http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/mitt-romney-gets-personal-campaign-trail-hopes-connecting-113125981.html I really like this story and I appreciate the reporting skills of the reporter. I also appreciate the editors who allowed this wonderful story to be published. The key ingredient for me was that the voters are helping Romney. I served in the US Army for thirty years and we had a slogan which I think was the best. It said, “Be All that You Can Be!” The essence of the slogan was that a person had personal traits that distinguished them from others. These were the traits of the individual’s personal success. The Army was not going to give these traits to the soldier. He or she already had the traits. The Army would release them, nurture them, and focus them so that the individual could “Be All that They Could Be.” In this article about Governor Romney, we see that the voters see within the man unique character traits that they want him to release. Therefore, the people in the audiences are happy when he allows himself to be himself. Reading the article, I too, found this side of Governor Romney delightful. However, I am in favor of Romney not because of his likeability, we had that with candidate Obama and we elected a likeable ideologue who seeks to fundamentally change the USA. I am sure the supporters of Franco, Salazar, Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin all convinced themselves that their leaders were likeable. But we know them as tyrants. I am in favor of Romney because of his experience as a Governor, entrepreneur, and very successful businessman. The USA is a nation in need of a lover of the USA who wants to restore our great business system instead bashing it and the captains of its industry. For myself, I intuited that the man Romney was a man of faith, a husband to a sick wife, and a father to well-adjusted children. I thought it to be obvious and I was not surprised that candidate Romney was all business during business hours. Frankly, that is what I want in my President, a leader who knows how to work. I could care less about his basketball picks or his golfing skills. And to the latest jab that Romney built an elevator in his mansion. Good for him. He spent his own money, thereby helping the manufacturer, wholesaler, and installers plus all the ancillary producers of the expensive product. And Obama? He spends 179 thousand dollars of taxpayer money every time he takes the nation’s jet, US One, to his personal campaign fund-raising events. It is time for a change in Washington and it is this writers hope that Romney will choose Rep. Paul Ryan as his Vice President. Why? Because although the Presidency of the Senate is largely ceremonial, there is nonetheless, enough power in that position to allow Ryan’s economic genius to flourish as he gets significant financial and economic programs through a “dead on arrival” Harry Reid slaughterhouse.
Author: Frederick Henry
Retired army
17 Trillion Obamacare Costs Discovered
http://news.yahoo.com/another-17-trillion-surprise-found-obamacare-133210667.html Put simply, this insane spending bill must be repealed by the Congress and better and smaller bills passed. This 2700 page legislation brings disaster. If we elect a new Senate this Fall and the new Senators are committed to repealing Obama care entirely and then starting over to sanely approach our nation’s medical care needs, we will be better off as a country. The downfall of the USSR was because they could no longer afford the enormous expenses of the cold war, of a large standing military and the wasteful communist economic system. Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Ireland, although much smaller countries suffered from over spending and without massive outside help would have destroyed their economies. There is no one, not even the Chinese, who will help the USA get out of the tens of trillions of spending under Obama care. So, add it all up and the end of USA is near, not in an apocalyptic earthquake but in an economic self-destruction. Since the gridlock in the USA is caused by a Senate leadership that refuses to allow the Republican House of Representative to pass a budget, and since the leader of the Senate has consistently declared all Republican sponsored solutions to the nation’s needs to be “dead on arrival,” we need to give the Republican party a majority in the Senate in order to get out of the do nothing state of affairs caused by a President who says that he wants to rule without the consent of Congress and a Senate that blocks all Republican attempts to solve our nation’s problems. By the way, the House of Representative defeated the Presidents proposed budget for the fourth time. The latest vote was 414 against. That says a lot about the foolishness of Obama’s proposal and the sincerity of the House of Representatives. The Senate also consistently turned down the Obama proposed Budgets. But the Senate also has consistently turned down House budgets. The bottleneck to progress seems to be the White House and the Senate.
Trayvon Martin Shooting was a True Tragedy.
