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Not the American Way

By on 3.5.10 @ 6:09AM

How Obama undermines our balanced system.

There is something way off balance in the character of Barack Obama. Something in the realm of zealotry, with a touch of megalomania, and perhaps an authoritarian impulse too. He combines  Alinskyite tactics and outlook with an air of self-assumed moral superiority in a way that fails to respect the usual, small ‘r’ republican limits on American presidents. All presidents, of course, think at some level that they know best about policy choices. But almost none of them (Woodrow Wilson perhaps excepted) were so willing to disdain, in pursuit of such radical policy upheavals, such intense and overwhelming public opinion as has been evident in the current health takeover attempt.

Grandiose plans are one thing. Most presidents fall prey to them. It’s another thing entirely, though, to refuse to accept the ordinary republican restraints on implementing grandiosities without public support, and furthermore to do so by A) bending existing rules; B) directly violating multiple personal pledges; C) ignoring constitutional limits; D) directly lying; and E) demanding that other politicians sacrifice their own political careers.

A little humility would be nice. So would a sense that he answers to the public rather than to some self-proclaimed (and self-determined) imperative of history and/or call of destiny. What Obama seems to fail to understand is that his own, overblown self-assurance and self-mythologizing is actually hampering his own goals. One need not stretch too far to observe that one of the factors adding to public opposition to Obamacare is a growing public disquietude about the lack of responsiveness, the authoritarian certitude, and the zealous near-fanaticism of the government that would run the new health-rationing system — all character traits as embodied by the president himself.

As Obama ignores public opinion while pushing for full-fledged Obamacare in one fell swoop, and as he insists that he knows best and that the public is too ill-informed to know what is good for it, he directly — as the very symbol of the state — reminds the public of what they distrust about government in the first place and of why they don’t want government interfering in a realm as personal as health care. These feelings are especially fierce because Obama is trying not to change something with which most Americans are dissatisfied, but instead to change (and arguably take away) a system in which some four-fifths of the public remains generally satisfied with their own personal level of care.

For most Americans, Obama doesn’t seem to be giving them something they don’t have, but instead to be taking away something they already value.

Worse, he and the increasingly unpopular Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are doing it while hectoring the public, insulting (at least by implication) the public by belittling the public’s understanding of the issue, and treating opposition as if it is guided by evil motives rather than sincere concerns.

Passage of this health overhaul/takeover under these circumstances would be frightening. The harm it would do the political system would be almost as great as the harm it would cause the health system. The American republic was designed to give a minority a way to slow down major changes buoyed by popular passions. It was not designed to give a minority the power to implement major changes against popular passions.

The Obamites are doing the latter. They are turning American checks and balances on their heads. They are using temporary parliamentary advantages for a permanent power grab. The Obamites are dictating to Americans rather than representing them. Revolutionizing, not just evolving. Ruling, not serving.

And it’s not just on health care. They work against public opinion on matters of criminal justice, terrorist treatment, race preferences, bank bailouts and corporate takeovers, overall spending, domestic welfare requirements, fossil fuel development, missile defenses, advocacy of American interests (and pride!) abroad, and on the whole panoply of oft-unstated attitudes that cohere as American exceptionalism.

This is not the way the system is supposed to work. This is not the American government we grew up with. This is not the national ethos that we love.

Yet Obama pushes on, perfectly cognizant of what he’s doing, intentionally upending the American Way. This is a form of mania — megalo- or otherwise. And, by any and all legitimate means, it must be stopped.

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.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (434) |

Stephanie| 3.5.10 @ 6:21AM

He is keeping his promise of "fundamentally changing America". And I don't think the word "humility" is in his vocabulary. What would make a person turn into such a self important creep? What an ego!

ggoblue| 3.5.10 @ 6:36AM

what would make him 'turn' into such a creep? i dont think he 'turned' into anything but what he always was. a narcissist bordering on mania. with a gift for oration.

the circumstances of his upbringing and talents remind me of adolf hitler. his behavior is heading in the same direction. he may be a maniac. scary.

MikeBee| 3.5.10 @ 11:49AM

ggoblue,
Right on! My father, who was a young man during WWII, always told me that Hitler was an excellent orator. When Hitler gave a speech, people in Germany really got riled up. He was able to move crowds to his opinion. Yet he was a megalomaniac........

The comparisons to the Obama that we now know are staggering. Delivers a good speech; can move others to his opinion; wants to fundamentally change a nation-state to his dream...........

josh | 3.6.10 @ 4:41PM

Mein Furor: It will decades, if ever to recover from BHO, Pelosi & Reid. People usually get what they want. I hope all the voted for him got what they wanted. This is a fundamental attack on our freedom and our Constitution. With Healthcare, the govenment will have control over our lives. Want a bottle of Pepsi with sugar in it; well you can;t have it it is not good for you; walk to work, it is healthier. You get the idea. Dark days are ahead for our Country. He is our worst nightmare.

Jon B | 3.8.10 @ 8:36PM

The Bush Administration claimed the right to arrest anyone in the world, including American citizens, without a warrant or probable cause, and claimed the right to wiretap anyone it wanted without a warrant. They claimed the right to imprison anyone forever, without charges and without the right of habeas corpus, and claimed the ability to begin investigating anyone it chose for any reason or no reason whatsoever. They began secretly poring through the bank records of Americans and encouraged people to spy and inform on their neighbors. They also proposed creating a huge database to collect the transactional records and emails of everyone.

When the Bush Administration began torturing several hundred innocent people including Americans, what did you say?

When Bush sued America to throw out 60,000 votes and was installed by a corrupt court with several Constitutional violations allowed, where were you?

Don't bother to tell me: You were one of the people who decried the opponents of the Bush as being "terrorist sympathizers," "freedom-haters," "traitors,” etc. You supported every attempt by Dick Cheney and George Bush to exercise dictatorial powers. But now, and only now, you voice a fear that our freedoms and liberties, may be in jeopardy from an Obama Administration?

Jobe| 3.8.10 @ 10:16PM

Jon B: If you really believe what you have written here, then there is no use refuting you. You haven't the slightest grasp on reality. Your screed reminds me of those death penalty opposers who equate legal execution to the wanton murder of which the person to be executed is guilty. If you cannot see the malignant narcissistic personality at work in our august president, then you and the others like you will help him to bury us.

Jon B| 3.8.10 @ 10:26PM

I do see narcissistic malignancy, in your post. Obama is at best a compromise between what corporations want and what the people want. He's as much a sell out as Bush was in most cases. I didn't vote for him. the problem with your screed is that this stuff started 9 years ago immediately after Bush sued Americans to throw out 60,000 votes. talk about narcissistic malignancy! Suing your own country men to throw away their legal votes? Unbelievable. What did you say then? Nothing I bet. So your fake concern now means nothing since it's only partisan bellowing.

Al Kelly| 3.9.10 @ 2:37AM

I always love it when all you sore-bellyed Gore-suck-ups complain about the 2000 election even now. You can make all the excuses you want but if Al Gore had won his home state, (and he lost by a wide margin) where the really know him best, you would have had that lunatic to fend for us... But the good people of his state spared us the agony...

Jon B| 3.9.10 @ 11:34AM

Of course you love it. Violating the Constitution is no problem for people like you if it makes you "feel good." You're not for America, you're for "yourself."

BTW, you're defending throwing out votes of Americans. We fought the Revolutionary war for the right to pick who represents us. Since you're against America's purest value, the reason we exist, why not move to anther country where the Government throws out the votes for you w/o any of the hassles of maybe having to face the reality that Bush is an anti-American jerk?

glezzery| 3.9.10 @ 10:52AM

Well, everything you cited is factually false, so there is nothing more to say.

Jon B| 3.9.10 @ 11:40AM

Bush didn't sue Al Gore. He sued to throw out the votes of 60,000 Americans, and a corrupt court went along with it. He called those votes "Al Gore" but they weren't, were they?

So what I said is factually accurate, but you want to believe the lie Bush pushed when he lied in the lawsuit.

Second, when you treat votes unequally by creating an arbitrary deadline not written in law anywhere, you violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. The US SC gave the legal votes they threw out ZERO value, counting only another set of votes they liked more giving them FULL value. That's the absolute meaning of unequal treatment. Please feel free to go on about this if you like, but since you support throwing out the Constitution when it makes you feel good, I have very low confidence in your ability to support anything consistently.

Proud Texan| 3.7.10 @ 10:01AM

Everyone talks of Obama's oratorical skills as if he can move mountains with simply his words. I find his speech patterns pedantic, stereotypical from-the-pulpit, rambling and bumbling at times. He cannot speak without a teleprompter. His speeches are condescending and his body language screams arrogance. He is painful to watch. I don't get it, never have, never will.

Deb| 3.7.10 @ 10:42AM

I agree Proud Texan. I think the time for praising him as a great orator is over. His speeches have become monotonous and irritating.

Mattty| 3.7.10 @ 10:41AM

So was Martin Luther king jr, is he also hitler?

oof oof| 3.7.10 @ 11:04AM

Mattty, you're really not that bright, are you. First of all, MLK never sought public office, he was using non-violent means to achieve the goal of equal rights for everyone, like promsed in in Declaration of Independence and the constitution. He never got himself elected to provide a "fundamental change" in the structure of the government, as the Chosen One has. MLK wanted all to be able to participate in the freedoms of the country, Obama is eroding those freedoms everyday.

Matt t| 3.7.10 @ 10:31AM

Hitler...really? You must be the dumbest group of people I have ever seen. Let me guess, GWB had majority approval when he went to war, right? The man didn't even win the election. You're fine with our president rigging the election, but not with him improving healthcare, one that all NON-BIASED polls say the majority of Americans want?

oof oof| 3.7.10 @ 11:07AM

Obama's stage props, the guys with the white jackets, are here to take you away, to the funny farm, where everything will be alright.

NJK| 3.7.10 @ 6:04PM

Are you kidding? Yours has to be one of the most ignorant posts I've ever seen.

stmichrick| 3.7.10 @ 9:00PM

Matt,

How did GWB rig his election? Something unlawful happen there?

What NON-BIASED polls say Americans want the Obama/Reid/Pelosi statist remedy for healthcare reform? We know what they're about. Apparently you don't.

Matt t, 'the dumbest group of people' you've ever seen are incensed that condescending fools, who share your view, want to put the nation on Medicaid.

Jon B| 3.8.10 @ 7:52PM

Bush's top IT guy, Mike Connell admitted that he helped Bush steal the election electronically in 2000 and 2004. Under subpoena to testify, he died in a plane crash December 19th, 2009. Stepehen Spoonamore, who worked for both Bush and McCain, backed this up.

Jeb Bush and K Harris admitted during the NAACP investigation that they created a bogus felon list using a GOP firm and paying them $4 million to loosen standards to include 10's of thousands more people as felons who were not felons. 54% were black, and the rest were mostly Hispanic and Democratic voters. The new list had 94,000 people on it, whereas the old one, just 2 years prior, had 12,000 people on it. The one county that checked everyone on the list found that only 5% were actually felons.

The US SC violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment when they arbitrarily created a 12-12 deadline for counting votes that does not exist in law anywhere. They gave "different values" to 10's of thousands of legal votes by choosing which ones to throw out, and which ones to count. A direct violation of the Constitution.

Just to name a few of the illegal actions in Florida in 2000 alone.

Jon B| 3.8.10 @ 7:52PM

Bush's top IT guy, Mike Connell admitted that he helped Bush steal the election electronically in 2000 and 2004. Under subpoena to testify, he died in a plane crash December 19th, 2009. Stepehen Spoonamore, who worked for both Bush and McCain, backed this up.

Jeb Bush and K Harris admitted during the NAACP investigation that they created a bogus felon list using a GOP firm and paying them $4 million to loosen standards to include 10's of thousands more people as felons who were not felons. 54% were black, and the rest were mostly Hispanic and Democratic voters. The new list had 94,000 people on it, whereas the old one, just 2 years prior, had 12,000 people on it. The one county that checked everyone on the list found that only 5% were actually felons.

The US SC violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment when they arbitrarily created a 12-12 deadline for counting votes that does not exist in law anywhere. They gave "different values" to 10's of thousands of legal votes by choosing which ones to throw out, and which ones to count. A direct violation of the Constitution.

Just to name a few of the illegal actions in Florida in 2000 alone.

Allen Kelly| 3.9.10 @ 2:41AM

Twit... Al Gore couldn't win his own state in 2000... If the people who knew him best would have liked him, Florida wouldn't matter.

Jon B| 3.9.10 @ 11:44AM

Al Gore won the election Nation wide, and in Florida if you count all of the over votes and under votes. All I'm saying is "Face reality" American's voted for Gore, and Bush was installed because of corruption on the US SC.

BTW, Bush lost his home state too, Connecticut. He also lost the election and sued his own country to over throw it. A real anti-American through and through

Brian| 3.7.10 @ 10:07PM

If you think what's in this Bill will "improve" health care, you know as little about it as our unqualified, ignorant and arrogant president does.

It won't lower the cost and quality will suffer across the board. It's a bad plan enacted by people who don't know what in hell it is they are doing.

imsteph| 3.8.10 @ 9:45AM

Obam: But I am a generous god. I can make you rich beyond all measure. I will make you warlords of all America. You will carry my battle standard to the heart of Europa. Your rivals will kneel at your feet if you will but kneel at mine.
Conservatives: You are generous as you are divine, O king of kings. Such an offer only a madman would refuse. But the, uh, the idea of kneeling, it's- You see, slaughtering all that legislation of yours has, uh, well it's left nasty cramps in our legs, so kneeling will be hard for us.

Obama: It isn't wise to stand against me, Conservatives. Imagine what horrible fate awaits my enemies when I would gladly kill any of my own congressmen or administration for victory.
Conservatives: And We would die for any one of ours.

basur | 10.27.10 @ 9:15AM

The Constitution reads "We the people" not "We the Congress". Congress ignores the polls as does Obama. They are "dictating" not representing the people. This MUST be ended. Out with all of them.

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 3.5.10 @ 6:32AM

Actually, Abraham Lincoln was just as radical but in a different way. Ditto FDR.

Letscheck| 3.7.10 @ 6:53AM

Oh Please don't go there. Lincoln was nothing like FDR or Obama.

Lincoln wanted to set people free.

FDR wanted to enslave them with monetary control as does Obama.

FDR might be given some slack, deserved or not, because of the time he lived in but Obama controlled the enslavement process.

