Motes, Logs and Pogo

President Obama has commented repeatedly about the level of the deficit under President Bush. Bush's deficits scare me, and for good reason - our children may drown in America's debts. Shoot, we may all drown. To misquote Pogo, "We have seen the enemy, and it is our profligacy." Obama tries to remind us that we can turn away from our errors. But one has to wonder if that is good for the country and good for Obama:

• Country - yes. A little fear helps us heed the lessons of the past. Maybe that will spur us on to eliminate deficits and pay down the public debt.

• Obama - no. Nothing good can come for the president by reminding us that the deficit almost tripled during his first year as president.

Here's some free advice for the president straight from the Holy Bible: quit talking about the mote in Bush's eye while the log remains in your own.

President Obama says he'd rather be a good one term president than a poor two termer. A good president would pay down the national debt and tell the country what it needs to hear. A poor president would be recklessly wasteful of the country's resources while spouting hypocrisy. I'm glad he wants to be good. But we have seen the president's enemy, and it is Obama.