Amid all the political shouting and the radical fundraising of Sharpton and Jackson, can we at least agree that the shooting of Trayvon Martin was a true tragedy? Very sadly, a young person lost his life. Nothing, absolutely nothing, can correct that event. My prayers, as a fellow human being, a father and a grandfather, are offered for the family. My prayers also extend to the shooter. Yes, he is accused. Yes, he is suspect. And yes, the situation at the moment of fire is unclear. Nonetheless, the whole event is out of a horror movie. There are no excuses here. I am not in any way trying to downplay the full dark tragedy of this moment in time. However, I do hope to use this event for growth, for healing and in order to advance beyond race, hate, and prejudice.
Frankly, I am not clear how this all works out. However, we have a 17 year old boy whose racial understanding maybe have been poison and an older hispanic man whose cultural understanding may have been equally poison.
What may have been the poison? May I suggest the poison of class and race? May I suggest the poison of the haves versus the have-nots? May I suggest the poison that comes from the top, namely, the President of the USA who accuses the Massachusetts police, who apologizes to the world concerning USA, and who likens Trayvon Martin to his own (would be) son.
Why is racism only a White to Black phenomenon? Can racism be Black toward White? Can it be Hispanic toward Black? Can it be immigrant toward citizen? (Although, we are really all immigrants!)
I am sad. I believe that you are sad. It is a sad day for America. Trayvon is dead. George Zimmerman lives but what is his life now?
Some take to the streets, and some, like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, don’t really care, as long as the funding letter goes out and the money rolls in. But the rest of us are sad. Why? Because this really does not need to happen. Because we can rise above petty disputes concerning money and property. Because we can see through the illusion of color and ethnicity. If we have the will.
Very, and I repeat, very sadly, our President has decided to throw his support in favor of a continuation of stereotypical racism and ethnic hatred. President Obama is not a solution to the problem. He is at least a symptom and at most a cause.
There probably will be a court room scene for this sad happening. A judge will preside and a jury will decide. But you and I, the greater society, must also decide. Can we at least agree that this was a true American tragedy? Can we grieve over this sad event as a caring society that sees George Zimmerman doing what he thinks is right and sees Trayvor Martin as doing what he thinks is right? Could George be defending his hard-won property while Trayvor is defending his right to gain the same?
Christians Helping Peace in Syria
» 03/16/2012 23:50 VATICAN – SYRIA Vatican Nunzio: For the Church in Syria it is time to go on the offensive and not stand and watch by Bernardo Cervellera In an interview with AsiaNews, Mgr. Mario Zenari, for the past three years nunzio in Damascus, described all the elements that make up the tangled skein of Syria. The deep division between Sunnis and Alawites (Shiites) and the growing hatred. The too fearful Christians must commit themselves to building a society where there is respect for man and his rights, equality for women, equality among all citizens, freedom of religion and of conscience. Being in Syria is a mission. At Homs a priest talks with the rebels and with the army to provide aid to the poor, to save the lives of the inhabitants, to bury the dead that nobody wants to touch. In a year of violence at least 800-900 children have been killed. The majority were shot in the streets by unknown snipers. Syria is changing and there’s no turning back.
Damascus (AsiaNews) – “This is the Christians’ hour”; there has begun “a new historical process in Syria” from which it will never turn back and “Christians cannot miss this rendezvous with history”: Msgr. Mario Zenari, for three years now the Vatican nuncio in Damascus, speaks almost excitedly as he recalls the Christians’ missionary efforts of Christians, which is to be “like sheep among wolves”, but with an identity and a task. Precisely because in Syria the gap between the different components of society is widening more and more, he sees an urgent need for Christians to come out into society and build bridges of reconciliation, defending the values typical of the Church’s social doctrine: human dignity, rejection of violence, equality between men and women, fundamental freedoms, freedom of conscience and religion, the separation between religion and state. “It is urgent”, he said, “to go out into the open, on the attack, and not to sit back and watch.” Mgr. Zenari, 66, tells stories of ordinary heroism of some priests who have remained in Homs during this months’ bombing and violence. While sharing in the mourning for the tragedy of the Belgian children killed in a car accident in Switzerland, he reminds us that in Syria 800-900 children have already been killed, mostly shot “in the head and the heart” by strangers: “Their murder is an atrocity” and it is necessary that the international community ensure “justice for these children.” Here is the full interview which Mgr. Zenari gave via telephone to AsiaNews.
