Watching the Democrat Convention

They're chanting a slow "0-BAH-MAH" down on the floor of the Democrat Convention in Denver. It sounds as if they are filming a cult meeting in a bad sci fi flick. A series of speakers are telling their stories as to why they support Barack Obama for President. Oddest is a women who speaks about green energy (she runs a company) and how investors are lining up to put their money into it. She says that Barack Obama would ensure that the government got into this, bigtime, and with the big bucks. I am perplexed as to why government subsidies are necessary when investors are "lining up." Perhaps that's why I am a Republican?

In fact, as the series of speakers tell their stories, chosen for heart-rending, Democrat oriented content, I am left pretty cold. I feel badly for the lady from South Carolina who lost her job in the textile mill, especially because she says most of her co-workers could barely read or write. She was surprised that government didn't have a plan to give her either a permanent job or a paycheck when the mill shut down. She knows that this will never happen again if Barack Obama is elected President.

There is a theme tonight. It is the job of the government to ensure the well-being and lifestyle of every citizen regardless of economic realities. I find myself feeling sorry for these people who, from all evidence, either refuse to take responsibility for their own lives or who simply don't believe they are able. I begin to wonder about whatever happened to "Yes we can!"?