Our Year 2 A.B.
Free at Last
For any of those who went into a coma around January of last year and just woke up, let me explain this new era after Bush (A.B.), variously known as “this is our moment,” “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for,” and the era when the “planet healed” and the seas “receded.”
In sum, in the year 2 AB, your fossilized world thankfully no longer quite exists. Global warming is “climate change” and its data is “interpreted” rather than blindly “followed.” Natural calamities like the old Katrina hurricane were really man-caused disasters; and man-caused disasters like the new BP spill and the federal reaction to it were really unpreventable natural disasters. Bill Clinton, John Edwards, and Al Gore are men-of-the-people feminists who need comfort, not tawdry womanizing mansion-aficionados.
“Greatest achievement”
Iraq is no longer “lost,” but the greatest achievement of the Obama administration. Somehow its messy politics are proof of real democracy. Indeed, at last our influential intellectuals can talk of real “politics” going on in Baghdad.
Surging is now good. So is the architect of that policy, Gen. Petraeus. If any Republicans were now to suggest in a confirmation hearing that the Afghan ground commander “punted” on the truth, or that his testimony “required a suspension of disbelief,” or that Afghanistan should be trisected, well, he would be rightly castigated as a subversive, rather than praised as “patriotic.” Partisanship now stops at the shoreline.
The IED is on page 18 where it belongs; the discounted General Betray Us ads at the New York Times are filed away.
“Closed” is a state of mind
Guantanamo Bay virtually closed; only the Republican Congress prevented it from really being closed in the archaic sense of actually being still open. Wanting to do something is far more important than mundanely doing it.
Predator targeted assassinations are as necessary and humane as three waterboarding incidents were not. I know that because Ivy League law deans are silent about, or have signed off on, the current targeted assassinations. After all, would you rather have water illegally poured down your throat, or legally be vaporized as if hit by lightning? We are not killing “terrorists” or “Islamists” in Waziristan; instead our “overseas contingency operations” are aimed at reminding Muslims that their own past contributions to science have led to breakthroughs like Hellfire missiles.
No enemies, plenty of friends
No longer need we arbitrarily dub an Ahmadinejad, Assad, or a Chavez as “hostile” or a Colombia, India, Israel, Poland, or the Czech Republic intrinsically an “ally.” Easy labels are gone; sophisticated reset analysis is back — about what we would expect when we drop the nonsense about being “exceptional” and instead contextualize to the world our own past sins from slavery to genocide to dropping the atomic bombs.
No one now falls for “neocon” propaganda, so we wisely keep mum about Iranian protestors and their supposed “democracy” or Honduras justices and their talk of “constitutional government” — at least when authentic progressive leaders are in jeopardy from reactionary capitalists. After all, why wait 234 years for a revolutionary American president, and then when we finally get him, waste that historical occasion by not bonding with other revolutionary leaders?
The people’s “law”
In the last two years, we have evolved also beyond the old Neanderthal notion of the “law,” as if it were some moral notion engraved on stone tablets that “deserves” our “adherence.” How quaint is that?
Instead, a higher moral calling now adjudicates legal obedience. Immigration law is a construct that at times can or cannot be followed, depending on the plight of those affected. Voting fraud is really a race and class issue: one man’s “fraud” is another man’s “activism.” Big polluters can be invited to contribute billions to remedy their errors — and, lo and behold, they most certainly will if asked properly! Contracts? What contracts?
I suggest you retitle the article “-2 AO” (Minus Two After Obama)
How was your hike?
No, in proper military planning terminology, it would be After Obama +2 (the second year after the ascension of Obama).
Minus (-) numbers denote before an event, plus (+) numbers are after that event (I.e. D-Day +2 was 8 June 1944).
A.B. = After Bush? I thought that it might have stood for Anno Barak…latin for year of our lord.
naughty,naughty – you haven’t eaten your arugula today.
I’m afraid that your only preaching to the choir.
Pass the Tea please.
“our “overseas contingency operations” are aimed at reminding Muslims that their own past contributions to science have led to breakthroughs like Hellfire missiles.
Perfect !
I laughed out loud.
Thanks,
:)
So did I. God, what a gem we have. Thanks Mr. Hanson.
Here is another vote for that being the line of the year. I hope Iowahawk expands on this.
Heh–great line. You know, if Obama actually said that, he’d probably creep up in the polls a little!
While you folks laughed, I cried. Mr. Hanson puts it all together so tightly.
