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By on 2.27.09 @ 6:09AM

Americans now enjoy the privilege of tracking tyranny online.

That Joe Biden the other day didn’t even know the name of Recovery.gov captures the essential tackiness and fraudulence of the website. His blarney was punctured by an unwitting and obscure morning anchor, who asked him innocently: “By the way, do you know the name of the website?” He didn’t.

“Your Money at Work,” the slapped-together site announces, before serving up a dreary menu of slipshod, third-rate populism. “Share your Recovery Story. Tell us how the Recovery Act is affecting you. What’s working? What isn’t? We want to hear from you.”

So Americans now enjoy the privilege of tracking tyranny online, then cobbling together a feckless e-mail to complain about it. “Transparency” means robbing hapless taxpayers in clear sight.

But why even bother to fake up a site if Senator Chuck Schumer is right? Americans, he says, don’t care about this or that “porky” item.

Though a couple of weeks ago Obama had his staff retrieve the phone number of a telegenic grandmother in Florida, this week he wanted to hear from a celebrity. Did you know that Darfur is a “top priority” for this administration? Well, it is; so says celebrity-activist George Clooney. Amidst the buffeting winds of what he tells us is a financial tornado, Obama managed to find some Oval Office time earlier in the week to confer with the actor.

Treating tax dollars like Monopoly money and the globe like a game of Risk played after dinner with visiting stars fits with Obama’s Oprahesque political philosophy.  He calls his aphilosophical theory of government “pragmatic”; the Founding Fathers would call it mindless and tyrannical. Any president who says the size of the federal government is an irrelevant question (ask not whether it is “too big,” but whether it is “working,” he said in his inaugural address) is already a tyrant in embryo.

Is it really this easy to hoodwink the American people, the smugness on Obama’s face seems to say? Does it only take a few well-delivered platitudes to nationalize banks, socialize an economy, and compromise a culture?

America is dying but it laughs, as was once said of the Roman Empire. A grinning Obama greets unemployed Americans as they whisk past the memorabilia section of grocery stores in search of Spam to eat on their inaugural commemorative plates.

The State of the Union address was little more than substanceless patter, liberalism at its most fatuous and uncritical. To save our economy, everyone should go to college, according to Obama? Really? Why? I would rather the disinclined take shovel-ready jobs.

Many colleges already resemble glorified high schools. To browbeat a future construction manager into attending college while saddling him with government grants, all so that he can listen to some jackass like Ward Churchill, is just a cruel egalitarian experiment and does nothing for the economy. Who cares if he drops out? The tragedy is that he stays.

The federal government is avarice writ large, yet Obama with a straight face could inveigh against high “executive” salaries. Too bad he didn’t consult with honored guest Captain Chesley Sullenberger before delivering that cheap line. Earlier in the day Sullenberger had tried to explain to Congressional nincompoops that talent in the cockpit was evaporating due to industry caps on pilot salaries. Why wouldn’t that principle apply to other crucial industries?

The further dishonesty of the line is that through higher taxes Obama wants to sabotage executive salaries even for the honest and productive. His rain falls on the just and the unjust alike. Having tossed Tom Daschle under his own limo, Obama could revive the class warfare from the campaign, warming once again to the insane theme of helping wage-earners by destroying wage-payers. Soon to be cashiered from their jobs, these wage-earners will have plenty of time to review Obama’s glorious deeds at Recovery.gov.

About the Author

George Neumayr, a contributing editor to The American Spectator, is co-author, with Phyllis Schlafly, of the new book, No Higher Power: Obama’s War on Religious Freedom.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (79) |

jack preston| 2.27.09 @ 6:31AM

Time to start hoarding in preparation for the new US barter economy.
How did we get here? Big government and big spenders Presidents like the Bushes moved the Dems and country so far left the country is broken.
A republican controlled Congress early in the decade proved as corrupt and fiscally irresponsible as the Dems had in their 50year rule.
Where is the next Reagan or Newt? Is there one?
Our national media lampoons anyone with common sense or who supports freedom. The fawn over corrupt moderate republicans like snow,collins,and that old guy from Pa who Bush supported. Dont ever call Bush a conservative. The moment he coined the phrase compassionate conservative he threw all conservative principles under the bus.
Who has been running the SEC the past 8 years? He should be sharing a cell with Barney,Dodd, and the Countrywide 6.
Maybe we all deserve this next step down the road to serfom? As long as we let the religious right and media trample the only electable Republican,Romney,we will continue to have choices like the Bushes,Ford,Dole,and McCain. Losers

bluecollarbytes| 2.27.09 @ 7:37AM

Obama probably knows more about what he's doing than he's given credit for.- Feed the public a steady dose of alternating fear and 'junkfood'-politics, resulting in a cowered obese populace which cannot survive without the daily episodes of the ObamaShow.