Your Excellency, what is it like is to be in Syria at this moment?
My heart is sad. This is the fourth spring that I’ve lived in Damascus and this year I still haven’t seen spring arrive. They’re expecting the fruits of Kofi Annan’s mission, but there are fears that the parties will say “Yes, but …”, where the “but” is more important than the “yes”. Instead it is urgent that both parties make a tremendous effort. The distances between them have become huge and are widening every day. For this reason it’s necessary for both parties to jump through hoops to rebuild the dialogue. A reversal is necessary, a conversion… The climate is so deteriorated that a fair amount of heroism is needed, perhaps a bit more from one particular side. Hopefully the help of the international community will bear fruit, so it will make them make great gestures, but it’s a bit difficult.
Before, the international community accused only the regular army. Now Annan has called for an end to the violence from both sides; Britain hopes for a peaceful solution; France is doubtful about sending weapons to the rebels…
Yes, this is true. The request has to come from 360 degrees, from all sides. Maybe at the beginning the media exaggerated about only one of the sides. But both parties are called upon to make gestures of goodwill and put an end to violence. At first, perhaps driven by enthusiasm for the Arab spring in other regions, the riots were seen in a very idealistic manner; and then going forward, we saw many other aspects come into play. To date, Syria is a tangled skein, and there are many elements to watch.
Could you list these elements?
Initially there were demonstrations for more democracy, more respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms, with peaceful demonstrations that were suppressed. But then so many factors were added: first, the fact that 75% of the society here is composed of Sunnis; then, that it is governed by 12% of the population who are the Alawites. This tension between Sunnis and Alawites today is decisive, without forgetting the other aspects. History will assess how the relationship between Sunnis and Shiites has gone (the Alawites are somehow linked to the Shiite world).
There is also an attempt to internationalize the conflict.
We are neighbors with Iraq, with Israel, with Lebanon; and we’re not far from Iran… and so in Syria ingredients come in from all sides and complicate the mess.
There is a risk that the international community use Syria as a chessboard for its interests: the West, Saudi Arabia and Qatar against Iran; Israel against Hezbollah; Turkey against Syria … But the needs of the Syrian people are forgotten.
There are various readings. There is the simplistic one of the regime which claims that a foreign conspiracy is present. It’s impossible to evaluate fully how much is true and how much is propaganda.
The Syrian Christians, 10% of the population, seem caught in the crossfire.
For me there is a place for Christians and they cannot afford to miss this appointment with this new historical process. There is no doubt that Syria is changing: a new process has begun and there’s no going back. Where should the Christians place themselves? I would answer based on the Psalms, a wisdom that is at least 2500 years old. And one Psalm says: Do not lean on a falling wall [Ps 61 (62), 4]. And neither should a man stand by, gazing out the window. Christians are in society and must roll up their sleeves. In the past there have been faithful who have made a glorious contribution in the field of culture, art, politics: one of the founders of the Baath Party was a Christian. Woe, therefore, if they miss this appointment. What’s more, Christians start off with an advantage. The Pope, a few months ago, at the Syrian ambassador’s presentation of credentials [June 9, 2011], pointed out that there are exemplary relations between Christians and Muslims. The Christians in Syria also have a good elite: cultural figures, academics, lawyers, presidents of hospitals… It’s time to live out our task and make our contribution, reclaiming our dignity and our identity, based on the Gospel and the social doctrine of the Church: human dignity, rejection of violence, equality between men and women, fundamental freedoms, freedom of conscience and religion, the separation between religion and state, etc… It is urgent to go out in the open, on the attack, and not to sit back and watch.
Three years ago I presented my credentials to President Assad. And I was impressed that for following 15 minutes during the personal interview, the president continued to speak of the importance that Christians have for Syrian society. He truly admired the Christian components in the country. In this phase of transformation, one cannot look back and think about some protection from the outside: we must work for a rule of law, in which all citizens are equal, have the same rights and duties.
