 Forget about the promises of transparency that were never kept when the
first two years of the President's term was complimented with a majority of
his party in both houses of Congress and his legislative preferences were
passed most of the time without a single vote from the opposition party, the
Republicans. Often the legislation was passed by his party, the Democrats,
behind closed doors without sharing information with anyone.
Forget about the healthcare bill that passed without a single Republican
vote; he got what he wanted. Forget about his promise to do something about
the immigration issue, but didn't even mention it when he controlled the
House and Senate. Don't even think about the redistribution of wealth, or
the Recovery Act (Stimulus bailout). Don't consider the Cap and Trade or the
energy issue with his moratorium on drilling and his war on the coal
industry. Forget about the President's formative years with Kenyan heritage
and socialization until his teen years in Indonesia.
Let's not even consider the largest deficit ever and his drive for deficit
spending bringing us to an unprecedented 16 Trillion dollars in debt.
Notwithstanding the fact he has not had a budget for the entirety of his
term in office. Never mind that in the first three and one-half years of the
President's term his deficit spending amounted to more than all the American
Presidents before him combined. And while we are not counting, don't even
consider his side-stepping the Congress with Executive Orders that negate
laws already on the books. Forget the unprecedented Czars he has appointed
to by-pass the confirmation process of Congress for high-ranking officials,
and try to put it out of your mind that each one of them have vast powers
over cabinet-ranking positions and they all report directly to the
President, no one else.
We can even set aside the facts of the economic morass in which we find
ourselves. We shouldn't even think about the tax increases proposed for the
American people. Income tax from 35% to 39.6%; Income/payroll from 37.4% to
52.2%; Capital Gains from 15% to 28%; Dividend tax from 15% to 39.6% and
Estate tax from 0% in 2010 to 55%. We have experienced the largest tax
increase in American history.
Perhaps all of those things could be winked at as we consider our votes
during the next 45 days. But there is one thing we must consider: We have to
look at the character and truthfulness of the President's words as he speaks
to throngs of his followers bringing them to a mind-numbing state of belief
in him that surpasses common sense or logic. We should begin to fear the
uncommon hold he seems to have over those solid, hard-core base of almost
half the American population who seem to follow him blindly and believe
everything he says or does even in the face of hard evidence to the
contrary.
A friend sent me a picture of Barbra Streisand with a caption of her quote.
It read, "Obama has been more fiscally conservative than any other president
in recent history, with the exception of President Bill Clinton." (Barbra
Streisand)
Now, for a person who lives in opulent luxury afforded only by
multi-millionaires, Ms. Streisand may be deluded into thinking that the
out-of-control spending that has left a 17 Trillion dollar debt is "fiscally
conservative", but for most people in America who live on much, much less
than she does, it means loss of jobs, lower pay, dependence on food stamps,
welfare, unemployment and other types of charity from others. The prices of
groceries have gone sky-high, gasoline has doubled during the President's
Administration, healthcare through his premiere accomplishment, Obamacare,
has increased significantly, inflation is rising, more people are
"up-side-down" on their mortgages and even losing family businesses and
farms due to inflated estate taxes.
The question we really need to answer is why do so many people worship a man
who has fallen so far below the standards of performance of all other
Presidents before him? How are we going to lead a country back to relevance,
credibility and solvency when so many people who follow the President
believe everything he says even when it is not true? More than that, like
Ms. Streisand, many of his cronies, spokespersons and captains repeat those
untrue statements further driving them into the minds of the significant
group of people who follow him. This creates a lot of robot-like followers
who consistently seem unable to distinguish the truth from a lie.
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 For a group of people of that magnitude there has to be something
at play to significantly influence people from every walk of life.
What is it that draws people to him like a moth to a flame? Of
course he is articulate in speech; rhetoric that sways through the
stratosphere that sooths the mind like the melodious sounds of the
ocean waves gently beating against the sands on the beach. His
promises sound authentic as listeners in crowds of thousands begin
to sway so gently from one side to another, often with tears
streaming down their face, quivering lips and hands reached high to
the heavens in a stance of pure worship. Those were the scenes of
"Yes We Can" of yesteryear. But as his Administration has played it
out, "No We Can't" and "No we didn't" prevailed.
His has been a phenomenon of almost cult-like worship that has
even captured and captivated the national media. People who went to
college to study to become professional journalists have yielded
themselves over to the President's persuasive moans of pure pitch
and melodious lies. They have carried his words across the airwaves
and sang his praises all the while casting aside their own hard work
after having earned degrees that normally should have stamped their
work as being objective. Instead they have fallen in line to the
addiction of the sweetness of his words with changed meanings.
Captivated to a degree that they rarely even recognize what they are
saying regarding the "thrill" they receive just being close to him.
Objectivity and journalism have given way to acceptance of anything
he desires to say; and then to rush to the microphone or camera and
spew out the false messages with such joy and enthusiasm as to think
they have personally received the gift of life itself.
The real tragedy is that the President has succeeded in what he told
us he was going to do: He has brought a fundamental change to
America. From the Greek Column stage where he stood alone adulated
by the throngs of thousands he told us that America would not look
the same when he was finished. That part is truth; he has done that
and then some. He has lost America's financial credit rating,
reduced her standing in the world, led America closer to a
Socialistic government with significant numbers of people without
jobs and becoming generationally dependent on government handouts,
and changing the mindset of many Americans to believe they are
"entitled" to dependency and it has become the "new norm."
Unfortunately, the new norm has been constructed on a foundation of
lies and misrepresentations.
There is a new day coming when Americans can shake off those lies
and misrepresentations and open their eyes to see the huge cracks in
the foundation of the American Constitution due to the fundamental
changes that have been made. They can refute those people like
Barbra Streisand and her Hollywood friends who have fed us a
regurgitation of their leader's definition of "leadership" during
the past almost six years. Americans across the land, yes, 50
States, can rise up and shake the crust from their eyes and see the
debt we are in; see the lack of leadership we have; see the lack of
respect and confidence the rest of the world has in us; and see the
world in turmoil due largely to the doctrine of submissiveness from
the lack of American Leadership that instead has bowed and
apologized throughout the world.
There is a new day coming in November 2014 and again in November
2016 when Americans can open their ears and hear the new sounds of
freedom singing its song once again; hear the sounds of strength in
leadership; hear the sounds of economic growth; hear the sounds of
world leaders calling for respect for America once again; and hear
the sounds of truth being spoken from leadership who in turn respect
"We The People."
On that day we will feel the winds of truth and freedom flowing
through our land again. We will feel the weight of heavy regulation
being lifted from the backs of small businesses across the land; we
will feel the weight of the federal government walking beside the
state governments working in tandem to protect the citizens in
regard to immigration, jobs and support to enforce the laws on the
books.
Finally, on that day we can take a deep breath of exhilaration
knowing that we are no longer under attack by forces of restriction
to our prayers, worship, forced taxation for services in which we do
not believe, freedom of speech, enhanced family values and the
return of the American Dream.
[By JIM KILLEBREW]
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