Obama is proving to be every bit the radical "we" thought.

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Deborah | 2.27.09 @ 8:08AM

Why as a nation are we aghast at Bernie Madoff, but not at the political version -- Barack Obama? Ponzi schemes are hated if performed in the private sector, but we hail the promoters of the same in the public sector. Are Americans out of their minds or just overwhelmed by the enormity of the continuous crap being shoveled on top of us day by day by this Obama revolution in 30 days? Smile and lie, smile and lie. Thanks to all you Obama voters for selling the country down the river.

Melvin| 2.27.09 @ 8:18AM

I may not be articulate as I should be, but my fellow Americans, "Why in the Sam Hell have we turned into a nation of cowards?"
This doom and gloom and defeatism isn't what America is. It is as if Americans are sitting on the bench at the Harpo Studios waiting to get selected on Oprah to spill their guts own how stinking pitiful their lives are, and then stick their palms out after the show for an Oprah goody bag.
Damn this frosts me to no end. I spent 20 years in the Infantry of the United States Marine Corp being roasted, frozen, hungry, dirty, dog tired, sitting in fighting holes filled up with rain water on a island that the majority of Americans don't even know about, defending the freedoms of my fellow Americans and those around the world that loved freedom as much as Americans did.
And the only thing that my fellow brothers and sisters under arms asked that the American people support us in our fight for freedom, and Americans can't even do that simple task anymore.
What a pathetic lot we have become. We turned into a bunch of spineless bottom feeding jellyfish in search of free handouts, a kitchen,a car, and a bank bailout.
Many of my fellow Americans make my stomach turn groveling at the feet of the President begging for handouts instead of going out and earning them like all those of us that get up in the morning with all the aches and pains with age and trudge off to work to be a productive citizen in this Country.
I'll tell ya one thing my fellow Americans because I've run my soup cooler long enough. I'm never going to give one damn inch to any corrupt government or President who wants to turn this Country in a version of France, and my reply to President Obama from and his address to Congress and the Senate, "To Hell with your socialism."

Deborah | 2.27.09 @ 8:34AM

Hey Melvin -- thank you for your service. I'm still optimistic that the real America will awaken from its slumber. All of the "tea parties" going on across the country are the first step. This nation was created by a revolution against the tyranny of "taxation without representation." I think the next will be "no representation without taxation." We don't need those who pay no taxes stealing from those who do in this country. It won't stand.

Check out the American Tea Party website. It's growing...
http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=page&page;-id=78

Dustoff| 2.27.09 @ 9:05AM

Try this website, but take a drink first.

http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/by_state

Texas Male | 2.27.09 @ 9:06AM

"Is it really this easy to hoodwink the American people, the smugness on Obama's face seems to say? "

Why yes it is Mr. Obama!
The American people have no one to blame but themselves for the mess(es) we are in now. Part of the uniqueness of the American Republic is that we ARE the government....more than almost any other nation. We have been granted the freedoms by our founders to change the things we believe go against our traditions and beliefs, yet we sit here and do nothing as the nation burns.

Melvin| 2.27.09 @ 9:16AM

They can take our homes, they can take our money, and they can regulate us till they nearly sufficate us, but there is one thing that they can never take, They can never take our
"F R E E D O M."

Son Of Sam | 2.27.09 @ 9:29AM

Guys and gals, I wholeheartedly agree with you all. This IS junk food politics and we the people have been hoodwinked, and hell yeah, I've been stocking non-perishable food and other commodities for months now. It IS damned bad egg, no doubt about it. However, I do think we should get pro-active; we should go after these frauds and hit them in any way possible. Here's what I plan on doing right now, having been to their website:

A)go to the part that has a contact form at
http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/contact
(you get there by by going to the main website, and clicking on contact us)

B) tell them exactly what you think about this pork barrel bean feast for big govern....err, "stimulus" bill. I for one am insulted that they try to bamboozle me into believing that TAX RELIEF is somehow the biggest part of this "recovery act"-- what a crock

C) repeat this at least ten or twenty times a day. By all means, use different email addresses, or for that matter, setup some shell email accounts -- here is a google search on that topic:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=anonymous+email+account&rlz=1W1DMUS_en&aq=1&oq=anonymous+email

D) encourage your friends to do the same. Again, make it easy on yourself: set up at least two or three different messages you can send in Word or Notepad, then copy and paste as you need to.

