by Joe Del Casino

Created on: June 06, 2009   Last Updated: June 17, 2009

Has it occurred to you that if President Obama is right, everything you thought you knew would be wrong? Are you having trouble wrapping your mind around some of the Obama administration's falsisms about the economy, energy, healthcare, national defense/security and immigration? You're not alone. Some personal favorites are highlighted below:

The government bailout of GM will save the company. It is not clear what "save" means in this context. The government has invested and/or committed $50-60 billion to GM for a 60% ownership share that's virtually worthless, so it would appear that "saving" GM doesn't include getting taxpayers their money back. The consensus is that the government will need to spend billions more continuing this charade in the future. The government is also forcing GM to build "green" cars Americans don't want to buy and won't be able to afford, because of the costly new technology and the still bloated labor cost structure of the UAW, the autoworkers union.

America doesn't torture and besides, torture doesn't work. I don't approve of torture any more than the next guy, but if the choice is to subject a few alleged scoundrels to minutes of discomfort in an effort to save thousands of innocent people from death, what would you do? The Bush administration claims that the government has documented proof that its methods (torture or otherwise) has worked and saved many lives. We need to see that evidence to decide for ourselves and should not have to rely on interpretations from Nancy Pelosi and others. Torture may not always work but doing nothing certainly never works. Those who claim torture doesn't work obviously never thought about what it must be like to be subjected to torture themselves.

Healthcare reform will save us money in the long run. Is there excessive waste and corruption in our current healthcare system? Absolutely, and the Obama administration should immediately seek a private industry solution to the problem. Expecting the government to cut out waste and corruption in an enterprise and improve productivity and efficiency, is a little like putting the fox in charge of the hen house. Have you been to a post office lately? Do you really want to spend several years and waste trillions of dollars to prove the obvious?

Wind farms and solar energy will help us achieve energy independence. This is pie in the sky nonsense, even if we devise a way to harness the hot air from a perpetually bloviating Congress and place mirrors in

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