Another thing I noticed is that at every level Christians serve as a bridge. In many mixed villages, Alawites and Christians live in peace, Sunnis and Christians the same, Druze and Christians live in harmony… In these times, with the conflict, sometimes there has been friction and confrontation, but until now, no church has ever suffered even a scratch. In any case, we Christians can have a function of reconciliation among all the groups living in the country. The idea is going around that the fate of Christians in Syria is likely to be similar to what happened in Iraq. But Syria is not Iraq, and it’s not even Egypt: it has its own characteristics, with a tradition of good tolerance.
The Gospel tells us: I send you out as sheep among wolves. And the wolves are not only in Damascus but also in Frankfurt, New York, London, Paris …. only somewhat more subtle and refined. Being in the midst of wolves is part of our mission and we need not fear. The Gospel also says: “Do not be afraid.”
I have continually before my eyes outstanding examples of this mission. In these days Homs is hell. Everyday I phone three priests who have remained there. As we speak, we hear gunfire because the Christian quarter is between in the crossfire. One of them is remarkable for what he is able to do: he talks to the rebels to halt the violence, asking them permission to let pass the trucks with food aid for the poor. On the other hand, from the other side, he asks the army not to shoot, in order not to hit the neighborhoods where there are still inhabitants, or sacred buildings. And he serves as a bridge, like a sheep among wolves. Several days ago there were the bodies of three soldiers in front of the cathedral. They had been there for 10 days. No one dared to recover them because there was the risk of being killed. So he went to the rebels and asked for clemency for these bodies. The rebels at first were angry, shouting: “What do we care for these pigs?” But he said: “No, after we are dead we are not pigs, we are all equal.” And he managed to get them to listen: they loaded the bodies onto a truck and dumped them onto a piece of road where it was easier for their fellow soldiers to recover them.
The Church can do a lot, on a practical, charitable level, and with our choices, focusing on the defense of the human person, above party lines. We must give attention to the hungry, the wounded, the dead… So many people have been killed and no one knows by whom. We must go out, denounce, give our testimony in favor of the human person.
These days the world has been impressed by the tragedy of that bus that crashed in a tunnel in Switzerland. 22 Belgian children died and the emotion that it aroused is understandable. Here in Syria, until 2 weeks ago, according to the UN there have been 7500 killed, but now we are up to 9500. Of these, at least 500 are children! This means that out of every 15 deaths, one was a child. Some of them died crushed by the rubble caused by bombs, but the majority died in the street and not because they stumbled or fell, no: they were shot in the heart or the head with bullets. I hope that the international community can do something to ensure justice for these children. It is good and fitting to be moved over 22 children, but here there are 800-900 who have died. It is urgent to denounce these crimes. Human life is sacred, that of those who wear the military uniform, like that of the rebels, but even more so that of children. Their murder is an atrocity.
The road Syria is on is long, difficult and painful, like that of a river: it may deviate, go right or left, but it reaches the sea. The Synod for the Middle East prompted the bishops and the faithful to witness to the faith and work together to build the city of man along with the others. The Church must speak its position, meet, comfort, clean up these disfigured faces. Being in this country is a mission.
What can we Catholics do in the rest of the world? The Custody of the Holy Land, for example, has launched a campaign to help the Christians of Syria…
We must begin by thanking you for your generosity and solidarity, which is much needed. I hope that with Caritas and other institutions we can alleviate all the suffering in the country. It is also necessary try to understand the situation of the Christians. It’s one thing is to reason at a table, and another thing to get carried away by sentiment. We must understand even the feelings and listen.
What worries me most is the growing hatred in society. For now it isn’t manifest, but it’s burning. The bullets that the two groups are exchanging are only the tip of the iceberg. We are walking on embers that can ignite at any time. For our part, we Christians witness to charity. It’s the Christians’ moment, we must act and go on the offensive in defense of the human person: it is important not to miss this historic moment.
Newsmax shows Romney the winner
http://www.newsmax.com/surveys/Results/id/34
Very Interesting poll results from the readers of Newsmax and Newsmax online. At first it looks like the other guy but then we get the surprize. What does it mean?
Republican Anti Romneyism is Pathological not Ideological
“Yeah, I understand it. Everyone in the Republican establishment wants Romney and they’d like everyone else to go home,” Gingrich told ABC News’ Jon Karl in an interview Tuesday. “They’d like to have a coronation, but that’s not how this is done.”
