Fritz Pfister

With everything going so swell with the economy, and foreign policy, it is refreshing to see President Obama paying attention to the really important issues; Martha’s Vineyard, golf, and a mosque at ground zero.

In case the president missed it this past week; initial weekly claims for unemployment surged to 500,000 the most since November of 2009. The four week average jumped to 482,500. Wow, that means just under two million people filed for unemployment the past four weeks. Don’t miss that putt Mr. President, and by the way congratulations on your Summer of Recovery program. Good job. Government spending sure has turned things around. Those deficits are nothing.

The Obama mortgage relief program funded with $75 billion is so complex and lengthy that half of the 1.3 million who had applied dropped out AP reported this week. The White House says it’s because they didn’t qualify for the program. That fits right in with “we’re headed in the right direction.” Realty Trac says we’re on pace for a record number of foreclosures, surpassing one million this year.

What’s that Mr. President? We don’t have to worry about those folks losing their homes because you left Fannie and Freddie out of the financial reform bill so Barney Frank could see they make the same easy loans. That’s brilliant.

Home builder confidence fell to the lowest level since March of 2009. Guess that will happen when your industry is already in a depression. The 330,000 pace of new home construction in June was second lowest since records have been kept (1963), beating only May’s 300,000 pace.

Don’t drive too far to the left on this hole Mr. President, that’s out of bounds. Why worry about the housing industry? Isn’t Browner helping at EPA mandating through regulations new green building standards? By the way did you know this is an Eco friendly golf course? People will buy those expensive energy efficient houses like hot cakes, just like they will the Volt.

Meanwhile having hit the reset button, our new friend and ally Russia inserted the fuel rods into Iran’s first nuclear reactor. Isn’t that great that Iran can now generate clean nuclear electricity? Oh don’t worry about Iran building a bomb and blowing up Israel, our buddy Russia said they are going to take all the spent fuel rods, and that’s where you get enriched uranium for a bomb. Just think of the CO2 that won’t be put into the atmosphere.

Imam Rauf is off traveling the world raising money for the mosque at ground zero. That sure was nice of you Mr. President to pay for his trip. Here’s a quote from an IBD editorial: “The mosque at Ground Zero is not about outreach. Evidently President Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are not aware of why the name Cordoba House was picked. It is named after the bloody Muslim conquest of Cordoba, Spain, in 711. It will be seen as another Islamic victory.”

Mr. President did you know this week the hard hat union members came out and said they would refuse to work on a mosque at ground zero? What’s that you say Mr. President? You’ll have your Chicago people talk to the New York People?

Ladies and gentlemen be afraid, very afraid for your country. The economy, foreign policy, national defense, energy, and our very form of government are headed for disaster.

May the tide begin to turn in November, and may the job be finished in 2012. Or kiss America as you, and the world has known it good bye. Vote, and get ten people you know to vote. This may be our last chance.

The opinions expressed here are solely those of Fritz Pfister, or identified sources,  and not necessarily those of RE/MAX Professionals of Springfield, or RE/MAX International.