Thoughts of Obama From Bama

Week Thirty - One: “Obamas Schizophrenic Politicus”

“Wasting' away again in MargaretvilleSearching for my lost shaker of saltSome people claim that there's a woman to blameAnd I know, it’s somebody else’s damn fault” Margaretville”

Jimmy Buffett

Our 44th President, Barrack Hussein Obama, is inflicted with a bad case of the “Obamas Schizophrenic Politicus” (OSP). A malady prevalent amongst far left wing, Socialist, Fascist, narcissist, extremist; network news anchors; the main stream media elite; vodka drinking, caviar munching, Communists; and the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney “Freddie in the Fanny Mac” Frank, Michael “Krispey Cream” Moore, Janeane “Head Case Extraordinaire” Garofalo, and Rosie “Krispey Cream ll ” O’Donnell. All of whom deserve special mention because of their incredibly boneheaded anti-American views, actions and seemingly never ending asinine rhetoric.

Symptoms of the “OSP” go way beyond the blame your opponents, straw or boogie man politics as usual. This serious psychological condition is more accurately described as the blame game on steroids combined with a level of paranoid schizophrenia that can only be brought on by years of pot smoking, cocaine snorting, acid dropping narcotics abuse and endless hours of grueling indoctrination (brainwashing) in Communist/Socialist youth camps. Activities our “OSP” inflicted Paranoid-in-Chief, his comrades in the Administration, Congress, and the liberal leftwing media elite all have such fond memories of from their younger, formative, teenage and mostly “underground” college days.

Instead of actually advocating and promoting one of their new program initiatives on its own merits the “Change We Can Believe In” crowd seems to be almost manic in their need to not only blame but destroy and demonize any that oppose their positions. A sure fire symptom of the (OSP) and a frequently utilized political tactic to support a new policy that can’t stand on its own merit because it lacks any basis in the Constitution, common sense, and/or is totally void of any fiscal restraint or responsibility.

“We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics.” Hubert H. Humphrey

Each and every one of the Obama Administration’s new humungous government, Socialist Nanny State policy initiatives, so called reforms and political appointments have all been promoted by (OSP) crazed fanatics who are trained professionals in the black arts of character assassination; diversion, delay and deceit; extortion; bribery; and blackmail. These wild eyed rabid Obama political hacks infesting the West Wing and government office buildings throughout the Capital District are hell bent on destroying any that dare oppose our Supreme Commander and his Communal Utopian Fantasies.

Following is a brief review of every major Obama Administration Policy Initiative, Proposed Legislation and New “Reform” Program to date including the negative consequences that frequently occur when folks mentally incapacitated with a bad case of the (OSP) are leading the effort:

· TARP – Troubled Asset Recovery Program: Initiated by the Obama Administration’s epidomy of the evil, incompetent, corrupt public servant; a lying, cheaten, scoundrel; an illegitimate President who “stole” the last two elections; the cause of every worldwide calamity of an economic, military, social, political, religious, scientific, natural, or manmade nature occurring over the last eight years; the 43rd President of these here United States, George W. Bush.

Thoughts of Obama From Bama sources inform us that according to Lexis Nexus President Obama and his spin doctors have used the phrase “We inherited” over 300,000 times since taking office 31 weeks ago. That’s an average of almost 1,400 times a day, truly remarkable.

Maybe the only successful Government bailout, TARP has proven instrumental in keeping the Banking/Financial industry open for business. Credit, although tight, is available, money is flowing and a major disaster has been avoided. Many institutions are even paying Uncle Sammy back, with interest.

On other hand, President Obama and his Socialist comrades have lived up to their Mission Statement to take advantage of every crisis and started the process of imposing Government control on the Country’s financial industry. New measures include oppressive regulations, social engineering, stock ownership, Board membership and dictating Executive compensation to private sector companies. All blatant; unconstitutional; tyrannical; illegal; audacious abuses of Government authority already spreading like kudzu to other segments of the economy.

Wall Street Execs were thoroughly trashed and publicly flogged by their own Government, some deservingly so, but most just trying to make a buck for themselves, employees and stockholders. Demonized by (OSP) infected Obamanites to the point of receiving death threats, these Execs were the scapegoats blamed for causing this financial crisis and massive Government expenditure.

Interesting that our fiends Barney Frank, Chair of the House Finance Committee, and Chris Dodd, Chair of the Senate Banking Committee, were spared of Administration condemnation for their unforgivable incompetence and heavy handed intervention promoting Socialist Public Policy initiatives that greatly contributed to this financial train wreck.

· Hostile Take Over of US Auto Industry: Another Crisis, another opportunity for the Fed to swoop in and take control of a big chunk of the US economy. (OSP) ravaged members of Congress took the Auto Execs to the proverbial woodshed and rendered a public spanking not so much for bad management but for flying in on corporate jets for the hearings. Audacious hypocrisy even by Washington standards considering congress’ access to a fleet of government jets and the Presidents’ ultimate of “corporate” jets, Air force One. All provided at taxpayer expense, of course.

Along with Auto Execs W was also the recipient of criticism and blame for the auto industry’s demise charging him with nefarious ties with the evil oil companies. Nothing like beating a dead horse.

· American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – Stimulus Bill – Obama ACORN, Unions, Payback Palooza Bill: Hailed as a necessary shorterm, targeted, and temporary remedy for the ailing economy in actuality a 1 Trillion dollar plus colossal waste of taxpayer’s money. Vilifying the GOP as unpatriotic, obstructionist, Neanderthals for their fierce opposition supporters of the measure suffering from the (OSP) viciously attacked any and all detractors.

W also singled out again for unilaterally and intentionally plunging the Country into the deepest financial downturn since the Great Depression compelling his successor, the Mighty and Benevolent Obama, to pursue such drastic measures.

· Waxman-Markey Energy-Cap and Trade-Cap and Tax Bill: Possibly the largest hidden tax and most intrusive piece of legislation ever passed by the US House of Representatives. Identifying Big Oil and other domestic energy companies as the “Great Satan” the mad with fever from the (OSP) Obama disciples accused these groups of purposely and systematically killing the planet; melting the polar icecaps; burning down the Amazonian rainforest; and clubbing baby seals to death.

For good measure, W again accused of responsibility for single handily destroying Mother Earth and kicking the can down the street to the planet’s savior, Mr. “Green Energy; bark eating; tree hugging; guardian of the environment;” Obama to clean up the mess.

· Healthcare-Health Insurance Reform-Government Controlled Socialized Medicine: Another massive, illegal, unconstitutional Government attempt to seize control of a large sector of the Nation’s economy. A policy that truly reeks of the long arm of “Big Brother” violating our personal and civil liberties.

(OSP) inflicted followers of our Healer-in-Chief are currently blaming the Health Insurance Companies for what they claim is a broken and dysfunctional US Healthcare System. They would have us believe these greedy, profit driven, heartless companies are pure evil incarnate responsible for the death of millions of our fellow citizens.