There is weird thinking in the USA conservative movement that Governor Mitt Romney is not a true Conservative. This kind of thinking betrays a pathological bias more than an ideological divide between Governor Mitt Romney and Senator Santorum and Speaker Gingrich.
The best way I can describe it is to make analogy with the Christian Church. Firstly, let me say clearly that this analogy is not anger toward or indiscreet criticism of the Christian Church. I love the Christian Church, warts and all. However, the analogy of Christian and indeed, Jewish and Moslem denominationalism fits the current Republican scene.
Christians, including Mormon Christians, proclaim that Jesus is the Christ. They adhere to the creedal formulations of the Church and they distinguish themselves from other faith religions. However, within Christianity, there are various labels for various Christian Churches. The two big ones are Roman Catholic and Orthodox. Then there are the many so-called Protestant groups, like Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Baptist.
All of these groups aka. “denominations”, profess Jesus as the Christ, that God is Trinity in character, and that a person is granted eternal life through a relationship with God through Christ in faith. That applies to 100% of the groups mentioned as being Christian. So what’s the difference? Why are there denominations? An adequate answer to both questions would require a treatise. However, a simplification would be to say that all the denominations are a result of social/economic/political and cultural differences between various people at the time of the inception of each denominational group. Not much help in understanding the core basis of denominationalism, is it? That’s because there is no simple answer, denominationalism is a phenomenon.
Today, the battle within the Republican party is between the so-called Conservatives, Moderates and Liberals. They are all part of the established Republican party which party is the only Republican party there is and the only one entitled to be listed on the ballot in fifty States as Republican! Like all the groups within Christianity are Christians, so all the groups within the Republican party are Republican. The names they call themselves, their denominators, are self-imposed qualifiers. Over time, these qualifiers have become nuanced so that a Conservative in 2012 is not the same as a Conservative of 1912.
It is this writer’s opinion that in other elections the nuances between the groups and even within the groups were allowed to blend. This blending producted hybrids known as Moderate Liberals and Moderate Conservatives. The adjective “moderate” allowed Republicans the flexibility to pull the right and the left toward the center of the Republican spectrum. However, the advent of Talk Show radio has introduced an element of rigidity into the party which denies that such moderation is allowed. Rather, Talk Show hosts insist upon a definition of Conservative which precludes the hybrid, Moderate-Conservative designator. And in the present context, Governor Mitt Romney is seen to be a hybrid and not purely Conservative.
From my seat along the sidelines of politics, it seems that Liberals and Moderates are still willing to allow flexible definitions of a person’s political philosophy. So, they allow that a person can be strictly Conservative in economic politics while being moderately Conservative in social politics and maybe, conservatively liberal regarding international politics. It is possible, there may be many so-called “pure” Conservatives who also will allow flexibility regarding Governor Romney because they feel that he has the best chance of winning against President Obama. Sadly, it is becoming evident that Talk Show hosts like Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh, (to name the best, biggest and most influential) are fundamentally opposed to any graduated designator.
In the title to this article I use the concept that this refusal to allow moderation of so-called “pure” Conservatism is pathological rather than ideological. I believe that an ideological difference can become nuanced when influenced by reasoned conversation. However, both Santorum and Gingrich and their promoters say that they are essentially anti Romney. Since they denominate themselves as the true Conservative in distinction to Romney’s Moderate Conservatism, then, I believe, their opposition to him is unreasoned, ingrained, emotional and I suggest, pathological.
No Obama Outrage over Islamic Stonings
http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-militia-stone-youths-death-emo-style-171115804.html Granted at the outset that this story deals with the sovereign state of Iraq. Also granted that essentially these murders are none of our business. Lastly, granted that the President of the USA cannot comment upon everything that happens in our world. Yet this story is very shocking because it comes out of Iraq. It is remembered that we lost the lives of several thousand of the best of USA youth in order to secure the freedom of this Moslem Nation. It is also remembered that ten thousand of USA youth were maimed in the war to “free” the Iraqi people. Therefore, to read that this type if Islamo/nazi radicalism is once again prominent in Iraq is disheartening.
