Who's That Behind the Curtain?Posted Thursday, October 29, 2009, at 10:33 PM
"Many who voted for President Obama feel deceived. When he said in Florida last year "we cannot afford the same political games and tactics that are being used to pit us against one another," people believed him. When he extolled "rejecting fear and division for unity of purpose," people believed him. When he said on election night "I will listen to you, especially when we disagree," people believed him." by Liz Peek (FOXNews) Thanks, Liz. I have seen it and heard it in others who were Obama fans. His approval has fallen faster than ever. I think one of the first things I ever wrote for this paper was called, A Shiny New Car. In that I described how I saw Obama as a shiny new car, polished and looking good and pleasing to the eyes but inside, it was the same old motor running it. I saw him as the sparkle for the people of the nation to focus on. "Oh, look! Something shiny!" He was everything that the people needed to keep them occupied so that the man behind the curtain could take care of business. "Shiny! I love sparkle!" said the masses. While the real boss is working on changing things; passing as many of those democratic bills that died in other times, Obama prances around the country playing the role. He is sent everywhere to be seen. He is sent fundraising, doing interviews, golfing, ever the campaigner while the real leading is being done. As long as they can keep him running here and there, rattling off his nonsense, nobody will notice who is really in charge. Now, the shine is starting to wear off. The new on the outside has faded and it's not as exciting as it once was. That shiny car has lost it's appeal. The engine is far more important than we had first thought. The sparkle just hurts the eyes and many have to look away. What is that over there? Suddenly, people are noticing the curtain and curiosity is beginning to pull them closer and closer to reaching out and grabbing a piece of that curtain. Who will be there, frantically pushing the buttons? I don't think he's ready for that yet. No, he's not done pushing all that he can push. Stop! Leave that curtain alone. I am the great and powerful Obama. Don't pay any attention to the man behind the curtain! I am Obama! Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
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I don't think one man by himself is as dumb as all of these policies appear to be, and he DOES have support back there for everything he's done so far or proposes to do.
Michelle herself is a driving force behind him. I read somewhere that SHE was a lawyer as well, and has guided and prodded his entire career along.
I think it's more than a coincidence that during the campaign, she called America a "hateful nation", and not long after he took office, he climbed aboard Air Force One and began his "Apology Tour."
The Dems have wanted total control LONG before Obama ever finished school in Indonesia, or Kenya, or WHEREVER the hell he's actually from.
The time was right............
Country's in turmoil, everybody's mad at Bush (and rightfully so), here comes this speaker who can charm a rabbit out of his feet..........
Best of all, he's black. What could be better, at a time when the country wanted "change?" Everyone wanted to be politically and socially "correct." I personally had no problem with his being black, having supported a black candidate MYSELF in the 2000 Republican primary.
But these same upper level Democrats, who play that "race card" (against us "rightwing radicals") whenever it seems to suit them, committed the foulest attrocity of all.
They USED Obama to gain the power they now have. They KNEW he didn't have the experience to be a SENATOR, let alone the President...........but it didn't matter. They needed his FACE, his SMILE, "USED CAR SALESMANSHIP" and the sudden excitement his running would create.......if it worked, and he WON. they would use him as a pawn, put "ideas" in his mind, making him think they were his own. Heavily lacking experience, he would HAVE to listen to them.
They would dig up every old agenda that was ever defeated, and now with a filibuster-proof congress, they would finally turn their socialist government-run EVERYTHING, into a reality.
They knew they could count on the press, who have ALWAYS been in bed with them, to continue to make their efforts look better and more wholesome than they actually WERE at any given time..............and best of all.............if anything went wrong......everyone would blame Obama, because the White House is always where the lights of scrutiny shine the brightest.
I suspect Dodd and Barney Frank have bent Barack's ear from time to time, Reid and Schumer would be well received too. Pelosi is TOO stupid to say anything of value, and I get the impression he doesn't pay a lot of attention to his own VP, Joe Biden.
I'd bet he gives Gibbs a little bonus from time to time, to go out there and keep the press pool confused.
Yeah Kim.............you can BET there are other folks behind that curtain. It was planned from the outset...............they just needed the "window dressing" to get in the door. It wasn't gonna be Hillary because a lot of people didn't want another 4 or 8 years of Bill in there again.
But a smooth, charming young charasmatic black guy? Absolutely. Experience wouldn't be an issue as long as they could tele-prompt him to the finish line first. And Americans WERE hungry for change..............still are.
I was listening to Rush on the radio yesterday on my way out of town, and he brought up a good point. Bernie Madoff is spending the rest of his life in prison.......and SHOULD! But.....what HE took was "Chump Change" next to what these thieves in Congress have stolen and continue to steal from the American taxpayer year after year, so why aren't THEY in jail as well?
If you you really stop and think about that.......................
And gee, they say they ARE putting the bill on the internet..........for 72 hours........
Now that it's nearly 2,000 pages. THAT gives us time to thoroughly read and comprehend it, doesn't it?
How many hours per day,can the average person stay awake and alert, reading 2,000 pages of "legalese"
Why have the Republicans been shut out of these closed door proceedings? THEY'RE gonna have to read the bill in RELAYS!
The GOP leaders say they already HAVE 4 or 5 major healthcare plans of their own, but if the rest of the Congress won't include them..........what are they supposed to do..............especially as the MINORITY now?
The Dems call the GOP "Non-players" because they won't support a government takeover.
Well.................I wouldn't either, and if they want to pass this on their own, they can pay for it with their jobs next year.