No doubt the Health Insurance industry is way overdue for some serious reform but a Public Option, the code phrase for a Government run single payer option being shoved stealthy down our throats by the President and his fellow socialist, ain’t the cure for what ails us either.

No word yet from our Whiner-in-Chief claiming he inherited the alleged Healthcare crisis from his predecessor too but you can bet dollar to doughnuts the (OSP) infected Obama faithful will surely lay this one at W’s door step before all is said and done.

“The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.” Robert Bloch

Thoughts of Obama From Bama certainly extends our best wishes to the Obamas for a safe and restful holiday this week in the liberal vacation Mecca, Martha’s Vineyard. We further hope the healing powers of warm ocean breezes, sand and salt cures our fearless leader of his bad case of the “Obamas Schizophrenic Politicus”. If not, no problem, to paraphrase Mr. Buffett:

“Some people claim that there's a woman to blame And we know, it’s all W’s damn fault”

I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”

Ron W. Garikes

Thoughts of Obama from Bama

Week Thirty: Smash Mouth Politics

Pete Venkman (Bill Murray): “The Mayor! He's a friend of mine. Lenny”!

Hardemeyer (Mayor’s Assistant): “Can I help you?”

Venkman: “Yeah, you can get your hand off my chest.”

Hardemeyer: “I'm Jack Hardemeyer. I'm the mayor's assistant. What can I do for you? Look, you stay away from the mayor. Next fall, barring a disaster, he's going to be elected governor of this state and the last thing we need is for him to be associated with two-bit frauds and publicity hounds like you and your friends. You read me?”

Venkman: “Wait a minute, I’m a voter, aren’t you suppose to kiss my ass and lie to me or something?” Ghost Busters II

President Obama, his comrades in Congress and socialist political allies around the country including his friends in the treasonous adoring media elite press have gone on the offensive and viciously attacked a highly unlikely demographic group and constituency, “We the People”. The “Yes We Can” and “Change We Can Believe In” crowd is losing the national debate on their flagship Socialist public policy initiative, Government Controlled/Socialized Medicine, and have fallen into full panic mode of operation and initiated an unprecedented political attack on the American people.

Dealing from a position of weakness for the first time as support for the Presidents Healthcare Reform proposals have plummeted in public opinion polls President Obama has directed his chief political hacks, White House Chief of Staff Rahm “The Enforcer” Emanuel and Senior Political Advisor David “Mr. Happy” Axelrod to leave no arm untwisted; no legs unbroken; no Associations unextorted; no wavering “blue dog” democratic congressperson unblackmailed; no healthcare executive unbribed; no attention paid to warnings of financial disaster and exploding deficits from the CBO and Obama supporter and advisor, the Orator from Omaha hisself, Warren Buffett; and no attention given to warnings of fins to the right, fins to the left, tidal waves out on the sea and lost shakers of salt from singer/songwriter/poet from Key West, Jimmy Buffett.

Going to the mattresses in an effort to save his dream of taking control of another major sector of the US economy, the President has directed his mostly bought off constituents and actual true believers who still worship at the “Alter of Obama” supporters to play the race card with reckless abandon with total disregard for the truth, a typical liberal political tactic; incite the so called victim class to make totally unfounded charges of unfair treatment; unleash the thugs from ACORN and the Unions to enforce strong arm tactics at Town hall meetings and other political functions; Order admirers and fellow conspirators in his adoring press corps the likes of Chris “shivers up my leg” Mathews”, Katie “he’s our generation’s Thomas Jefferson” Kuric and Keith “I have a man crush on the Dude” Olberman; and most frightening of all, send Barney “Freddie in the Fannie Mac” Frank on a support ObamaCare tour to all the truly strange and bizarre fringe leftwing groups in this country that always seem to welcome Congressman Frank with open arms.

Thoughts of Obama from Bama is unaware of any previous sitting President or candidate who has ever used an “attack the folks” strategy when seeking office or in support of a policy initiative. To our credit, Americans don’t usually take a shinning to name calling, strong-arm, political guerilla tactics that are so prevalent in Central and South American Banana Republics ruled by Obama political soul mates and comrades Hugo Chavez, Daniel Ortega and Fidel Castro.

Americans have historically responded much more favorably to positive messages. We are by nature an optimistic country, with a healthy skepticism of Government, but hopeful just the same. Some of our greatest leaders have inspired us to take action, to rally around an issue or idea and passionately support a political philosophy with powerful, persuasive, and eloquent rhetoric and messages of hope and promise. “Yes We Can” and “Change We Can Believe In” are two very recent examples (regardless as hollow as they ring now) of an effective positive political message.

Positive, memorable, inspirational, political messages historically used in this country to advocate a policy initiative or candidate include:

· George Washington: "Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."
· Thomas Jefferson: "That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves."
· Abe Lincoln: "Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"
· Teddy Roosevelt: “Speak softly and carry a big stick."
· FDR: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
· Herbert Hoover: “A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage”
· James Cox: “Cox and Cocktails (Harding's opponent James Cox was opposed to Prohibition).”
· JFK “The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly."
· Ronald Reagan:

” It’s morning again in America”
· Ronald Reagan: “America is too great for small dreams”
· Bush 1: "If anyone tells you that America's best days are behind her, they're looking the wrong way”
· W: “Leave no child behind”

Great examples of uplifting, positive, inspirational, political speech effectively used by many of our current President’s predecessors. “Cox for Cocktails”, definitely the kind of man we need more of in office today. In comparison, our current Commander-in-Chief has recently had this to say about and too his fellow Americans who oppose his Socialized Medicine and other Fascist Reforms:

· He doesn’t want to hear from the folks who he credits with “creating the mess” in health care – GOP and the Health Insurance industry
· Anyone opposed to his reforms is in favor of the status quo and don’t care that thousands are dying
· All opposed are either uninformed or supported by GOP or Health Insurance
· Protestors are nothing but organized mobs
· Dissent nothing but GOP talking points
· Protestors are paid political operatives

His comrades in Congress, with his blessings, have been more expressive:

· Un-American
· Brown shirted Swastika carrying thugs
· A well-dressed and well-rehearsed mob.
· Astroturf, as opposed to home grown, now them is surely fighten words!

A lot of this sounds like “déjà vu all over again”. We all remember candidate Obama’s comments about the good people of Pennsylvania during the campaign: "And it's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”

Our President’s disdain, contempt and hubris towards “We the People” are unprecedented, elitist and dangerous. As for Thoughts of Obama from Bama, instead of all the name calling and false accusations, we agree with the amiable Dr. Venkman’s political philosophy: “ Barack, I’m a voter, aren’t you suppose to kiss my ass and lie to me or something?”

I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”

Ron W. Garikes

Thoughts of Obama from Bama

Week Twenty-Nine: The New American Revolutionary

Come senators, congressmen, Please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway, Don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt, Will be he who has stalled
There’s a battle outside, And it is ragin.
It’ll soon shake your windows, And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin.