Matty| 3.7.10 @ 10:51AM

Lincoln didn't care about setting people free, his main objective was to keep the states united. He felt the best way to do that was to make am unenforceable proclaimation that only affected the south and border states. "freeing people" was just a military tactic

NJK| 3.7.10 @ 6:06PM

FDR wasn't into giving enemy combatants constitutional rights though. When several Nazi's landed on our shores, he hung them. He also rounded up Japanese Americans and imprisoned them during WWII. Their crime? They were Japanese. GWB didn't do that to the Muslims, some of who he should have.

Jon B| 3.8.10 @ 7:57PM

Like his Saudi buddies who funded the 9/11 attacks, per chance? The ones he protected when he blacked out 28 pages of the 9/11 commission report? or the Bin Ladens who he flew out of the country illegally when private flights were banned w/o letting the FBI question them? the very same people who bailed him out of a couple of failed oil businesses in the 80's when Bush was Business partners with Osama's brother, Omar Bin laden who died in a plane crash over Texas in 1984.

Perhaps this explains why Bush refused to go after Osama in Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and let him go when we had him trapped at Tora Bora in 2001? But then he needed that "fear" of terrorism so he could full fill a long time dream of invading Iraq, something he said he would do pre-President.

Jobe| 3.8.10 @ 10:27PM

Matty and Jon B, best laughs since the last time I saw Jim Gaffigan perform. You guys ought to take your show on the road. You display all the sense and logic of a two year-old throwing a tantrum on the floor of a grocery store because Mommy won't buy you candy. My God, the election of 2000. It is 2010. The only illegalities were those committed by the supporters of Al "the Tennessee Two by Four" Gore as they tried to rig recounts and disallow military votes. I'll give you guys one thing though. You are the best comic relief since the grave diggers in Act IV of Hamlet.

Jon B| 3.8.10 @ 10:59PM

In your defense, I'd probably pretend to laugh too, Jobe, if I had no reply. It's better than me catching you lie, less embarrassing even. But go ahead if you'd like too rebut anything...

imsteph| 3.8.10 @ 9:49AM

FDR was communist propigating the agenda....traded out supreme court justices till he got his legislation passed. If he hadn't died in office would have figured out a way to be there still today.
Comparing him to Lincoln who took a stand when our practices went AGAINST the constitution and did everything in his power to rectify that and compare him to a man who did everything in his power to curcumvent the constitution....
May I respectfully suggest picking up a history book published before 1975.

Kenny| 3.5.10 @ 7:03AM

Bill Hussein O'Stalin says Lincoln and FDR were just as radical as Obama.

Maybe ... but at least those two former presidents were of America and nor did they hate the U.S.

Bill Hussien O'Stalin| 3.5.10 @ 7:07AM

When you do an end run around the Constitution, your love of America, in preference to your ideology, is debatable.

Melvin| 3.5.10 @ 7:49AM

When you are told that you are a, "God," and are treated like a, "God" therefore you are... "God."

Eric Cartman| 3.5.10 @ 8:51AM

It doesn't take much to impress the Obamabots, however. They're all on the same level as sophomore co-eds with a crush on the hip English Comp prof. "Did you see? He called on me twice" ~giggle~ "He's just so, so COOL! I'm writing a poem about him tonight after the 'End Hunger Now' sit-in being held after the 'Obesity Help Seminar' at the food stamp office!"

It doesn't take much to impress these people. He is there god because after drawing his face and doodling hearts and unicorns on their notebooks for the past two years, they think he is God.

lemonttaylor| 3.6.10 @ 5:34PM

Barack Inssein Obama
mmm, mmm, mmm.

oof oof| 3.5.10 @ 9:33AM

All the great mass murderers of the 20th century(Stalin, Lenin, Hitler,Mao, Pol Pol,etal) had one thing in common: the desire to remake society in their own vision. When you hear a politician speak of "fundamental change", be afraid, be very afraid, because these people are dangerous. Thats why Hillary always scared me much more than Bill, and I believe the Chosen One is down right EVIL.

oof oof

Keep it to the facts| 3.5.10 @ 12:31PM

You are comparing a US president Barack Obama to Stalin, Lenin, Hitler,Mao, Pol Pol. Are you insane? Obama is nothing like those individuals... You are sir, an idiot.

danfromatlanta| 3.5.10 @ 1:03PM

OK, other than the fact that the previous gained power through military power (OK, Hitler was elected Chancellor, but his opponents were eliminated by his militants), please tell me in what way they are different from the obamanation.

oof oof| 3.5.10 @ 2:25PM

Typical, never address the comment, just call names. History has shown that the people that want to remake society into their own vision of utopia have led to disaster. 100-150 million dead in the last century doesn't prove my point? These dictators all took away freedoms from the people, then massacred anyone who stood in their way.
I stand by my original comment, unless you wish to present some facts that they were just"misguided"?
You, Sir, are a fool.

oof oof

MacAoidh | 3.5.10 @ 6:39PM

Why is he an idiot? He's expressing the danger inherent in an authoritarian figure achieving the power to convert society into a tool for his own ends. I should think this is an obvious truth.

I saw him say he thinks Obama is evil, which is debatable, but when someone comes along and says he wants to "fundamentally change" the United States of America, he's absolutely correct in warning of poor consequences to allowing that to happen.

David Counts| 3.5.10 @ 11:43PM

you are an insane idiot.

The Ant-O-Christ| 3.6.10 @ 9:48AM

David Counts: Are you replying to "stick to the facts" or to the people actually using examples and debating points? If the latter, then David Counts to at least 5, and that's a start: Alinsky's Power Tactic #5: "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon".

You might want to re-think your method because simply calling a name is not that effective.

So right back at you with the tactic. If you can: debate the points and you may be taken seriously.

floridacracker| 3.6.10 @ 9:33AM

Great comeback. Typical leftist rebuttal: Name calling. Wouldn't your mama be proud.

lynn| 3.6.10 @ 9:35AM

Kills millions? Not Obama nor the Dems -- wait, aren't they Pro-choice, for the live butchering of 50 million innocent US babies? They leave Stalin, Hitler in the dust.

ted0330| 3.6.10 @ 10:31AM

Obama is quite distressingly like all the mentioned names, not so much in the result (butchery) as in the methods- beguiling but misleading oratory, a belief that he knows better and that others should do as he wishes, a poorly veiled contempt for the standards of the society he wishes to remake.

Read Alinsky- Obama embodies the characteristics of an ideal radical.

If we had looked harder, or if there had been a better alternative, we as a nation would not have elected him. Mercifully, absent a change in government, we have the ability to vote him out.

Comparisons with Wilson seem especially apt- a detached academic whose personal goals did not resonate with the public. Politically based imprisonment in the US peaked under Wilson, a little appreciated fact. Read about his laws and programs- scary.

JohnR1022| 3.6.10 @ 11:51AM

Don't expect the Mohammedan in Chief to do anything in the interest of the U.S.A. He's shown, repeatedly, that he does not believe in the American system. He considers the laws of the United States and the Constitution to be an obstacle to his "world view" of how things should be. Therefore, he is is not bound by their constraints.

To paraphrase John F. Kennedy: Ask not what your government can do FOR you, ask what your government WANTS to do TO you...

mari| 3.7.10 @ 1:22AM

he hates America and he DOES intend to 'fundatmentally transform' our country - and 'redistribute' our money - to Islam.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....11215.html

Buster F. Myths| 3.7.10 @ 10:17AM

You are truly insane.

Jon B| 3.8.10 @ 9:34PM

To paraphrase Kennedy, and more accurately, "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country can do for me, Dick Cheney, Enron, and Halliburton."

George F| 3.6.10 @ 12:10PM

Hey keep it to the facts, Obama is as radical as Stalin, Lenin, Hitler, and Mao, those ARE the facts and he is just as charming if not more so. On top of that he has a bad character. I've heard his promises and his fancy rhetoric and then watched closely at what he did, almost totally opposite of what he promised every time.

Is it possible that you, sir, are the idiot instead of those that disagree with you? Maybe you should pay more attention to what is happening in this administration.

Achilles Toejam| 3.6.10 @ 3:49PM

Keep to the facts? Okay, fact is Obama has surrounded himself with people like the self avowed communist Van Jones, Anita Dunn and Valerie Jarrett who believe that Chairman Mao was the cat's meow in fact they even put a Christmas ornament with this picture on their Christmas tree, people like Hugo Chavez and Castro are right in line with their ideology. From the time Obama was a little boy he has been surrounded by people who hate everything that America ever stood for especially the founding principles, people like Mark Davis Wilson his boyhood mentor and radical criminals bombers like Bill Ayers and his outfit, racist preacher Rev. Wright etc. etc. etc.

Marxism was revolutionary but this pack of radicals are progressives their approach is more evolutionary but the goal is still the same they just take different routes to get there.

I'm sorry Mr. facts but it's obvious that is exactly what you are lacking, I suggest you do a little more research and except the truth when it smacks you in the face, unless of course you share Obama's views about America.

Another fact, the American people didn't know anything about this guy when they voted for him the media failed miserably in objectively vetting this guy but instead became his cheerleading squad and the result was the American people got a warm and fuzzy relief from their self perceived white guilt being totally taken in by a charismatic empty suit with promises of hope and change that were never explicit so they bought a pig in a poke and the Marxist to boot.

They're spending millions to keep Obama's records secret, why? The short answer is there is something there they don't want the people to know, but if you got in your car one morning and it smelled like rotten fish would you keep driving or look under the seat?

MRH| 3.7.10 @ 2:40AM

No yet.

Letscheck| 3.7.10 @ 6:59AM

Camparisons to Stalin and Lenin, Hitler and Mao, are not as off as you might think.

You might be the idiot.

You voted for a man that you knew nothing about and still know little.

How about those college records for Obama?

How about his background with ACORN.

How about his communist party membership.

How about you do some research into this man's background.

It's not an impossible task even though he is paying millions of dollars to keep his records under cover.

Jon B| 3.8.10 @ 8:44PM

They're going for "death by false associations" the same as pre-election, since they have nothing that's fact based. Obama is about as moderate as they come. Since he's open to new ideas, the only attack available is an insult.

Dossevi Trenou| 3.6.10 @ 8:18PM

Thank you Sir, for saying it straight like it is...

Eric Cartman| 3.5.10 @ 9:37AM

Obamabots In Love:

Scene: The scent of Ramen Noodles, patchouli oil and sandalwood incense hangs in the air. The room has the warm glow of a winter sunset though a paisley sheet that hangs across the window. Outside, the campus is covered in snow. Two sophomore co-eds (well, one is a guy who is trying to get a gender reassignment operation at the student health center) are sitting so that the taller one Jasmine (Jack) is braiding Suz's hair and putting plastic daisies here and there. Charcoal stretching's of a professor named Barack Obama with rainbows, hearts and unicorns hang in various stages of completion.

Suz: Professor Obama is SO cool! I love him SO MUCH! He looked at me 17 times in class yesterday! I nearly had an orgasm!

Jasmine (Jack): Nearly, girl? Come on! You know you did!

Suz: Okay, okay! (Suz blushes and gabs her stomach) But how could you NOT!

Jack: Oh, I know! Do you want the willow branches in the braids, too? Or is that too busy?

Suz: Too busy. (Suz picks up a sketching of the professor) Look at him! *Sigh*. He's so, so dreamy! And when he talks about how health care is a right and how you should get your penisectomy for free and how the greedy insurance companies never pay for anything, I just get those feelings in my area, if you know what I mean.

Jack: Me too, girl, now stay still! Your undoing your braids!

Suz: And when he tells those stories like that one lady who had to share her dead sister's teeth, I just can't stop crying! He's so, so, feeling! So superior to those Econ Professors with their charts and graphs. YUCK! Who takes econ?

Jack: Boring!

Suz: Professor Obama could fix the world, Jasmine! He could! He could end hunger, stop global warming, stop war and bring love and warmth to humanity! He is God! Wait, wait! I have to draw a picture of professor Obama riding a unicorn through a rainbow! I haven't drawn that one yet!

Join us next time when Suz cannot stop her orgasms in Professor Obama's 9: OO O'clock comparative literature class and is sent to the student health center for a Thorazine drip.

oof oof| 3.5.10 @ 4:01PM

I wonderful tale........I envision it was soft background music.........if you're going to San Fransico.........be sure to wear.... some flowers in your hair.........

Makes me tear up just thinking about it.

oof ooooooooooof

Eric Cartman| 3.5.10 @ 5:07PM

Yes, I hear the music now. Something tells me the story has a tragic ending, however. Young, naive girl falls for older, cynical professor who uses her for his own ends, only to discard her like an empty Nantucket Organic Apple Juice box after an Earth Day rally. There in the gutter, being stepped on by unwashed hippies in their Birkenstocks and tie-dye t-shirts with "Love Your Mother - Earth!" and sad-eyed baby seals emblazoned on them. Its a tragic tale of love, lust, loyalty and loss. *Sniffle* Really breaks me up inside *Burble Snort Sniffle*.

Achilles Toejam| 3.6.10 @ 4:05PM

Eric Cartman, you're the man!!!

I can smell it now the scent of sawdust mixed with burnt oil and masculine sweat, my God you're killing trees and making what? Houses and furniture, but alas you could've been a Marxist professor with a dubious claim to natural born citizenship, oh that's right we got one of those!

Joyce| 3.5.10 @ 8:56PM

I read just the other day that around the WH Obama is known as the "black Jesus". This man offends me on so many levels and I am so afraid that he will push through his programs and in the process cause the destruction of our nation.

JohnR1022| 3.6.10 @ 11:56AM

I believe that's Jesus, pronounced the same as the Mexican guy down the street who mows our lawn.

Milo Jury| 3.6.10 @ 3:06PM

remember it is 'god' with a small 'g'.

Eric Cartman| 3.7.10 @ 12:30PM

Not to these people.

martin j smith| 3.5.10 @ 7:49AM

I think there is a connection between those who are radicals and those who are arrogant,who are willing to harm even themselves and other for a so called "greater good" and who are even willing to destroy the lives of citizens if it fits their plans. Look at Hiter,Stalin,Hugo Chavez,Fidel Castro. And, better yet look at those Islamic Radicals who are willing to strap bombs to themselves to blow others up. All of these types have in common: belief in their case, they hate and despise their "enemies, and will do anything to kill or eliminate them.
Now i the case of BHO, he is not quite ready to literally kill him,self, and seems to have little sign of willing to sacrafice everyone but himself and on top of that shows no sign of setting an example of making personal sacrefice to show the nation he follows his own rhetoric. He will cover his ass,blame anyone but himself( in Casa Blanca take no responsibility ) and even in crushing his enemies he will use the media and others to cover for him. So basically he is a bully,a coward and a liar--perfect together.

