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Obama’s ‘Smarter’ Nanny State

By on 2.13.13 @ 6:12AM

His SOTU address serves up some familiar fantasies.

Barack Obama has long called himself the “middle-class President,” a rhetorical stance that sparks off Saul Alinsky’s cynical advice to his community organizers. Adopt a “middle-class identity,” Alinsky urged them. “Start them easy, don’t scare them off.” Crafty community organizers, Alinsky said, “will view with strategic sensitivity the nature of middle-class behavior with its hangups over rudeness or aggressive, insulting, profane actions. All this and more must be grasped and used to radicalize parts of the middle class.”

Obama’s emphasis on the middle class in his State of the Union address derives from this strategy. Duping them is always job one. “It is our generation’s task, then, to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth — a rising, thriving middle class,” he said.  “A growing economy that creates good, middle-class jobs — that must be the North Star that guides our efforts.”

But nothing he proposed in the speech would help the middle class and much of it would hurt it. Since he has no intention of erasing the debt — he cast the sequester as “harsh” and proposed new spending that somehow wouldn’t add a “dime” in costs — eventual tax hikes on the middle class are an inevitability.

In the meantime, his regulatory fantasies to control the earth’s temperature, if enacted, will cost members of the middle class hundreds of thousands of jobs. It was clear from this speech that he still thinks himself capable of arresting the rise of the oceans.

Who knows, he might even be able to eliminate floods, droughts, and hurricanes too if we would just defer to science and let him work his magic: “But for the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. Yes, it’s true that no single event makes a trend. But the fact is, the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and floods – all are now more frequent and intense. We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science — and act before it’s too late.”

So Democrats toss and turn at night worrying about generations not yet born? How touching. But somehow their concerns about the unborn children of the future don’t step them from aborting the unborn children of today. When not advocating climate change regulations for the children, Obama was advocating gun control for the children. Think of the all the birthdays and graduations, he said, that we won’t be able to celebrate if we don’t enact his specific gun control measures now. Somehow the missed birthdays of those aborted by his friends at Planned Parenthood don’t bring a tear to his eyes.

But if an unborn child does happen to survive in Obama’s America, he or she can look forward to a new and improved life in his “smarter” nanny state, starting with access to the finest pre-schools in the world or something like that. The nanny state can never get its hands on tots early enough, according to Obama. So much for a strong and self-reliant middle class.

To train them to tinker at shovel-ready jobs on his structurally deficient bridges to nowhere, he wants the public schools to grab them at an earlier age: “But today, fewer than 3 in 10 four year-olds are enrolled in a high-quality preschool program. Most middle-class parents can’t afford a few hundred bucks a week for private preschool. And for poor kids who need help the most, this lack of access to preschool education can shadow them for the rest of their lives.”

Obama is back to his “Life of Julia” fantasy, in which, sans parents and a husband, she can count on endless vistas of state-bankrolled individualism and protection. The nanny state will guarantee her quality education from pre-school to “higher education” (he demanded that Congress pass a new and improved “Higher Education” Act that will magically control tuitions) and an ever-rising minimum wage (Obama thinks $9 dollars an hour reasonable for now).

She can also count on his protection from “violence,” though not the violence of war. Obama heartily endorsed sending the nation’s “daughters” into the trenches, a line that washed over the audience without a standing ovation for some reason. Perhaps they were tired from all the rote standing up. The line came late in the speech. Then again, the glazed-look of the pols may come from one of those lingering “middle-class hang-ups” that Alinsky trained his cadre of community organizers to humor while the revolution unfolds.

Photo: UPI

About the Author

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

Letter to the Editor View all comments (65) |

Jack in Wi| 2.13.13 @ 6:29AM

George: I went to Bible study last night and prayed for the country instead of waching Oblabla blather. From your discription I didn't miss much. Just more of the same, taxes, gun control, global warming, more big and wasteful government schemes and endless war till we are bankrupt. Heaven forbid Barack ever meet an abortion he didn't love. You wrote a fine recap from what I can see, short and too the point.

Joellen| 2.13.13 @ 8:57AM

Jack, I just wrote in Andrew Wilson's article that I too went to my Bible Class!

I think GOD's army is being suited up - what say you?

Jack in Wi| 2.13.13 @ 10:32AM

Joellen: I don't know if God has an army to carry out his final judgement. But in my opinion the end may be near. How can a just God put up with what is going on today? Maybe St. Malachy's prophesy is true? I think and hope God will give mankind another chance if he enough of us pray, repent, and preach and practice the Good News of charity and peace.

