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  Defending the right to rant!

 

 

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by Ed Donath

eddobloggo - Defending the right to rant in the USA!

January 29, 2012

 

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Guardian Angels founder and NYC talk radio host, Curtis Sliwa.

Guardian Angels founder and NYC talk radio host, Curtis Sliwa."President Barack Obama has one remarkable ability that few presidents ever have emulated," former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton told Steve Malzberg (subbing for New York City's AM 970 morning host, Curtis Sliwa) the morning after Obama's re-hash State of the Union address"...the ability to say something with a straight face when he really thinks exactly the opposite."
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton says of Obama: "...the ability to say something with a straight face when he really thinks exactly the opposite."
Bolton continued: “He has done this for three years -- say something about what his position is which is 180 degrees opposite to what his position actually is. It’s absolutely remarkable. He talks about protecting the middle class, but he is doing exactly the opposite; or [about] being a strong friend of Israel when, in fact, he is the most hostile president to Israel since the state was created in 1948.  He does it over and over again and he gets away with it.”

 

The perfect follow-up question would have been: 'But with whom does he continue to get away with this obvious lying, Mr. Ambassador?'  Of course, we all know exactly which element of our society continues to defend this failed, disingenuous president and how the mainstream media enables his duplicity.

    OPF was originally published 7/17/11 

It's all OPF (Other People's Fault)

Do you believe the OPF propaganda that Barack Obama and his formerly bullet-proof Democrat House/Senate majority are not to blame for the lack of economic recovery?

In the three years since the over-promised $700 billion "stimulus" was launched unemployment rose from under 8% to well over 9%. Under-employment and foreclosures have been off the charts and home values are in the tank.

OPF: Don't ever question his competence and motives!

The federal government's size and spending has increased while the private sector flounders.  The US Dollar and "full faith and credit" (a term Obama loves to throw around while seeking non-traditional loopholes at every turn) of our government has come under scrutiny. The national debt is out of control and now the issue of raising the debt ceiling perpetually on the table.

 

Given the opposition's marginalized powerlessness during the entire first half of his term, how could anyone but Obama and his supporters be responsible for the mis-spending, the ramming-through of job-killing ObamaCare and other big government legislation and the over-regulation that only deepens the problems of our beleaguered economy?  Their ineptitude has led to the exacerbation of every problem the blame-throwers ever claimed to be "inherited".  Certainly, promised repairs and subsequent recovery have been non-existent.

 

Obama struggles with tobacco addiction and with telling the truth.In light of the dismal record of failure to create jobs while simultaneously growing government and constraining the private sector's power precisely where it is needed most, it might not surprise you that Obama’s proposed future spending includes trillions on infrastructure, high speed rail projects and other shovel-ready-like programs.

 

It took our involvement in World War II to bail FDR out of the Great Depression.Given the complete waste of all previous stimulus funds, what are the odds that New Deal projects will quickly put millions of American’s back to work?  It took US involvement in World War II to bail FDR out of the Great Depression.

 

To cover their ineptitude and refusal to deal with reality and the facts, Democrats' ongoing criticism counter-attack strategy is to continue using the same blame cards that have been played all along to obfuscate the reasons for the failure of Obama's agenda and leadership -- as well as their own.

 

This week Texas Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of the Congressional Black Caucus Sheila Jackson Lee plays the race card.turned over yet another race card from the House floor:

"I do not understand what I think is the maligning and maliciousness [toward] this president.  Why is he different? ...Why is this president being treated so disrespectfully?...Why did the leader of the Senate continually talk about his job is to bring the president down to make sure he is unelected?  I am particularly sensitive to the fact that only this president -- only this one, only this one -- has received the kind of attacks and disagreement and inability to work -- only this one.  Read between the lines.  What is different about this president that should put him in a position that he should not receive the same kind of respectful treatment?"

 

The questions that reality-based Americans continue to ask, Ms. Jackson Lee...

Which president has ever been given the free media ride that Obama has received?  What failed presidency has ever been treated more kindly and respectfully (to the point of being shamelessly defended by major outlets) by the media than this one?  Who devotes more partisan OPF time than MSNBC, for example? 