That is what he must be called on by yup, the Republican Party. Then you will know they are really in the fight.

ggoblue| 3.5.10 @ 8:07AM

i was just thinking along those lines last night...when will the first DEMOCRAT stand up too these kooks? when will one of them refuse to commit suicide and then detail the intimidation he/she had to endure? when that happens the school yard bully will have lost his bluster.

Radegunda| 3.6.10 @ 2:54AM

I too have found it disturbing that virtually no Democrats in a position of any power will vocally oppose the malignant Marxist in the White House. Are they all essentially Marxists too? Is it just party solidarity? Do they fear being called racist or (perhaps worse) a right-wing reactionary if they do anything to stop the wrecking ball?

lemonttaylor| 3.6.10 @ 5:44PM

Weeeelllll, Evan Byah sort of did.

Mightycline| 3.7.10 @ 9:44AM

Well, if you lived in Indiana you would know your statement is incorrect. Evan is just a shadow of his father and an unworthy prince at that, carrying his dad's name is not to be royalty, sir, it is to be ineffective as a representative and Evan never really represented Indiana with his support of abortion without reason.

Jon B| 3.8.10 @ 8:56PM

Where in America has Obama given the workers ownership of the means of production?

Where in government do common laborers run it?

I get it now, you have no idea what mar4xism is, but are perfectly happy using it as a catch-phrase/lie to boot strap your personal hatreds.

elainej| 3.5.10 @ 7:58AM

IMPEACH!!!! IMPEACH!!! IMPEACH!!!

At least he needs to be encouraged to increase his consumption of cheeseburgers, cigarettes and alcohol.

fbom| 3.5.10 @ 8:08AM

Benj. Franklin: "A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle." Was Mr. Franklin a profit - he sure seems to be talking about BO (Barack Obama)

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Howsrd| 3.5.10 @ 8:40AM

Based on the election results of 2008, the American people are getting exactly what they voted for. Obama acknowledged that he had the most liberal record in the Senate. He said that Bill Ayers was a friend from the neighborhood. McCain had a different platform, but Americans chose BHO. So, we get what we deserve.

Richard| 3.6.10 @ 10:37AM

I have been echoing this sentiment since November. It was all there for us to see: the loathing of the country, the radical associations, the hypocrisy, the equivocating and the endless self-love and misrepresentation! I still am in wonder at how the majority of the voting public was so naive as to willingly vote this menace (and his kind) into national office. We had better wake up and take back our educational system and the press.

Jon B| 3.8.10 @ 8:48PM

This kind of stuff just makes me laugh. Obama is more liberal than Dennis Kucinich, Paul Wellstone, and Russ feingold? the organization that puts out that lie said Gore had the most liberal record in Congress in 2000, Kerry had the most liberal record in 2004, and Hillary had the most liberal record in Congress in 2008...that is...drumroll please, until Obama started to pull ahead of Hillary.

Obm met Ayers while giving out school grants for the Reagan founded Annenberg Institute. Ayers was part of the panel since he's now an educator of notoriety winning Chicago's "Citizen of the Year" award in 1997.

Some people would understand this, while some prefer to create a lie surrounding it.

Chris| 3.9.10 @ 11:16AM

Jon B, have you not noticed the general theme of all of this malignancy? Your arguments are falling on deaf ears. The right wing is still pissed that a northern black was elected, as apposed to a southern good 'ol boy. And rather than come up with concrete solutions to the problems that currently hold back this great nation from moving forward, they can only call names, scream conspiracy, and stomp their feet like little children. Change does not come easily to these people. Give us solutions, not hate speach. These people will be blaming Obama for every failure, great and small, that befalls them for the rest of the tiny little lives. These are the kind of people that blow up/fly planes into federal buildings. These are the kind of people that want little or no government, yet the minute they fall on hard times, demand to know "where is my government to help me?" These are the kind of people that insist that taxes are too high, then bitch that the roads suck, public water system is crap, etc, etc. These are the kind of people that come up with all of these crazy as hell conspiricy theories about the President and his birth/education/past/whatever. Yet in none of this hate do I hear or see solutions. Not one. Ever. Calling names is easier. This is why, after 30 years as a card carrying, faithfull to the core Republican, I changed to an Independent. To much hate, to much money mongering, with no thought to the common man/woman/child. Just angry corporate white men. Independents focus on solutions, not name calling.

I defy the hate mongers in this blog to stop calling names, coming up with conspiracies, and give one decent solution to health care, unemployment, etc. Try using free speech for something good, instead of using it to hide your ignorance.

Just one solution. I dare you.

Jon B| 3.9.10 @ 11:54AM

I know, I know...

It's also disappointing watching the Spectator use it's "intelligence" feeding the lies/nonsense/BS. It appears to be just a game for them. I expect that kind of reasoning from dullards, but watching people at a higher level do the same thing, it's just offensive to anyone with even an average IQ.

I switched from Republican to Democrat, then to Independent since the Democrats are nearly as bad, and sold out for campaign $'s as well. I'm still a conservative at heart with most issues, but not today's GOP version.

Your comment could be considered the "Bible" over view of these threads. Thanks.

Mike| 3.5.10 @ 8:43AM

He's a Maoist Marxist, Marxists love being martyrs for the revolution, or better yet have others be martyrs for the revolution instead of them. Marxists build statues of the heroes of the revolution, they love this stuff. Congratulations America, you elected what we fought against in the Cold War and proves how historically ignorant this country is.

Jon B| 3.8.10 @ 8:52PM

I agree, this country is ignorant. What's "Marxist" about tax cuts for low and middle income Americans?

What's Marxist about refunding a gutted infrastructure and job creation?

What's Marxist about actually pursuing terrorists instead of the cut-n-run for oil wells of the last 8 years?

It looks like you probably aren't even aware of what Marxism actually is too. Perhaps you'd care to elaborate?

Louis Jenkins| 3.5.10 @ 8:43AM

“…he insists that he knows best and that the public is too ill-informed to know what is good for it…”

But isn’t that the way a dictator or communist nation’s premier conducts business? This is a new era, or new methodology, of US leadership. The Pretender n Chief has boasted that he will bring this nation up to par with the world community. (Or bring it down, whichever.) He desires this country to be a third world nation, for the citizens to be completely dependent on government, and for rule by despots. Let’s understand, Obama does not believe in our form of government for he wasn’t born nor raised into that belief. His heritage and education is a flat rejection to our Republic’s form of government. Yet he is now our supreme leader.

If the awake citizens of this nation do not continue to contest every step towards socialistic/statist government his methods will become the norm. Future Pretender n Chiefs will adopt his style, and we will continue down the path to serfdom and death. We must for now use civil options to abate this downward spiral. We must dispute, remain vocal, refuse to accept this madness, and shift the election outcomes for the better. This nation must remain the “shinning light on the hill.” If not, options will be limited and the world will be totally consumed by darkness.

DNC Talking Points Drew| 3.5.10 @ 8:48AM

Wow----what an epic failure. My partner came home a few weeks ago and said" Matt and I were talking about how proud blacks must be that there is a black guy as president......., then they get this guy. What a disappointment it must be".

Indeed.

On another note:
Hey Libtards.....wasn't it just a few months ago you were talking....no screaming....no wailing like stuck pigs (BTW that's where ham and bacon come from) that Bush was t-r-a-m-p-l-i-n-g the Constitution and spying on us. Waaahh!!

Now; Janet Napolitano is monitoring ALL cell calls, the Patriot Act is reauthorized....on steroids to monitor ALL web activity (See today's news).

And we get from you so-called Constitution lovers??? Silence.

Hypocrites and losers. I don't know how you can wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and live with yourselves each day. You live a lie every waking moment and find satisfaction in it.
How about John I Served In Vietnam Kerry claiming our soldiers were terrorizing innocent civilians in 2004? Now Drones are killing civilians thanks to Dear Leader---er Loser Odinga.
Where's the outrage? Dozens, if not hundreds and into thousands of innocents have been killed since last February------where are you? March on Washington!!!

It is a psychosis and you need help -----now.

Now get me my skinny double latte PRONTO!
Pathetic doesn't even begin to describe you.

Hey Copybereft---Suzi---Michael---Drew-----start the attacks on ---Republicans----because you don't dare speak ill of an actual democrat truth.

Start taking the battery our of your phone...Big Sis is listening. Hah!

Grzmlyk| 3.5.10 @ 9:24AM

Hey, Drew:

The trolls have been sent to another site today by their puppetmasters at the Daily Kos. Funny how, like a herd of sheep, they all break in the same direction at the same time.

Or maybe their welfare checks arrive on Fridays and they're getting their week's supply of meth.

See, when Democrats violate your rights it's GOOD - because we all know that only approved victim groups have rights - and those groups are determined by the DNC.

And Democrats exist only to help the victims of White European Male's testosterone-fueled penchant for oppression.

Troll Watch| 3.5.10 @ 9:38AM

Another possibility is that they met their end at the Pentagon yesterday. Trolls, please call in and let us know you're still with us. We think of you like unruly pets. You like to use our house as a toilet and most of the time we want to take you for a one way trip out into the country with a .22 but you provide us with the feedback that only a pet can give. With you around we know we matter.

Eric Cartman| 3.5.10 @ 9:52AM

They're still in their meeting arguing if its sexiest for Suzi to get the coffee.

oof oof| 3.5.10 @ 10:10AM

The wimpy male trolls get the coffee for Suz. I'd put my money on the man-hating lesbo over the weinies in a knock-down-drag-out any day.

oof oof

Richard Baker| 3.5.10 @ 8:53AM

Bill Hussein O'Stalin:
Since Lincoln was faced with a massive Insurrection for which there is no provision for action in the Constitution, would you have had him deliberate and cause the schism to occur? Do you think the Confederacy would have abided by a Supreme Court injunction to cease and desist? Yes, from a strict legalistic sense, the suspension of Habeas Corpus and other measures may have been overreaching but tell me, how then would you have solved Lincoln's dilemma? Remember, the South threatened to secede upon his Election.

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 3.5.10 @ 9:34AM

Here's a response by Walter Williams, a noted Conservative:
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1543
Do states have a right of secession? That question was settled through the costly War of 1861. In his recently published book, "The Real Lincoln," Thomas DiLorenzo marshals abundant unambiguous evidence that virtually every political leader of the time and earlier believed that states had a right of secession.

Let's look at a few quotations. Thomas Jefferson in his First Inaugural Address said, "If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left to combat it." Fifteen years later, after the New England Federalists attempted to secede, Jefferson said, "If any state in the Union will declare that it prefers separation ... to a continuance in the union .... I have no hesitation in saying, 'Let us separate.'"

At Virginia's ratification convention, the delegates said, "The powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression." In Federalist Paper 39, James Madison, the father of the Constitution, cleared up what "the people" meant, saying the proposed Constitution would be subject to ratification by the people, "not as individuals composing one entire nation, but as composing the distinct and independent States to which they respectively belong." In a word, states were sovereign; the federal government was a creation, an agent, a servant of the states.

Dai Alanye | 3.5.10 @ 11:43AM

The Constitution was ratified when nine of thirteen states approved it. This implies the permanence of the union. The practical advantages to maintaining the union should be apparent to any thoughtful person.

Margie| 3.5.10 @ 2:30PM

If I'm not mistaken, Walter Williams calls himself a Libertarian.

Neo-libertarian| 3.6.10 @ 11:55AM

It always amazes me since having claimed many of the trappings of the libertarian mindset that many of my freedom loving, constitutionally based cohorts in the other named political persuasions castigate my beliefs. It seems that it is perfectly acceptable to be “sort of” Republicans, “sort of” conservatives, or “sort of” constitutionalists but libertarians are always ideologically cast in stone. Luckily we, as the “Scoop Jackson wing” of the libertarians, have very broad shoulders; we resolutely bear the Rodney Dangerfield insults and the manifest role of the sin eater for your dysfunctional, intolerant, hypocrisy about smaller government, greater personal freedom, and less taxes. (Cryptic alert) Beware though, that tolling bell you hear in the background is the summoning of our minions to take over the country, we call our uprising the “Tea Party.”
(Damn, I have just been notified by someone claiming chairmanship (she only offered me the code name, Parah Salin) that the term “tea party” has been copyrighted.) Our libertarian contingent, however, has been offered membership as long as we march in the back of the parades and perform our usual titular function of clarifying to the unwashed how to clean up the mess the rest of you invariably leave.)

Margie| 3.6.10 @ 12:58PM

I happen to really like Walter Williams. I love when he sits in for Rush on the radio, and that's how I "got to know him." I mentioned about him being Libertarian because I've heard him say he is. And it is interesting to me that Libertarians seem to not like Abraham Lincoln too much. I am able to admire people who don't agree with me, but I also say it if I believe it's wrong, too. Even Walter Williams. Even Rush (rarely :^)). You obviously do the same.
Truly, what I castigate though is the belief system of the Libertarian Party itself. I do not believe it's good for America. To me it looks utterly Liberal if not Leftist, in fact. Basically, non-interventionism, and legalize everything. How can I believe in that when I'm a conservative? I cannot.
The Republican Party's planks are good for the country. Limited government, lower taxes, a STRONG Military defense, pro-free-market entrepreneurism, to name a few.
I'm into restoring the Party, strengthening it. We obviously don't want the same thing.
Sorry. (Not.)

American| 3.6.10 @ 2:54AM

DiLorenzo is not an historian, but a slaver propagandist. Read what people on both sides were writing during the 1820s-1830s.

Yes, Lincoln suspended Habeaus Corpus, and he shouldn't have - but then, so did Jeff Davis.

ncatty| 3.5.10 @ 9:37AM

Lincoln did many things during the crisis and before Congress returned. When they did, they ratified his actions. Was he to let the entire constitution be vitiated in order that one provision be upheld?

oof oof| 3.5.10 @ 9:40AM

The South wanted to peacefully leave the Union. They did not want to control the US, rather start their own country. As the Constitution is mute as to the point of how and if a state may leave the Union, are you sure that the North was acting lawfully when they attacked the South? It should not be referred to as a Civil War, but as The War between the States, or more aptly, The War of Northern Aggression.

Louis Jenkins| 3.5.10 @ 12:21PM

Dear "oof, oof":

Alan Stang once wrote if the CSA had wanted to control the entire nation they wouldn't have pussy footed around after 1st Manassass. They'd reorganized overnight and marched to Washington. Another of the long list of "what ifs."

ncatty| 3.5.10 @ 12:55PM

Of course the South wanted to peacefully leave the Union. That is why South Carolina, or any other disaffected State, petitioned the Supreme Court in 1860 to establish that obvious right of a State to secede.