Bob Dylan

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“Marge, how about handing me that Molotov Cocktail, I want to throw it at Senator Big Government, Deficit Shattering, Socialized Medicine, over there.” “All right George, but if you throw out your back again or aggravate that bursitis, I’m gonna ring your neck.” “ Whatever Marge, just give it to me quick, he’s about a half sand wedge away and if I toss it now I can catch him right between the eyes.” “Alright dear, but put on your gasmask first before those nice riot policeman over there fire another round of teargas at us”

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The face of the radical; anti-war; anti-meat consuming; anti-lumber industry; anti-nuclear; save the whales; save the dolphins; save the planet; gay rights; flag burning; folk song singing; American protestor no longer looks like the fringe elements of society. Today’s American Revolutionary has a much closer resemblance to the Jones’ who live down on the corner lot of the new subdivision.

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God fearing; gun owning; bowling leaguers; Canasta playing; veterans; retirees; golfers; plumbers; doctors; IT nerds; school teachers; small business owners; and corporate hot shots. All who have finally started to wake up, hopefully in time to stop the madness, and realized there is a bloodless Socialist coup currently underway in our nation’s capital, led by the man who took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution, Barack Husain Obama.

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Our friends in the leftwing, liberal, media elite are clueless how to deal with this new breed of Revolutionary. To paraphrase Dolly Parton they don’t know whether to scratch their watch or wind their butt. The sympathetic reporting and positive coverage they shower upon low life radical protestors the likes of Bill Ayers, Underground Weatherman, domestic terrorist and Obama political soul mate; Ward Churchill, blame America for 9/11 zealot and 60’s throwback nutcase; the charming and lovely extremist anti-war ladies of Code Pink; long haired, bandana wearing, tied dyed clad, 60’s wannabe, anti - global trade fanatics; and ACORN doesn’t seem to be forthcoming for the new American Revolutionary.

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Grassroots inspired Tea Parties, recently attended by hundreds of thousands of new American Revolutionaries, were written off by the pinheaded media elite and liberal politicians as staged political events sponsored by FOX News and conservative Talk Radio. Granted, most of the good folks attending these events lean so far to the right they make Limbaugh and Hannity look like moderates, the insults heaped upon these mostly honest, hardworking, patriotic Americans by the so called unbiased press corps was truly astonishing.

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That being said, racist, redneck, “tea bagging” yahoos seems like polite constructive criticism compared to the views they are now expressing about anyone who dares to question or oppose the mighty Obama’s Socialist, freedom threatening, government controlled healthcare reform plan. New American Revolutionaries like the afore mentioned George and Marge from Nashville, Tennessee; Bob and Joan Waters, an accountant and marketing executive from Baltimore, Maryland; Jason and Cathy Perry, small business owners from Reno, Nevada; and Jim and Carol Anderson from the proverbial “What would they think in Peoria?” are showing up by the thousands at Healthcare town hall meetings currently being conducted across the country by the President, his Cabinet Secretaries and comrades in the Congress.

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The vicious attacks on these patriots by the mainstream media elite is not only alarming, but also dangerous, especially when considering the press’ tried and true traditional role of keeping a skeptical watch on the Government on behalf of “We the People”. Accusations of paid political hacks with GOP talking points; brown shirted thugs; rightwing extremist using Nazi tactics are clogging up the airwaves, blogosphere and print media. Unfounded charges based on nothing else than an unprecedented liberal bias and unabashed adoration for our Socialist-in-Chief.

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A recent example of this totally irresponsible lame excuse for journalism took place on MSNBC’s political leftwing farce of a news show “Hardball” earlier this week. Chris Mathews, the programs ultra liberal host who admits openly and without shame to feeling shivers run up his leg when just thinking about the President, had the following conversation with the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s lead Communist and “Victims Are Us” reporter, Cynthia Tucker:

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CHRIS MATTHEWS: “Put 100 of these people in a room. Strap them into gurneys. Inject them with sodium pentathol. How many of them would say "I don't like the idea of having a black president"? What percentage?”
CYNTHIA TUCKER: “Oh, I'm just guessing. This is just off the cuff. I think 45 to 65% of the people who appear at these groups are people who will never be comfortable with the idea of a black president.”

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Just off the cuff Ms. Tucker, considering Mr. Mathew’s idiotic question and your pull it out of thin air, totally unfounded, asinine response, Thoughts of Obama from Bama would suggest the two of you are race baiting, boneheaded, morons pathetically attempting to salvage plummeting ratings and circulation.

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Worse, our elected public officials, starting with the President of the United States, Congressional leaders and other senior policy makers, have also viciously attacked anyone with the audacity to voice opposition to Mr. Obama’s Socialist Communal Utopian dreams for our great nation. The President and the White House propaganda machine have accused the opposition as fear mongering, evil special interest, angry mobs backed and financed by the GOP and an unnamed (FOX) cable news network.

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They have also blamed Rush, the “vast rightwing conspiracy” and W (can’t let a day go by without blaming W for something) as hate merchants who are polarizing the debate with their distortions and lies. The White House has even asked supporters to send them “fishy” emails expressing opposing views to the President’s Government run Healthcare proposals. This strong-arm tactic certainly has a familiar ring. Presidents Nixon and Clinton both assembled White House enemies list. The former was run out of office early and the latter impeached. Mr. Obama’s conduct in office to date certainly may result in a similar fate.

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Madame Speaker of the House Pelosi along with House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer, in a Editorial published this week in USA Today, referred to the new American Revolutionaries voicing truth to power at the Healthcare town halls as Un-American. The Speaker has also called these patriots swastika carrying, brown shirted thugs who use Nazi tactics to disrupt the democratic process. With all due respect Madame Speaker, you wouldn’t recognize a democratic process if it reached up and bit you on the arse. As for Nazi tactics, rumor has it ex-Pelosi staffers claim she insisted on being called little Adolf at the office and took a hankering to sporting a small fake black mustache when out of public view.

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“Every generation needs a new revolution.” Thomas Jefferson
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Today’s new American Revolutionaries, folks like George, Marge, Bob, Joan, Jason, Cathy, Perry, Jim, Carol and thousands of others of similar mind probably have more in common with the original American Revolutionaries, our Founding Fathers, than any other rebel rousing, world changing protestors that mark the political evolution of our great nation. Like the founders, for the most part, our new Revolutionaries are well educated; hard working; prosperous; God fearing; church going; family oriented; well informed; patriots with a passion for freedom and disdain for tyranny.

President Obama’s radical Socialist agenda, including his Healthcare Reform proposals that include illegal and unconstitutional provisions as listed below, should bring out the American Revolutionary deep inside of all of us:

HR 3200

· Page 22: Mandates that the Govt will audit books of all employers that self insure!!
· Page 30 Sec 123: - THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get
· Page 29 lines 4-16: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!
· Page 42l: The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC Benefits for you. You have no choice!
· Page 50 Section 152: HC will be provided to ALL non-US citizens, illegal or otherwise.
· Page 58: Govt will have real-time access to individual finances & a National ID Health card will be issued!
· Page 59 lines 21-24: Govt will have direct access to your bank accounts for elective funds transfer.

