The paranoid answer
posted at 6:05 pm on July 5, 2010 by Steven Den Beste
Get out the tinfoil hats, folks, and let us delve into the realm of raving paranoia. Is there a different way to read the news lately?
The sane answer: they’re blithering incompetents. The paranoid answer: they’re doing it on purpose.
Glenn Reynolds asks, “Why is the Gulf cleanup so slow?”
The sane answer: because the Obama administration has sold its soul to the unions, and is reluctant to do anything that would make union leaders angry.
The raving paranoid answer: Because Obama wants this oil spill to be dreadfully harmful, because it will sour Americans on drilling in the ocean, and on oil (and other fossil fuels) in general. Never waste a crisis, my friends, and this crisis can help lead all the troglodytes (that’s you and me) away from their accustomed gas guzzlers and wasteful lifestyles towards the paradise of “green” energy and sustainable lifestyles.
Nile Gardiner says, “America is sinking under Obama’s towering debt”.
With his reckless big government policies, Barack Obama threatens to run his country into the ground, with American decline the inevitable end result. It is not too late to reverse course, but so far there is not a shred of evidence that the president is willing to do what is necessary.
The sane answer: Obama doesn’t think that far ahead, and Obama has a deep and abiding faith that socialism will, despite a hundred years of evidence to the contrary, solve all of this in the long run.
The raving paranoid answer: Obama’s goal is to permanently change America, to make it cease to be the strongest nation on the planet, and to once and for all bury American exceptionalism. Destroying the economic viability of the largest economy on the planet is the goal, not an unfortunate side effect, because Americans consume more than their “fair share”. America must become a good citizen of the world and stop being so greedy. If the troglodytes (guess who?) won’t agree, Obama will use indirect means of forcing them into it.
Jimmy Bise, Jr. says: “Wealth does not come from Wealth Faeries.”
Now, those of us who get the origin of wealth understand that prosperity only happens when people own the fruits of their labor. The principle that what you produce belongs to you and you have the absolute right to dispose of it as you wish is the cornerstone of all the wealth and wonders created in America for well over 230 years. If you noodle it through, you can easily figure out why this has so. Economic freedom is the first, and most important freedom we have.
The sane answer is the one Bise gives: the progressives are deeply ignorant about the practical realities of economic theory.
The raving paranoid answer: progressives hate wealth, no matter who has it. They know that these redistribution programs will impoverish everyone, and that’s the real goal of it. The problem with wealth is that creating it at the kind of rate we do is “unsustainable”. Technological civilization, and especially the industrialized world, are careening out of control and we must step backwards from it.
Shiver. I think I need to go hide under my security blanket now.
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Can’t they be incompetent and have bad intentions? Why must it be one or the other?
joe_doufu on July 5, 2010 at 6:08 PM
Huh. Who knew being raving paranoid would feel this natural?
James on July 5, 2010 at 6:09 PM
Is it still raving paranoia when every single crisis and every single realignment is handled by PBHO in a manner that makes rational people of every stripe say “WTF?” No.
Case in point: NASA’s new mission; that’s not paranoia.
Bishop on July 5, 2010 at 6:12 PM
I notice that the “sane” answers aren’t a lot more reassuring than the “raving paranoid” answers.
tbrosz on July 5, 2010 at 6:12 PM
Clearly Obama is both malevolent and incompetent. Neither one by itself could account for the amount of damage he is doing to America. Unfortunately it is in the areas where he is purposely trying to do damage that is is the least incompetent.
Luka on July 5, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Perhaps our saving grace…
Greg Toombs on July 5, 2010 at 6:13 PM
:) You missed one of the theories:
From: http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2010/07/04
RBMN on July 5, 2010 at 6:13 PM
,….yes,……yes they can :-)
Offhanded on July 5, 2010 at 6:13 PM
America’s CEO – Child Emperor Obama.
Luka on July 5, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Me, Myself, and I, are feeling much better now that there are others like me, out there.
Kini on July 5, 2010 at 6:16 PM
As far as the “raving paranoid” answers, I always look at it this way. How would he behave any differently if that were indeed the case?