American| 3.6.10 @ 2:56AM

And no doubt that is why the Slave States attacked the United States, refusing to give peace a chance. They seceded because Lincoln indicated that he would not force the Free States to obey the Dred Scott decision upholding the anti-States rights Fugitive Slave Act.

oof oof| 3.6.10 @ 9:05AM

The Slave States attacked the United States? Gee, I thought Mr. Lincoln sent the troops south of the border. Unless i am tragically mistaken, the only time the CSA armies entered a Union state was at Gettysburg. But that not really the point. The matter was about whether the South had a legal right, under the constitution to seceed from the Union. Seeing nothing specifically enumerating a power given to the federal government to force a State to remain, I was presume that the power to decide must reside with that specific State, or the people of the State. Therefore, the South had, and any State has the authority to leave the Union.

oldpapajoe| 3.7.10 @ 8:53AM

Had South Carolina not fired on Fort Sumter, Lincoln would not have had any grounds to take action against the Confederacy. It was an act of war. Had the South merely gone it separate way and ignored the various Union forts in the South, eventually the Confederacy would have become a separate nation. But, I think the USA and the CSA would have gone to war over the western territories, especially California.

Margie| 3.7.10 @ 1:18PM

That's a rather big factoid that the Lincoln haters leave out, isn't it? I guess it's an inconvenient truth!

Granny Jan | 3.5.10 @ 8:55AM

Wonderful article. Just look at his face at the summit and this Wedsneday. Tell me it isn't the face of pure evil? If you click on my name you can see a short video I made on it.

Kenny| 3.5.10 @ 9:04AM

"When you do an end run around the Constitution, your love of America, in preference to your ideology, is debatable"

1. Cute. So name a president who did not make end runs around the constitution -- Coolidge ?

2. I said B. Hussein Obama hates America. And not to love something does not necessarily mean you hate it.

Ergo, Obama stands out in a negative way as no other American president ever has.

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 3.5.10 @ 9:36AM

You're right. Many Presidents have twisted the Constitution into a pretzel when it suited them. However, a few stand above the mean. How is FDR's social security that much different from Obama's health care? It's almost precisely the same issue. In fact, Social Security was used as a stepping stone to get us to Medicare, which is bankrupt.

Sue| 3.6.10 @ 8:51AM

Surely, you know how there is a difference! FDR implemented SS as a "tax" on all Americans. Since it was a tax, it met all of the requirements of "equal protection." Plus, he had his court selections to back him up on it.

Obamacare creates over 250 agencies to "deliver" healthcare to the masses; empowers one government agency to determine what is delivered and when; implements hiring quotas for medical centers and across ALL sectors of medical care; expands the IRS authority to inquire of your personal bank accounts, credit history, tax returns, etc. to determine whether or not you can AFFORD the government mandated insurance delievered through the government controlled insurane utility-care companies (quaisi-goverment controlled entitites) and you don't understand the DIFFERENCE between SS and government controlled healthcare?

Medicare was foisted upon us by the "Great Society" president and if we had the media then that we have today, it WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED!

The sheep are easily led to the slaughter when they are told there are lots of lollipops at the end of the road.

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 3.7.10 @ 6:47AM

Actually, only working Americans pay the SS tax, but anyone can apply to receive benefits if they claim a disability.

The taxes on the health care plan proposed by Obama will hit everyone in just about the same manner. Don't kid yourself, the taxes will be everywhere.

Mike| 3.5.10 @ 9:14AM

I love how people(especially some nuetral media) are amazed that this marxist won't let go of this health care takeover. Umm, he's a revolutionary, not a politician, did you guys get that? There are two ways to learn historical political disasters. You can learn it in history books and avoid it OR you can experience it and suffer the consequences and learn it the hard way, but either way your going to learn it. History repeats itself because of ignorance of history by those who ignore it. Unfortunately, this country has chosen the hard way and will suffer greatly for it. This clown uses all means necessary, he was taught that, learned it and is now applying it. Communists do not govern according to the will of the people, they ARE the will of the people in their minds. The media's part in this is beyond despicable, but again, thats what a leftist infilitrated media is for, Isn't it?

MTB| 3.5.10 @ 8:34PM

Well said, Mike. I've been watching this health care fiasco with great interest. Obama is patient, he has a plan, he is not panicking. He is going to wait this out and wear the American people down until they, like weary parents of a spoiled child, eventually give in which, I believe, will be the beginning of the end of our great country.

REDTRANSAM| 3.7.10 @ 7:15AM

I thought he would be another Jimmy Carter. Boy
was I wrong. Carter is a novice in comparison to
this left wing, angry, spiteful,arrogant,community
organizer. They hated Nixon, we got Carter, - they hated Bush, we got the Obama

Ken (Old Texican)| 3.5.10 @ 9:14AM

Quin, (sigh)
I remind you of our Declaration of Independence.

""That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.""

Well, sir you have served red meat this morning.

It seems to me that if we can't turn this mess around in November.......gulp!

One question.
Can the next House of Reps simply choke off funding for this health care mess? It seems to me that all the inevitable "supplementals" can be choked off at any rate
Thoughts?

Ken (Old Texican)| 3.5.10 @ 9:19AM

OKOK, I got another idea.
If we can elect a conservative congress, is it theoretically possible that said House of Reps. (where every appropriations bill must originate),
Can refuse to provide any other appropriations ...on anything...until the mess is resolved?

MacAoidh | 3.5.10 @ 7:21PM

Ken, you've hit on perhaps the only way to stop Obamacare from happening once it's passed. The House would have to de-fund it in the budget every year until you had enough of a majority to survive a filibuster in the Senate and a Republican president who would sign a bill repealing it.

This is a semi-workable solution, but it's messy, it's a recipe for extreme nastiness in Congress come next year and it creates the kind of uncertainty which tends to be poison for the economy - and Republicans will be blamed for it.

MTB| 3.5.10 @ 8:36PM

Didn't Harry Reid put language in the bill that it could not be overturned, changed or repealed by any other Congress?

MacAoidh | 3.5.10 @ 9:34PM

I remember it was in there, but I don't think it stayed in.

Hell, I hope it did. That provision alone would make the thing patently unconstitutional and it would be easier to throw it out.

Louis Jenkins| 3.5.10 @ 12:26PM

Dear Old Texican:

I read your gulp loud and clear.

Northern Rebel| 3.5.10 @ 9:18AM

Stephanie's comment is a microcosm of the problem:
American's are so disengaged from politics that they thought "President" Anti-Christ was what he portrayed himself as: An American.

He is not, nor ever will be a true American. He has a socialist, one-world mentality, and does not believe in the things that have made The United States of America, the greatest of all God's nations.

He apologizes for our superiority, and promises to drag us down to the level of the rest of the world.

His quote, calling our constitution, "a list of negative rights" says it all.

He thinks human rights are bestowed by government, and the constitution is a hindrance. Human rights are bestowed by God, and government can only inhibit them. That's why our founding fathers limited the power of government.

The reason we left Europe, and quickly became the greatest nation in history, has no coincidences.

For the first time, human beings were allowed to persue freedom, and with it came unprecedented prosperity.

China and Europe had thousands of years on us, yet look at these entities today.

China tells their people how many children they are allowed to have, and 95% of it's population lives in poverty. Europe is supposed to be so much more sophisticated than we are, yet you go to the finest hotel in Europe, and the bathrooms stink!

They had a 2000 year head start on America, and they still haven't conquered plumbing!

America is great because people are allowed to become successful. We allow plumbers to become millionaires, if they work to become the best they can be.

Liberalism, and progressivism, want to equalize people by dragging the best down, rather than uplifting those on the bottom rung.

That is Obama, and that is why he will ultimately be disgraced, and go down in history as a failure.

Pete| 3.5.10 @ 9:42AM

Never forget that this "dragging the best down" concept never includes them, the ruling class. Will they have to submit to this healthcare disaster? Of course not. They think they are better than those they rule, and thus the rules they make for the little people do not apply to them.

Honestly, at this point, there are 3 types of people who still support this buffoon. Progressives, the woefully ignorant, and those who stand to gain directly or indirectly from big government, and naturally the 3 overlap to a certain degree. But never discount the size of that last group. I was having an argument the other day on healthcare with someone I knew in high school. He was all for this and ran down the usual elections have consequences stuff and this is good for the country etc.... It occured to me that I know this guy lives in DC, so after refuting his arguments, I asked who he works for these days. His answer, Al Gore's Coalition for Climate (or some such org). And there you have it. Reasonable debate is just not possible with such folks whose livelihood depends directly on big government. And though this particular guy is probably also progressive, socialist and communist in ideology, he is, at the core, trying to keep his paycheck coming in. I know the two are correlated, but reduced spending must go along with reduction in government employment. This of course dovetails with the broader point that there are too many people dependent of government...which is of course the liberal goal and the only way, other than fraud, they get elected. Sorry for the rant...

Leslie| 3.6.10 @ 3:31PM

Not a rant... a well-taken point.

Ken (Old Texican)| 3.5.10 @ 9:24AM

Rebel,
That one went into my permanent files. Probably as good a summary as I have seen.

I refer you to my double post above.

Michael L. Hauschild| 3.7.10 @ 6:52AM

I knew I could find you here. While you are putting things in your files.........
DeMint Defends Graham on Climate

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) believes his colleague Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is getting a “bad rap” from state Republicans who have attacked Graham over his work on climate change legislation and other splits with conservatives.

Graham in recent months has been censured by two county Republican parties in South Carolina, where some activists are upset with his efforts to craft a climate and energy bill with Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).

bull-gator| 3.5.10 @ 9:46AM

You gotta lay the blame for this maniac's election at the feet of the media and press. Yes, the sheep will be led to slaughter. That's why it's imperative to have sheepdogs watching over the flock and sounding the warning twhen the wolves are coming. No such thing happened in the past presidential election...the perfect storm blew through and we have to ride out the storm and recover what we can, when we can.

Doctor Right| 3.5.10 @ 9:50AM

Obama's personality is a melange of destructive pathologies brought about by several factors:

a) His abandonment by his father
b) His mother's propensity for shacking-up with 3rd-world stud-muffins
c) His near abandonment by his mother
d) His mother's radical politics
d) His grandparent's radical politics
e) Black nationalism and grievance culture as taught to him by lovable ole' "Uncle Frank" the commie in Hawaii
f) Being forced to wander the globe as a youth with his mom
g) Having a place to live as a youth, but never really finding "a home"
h) Drug use as a teen AND as an adult
i) "Affirmative Action" programs that rewarded him for non-existent academic excellence
j) Exposure to the philosophies of Saul Alinsky, who taught him that ANYTHING goes if it's "for the people"

...I could go on and on and on.

It's clear that Obama's personal experiences have shaped his personality in highly negative ways.

He's a narcissist who clearly believes in the superiority of his own innate intellect. He's also highly immature, and like a petulant child, reacts harshly to criticism. In his mind, he's NEVER wrong...It's just NOT possible. Additionally, like a child, he has tantrums. He wants what he wants when he wants it, and he will lash out at anyone who tries to stop him.

He's been surrounded his entire life by people who have told him how smart he is, how intelligent he is...One expects this from one's parents, but he's received it endlessly from all sides, and it's based on nothing. Innately, he may resist this, but he knows it to be true, and this causes internal anger and resentment.

He may also be a sociopath who's unable to view others as anything but props in his own, ongoing drama.

On top of it all, he's really not that well-informed about...Well...Anything. His education has come predominantly from the Left, and it's worldview that is ignorant of economics and that lies about history. Yet, he has absorbed it as his own personal Gospel, and because of his narcissism, he CANNOT see past his own ideology.

In summation, this is a dangerous man to have in the White House, especially when his ambitions are not checked by an opposition Congress. He will do tremendous damage to this country before this sorry chapter in our history is over.

shoelessmusic| 3.5.10 @ 10:14AM

Doctor Right, your description of Obama's development and current disposition are right on! Well said!

Grzmlyk| 3.5.10 @ 12:20PM

Very, very, very well said, Dr. Right.

I could not agree more. Kudos to your succinct summation of our crazed teenager in chief.

He makes Nixon's, Carter's and Clinton's pathologies look inconsequential by comparison.

Reminds of me of another whack job who got his clutches on the levers of power. That guy, of course, had a funny mustache and a penchant for paramilitary uniforms.

But, like Obama, many people were mesmerized by his speaking ability.

MacAoidh | 3.5.10 @ 7:31PM

Spot on. What you have here is a product of a dysfunctional and disaffected background, who harbors a deep-seated hatred for this country and has a disdain for our institutions, processes and public opinion and ethics unlike anyone ever in our history.

Obama is Woodrow Wilson on steroids. Will he jail some 175,000 Americans as political prisoners or create goon squads the was Wilson did? Unlikely, as he can't get away with it now. But in terms of his disregard for the American way you've already seen evidence that he'll attempt to punish his enemies in other ways.

The good news is that when Wilson's governance played out America went hard in the opposite direction with Harding and Coolidge, a pair of presidents bent on shrinking the scope of the federal government and returning to constitutional principles - and the result was the Roaring Twenties, perhaps the greatest and most innovative decade in American history.

martin j smith| 3.5.10 @ 9:54AM

howard, I disagree. One: It was an anti-incumbent vote, 2) the American people fooled themselves that explains 'buyers remorse" 3) MaC did not run a campaign. He ran from campaigning doing the American People a disservice.

Jack | 3.5.10 @ 10:06AM

Quin,
Very well written piece. An excellent summary stripping off the fog of too many words and competing visions. When taken with recent articles on Narcicism, a clear portrait of our dear leader's threat to our country.
Ken, that was a very big gulp!

Jennifer Johnston| 3.5.10 @ 10:09AM

Obama is the end product of years of affirmative action. He has been promoted to a job beyond his ability to handle. He feels entitled to this job he is unqualified for. He is a legend in his own mind. He believes his own propaganda.

Now we all have to suffer the consequences.

K962| 3.5.10 @ 10:18AM

The Constitution reads "We the people" not "We the Congress". Congress ignores the polls as does Obama. They are "dictating" not representing the people. This MUST be ended. Out with all of them.

Northern Rebel| 3.5.10 @ 10:48AM

Ken:

We must have been writing at the same time, because I didn't see your posts until I was checking for replies to mine.

I think your idea may become the solution short term, until this mess can be repealed, which is an almost impossible task.

However, it is amazing how ingenious our politcians can be, when the American people have their eyes on them. That's what I find so amazing about the socialist democrats. They seem to be willing to lose their jobs to pass this mess.

Rush Limbaugh theorizes that it is because it is an instrument of power, even for the minority party, and that's what it is all about:

Power over the people.

