Party. Face it their best candidates are running around saying things like the science of global warming is unsettled. But worse they (Rick Perry) use the plight of Galileo as an example of how scientific theory is challenged before acceptance. Hey, Gov. Rick, Galileo was persecuted by another group of religious zealots, one that most conservative Christians are quick to ridicule, you know, The Holy Roman Catholic Church. But guess what Gov. gravity was still true the whole time the Catholic Church questioned it. So if you can’t get that straight, why should we listen to your theories about making the economy grow? You can’t figure out that millions and millions of cars, planes, factories air conditioners, all venting excess heat into the atmosphere plus pumping CO2 into the air that keeps it trapped, is going to heat up the atmosphere. You don’t want to believe it because your money lenders are getting fat selling all of the things that are heating up the climate, oil, coal, automobiles…

They say that last night’s speech was just a campaign speech. You bet; it is a campaign to show America that even if we give Republicans nearly everything they claim to want… they still won’t pass it. And why is that, because of one simple thing, that (D) that is going to appear in the history books every time the accomplishments of President Barack Obama are written about.