We should all support and consider joining our fellow citizens/Revolutionaries who couragesly are leading the fight against President Obama’s Government controlled, Socialized medicine, Healthcare reform proposals. All those opposed should be placed on our enemies list, shipped off to Canada and subjected to all the benefits of rationed, endless waiting list, Government run Socialized medicine.

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“George, that was the last of the Molotov Cocktails, there’s no more decaf in the thermos and my bunions are killing me, can we please go”. “OK Marge, one more chorus of “Reform this, Obama” and we are out of here,”

I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”

Ron W. Garikes

Thoughts of Obama from Bama

Week Twenty-Eight: Vacation

“I found out long ago, it’s a long way down the holiday road
Holiday rooooooaaaaad, Holiday roooooaaaad.
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Take a ride on the West Coast kick
Holiday rooooooaaaaad, Holiday road.”
L. Buckingham

Our 44th President and Congress are all already on their way or making final plans for a well deserved, long overdue, summer vacation. Spending trillions of dollars; Doubling the annual deficit; Borrowing trillions from China; Socializing the healthcare, financial, energy, and auto industries; Fighting 2 Overseas Contingency Operations; Playing the victim card, blaming W. and misleading “We the People” on a daily basis; and thinking about new, innovate and stealth strategies for increasing taxes tends to wear your typical dedicated public servant plumb out.

According to the official 2009 Schedule of the 111th Congress the House takes off on their “District Work Period” August 1st, the Senate August 8th, and both will reconvene back in DC on September 8th. “District Work Period”, another silly misnomer created by the same creative geniuses who gave us “Overseas Contingency Operation” for the War on Terror and “Man Made Disaster” for domestic terrorism , is just another misleading phrase the “Change Gang” made up for summer vacation in their ceaseless efforts to confuse, confound and divert our attention from their real agenda. Establishing a Socialist Nanny State – Creating a Secular Progressive Culture – Conducting the largest redistribution of wealth in world history.

Actually, summer vacation doesn’t exactly accurately describe the activities many of our elected officials will be partaking in either during the August recess. Many will travel abroad on overseas junkets to assure the Eiffel tower hasn’t fallen in Paris, confirm the Parthenon is still standing in Greece and make sure Italy hasn’t run dry on wine, all at US taxpayer expense, of course.

Other dedicated lawmakers will participate in “Fact Finding Tours” at some of the ritziest beach and mountain resorts, golf courses, and fishing spots in the world hosted by lobbyist and various special interest groups. Senator Barbara Boxer of California is the only lawmaker we know of who is completely excluded from these trips as even lobbyists find her too obnoxious to spend more than 5 minutes with.
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A tiny percentage of Congressional members actually serve the public interest and meet with constituents during the recess but Thoughts of Obama from Bama was unable to obtain a final headcount. Inside sources assure us the total number of these dedicated legislators can be counted on one hand.

We were able to confirm that a large group of legislatures also take advantage of their summer break to meet with their parole officers; defense attorneys; attend DUI School; and/or serve out their community service and jail time. Thoughts of Obama from Bama certainly appreciates the personal efforts by all of these lawmakers to provide a stimulus for the entertainment, drug, alcohol, legal and prison industries.

Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase): “I'm just trying to treat my family to a little fun.” Ellen Griswold (Beverly D'Angelo): “Oh spare me, Clark, I know your brand of family fun. Tomorrow you'll probably kill the desk clerk, hold up a McDonalds, and drive us 1000 miles out of the way to see the world's largest pile of mud.” “Vacation” 1983

In the spirit of the public’s right to know, Thoughts of Obama from Bama is pleased to reveal the “District Work Period”, summer vacation plans, for several of our political leaders who are working so diligently on our behalf in our nation’s capital:

· The First Family – Barack and fam including First Pooch Bolshevik the Waterdog, according to recent reports, will be spending 2 star studded weeks in the playground of the liberal/socialist rich and famous celebrity elite, Martha’s Vineyard. Prerequisites for their Shangri-La vacation home include a private pool; basketball court; teleprompter; designated smoking area; TV studio for national daily broadcast; and accommodations for an entourage of 2,000, all at tax payer expense, of course.

Planned activities include happy hour every afternoon with the most recent private citizen the President has falsely accused of racism, public readings from the Communist Manifesto and a dress as your favorite nekked Socialist/Fascist Dictator Masquerade Ball.

First Pooch Bolshevik the Waterdog is scheduled for Frisbee lessons. The ultimate Socialist sport founded on the maxim “Hey man, nobody wins and nobody loses”.

Ellen Griswold: “Oh are you happy now Clark? She's deaf.”
Clark Griswold: “Oh what the hell - it was fun anyway.”

· Vice President “Uncle Joe” Biden – Uncle Joe will be spending his vacation recuperating from major surgery. Inflicted with a chronic case of the Foot-in- Mouth Disease, surgeons will attempt to remove a foot that has been inserted so frequently in the Veep’s mouth the prognosis for a successful operation is less than 10%. To enhance Uncle Joe’s recovery the President has left standing orders restricting him from coming within 1,000 yards of a member of the press, TV cameras or a live microphone.

· White House Chief of Staff, Rahm “The Enforcer” Emanuel – Plans call for attendance at an Organized Crime, Mafia, Cosonotra, film festival sponsored by the Italian Government in Palermo, Sicily. The focus of this year’s program is “Advanced Tactics for Intimidating colleagues, staff, political friends and foes. Sessions include “Pros and Cons of the Horse Head in Bed Strategy”; “What’s More Effective? Chopping off or Breaking Fingers”; and “The Best Time to Go to the Mattresses”.

Thoughts of Obama from Bama would never advance unfounded conspiracy theories. However, 3 recent seemingly random unrelated “accidents” suggests a far more sinister scenario. In fact, many claim these acts of intimidation are classic strong arm tactics of the “Enforcer”.

Hillary’s broken arm helps maintain her global victim status and serves as a reminder not to stray too far off the reservation regarding the President’s foreign policy positions. Judge Sotomayor broken leg helps establish her victim status, a possible sympathy vote and a stern warning to keep her judicial activist views to herself during the confirmation hearings. Congressperson Mikulski’s broken ankle, “accident”, was probably just a shot across the bow warning her and other members of the Democratic caucas what might happen to them if they jump ship on the Presidents humongous government and Socialist agenda.

· Secretary of State, Hillary “World Renown Ducker From Sniper Fire” Clinton – Will spend a majority of her vacation in serious negotiations with publishers and for the movie rights for her next book, "Sisterhood of the Butt Ugly Traveling Pants Suit."

