Barack Obama said recently:
I am not a dictator.[2]
For many Americans who detest him totally—at the very least—this statement is all too reminiscent of Richard M. Nixon’s famous words:
I’m not a crook.[3]
The parallels are emerging rapidly; and Obama may suffer a similar fate.
Both had serious psychological issues: in the case of Obama, stemming from the fact that he grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia without his natural father; and his mother shipped him off to live with her parents in Honolulu, at a very young age, where he remained until he left to attend college on the American mainland.[4]
He is a Narcissist and a demagogue; and his reelection in 2012 merely elevated and reinforced these qualities in him. Indeed, he has come to believe that he is invincible, politically; and he has set about to change America, much like Nixon did after his landslide reelection victory in 1972.
In an earlier article about Obama, I asked:
In the final analysis, will he be viewed as a fad and a feckless naïf, and a tragic Shakespearean figure who is forgotten and consigned to the dustheap of history? Will his naïveté have been matched by his overarching narcissism, and will he be considered more starry-eyed and “dangerous” than Jimmy Carter? Will his presidency be considered a sad watershed in history? Or will he succeed and prove his detractors wrong, and be viewed as the “anointed one” and a true political “messiah”? Even Abraham Lincoln was never accorded such accolades, much less during his lifetime. And Barack Obama’s core beliefs are light years away from those of Ronald Reagan.[5]
Has Obama reached the apex of his presidency; and will his fall from grace, high atop “Mount Olympus,” be devastating for the United States and the American people? Only time will tell.
© 2013, Timothy D. Naegele
[1] Timothy D. Naegele was counsel to the United States Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and chief of staff to Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient and former U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass). He practices law in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles with his firm, Timothy D. Naegele & Associates, which specializes in Banking and Financial Institutions Law, Internet Law, Litigation and other matters (see www.naegele.com and http://www.naegele.com/naegele_resume.html). He has an undergraduate degree in economics from UCLA, as well as two law degrees from the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, and from Georgetown University. He is a member of the District of Columbia and California bars. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army, assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon, where he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal. Mr. Naegele is an Independent politically; and he is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Finance and Business. He has written extensively over the years (see, e.g.,www.naegele.com/whats_new.html#articles), and can be contacted directly at tdnaegele.associates@gmail.com; see also Google search:Timothy D. Naegele
[2] See http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/03/01/obama_i_am_not_a_dictator_im_the_president.html
[3] See, e.g., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh163n1lJ4M
[4] See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
On most issues, I was politically in tune with former Senator Edward W. Brooke, for whom I worked; I am not with Barack Obama at all.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/barack-obama-is-a-lame-duck-president-who-will-not-be-reelected/ (see also the footnotes and comments beneath the article)
[5] See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
NaegeleBlog 
One small caveat,….Nixon did however at the stroke of midnight assist Golda Mier with a crucial arms shipment that prevented Israel’s extinction…thus, although not a fan personally, possibly I would extend Obama one last straw to get the land for peace deal done with the same desired outcome.
Regardless of our national or international aggregate politics, Israel’s completion as a nation is sacred to God; woe be to men or nations that wish to see it otherwise.
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Thank you for your comments.
First, with due respect, the single greatest threat to the two-state solution today is Benjamin Netanyahu.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/the-madness-of-benjamin-netanyahu/#comment-2440 and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/the-madness-of-benjamin-netanyahu/#comment-2407 (see also the article itself, as well as all of the other comments beneath it)
Second, Barack Obama is not a “fan” of either Netanyahu or Israel. He hated Apartheid in South Africa; and he views today’s Israel much the same way, which is discussed in my earlier article and the comments beneath it.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/the-madness-of-benjamin-netanyahu
Third, I respectfully submit that most of the world disagrees strongly with your last paragraph.
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/israels-senseless-killings-and-war-with-iran/#comment-544
Lastly, at least Nixon loved his country, he served in our military, and he was an expert about something; namely, foreign policy. Obama spent his time in college using illegal drugs; and he is not an expert about anything.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/ (“Junkie. Pothead. That’s where I’d been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man”)
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Well,
The first two points regarding whom is the worst will be self evident and to be born out over the course of the not to distant future ….
As for point three….you are precisely correct, although it isn’t my paragraph they disagree with; It is God’s. Most of the world does not truly understand the role of Israel or Jerusalem, the Jewish people, or God’s purpose for them. They do not truly Believe.
Enjoy your commentary. Let’s see where six months takes us.
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“Regardless of our national or international aggregate politics, Israel’s completion as a nation is sacred to God; woe be to men or nations that wish to see it otherwise.” – PalomaGenios
Could you please expound on this statement? Based on what authority do you make the claim that “Israel’s completion as a nation is sacred to God…” and perhaps more importantly the statement “… woe be to men or nations that wish to see it otherwise.”
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Ray,
Those comments are basically a paraphrased summary that the Bible lays out for the fate of Israel and the nations that rise up against it.
Whether you are a believer in biblical positioning or not, the nation of Israel is specifically identified as the apple of God’s Eye, and Jerusalem is His Holy City.
God will sometimes use an enemy nation to deliver chastisement against the nation of Israel, with the purpose being to bring the nation to repentance, … which has happened in its history.
There will come a period, which could develop shortly, that Israel will be cornered into a defense posture against a multi-nation armada arrayed against it, …. and with the supernatural provisions of God, will face utter destruction….again, detailed in Scripture.
What makes it difficult to comprehend is that most of the world looks at these events simply as human events. If one does not consider the underlying biblical spiritual connection behind the unfolding events, it will always appear as arrogant warmongering.
Gary
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Gary,
Respectfully, I would like to point out several items for your consideration:
The position that you are referring to is based on the doctrinal system known as Dispensationalism. Dispensationalism is a relatively new system that was originally devised in the 1850’s by John Nelson Darby (England) of the Plymouth Brethern movement. (Its most famous sub-doctrine is the pre-tribulational “rapture” theory, which is a study in itself). Where the system really got its legs was via the Scofield reference “bible” along with its copious notes, whereby C. I. Scofield took great liberty in “dividing” God’s dealings with mankind (and especially “Israel”) into various periods (or dispensations of time) through various means. Keep in mind, that Dispensationalism was NEVER taught prior to the development of this system in the 1850’s. In fact, it didn’t catch on at all here in America until about 1910, due primarily to the Scofield bible and the hyper-dispensational school Dallas Theological Seminary. In order to accept this system, one has to literally throw out Orthodox teachings of the previous 1850 years.
As to Israel. The primary scripture that is typically used to elevate the nation of Israel above all else … including Christ’s church … is Genesis 12:3 “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” … (the “Abrahamic Covenant”). However, there is a huge problem with interpreting this verse as representing the NATION of Israel. Why? Because what is being referred to in Gen. 12:3 is prophetically all believers in Christ (including those in the Old Testament that believed in his future promised advent) … NOT the physical nation of Israel. Note Galations 3:7,8 “Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.” … and verse 29: “And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Paul addresses this same issue in Romans 9: 6 – 9
Orthodox Biblical Christianity has always held to the doctrinal position that there are “two Israels” … one that is represented as the “Israel” (or Jews) which have rejected the Messiah … and the other that is “spiritual” Israel … which are the believers, by faith through grace, in Christ.
That is what is meant by Paul’s statement in Romans 9:6 “… For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel.” The Old Testament clearly teaches that within the “nation” of Israel, God always had His “remnant” of believers. These believers are the “apple of His eye”… not those that have rejected His Son as the promised Messiah. In reality, the nation of Israel is actually under the “curse of the law” as stated in Galations 3:10 “For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; ” Israel has collectively rejected Christ as the Messiah and are making the vain attempt at obtaining righteousness through the “law” while rejecting Christ and his redemptive sacrifice on the cross.
I could go on … I’ll stop here. I sincerely hope this helps.
Ray
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Thanks RayUSA
I don’t believe I disagree with the end of some of your assessments, and I have over the years studied these various positions between the Church and Israel. No doubt, the Israel factor remains, and has been a lightening rod for conversation, if not outright war over the centuries!
Like yourself, there are pages of debate available, and probably Mr Naegele’s blog may not be the correct forum for a long running debate of this nature.
I agree with some points you make, but with the support of Scripture should time allow, I do believe that there is a strong case for dispensational time frames that God has provided to deal with the nature of man upon the earth. He is obviously a God of order and system and is not just tossing mud at the wall.
To the end, that many thousands of well learned and well read men like yourself and Mr Naegele have ‘proven’ their respective positions both pro and con especially as it relates to the 3000 year old Israel question. In the final analysis, the mere fact that here we are again in 2013 with Israel as the centerpiece of the geopolitical firestorm, begs everyone to ask; Why? Why still? The only answer that makes sense is: Read the Bible. It tells us why…even if we the non Jews, and the Jews themeselves, argue the outcome along the way.
Thanks for your insights and knowledgable history. God Bless you.
Gary,
Canada
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[Editor’s comments: Three other articles at this blog, and the comments beneath them, bear on these discussions as well.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/what-and-where-is-god/ (“What And Where Is God?”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/the-madness-of-benjamin-netanyahu/#comment-2515 (“The Madness Of Benjamin Netanyahu”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/israels-senseless-killings-and-war-with-iran/ (“Israel’s Senseless Killings And War With Iran”)]
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Obama’s Enemies List And His Thugocracy
Barack Obama seems to smile endlessly; however, at or near the top of his “enemies list” are those people who would dare to criticize or expose him, or say—in the words of the little child in Hans Christian Andersen’s fable, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”—”But he has nothing on at all,” thereby exposing the grand swindle or fraud for all to see.
The Washington Post‘s associate editor Bob Woodward, of Watergate fame, is on the list. Having written an Op-Ed piece entitled, “Obama’s sequester deal-changer,” Obama and his “fellow travelers” have been attacking him.
See, e.g., http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kathleen-parker-the-obama-white-house-threat-to-bob-woodward-matters/2013/03/01/f5d36d5e-82b3-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_story.html (“Why the ‘threat’ on Bob Woodward matters”—”[N]o president since Richard Nixon has demonstrated such overt contempt for the messenger“)
Woodward wrote:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bob-woodward-obamas-sequester-deal-changer/2013/02/22/c0b65b5e-7ce1-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html
In addition:
See http://www.businessinsider.com/bob-woodward-obama-sequester-republicans-2013-2 and http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/27/us-usa-fiscal-woodward-idUSBRE91Q11620130227 (“Journalist Bob Woodward blasts Obama ‘madness’ in handling cuts”); see also http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/sperling-admits-obama-misled-debate-president-did-propose-sequester_705015.html (“Sperling Admits Obama Misled in Debate: The President Did Propose the Sequester“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/#comment-2483 (“The Fiscal Cliff Explained, And Sequestration”)
Nile Gardiner, writing an excellent article in the UK’s Telegraph, has noted:
See http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100204252/a-nasty-brutish-imperial-presidency/#comment-816124520 (emphasis in bold print added)
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The latest target of Obama and his Hitler-esque thugs may be Rupert Mudoch’s News Corp and its Wall Street Journal. After that, it may be Mudoch’s Fox News and other entities in his empire, which constitutes payback for opposing Obama:
See http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/17/us-newscorp-wsj-bribery-idUSBRE92G0J620130317 (“Dow Jones investigates bribery allegations against WSJ China”); see also http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324532004578365064172055862.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection (“Bribery Allegations Surfaced Against WSJ in China”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/the-united-states-department-of-injustice/ (“The United States Department of Injustice”)
. . .
Americans can only hope and pray that the Obama Thugocracy is brought to its knees in short order, and ended, and never repeated again in our great nation’s history.
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89,304,000 AMERICANS: NOT WORKING
It has been reported:
See http://cnsnews.com/news/article/296000-americans-drop-out-labor-force-february
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As Peggy Noonan noted in the Wall Street Journal:
See http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323628804578346680172271600.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_opinion
This is totally consistent with my article on the economy and the comments beneath it. The worst is yet to come, and things will get very ugly!
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/ (“The Economic Tsunami Continues Its Relentless And Unforgiving Advance Globally”); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/the-next-major-war-korea-again/#comment-2501 (“North Korea Says It Will Launch Nuclear Attack On America“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/china-is-americas-enemy-make-no-mistake-about-that/ (“China Is America’s Enemy: Make No Mistake About That”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/poverty-in-america/#comment-2301 (“Crime Will Increase Dramatically In America”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-2494 (“Obama’s Enemies List And His Thugocracy”)
Noonan added:
This is so so true. I grew up a block away from the fabled Sunset Boulevard in Westwood, a mile west of the lovely UCLA college campus, in an affluent area of Los Angeles—with the super-rich Beverly Hills to the east, Bel Air to the northeast, and Brentwood, Pacific Palisades and Malibu to the west. Leaving the UCLA campus recently, I hit a pothole in the street near the campus, which was similar to those I had hit in Washington, D.C. a number of years before. The streets that I had traveled on my bike as a kid, to watch movies at the Village and Bruin theaters in Westwood, have not been paved in all those years. Hefty tax monies paid by residents have been diverted elsewhere, and wasted.
Noonan continued:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/#comment-2483 (“The Fiscal Cliff Explained, And Sequestration”); compare http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/342366/white-house-saving-18000-week-cancelling-tours-patrick-brennan (“White House Is Saving $18,000 a Week By Cancelling Tours”) with http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2290937/MoS-Diary-Adele-lands-biggest-gig-Michelle-Obamas-50th-birthday-party.html (“ADELE, BEYONCE TO PERFORM AT MICHELLE’S 50TH [BIRTHDAY PARTY]”); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/barack-obama-is-a-lame-duck-president-who-will-not-be-reelected/#comment-1172 (“Michelle Obama: ‘Let Them Eat Cake!'”) and http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-savings-financial-emergency-20130130,0,4750796.story (“Nearly half of Americans are one emergency from financial ruin“)
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Worldwide Approval And Image Of The United States Declines Under Obama
POLITICO has reported:
See http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/world-poll-image-of-us-declines-88816.html (“World poll: Image of U.S. declines”)
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North Korea Says It Will Launch Nuclear Attack On America
In an article subtitled, “NORTH Korea led by tyrant Kim Jong-un has sensationally vowed to launch a NUCLEAR attack on the USA,” the UK’s Sun has reported:
See http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4829035/north-korea-says-it-will-launch-nuclear-attack-on-america.html (emphasis added); see also http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2288445/Kim-Jong-Un-North-Korea-vows-end-ceasefire-South-Korea-revenge-nuclear-test-punishments.html (“North Korea threatens U.S. with ‘thermonuclear war’: Rogue nation vows to launch attacks ‘at any time’ in revenge for sanctions”) and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2290052/North-Korea-cancels-peace-pact-South-revenge-tough-UN-sanctions-threatens-thermonuclear-war-US.html (“‘Prepare for all-out war’: Kim Jong Un vows to attack South Korea as he cancels peace pact in revenge for tough UN sanctions“) and http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323826704578353710011020122.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird (“North Korea Declares War Truce ‘Invalid’“) and http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/15/17327806-us-to-deploy-more-ground-based-missile-interceptors-as-north-korea-steps-up-threats?lite (“US to deploy more ground-based missiles as North Korea steps up threats“)
To some in this world, the destruction of San Francisco (e.g., the Gay capital of the United States) and LA (e.g., the global center of far-Left, immoral “entertainment”) would be the 21st Century equivalent of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah—which were completely consumed by fire and brimstone.
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/earthquakes-the-big-one-is-coming-to-at-least-los-angeles/ (“Earthquakes: The Big One Is Coming To At Least Los Angeles”)
. . .
As reported by the UK’s Sun, North Korea has released a video that depicts 150,000 U.S. prisoners taken in a Blitzkrieg or lightning war that would overrun South Korea:
See http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4854885/nightmare-of-150000-us-prisoners-in-new-north-korean-propaganda-video.html; see also http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2297677/North-Korea-propaganda-video-shows-troops-taking-150-000-US-hostages-destroying-South-Korea.html and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300964/North-Korea-revealed-Inside-Kim-Jong-Uns-war-room-signs-plan-attack-US-mainland.html (“Kim Jong Un reveals his ‘U.S. mainland strike plan’: Pictures inside North Korean leader’s war room show him plotting to attack America (with a map of target cities on the wall behind him)“) and http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2013/0329/North-Korea-What-happens-if-Kim-Jong-un-acts-on-his-threats (“In the event that the ‘bellicose rhetoric’ of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un turns into something more serious, the opening hours of conflict could be ‘pretty ugly,’ defense analysts warn“) and http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/31/17543980-us-navy-shifts-destroyer-in-wake-of-north-korea-missile-threats?lite (“South Korean President Park Geun-hye appeared to give her country’s military permission to strike back at any attack from the North without further word from Seoul”—”‘As commander-in-chief of the armed forces, I will trust the military’s judgment on abrupt and surprise provocations by North Korea,’ she said“)
. . .
ABC News has reported:
See http://abcnews.go.com/International/us-general-north-korea-situation-volatile-dangerous/story?id=18863864&singlePage=true#.UVtV27vLjZ- (emphasis added); see also http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-north-korea-danger-20130402,0,7973635.story (North Korea analyst: “[T]his is one of the most dangerous moments since 1953”“) and http://thehill.com/video/house/291579-rep-king-us-could-make-preemptive-strike-on-north-korea (“Rep. Peter King: US could make preemptive strike on North Korea“) and http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gpuimXzka5inwGnL0c9vZsbQ54fw?docId=CNG.4eb43e27607cb9d4be6b952b88ddefeb.01 (NORTH KOREA APPROVES ‘MERCILESS’ NUKE ATTACK ON US) and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303227/North-Korea-says-approval-use-cutting-edge-nuclear-weapons-United-States-merciless-attack-just-hours-Chuck-Hagel-calls-clear-present-danger.html (“North Korea says it has approval to use its ‘cutting edge’ nuclear weapons against the United States in a ‘merciless’ attack just hours after Chuck Hagel calls them a ‘clear and present danger’“) and http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4874435/north-korea-moves-second-missile-to-east-coast.html (“North Korea tells Brit diplomats to get out—then sets chilling April 10 deadline“) and http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/391376/North-Korea-states-nuclear-war-is-unavoidable-as-it-declares-first-target-will-be-Japan (“North Korea states ‘nuclear war is unavoidable’ as it declares first target will be Japan“)
. . .
It is only possible to deal with rash actors and actions if one’s opponent is rational if not sane.
