Deficit Spending and Deficit of Common Sense

The current topic of conversation in this nation is the Debt Ceiling and Deficit Spending. There is much more than deficit spending to be concerned with. There is also a deficit of logic, reason and common sense in our nation's capital with a president who has demonstrated a decidedly immature attitude about not having his wishes met.

Added to this mix is Harry Reid, who has steadfastly stated that any legislation turned in to the Senate by the GOP dominated House is "Dead on Arrival". That is a gauntlet thrown down that must be met. The Senate needs to take up that gauntlet and oust the one man that stands in the way of progress and fiscal responsibility. Harry Reid will never give up what he feels he has earned and he feels he has earned the right to spend money in the manner to which he has become accustomed to continue to insure his continued reign in Washington as the "King of the Hill".

Today we have borne witness to a most unusual phenomenon. Taking up the challenge from a very petulant Barack Obama the people have swamped the switchboards and web sites of Congressional members making their sentiments known and the consensus appears to be for Obama, Reid and company stop playing children's games and do what they were sent to Washington to do.

Not only that, the people have grown quite weary of the behavior of Barack Obama which many equate with a spoiled brat throwing a temper tantrum when they don't get their way. They also have become fed up with his continually refusing to take blame for what he does or doesn't do. They have become particularly upset that Obama is more interested in his re-election than he is in the state of this nation.

Some have called him narcissistic and a compulsive liar who has yet to define any situation in clear cut and accurate terms. He consistently seeks to attribute blame to others, especially his predecessor George Bush. Everything he has touched has in more ways than one turned to the proverbial pile of shit. Personally I don't believe he even knows the difference between shit and Shinola.

Is he a compulsive liar? The following may shed some light on the subject:

Identifying a Pathological Liar

Pathological liars - or "mythomaniacs" - may be suffering from histrionic personality disorder or narcissistic personality disorder. The following comments basically reflect a pathological liar who has the characteristics of histrionic personality disorder.

Some characteristics

1. Exaggerates things that are ridiculous.

2. One-upping. Whatever you do, this person can do it better. You will never top them in their own mind, because they have a concerted need to be better than everyone else. This also applies to being right. If you try to confront an individual like this, no matter how lovingly and well-intentioned you might be - this will probably not be effective. It's threatening their fantasy of themselves, so they would rather argue with you and bring out the sharp knives than admit that there's anything wrong with them.

3. They "construct" a reality around themselves. They don't value the truth, especially if they don't see it as hurting anyone. If you call them on a lie and they are backed into a corner, they will act very defensively and say ugly things (most likely but depends on personality), but they may eventually start to act like, "Well, what's the difference. You're making a big deal out of nothing!" (again, to refocus the conversation to your wrongdoing instead of theirs).

4. Because these people don't value honesty, a lot of times they will not value loyalty. So watch what you tell them. They will not only tell others, but they will embellish to make you look worse. Their loyalty is fleeting, and because they are insecure people, they will find solace in confiding to whomever is in their favor at the moment.

5. They may be somewhat of a hypochondriac. This can come in especially useful when caught in a lie, for example, they can claim that they have been sick, or that there's some mysteriously "illness" that has them all stressed out. It's another excuse tool for their behavior.

6. Obviously, they will contradict what they say. This will become very clear over time. They usually aren't smart enough to keep track of so many lies (who would be?).

Do these characteristics fit Barack Hussein Obama? I'll let the reader be the judge.