If I could be like Mike
Several years ago there was a great TV jingle, “If I could be like Mike.” It struck a chord with our culture because everyone knew and admired Mike and I venture to say most everyone I knew ‘did’ want to be like him.
Today apparently there is at least one of us who wants to be like someone but alas it’s not a high flying super hero on the court, no it’s more like a communist nation and Obama would love nothing better than ‘to be like China.’
Before his election Obama espoused this desire on the campaign trail when he compared America to China and said they were vastly superior. He touts their ports, airports and overall infrastructure as being so far ahead of ours. Even today in his weekly radio address Obama again pines to be like this utopia he’d love to call home.
Second, this budget must renew our nation’s commitment to a complete and competitive education for every American child. In this global economy, we know the countries that out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow, and we know that our students are already falling behind their counterparts in places like China.
Come to think of it, Obama is right on two points; First China does have a vastly superior cave system and for this there is no denial. Over 40 million Chinese live in caves, perhaps it’s because there is no mortgage associated with a cave, it seems that .25 cents per hour doesn’t go too far these days. 
Although the illegal child workforce does put out a lot of production it still must not be enough to put them into a nice 2bdrm. 2bth ranch style home. Or maybe it’s to escape the bacteria laden water that over 1/2 of the available h2o is infected with. Not to worry however the Chinese gov’t is got that handled, they’re getting outside help. Quite a departure from the staunch isolationist position they’ve held for years.
The second point is their idea on a stimulus plan. Instead of massive spending, borrowing and printing, China much in the way George Bush did, cut taxes. Yes they actually cut sales tax on automobiles and guess what. Sales shot through the roof. For the first time ever China sold more cars in a month than America and it looks as if the trend will continue. China is implementing a stimulus plan of more than 586 billion dollars which was announced last year. The two major differences are that they have the money (our money if need be) and that they are cutting taxes.
If Obama wants to be like China then perhaps he should take up residence in a cave for awhile and see how it’s working for them. Maybe he’d be better to just do what George Bush did and cut taxes and let the free market system blossom the way it always has.
He even has an out on this one so he doesn’t have to admit George was right which would look to much like Bush appreciation, can’t have that.
He can simply write a new jingle and go on Leno’s show to promote it.
“Like Hu Jintao,if I could be like Hu Jintao, I wanna be I wanna be….”
Ok it needs some work
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