LOL! On Jun 12, 8:40 pm, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > He never promised not to lie !!!!!!!! > > On Jun 12, 6:35 pm, MWR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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 -- 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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