We learned from Pearl Harbor and 9/11 that there are enemies in this world who want to destroy the United States, and are willing to defy conventional norms. One such actor is North Korea under Kim Jong-un.
He could launch an invasion of the south that would be tantamount to a Blitzkrieg, killing or taking American military personnel as prisoners, and overrunning our South Korean ally. He could launch missiles against Japan and American forces in the Pacific that would be devastating.
The U.S. would have to act quickly, and the only real deterrents are nuclear strikes against the command and control in North Korea, and against key military targets and forces massed against us and our ally.
No amount of talking would have prevented Pearl Harbor or 9/11, and the same may be true this time. Indeed, a massive strike against the North may prevent a “Pearl Harbor” that reaches American cities, including but not limited to a nation-ending EMP Attack.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/emp-attack-only-30-million-americans-survive/ (“EMP Attack: Only 30 Million Americans Survive“)
. . .
North Korea has always eclipsed Iran as a nuclear-arms threat to the United States, except in the mind of Benjamin Netanyahu—who has been the greatest threat to peace in the Middle East, and has continuously sought to provoke America into a third war in the region.
As I have written:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/the-madness-of-benjamin-netanyahu/ (see also the comments beneath the article)
Barack Obama should leave Israel to sink or swim, alone; and turn his attention to where it really counts for Americans, which is not Iran.
Also, as I have written:
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/israels-senseless-killings-and-war-with-iran/#comment-544
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The Great Depression II Is Here To Stay, And It Will Last At Least Through The End Of This Decade
While many Americans and the “elite” of other countries have never had it so good financially—including Barack Obama and his family—as their yachts cruise the waters of the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and elsewhere in this world, others are living in poverty and utter desperation. This will continue unabated for many years to come, with no relief in sight. As I have written, things will only get far worse; and the human suffering will be unfathomable.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/poverty-in-america/ (“Poverty In America“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/#comment-2135 (“Suicides, Growing Despair And Hopelessness May Be The Future“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/#comment-2177 (“The Risk Of Runs Is Real“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/barack-obama-is-a-lame-duck-president-who-will-not-be-reelected/#comment-1172 (“Michelle Obama: ‘Let Them Eat Cake!'”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/#comment-1516 (“Debtors’ Prisons“)
Evidence of this is reflected in the latest statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau:
See http://news.yahoo.com/help-shrinks-poverty-spikes-us-122230503.html (“Help shrinks as poverty spikes in the US“); see also http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2302997/U-S-sees-highest-poverty-spike-1960s-leaving-50-million-Americans-poor-government-cuts-billions-spending.html (“U.S. sees highest poverty spike since the 1960s, leaving 50 million Americans poor as government cuts billions in spending“) and http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-04-05/people-not-labor-force-soar-663000-90-million-labor-force-participation-rate-1979-le (“[T]he number of people not in the labor force . . . in March soared by a massive 663,000 to a record 90 million Americans who are no longer even looking for work“)
It is a myth and downright lie woven by our politicians and their counterparts in other countries that America and Europe are slowly climbing out of the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It must never be forgotten that the depression of the last century did not end with the onset of World War II, but rather it abated only after the war’s end. During the 1930s, there were “green shoots” as there are now—or signs that things were improving economically—which did not materialize until the end of that devastating war.
As I wrote almost four years ago:
See http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/tms/politics/2009/Apr/08/euphoria_or_the_obama_depression_.html; see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/the-next-major-war-korea-again/#comment-2501 (“North Korea Says It Will Launch Nuclear Attack On America”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/emp-attack-only-30-million-americans-survive/ (“EMP Attack: Only 30 Million Americans Survive”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/the-madness-of-benjamin-netanyahu (“The Madness Of Benjamin Netanyahu”)
And I added almost four years ago:
See http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/tms/politics/2009/Apr/08/euphoria_or_the_obama_depression_.html; see also http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/9985280/Big-banks-more-dangerous-than-ever-IMFs-Christine-Lagarde-says.html (“Big banks ‘more dangerous than ever’, IMF’s Christine Lagarde says“)
The chickens are coming home to roost as fewer and fewer Americans and other nationalities trust their governments, and as economic and other forms of chaos reign.
HOLD ON TIGHT. THINGS WILL GET VERY UGLY!
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My Predictions Of Obama’s Defeat Last November
Some critics keep raising the issue that I predicted Barack Obama’s electoral defeat last November, which did not happen. Like many others, I was mistaken.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/barack-obama-is-a-lame-duck-president-who-will-not-be-reelected/ (see also the comments beneath the article)
Indeed, with respect to the exact numbers in last November’s elections, 58.9 percent of Americans who were eligible to vote actually voted. Of them, 65,907,213 or 51.1 percent voted for Obama; and 60,931,767, or 47.2 percent voted for Mitt Romney. Obama carried 26 States plus the District of Columbia, while Romney carried 24 States.
See, e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2012
It was not a landslide for Obama by any means; and those Americans who voted against him are tuning him out . . . or fighting against everything that he stands for.
As our economy continues to decline, this will become truer with each passing day.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/#comment-2555 (see also the article itself, as well as the other comments beneath it)
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“Watergate II”?
In an article entitled, “Mitch McConnell seeks FBI investigation,” POLITICO reported:
See http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/mitch-mcconnell-ashley-judd-recordings-fbi-89803.html?hp=r2; see also http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/top-senate-republican-asks-feds-investigate-possible-illegal-wiretap_716166.html
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Obama’s Fall From Grace . . . Or “Watergate II”
Perhaps the only things that will save Barack Obama and his presidency are (1) the near-total ineptitude of the Republican Party and “Neanderthals” like its Senate leader and ranking “buffoon,” Mitch McConnell; (2) Joe Biden as Vice President, who is a joke but a heartbeat away from the Oval Office; (3) a Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate, and the utter ruthlessness and proven diabolical political skills of that Party; (4) the failure of the GOP to remove Bill Clinton from the presidency after he was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, which reinforces their spinelessness now; (5) the “inertia” of Americans who have been “shell-shocked” by tragedies, and yearn for lasting political and economic stability; and (6) Obama is America’s first half-black president, which means that the “race card” will be played again and again.
Certainly, the ingredients of “Watergate II” are present and growing: (1) “Sequestration,” which emanated from Obama and his minions and is devastating the United States in countless ways, which will produce long-term negative consequences for our national security, at the very least; (2) misuse of the IRS by Obama and his lieutenants to target their political enemies; (3) unilateral disarmament by the United States at a time when the list of our real enemies is growing, not diminishing; (4) the terrorist attacks on the American embassy in Benghazi, Libya, which were distorted by Obama and others right before the 2012 presidential election, to skew the results in favor of Obama; (5) an American economy that is being buoyed up by the Fed, but will come crashing down with a thud that is reminiscent of the Great Depression of the last century, or worse; (6) ObamaCare, which will devastate America’s health care system; and (7) . . . the list goes on and on, including unprecedented reckless abuses of governmental powers and perks.
See, e.g., http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/us/politics/irs-scandal-congressional-hearings.html?_r=0 (“Obama administration officials were aware of [and orchestrated the targeting of political enemies] during the presidential campaign year“) and http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-redacted-truth-subjunctive-outrage/2013/05/16/de28aee8-be64-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html (Krauthammer: “[I]t might well be [bigger than Watergate and Iran-contra]“) and http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/05/irs-official-in-charge-during-tea-party-targeting-now-runs-health-care-office/ (“IRS Official in Charge During Tea Party Targeting Now Runs [IRS’ ObamaCare] Office“) and http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323582904578487460479247792.html (Noonan: “We are in the midst of the worst Washington scandal since Watergate“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/#comment-2555 (“The Great Depression II Is Here To Stay, And It Will Last At Least Through The End Of This Decade“) and http://www.rove.com/articles/473 (“A White House Under Siege“); see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton (“Impeachment of Bill Clinton”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/ (“Is Barack Obama A Racist?”)
Barack Obama is the president from Hell; and things will only get far worse before his presidency ends . . . the sooner, the better.
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Free George Zimmerman, And Shut Down The Racists!
There is little question that Zimmerman is being persecuted by racists—of the same ilk as those who freed O.J. Simpson after this heinous murders of his wife Nicole and Ron Goldman on June 12, 1994 in Los Angeles.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/barack-obama-is-a-lame-duck-president-who-will-not-be-reelected/#comment-2098 (“Trayvon Martin Protesters Ransack Store”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/barack-obama-is-a-lame-duck-president-who-will-not-be-reelected/#comment-2101 (“OBAMA PLAYS THE RACE CARD”); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/ (“Is Barack Obama A Racist?”)
Racial politics must not be allowed to condemn and imprison Zimmerman!
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Bill Clinton On Barack Obama: “He’s Incompetent”
The New York Post has reported in an article by Edward Klein, author of “The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House”:
See http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/gets_hill_bullied_EjhPAdD8Ati7RRkMlNqHbM (emphasis added)
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GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: NOT GUILTY!
See also http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/07/14/sot-zimmerman-trial-verdict.cnn.html
Bravo! Justice has been served!
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Unfortunately, in the next breath, Barack Obama’s disgraced Justice Department has announced that “it is looking into the shooting death of Trayvon Martin to determine whether federal prosecutors should file criminal civil rights charges now that George Zimmerman has been acquitted in the state case.”
See http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NEIGHBORHOOD_WATCH_JUSTICE_DEPT_?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-07-14-16-02-34; see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/the-united-states-department-of-injustice/ (“The United States Department of Injustice”)
An AP story on the subject adds:
See id.
This is totally consistent with how Barack Obama, his administration, and his Democratic Party operate. Despite having said that “[a] jury has spoken,” Obama and his Justice Department—and key party members, such as Harry Reid—are still trying to find a way to destroy George Zimmerman.
See http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/george-zimmerman-verdict-94130.html?hp=t1; see also http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/14/Reid-Zimmerman-not-over (“REID ON ZIMMERMAN: ‘THIS ISN’T OVER WITH'”)
This is unconscionable, and Obama should be impeached—for this, and a long list of other issues!
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This case should have never gone to trial. The only reason it did was because of the race baiters (Sharpton, Jackson, Obama, etc.) along with their fellow travelers in the mainstream media. The entire trial was a complete sham from the start as evidenced by the state’s own witnesses, which more often than not helped the defense. Their “star” witness Rachel Jeantel was an absolute train wreck.
Without a blind and unbiased judicial system, no American can truly be free and safe … as further illustrated by the Justice Department announcing that they are now “looking” for something else in which to “charge” George Zimmerman. From the very beginning, this entire distasteful episode has been nothing short of the public persecution of an American citizen. What happened to Zimmerman could happen to anyone of us.
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Thank you, Ray, for your thoughtful comments.
In response to your last sentence: it has, and continues to happen each and every day.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/justice-and-the-law-do-not-mix/ (“Justice And The Law Do Not Mix”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/the-american-legal-system-is-broken-can-it-be-fixed/ (“The American Legal System Is Broken: Can It Be Fixed?”) (see also the comments beneath these articles)
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Dershowitz: ‘Prosecutorial Tyrant’ Violated Zimmerman’s Rights
It has been reported:
See http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Dershowitz-Zimmerman-Prosecutorial-Misconduct/2013/07/14/id/514957?s=al&promo_code=142AB-1; see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/#comment-2640 (“Zimmerman Prosecutors ‘Should Be Disbarred’”)
Of course, Dershowitz is correct!
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Dershowitz is correct except for the gun part… why should police be able to carry a gun and a private citizen cannot? I still like the saying, when Colt created the gun, ALL men and women were created equal.
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Thank you, Dayl.
Yes, I agree with you.
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OBAMA’S LEGACY: AL QAEDA MILITANTS FLEE IRAQ jAIL IN VIOLENT MASS BREAK-OUT
As reported by Reuters:
See http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/22/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE96L0RM20130722
Because of Barack Obama, Iraq and Afghanistan are looking more and more like Vietnam!
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/are-afghanistan-iraq-and-pakistan-hopeless-and-is-the-spread-of-radical-islam-inevitable-and-is-barack-obama-finished-as-americas-president/ and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/obama-in-afghanistan-doomed-from-the-start/
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4 Out Of 5 in USA Face Near-Poverty, No Work . . .
The AP has reported:
See http://bigstory.ap.org/article/exclusive-4-5-us-face-near-poverty-no-work-0
Hold on tight. It will get far worse between now and the end of this decade!
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But nothing interrupts the Obamas’ lavish vacations!
See, e.g., http://washingtonexaminer.com/obama-vineyard-vacation-at-7.6m-private-resort-over-75-rooms-booked-for-staff/article/2533598 (“Obama Vineyard vacation at $7.6m private resort, over 75 rooms booked for staff”) and http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2013/07/29/wh-tours-parade-special-visitors-continues/ (“Still No [White House] Tours, but Parade of Special Visitors Continues”)
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Obama Is Not To Be Trusted On Foreign Policy—As 50 Percent Of Americans Disapprove Of The Job He Is Doing As President
These are the results of the latest Gallup poll, and an assessment of his presidency by the UK’s Telegraph:
See http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx and http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/10234042/Obamas-not-to-be-trusted-on-foreign-policy.html (“[T]he US president no longer has any clear idea of his country’s global role“)
Obama is hopeless; and Putin is far more than “an authoritarian KGB man at heart.” He is a killer, who must be terminated.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/ and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/#comment-2729 (see also the comments beneath these articles)
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Mr. Naegele,
I read your biography, at least in paper you seem to be a gainfully employed and reasonable individual. I wonder then, what your motivation for showing so much personal disdain towards the President is… I’m not a Democrat follower but I am particularly interested in people like you. Question: Did you or your parents belong to the Democratic party before the 60’s?
To te best of my understanding , most Americans want to give it a rest as far as international involvement, there’s just not enough money and more than enough animosity towards US, without mentioning the saturation with the last 10 years of war.
Why then are you so interested in demeaning someone that is representing the majority of Americans. Also, have you thought that it is probably because of opinions like yours that the Republican Party is just not making the cut?
I’d suggest you give it a rest, there is a fairly radical agenda behind your opinions and it’s pretty clear. Your ideology reached its climax in 1943 in Germany. Nothing good came out of it, we are trying to adjust and make things work, please let us do so. If you think the situation is bad it is because you have not realized that 1936-1944 is way gone, those theories proved unscientific and wrong, the more you want to go back to this era, the more you will hurt the Republican party.
If you think I’m mistaken, please let us know how your theories differ from those postulated in Germany during the period of 1936-1944?
Thank you
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Thank you for your comments.
I sought and was originally offered a role in the Obama campaign prior to the 2008 election. They wanted me to work on housing matters, which I had worked on in the U.S. Senate (e.g., the Brooke Amendment, and what was to become the Section 8 housing program, which have helped millions of Americans). However, I wanted to work on other issues.
See http://www.naegele.com/naegele_resume.html
In the final analysis, I voted for John McCain. After that election, I read and reread Obama’s book, “Dreams from My Father,” written in his own words. If you have not done so, I recommend it to you. It is truly an eye-opener; and I have written about it, quoting Obama’s words.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
Only by reading his views on life will anyone understand the man that he is today, and what he has been doing, and his innate and very deep prejudices and anger.
I am an Independent, and I have been one for more than 20 years. I grew up in a “devoutly” Republican family, and first registered and voted as a Democrat. Because friends of mine were killed in Vietnam—for nothing—owing to the errors of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara, I switched and became a Republican. Then, I could not stomach either party, so I became an Independent.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/the-rise-of-independents/
I believe Obama is a fraud, and that history will prove this to be true. Also, I was against the war in Iraq, principally because I believed WMDs would be used against our forces, which Saddam Hussein had used against Iranian forces earlier. Also, I do not believe that the United States has vital interests in the Middle East; and that we must avoid any more wars in the region.
Next, Barack Obama does not represent the majority of Americans. As cited in my comments above yours, 50 percent of Americans disapprove of the job he is doing as president. Today’s RealClearPolitics Poll Averages show that 51.1 percent of Americans “Disapprove” of his job performance; 61.8 percent believe that America is on the “Wrong Track”; and 75.8 percent “Disapprove” of Congress’ job performance.
See http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/
Lastly, I am “floored” by your following comments:
I have been to Germany several times, and have traveled throughout the country—both the East and the West—and I respectfully disagree with what you have written. I am not advocating anything like that. In fact, the people who were hurt the most by Hitler and his policies were the Germans themselves.
I voted for Mitt Romney, and I would do so again today.
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Barack Obama Is A Total Idiot, And Sinister
He has already lost Iraq; he is losing Afghanistan and Pakistan; much of the rest of the Middle East is in turmoil; and now he is on the verge of turning Egypt over to the Muslim Brotherhood.
See http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/15/20033815-obama-condemns-egypt-over-violence-cancels-joint-military-exercise?lite (“Obama condemns Egypt over violence, cancels joint military exercise”)
He was raised in a Muslim country, Indonesia; and it is not surprising at all that he is doing this.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/ (see also the comments beneath the article)
To make matters even worse, Obama’s policies are turning Egypt against the United States. Famed reporter Bill Gertz has written:
See http://freebeacon.com/obama-policies-turning-egypt-against-u-s/; see also http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/19/senator-obama-administration-secretly-suspended-military-aid-to-egypt.html (“Obama Administration Secretly Suspended Military Aid to Egypt”)
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In an article entitled, “Can Obama write his own laws?,” the Washington Post‘s Charles Krauthammer has written:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-can-obama-write-his-own-laws/2013/08/15/81920842-05df-11e3-9259-e2aafe5a5f84_story.html
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Ann Coulter has added:
See http://www.humanevents.com/2013/08/21/arab-spring-worst-soap-ever/ (emphasis added)
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Charles Krauthammer has added:
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Before the Obama presidency ends, he will have single-handedly destroyed America as we have known it, economically, racially and in terms of our national security and foreign policy. He makes Richard Nixon seem like an American patriot by comparison; and I never voted for Nixon either! However, there is a consensus today that Nixon was a foreign policy expert, unlike Obama who knows little or nothing about foreign policy.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/ (see also the comments beneath the article)
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Barack Obama’s Syrian Debacle [UPDATED]
According to the Washington Post:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/26/new-poll-syria-intervention-even-less-popular-than-congress/
Yet, the foreign policy naïf, Obama, plunges ahead with his war plans for Syria.
