I have never blogged before on political issues. I vote, but then like most Americans go about my business for another four years, until we vote again. I have come to the realization that I have been naïve in believing that Barack Obama had “misguided intentions” but otherwise meant well for America. I thought that Obama is like Jimmy Carter, who although I do not agree with his politics feel that he had good intentions but was “ignorant” perhaps to the problems that face the US at home and abroad. I am not typically a “doomsdayer,” but I am here to tell you that this man and his administration have sinister intentions. Any person out there who still believes that Barack Obama wants this country to prosper as a capitalist nation had best wake up and smell what Mr. Obama has been shoveling.
During the first 6 weeks of the Obama administration has dispelled all doubt I had that the real motivation for, and ultimate goal of, his presidency is to effectively dismantle our capitalist society and replace it with a pure socialistic form of government. Anyone who finds this statement to be “laughable” isn’t paying attention. Look at what this President “accomplished” in his first month in office. He pushed through a spending bill while labeling it as a “Stimulus Package”,which doubled our deficit this year. He continues to promote the idea that we, the taxpayers, should bail out all of these failed auto companies despite the fact that they continue to be on the verge of bankruptcy even after they were given tens of billions of dollars less than 3 months ago. Obama did not stop at this. The White House asked for the resignation of the General Motors CEO. Obama did not suggest this to the shareholders of General Motors, he ostensibly fired the CEO of one of the biggest private company’s in the United States. Little did General Motors know that when they asked for Government help, that it would still be called GM, but now those initials may as well stand for “Government Motors.” Since the date of Barack Obama’s election 4 months ago, the stock market is down an astonishing 31%! And what is the President’s response to this massive loss of capital? To hold a “summit” at the White House with a herd of lobbyists to discuss the road map to universal health care for all Americans. The other big announcement from Obama’s administration this week was that the President’s budget includes provisions within it that would reduce the home mortgage deduction for taxpayers and would also reduce the amount that we can deduct from our taxes for charitable contributions that we make. Then there was the recent statement from the President’s own senior adviser, David Axelrod, when asked by a reporter about the continuing downward spiral of the stock market and how that was going to drive the White House’s policies. Axelrod stated simply, “This White House won’t be pushed around by the stock market.” The dirty little secret here is that this White House wants the stock market to continue to fail. This White House wants people suffering and walking around with their hands out in search of their own personal “bail-outs.” This White House wants charitable organizations to dry up, because where do you think people will turn to in their moment of need when the churches and other charitable organizations have no more money to give? That’s right – the almighty, all-giving, all-feeling, all-caring federal government. I am now convinced that this President has no interest in economic recovery for this nation and its citizens. There are so many policies that could be implemented immediately to stop the hemorrhaging: cut or eliminate the capital gains tax; suspend temporarily the payroll tax; cut federal spending (gasp!) instead of increasing it at unprecedented rates; and on and on and on…But what do we continue to do instead? We throw gobs of cash at failed companies like GM (the president is now guaranteeing cars?)and Citigroup who have absolutely no chance of long-term success. All the while, millions of people continue to lose their jobs (unemployment is now at a 26-year high). The number of individuals who filed for bankruptcy is up 33% over this time last year. More pain, more suffering, more dependence on government is what Obama wants. This is socialism, folks! The more despotism and despair that exists out there, the more individuals are going turn wherever they can for help. If the families and charitable organizations do not have the resources to take care of their own, that only leaves one alternative, the government. hope over fear? Our economy is in shambles. Our capitalist principles are under assault. Our belief in a limited form of government that is “of the people, by the people and for the people,” is becoming nothing more than a footnote to history. And our President sits in the West Wing smiling, almost gleeful. I am angry. I am frustrated. I am outraged. I hope you are, too. This is not the country in which I was raised. This is not the nation that our grandfathers defended. And this is certainly not the system of self-governance that our forefathers envisioned. I am but one voice. So are you. But together, with the millions of individual voices out there who still believe that our government was created not for the benefit of the few, but for the prosperity of all, we can still make a difference. We have to make a difference. We cannot fail. We must succeed. This evil – and yes, it is evil – has to be defeated. I make no apologies to anyone for speaking in such absolute terms on this matter. This President’s socialist agenda is dangerous and, if left to its own devices, would prove fatal to the future prosperity of our country. Now is the time to begin exercising some “patient persistence,” and day-by-day, to fight back against this debilitating disease known as socialism. We must not lose faith that we will prevail. Each day, you see more and more signs of it, whether it be stories about these “tea parties” taking place all over the country, or journalists who are beginning to ask the tougher questions of the administration, or commentators who previously swooned at the mention of Obama’s name who are now lashing out at his socialist policies (anyone see Jim Cramer’s tirade on MSNBC this week?). Here is part of what Jim Cramer, an admitted life long Democrat said.
“So I will fight the fight against that agenda. I will stand up for what I believe and for what I have always believed: Every person has a right to be rich in this country and I want to help them get there. And when they get there, if times are good, we can have them give back or pay higher taxes. Until they get there, I don’t want them shackled or scared or paralyzed. That’s what I see now.”
“If that makes me an enemy of the White House, then call me a general of an army that Obama may not even know exists — tens of millions of people who live in fear of having no money saved when they need it and who get poorer by the day.”
Obama’s all-important “approval rating” is down 13% since he took office (from 74% to 61%), the biggest drop in any President’s first 6 weeks in office. There is much work to be done, but I truly believe that the political winds are shifting. Obama referred to his own country as arrogant and dismissive. Right before he took the podium for this speech someone from South Carolina sang, “He’s got the whole world, in his hands, he’s got the whole wide world in his hands.” My friends, it is time to wake up, Barack Obama is not the messiah, he is the arrogant one. Obama is dismissive to his own countrymen and to the world. The United Kingdom, France, Germany and many of the other country’s that make up the G20 would not be what they are today had it not been for the goodness, generosity and the thousands of men who shed their blood to fight against the Nazi’s, communism and other tyrants. Now is not the time to leave this work to other people. Talk to your neighbors, send an email, call your representatives, attend a “tea party,” inform the citizenry (especially the younger generation). Do whatever you can. I am telling you – it’s that important.
