When times are tough and trouble abounds, there is always that one person, that one rugged individual willing to stand up, take charge and look trouble in the eye. Of course, quite often, that person is delusional (and wears tights).
By Timo Cerantola
It was a surreal moment during Obama’s inauguration. The worshiping masses, teary eyed and all in agreement that finally, life is going to be rosy again with Barack Obama as president.
George Bush, Washington’s village idiot, sat through the inaugural proceedings looking clueless, staring aimlessly into the air like a dog who’d just been told not to lick its ass -his thoughts tumbling around in his brain like underpants in a dryer. Still, one has to wonder, is the worst chapter in American history finally over?
Granted, with Obama in charge, we have a much better chance of not reducing the planet to a smoldering pile of radioactive grit but I’m still not totally convinced. You see, after only two months of Obama style ‘change’ and already Obama has given the green light to bombing yet another sovereign state (Pakistan) with automated drones. As usual, innocent civilians have been killed.
In the last eight years, that is what I came to expect from George Bush’s America because George Bush’s America never had any respect for international law, another country’s sovereignty or its people. Shoot first, ask questions later was George’s methodology. You’re either with us or against us.
So, what happened to Obama’s ‘change we can believe in’?
With Obama, maybe the torture of prisoners as well as Bush’s torture of the English language may change, but so far, that’s about it.
Now I’m a little weirded out when I see all these Obamamaniacs, their eyes glazed over, full of child-like wonder and suspending any semblance of critical thinking when Obama speaks his charismatic magic.
It’s kind of spooky. This Obama worship has taken on a sort of cult-like messianic weirdness. I think we’re approaching a ‘lets all drink the Kool-Aid’ kind of eeriness here. Didn’t I see this in a science fiction movie or, was it an episode of Star Trek?
But do not blaspheme Obama. His followers will attack anyone who questions any word that leaves the lips of their savior; anyone who might contradict their Obama moment.
True. Obama’s charisma is without question – though I suspect highly amplified by the pathetic ineptitude of the man he replaced. Indeed, anyone who became president after George Bush would seem almost super human. Obama has very small shoes to fill. It’s not hard to top eight years of unrivaled incompetence.
And true, Barack Obama’s election may be historical, though it will be truly historical when a black man or woman can get elected president of the US and no one thinks it’s a big deal.
So what does Barack Obama actually stand for?
Change?
If bombing Pakistan was Obama’s opening act, that’s not change, that’s business as usual. I guess not many people picked up on his campaign rhetoric or reviewed his voting record or took a close look at his cabinet choices. Has anyone noticed – or does anyone even care that Obama’s cabinet appointments are the same old white-collar criminals and warhawks that we usually find in Washington’s power elite?
Did anyone pay attention during Obama’s campaign?
As I recall, according to Obama’s election record he was for private sector health plans run by big insurance, conservative medical/hospital associations and big pharma. He has publicly rejected a universal national health program.
He was for continuing the embargo on Cuba and hostile confrontation with Venezuela’s populist (and democratically elected) President Hugo Chavez. (Obama will promote protectionism at home but demands free market access to Latin America?).
Obama was a former defender of the Palestinian people but is now an AIPAC toadie in full support of oppressing the Palestinian people and the continued expansion of Israel into the West Bank.
Obama, prior to his election, endorsed the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street – and has since continued to support any and all attempts to first save the wealthy on Wall Street as opposed to the US economy.
Obama is for escalating US military intervention in Afghanistan – which, after only his first week in office, included the bombing of neighboring Pakistan.
Obama’s true litmus test will comes when we see him repeal the Patriot Act. If he leaves it the way it is, all I can say is – meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
The one good thing I can say about George Bush is, he was easy to criticize. His idiocy was unrivaled and so obvious. But with Obama, and the hoards of Obamamaniac supporters, even constructive criticism is difficult. His presidency has already taken on mythological proportions.
So, can we expect more massive bailouts, perhaps into the tens of trillions of dollars?
Obama’s already told Americans to get ready for the prospect of “trillion-dollar deficits for years to come.”
You do realize this money has to be paid back at some time, right? Paid back by your grandchildren, great grandchildren and great, great grandchildren.
I imagine that once Obama starts raising taxes to pay for these bailouts (oops, did I say bailouts, I meant stimulus packages) of the rich, this Obama fantasy bubble will burst just like all those economic bubbles, because there are no miracles in store for America, only debt; enormous debt, prosperity crushing, debilitating debt.
Eventually, reality will sink in. The many deluded Obama-zombies will doubtlessly be disappointed when their taxes go up and their quality of life goes down. As jobs are lost, foreclosures and bankruptcies continue to climb and neighborhoods become deserted, maybe then we, the unwashed masses, will realize Obama has no miracle solutions up his sleeve. His limitations will be revealed when the economy bottoms out in the next year or so when the lines of jobless, homeless and hungry can’t get the “change” from its new leader.
The public, as usual, has been seduced by eloquent oratory and shallow promises. Promises that likely will not and possibly cannot, be kept. And even though Obama is obviously a man of superior intellect, as far as I can tell, he does not have superpowers beyond those of mere mortal men.
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March 22, 2009 at 4:06 pm
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March 22, 2009 at 9:45 pm
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