Myself, I plan on pinging these smug half-assed Stalinists at LEAST 20 times per day. It will be one part fun, and one part kicking back at the ObamaNazis. They wanna put up a pinyatta, I say we whack it with sticks!

http://www.geocities.com/samadamssos/
S.O.S.

PS My big refrain is going to be "you spent 800 BILLION DOLLARS, and I only get 13 more per week?

Bill| 2.27.09 @ 9:32AM

Melvin,
First thank you for your service and for all those that continue to serve. Second, I agree with all that you stated. Time for a tax revolt. Our employers may take our money for tax purposes but most of us still control our property taxes. One can not lead if none follow and if enough of us rebell the liberal democrates will be shown for what they are.
Third. All in congress represent a district that put them in office. Each district needs to hold them accountable and I suggest setting up a quarterly performance review conducted by citizens from the district. The review should be public and published. Time to hold them accountable. For the ones who continue to vote against the wishes of the people from the district then it is time to recall them.
Enough of this foolishness. Time to take our country back and once again make it a shinning example to the rest of the world that hard work, dedication and self reliance works.

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 2.27.09 @ 9:48AM

As an avowed Communist I have to smirk at all this. I've never owned anything believing that the government could and will take it all, while smiling and telling you it's for "your own good" or "the good of society" whatever the Hell that means. Watch the incredible shrinking DJIA as the White House continues to unleash the gates of Hell, entered through by socialism.

In the meantime I encourage you to educate yourself. You need no worldly possessions and even if you do, this group will get it all.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090227/ap_on_go_ot/mileage_tax

Raise federal gasoline taxes to help pay for road projects?

Not during a recession, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has said.

Then how about moving toward a system that finances highway construction by charging motorists by the mile?

When LaHood suggested last week that be considered among other potential financing schemes, he got bushwhacked by the White House. "It is not and will not be the policy of the Obama administration," the president's press secretary said.

With the administration's position seemingly clear, a special commission created by Congress is nonetheless endorsing those two ideas.

Its report Thursday warns that if government fails to find a new way to raise money, "we will suffer grim consequences in the future: unimaginable levels of congestion, reduced safety, costlier goods and services, an eroded quality of life, and diminished economic competitiveness as a nation."

arbooz | 2.27.09 @ 9:51AM

Excellent article and terrific comments. ""Transparency" means robbing hapless taxpayers in clear sight. " Brilliant.
The decades of mass brainwashing are finally bearing fruit - zero's Obayme voters have to be the most illiterate and ignorant bunch in American history.
What's that website's number, Joe?
Indeed.

Jeremiah| 2.27.09 @ 9:58AM

"Another sham" ... Americans are "hoodwinked."

Don't you get it?

Cynicism is the easiest of rhetorical poses. The fist pounding outrage. The sarcasm. The sanctimonious and earnest glee of self-righteousness.

It's so boring and shallow.

Globalization is a PROBLEM| 2.27.09 @ 10:56AM

The message is all about control, the question is who is controlling you and why? Who is controlling Obama, what is their purpose, how does it affect you, and what is the implication for your future, will you be able to survive?

The World Bank presidents since 1968 to 2009 do you know who they are and why they were chosen? If not find out. How and why are we in a global decline, all revolving around Banks.

Robert Zoellick is not President now for the good of his country or for your interest, he serves outside interest. Paul Wolfowitz was not serving America or American interest, no mor than George Bush or infact Obama.

The American people needs to stop outside interest controlling America, because it's affecting the rest of the world as well. This control is creating American Jobs being shipped out of America creating slave labour around the world, destroying whole economies across the globe.

No American seem to be aware of NAFTA and what it really means. Clinton signed it into law but it was not his idea, it was invented in 1976 by Dr Robert A Pastor, no one is aware of the fact that next year, 2010 that Mexico and Canada and America forms one country, thus ending the very name Unites States of America, and all your laws.

The time has come for Americans to stop thinking in a box, but think why has the last 6 presidents sold out the people. The group that controled all of them is answerable to no one on the planet. That's dangerious, people are sleep walking into the abbys.

The Trilateral commission founded in 1973 to foster new international economic order, has created everything but order its created disorder, and global poverty which can only get worse, where American people become an excess to life on the planet.

