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Posted on August 25th, 2009 by Mark.
Categories: Editorials, News.
What is wrong with Barack Obama? I think the man is a menace, a reckless amateur of the worst sort. A delegator (or just plain lazy), he surrounds himself with hacks that have done little more than diminish his position with the people of this country. Barack Obama himself may be able to fool some of the people, some of the time… but his cronies? People like Sebelius, Axelrod and Gibbs are hardly the kind of people you want front and center on anything of any importance. Sebelius was Governor of a nothing state (sorry Kansas), Axelrod is a behind the scenes operator and player, Gibbs is a doughie mess, easily riled and often left stammering awkwardly. Why would these be the faces that I saw trying to articulate healthcare for the executive branch? Did they want to fail?
Anybody with a lick of sense should have known that Obama needed to be front and center. He needed to be “lawyered up” on the plan, well versed in what he was talking about in order that he maintain his “coolness” factor. There was no room for a “mom jeans” moment, surely not when the Congress was going to be represented by dim witted zealots like Pelosi, Reid, Frank, Schumer et al. With Ted Kennedy sidelined the Democratic short list that would be pushing this plan could have been riding a short bus to the capitol. Obama needed to be the reassuring presence, the guy that let America believe, “Fear not, these idiots aren’t really in charge, I am.” We didn’t get that for weeks… but worse, when Obama decided it was time that he do some of the heavy lifting, he was ill informed and ill prepared. He declared with conviction that private insurance would survive the public option because Fed Ex and UPS were doing just fine against a failing US Postal Service. Wow, how reassuring. I’m opposed to the liberal/socialist agenda of this President, but I doubt I could have gummed up the works this well if I were Obama’s Chief of Staff. It is simply amazing to me to watch the implosion of this administration.
So when the healthcare debate goes south, what does this president do? He, revisits CIA interrogations of terrorists and murderers! I cannot help but think that Obama has completely lost every bit of “mojo” he once had. What a winner this thing is going to be for the Obama Administration. Our CIA interrogators made threats and used force to intimidate murderers! Who in their right mind is going to get worked up about the supposed torture of three ANIMALS?! I cannot wait until the media is forced to read the resumes of these disgusting subhuman thugs.
Keep it up, President Obama! I love you for this. You give conservatives one gift after another. You are completely out of touch with the American people. You would have us believe that this is Holder and not you, but this is you. This revisiting of the CIA interrogations is desperate and it will end in a further diminishing of President Obama’s approval and standing with the American people. Bravo! Anybody have some popcorn?
Posted on August 25th, 2009 by Mark.
Categories: Editorials, Get active!, News.
Here is an open letter to Walmart. Feel free to post this all over the place… much appreciated. Free speech matters in America, whether right or wrong. If Beck is so off base, let the viewers, the individuals out there, exercise their right to turn him off.
To Whom It May Concern,
I have been a consistent shopper in your stores for years now. I cannot think of a time where I was not it one of your stores at least once a week. I cringe considering the amounts of money that I have sunk into purchases made in your stores. The first place I think to go when I need something is the local Walmart… sadly, your actions as of late have forced me to reconsider. Your stance on healthcare given this political and economic climate was perplexing but you had a right to consider your best interests and to speak your mind on the matter. I’m sure there is a financial offset that is beneficial to your corporation in laying costs such as insurance on the backs of the taxpayers while at the same time diminishing your own responsibility to your employees. I am a capitalist, a conservative and a realist. I do not begrudge you the right to maximize your profits; in fact I expect you to do just that, it’s good business. So while I oppose the healthcare reforms being proposed, I respected Walmart’s right to disagree and to pursue what was best for them. It was not a stance that would make me consider shopping elsewhere.
This week however, you have elected to back a boycott of the Glenn Beck Program. I cannot express to you just how irksome it is to have supported a corporation’s right to free speech, while that corporation, has decided to aid in the squashing of an individual’s speech rights. This boycott is not about right and wrong, it is about destroying an opposition viewpoint. You are a party to an action I find vile, and that I abhor. How dare you join an effort to shut somebody up. I think I am going to have to reconsider whether or not corporations should have the same kind of free speech rights as individuals. I think perhaps it is reckless to give rights granted the individual to nebulous entities who cannot be held singularly accountable for what they say and the positions that they take. Perhaps we should all be considering whether or not corporations should be allowed an opinion in public debate at all. Your choice to pull ads was cowardly. Avoidance of controversy is one thing, bailing out on a program you didn’t find offensive until threatened, is another. Beck has a right to consider the president a racist if he believes it… and further he has a right to say it. People are free to stand up and say, “You’re wrong,” but that’s where it should end. There should not be a concerted effort to destroy a man because he has an opinion. That you have joined in this action is galling to me.
So, I want you to know that you have lost a loyal customer. My family of four will shop elsewhere and I will likewise tell my extended family and friends to also boycott your stores. The Sam’s Club membership will not be renewed. We’ll purchase clothing at Kohl’s, incidentals at Target or K-mart, and return to the local grocery store. Sure, in the short term it will cost us a few bucks to make this change, but in the long term the costs associated with stances like the one made by your spineless corporation, are all the greater. We as a nation cannot afford to have our free speech rights threatened in any way. I urge you to reconsider your position, but if you will not, so be it. Let my voice be the first to say, enough… and hopefully others will follow suit. I will be posting this to my blog and will encourage others to do the same. You may find the loss of one customer laughable, but we’ll see how funny it is when others join in.
Respectfully,