Dr. Hanson:
You are indeed The Man. Thank you and congratulations on reaching the top. In more ways than one.
It seems, VDH, that after a couple of years making the seas recede, the real magic trick this coming November will be making all those (D’s) disappear from Congress, the Senate and governors mansions around the country… completely.
And if that happens, if the Rs retake control of Congress, when does your responsibility begin? Day 1? Or do you have to wait until an R is also president? And if that happens, when does your responsibility begin? January 21, 2013?
(Careful, because no matter what you say, I can point to conservatives/Republicans doing exactly the opposite.)
So, what are you willing to commit to? What are you willing to take responsibility for? Now, if you’re like most of the accountability phobes around here, you’ll dodge the question and whine about the Democrats’ focus on Bush’s track record (while out of the other side of your mouth continuing to blame Clinton for . . . whatever).
So, this is an opportunity for you – a real life genuine died-in-the-wool American patriot Tea Partier drum and bugle corps tooter of the highest possible political character – to step out of the zero sum ping pong match of political discourse and stake your claim . . . what’s it gonna be? When do you take responsibility?
I don’t think there is a single person on this board who can or will answer that question.
Each legislator takes responsibility for his or her actions the day they take their oath of office.
Which is one of Doctor Hanson’s major points in his article. And the reason he made it here, on this site and in this article, is that he knew it would be understood and resonate with the non-imbecilic readers.
Escaped you, though, didn’t it?
Apparently we will never have to take responsibility, we can just blame Obama, and the Dem’s for everything. I mean, that’s the new way to do things now, isn’t it?? Unless, things go right, then of course we take responsibility. Just following precedence, don’t ya know.
Seriously though, it’s a good question. I guess it depends on what your talking about, some things are obviously the responsibility of congress, some are the president’s. I would hope that the unlike the Democrats the Republicans would be grown up enough to take the blame if a policy didn’t work out and not blame it on their predecessors. Some Repubs I wouldn’t hold my breath on that happening, others I think would take responsibility, good or bad. Haven’t seen any Dem’s doing that, and frankly, don’t expect to
Skeezoid:
Because we failed to help the voting public plow through the leftist media agit prop and internalize the inherent damage and destruction emerging from your progressive wet dream we became responsible for the mess your ideas create the day Obama entered office. We collectively apologize and are ready to help the folks get back to work Day 1.
Have a nice day
LOL!
I find it hilarious that someone like you rants about “taking responsibility” for anything. When is your Obamamessiah and the rest of the Corruptocrat regime going to stop blaming Bush and take responsibility for their actions?
Tell me when was the first time any of your self centered, self righteous, bloviating, arrogant infantile liberal/”progressive”/Democrat/Marxist/Fascist ilk like yourself have taken responsibility for anything you have done? When? And I am not talking about any “I’m sorry.” kind of crap out of your ilk (the few times that any of you have actually apologized for being a bunch of idiotic jackasses that is.) like small children you think that if you say “I’m sorry.” that gives you a free pass, this time around it won’t.
It is OK, though. You and the totalitarian regime that you worship are repeating history, and history will repeat what has happened to each and every one of the regimes that you worship and yourself. For a couple hints look up what happened to Louis XVI and his supporters, Mussolini and his supporters, Hitler (and yes I did use the “H” word) and his supporters. That is your future. Think I am joking? Hide and watch-it is coming sooner then you think.
Roared with laughter on reading your “responsibility” screed. You, sir, have the slyest and greatest sense of humor since Groucho Marx. I laughed and laughed and laughed.
Now back to the grown-ups.
It’s impossible to answer the question because there is no real question. It’s just a lot of convoluted gotcha rhetoric.
Here’s the real unwritten story: the Obama Administration’s complete failure of any leadership or benefit to the black community. And the real laugher is how blacks keep the faith for Obama.
How about these facts?
1. What is the black unemployment rate vs. the rest of the country?
2. What is the black high school graduation rate?
3. How does supporting illegal immigration help the black unemployment rate?
4. How many black-on-black shootings and deaths are there in Chicago compared to Kabul or Baghdad? (The black-on-black violence in Omaha has not been this bad since 1967-69.)
5. What percentage of black children are born out of wedlock?
6. And when did childhood obesity become a major issue in the black community and why is this issue the one chosen by the First Lady?
Have any of the above improved in year 2 AB? Do the Obamas even use the bully puplit to even talk about these problems?