· Attorney General Eric “Terrorist Sympathizer and Pardoner of Tax Cheats” Holder – After several visits the AG has fallen in love with the tropical paradise at Gitmo. The AG is said to be looking forward to long walks on the beach with enemy combatant prisoners, watching romantic tropical sunsets from the guard towers surrounding the prison and attending evening bonfires where American flags and W are burned in effigy every night. The AG will also be hopping over to Havana every day for private tutoring from Mr. Socialist Revolutionary hiself, Fidel castro, to discuss strategies for setting up a secret police force back here in the states.

Marty Moose: “Sorry, folks! We're closed for two weeks to clean and repair America's favorite family fun park. Sorry, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh!”

· Secretary of Treasury, Timothy “Turbo Tax Cheat” Geithner – Will be attending The First Annual Obama Administration Camp for Tax Cheats (FAOACTC). Fellow senior Administration officials joining Little Timmy Tax Cheater include tax cheat Tom Daschle; tax cheat and Chief White House Performance Officer, Nancy Killefer; HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on behalf of her tax cheat husband; and Congressional tax cheats New York congressman Charlie Rangle and Senator Chris Dodd from Connecticut. Marc Rich, on the FBI’s Most Wanted List and considered the biggest tax cheat in the history of the Union, will be the Course Instructor. Mr. Rich received a pardon from Slick Willie with the blessing of then assistant AG, Eric Holder.

· Madame Speaker of the House, Nancy “Tell me no Lies” Pelosi – Sources confirm the Speaker has yet to finalize plans for the August recess. Those same sources report invitations have been pouring in including one from the CIA to observe secret covert gorilla operations on a undisclosed island in the south pacific which just so happens to be infested with 15 foot long Kimono Dragons who’s favorite food source is wild eyed, left wing, west coast, bleeding heart socialist/liberal head cases. The Speaker also has an open invitation to go quail hunting with VP Dick Cheney. Thoughts of Obama from Bama certainly encourages Ms. Pelosi to take full advantage of these once in a lifetime travel experiences.

· Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid - After joining the President with a chorus of criticism for evil corporate America wasting millions at high brow resorts it finally dawned on our Mormon Senior Senator from Nevada he was cutting his own political throat. Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons claims canceled convention business in large part brought on by the President’s and Reid’s comments have cost the state over $200 million in lost business. In an effort to save his political hide the good Senator is vacationing in Vegas this year with a cast of 500+ staffers and support folks. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas and our hard earned tax dollars are all staying to help Senator Reid’s reelection efforts.

· Barney “ Freddie in the Fannie Mack” Frank – The pride of Massachusetts, the Honorable Barney Frank, is embarking on his annual pilgrimage to South Beach, Key West, and San Francisco in search of Mr. Good Bar.

Car Salesman: “Now, I owe it to myself to tell you, Mr. Griswold, that if you are thinking of taking the tribe cross country, this is your automobile. The Wagon Queen Family Truckster. You think you hate it now, but wait till you drive it”.

Under normal circumstances Thoughts of Obama from Bama would express outrage at the great waste of time, tax payer money and flagrant abuse of power associated with the so called “District Work Period” or in reality summer vacation or August recess our elected officials are currently enjoying. That being said, keeping this crowd out of town and not conducting official business "on our behalf" may be the best investment we can make to preserve the Union until the 2010 midterm elections.

Clark Griswold: “I think you're all @#*# in the head. We're ten hours from the *$@#ing fun park and you want to bail out. Well I'll tell you something. This is no longer a vacation. It's a quest. It's a quest for fun. I'm gonna have fun and you're gonna have fun. We're all gonna have so much #@*#ing fun we'll need plastic surgery to remove our damn smiles. You'll be whistling 'Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah' out of you're #@@#**#@! I gotta be crazy! I'm on a pilgrimage to see a moose. Praise Marty Moose! Holy #@*#!”

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

Thoughts of Obama from Bama

Week Twenty-Seven: Pathological Narcissism

"Stupid is what stupid does"

Forest Gump; Forest Gump

Last Wednesday during our 44th President’s 4th primetime press conference in 6 months, a new record, Mr. Obama pulled a page right out of VP Biden’s playbook making one of the most absurd, or dare we say stupid, remarks of his presidency. After an evening of misleading and dishonest rhetoric in another attempt to sell the virtues of his Socialized Medicine debacle to “We the People”, the President called on old friend Lynn Sweet from the Chicago Sun-Times for the final question.

Following is a summary of their exchange:

Sweet: “Thank you, Mr. President. Recently, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Black Harvard Scholar and Professor) was arrested at his home in Cambridge. What does that incident say to you? And what does it say about race relations in America?” (According to Press Secretary Robert Gibbs the President was briefed and had prepared a response addressing this issue. This White House hasn’t been shy about planting questions with the star struck press corps and the President was waiting with baited breath to jump all over this, at least in his elitist, Harvard Law, ACLU way of reckoning, travesty of justice).

President Obama: “Well, I -- I should say at the outset that Skip Gates is a friend, so I may be a little biased here.” (A “little biased” might just be the understatement of the year)

The President continued: “Now, I don’t know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that, but I think it’s fair to say,” (If only he had stopped here when maybe not ahead but at least even the dreaded VP Biden “Foot in Mouth” malady might have been avoided).

The President followed up with: “number one, any of us would be pretty angry;” (Possibly, although a lot of folks would be grateful the Police showed up to stop a potential burglary in progress at their home greeting them with open arms instead of unfounded accusations of racial profiling and pathetic attempts of playing the victim card).

The President next proclaimed openly and without shame: “number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home;” (The President stepped knee deep in “number two” with this boneheaded remark. Having already acknowledged bias, no firsthand knowledge and a partial review of the facts it is extremely disconcerting when our Nation’s Chief Law Enforcement Officer impugns the entire Cambridge Police Department and the arresting officer, Sgt. James Crowley. A 20 year decorated veteran of the force Sgt. Crowley not only deserves but has earned the benefit of the doubt. The fact this was a deliberate, considered and prepared response to a planted question is even more disturbing).

President Obama concluded by saying: “and, number three, what I think we know, separate and apart from this incident, is that there is a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. And that’s just a fact.” (Agreed, but who gives a happy by damn as it has absolutely nothing to do with this particular case. The arresting officers who were responding to a 911 call weren’t aware of the ethnicity of the potential burglars. According to the officers on the scene, including one Black and Latino, Sgt. Crowley’s conduct was appropriate and Professor Gate’s arrest for Disorderly Conduct was warranted and necessitated because of his out of control belligerent and abusive behavior).

For some reason the President’s attitude and comments about this incident really hit a nerve in this country. His thinly veiled accusations of racism towards Sgt. Crowley, the Cambridge Police Department and our law enforcement community in general has been about as well received as the proverbial “Turd in the Punchbowl”. The folks, Talk Radio, and even some of the pinheaded leftwing media elite raised enough of a ruckus to compel the anointed one to respond to this unprecedented widespread criticism.

Making a rare Presidential appearance at the White House daily press briefing two days later Mr. Obama had this to say: “I want to make clear that in my choice of words I think I unfortunately gave an impression that I was maligning the Cambridge Police Department or Sergeant Crowley specifically -- and I could have calibrated those words differently. And I told this to Sergeant Crowley.”