George W Bush signed into law, that the government can call a state of emergency and become a dictator over night, and America will come under martial law. These things are so serious, by it's very implication on the country.

The next thing in the pipeline is a one world government, one guy controlling the world, Banks nationalised to introduce one world Bank. The power shift from countries security shifted to the United Nations, one world security force. I pray that people wake up because some thinks this is some kind of a joke.

Alan Brooks| 2.27.09 @ 10:56AM

Newt could be a leader if he'd get off Toffler;
I have read ALL those books and it''s technobabble, hot air, like the stocks I invested in.
candy coated palaver.

Alan Brooks| 2.27.09 @ 10:58AM

power shift to UN.

PowerShift is the title of Toffeyheads last book.

Michael Tomlinson| 2.27.09 @ 11:04AM

One wonders if those conservatives who thought punishing Republicans (a President and Congress that gave the nation unparalleled economic growth and historically low unemployment) finally understand the folly of their actions? To punish so-called "profligate" Republicans (based on GDP Republican spending and the deficit under President Bush the Republican Congress were lower than in the Reagan administration or Clinton & Democrats) they handed power over to Oprah’s “Poodle” and radical leftwing Democrats who now propose a budget deficit estimated at 10% of GDP (killing economic growth for the foreseeable future), insure unemployment will rise to 9-10%, plan to raise taxes on all American in some form or fashion, seem likely to cause deflation and are already coddling Muslim terrorists and extremists.

While conservatives had reason to be unhappy with some GOP actions during the Bush administration (as they did the centrist Reagan administration) the hysteria and venom spewed forth by them gave birth to the Obamanation as much as did MoveOn.org and the partisan media.

If the conservative movement is to regain its momentum it behooves us to reject the hysterical rhetoric of the past 3 1/2 years of belittling Republicans and focus our attentions on the real political threat to our nation's protection and properity -- Democrats. Unless we do this we can be assured that no matter how destructive Obama is to the fabric of American liberty he and his rabid partisans will remain in office far longer than is necessary or healthy for our country.

Reads1| 2.27.09 @ 11:04AM

The Bullfrog croaks again!

Louis Jenkins| 2.27.09 @ 11:51AM

Obama has the inane ability to be all things to all people. “We are the people we have been waiting for.” Someone explain why we have been waiting for ourselves? He is a political chameleon. He is a man who launched his presidential candidacy on the Oprah Winfrey show. (That should have told us something then, I sure caught on quick.) A gun supporter, now a gun grabber, a fiscally sound presidential candidate, now a big gov president, for world peace, now a supporter for the Afghanistan war, no lobbyists in gov, now a cabinet with lobbyists, hope and change, more of the same ol' same ol', only more of. He is as honest and trustworthy as fox in the henhouse. Of all the presidents that this nation has had, he has the most ability, and has so far proven it, to bring this nation to its knees, but remember he’s had copious help from his fellow foxes in Federal Government. If the brightest and the best are destined to be our national leaders, then this nation is filled to the brim with morons.

Marc Jeric| 2.27.09 @ 11:55AM

Let us focus on the two major dangers to our country today:
1) Politically correct speech: I am strongly reminded of my youth spent under a communist regime where the parents had to watch their words at home in fear their kids would repeat them in school and so cause the 20-year gulag prison. My protest against the politically correct speech for today: a) Sharpton, Holder, Jackson, Wright, etc. - are all racists; b) Michelle Obama is not beautiful - she has a face of a monkey; c) Shumer, Frank, Dodds, Pelosi, etc. are all communists in disguise.
2) Community organizations are the start of the United Soviet States of America; "soviet" in the USSR is the Russian word for the local community organization. The $9 billion in the porkulus bill destined for the ACORN brownshirts and similar "community redevelopment" groups will produce "action" and "agitation" and intimidation necessary for "reforms" to be introduced by our Abu Hussein from Kenya to destroy private enterprise, freedom, and prosperity in this country. Well, our president's "experience" consists mainly in having been community organizer, then lawyer for community organizations, and finally law instructor for future lawyers for community organizations - so what did you expect? All as per instructions of that old-guard communist revolutionaries Sol Alinsky and Bill Ayers of Chicago.

Marc Jeric| 2.27.09 @ 12:01PM

I forgot to add the 3rd danger to this country - multiculturism. Soon it will be legal here a) to throw bombs in open markets and schools full of women and children, and b) to decapitate women who want divorce or otherwise hurt the dignity of their men. Well - muslims do it, it is an expression of their cultural values!

