Monday, October 12th, 2009
I had a FB post about Obama getting the prize for simply talking about issues rather then executing. Its just a little too political for me. He hasn’t done much yet – and by comparison, the scientists and other recipients all do so much to prove their work. Did Bush get an award for all the work his administration did to combat Aids in Africa? No, very little coverage. Interestingly enough, U2 did mention it in their recent speeches during concerts as they went on and on for 45 minutes mostly around social programs. I love that band thought I don’t always agree with their politics. Everybody is entitled to their opinion – I just prefer rational thinkers.
Anyway, giving this to Obama did piss me off; I don’t know who he was up against though. My post on FB read: "and the king of the world is anointed yet again, oh come let us adore him" It was meant as a joke. But what really amazed me was friends immediately commenting online and in person saying "you are blaming Obama for this?" or "Should he give it back?" – so damn defensive of the guy. He is a demagogue. And that is dangerous. And I’m really wondering if people are going to think I’m racist for thinking this way – some people go to the extreme of saying that any word against him or his plans is racist. That’s not fair. In fact, I’m really concerned for him, making him such a demagogue puts his life in danger – lets keep him human for God’s (the real God) sake.
My response of course was somewhat verbose; but for one I thought it was wrong that he would disrespect the Dali Lama in one week and get the prize in the next; this proved how political this is. And further, my point back to them was that I wasn’t blaming him, I’m blaming the Nobel committee and the "world" for thinking he walks on water - he is just a man but the socialist and anti-American world is using him to "reward" us for socialist moves or those that reduce our power.
Honestly, he is doing a lot of subtle things that really scare me. Refusing to meet with Israeli leaders when he meets with Palestinian and Saudi leaders. This move with China vs. Tibet. It’s not outwardly against our traditional friends, just ignoring them and reaching out to "everyone" seems to really be specific former enemies. I do think he is using his demagoguery to create inertia to get him more power – I do think he has privately even considered the chess moves to make him president of the world – or at least the UN (okay, now don’t call me a conspiracy guy – just thinking its gone to his head).
And what I worry about, that he might sell us out to get there "for the greater good" I can see the blind socialist bleeding hearts in this country saying – "that’s okay, we will give up some of our freedom for world peace" and then we have a big void with only Allah to fill it with another dark age. And the moderates sit by and watch – like the eastern Europeans did as Hitler walked through and slowly changed to more and more evil policies - watching the moderates to see if they would act. No – I am not calling him Hitler – I’m not at all, but this kind of blind faith is what eats away at democracy; I question everything, I fear complacency.
And that is the really scary part – are we a crumbling empire? Are our rivals chipping away at our economic power, our military strength, our will to stay united? The Greek Empire was a loosely held group of city states eventually led by Alexander, a strong leader bringing their democracy to the world (admittedly whether those he conquered liked it or not). And the Afghanistan people loved him (as he loved them), as did much of the world. It was the empires that followed, the Syrians, Romans and others that turned into true theocracies and dictatorships. The Christian and the Muslim religious movement grew from crumbling empires as methods for bringing central power to them again, and suppressing those who disagreed with them. These Bishops and Mullas were the power behind the kings and emperors. They still are today. I’m not saying religion is bad – its when you warp it to dictate power that pisses me off. Obama is at the point where he could become his own religion. The people who "love him" follow him blindly, look beyond his flaws and rationalize or compromise for "the greater good." Compromise is not good for long term – you need a shared vision and to have a shared vision you have to have rational thinking about all issues. We don’t have that today.
That’s my rant for today. For all our forefathers have done and strong young men and women have fought for, we don’t want to end up like Italy, Greece or Iran, shadows of great empires – some good, some bad but definitely gone. Yes, I admit we are a living empire – one that has brought great things to the world and one that has done some damage. But I see nothing better in the world. And I still see the possibilities it can continue to create.
Tags: Demagogue, Democracy, Empire, Nobel Peace Prize, obama, Politics, Socialism
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