The facts are that Barack Obama has not only failed the American people, he has especially failed black Americans. And they don’t even realize it!
All excellent questions Cornhead but the solutions still only come from “accepted” black leaders who dare not stray from their playbook comprised of black victimhood and racial greivance-mongering as their political currency. In other words, the raging liberal narcissistic kleptocrats and old school con-men like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Louis Farrakhan, Charlie Rangel, etc who have done nothing but but engage in activities principally driven by self-aggrandizement and personal enrichment at the public trough. None of what they’ve accomplished has helped any blacks other than themselves and their inner circle
Fact is, I hope the whole idea of a “black leader” will soon be an absurd notion on its face. The solutions that will truly help impoverished blacks have absolutely nothing to do with race.
I think the day is fast coming when the “African-American community” will understand that they’re the victims, not of white racism, but of black racism.
Now that there’s a black guy in the White House, the epiphany will become obvious.
Or they’ll decide that his white half too evil to resist.
BO: F… the n…s, they will vote for me anyway.
Mighty heady stuff there but dead on the mark. Go fig.
Cornhead:
“1. What is the black unemployment rate vs. the rest of the country?”
Blame Bush’s Economic Legacy. Under the Clinton Administration, there was effectively full Black employment.
“2. What is the black high school graduation rate?”
Blame Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” program and “School Choice” initiative.(The kids heard “School Choice” and thought that it meant that education was optional).
“3. How does supporting illegal immigration help the black unemployment rate?”
Blame Bush for filling Black’s heads with the capitalist thought-mechanism notion that they could sub-contract their menial jobs and profit thereby.
“4. How many black-on-black shootings and deaths are there in Chicago compared to Kabul or Baghdad? (The black-on-black violence in Omaha has not been this bad since 1967-69.)”
Blame Bush for importing Blacks into Kabul and Baghdad, where Black-on-Black violence had previously been unknown!
As for Chicago, blame Bush’s refusal to outlaw gun ownership everywhere beyond the borders of bucolic and peaceful Chicago’s city limits.
“5. What percentage of black children are born out of wedlock?”
It should go without saying that this is all Bush’s fault, too. (If you need to ask how, you’re just an ignorant racist rethuglikkkan neo-con.)
“6. And when did childhood obesity become a major issue in the black community and why is this issue the one chosen by the First Lady?”
Ignorant Conservaloon! The First Lady is trying to repair the damage that Bush did that you alluded to in your #5:
Find more videos like this on http://www.truveo.com.
You really haven’t internalized Dr. Hanson’s point here, have you?
(In case the embed doesn’t go through):
http://www.truveo.com/sir-mixalot-baby-got-back-hd-official/id/3566187967
All you need to know, bud…
You missed something very important.
It’s no longer “Yes We Can!”
It is now “Yes We Did!” and has been since last summer.
Obama feels deeply for his people, even for the white ones and other criminals, despite all their transgressions.
It’s hard to see because he doesn’t want us to perceive weakness, but it’s there.
That’s why he golfs and parties while the gulf suffers. He knows we wouldn’t want him to lose control. And Tennessee, same story. If he had reached out to all those rednecks, he would have been seen as condescending.
Dr. Hanson:
A fine analysis of the reality-challenged (to use a politically correct term) nature of Obama and his drooling retainers. One of their primary tactics has always been linguistic misdirection. Black is white, good is bad, up is down, terrorism is a man caused disaster, etc. They seem to believe that the American public is so stupid that by merely renaming something, by a bit of rhetorical slight of hand, reality is transmogrified into whatever they want it to be at any given moment, and all the rubes (that’s us, folks) will be amazed by their cleverness and intellectual acumen and will ignore the man behind the curtain, furiously pulling the levers of propaganda. When rhetoric can not only shape the debate, but the very nature of reality, results don’t matter, merely intentions, and unintended consequences matter even less.
