It is a big deal! He promised Change and telling lies is just more of the same, not change!
On Jun 12, 8:28 pm, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > Obama Lies.... BIG DEAL !!!!!!!!!!! No news there. He IS a politician, > right ?? > > On Jun 12, 5:45 pm, MWR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > What happen to Change?? > > > On Jun 12, 6:27 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: *Travis* > > > Date: Fri, Jun 12, 2009 > > > Subject: Obama Lies > > > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/11/AR200... > > > > *Obama Hovers From on High > > > * > > > > By Charles Krauthammer > > > Friday, June 12, 2009 > > > > *"And the Spirit of God hovered upon the face of the waters"* > > > > -- *Genesis 1:2* > > > > When President Obama returned from his first European trip, I > > > observed<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/09/AR200...>that > > > while over there he had been "acting the philosopher-king who hovers > > > above the fray mediating" between America and the world. Now that Obama > > > has > > > returned from his "Muslim world" pilgrimage, even the left agrees. > > > "Obama's > > > standing above the country, above -- above the world. He's sort of God," > > > Newsweek's Evan Thomas > > > said<http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/06/05/newsweek_editor_eva...>to > > > a concurring Chris Matthews, reflecting on Obama's lofty perception of > > > himself as the great transcender. > > > > Not that Obama considers himself divine. (He sees himself as merely > > > messianic, or, at worst, apostolic.) But he does position himself as > > > hovering above mere mortals, mere country, to gaze benignly upon the > > > darkling plain beneath him where ignorant armies clash by night, blind to > > > the common humanity that only he can see. Traveling the world, he brings > > > the > > > gospel of understanding and godly forbearance. We have all sinned against > > > each other. We must now look beyond that and walk together to the sunny > > > uplands of comity and understanding. He shall guide you. Thus: > > > > (A) He told Iran that, on the one hand, America once helped overthrow an > > > Iranian government, while on the other hand "Iran has played a role in > > > acts > > > of hostage-taking and violence against U.S. troops and civilians." > > > (Played a > > > role?!) We have both sinned; let us bury the past and begin anew. > > > > (B) On religious tolerance, he gently referenced the Christians of Lebanon > > > and Egypt, then lamented that the "divisions between Sunni and Shia have > > > led > > > to tragic violence" (note the use of the passive voice). He then > > > criticized > > > (in the active voice) Western religious intolerance for regulating the > > > wearing of the hijab -- after citing America for making it difficult for > > > Muslims to give to charity. > > > > (C) Obama offered Muslims a careful admonition about women's rights, > > > noting > > > how denying women education impoverishes a country -- balanced, of course, > > > with this: "Issues of women's equality are by no means simply an issue for > > > Islam." Example? "The struggle for women's equality continues in many > > > aspects of American life." > > > > Well, yes. On the one hand, there certainly is some American university > > > where the women's softball team has received insufficient Title IX funds > > > -- > > > while, on the other hand, Saudi women showing ankle are beaten in the > > > street, Afghan school girls have acid thrown in their faces, and Iranian > > > women are publicly stoned to death for adultery. (Gays, as well -- but > > > then > > > again we have Prop 8.) We all have our shortcomings, our national foibles. > > > Who's to judge? > > > > That's the problem with Obama's transcultural evenhandedness. It gives the > > > veneer of professorial sophistication to the most simple-minded > > > observation: > > > Of course there are rights and wrongs in all human affairs. Our species > > > is a > > > fallen one. But that doesn't mean that these rights and wrongs are of > > > equal > > > weight. > > > > A CIA rent-a-mob in a coup 56 years ago does not balance the > > > hostage-takings, throat-slittings, terror bombings and wanton slaughters > > > perpetrated for 30 years by a thug regime in Tehran (and its surrogates) > > > that our own State Department > > > calls<http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2008/122436.htm>the world's > > > "most active state sponsor of terrorism." > > > > True, France prohibits the wearing of the hijab in certain public places, > > > in > > > part to allow the force of law to protect Muslim women who might be > > > coerced > > > into wearing it by neighborhood fundamentalist gangs. But it borders on > > > the > > > obscene to compare this mild preference for secularization (seen in Muslim > > > Turkey as well) to the violence that has been visited upon Copts, > > > Maronites, > > > Bahais, Druze and other minorities in Muslim lands, and to the unspeakable > > > cruelties perpetrated by Shiites and Sunnis upon each other. > > > > Even on freedom of religion, Obama could not resist the compulsion to find > > > fault with his own country: "For instance, in the United States, rules on > > > charitable giving have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their > > > religious > > > obligation" -- disgracefully giving the impression to a foreign audience > > > not > > > versed in our laws that there is active discrimination against Muslims, > > > when > > > the only restriction, applied to all donors regardless of religion, is on > > > funding charities that serve as fronts for terror. > > > > For all of his philosophy, the philosopher-king protests too much. Obama > > > undoubtedly thinks he is demonstrating historical magnanimity with all > > > these > > > moral equivalencies and self-flagellating apologetics. On the contrary. > > > He's > > > showing cheap condescension, an unseemly hunger for applause and a > > > willingness to distort history for political effect. > > > > Distorting history is not truth-telling but the telling of soft lies. > > > Creating false equivalencies is not moral leadership but moral abdication. > > > And hovering above it all, above country and history, is a sign not of > > > transcendence but of a disturbing ambivalence toward one's own country. > > > > If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we > > > are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the > > > intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. > > > … We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to > > > tolerate the intolerant. –Sir Karl Popper > > > <[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > __,_._,___ > > > > -- > > > *~@):~{> > > > > -- > > > *~@):~{>- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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