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Obama the Destroyer

By Quin Hillyer on 5.15.09 @ 6:09AM

Change we should be afraid of.

If somebody were deliberately trying to undermine the very fabric of these United States, he would first vow not just to change its policies but to completely “change America,” and then would do just about everything Barack Obama already has begun to do as president.

To undermine this nation, he would attack the essential sanctity of contracts — exactly as Obama has done. Never mind the “contracts” clause of the Constitution — who needs to get hung up on the Constitution’s actual language when “empathy” is more important?

For that matter, he would denigrate the whole notion of equal justice under the law by criticizing the whole notion of a judge as a neutral umpire. And he would employ, as a senator, outrageous and unprecedented means — the filibusters of judicial nominees — to block judges who don’t agree with his own choices of who deserves more “justice” than whom.

To undermine this nation, he would selectively release only those portions of intelligence memos that make his nation look bad, but not those that provide context and reasonable motivations for the subject of the memos. And he would selectively edit memos from his own intelligence director to eliminate his statements in support of the effectiveness of the policies discussed in those other memos — and his statements supporting the motives of those who adopted those policies in protection of their fellow citizens. And he would leave open the possibility of prosecuting earlier administration’s lawyers merely for giving legal advice he disagrees with.

To undermine this nation, a president would go on a spending binge so incredibly wild that annual deficits and national debt would reach frightening proportions before most Americans could even absorb the arithmetic of it all. He would be utterly reckless with our grandchildren’s tax money, but would turn around and achieve savings — minor savings at that — only by cutting or even gutting defense forces.

He would stop paying for missile defenses. He would stop planning for forces strong enough to handle two regional wars at once, and would concentrate only on counterinsurgency needs while hollowing out our conventional forces. He would repeatedly insult our closest ally (Great Britain) while kowtowing to enemies such as Iran, Venezuela, and Nicaraguan communists. He would travel the world repeatedly apologizing for supposed American sins while failing to defend the USA from verbal assaults from tinpot dictators.

He would submit budgets that would eliminate funding for an already authorized border fence, and nominate as top lawyer of the State Department a man who openly mocks the legal underpinnings of American sovereignty. He would propose raising taxes on corporations, on soft drinks, on investors, on savers, on the grieving families of dead people, on small businesses, and on every family that uses public energy sources.

And worst of all, he would propose unprecedented and underhanded use of a parliamentary maneuver called “reconciliation” to ease the way to an irrevocable government takeover of an entire major sector of the economy — health care — without adequate debate and with firm knowledge that the takeover could lead to serious health care rationing and even government-determined decisions on life and death.

To undermine this nation, he would throw out more than two centuries of economic freedom in favor of a modern-day version of Mussolini’s economic fascism.

He would refuse to prosecute vote fraud or even guard against it, while repeatedly awarding financial grants to organizations such as ACORN that have been accused of vote fraud on multiple occasions in multiple states. He would stack his Justice Department with highly politicized left-wingers. He would fail, until put directly on the spot, to offer the slightest rebuke to his hand-picked, ethically compromised Attorney General when said AG calls his fellow citizens “a nation of cowards.”

In short, to undermine the United States, the president would, as fast as possible, create a massively debt-ridden, tax-ridden, regulation-ridden government whose prosecutors play political favorites but whose stances on the world stage are marked by weakness, self-criticism, and solicitousness towards one’s enemies.

Surely this president has other motives. But even if his intentions are good, we all know the substance of the pavement on the road to perdition.

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Barack Obama

About the Author

Quin Hillyer is a senior editor of The American Spectator and a senior fellow at the Center for Individual Freedom. Follow him on Twitter @QuinHillyer.

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Appleby| 5.15.09 @ 6:30AM

He would be so woefully inexperienced and uneducated in anything but the more manipulative facets of lawyerhood, untempered by any knowledge of history that extends beyond the Sixties in either direction, and would combine the demeanour and demagoguery (and the unshakeable certainty) of a University sophomore in a big school, who has been voted Most Popular in his small town high school and who struts onto the larger stage a perfect foil for people who have a wider and more cynical sense of the world and need a Potemkin President as plausible cover.

When the world collapses in ruins, he will stand in the ruins in shock, with no idea what to do or how to do it -- and when he realizes that there is nobody to blame for him, and that he is the one to blame for everybody else, he will suffer such a collapse that even the MSM will not be able to find any way to whirl, spin, conceal, evade and ignore Humpty Dumptys Great Fall.

And the next round of Kingmakers will say, *Yeah, we had a guy from the hood once. Remember how that worked out?*

GranTorino| 5.15.09 @ 6:36AM

No seems to get it yet. Barack Obama has no positive emotional link to the USA: his father was a foreigner and his mother couldn't wait to live abroad. He has no sense of history or what the US has achieved over its 200 years of undisputed democracy (he has said he doesn't understand our "special relationship" with Britain; he doesn't understand American "exceptionalism"--you need to bone up on US history to even know what those terms refer to).

My feeling is he'd actually like to trash the US, be the One who brought the mighty monster to its knees, make it take its rightful place among those shameful nations of the world who indulged in colonialism, imperialism, slave trade and oppression.

His nose-thumbing at nearly everyone and everything is accomplished because he can get away with murder right now: snog America's sworn enemies, snub the Queen of England, take over the auto industry à la Mussolini, decide on executive pay at private institutions--he could probably barbecue Bo in the Rose Garden and the media would allow as, well, Bo did wee on Barry's new Blackberry, after all...

David Mathews | 5.15.09 @ 7:03AM

Quin's article is excellent! I love the sound of bitter conservative loser crybabies in the morning.

Look, people, you lost for a reason. What's the reason? Because your ideas failed.

You are an politically irrelevant extremist minority for a reason. Why is that the case? Because the American people have rejected your ideas.

So keep on crying, conservatives!

brassia| 10.14.10 @ 11:04PM

Hey, David.
Is that the only progressive line you memorized?
You are couple years late...in case you didn't notice that line was used BEFORE the trillion dollar stimulas, the HC and financial reform, the 14 trillion dollars debt, the over10% unemployment and rising, the highest amount of people on welfare and food stamps, the drop of the market from over 14 ,000 to barely holding onto above 10,000.
You want to know who lost? LOOK on the mirror!!! , the scariest thing is you are uncapable of any thinking efforts and still have the right to vote.!!!!

David Mathews | 5.15.09 @ 7:05AM

Hello GranTorino,

* "American "exceptionalism"

American exceptionalism is pure bunk. Always has been, always will be. American exceptionalism is a delusion of the conservatives.

El Rey| 5.15.09 @ 7:14AM

Absloutely right.

B. Hussein Obama is more a Third World, America-hater than he is a true citizen of this great and exceptionally good country.

That someone as flawed as Obama ever got elected is a tribute to power of the brainwashing & dumbing down efforts of the government schools [i.e., public education].

Kitty| 5.15.09 @ 7:22AM

I'll remind the site trolls here, who are drunk on schadenfreude, that they will be subjected to the same laws and regulations as everyone else. They'll lose their freedoms, too. The fact that they voted for BO will award them no favors, no special status.

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Melvin| 5.15.09 @ 7:30AM

Barrack Obama will destroy this country as Robert Mugabe destroyed Zimbabwe.

GranTorino| 5.15.09 @ 7:35AM

Obama is not programmed to apologize for himself, so forget that scenario. He is, after all, Perfect in Every Way. He hasn't yet learned that being Prezzie means taking responsibility, something as a "present" voter he has never had to face.

I do wonder about health care rationing: isn't this a nifty way to get rid of Republicans (are you reading this David Mathews or whoever you are?)! Just put them on the list of no care now, later, or better, deny care on the grounds their lives aren't worth the expense, and wait till they simply die off--surely the HC folks can get their hands on voter registration records, no?

David Mathews | 5.15.09 @ 7:40AM

Hello Stu,

* "Of course you don't agree with Mr. Hillyer you are an America hating Alinskyite/Obamaite. "

Boo hoo hoo ... the conservatives are such whiny sore losers it really is amusing.

I'd take an Alinsky over that oxycontin addicted blowhard radio shock jock any day. Alinsky didn't kill the Democratic party but Rush Limbaugh and his uneducated dittoheads are killing the Republican party.

As the conservatives become more irrelevant they whine incessantly about their unhappiness. Too bad, conservatives. You lost. Get over it.

David Mathews | 5.15.09 @ 7:43AM

Hello GranTorino,

* "I do wonder about health care rationing: isn't this a nifty way to get rid of Republicans (are you reading this David Mathews or whoever you are?)! Just put them on the list of no care now, later, or better, deny care on the grounds their lives aren't worth the expense, and wait till they simply die off--surely the HC folks can get their hands on voter registration records, no? "

Conservatives really are stupid. There isn't any need to get rid of the Republicans because the Republican party has decides to destroy itself by catering to its uneducated extremists.

A party run by Rush Limbaugh is dead already.

David Mathews | 5.15.09 @ 7:44AM

Hello Melvin,

* "Barrack Obama will destroy this country as Robert Mugabe destroyed Zimbabwe. "

George W. Bush already destroyed America. This is one of the reasons why your side lost in 2006 and 2008.

Conservatives ran out of ideas a long time ago.

Darin| 5.15.09 @ 8:19AM

Hi David Mathews,
I assume you do not live in America, correct? If you do, you're a hypocrite (enjoying the benefits while trashing how they're obtained).

dave mathewsinnerchild| 5.15.09 @ 8:26AM

Dave, you go girl!

Yeah, conservative losers, Dave and I have energy today! Our drug dealer made bail! Woo hoo! Praise Allah! Your tax dollars at work, SUCKUHS!

Dave and I haven't felt this good since we caught that slow-running Cub Scout at the NAMBLA sleepover!

Who knew there was a merit badge for sodomy?

Yeah, you losers don't understand that our time has finally come. New ideas? HAH! We don't need new ideas on our side. Know why? Because the oppressive, murderous and poverty-inducing policies that have failed in every single country on this planet since our "new ideas" were born over 100 years ago are REALLY GONNA WORK THIS TIME now that the Big O has descended from the heavens.

The rise of the nihilists is nigh!!! Quake before Dave and me, you puny conservatives who think you have a right to your own lives, your own money and your own opinions!

You're gonna see things our way and if you don't, we're gonna smash every one of you idiot conservatives and your loser values and take your stuff! KNEEL BEFORE DAVE AN ME! SEIG HEIL! THE STATE IS ALL, AND OBAMA IS THE STATE!

We're already being fitted for our jack boots. Can I just tell you they are to die for? I can't wait to see what they look like with some gorgeous 20-year old girl ground under the heel.

The best part? The black uniform makes Dave's butt look smaller. Doesn't it?

LONG LIVE THE STATE! OBAMA IS THE STATE! LONG LIVE OBAMA!

KevlarKevin| 5.15.09 @ 8:31AM

I wish the links in the article worked. Aaaaargh.

Good to see David Mathews escaped from the mental institution and is back with us today. I wonder where his lover jharp is hiding these days?

Merlin| 5.15.09 @ 8:34AM

David Mathews,

Maybe you should get out a little more, develope some other interests. Perhaps see a priest or minister about what is really bothering you.

Otis, my man!| 5.15.09 @ 8:38AM

Davey boy, if you were so sure that Conservatism was dead, you wouldn't be posting your tripe at this website. I mean, why bother?

jim rice| 5.15.09 @ 8:39AM

It's so funny that, if you don't believe in "Conservative" ideas then, by any account, you must want to destroy America.

The fact that America can be changed and can move forward is what makes this country great. Not some specific set of ideas that cater to less than half the country.

America should be a country ruled by Law tempered and guided by logic and reason. If a law is unfair, there is recourse to change that law. george bush already destroyed the most important pillars of the greatness of America by choosing to simply ignore the rule of Law. While you might not like or agree with the economic policies of our current President, just b/c something isn't going your way doesn't mean that the country is being destroyed.

You sound like all the old rednecks in tiny backwood towns who complain every time something changes that their feeble narrow-mindedness simply can't comprehend.

Michael L. Hauschild| 5.15.09 @ 8:44AM

The party of slavery, Jim Crow, and “stealing more chain than he could swim with,” (read Grand Master Byrd [KKK], is in a dilemma. Change and hope has evolved from the consensus candidate of perceived white guilt and honest black inspiration into a Tommy Lee Jones Batman inspired nightmare. Polarization is about to occur. All those new voter registration cards are not vouchers, sticker shock in the form of increased consumer taxes and inflation are coming and soon. The alienation of the “sweet talked” elements of President Obama’s constituency is inevitable. Hosting his tri-color banner, red (Alyinsky), black (just the ones under the bus) and white (partisan beltway democrats) in place of Old Glory was delusional at best and egotistical at worst. Most of us here no matter what party, gender, sexual persuasion, or age are Americans first. Nearly everyone, at least of those I know, realize that all the freedoms we enjoy are due to our Constitution, our Bill of Rights, and the capitalistic system.

dave mathewsinnerchild| 5.15.09 @ 8:47AM

Hey, you'll have to excuse Dave. He's busy. Apparently, human torsos begin to decompose faster in the springtime. He's gotta rearrange the freezer.

Anyhoo, Dave and I were just noodling the new world order - you know, what ministry Obama will put us in charge of. Dave is leaning toward Ministry of Diversity Enforcment, but I'm leaning toward Ministry of Ideological Purity. More kneecaps to crack!