As the Post‘s Charles Krauthammer has written:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-shamed-into-war/2013/08/29/b97a67a8-10cb-11e3-b4cb-fd7ce041d814_story.html; see also http://freebeacon.com/pentagon-cant-afford-syria-operation-must-seek-additional-funds/ (“Pentagon Can’t Afford Syria Operation; Must Seek Additional Funds” . . . because the unconscionable naïf, Obama, has been systematically gutting our military!) and http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_SYRIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-08-31-13-57-17 (Obama caves and proves he is a wimp: “[H]e will seek congressional authorization for the use of force . . . and a vote as soon as Congress comes back in September”) and http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/31/amateur-hour-krauthammer-slams-obamas-sudden-decision-to-delay-syria-strike-video/ (“‘AMATEUR HOUR’: Krauthammer slams Obama’s sudden decision to delay Syria strike”) and http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/1/bashar-assad-loses-us-friends-as-kerry-hagel-and-b/ (“The Obama national security team that wants to go to war with Syria and demonizes President Bashar Assad is the same group that, as senators, urged reaching out to the dictator“) and http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/151261/russia-asks-turkey-for-info-on-sarin-terrorists.html (Syrian rebels arrested with Sarin gas!) and http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/sep/4/liberals-reject-obamas-case-syria-strikes-believe-/ (“Liberals reject Obama’s case for Syria strikes; believe Obama and Kerry are lying“) and http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-04/adelson-new-obama-ally-as-jewish-groups-back-syria-strike.html (“Adelson New Obama Ally as Jewish Groups Back Syria Strike,” which is not surprising in light of the fact that the “Neocons” pushed America into the Iraq War too, on behalf of Israel) and http://www.infowars.com/video-syrian-rebel-admits-using-chemical-weapons/ (“Video: Syrian Rebel Admits Using Chemical Weapons“) and http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/08/syria-chemical-weapons-not-assad-bild (“Syria chemical weapons attack not ordered by Assad, says German press“) and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2415081/Britain-sent-poison-chemicals-Assad-Proof-UK-delivered-Sarin-agent-Syrian-regime.html (“Britain sent poison gas chemicals to Assad: Proof that the UK delivered Sarin agent to Syrian regime for SIX years“) and http://www.thenation.com/blog/176040/obamas-syria-war-really-about-iran-and-israel# (“The dirty little not-so-secret behind President Obama’s much-lobbied-for, illegal and strategically incompetent war against Syria is that it’s not about Syria at all. It’s about Iran—and Israel“)
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No more wars—nor one drop of American blood should be shed—for Israel. It is on its own; sink or swim. Iraq was enough!
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/the-madness-of-benjamin-netanyahu/ (see also the comments beneath the article)
. . .
It has been said: “Jimmy Carter may be heading to #2 on the [list of] all-time worst presidents in American history, thanks to ‘O.’” This is an understatement.
Barack Obama is pathetic. He has lost Iraq, after so many Americans died there, and other Americans suffered life-long injuries. He has effectively lost Afghanistan, with the same result—as well as much of the Middle East.
Now he wants to commit U.S. military forces to attacks on Syria, which would likely benefit America’s enemy—al Qaeda—that attacked us on 9/11. This man should be impeached . . . if the Republicans had any guts at all, which they don’t.
Any senators and members of Congress who vote in favor of such strikes must be voted out of office!
See also http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100234866/flailing-obama-slumps-to-lowest-ratings-of-his-presidency-as-us-voters-see-him-as-a-weak-and-indecisive-leader/ (“Flailing Obama slumps to lowest ratings of his presidency, as US voters see him as ‘a weak and indecisive leader’“)
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZER GOES TO WAR
This is the title of an article by Ann Coulter, which is worth reading and states:
See http://www.humanevents.com/2013/09/04/community-organizer-goes-to-war/
Barack Obama is pathetic! And anti-war activist John Kerry has finally found a war that he believes is worth fighting!
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Chris Wallace: Obama in Worst Possible Fix
See http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/chris-wallace-syria-96384.html (emphasis added)
Vast numbers of Americans hate Obama for a variety of reasons (e.g., ObamaCare, cutting our military, losing Iraq and Afghanistan, his deep-seated liberalism, racial reasons), and will do anything to see his presidency fail. Couple that with the anti-war folks—of which John Kerry used to be a “card-carrying member”—and there is likely to be a solid majority against the Syrian strikes.
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Collapse Of American Influence Recalls Dis-Integration Of Soviet Union, Fall Of France [UPDATED]
In a provocative New York Sun article of this title by Conrad Black—a Canadian-born former newspaper publisher, a historian, a columnist, and a non-affiliated life peer—it is written:
See http://www.nysun.com/foreign/collapse-of-american-power-recalls-dis/88400/ (emphasis added)
But all of this is and/or was predictable. Barack Obama is an utter neophyte at everything, except being a politician. If you have any doubts whatsoever, read his book “Dreams from My Father.” It is all there, in his own words; and it is how he has been governing as president. He has no experience or moral compass!
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
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Or, as the Wall Street Journal observed after his speech to the American people:
See http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324094704579066774128762480.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_opinion (emphasis added).
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Putin is evil personified, but he has outwitted Obama, and made him look like a naïf and totally incompetent!
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/ (“Russia’s Putin Is A Killer”) (see also the comments beneath the article)
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Obama, The Democrats And War
Ann Coulter has written:
See http://www.humanevents.com/2013/09/11/syrial-losers/; see also http://m.cnsnews.com/news/article/dennis-m-crowley/12-year-war-73-us-casualties-afghanistan-obamas-watch (“The 12-Year War: 73% of U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan on Obama’s Watch”)
I left the Democrat Party because of Lyndon Johnson and his Vietnam War, where friends of mine were tragically killed.
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Obama’s Epic Incompetence
The Washington Post‘s Charles Krauthammer has probably made the best case for Barack Obama’s utter incompetence:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-the-fruits-of-epic-incompetence/2013/09/12/7e6771d2-1bdf-11e3-a628-7e6dde8f889d_story.html; see also http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/charlescrawford/100235857/syria-assad-must-go-said-obama-but-putin-has-carved-him-down-to-size-and-soon-it-will-be-assad-must-stay/ (“In due course Washington will have so much credibility invested in Syria’s [chemical weapons] non-disarmament that it will start to need Assad to stay in power to guarantee some crumbs of success. . . . The Obama administration knows that it is experiencing unprecedented humiliation. So it proclaims victory. . . . This is something quite new in world affairs: Washington sprawling on its back after falling for the Grandmother of All Putinesque Judo-flips“) and http://nationalreview.com/corner/359557/libya-muslim-brotherhood-and-other-jihadists-grab-massive-amounts-us-weapons-andrew-c (“In Libya, Muslim Brotherhood and Other Jihadists Grab ‘Massive Amounts’ of U.S. Weapons“) and http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/de-Borchgrave/2013/10/02/Commentary-Mixed-signals-from-Moscow/UPI-18871380713939/?spt=hs&or=an (“What is becoming increasingly clear is that Assad wasn’t behind the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack in an eastern suburb of Damascus“)
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Once again, Americans need to read (or reread) Obama’s book, “Dreams from My Father,” to realize fully how incompetent he is, and how out of touch he is with Americans who were born and raised on the U.S. mainland.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
He has been exposed for America and the world to see—like the potentate in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”
Those Americans who voted for him—not just once, but twice—are getting exactly what they deserve. The rest of us can only count the days until his presidency ends!
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Proving Obama’s incompetence is a relatively easy task that could, in my opinion, be accomplished by anyone with an adult sized brain. However, let’s not lose sight of what and who Charles Krauthammer is; a staunch Neo-Con that enthusiastically supported the wars (illegal debacles) in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has also steadfastly supported a strong arm American military approach regarding Iran. I’m not at all surprised by his hissy fit over “doing nothing” in Syria, because Krauthammer knows that US military action in Syria could lead to back a “back door” war with Syria’s ally Iran. As if that isn’t enough, it could lead to WW 3 involving China & Russia.
Krauthammer is a radical in other ways as well, as evidenced by his support to eventually “disarm the citizenry.” Krauthammer’s “conservative” supports would probably be surprised that he doesn’t hold a very strong view (as in none) of the 2nd. Amendment, as illustrated in a Washington Post article written by him in 1996:
“Ultimately, a civilized society must disarm its citizenry if it is to have a modicum of domestic tranquility of the kind enjoyed in sister democracies like Canada and Britain….
Passing a law like the assault weapons ban is a symbolic — purely symbolic — move in that direction. Its only real justification is not to reduce crime but to desensitize the public to the regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation….
Yes, in the end America must follow the way of other democracies and disarm.”
For the full text see:
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2011/03/anybody-have-complete-text-of-this.html
Personally, I put Krauthammer in the same league with William Kristol, David Frum, Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, Cheney, Douglas Feith, Rumsfeld, and the rest of that distasteful cabal.
Krauthammer’s accurate assessment of Obama is fueled by ulterior motives. This Dr. Strangelove in real life wants nothing other than a major war (as do all the Neo-Con loonies) in the Middle East that will remake the entire region into the image that they have envisioned. I personally have always read or heard anything he says with a very large dose of salt; a simple grain of salt will not be an ample amount when dealing with Krauthammer.
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Thank you, Ray, for your comments.
Your first sentence is priceless. . . . and true. 🙂
Second, Krauthammer is a staunch advocate of Israel, right or wrong. I do not share his beliefs in that regard.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/israels-senseless-killings-and-war-with-iran/#comment-544 (see also the article itself, as well as the other comments beneath it) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/the-madness-of-benjamin-netanyahu/ and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/israels-senseless-killings-and-war-with-iran/#comment-1825
Third, I believe strongly in the Second Amendment to our Constitution (i.e., “the right of the people to keep and bear arms [] shall not be infringed”), and do not believe that the right of Americans to keep and bear arms should be circumscribed.
Criminals, terrorists and our other enemies can get guns easily. Americans need to be able to protect themselves, now and in the future.
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Putin’s Macho Posturing Obscures Russia’s Continuing Decline, And Prevents Action To Avert It
This is the conclusion reached in a fascinating article by Richard Spencer, which appears in the UK’s Telegraph:
See http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/richardspencer/100237864/its-russia-not-america-that-has-most-to-fear-in-syria/ (“It’s Russia, not America, that has most to fear in Syria”); see also http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html (Putin: “A Plea for Caution From Russia”) and http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21586304-vast-region-chinas-economic-clout-more-match-russias-rising-china-sinking (“Rising China, sinking Russia”)
The article’s bottom line—”Vladimir Putin is driving Russia ever deeper into a mire in Syria”—is worth noting.
Down deep, Barack Obama is a pacifist. In his seminal book, “Dreams from My Father”—which discusses almost every aspect of his life, and sets forth his core beliefs—there is no hint of any militarism or global ambitions.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
Because Obama has hated Apartheid in South Africa and British imperialism with a passion—and he made this crystal clear in his book, and by getting rid of the bust of Winston Churchill as one of his first acts as president—one can understand why he has drawn back from any strikes against Syria or confrontation with Iran.
He will not “carry water” for Benjamin Netanyahu because, on some level, he views the Israeli leader with the same disdain that Putin enjoys. Also, Obama hates the Israeli Apartheid and oppression of the Palestinians.
It is doubtful that Obama will ever intervene militarily in Syria, or Iran, because the American people do not want to be involved in any more wars in the Middle East. Obama understands this, which is consistent with his own innate pacifism.
Most Americans are “America-centric,” and only care about what is in the best interests of the United States. They do not have any allegiance to another country—especially Israel.
Next, Spencer’s observation is worth repeating:
Amen!
Lastly, America’s attention has shifted to the Pacific, and rightly so. China is our greatest threat in the future, with Russia and North Korea behind it—not the Middle East.
See, e.g., http://freebeacon.com/russia-china-hold-large-scale-war-games/ (“Russia, China Hold Large-Scale War Games”); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/china-is-americas-enemy-make-no-mistake-about-that/ (“China Is America’s Enemy: Make No Mistake About That”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/ (“Russia’s Putin Is A Killer”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/the-next-major-war-korea-again/ (“The Next Major War: Korea Again?”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/emp-attack-only-30-million-americans-survive/ (“EMP Attack: Only 30 Million Americans Survive”)
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Mr. Naegele,
I always enjoy reading your blog. One minor suggestion that I think would improve your site:
I believe your latest blog entry should appear at the top of the page. It might be confusing to some to have to scroll to the bottom in order to read the new entry.
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Thank you, Ray, for your comments as always.
This is a WordPress blog, and I did not set up the format or how it is structured. Sorry about that. 🙂
My latest comments appear in the right column, under the heading “Recent Comments”—which is where your comments are noted as well.
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The Surface Of Corruption In Washington Has Barely Been Scratched
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author Seymour Hersh is at it again, thank God!
In a riveting talk at the City University in London, which has been reported in the UK’s Guardian, Hersh opens up:
See http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2013/sep/27/seymour-hersh-obama-nsa-american-media (emphasis added); see also http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2436610/Pathetic-Award-winning-journalist-Seymour-Hersh-slams-American-press-challenging-US-governments-LIES-Bin-Laden-raid.html (“Not ONE word of official account of raid that killed Bin Laden is true, claims award-winning journalist Seymour Hersh“)
Among other things, Hersh laid bare the myths about John F. Kennedy—the most despicable president in American history—and his “Camelot” for the world to see.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/john-f-kennedy-the-most-despicable-president-in-american-history/
Hersh tells it like it is, not the sugar-coated pablum that comes out of Washington today, to be consumed by Americans and the world.
In the event that people have failed to notice, Americans have collective wisdom, and they have awakened to the mess that is Washington—brought to us principally by Obama and his “evil” Democrats, and their counterparts in the media.
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If U.S. Government Shutdown or Debt Ceiling Causes An Economic Crisis, It’s On The President’s Head
This is the opinion of American investigative journalist, non-fiction author, and the Washington Post‘s Watergate guru, Bob Woodward:
See http://freebeacon.com/woodward-if-shutdown-or-debt-ceiling-causes-economic-crisis-its-on-the-presidents-head/ (emphasis added); see also http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/concoughlin/100238900/us-government-shutdown-barack-obama-is-presiding-over-the-end-of-americas-superpower-status/ (“[T]he shut down represents yet a further blow to the prestige of the Obama administration at a time when it is still reeling from its inept handling of the recent Syrian crisis. . . . [T]he longer the Obama presidency continues, the more America’s status as a superpower ebbs away“) and http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-washington-20131001 (“While announcing historic negotiations with Iran, a regime that sponsors terrorism, Obama said he wouldn’t bargain with the GOP”)
I have spent most of my legal career working in or with government, including years spent at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill.
I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat. I have been an Independent for more than 20 years, after first being a Democrat and then a Republican.
If there are any lessons that I have learned, it is that government does not work; and the government that governs least, governs best.
America’s governments—at the federal, State, and local levels—are grossly inefficient. Dealing with these governments is like dealing with some Third World “banana republic” . . . with the exceptions of the Pentagon and our military, which on balance are the best of American government.
This is why more and more Americans have such a low opinion of government, and do not trust it. When Obamacare gets into full swing, assuming that it does, the wrath of the American people may know no bounds; and Obama and his Democrats may pay a very heavy political price!
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Barack Obama’s Welfare Socialism Sparked The US Government Shutdown, Not The American Constitution
This is the opinion of Dr. Tim Stanley, a historian of the United States, writing in the UK’s Telegraph:
See http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100239347/us-government-shutdown-obamas-welfare-socialism-sparked-this-crisis-not-the-constitution/ (emphasis added)
Having worked on Capitol Hill and with government all of my legal career, it is nice to find an article that tells the truth. Tim Stanley is correct.
The only thing that I question are his statements:
Even here, the “game of chicken” may proceed; and the scare tactics and “climate of fear” spread by Obama and his far-Left Liberals may fall on deaf ears and be farfetched.
Shut down the government: it has happened, and few Americans are losing any sleep over it. The same thing may be true about a failure to raise the debt ceiling. Obama’s “Chicken Little-The Sky is Falling” approach is not working, inter alia, because Americans just witnessed his humiliating Syrian debacle.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-2907 (“Obama’s Epic Incompetence”); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3079 (“[Moody’s] says that the U.S. Treasury Department is likely to continue paying interest on the government’s debt even if Congress fails to lift the limit on borrowing“)
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Also, any notion that the U.S. will lose its borrowing ability is utter nonsense. In borrowing money (e.g., for a large real estate project), it is always desirable to be the largest debtor of a small bank. Indeed, it is often said that the borrower “owns” the bank, because the borrower’s default can take down the bank.
The same thing applies to China, for example. If American purchases from China were to collapse, China would collapse economically. The Chinese leadership has to do business with us, and play ball with us, or suffer the consequences. “Devious” though they may be, they are not stupid.
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/china-is-americas-enemy-make-no-mistake-about-that/#comment-2251 (“China’s Hard Landing”)
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Americans detest government, and rightly so. It is an integral part of the American psyche today. Barack Obama keeps emitting scare tactics; and we are getting very used to them, like the “Boy Who Cried Wolf” over and over again.
Of much greater concern to the American people on a daily basis is the damage that Obamacare may do to their health.
As Stanley notes correctly, Barack Obama and his Democrats are to blame. Even before the latest crisis, Obama had used his “Sequestration” to drastically cut our military, and even cut off White House tours:
See http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/tours-and-events; see also http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/10/02/Obama-Administration-Decided-to-Block-Access-to-Memorials (“OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DECIDED TO BLOCK ACCESS TO MEMORIALS“) and http://freebeacon.com/shutdown-theater/ (“[Obama Administration] Orders Closure of Park that Receives No Federal Funding“) and http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/2/doves-and-peaceniks-no-more-these-democrats-relish/ (“Democrats relish the role of bullies“) and http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/03/need-health-care-coverage-just-dial-1-800-fuckyo-to-reach-obamacares-national-hotline/ (“Need health care coverage? Just dial 1-800-FUCKYO to reach Obamacare’s national hotline“) and http://washingtonexaminer.com/military-keeps-camp-david-open-halts-nfl-baseball-coverage-to-troops-overseas/article/2536819 (Obama cuts NFL, baseball coverage to troops overseas) and http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/nbc-police-remove-vietnam-war-veterans-memorial-wall_759267.html (“Police Remove Vietnam War Veterans at Memorial Wall“) and http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/10/05/Feds-Try-to-Close-the-OCEAN-Because-of-Shutdown (“FEDS TRY TO CLOSE THE OCEAN BECAUSE OF SHUTDOWN“) and http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/08/fox-news-poll-majority-would-vote-against-raising-debt-ceiling/ (“If it were up to the American public, they would vote no [on raising the nation’s debt limit so the federal government can borrow more money]—with a majority saying the debt limit should only be raised after major spending cuts have been made“) and http://weaselzippers.us/2013/10/09/gross-u-s-taxpayers-shelled-out-634320919-to-build-obamacare-website/ (“U.S. Taxpayers Shelled Out $634,320,919 To Build Obamacare Website“) and http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/9/obamas-national-debt-rate-on-track-to-double/ (U.S. DEBT DOUBLES SINCE OBAMA…) and http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/15/palin-defaulting-on-our-national-debt-is-an-impeachable-offense/ (“[W]e don’t have enough money to continue to finance our ever-growing federal government (with our $17 trillion dollar national debt that has increased over 50% since Obama took office). . . . That’s why President Obama wants to increase the debt limit”)
Obama never set foot on the American mainland until he attended Occidental College in Los Angeles. Instead, he grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia. His views are out of touch with most Americans who were born and raised here.