How would he behave differently if he really did
How would he behave differently if he really was out…
CurtZHP on July 5, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Did I take a wrong turn?
Is this HuffnPuff?
RedNewEnglander on July 5, 2010 at 6:17 PM
EPA wouldn’t allow the use of decanting skimmers who could not dump water back into the gulf unless it was less than 15 ppm oil. It’s called bureaucratic lunacy — the results look like this when you have a street corner activist running the bureaucracy.
The secret, cut the federal government by 75%.
So yes, it is on purpose, but due to abject INCOMPETENCE and plain old stupidity.
tarpon on July 5, 2010 at 6:20 PM
Because the logic doesn’t follow. One must be competent or incompetent at [insert goal here]. The actual goal is the key.
Hi Steven! We’re on the same track.
baldilocks on July 5, 2010 at 6:22 PM
This.
It’s not an either/or with these folks. They are both incompetent boobs and willfully destructive ideologues.
powerpro on July 5, 2010 at 6:22 PM
Huh. Who knew paranoid = logical?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 5, 2010 at 6:23 PM
He said he was going to “fundamentally transform America” and he is. He said he believes in redistribution of wealth and he’s redistributing it. He said we are an arrogant nation, and he’s working hard to humble us. He works closely with George Soros and Maurice Strong, the latter of whom laid the foundation for the Kyoto Treaty and said it is the duty of environmentalists to take down industrialized nations to protect the earth. That’s what is happening, and it’s not paranoid, it’s just reality.
A good debunking of each “raving paranoid answer” would be helpful here.
NTWR on July 5, 2010 at 6:24 PM
I think you missed some.
There’s the Sane Answer, the Paranoid Answer, and the Biden Answer.
“This is a big f’in deal!”
Nethicus on July 5, 2010 at 6:26 PM
Is Obama a Marxist?
Sane answer: No. Just because he was mentored by Marxists, studied Marxism, followed “Chicanos, Marxist Professors and structural feminists”, says he wants to “redistribute wealth”, and learned from Rev. Wright?
The paranoid answer: Yes
faraway on July 5, 2010 at 6:27 PM
Well, he’s got to protect the unions that still support him.
He’s already losing the NEA. Heh. But they will still blindly vote democrap.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 5, 2010 at 6:28 PM
It does perfectly explain why W got treated so pathetically after he tried to reach out to them for the good of the country.
The last thing they want is anything GOOD for the country!
golfmann on July 5, 2010 at 6:28 PM
I think this goes to heart of the question that has been asked since time immemorial: who is Barack Obama?
You would think after making a 100 videos on him and working at the Is Obama the Messiah facebook in 08, I’d have a clue. Sorry, I don’t. Unless insiders write candid books someday we may never know.
However, I have learned things about him that would be considered controversial but not paranoid.
Obama is a gay American. Yes, that is important.
Obama, most likely, still uses cocaine.
If you look at him through this prism, you might understand things better.
I’ll also add that when I watch Obama’s town halls the word that comes to mind is demagogue. Nothing quite fits it like that.
Granny Jan (RobtKraft on You Tube)
No Niks on July 5, 2010 at 6:31 PM
I think Obama is “Lotsa” in Toy Story 3.
Does that make me sane, or paranoid?
sara in va on July 5, 2010 at 6:35 PM
I said it in the Green Room and it got deleted, so I’ll say it again.
The post is drivel.
When I see somebody questioning the sanity of people who understand that the Moron is hardly a doofus liberal tiptoeing through marxland, I question the motivation of the author. He’s not paranoid. He’s either a fool, or, more likely, somebody with an agenda of his own.
notagool on July 5, 2010 at 6:36 PM
President Barack Obama unites the country.
Against him.
That may not be the plan, but it will be the effect.
ajacksonian on July 5, 2010 at 6:36 PM
Certain areas the donks are working towards their goals that will inevitably hurt the USA. In other areas they just are completely ignorant..nay stupid and this inevitably will hurt the USA.
Doesn’t matter why their policies will do great damage to the USA.
jukin on July 5, 2010 at 6:36 PM
???