Sad to say, he is right, as usual.

shawn| 3.5.10 @ 10:54AM

but even Wilson admitted he was wrong and it seems Mr. Obama thinks he is never wrong

Sheila| 3.5.10 @ 11:28AM

People get the type of government they deserve. No one can take advantage of you (or fool you) without your consent. No, it's not the press's fault or John McCain's fault, it's the voters' fault. Own it, damn it. Stop passing around the blame. Decline and fall.

RAMIII| 3.5.10 @ 2:25PM

The righteous fall seven times and get up again. The worst thing we could do is fall and not try to get up to put things right.

Yes we have the government we deserve. Let's hope it leads us to repent of our own narcissistic vote and ways from November 2008.

On election night I warned my adult and near adult children that this man behaved in a similar fashion to Hitler and how he came to power in Germany in the 1930's. Hitler incidently was an Austrian and also had radical agendas. Ultimately he became a tool of the Evil One to cause tremendeous destruction the world over.

He used the German economic crisis to gain his power among other things. This seems to be what President Obama calculated. He used a legitimate election to gain power and is now trying to create an environment in which he can "somehow" maintain this achieved status. By his own words: "I'm the President" as a previous AS article so succinctly pointed out.

Radegunda| 3.6.10 @ 3:21AM

Sheila, it isn't my fault. Lots of people get a government they don't deserve because too many of their compatriots were idiots or malicious. I have every right to "pass the blame" to the people who actually voted in this atrocious government.

Richard| 3.5.10 @ 11:45AM

A pollster said that one could tell the Obama voters because they were the ones who did not know the Democrats had controlled congress since 2006.

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Joe D.| 3.5.10 @ 12:00PM

Bill Hussien O'Stalin, how did Lincoln do an end round the Constitution like Obama and FDR?

Oldefarte| 3.5.10 @ 12:05PM

Quin, your last sentence SAYS IT ALL! Pre 11/4/08, Americans should have recognized this, but due to their IGNORANCE and/or their daily brainwashing via the MSM, they voted for the CHANGE and HOPE which was simply a designed mirage. I still think that his MSM/covered up history should have revealed a trojun-horsed candidate that was programmed to take over the presidency and this country. There are just too many questions: Who paid for his expensive, Ivy League college education; who recommended via letters his admission to same; who financed his trip to Pakistan; what would an examination of his complete birth certificate and college transcripts, written papers,etc reveal; what is the extent of his legal,etc involvement with Acorn as a Chicago community organizer; who/what are his his historical friends/associates;etc?????

Louis Jenkins| 3.5.10 @ 12:35PM

Dear Old Pharte:

Ssssshhhhh. Don't speak too loudly around here about birth certificates. They get right offended. My post yesterday questioning that document met with some derision.

But since we're on the topic, "WHY, IF THAT DOCUMENT IS SO BENIGN, DID THE GOVRNOR OF HAWAII HAVE IT SEALED?"

Margie| 3.5.10 @ 2:51PM

Wasn't that thing that was presented as the Birth Certif. actually a certif. of registration? 2 different things. I presented that when trying to get my driver's license renewed to the digital one and they refused it at the DMV. I had to send away for to the state I was born in for the original.
If a lowly citizen such as I is required to do that in order to be able to drive in this country, shouldn't someone who is going to lead the country have to do at least the same?

Louis Jenkins| 3.5.10 @ 4:49PM

Margie:

Yes it was. And as Old Pharte said, even the Pretender n Chief's educational transcripts are sealed. Remember when the statist newsmedia made such fun over GW's? I guess Obama's grades were even lower.

Margie| 3.5.10 @ 5:52PM

LOL. Maybe that's it. He's ashamed of his grades, that's why he doesn't want us to see the papers.

The thing that does outrage me is precisely the arrogance! He is above the rules while us peons are expected to abide by them. Not only that but we are also expected to practically have to bow to this great man who would make himself king over us while he breaks the rules.

The blind leading the blind continues with his defenders, and as you said, GW was good fodder for these followers, though a much better man by far. And they STILL talk about him as if he's still President and everything's his fault. I guess because it's so much less painful for them that way!

George S| 3.5.10 @ 12:13PM

The "system" was designed by men who yearned for freedom, were educated in history, Greek, Latin and the philosophies. Today, the people have grown fat dumb and happy on freedom, thinking that the lifestyle that is unique to us throughout history is a never-ending entitlement.

Think of it this way: a domesticated pet allows his owner to have complete power over him while his wild counterpart will tear up anyone who tries to capture or tame him. We have been domesticated by years of liberal education, government paying for retirement and our health care, government paying our disabilities, and government wielding the tax code to our advantage against our more clever free-market competitor.

Sure, we have awakened to the scam, but the question is not are we too late, but how many more future Obamas can we take? The people old enough to remember Reagan -- the ones who are at the forefront of the outrage against Obama -- will expire two generations from now; if we do not break the grip of liberal education on these next two generations, then an Obama daughter may be elected to finish the job.

Mattled| 3.5.10 @ 12:18PM

I'm starting to see a pattern that some others have noticed as well. The Liberal media has become quite generic and bland lately. They don't have any material with which to work.

I called it the dumbing-down of America. This actually leads to another observation and the Left so quickly dismisses (with no evidence of course).

Obama is dumb.

Why the telepropmter? Why are WE too dumb to understand HIM?

Why the tight knit Chicago 4? Are they covering for him? Yes.
What if they sit there in meetings with him and stare in disbelief at some of the things he utters?

Ergo---the Teleprompter. Don't go off the reservation Barry---keep those Marxist beliefs under wraps.

(Aw come on Rahm, why can't we just take away their houses and land like Stalin did?)

What if, is becoming how. How dumb is he in real life?

Brian Mc| 3.6.10 @ 8:19AM

That we are forced to discuss this issue at all stems back to the fact that he was voted in-in the first place. How did he get voted in? What is that thing Hannity does where he interviews passers-by?

So, the root problem is this: ignorance is allowed the vote. How do we stop ignorance from voting?

Well, the DMV makes you prove that you have a right to be on the rode through various testing...a free vote is not one that is willing to vote in his or her own permanent servitude to the one whom they vote for. If an individual fails to stop at stop signs, they obviously have proven they don't deserve the keys...is this analogy worthy of the effort?

How do we stop ignorance from voting?

J Galloway| 3.6.10 @ 9:11PM

Robert Heinlein had a suggestion. When you enter the voting booth, the computer generates a new equation, just for you. If you solve it, you vote. If not, a quiet tone is sounded. A bright 9-year-old [by 1950's standard] votes everytime, a 40-year-old man might be embarrassed and not come back next election.

Brian Mc| 3.7.10 @ 7:09AM

The Dems would never go for this; they NEED those votes. The proof is everywhere, in the bald-faced lies on their nightly news reports that only the misinformed could ever believe and the voter registration efforts they encourage and propitiate in all the wrong places...are they not trying to enlist prison voting, for instance?

It would need to be simple in every aspect. And as you say, a nine year old should get it right! Ten questions and you must get five right in order to proceed. Let us not make it too difficult.

What are the three branches of government?
What are the two branches of the Legislature?
How many seats on the Supreme Court?
Name the three 'Rights' as set down in the Declaration of Independance?
Number of Senators for each state?
How many Senators reside in the Senate?

Simple stuff that every voter should know-maybe a hundred all told, and revolving so that no two are alike at any given moment at that precinct location. The software is there. Can we make this happen in order that we might save this great Republic?

Joe D.| 3.5.10 @ 12:27PM

Doctor Right, you are dead on RIGHT. That is why a person background and Character are as important as his experience (which no one has for President).

Mattled| 3.5.10 @ 12:40PM

It's really all starting to come together now.

The simple slogans. Yes we can and Hope and Change.

The Gwen Ifill moderator saga--she was writing a book about him. He obviously got questions beforehand in debates. Same with other denbates---all moderated by Liberals.
Look at the Saddleback debate. That was a disaster for him. Would only go on O'Reilly knowing he was a self-promoter. How many people believe that Obama didn't have the question before he went on?

He hasn't given a press conference in 270---300? days? He is supposed to be a Great Communicator? This, if true, should be a strong suit, a weapon......but it's not.

His first book was written by Ayers. Several UCLA linguists pored over both books---and Ayers and confidently announced Ayers was the author. They also noted how poorly the second one was compared to the first one. As a matter of fact, they said there was no way in hell both books could possibly been written by the same person.

He has an Ivy League education-----and not one thing to show it off? Not a paper, not a grade, not a thought.

Maybe dumb is too basic. But he is definitely short a few fries in that Happy Meal of Hopey Dopey Chanegy.

He's more okey dokey smokey, than brainiac.

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Tim| 3.5.10 @ 12:46PM

These transformative policy ambitions are turning out a lot like date rape.

Franklin| 3.5.10 @ 12:54PM

I feel sorry for King little o. During the day, his ego reigns. He is King Bully, Omniscient and above the stink he is creating. He has surrounded himself with people who will stroke his ego and say out loud how magnificent he is. He is protected from any criticism or negative thought, except on two occasions: the “you lie” incident and the heckling at one of his speeches. Both times you could see confusion on his face – he had no idea what the fuss was about – everybody loves him, right?

But at night (here is where I really feel sorry for him), little o is awake by himself in the dark. The sheets are pulled up to his pointy little chin and he’s sweating. His “demons” are all around him; some yelling, some whispering – but he can hear them all. “You are wonderful”, “You are a failure”, “You have no one; your dad left, your mom left”, “No one can compare to your intelligence”, “History will record you utter failure as President”, “Everyone loves you”…

I feel sorry for him. He is surrounded by sycophants. He has no one who truly cares for him, they just use him. He doesn’t belong in the White House.

The poor child needs God’s healing forgiveness.

Ken (Old Texican)| 3.5.10 @ 1:58PM

Franklin,
Thank you for that. I pray he can repent.

In the meantime, I am stocking bulk food, and barter supplies...primarily .22 cartridges, and BBs for BB-guns.
Used properly, one .22 cartridge can feed a family for a week...or at least a day....pretty good coinage.

My biggest fear is a "civil-sniper-war".
In that event, I see our military carefully turning their eyes "outward" toward a hostile world, but standing down vis a vis internal problems. I truly do.

I see the consequences of precisely six fuel pipelines being shut down freezing 60 percent of the yankees in the dark.
I am frightened that the inner cities people will literally starve to death....by the millions.

I am frightened by the idea that all the so-called trolls here will starve at their inert computers; that they will have to learn the hard way that "words" cannot feed them.

I am fightened by the picture of the independent truckers in our country saying "screw it", and parking their rigs.

I am very frightened by the idea that US medical doctors will go on "sabbatical" rather than become wage-slaves.
Yes, Franklin, I hope he repents of his evil ways.
I prayed the same prayer for Stalin and Mao.

Those prayers were answered.....by Stalin and Mao ..."NO!"

Pugsley| 3.5.10 @ 4:02PM

Ken-true believers never repent, they only have temporary setbacks on their long marches to power. I like your checklist. I too did a bit of this years ago, bought 110 acres that are highly fertile. Only problem I fear is we are only about 30 miles from a major population center and unlike you I think the inner city denizens will pour out over the country and glean it like a swarm of locusts before they quietly starve to death. Have ammo but if the seething flood of humanity pours out of darkened cities I am afraid we are at checkmate. What to do? Hope for the best, prepare for the worst and take a very deep seat because more and more it looks like something wicked this way comes. As far as the lawn jockey is concerned, just take a look at that chin up eyes down puss of his and tell me you are not looking at a true believer. He just reeks of someone who has been programmed from his earliest childhood to follow a set pattern with no deviation, like his healthcare gambit. Just no way this guy is going to pull over and take a breath, the way of the socialist is two steps forward one step back and try and wear out your competition. So be it, let the death struggle begin. The American people have awakened now we will see if they have the stomach for the fight.

Ken (Old Texican)| 3.5.10 @ 4:38PM

Pugsley,
I hear you, guy...and yes, 30 miles is pretty close... but...
A lot of those folks will squat down and wait for assistance...like the New Orleans idiots.
A lot more will walk two days...and fight with each other.........to the death, for scraps.

And yes...a small group? Have packages to send them down the road with 2 days' food. (It is two days back to you.)
Large groups?
Well, sandbags up to windowsill height would be good, plus an inner room sandbag bunker. You don't have to kill folks...but just send them down the road with a few shotgun shots.
Enough family/friends men to keep 24 hour watch is good.
Look, in 48 hours, most of the dummies will be dehydrated...or will have drunk bad water...dehydration through diareah...heartbreaking....but fact.

Look...it ain't "hoarding" if you supplied before the fact. Protect you and yours.
Having lived in the third world, I understand how this stuff works.
After 72 hours...the only guys on your front porch may be really bad guys. Accept it.
...Call it Obamacare.

J Galloway| 3.6.10 @ 9:23PM

A lot of us older folks have been thinking this was since the 70's back in the cold war. Same scenario as if a lot of major cities were nuked, but a LOT more refugees (millions more).

Be a Boy Scout - Be Prepared!

Louis Jenkins| 3.5.10 @ 4:58PM

Dear Texican:

How well I remember the pipelines being cut off after Katrina. And the Colonial Pipeline does stretch clear to Yankee Land. Fortunately a great number will be walking and won't make it far, they're just too used to crusing over to McD's and getting a burger, or holding it up, whichever. So they'll have to turn on each other for a while. And you are correct again, only the baddest of bad will make it to the far countryside. Make sure your neighbors are your friends, and that you have the common good in mind.

Radegunda| 3.6.10 @ 3:36AM

Franklin, I don't feel the least bit sorry for someone who is so determined to wreck my country; so contemptuous of the citizenry; so chronically dishonest; so heedless of legal and constitutional limits.

I don't buy the psychobabble that tells us that people who act arrogant are really insecure inside. Some people are just colossally arrogant, period.

Barry is one of those. Yes, his arrogance developed partly in reaction to parental abandonment--but also with a lot of coddling and unwarranted adulation. And it hardly matters now what made him into a sociopathic narcissist. He just is, and that's what we have to deal with.

As for forgiveness, that requires repentance first. And repentance is something we aren't likely ever to see from that pompous jerk.

Brian Mc| 3.6.10 @ 8:34AM

I'm sorry, Radegunda, but I must disagree. I refer to the Lord's Prayer...

"...and forgive us our trespassers as we forgive those who tresspass agains us."

No mention of repentance first, or at any point. Jesus knew that without forgiveness, the resentment and anger and bitterness would eat us alive, from the inside out. But, would do nothing to the one our festerings were targeted towards.

We MUST pray for our leaders as we fight the good fight. God's will be done...in all things.

Brian Mc| 3.6.10 @ 8:37AM

Missquote:

Should read "Forgive us our trespasses..."

