carter, clinton, roosevelt, all far worse presidents. much worse. and we will be adding barry to that list soon enough.
On Nov 21, 10:44 am, charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All over the country the newspapers and magazines have reported how > thrilled black people have been over the final electing of one of > their kind to be president of the US. . . stories of mothers and > daughters crying with delight, others jumping and shouting, crowds > gathering to celebrate . . . > Personally, I am glad he won the election and have great admiration > for him. But even so, the seeming race-reaction is, in a perverse > way, a sort-of racism in reverse and could end in a destructive > downtrend in racial relations. > > Here is how: we all know how the media likes to ridicule and > criticize the president of the US. The media is considered as > “white.” Of course, for months and perhaps a whole year, he may will > do no wrong, but when you look at the impossible tasks ahead, he > cannot even do the right thing without alienating one group after > another. > > For example: he has promised to curb special interest power. > Congressmen depend upon the special interests to supplement their > otherwise low wages. Their salaries are kept low because the public > is so disgusted with “politics” that it fights ever effort our > legislators have ever made to keep their salaries up with the cost of > living. So, they depend upon special interest “campaign > contributions” and other perks. If he alienates them, he cannot get > his legislative programs through Congress. > > Another example: he promised to deal with the medical insurance > problem, but there are not enough doctors. People do not want to > become doctors because their lives are filled with paperwork, > malpractice suit fears, and having to have too many patients in order > to pay for office staff. More doctors commit suicide than in any > other profession. To reverse all the paperwork needed, remove the > malpractice liability hazard and attract in more students into > medicine would mean reversing all the popular “remedies” the > government had created to protect privacy, right of redress > (malpractice), insurance work, etc. Also, there are not enough nurses > for many of the same reasons there are too few doctors. How can you > provide medical care for everyone if there are not even enough doctors > and nurses to deal properly with just those who can afford medical > insurance or whose medical insurance is already paid for by the > government? > > Still another example: he has spoken out against Iran and its nuclear > program. Israel is more concerned about that than we are. Iran shows > no willingness to stop its program, and if the President is not able > to make Iran turn from its course, Israel will bomb Iran's nuclear > facilities. The only way to prevent a nuclear arms race within Islam > is to remove nuclear arms from Israel, and no president can even > suggest such a solution even though we alone are certainly able to > provide Israel with security considering that we have some 15,000 > nuclear weapons ourselves! And if Israel bombs Iran, our policy of > supporting Israel will inexorably lead to us helping her and bombing > Iran also. > > Still another: Is it really possible to win in Afghanistan, even with > more troops? How can we find more troops if we cannot take them from > Iraq---and if we go to war against Iran, their fellow Shiites in Iraq > will turn against us and our troop numbers there will need to climb > again, not drop. Even if we do find enough troops to double our > numbers in Afghanistan, is that war really win-able? It is not a flat > plane of cities and towns like Iraq. It is a mountain wilderness > filled with tough tribesmen who see we failed to build up their > country after the Taliban were defeated and humiliated. Since we > failed the country, they the all started growing opium plants again. > Finally, the prestige lost by the defeat of the Taliban was gone. > Their “Cause” of national liberation has enabled them to regain their > lost status. If they can kick out the Russians, they figure they will > fight until they kick us out too. > > Perhaps the only way to keep from losing in Afghanistan is to keep > sending more troops. Ultimately, President Obama would have to > reinstitute the draft in order to provide them. How popular would > that make the President then? > > Next to final example: there are people starving in Tahiti and in the > Congo right now. How can the new president give them adequate help > without making it look like he is helping only black people? Should > he become concerned about the starving people in Ceylon and North > Korea just to lend balance to his program? But what about the growing > poverty here in the US and across the world? Who can the President > afford to neglect? > > Lastly, all this does not even include the economic debacle we are now > in! How can he please the conservatives cultists who believe > government should have no regulatory role in the economy but who > tolerate big government subsidies for the sugar, peanut, corn growing > and other agricultural interests? Each time he helps the banks, > spends new funds to subsidize the mortgage holders and makes more > stimulus packages, he alienates one or the other interests and > increased the hate-him animosity level. > > Personally, I am impressed with President-elect Obama and wish him > will, but I consider it inevitable that he will end up being hated by > large segments of the population before the end of his first term. > > On top of all that, consider what would happen if he were to be > assassinated! It would throw this country into the worst form of > despair and turbulence imaginable. > > We are entering a dangerous period---thanks to President Bush, the > worst president we have ever had in the history of this nation. > > charleshttp://atheistic-science.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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