Alan Brooks| 2.27.09 @ 12:21PM

is islam a religion of peace?

.

Puppet control in DC| 2.27.09 @ 12:24PM

The biggest mis-information is that the Muslim and Arab world is American enemy number one. The enemies of America is the faceless men who tell governments what is the agenda, the agenda no one gets to vote against.

In fact the Muslim and Arab world are also victims of this one world order. The Government are just puppets to carry out orders, the voters have no rights. How many voted on NAFTA?.

Nick| 2.27.09 @ 12:27PM

Hey all you B.O. sycophants, I thought "the one" was going to pull out of Iraq. 50,000 troops is pulling out? I guess it is in the fantasy land in which you bleeding hearts live, where everyone talks in newspeak.

Crusader| 2.27.09 @ 1:49PM

Nick, the bigger issue with the pullout is the date. Aug 31, 2010. 2010. Hmmm, what else happens in 2010??? Would you put the pull out under the heading of "bread" or "circuses" (circuses I think) to distract the idiot masses of the financial mess you've made of their country?

Crusader| 2.27.09 @ 1:50PM

Alan, no, islam is a religion of "piece."

ncatty| 2.27.09 @ 1:59PM

Third-party time?

Thomas| 2.27.09 @ 2:10PM

I agree with almost all of the opinions appearing here so far.

And Mike, as nice as it is to see you back again, I am not going to allow you to foist the blame for the current administration on Conservatives. Why should Conservatives be the only group in this country that has to compromise their principles at every turn? Isn't this discussion all about honesty and integrity? Well, that is what Conservatives showed, even those of us who held our noses and voted for McCain. Obama is what he is and so is McCain. Both are the enemies of Conservatives. This brings up the old question of who you would rather vote for, Hitler or Stalin? If the Republican Party was really serious about garnering the conservative vote, and thereby securing the election, then they should have run a Conservative rather than a liberal democrat with an R after his name.

Nick,
it was always the game plan to leave 50,000 to 80,000 troops in Iraq after the country was stabilized. That was the reason for the four huge military basis constructed after the invasion, which are designed to house approximately 80,000 troops. Nothing has changed. If G.W. were still in office, he would be making the same announcement as B.H. Obama.

Nick| 2.27.09 @ 2:17PM

Crusader,

It all depends whether or not these withdrawls are justifiable militarily. I haven't heard Gen. Petraeus' view yet. If they are not justified, B.O. will be too busy trying to explain why KIA's are up and AQ is back in Iraq. Remember, AQ has been waiting for 8 years for the democrat party to get back in power so they could exploit our weakness again.

Crusader| 2.27.09 @ 2:21PM

Thomas, I guess the question is how stabilized can you get a muslim country? I know I wouldn't want to be one of the 50,000 left behind. Won't be like a tour in Germany or Japan.

Crusader| 2.27.09 @ 2:24PM

Nick, we could debate the relative necessity of the war in the first place. Me, I don't think you can fight a war against a tactic like "terrorism." I also think failure to accurately identify the enemy of the country made this & Afghanistan just a couple big boondoggles. I have a speech in my head I wish GWB woulda made on 9/20/01, but unfortunately he didn't.

Nick| 2.27.09 @ 2:25PM

Thomas,

My point was liberals thought they were voting for a total pullout. Now they see it was a lie. Look how San Fran Nan and Dusty Reid are reacting.

As I just posted, if this is not premature just to molify the left, but is justified and part of the plan I have no problem with it.

Nick| 2.27.09 @ 2:33PM

Crusader,

I agree with you on the "war on terror" label. We are at war with terrorists. And I have problems with the way the war has been waged. My biggest dispute is that every unlawful combatant captured wasn't tried and executed promptly.

Thomas| 2.27.09 @ 2:45PM

Nick,

The withdrawal timeline was proposed before the election in 2008. Irregardless of what the Clueless in Chief says now, the ultimate implementation will rely upon conditions incountry. Yes, it is a sop to the anti-war crowd, but this was one of the hoped for results of the Iraq Campaign.

Thomas| 2.27.09 @ 2:56PM

Crusader,

The 50,000+ troops should be housed on the bases constructed for them incountry. These bases are relatively far removed from Iraqi population centers and are virtually self-contained. By stability, I mean that US troops will not be fighting Iraqi troops.

