“We face a deficit of trust—deep and corrosive doubts about how Washington works that have been growing for years. To close that credibility gap, we have to take action on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue—to end the outsized influence of lobbyists; to do our work openly; to give our people the government they deserve.”
How could he say that with a straight face?
Look at his actions in the first year.
Obama promised transparency during his campaign, but his modus operandi is to do everything behind closed doors.
He promised healthcare negotiations on C-Span, but did the negotiations in secret. He cannot blame congress, when they asked his administration to come to committee hearings, etc. all he had to do was say “only if they are on C-Span”.
He said if someone has another idea he’ll listen, but he the Republicans were not even allowed in the process.
He told us that the Supreme Court overturned 100 years of law, but according to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito it's “Not true.”
He promised that lobbyists wouldn't run his White House, but hired more than 40 lobbyists to work in his administration.
A year of openly and contemptuously doing exactly the opposite of what he has told us he would do. He obviously believes the people deserve a lying, un-accountable, arrogant, and elitist government, because that is exactly the administration he has created to govern this country.
Obama’s arrogance is without question; his contempt for the average citizen has become legendary, think “bitter clinging”. There is no doubt than he is a liar of eminent caliber and would make P.T. Barnum proud.
I’ve tended to think that Obama has evil intent for the USA, but alas I do believe I have been wrong and he has no evil intent. Thinking of him having fascist Machiavellian plans gives him too much credit. While trying to ascertain a logical explanation for his actions and proposals, of which history has repeatedly proven to be ineffective and detrimental to society, my ideas on Mr. Obama tended to attribute to him evil intents, trying to purposefully weaken and destroy our country. Reviewing my and others numerous writings on the stupid things government does, and putting in context of Obama being the ultimate government bureaucrat, I no longer think he has evil intent. As a science fiction reader I should have instantly remembered the sage words of the author of Callahan’s Cross Time Saloon Spider Robinson, “Never attribute to malice, that which can be reasonably explained by stupidity. “
Stupidity definitely explains his and the government’s actions. The inherent stupidity of government must of course be lead by somebody of arrogant stupidity. The press constantly told us of Bush’s stupidity, why should we doubt them? Obama won’t even allow anybody to see his high school, college, or grad school grades. Obviously he is worried that it will expose his stupidity as a tested fact, rather than an observable phenomenon. Stupidity explains his actions and words.
According to George Gissing, “It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all.” Maybe the reason the Tea Party movement has been so successful is because it is made of individuals, as soon as it gets “organized” it too will become stupid. Let’s face it, the Tea Party movement is allowing itself to be co-opted by the Republicans, and they are no more protectors of liberty and freedom than the Democrats.
My last blog entry noted the stupidity of the government continuing a program that their own research demonstrates a failure. Not that the early childhood intervention is a bad idea, just the federal government implementation of that idea in the form of Head Start is a demonstrable failure. This is example of Robertson Davies quote “There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.”
The Democrats will tell us that even though the data shows that Head Start makes no difference in student performance by the end of first grade, the reasons to keep spending $4billion per year are nuanced, the idea and purpose for the Head Start program are good, even noble. Evan Say was right when he said, “What Democrats call 'nuanced,' most people refer to as 'stupidity.'”
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that if you’re in debt up to your eyeballs, that borrowing for a new car, and continuing to use credit cards is not the way to get out of debt. There is only one explanation for believing and implementing a program of extreme spending will help a serious debt situation – Stupid.
Right now the government needs to increase revenue. John F. Kennedy, Ronald Regan, and Bill Clinton all were leading the government when it was in need of more revenue and succeeded in increasing government revenue by cutting taxes. Bush while fighting wars in two theaters managed to reduce unemployment to historic lows near 5% by reducing taxes on those who create jobs (the rich). Only sheer stupidity would ignore history and the numerous real world examples to ever think that increasing taxes on the people who supply jobs will lead to more jobs and increased government revenue.
Back to president Obama, his presidency proves that Chris Lowe was right when he said, “Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way.”
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