Either way, we both agree: There's nothing like the sound of skulls shattering and bodies dropping into mass graves to lift our spirits. Sometimes, when Dave is feeling down, he slaughters a family of four (or so). Picks him right up!

Know what was great about the Nazis? There were so many great things, but Dave's and my favorite is this: All those degenerates, whom any sane society would have ostracised, get to run the government!!!!

How great is that? I can't wait till we receive our hollow-point bullets and Obama gives us the "go ahead."

stu.b.con| 5.15.09 @ 8:51AM

davey, davey thanks for not disappointing. You really are the dumbest bastard on the planet, keep up the good work!!!

Jack | 5.15.09 @ 9:22AM

This is what will bring him down. Even those liberal grandmothers in Vermont will remember how their fathers and uncles fought for this country.
As long as truthtellers remain in possession of their pages (nexy to be regulated?) these facts will be understood by larger and larger shares of the population. When it hits critical mass, he will become very ugly.
This is why they are so nrevous about the tea parties. They are the vehicle on which this issue will ride.
Imagine Chicago of '68 with gray hairs opposing police barricades. Once the questioning becomes too severe for him to handle-jackbooted Janet will be on the way.

Louis Jenkins| 5.15.09 @ 9:34AM

It’s time for DM to trash GW. Although GW pushed the envelope with his “passionate conservatism” he did not exterminate or vanquish the producers of our nation with Mugabe’s tin horn methods. He did not turn this nation into a beggar’s corner even considering NAFTA, which was not his program to begin with. Yeah, I’ve got issues with the former “conservative president.” BUT, Mugabe redistributed the wealth (where have we heard that before?) of the former breadbasket of Africa and turned it into a backwater do nothing nation. Yes, the descendants of the original inhabitants of Zimbabwe are back on their land, but they’re eating dirt and subsisting on handouts. How do you like your dirt served up?

“Barrack Obama will destroy this country as Robert Mugabe destroyed Zimbabwe.” Obama is doing what he was trained to do and he has nothing invested in this nation. He and his cronies have instituted a blitzkrieg on the United States and its way of life.

dave mathewsinnerchild| 5.15.09 @ 9:42AM

This is embarrassing, folks. Normally I am the true Dave persona. You know, the hateful bully that lies just beneath the snarky liberal mask of "I CARE."

But because the meth is wearing off, Davey's abandoned me. Look at him. Laying onthe couch drooling with his and in his shorts. WAKE UP, Dave! The fun's only begun!

Dave, dave, come out and play
So many skulls to crack today!

Hello?

Just in case | 5.15.09 @ 9:50AM

Davey, you need to go back and walk on the beach and ponder the millions of shaades of blue you love...
Try to get the anger back under control man... you will live longer and enjoy life more...

Ken in Baltimore| 5.15.09 @ 9:54AM

No, no, Dave is not the dumbest bastard on Earth.

In fact, I think he is quite clever.

It's obvious that he is some kind of plant, maybe by the looney left to get us riled up, or maybe even by some not so honorable members of our own party. This is not without precedent.

I remember several years ago that bastion of fair and unbiased thinking, Larry King, saying on the air that Rush Limbaugh was a Democratic moll, put out there to espouse conservative ideals that, to the looney left, made no sense.

Clearly, since David Mathews makes no sense, he must be a Republican moll!

What I think he is is a lonely, unhappy person, stuck living in his parents' basement, flipping between TAS and various porn sites, hoping that someone, ANYONE in real life will pay him a little attention. Failing that, he delights in all the attention he gets from his enemies on TAS. It makes his day and in fact, he is probably pleasuring himself as we speak(no one else will do it for him; it's likely the one area in which he takes total personal responsibility.)

I'm not your enemy, Dave. I truly feel sorry for you. And as I go about my day and the other people here go about their days making this country run, and as you sit at home waiting and hoping for some gesture of human contact other than your own or your mother's, I pray for you. I really do.

I say, for your therapy to succeed, we ignore you, make you aware that right thinking, successful Americans do not have the time or temerity to deal with such obvious nonsense.

I'm sorry Dave, that's the way it has to be.

Old Texican| 5.15.09 @ 10:22AM

Quin
Thank you again. If we just keep writing and speaking the unvarnished truth in every venue we can access, then we still have a shot at stopping the underminer in chief. I especially enjoyed your summation:
""In short, to undermine the United States, the president would, as fast as possible, create a massively debt-ridden, tax-ridden, regulation-ridden government whose prosecutors play political favorites but whose stances on the world stage are marked by weakness, self-criticism, and solicitousness towards one's enemies""

You know, I can sincerely appreciate the imbecilic losers Mr O has suckered into his cause. They are certainly losers in a society built on merit and ethics and ideals. Each of those ilk MUST have a re-shuffling of the deck to ever move out of momma's house or the hood.

What I have a tough time understanding is how all of O's fat-cat celebutards and some corrupt Wall street types think they are going to duck the consequences of his underminings. His policies are surely going to amputate their feet, right after ours.
Finally, a serious question: What types of legal "peaceful citizen non compliance" should we consider...right now? (Heh! senior moment. What was the phrase describing Martin Luther King's...ah ha! "peaceful civil disobedience")

Dustoff| 5.15.09 @ 10:23AM

You really want gov run health care. Well then see this from Canada...

The Royal Alexandra Hospital will cancel 15 per cent of elective surgeries after receiving a directive from Alberta Health Services to cut costs.

It's a move that will increase patient waiting times for surgeries such as knee and hip replacements, plus cataract removal.

Other hospitals in the region could face similar cost-reduction measures.

"I can't say there won't be surgical reductions at other facilities," said Rob Stevenson, spokesman for the health region's Edmonton area.

Doctor Right| 5.15.09 @ 10:25AM

Golly, I can't WAIT for the inevitable backlash against the left!!

It's going to come, and sooner than most of the moonbats think, too!

You can call it a "Conservative" backlash, or a "Right-wing" backlash, or whatever...But it'sw coming...

It's going to drop like a hammer on all the losers (meaning "leftists") who've been systematically attempting to destroy this country since the early 1960's.

The American people (the "real" Americans) are finally getting an eyeful of what the left has in store for our country, and they don't like it.

We're about to see a real class revolt in the USA, but it will be a revolt of the "Producing Class" against the "Freeloading class"...And the Freeloaders will FINALLY be outta' luck.

The cost of Obama's idiotic, childish policies have already alienated a substantial portion of people who supported him last fall, despite these fantasy polls of >60% approval. When the blue-collar middle class realizes they're being soaked for non-hacking, freeloading, lazy, worthless welfare chiselers, illegal aliens, and other deadbeats who comprise the liberal-left constituency, they're not going to be happy about it.

And the best thing? The utter destruction of the left will be swift, methodical, and LEGAL. We will use all of the executive authority precedents being established by Obama and his cohorts against the left...

In other words...We will hunt you bastards down in your spider holes, and you will be made to pay.

It's gonna' be fun! It's goona be sweet! And it's coming soon...

Dustoff| 5.15.09 @ 10:27AM

Porr DM won't like this on GW. Granted he'll dismiss this like everything thing else. But I so enjoy watching him spin every GW story that doesn't fit his (narrow) view on GW.
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zeezil| 5.15.09 @ 10:28AM

Ever notice how the wacko left never adds anything to the debate other than hyperbole and personal attacks? There is no hope for redemption of the Obamabots-sheeple-lemmings... http://tinyurl.com/c6cmxe

David Mathews| 5.15.09 @ 10:36AM

I'm an @sshole, just ignore my pathetic rantings.

Mike| 5.15.09 @ 10:43AM

Mr. Hillyer:
What does Mr. Obama's desire to seat a judge with "empathy" have to do with sanctity of contracts? I suspect any empathetic jurist would also understand contract law.

Judge as neutral umpire? Come on. You really mean an ideological justice in the vein of Scalia and Thomas.

Spending binge. How can any conservative talk about a spending binge after having remained so respectfully quiet during the Bush years. Besides, wasn't it Dick Cheney who said deficits don't matter.

Concerning military spending: Rumsfeld and Gates both have acknowledged that military spending is unfocused and out of control. Have you ever seen a military boondoogle you don't like?

Immigration: I hate to have to tutor you in basic economics, but the drugs and illegals that are "invading" our country from the south are due to demand, our demand for drugs and cheap labor.

Prosecutors playing political favorites: You mean like the ones in the Alberto Gonzalez led DOJ?

dave mathewsinnerchild| 5.15.09 @ 10:43AM

Since Davey's left me to my own devices, I shall be serious a moment and wonder with you, Old Texican as to how "O's fat-cat celebutards and some corrupt Wall street types think they are going to duck the consequences of his underminings."

I don't get why the filthy rich in this country - most of whom are DEMOCRATS, by the way, don't realize they are in Obama's crosshairs.

To co-opt (and rewrite a tad) the famous poem:
"First they came for the Christians and I did not speak up because I wasn't a Christian. Then they came for the conservatives and I did not speak up because I wasn't a conservative. Then they came for the wealth producers and I did not speak up because I wasn't a wealth producer. And then they came for me.

And by that time there was no one left to speak up."

And if Nazi Germany isn't an apt analogy for the thuggery of Obama and his goons, perhaps the Reign of Terror is.

Tim| 5.15.09 @ 11:03AM

[Egon is running tests on Louis, who has been possessed by Gozer and is now the Keymaster]
Dr. Egon Spengler: Vinz, you said before you were waiting for a sign. What sign are you waiting for?
Louis: Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!

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Dave Williams| 5.15.09 @ 11:19AM

The troll's 10:36 post FINALLY gets something right, raising his batting average to .0000000000001! Congrats, Davey, you can have double-stuff Oreos today.

Old Texican| 5.15.09 @ 11:53AM

...Sinnerchild
Good thoughts. My primary hopes are based upon a couple of things. Neither the German people nor the French people had EVER had freedom or much opportunity to contrast with the empty evils they were embracing.
Also, they were disarmed.
Today I discovered we won a (little) battle. 66 Senators voted down keeping guns off government managed land.
In my mind, the true gorilla in the room is the fact of the 80 million gun owners in the US.
Its sorta' like lots of nukes. By having them, one raises the "possibility" of a last ditch position that cannot be defeated. If Mao was right, and true power does in fact come from the barrel of a gun,
(ahem).
I personally believe the tea-parties were the first forerunners of the coming storm. No administration has experienced such an outpouring of Nays from the real people of the country like we experienced April 15.

Heh! We certainly showed our rookie status in these sorts of things. Our messages were delightfully muddled and diverse, but the reality is that the messages were sent.
Remarkably, the messages were as a rule quite friendly...as in "friendly warning". Even the crowd control cops were having a good time.

Here in Houston, on Memorial day, I am staging my own tea party, even if I am all alone. I'm going to take a Texas flag to our Veterans cemetery, and quietly thank the loved ones for their service.
UNLESS...someone here can think of a better venue here in Houston.

ds80| 5.15.09 @ 12:05PM

Mike: "Spending binge. How can any conservative talk about a spending binge after having remained so respectfully quiet during the Bush years. "

Boys and girls, Lesson #1: the above is an example of the aphorism: "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

Conservatives were the LOUDEST voices railing against Bush's overspending.

Using the same pea-brained discourse as Mike, we can say things like:

"How can Hilary Clinton be Secretary of State when she was convicted of cattle futures trading fraud and served time for the contract murder of Vince Foster?

NavyBrat| 5.15.09 @ 12:09PM

David Matthews. The only thing that is "bunk" about American exceptionalism would be to include people like YOU in the conversation about it. Glad to see that you've never thought your country was exceptional. Hell, even the everyday Iranian has more pride in their Persian heritage than you seem to have for your American heritage. You, and your compatriot or alter ego Thomas Paine are what the REAL Paine calls "sunshine patriots." Those type of people disgust me.

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier & the sunshine patriot will, in crisis, shrink from any service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love of man & woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, is so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated."...Thomas Paine

Not only does this describe what wretches people like you are, but it also is from one of the first pamphlets of it's kind to espouse such notions as individual freedoms & the defense of them. If that's not "American exceptionalism," I don't know what is. As I said before though, I do know what ISN'T exceptional about this country. People who are as abjectly dumb as you.

NavyBrat| 5.15.09 @ 12:13PM

DS80. Great point. Well said. Sometimes, it's just too damned easy to pick these people apart. Why is it that at 30 years old, I can see through the BS, but these pukes, who are probably MUCH older than I, don't?
PS. I saw your post on Washington Times about Pelosi. Well said. Nice to see they've got their act together over on that site now.

ds80| 5.15.09 @ 12:21PM

Appleby: your addition to Hillyer's article was *spot-on*.

Dave (Matthews): thanks for the laughs. We have you surrounded. A man of reason would begin to fear the mob. But I'm sure you won't. So just go pull up your Huggies.

It seems the only one who posts here about Rush is *you*. That speaks volumes.

bernard b carman | 5.15.09 @ 12:28PM

articles like this one only serve to continue the efforts of globalist authoritarians promoting the great divide between the "politically left & right".

IT'S ALL DECEPTION FOLKS -- WAKE UP!

the "right" has been destroying liberty as much as the "left".

watch "The Obama Deception" -- great movie, poor title. it should have been called "The Wall Street Deception" or "The Globalist Establishment Deception".

Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, Obama -- all puppets for the super wealthy and powerful banking cartel playing one "side" against the other while their globalist agenda is advanced.

don't believe it? then continue to purchase the lies fed to us by the FED while our liberties continue to be flushed down the toilet.

however, if you are among the Americans who are waking up, visit www.GiveMeLiberty.org to discover how the Federal Government continues to ignore the rule of law.

the country of "America" might be already fallen, but that doesn't mean We the People have given in to tyranny...

LIBERTY WILL PREVAIL!

ds80| 5.15.09 @ 12:34PM

NavyBrat: "Why is it that at 30 years old ... etc"

'coz like all conservatives, you live and have lived in the *real* world of logic and absolute truth, where words have meaning.

Clinton. Pelosi. Obama. Humpty Dumpty:
"When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less."

I'm not pleased with the WT's "fix" to their comments feature. Seems like a "Version 1.0" attempt. But - better than nothing.

SC_Realist| 5.15.09 @ 12:47PM

This is some great stuff...but I haven't heard mention yet about the Messiah throwing himself under the bus this morning. He came out and basically said the policies he's instituted are not sustainable and we are sacrificing our grandchildren's future. Sounds like he's laying the groungwork for those massive tax increases (and yes, Dave, that will include you and your butt buddies).

SC_Realist| 5.15.09 @ 12:53PM

It was once said: "A twenty year old that's not a liberal, has no heart; A forty year old that's not a Conservative, has no brain!" Wonder how that works; because as you learn about life and the sacrifices you need to make to succeed, you realize that most of those that have never moved up the chain have not put in the effort it takes to be successful. As you become enlightened about this truth, you feel less apt to have Government take form you to give to others. Don't get me wrong; Charity is a good thing. A hand out for lazy ass people is not. Let me choose whom gets my charitable givings.

ExDem in Mich| 5.15.09 @ 1:00PM

Re: David Mathews| 5.15.09 @ 10:36AM
I'm an @sshole, just ignore my pathetic rantings.

Yes, you are. Now go away!

John Galt| 5.15.09 @ 1:20PM

Atlas is shrugging.

Oldefarte| 5.15.09 @ 1:34PM

To All [especially Dave]: There was once a brash, intelligent, handsome, wealthy, war-veteraned, Catholic, extremely liberal, thick-mained, congressman who wowed his base, made members of the female sex irratatically [sexually] delirious, was heretically adept in the ways of TV appearance, and who trojun-horsed his way into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave as President. He proposed much liberal legislation and made many a mistake as Commander-in-Chief and as top administrative public official of the US, all to the programmed forgetfulness and undying devotion of his leftist menion base [least they forget, the MSM was there to remind them in brainwashing fashion]. He too desired to turn this country on its traditional ear and CHANGE its workings. He and his younger brother [nepotistically crowned as Attorney General by his older-brother-in-charge] burned an admistrative path to hell and back; and made many, many enemies in the process. Their father was fired and called home [as Ambassador] in disgrace from England for playing footsy with one Adolph Hitler of Europe's Germany, when same was fine-tuning his war machine to eventually attempt an overrun of Europe and a corresponding extermination of six million human beings. These two young liberal WORLD leaders were in the epitome of their political careers, blazing away full blast, when DISASTER struct [seperate instances], and the fantacy of their existance came to a screaching halt. The leftist-loons to this day tell their children and grandchildren [and anyone else who will ignorantly listen to them] mystical tales of these glorious times [in their opinions], but the bottom line, DAVE, is that it [and they] ended, so enjoy your insane hysteria while you can! As to Quin's typically brilliant [and accurate] article, it's possibly [psychologically] soothing to write,blog, argue,etc about what is happening now with Obama and crew; but the fact remains that we/America allowed this to happen; and complaining now is too late. The time to stop Obama was 11/4/08, not NOW. The bright spot is that there are now underpinnings of discontent among Americans [many of whom voted for him] with the realization of Barry-the-Liberal----Jews are concerned with his support of Muslim countries instead of Israel; the business community are fearful of his tax and regulation extremism; and physicians are upset over his welfaric (and extremely costly to the medical community) healthcare policies. The HOPE for us is that 2010 and 2012 represent a time of CHANGE [through voting]. I plan on [and I hope normal Americans will do likewise] voting for any competing conservative Republican candidates when they run against incumbent, long tenured [in bed with Barry] Republican congressmen. This is a great time for Republicans [conservatives] to overthrow these Benedict Arnold type, power hungary deadheads in DC. The only tea party that truly counts is inside a polling booth, and I intend to take full advantage of that opportunity. I will vote for any candidate that is a proven conservative, and against any moderate [aka Obama bed buddy] and [of course] any and all liberals; and I hope you normal Americans will do likewise!!!!!

Louis Jenkins| 5.15.09 @ 1:38PM

Ghostbusters-how cute! In urban circles a SLOR is an over the top slut. Gratification at the spur of moment in other words, ie, those who voted for hope and change last year, are slathering and licking their chops, and anticipating the “Sharing of the Wealth” for their SLOR like activities. The Demon GOZER, aka a Demon Traveler, the Big Guy, also most like our current top man who has traveled and lived in many different lands, exhibits distain for his alleged home country, and wriggles in excitement while contemplating the rape and death of the “Great Society.” EGON-a man of high intelligence (much like GOZER), scientist, who collects mold, spores and stuff (H1N1), and reminiscent of a new presidential cabinet whose knowledge, judgment, and vision surpasses any of the accepted norms that have made this nation exceptional, including the revered documents that were written two hundred and thirty years ago by founding fathers. Yes, the new administration is much like watching that old Ghostbusters movie featuring ghosts, demons, and goblins with liberal persuasions.
Yea, admittedly, I am haunted by the past. I sat in a bar in 1976 discussing politics with a man from Rhodesia. Remember 1976? Conservatism was on the ropes then. He predicted the future for his country and it didn’t include references to Ghostbusters. It took twenty plus odd years, but his predictions came to pass. They now call it Zimbabwe. GOZER won that one.

Old Texican| 5.15.09 @ 1:39PM

Bernard
Go take a couple of Xanax! (Grin)
We certainly don't need whack job conspiricists here.
Ex Dem in Mich
I finally got all of DM's measure. I just now scroll past. He is finally just boriiiiing.

jim rice| 5.15.09 @ 1:42PM

and ds80 nails it... it's such a mob mentality over here. If you disagree with anything on this site, you're obviously an idiot and are trying to destroy America.

dave mathewsinnerchild| 5.15.09 @ 1:49PM

Hey Jim:
Must be hard to type about a mob mentality over here with a pitchfork in one hand and a torch in the other.

VibrioCocci| 5.15.09 @ 1:57PM

"SC_Realist| 5.15.09 @ 12:53PM: It was once said: "A twenty year old that's not a liberal, has no heart; A forty year old that's not a Conservative, has no brain!"

I agree with you, but how do you explain liberals/statists/progressives that have exceeded their 40-year mark? Yes, you can say they have no brain, but there are far too many "brainless" post-quartagenarians (lol) who are in charge of schools, corporations, and, gasp, government offices that are leading this great nation.

How is this possible?

To dave mathewsinnerchild: I heart your honest talk. Can you convince Dave to put down the meth, stop mutilating the bodies, and move on with life?

Never mind. His trolliness makes reading the articles that much more enjoyable.

sheba| 5.15.09 @ 2:02PM

C'mon y'all, don't feed the troll. It's quite obvious that little David Mathews is......overcompensating ; )

I would advise blowing him off, but that might just get his hopes up.

grzmlyk| 5.15.09 @ 2:04PM

I watched about the first 2 minutes of "The Obama Deception." Then my tinfoil hat fell off and the reception failed.

Fortunately, the aliens who abducted me a few minutes later had a DVD of it (unfortunately, they took both my kidneys and sold them on Craigslist - I had to buy them back!).

Anybody know where Johnny Carson was the day Kennedy was shot? Take a closer look at Zapruder frame 238, my friends - the grassy knoll, right behind the sign. It's OBVIOUS. Therrrrrres Johnny.

The illuminati are everywhere.

The problem with conspiracies theories is, the more people who are involved in a conspiracy, the faster it inevitaby falls apart.

There is one truism that puts the lie to every meta-conspiracy ever floated: People can't keep secrets.

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The Quantum Conservative » Blog Archive » News Round Up 05/15/09 links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…isn’t about the Middle East; it’s about them. It may be some consolation to an ever-lonelier Israel that, in one of history’s bleaker jests, in the coming Europe the Europeans will be the new Jews.” * Obama the Destroyer, by Quin Hillyer. *Your Daily Dose of Awesome: Molecule of Life Emerges From Laboratory Slime. -QC- This entry was posted on Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 11:06 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You…

Michael Meserve| 5.15.09 @ 2:10PM

Navy Brat: The reason people much older than you don't see through the B.S. is because these are the coward Hippie war protesting , America hating idiots who started the B.S. in the 60's. These are also the people running are country now.

Dustoff| 5.15.09 @ 2:14PM

HAHAHA, hey guys. Davie M may not be happy about this ECO idea that went south.

http://www.detnews.com/article/20090515/METRO/905150392/1448/LIFESTYLE14/Troy-s-celebrated-solar-house-left-in-dark

Karcarius| 5.15.09 @ 2:23PM

Hey,Dave Mathews,just like most other liberals,you talk a lot but don't say much.American exceptionalism has created many of the worlds inventions that make life better.Funny how you pick on Rush Limbaugh.If any liberal were addicted to a perscription drug and overcame it,they would be given a lot of respect for it.If you think the economy is bad now wait til next year when the tax cuts expire and your man doesn't renew them.And also,Bush didn't cause this economic crisis.Clintons affirmative action banking caused this.He is the one that put the sub-prime clause in the CRA and forced banks to give out loans to people who couldn't afford them.And it was democrats who defended Fannie and Freddie and said there was nothing wrong with either of them.This was in 2004 when they defended Franklin Raines at the house hearings.Gregory Meeks actually said that the regulators are trying to give heart surgery to someone who does not need it.Well,4 years later both had heart attacks and the taxpayer has to pay for it.And if I remember correctly(and I always do) it was you guys that were crying for 8 years.And you will cry again when Obama is done.

Davids Mother| 5.15.09 @ 2:46PM

Davey is not allowed on the computer after 9AM, that's when the little yellow bus picks him up for special ed classes...if he remembers his helmet.

JT| 5.15.09 @ 2:53PM

BHO is surely "The Destroyer" along with those who serve him and work schemes behind closed doors and in the media.

When those individuals who got wrapped up in the cult of personality and cast an ignorant vote for him are forced to live with health care rationing, food shortages, driving a GM "yugo" piece of junk.... taxed on every thing they buy or do.... I hope they are happy with what they will have done to this once great and prosperous nation.

Those who believe otherwise and fill in the online polls, have bitch sessions with friends and co-workers.... cringe at the evening news.... GET OFF YOUR ASSES and get out into the fight with those of us at these rallies and protests. GET INVOLVED...or you are just as guilty as the ignorant voter. Apathy is not an option and hope is not a strategy.

NavyBrat| 5.15.09 @ 2:59PM

Trust me, Mr. Meserve, this I know. These are the KGB funded pukes that spat on my Dad & called him a "babykiller" upon his return from Vietnam. Til the day he passed, he never forgave or forgot that. And the kids of such vets, like myself, never will either. These people HATE America & all that it stands for. The liberal opposition thinks we're just conducting an exercise in hyperbole when we say that they're Marxist/Leninists or socialists. The President they love to hate almost as much as Bush had something to say about that:

"How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx & Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx & Lenin."...Ronald Reagan

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Updates & Random stuff | The Anchoress links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…fault that he’s spending batrillions and banking on a vast bureaucracy to somehow be disciplined and manageable. Because bureaucracies have such a good record in that vein. Quin Hillyer is much rougher on the president. Much. Business Leaders: Not getting what they thought they voted for. How stupid were they? Obama said he was going to do all this. No surprises. Victor Davis Hanson: Imagines President…

jim rice| 5.15.09 @ 3:02PM

JT is right. Do something.

Don't let your party toss out an old has-been and his idiotic blow-up doll to run against one of the most charismatic candidates we've seen. Don't let your party elect an ignorant baffoon for 8 years who simply bows to the will of his daddy's advisors who were angry that they didn't get what they wanted the first time around. Find a real candidate with real ideas that will REALLY change the course of this country.

dave mathewsinnerchild| 5.15.09 @ 3:17PM

Sadly, Jim Rice is right. I wouldn't agree with his assessment of Bush - after all, his domestic spending should have thrilled Dems.

Nor do I, personally, find Obama charismatic. I find all of that cool insoucience way too studied. The man is a humorless, intellectually incurious cipher and a poser And those are his good points.

But how McCain got nominated is a mystery for the ages (although it pleased so many who insisted Republicans go with a "moderate"). He's a vain, mercurial, blustery little non-entity. Kind of like Al Gore. Or Arlen. Or Biden. Or Pelosi. Or Reid.

If the media and self-congratulatory liberals don't make Obama the new Il Duce, maybe conservatives will get another whack at it. Let's pray that it ain't Jeb Bush.

Tom Paine| 5.15.09 @ 3:22PM

All this honking and braying is foolishness.