He is a Narcissist, a demagogue, a liar and incompetent; and his reelection in 2012 merely elevated and reinforced these qualities in him. Indeed, he has come to believe that he is invincible, politically; and he has set about to change America, much like Richard Nixon did after his landslide reelection victory in 1972.
Obama’s anger and willingness to punish his enemies are on display, each and every day, like Nixon’s anger and willingness to punish his enemies.
If you have any doubts whatsoever about such anger, which has undergirded Obama’s life and still does, read (or reread) his book “Dreams from My Father.” It is all there, in his own words.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/; see also http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100240627/barack-obamas-leviathan-even-when-the-us-government-is-shutdown-its-still-too-big/ (“[The Obama Administration] is engaging in high profile acts in an effort to exaggerate the impact of the shutdown”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-3100 (“Immigration Reform Must Be Blocked Forever“) and http://wfpl.org/post/mcconnell-reid-deal-includes-2-billion-earmark-kentucky-project (“McConnell-Reid Deal Includes $2 Billion Earmark for Kentucky Project“)
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Obamacare—the signature and arguably the only “accomplishment” of the Obama presidency—will be hung around Barack Obama’s neck like a dead albatross, politically. It is merely a function of time before this happens.
America’s founders must be weeping . . .
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Obamacare Was Passed On A Democrat Party-Line Vote
It is worth reviewing how Obamacare came into being in the first place. As political pundit, Dick Morris—who was a principal advisor to former President Bill Clinton—writes:
See http://www.dickmorris.com/is-the-cr-or-debt-fight-a-usurpation-of-congress-power/ (emphasis added); see also http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-who-shut-down-yellowstone/2013/10/03/1b1cb4a8-2c64-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html (“From Social Security to civil rights to Medicaid to Medicare, never in the modern history of the country has major social legislation been enacted on a straight party-line vote. Never. . . . Yet Obamacare—which revolutionizes one-sixth of the economy, regulates every aspect of medical practice and intimately affects just about every citizen—passed without a single GOP vote. . . . Having stuffed Obamacare down the throats of the GOP and the country, Democrats are now paying the price“)
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It is worth restating:
Obamacare, the signature and arguably the only “accomplishment” of the Obama presidency, must be—and will be—hung around Barack Obama’s neck like a dead albatross, politically. It is merely a function of time before this happens.
It has been said:
This is an understatement!
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Obama Lies and Lies Again
The Washington Post has reported:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics-live/liveblog/live-updates-the-shutdown-4/?id=c1e3ada3-dc00-41d8-92cb-327c5c814d82
Tragically, lying seems to undergird Barack Obama’s character. How can Americans and those abroad believe a word that he says anymore?
He makes Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon seem like choir boys, by comparison.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3109 (“When Americans Wallow In Obamacare, Their Anger Will Grow!”)
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DEMOCRATS TO AMERICA: WE OWN THE GOVERNMENT!
I began as a Democrat, and I was proud of it. I grew up in a devoutly-Republican family; and my parents revered the famous general and president, Dwight Eisenhower, and I did too. My mother even had a photo of Pat and Dick Nixon prominently displayed.
I was in the Los Angeles Coliseum when John F. Kennedy give his acceptance speech at the Democrats’ convention in 1960, even though I was not old enough to vote; and I registered as a Democrat when I was able to do so. I left the party later because of Lyndon Johnson and his Vietnam War, where friends of mine were killed; and like Ronald Reagan who began as a Democrat, I believe my party had deserted me, rather than the other way around.
I became a Republican, and left that party more than 20 years ago, and became an Independent, because I did not feel comfortable in either major party. What Barack Obama and his Democrats have been doing since early 2009 turns my stomach. I do not anticipate voting for a Democrat ever again, because of it.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3042 (“Barak Obama’s Welfare Socialism Sparked The US Government Shutdown, Not The American Constitution”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/the-rise-of-independents/ (“The Rise Of Independents”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/ronald-reagan-and-john-f-kennedy-a-question-of-character/ (“Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy: A Question of Character”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/john-f-kennedy-the-most-despicable-president-in-american-history/ (“John F. Kennedy: The Most Despicable President In American History”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/washington-is-sick-and-the-american-people-know-it/ (“Washington Is Sick And The American People Know It”)
When all is said and done, Barack Obama may truly take the “prize.” It has been said:
This may prove to be one of the greatest understatements in American history; and the United States and the American people must withstand and survive another three years of the Obama presidency.
Conservative political pundit Ann Coulter writes:
See http://www.humanevents.com/2013/10/09/democrats-to-america-we-own-the-government/; see also http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/public-blames-obama-gop/2013/10/09/id/530025 (“Most Americans disapprove of the way Obama is handling his job, the poll suggests, with 53 percent unhappy with his performance and 37 percent approving of it”)
Obamacare—the signature and arguably the only “accomplishment” of the Obama presidency—will be hung around Barack Obama’s neck like a dead albatross, politically. It is merely a function of time before this happens.
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The Democrat-Controlled U.S. Senate Passes Bill To Pay Military Death Benefits, But Obama Rejects It [UPDATED]
As the Washington Examiner has reported:
See http://washingtonexaminer.com/jay-carney-says-we-dont-need-legislation-to-pay-military-death-benefits/article/2537106
Barack Obama is truly bizarre. Now he spurns an agreement with the Republicans and prefers, instead, to have a private group fund military death benefits.
How much more contempt can he show for our wonderful and courageous military and their bereaved families?
Obama must be impeached. The United States and the American people cannot endure more than three years of this evil naïf. He is disgusting!
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3042 (“Barack Obama’s Welfare Socialism Sparked The US Government Shutdown, Not The American Constitution”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
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Fox News has reported:
See http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/23660879/bill-to-pay-military-death-benefits-heads-to-obama#axzz2hOIqIvOO
The mere fact that Obama has caused the bereaved families additional pain is cruel and disgusting, but it is totally consistent with his character.
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It’s easy to rant against “Obamacare” when you yourself have good health insurance!
The fact that Republicans are holding our government hostage for what they stupidly believe will be their own political gains is the real disgusting thing going on around here. It is Republican policies that are the cause of this pain.
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Thank you for your comments.
I have Medicare, period.
With all due respect, it is not the GOP that is holding America hostage, it is Obama and his Democrats, as I have discussed in my comments above.
And no, I am not a Republican, but an Independent.
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Shame . . .
The Republicans in the Senate—led by Mitch McConnell—caved to Barack Obama and Harry Reid, and the House Republicans did the same. Any efforts to defund or otherwise scuttle Obamacare, or scale back Obama’s runaway spending, have come to naught.
Clearly, the GOP consists of a spineless group of politicians; and Obama has won the game of “chicken,” at least for the moment.
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America’s founders must be weeping . . .
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See, https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3042; see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-3100 (“Immigration reform must be blocked forever because the Democrats will never allow reasonable reform, but will fight tenaciously to achieve [a one-party system of government skewed by the new immigrants’ voting]. The ‘Neanderthal’ Republicans will give in at some point, [as they just did]“) and http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/18/us-debt-jumps-400-billion-tops-17-trillion-first-t/ (“U.S. debt jumps a record $328 billion—tops $17 trillion for first time“) and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2470238/Obama-asks-people-sign-Obamacare-phone.html (“Obama asks people to call in to sign up to Obamacare after ‘unacceptable’ problems with $634million website… but now the PHONES aren’t working“)
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What far too few people realize is the fact that the GOP has been in the past, and is now, being controlled by the east coast Rockefeller establishment wing of the party. Aside from rhetoric, the GOP has NEVER been a conservative party in practice, proven by the fact that when Bush and the GOP controlled the House, Senate and WH, they ended up spending like out of control drunken Democrats. Regarding this latest fiasco, the “leadership” virtually trashed, both publically and privately, the true fiscal conservatives led by Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Mike Lee. Neoconservative David Frum recently stated that the “conservatives should just leave” the GOP. And what will be left if they do? Establishment types such as Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Paul Ryan, and their ilk. Come to think of it …. leaving might be just the thing to do. If that happens, we’ll see how many elections these Dem-Lites will win then. A conservative third party is looking more and more viable with each passing day.
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Thank you, Ray, for your comments as always.
When I worked in the Senate, I was in four-person meetings with David Rockefeller, who was very nice and headed Chase Bank at the time. The issues discussed were banking matters. We listened, but that was it.
My sense is that the GOP was controlled by “devout” conservatives, and not by other interests. When I left the Senate and was involved in lobbying for major U.S. businesses, I found the same thing to be true.
Indeed, I was a member of the National Democratic Club and the National Republican Club of Capitol Hill, simultaneously. I felt it was good business to entertain our clients and others at whichever club they preferred, and I felt comfortable at both of them. In fact, when I worked in the Senate, there was a spirit of bipartisanship in both the Senate and House, which I believed was healthy and beneficial for the country.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/about/#comment-861
Today, there is the GOP’s “old guard” (e.g., Mitch McConnell, John McCain, Lindsey Graham), whom I do not support; and then there are the “upstarts” (e.g., Paul Ryan, who could not even carry his own State for Mitt in 2012). The truly new blood are those who have tried valiantly to defund or otherwise scuttle Obamacare and more reckless spending.
The latter are the future of the GOP . . . or they might join with Independents, and “disenchanted” Republicans and Democrats to start a new third party.
I have been an Independent for more than 20 years, after having been a Democrat first, and then a Republican. Today, Independents constitute approximately 35 percent of American voters; and they can be a very potent force for the future. If disenchanted Republicans and Democrats were to join their ranks and/or otherwise work with them, Obama and his Democrats might be sunk.
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Mr. Naegele,
You have had, to say the least, some very interesting experiences. I appreciate your insight and your willingness to take the time to share what you’ve learned in life via this blog. We need to get this type of information from somewhere …. it certainly isn’t being provided by the mainstream media. Sites such as yours are providing a very valuable service !
I share your political party experiences; raised in a Democrat home (albeit “conservative”), changed parties as an adult to GOP, became an Independent (after being disenchanted with Reagan in the 2nd. term). I admit that I have voted primarily for GOP candidates since, but also freely admit that while doing so I have had to typically hold my nose while pulling the voting lever. Many Americans have had the same experiences and are sick and tired of being forced to vote for the “lesser of two evils.”
I personally am convinced that BOTH parties are leading this country to fiscal and social ruin. With the Democrats, it is full speed ahead in the passing lane. With the GOP, it is the slower lane, but both are travelling along the same highway that ultimately leads to the same destination. I personally do not believe the leadership of the GOP has what it takes to do what is necessary to save our system from becoming just another European Socialist super state. They spout the rhetoric, but when it comes to real action they usually fold their cards. The time very well might be ripe for a viable third party. There certainly seems to be enough people that are fed up with the way the two parties have operated to make it happen !
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Thank you again, Ray, for your thoughtful comments as always.
I agree completely. Well said.
My greatest concern is that Obama and his Democrats will ram through immigration “reform,” which may change America forever, by creating one-party rule.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-3100 (“Immigration Reform Must Be Blocked Forever”)
I am not against immigration. Far from it, our country is a nation of immigrants. However, Obama and his Democrats are bent on changing America, electorally.
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When Americans Wallow In Obamacare, Their Anger Will Grow!
As tragic and cruel as it may seem, the best solution with respect to Obamacare is to let it roll out, and have the anger build, until more and more Americans are demanding an end to it, as well as Barack Obama’s impeachment.
Clearly, the Democrats will be bludgeoned politically in the process too . . . as more and more Americans lose faith in their government.
Obama’s name is likely to become synonymous with ineptitude and failure—with it taking on a negative connotation that may last for generations, like the Edsel.
Kaiser Health News has reported:
See http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2013/October/21/cancellation-notices-health-insurance.aspx (300,000 LOSE HEALTH PLANS IN FLORIDA AlONE) (emphasis added); see also http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/362263/500000-californians-lose-health-policies-wesley-j-smith (“[A]t least 500,000 Californians may lose their health insurance next year—and that’s a conservative estimate“) and http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/362381/alaskan-company-suspends-obamacare-enrollments-cites-faulty-subsidy-calculator (Alaska Suspends Obamacare Enrollments After Signing Up 3 People) and http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/millions-americans-are-losing-their-health-plans-because-obamacare_764602.html (“Millions of Americans Are Losing Their Health Plans Because of Obamacare“) and http://nypost.com/2013/10/25/elderly-patients-sick-over-losing-doctors-under-obamacare/ (“Elderly patients sick over losing doctors under ObamaCare“) and http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/25/michelle-obamas-princeton-classmate-is-executive-at-company-that-built-obamacare-website/ (NO BID CONTRACT: “Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is executive at company that built Obamacare website”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3042 (“Barack Obama’s Welfare Socialism Sparked The US Government Shutdown, Not The American Constitution”) and http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/28/21213547-obama-admin-knew-millions-could-not-keep-their-health-insurance?lite (NBCNEWS: Obama knew millions would lose health plans) and http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304200804579163541180312658 (“[Many Americans] trusted President Obama’s repeated falsehood that people who liked their health plans could keep them. But Americans should understand that this month’s mass cancellation wave has been the President’s political goal since 2008. Liberals believe they must destroy the market in order to save it“) and http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/obama-approval-rating-poll-99135.html (“Obama’s job approval has dropped to an all-time low . . . a mere 42 percent of Americans approve of Obama’s job performance. . . . The president’s disapproval rating stands at 51 percent, tying an all-time high for Obama“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3119 (“Obamacare Laid Bare: Barack Obama’s Big Lie“) and http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/for-consumers-whose-health-premiums-will-go-up-under-new-law-sticker-shock-leads-to-anger/2013/11/03/d858dd28-44a9-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_story.html (“For consumers whose health premiums will go up under new law, sticker shock leads to anger“)
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Again, Obamacare—the signature and arguably the only accomplishment of the Obama presidency—will be hung around Barack Obama’s neck like a dead albatross, politically. It is merely a function of time before this happens, as more and more Americans realize fully how badly it hurts them.
Whether the issue is Benghazi or Obama’s failed Syrian “adventure,” or the far-reaching NSA spying, Obama’s plausible deniability has disappeared. The only issues are what did he know, and when did he know it? It is fair to say that he is the laughingstock of America and the world. Each time he utters a word, his nose seems to grow a bit longer. He makes Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon seem like choir boys, by comparison.
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Obama Is About To Play Defense For Three Years . . . Or Worse
Long-time and highly-respected Washington political pundit Fred Barnes has written:
See http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/point-no-return_764703.html (emphasis added); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3109 (“When Americans Wallow In Obamacare, Their Anger Will Grow!“)
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U.S. Warns Of Downward Iraqi Spiral
This is the title of a Wall Street Journal article, which states:
See http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303618904579167911247903846
Barack Obama has managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in Iraq; we are losing in Afghanistan because of him; the Middle East is in turmoil and collapsing, while he keeps on smiling; a thorough and impartial investigation of Benghazi is required; his Syrian debacle is on display for the world to see; he has been “gutting” our military; . . . and these are simply a few of the failures that he has wrought.
On the domestic front, Obamacare is a “gift” that will keep on giving politically to his Democrats and him, for years and perhaps generations to come. Indeed, Obamacare—the signature and arguably the only accomplishment of the Obama presidency—will be hung around Barack Obama’s neck like a dead albatross, politically. It is merely a function of time before this happens, as more and more Americans realize fully how badly it hurts them.
Whether the issue is Benghazi or the far-reaching NSA spying, Obama’s plausible deniability has disappeared. The only issues are what did he know, and when did he know it?
It is fair to say that, tragically, he is the laughingstock of America and the world. Each time he utters a word, his nose seems to grow a bit longer. He makes Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon seem like choir boys, and paragons of honesty and virtue, by comparison.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3109 (“When Americans Wallow In Obamacare, Their Anger Will Grow!”); see also http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/obama-approval-rating-poll-99135.html (“Obama’s job approval has dropped to an all-time low . . . a mere 42 percent of Americans approve of Obama’s job performance. . . . The president’s disapproval rating stands at 51 percent, tying an all-time high for Obama“)
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Barack Obama must be impeached!
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Obamacare Laid Bare: Barack Obama’s Big Lie
Charles Krauthammer has written in the Washington Post:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-obamacare-laid-bare/2013/10/31/d229515a-4254-11e3-a624-41d661b0bb78_story.html (emphasis added); see also http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/11/01/mother-jones-shocker-new-poll-shows-democratic-incumbents-big-trouble#ixzz2jPrsL4lG (“New Poll Shows Democratic Incumbents in Big Trouble“) and http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/05/obama-denies-you-can-keep-it-videotaped-promises/ (Obama lies and lies and lies: “[He] told his enthusiastic supporters Monday night that he never promised what video recordings show him promising at least 29 times“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3138 (“Five Years In, Obama And Bush Poll Numbers Nearly Identical“) and http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx (GALLUP: OBAMA FALLS TO 30’S [November 5, 2013]
Barack Obama must be impeached or otherwise removed from office (e.g., by being forced to resign). At least Richard Nixon had the guts, personal integrity and patriotism to resign.
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3114 (“U.S. Warns Of Downward Iraqi Spiral”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3110 (“Obama Is About To Play Defense For Three Years . . . Or Worse”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3109 (“When Americans Wallow In Obamacare, Their Anger Will Grow!“) and http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/11/07/207909/analysis-tens-of-millions-could.html (“Tens of millions could be forced out of health insurance they had“)
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NPR: Yellowstone County Treasurer Admits Sending Racist E-Mail Message About Obama
Montana Public Radio has published an article, which states:
See http://mtpr.org/post/yellowstone-county-treasurer-admits-sending-racist-e-mail
First, racism is a fact of life in America today, and globally.