Perhaps the best example on display on this very day was AG Eric Holder on CBS this morning. He was very angry and indignant that Congress dared to question his (and surely, Obama’s) choice of trying the 9-11 mastermind (and several lesser Islamic terrorists) in civilian court in NYC. Why, by failing to cost NYC untold gazillions it doesn’t have in unnecessary security costs, by not disrupting the city for months, perhaps years on end, but not allowing Holder to paint an enormous target on NYC, by refusing to allow Holder to give terrorists access to innumerable national security secrets and intelligence sources and methods through the mandatory discovery process, by not letting Holder provide a world-wide stage for terrorist kabuki theater, by not allowing Holder to provide defense lawyers with the opportunity to put America on trial, by not allowing Holder to waste untold gazillions on the defense of terrorists (they’ve already had a lengthy, professional and expensive defense provided through the military commission process at Gitmo, a defense which will now be thrown away, unused), by not allowing Holder to display his moral authority and superiority by ignoring the trauma that still affects countless New Yorkers, and particularly the families of 9-11 victims, by symbolically urinating on the graves of those victims by giving, without cause or justification, their murderers all the rights and protections of the U. S. Constitution, those darned senators and congressmen are toying with national security and the safety of the American people!
One is forced to wonder if AG Holder is really so utterly clueless that he could not imagine that there might be, oh say, one or two minor downsides to a civilian trial for one of the most notorious terrorists in the world blocks from Ground Zero in the very city where his terror masterpiece was enacted. One is forced to wonder if he is so utterly without a soul that he could not understand that his desires represent, to the relatives of the victims, to New Yorkers, to Americans, if not evil, at the very least a profound, absolute lack of human understanding, sympathy, decency and morality. One is forced to wonder how, given the virtually universal outcry against what he wants to do from the very moment he announced his intentions until now, even among congressional Democrats, how he would still imagine that he should pursue those black desires.
But that’s not the best part, no, no! Mel Brooks used to do a shtick where he would brutally and violently insult someone and then immediately relax, smile and calmly and innocently say “no offense.” AG Holder must be a student of Brooks (forgetting for a moment that anyone working for Obama must have most of the sense of humor, and all of their sense of irony surgically removed), for after suggesting that the Congress was trying to make Americans less safe by not allowing Holder to make them manifestly less safe, particularly in NYC, he noted that he hoped that Congress would appropriate the funds necessary to move everyone safely at Gitmo to an underused federal prison in Illinois, the better to paint an enormous, neon, flashing target on that part of Illinois. Don’t even get me started on why that one isn’t a good idea, or what one might wonder about Holder still pursuing that bit of liberal lunacy. But of course, let’s not forget that Mr. Holder was the fixer who secured a pardon for Marc Rich, a criminal of some small infamy. Called to account, Mr. Holder essentially said: “oops.” This apparently qualified him to become AG.
So. Is Mr. Holder really that stupid? Perhaps he is merely so arrogant that he can’t conceive of anyone not praising his every utterance? There’s certainly precedence for that legal attitude in this administration. Perhaps he is so busy ensuring that criminals of color who urge the murder of white people and their babies are not prosecuted for violations of federal election law and that white victims are ignored that he just hasn’t had the time to consider all of the ramifications, or at the very least, to invent more rhetorically soaring euphemisms that will better confuse and confound the gun and God clingers in flyover country?
Despite the rhetoric, the euphemisms, the verbal sleight of hand, one thing does not change: The marxist, anti-American, anti-freedom designs of these people, which like this single example, are the beasts that would not die. One might be forgiven for thinking that Obama, Holder and all like them care nothing whatever for Americans individually and collectively, but very much indeed for the tender sensibilities of individual terrorists and their supporters.
Well said. Amd a mouthful too!
Holder’s tirade, followed by an attempt at “Can’t we all just get along?” is one more example of the disconnect in logic that is endemic with the left.
They make no secret of how much they despise anyone who disagrees with them; for them, there is no such thing as legitimate difference of opinion. They openly curse at those they regard as their “cultural enemies”, and feel self-righteous in doing so. They vow to “destroy” anyone who doesn’t “shut up and sing”, because not singing their tune is “dangerous”.
And after they’ve vented their spleen, made their threats, and described exactly what they’ll do to anyone who doesn’t shape up and fall in line- they grin, and say “So, how was your day?”
I can only conclude that there is a mental aberration endemic to the “progressive” mindset. It operates on the twin bases of self-perceived perfection and an unrequited need for validation from others. It could best be described in simple terms like this;
Progressive to everyone else;
“I Hate You! I Hate You! I Hate You! I Hate You!” (screamed at the top of his lungs)
Followed by
“Why aren’t you worshiping me?” (Often in a supplicative tone of voice)
The fact that normal, well-balanced people rarely feel any sort of affection for others who constantly abuse them seems lost on the progressives. Holder is just one more example.
This may explain why progressives seem immune to facts, logic, or even getting smacked in the face by reality. You can’t expect any sort of rational response from somebody who is committed to living in their own world of self-delusion.