CJW| 2.13.13 @ 1:00PM

Joellen
I went to my monthly Italian club dinner until midnight, about 100 men, we ate and drank. We still have Romney signs on the walls. Nobody even mentioned O.

Joellen| 2.13.13 @ 1:15PM

CJW - it looks like we all made better use of our time.

BTW - how was the sauce and the canoli's?

CJW| 2.13.13 @ 1:33PM

Sauce was ok, mine is better, but I'm sure not as good as yours. Canolis were very good. We also had beans with greens, pork, sauteed potatoes, and salad. Also appetizers of cheese, home made sopressata, olives, bread. And lots of espresso which kept me awake till about 3 am.

This sounds like the menu for our summer get together at Mr Martin's estate.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 3:34PM

That's what she said.

Sorry.

I got nuthin.

Doctor Right| 2.13.13 @ 4:08PM

Big surprise there...

Pecos Pete| 2.13.13 @ 5:27PM

CJW: Chili and tamales for the party. Picante sauce for the mountain oysters. Gallons of tequila for the margaritas. One pint of scotch, any brand, for the Colonel.

CJW| 2.13.13 @ 6:50PM

Senor Pete,
Sounds good. We can have Tex/Mex/Italian/American fare.

One amendment: Only the best scotch for the Colonel. Or we just tell him it is the best.

KennesawJack| 2.13.13 @ 7:22PM

CJ, mi amigo. Do you know what mountain oysters are? I mean, seriously, there ain't that much picante sauce.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 2.13.13 @ 7:32PM

Once those bulls hear about how one gets made into a steer, they'll be jumping up like the cowpokes in the Pace commercial shouting "New York City?".

KennesawJack| 2.13.13 @ 7:46PM

Ain't that the truth. I wonder if Pete really does eat those things.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 2.13.13 @ 8:02PM

There ain't enough horseradish and hot sauce in the world that could convince me.

Pecos Pete| 2.13.13 @ 8:05PM

You betcha! BBQ those big fellows. Waste not, want not.

KennesawJack| 2.13.13 @ 8:17PM

Pete, thanks. If nothing else, the visual of BBQ'd bulls balls requires my indulgence in SEVERAL more Yuenglings to help dim the image.

CJW| 2.13.13 @ 9:54PM

Senor Pete
Brain is slow tonite.

Hey compadre, how 'bout we substitute a four cheese Pizza for the mountain oysters?

CJW| 2.13.13 @ 9:29PM

KJack
Never heard of mountain oysters. What are they? I is inner city.

KennesawJack| 2.13.13 @ 9:59PM

CJ, Mountain Oysters are what you have in your hand when you turn a bull into a steer. In other words, they are bulls testicles. I fancy myself a bit of a gourmet/gourmand but I draw the line at eating another males balls.

CJW| 2.13.13 @ 10:43PM

KJack
Thanks for the info. Let's go with the pizza.

Deborah D| 2.13.13 @ 7:22AM

To me -- evil is telling someone one thing when your goal is the total opposite, and in a president who tells it to the country he's supposed to love (I know, don't laugh, presidents used to), it is sickeningly evil.

Intelligent Design| 2.13.13 @ 7:38AM

Under the guise of helping us, the impostor intends that even more people be dependent on and controlled by the federal government. This will further undermine the economy and our national security.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 7:43AM

Mr. Neumyar touched on two perfect points.

Democrats worry about "Generations yet to be Born", while fighting, tooth and nail, for the continued RIGHT to Murder those very same Generations, at the rate of 1.5 Million a Year. After 40 Years of Infanticide on Demand, they have accumulated an impressive Body Count of around 60 Million. The equivalent of 10 HOLOCAUSTS.

And, we need to get our people Trained for all of the High Paying Jobs of the Future. They need to be prepared to go to work on Day 1. You don't just walk in to a Dollar Store, or McDonalds, and go to work. You can't hand out the Free Food Samples in the Food Court, or Sell Soft Pretzels at the top of the Escalator at the Mall, unless we spend Millions of Taxpayer Dollars, getting you Trained by people in Unions.

We need to Invest more money in this and that.

We need Electric Cars, and Solar Panels.

We need Seaweed, and Legalized Weed.

We still need Money for Roads and Bridges, and Infrastructure. Obviously, the $900 Billion I got 4 years ago, wasn't enough, or there'd be New Roads and Bridges all over the place. Right?