Second, all Americans and peoples of other countries should read Barack Obama’s book, “Dreams from My Father,” written in his own words, if you have any doubts whatsoever about his core beliefs. And then view many of his actions and statements as president (e.g., regarding Trayvon Martin) against his own black racist sentiments.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
Third, ideally, there should not be any racism, period. However, Obama has played the “race card” repeatedly, which is reprehensible.
Fourth, every American’s e-mails should be private. Apparently, Lenington—whom I had never heard of, before reading this article—used his computer at work to send the message to his sister; and someone went through his e-mails, and disclosed this one to the public.
The very essence of the current NSA scandals involves the interception and disclosure of private messages. Americans are aghast that anyone or any government agency could intercept and read their private e-mail messages, or listen to or record their phone calls, and disclose the contents. And of course, they are correct.
Fifth, the very idea that “political correctness” or the thought or language “police” (e.g., in the form of Montana Public Radio) should exist, or be projected or imposed on others, violates this great nation’s basic guarantee of freedom of speech. It is repugnant.
This is why all public funding of PBS and NPR must cease. Among other things, clearly neither entity criticized the hateful comments and threats that were and still are directed toward former President George W. Bush.
Lastly, I believe in this country, and I believe in Americans of all colors, faiths and backgrounds. The United States is the only true melting pot in the world, with its populace representing a United Nations of the world’s peoples.
Yes, we fight and we even discriminate, but when times are tough—like after 9/11—we come together as one nation, which makes this country so great and special. Also, all of us or our ancestors came here from somewhere else. Even the American Indians are descended from those who crossed the Bering Strait—or the “Bering land bridge”—according to anthropologists.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/america-a-rich-tapestry-of-life/ (“America: A Rich Tapestry Of Life”); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/ (“Illegal Immigration: The Solution Is Simple”)
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The Outsiders Who Saw Our Economic Future
In both America’s energy transformation and the financial crisis, it took a group of amateurs to see what was coming. This is the conclusion of a Wall Street Journal article, which states:
See http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303618904579169513659659306?tesla=y
Many of us felt that Alan Greenspan was a fool. Indeed, the former Federal Reserve Chairman was the architect of the enormous economic “bubble” that burst globally. No longer is he revered as a “potentate.” His reputation is in tatters. Giulio Tremonti, Italy’s Minister of Economy and Finance, probably said it best:
That speaks volumes.
See http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/173_212/-365185-1.html (“Greenspan’s Fingerprints All Over Enduring Mess”)
Many of us have believed that even worse would transpire during Barack Obama’s presidency, inter alia, because he is a black racist, a feckless naïf, and a tragic Shakespearean figure whose naïveté has been matched by his overarching narcissism, and he is more starry-eyed and “dangerous” than Jimmy Carter.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/ and http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/tms/politics/2009/Apr/08/euphoria_or_the_obama_depression_.html (“Euphoria or the Obama Depression?”) and http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/2951-market-shadows/31177-interview-with-timothy-d-naegele (“Interview with Timothy D. Naegele”)
All of this is proving true; for example, as Obamacare fails—which affects one-sixth of the U.S. economy, as well as the lives of every American—and as Barack Obama fails in essentially everything that he does.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3119 (“Obamacare Laid Bare: Barack Obama’s Big Lie”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3114 (“[Obama] is the laughingstock of America and the world. . . . He makes Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon seem like choir boys, and paragons of honesty and virtue, by comparison”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3125 (“Obama Accused Of Military Purge”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/poverty-in-america/#comment-3139 (“49.7 Million Americans Living In Poverty”)
During the Great Depression of the last century, there were “green shoots” or signs that things were improving—as we have been witnessing lately. However, in the final analysis, the Depression did not run its course until the end of World War II. This time, the housing market will crumble again and the financial system may collapse, causing human suffering and economic dislocations worldwide.
Clearly, Barack Obama does not have a clue how to deal with this; and the same is true of our Fed and other governmental agencies and politicians around the world. Hold on tight. The worst is yet to come during the balance of this decade. However, it is likely that America will fare better than other countries.
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Obama Accused Of Military Purge
According to Newsmax:
See http://news.newsmax.com/?Z6CRXbSa.P-jo1Uf-WNTn6.Kv3ykxJR1Z&ns_mail_uid=69782&ns_mail_job=1544392_11032013 (emphasis added); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/barack-obama-is-a-lame-duck-president-who-will-not-be-reelected/
None of this is surprising in the least. What began with the sacking of our former military commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley A. McChrystal, is continuing unabated.
Obama’s Sequester was intended, in part, to “gut” our peerless military. His appointment of Chuck Hagel as the Secretary of Defense was intended to put a Republican “hatchet man” at the helm of our military, to execute Obama’s orders.
As I have written:
See http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/tms/politics/2009/Apr/08/euphoria_or_the_obama_depression_.html (“Euphoria or the Obama Depression?”); see also http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx (GALLUP: OBAMA FALLS TO 30’S [November 5, 2013]) and http://freebeacon.com/lawmakers-u-s-troops-unprepared-to-deploy/ (“Lawmakers: U.S. Troops ‘Unprepared to Deploy’—Budget cuts crippling military’s readiness“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3207 (“Barack Obama Is Gutting Our Military Forces, Which Will Affect Our National Security For Decades To Come“)
It is time for Obama to stand down!
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Five Years In, Obama And Bush Poll Numbers Nearly Identical
In an article by Eric Pfeiffer at Yahoo News, it has been reported:
See http://news.yahoo.com/obama-and-bush-poll-numbers-nearly-identical-five-years-into-presidency-214919924.html; see also http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2521587/Oh-bam-Presidents-approval-rating-plummets-38-cent-overall-just-34-cent-health-care-40-cent-Iran.html (“Oh, Bam! President’s approval rating plummets to 38 per cent overall, just 34 per cent on health care and 40 per cent on Iran“)
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Four issues are likely to sink Obama’s ship: (1) Obamacare; (2) the economy; (3) national security matters; and (4) the exposure of scandals surrounding Obama, perhaps even worse than those that led to Richard Nixon’s resignation.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3119 (“Obamacare Laid Bare: Barack Obama’s Big Lie”) and http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304672404579182242845017928 (“Worried [Democrat] Senators Press Obama on Health Law”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/#comment-3123 (“The Outsiders Who Saw Our Economic Future”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/poverty-in-america/#comment-3139 (49.7 Million Americans Living in Poverty) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3125 (“Obama Accused Of Military Purge”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/ (“Is Barack Obama A Racist?”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/are-colleges-dinosaurs/#comment-3149 (“Political Correctness In Colleges And Universities”)
Obama will try to divert attention from his own problems by pushing for immigration “reform” that would change America forever, ending up with a one-party system of government—which of course is the goal of Obama and his Democrats!
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-3131 (“Big Business Lobbies For Illegals!”)
Also, he will seek to act via executive orders dealing with so-called “global warming,” or the Great Green Con, which would be illegal.
See http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/189754-obama-grasps-for-climate-legacy-as-second-term-agenda-crumbles (“Obama grasps for climate legacy as second-term agenda crumbles”)
Perhaps above all else, the political potency of Barack Obama’s namesake, Obamacare, argues for conservatives—be they Republicans, Democrats or Independents—to sharpen their ideological edges, rather than retreat or “compromise” one iota.
Obama must be impeached. The time is drawing near.
See http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/11/07/207909/analysis-tens-of-millions-could.html (52 million Americans have lost or will lose health insurance) and http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/11/12/calif-insurance-commissioner-more-than-1m-californians-having-insurance-cancelled-due-to-obamacare/ (1 MILLION HAVE INSURANCE CANCELLED IN CALIFORNIA) and http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/11/13/Obamacare-enrollment-numbers-shockingly-low (“The federal health care exchange signed up less than 27,000 people. Meanwhile, nearly 7 million people are expected to lose the insurance plans President Obama said they could keep. So far, five million have lost their insurance“) and http://freebeacon.com/mcdermott-i-havent-seen-this-much-panic-on-the-floor-since-911/ (“House Dem. compares Congressional panic over Obamacare to [9/11,] worst terror attack in nation’s history“)
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Why Liberals Are Panicked About Obamacare
Writing for the Washington Post, Charles Krauthammer has stated:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-why-liberals-are-panicked-about-obamacare/2013/11/14/bd2e9834-4d6f-11e3-be6b-d3d28122e6d4_story.html (emphasis added); see also http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-obama-didnt-know/2013/11/15/86264212-4e12-11e3-ac54-aa84301ced81_gallery.html (“The many scandals the White House says Obama didn’t know about“)
As I have written above:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3109 (“When Americans Wallow In Obamacare, Their Anger Will Grow!“); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3119 (“Obamacare Laid Bare: Barack Obama’s Big Lie“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3125 (“Obama Accused Of Military Purge“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3138 (“Five Years In, Obama And Bush Poll Numbers Nearly Identical“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/#comment-3150 (“Fed Is Creating The Mother of All Bubbles“)
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It is reported that the Obamacare Web site cost $634,320,919 to build.
See http://weaselzippers.us/2013/10/09/gross-u-s-taxpayers-shelled-out-634320919-to-build-obamacare-website/ (“U.S. Taxpayers Shelled Out $634,320,919 To Build Obamacare Website”) and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2470238/Obama-asks-people-sign-Obamacare-phone.html (“Obama asks people to call in to sign up to Obamacare after ‘unacceptable’ problems with $394million website… but now the PHONES aren’t working”)
Now, however, a key player in the development of the Obamacare website has acknowledged that up to 40 percent of IT systems supporting the exchange still need to be built.
See http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/tech-chief-didnt-see-march-obamacare-memo-100058.html (“Tech chief: Up to 40% Obamacare work left”) and http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/11/20/second-wave-health-plan-cancellations-looms/ (“[A] second wave of 50 million to 100 million insurance policy cancellations next fall—right before the mid-term elections“) and http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/11/26/evidence-shows-obama-administration-predicted-tens-millions-would-lose-plans/ (“Almost 80 million with employer health care plans could have coverage canceled, experts predict“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/#comment-3176 (“No security ever built into Obamacare site“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3227 (“ObamaCare’s Troubles Are Only Beginning“)
This is a scandal of Watergate proportions or worse, certainly when added to the other scandals surrounding Obama and his White House.
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According to the latest CBS News poll, Obama’s approval rating has dropped to the lowest of his presidency, and support for Obamacare has plummeted. 37 percent of Americans approve of his job performance, while 57 percent disapprove. 31 percent approve of Obamacare, while 61 percent disapprove.
See http://www.scribd.com/embeds/185695292/content?start_page=1; see also http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/11/27/obama_approval_hits_all-time_low_in_ohio_120797.html (“[Obama’s] approval rating hit[s] a record low of 34 percent in Ohio. Obama’s disapproval rating has jumped to an all-time high of 61 percent“)
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WOULD YOU EVER TRUST THIS MAN?
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I’m going to go out on a limb and make a prediction. George W. Bush is scheduled to appear on the Jay Leno show Nov. 19th. Bush does not make many TV appearances (other than to promote his book in the past) and has kept a fairly low profile since leaving office. My prediction; I have a gut feeling that Bush is going to use this venue to back Obamacare by saying something along the lines … “it just needs time and we need to tweak it, etc.” The timing of his appearance on this show seems quite odd and I can’t see what other possible motive he would have. We’ll see if I’m full of beans or not on the 19th.
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Thanks, Ray, for your thoughtful comments as always.
You might be correct, although I hope not. GWB should keep his mouth shut on Obamacare, and let it sink into oblivion.
The Republicans are certifiably crazy if they lend a hand to bail out Obama and his Democrats!
After all, Obamacare is simply emblematic of other very deep issues (e.g., gutting our military), which I have discussed above.
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We can’t ignore the Republicans ability to snatch victory from the jowls of defeat. Their determination to be a liter version of the Democrats has not weaned.
As for GWB endorsing Obamacare on the Leno show, you would expect that type of endorsement for Jeb Bush more so than GWB.
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Thank you, Jerry, for your comments.
Yes, I agree with your first paragraph completely.
With respect to your second paragraph, I missed the program live, but just watched it.
Here is the only mention of Obamacare, and GWB did not endorse it.
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9-y96HuGiI (“Jay Leno and George Bush Get a Good Laugh About Obamacare”)
I watched the entire interview on Jay Leno’s Web site.
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Animal Farm In America: Authoritarian Lawlessness!
In the beginning of George Orwell’s classic novel, “Animal Farm,” all of the animals were equal. However, as things evolved, the pigs became supreme; and they dictated to the other animals—because they considered themselves wiser and superior.
See, e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm
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George Orwell’s pigs would be proud of their progeny: Barack Obama and his Democrats!
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The Washington Post‘s Charles Krauthammer writes about “An outbreak of lawlessness”:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-the-democrats-outbreak-of-lawlessness/2013/11/28/3184b6f2-579b-11e3-8304-caf30787c0a9_story.html (emphasis added); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3156 (“Why Liberals Are Panicked About Obamacare“) and http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/12/04/turley_obamas_become_the_very_danger_the_constitution_was_designed_to_avoid.html (“[Barack Obama is] becoming the very danger the Constitution was designed to avoid“)
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Harvard Poll: Millennials Abandon Obamacare, Would Vote To Impeach Obama
According to a Mediaite article:
See http://www.mediaite.com/online/harvard-poll-millennials-abandon-obamacare-would-vote-to-recall-obama/ (emphasis added); see also http://www.iop.harvard.edu/institute-politics-spring-2013-poll and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3174 (“Animal Farm In America: Authoritarian Lawlessness!“) and http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/young-pay-more-obamacare/2013/12/05/id/540292 (“[Obamacare is] intentionally designed to screw over young people“)
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Obama and his White House might learn something from Ford, in terms of how it is rolling out the 2015 Mustang, almost a year before it arrives in dealers’ showrooms.
See, e.g., http://www.ford.com/cars/mustang/2015/
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The Legacies of Nelson Mandela
Barack Obama has hated Apartheid in South Africa and revered Nelson Mandela for most of his adult life. To him, Apartheid was a stain on Mankind, and Mandela was his hero.
See, e.g., http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/07/world/africa/mandela-politics.html (“For Mandela, Reverence, but Criticism, Too”) and http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2013/12/16/131216ta_talk_gourevitch
An outgrowth of these beliefs has been Obama’s goals of rapprochement with Iran, and a lasting peace in the Middle East. However, just as Obama and the United States have been pursuing these goals, Benjamin Netanyahu has been doing whatever is necessary to sabotage such efforts.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/the-madness-of-benjamin-netanyahu/#comment-3049 (see also the article itself, as well as the other comments beneath it)
If anything, Mandela’s death may strengthen Obama’s resolve to end Apartheid in Israel, and to “tear down the wall.” This might be one of Obama’s greatest legacies, but it will not come about as long as Netanyahu leads Israel. To Obama, he embodies white oppression.
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Woe To U.S. Allies
This is the title of an article by the Washington Post‘s Charles Krauthammer, which states:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-woe-to-us-allies/2013/12/05/cdf511ca-5de1-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_story.html (emphasis added)
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Barack Obama Is Gutting Our Military Forces, Which Will Affect Our National Security For Decades To Come [UPDATED]
As I wrote more than four years ago:
See http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/tms/politics/2009/Apr/08/euphoria_or_the_obama_depression_.html (“Euphoria or the Obama Depression?”); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3125 (“Obama Accused Of Military Purge”)
John Lehman, who was secretary of the Navy in the Reagan administration and a member of the 9/11 Commission, has written in the Wall Street Journal:
See http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303562904579227842506498188 (“More Bureaucrats, Fewer Jets and Ships”) (emphasis added)
I respectfully disagree with Lehman. Obama and Hagel seek to gut our military, not make it more efficient. The Pentagon has always been bureaucratic. In fact, it is the only portion of American government that functions effectively and relatively efficiently. It must be strengthened; and we must stop Obama’s unilateral disarmament.
Obamacare is destroying our national health care system—or one-sixth of the American economy. Obama must not be allowed to destroy the U.S. military. Our very survival depends on it!
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3156 (“Why Liberals Are Panicked About Obamacare”); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/emp-attack-only-30-million-americans-survive/ (“EMP Attack: Only 30 Million Americans Survive“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/china-is-americas-enemy-make-no-mistake-about-that/ (“China Is America’s Enemy: Make No Mistake About That“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/ (“Russia’s Putin Is A Killer“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/the-next-major-war-korea-again/ (“The Next Major War: Korea Again?“) (see also the comments beneath the articles) and http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/us/politics/pentagon-plans-to-shrink-army-to-pre-world-war-ii-level.html (“Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level“) and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2566638/Hagel-proposes-big-cuts-Army-2015-budget.html (“‘American dominance in the seas, sky and space can no longer be taken for granted,’ admits Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel as he slashes Army to smallest size in 74 YEARS“)
It is time for failed community organizer Obama and Sergeant Hagel to be relieved of their commands!
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Barack Obama Flirts With Attractive Blond, While Michelle Obama Fumes [UPDATED]
One needs to look very carefully at Michelle Obama’s reactions to this . . . in the photos of the expressions on her face.
See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/denmark/10509498/Selfie-diplomacy-Michelle-Obama-looks-unamused-by-Baracks-joking-with-Danish-prime-minister.html
It has been reported that she “spies” on her husband, and takes every step possible to curb his “wandering eye.” Before they met, he had a plethora of women . . . most if not all of whom were white.
The UK’s Telegraph has reported:
See id.
Perhaps Barack Obama wants to follow in the footsteps of John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton, with respect to women.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/john-f-kennedy-the-most-despicable-president-in-american-history/ ; see also http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2521587/Oh-bam-Presidents-approval-rating-plummets-38-cent-overall-just-34-cent-health-care-40-cent-Iran.html (“Oh, Bam! President’s approval rating plummets to 38 per cent overall, just 34 per cent on health care and 40 per cent on Iran“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3138 (“Five Years In, Obama And Bush Poll Numbers Nearly Identical“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3223 (“Is Barack Obama AWOL?“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3224 (“How The West Was Lost By The Selfie President“) and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2550129/So-Michelle-Barack-Obama-What-IS-state-union.html (“So, Michelle and Barack Obama: What IS the state of your union? Rumours their 21-year marriage has been racked by screaming rows, allegations of infidelity and a string of jealous fights“)
“Moochie” is an angry, angry person, and very racist. Don’t be surprised if she and Barack “construct” a Bill and Hillary-type relationship after they leave the White House.