Inanemergencydial on July 5, 2010 at 6:38 PM
Obviously the “sane” people have not heard of the Cloward-Piven Strategy.Since Rahm Emmanuel has stated his belief in crisis utilization we may want to substitute “in denial” for “sane”.
Blue Collar Todd on July 5, 2010 at 6:39 PM
What?
shar61 on July 5, 2010 at 6:39 PM
It’s not just Obam-er that makes me nervous; it’s the people he’s chosen to help him accomplish his dastardly deeds and the hangers-on from around the world who feel more at ease with him in office . Not a sane one in the bunch. And Obam-er does nothing to reassure us tinfoil hat types that he’s one of us.
Because when it’s too late; well, it’s too late. Besides, you’re not paranoid if you’re right…
mcra99 on July 5, 2010 at 6:42 PM
In my view, it appears that Obambi is a puppet, a good-looking one with a nice, deep voice. The puppetmasters are Axelrod, Ayers, and maybe Soros. They are extreme Maoist ideologues. Obambi looks incompetent because he is; he cannot make a decision on his own. And the puppeteers compound his incompetence because they base all their—his—actions on ideological goals rather than common sense and practical reasoning.
MrLynn on July 5, 2010 at 6:45 PM
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GarandFan on July 5, 2010 at 6:48 PM
Uhhh….what?
Bishop on July 5, 2010 at 6:49 PM
As always, it’s all about the motive… Everything else is just table talk.
Keemo on July 5, 2010 at 6:50 PM
Boom Boom Boom…The Island has lost another.
Inanemergencydial on July 5, 2010 at 6:51 PM
????I came to that conclusion (his gayness) by certain facts in his life and my observations. The boys at HillBuzz have been saying it for a longtime. They’re gay and from Chicago.
No Niks on July 5, 2010 at 6:51 PM
One style of sabotage is the “blithering idiot”.
The saboteur does damage for some time because it’s “accidental”.
Does it make a difference?
Or is destruction just destruction regardless of the “reason”?
I think the solution is the same in either case.
(Who cares how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?)
CrazyGene on July 5, 2010 at 6:51 PM
I AM
SPARTACUSRAVING PARANOID!aquaviva on July 5, 2010 at 6:51 PM
I thought I was right, but you say I’m paranoid, so I checked with my shrink and he’s paranoid too.
Reason says that the chances if someone really wanted to help America couldnot do each and every act to hurt America; it’s being done on purpose.
It’s not an accident and he’s not incompetent. It is that same naivete that gave him the votes in the first place. He’s an open liar and deceiver and evil enough to fight hard to kill babies outside the womb. Why would I not think that he intends harm to America?
Incompetence? It’s called blind trust. The most dangerous foolishness of all.
Don L on July 5, 2010 at 6:52 PM
I think I see a pattern here…
Seven Percent Solution on July 5, 2010 at 6:53 PM
Not even funny as a joke.
Blue Collar Todd on July 5, 2010 at 6:54 PM
Care to expound or share some links?
Inanemergencydial on July 5, 2010 at 6:55 PM
It’s not paranoia if they really are out to get you–”you” meaning America.
Our entire southern border/coast is under complete siege. Consider just these two things:
1) He has done less than nothing about it the illegal alien overrun of the border. He invited the Mexican president to bash the United States–and Arizona specifically–in an address our congress. He is even ready to prosecute (and persecute) Arizona for trying to do something about it on its own.
2) He did less than nothing about the oil spill. He waited and refused help from international sources until the outcry became too great. (When the likes of James Carville is busting the chops of a Democrat president, the outcry is indeed great.) So know we have a token few A-Whale ships trying to “scoop out the ocean with an teaspoon,” metaphorically speaking. Just to shut up the critics.
And there have been dozens and dozens of incidents and situations like this, large and small,since January 20, 2009.
Connect the dots. Or if you can’t, don’t complain when others are able–and willing–to do it.
baldilocks on July 5, 2010 at 6:57 PM
Forgive the quick editing.
baldilocks on July 5, 2010 at 6:57 PM
Well… Bush was a incompetent idiot who also was the mastermind behind every bad thing that happen anywhere during his presidency… so what else is new./s Oh yeah, Obama hates America as it has been, so he will do anything to ruin it.