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First, a great column, VDH, and 100% accurate.
Mike – I agree with what you say but I wonder if Holder is acting just as an individual but rather as part of the strategy of the Obama Gang. The strategy is, as usual, to blame the Other. In this case, it’s Bush and the GOP.
As I’ve said multiple times, in my view Obama is a pathological narcissist; he lives in a Virtual World of his own authorship – which is why words and their meanings change from day to day, why he must control all interactions from the “real world’ by rejecting criticism, why he blames all such criticism on The Other – whether it be your ignorance, your political or racial bias…or the Evil One, Bush.
Obama, as malignant, separates himself from reality. He does not accept responsibility for any action by himself or his govt. All actions are due to ‘other causes’ which make him a victim.
This is, up to a point, working. His Rasmussen scores though in the negative, are stable in that negative. It’s Congress – whose members do interact directly with reality – which is going to take the fall for Obama. That’s who Holder is blaming – Congress and by extension, the GOP.
The 2010 campaign can’t be run on a new version of ‘Yes We Did’ versus the 2008 ‘Yes We Can’. The actions so far carried out are too readily shown as harmful..and again, Obama must keep himself unaccountable.
So, it’s being run on the two Obama years – as VDH points out – as hapless victims of the Bush and GOP years. The focus is to present the Democrats in Congress as brave warriors against the evil past. Will it work? I have my doubts.
The other tactic, found also in 2008, is of course racism. Obama plays that constantly; indeed, his White House is filled with an anti-white focus. But controlling people by making them feel guilty for disliking you..by suggesting it’s not his policies that you dislike..but your racial bias, is really quite effective. It worked in 2008.
The problem now, is that in 2008, the race card was played to make people show that they were not racists. The race card is being played in 2010 to make people feel guilty for criticizing Obama and the Democrats. This is a different scenario.
By the way, Obama can do the Mel Brooks tactic as well; insult and then smile – a way of controlling you by denigrating you AND preventing you from counter attacking and defending yourself. That’s pure Obama. Of course, Obama also uses rank to do the same, where he informs people who want to object to his rhetoric that ‘I’m the President’..which essentially means: shut up.
Does Obama care for America and Americans? No. He’s anti-American and, psychologically, needs this sentiment to control them. The radical socialists who run Obama – and I maintain he is run by such a gang because Obama doesn’t have a reasoned, analytic thought in his head – they detest America and are intent on inserting a statist rule.
ETAB:
“Does Obama care for America and Americans? No. He’s anti-American and, psychologically, needs this sentiment to control them. The radical socialists who run Obama – and I maintain he is run by such a gang because Obama doesn’t have a reasoned, analytic thought in his head – they detest America and are intent on inserting a statist rule.”
Took awhile to get there, but you finally, really nailed it big time.
Now, how about joining me in a campaign to convince Dr. Victor Davis Hanson to run for President in 2012?
Maybe the tide carrying us toward a Global Marxist UNTOPIA could be rolled back and the U.S. could once again become a shining city on a hill called freedom?
Some really good thoughts here. It appears to me that Holder is a radical racist who doesn’t know a whole hell of a lot about Islam for starters. The things that come out of his mouth just astound me by the ignorance. Unless he is just playing us, which I rather doubt. The astounding ignorance about Jihadi’s and yes, the costs to NYC for these trials, security, etc. is astounding. Is he really that naive? One can’t help but be convinced that the deeper objective is to destroy America one way or another. And when are these people like Holder, Napolitano, etc going to enforce the actual Fed laws from the Naturalization and Immigration Act that have to do with deporting anarchists that have by every design the implementation to destroy this country with tenets and facets of their totalitarian so called religion? I’m not talking about La Raza here. I’m talking about these madrassas, the mosques. The money coming from foreign interests(Hamas, etc) that are destructive to western civilization as we know it. How about a whole lot of this administration is tried for treason and sedition starting with Obama, next Holder, Napolitano, etc. How about getting rid of affirmative action as well.
Excellent comment! Thanks.
Even some Democrats have recognized that there is something rotten in Washington DC – http://wewillnotbesilenced2008.com
Yes MikeMc the American people are “so stupid”. One thing Obama and his Marxist followers got right . Obama will soon be gone. The “stupid” will be with us forever thus the continuation of the democratic party.
VDH:
“… one man’s “fraud” is another man’s “activism.”