How convenient for Ms. Jackson Lee to forget her own disrespect for the presidency when she was a frequent solo singers in the Diss Bush Choir not so long ago. Then there's Maryland's governor Martin O'Malley, head of the Democrat Governors group, who goes ballistic partisan to avoid the truth:  

"Republicans seem to be led by uncompromising hard-liners," he said, singling out House Majority Leader Eric Cantor for criticism. "I think that there is an extreme wing within their party who have as their primary goal not the jobs recovery, but the defeat of President Obama in 2012...So their only way of evening the playing field is to keep the president from being successful in the jobs recovery...I think that they are disgracefully cynical."

Again, it's OPF for the nearly five years of the Democrats' congressional majority -- the last two years spent ignoring anything the opposition has said while demonizing marginalized Republicans as "The Party of No".  This amounts to a gross, willful denial of truth and facts.

A major shaper of Obama administration OPF propaganda strategy is former Obama advisor Rahm Emanuel, who was is currently the mayor of Chicago. Emanuel lamented, during a recent WLS radio press conference, the possibility of having to lay off over 600 city workers to make budget ends meet:

Rahm Emanuel has an intimate moment with Obama.“I did not create this problem...[The former administration] can be my partner in doing things smarter, better and more efficient and cost-effective to the tax payers. The people that struggle everyday in this city, get up, raise their kids, go to work and pay the bills. I will be their voice. They deserve one in City Hall.”

Sounds a lot like his Dear Leader's pre-shellacking campaign statement last year: "We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."  Further proof that left-wing politicians are so entrenched in making every problem OPF that they even blame their predecessors in one-party towns like Chicago.

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This essay is just as penetrating the second time as it was the first time. 

 

///Grey

Gaffney, SC


How very true.

 

RichardBonner

Des Moines, IA Register


Regarding President Obama .  You must give credit where its due , he's a damn good liar !


Or is it dementia ?

 

SanAntonioDr

Palm Springs, CA Desert Sun


"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government can not pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that, "the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”  -- Sen. Barack H. Obama, March 2006

 

itsjustme53

Lafayette, LA Daily Advertiser

[Who can forget that one?  It was the only day he showed up for work. -ED]


Good, dead-on commentary no doubt...but to what avail?


The Obama-inclined electorate is a sprawling wading pool of oxygen-deprived trained porpoises -- unreasoning, inconvincible, programmed not to think, but only to mindlessly refute even the irrefutable with disconnected, pre-packaged talking points Obama faithfuls no matter what he does...no matter what he says...to the bitter end.
 

It's really quite extraordinary. I manage to "access" various left-wing meetings, webinars and conference calls from time to time.  The humanist progressive vs. traditional liberal dynamics are simultaneously stunning and intriguing...not to mention shamelessly under-explored and -reported by their like-minded media brethren. On one side are the aggressive, keenly-focused, agenda-certain progressives...determined to obliterate existing American systems and traditions, create new structures and establish their own systems and traditions. On the other side are the passive, uncertain, am-I-in-the-right-place old-school liberals...in their minds, still in it simply to enrich the life-quality of the impoverished, minorities and others they have determined to be in need.


But the latter are severely outmanned and overmatched. During the 2011 continuing resolution battle, when the left-wing mantra was, "eliminate the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy," a Center for American Progress-affiliated economist announced that Bush tax cuts for ALL (including those making $250K and less) should be eliminated. Nary a peep from the liberals. In the final 2011 CR agreement, Obama negotiated away funding to assistance programs in order to ensure continued funding for Planned Parenthood. Nary a peep from the liberals.

 

In his latest SOTU address, Obama announced--long before there was a Ryan budget and long before he was in a position to have to do so--that his 2012 budget would contain significant cuts to community programs. And, ultimately, it did indeed. Nary a peep from the liberals. At this very moment, as a handful of assistance program principals are struggling on Capitol Hill to negotiate restoration of at least partial assistance program funding in a final 2012 budget agreement, numerous progressive groups are undermining their efforts by insisting that assistance program advocacy encompass gay rights, abortion rights, illegal immigrant rights and green energy initiatives. And nary a peep from the liberals.


