Among the many volatile threads common in the current administration, there is one that is especially troubling. That is the repetition of the attacks our president and his media representatives have repeatedly made against any voice that dares counter his own.
We saw this when they set up a White House Web site for citizens to report any suspicious or contrary information about health insurance during the summer. We saw it when they unleashed havoc on Fox News for daring to criticize President Barack Obama. And we saw it when the administration decided to let loose another attack. This time it battled Edmunds.com over its criticism of the cash for clunkers program.
To sum up the squabble quickly, Edmunds claims the administration failed to deliver the facts about each “clunker,” costing taxpayers $24,000, and although it boosted third-quarter sales, the fourth quarter, which is traditionally the worst season for car dealerships, will report abysmal numbers at best.
This administration reports, in contrast, the excitement of an inventive vehicle program drew in purchases that previously would not have happened. What they fail to say is this is highly unlikely for those who did not qualify, which is a greater percentage than one would initially think and during the CFC program, prices on vehicles actually rose.
This results, then, in another disappointment predicated on the same failed logic of government overspending and overreaching its bounds. While the GDP has risen in the third quarter by 3.5 percent, most analysts propose the fourth will take a greater hit, largely because the recent upward trend is propped up by used car sale numbers.
Reasonable minds must then inquire on what rational basis our president is making these attacks. Or, if it is not him, then how does he not have control of his own White House?
I would assert he does have control of the White House releases and each of these are meditated attempts at undermining opposition to his philosophical and political aspirations.
Such a defamation is troubling because it is not traditional practice for a U.S. president to be so abusive in his relations with media. It was especially not the practice of this administration’s favorite punching bag, former President George W. Bush.
These actions should incline American citizens to have reluctant feelings about our president. Not only are the attacks contrary to typical practice, they are blatantly opposite every promise for non-divisive and non-sectionalized politics under the Obama White House. If the solution to party politics is wiping out the opposition, then the United States had better wake up to the reality of our leader.
There ought to be no greater worry than too much power accumulated in the wrong hands at the moment. And I can without reservation say there is too much control being freely offered our president.
Obama is running out of time to make up for his being derelict in promises and in service.
He received raucous applause when, in every speech, he spoke of a utopian situation in which Americans may practice and exercise freely their rights. But no action taken since he was elected provides for this. In fact, many of his actions have been contrary to the fundamental rights provided in our Constitution.
The First Amendment states American citizens have liberty in the areas of the free exercise of religion, of speech, of the press, of assembly and to redress grievances before government. This is a statement that ought to take primacy in the lives of our leaders.
When Patrick Henry thought the Constitution was an abridgement of American freedom he said, “I smell a rat,” and refused to attend the convention. Now that we apparently are casting aside this founding document, the rat has taken on a new form.
A multiplicity of actions taken by our president has caused a stench of divisive, partisan politics that should not be tolerated. He slammed the Cambridge officer for right action in the line of duty, he upholds unnecessary fear over a swine flu “epidemic” and he abuses presidential power by staging photo-ops with the fallen from the military.
Obama slammed his predecessor for a self-righteous and elitist attitude, for failing to listen to the opposition. So far, the only one guilty of those things is himself. Each of these actions in sum make for one obscene abuse of executive authority.
We should not pardon such foolishness for long because doing so will be contrary to the history he apparently loves to despise.
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On the surface that's impressive. Why is it NOT reflected in your posts? By the way, since you can get into ALMOST any PhD program, have you applied to Cal Tech? If you have, but didn't get in, give me a jingle. I'll put in a good word for you.
Wed Nov 4 2009 19:47
"the anti-Gant Wed Nov 4 2009 09:30 George, you must not be a parent, because I want to know everything that my school is doing to influence MY child."So, anti-Gant, why not behave like the Redneck that you are and attend the 5th Grade with your child, like any other self-respecting Redneck? You do want to improve your intellect, don't you? "Wow, you degraded into more name calling and self-indulged elitism. Big surprise there.By the way, the 3.83 Masters in Engineering with 10+ years experience is enough to get me into almost any Ph.D. program in the nation if I wanted to do it.But hey, keep posting your drivel. You help us "rednecks" make our point more and more with each post you make.