Comments on: A Blank Slate

By: TLM

TLM — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:30:41 +0000

Dimitrios Chaterjee:

“…band of patriots,”

Odd, I thought Obama and McCain made it perfectly clear: We are all patriots. No?

“May the frothy blessings of post-racialism annoint [sic] the land.”

Here you froth at the mouth, though I would agree Obama’s election IS a blessing (for him and others) of our post-racial society. Note, his successful campaign was not the beginning of post-racial America, merely the verification of its prior existence. c.f. Shelby Steele in this regard.

The “Bush faction” can all go to hell as far as I’m concerned. Bush was right on the surge , and little else. That said, he is not the worst president we’ve had in recent years. That honor goes to Clinton. Let’s hope Obama is better than both.

By: Dimitrios Chaterjee

Dimitrios Chaterjee — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:58:30 +0000

Sorry, Dr. Hanson. See how events have overtaken you and your band of patriots, as retirement into private life looms for the Bush faction. May the frothy blessings of post-racialism annoint the land. Obama wins!

By: opendoormedia

opendoormedia — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:30:11 +0000

Were it not for the media, would Obama not have won?
Can we become citizen activists and journalists to change the mainstream media? Hold them accountable by getting them on camera talking about their biases?!?! Become part of the ODM wiki and see for yourself: http://www.opendoormedia.org/wiki

By: Abu Nudnik

Abu Nudnik — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:29:26 +0000

If he behaves according to the philosophy which he has take pains to hide, he will stand down in Eastern Europe and let Russia bully its former satellites, he will let Israel be wiped off the map, let Iran get the bomb, teach victim studies instead of educating kids, perfect stealing elections, feed the regulatory stranglehold on capitalism and thus kill the goose that laid the golden egg, set up a “security force” as big “and as well funded as the military,” dig into government records to destroy all dissidents and… the American people will just naturally do the only thing that makes sense: withhold their taxes. King George is dead: long live King George!

By: TLM

TLM — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:22:26 +0000

At least we’ll get to see what’s written — in invisible ink — on that blank slate. I’m sure Obama has a few Hopes ‘n Dreams inscribed there himself that he hasn’t told us about.

Hopefully there will be a few “The Obama I Know” books come out shortly. Ayers, Khalidi, Pfleger… who knows. Must be some anti-capitalist in his background hoping to capitalize on what they know about The Unknown One.

Kudos to VDH and the NRO crowd for their campaign coverage.

By: Judy, NYC

Judy, NYC — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:55:46 +0000

it is not about socialism, it never was. it was at the outset about separateness of the races, from a very sick mind that is confirmed by his coterie of strange undesirable friends, who want a job. he has thugs. we know it because he used them at the caucuses to keep people out. we might have a despot or just someone delusional who thinks he is. a mentally ill person does not scare me. i worry about who supports him. i worry that these promises he’s made to the underclass, that he cannot deliver. blacks, at the bottom are angry and militant, not bright, to whom the offer of opportunity doesn’t apply. most, cannot even read and are unteachable. we are the targets of their aggression which before this had been mostly illusory power. mr. obama has stirred up the bottom of the pot. they now have taken his meaningless diatribes against whites, as an implied promise to them that they will be elevated above white people. this goes directly to the bizarre fantasy that racist whites rule them, and that is why they do not rise, and success always seems to elude them, and why they overwhelm the prison population. not because of them, because of us. guess they have never read shakespeare.

By: Paul_Unalaska

Paul_Unalaska — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:13:32 +0000

Russian Bear,

Concerning your “if you made $250k you wouldn’t be on a forum…”. Fair enough. I’ve always appreciated the Native American saying, “The more you know the less you need”. I digress.

I was raised as I’m sure you have as well to have, or discover your “can do” type attitude. You needn’t any assistance, particularly Government assistance for your accomplishing tasks of your own volition. Bluntly, I don’t want a handout. Period. Whether from friends, family and certainly not fom the Government. The other groups I listed for assistance, my debt is paid to them and end of story. I ask the Government for assistance and the “need” for more G-Men internvention is inevitable.

“Nationalized” whatever is a disaster. Anytime a Government run program is at play the work takes far longer to complete. Thus becoming more expensive. The person(s) involved with completion of the job knows they’re receiving a paycheck regardless of the quality, effort exuted.

Free enterprise. Blue or white collar, your work is considered to be better than others another job may hang in the balance. Thus the ‘need’ and ‘demand’ are copasthetic. If your work is adequate or only decent other companies can move-in to improve or in many instances revamp. All the while leaving the power to accel, succeed within the individual(s).

Universal health care. Unless it’s of serious consequences, if you need Government to force your arm in caring for you or your child’s health, more than likely this is but the top tier of your myriad of problems. Esentially the Government will then implement more programs. Taking power from productive members of our society and attempt in leading us to believe we ‘need’ help. As the despair.com saying says, “You’re unique just like everybody else”.

By: TLM

TLM — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:40:35 +0000

Ron Kean:

Like his candidate, I doubt “Russian Bear” is who he pretends to be.

By: rizables

rizables — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:39:51 +0000

O is convinced he can accomplish all with his rhetoric

I do not know what he wants to accomplish.

By: Ron Kean

Ron Kean — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:32:34 +0000

Russian Bear
1. ‘political system’ It’s just been broken with unverified credit card donations.
2. ‘Drilling?’ Obama was against it before he was for it. Will he go back to his original position? We don’t know. Will he go back to Wright & Ayres? Lots of questions…like, ‘who is he?’
3. Fact. He was against NAFTA and then sent his man to tell Canada that he was only kidding.
4. Guns? He was against them in Chicago. Now? Who knows?
5. Many of Obama’s Muslim cohorts think Jerusalem is occupied arab land. Whose side is Obama on?
6. ‘Iranian nuclear program closed or put under strict control and international supervision’ The UN, EU, and others have been trying that for years. Haven’t you heard?
7. ‘bombing of Iran a better option’ Are you aware that bombing Israel is a goal of Iran…or do you think they’re just kidding? People don’t kid about killing Jews. They do it. Bombing Iran would be Israeli self defense.
8. ‘Think about a surge’ Obama’s talking about surging into Pakistan you know.
9. Socialism and totalitarianism is not impossible. All you need is a civilian internal security force of formally unemployed young men who have federal authority to intimidate and weak politically correct police.