Barack will be in high demand with the ladies; and reports indicate that Moochie is jealous of that already.
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/barack-obama-is-a-lame-duck-president-who-will-not-be-reelected/#comment-1172 (“Michelle Obama: ‘Let Them Eat Cake!’“) and http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/michelle-obama/11373787/Michelle-Obama-causes-outrage-in-Saudi-Arabia-by-not-wearing-headscarf.html (“Michelle Obama causes outrage in Saudi Arabia by not wearing headscarf“)
Anyone who does not realize that down deep Barack and Michelle Obama are racists has never read his book, “Dreams from My Father,” nor understood their genuine affinity and affection for their former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright—at least until they threw him “under the bus” politically. It is who they are; their core beliefs and essence.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist
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I love this…you have put it all together so well. I had to bookmark this one.
Thank you.
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Thank you for your kind words. 🙂
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Autos: Barack Obama’s Fuel-Economy Schemes Are Likely To Be Rolled Back After He Leaves Office
This is the conclusion of the Wall Street Journal‘s Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. in an article entitled, “The U.S. Bailout of Fiat”—and subtitled, “How a troubled Italian auto maker became a beneficiary of Obama’s zany fuel-economy targets”—which states:
See http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304014504579250242537507118?mg=reno64-wsj (emphasis added)
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Is Barack Obama AWOL?
This is what the Washington Post‘s Charles Krauthammer asserts:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-obama-the-oblivious/2013/12/12/67acc91c-6363-11e3-a373-0f9f2d1c2b61_story.html (“Obama the oblivious“) (emphasis added); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3224 (“How The West Was Lost By The Selfie President“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3213 (“Barack Obama Flirts With Attractive Blond, While Michelle Obama Fumes“)
No one should be the least bit surprised about Barack Obama, certainly if one has read his book, “Dreams from My Father.” It is all there, in his own words. He has not been successful at anything other than writing, speaking, campaigning, politics and getting elected—being a professional politician. For example, the book evidences few significant accomplishments as a “community organizer.” Indeed, he writes:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
Also, he accomplished nothing memorable in the U.S. Senate during the short time he was actually there.
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How The West Was Lost By The Selfie President
Michael Goodwin has written a fine article by this title in the New York Post, which is worth reading:
See http://nypost.com/2013/12/15/how-the-west-was-lost-2/ (emphasis added); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3213 (“Barack Obama Flirts With Attractive Blond, While Michelle Obama Fumes“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3223 (“Is Barack Obama AWOL?“)
The UK’s David Cameron is a buffoon, who is nothing more than “Barack Obama-lite.”
Obama is America’s far-Left, naïve, narcissistic president—our “Hamlet on the Potomac” or “Jimmy Carter-lite”—who is too arrogant to admit when he knows little or nothing about a subject, which is most of the time.
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ObamaCare’s Troubles Are Only Beginning
This is the title of an article in the Wall Street Journal by Michael J. Boskin—an economics professor at Stanford University and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, who was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George H.W. Bush—which states:
See http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304403804579260603531505102?mod=Opinion_newsreel_1 (emphasis added)
This is a scandal of Watergate proportions or worse, certainly when added to the other scandals surrounding Obama and his White House.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3156 (“Why Liberals Are Panicked About Obamacare“)
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Obama’s Approval Rating Is The Ugliest Since Nixon
An article in the Business Insider states:
See http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-approval-rating-polls-nixon-2013-12 (emphasis added)
Obamacare is a scandal of Watergate proportions or worse, certainly when added to the other scandals surrounding Obama and his White House.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3227 (“ObamaCare’s Troubles Are Only Beginning“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3156 (“Why Liberals Are Panicked About Obamacare“)
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Americans Finally Wake Up To Who Barack Obama Really Is
The truth goes well beyond the issue of Obamacare, which is bad enough, especially when it affects one-sixth of the U.S. economy. The American people are finally waking up to how radical—and yes, racist—Barack Obama is.
No one should be the least bit surprised if he or she has read his book, “Dreams from My Father.” It is all there, in his own words, including his racist beliefs that were discussed at this blog in its very first article. Indeed, that article asked the question: “Is Barack Obama A Racist?” It was left to the reader to answer this question for himself or herself.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist
The Washington Post‘s Charles Krauthammer has written:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-story-of-the-year/2013/12/19/1d862c98-68f9-11e3-ae56-22de072140a2_story.html (emphasis added)
These issues have also been discussed at length in other comments at this blog.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3227 (“ObamaCare’s Troubles Are Only Beginning“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3156 (“Why Liberals Are Panicked About Obamacare“)
. . .
The closing words in Krauthammer’s article might have read:
While Obamacare alone is a scandal of Watergate proportions or worse, the specter of criminal wrongdoing hangs over Barack Obama and his administration more so than any other president of this or the last century.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3207 (“Barack Obama Is Gutting Our Military Forces, Which Will Affect Our National Security For Decades To Come“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3174 (“Animal Farm In America: Authoritarian Lawlessness!“); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3228 (“Obama’s Approval Rating Is The Ugliest Since Nixon“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3179 (“Harvard Poll: Millennials Abandon Obamacare, Would Vote To Impeach Obama“) and http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304367204579270252042143502 (“Obama Repeals ObamaCare“) and http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/74-us-afghan-casualties-came-after-obama-ordered-troops-increased (“74% of U.S. Afghan Casualties Came After Obama Ordered Troops Increased“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3245 (“Record-High 42 Percent Of Americans Identify As Independents“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3308 (“Obama: The President Who Has Done The Most Damage“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3608 (“Obama Wants To End American Exceptionalism“)
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Obama Is Reduced To Saying That Obamacare Will Not Be Repealed As Long As He Is President, Which May Prove Ominous
See http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/03/21741041-obama-on-affordable-care-act-were-not-repealing-it-as-long-as-im-president?lite and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag4aq_ZeaUU
When I worked in the U.S. Senate and the first news of Watergate broke, I had a gut feeling that Richard Nixon would not survive. For a long time now, I have had a gut feeling that Barack Obama will not finish his term in office.
Whether it is impeachment or something else, I do not have any sense of how it will happen. I do not wish for it, nor make any predictions. There are lots of comparisons between Nixon and Obama, some of which are discussed in the article above and the other comments beneath it.
Obama is a classic Narcissist, and admitting failure may be impossible for him to do. He might “disintegrate” in front of our eyes, unlike Nixon who left with relative dignity.
Would Obama resort to drugs again? In his book “Dreams from My Father,” he wrote:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
As one commenter has written:
Most Republicans are “Neanderthals,” who have no cojones.
Obamacare is maniacal and should not be fixed; it should be scrapped. If the GOP helps Obama to fix it, lots of Americans will never vote for a Republican again.
Lastly, in a sense, the words “President Joe Biden” insulate Obama against removal from office. However, this does not change my feeling that Obama will not serve out his term of office. . . . However, I never thought he would be reelected, so I might be wrong.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/barack-obama-is-a-lame-duck-president-who-will-not-be-reelected/ (see also the comments beneath the article)
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What Was 2013’s Most Significant Story?
The dramatic failure of Obamacare is the biggest story, because it foretells the end of the Obama presidency—as the myth of Barack Obama collapses before the eyes of the world.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3231 (“Americans Finally Wake Up To Who Barack Obama Really Is“)
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The Obamacare Catch-22 For Democrats
A “catch-22” has been described as a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules. The Washington Post‘s Charles Krauthammer has written about just such a situation confronting the Democrats with respect to Obamacare:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-stop-the-bailout-now/2014/01/02/6b3087a2-73d7-11e3-8def-a33011492df2_story.html (emphasis added); see also http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/janetdaley/10550808/Welcome-to-2014-the-year-we-ignore-our-problems.html (“Obama’s credibility is finished“)
As we have come to know all too well, Republicans have the distinct ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, which regrettably they demonstrate over and over again. Hopefully this time they will bury Obamacare once and for all, never to raise its ugly head again.
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Record-High 42 Percent Of Americans Identify As Independents
According to the latest Gallup polling:
See http://www.gallup.com/poll/166763/record-high-americans-identify-independents.aspx?ref=image
As I concluded in a separate article about Independents:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/the-rise-of-independents/; but see http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/01/08/record-numbers-are-identifying-as-independents-why-it-doesnt-really-matter/
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The Political Consequences Of Obamacare For Obama And His Democrats Will Be Horrific In 2014
This is the assessment of political pundit Dick Morris, who writes:
See http://www.dickmorris.com/obama-bails-out-insurers/ (“Obama Bails Out Insurers“) (emphasis added); see also http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/us/politics/ads-attacking-on-health-law-stagger-outspent-democrats.html (“Ads Attacking Health Law Stagger Outspent Democrats“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3234 (“What Was 2013’s Most Significant Story?“) and http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2014/02/the-cbos-real-message-six-million-jobs-are-already-missing.html (“THE C.B.O.’S REAL MESSAGE: SIX MILLION JOBS ARE ALREADY MISSING. . . . Everything about Obamacare is incendiary“)
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Obama Is A Traitor Who Undermined The Importance Of The Afghan War To Which He Was Committing New Troops
The Washington Post‘s Charles Krauthammer has written:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-how-in-good-conscience/2014/01/16/138901d4-7ee3-11e3-9556-4a4bf7bcbd84_story.html?hpid=z2 (emphasis added)
Obama must be removed from the presidency. The myth of Barack Obama is collapsing before the eyes of the world.
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3231
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Obama: The President Who Has Done The Most Damage
The following article by Dennis Prager was published in the National Review, and it is worth reading:
See http://www.nationalreview.com/article/362419/president-who-has-done-most-damage-dennis-prager (emphasis added)
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If I Wanted America To Fail
Isn’t this really the agenda for America of Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats?
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3231 (“Americans Finally Wake Up To Who Barack Obama Really Is”) (see also the article itself, as well as the other comments beneath it)
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Obamas, Biden Boycott Killer Putin’s Winter Olympics In Russia
The Washington Post has reported:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-biden-to-skip-the-winter-olympics-in-russia/2013/12/17/f7fbb148-676b-11e3-a0b9-249bbb34602c_story.html; see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-226 (“Boycott The Winter Olympics In Sochi!“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-1028 (“Tycoon Alexander Lebedev, Putin’s “Full Of Sex” Mistress Alina Kabayeva, And WikiLeaks“) and http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/29/russia-train-station-explosion/4239187/ (“Suicide bombing in Russia highlights Olympics security“) and http://world.time.com/2013/12/30/ghosts-of-munich-haunt-sochi-olympics-in-wake-of-russia-bombings/ (“Ghosts of Munich Haunt Sochi Olympics in Wake of Russia Bombings“) and http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLY_SOCHI_SCENE_FANS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-02-06-03-42-18 (“SOCHI SCENE: WELCOME, WORLD—WHERE ARE YOU?“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-3300 (“$60 Oil Will Finish Russia’s Brutal Putin Regime“) and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2556121/Too-cold-Sochi-suffers-distinct-lack-atmosphere-stadiums-revealed-seats.html (“The great Olympic no-show: Sochi suffers from a distinct lack of atmosphere as stadiums revealed to be full of empty seats“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/the-silent-voices-of-stalin%E2%80%99s-soviet-holocaust-and-mao%E2%80%99s-chinese-holocaust/ (“The Silent Voices Of Stalin’s Soviet Holocaust And Mao’s Chinese Holocaust“)
Bravo!
Russia’s dictator-for-life Putin is a brutal killer; and the world needs to recognize him as such.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden have chosen to do so, and they should be praised for their decisions.
For the American president or vice president to attend the Olympics in Sochi—where Putin has a dacha—would be the moral equivalent of attending Hitler’s Olympics in Berlin.
Putin is Stalin’s heir; and Stalin was responsible for the deaths of more than 30 million men, women and children—his own countrymen—including millions during the collectivization of the Soviet farms in the 1930s. Also, as the Soviets moved through Germany at the end of World War II, they raped at least two million German women in what is now acknowledged as the largest case of mass rape in history.
Putin came to prominence as a KGB operative in East Germany—or the DDR, as it was known before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Erich Honecker’s government—which was one of the most repressive regimes in the Soviet Union’s orbit, or the Evil Empire.
Putin’s own repressive regime must be boycotted now. Indeed, it is laudable that neither Obama nor Biden are attending the Olympics in Sochi, which sends a strong message to the world.
Also, the world must never forget that Putin left the Olympic games in Beijing and traveled to the Georgian border, where he personally directed Russian military aggression against Georgia and the killing of Georgians.
This is only a small part of the atrocities that he has committed, which are discussed in my article that is cited hereinafter and the comments beneath it.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/ (“Russia’s Putin Is A Killer”)
A colleague of mine in the U.S. Congress told me when Putin came to power that he was a “smoother” version of Stalin; and my friend’s words were prescient.
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Obama Wants To End American Exceptionalism
Ann Coulter has written:
See http://www.humanevents.com/2014/02/19/new-obama-promise-if-you-like-your-life-you-can-keep-it/ (“NEW OBAMA PROMISE: IF YOU LIKE YOUR LIFE, YOU CAN KEEP IT”) (emphasis in original; emphasis in bold print added); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3231 (“Americans Finally Wake Up To Who Barack Obama Really Is“)
Of course Ann is correct. But this is merely the tip of an enormous iceberg, with respect to how Obama is changing America for the worse.
And we have three more years of him!
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American Leadership Is Missing
The New York Sun has an editorial that is worth reading, entitled “The American Option”:
See http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-american-option/88603/ (emphasis added)
This is an excellent editorial. However, it flies in the face of everything that Barack Obama is and stands for.
He was raised in Hawaii and Indonesia, and only came to the American mainland when he attended Occidental College in Los Angeles. He does not believe in American exceptionalism. Rather, he believes in “global exceptionalism,” and the notion of a pan-global government, perhaps under the leadership of the United Nations.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
After World War II, the United States achieved what this editorial is suggesting . . . and much of the world flourished. Obama is going in the opposite direction. He is not the American leader to achieve this. Paul Ryan is not either. After all, he could not even carry his own State for Mitt Romney in 2012.
Ironically, Romney might be the American leader whose beliefs and accomplishments come closest to emulating what this editorial is suggesting.
According to the latest Gallup polling: “Forty-two percent of Americans, on average, identified as political independents in 2013, the highest Gallup has measured since it began conducting interviews by telephone 25 years ago.”
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/the-rise-of-independents/#comment-3244 (see also the article itself, as well as the other comments beneath it)
Americans are thirsty for the type of leadership that this editorial suggests, but they are not finding it. And there is no question that the revolution in Ukraine presents considerable opportunities; the United States has a dysfunctional system of justice; Obama and his Democrats are waging their campaign to weaken our military; the EU has severe problems; the brutal Putin’s Russia is teetering economically; and China is challenging American leadership globally.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-3627 (“Ukraine Is On the Verge Of War And Putin Is To Blame”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/justice-and-the-law-do-not-mix/ (“Justice And The Law Do Not Mix”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/is-obama-the-new-nixon/#comment-3207 (“Barack Obama Is Gutting Our Military Forces, Which Will Affect Our National Security For Decades To Come”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/#comment-3516 (“The Eurozone Crisis Is Just Getting Started”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-3541 (“How Long Can Killer Putin Figure Skate While The Ice Beneath Him Melts?”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/china-is-americas-enemy-make-no-mistake-about-that/#comment-3651 (“US v China: Is This The New Cold War?”)
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Does Barack Obama Have Any Guts At All, Or Is He Nothing More Than An Empty Suit? [UPDATED]
This is essentially the question asked by the Washington Post‘s Charles Krauthammer in an article entitled, “Putin’s Ukraine gambit,” which states:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-putins-ukraine-gambit/2014/02/27/93ca1b26-9fe0-11e3-9ba6-800d1192d08b_story.html (emphasis added); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-3693 (“American Leadership Is Missing”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-3864 (“Putin’s Tactics Are Easily And Accurately Compared To Hitler And Stalin”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-3765 (“The Defining Hour For Barack Obama And His Presidency”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-4010 (“Putin Must Be Terminated”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-4044 (“RUSSIA AND CHINA PUSH FOR CONTROL OF INTERNET”) and http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/03/26/poll-obamas-disapproval-rating-hits-a-new-high/ (“Poll: Obama’s disapproval rating hits a new high”) and http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/condi-rice-blasts-obama-weakness-leadership_786123.html (“Condi Rice Blasts Obama on Weakness, Leadership”) and http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ba82430a-bb52-11e3-b2b7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2y96Ze4oK (“It is striking how often European officials speak warmly of George W Bush’s personal style”)
How long will Barack Obama slumber?
. . .
It has been said that he and his advisers are worried about inflaming tensions with Putin. Is this the same group of spineless, so-called “leaders” who stood aside and offered Europe to Hitler on a silver platter—or their offspring?
The United States and the West did not invade Georgia, and kill Georgians. Putin did—right after he left the Olympics in Beijing. And he did the same thing after the Olympics in Sochi, by invading Ukraine.
He must be crushed, not treated as an equal.
America and the West allowed Hitler to rise, and the cost was enormous—in resources and destroyed-cities, and a whole generation effectively lost. It is said that history repeats itself, but this need not be true.
For once in his professional career, we might expect Barack Obama to rise to the occasion, rather than cower and run, like he has done in Iraq, Afghanistan, Benghazi, Syria and elsewhere.
Does the man have even an ounce of courage, or is he yellow through and through? This is his shining moment, which is fading fast. And we know that Sergeant Hagel was placed at the Pentagon to cut it down to size, pursuant to Obama’s orders.
The buck stops with Obama, and there is every indication that he is a coward. In fact, he has never done anything courageous in his lifetime. Why should we expect anything different now? Courage does not seem to be part of his character or core beliefs.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
All of our other adversaries—such as China, North Korea, the Taliban, terrorist groups around the world—are watching intently. Are the former Eastern Bloc countries next for Putin? What is Europe’s future? Will the balance of power in the Pacific be upset, and will there be wars there too (e.g., China and Japan, North and South Korea, North Korea and Japan)?
See, e.g., http://news.yahoo.com/japan-orders-military-strike-north-korea-missile-launches-035401914–sector.html (“Japan orders military to strike any new North Korea missile launches”)
We live in a dynamic, ever-changing world. Sensing that Obama is impotent, our adversaries may act, and act decisively around the world. Obama’s cowardice, naïveté, and overarching narcissism will have given us this.