Why?


Simply because Obama is a black democrat. The overwhelming majority of assistance program administrators and participants are liberal democrats. And, when you're a liberal democrat--white or black--you just don't oppose a black democratic president who effectively speaks the good fight, even when his actions betray his words.


I also wonder about independents and rinos? How many of them must be mortally smitten with Obama that, even after two and a half deplorable years in office, he even has a shot--much less a good shot--at a second term?  Frankly, I wonder about staunch republicans and hard-core conservatives, too. How many still don't get what Obama is all about? How many still don't get that his objective has never been to "fix" the economy (or anything else for that matter) per any historical economic, political, cultural and social standards? That his mission, from day one, has been to re-create (he called it "transform") America in his and his mentors' progressive image...and, when necessary, spin away disagreeable measurements and assessments en route.

 

shrutebeets

Montgomery, AL Advertiser


Democratic ongoing bs....Pretty scary that half this country can't pick "Shinola" out of a line-up.

 

bingweed

Des Moines, IA Register


Obama's big mistake was continuing the Bush tax cuts and continuing two wars for much longer than he should have. If I am not "entitled" to the Social Security and Medicare that I was forced to pay for, I would like my money returned, with the same penalty and interest that the IRS would have charged me for committing the same crime. If the government would like to steal my money, they should steal the exact same percentage from everyone, including corporations and the rich. If they decide to coddle the rich and step on children, the elderly and the working man, well, there are more of us than them. We will take it back. Egypt and Syria will look like a walk in the park.

Excuse me; I have to get back to studying IED manufacturing.

 

Draco

Lansing, MI State Journal

[So you want to kick it up a notch and override any passed legislation with violence.  That's exactly what kommies like you warned that Tea Party Patriots would do if socialized medicine got crammed through. You'd be right at home in Egypt Mr. Democrat -- da Nile runs right through it. -ED]


Obama [got] what he wanted and it failed. That is why the Dems took such a hit during last year's election. I think most folks would be wary of giving Obama more of what he wants. I think most of us agree he has surrounded himself with the wrong type of folks to get us out of our current problems.

 

Antonious

Austin, TX American-Statesman


Bullseye.

 

GreyCaravel

Montgomery, AL Advertiser


 It will be interesting to see just how Obama prioritizes what gets paid come d-day. With his threats against entitlements, the "my way or the highway" administration may need to start thinking about some good walking shoes.

[Plus...]they have been campaigning, and spending a good deal of tax payer supplied money to do it, 24/7 since election night 2008.

 

Rotorman

Lansing, MI State Journal


Obama is categorically the worst POTUS in this nation's history. He is hell-bent on fundamentally changing the USA into something that even a socialist communist would gawk at and be confused with. This is a man with a mission to destroy the USA. Impeach!

 

2AxMax

Great Falls, MT


I hope you didn't waste more than 2 minutes writing this, if you did that's pretty sad. I hope your fan liked it.

 

FrankBarone2

Wausau, WI Daily Herald

[It probably took you twice as long to write your little personal attack quip as it did for me to create the rant. But thanks for providing an illustrative example that proves my point. -ED]


It appears that Obama has reached his level of incompetence and keeps surrounding himself with more and more incompetent folks so it makes him look like he is the only one that knows what is actually going on.  The one thing that amazes me about the author of this "rant" is the logic introduced and obviously there is no defense other than ignorance. Even die hard Donkeys are beginning to see this 'Empty Suit' for what he really is...

 

["Reached his level of incompetence" implies that he had to travel or work to get there. -ED]

 

Perhaps I should have said that for Obama to make any kind of comeback would mean that he had to have been somewhere and of course he has not.  Obama reminds me of fertilizer in the respect that if it used right it grows things, if not, it is just another thing to step in and track around the house

 

boned

The Wild, Wild West


Ah yes ! The "Blame Game" conflict management, since the beginning in the Garden of Eden.  2011 years ago we were taught to to use the "Board in the Eye/ Speck in the Eye" communication for conflict management. We appear to be slow learners.

 

tstrang

St. Cloud, MN Times


Eddie, Eddie, Eddie.....

