US: A Modest Proposal For Our President

US: A Modest Proposal For Our President – Investors.com

Subsidies: With the economy faltering and Middle East unrest rising, President Obama acts as though the biggest issue facing the country is Mitt Romney’s alleged threat to “Sesame Street.” We have an idea for him.
According to a recent tally, Obama brought up either Big Bird or Elmo 13 times in speeches since last week’s debate, in which Romney promised to end federal support for PBS and NPR.
That compares with zero mentions of how he plans to revive the economy, and no references to Libya. And he’s now running an ad featuring Big Bird.


If Obama is going to treat the Americans like children, why doesn’t he just go all the way and announce that, if re-elected, he’ll name Muppets to Cabinet posts in a second term? They couldn’t be any worse than those he has in those positions now.
How about Big Bird at Education? He’s got the alphabet nailed — something that can’t be said of many public school students. Or Kermit the Frog at EPA? He knows how hard it is to be green. Cookie Monster makes sense at Agriculture, Oscar the Grouch at Defense, Snuffleupagus at Labor, and Miss Piggy at State (even if she never was on “Sesame Street”).
But why stick just to “Sesame Street”? Thomas the Tank Engine could run Transportation. And why not make Barney our U.N. ambassador? The latter seems only fitting, since Obama stole his foreign policy strategy from the purple dinosaur’s famous song:
“I love you, you love me, we’re a happy family,
With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you.
Won’t you say you love me too?”
At the very least, Obama should consult with Count von Count, who could explain how, in a country where Democrats raise $181 million in campaign cash in one month and Starbucks sells $2.5 billion worth of coffee every three months, there’s enough private money to make up for the $445 million in lost public broadcasting subsidies. (He might add how Sesame Workshop raises funds to produce “Sesame Street.”)
The Count also could help Obama understand that, with the country running $1 trillion deficits, no federal program should be exempt from the budget ax.