We need More Taxes, because this Country has a Paying Problem. And we need to Reform the Tax Code so that Nobody has any Money, Nobody keeps their Company in this Country, and everyone who CAN, picks up and LEAVES.

All these things are possible, if we all just put Politics aside, and just do what the Fluck I tell ya to do.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 2.13.13 @ 9:14AM

"All these things are possible, if we all just put Politics aside, and just do what the Fluck I tell ya to do."

...if only we were more like China...

Moe Blotz| 2.13.13 @ 10:47AM

The 12 hottest years out of the last fifteen in the 100 years we have been recording data. What about the other ?,000 years since man first appeared around the east coast of our continent?

lost| 2.13.13 @ 12:49PM

AWG skeptics are all the same, never want to see the last 100 years only. Climate change is the norm. Had the Mesozoic Era and 5 ice ages. That is 6 dramatic climates changes and man had nothing to do with it. Scientists do not know what caused the ice ages and only can guess. Also the Vikings had settlements on Greenland at one time because it was warmer and had less ice than now. Maybe the Vikings caused that.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 1:30PM

I know what caused the Ice Ages.

The movement of the Original Single Continent to the South Pole.

The Period of Mass Volcanic Activity, that Blocked out the Sun.

Various Giant Asteroid Strikes, which Blocked out the Sun.

The various Dormant Cycles of the Sun.

And, George Bush.

You're Welcome.

KennesawJack| 2.13.13 @ 4:05PM

I heard somewhere that Hillary's underwear were a contributing factor, too.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 5:10PM

They blocked out the Sun, whenever she hung them on the Clothes Line.

spike59| 2.14.13 @ 5:45AM

Also the Vikings had settlements on Greenland at one time...but they didn't build that

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 11:27AM

And, less like Zimbabwe.

Joellen| 2.13.13 @ 9:10AM

Tim, were you one of the strong ones who had the fortitude to actually listen to him spew?

If so, I dont call you "the MAN" for nothing!

I wonder if anyone who is still with him, understands just how far down he has taking this country - did they squirm in their chairs listening to him - do they realize just what their vote this past November has subjected this country to.

Do they realize yet, they are part of the same movement that Hitler, Stalin, Mao, etc., was able to push, because they wanted "an easy way out, they wanted the government to take care of them".

There's a dark cloud that covers this country - and I wonder if the light bulb went on for any of these people last night .

Moe Blotz| 2.13.13 @ 10:40AM

The 47% were watching something else more entertaining and would not understand the nuances even if they did watch SOTU.

Russel| 2.13.13 @ 11:06AM

Baffle em with bs . His nuaces are cleverly disguised lies . Their level of understanding adds up to what will Barak-o-clause hand out next .

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 11:23AM

I did not listen, for the simple reason that all of it was all Pre-Destined to be More of the Same, aka Bullshitt.

I heard him say about three things that had nothing to do with the Truth, and then I went back to watching T.V. with my 7 Year Old.

Life is too short to waste 5 Minutes on this Creature.

My only wish is that there is a Reckoning out there somewhere, waiting for this man, for his Crimes against the people of this Country, and around the World, who Cherish the Freedom of Life, Liberty, Association, Speach, and to Practice the Religion of their choosing.

This THING is Pure Hate and Evil.

Of that fact, I have not one shred of doubt.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 11:24AM

Did you get my Email?

Nice, huh?

Albert Constantine Jr.| 2.13.13 @ 12:40PM

I did, and enjoyed it. Have you had an opportunity to review my reply?

Joellen| 2.13.13 @ 12:55PM

Tim & Al, it must be a "guy" thing - cause my reaction was YUCK!

Tim, it's Lent, so behave:)

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 1:33PM

I could be wrong?

But I think that Girl looked Italian.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 2.13.13 @ 1:44PM

Joellen;

If you referring to the Baltimore fans, I could understand you viewing the display of enthusiasm in a different light than I do.

If you're referring to the SF fans, I concur with your reaction, but I am surprised that Nancy Pelosi was not there to cheer it on.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 3:38PM

I thought that guy on the left WAS Pelosi

KennesawJack| 2.13.13 @ 4:11PM

It was the first thing I saw after I got home from Church this afternoon. I thought it was my first reward for giving up pasta for Lent. Thanks, Tim and Subvet).

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 1:36PM

I have, Albert.

