My response to it is this, the clip shows a couple of old white guys from the 1950s talking for the wingnut right wing. Is that the right message, hidden in some paternalistic tirade?
I'm no Obama white washer ... if he screws up .. its on him. But I think that most of the angry rhetoric being thrown at his administration right now is from those who voted for McCain (and for Bush before ... Read Morehim). So this stuff is nice for the Dub fans out there ... these statements are great for delusional people who think everything is A-OK and who want to go back to living under the tyranny of Jerry Falwell the Moral Majority and the wingnut fringe. Meanwhile the true masters behind the curtain on Wall Street go on destroying the middle class ... they are more than happy to allow no abortions and prayer in school in return for being able to do whatever they want. I'm tired of "political experts" over simplifying things with corny little soundbites on Fox and CNN and on youtube. I'm sorry but the warm fuzzy 1950s BS patriotism just doesn't solve problems, it keeps us from doing what needs to be done and it is used by those who want to preserve the status quo endlessly ... even if that course is leading us off a cliff. America is one massive American Idol, Brittany Spears/Paris Hilton who-ha watching bunch of idiots.
We need to WAKE up and pay attention and actually start voicing our concerns based on not buying in to the rhetoric from Wall Street or the 700 Club. Otherwise the wingnuts are going to win out and the normal citizens are going to get hosed ... yet again. Those who are happy letting the country be handed over to China on a silver platter (thanks Wal-Mart!) ... happy defying the will of the founders of our nation by allowing religious zealots to blend politics, government and religion ... keep it up ... keep voting Republican, cycle after cycle ... play right into the hands of the wingnuts. We won't end up with Mayberry or Life with Father or a John Wayne movie or Dragnet ... we'll end up with a broken nation more akin to Iran than the America we all love. We are in trouble like we haven't been since before World War II ... and a return to the policies of the Bush administration (which led us TO the present situation) won't help us.
I believe that despite the jingoism behind that clip ... for the most part Obama hears that message loud and clear. I however do not know if the fringe on both sides will allow the things that must be done like effective health care reform or the major overhaul of our financial system in a way which stops permanently screwing the middle and lower class in this country. I have no confidence that the mob will allow anything meaningful to get done and the mob will point its finger at the easiest target to blame for such failure ... one President Barak Obama. The loony trailer park political experts in the country have already conveniently forgotten who and how we got into the current mess as a nation.
I'm no Obama white washer ... if he screws up .. its on him. But I think that most of the angry rhetoric being thrown at his administration right now is from those who voted for McCain (and for Bush before ... Read Morehim). So this stuff is nice for the Dub fans out there ... these statements are great for delusional people who think everything is A-OK and who want to go back to living under the tyranny of Jerry Falwell the Moral Majority and the wingnut fringe. Meanwhile the true masters behind the curtain on Wall Street go on destroying the middle class ... they are more than happy to allow no abortions and prayer in school in return for being able to do whatever they want. I'm tired of "political experts" over simplifying things with corny little soundbites on Fox and CNN and on youtube. I'm sorry but the warm fuzzy 1950s BS patriotism just doesn't solve problems, it keeps us from doing what needs to be done and it is used by those who want to preserve the status quo endlessly ... even if that course is leading us off a cliff. America is one massive American Idol, Brittany Spears/Paris Hilton who-ha watching bunch of idiots.
We need to WAKE up and pay attention and actually start voicing our concerns based on not buying in to the rhetoric from Wall Street or the 700 Club. Otherwise the wingnuts are going to win out and the normal citizens are going to get hosed ... yet again. Those who are happy letting the country be handed over to China on a silver platter (thanks Wal-Mart!) ... happy defying the will of the founders of our nation by allowing religious zealots to blend politics, government and religion ... keep it up ... keep voting Republican, cycle after cycle ... play right into the hands of the wingnuts. We won't end up with Mayberry or Life with Father or a John Wayne movie or Dragnet ... we'll end up with a broken nation more akin to Iran than the America we all love. We are in trouble like we haven't been since before World War II ... and a return to the policies of the Bush administration (which led us TO the present situation) won't help us.
I believe that despite the jingoism behind that clip ... for the most part Obama hears that message loud and clear. I however do not know if the fringe on both sides will allow the things that must be done like effective health care reform or the major overhaul of our financial system in a way which stops permanently screwing the middle and lower class in this country. I have no confidence that the mob will allow anything meaningful to get done and the mob will point its finger at the easiest target to blame for such failure ... one President Barak Obama. The loony trailer park political experts in the country have already conveniently forgotten who and how we got into the current mess as a nation.
Keep it coming dude..! Have you red Noam Chomsky?
ReplyDeleteI love the "Media Control" and "Pirates and Emperors"... Well I´m not American, but I agree about America going to the dogs... Good writing!
Noam is awesome! One of the most intelligent people alive ... if only more people could see as clearly as he does.
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