I was thinking about Barack and Michelle Obama’s successes of the International World Stage. We heard all about Michell’s clothing, Barack Obama’s charm, but what did he actually accomplish. Let’s see…
Getting NATO allies to help out in Afghanistan? Fail.
Both Merkel and Sarkozy told him to stick it regarding the issue of how to fix the world wide economic problems.
He gaffed badly with Gordon Brown, the British press, the british people, and managed to imply that the Brits were just plain old allies, nothing special.
He had his silly “give the Queen an iPod with Obama memento’s” moment
He bowed to the King of Saud
He threw Poland and the proposed missile shield under the bus, and then Russia told him to take a hike
He has ignored the N. Korean missile launch.
His Sec of State told China not to worry about that pesky human rights problem.
He has criticized Hamid Karzai multiple times, and his admin leaked info about possibly expanding air strikes in other areas of Pakistan, embarrassing the Pakistani leadership.
He reached out with that cute video to Iran, which turned around and told him where to shove it.
Cuba told him to piss off. Hugo Chavez said Obama had a stench like Bush, and called Obama an ignoramus.
He insulted the leader of Brazil.
Russia floated the notion of basing bombers in Cuba. No response from the B.O. admin.
He completely ducked the issue of the Armenian genocide while in Turkey, despite complaining about it for years.
Discussed making peace with the “moderate Taliban.” Like there are any
Thought it was a great idea for Pakistan to make peace overtures to the Taliban.
The “reset” button fiasco
Joe Biden thanking Spain for all their help in Iraq
Sending the bust of Winston Churchill back to Britain in the first couple days
And we aren’t even at day 75 yet. Am I leaving anything big out? I know of a few minor ones, such as James Hansen (a federal employee who works for NASA, meaning Obama) writing a snotty letter that insulted Australia for their coal plants.
Real Time with Bill Maher that aired in March took on everyone you can imagine; nobody was safe from their wrath. They went after Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes, Fox News in general, Bernie Goldberg, and basically anyone else who is right of their beliefs.
Maher and Olbermann said that people like Rush and Beck could provoke people like Tim McVeigh to do violence, and they blame Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch for even hiring Beck. Maher said he worries about those “bitter clingers to their guns” that Obama spoke of in San Francisco.
I tried to transcribed the whole video, but my Blood Pressure was getting so high from all of their lies, that I finally just focused on the most outrageous parts.
Maher: Right-wingers are more dangerous when they’re out of power. Glenn Beck is so powerful, or else he wouldn’t give him the time of day. He’s a kook and a creep, and has a wild imagination.
Maher: Tim McVeigh said it was this type of talking (Beck’s) that made him blow up the building in Oklahoma City.
Sorkin: Beck talked about FEMA concentration camps, so he’s nuts.
(Umm! Check your facts, there Sorkin, Beck is debunking these claims of FEMA concentration camps. Hey, I understand, Sorkin, debunking is to big a word for you. Here I will explain it in a way only a socialist lying liberal will understand, Debunk-One can readily see that debunk is constructed from the prefix de-, meaning “to remove,” and the word bunk.)
Olbermann: The guy who shot the pastor in the church in Tennessee said he did so because he was unable to kill all the liberals listed in Bernie Goldberg’s book.
Olbermann: Said he’s got nothing on Howard Beale compared to that guy (Beck). He’s a Father Charles_Coughlin but with a crew cut. He (Beck) doesn’t even know what he’s saying.
Washington: If his crying and passion are not authentic, she wants to meet his acting coach.
Maher: Who is responsible are Roger Ailes & Rupert Murdoch, for putting Glenn Beck on the air.
Maher: Obama was right about right-wingers who are bitter and cling to their guns.
Washington: Beck is like a conservative Jerry Springer.
Washington: I love Pelosi because she got Republicans to vote for the 90% tax on AIG execs.
(Ummm! I hope she is a better actress than how she appears to pays attention to political matters, Obama’s plan passed the Senate without any Republican votes.
Sanders: The function of Fox is to divert attention away from the real issues and to get middle class people dealing with different issues. What Fox does is scare conservatives about the 2nd Amendment, which is totally unfounded.
Olbermann: Michael Wolf (bio of Murdoch) said there is no moral code guiding Fox – it’s all about how much money Murdoch could make, and that if they could turn 100% liberal and make money, Murdoch would do it in a heartbeat. Although Olby said he would never compromise his beliefs if he could make more money working for a conservative network (i.e., he can’t be bought). He says he knows this from personal experience that there are a couple of these guys at Fox News who are just salesmen, would go to the other side just for money, but says he would not himself. He said he already worked for them once, but it was just a bunch of crap. He said he has personally talked to Sean Hannity and noted Hannity said “isn’t this crazy that people think we’re enemies, but it’s just TV?” Keith says he just shrugged it off and that he’s never said anything on air he didn’t believe in. He said Beck doesn’t know what he believes in.
Sanders: “The positive side of the economic disaster is people are really seeing the greed of the ruling class of the elite rich.”
Olbermann: “It is a nation about corporations and that we have to roll back many of their libertiesand reign them in.” (emphasis mine)
Olberman actually said that “we have to roll back many of their liberties and reign them in.” Amazing! They sit there and call Glenn Beck crazy in his assumption that socialism is coming to America. All the while they have a sitting US senator who is an admitted socialist on this panel.