Ken (Old Texican)| 3.6.10 @ 10:46AM

Hi Brian.
Welcome to the conversations.
A couple of thoughts: One of my linguistics professors liked to clarify certain texts in modern English usage. He said that prayer segment might be better understood to say: "Forgive us our trespasses to the same degree that we forgive those who trespass against us."

Well, so far, Mr. Obama has not to my knowledge trespassed against me personally.....yet, though I'm sure his minions have painted a target on my back.

The actual meaning of "repent" that I was taught is a turning 180 degrees...or a turning from Sin capital s singular....toward God.

I can forgive Mr. Obama, but still believe he needs to turn.

Franklin| 3.6.10 @ 12:17PM

Amen. When we forgive others it doesn't mean that it was ok for what they did, but that we won't allow it to scar us anymore. Unforgiveness is a hell we put ourselves in. It's like agreeing to be tourtured by what was done to us over and over again. Forgiveness lets it go. So in a way, forgiveness is for us, not the other person.

Yes, little o has to do the turning to get forgiveness from God. He is a loving God, but he also is righteous - He cannot go against His own nature. Since He is pure, right and truth - and all that good stuff - He cannot abide all that's evil and non-good.

In order to receive God's forgiveness, we must repent first to accept that forgiveness. He wants so much to forgive, but the way to that forgiveness is not just being good.

Ok, sermon is over...

Brian Mc| 3.6.10 @ 6:44PM

Thanks for the warm welcome...and excellent additiong, Franklin, not a sermon since you did not put me to sleep...

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Northern Rebel| 3.5.10 @ 2:13PM

Franklin:

Don't feel too sorry for Barry. He has his wife to come home to for support.

Oh........

Mattled| 3.5.10 @ 3:21PM

Rebel-----you mean ham hock thighs?

Pugsley| 3.5.10 @ 4:13PM

I think that is the linebacker isn't it? Or at the very least the Stevador?

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cnv| 3.5.10 @ 4:07PM

Alinski, FDR and Wilson are not Obama's mentors, Obama's one true role model is W Bush.
They both zealously disdain the populace and go with their gut. Surround themselves with sycophant loyalists. Prefer to avoid constitutional and procedural limits to power (declare a permanent war and you never have to worry about congress again). Set fire to trillions of dollars in the name of an illusory greater good.
I would be optimistic and think Obama would be dismissed for his bungling. But face it, if Bush could be re-elected Obama can be to.

Pugsley| 3.5.10 @ 4:22PM

And CNV that leads you right back to the one world government crowd, no? I still say W's lack of push back from 8 years of critical speeches and articles was the setup for what we have now. And the default position for that is a slow churning towards the one worlders view of things. Kind of like playing three deminsional chess in the dark trying to get your mind wrapped around this stuff but still we find ourselves slowly being nudged along that track. When people say prove it, where is the dark conspiracy I just say well how do you want to explain where we are now? Trying to brush these people off as being dumb or idiots or whatever phychosis they may seem to have still doesn't alter the fact of where we are and where we are about to be if things go a bit further down the track. They can't all be idiots there are too many of them and they all seem to have the same goal.

Ken (Old Texican)| 3.5.10 @ 4:43PM

Pugsley,
see my post above. You will see him on your front porch if this crap ain't stopped.

davelnaf| 3.5.10 @ 5:07PM

Obama obviously doesn’t care that voting for his healthcare plan will pull the sheep’s clothing off the backs of many democrats, revealing what they really are. This cloaking has never been that critical to senate democrats, but to many representatives it has been critical in helping them win and then keep their seat. The representatives thus about to be exposed must be very angry now. If they vote for Obamacare the game is up for them. One has to wonder what they are being offered to commit political suicide.

nick| 3.5.10 @ 5:21PM

Ask yourself, what would Obama do if their were no checks or balances. He has all the treats of a dictator.

Meryl| 3.7.10 @ 1:08AM

There are still checks and balances????????

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Margie| 3.5.10 @ 8:17PM

Mark Levin's giving a speech at the Reagan Libray at 9pm. eastern.
Online at marklevinshow.com!

Jim O'Brien| 3.5.10 @ 8:21PM

Lt. William Tecumseh Sherman (later General) described General Winfield Scott about 1844: "a mass of vanity, conceit, ignorance, ambition, and want of truth". I'm not sure if that was fair to Scott, but it's a good description of Obama.

JJ| 3.5.10 @ 10:07PM

Stephanopolous asked Stupak if he was prepared to "take responsibility" for the defeat of Obamacare? Stupak stumbled with his answer.
With the host of Good Morning America PUSHING ObamaCare and painting Obama in the best possible light you have to wonder what the heck has happened to "network" TV.
Stephanopolous is a damn cheerleader!!
Stupak should have said that everyone who votes no will be responsible, including those who put the bill together -- because its a terrible piece of legislation.
With the media protecting Obama, America will lose.

Barbara| 3.5.10 @ 11:25PM

A few days ago, I thought, Obama acts like Captain Ahab....today I read two stories that say that very thing....
One went as far to suggest he was (see below), so I copied the discription from a medical site.

What is a narcissistic sociopath - narcissistic personality disorder:

A person with this diagnosis would not understand nor care that he or she is violating the rights of others and would do so for personal gain, most likely through manipulation and charm.

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Mike M| 3.6.10 @ 8:01AM

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One thing is for sure, the ending will not be pretty.

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sub| 3.6.10 @ 9:30AM

Delusional Narcissist. This is what the idiot electorate have given us. He is a would be dictator or king. Those titles are the best fit for his personality type. I literally detest this arrogant impostor, and with all my hope wish for the failure of his self-interested, anti-american playbook. He will go down as one of the worst presidents in the history of the country.

Pete| 3.6.10 @ 9:48AM

One of? You are too kind. Where does he need to "improve" to take the prize?

George Dunham| 3.6.10 @ 10:11AM

Well said!

I am afraid we will need to attend the grinding wheel of opposition till this administration is sent packing in Jan 2013, even if O were to be impeached & convicted.

'Cause next up is Old Joe, I see little improvement there!

Explosion Proof Light | 11.3.10 @ 12:16AM

The America, The World. That will be right.

TheEnforcer| 3.6.10 @ 10:36AM

'

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Northern Rebel| 3.6.10 @ 10:54AM

Thanks Margie!

There is an imposter liberal on the TV shows named Marc Levin.

Perhaps the real Marc Levin should go by Rush's nickname F.Lee Levin! ;o)

Margie| 3.6.10 @ 12:27PM

An imposter liberal? Imagine that! ;^)

cab404| 3.6.10 @ 11:14AM

Despite the orchestration of favorable comment about Obama's speeches, I never thought he had any particular talent for oration. In Mencken's phrase, what Obama serves up are greasy and meaningless words. The ideas in his speeches are tired and utopian, bolstered with assumed moral superiority and disinformed certitude. Someone with a winning personality would have a better chance of putting the whole thing over. Fortunately, Obama doesn't.

J Galloway| 3.6.10 @ 9:33PM

Certainly no Churchill or Cicero.

Paco Loco| 3.6.10 @ 11:15AM

Time is not on our side. The first "American Dictator" is moving his Marxist agenda on a schedule that will enable him to be re elected in 2012. How? He has complete control over the MSM and public education has been in the hands of the left for years who have shaped the last generations poltical thinking to hate America and capitalism. A whole generation of new voters will vote in 2012, with many fully indocrinated with Progressive ideals and that big governement is good and that capitalism endangers the earth. With ObamaCare in place, and unemplyment at 12 to 20%, the One's tyranny will have no bounds as the weaker the populace, the stronger the tyrant. The worst will come when a Jihaddi smuggles in a nuke and blows up Cleveland or San Diego...then the tyrant will have his way...marshall law, suspension of habeus corpus, cancellation of elections, food lines and a nation gripped in fear. God save the nation!

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ANGRY AMERIKAN| 3.6.10 @ 11:32AM

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Jim G| 3.6.10 @ 12:53PM

President Obama does seem to be showing a bit of the old Chicago philosophy of politics these days, doesn't he. Hey, he wasn't even elected yet when he went back on his word about sticking by public election financing limits, once he found out that he'd get a whole lot more money by opting out. For those who weren't blinded in 2008 by his dazzling oratory skills, it was clear early on what his political character would be. Velvet glove, iron fist.

I really enjoy reading clear-headed conservative criticism of Obama; it is truly needed. But as to the means of stopping his "upending of the American way", please keep the emphasis on the word LEGITIMATE. I.e., political, oratory, logical, ABSOLUTELY NON-VIOLENT. Please, there are too many crazy people out there, you don't want to further inspire their craziness.

In a time when a President might be short-circuiting the Constitution, his critics must embrace that Constitution all the more strongly, despite the many frustrating procedures and due process requirements that it imposes (e.g., waiting until the next election). We are talking here about defending Civilization, with a capital C. Liberals seem to forget the lessons of history, if they ever knew them. Many conservatives have read the long tomes on ancient Rome, and remember something about it. We don't want to change emperors in the unsavory fashion that the Romans did (and thus meet the ultimate fate that awaited the Romans).

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j.glynn| 3.6.10 @ 1:27PM

When this healthcare bill passes the House, which it will, Obama will sign it into law. Obama will sign the bill with a flourish stating that he has done the will of the American people. Americans, you voted him into office Welcome to the brave new world.

JET99| 3.6.10 @ 1:42PM

There is good news, and that's the fact while Obamacare taxes kick in right away, benefits don't take effect until 2014 ,by which time the USA will be bankrupt anyways.

You have to be positive about these things.

Debbie| 3.6.10 @ 1:48PM

I just can't understand why my liberal leaning relatives (basically uninformed) think this president is such a smart man and great orator......he may do well on tests but he can't make his sentences make any sense at all...........he kinda rambles on and on and on!!!

Ken (Old Texican)| 3.6.10 @ 1:49PM

Jim G,
I have stated as strongly as you have; "empty hands, people, empty hands."

Paco Loco,
I certainly cannot predict the future, but I sincerely try to predict the various scenarios in that future, given different "events".
I must disagree with your feared chain of events though. In the final analysis, the American people out here in "fly over country" won't stand for it.
They simply will not.

Your take is obviously from a perspective of where you live, sir. May I ask where that might be? (no specifics please...heh...I don't want your address).

A few points that might lighten your load though, OK?
1. Our liberal/leftists are essentially physical and moral cowards and whiners.
2. I cannot foresee "which button" the would-be tyrants would push that will freeze them in their tracks...unknowable....but...probably something pretty nasty.
3. The great majority of people are pretty wishy washy, and will remove themselves from the "board".
4. Our small business class/entreprenuers are a pretty stubborn bunch though, and not at all risk adverse. Many of them have ...failed...dusted themselves off...and tried again and again.
5. Our military veterans and retired peace officer cohorts are pretty unanimous in their disgust with the "feds" these days.
6. "Big Business Jerks" are a tiny minority atop huge pyramids of interlocking functions/people in their organizations. They know very well how fragile their positions are if their people simply sit down on the job and cross their arms.
7. I do believe God will save our nation, but we may have to go through the fire, for Him to save it.

God bless.

Ralph Novy| 3.6.10 @ 9:24PM

Ken:

1. Glad you at least said "our..." rather than "those...." liberals/leftists. lol But if you wa

davelnaf| 3.6.10 @ 2:00PM

During the years when the dems were not as powerful as they are now they pushed their proposals on the public using their media helpers to air favorable critiques of their proposals and criticism of their opponents. It was all very arrogant and at times condescending stuff. Now, their media helpers are much weaker and the public is better informed. Yet, the dems are as arrogant as ever, perhaps blindly so. It is no surprise, then, they would be trying to foist Obamacare on a public that doesn’t want it. As for Obama, he is merely the summation of everything the dems have ever been, rolled into one radical package. The only thing that has kept them from being Obama all along was the restraining hand of political necessity and survival. But Obama is saying he is done with that and those senators and congressman up for reelection this year can, for all he cares, lose in November. This is all about Obama and he believes that he will prevail. There has never been a more narcissistic and megalomaniacal personality in the White House. I could be wrong, but I think that the depth of these two traits in Obama, quite apart from how well people will receive Obamacare (unlikely they will), will eventually cause the wheels to come off the Democratic Party. Have dem senators and congressmen thought about this possibility?

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Bill Fanshel| 3.6.10 @ 2:48PM

Is this article about Barack Obama? It seems to be more applicable to George W. Bush and the Republican reign of terror during much of the last decade. Bush was responsible for all of the following: A) bending existing rules; B) directly violating multiple personal pledges; C) ignoring constitutional limits; D) directly lying.

Ellen K| 3.6.10 @ 6:41PM

If you are located within the Beltway or on either coast I can see where you might be unclear on the level of opposition to this bill. Between New York and the California border, this bill is seen as a way to force change upon people who do not want the change offered. When you consider that the average government employee is paid more for comparable work and that this action would virtually make all healthcare an arm of the federal government, what makes you think costs will go down? Has any government entity EVER done things on time and under budget (Mussolini and Hitler aside)? What will happen is that lower compensation will make medicine a second tier career and doctors and hospitals will become government facilities as the healthcare system we know goes belly up with lower compensation. Since this president also owes unions a huge political debt, there's a good bet that all healthcare workers will become union. That also insures that they will be paid more than the going rate. It also creates the issue in that as a government entity, bad doctors and nurses can remain in the system. If you don't believe it, there's a whole school full of teachers who must show up every day to get a paycheck, but who are unfit to be around children in New York City. That's what unions will get you. At that point, there will be little incentive to improve care or change protocols because federally mandated care will be such a large, bulky instrument that changing procedures will be almost impossible. This has been tried in Hawaii, Kentucky and Massachussetts and the end result was always higher costs. And in France, the UK and Canada, while some may like their care, many don't have family doctors, and the systems are always cutting services to cut costs due to red ink. Is this really what you want? As for the dig about Bush, he isn't in office and hasn't been for over a year. You can't use that lame excuse forever. Sooner or later this president of yours either gets the job done or he doesn't. Right now, he's floundering. And while you may not like what Bush did, at least he made a decision and didn't offend our allies while sucking up to our enemies.

Ralph Novy| 3.6.10 @ 9:17PM

Ellen K:

"And while you may not like what Bush did, at least he made a decision and didn't offend our allies while sucking up to our enemies."

What planet are you from? He made plenty of decisions that alienated our allies (have a look at literally dozens of international public-opinion polls), and he "sucked up" bigtime to Israel -- which, although not an "enemy" certainly doesn't hold the U.S.'s long-term well-being as a high priority.