For a man who can’t seem to wait to bend over and grab his ankles and repeat thank you sir may I have another as apologies for America with the greatest of ease just roll off his tongue as soon as his feet hit foreign soil. You’d think an apology for false accusations of racism wouldn’t be problem. Unfortunately, the words or phrases I apologize; so sorry; please forgive me; I beg your forgiveness; pardon me; won’t happen again; Excuuuuse me for acting a fool; are all conspicuously missing from the President’s statement.

In fact, some of the words and phrasing are vintage Clintonian obfuscation. (“Depends on what the definition of is, is”) Take the phrase “I unfortunately gave an impression that I was maligning” in an effort to clarify his earlier statement “the Cambridge police acted stupidly” for example. There’s nothing unambiguous or in need of clarification about the phrase The President’s obvious intent was to leave the impression the officers acted in a dim; thick; dense; slow; dull; brainless; dim-witted; or stupid manner.

As for “I could have calibrated those words differently” does anyone besides an Ivy League Law School grad actually use the word “calibrated” when describing their method of choosing words? According to the dictionary “calibrated” refers to different forms of measurement. Word selection, editing or revising text or copy and I meant to say I’m sorry or I apologize for accusing you of being a racist didn’t make it in Webster’s latest edition.

The bigger issue, the real question here, why is the leader of the free world who’s busier than a one legged man at an arse kicking contest managing Wall Street; designing and test driving cars in Detroit; counting all of the First Pooch’s Bolshevik daily carbon emissions having lost a wager to Al Gore; spending trillions of tax payers money; Socializing Medicine; Masterminding Overseas Contingency Operations; and building a Federal Commune in every State in the union intentionally jumping feet first smack dab in the middle of this one day, 24 hour news cycle, local event?

Simply stated, bless his heart, he just can’t help himself. Our president, according to many psychologist and behavioral scientists, may be suffering from a rare but potentially extremely dangerous physiological condition, Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Those so inflicted, including our fearless leader, are physiologically compelled to impose their will as the final authority on any issue that strikes their fancy. Well beyond just being self confident, self centered, or an ego maniac, maladies affecting almost every politician, NPD, also known as Pathological Narcissism, is not just a character flaw but a mental health issue.

Young Barack Obama displayed symptoms of NPD early in his meteoric career. His election as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review led to a contract to write a book about race relations. In the end it evolved into his own autobiography. Instead of writing a scholarly paper focusing on race relations, for which he had been paid, Mr. Obama could not resist writing about his favorite subject, Barack Husain Obama. He titled the book Dreams from My Father. Not surprisingly, one of President Obama’s political heroes, Comrade Stalin, also wrote his own autobiography when he was still an obscure nobody.

Pathological Narcissists are also often callous and ruthless. Other consistent traits include the lack any personal remorse or conscience. This is evident from President Obama's lack of interest in his own brother who lives on only $1 dollar per month in Kenya. His willingness to throw his pastor and spiritual mentor of 20 years, the famous “Hate America First” and racist Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Governor Blago and his own grandmother under the political bus to advance his own selfish interest are further examples/symptoms of his NPD.

Mental Health experts suggest many influential historical and current world leaders and cult figures are inflicted with the Pathological Narcissism. Some of these enlightened thinkers and humanitarians include David Koresh, Jim Jones, Joseph Koni, Shoko Asahara, Stalin, Saddam, Mao, Kim Jong Ill and the current occupant of the Oval Office, Barack Husain Obama. Not exactly the company most folks want to be associated with but really not much worse than the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reed, Barney Frank, Barbara Boxer, Charlie Rangle, Chucky Schumer and Ted “The Lady Killer” Kennedy.

President Obama owes Sgt. Crowley, the Cambridge Police Department and the entire Law Enforcement community an apology. Suffering from Pathological Narcissism a personal apology for this latest presidential transgression, false accusations of acting stupidly, systemic and individual racism, is highly unlikely to ever roll of the tongue of our Narcissist-in-Chief.

If "Stupid is what stupid does" it’s probably reasonable to presume Pathological Narcissism is what Pathological Narcissism does. Let’s hope President Obama’s new Socialist Healthcare System finds a cure for this freedom and liberty threatening mental condition.

I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”

Ron W. Garikes

Thoughts of Obama from Bama

Week Twenty-six: “So Many Socialist Opportunities… So Little Time”

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money”. Margaret Thatcher

Week 26 marks the half way point of year one of the “Yes We Can Transform the World’s Greatest Democracy Into a Third World Socialist Nanny State” and “Change We Can Believe In Like Unprecedented Spending; Runaway Deficits; A Cabinet Chock Full of Tax Cheats and Pathological Liars; Blame America First Foreign Policy; and Con Artist Extraordinaire” Obama Administration.

It would seem we have a narcissistic egomaniac in the Oval Office hell bent on leading us down a radically liberal extremist path to financial ruin, compromised national security and international ridicule. They are possibly the most arrogant and dangerous group ever to occupy the White House.

Our 44th President, Barack Hussein Obama, over the course of six short months, has amassed a leftist/Socialist record to make the likes of FDR, Castro, Stalin, Hugo Chavez and Karl Marx proud. In stark contrast to the moderate, center/left, pragmatic, epitome of bipartisanship, candidate Obama, the man we elected to office last November has revealed himself to be a French loving, tree hugging, so called citizen of the world.

At a time when the country is in dire need of wise, courageous leadership we got us a genuine celebrity with absolutely zero command or management experience. A man who loves nothing more than to hear his own inspirational (empty) soaring rhetoric and see his smiling face and floppy ears on national TV. Bless his heart, the concept of overexposure or wearing out his welcome has never crossed that over educated, over exposed to illegal drugs (This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs…) community organizing mind.

Following is a summary of the highlights, however few and far between, and lowlights, more abundant than white on rice, of the first 26 weeks of the Obama Presidential train wreck:

1. “The Company We Keep”

Mr. Obama has continued a pattern of behavior he started in high school of hanging with a Circle of Friends (CoF) made up of druggies, criminals, fanatics and low life’s of every variety. After the haze of his bong hitting, cocaine snorting, crack head formative high school and mind bending college years the aspiring young politician and ACORN Community Organizer Obama established an entirely new CoF in Chicago.