Taking all of the above items into consideration, this writer is disappointed that the President of the USA displays a very pro Islamic orientation. He apologizes for an accidental burning of a mere book, namely the Quran. Hey, it is not our problem that Moslems cannot cope with the burning of their scripture. I am a Christian and my church discards dozens of holy Scriptures yearly. The printed books are worn, or weathered, or yellowed or their covers are destroyed. As a Christian, our holy Bible is a book. It is the content and the message of the content that is holy and not the pages on which the words are printed. And while I can accept the President’s statement that he apologized in order to save lives, nonetheless, I do not hear him protesting the incident here described nor do I hear him decrying the continued genocidal bombing by Moslems of Christian churches in Nigeria.
Why is this important? This writer believes that the job of the President of the USA is to uphold the Constitution, to defend the nation against its enemies, foreign and domestic and to extend the interests of the nation worldwide. However, President Obama seems more intent on apologizing for the nation, and taking a defensive position concerning the international interests of USA.
Is USA Becoming Like Israel?
http://news.yahoo.com/israel-kills-more-gaza-gunmen-rockets-fired-israel-103107234.html
I will try to write more about this, but for now, read the article and ask the questions:
Is Israel’s blowing up the car of anti Israel militants, the same as our using drones against identified terrorists?
If the new rules of war allow such behavior, then what about armed conflict between nations? There are rules, you know!
If Newark was a nation inside of NJ how could it function?
If the nation of Newark blasted rockets over its border and killed people in Paterson, what would be an appropriate response?
What are we supposed to do concerning the lingering idea of pre emptive aggression? Pre emptive aggression is now called, as it was by Hitler and Stalin, pre emptive defense. It is the primitive notion that might makes right. Therefore, if I think you are going to hurt me and I know that you have a gun, then I am justified to go to your house and burn it down in order to prevent you from hurting me.
Governor Christie Survives Navy SEAL Attack
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/governor-chris-christie-idiot-student-damn-man-m-221915452.html
Governor Christie was attacked yesterday during a question and answer period at Rutgers University. The attacker was a former US Navy “SEAL”.
Firstly, we note that Governor Christie is the elected Representative of the citizens of New Jersey. Secondly, we note that he is at a public forum in order to appear in person to those citizens. Thirdly, we note that governor Christie was ambushed by the Rutgers student. The student did not have a gun but he did have a weapon, his mouth. He did not have an intention to physically harm the governor, but he did have the intention to inflict harm upon the Governor. His intention was to cause a shouting match in a public place between himself and the Governor of New Jersey. His attempt to ambush Governor Christie was successful, although the Governor survived.
Several items stand out. The person shouting at the forum was a former US Navy SEAL. Well, this writer served in the US Army for thirty years and I can state without any doubt that US Navy SEALS are trained to say yes SIR and no SIR or (Mad’m) as the case may be. Not to amend all statements in such fashion is punishable as disrespect to an officer of the Navy. So, we know straight away, that the student is acting intentionally and not from emotions, (he’s a SEAL!) and not from ignorance. Sad that a former US Navy SEAL should think so little of the Navy that he would cause it to be embarrassed by his public conduct.
Next, we note that the person shouting over the Governor of NJ is a person who is probably on monetary support from the US Federal government through the Montgomery GI Bill, the Reserve Assistance Educational Program, (REAP) or the Post 9/11 education bill. He is attending a NJ State sponsored school, so he is already getting lower tuition and fees because taxes levied on NJ property owners are used to subsidize students like him. And if there are any other scholarship monies for the former US Navy SEAL then he is getting everything for free. It is obvious from Governor Christie’s response that the Governor was exasperated with the student and was reminding him, politely, like a good father to an unruly child, of the aforementioned facts.
Lastly, we note that the student is identified as a Democrat and active in Democrat political activities on campus. This last factor plays well into my suspicion that this entire episode was a pre meditated political attack using ambush as the method. Let me be quick to add that I realize that this analogy can be carried too far. And this writer realizes that heckling is a recognized, although unworthy, political tool, (yes, I know that the Democrats also get this treatment.) Governor Christie recognized the situation, addressed the immediate threat to his presentation, while expressing frustration concerning the non civil nature of the interchange. A frustration which President Obama has repeatedly lamented from the stage, after which lamentation, he launches into withering political name calling, and accusations against the Congress blaming them for all the ills that plague the Nation.