Sounds like you’re referring to our fraud of an Attorney General, Eric Holder. His decision in the voter intimidation case involving the New Black Panther Party smacks of rank activism. That was an open and shut case: guilty as charged.
Well, you put a community organizer [activist] in the White House and this is what you get. A government defrauding citizens of their rights under the Constitution.
I came and I hiked with wise Socrates,
No, it was Victor Davis Hanson!
He and Bruce Thornton made me think,
Verily, verily: they made me think some!
Thanks for the great hike, fellowship and good cheer!
Remember, too, that whenever Barack Obama ponders (and ponders) a decision, he always says that he’ll “need to calibrate it.” Not too pompous, it’s just that this wise man is sooooo exacting, not like us mere mortals. My only question is, with all of that so-called calibrating, why does he still get everything wrong?
I used to think he was spending some serious time figuring out what to do, but now I think it’s just a long time on the toilet. Maybe He is busy Googling an answer,or asking all his relatives and whatnot what they think. Maybe he is emailing with an Imam, who knows. I understand thinking things out, I get being reasonable, but after the Healthcare bill debacle, Obama lost me. Totally. He’s a fraud. He should be tried for treason. and he’s getting a little creepy.
“…with all of that so-called calibrating, why does he still get everything wrong?”
No-one there knows how to convert from the English Systems of measurement to the Metric System.
His Meter-Stick is just a few inches short of a yard.
Interesting that democrat governors are pleading with Obama to back away from challenging the Arizona law-
Yesterday Robert Gibbs tells America-
BEWARE THE ‘IDES OF VOTER NOVEMBER.’
Lying about a few thousand barrels a day blowing out that Black hole in the Gulf is nothing compared to the Barack hole democrats are going to be blown out of in three months.
I predict a massive spill.
Sorry-
Forgot to mention your great history lessons and comments
Dr. Hanson.
History is one of the few truths we have left.
I feel better now that we are in a new era. I thought it was just me!
This is interesting. I have been referring to this year as “in the year of our Lord Obama, 0049.”
Brilliant Doc! The line about the muslims and their science leading to hellfire missiles got coffee on the screen.
Don’t any of you realize that were it not for Obama and his radical team of experts, unemployment wouldn’t stand at 10%, no siree, it would be as high as 100%.
This is true because Obama said so, so there!
Once again, the Doc nails it!! Now , however, do I laugh or cry?Will the “unwashed masses” wake up in time, or continue to be lulled into stupor by the upcoming football season, reality bs television, and the general s### that eminates from the TV and Hellywood? Only time will tell. . . meanwhile, stock up on precious metals (brass and lead), grow a garden, and stay awake. Wish Dr. Hansen lived near me. . . .the hike and fellowship would have been great!!
I think there is an explanation for why Obama is kicking back and spending so much time on the links. He already knows it’s over and he’s going to enjoy the presidential lifestyle from here on out. November’s landslide will not, as it did with Bill, bring in a hostile Congress that will have the effect of raising him back to celebrity status as he resumes pushing a liberal agenda against a Do-Nothing opposition. People still liked Bill for all his screw ups because they sensed he was one of them. Obama is not and the dislike will grow and intensify as it did with Bush as his goofy frat boy manner and general air of futility got on nerves more and more. This lame duck president is cold, alien, detached, a lifelong loner who arrived at the White House after a long series of lucky breaks that included the Republicans nominating Ol’ Bob Dole II. Much of what Obama has done will be undone, but he won’t mind. It will merely confirm him in his belief we did not deserve him.
… after a long series of
lucky breaksaffirmative action promotions …There, fixed that for you.
If a person has just awakened from a deep sleep since “zero AB” one of the most obvious changes is the insult toward the rule of law and the lack of law enforcement by the DOJ. All pointed out here by DR. Hanson. It seems the criminals are in charge.
I am afraid it is too late to change the deluge that is about to engulf us. There are too many Americans who have bought into the Obama Marxist hopey change mindset. They are the ones who really think that they are going to get something for free and that the evil rich will give up their wealth. Little do they realize that their health care will cost more than they can afford; their unemployment benefits will lead to a subsistence life style; their free education will be entirely worthless because it will give them no knowledge or skills; their cities will not flourish but will rapidly change into third world jungles which many have already become;their culture will not be something to be proud of it but will become a trashy inhumane and ugly milieu. It is not only Obama who is to be feared but also the 52% of American dimwits who voted for him. O tempora! O mores!