This group of model citizens included his spiritual mentor the America hating bigot Reverend Jeremiah Wright; convicted felon Tony Rezko; X Governor Mr. Wild Head of Hair Blogo; and his neighbor, fellow board member, fundraiser, domestic terrorist and political soul mate, Bill Ayers.
The President’s dismal judge of character and/or propensity to associate with thieves and scoundrels is still evident today in his selection of Cabinet Secretaries, staff, Czars and other appointments. Most notable examples, or probably more appropriate most notorious, include:

· Vice President Joe Biden – Confirmed plagiarist and inflicted with a severe case of Foot in Mouth Repeatus. A chronic condition with no known cure but treatable by keeping the subject a safe distance from reporters, microphones and cameras or applying a snug muzzle around the mouth
· Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – Pathological liar, Matron Saint of Victimization, keeper of the 1970’s polyester traveling pants suit, dead beat who still owes over $20 million in campaign debts with no immediate intentions of meeting her financial obligations
· Attorney General Eric Holder – Pardoner of tax cheats, Mark Rich, and terrorist while working at the DOJ in the Clinton Administration. Now that he is the AG spends most of his time investigating and threatening W Administration staffers who kept us all safe for 7 years following 9/11. Frantically wasting the rest of his time trying to execute his bosses boneheaded order to shut down Gitmo no later than January 2010
· Secretary of Treasury Timothy Turbo Tax Cheat Geithner – Tax cheat, abysmal economic forecaster, and as skittish as a deer caught in the headlights when testifying on Capitol Hill. Considering the current state of the economy his skittishness and aversion to lawmakers certainly seems warranted
· First Nominee for Health Czar and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Daschle – Such a blatant and big time tax cheat had to withdrawal his name from contention. Considering the company he’d be keeping, that’s quite a dubious honor. Replaced by Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius who other than her extreme pro-abortion views doesn’t seem to have acquired a criminal record yet. Not to worry though, it’s still early, she’s relatively young, and as bright as she is her colleagues in the Administration will have her cheating on her taxes, hiring illegal criminal immigrants and committing perjury when testifying to congress in no time
· The Climate Czar, Carol Browner - Ms. Browner is an out of the closet unabashed Socialist with an office in the West Wing and on the US Government payroll. A long time member of Socialist International, a radically leftist bunch of Eco - Nazis that call for the implementation of a global government. Socialist-West Wing Office-Government Payroll … Truly Remarkable.
· Chief White House Performance Officer, Nancy Killefer – Another tax cheat. As Chief Performance Officer will help the rest of the Administration improve their performance as tax cheats, terrorist sympathizers, con artist and employers of criminal illegal alien immigrants
· Final Tally – 21 confirmed tax cheats; 2 confirmed Communists, 7 suspected Communist sympathizers; 6 confirmed Socialists, 18 suspected Socialist sympathizers; 12 terrorist sympathizers; 4 convicted felons; 22 employers of criminal illegal aliens; 1 convicted shoplifter; 8 convicted jaywalkers; 2 peeping Toms; and 1 egomaniac guilty of unprecedented arrogance, fear mongering, generational theft and the illegal use of tobacco products on Federal property. (Sneaking that daily smoke in the Rose Garden while taking the First Pooch Bolshevik for a walk)
2. TARP
The $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program initiated by the W Administration has distributed $441 billion and for the most part achieved one critical objective, the stabilization of the banking/financial industry. That being said, the CBO is now projecting the program will result in a $356 billion loss to the tax payers. At least a number of institutions are repaying the loans with interest after enduring several months of heavy handed federal government management from the financial wizards at the White House and Congressional banking experts Barney “Freddie in the Fannie Mack” Frank, Sweetheart VIP Mortgage Boy Christopher Dodd and tax cheat Charlie Rangle.
3. Stimulus Package
The first real full court press executed by the Obama Administration to shove a big government massive spending bill down our throats. Touted as a crisis of biblical proportions the legislation was railroaded through Congress, signed by the President with the promise it would save and create millions of jobs and keep unemployment under 8%. 5 months later we have lost over 2 million additional jobs, unemployment has reached 9.5% and is heading north of 10% as we speak and all those shovel ready projects have vanished like a fart in the wind.
4. Auto Industry Bailout Congratulations! We the People along with the United Auto Workers Union are the proud new owners of two bankrupt car companies. Proceeding under the management of the same Federal Government that runs the Postal Service, IRS and Amtrak, we are about to produce a bunch of new green cars with low emissions and high mpg that the American consumer has no interest what so ever in buying. Call us crazy but we just don’t really care for overpriced, poorly made, butt ugly cars.

Thoughts of Obama from Bama recently had a conversation with a senior auto executive from Chrysler that pretty much sums up our snowball’s chance in hell of seeing any return on this boneheaded investment.

"There was a team of Obama people speaking to Mr. Cole (Engineer, automotive experience 40+ years, Chairman of CAR). They were explaining to Mr. Cole that the auto companies needed to make some website changes about their new green cars. Mr. Cole explained that to do this you would need a trunk FULL of batteries and a LNG tank as big as a car to make that happen and that there were problems related to the laws of physics that prevented them from...The Obama person interrupted and said (and I am quoting here), "These laws of physics? Whose rules are those? We need to change it up. We have the congress and the administration. We can repeal that law, amend it, or use an executive order to get rid of the problem. That's why we are here, to fix these sorts of issues".

5. Budgets, Deficits and Spending - Oh my! After promising to veto any budget with pork laden earmarks our new Mr. Transparency Chief Executive signed a FY 2009 appropriations bill with over 8,000 earmarks in the dark of night, no fanfare, no cameras and no soaring rhetoric. Broken promises and transparency we can believe in. Additional milestones and broken records include $4 trillion of spending in a single fiscal year, 2009, doubling the deficit during his first year office and the national debt over the next 10 years.
6. Cap & Trade/Tax Possibly the most intrusive legislation ever passed by the Federal Government. Primarily a National Energy Tax, in the form of a “cap-and-trade” program, which mandates reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Ironically, days before last November’s election, then-candidate Barack Obama admitted that “under [his] plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.” It won’t just be electricity. Energy costs are embedded in the price of everything we buy. If passed by the Senate this energy tax will cost the average household over $3,000 per year. Uncle Sammy will also dictate the type, amount and times we can use energy.

This bill is the perfect example of Ronald Regan’s famous quote - 'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.'
7. War on Terror What war on terror, our Commander-in-Chief canceled it. The word has come down from on high that henceforth we are engaged in an Overseas Contingency Operation and domestically manmade disasters. If only we had known that a simple name change would compel all those wild eyed terrorist to lay down their swords, call off the Jihad and head back to the goat farm W or even Slick Willie could have nipped this one in the bud years ago
8. Foreign Affairs This one is a no brainer – Blame America First, Apology and Appeasement. Rumor has it Secretary of State Clinton has had this motto stamped on the seat of her britches on all of the 365 pants suits hanging in her closet. This “Peanut” approach to foreign policy, trotting around the globe, bending over and grabbing his ankles and repeating thank you sir may I have another will more than likely achieve the same disastrous results President Carter accomplished in the 1970’s

In a previous article we talked about the simple truth in the old saying " Plant a Tater – Get a Tater” or as related to Mr. Obama elect a Socialist you get a Socialist. No doubt about it we got one big arse Socialist tater currently occupying the Oval Office.

Bad news, we still have 182 weeks remaining before this nightmare of a Presidency is over. The good news, more and more right minded Independents and conservative Democrats are not buying the truckload of fertilizer this Administration has been spreading. Let’s hope this most encouraging trend continues.