As to fighting "terrorism", that was never the intention of military planners with regard to Iraq. the invasion of Iraq was a continuation of the 1991 Gulf War and it was designed to put pressure on Iran to give-up its nuclear ambitions and to give the US secure military bases in the Middle East. The influx of virtually every non-Palestinian Islamic terrorist in the region into Iraq was an unexpected development. It took a while for the military to adjust to the new order of battle. But, the only proven way to deal with terrorism, is to kill all the terrorists.

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Paul Wilkinson | 2.27.09 @ 4:05PM

The government replacing the asset backed debt securities that collapsed because they were opaque with Treasury and municipal backed debt securities. Ironically, the use of the proceeds of these new securities will also be opaque if recovery.gov isn't improved. I've explained at http://paulwilkinson.com how the government will make the same mistake twice if it fails to present the information on recovery.gov in a useful structured data format, and would welcome comments.

Osamas Pajamas | 2.27.09 @ 4:16PM

Shake hands with OhBummer. Now count your fingers. Funny how some of the language in OhBummer's Recovery.gov website mirrors the language employed by the bad guys in Ayn Rand's novel, "Atlans Shrugged." Little wonder our sly and smooth-lying devil of a president doesn't like Rand's little book, "The Virtue of Selfishness." Probably he expects to stick his own hand into the pocket of a Rand fan --- and never see that hand again... self-defense is always legit, no matter the identity of the criminal who is tryng to rob you.

Louis Jenkins| 2.27.09 @ 4:21PM

"Many colleges already resemble glorified high schools. To browbeat a future construction manager into attending college while saddling him with government grants, all so that he can listen to some jackass like Ward Churchill, is just a cruel egalitarian experiment and does nothing for the economy. Who cares if he drops out? The tragedy is that he stays. "

True. College is pushed upon youngsters as the only solution to enter the work force. Has anyone had to hire a plumber or electrician lately? Their labor charges aren't so shabby. And a year or so in a Vocational/Technical College program gets them a certification. I guess Obama/govercrats want everyone to be indebted to them with excessive college student loans, and a wonderful indoctrination too.

Howard| 2.27.09 @ 4:59PM

Americans get what they deserve. here in uber liberal Massachusetts we voted for a flim flam man named Deval Patrick. A true hope and change empty suit. He was the role model for Obama; another sizzle rather than steak guy. This country is full of morons who want their needs covered by the government. Eventually Socialism causes bankruptcy, as we are seeing now. The Republicans need to build up a strong cadre of good candidates. I can forsee the GOP winning big in 2010. Their death was quite premature coutesy of Obama, Reid and Pelosi.

Angel| 2.27.09 @ 5:51PM

I roam the internet reading how conservatives need to wake up. I am telling you, you better do more than wake up and just talk about it because it will not be long before you will not be able to do that on the internet. Oboma will see to that! It's time we all do more than wake up and yak about it. If we don't, we will not be able to. We need action.

Old Goat| 2.27.09 @ 6:17PM

In related news, the sales of Atlas Shrugged are up. Why? Simply because the government that was displayed in all its glory in that book is a mirror of what our government has been doing for decades, and now with the Obama administration it has taken a huge leap toward the endgame.

The Tea Parties are John Galt. The beginning of the populous who are not willing to give up their freedom so that these socialists can take control of our country. Obama has already shown that he doesn't care if he ruins the country economically because it means it allows him and his cronies to systematically turn this once great country into a socialistic model based on the old Soviet Union.

Even Putin recognized the direction that we are heading and warned against it. Think of that. Putin, the same man who is trying to return Russia to the "glory days" of Stalinism.

The Republicans that helped bring this about stopped standing for their principles and grew the government. Bush empowered them to act like Democrats, never seeing a spending bill he didn't like.

I thought it was bad when over a year we kept hearing of so many millions or billions of dollars being pledged to various programs. Now we are in this era of Obamination where we are seeing trillions of dollars being spent in order to buy control of the banks, healthcare, and sectors of industry.