Someone should just ask him when the Bush excuse expires. His incompetence is undeniable. I don’t care whose fault it is, I want the economy fixed.
Would you take your car to a mechanic like Barry?
Thank you, sir, for helping me to laugh out loud first thing on a Monday morning. Well done!
And most especially thanks for the Kaiser post-mortem. Congratulations on making the summit. A few sentences describe a very difficult and challenging hike. I’m encouraged and comforted by your writing, and particularly enjoy audio interviews such as the one recently on ricochet.
I’d like to attend next year’s hike. What does one need to do for an invitation?
Just show up at the trailhead and you will be welcomed! Victor and Bruce are excellent hosts and very generous with their time and wisdom. It was great to make it to the summit and meet such wonderful folks. Already looking forward to next year.
One thing that was forgotten is= in the post Bush years white people are no longer a protected species,our DOJ has taken it upon themselves to determine that only black victims will be protected,white victims are hung out to dry.
Uh, don’t you mean that black criminals will be protected…
Haven’t you heard, brother, but the chocolate ration has been raised to 25 grammes per week? Doubleplusgood that..
Great piece. Love your writing and thoughts. But, “low (?) and behold”? Or was that a poor pun?
God willing and the river don’t rise, November will remove a willing congress, and it will no longer be Bush’s fault. the big o will now blame everything on a hostile republican congress. he can’t get no satisfaction.
Yeah, but was that gathering at your house a diverse one? Or were all the participants (gasp!) white?
Al Qaeda also continues to pursue the brilliant strategy of not enforcing US immigration laws, thus ensuring they stay under the radar of Obama’s Justice Department.
Hey Doc,
How’s your golf swing?
I would never accuse liberals of being insightful, but with the “can’t we all get along!” sentiment they may finally be on to something. Something like the realization that the other side does have a point. Or at least a growing number of people who think they do. It will be interesting to see how long the likes of Eric Holder keep their head in the sand, gettin’ their butt kicked while begging for everyone else to adhere to playground rules and sentimentality.
victor, victor, victor, your CDS is showing ..again. You lead with Big Dawg?? it has been 10 yrs !!!!! get a grip!!!! we would welcome Big Dawg, and hey Monica was you know an adult! impeachment should be reserved for POTUS’ who deliberately, methodically, lower the standard of Americans living and national defense, you know like Obama. not those who get a BJ in a closet. sheesh.
Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus, good sir. Ecce would be translated as lo! not low. You are excused for the cogency of your views and for your books, several of which are in my bedside case.
Nice article – just the right amount of nuanced sarcasm to help us get the degree of nonsense that is going down. Right now it looks like the progressives have cooked themselves but it is a long way to 2012. Even November is far off in electoral terms. Still I see a decisive tuning that will go on to change the dynamics of American politics for some time to come. Imagine if we had gotten compassionate conservative Dewey in 48 followed by Henry Wallace and his progressives instead of cold warrior Truman. Right now we got Henry Wallace. What follows is a critical mystery.
“…our “overseas contingency operations” are aimed at reminding Muslims that their own past contributions to science have led to breakthroughs like Hellfire missiles.”
ROFL. Damn, I wish I’d written that!
Great article!
Dear Dr. Hanson,
I would love to take that hike or the next one planned. Where would I go to recieve information on the next planned Hike. I just moved to California again, (third time) I just can’t seem to move away permanently. lol. Once you live here it is hard to compare any other state to it. Politic’s aside.
Sincerely,
Jim Flanagan
It’s year one. The first year is 0.
I accept the fact that Obama was born in the United States. Arguing otherwise is fruitless and is used as a cudgel against our credibility. What I don’t accept is that Obama has the same life experiences and the same view of America that I developed as a boy growing up in America. I grew up in an America that was heroic, if largely in my own mind. I remember growing up in Chicago and seeing brass plaques on street corners commemorating fallen soldiers. This had a profound impact on me. I grew up in an America where the standards and the goals were set high. I grew up in an America that was protrayed as wholesome, as seen on television with the likes of Ozzie and Harriet and Leave it to Beaver. Were these unrealistic and overly idealistic? Yes, of course they were. But the goals they set were not. When you set your target high, you will probably miss but most times you will still hit in the general area. When you set your target in the gutter, you may still miss but it is guaranteed that most of your shot group will hit low. That is what the cancer of the 60′s generation gave us. They deconstructed and ridiculed the standards we had set, infecting and demoralizing our culture to the point that here, 40 years later, we don’t know who we are and are on the verge of losing whatever it is that made us great. Were we perfect? Of course not. Show me a society in history that was. But we were one of the most tolerant and benevolent societies that ever populated this planet – shown by our willingness to confront the injustices inherent to any large power and over time correcting them. The Left will not credit us that, demanding like petulant children that it’s not fast enough and not perfect enough. And in their search for perfection they will bring down a truly exceptional civilization that even now is the envy of the entire world. To this day people from all over the world flee and risk everything to come here. Not so much to Venezuela or Cuba or China. Our President is a child of this destructive generation, incapable of appreciating the greatness of this nation and intent on brionging it down. Regardless of his birth place he is not an American.