Suggest:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....iew=screen

Bing. Bang. Boom.

Achilles Toejam | 3.7.10 @ 2:23PM

Kudos to Ellen you have been paying attention and doing your homework, I hope your bookshelves are sturdy because it appeared to have a good freedom library going. ;)

You are in good company there is an awakening happening among We the People I only hope that it is not too late.

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valwayne| 3.6.10 @ 3:05PM

Arrogance, Corruption, and utter contempt for the average American voter and worker. What happened to the Economy? What happened to jobs for hurting Americans? Obama doesn't give a damn....he's going to pass the massive corrupt healthcare bill regardless of how many people it hurts or what it does to our economy. He doesn't give a damn about the bitter, bible thumping, gun toting, bigotted working people of our country who are hurting so badly! We've never had a President this uncaring and this arrogant. It reminds you of Chavez in Venezuela. Ideology is everything!!!!

Ken (Old Texican)| 3.6.10 @ 3:08PM

Hi Bill.
Dumb post.

Now, go cash your check from Soros, and go get drunk or something else constructive.

Ken (Old Texican)| 3.6.10 @ 3:14PM

Davelnaf,
".....will eventually cause the wheels to come off the Democratic Party. Have dem senators and congressmen thought about this possibility? ""

To answer your question, of course they have. But see..."they have a contingency plan".
A. A bribe big enough to retire on.
B. A big fat SIEU job waiting for them.

maverick muse| 3.6.10 @ 3:17PM

NOT the American Way.
You can say that again.

Obama's original HR3200 health care bill required that all citizens be implanted with a chip, and that noncompliance would result in imprisonment. That was before the monster bill grew into the nearly 3000 page document that exists today.

WHERE is the proof that these audacious and heinous unconstitutional measures have been PERMANENTLY removed from the current NONTRANSPARENT bill?

And why has there been no publicity and outcry against these obscene authoritarian attempts to abuse US citizens denied of Constitutional Rights and Liberty?

Margie| 3.6.10 @ 8:59PM

Implanted with a chip? Seriously?
Let me be first on the list for refusing to accept it.
Where's the cyanide pill?

Harley2002| 3.6.10 @ 3:29PM

Hell we got what we deserve when 52 million people are so stupid that they believed what he said and did not pay attention to his past and what he actually did. I blame this on the independents. Thanks aholes for putting this maniac in power. Now watch as he turns our country into a dictatorship. He is already planning on stealing the next election by legalizing illegal aliens and letting felons vote. George Bush was hammered for just wanting to wire tap terrorist conversations from oversees. This man wants to control every aspect of OUR lives. Nice job America you elected your own doom.

Achilles Toejam | 3.7.10 @ 3:06PM

Harley, don't be too hard on your fellow Americans remember that for generations our education system that has been captured by the progressive movement for many years has been dumbing us down, destroying our families, revising our history and promoting dependency on big government. Socialist behavioral engineers (Frankfurt School) have been indoctrinating Americans for decades i.e. political correctness and the multicultural scam both designed and engineered to deconstruct Western civilization and make the victims of these techniques unable and in many cases unwilling to defend their own culture and heritage.

Make no mistake the Democrats are not alone in sharing the blame for trashing our Constitution, ever ask yourself when the Republicans are in power why our freedom pro-constitutional limited government agenda is never moved down the field? We can barely get them to stave off the new assaults let alone restore our Constitutional Republic.

The bright side that I see is that many Americans are waking up and re-educating themselves about our history, Constitution and heritage check out my link. A few years ago I attended a constitutional seminar there were about 12 or 15 people there and there was one guy that traveled across the country and gave the seminars, fast forward to a few weeks ago I attended the same seminar to network with fellow 9-12'ers and tea party people there were about 150 people in attendance but now there are 200 people that travel the country and give these seminar study courses, maybe Americans needed the Obama shock treatment to awaken them of the domestic threat of radical Marxism that has taken hold in our institutions of education and to the highest offices of our government using radical environmentalism and alarmism as a vehicle to carry their agenda as little by little we are losing our freedom and incurring massive debt that can never be repaid and all as too many Americans are standing with their hand out wanting their turn at the government trough, must be Obama's stash yeah that's it. God help us!

Hosea 4:6 (KJV)
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."

Bill Fanshel| 3.6.10 @ 3:41PM

What this author doesn't seem to understand is that the government doesn't necessarily have to respond to public opinion. In fact, the Founding Fathers, intellectuals that they were, devised a system that was in many ways shielded from the whims of the populace. Originally, only the House of Representatives was directly elected by the people.

When George W. Bush embarked on his surge in Iraq, most of the people were against it. He ignored public opinion. How did that turn out?

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Gerald Stephens| 3.6.10 @ 4:16PM

...BY ALL LEGITIMATE MEANS

It called, 'The Birth Certificate', stupid!

Gerald Stephens
Hartford, CT

Ellen K| 3.6.10 @ 6:32PM

What do you expect when the media lobs softballs at him during the campaign and state operations basically give him the nomination based on "he will give us hope and change?" The man has always been slippery. His past is clouded, and even such mundane issues as his college education is disturbing. How come nobody in his class at Columbia never sat down and had a beer with the guy? Something is odd and out of focus. Add to that the supreme arrogance wherein Obama assumes the mantle of office as if he is infallible. I didn't know he was running for Pope. But the bottom of the line is that while many people disliked President Bush for what he did, I never got the idea that he was doing things to harm America. With Obama, I am not so sure. And all of these doubts could be swept away if he would just be open and honest with us. Somehow I don't think that's happening any time soon.

As for the healthcare bill, it has NOTHING to do with health or insurance or the poor or any of the other straw men causes thrown up by the WH staff and media. Simply put, it is an open and egregious attempt to divert one sixth of the American economy into government coffers for the implementation of the hope and change agenda, whatever that might be. Between the lines there are payouts for unions, amnesty for illegals and countless other acts of liberalism. Given the intense and public opposition to this bill, that is the only reason that I can see for Obama, Reid and Pelosi trying so hard to cram it down our throats. I can almost hear them now...."you have a real purty mouth...." Gag.

Ralph Novy| 3.6.10 @ 8:40PM

Ellen K:

Yeah, Ellen:

Be afraid of "acts of liberalism."
Be afraid of of being politically raped.
Be afraid of the "hope and change agenda, whatever that might be."

Just be afraid.

And then put your hope and trust in old "white" male millionaires to save you.

Good luck.

Larry| 3.6.10 @ 6:52PM

Obama is not the Antichrist...he just acts and speaks like him.

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Margie| 3.6.10 @ 8:06PM

FYI~ In the Bible it says that "there are many antiChrists that have already gone out into the world." 1 Jn. 2:18.(small 'a'), and then there is the actual AntiChrist (capital 'A')~ "the Man of Lawlessness." (2 Tim. 2:3.)
Which is he? Who knows. But he is definitely anti-Christ in his behavior.

DustyT| 3.6.10 @ 8:20PM

There is a reason most politicians, Obama especially, believe that Americans are stupid. We voted them into office, didn't we?

Margie| 3.6.10 @ 8:24PM

Possibly. But don't forget that the Democrat Machine rigs elections as a way of life.
My money says that's why Obama is really in office.

Danielle| 3.6.10 @ 8:20PM

Ever since Hillyer started bashing Palin for a living, I can't take anything he says seriously - and I'm far from the only one who feels that way.

Margie| 3.6.10 @ 8:34PM

If he bashed Palin for a living then every article and blog would be about her, and in a negative way. Obviously that's not the case.
As for what he says, well, it IS part of his job description to write what he thinks, and he does. A lot of people don't like Sarah, -or- don't think she's well, what, I don't know, enough. Conservative enough? How can that be? Maybe they wish she were more "moderate?" Ugh. Oh well.
But Quin's an okay guy. He's with us for the most part. And besides, he's friends with Mark Levin. ;^)

Stacy| 3.6.10 @ 8:30PM

Wow, that was well written!
I think you hit a bulls-eye in analysis.

Ralph Novy| 3.6.10 @ 8:31PM

Wow.

What a baseless, superficial ad hominem attack.

The work of an pouty 7th grader.

And it was actually published here?

My word.

Ralph Novy| 3.6.10 @ 8:31PM

Wow.

What a baseless, superficial ad hominem attack.

The work of an pouty 7th grader.

And it was actually published here?

My word.

Margie| 3.6.10 @ 8:35PM

Oh, go back to Novy Scocy.

J Galloway| 3.6.10 @ 8:36PM

Not so unusual to fight steep odds on principle. I held up my right hand and swore, "To uphold the Constitution of the United States against All Enemies, Foreign and Domestic".

Odds look pretty steep to me, these days, for MY principles.

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Cathy| 3.6.10 @ 9:05PM

Obama very clearly has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Here's one blog's take on this before the election. Obama continues to display these NPD traits.
http://riverdaughter.wordpress.....ack-obama/

King Bonzo IV| 3.6.10 @ 9:09PM

Darn, I've been waiting for Obama to lower the seas but it just hasn't happened. Can I get a refund?

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Hot Air » Blog Archive » Quotes of the day links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…panoply of oft-unstated attitudes that cohere as American exceptionalism. “This is not the way the system is supposed to work. This is not the American government we grew up with. This is not the national ethos that we love.” *** “Republicans seem to have difficulty grasping this basic dynamic. Less than three months ago, they were stunned at the way the Democrats managed to get 60 senators to…

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Bookworm Room » Read Mark Steyn and weep *UPDATED* links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…am | Filed under: Uncategorized We’re trembling on the precipice, and Nancy Pelosi, who has balls of steel and no moral compass, will push us over. UPDATE:  Quin Hillyer on the profound disrespect Obama and Co. have for Americans. Share With Others: Sphere: Related Content   Email This Post To A Friend 5 Comments » 5 Responses to “Read Mark Steyn and weep *UPDATED*” on 06 Mar 2010 at…

JungleWorld| 3.6.10 @ 10:19PM

He is a despot

Despot: a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat. A tyrant or an oppressor.

Despotism: is a form of government by a single authority, either an individual (Despot), or tightly knit group, which rules with absolute political power.

garrett| 3.8.10 @ 10:51PM

i get the impression you're very proud of yourself for finding that in the dictionary.

JJ| 3.6.10 @ 10:34PM

when he is voted out and gone to hawaii he will write his book and blame and demonize everyone for his failure to fundamentally change america.

Professor Guvinoff| 3.6.10 @ 10:34PM

This article reminded me of Charlie Chaplin's "The great Dictator". This movie came out in 1940 (too late?), and is still relevant today. I wonder whether a contemporary artist will make such a portrait of our dear leader?

Rmm| 3.6.10 @ 10:48PM

The Omnipotent One's next act is to warm the seas.
The road goes on forever, and the party never ends.
Amen, God has spoken.

Meryl| 3.7.10 @ 1:05AM

So--to summarize: he's a jerk.

Dschoen| 3.7.10 @ 1:09AM

Me think your over thinking this.

Obama "This isn't a 'Harry and Louise' moment. It's a 'Thelma and Louise' moment," he said with laughter. "We're in the car headed toward the cliff and we must act."

Last act movie Thelma and Louise

"Thelma and Louise have a discussion. Louise says that she refuses to surrender, and Thelma once again realizes that she will now lose the freedom that she so briefly experienced.

Overcome with emotion, she embraces Thelma and kisses her in friendship, and she slams on the gas pedal, driving full speed ahead. Hal realizes what they are doing and runs after them, but he is too late. As Louise and Thelma hold hands in defiance, the car flies off the edge of the cliff and into the Grand Canyon below."

Can’t accuse Obama of not knowing where his policy will lead.

Reginald Avery Wilkins, Ph.D.| 3.7.10 @ 1:09AM

Methinks the Spectator needs a new pair of glasses.

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Take off, eh? – Vancouver, Canada Travel Blog | Canada Traveling links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…3 photos of a visit to Vancouver, Canada by TravelPod member sean.conner. Go here to see the original: Take off, eh? – Vancouver, Canada Travel Blog Related Blogs on Read The Story The American Spectator : Not the American Way Related posts: Take off, eh? – Vancouver, Canada Travel Blog Sochi 2014 – Vancouver, Canada Travel Blog « canadian hot news and … Transmoflection – North Vancouver,…

Rosanna Sampson| 3.7.10 @ 3:13AM

No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of the President.
The Law of Nations, Vattel, 1758 Used by Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, George Washington and others. Vol. J., Ch.19, Section 212 “natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens.
Per the British Nationality Act of 1948, Obama when born in 1961, was a British Subject at birth.
Obama s Father was NOT a U.S. Citizen, nor was he an Immigrant to the USA, nor was he even a Permanent Resident of the USA.
Obama, the Putative US President, was Born a British Subject Governed by the British Nationality Act of 1948, and is Currently also a British Protected Person and/or a British Citizen to this Day.
The President must be a Natural Born Citizen – US Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Clause 5.
Obama is NOT an Article II Natural Born Citizen and therefore is NOT eligible to be President

We know from 4 SCOTUS rulings that "all children born in the country of parents who were its citizens... " make up the “natural born Citizen” category. The SCOTUS says that there have never been any doubts as to the status of these children. As to children born in the U.S. to parents who were not U.S. citizens at the time of their birth, there have been doubts. In other words, "natural born Citizen" under this formulation requires two generations of U.S. citizens, one generation in the parents and the other in the child himself/herself who also must be born on U.S. soil. It is important to understand that we are focusing on what is a "natural born Citizen" under Article II which specifies the requirements to be President and not on what a "Citizen" is under the 14th Amendment or under some Congressional Act which does not relate to the Article II of our Constitution regarding natural born Citizenship.

Obama, while having his mother's U.S. citizenship generation, is missing that of his father's, for his father was a British subject/citizen at the time of his birth. He therefore cannot be a "natural born Citizen," even if the presumptive president was born in Hawaii. Which he; by the way, is not ready, willing nor able to prove in court, under oath.

We have a usurper in the White House who needs to be arrested and charged with treason. He was never eligible to be President regardless of whether or not he was born in Hawaii!

Kevin Smith | 3.7.10 @ 8:08AM

Agreed. The guy is a fraud.. Once the proof gets past the deflections of his attorneys, Obama is cooked. He will have to pay back all of his salaries. All his appointments (Sotomayor etc) will be removed from their posts. All laws and programs established & signed by him will be revoked/rescinded. He will go to federal prison for fraud . The Democratic Party will be crushed like a grape. He is a self obsessed racist moron.

Garret| 3.8.10 @ 10:49PM

That's some serious projection there.