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Putin is presiding over a Russia in decline, which is why he is so desperate with respect to Ukraine. The West could drive “Mother Russia” and him into obscurity and irrelevance, as essentially a Third World country, because Russia today has so many problems economically.
Krauthammer is correct, in spades:
Despite the damage that Barack Obama has done, and keeps on doing, Americans have less than three years to go of his presidency. Also, the United States is by far the strongest country in the world, both economically and militarily.
. . .
Unless Putin and Russian forces are removed from Crimea and the rest of Ukraine, and the United States shores up our allies’ defenses in all of Europe including the former Eastern Bloc countries, there may be genuine efforts to remove Barack Obama from the presidency by impeachment.
If so, the GOP will have two choices: join the fight, or cower too.
With almost three years left of his seemingly-failed presidency, the world is becoming much more dangerous than most Americans wish to comprehend.
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The Defining Hour For Barack Obama And His Presidency
As discussed in earlier comments: “Does Barack Obama Have Any Guts At All, Or Is He Nothing More Than An Empty Suit?”
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-3723
The Wall Street Journal has said essentially the same things, in an editorial entitled “Putin Declares War,” which should be read and reread:
See http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304026804579413900968932702 (emphasis added)
This is the defining hour for Barack Obama and his presidency. It is time for him to act . . . NOT slumber or wobble.
It is time for the United States and the West to quit fooling around with Russia’s pygmy Putin, and shut down his country economically.
Putin is presiding over a Russia in decline, which is why he is so desperate with respect to Ukraine. This process of decline must be hastened and “helped” along.
The world is watching . . .
Also, there are reports that China may be supporting Putin’s “adventures” in Ukraine. China has severe economic problems too, and is very vulnerable.
See http://news.sky.com/story/1219922/russia-and-china-in-agreement-over-ukraine (“Russia And China ‘In Agreement’ Over Ukraine”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/china-is-americas-enemy-make-no-mistake-about-that/#comment-3651 (“US v China: Is This The New Cold War?”)
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As Long As A Democrat Sits In The White House, America Will Become A Much More Dangerous Place
This is the conclusion of conservative pundit Ann Coulter:
See http://www.humanevents.com/2014/03/05/crimea-river/ (emphasis added); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/john-f-kennedy-the-most-despicable-president-in-american-history/ (“John F. Kennedy: The Most Despicable President In American History”)
However, to be absolutely fair, the Republicans are not blameless either.
We have been through two wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the American people are “bone tired” of wars, and rightly so. Our economic and human treasures have been spent in those wars; and we have led when no other country in the world was capable of leading.
I opposed the war in Iraq because, like so many others, I believed Saddam had WMDs that would be used against our brilliant and courageous military forces, like he had used them against Iran and the Kurds. I did not believe the cost was worth it.
In Afghanistan, we should have destroyed the poppy crops from Day One, which give rise to Heroin trafficking that funds the brutal Taliban. What the Taliban have done to women and young girls has been nothing less than savagery.
In the case of Putin, he is an “old school” Stalinist who learned his trade well as a KGB operative. He must be viewed in this context, not as some Westernized Russian democrat, which he is not.
He only understands raw power; and the niceties of diplomacy are a sign of weakness for him. Like Hitler and Stalin before him, he preys on weakness. To him, Barack Obama is a coward, who can be cowed.
Perhaps Putin has misjudged Obama; and finally Obama may rise to the occasion. Certainly, we have the capabilities to do so.
See, e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures#Chart_by_country_or_organization; see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-3765 (“The Defining Hour For Barack Obama And His Presidency“)
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Putin’s Tactics Are Easily And Accurately Compared To Hitler And Stalin
These are the beliefs of chess Grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, and Russian patriot Garry Kasparov in a Wall Street Journal article entitled, “Cut Off the Russian Oligarchs and They’ll Dump Putin”:
See http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303824204579422971651210180 (emphasis added); see also http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/08/business/why-russia-cant-afford-another-cold-war.html?hp (“Why Russia Can’t Afford Another Cold War“) and http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/world/europe/us-seeks-to-reduce-ukraines-reliance-on-russia-for-natural-gas.html (“U.S. Hopes Boom in Natural Gas Can Curb Putin“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-3541 (“How Long Can Killer Putin Figure Skate While The Ice Beneath Him Melts?“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-3300 (“$60 Oil Will Finish Russia’s Brutal Putin Regime“)
Of course Garry Kasparov is correct; and he has been courageous in opposing the pygmy Putin.
Now, the toughest measures possible must be adopted to crush Putin—or the West will have much more serious problems ahead with him, and we will rue the day that we did not stop him now.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-3765 (“The Defining Hour For Barack Obama And His Presidency“) (see also the article itself, as well as the other comments beneath it); see also http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-obamas-inaction-enables-putins-grab-for-ukraine/2014/03/06/c4222690-a55f-11e3-84d4-e59b1709222c_story.html (The Washington Post’s Charles Krauthammer: “Would Putin have lunged for Ukraine if he didn’t have such a clueless adversary [in Obama]? No one can say for sure. But it certainly made Putin’s decision easier”) and http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21598639-west-can-punish-putins-russia-its-belligerence-ukraine-only-if-it-prepared (“Putin has trampled over norms that buttress the international order and he has established dangerous precedents that go far beyond Ukraine“) and http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2014/03/who-will-protect-the-crimean-tatars.html (“WHO WILL PROTECT THE CRIMEAN TATARS?”—”[T]hey are punishing [Crimean Tatars] because we do not want Putin here“)
The parallels between Hitler and Putin are real, not imagined. Hitler used the Olympics in Berlin as a “cover” for his atrocities. Putin left the Olympics in Beijing and went immediately to the border with Georgia, and personally oversaw Russia’s aggression against Georgia and the killing of Georgians.
Also, he left the Olympics in Sochi and began his aggression against Ukraine and the killing of Ukrainians. Like Hitler’s “brownshirts,” Putin has used Russians in uniforms that bear no insignias to threaten and attack Ukrainians.
Just listen to the fears and pleas of Ukrainians today, and you will hear the echoes of Hitler’s victims.
See, e.g., http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2014/03/the-abuse-of-ukraines-best-known-poet.html (“THE ABUSE OF UKRAINE’S BEST-KNOWN POET”—”Armed with bats, the pro-Russian [agitators, who many observers suspect were bussed in from Russia,] attacked the mostly college-age activists who had occupied the building on Freedom Square [in Kiev]. One of the occupiers was [Serhiy Zhadan]. . . . As the attackers were hitting him, the writer said, they told him to kneel and kiss the Russian flag. ‘I told them to go fuck themselves,’ Zhadan wrote, on his Facebook page”)
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A “protracted irregular war” might include the destruction of Russia’s pipelines through Ukraine, by those opposed to Putin’s aggression—just as we assisted the various mujahideen groups in Afghanistan, in their fight against the Soviet Union’s aggression.
America is in the midst of an energy renaissance, and is becoming the largest energy producer in the world once again. It is time to use such leverage and other methods to aid our allies such as Ukraine and Europe, and bury the pygmy Putin economically.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/#comment-3226 (“Exporting American Oil”)
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It is time for the various regions of Russia to have internationally-supervised referenda to determine which “government” to associate with: the crazed despot Putin’s Stalinist regime in Moscow, or regional or other governments. It can start with Chechnya, where the vote to disassociate from Russia may be overwhelming.
All the other alienated regions—and ethnic and religious groups—can hold referenda too, choosing to disassociate from Moscow and perhaps associate with the EU or China, or whomever. Barack Obama and John Kerry can help this process along (e.g., by bringing it up at the United Nations).
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Obama Has His Munich Moment With Putin And Crimea
This is the tile of an article by Michael Goodwin in the New York Post:
See http://nypost.com/2014/03/15/obama-has-his-munich-moment-with-putin-and-crimea/ (emphasis added)
As I have written above:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-3765 (“The Defining Hour For Barack Obama And His Presidency”); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-4030 (“Vladimir Putin’s Goals Reach Far Beyond The Crimean Peninsula”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-4010 (“Putin Must Be Terminated”)
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RUSSIA AND CHINA PUSH FOR CONTROL OF INTERNET
Our two major adversaries and/or enemies are trying to step into the breach of American weakness, created by Barack Obama, and control the Internet.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/ and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/china-is-americas-enemy-make-no-mistake-about-that/ (see also the comments beneath both articles)
Both countries have demonstrated their willingness and ability to manipulate the Internet in their own countries for political and strategic advantages. Imagine the damage they will do to the United States and the West if they control the Internet in any way.
Brendan Sasso has written for the National Journal:
See http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/when-u-s-steps-back-will-russia-and-china-control-the-internet-20140317 (emphasis added); see also http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/republicans-fear-obama-will-let-russia-seize-internet-power-20140402 (“Republicans Fear Obama Will Let Russia Seize Internet Power”)
We are on the verge of war with Russia’s dictator-for-life Putin; and China is challenging the United States and our allies in the Pacific. Is there any reason to trust either country?
At a bare minimum, freedom of speech is at stake. Equally at risk are our national security and Internet commerce.
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My Twilight Years—Clint Eastwood
It is fair to say that the Obama administration makes the Nixon administration look like a bunch of saints by comparison.
And we have almost three years to go of Obama and his motley crew of discontents and zealots.
[Note: This message has been attributed to Clint Eastwood. God only knows whether that is true or not]
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BARACK OBAMA’S COWARDLY BETRAYAL OF UKRAINE
Barack Obama is not black. He is yellow through and through.
For once in his professional career, we might expect Obama to rise to the occasion, rather than cower and run—like he has done in Iraq, Afghanistan, Benghazi, Syria and elsewhere.
He and his lackeys are rank amateurs on the global stage. While they try to bully and intimidate their foes domestically—which apparently some of them learned in Chicago—they are lightweights internationally, and the world knows this in spades.
If Obama had any guts at all, he would have gone to Kyiv himself when he was in Europe, to demonstrate solidarity with the courageous Ukrainians, like Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy went to Berlin.
The United States and the West are at a historic juncture, not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the “end” of the Cold War. Sensing that Barack Obama is impotent, Putin has decided to act now, with almost three years remaining of the failed Obama presidency.
Emboldened by Putin’s success, all of our other adversaries may act, and act decisively—such as China, North Korea, the Taliban, and terrorist groups around the world. Are the former Eastern Bloc countries next for Putin? What is Europe’s future? Will the balance of power in the Pacific be upset, and will there be wars there too (e.g., China and Japan, North and South Korea, North Korea and Japan)?
Obama’s cowardice, naïveté, and overarching narcissism will have given us this.
Indeed, he has never done anything courageous in his lifetime. Why should we expect something different now? Courage does not seem to be part of his character or core beliefs.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-3723 (“Does Barack Obama Have Any Guts At All, Or Is He Nothing More Than An Empty Suit?”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/ (see also the articles themselves, as well as the other comments beneath them)
While some people will scoff at the comparison, the world stood by in the 1930s while Hitler moved through Europe. One cannot ignore his Olympics in Berlin, and the deaths and destruction that followed. Twice now, Putin has used the Olympics of the 21st Century as a “cover” for his naked aggression.
First, he left the games in Beijing and went directly to the border with Georgia, and launched his aggression against Georgia and the killing of Georgians—using a conscript army and Soviet-era equipment.
Now, he has left the Olympics in Sochi and begun his aggression in Ukraine. He cannot be humored or pandered to, any more than Hitler. He must be crushed, once and for all, so the world will never forget what happens to crazed despots and their Stalinist regimes.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-4010 (“Putin Must Be Terminated”)
The Wall Street Journal‘s Matthew Kaminski—a member of its editorial board—has written a fine article, which is worth reading:
See http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304117904579499762012132306 (“The West Leaves Ukraine to Putin”) (emphasis added); see also http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businesslatestnews/10766324/Russias-bond-market-is-Achilles-Heel-as-showdown-with-West-escalates.html (“Russia’s bond market is Achilles Heel as tension with West escalates”)
Putin’s Russia is very weak today, and now is the time to bring him to his knees. Crimea and Ukraine must become his abyss, or far far worse. He is a malignancy that must be excoriated.
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Obama Fans Racial Hatreds
In an editorial entitled, “Coalition of the Disappointed”—and subtitled, “Obama fires up racial and gender resentments to get out the vote”—the Wall Street Journal notes:
See http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303663604579501572356272540
There should not be any doubts that Barack Obama is a racist.
If you have a modicum of doubt, please read his book “Dreams from My Father,” which sets forth his core beliefs in his own words. It provides a roadmap to how he has been governing, and what we can expect during the remaining years of his presidency.
The book is shocking, and I read it twice after the 2008 election, to learn about our new president. I took copious notes and converted them into an article, and tried to be as objective as possible.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
The book is shocking to this day; and every American who wants to understand our president should read it.
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WORLD WAR III [UPDATED]
Has it begun already?
Is this what Barack Obama’s betrayal of Ukraine thus far has given us? Will he go down in history as the Neville Chamberlain of our times, who handed Crimea, Ukraine and more to Russia’s Putin without a fight, like Hitler was appeased? Will Obama be viewed by history as a coward, a racist and a liar—and much much worse?
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-4422 (“BARACK OBAMA’S COWARDLY BETRAYAL OF UKRAINE”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/ (“Is Barack Obama A Racist?”) and http://washingtonexaminer.com/poll-most-americans-believe-obama-lies-on-important-issues/article/2547367 (“Poll: Most Americans believe Obama lies on important issues”)
Both Drudge and Edward Lucas—writing for the UK’s Daily Mail—have raised the specter of World War III, having begun already with Putin’s aggression, like Hitler before him. Lucas states:
See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2605578/Edward-Lucas-I-hope-Im-wrong-historians-look-say-start-World-War-III.html (emphasis added); see also http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/17/jews-ordered-to-register-in-east-ukraine/7816951/ (“Jews ordered to register in east Ukraine“) and http://www.jpost.com/International/Odessa-Jewish-community-mulls-emergency-evacuation-351334 (“Odessa Jewish community mulls emergency evacuation“) and http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Ukrainian-Jews-form-defense-force-to-combat-anti-Semitic-attacks-351701 (“Ukrainian Jews form defense force to combat anti-Semitic attacks“)
Lucas is correct that the Cold War never ended. It merely morphed into a different form, with Putin becoming Stalin’s heir—or Hitler’s, take your pick.
What Lucas fails to recognize is that the United States is still the world’s only Superpower, and the most powerful nation on earth, both militarily and economically. It has a broad array of more than adequate “non-military” tools at its disposal to decimate a weak Russia economically, and bring the pygmy Putin to his knees.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-4010 and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-4452 (“Decimating Putin: America’s Financial Neutron Bomb”); see also http://watchdog.org/138940/solar-flare-emp/ (“Experts: Civilians not ready for EMP-caused blackout”)
War has begun. Russia must be dismembered; and Putin must be terminated.
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Where Americans Stand
The Wall Street Journal has an article about the latest polling results, which reflect the desires of nearly half of those Americans who were surveyed to pull back from the world stage:
See http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304163604579532050055966782 (“Americans Want to Pull Back From World Stage, Poll Finds”)
None of this is surprising.
The fascinating thing about the wonderful American people—of all sizes, shapes, colors, ethnic backgrounds, and religious preferences—is they are essentially isolationists, or “Anti—Interventionists” as the article suggests. They view the United States as if it were an island, bounded by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, which has been true for decades if not generations.
They do not articulate this, or probably even understand it fully; however, it undergirds their collective views about America’s role in the world. Many have never moved far from where they were born and raised; and a vast number have never traveled abroad.
All of us, or our ancestors, came here from somewhere else. Even the American Indians are descended from those who crossed the Bering Strait—or the “Bering land bridge”—according to anthropologists. Yet, we are Americans now.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/america-a-rich-tapestry-of-life/ (“America: A Rich Tapestry Of Life”)
To many, the Middle East would be difficult to locate on any map. Before our wars there, many had never heard of Iraq or Afghanistan, much less knew where they were on a map. 9/11 changed much of that, with a thud.
To fight distant wars—in Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan—were basically anathemas to most Americans, especially when a clear connection to our national security interests was not present or evident. Most have plenty to concern them at home, like making a living and raising kids and simply surviving. They want to be left alone to live their lives, without being bothered by foreign entanglements.
Fast-forward to Ukraine, and one understands fully the issues here. Most Americans have no idea where it is, much less its strategic importance to the United States and Europe. The fact that Barack Obama’s poll numbers have been falling, and Americans’ trust in government has been waning—if not declining dramatically—does not help matters.
Most Americans know little or nothing about World War II, or about Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin, nor do they really care. They are focused on their day-to-day lives; and want to spend their “down time” thinking about pleasant things, not killing or wars. Whether the issues are the apparent crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, or the tragic sinking of a South Korean ferry, their 24-hour news cycles are filled to the brim with tragedies; and most Americans do not need any more of them.
However, Ukraine is the linchpin that may lead to a wider war in Europe, rolling back the West’s gains after the Soviet Union collapsed, and the Iron Curtain and Berlin Wall fell. To Eastern Europeans, this history is alive and still vital to them. To most Americans, it is not, which is why they must understand the threat that Putin represents to peace and stability in this world, before history repeats itself.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-4448 (“World War III) (see also the article itself, as well as the other comments beneath it)
I have never voted for either Barack Obama or John Kerry; however, I support their policies with respect to Putin and Ukraine, and China.
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Nero And The Merriment In Washington
It is impossible to watch any segments of the White House Correspondents Dinner last night, or read reports about it in the media, without thinking back to other dinners in history.
Surely Nero entertained lavishly for those in his favor, all the while that Rome was burning. The frivolity and merrymaking must have matched or surpassed that of Washington’s elite.
They salute each other as gods and mini-gods, all the while Russia’s dictator-for-life Putin is carving up Ukraine. First, it was Georgia and the killing of Georgians. Then it was Crimea, taken without a shot. Now it is more of Ukraine, taken by the vicious Putin’s thugs in unmarked uniforms, posing as separatists and freedom-loving democrats.
How Herren Hitler and Stalin must be rejoicing somewhere, and complimenting each other for having taught Putin so well as a KGB operative in the DDR, or East Germany. How his anger and hatred must have risen exponentially with the Soviet Union’s collapse, and the fall of the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall.
Those who fawned over Barack Obama last night are the moral equivalents of those who fawned over Nero, Hitler and Stalin on other festive occasions. People will die in Ukraine, just as they died in Georgia, and as they died under the boots of Hitler and Stalin’s forces, while the “leadership” regaled each other.