 

Some of you guys sound like the 3rd-string bench warmers on my high school football team. They could have been Super Bowl champs, if the coaches hadn't been such idiots....

 

Ha!

 

Matlock61

Lafayette, LA

[They're all working for the Obama administration now.  Hey, a temp job is better than no job. RevBro. -ED]


The Pied Piper of Washington, D.C.

 

fuguestate

Montgomery, AL Advertiser


"Given the opposition's marginalized powerlessness during the entire first half of his term," From July 7th to August 25th the Democrats 58 members in the Senate with two independents in their caucus. The House and Senate were on summer recess starting August 8th.  The Super Majority for the Democrats existed for just ONE MONTH!!! That is the only time that the Democrats could break the Republicans use of the filibuster. Combine that with the fact that Blue Dog Democrats and Joe Leiberman were part of the Democratic caucus means that the Republican minority prevented progress and everything that passed the senate was bi-partisan.  That explains why the Obama agenda has never been achieved...

...Growing government??? The government has lost 500,000 jobs since Obama was inaugurated.

...Private sector jobs have increased for 15 months.


Anonymous

Adams, WI

[Yes, anonymous Obamashill, there was more useless drivel in your comment which I have edited down to your main OPF points.  Firstly, no one ever discusses the "super majority" because a triple majority insured the exact same results for the first two years of your Dear Leader's term.  If he failed to get all of his agenda through for you hard lefties then the blame for that certainly rests on him.  Secondly, of the 500,000 "lost" federal jobs you cite, 455,000 were temporary census workers and the rest were resultant of normal attrition.  Finally, Obama himself has claimed on numerous occasions that "over 2million private sector jobs have been created or saved" since he took over.  That propaganda is proven to be an outright prevarication by the 9.2% unemployment rate (already skewed in his favor) that started out under 8% before his "stimulus" policies went into effect. -ED]


Ahh eddo, there isn't anything I can add to the insanity of the liberal lunatics.  As long as we have people like Jackson Lee and the DNC's redheaded headcase in the government, things are going to be a circus. (only not entertaining, but annoying).  When you have half the country willing to take bribes from the democrats in exchange for votes and vitriolic statements, this is the kind of leader (Mouse-olini) we will be stuck with.  (Of course, we are almost at the point of collapse for the welfare state and that will change the whole face of the nation when the takers cant take anymore.)

Gordon2
Great Falls, MT


Ah yes, the liar-in-chief. I still cannot get past how he has gotten away with "lighting up" Libya? The fact that he is NOT impeached demonstrates just how "neutered" the whole system is.

m2march

Palm Desert, CA


Hold on, I’m confused. Didn’t the Democrats proclaim that these programs were success stories and we would be much worse off without them? So why do they need to blame other people for their “successes”?

 

Uncle Larry

Austin, TX American-Statesman


Great read, spot on. In rereading the (Doltish) Sheila Jackson Lee rant I once again almost threw a connecting rod. How soon these Government dependent, outcome equalizing, playing field leveling, wealth spreader bottom feeder Democrats forget the 24/7 trashing of GWB. I simply cannot believe that the "Lame Stream Media" still falls all over itself in order to lick Obama's shoes. In their eyes he cannot do anything wrong and if he some how does, all is forgiven as he is over worked and not getting out on the golf course enough.


eddo; I am concerned that if we cannot rid this country of Obama and much of his ilk in 2012, our representative republic is doomed. On a related note it is interesting watching the budget war, yes war, that is going on. Heck the country may be toast before the election.  Keep your bolt bag close and your powder dry, so to speak...

 

...Spot on commentary. You invoked Shelia Jackson Lee, the most vapid and vacuous female to ever draw a breath on the face of the planet; no wait, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, no wait.......
 

The Democrat op-plan hasn't changed any in that the more individuals that they can make dependent on the Government, their chances of being thrown out of power is almost nil. Witness the pulling of the student loans into the flagpole (federal government). The Democrats will forgive all of the loans and hold that all individual should have a government-paid college education -- ust one of many ways to buy votes. The eco-wackos, unions and occutards are already in the tank.

 

KarnakTM

Lewistown, MT



 

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