Sage2, Wrong.
On Oct 22, 4:33 pm, Sage2 <[email protected]> wrote: > It could be Obama is not nti-American!? He is however > pro-socialist which makes him anti-American. > > ************************************************************************************************************************* > > On Oct 21, 4:49 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > « Obama and Ahmadinejad — the Love > > Song<http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/18/obama-and-ahmadinehad-the-love...> > > > The gay agenda <http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/18/the-gay-agenda/> » > > > Is Barack Obama anti-American? > > *UPDATED*<http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/18/is-barack-obama-anti-american/> > > > Bookworm <http://www.bookwormroom.com/author/bookworm/> on Oct 18 2009 at > > 12:48 pm | Filed under: > > Anti-Americanism<http://www.bookwormroom.com/category/anti-americanism/>, > > Barack Obama <http://www.bookwormroom.com/category/barack-obama/>, > > Freedom<http://www.bookwormroom.com/category/freedom/> > > > 23 <http://tweetmeme.com/story/219069223/> > > > tweets <http://tweetmeme.com/story/219069223/> > > > retweet > > > A couple of weeks ago, I included in a post the statement that Barack Obama > > is anti-American. A dear and respected friend suggested that I was > > exaggerating. Obama may have a different vision of or goal for America, he > > said, but that’s scarcely the same as being anti-American. I’ve been > > thinking that over for a while and, after a lot of mental give and take > > about what it means to be “anti-” anything, have now decided that Barack > > Obama is indeed anti-American. > > > Everything has a fundamental essence, a quality that makes it uniquely > > itself. Take an orange, for example. It’s not only citrus fruit, *it’s an > > orange colored *citrus fruit. Horticulturists can alter its size, its > > texture, it’s sweetness, and the purity of its orange color, but it still > > remains an orange because that color is its definition. Change the color, > > however, and suddenly, you have the un-orange, the anti-orange. You have > > something completely different that no longer contains within it the essence > > of the original fruit. Lose the essence and you lose the orange. > > > America has an essence too, and that essence is liberty. America since its > > inception has been defined by liberty, both the liberty of the individual > > and the liberty of the nation. Individual liberty means that Americans > > should be subject to minimal government constraints. The state exists to > > serve the individual (commerce, transportation, security), not to control > > the individual. That’s why the Bill of Rights focuses so closely on > > individual freedoms: the freedom to speak, the freedom to write, the > > freedom to worship, the freedom to defend oneself with arms, the freedom > > from searches and seizures, etc. Liberty also extends to the nation. Both > > the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are replete with > > examples of the Founders’ absolute obsession with national sovereignty. > > Just recently, we’ve been reminded of the fact that the Founders didn’t even > > want the appearance of impropriety and the risk of influence, since they > > specifically prohibited foreign emoluments for our presidents. > > > Despite blunders of enormous magnitude (slavery, the treatment of Native > > Americans, and the imprisonment of American Japanese), Americans have, for > > the most part, taken these freedoms with the utmost seriousness. We are a > > nation “of the people, by the people and for the people.” We have not > > allowed ourselves to be ruled by tyrannies, dictators or bureaucracies. We > > like our taxes low and our freedoms high. In the past 100 years, when we > > fight wars, we do not fight wars to conquer other people, we fight wars to > > free other people from tyrannies. Those on the Left who sneer at our > > “imperialist ventures” implicitly side with Hitler, with the North Koreans, > > with the Communist North Vietnamese, and with Saddam Hussein (mass murderer > > of his own people). While ordinary Americans shed blood so that others on > > foreign shores can live free, the Left cheers on those who would deny their > > own citizens (or the citizens of conquered nations) the same freedoms we > > unthinkingly enjoy. > > > All the freedoms I’ve discussed can very quickly be distilled into a single > > essence, *an American essence*: American individuals are free from control > > by and fear of their own government, and the American nation is free from > > control by other nations. > > > Barack Obama is anti-American because he wants to change this American > > essence. His domestic policy is directed at increasing government control > > in every area, which decreases individual liberty. Here’s an incomplete > > bullet-point list of his anti-liberty goals on the home front: > > > - He wants to remove any last vestiges of the marketplace from > > individuals’ control over their own health care, and put the government > > entirely in charge. > > - He’s willing to give government control over American businesses (i.e., > > Bank takeover ands Government Motors). > > - His administration, while on record as opposing the Fairness Doctrine, > > is aggressively exploring a backdoor regulatory > > scheme<http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1484968/obama_and_the_fairne...