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Black is White and Up is Down and Obama Isn't a Thug

By Quin Hillyer on 6.18.09 @ 7:04PM

I try really really hard to avoid the term "Orwellian," but I can't help it here: This is Orwellian word use on steroids to the googleplex degree. Byron York reports that the White House is calling the firing of AmeriCorps IG Gerald Walpin an act of "political courage." When thuggery is called courage, when corruption is called integrity, when ignoring the spirit of the law is called judiciousness.... well, then, that's when this firing becomes defensible. This is a sinister White House.

Just a note: How simple would it have been to give a nice (non-pecuniary) inducement to entice Mr. Walpin into retirement, considering that he almost retired on his own five months ago anyway and had said he would reconsider his status at the end of the month? Easy as winning a poker hand when being deal four aces, that's how easy. But instead these thugs at the White House fired the guy, without proper notice. What are they trying to hide? Perhaps they fear he will stay on and be around to expose the corruption when they try to send contracts through ACORN or turn various grantees into a political army. That's what they are surely trying to hide.

These people must, by all legal means, be stopped. Cold. They are dangerous.

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Pete| 6.18.09 @ 7:35PM

I would exercise your 2nd amendment rights, Mr. Hillyer. It won't be long before these mobsters look to silence those who attempt to speak the truth.

Kevin DuBois| 6.18.09 @ 8:37PM

Good article, but I believe the spelling is 'googolplex'

Ran| 6.18.09 @ 8:53PM

Chicago Thug Fascism.

It's gotten to the point where the duty of the next Administration will be to go beyond undoing the damage and thuggery of the present. It will be necessary for Congress to actually roll-back the powers of the Presidency itself.

Ran| 6.18.09 @ 9:28PM

Chicago Thug Fascism.

When an administration:
- fires private sector CEO's,
- threatens private individuals with ACORN "pitchforks",
- loots private equity wholesale to redistribute assets to Union supporters,
- pillages auto dealerships according to Party-line donations,
- uses the FDA to interfere with the clients of a talk-show host,
- fires Inspectors General contrary to Law,
- prints and looses hundreds of billions (with a B) of dollars
- pushes for centralized computer controls on home heating and cooling,
- distributed to only G-d knows where and saddles my children to debt they can never repay...

The litany just gets longer every day.

There are very real consequences of the the actions being taken against our Constitution and our way of life that need vigorous, unrelenting opposition. We need to remind ourselves that passion and even anger are not the enemies of reason. Rather they are Nature's appropriate response to the sinister.

I feel in a surreal place. This Administration's and Congress' grabbings and takings are the stuff of a script for a really cheesy pulp fiction. But it's real.

Kendra| 6.18.09 @ 10:34PM

Sounds like the Mafia, doesn't it?

Mike| 6.18.09 @ 11:54PM

Impeachment is coming, how sad, but nessessary...

Catherine| 6.19.09 @ 6:02AM

We need a William Wallace.

The more he gets away with the harder he will be to stop. He is pushing the envelope to see how far he can go.

Frank St.Clair| 6.19.09 @ 8:57AM

There will be no impeachment with the Leftists in control of the House and Senate. They cheer the advance of his tyranny. Does this look like Italy in the 30's to anyone else?

Becky| 6.19.09 @ 9:02AM

Catherine, I agree. That is why he is rushing to get as much in place as possible. I blame the press. They just seem so lazy and stupid. I know they agree with him politically, but they don't even try to play devil's advocate with him. Nor correct his historical inaccuracies. Unless of course, they also suffer the same deficit.

LeChat| 6.19.09 @ 9:05AM

We need to start thinking and planning on how we will correct the damage after this miscreant leaves office. Picking up the pieces of what's left of America and putting them back together will be very difficult and expensive.

Oldefarte| 6.19.09 @ 10:16AM

Capone and Dillinger were 'thugs'----these morons are just slimy Chicago-style politicians, and the Americans who voted them into office are sadly stupid [and will pay the price for same]!!!!!

snaggletoothie| 6.19.09 @ 10:49AM

I found their claim of courage both crazy making and silly: http://fishwrangler.blogspot.com/2009/06/profiles-in-courage-chicago-style.html
I have a sister who loves Obama. Even before the inauguration she saw an IMPEACH OBAMA bumper sticker that had her seeing red. I didn't rag her about it for the sake of peace in the family. But anyone who followed that election closely knew that we are in for a wild ride. I also realized that Obama's lack of respect for the law and for others coupled with his irrational belief that he can get away with anything makes impeachment an ever present possibility.

mmo365| 6.21.09 @ 4:18AM

I have been actively involved in the Virtual goods and services market since 2001 where I started selling Everquest Platinum on Ebay, now I am the owner and COO of www.mmo365.com. We have seen much growth in this market and the potential is endless, however there are many misconceptions that are found all over the net about the gold farmer, about the concepts behind a lot of what goes on in the industry.

Currently in the MMO market there is a constant battle between game developer and seller which usually ends in mass account bannings. These could cost a company such as Mmo365 tens of thousands of dollars of lost product in a day. I wonder when there will actually be discussion about that side of the industry, about the companies like mine that are providing a service that makes peoples experience in the game enjoyable, we keep the players playing. Yet the developers insist on battling the market and what I consider stealing money from us. If it wasn’t for our market these game companies would see a significant amount of people leave their games because the players just don’t have the time or patience to sit around and grind out levels or farm gold. Some players as well as developers will say that that the game was not meant to have this sort of activity go on. But who is it really meant for? If I enjoy playing WoW and use it as an escape from the day to day madness, almost like therapy yet I don’t have the time like my in game friends to spend on it then I should have the right to be able to play the game how I want to play it. If that includes buying Powerleveling or WOW Gold than that is how the game was meant to be played by me. Really when you step back and think about it Blizzard is just looking at this as a payday, they know they will not get rid of the RMT market and the China gold farm. They also know that every time they ban a “farmer” that same person will buy another wow cdkey. Is that right? I don’t think so! Talk about Plight of the Chinese farmer, Blizzard is the biggest cause putting many of the Chinese production companies out of business and the workers back on the streets in China. I know people will argue that our market breaks the EULA of these games however this is a consumer driven market, if the demand was not there this market would not exist.

Tiger
www.mmo365.com