There is something very sick in Washington today, just as there was in Rome, Berlin and Moscow. Merriment was in full bloom among the narcissists and demagogues, as the “people” were dying and suffering. George Orwell might have written a sequel to his “Animal Farm,” based on the “pigs” of today.
They fiddle while Ukraine and Syria burn, and while Afghanistan and Iraq descend back into chaos. People are starving in America, and a record number are not working. Our health care system has been replaced and devastated by Obamacare, which will hurt vast numbers of Americans and shorten their lives.
All of this is occurring with almost three long years remaining of the Obama presidency. Our great nation’s founders must be aghast at what has been unfolding in the country that they birthed and loved so much. Tears must be shed and shed again over what Washington has become.
Somehow, someway, we must hope and pray that the courageous Ukrainians triumph over the deadly Putin, at the very least.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-4010
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Obama: Release Of 36,000 Criminal Illegals Impeachable Offense? [UPDATED]
Attention must be paid to the following:
See http://www.wnd.com/2014/05/release-of-36000-criminal-illegals-impeachable-offense/; see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/russias-putin-is-a-killer/#comment-4422 (“BARACK OBAMA’S COWARDLY BETRAYAL OF UKRAINE”) and http://time.com/2818827/taliban-bergdahl-pow-release-objections-white-house/ (“White House Overrode Internal Objections To Taliban Prisoner Release”) and http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/262706/speedreads-obama-is-less-competent-than-george-bush-say-a-plurality-of-americans#axzz33n0tl5zg (“Obama is less competent than George Bush, say a plurality of Americans”) and http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-free-bowe-bergdahl-then-try-him/2014/06/05/6aae0e50-ecd4-11e3-9f5c-9075d5508f0a_story.html (“The president seems oblivious to the gravity, indeed the very nature, of what he has just done [with respect to the Taliban Prisoner Release]. Which is why a stunned and troubled people are asking themselves what kind of man they have twice chosen to lead them”) and http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/9/editorial-the-childrens-hour/#ixzz34FktLx7J (“Children’s surge of illegal aliens is overwhelming the southwest border”—”This is a mass movement of immigrants that threatens to transform the nation“) and http://online.wsj.com/articles/poll-shows-erosion-in-presidents-support-1403064301 (“[A] new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds Mr. Obama’s job approval rating at 41%, matching a previous low. Approval of his handling of foreign policy hit a new low of 37%”) and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2660397/Republican-Representative-says-theres-probably-votes-House-impeach-Obama.html (“‘He’s just absolutely ignoring the Constitution’: Republican Representative says there’s ‘probably’ enough votes in the House to impeach Obama”) and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2665099/I-hate-man-lived-Feud-Clintons-Obamas-laid-bare-author-claims-Michelle-calls-Hillary-Hildabeest.html (“‘I hate that man Obama more than any man I’ve ever met, more than any man who ever lived,’ said Bill Clinton. . . .”) and http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/2/obama-worst-president-wwii-new-poll-shows/ (“Hands down Obama is the worst president since WWII: poll”) and http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/07/08/Exclusive-Sarah-Palin-Time-to-Impeach-President-Obama (“SARAH PALIN: ‘IT’S TIME TO IMPEACH’ PRESIDENT OBAMA”); but see http://www.wnd.com/2014/07/impeachment-a-bridge-too-far/ (“IMPEACHMENT: A BRIDGE TOO FAR”) and http://online.wsj.com/articles/obama-contends-with-arc-of-instability-unseen-since-70s-1405297479?mod=WSJ_LatestHeadlines (“The breadth of global instability now unfolding hasn’t been seen since the late 1970s . . . when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, revolutionary Islamists took power in Iran, and Southeast Asia was reeling in the wake of the U.S. exit from Vietnam”) and http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/14/obama-slammed-worst-president-ever-black-chicagoan/ (“Obama slammed by black Chicago residents: ‘Worst president ever’”) and http://theweek.com/article/index/265418/speedreads-americans-really-wish-they-elected-mitt-romney-instead-of-obama (“Americans really wish they had elected Mitt Romney instead of Obama”)
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Obama’s Ship Is Sinking
Michael Goodwin has written a fine article in the New York Post, which is worth reading:
See http://nypost.com/2014/09/14/obamas-ship-is-sinking/ (emphasis added); see also http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/09/29/Report-Obama-Has-Missed-Over-Half-His-Second-Term-Daily-Intel-Briefings (“Obama Has Missed over Half His Second-Term Daily Intel Briefings”) and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2775047/Report-White-House-intelligence-gap-Obama-skipping-FOUR-seven-daily-briefings.html (“Obama has skipped more than HALF of his daily intel briefings – as spies hit back after he blamed them for underestimating ISIS”) and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2778923/Former-Pentagon-chief-says-Defense-State-Departments-argued-troops-stay-Iraq-Obama-White-House-eager-rid-war.html (“Former Pentagon chief says Defense and State Departments argued for troops to stay behind in Iraq, but the Obama White House was ‘eager to rid itself of’ the war”) and http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-07/several-dozen-u-s-troops-to-have-contact-testing-ebola.html (Obama sends American troops to Liberia, who will come in direct contact with those infected by Ebola) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/#comment-6177 (“Black America’s Rising Woes Under Obama”) and http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2014/10/obama-asserts-fast-furious-executive-privilege-claim-holders-wife-2/ (“Obama Asserts Fast and Furious Executive Privilege Claim for Holder’s Wife”)
ALL of this was totally predictable to anyone who read Obama’s “Dreams from My Father,” before or after the 2008 elections.
It is set forth in his own words: his core beliefs and shortcomings, which have undergirded his presidency.
Sadly, only worse can be expected during the remainder of his presidency.
He is a racist, and Michael Goodwin is correct:
Also, it is worth repeating:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
. . .
These are interesting times, with the old “norms” being swept aside.
The United States is the global leader in energy production again, so what happens in the Middle East is of little concern to most Americans. Europe has been a “weak sister” for a long time now; and the EU is an impotent and misguided bureaucratic monster.
Russia is essentially a Third World country economically; and Putin is desperately appealing to nationalism before his house of cards falls down around him.
China has economic problems aplenty; and the United States is better positioned to weather the coming economic storm than other nations.
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A Self-Infatuated Weakling In The White House
This is how the Wall Street Journal‘s Bret Stephens describes Barack Obama:
See http://online.wsj.com/articles/bret-stephens-obama-survival-manual-intl-edition-1413242790 (emphasis added); see also http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/barack-obama-bewildered-bystander/2014/10/23/335bd0e2-5aeb-11e4-b812-38518ae74c67_story.html (“Obama had never managed anything before running for the biggest management job on earth“) and http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/11192438/Life-under-Obama-sucks.-And-these-numbers-prove-it.html (“Why America has fallen out of love with its President“)
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Ebola And Obama
Political pundit Ann Coulter has written for Human Events:
See http://humanevents.com/2014/10/15/well-tell-you-how-dangerous-ebola-is-after-the-election/ (emphasis added)
The effects of Ebola and other infectious diseases have not been quantified fully by most economic seers. In the United States and other countries, Ebola is creating an almost panic-like response, which may affect global economies dramatically and in ways unknown presently.
See http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-outbreak-world-bank-issues-dire-warning-about-economic-impact/ (“World Bank issues dire warning about Ebola’s economic impact”) and http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/11148603/Ebola-Could-viruss-spread-cause-financial-market-turmoil.html (“Ebola: Could virus’s spread cause financial market turmoil?”) and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2787987/the-world-s-deadliest-outbreaks-interactive-map-shows-human-cost-flu-bubonic-plague-ebola-globe-541.html (“The world’s deadliest outbreaks: Interactive map shows the human cost of flu, bubonic plague and Ebola globally since 541”)
Hold on tight. Things will get very ugly and scary between now and the end of this decade—economically, militarily, and socially!
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/#comment-5264 (“Global Economic Conditions Worsen: Green Shoots Will Disappear”)
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The 2014 Race Card
In a Wall Street Journal editorial, it is stated:
See http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-2014-race-card-1414192776 (emphasis added)
There is no question that Barack Obama is a racist. If you have any doubts whatsoever, please read his book “Dreams from My Father,” which is summarized in the first article of this blog, with page citations to the book itself.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
It is all there, in his own words: his core beliefs, which undergird how he has been governing as America’s president, and what we can expect during the remainder of his presidency.
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Black America’s Rising Woes Under Obama
The UK’s Financial Times has an article that addresses this subject which is subtitled, “Those who have fared worst under this president are the ones who love him the most”:
See http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5455efbe-4fa4-11e4-a0a4-00144feab7de.html?siteedition=uk#axzz3G4fPgCdf (emphasis added)
As a whole, African-Americans are the last hired and the first fired, except in government.
Other ethnic groups have come to our shores, but America’s blacks remain at the bottom of the totem pole, while the more recent arrivals climb above them (e.g., those of Mexican or Hispanic heritage, Asian Americans).
America’s first and perhaps last “Affirmative Action” president has only made their conditions worse.
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I believe it was Ronald Reagan that observed “government is not the solution to our problems, government IS the problem.” Somewhere along the line, America lost its vision of independence from an all-powerful centralized government coupled with a strong emphasis on individual responsibility. Prior to LBJ’s Great Society, the Black family unit typically consisted of a mother AND father working to together to raise their children. Illegitimate birth rates amongst Blacks now stands at approximately 72% (and trending higher), largely due to the “reward” provided to single mothers via Great Society programs such as Aid to Dependent Children, etc. The detrimental societal and economic effects of father-less homes are far too numerous to innumerate here. (Incidentally, there is no question that Lyndon Johnson (his incessant use of the “N“ word in private is well documented) was a racist that was motivated, not by his compassion upon poor Blacks, but rather by tactical political motives. Upon the passage of the Civil Rights Bill, he was quoted in private stating that “We have them now. Democrats have the “N” vote locked up for the next 100 years.”)
Black Americans have been fed the lie for decades that if only they could have Blacks in positions of authority and influence, their lives would somehow be made better. Obama arrogantly proclaimed that “we are the people we have all been waiting for.” He promised hope and change without explaining in detail what exactly that meant. It was translated by millions of individuals to mean whatever their imaginations could conjure up. The famous illustration provided by one Black female voter upon his election: “I don’t have to worry now about my mortgage payment or my gas and water bills. I voted for him and I just know he will take care of me.” I wonder how this voter feels now?
If America is to survive as we know it, it will need a seismic shift away from its current destructive course. After decades of entitlements (along with Trillions of unpaid debt), how do we reverse this trend without causing massive civil unrest? Furthermore, is there enough time left to fix this before the entire rotten mess comes crashing to the ground?
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Thank you, Ray, for your thoughtful comments, with which I agree.
One thing that is truly striking is to take a cab in Washington, D.C., and talk with blacks from other countries, most notably those on the African continent. Most are well spoken, intelligent, and speak the “King’s English,” which is what they learned in their respective countries. Many have come to Washington’s universities to study; and they will either stay or go back, when they are finished.
Perhaps the level of education stands out the most, along with their command of the English language.
You are right that the welfare state has been a disaster for two-parent families. Also, many thought that Barack Obama would be the father of a “gravy train” for them, which has not happened.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/#comment-6177 (“Black America’s Rising Woes Under Obama”); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/#comment-6311 (“The 2014 Race Card”)
Most concerning, however, is the notion of inviting “illegals” to come here and stay, and not deporting those who are here already. One of my articles addresses this subject, so I will not repeat it here.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/ (“Illegal Immigration: The Solution Is Simple”) (see also the comments beneath the article)
You have asked whether anything can be done to address and reverse the “seismic shift.” Both blacks and whites are becoming more and more aware of these problems, and how they have been used politically. This may be the beginning of a new “revolution,” like Ronald Reagan spawned. At least, let us hope so.
Lastly, I believe in the inherent wisdom and goodness of the American people; and I believe in this country’s bright future ahead.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/america-a-rich-tapestry-of-life/ (“America: A Rich Tapestry Of Life”)
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White America Has Spoken Emphatically, And Rejected Barack Obama
Obama has been soundly defeated.
He forgot that White Americans are the racial majority, with a 77.7% share of the U.S. population, according to the 2013 U.S. Census.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States#Racial_makeup_of_the_U.S._population
In a Wall Street Journal editorial entitled “A Shellacking for Obama,” it has been written:
See http://online.wsj.com/articles/a-message-to-obama-1415146702 (emphasis added)
This editorial is wrong-headed in many respects, such as any notion of trading “more defense spending for more dollars for roads.” With enemies around the world emboldened by Obama’s weakness, now is the time to strengthen our military, not dilute it any further.
However, the editorial is accurate in terms of describing many of Obama’s failures. Tragically, Americans must endure two more years of his failed presidency, and the dangers that lie ahead.
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The Fraud That Is Obamacare
Charles Krauthammer writes in the Washington Post:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-the-gruber-confession/2014/11/13/474595bc-6b6b-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html (emphasis added); see also http://online.wsj.com/articles/burke-beu-this-democrat-is-giving-up-on-obamacare-1415919619 (“This Democrat Is Giving Up on ObamaCare”—”When the next Congress convenes in 2015, Democrats need to work with the new Republican majority, repeal ObamaCare, override a presidential veto if necessary, and start from scratch on health-care reform”)
If Barack Obama was white—like Richard Nixon—there is little question that he would be impeached or otherwise driven from office. Indeed, Nixon is a “saint” when compared to Obama.
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Obama: The Loneliest President Since Nixon
Peggy Noonan, writing in the Wall Street Journal, states:
See http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-loneliest-president-since-nixon-1415920451 (emphasis added)
Barack Obama’s naïveté has been matched by his overarching narcissism; and he is likely to be considered more starry-eyed and “dangerous” than Jimmy Carter—and certainly Richard Nixon.
Also, he is a racist. Please read his book, “Dreams from My Father,” if you have any doubts whatsoever. It is all there in his own words: his core beliefs, which have been guiding his presidency.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
Harry Truman is reported to have said: “”If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” Barack Obama needs all of the “dogs” that he can find.
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Obama’s Amnesty Will Add As Many Foreign Workers As New Jobs Since 2009
The Daily Caller has reported:
See http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/20/obamas-amnesty-will-add-as-many-foreign-workers-as-new-jobs-since-2009/ (emphasis added); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/illegal-immigration-the-solution-is-simple/#comment-6306 (“More Than 14 Percent Of Non-Citizens Indicated They Were Registered To Vote”)
Barack Obama is hurting America’s blacks and Hispanics, but he does not care. Cynically, he considers them to be solid Democratic voters, just like America’s Jews, regardless of what he does to them.
Americans must never forget that Obama never set foot on the American mainland until he attended Occidental College in Los Angeles. Instead, he grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia. His views are out of touch with most Americans who were born and raised here.
He is a Narcissist, a demagogue, a liar and incompetent; and his reelection in 2012 merely elevated and reinforced these qualities in him. Indeed, he has come to believe that he is invincible, politically; and he has set about to change America, much like Richard Nixon did after his landslide reelection victory in 1972.
Obama’s anger and willingness to punish his enemies are on display, each and every day, like Nixon’s anger and willingness to punish his enemies.
If you have any doubts whatsoever about such anger, which has undergirded Obama’s life and still does, read (or reread) his book “Dreams from My Father.” It is all there, in his own words.
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/; see also http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2556502 (Obama releases more Gitmo detainees)
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The Post-Obama Democrats
The Washington Post‘s Charles Krauthammer has penned an article on this subject:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-the-real-fight-is-among-the-democrats/2014/12/04/380743f2-7c00-11e4-84d4-7c896b90abdc_story.html (emphasis added)
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When Iraq Falls
The Washington Post‘s Charles Krauthammer has written:
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/you-want-hypotheticals-heres-one/2015/05/21/909713d6-ffe9-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html
Israel and its neocon surrogates pushed George W. Bush and Dick Cheney into the Iraq War, just as they are trying to push us into a war with Iran today.
NEVER AGAIN!
The United States is becoming energy independent again, and the dominant energy producer in the world. It does not need Israel or the Middle East anymore, period.
See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continues-its-relentless-and-unforgiving-advance-globally/#comment-7283 (“US To Launch Blitz Of Gas Exports, Eyes Global Energy Dominance“); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/ariel-sharon-is-missed/#comment-7271 (“Will Israel Exist On Its 100th Anniversary?“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/ariel-sharon-is-missed/#comment-7220 (“The Green Line Between Israel And The Palestinian Territory“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/ariel-sharon-is-missed/#comment-7197 (“Netanyahu: Disgrace in Victory“)
Barack Obama has “reset” America’s relationship with Israel, and rightly so, which is long overdue.
Our focus is properly on Europe, the Pacific and the American continent.
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Obama Is Trying To Delegitimize Trump [UPDATED]
The Hill has reported:
See http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/312431-wikileaks-founder-obama-admin-trying-to-delegitimize-trump (“WikiLeaks founder: Obama admin trying to ‘delegitimize’ Trump“) (emphasis added); see also http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/01/02/assange_to_hannity_our_source_was_not_the_russian_government.html (“Assange To Hannity: Our Source Was Not The Russian Government“)
Whatever happened to the smooth transition that Obama promised, which George W. Bush afforded to him?
See, e.g., http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article124204569.html (“Whatever happened to that smooth presidential transition Obama vowed?“)
What is abundantly clear is that Obama has no class. He never had any to begin with, and he has none now. He is a petty, failed “community organizer” and a black racist.
When this blog began on December 5, 2009, more than seven years ago, I asked in the first article:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/
While God is the final “arbiter,” history will judge the man and his presidency.
He has not come remotely close to Lincoln or Reagan; he is “a tragic Shakespearean figure who [may be] forgotten and consigned to the dustheap of history”; and “his presidency [may be] considered a sad watershed in history.”
See also http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/2/the-obama-years-stumble-to-a-cheesy-climax/ (“The Obama years stumble to a cheesy climax”—”President Obama arrived in Washington on the wings of his promise to cool the rancor between the races, the nation’s saddest and most enduring inheritance of slavery, and he leaves Pennsylvania Avenue having only made things worse”—”The new president will bring to office an agenda with radically different priorities — which is why the people of the 50 states elected him — and Mr. Obama is doing everything he can to lay traps and land mines in the Donald’s paths, few of which he would have dared earlier”—”Rarely if ever since the Nazi era has there been such blatant public spite taken against Jews”—”[H]e’s acting, in the words of one pundit, as if ‘Obama and John Kerry are tenants who trash the place as they are being evicted'”)
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