The action to take is questionable. If this continues then it will be time to go John Galt.

jack preston| 2.27.09 @ 7:44PM

What did we expect? This guys entire life experience is with people looking for a handout. Look how he bought his house. He has never had a real job in his entire life. He is late for everything. He has no idea what a profit is. He doesnt seem to realize that he is crushing the middle class by talking down the stock market everyday,or maybe its on purpose,I have no idea. Twice he has promised details on his bank plan and twice he and tiny tim have shown up with no details. the market sells off. Does he not understand this or does he despise those who are the productive members of society so much he enjoys it? Who knows? His cabinet is stuffed with every lobbyist,tax cheat ,and scoundrel not already employed by the government or working for a bank.
We have elected a complete imbecile as president who happens to be a radical socialist. Not good. Oh ,I forgot he is also a pathological liar. Nice qualities if you are a politician.

jack Preston| 2.27.09 @ 8:11PM

Remember Rev Wright? everyone said not to worry,Bam was just hanging out there for street cred. He really didnt buy into to the racism and US hatred espoused by the Rev? Yeah,he did say in his first book the Rev was the most influential person in his life but he was just pulling a clinton.
Well it should be obvious after the the destruction of wealth this socialist tyrant has caused in the past three weeks he is Rev Wright. He is that guy up there foaming at the mouth. Our media lied to us. I wonder if anyone in the media has IRAs? Or children?
They told us we were racists for bringing up the 20 years Obama spent at the knee of this hate mongering racist. They condemned Romney and Palin on a daily basis because of their religions,but Barry was not to be touched,even though his church sounded like a Nazi rally in the 30s. Well,here we are,we have a corrupt socialist tyrant as President, he has crammed his cabinet with every crook in town, and God forbid anything should happen to him, Biden and Pelosi are waiting in the wings. Republican can never again govern in a fiscally irresponsible manner. I dont care if the Pres is a muslim or atheist,as long as he is fiscally responsible and believes in individual freedom.

T| 2.27.09 @ 8:58PM

Melvin : I salute you with all I have..! I appreciate your service. I appreciate your sacrifice. I salute your defense of the America I know. I salute all of those who defend our freedoms that are dying before our face. And, please be assured there are Americans who will NOT give an inch to tyranny right alongside you...! We are out here......... !
God Bless You and your Family.... a Grateful Citizen..!!!!!!

T| 2.27.09 @ 9:41PM

Sorry, I don't have a lot of time, but, we are out here ready for the coming fight... We are working now...(even if only a short workweek....) But, take our jobs away and we will be out for......! Take more tax dollars, bail out banks... Keep it up..?.. we will fix it....!!!! I can fix it in 5 minutes...!!!!Explain to me why I can go to my local bank, borrow enough money to build a $150,000.00 house for my family.. but we need to bail out these lousy , huge banks who nobody knows what they owe or own.. SCREW THEM..! If and when we lose our jobs, we will have the time then to do our " Million Blue Collar March" ...! This is the reason we do not have a voice.. because we have a *expletive* "JOB" ....!!!!!!!! We do not have time to "demonstrate"... We are working to pay the taxes on all these so-called marchers on Washington...! Wait until I lose my job..... Then you will see a true "revolution" ..... We are all ready.. and we are completely fed up with the way things are going in Washington... Our representatives cannot represent us anymore due to the corruption and self-preservation that exists. The only way is to clean house and start over with term limits...! We can take back our country... If we are strong enough....?
p.s. I am completely, and steadfastly NON-UNION... !

Bongo Straits| 2.27.09 @ 10:47PM

Well, this is great. We can sit here and view our opinions. But sitting here and bitching won't help.

We need to organize, pick targets and act.
As we sit and watch, the wealth, energy, and spirit of this great nation is being drained away by the
parasites.

Rick Josey | 2.27.09 @ 10:52PM

Senator Chuck Schumer said Americans don't mind a little "pork" spending. Well, I hope he has his TV on tonight, because people are out in the streets across the country protesting the pork. Obama's honeymoon may be about over, and Congress is up for a divorce. The idiots in Washington may not "get it" yet, but come election time they are going to receive it full force.

The American people are not stupid. They realize that the federal government has NO MONEY. Every dollar they waste comes out of the paycheck of hard-working citizens. And those citizens outraged. Sounds like you had better avoid dark alleys, Senator Shumer.

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Doc Bones| 2.28.09 @ 6:14PM

Trillions spent on a Cold War and the Commies take over in an election! Ironic, isn't it?

Ralph| 2.28.09 @ 10:24PM

The explanation is simple. Obama is the only one of the modern generations to read Orwell's 1984 and say, "Wow, what a good idea! I wonder if I can make it work here. Might as well give it a try. Perhaps no one will recognize it until it's too late."

Doc Bones| 2.28.09 @ 11:30PM

He and his wife went to college and actually believed all that Marxist pap they were fed.