Interesting, that there was not one of the people they were bashing were invited on the show to defend themselves. Could it be they were lying and did not want to be shown as such on National TV?
Here is the three part response by Glenn Beck to Maher, Olberman, Saunders, Washington and Sorkin here, here and here
Recently, I read that Barack Obama is being compared to Ronald Reagan. Within only the first 6 weeks of his presidency Obama has been the most polarizing amercian president. Obama proved he is not interested in working with the Republicans by shoving his Bankrupting America Package (AKA “Stimulus Package) through the US Senate. This package will cost more than the entire Iraq War. The bill also expands COBRA, the law that allows a company’s former employees to continue receiving group coverage. It would fund 65% of individuals’ premiums for up to 12 months. And it allows workers older than 55, or those who have worked at a company for 10 years, to keep their COBRA coverage until they qualify for Medicare or find a new job. Among the plan’s biggest departures is allowing those who are unemployed to enroll in Medicaid, the health program for the poor. It would temporarily expand Medicaid to allow millions of unemployed workers to qualify for benefits. Just who is going to pay for all of his new programs? President Obama continues to sell the make believe that only those whose income is over $250,000.00 will find face a tax increase. Freedom is not free, but neither is Socialism. Obama claims that this package calls for us all to work for the good of the country. Sound familiar? It should, if you look at what socialism is. Do you think that if you do not make more than 250,000.00/year you will be excluded? If you are working or retired, young or old, rich or poor, black, white, Native American, Hispanic, Asian, every race from every state or territory will be included. It will not matter whether one is poorly or highly educated, all will be told to work. What will be the pay? Nothing of course, because it will un-patriotic to have anything of your own. Everything will be given and belong to the state, not the citizens.
Is this what Reagan believed?
Lets really compare Obama to Ronald Reagan. Reagan set stakes in the ground, boundaries for his foes, but he didn’t try to re-make the world in 100 days. No doubt he did re-make the world for the better over his two terms. Reagan knew it was better to fade away than burn out. President Obama will take Neil Young’s advice and do the opposite if he keeps it up.
The origins of this liberal revival are not new. In 1967, Susan Sontag wrote in the Partisan Review:
“The white race is the cancer of human history. It is the white race and it alone- it’s ideologies and inventions- which eradicates autonomous civilizations wherever it spreads, which has upset the ecological balance of the planet, which now threatens the very existence of life itself.”
In an essay within “Our Times – The Washington Times 1982-2002″ Arnold Beichman gives us a reminder of what’s going on:
“The power of the Left academy was to be seen in what has happened in the field of history. Professor Kenneth S. Lynn of Johns Hopkins University wrote that “self-criticism is now so rampant in the American culture, that many historians simply cannot deal with the principle achievements of the American past unless they can think of ways to discredit them.””
This is the rewriting of history President Obama pursues. Tierany is his chosen path.
You will not hear the kind of rhetoric backed by strength you heard from Reagan when he said to the Soviet Union at the Berlin Wall:
“General Secretary Gorbachev,if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”
No, President Obama is an stuffed suit. A hollow horse. Below are some samples of his recent rhetoric:
“I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.” Time Magazine, June 26, 2005
“I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we’ve struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We’ve made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.” Obama’s Speech in Berlin, July 2005
“I think when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everybody.” Obama’s reponse to “Joe the Plumber” during his campaign.
“The thing about hip-hop today is it’s smart, it’s insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.”
“We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don’t like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States.” Interview with Barack Obama by Carl M. Cannon published in readersdigest.co.nz
“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.” July, 2, 2008
Well, change the rhetoric, without a TelePrompTer, and you pretty much have nothing.
One more from President Reagan to contrast with President Obama:
“The difference between the path toward greater freedom or bigger government is the difference between success and failure; between opportunity and coercion; between faith in a glorious future and fear of mediocrity and despair; between respecting people as adults, each with a spark of greatness, and treating them as helpless children to be forever dependent; between a drab, materialistic world where Big Brother rules by promises to special interest groups, and a world of adventure where everyday people set their sights on impossible dreams, distant stars, and the Kingdom of God. We have the true message of hope for America.”
In PresBOs world, Big Brother rules. He knows better than you. You’re just too stupid to figure it out. At least, that’s what he’s counting on.
Whether its changing the rhetoric or re-writing American history, President Obama is more dangerous than Jimmy Carter. That’s a malaise I would rather forget and not repeat, but it looks like I am right in the middle of it with you right now.
President Obama’s world is small and flat where everyone is the same, no one is significantly better or worse than the next. Reagan world was big, round, and full of good and lines in the sand drawn to keep evil in its place. America was the biggest and best without question. President Obama’s goal is to put that into question.
MSNBC Unscientific Poll: \”Give President Obama a Grade\”MS-NBC is conducting a poll (Grade The President) as to how President Obama is doing during his first 100 days. As of this afternoon (about 10 pm EDT) 32% of voters graded him “A”, 6.5% gave him a “B”, 5.2% a “C”, 14% graded him a “D” and 43% of voters graded him “F”. I usually can’t give MSNBC credit for much but I will give them credit for leaving the score posted since it most certainly doesn’t fit its own political agenda. They have been drunk on Obama’s Koo-laid since the beginning of his campaign. MSNBC has been one of the biggest apologists for President Obama along the other liberal helpers like Pelosi and Dodd.