Obama is not "radical" in the least. He is a textbook liberal. He is to the Democratic party when Reagan was to the Republican party.

We're not used to presidents who embody the values of their parties so perfectly: most American presidents are weird amalgamations. Obama is not a socialist, nor is he a fascist or terrorist. Or whatever else you flat-earthers are trying to claim he is. He's just a liberal. He believes in government spending to stimulate the economy and offset the harsher consequences of market downturns. It's simple. You don't have to agree with him, but at least understand what he is.

On the whole, Nixon -- domestically at least -- was probably not much more conservative than Obama.

All this talk about Obama wanting to destroy America is absurd. The author of the piece above is a jackass, and most of the posts written in response are foolish.

ben| 5.15.09 @ 3:23PM

Obama is doing exactly what he set out to do, and that is to tear down the foundations of our society and culture in order to rebuild it from a Black Centered point of view. Liberation Theology claims that our society and culture are racist towards Black Americans simply because Black Americans were not part of writing our constitution, the foundation of our society and Culture. Black Liberation Theology was taught by Reverand Wright at United Trinity Church of Christ. People say Obama's a Christian, but if his church preaches that there is no eternal salvation, no heaven and no hell, no soul and that Jesus Christ was an average man who fought for the liberation of the poor and oppressed minorities (a community organizer) then how can anybody call Obama Christian? Obama even wrote in "Audacity of Hope" that "racism is endemic to white people". How wonderful and rightous he is by broadly painting a whole race of people in denigrating colors. Isn't his comment itself racist? And wouldn't someone making bland generalizations about a race of people simply to denigrate them be a racist. Obama is destroying American because he thinks it's the just thing to do. Obama has bought into the false claim that he has been persecuted or oppressed because of his race. This is the same half-Black man who grew up in a middle class home. Got an Ivy League education. Ran for and was elected to office. Wrote 2 books and became a millionaire. I suppose that if it wasn't for our racist constitution, society and culture , Obama would've already become Emperor of the Universe or God himself..

MAJ Arkay| 5.15.09 @ 3:31PM

I'm not seeing the comparison between Obama and Mussolini.

Mussolini appropriated the railway, "but he made the trains run on time."

Obama appropriated Chrysler and handed it over to the UAW. I see Chrysler's imminent demise, not improvement.

Note to self: sell Jeep. Quick.

Tom Paine| 5.15.09 @ 3:37PM

Hillyer's attempt to paint Obama as Hitler or Mussolini is simply stupid. It betrays a shameful ignorance about 20th century history as well as a complete misunderstanding of what's going on in the world today.

dave mathewsinnerchild| 5.15.09 @ 3:40PM

Just when you thought the liberal digestive tract was spent for the day, out pops another turd.

Yeah, Obama's a classic liberal. A classic "thug from Chicago" liberal. A classic "all of the money made in this country belongs to government" liberal. A classic "I never saw a government program that shouldn't be grown (except the military)" liberal. A classic "I never met a tin-horn dictator I didn't want to emulate" liberal. A classic "I'm gonna force private companies to do what I want them to do" liberal. A classic "ignore the lessons of history" liberal. A classic "We're gonna shove universal healthcare own your throats no matter how many people suffer from it" liberal. A classic "Affirmative Action" liberal.

As for the comment about Nixon, who cares? Is that supposed to make us shudder? Nixon was a liberal and a lousy president. So? Is that supposed to justify liberalism? There are degrees, after all, and Obama is the MOST liberal president we've ever elected.

Oh, he's a classic alright. And his greatest hits are coming to a paycheck near you.

VibrioCocci| 5.15.09 @ 3:44PM

Tom Paine:
"Obama is not "radical" in the least. He is a textbook liberal ... He's just a liberal."

I agree with your thought that he is just liberal, but he's not a classic liberal ( which more closely resembles conservatism by stressing individual freedom, free markets, and limited government.). He is Progressive. He does not believe in the Constitution. As a Progressive, he believes that individuals are not born with rights, rather, the state (government) issues those rights to us.

NavyBrat| 5.15.09 @ 3:46PM

Ok everyone! Time to stop commenting. Tom Paine in the Arse has just told us that the article is dumb, as are most of our comments. You got us, Tom. We'll shut up now. Idiot.

While YOU may be willfully ignorant to the socialist indoctrination of the pretender in the White House, some of us aren't as easily swayed. His Mom was a committed socialist, his Dad was a militant African Muslim who also tried to implement Communism in Kenya, his childhood mentor was admitted member of the American Communist Party & admitted pee pee toucher (kiddie molester) Frank Marshall Davis. His college records are sealed, so we can't see what wonderful papers the "smartest President ever" wrote. His Angela Davis wannabe wife brought him to the Marxist/anti Semite Rev. Wrong's church, where he sat & lapped up the Marxist dogma veiled under the guise of religion to indoctrinate the dumb amongst the congregation. His good buddies, Ayers & Dorn were violent anti American, pro communist TERRORISTS. And the OTHER mild mannered English professor who's an Obama buddy? None other than avowed Israel & Jew hater, Rashid Khalidi. The Khalidis & the Obama were ALSO dinner buddies. Obama used to let this terrorist sympathizing swine babysit his kids.

So please, don't try to pitch that fart in a gale about how "Obama really doesn't want to destroy the country." Everything in his life points to the fact that he's a dyed in the wool Marxist with a racial chip on his sleeve. If you believe that these associations are meaningless, then, if you have kids, I feel sorry for you. I feel sorry for you because you'll be the one who sees his kids hanging out with the wrong crowd, bury your head in the sand & say to yourself, as you apparently have in the case of your President's past associations, "oh, this doesn't matter. I know MY kid won't turn into one of THOSE kids, won't do this, that, or the other." Then, when your kid turns out to be a world class screwup due to the influences of his questionable friends, you'll be the first to cry, "How'd this HAPPEN?" And all the while, you can blame the same type of willful ignorance that won't allow you to see things for what they are. Good luck, Sunshine Patriot.

PS. If Hillyer's such a "jackass," then why read his column? Masochistic much?

NavyBrat| 5.15.09 @ 3:51PM

"Hillyer's attempt to paint Obama as Hitler or Mussolini is simply stupid. It betrays a shameful ignorance about 20th century history as well as a complete misunderstanding of what's going on in the world today."...Tom Paine in the Arse

No, Tom. Wrong again. It points to YOUR lack of 20th century history. Tell us how what Obama is doing with regards to the government interfering in business & private industry ANY different from the fascism of il Duce? Short answer, IT'S NOT. At least not for anyone who's intellectually honest.

Oldefarte| 5.15.09 @ 3:55PM

Paine, you're correct in that there is a DIFFERENCE between Obama and Hitler------the latter had the German people supporting him, whereas Obama only has Hollywood, blacks, union members, university professors, Michelle, Jeremiah, Jesse, Al, Maxine, Lightnin Conyers, Rangel, his illegal immigrant aunt, and a few misguided/misinformed idiots, and his mother-in-law supporting him! Oh, you say HE WON? You're correctamondo [thanks in large part to corruptive practices of groups such as ACCORN], but the question is WILL HE BE RE-ELECTED [now that he has come out of the liberal closet, so to speak]????????????

dave mathewsinnerchild| 5.15.09 @ 3:56PM

VibrioCocci, GREAT point.

And Navy Brat! A grand slam home run! Kudos.

Truer words were never spoke. And even if he were merely a "classic liberal" in the Tom Paine sense, that's a good thing???? That's supposed to be reassuring? A delusional, sophomoric nonentity in the Oval Office? Oy. You'll never see any daylight between these True Believers' lips and the Marxist in Chief's posterior.

The Elephant| 5.15.09 @ 4:11PM

What a foolish item. Chrysler is bankrupt, and when companies go bankrupt the creditors fight over the scraps. The provider of debtor-in-possession financing tries to get everyone to agree before it goes to the judge, to speed things along. If they can't agree, the judge does it and it takes longer. In bankruptcy, contracts are voided. There's nothing new about the Chrysler bankruptcy.

Reconciliation has been used frequently in both Republican and Democratic administrations. Whoever is out of power complains about it.

NavyBrat| 5.15.09 @ 4:15PM

Dave mathewsinnerchild. Cheers to you, too. I always enjoy reading your posts. Clowns like DM & Tom Paine in the Arse make it TOO DAMNED EASY sometimes. I guess what they say is true. Liberalism really IS perpetual adolescence. As exemplified by the weak arguments of the afrementioned Tom Paine in the Arse. Maybe Tom needs to go back to the kiddie pool over at the Flushington Post or the Daily Krap. He seems as if he's in a little deep here on this end of the pool, where you need cogent arguments to stay afloat, not just verbal doggy paddle. Hey, Tom, when coming here, "swim at your own risk, no lifeguard on duty."

Marc Jeric| 5.15.09 @ 4:15PM

1) Dailykos and Moveon.org have infected these conversations.
2) The empty suit, our Abu Hussein from Kenya, the Community Organizer-in-Chief, is introducing measures that will guarantee the perpetual power for our commie-socialists. When 50%+ of the people are on the dole, and 15% are working for the government and are also union members - that is their recipe. It is enough to remember that the word "soviet" in the name of the defunct USSR (Thanks - RR!) means in translation "community organization". That was the basic invention of Lenin, now refined by the Obama's teachers Davis and Alinsky. ACORN brownshirts working for Obama are getting $9 billions (that's $9,000,000,000) in the stimulus bill to refine their voter frauds, plus more billions to conduct the 2010 census. There is no difference among Obama, Lenin, Hitler, Mussolini in their methods - I should know; I lived under both Hitler and Stalin; my uncles lived under Mussolini; and now again, I am living under Abu Hussein.

yea right| 5.15.09 @ 4:16PM

We're not all conservatives, so all of you who keep up with your talking points fail. Miserably.

Democrat turned Indpendent here.

The Democrats are despicable. I would never allow myself to associate with them again, after decades of doing so.

The Obama lovers will, no doubt, call me a liar, because they just can't face the fact that Obama is a fake, a liar and corrupt. You mine as well face it now, else you'll have to somewhere down the line. Up to you when you start your own healing process.

This oped/commentary is dead on. Couldn't have said it better myself.

ds80| 5.15.09 @ 4:21PM

jim rice: "If you disagree with anything on this site, you're obviously an idiot and are trying to destroy America."

Yes. For example, the posts of that limp noodle, Dave Matthews, who disagrees with most of the posts here. This is the village; he's our idiot. Some have called him a troll, but that is a disservice to trolls.

Isn't it funny how the "progressive", "compassionate", "nurturing" Libs get bent out of shape when the object of their adoration is criticized? That is a *hallmark* of personality worship ... hence the ever increasing reference to the "cult of Obama".

Bush was no conservative. Conservatives stuck with him because he got at least 2 things right: he defended the country and he defended the unborn. Libs *continue* to seethe with hatred for him because defending America and defending the unborn are two of their most grievous mortal sins.

Tony Smith| 5.15.09 @ 4:23PM

Oh, good grief. Clearly you know nothing about the Contracts Clause! It's might be too deep to go into - but even lay sites like findlaw have analysis on it. And don't even start with judicial nominees. Both sides bash nominees constantly. And the overall tax rate for most Americans is LOWER. And Obama is not interested in prosecuting the Bush administration. Too bad you fell for that. I do not like Obama, but I have misrepresentations more.

This oped/commentary is so off the mark, it's ridiculous.

ds80| 5.15.09 @ 4:28PM

yea right: "they just can't face the fact that Obama is a fake, a liar and corrupt. You [might] as well face it now".

Much truth to that. It's hard for them to admit they were SO WRONG after prostituting themselves SO COMPLETELY. Which is what a vote for "hope and change" was.

What they don't realize is that (except for the invincibly stupid) we really don't want to rub their noses in the fact that Obama is a faker, a poseur, a fraud, an incompetent. We just want them to come to their senses and throw Obama under his own bus. We'll all be better off.

ds80| 5.15.09 @ 4:33PM

Tony Smith: "Obama is not interested in prosecuting the Bush administration. "

Would that be his position last fall? last week? yesterday? tomorrow? What *IS* the expiration date on an Obama pronouncement?

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Obama the Destroyer - Politics and Other Controversies - City-Data Forum links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

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dave mathewsinnerchild| 5.15.09 @ 4:36PM

Thanks, Navy Brat.

First off, "yea right" makes a point that's worth picking up on - Obama's corruption. Because he IS corrupt; notice how he and his princess wife live like KINGS. Obama is ALL about a sense of entitlement (and like all liberals, he is an utter hypocrite).

Michelle has said that loves having attendants hovering around her, she loves her $540 shoes, loved her $300,000 a year sinecure at the U of C Hospital (where, ironically, her job - such as it was - was to turn away patients who couldn't pay and make it look like the hospital was doing it for their own good). Obama's sending his kids to Sidwell Friends while he takes school choice away from black kids who might some day turn away from the government teat, god forbid.

And I didn't notice Obama give the proceeds from his two "books" to charity. And He Who Denigrates Self Interest Above All Else seemed to take advantage of some shady real estate deals that benefited only him - and if running for president as an unqualified, narcissistic, inexperience, ignorant, angry, resentful, racist community organizer ain't selfishness, I'd like to know what is.