I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”

Ron W. Garikes

Thoughts of Obama from Bama

Week Twenty-Five: “I Have a Dream…”

“And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:”

Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!

“I Have a Dream” Speech, Martin Luther King

"I would hope that a wise white man with the richness of his experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a black man who has not lived that life"

Fictitious Billy Bob Catfish Wrangling Racist

Imagine the firestorm, the absolute pandemonium, if W nominee Chief Justice John Roberts had repeatedly made the above statement prior to his Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Hardball’s anchor, Chris Mathews, head would have exploded on live TV; the NAACP, ACLU, ACORN and Congressional Black Caucus would all be demanding Judge Robert’s head on a platter; the leftwing media elite would insist on his removal from the bench and immediate arrest; and Reverends Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson would both have public conniption fits, take to the mountain tops screaming “Keep Hope Alive, Keep Hope Alive”, with calls to string the bigot up by his racist, biased toes. (Or family jewels in Jessie’s case)

Now imagine Justice Roberts, Alito or any white male in a public or private position of authority expressing the following viewpoint:

"I would hope that a wise white man with the richness of his experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a Latino female who has not lived that life" Fictitious No Count White Trash Racist / Sexist

Hell hath no fury, Whoa Nelly, Katie bar the door, every feminist, Latino, Hispanic and minority advocacy group in the country would be raising the roof to have the racist /sexist bigot sanctioned, silenced and publically humiliated. Gloria Steinman; “Hanoi” Jane Fonda; Babs “the Nose” Streisand; Suzanne Sarandon; NOW; NAG; (National Association of Gals) the Congressional Democratic Caucus; and Geraldo Rivera would all be burning bras in the streets, grasping hands while singing “We Shall Overcome” and demanding justice.

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Thoughts of Obama from Bama seldom falls on the same fighting side of the mostly leftwing, bleeding heart, liberal head cases mentioned above. However, in response to such blatantly racist and sexist comments we would proudly stand, shoulder to shoulder, with NOW, the NAACP and even ole Babs in opposition to such rampant bigotry.

On Monday of week 25 of the Obama Administration confirmation hearings for President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, kicked off on Capitol Hill. In Judge Sotomayer’s case, we don’t have to imagine, she actually made the following statement:

"I would hope that a wise Latino woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who has not lived that life” Judge Sonia Sotomayor

Not once or twice but at least seven times that we know of the good judge has expressed these racist and sexist views, openly and without shame, in various public forums over the time span of several years. The silence from the aforementioned champions of civil rights and feminism is deafening and their enthusiastic support for this nominee, the epitome of hypocrisy.
In addition to her now infamous “Rich Latino Woman” comment Judge Sotomayor has also been caught on the record making several other boneheaded, self incriminating statements that reveal her obvious deep seated sexist and racist beliefs:

“I further accept that our experiences as women and people of color affect our decisions. The aspiration to impartiality is just that."

"Whether born from experience or inherent psychological or cultural differences...our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging."

With no basis in the Constitution or historical precedent President Obama took it upon himself to establish empathy as a new and important criteria for selecting Supreme Court Justices. Empathy, the understanding or identification with someone else’s feelings or situation, is an irrational human emotion that directly conflicts with the Justices Oath of Office which states:

"I, state your name.” “I, state your name,” do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as [TITLE] under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God." “With liberty and Fraternity for all, Amen!”

When a so called constitutional scholar, Harvard Law grad and alleged brilliant legal mind like President Obama chooses to disregard over 200 years of precedent, the constitution and good old fashion common sense when selecting a new Justice somebody best sound the alarm. Following a consistent pattern of deceit, divert and obfuscation, when this White House claims to want a Justice who has empathy and a heart it’s probably nothing more than code words or euphemisms masking their actual intent.

Considering President Obama’s voting record, stated positions and opinions combined with his leftwing extremist legal associations, including the likes of ACORN and the ACLU, when he says empathy, he really means a judicial activist that legislates from the bench. Judge Sotomayer certainly meets these criteria and also brings a healthy dose of Affirmative Action; Quota Queen; bigotry; racism; sexism; and victimhood to the table as well. The broken leg, cast and cane are a great finishing touch.

In addition to Judge Sotomayer’s bigotry and judicial activism she has also maintained close ties with radically leftwing legal advocacy groups including the National Council of La Raza, one of the most radical activist groups in the country pushing for legalization and citizenship for criminal illegal immigrants. Another troubling affiliation is her association with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, which she served as a board member, including Chairmanship, from 1980-1992.

The Washington Times reported PRLDEF filed many “friend of the court” briefs in abortion cases. In one writing that it “opposes any efforts to overturn or in any way restrict the rights recognized in Roe v. Wade”. This organization is known as the Latino/Hispanic ACLU. Under Judge Sotomayer’s leadership they aggressively perused a radical liberal agenda advocating unfettered abortion rights, a y’all just swim right on over we got you covered criminal immigration policy and advocated a screw everyone else Latinos come first Affirmative Action strategy.

Unfortunately, Judge Sotomayer’s racist/sexist views; promotion and practice of judicial activism; and affiliations with radical leftwing organizations aren’t even her most troubling characteristics. Her veracity, the ease in which she departs from the truth, to put it bluntly, her ability to lie like a cheap rug, in the humble opinion of Thoughts of Obama from Bama, is her most troubling character flaw.

During the first two days of Judge Sotomayer’s confirmation hearing her answers to the Senate Judicial Committee have been so far right / conservative and reflective of the philosophy of strict constitutional constructionist she sounds more like Sarah Palin or Justice Scalia than the bleeding heart, misguided, over educated, leftwing judicial extremist that lurks under that black robe.

Another recent example of the Lady Judge’s propensity to spin a yarn occurred during her interview with GOP Senator Jim DeMint from S.C. When asked by DeMint about a specific point of law regarding abortion Sotomayor replied that she had never thought about whether an unborn child has constitutional rights. How is that possible for a judge who has been on the bench for 17 years? And how can that be reconciled with the pro-abortion actions of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Ain’t no never mind about it, wherever you come down on the issue, it’s abundantly clear her answer is completely void of any credibility and patently absurd. Possibly another pathological liar (Another soul mate of Hilary’s) if she cheats on her taxes too Judge Sotomayer will fit in like a duck to water with her new friends over in the West Wing.

In his inspirational “I Have a Dream” address Dr. King encouraged all of us to judge folks not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Our current President, Barack Hussein Obama, is probably the greatest beneficiary of this color blind philosophy in the history of the Union.

His nomination of Judge Sotomayer, based essentially not on merit but the color of her skin and ethnicity, is extremely disconcerting. Considering his accession to power was only possible because of the willingness of millions of American to embrace Dr. King’s call for character over color, President Obama knowingly and deliberately appointing a Justice with racist and sexist views is shameful as well as unforgivable.

I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”

Ron W. Garikes