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Links, is that all you can do? I have never seen or heard of what that link talks about but thanks for sharing.
Kim:
That's kinda rude, don't ya think? To put a guy down for using links?
I mean there has been a lot of what you've written/or not, that was directly taken from other articles but presented as your own words. I think it's called plagiarism?
With the coming of the computer age it is very easy to look up whole paragraphs and such and find who wrote them first. It's not like the old days when kids could get away with gleaning whole chapters and verse and get away with it.
So, before you get on people for providing links you should think about that.
Defend yourself.
I think links are often like polls, in that you can get whatever you want out of one, depending on how far to the left or right you stand.
We all have our favorite news sources, tv & radio shows............as well as the links.
I think though, that we all have to take each with a certain amount of salt, because we often end up quoting somebody ELSE's opinions and not our own.
I find references to be useful, but a more intriquing side of the "blog world".....(for me anyway), is to hear how Dave feels PERSONALLY about the issues, how Kim thinks, and Censored and Missy and Bouncer and Midea and Comet and Cupid and Vixen............well, you get the idea.
I pay more attention to what other bloggers think than I do to politicians on either side.
Bloggers aren't part of the "government-corrupted." We are by and large the "little people" who will end up picking up the tab for everything that comes out of Washington. And so will our grandchildren, if we don't stay vigilant.
We have our "go-rounds" while trying to "agree to dis-agree" and sometimes the discussions generate more heat than light.
I'm one of the biggest offenders too, because of my emotional passion for what I remember this country as being, in my younger years. Anybody my age with a good memory KNOWS we've been robbed and that pace has been turned UP noticeably now.
The main reason I pulled my own blogsite, was that it was starting to cosume me and my objectively was beginning to wane.
As Kim's husband Ken said in one of HIS blogs..........."emotions CAN get the better of us."
And WITH that...........my fellow posters.......I think I'm gonna get a cup of java and head out to the gunshop, then maybe to Boise.
Y'all have a good day!
Yeah but some bloggers are currupted by politicians and media spokes-persons. How do your rectify that?
Actually, when I write something taken from another article, I put it as a quote. I will state who said it or wrote it. As you can see in this blog, I did quote someone, gave credit to that person and where she works. Eveything else is my own writing. I try to be very careful and make sure to write my interpretation and give credit if I write the words of another. That is not plagerism.
And to Mr Dave Thompson, if I offended you by my statement about your links, please forgive me. However, I seriously doubt he was offended because rudeness would be if I attacked him personally about the link. I don't think that I did that. If I did, then I think that Mr Dave should address it.
Usually, we don't HAVE to rectify it. When the money starts coming out of THEIR pockets, or it's THEIR job that gets eliminated, or all of a sudden they get FORCED to do something THEY don't want to do...............their eyes will be open then.
Example: The gays are ALREADY hostile that Obama hasn't moved to fulfill anything he promised THEM during the campaign. He NEEDED their support. He got it. Now they want him to do something.
They feel like they've been used.
Blitzer on one side and Hannity on the other.........and YOU in the middle trying to decipher fact from fiction.................
Well, like I said, if your taxes go up and your job goes away, you can lean toward FOX. If the economy comes booming back, and your taxes DON'T jump up to pay for all this stuff...........then you can lean towards CNN.
A lot of folks don't put stock in anything until it affects them directly. A year ago, how many of you out there would think the government would be taking over banks and car companies?
When the census takers come to your door, what do YOU think they need to know?
When you file your next tax return, there is supposed to be a section this time around that requires you to LIST your firearms. Haven't seen it yet, but if there IS, what has THAT got to do with your return?
Yes, we'll always have "references, links and individual opinions" on things.
Anything that is TRUTH FOR SURE.............will surface in front of you eventually. If the "doomsday things" never happen, WONDERFUL! I'd like that too!
But if/when rights start being intruded upon, or you get "pink-slipped" because your overtaxed employer can't keep you anymore, and when you start paying tax on things you never HEARD of having to pay tax on.............it is PAST the point of denial.
Naw Censored.......I think most of these issues will rectify themselves one way or the other.
Thanks, censored, but I am unscathed. I'm just throwing the links out there for others to consider, just to provide us an opportunity to view complex issues from different angles. Although I may agree with some or all of the content of those links, I'm not presenting them as my own view, nor am I seeking validation of the content of those links.
I am astonished and frustrated at the degree of uncompromising, fearful attitudes evident within the (ugh!) "blogosphere", and this, coupled with inconsistencies in the opinions expressed by some bloggers, has resulted in my intemperate outbursts toward others on the blog. So, I can understand why some would be anxious to lash out at me now and then.
No harm, so no foul, Kim.
Kim:
Your right. I shouldn't have accused you of plagiarism. It just seems after visiting this blog and other right leaning blogs that your words mirror very closely to what others have written. And there was some slight frustration when you talked of Daves links when so many others on here have used links to justify their stances on social issues, on your side of the discussion. Yet you left them/your side alone. I blame my outburst on a lack of sleep and human hypocrisy.
All humans.
I just need to take my shot-gun for a walk to relieve the tension.
Thank you, Censored. You didn't have to take the the time to respond to me and you did. I am grateful. In my defense, I read a lot of stuff and cross-check stuff like a friggin journalist getting paid for it but it is a responsibility I accept when I am going to write about something. I try to always give credit where credit is due if I write specifically what another said. If I have omitted that, then I plead mercy with a tired-brain and cross-eyed from researching.
The nice thing about links is that you don't have to accept responsibility for anything you don't say.