You know, its the coalescence of all of these elements - the rise of Obama, the institutionally sanctioned hatred coming out of the environmentalists, the heterophobes, the unions, the feminists, etc., the ever-growing liberal activism from the courts, the arrogation of power at local and state levels, the abject prostration of all the media before the God of Self Gratification (as long as you wear the "I Care About the Victims of Evil White Men and Other Capitalists" mask, you can screw - and screw over - whoever you want!) - it is the coalescence of all of this corrosive, destrucive, nihilistic energy that is so depressing. And so many craven Republicans (like Nixon!) go along to get along. They're rolling over on health care even as we speak.

And once Obama's got his talons in that, the other two legs of his stool of permanent tyranny - control of energy and the subjugation of education - will be in reach. And then he'll make Mussolini like like a piker.

I used to be all for tolerance. But the left doesn't want to merely win; they want to demolish the institutions that have created American Exceptionalism.
Now the angry, insensate mob is at America's front door.

I sure hope we wake up before it's too late.

NavyBrat| 5.15.09 @ 4:50PM

innerchild. I think we've got our own mob, ready to form at the front door of Congress next year. The antics of Botox-gate, along with all of the other capers of the majority, will lead to it's undoing next year. This will make SOME of what the Great Pretender wants to accomplish slightly more difficult.

Have a good weekend, yall!!! It's Pacifico beer, BBQ, & Marshall Tucker Band time for me!!! Take it light!

C Newman| 5.15.09 @ 5:11PM

It's nice to see someone agree with me at last.
The artical gives Obama to much credit though.
"Surely this president has other motives. " Where is the evidence of that? I have seen none.

Bob Alou| 5.15.09 @ 5:25PM

Fine article. You hit all the nails on the head.

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Obama the Destroyer - Politics and Other Controversies - City-Data Forum links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…02:34 PM sanrene 1/20/09-The destruction of the US; Well under way Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chicagoland 10,880 posts, read 2,701,187 times Reputation: 1223 Obama the Destroyer The American Spectator : Obama the Destroyer Quote: If somebody were deliberately trying to undermine the very fabric of these United States, he would first vow not just to change its policies but to completely "change…

Tom Paine| 5.15.09 @ 5:25PM

Obama the Destoyer!

What is Hillyer, in the seventh grade?

One of you asked why I read these pieces if I think they're so dumb, and the answer is that some of the writers at Am. Spec. are regularly very good to read.

But this.

Good grief. Obama the Destroyer! Kennedy the Killer! Pelosi the Plunderer! Schumer the Schlacker! Hillary the Pillory! Gore the -- gore!

Help me... I'm scared.... I'm very very scared....

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Obama the Destroyer - Politics and Other Controversies - City-Data Forum links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…02:34 PM sanrene 1/20/09-The destruction of the US; Well under way Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chicagoland 10,880 posts, read 2,701,536 times Reputation: 1223 Obama the Destroyer The American Spectator : Obama the Destroyer Quote: If somebody were deliberately trying to undermine the very fabric of these United States, he would first vow not just to change its policies but to completely "change…

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Obama, the Destroyer of America | Patriotic Dissent links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…world repeatedly apologizing for supposed American sins while failing to defend the USA from verbal assaults from tinpot dictators. Obama and his sycophants, are the enemy. Read the whole thing at The American Spectator. Obama - Worst President Ever by patrioticdissent Sphere: Related Content This entry was posted on Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 5:58 pm and is filed under Liberal Insanity, Obama, Obamacrats,…

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Obama the Destroyer - Politics and Other Controversies - Page 2 - City-Data Forum links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Today, 04:04 PM MovingForward Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 5,536 posts, read 1,267,207 times Reputation: 1161 Quote: Originally Posted by sanrene The American Spectator : Obama the Destroyer There's more. Great article. "Great article." Yeah, I guess--if you ignore the fact that the writer is mentally deranged and a senior editor at The Washington Times. But hey,…

Thom Payne| 5.15.09 @ 6:04PM

I think I'll stop pushing for government healthcare. I just found out that my penis enlargement surgery will not be covered. Oh well, time to get a new set of tweezers...

Sarki Bashari| 5.15.09 @ 7:03PM

Hey,
Sooner or later, this country has to accept its mistakes as a nation and as a people. If Americans think they are too powerful, too rich, too advanced and too democratic to have made mistakes, then they have a very short memory. As an example,Iraq was invaded based on an incorrect (deliberate) report. Mighty empires before America (forget the democracy mumbo-jumbo America is still an empire) collapsed for being too pumpous, too assuming.

dave mathewsinnerchild| 5.15.09 @ 7:12PM

That's, right Sarki: We're bad. We've misbehaved and we're a bad, bad country. We must all immediately report to our local mosques and prostrate ourselves before the machete of the nearest Muslim - whose reason for living is, guess what?

Establishing an empire.

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Twitted by KatyinIndy links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

Twitted by KatyinIndy This post was Twitted by KatyinIndy - Real-url.org #Obama the Destroyer (Change we should be afraid of) http://bit.ly/PlZ5b http://twitter.com/KatyinIndy/statuses/1810832879

Old Texican| 5.15.09 @ 7:25PM

...sinnerchild
Get up to speed here. DM and Rice and their ilk will NEVER be a producer. They will make good brownshirts...
(Very short-lived brownshirts HERE, when it gets right down to it, heh!)
Nahh, these guys are good at hiding behind a computer and voting stupid in a secret ballot...but they won't stand up to risking being shot. Not in a million years.
In the final analysis they are cowards and losers.
Worse...they are boriiiiiing.

jim rice| 5.15.09 @ 7:45PM

Texican... don't say stupid crap.
You seem to know stuff, but then you come out with pointless, erroneous drivel that has nothing to do with anything.

Making up stuff about people you don't know over a computer screen is just childish.

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Obama the Destroyer - Curiosity Blog links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…beauty boring economy english general pictures politics Obama the Destroyer From: Travis Date: Fri, May 15, 2009 Subject: Obama the Destroyer [[I prefer obama the traitor]] http://spectator.org/archives/2009/05/15/obama-the-destroyer Obama the Destroyer By Quin Hillyer on 5.15.09 @ 6:09AM If somebody were deliberately trying to undermine the very fabric of these United States, he would first vow not just to…

Old Texican| 5.15.09 @ 8:17PM

Hey Sarki
Welcome to the discussion. I am a pig swine. If you answer me you do not get any virgins when you die. (GRIN)

Old Texican| 5.15.09 @ 8:22PM

Hey Jimmiepoo
It is America, jerk! I have already outed my true identity here and I have free speech. I shall probably be shot for free speech. I shall have fun outing squirrels in the meantime. (Grin)

Nick in Virginia| 5.15.09 @ 10:00PM

Tom Paine said: "But exactly what spending do they advocate cutting? "

How about stop spending tax-payer money on Democratic Party contributors, such as ACORN (under indictment in numerous states), the UAW (primary owner of Chrysler, soon to be the same with GM)?

How about $350 billion off the stimulus bill (the Republicans proposed about $440 bilion instead of $787 billion). Even if they didn't save th $17 billion that 0bama did, we'd still be $330 billion ahead.

And now we learn that by targeting "shovel-ready projects", the "stimulus" is actually ignoring the worse-off areas of the country, because they were so bad off they did not authorize any projects, so they didn't HAVE any "shovel-ready projects".

During the election cycle, when people complained about how much money Bush was spending, my main retort was "just thank God that the Dems aren't in power, they would spend twice as much". So who set the record for the largest deficit ever, by a factor of 4 over Bush's worst deficit? I'll give you 3 guesses on that one.

And you know, when was the last time anyone mentioned drilling for domestic oil reserves? Not a Democrat, that's for sure, except to say "No, we aren't going to do that".

Yeah, 0bama is doing a good job so far. Let's hope we can make it to 2012 so we can vote his butt out of office.

Cow Rie| 5.15.09 @ 11:28PM

Quin, You forgot to mention the Obama Brownshirts under the program called GIVE.
Soon an urban thug will come to intimidiate
you , after yiur kid must be brainwashed by them.

Cow Rie| 5.15.09 @ 11:30PM

So here we are observing the Obama. Most are dismayed with him. He is destroying the fabric
of America.

So what are you doing to oppose him?
What will you do to eliminate this
anti-American movement? What would
our Patriots of the past do?

Simon| 5.15.09 @ 11:38PM

Tom Paine: no one here is defending Republicans. It's not about party politics.

Enough strawmen.

As another poster already said, there isn't enough taxpayer money, even if you confiscate every penny owned by every American to pay for all this spending and promised spending.

When everyone is broke and we are knee deep in hyperinflation, blind loyalty to political parties like you have won't amount to jack.

But you go ahead and espouse some more anti-Republican wisdom.

That's just what we need. More claptrap that adds exactly zero to this discussion.

Daisy| 5.16.09 @ 1:34AM

I see the future, people--and it ain't pretty. Obama's a Stalinist thug who supports infanticide; life has no value to him.

Steve J. | 5.16.09 @ 4:30AM

He would stop paying for missile defenses.

FALSE
Pentagon seeks $1.2 billion cut for missile defense

Reuters
Thursday, May 7, 2009; 12:12 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it was seeking a $1.2 billion funding cut in missile defense spending for fiscal 2010 and set its budget request for the Missile Defense Agency at $7.8 billion.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/07/AR2009050702208.html

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Obama the Destroyer of America « Goodtimepolitics links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…America,” and then would do just about everything Barack Obama already has begun to do as president. To undermine this nation, he would attack the essential sanctity of……. Source: The American Spectator When will the American people wake up and see whats going on with our government? Categories: Tea Party · politics Tagged: Barack Obama, Chicago, democrats, economy, Nancy Pelosi, Obama…

Jack | 5.16.09 @ 5:55AM

It is depressing to see such an accumulation of denigration without a minimal analysis of the causes for the present worldwide crisis and of those responsible in the first place : the GOP. The USA have a moral obligation to reform their system in order ro prevent similar crisis from happening again. Omaba may have committed errors, but compared with the GOP, his policy is reasonable, he should be supported. He is trying to rebuild a nation that has been ransacked during decades. Making such comments is completely unappropriate. Use your intelligence to make constructive contributions, otherwise don't write.

Michele San Pietro| 5.16.09 @ 6:18AM

Oh yes indeed, Obama is someone who destroys rather than building. And this is just one of the countless "changes" we really have to be afraid of.

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Obama the Destroyer…..America Read, Assimilate and Think! « Romanticpoet’s Weblog links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Assimilate and Think! Kudos to Quin Hillyer for this article. It is something every AMERICAN should read, then read again ……and think! From: The American Spectator http://spectator.org/archives/2009/05/15/obama-the-destroyer Obama the Destroyer By Quin Hillyer May 15, 2009 If somebody were deliberately trying to undermine the very fabric of these United States, he would first vow not just to change…

jim rice| 5.16.09 @ 9:13AM

Hi Mr. Texi. I'm not saying you CAN'T say pointless personal attack stuff. I only lament it b/c you've said some well thought out stuff too, and it's disheartening when one of the few people who seemed to have the ability to think through stuff falls into the trap of making up stuff about people that don't know over the internet. Que sera. Do what you like, of course.

We can all only HOPE to be shot down for exercising our right to free speech! :)

shanecomeback| 5.16.09 @ 10:29AM

Anyone who thinks it's not 'radical' to give over census taking to his cronies, thereby insuring favorable data, leading to redistricting that forever insures your party's power--is a consummate ass.

Paul| 5.16.09 @ 10:52AM

The reason this Country is going down the tubes, is because of the voters. They are to stupid to keep in touch with what is happening in the USA, and until they do we will keep falling.
Why is it that we don't hear anything about ACORN and their illegal taxi's to take the dead beat blacks down to the voting places. I read some place where the FBI has them under investigating. The news media sucks.

Paul| 5.16.09 @ 11:07AM

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=13140642

Old Texican| 5.16.09 @ 11:10AM

Sorry, Jim
I just get annoyed when grownups write like nasty ignorant children, when serious things are happening in the real world.
I do agree with Quin that Obama has an agenda that bodes very ill for my hard working children and grand kids.
One of our stockholders said something quite astutely the other day: "We simply must keep close our canary in our coal mine".
Thinking about it further, I wrote back to him and suggested that there a number of "canaries" we should be watching closely:
1.Decisions handed down from Obama's Supreme court
2. The inevitable terrorist attacks invited by O
3. A total breakdown of confidence in our government's insane economic acts
4. Censoring of talk radio and the internet
5. Rationing of healthcare to "O believers"
6. Forcing Doctors/ hospitals to perform abortions on demand
7. Patterns of our children being turned into snitches
8. Working Americans going into "survival mode"

There are many more, but you get the drift.
A while back, a good friend who lives and works in NY City told me the number of "food trucks" coming in per day to feed the city. I have forgotten the number of THOUSANDS, BUT IT WAS A LOT.
What if those truckers parked their trucks?
Picture the numberless similar "bottlenecks" in our country.
So see, Jim, with all the above as a genuine backdrop, I simply become annoyed with straw men, and nit-picking, and finger pointing. Then I feel a responsibility to de-bunk self deceptions.

