March 4, 2009

Thoughts of Obama from Bama

Week Six – Declaration of War
“You can't say civilization don't advance -- for in every war, they kill you in a new way” Will Rogers

The Constitution of the United States of America unequivocally gives Congress, and Congress alone, the authority to declare war. In total disregard for the constitution, a frequent pattern of behavior for the “Change We Can Believe In” crowd, six short weeks after taking the oath of office and swearing with his hand on ole Abe’s bible to uphold and protect the constitution our new Commander in Chief declared war on, of all folks, we the people.

Our new president, finally showing his true colors in full regalia, openly and without shame declared war on almost every institution and ideal that has made this country the shining city on a hill the rest of the world looks to for hope and leadership as so eloquently described by Ronald Reagan twenty five years ago. Starting with his Saturday radio address to the nation and in every subsequent speech during the week, which seems like two to three daily (this guy doesn’t seem to have heard of the concept of overexposure) the president made clear he is loaded for bear and ready for a fight.

Mr. Obama’s Stimulus/Socialist Spending Plan, proposed budget and mortgage rescue /redistribution of wealth plan represent nothing short of a hostile takeover of our free market economy and individual freedoms. His declaration of war to win support and passage of these not only big but gargantuan government programs are a direct assault on free enterprise; our most productive wage earners and job creators; the private sector economy; small business; the world’s finest healthcare system; Wall Street, Main Street, and Doug Baker Boulevard ( A fairly new road down the way from the house, as for the name, we think someone lost a bet), CEO’s; the auto industry; the domestic energy industry; every special interest group in America, including the “good” ones, defined as groups we are members of; mom; dad; apple pie; homemade ice-cream; baseball; the 4th of July. Mr. Obama even declared war on conservative icon Rush Limbaugh, declaring him public enemy number one.

Now, with all due respect to Mr. Limbaugh, who truly is a charismatic and dynamic thought leader of the conservative movement, it’s just downright unbecoming, demeaning and far beneath the office of the presidency to attack a private citizen, whomever and whatever their vocation or political leanings. This includes the likes of “Joe the Plumber”, Betty Lou Thelma Lynn no count white trash trailer trash queens and even wildly popular and successful radio talk show host.

This type of behavior is sure to diminish the president’s street cred with Putin in Russia, Ahmadinejad in Iran, N Korea’s Kim Yong - il and other foreign leaders as they will surely find it somewhat pathetic when the leader of the free world picks a fight with a radio talk show host. Regardless, I’m sure Rush appreciates all the free P.R. and attention.

All that being said, even more dangerous than the president’s war with we the people to create the United Socialist States of America is his retreat in our real shooting war against Islamic extremist. Bin Laden, Omar, Mohammad and their merry band of tent makers may have suffered a major setback in Iraq but are rebuilding and rearming in Afghanistan and other rat holes throughout the Middle East. These Jihadist head cases are hell bent on our destruction and if we continue down the path of appeasement another successful terrorist attack is almost guaranteed.

The presidents attitude towards and views on terrorism are truly extremely disturbing. During a speech to the military announcing our withdrawal from Iraq this week the president failed to mention the words victory or win even one time. He did appropriately praise and give credit to the troops but glaringly and intentionally omitted any reference to our victory over Islamic terrorist in this military struggle that cost so dearly in American blood and treasure. As Commander in Chief his failure to acknowledge this fact borderlines on treason.

Another troubling sign of our new terrorist appeasement policy occurred during President Obama’s recently appointed new chief of Homeland Security’s, Janet Napolitano, confirmation hearings before congress. The committee got an earful about Katrina and all other forms of natural disasters and such during her opening remarks but not a peep about the threat of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism. Considering the primary mission and charge of the Department of Homeland Security is to lead us in the war on terror and protect us from Ali Baba and his 40 suicide bombers her obvious intentional omission to address the issue does not bode well for our future safety and security.

And finally, let’s not forget Madam Secretary of State Hillary “Rambo” Clinton who dodged sniper fire to her heart’s delight this week on her first official visit to the Middle East. Sounds harmless enough until we are told that a highlight of the trip is our pledge of $900 million dollars to the Palestinians for rebuilding required from the recent skirmish with Israel. Considering the fact that we know, they know and the entire world knows that most if not all of this money will end up in the hands of Hamas, ranked right up there with al-Qaeda as one of the world’s most dangerous gang of terrorist, this gesture of thinly veiled indirect support of an extremist terrorist organization the likes of Hamas is truly shocking.

Our president and Commander in Chief has declared war but doesn’t seem to have a clue who the real enemy is. Let’s hope for the sake of our country and the world he calls a cease fire on we the people and aims that alleged superior intellect and soaring rhetoric at our real enemy, radical Muslim Jihadist.

I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”
Ron W. Garikes