One last point here. It is coincidental that this student ambushes a Republican Governor. We have witnessed similar ambushes by college student activists against both Democrats and Republicans. So, the question begs to be asked about student political activism on USA campuses.
This writer applauds Governor Christie and for those who think that the statement, “..look I’m the Governor…” is petty or betrays hubris or its reverse, well, it doesn’t. How can I say that? Simple, you say it does and I say it does not.
Obama goes Backwards
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-america-coming-back-012139891.html
The sad part of this article is President Obama himself. He had the chance for greatness when he became President. Instead he did not trust the American people. He apologized for us before the international community which effectively renounced our efforts in WWI and WW II and under the Marshall Plan, and during the Cold War and even during Kennedy’s confrontation with the Soviet Union in Cuba.
Almost at the same time, he instigated the so-called “Arab Spring” by his inaugural speeches in North Africa and his support of CIA supported insurgencies in the countries of our ally Egypt and in Libya, a country to which we had made expansive national promises; which promises Obama quickly and brutally denied. The result was the disgraceful NATO invasion and decimation of the sovereign State of Libya under a bogus “protect the civilians” United Nations resolution 1973. A nasty business deal between Sarkozy, Cameron and Obama which ended with the brutal, illegal and ugly murder of the legal Leader of the Revolution, Moamar Gaddafi. Essentially, it is the same regicide that occurred under Kennedy against Diem in Vietnam. And very sadly, regicide is a heinous crime that never leaves its perpetrators unaccountable. As I have stated in previous articles, I believe that the NATO actions against Libya are criminal aggression, and crimes against humanity. We should not yawn and go on our way but we should, like we did with Milosevic, require accountability from Sarkozy, Cameron, Obama and Rasmussen.
I stated at the beginning that the sad part of this article is Obama, himself. Why? Because, of instead of holding forth his positions in terms of health care, (really all he has) maybe even his withdrawal of troops from Iraq as instigated by President Bush, he instead attempts to blame everything, (except maybe the weather!) on his predecessor, President Bush.
Essentially, this seemingly benign speech is an indictment of the citizens of the USA. Ultimately, it is they who are President Obama’s target and ultimately, he is blaming them. Why? Because in free and fair elections the people elected President Bush and the Democrat Congress and ultimately they are themselves to blame for the results. It is remarkable that his hearers do not realize that whenever President Obama blames President Bush, he is actually blaming the people who are listening to him.
I am reminded, and I tremble to make this association, but it must be done. I am reminded of Adolf Hitler, who at the end of his brutal and genocidal regime blamed the German people for everything that happened. It was because they were not worthy of him.
Amazing but true. He and his generals held onto this absurdity until Hitler committed suicide in the underground bunker, rather than face the fact of a ravaged and destroyed Germany.
And before everybody goes crazy and accuses me of saying that President Obama is Hitler. That is absolutely not true. And if the President were to ask me to the White House, I would dress in a suit and tie and call him Sir and feel very privileged that the elected President of the USA had allowed me to meet him. None the less, the analogy stands.
So where is all of this going? Essentially, I am a Bush and Romney man. However, I think that President Obama has missed his “greatness” moments and the cited article reinforces the notion that he intends to run his 2012 campaign against President George W. Bush instead of against Governor George Romney.
Sad. Really! Because, although not a Obama man, I feel that he had and perhaps still has, enormous potential for greatness. Why do I care? I love the USA. Obama is the President of the USA and may be again. Because he does not fully understand the greatness to which we the people have elected him, substituting instead accusations against us, and therefore against himself, he fails. And his failure hurts us. Why? Because we need his greatness. And his refusal to be great on our terms, deciding instead to lower himself to Democrat versus Republican partisan bickering, he has refused the greatness which may have been his destiny and was certainly the electorates intention.
Presidemt Obama needs to retire. But he will not, And like all men who have missed their moment of greatness, he will bicker and recriminate and we will all suffer. Better to leave and build a library to your ideas. That is the more noble path, Sir.
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