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Quin Hillyer « Sister Toldjah links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

Quin Hillyer « Sister Toldjah All about life, liberty and the pursuit of hopeiness. Home About Contact Site Policy Media Retro “Fanmail” Endorsements Quin Hillyer Obama the Destroyer 0 USA Today Al Gore joins Cheney-Obama feud 0 WaPo Republican Governor of Utah Selected to Be Envoy to China 0 Politico Panetta to CIA employees: We told Pelosi the truth 1 VDH President Palin’s First

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Why are more Americans Pro-Life than Pro-Choice? Barack Obama « Jim Blazsik links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…out their Catholic faith and demanding that Catholic institutions do the same. More articles Showdown at Notre Dame By Michelle Malkin Daily Gut: Saving Face Vs. Saving Lives by Greg Gutfeld Obama the Destroyer By Quin Hillyer Obama Honorary Degree Text Posted by Tom McFeely Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) The First 100 DAYS: Barack’s in the basement – George Bush had a better a……

Simon| 5.16.09 @ 2:38PM

Jack said: "Omaba may have committed errors, but compared with the GOP, his policy is reasonable, he should be supported."

I'll say it again: As another poster already said, there isn't enough taxpayer money, even if you confiscate every penny owned by every American to pay for all this spending and promised spending.

Just so I understand, you think it is "reasonable" to continue to spend literally trillions of dollars that we do not have?

Further, you think it is "reasonable" to simply print money out of thin air to provide the money to pay for those trillions of dollars of spending?

Do you understand the ramifications of these actions?

I understand your type quite well. Ignore the actual facts, rationales, and logical implications of policies -- and instead revert to the mindless and empty "Elephant bad/Donkey good" inanity.

somnolence| 5.16.09 @ 5:40PM

Mr. Matthews, in your misguided liberal zeal to denigrate Rush over the likes of addle-brained murderers like Teddy Kennedy, why are you so delusional in your empathy that the GOP is dead. You constantly have to reinforce that tome at every opportunity, so it is apparent to us "Whigs" out here that actually you are afraid of something. We sure as hell are not afraid of bringing someone like Palin along to be pitted with the pitiful likes of Obama within six months from now. Untenable, unworkable, and uncompensatory are surely the slogans of the neo-goose-stepping bunch now in power in D.C. You are lost in a delusional quagmire. The GOP lost because John McCain was the candidate---nothing else.

Terry| 5.16.09 @ 6:59PM

When the ignorant realize what has been done to them and their country by Obama, they will rise up with their pitchforks and no liberal and few democrats will be spared.

MT| 5.16.09 @ 8:57PM

Regardless of the bonehead things Bush did--he never TOOK OVER huge companies. Obama is pulling that Stalinist crap, and it should scare the hell out of everyone. Unless you're a commie.

Murphy| 5.16.09 @ 9:30PM

MT --

Which companies has Obama taken over?

bobc| 5.16.09 @ 10:15PM

What is wrong with the far left? They never debate, they never researched articles on Obama's past friends, they won't research now and they always call for links to a news item, that one quotes, they are too lazy to look them up.

They have also adopted crude and rude speech and behavior...this is from their mentor, Saul.

It's best for others to just ignore these worms , then they will slither back to their holes...as they realize we are on to their tactics.

MT| 5.16.09 @ 10:58PM

GMC, Chrysler, banks. He's just getting started, commie tard.

Repoublican Theme Song| 5.17.09 @ 12:16AM

i went to school for six years
but i never graduated
'cause my parents were poor
now i'm undereducated
like so many others
all over the nation
'cause the government is
saving on public education

i am thirty , male , call me white trash
standing in line with my pockets full of cash
it was payday today and i am
going to spend money
on a bottle of booze to
bring home for my honey

my future's all set
i am a part of the gang
i make money on the street any time i can
i sell drugs to the kids
'cause that's what pays
i make a couple of hundreds in just one day

d'you see my 'vette in the drive
at home i got a benz
i like speeding on the highway
bribe a cop with a grand
d'you need a woman
a bitch
with a bust forty-two
just let me know
got one for you

one for the money two for the show
three to get ready now go kids go !

Interloper| 5.17.09 @ 12:21AM

Idiot crackhead libtard can't even spell republican right. Evidence of Publik Skool Educasion. That's what big government does for you.

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OBAMA THE DESTROYER -HOW IS OBAMA CHANGING AMERICA?? : Stand Our Ground links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

we do Get Involved Donate Hot Topics 2nd Amendment Watch State Issues R.I.N.O. Hunt Conservative Spotlight 2nd Amendment Watch Boots On the Ground OBAMA THE DESTROYER -HOW IS OBAMA CHANGING AMERICA?? Obama the Destroyer By Quin Hillyer on 5.15.09 @ 6:09AM If somebody were deliberately trying to undermine the very fabric of these United States, he would first vow not just to change its policies but to completely…

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Why are more Americans Pro-Life than Pro-Choice? Barack Obama | air force one photo links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…that Catholic institutions do the same. More articles Showdown a t Notre Dame By Michelle Malkin Daily Gut: Saving Face Vs. Saving Lives by Greg Gutfeld Obama the Destroyer By Quin Hillyer Obama Honorary Degree Text Posted b y Tom McFeely Tagged: Abortion, Barack Obama, Culture of Life, Gallup Po ll, Notre Dame University, Pro-life Issues…

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Why are more Americans Pro-Life than Pro-Choice? Barack Obama | air force one photo links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…that Catholic institutions do the same. More articles Showdown a t Notre Dame By Michelle Malkin Daily Gut: Saving Face Vs. Saving Lives by Greg Gutfeld Obama the Destroyer By Quin Hillyer Obama Honorary Degree Text Posted b y Tom McFeely Tagged: Abortion, Barack Obama, Culture of Life, Gallup Po ll, Notre Dame University, Pro-life Issues…

feetontheground| 5.17.09 @ 11:37AM

Paranoid ideologues. Stop suppressing your homosexuality, you won't be so frustrated.

Murphy| 5.17.09 @ 11:40AM

MT --

He did not take over Chysler. He did not take over the banks. In fact, he fought many of his advisors who said the fed. govt. should take over the banks.

Clearly you haven't been attending to the actual news. The whole point of the news stories of the last three months has been Obama's refusal to do what you are saying he did.

You call me a "tard," which is a fourth-grader's insult, but you don't have facts. You have a tedious and shallow imitation of what you hear on Michael Savage and other talk radio programs. Get some facts, and people might take you seriously. But why should they now?

Old Texican| 5.17.09 @ 12:30PM

Hi Murphy
I can't help quoting you:

"Clearly you haven't been attending to the actual news. The whole point of the news stories of the last three months has been Obama's refusal to do what you are saying he did. ""

Wow, Murphy, where in the dickens are you getting your 'news' ?
Is it news to you that most of the media are deeply invested in the One?
Do you actually believe what you read or hear on TV with no smell test of your own?
Look, ignorant peasants in Russia 70 years ago probably cannot be blamed for believing the PRAVDA they were soaked with, but my goodness, fellow, are you going to believe O's words...or your lying eyes, about his actions?

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Obama the Destroyerâ¦..Americans Need To Read This, Assimilate and Think! | acorn 8 links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…2009 Goto comments Leave a comment This article is something every AMERICAN should read, then read again ……and think! From: The American Spec tator http://spectator.org/archives/2009/05/15/obama-the-destroyer Obama the Des troyer By Quin Hillyer May 15, 2009 Â If somebody were deliberately trying to u ndermine the very fabric of these United…

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Obama the Destroyerâ¦..Americans Need To Read This, Assimilate and Think! | acorn 8 links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…2009 Goto comments Leave a comment This article is something every AMERICAN should read, then read again ……and think! From: The American Spec tator http://spectator.org/archives/2009/05/15/obama-the-destroyer Obama the Des troyer By Quin Hillyer May 15, 2009 Â If somebody were deliberately trying to u ndermine the very fabric of these United…

Oldefarte| 5.17.09 @ 1:32PM

Murphy, clearly your elevator does NOT go completely to the top-----General Motors CEO was FORCED to resign[since the government now/will shortly own 60% of its stock]; the CEO of Citibank will no doubt be forced to resign in the next month [the government now owns 30%+ of its stock] and the CEO of Bank of America likewise will be gone in a month [the government also owns a hughe chunk of its stock]. And you do not consider this GOVERNMENT/OBAMA TAKEOVER [what the hell are you smoking]????????????

Murphy| 5.17.09 @ 1:39PM

Oldefarte --

You cite one fact and then offer suppositions and opinions.

The CEO of G.M. was forced to resign before the company borrowed billions in tax payer money. It was an unusual move, but it does not constitute Obama "taking over" G.M. Quite the opposite.

The rest of your post is incoherent nonsense.

Old Texican --

So ... do you dispute the basic facts I provide or not?

Simply claiming all news is false is strange, since presumably you base your own positions on information you receive in the media.

I think even if you rely on Fox News alone you can have heard nothing other than what I reported above.

The facts are these:

Obama has not taken over any businesses.

Obama intends to take over no business.

Obama has not taken over G.M., Chrysler, or any bank.

The federal government has loaned these companies money, just like it loans a 17 year old kid money to go to college. There's no difference.

All of these effusions and feelings and all of this bathos is very fascinating indeed, but it doesn't add up to much. You have no evidence to back up your claims. Like I said, it's difficult to take you guys seriously.

Simon| 5.17.09 @ 2:41PM

No, Obama didn't "take over" Chrysler. And yet, he has dicated to them how they will spend their money (i.e., cutting advertising).

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/12/report-obama-administration-slashes-chrysler-ad-budget-by-50/

Simon| 5.17.09 @ 3:02PM

"The federal government has loaned these companies money, just like it loans a 17 year old kid money to go to college. There's no difference. "

This is seriously one of the most idiotic statements I've ever read. Trully remarkable.

The Obama administration bullied secured creditors into accepting 30 cents on the dollar and gave his buddies in the UAW (who also gave him millions in political donations) the prime cuts even though they were junior creditors.

Rule of law (i.e., enforceability of contracts)? We don't need no steenking rule of law!

I swear if Mussolini was around and he had a "D" after his name, he'd be fine with you people.

Murphy| 5.17.09 @ 3:20PM

Simon --

The federal government does get to dictate how money it loans a company will be spent. I can't take out a school loan to open a business.

You use the word "bullied," but really all Obama did was insist that your tax dollars were not wasted on what was essentially a threat of price-gauging.

Tax dollars are sometimes spent well making these kinds of loans, but it is entirely appropriate for the government to say how they're spent.

You have to remember that all of these companies have been incredibly mismanaged, and they were (in addition) part of a systemic failure of financial markets. Clearly their is a legitimate interest in the government seeing to it that the money it lends these companies has its intended effect -- particularly because the tax payers are going to want that money repaid.

Calling Democrats fascists -- or whatever -- may be fun, but it isn't substantial argument.

For that, you need facts and a much better understanding of what's going on than you have.

Murphy| 5.17.09 @ 3:22PM

price gouging ... not "price gauging"

my bad

Simon| 5.17.09 @ 3:47PM

"you need facts and a much better understanding of what's going on than you have. "

Ok. Can you help me out? Did Obama or did he not strongly urge (i.e., bully) secured creditors into taking a horrible deal despite the contract they had with Chrysler while also giving the UAW, who were junior creditors a deal that was twice as good?

Why don't you educate me on why that was done?

Once you're done raveling yourself into a semantic pretzel as you have been, why don't you explain to me why anyone would ever invest in these companies again knowing that Obama can simply re-write the contracts in such a way to negate any possibility of investors actually making money?

Don't bother answering that last question -- clearly the Obama adminstration doesn't give a damn if anyone ever invests in those companies again.

I'd explain why to you but clearly you have no intention of trying to understand what motivates statists.

Simon| 5.17.09 @ 4:10PM

BTW,

you said, "The federal government does get to dictate how money it loans a company will be spent."

Thanks for finally admitting that, yes, the adiminstration took over Chrysler.

Murphy| 5.17.09 @ 4:22PM

Simon --

Just because the government can dictate how money it loans can be spent does not mean it has "taken over" any company. Your assertion is simply illogical.

Your other point is similarly confused. These companies are borrowing money from the government. The government does get a say in how the money it lends them is spent. What part of this don't you understand?

As to your speculations about Obama's dark, secret "statist" conspiracy, you're right -- I don't have any interest in them and I don't give them any weight.

Murphy| 5.17.09 @ 4:22PM

Simon --

Just because the government can dictate how money it loans can be spent does not mean it has "taken over" any company. Your assertion is simply illogical.

As to your speculations about Obama's dark, secret "statist" conspiracy, you're right -- I don't have any interest in them and I don't give them any weight.

Murphy| 5.17.09 @ 4:29PM

Simon,

Lastly.....

About the creditors: you have to remember that this sort of thing goes on in any bankruptcy. The government's actions with respect to Chrysler are just not all that unusual.

I do remember listening to Limbaugh going on about this at rather puzzling length a couple weeks ago. I assume you listened to that program and have absorbed his excessive indignation over this unsurprising and fairly uncontroversial issue.

Maybe you should just calm down and read a newspaper or something.

Old Texican| 5.17.09 @ 5:04PM

Murphy
If you simply cannot understand the words "take over", please allow me to clarify.
No, we don't expect Mr. Obama to put on a GM hat and sit in Detroit issuing orders to the secretaries.
What we mean is that the Executive branch of our federal government has taken over "de-facto corporate governance" of both GM and Chrysler. See, in corporate terms the Board of directors has that role voted to them by the stockholders....uh not the Union of laborers. See, the proletariat governing the means of production is a communist invention.
If you cannot connect those very simple two dots, then it is of no use discussing this with you further.
Ah OK, look I will try one more time: If Obama sends someone to unhook your computer, and entrusts your mama with limiting your access in the future, has he in fact "taken over" your personal business?

