U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan Takes No Prisoners During Heritage Foundation Speech

I am not sure exactly which part of Ryan’s speech I liked the best because there were many poignant anecdotes to choose from.

His power-packed speech presented this week at The Heritage Foundation was a breath of fresh air. I hadn’t been hearing much out of Ryan lately and was getting a bit worried. Where had the House Budget Committee Chairman gone? I now know his media absence was not for naught. He’s been working on multiple economic-related bills to jump start the economy. The problem is, they are now sitting on “Dirty Harry” Reid’s desk in the senate apparently in stalemate mode.

Ryan’s speech theme, “Saving the American Idea: Rejecting Fear, Envy and the Politics of Division,” was the type of political sparring that makes you believe something good might just happen in 2012 despite the Hillary Clinton / Joe Biden bait-and-switch scenario toying with the psyche of mainstream media.

Come on folks. Mrs. Clinton is our illustrious Secretary of State! I don’t know about you, but I would have to say that the foreign relations results over the past three years coming out of our State Department figurehead haven’t exactly been world-peace stellar.

Libya, Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Arab Spring, you name it. Oh, and we shouldn’t dismiss today’s breaking news about the terrorist shooting in front of the U.S. Embassy in Bosnia.
We are in the middle of pure chaos and it feels almost never ending between coverage of the 99% ranting and pissing in parks nationwide. When does the liberal progressive, politically correct madness end? This is the million dollar question nagging in the minds of most Tea Party Movement, American loving citizens.

My belief and answer to the question, when more like Paul Ryan and others who have the guts to tell the American people like it is are in control of the White House and Congress.

These are dire economic times, don’t be fooled. The campaign trail divisiveness Obama has promoted from East to West is reprehensible, but he continues to create ill will among Americans. I am convinced that 2012 must be the year of the “Veto Proof Congress” or pardon my French we are up Shit’s Creek with no paddle.

I have to believe Ryan and I suspect many of his Congressional colleagues feel much the same; and this belief became clear to me when I heard him say to onlookers:

“The American Idea is not tried in times of prosperity. Instead, it is tested when times are tough: when the pie is shrinking, when businesses are closing, and when workers are losing their jobs.

Those are the times when America’s commitment to equality of opportunity is called into question. That’s when the temptation to exploit fear and envy returns – when many in Washington use the politics of division to evade responsibility for their failures and to advance their own narrow political interests.
And yet, nearly three years into his [Obama’s] presidency, look at where we are now:

•Petty and trivial? Just last week, the President told a crowd in North Carolina that Republicans are in favor of, quote, “dirtier air, dirtier water, and less people with health insurance.” Can you think of a pettier way to describe sincere disagreements between the two parties on regulation and health care?
•Chronic avoidance of tough decisions? The President still has not put forward a credible plan to tackle the threat of ever-rising spending and debt, and it’s been over 900 days since his party passed a budget in the Senate.

•A preference for scoring cheap political points instead of consensus-building? This is the same President who is currently campaigning against a do-nothing Congress, when in fact, the House of Representatives has passed over a dozen bills to help get the economy moving and deal with the debt, only to see the President’s party kill those bills in the do-nothing Senate.”

Nicked from Dicken’s famous novel Tale of Two Cities about French and English class warfare and modified just a tad: these certainly are the best of times and worst of times.