Brian| 3.1.09 @ 3:10AM

As long as the Gov has free money to give out we'll stay in this fix. And ppl don't seem to mind working 4-5 months a year to pay their taxs.

Country Boy| 3.1.09 @ 9:03AM

Great points here. big problems.

Only silver lining I see is that this shock and awe "change" is reaching his stupid minions already, and they are not prepared.

Pelosi is in power now two years. The stock market is down approx 50% . Consider the quandry that union pension administrators have: how do they pay benefits with huge stock market losses. And how much money do they earn on Treasuries now - 2%.

Same problem for Municipal government, Universities, etc. All of 'em riding in the stinking dust cloud behind the zero boy.

The law of unintended consequences.

Wicked Dickie| 3.1.09 @ 10:08AM

Well, Doc Bones imagine what it's like to spend your whole adult life fighting socialism in one form or another in two wars plus, only to have two of your children and two of your grandchildren vote the bustards in. I share our Mud Marine Melvin's grief , frustration and fury. I'm trying to look on the bright side--the other two kids and three of the grandkids saw through this arrogant, socialist bum. Brother Jaric's words and those of others who endured the "blessings" of hell holes like Cuber (sic) need to be shouted from the rooftops.

TJK| 3.1.09 @ 1:40PM

I just have to laugh at the big business folks who are now surprised that Obama is not a friend of theirs. Most of us who have never wavered from conservatism knew the danger he represented as soon as he threw his hat in the ring. I only hope the GOP is still strong enough to keep the snowflakes from creating an avalanche. Some of the damage he will do can be undone if the people realize the mistake they made, but some of it may never be undone. One thing is for sure- his budget cannot be implemented. If there is still any residue of conservatism left in the GOP, they must rally around each other and stand unanimously (you hear this, Snow, Specter & Collins???). And we have to hope that somehow Coleman ends up winning Minnesota, and somehow we in Illinois are given the special election to dump Burriss. MAYBE we can get a Republican senator again (it seems so long since we had one). And please God, someone remind Obama what was actually IN the Constitution he swore to defend. Maybe he just hasn't yet gotten around to reading it. You know, he's been busy, what with having to leave the White House to attend the summit in Williamsburg, meeting with the Chicago Bulls Thursday, etc...

Doc Bones| 3.1.09 @ 1:58PM

How can the GOP be an effective opposition party when their last nominee believes in Global warming, Cap & Trade and wanted to close Gitmo?

Marc Jeric| 3.1.09 @ 7:46PM

Let us talk about Abu Hussein's education plans; he wants the government to fund college education for everybody - whether the student has an IQ of 80 or 160 and whether the student works hard or not at all. In this endeavor he will rely on the Department of Education and the teacher unions. Both of these are unionized in a criminal conspiracy against the people of this country. Like other "strong unions" which have destroyed many an industry (cars, steel, textile, aopparel, electronics, etc.) the teacher unions have utterly destroyed our education, producing over the last 3 generations millions of ignorant illiterates full of self-esteem who by large majorities voted for this revolutionary marxist Democrat regime.

Dave Morse| 3.2.09 @ 6:50AM

I'm currently serving in Iraq - Land of no sex, fun or alcohol - but only for Americans. The first guy I want to have a beer with is Melvin.

Semper Fi from an Army guy....

Alan Brooks| 3.2.09 @ 9:07PM

students HAVE to be separated according to their intelligence.

Alan Brooks| 3.2.09 @ 11:29PM

...but of course it is too late for that.
anyway you know who the commenter "globalization is a PROBLEM", is?
Daphne. the only true tinhat at AS.

William| 3.2.09 @ 11:45PM

Melvin, you are right.

The problem is people look at ATF, FEMA, the Elian Gonzales arrest photo, Lon Horiuchi, et al. and they fear.

At the end of the day, it is better to resist in Warsaw than submit in Auschwitz, but so few will face that plain, stark fact. That is why we are losing our liberty to such insipid, mediocre dead souls.

William| 3.2.09 @ 11:53PM

Howard, I do not believe that the Republicans will win in 2010 or 2012.

I believe the Republicans will only get 52 - 56% of the votes.

Unforunately, the Democrats will get between 85 - 103% of all voters.

Steve| 3.3.09 @ 3:10PM

www.campaignforliberty.com

mises.org

Check out the educational links on the campaign site... direct everyone who can read towards Ron Paul's site. People need to WAKE UP!

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Recovery for data files, on Recovery for data files, links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

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