Murphy| 5.17.09 @ 5:24PM

Old Texican --

The fact is that market failures have led to something very near a depression. (By "depression" I mean widespread systemic failures in more than one sector of the economy.)

Government intervention was going to happen no matter which party was in office. What Obama is doing is a fairly unsurprising response to a very surprising and unusual economic crisis.

If these businesses didn't want government intervention, they should have reigned in their insane borrowing and lending practices 5 years ago (if not 10).

Now, they're stuck. The government will help them out, but the government wants to make sure they don't squander its aid the same way they squandered everything else.

Why is any of this a problem?

Bill Bailey| 5.17.09 @ 6:03PM

The Obama Nation is quickly becoming an abomination. It's a grotesque perversion of the philosophy upon which this country's founders built our great nation. What makes him so dangerous is that he is a youthful prodigy - an uncanny master, almost a Pied Piper of sorts, of demagogic rhetoric and scapegoating (think Wall Street big shots, big banks, drug companies, student loan companies etc…) His prowess in this regard reminds me of another infamous demagogue who got the great unwashed masses to follow him like a flock of mesmerized sheep to tragic consequences. Anybody know who I'm talking about? Anybody?

If he was a baseball player jacked up on steroids they would probably nick name him A-Hit.
But since he was a fascist jacked up on amphetamine let's just call him Adolph Hitler.
For the Obama supporters who don't understand a word of what they just read:
Don't ask questions. Just follow the person in front of you into the shower and don't worry about a thing. Barack says it's OK so it must be so.

Murphy| 5.17.09 @ 6:22PM

O.K. I give up. Does anyone here have anything interesting to say.

Aside from Mr. Bailey's stirring argument that Obama is in fact Adolph Hitler, I don't see anyone offering anything interesting or out of the ordinary.

Bill Bailey, you are a coward and a fool, but reading your posts at least is amusing.

I thought the American Spectator was the home of real conservatism. Seems like just a bunch of gas bags and whimps to me.

Old Texican| 5.17.09 @ 6:39PM

Murphy, Thank you
By changing the entire thesis of the discussion here, you have indeed finally connected the dots.
I am delighted.
The reason "this is a problem" is that the only people being helped are the people who want total power over our lives. The Union workers are not helped, the investors are not helped, the would-be GM car buyers/owners are not helped.

Bill Bailey
Thank you. I have gone beyond frightened. I have now settled in on "determination". I shall continue to try to save the occasional American from their foolishness and ignorance, but not at the expense of our American experiment and our children's future in freedom.
Yeah...when one is free...sometimes one fails. Then you just get up, dust yourself off...and get smarter.
We Americans are not ignorant Russian peasants.
We read history, and some of us even understand past mistakes.
Hunker down, Sir, and pick your battles carefully.
Best regards

Perhaps liberty

Nick| 5.17.09 @ 6:46PM

Murphy,

You are either a sophmoric simpleton or a propagandist. A willfully ignorant, useful idiot who swallows everthing the MSM spoonfeeds you or an Alinskyite spewing lies.

Murphy| 5.17.09 @ 6:49PM

Nick --

Any chance you can quit the "useful idiot" cliche? It's so overused, worn-out, shallow, and boring.

Now. What "lies" have I spewed? Can you point to anything I've said and maintain I was lying?

Jim| 5.17.09 @ 6:51PM

Jim Rice, Tom Paine and Dave Mathews never debate anything, they only appear when a piece that criticizes the magic negro is posted. This speaks volumes.

Old Texican| 5.17.09 @ 7:07PM

He Nick
I can PROVE MURPHY IS A LYING SCUMBAG!(or totally ate up with the dumb-arse)
Heh! just read his posts one after another and watch the spiral into four SEPARATE "truths".

To people like this, truth is an illusive beast. Heh.

Smitty| 5.17.09 @ 7:09PM

Uh oh, Jim--you had the temerity to say 'magic negro'. Talk about walking on the wild side. You know these Fascist Alinskyites worship at the One's altar. Prepare for the liberal horsewhipping to follow.

stmichrick| 5.17.09 @ 7:31PM

Mr Murphy-Mathews;

Please explain what Obama is thinking as he lectures us on the evils of credit card debt ("not real money") and simultaneously unleashes unprecedented levels of federal spending/borrowing (presumably real money?).

Nick| 5.17.09 @ 7:33PM

Murphy,

It is interesting that you dismiss the useful idiot choice out of hand. If one is an idiot, if one is so ignorant of basic facts (like being shown over and over by others how B.O. is controlling car companies and banks), then how would one know that they are an idiot? How does one know he is living in a fantasy world of his own making?

But if one does know, he is just a propagandist repeating the same lies over and over.

Hugh| 5.17.09 @ 7:48PM

This is symptomatic of why so much of the world is up the creek. Everything is driven by an utter inability on the part of those in charge to distinguish, even vaguely, between what matters and what doesn't.

There is a sort of upside-down pyramid of folly. The higher you get, the bigger the fools, the more unable they are to tell right from wrong, the more disastrous the consequences and the more those below – “us folks” - suffer.

Thus, if you let a man run finances (B H Obama, President, Fuckwits Anonymous) who can't understand that spending more money than you have is stupid, well, you end up working like a dog for the next 20 years subsidizing that one man's stupidity. And pay him a lifetime pension after he stole yours.

Hugh| 5.17.09 @ 7:53PM

Thus, if you let a man run finances (B H Obama, President, Halfwits Anonymous) who can't understand that spending more money than you have is stupid, well, you end up working like a dog for the next 20 years subsidizing that one man's stupidity. And pay him a lifetime pension after he stole yours.

gmood| 5.17.09 @ 8:05PM

Reading the comments one would be well aware that those on the left do little if any research. Those on the left that do the work tend to be blind ideologues with communist agendas. They also have a tactics manual written by the likes of Alinsky, Hoffman and Gramsci. Some of them seem to know nothing of the content but are familiar with the slogans.
They are also keenly aware that Government is an institution of power and that the role of democracy is the submission to the state as run by the left. The ultimate goal is the elimination of all opposed to the all powerful state as run by the socialists either national or international.

Daisy| 5.17.09 @ 8:34PM

The fascist liberals caused the economic meltdown with their stupid ACORN assisted social engineering policies, now they're finishing the job by consuming whole industries and destroying the rest. Clever commies, but predictable--must be a playbook somewhere.

Murphy| 5.17.09 @ 9:08PM

You boys sure hate them niggers don't ya.

That's why you luz them nigger jokes.

Hooo wee!

Just too bad you can't lynch you some no more. That's just a damn shame, a damn shame.

What's this world comin to?

Nick| 5.17.09 @ 9:26PM

Old Texican,

See, never underestimate the power delusional psychosis in the useful idiot. The blur between the lies and fantasy can no longer be seen in his mind.

nick | 5.17.09 @ 10:00PM

wow there is alot of passion and hate going back and forth. Although I do understand the degree to which everyone is stating their case it would be nice to see presented a little better. just a suggestion lol

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Angel| 5.17.09 @ 10:58PM

Dumb Murphy/Jeremiah/TP, you Democrats lynched blacks, remember? We are the Republican party--the party of Lincoln who freed the slaves, the party of Life. We venerate human beings; unlike you Godless, death loving liberals. You worship at the altar of abortion, infanticide and euthanasia, not us. Shame on you.

Sandra| 5.17.09 @ 11:48PM

The Word of God is foolish to those that are perishing; and taking the life of the unborn is murder and breaks the commandment "Thou Shalt Not Kill." There is no compromise.
"Choose this day whom you will serve. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Jesus is Lord! And those who promote and choose abortion will fall upon that rock. And those who choose life and believe and receive the Son of God will experience life, and life and death can not coexist. President Obama: The gulf between abortion and life can only be bridged at the Cross of Christ. Christians are commanded to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves. Not all who call themselves Christians belong to Christ. I hope you experience a rebirth into Christ. It is better to obey God and partake of His nature through His promises than to walk as a King within a culture of death that will perish naturally outside of God's will. Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build. President Obama: Don't walk on holy ground. Don't target the unborn. Don't speak as darkness in the form of light. We are not fooled by false words of common ground when there is no common ground. There is only the truth of God's Word - in Christ. And, God knows the inner thoughts and motives and, will judge unrighteousness according to His holiness and standards. I would rather hope and trust and obey God. The change our country needs is from the culture of death to one of life. It is a heart change that is needed, and, I hope you experience that change. How the angels in heaven would rejoice! I pray in the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ that God will bless you, President Obama, and move in your life for good. I dare not imagine what God has in store for those that promote the killing of innocent unborn children. There is forgiveness at the Cross of Christ - to those who receive that gift of God. Those not covered by the Blood of the Sacrifice of Christ will fall upon that rock. He will judge.

Daisy| 5.18.09 @ 3:05AM

Oh, most certainly, He will judge. God have mercy on our souls. Amen.

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Machine parts | 5.18.09 @ 3:17AM

Obama appropriated Chrysler and handed it over to the UAW. I see Chrysler's imminent demise, not improvement.

greentea | 5.18.09 @ 6:59AM

very interesting topic

Flu-Bird| 5.18.09 @ 10:44AM

Obamas budget chock clean full of pork plenty of pork i mean it should be a crime to submit such a budget

Oldefarte| 5.18.09 @ 10:58AM

Murphy, your statement ["The CEO of G.M. was forced to resign before the company borrowed billions in tax payer money. It was an unusual move, but it does not constitute Obama "taking over" G.M. Quite the opposite"] is a complete falsehood and a lie, which is typical modus opperende for a liberal. GM, along with the major banks, was given government funds BEFORE, not AFTER, their CEO was forced out by Obama; and he was forced out since he refused to comply with Obama's demands regarding the downsizing of GM. Some of these corporations that borrowed money from Obama's Gestapo have attempted to pay back same and their requests have been denied, so that Heil Hitler Obama can maintain financial control over their decisionss and policies going forward. GM's CEO should have been fired by GM's stockholders or board of directors, not by some COMMUNITY ORGANIZER beholden to Acorn, Jeremiah Wright and Jesse Jackson. Why would Obama/government force him out BEFORE [not AFTER] they gave GM the money----that makes about as much sense as A SCREEN DOOR IN A SUBMARINE, moron? You're obviously an ignorant fool and/or stupid when it comes to business activities, and are no doubt some LIBERAL ARTS major that attended some socialist-brainwashing university, have a ELECTRIC SHOCK DOWN YOUR LEG-OBAMA-SUPPORTER, and who worships at the altar of Barry, Emmanuel, and the rest of his socialist clan. Don't be so imbicilic as to try and tell me things that I know from experience [35 years] and daily reading of business journals, fool!!!!!

Rick| 5.18.09 @ 11:20AM

Let the liberal fascists have the blue districts and let Free America be formed from the "red" voting districts. It's time to stop pretending that we can reconcile our differences and to separate. Lib-Nazi America can take the national debt with them as well.

Riteaidbob| 5.18.09 @ 11:45AM

Liberalism is truely a mental disorder. Evident by the sick disregard for this country they seem to have.
"Who cares...we won"

canuck| 5.18.09 @ 11:51AM

...where was your president really born anyway???....

Stephanie | 5.18.09 @ 1:10PM

Hey David Matthews,
All you liberal Commies who voted for Obama are the ones whose ideas have ALWAYS failed everywhere they've been tried. You CANNOT tell me where socialism has ever worked because IT NEVER HAS. So keep deluding yourselves into thinking more government control is the answer. You'll wake up the day after election day 2010 and find yourselves out of power. The same thing will happen in 2012.

And to answer the question canuck just posed, the answer is Kenya. Which proves the point that Obama is not eligible to serve as president, which also makes him the biggest fraud this country has ever seen and his very presidency the biggest slap in the face to and the shredding of the Constitution. But liberals can't read the Constitution anyway, so what do they care?

Stephanie| 5.18.09 @ 1:12PM

And yes, Matthews, there is such a thing as American exceptionalism. The only people who don't think so are America-loathing, freedom hating liberals like you and your boy Hussein. Obama and his wife BOTH hate this country and I for one wish all of you slithering snakes would pack up and get your ass out of this country.

frank Raiden| 5.18.09 @ 3:34PM

the obama admin. reminds me of Romper Room 101..the inmates running the asylum...the children running day care...the first peter principle govt...

Brian Ralls | 5.18.09 @ 3:44PM

I think it is clear that those who HATE or DISLIKE America are rejoicing in Obama's leadership, period!

Simon| 5.18.09 @ 5:09PM

Murphy -- I don't listen to Rush Limbaugh.

I read about the Obama's thuggish behavior in the Wall Street Journal (I'll await your all important verdict as to whether the WSJ passes your own personal legitimacy test), Business Insider, and other places.

It's very easy and convenient to simply tell people with differing views than your own that they are uninformed. It's also very intellectually lazy.

The fact of the matter is that what they did is not consistent with bankruptcy law as you suggested. Perhaps you are the one who do a bit of reading?

I suspect that your daily reading likely consists of Daily Kos, Huffington, and perhaps now and then branching out to Paul Begala if he has column up at CNN?

