There are only a few on this list that predicted Obama's try to turn the US into a totalitarian state. Bob and I were two of them.
We've been proved correct. God help us. --- On Thu, 9/3/09, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Geoff <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [OT] He's Not Jimmy Carter > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 11:26 PM > no, not at all. you think you impress > by the weight (literally) of your > words. but you mainly say the exact same thing over and > over and over. in > case you havent noticed, the people who agree with you are > few and if you > think madagain's support helps your cause... any half > decent political > analyst can EASILY explain obamas fall in popularity. it is > in fact so easy > it is hard to see why you can't see it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf > Of Bob Calco > Sent: Friday, 4 September 2009 12:34 PM > To: 'ProFox Email List' > Subject: RE: [OT] He's Not Jimmy Carter > > There you are with your imaginary "we" again. > > You really need to get some professional help for that, > plural Geoff. > > - Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On > > Behalf Of Geoff > > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 10:58 PM > > To: 'ProFox Email List' > > Subject: RE: [OT] He's Not Jimmy Carter > > > > < I hope I'm wrong. > > > > - Bob> > > > > so do we, but unlike you, we live with self-evident > truth that you are > > wrong. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On > > Behalf > > Of Bob Calco > > Sent: Friday, 4 September 2009 12:22 PM > > To: 'ProFox Email List' > > Subject: [OT] He's Not Jimmy Carter > > > > http://spectator.org/archives/2009/09/03/tk > > > > - - - > > Conservatives are taking too much solace in the > precipitous drop in > > Barack > > Obama's approval ratings, and too many of us are > overconfident that his > > administration is merely a replay of the hapless > presidency of Jimmy > > Carter > > that was easily swept out in a landslide election. > > > > Today's situation is far different, far more conducive > to our political > > adversary's political power, than that which faced > Carter. And Obama is > > an > > entirely different breed of cat. He's more ruthless, > more tactically > > savvy, > > and has far more dangerous objectives. A drop in his > poll ratings isn't > > as > > serious a setback for him as similar occurrences were > for the peanut > > farmer > > from Plains. > > > > ... > > > > More important than all that, though, is that Obama's > personal skills, > > aims, > > and training are like nothing we have ever seen before > in the White > > House. > > Every other president before him has intended at most > to achieve change > > within the American political system. Obama wants to > change the system > > itself. He is a radical's radical, with an > authoritarian impulse. His > > Alinskyite training means that social unrest doesn't > unnerve him; it > > plays > > right into his hands. Social unrest is both his modus > operandi and his > > mid-term goal. The more unrest, the greater the > crisis; the greater the > > crisis, the more excuse he has to use and consolidate > central power in > > order > > to completely remake society. > > > > And unlike Carter or most other Democratic > presidential nominees of the > > past > > 45 years, Obama has tremendous oratorical skills. > Sure, Bill Clinton > > could > > please lots of audience members with small promises, > but he did not > > possess > > half the ability to inspire people (however > misguidedly) that Obama > > does. > > Obama has the talent to raise demagoguery to an art > form. > > > > Already we see a cult of personality around Obama, one > deliberately > > encouraged by the Obama political operation. Already > we see him push > > for > > centralizing, fascistic economic powers. Already we > see him creating "a > > civilian national security force that's just as > powerful, just as > > strong, > > just as well-funded" as the regular military, complete > with uniformed > > youths > > (and even senior citizens) formed into "cadres." And > in order to make > > AmeriCorps less answerable to the public, Obama fired > the Inspector > > General > > trying to blow the whistle on nefarious AmeriCorps > activities. Now he > > is > > using AmeriCorps and the National Endowment for the > Arts to politically > > agitate for his "recovery agenda." > > > > And that's not to mention the Big Brother-like > data-mining and > > reporting of > > "casual conversations" to a White House website, or > the creepy address > > to > > all the nation's school children -- or the continued > public trashing, > > by the > > permanent Obama campaign known as Organizing For > America, of ordinary > > citizen protesters as "Right-Wing Domestic > Terrorists." > > > > Obama also is politicizing the Census; giving > contracts to ACORN; > > letting a > > recognized hate group like the New Black Panthers go > free; undermining > > the > > CIA at every turn, radicalizing the Supreme Court; > re-orienting the > > civil > > rights division of the Justice Department; appointing > more "czars" than > > anybody can keep track of and who, unlike Cabinet > members, do not > > answer to > > Congress; resisting transparency on TARP bailout > funds; refusing to > > enforce > > financial reporting requirements on union political > organizers; and > > doing > > all sorts of other things designed, as are the items > above, to > > consolidate > > power, tilt the deck, and rig the political rules in > his favor for the > > long > > haul. > > > > In foreign affairs, his radicalism is even more > apparent. He keeps > > undermining allies while embracing enemies. He > deliberately undercut > > the > > brave protesters in Iran. He stubbornly continues to > punish Honduras > > and its > > citizens, via economic and travel sanctions, because > Honduras actually > > followed its own Constitution in removing a harshly > anti-American > > president > > from office -- when he should have been rewarding > Honduras for its > > commitment to the rule of law. Yet while he punishes > friendly > > Hondurans, he > > refuses to punish radical leftist Ecuadorean president > Rafael Correa > > when > > Correa's government tries to shake down an American > company for $27 > > billion. > > It's all very bizarre. One wonders what exactly his > agenda is. But it's > > clearly something the likes of which we've never seen. > Again, the > > comparison > > with Carter's foreign policy is telling. Carter's was > full of woolly- > > minded, > > pie-in-the-sky idealism, but it didn't deliberately > mollycoddle sworn > > enemies. Obama's, on the other hand, portrays Obama to > the world as if > > Obama > > himself is more admirable than the nation he > supposedly represents -- a > > nation for which he continually apologizes. This > attempt, so far quite > > successful, to garner personal, worldwide > glorification is another > > gambit > > for power. Again, it makes him nobody for domestic > political > > adversaries to > > trifle with. It gives him tools never enjoyed by the > Jimmy Carter who > > was > > burned in effigy by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his pals > in 1979 and 1980. > > - - - > > > > Obama is a threat to our lives, not just our way of > life. > > > > Seems more people are starting to realize it. Too > late. > > > > I hope I'm wrong. > > > > - Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