Did you get my explanation?

p.s. I sent it to Joellen, as well.

She told me that she made it her Home Page Picture.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 1:37PM

Everybody say Thank You, to SUBVET.

Joellen| 2.13.13 @ 5:41PM

Uh Uh, I am sticking with Obama in his girly pants and helmet, riding his girly bicycle. That's a keeper!

KennesawJack| 2.13.13 @ 6:14PM

Joellen, same get up but riding the drone was priceless. Why do I think the name "Strangelove" fits this bastard (and he IS a bastard, Arnie - look it up).

Joellen| 2.13.13 @ 7:14PM

KennesawJack - I MUST HAVE THAT ONE!

KennesawJack| 2.13.13 @ 7:23PM

I'll see if I can find it for you. I think I saw it on Weasel Zippers a few days ago.

KennesawJack| 2.13.13 @ 7:43PM

Joellen, found it. If you go to Weasel Zippers and scroll on the "previous" button at the bottom of the page all the way back to Feb. 10 at 4:29 PM you will find it. I was able to copy it but TAS wouldn't allow me to paste it here. Alternatively, Tim has my email address. If you want to permit him to forward me yours, I will send you an image. It is priceless.

Warrior| 2.13.13 @ 1:30PM

Did you ever notice how close SOTU is to STFU. Uncanny similarities?

Denver Todd| 2.13.13 @ 9:25AM

I think we should raise the minimum wage to $20 hourly. Everyone will be rich then, and there will be an additional benefit: not so many $10 Big Macs will be sold.

Drunken Sailor| 2.13.13 @ 10:17AM

And before you know it we will be like Zimbabwe where a loaf of bread cost you a wheelbarrow of cash.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 1:41PM

Oh, now you're stealing my "Zimbabwe" shtick?

Does anyone want a get together this weekend?

I don't know about You Guys?

But, last Weekend was Pathetic.

Drunken Sailor| 2.13.13 @ 2:02PM

Check the post times pretty boy. You stole it.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 3:38PM

DAMMIT!

Drunken Sailor| 2.13.13 @ 4:21PM

Great minds think alike. I have no damn idea what our excuse is.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 5:13PM

Big surprise there...

Doctor Right| 2.13.13 @ 4:09PM

It's always pathetic.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 11:26AM

You're right. We'd all be Rich!

Then we could all Pay our Fair Share.

Was this Biden's Idea?

Or, Pelosi's?

spike59| 2.14.13 @ 5:47AM

and, of course, then we will need to raise the minimum wage to $50 so we can afford $10 Big Macs, and so on and so on...soon, we'll all be millionaires and start paying 'our fair share'

Drunken Sailor| 2.13.13 @ 10:19AM

Tells the country one thing while doing the exact opposite. When questioned about the lack of results, repeat the process only promise bigger results.

Yep, sounds like a con to me and the sad part is a large chunk of America falls for it. Is it any wonder our email junk folders are full of phishing and email scams? Apparently there is a lucrative market in the US for this crap. Obama just took it to the next step.

Who Knows?| 2.13.13 @ 11:50AM

Remember that famous “Peanuts” cartoon, the one with the dog saying, right after eating his big meal, “That was the highlight of my day.”?

For political junkies, “eating” the latest Obama “meal” serves as their highlight of the day. Whoopie do.

The day before the SOTU address, it’s all about what’s he going to say. During it, depending on your point of view, if you watch it, given all the previous “meals” you’ve digested---and four years of an Obama diet is a killer!---I’ll leave it to you to easily imagine the immediate reaction to each morsel of it.

The day after, when you’ve had time to sleep on it, and it’s reached your “gut”, the brain can take over and out comes more rumination about the string of words that escaped The One’s mouth.

Have I told you lately how fat and sick Americans as a whole are?

A BIG WHOLE!

Well, besides the body, there is the regnant mind, and the WHOLE Obama phenomenon is sickness, on both steroids, and on stilts.

Here’s my advice—buy Tums! For the mind, especially, because it’s by the mind, through the brainwashing of the MSM, that the majority of Americans are “eating shit”!!

Yes---the 2013 SOTU speech: merely the latest empty calorie “meal”, spiked with deadly poisons.

Louis Jenkins| 2.13.13 @ 12:48PM

Tums? What this whole country needs after last night is an enema! Flush your troubles down the drain.

Who Knows?| 2.13.13 @ 1:32PM

My bad. You are correct.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 1:42PM

That WAS the Enema.

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