Very diverse indeed.

Anyway, if you want to educate yourself a bit you should try reading Mike Shedlock's daily postings on global economics. Mish was a big Obama supporter prior to the election. However, he is intellectually honest enough to understand the short and long-term implications of Obama's economic and financial policies.

For example: http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/05/if-youre-not-petrified-of-obama-youre.html

I understand that it is difficult when reality slaps you in the face. In fact, many of us conservative can empathize as many of us supported Bush initially and were horrified with such policies as prescription drugs and TARP.

But we are also principled and intellectually honest enough to cite those weaknesses and areas of disagreement.

ps: it will be interesting to see how the likes of you try to spin when Obama proclaims that basket cases like California, Mass, and other leftist states are "too big to fail" and put the rest of the states --- who had nothing to do with the utterly stupid liberal economic policies of those leftist states --- on the hook for those exact liberal economic policies.

I can't wait.

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Steynian 356 « Free Canuckistan! links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Obama Disaster — Stunning! …. (rbo) ~ ROUNDING UP THE ENEMIES ? 18 arrested at Notre Dame …. () ~ ACTUAL WHITE HOUSE THREATS to Chrysler’s Creditors Alleged …. (directorblue.blog) ~ SPECTATOR: Obama the Destroyer …. (spectator.org) ~ ENEMIES-LIST UPDATE – Country Music: Too Much Freedom Loving? …. (humanevents) ~ PUNDITA: Enraged U.S. lawmakers, union leaders, attack Homeland…

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Stevo| 5.18.09 @ 6:38PM

American exceptionalism is not an attitude. It is a description of America's behavior vis a vis the rest of the world for most of the 20th century.

Daniel Magoon| 5.18.09 @ 7:31PM

The obligation not to impair contracts applies to states not the federal government.(Article one section 10)

Simon| 5.18.09 @ 8:12PM

"The obligation not to impair contracts applies to states not the federal government.(Article one section 10) ."

Go back and read the 5th Amendment and then get back to me.

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bruce| 5.19.09 @ 5:12PM

there can be no reconciliation between traitors who voted for that smelly turd in the white house and real americans.they will try to force the tyrant on us and in return they will get a civil war.are you ready for that dave?

Robert Real World| 5.19.09 @ 5:28PM

So, Dave Matthews, you admit you're proud to be called a communist. Ok, noted. Have you ever thought what your life would be like if you lived in a communist country?
Seriously, there will never be any place on this planet that could be called a Utopian society; because people like you will always find fault with those who have a yearning to be free.

Robert Real World| 5.19.09 @ 5:44PM

Oldefarte, I, too, have been around for a long time. Long Enough to have read the Constitution. I have never found in it anything that says it's ok for a President to fire the head of a private business. Maybe you could tell me where the supreme law of the land it gives him that right or power? Thanks

Robert Real World| 5.19.09 @ 5:54PM

So, Murphy, let me see if I've got this straight. Anyone who doesn't want our country to be turned into a communist state is a racist because Barak Hussein Mahmoud Obama is black? Because that seems to be your point precisely.

Rita| 5.19.09 @ 7:51PM

What a great article by Quin Hillyer!
Thanks and please continue your fine work.

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Are Obama’s policies weakening America’s security, liberty and prosperity? « Wintery links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Polemics Videos Older » 05/20/2009 • 10:00 AM Are Obama’s policies weakening America’s security, liberty and prosperity? In this American Spectator piece entitled “ Obama the Destroyer “, Quin Hillyer recounts the many deeds that Obama performed in order to wreck the economy. Hilyer writes: If somebody were deliberately trying to undermine the very fabric of these United…

Oldefarte| 5.20.09 @ 12:20PM

Robert, my friend, I don't think that you'll ever discover our Constitution granting our original government the right to take over an existing private business, since to my knowledge, corporations did not exist when the Constitution was written[Oldefarte, I, too, have been around for a long time. Long Enough to have read the Constitution. I have never found in it anything that says it's ok for a President to fire the head of a private business. Maybe you could tell me where the supreme law of the land it gives him that right or power? Thanks]. The current administration has not technically/legally "taken over" any corporation to date, BUT they have done so, in essence [by politically using OUR/TAXPAYER money to FORCE at least one CEO/Waggoner-GM into resigning by threatening to withhold any future government funds from GM unless he/Waggoner left---which he did]. I don't think there is any reference in our CONSTITUTION [original] and the idea of any corporation at that time in history. There are, however, numerous national/state laws on the books [which of course evolved from our Constitution] that deal with commercial enterprises, which could possibly come into play in a legal situation where say, a stockholder of a corporation or citizen might sue the federal government for illegally interfering with a private company. I'm not specifically knowledgable about same[commercial laws], and possibly one of the bloggers [attorney] to this article could inform us from their expert legal knowledge concerning same. Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance regarding your question. Take care.

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Obama the Destroyer « 1RedThread links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

the Blood of Christ, with the symbology implied that should the rest of the rope fail, the one thread will hold. Feeds: Posts Comments Obama the Destroyer May 20, 2009 by oneredthread If somebody were deliberately trying to undermine the very fabric of these United States, he would first vow not just to change its policies but to completely “change America,” and then would do just about…

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Cnation’s Picks for 5/26/2009 : Conservative Nation links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

RSS | Comments RSS Home NEW! AOL Hotseat Daily Polls On Obama The Greatest Creed Of All Time Cnation’s Picks for 5/26/2009 Written by Cnation Posted May 25th, 2009 at 11:58 pm Quinn Hillyer: Obama the Destroyer If somebody were deliberately trying to undermine the very fabric of these United States, he would first vow not just to change its policies but to completely “change America,” and then…

Wiseone| 5.27.09 @ 12:28AM

With the anti-messiah...no one wins, we all lose!!!

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The Destroyer” « Rick Andrade’s Blog Rick Andrade’s Blog Just another WordPress.com weblog “OTD – Obama The Destroyer” http://spectator.org/archives/2009/05/15/obama-the-destroyer Received this e-mail in response from somebody I sent this link to: The problem is that he is doing it right in front of our faces….and why?…because he can…no one…

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…Dispatches From The Cold Civil War Liberal Fascism The Future and its Enemies The Making of the President By Ed Driscoll October 11, 2008 ===== 54.) http://spectator.org/archives/2009/05/15/obama-the-destroyer The American Spectator Obama the Destroyer By Quin Hillyer 5.15.09 ===== 55) http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/10743 Big Brother Obama is affecting to destroy the USA?s…

BarrySoetoro| 6.12.09 @ 9:54PM

Obama is a good focus, but ultimately he's the straw man for the leftist Democrat Party.

Gold Coins Blog | 7.1.09 @ 9:56PM

Everything you mentioned to destroy the country Obama is doing right in front of our faces and we're letting him do it. I just don't understand why people don't see this.

He's the most radical socialist politician this nation has ever seen and with Al Franken now heading to the Senate, Obama will have completely unchecked power to do anything and everything he wants. Unless the republicans and a lot of other people are willing to stand up and be counted and make some sacrifices, like putting their cushy congressional pensions and their chances of re-election on the line, we won't recognize this nation in 5 years.

There's the Change You Can Believe In.

DerTommisaar| 9.2.09 @ 4:21AM

I will "reprint" this. I love it. Warning: it's rated "PG"
PART II of GROWL

by Gerard Allen Van der Ginsberg

What Socialist Party of cement and aluminum bashed open American skulls and sucked out their freedom, brains and imagination?

Democrat! Darwinist Solitude! NEA Filth! Pelosi Ugliness! Recycling Cans and unobtainable dollars! Children screaming silent under the D&C! Boys sobbing for Big Daddies! Old men weeping in the parks!

Democrat! Democrat! Nightmare of Democrat! Democrat the loveless! Gone mental Democrat! Democrat the heavy aggregator of girly-men!

Democrat the incomprehensible African-American plantation! Democrat the skull & crossbones soulless Senate and Congress of sorrows!

Democrat whose buildings are Fascist overbuilding with gun slits! Democrat the vast bloating stone of Deficit! Democrat the broke government of the pauper nation!

Democrat whose mind is pure machinery! Democrat whose blood is running tax money! Democrat whose fingers are in your wallet!

Democrat whose breast is a transexual dynamo! Democrat whose mouth is a smoking tomb! Democrat of the atheist thumb pulling out a plum and saying what a free to be bad boy am I! Democrat whose only god is Dracula!

Democrat whose eyes are a thousand broken windows! Democrat whose empty skyscrapers smolder in the long Detroit streets like endless Molochs! Democrat whose brains dream Utopia and choke in the fog of their flatulent dementia! Democrat whose smoking bongs and facial piercings crown the crapulous cities!

Democrat whose love is endless lube and lust! Democrat whose soul is welfare and affirmative racism! Democrat whose poverty is perpetual servitude to the government salad bar, no seconds!

Democrat whose only true Doctor and Cure is Kevorkian! Democrat whose foreign policy is a cloud of glowing Iranian hydrogen! Democrat whose whore is BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH!

Democrat in whom I once sat lonely! Democrat in whom I once dreamt the New Jerusalem! Crazy in Democrat! Sucker of crock in Democrat! Lacklove and deballed in Democrat!

Democrat of the Dot.com I've Got Mine Now Give Us Yours Centimillionaires! Democrat of Bush Derangement Syndrome! Democrat of the dried dugs of Ariana Huffington's Code Pink Menopause Flasher Brigade!

Democrat who entered my soul early! Democrat in whom I was sold down the River without Huck or a raft and put over the falls of flowing sewage! Drowned in recycled recycled recycled compost of Democrat! Democrat who frightened me out of my natural ecstasy and into hive-mind chants of GLO-BA'ALWARMING-O-BA-MA, GLO-BA'ALWARMING-O-BA-MA!

Democrat of the planet has four months to live! Democrat of lies for the common good of Democrat! Democrat of crap rap lies of the soul! Democrat whom I abandon!

Democrat that I squeeze off early! Vomit in Democrat! Avenging Angels streaming out of the sky! Death of Democrat from above! God's righteous fire on the heads of Democrat-Acorn!, Democrat-SIEU! Democrat-California!, Democrat-Detroit! Democrat-Chicago!

Democrat! Democrat! Robot apparatchiks! Evaporated liberties! Skeleton treasuries! Unblind justices! Demonic policies! Spectral communities of Democrat delusion control! Insane Democrat media madhouses! Olbermann suckers of Democrat cock! Monstrous media leg-tingle "analysis"! Democrat of presidential prop-up! Democrat of Journ-O-list talking pointed heads! Democrat of "Too Black to Fail When Failing!"

Deception of Democrat! Voters broke their backs lifting Democrat to Heaven! Payments fees now for unborn generations mostly to be aborted, for trees, for tobacco, for tilted windmills, for tons of things so bad, very bad for you we know better pay us now for Democrat death panels later! Democrat of Constitution toilet paper! Democrat of blowing the city to Heaven which exists and is everywhere about us to hell in a hand-basket!

Visions! omens! hallucinations! miracles! ecstasies! hope of the world sold down the American river!

Democrat destruction of legal immigrant Dreams! Graven Image Adorations! Crack-pipe Illuminations! Trinket and Caption Religions! Democrat building up the whole boatload of sensitive socialist bullshit!

Democrat of a pale horse and the name that sat on him was Democrat Death! And Democrat Hell followed with him!

Democrat Breakthroughs in suicide machines! Democrat rivers of toxic educational sludge rising to flood levels! New Orleans Democrat looting! Democrat flips and crucifixions of enemies, enemies, enemies flagged at flag@whitehouse.gov! Bill of Rights flushed down the Democrat crapper!

Democrat heroin highs of hapless humping! Democrat Epiphanies of mandated Abortion for all not just for choosy Democrat! Democrat Despairs of you belong to the city concrete lodged in your brain! Six years' animal screams and suicide of the Republic for which Democrat does not stand!

Democrat Colonized Minds! New lusts for nothing and Democrat kicks and food stamps for free! Mad Democrat cashed-out clunker generation! Democrat bring-down on the rocks of Time!

Free men despair of Democrat! Free men revolt against Republican. Free men sound real holy laughter in the river! They saw it all! the wild eyes! the holy yells! They bade farewell! They jumped off the roof! to solitude! waving! carrying flowers! packing heat! Down to the river! into the street, armed and dangerous, dealing death to Democrat nightmare now and forever in God's holy war, mine eyes have seen the Glory!

Markweee| 9.8.09 @ 12:48AM

I have always used underlining as a quick way to review what I thought was important on my first read-through. But this mind-mapping technique makes a lot of sense for reviewing the contents quickly even without having the book physically present.
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Markweee| 9.8.09 @ 12:49AM

Thanks for this great advice. I'm a student in Germany and I hope it will help me in learning for my next examination.
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Markweee| 9.8.09 @ 12:49AM

Even though this seems to be an old post, I just found it looking for mind mapping articles. I'm working on a research work on developing techniques to improve one's reading skills. I already use a similar technique but will be trying out yours. Thanks Stef
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Come on - this is just ridiculous republican propaganda, by someone still clearly bitter that their darling Sarah Palin is not sitting in the White House. Obama has inherited a nightmare from the previous nightmare and unfortunately tough decision have had to be made. If you can't see this, than you must clearly need laser eye surgery, as most Americans can now see where the country was heading.

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