18 June 2009

When is it Okay to Question?

Okay, so when is it okay to point out what even the most ardent supporters of the President are realizing: He either doesn't know what he's doing, ie. out of his depth; or, he is really making some bad decisions and taking our government and our country in a direction that we are uncomfortable with?

Extend an open hand to Islamic terrorists and their state sponsors - get open derission and mocking from them.

Announce the abandonment of the US anti-missile program - get 2 North Korean nuclear tests and a North Korean missile test aimed at Hawaii.

Attack the last president for firing all of his attorneys general - fire 3 Inspectors General who have disagreed with you in the past or are investigating your supporters.

Say you'll get a White House dog from a shelter or a rescue program - accept an expensive purebred dog from a political crony.

Promise to preserve American manufacturing jobs - force 2 of the "Big 3" auto makers into bankruptcy.

Pledge to have the most open and transparent administration in history - refuse to publish a list of visitors to the White House.

Promise to bring our troops home from Iraq in 16 months - have no clear exit strategy, even 8 months after winning the election.

Insist that he wants no part of running private sector industries - take over the auto making and banking industries and push for control of the health care industry.

Guys - even those of you who voted for him - is this really what you expected? Right now the President has carte blanche and is running unchecked by either of the other branches of government.

His populist appeal is proving to be just a mask. Even his great social pushes are aimed only at the big businesses, and none of the benefit is "trickling down" to the working man. He works his plans and policies to benefit the already rich oligarchy of bourgeois business fat-cats, while the proletariat continues to be oppressed and feels no relief, no hope... no change.

He runs secret meetings at the White House, he allows billions of dollars to go to corporate interests, he either refuses to or cannot account for the way in which money is spent, he orders a pizza chef and his ingredients flown across the country to serve dinner at the White House, he makes trip after air-polluting, carbon-emitting, global-warming trip to continue the campaign he won in November!

This is not a man of the people. This is not a person who can relate to the commoner. This is not someone who shows concern for the environment, the budget, or much else beside his own interest.

He is the classic narcisist. He acts like a spoiled child and a condescending, contemptuous professor at the same time.

George Orwell had it right when he wrote in Animal Farm "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

I think that now it is okay to be worried. I'm not saying it's the end of the world as we know it, but we may get some change we weren't counting on if we don't speak up.

We may get it anyway, but at least I won't take it silently.

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