Birth certificate and the like aside - there are bigger Obama concerns

I really cannot see any outcome except for Obama as the winner.  The whole race appears to have been orchestrated that way and you have a truly horrible Republican ticket of an aging and intemperate McCain paired with a clueless publicity stunt and saddled with the abysmal record of Bush for the past eight years.  McCain was clearly the backup plan in case prejudice about Obama's skin color and concerns about his church, Muslim father and socialist associations proved too much to overcome.  It does not look like that is going to be the case.

OK, look - I think that the constitutional issue of the birth certificate is important, but I think too many are just using that to hide other motives and that their opposition would be equally as great if it were not an issue.  I also think that too many have focused so much attention on those issues that they have not been able to articulate what should be a much bigger concern about Obama:  what has he ever done to show he is equipped to handle the job and what does his past indicate that he might do.

I have stated over and over that both parties and their candidates are controlled and that it is a dog and pony charade where we get the shaft and "they" win no matter what the outcome.  The PLAN is for us to get the shaft, it is just a matter of choosing how we get shafted. If you realize that both sides are controlled then you also will realize that part of the agenda leading to an ultimate one world order requires liberal administrations just as part of it requires a pseudo conservative administrations.

The past eight years of neo-con corporate welfare administration has seen Bush/Cheney lead us into wars of mass deception, take away our liberties in the false name of freedom, put in place mechanisms to seeize control, make protest a crime, protect drug companies, etc., and then seen our debts socialized and profits privatized.

What damages might ensue from the other side of the political coin - a socialistic public welfare oriented administration in an Obama presidency with both houses firmly in control by one party?  I understand the desire for change and all those who believe it could hardly be any worse than it has been of late.  I understand wanting to provide for the least of us for housing, education and health - but I also see the dangers of large socialistic programs that result in too many being dependent upon the State.  I understand all those who can not bring themselves to vote for McCain/Palin for a multitude of good reasons.  And finally, I understand that it is past time for a black man, other minority or woman to  be elected to one or both of the top offices of the land.

But is it time for Obama?  The promise sounds so bright, but in many ways, it could get ugly.  Besides the financial meltdown that any adminstration will have dumped in their laps, here is some food for thought:

November 02, 2008

Ego and Mouth

By Thomas Sowell
 

After the big gamble on subprime mortgages that led to the current financial crisis, is there going to be an even bigger gamble, by putting the fate of a nation in the hands of a man whose only qualifications are ego and mouth?

Barack Obama has the kind of cocksure confidence that can only be achieved by not achieving anything else.

Anyone who has actually had to take responsibility for consequences by running any kind of enterprise-- whether economic or academic, or even just managing a sports team-- is likely at some point to be chastened by either the setbacks brought on by his own mistakes or by seeing his successes followed by negative consequences that he never anticipated.

The kind of self-righteous self-confidence that has become Obama's trademark is usually found in sophomores in Ivy League colleges-- very bright and articulate students, utterly untempered by experience in real world.

The signs of Barack Obama's self-centered immaturity are painfully obvious, though ignored by true believers who have poured their hopes into him, and by the media who just want the symbolism and the ideology that Obama represents.

The triumphal tour of world capitals and photo-op meetings with world leaders by someone who, after all, was still merely a candidate, is just one sign of this self-centered immaturity.

"This is our time!" he proclaimed. And "I will change the world." But ultimately this election is not about him, but about the fate of this nation, at a time of both domestic and international peril, with a major financial crisis still unresolved and a nuclear Iran looming on the horizon.

For someone who has actually accomplished nothing to blithely talk about taking away what has been earned by those who have accomplished something, and give it to whomever he chooses in the name of "spreading the wealth," is the kind of casual arrogance that has led to many economic catastrophes in many countries.

The equally casual ease with which Barack Obama has talked about appointing judges on the basis of their empathies with various segments of the population makes a mockery of the very concept of law.

After this man has wrecked the economy and destroyed constitutional law with his judicial appointments, what can he do for an encore? He can cripple the military and gamble America's future on his ability to sit down with enemy nations and talk them out of causing trouble.

Senator Obama's running mate, Senator Joe Biden, has for years shown the same easy-way-out mindset. Senator Biden has for decades opposed strengthening our military forces. In 1991, Biden urged relying on sanctions to get Saddam Hussein's troops out of Kuwait, instead of military force, despite the demonstrated futility of sanctions as a means of undoing an invasion.

People who think Governor Sarah Palin didn't handle some "gotcha" questions well in a couple of interviews show no interest in how she compares to the Democrats' Vice Presidential candidate, Senator Biden.

Joe Biden is much more of the kind of politician the mainstream media like. Not only is he a liberal's liberal, he answers questions far more glibly than Governor Palin-- grossly inaccurately in many cases, but glibly.

Moreover, this is a long-standing pattern with Biden. When he was running for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination back in 1987, someone in the audience asked him what law school he attended and how well he did.

Flashing his special phony smile, Biden said, "I think I have a much higher IQ than you do." He added, "I went to law school on a full academic scholarship" and "ended up in the top half" of the class.

But Biden did not have a full academic scholarship. Newsweek reported: "He went on a half scholarship based on need. He didn't finish in the 'top half' of his class. He was 76th out of 85."

Add to Obama and Biden House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and you have all the ingredients for a historic meltdown.