Remember, remember the 2nd of November,
Democrat treason and plot.
I see no reason that Democrat treason should ever be forgot.
Regarding the increasing tax burden, consider the “tax shield” (bouclier fiscal) implemented in France (and elsewhere). This mechanism ensures that individuals will not have to pay more than 50% of their income in total taxes [simplifying]. We are approaching a time when Conservatives will want to be more like Europe.
There are no longer things like a “jobless recovery” — that archaic term that once upon a time in 2004 referred to 6%, not 9+% unemployment. Indeed, there is really no longer such a thing as an unemployment rate at all. “Jobs saved” and “jobs not lost” are the better barometers, in that they require thought, reflection, interpretation, and imagination.
Deficits, debts, and “borrowing” were just linguistic gymnastics, since money itself is a construct, a sort of record-keeping for those who hold power over others. Zero interest, “stimulus,” and “redistributive change” far better locate capital in our lives.
Doc, these are damn nigh pitch-perfect impressions of the Left’s tune.
Comment thread way above (?or below) was spot on. “…our overseas contingency operations are aimed at reminding Muslims that their own past contributions to science have lead to breakthroughs like Hellfire missiles.” Stunningly funny!
What really seems interesting now is how the hard left is coming to despise BHO as much as the conservatives. Chris Hedges – “Obama’s Health Care Bill Is Enough to Make You Sick” for example. Fox News couldn’t have done a better job tearing health care reform to pieces. However still waiting for Rev. Wright to condemn BHO for slaughtering innocent’s with Predator drones. Amazing how those core values shift depending on who is calling the shots.
How about the hard right now making rumblings about getting out of Afghanistan? Why are we there? Obama’s war! etc. Sounds like a repeat of the same old BS cycle coming to an election booth near you. Tell ‘em whatever they want to hear to get elected then do something entirely different. Hopefully BHO will defeat the Taliban… whatever that means. How about Iran? We aren’t hearing much. BHO’s October Surprise? Meanwhile the Russians, Chinese and Republican’s wring their hands on the sidelines.
Wow. Florence, Huntington and Shaver Lakes. God’s country. Thank’s for the refresher course. Year’s ago did “potty patrol” for the forest service in those campgrounds. Times were great, then. Pleasant memories.
you really hit the proverbial nail on the head this time, hanson. now..please excuse me..i have to go hang myself.
“our “overseas contingency operations” are aimed at reminding Muslims that their own past contributions to science have led to breakthroughs like Hellfire missiles.”
priceless, lol.
Mort Zuckerman now reveals he wrote an Obama speech.
Finally-
We know the truth behind Chris Matthews trembling leg tingle.
It appears that many of us dislike BHO and what he is pushing. Just to clarify, I am not a racist. I really don’t like his white half either
Thanks VDH and thanks to all you honest, truth-telling people who commented here. My soul needs this sort of chat-room and comments. Some days I feel I’m the only one left in the world who still believes in God, country, and freedom of speech–calling a spade a spade as only Dr. Hanson can do. Thanks doctor, I feel better already!
Our Year 2 A.B. it is an incomplete topic need to ad THANK GOD. = Our Year 2 A.B.THANK GOD.
All of you here are down on Obama and going on with all the words ending in ism and you don’t seem to understand that 8 years full of lies, a huge WRONG war,a great recession,a trashing of the constitution was VERY HARD on AMERICA.
What will take for you to understand that the PEOPLE didn’t like the direction the country was going?
What makes you think (other than delusional thinking)that repubs have a chance in November?
Since when the repubs are the honest,fiscally responsible people?I think you repeating a story to your selves hoping that in the end you would believe it