>that > > would have precisely the same practical effect as the Fairness > > Doctrine: it would impose government restrictions on content, rather > > than > > allowing the market (that means us, the consumers) to control content. > > - His FCC wants to control the > > internet<http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/09/new_fcc_chairman_targets_inter...>, > > which is a humming beehive of free speech, much of it critical of Obama. > > - Although he’s mostly erased the record, his dream is to create a > > civilian national security > > force<http://forthardknox.com/2008/07/16/say-what-a-400b-national-security-...>, > > subordinate to the administration, which would be larger than the > > American > > military. The military, please note, is controlled by the Constitution > > and > > has traditionally existed as a separate entity from any government. > > - He wants to take away the right to bear arms. He’ll pay lip service to > > supporting the Second Amendment, but his fundamental goal is to use > > government to remove arms from > > individuals<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/06/AR200...>. > > I’ve never held a gun in my life, but I know that the Founders understood > > that, for individuals, their single biggest defense against an > > overreaching > > government, is the right to arm themselves. Statists never allow their > > citizens to bear arms. Indeed, the first thing the Nazis did was ban > > guns > > in citizen’s hands. > > - He wants to redistribute > > wealth<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRPbCSSXyp0>. > > Without money, people have no choices. The more money the government > > siphons to itself, the fewer choices we, as individuals have, which > > makes us > > increasingly subordinate to the government. > > > Of course, not all these Obama dreams will become reality. As I noted > > above, Obama has been trying to delete evidence that he ever dreamt about a > > huge civilian security force at his beck and call. And with other dreams > > (for example, the Second Amendment) he’s doing a fancy dance by which he > > tries to hide his authoritarian impulses. But it doesn’t matter. This post > > isn’t about what Obama will actually do. It’s about what he wants to do, > > what his desires are *vis a vis* the American people — and it’s very clear > > that his desire is antithetical to the American essence. He wants to limit > > or destroy individual liberties. > > > Politically, too, Obama’s impulses are all antithetical to liberty. Again, > > some examples: > > > - He has turned against the only democratic nation in the Middle East > > (that would be Israel), in favor of the bloodied tyrannical theocracies > > on > > her borders. > > - By reversing his pledge to keep a missile defense system in place in > > Poland and the Czech Republic, he has favored Iran’s Muslim tyranny over > > these democratic nations only so recently freed from Communism. > > - Figuratively and literally, he bows to dictators (Saudis, Venezuelans, > > Russians, Iranians, Cubans). They ask, he gives. In other words, > > contrary > > to America’s hundred year history of siding with the people against their > > tyrants, he sides with the tyrants against their people. > > - In Honduras, he sided with the delusional Zelaya against the people and > > the Constitution. > > - In Iran, when the people took to the streets, he sided with the > > megalomaniac theocracy, against the people. > > - In his much-heralded speech to the Muslim world, in addition to > > grounding Israel’s right to exist solely on a Holocaust the Muslim world > > denies, he repeatedly and noisily > > trumpeted<http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/09/01/obama-again-celebrates-putting...>the > > right of Muslim men to control Muslim women, a > > trope he > > reiterated<http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/09/01/obama-again-celebrates-putting...>in > > subsequent speeches. This goes beyond the idiocy of multiculturalism > > and > > actively supports the subordination of an eighth of the world’s > > population. > > (If 1/4 of the world is Muslim, and half of those Muslims are women….) > > - In his speeches, he assures the tyrannies of the world that America is > > abandoning her century old role of America’s policeman. They are freed > > from > > any constraint. > > - By joining the farce that is the U.N. Human Rights Council, he is > > lending America’s imprimatur to > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