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Yael | 3.7.10 @ 7:26AM

I agree that "by any and all legitimate means, it must be stopped," but that's easier said than done. Even if "the resistance" can achieve slim majorities in both houses of Congress by next year, what's to stop him from doing an end run around them too? As with cap and trade, if he can't get the legislation he needs, he'll just "pivot" to regulations from agencies and or executive orders. His loyal "czars" are in place to form a government within the government, but how would he accomplish the transition? We have to look ahead and figure out exactly what it means that "it must be stopped." Like, HOW?

Inge| 3.7.10 @ 8:35AM

I would encourage everyone to click over to

www.americanthinker.com/jack cashill.

Obama's dubious backround; the possiblity of Obama's father being 'communist, pedophile, bi-sexual Frank Marshal Davis is becoming more, and more clear. The author is working on this for quite some time, and unraveling the 'Real Obama" slowly.

There is more to this man, and his hatred for all things american, or more 'whiteys', is becoming clearer by the day.

Again, I encourage everyone to read this piece on American Thinker. It is a must read!!!

Margie| 3.7.10 @ 12:09PM

Inge,
The link doesn't work.

Inge| 3.8.10 @ 5:14AM

to Margie:

The analysis of Jack is on the -americanthinker site; which I read daily. I believe the offical site is
www.americanthinker.com
It's in yesterdays (sunday) posting.

Margie| 3.8.10 @ 8:15PM

Thanks, Inge. I went and found the article. Here it is:
http://www.americanthinker.com.....s_pop.html

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The Strata-Sphere » White House Liberals Fail To See The Big Problem – Them! links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…attacks right when al Qaeda adjusted to the liberal mind washing on monitoring and interrogation. We get it Mr. Axelrod – when will you wake up from liberal fantasy land? Update: S ome similar observations at American Spectator No responses yet Trackback URI | Comments RSS Leave a Reply You must be logged in to post a comment. Meta Register Log in Entries RSS Comments RSS WordPress.org Aj Strata Create Your…

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The Worst. « Appalachian Conservative links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…A completely flawed economic policy that prolonged and deepened misery. This president evidences the very worst characteristics of our very worst presidents. Update: There’s something way off balance in the character of Barack Obama ….a.k.a Barack the Zealot, Barack the Megalomaniac, Barack the Authoritarian, Barck the Radical, Barack the Dictator, Barack the Upender of the American Way. February…

NoBamacan | 3.7.10 @ 9:46AM

So many say "if only there was a way we could've known about this guy, we wouldn't have elected him". We tried to inform those who were hypnotized by his smooth orations and refused to listen to anyone who rejected him calling us Bush lovers and racists. The writing has been on the wll for a long time, back before he was even an Illinois Senator, but Hind Sight is 20/20 so all that doesn't matter now. What does matter is that Obama is like a rerun movie or a remake of Rocky or more like Friday the 13th or Halloween; we are tired of the same old same old. I just Hope there isn't too much CHANGE before we can vote him out, as well as I'm sure Obama is pushing issues for that very reason. GOD, not allah, help us.

fred| 3.7.10 @ 10:04AM

relax. the good news is, after this poor sad little man is gone, there will be a new dawn. the kids will have learned a valuable lesson, one that the woodstock generation never did. there's betterd ays ahead. they will be tough, when the leviantan collapses. but what is on the other side will be better. hail the coming crash facilitated by the annoited one. thanks pal.

Margie| 3.7.10 @ 12:26PM

FYI~
Insider Report from Newsmax.com
Democrats Take Aim at Talk Radio

Organizing for America, a project of the Democratic National Committee, has launched an online site to help President Obama’s supporters infiltrate largely conservative talk radio.

Visitors to the On the Air site are provided with the call-in number of a talk show that discusses political topics, and the option to listen to the show live. They are urged to phone in when the topic of healthcare comes up. They can also click on a button to move to another show.

“The fate of health reform has been a focus of debate in living rooms and offices, on TV, and online — and on talk radio,” the introduction to the online tool states.

“And since millions of folks turn to talk radio as a trusted source of news and opinions, we need to make sure [Organizing for America] supporters are calling in with a pro-reform message.”

When Newsmax visited the On the Air site, the first link was to the syndicated show of Dr. Laura Schlessinger.

The site offers “calling tips” including, “Some hosts may challenge your views. Stay calm and firm. Sharing a personal story about how health reform affects you and your family is a great way to show the importance and urgency of health reform.”

It even provides “discussion points,” such as, “Too many in Washington are now saying that we should delay or give up on reform entirely, but Americans understand the stakes for our economy and our lives, and we want action.”

Organizing for America was launched by the DNC after Obama’s inauguration and seeks to mobilize supporters of his agenda.

Mattled| 3.7.10 @ 4:42PM

Yeah Margie---and they failed miserably. As a matter of fact, Rush was inviting the doOFAs's to call into his show last week.

No takers. Not one call.

Margie| 3.7.10 @ 5:21PM

They're so dumb anyway. You can always tell the seminar callers, as they reveal themselves quickly enough. It's funny how they actually think that we'd be fooled by a Leftist agenda in any way, shape or form. No matter how they try and package it! But they do.

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“There is something way off balance in the character of Barack Obama” « Mayrant&rave links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

Home About Mayrant&rave A Blatant Conservative Blog Feeds: Posts Comments “There is something way off balance in the character of Barack Obama” March 7, 2010 by mayrant Not the American Way By Quin Hillyer – The American Spectator – 03-05-2010 There is something way off balance in the character of Barack Obama. Something in the realm of zealotry, with a touch of megalomania,…

WAKE UP| 3.7.10 @ 5:26PM

What do you expect when you elect someone so UN-American?

Yosemeti Sam| 3.7.10 @ 10:57PM

" Not the American Way ....

I betcha that Mao Zedong White House Christmas
tree ornament was the dead give-away of BHOs'
philosophical socio-political bent - to many an
American.

Right?

BTW - where is that ornament?

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Terrorizing the Citizenry « drkatesview links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…March 8, 2010 obama Leave a  Comment Tags: 911, Holder, terrorism ©2010 drkate Scaring Americans seems to be a tool the Obama administration likes to use to distract attention away from actions that will harm Americans …on the verge of a major push for Obamacare, these things happen: Holder’s renewed call for the investigation of the CIA during the Bush Administration Increased pressure to and…

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Not the American Way : USACTION NEWS links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Foreign Policy Iran South America UN Global Warming Growth & Population Healthcare destruction military Propaganda Unions What to DO! Not the American Way By Quin Hillyer on 3.5.10 @ 6:09AM via American Spectator There is something way off balance in the character of Barack Obama. Something in the realm of zealotry, with a touch of megalomania, and perhaps an authoritarian impulse too. He combines  Alinskyite…

DemocraticUS| 3.8.10 @ 3:01PM

This seems to be a "conservative" echo chamber.
Not one of the "reasons" given by the writer are completely valid. Public opinion is divided on these issues but the unfounded attacks against the President of the United States and hyperbole based on prima facie ideological assumptions are irresponsible and tend to prevent serious discussion.

Open, well informed and honest debate and majority rule is the rule in a democracy. That is the American Way. Please remember that or conservativeswill continue to be lost on the way to a better America

Margie| 3.8.10 @ 4:48PM

I guess in all your schooling you never learned that this is a republic, not a democracy, and majority doesn't rule.
Go back to school before you come here and bash conservatives.
Or, better yet~go sit down with a conservative for a couple of hours. You just might learn something.

Jon B| 3.8.10 @ 9:26PM

More accurately, we have a "representative democracy." we elect officials Democratically, except for the President in some cases, and they supposedly represent us. We were a Republic, but not any more.

Trisha| 3.8.10 @ 10:47PM

My, Quin, a little inferiority complex much?

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Obama’s Tacit Admission « drkatesview links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Cabinet members considering the 25th Amendment?  Are there any in the House or Senate who will be brave enough to initiate an investigation leading to disabling Obama under the 25th Amendment?  Obama is a most dangerous man, especially since Americans have rejected him en masse. Right now, the Judiciary, Obama, Congress, and the Justice Department are literally on trial.  If they fail through cowardice, lack of…

john| 3.9.10 @ 10:22AM

"A) bending existing rules; B) directly violating multiple personal pledges; C) ignoring constitutional limits; D) directly lying; and E) demanding that other politicians sacrifice their own political careers."

Wow, when I read that I thought you were writing about W.

Commie Basher| 3.9.10 @ 10:53AM

Not sure what "en-masse rejection" of President Obama you're referring to. Everyone where I live loves him. He's got a hell of a job dealing with all of the foot draggers and whiners -- I, for one, salute him.

Leo| 3.9.10 @ 11:45AM

Thank you John and DemocraticUS - I had the same thought: The writer's descriptions sounded exactly like GW Bush. It amazes me how people on the right like to whip themselves up into a frenzy of paranoia about Obama, like kids at a Halloween overnight telling ghost stories. "He's like Hitler!" "It's a complete takeover!"

Balderdash. These are straw men, but a great excuse for arming oneself to the hilt. Hope those guns don't end up killing someone in your own family, as happens far too often in homes with guns. How many actual crimes have ever been stopped by a citizen with a gun? Probably not as many as the kids who've died from accidental discharges.

Millions of people are on BOTH sides of reforming health care and reigning in the cold-hearted, profit- obsessed insurance companies. It's NOT all one way, and different polls have gotten different results. The government will not come between you and your doctor any more than the insurance companies now do. Reform is not putting government "in charge of" health care – you all should know that’s a lie, but it’s a great inflammatory line for right wing demagogues. Reform will hopefully be about changing the rules that the system works by.

Is it perfect? No - a single payer plan would have been much better. Listen, let's face it - the main reason the US doesn't have a national health system like all other developed nations is because there have always been too many white people who won't stand to see any support going to ‘colored people’. Now that Europe has had waves of immigration of people who don’t look like the natives, the predictable nationalist, right-wing groups have risen up to say ‘don’t give any of our money to THOSE people.’

Of course, everyone says “Not ME - I'm not a racist! I’m friendly with that ‘colored’ secretary.” (Like everyone else is an albino, the only people truly without color.) “I just don't think it's right to...” Uh-huh. Well, I’m sure that some are sincere. And yes I know there are welfare cheats - but probably far fewer than those who are the working poor.

It was clearly the irresponsible and complete lack of government regulations, starting with Reagan, including horse's a** Clinton, and unto Bush II that brought down our entire economy in late summer, 2008. And TARP was initiated by the hapless administration of baby Bush. Has Obama contributed more to it? Yes, because both liberal and conservative economists were screaming for it. They said it was necessary to keep the crash - brought on by greedy rich people who can never have enough (and 99+% of whom are white) - from getting any worse.

According to conservatives, the wonderful and flawless Market is supposed to take care of everything. Sure, like making a bunch of new millionaires while the lower and middle classes have constantly lost ground. This includes most of you tea baggers and most of the southern states where people have for decades voted for those who ultimately ruled against their own best interests. How did this happen? By conservative politicians appealing to social and ‘wedge’ issues that inflame people, including peoples' inherent racism that we all have to some extent.

Follow the money! Most of the wealth of this country has gone to the already-rich and the already super-rich, the vast majority of whom are Republicans. People like George Soros are exceptions to the rule – and I thank God for a few of those!! They are more Christ-like than a stadium full of southern Baptist preachers.

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Not the American Way links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…rules; B) directly violating multiple personal pledges; C) ignoring constitutional limits; D) directly lying; and E) demanding that other politicians sacrifice their own political careers. Read more at American Spectator If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed! Posted in Big Government, Communism, Constitution, Constitutional Limits of Government, Cult of Obama, Democrats, Executive…

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*Moral* courage. | Moe_Lane's blog links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…or resignation.  And this won’t change until somebody finally has the moral courage to say “This isn’t working” and organizes a retreat*.  It should be the President - he’s the one that got his party into this mess in the first place - but the same lack of leadership ability that Obama showed at the beginning of the health care debate will make him a poor candidate for bringing…

Respectful| 3.10.10 @ 8:01PM

Conservatives should read more and listen carefully outside of their strangely inbred ideological bubble. Talk to the rest of americans of different racial, cultural and ideological makeup. There is a large majority who still support Mr. Obama and who like him and respect him.
The Hyillyer article is so deplorable in its shallowness and the insulting unfounded attacks on the President's "character" that does not deserve to be taken seriously. One expects more and better from the American Spectator.

Hawaiian | 3.10.10 @ 8:05PM

There are still some "birthers" cutting and pasting old idiocies about the President?

Please get real!

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*Moral* courage. » Attorney Don Hecker News Copy links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…or resignation.  And this won’t change until somebody finally has the moral courage to say “This isn’t working” and organizes a retreat*.  It should be the President – he’s the one that got his party into this mess in the first place – but the same lack of leadership ability that Obama showed at the beginning of the health care debate will make him a poor candidate for…

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Frank Schaeffer: Open Letter to the Republican Traitors | RepublicanDaily.info links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Won Massachusetts Senate Seat … Related posts on politicians obama Climategate climatoligist 'has gone underground' The Housing Bubble Blog » Bits Bucket For March 9, 2010 The American Spectator : Not the American Way Related posts on response politicians Review of vitamin shoppe allicin p2pnet news » Blog Archive » Woman finds her bedroom — online Trucking Companies Pay for False DAC Reporting |…

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One More For The Ditch At NewsReal Blog (As Gleaned From The American Spectator) « na links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…were so willing to disdain, in pursuit of such radical policy upheavals, such intense and overwhelming public opinion as has been evident in the current health takeover attempt.” Read the entire Article here. from → Obama, Barack, Twog Close Comments (8) Which of our commenting guidelines does this comment violate? Remember, comments will not be deleted because they express views contrary to NewsReal…

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Mac's Football Blog: NFL News and Notes – March 21, 2010 | Carolina Panthers NFL Anno links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Notes – March 21, 2010 Related Blogs on Thinks Humility Leadership: H is for Humility | Nicholls Leadership Institute Humility & Domineering Doubt, Part II « Whosoever Desires The American Spectator : Not the American Way Related Posts Mac's Football Blog: NFL News and Notes – March 21, 2010 Mac's Football Blog: NFL News and Notes – March 19, 2010 Mac's Football Blog: NFL News and…

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2 dollars a night! – Aswan, Egypt Travel Blog | Egypt Traveling links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…by TravelPod member senorbrian. Read the original post: 2 dollars a night! – Aswan, Egypt Travel Blog Related Blogs on Member Senorbrian The American Spectator : Dubai's Eleven The American Spectator : Not the American Way Adventures on public transport part 20 – Amman, Jordan Travel Blog Related posts: 2 dollars a night! – Aswan, Egypt Travel Blog Rolling down the river…. – Aswan, Egypt…

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