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And keep your tin foil for yourself. Some of us deciphered this wanna be dictator from the word go.
RalphyBoy on July 5, 2010 at 7:01 PM
It’s not paranoia to see Holder at the DOJ fail to prosecute a clear case of voter intimidation, in fact they dropped the case after winning but before sentencing.
Something is going on here and it isn’t good, and if you want to call it paranoid then sign me up.
Bishop on July 5, 2010 at 7:02 PM
I was thinking about this earlier today. Is he really smart like the libs think? I don’t think so. He is really dumb, e.g., he doesn’t know the difference between liability and collision insurance. Just a small example of his ignorance of finance and economics. He is so dumb he does not understand the benefits of capitalism or the disincentives of socialism. My conclusion is that he is doing what he believes, but he is too dumb to know how bad it is.
Jasper61 on July 5, 2010 at 7:04 PM
I am enough of a child of the Age of Reason to believe that there is an objective world that I think and speak about. Obama does not know or care what I’m referring to in that sentence. (And he is incompetent and malevolent.)
snaggletoothie on July 5, 2010 at 7:04 PM
“Why is the Gulf cleanup so slow?”
Obama only focuses on things that interest him. Healthcare will make his legacy, so he focused, pressured, cajoled, etc.
the Oil Spill is BPs fault…he is not that interested in it, and will let the government bureaus handle it
is he opportunistic enough to use in his agenda…si se puede
“America is sinking under Obama’s towering debt”.
Obama is using this to force a massive tax increases…reverse Reagan. This is simple.
“Wealth does not come from Wealth Faeries.”
Fairness trumps wealth (Charlie Gibson interview) The goal is Not economic growth
This does require substantial ignorance given the 20th century…but, yes Virgina, there are ignorant people.
Obama is strongly into Social Democracy because of the power it bestows on him and his successors (his iconic Legacy)
r keller on July 5, 2010 at 7:07 PM
On proposition number 2, I’m afraid I’m solidly in the “paranoid” category. And so is Barack Obama.
He’s been clear about his desire to “remake” and “fundamentally change” America, his lack of belief in “American exceptionalism”, and his belief that our strongest days are behind us – that we need to step aside so other members of the “world community” can have more influence (except Israel and Britain). He comes right out and says this stuff, and he’s doing it too. What more do you need?
At this point, it wouldn’t be difficult to make the case for the purposeful crippling of the economy and foreign policy of the US. Preponderance to the evidence? No sweat. Beyond a reasonable doubt? Tough, but we’re getting close.
forest on July 5, 2010 at 7:07 PM
‘Paranoia’, my a$$.
If they were merely incompetent, they’d occasionally/accidentally get a decision right, or at least manage to avoid the absolute worst possible action at any given time.
The reality is that from the perspective of our economy, or citizenry, our healthcare, our energy, our security, our liberty, etc… – they continually make the worst decisions available to them at any given moment. That can’t be mere incompetence, it has to be by design.
Midas on July 5, 2010 at 7:07 PM
The problem with the “on purpose” part is that it forgets the part where everyone notices how incompetent the government is in most real stuff.
The crisis could be exploitable for them… if it didn’t highlight the incompetence of the administration with regards to industry regulation [to prevent disaster] and with regards to disaster cleanup.
Seems to me what most people are getting from this isn’t that drilling for oil in the ocean is dangerous… it’s that relying on government for solving serious problems is dangerous.
meep on July 5, 2010 at 7:08 PM
I’m guessing Steven did also. His missives from his old blog weren’t exactly filled with homages to statism.
baldilocks on July 5, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Even the incompetent occasionally gets one right. But when you have a long string of actions and decisions which all appear to have the same end goal in mind, namely the destruction of a healthy and strong America, one can only conclude that this is by design. It takes some competence to be so consistently malevolent.
exceller on July 5, 2010 at 7:11 PM
“It starts when you’re always afraid”
That’s what I used to say to most conspiracy theorists.
Problem is, *I* started being afraid in the fall of 2008 when the truth about Obama’s values and agenda became inescapable; about the same time it looked like McCain wasn’t trying very hard.
We have to, have to take back as much as we can in November and in 2012.
Eren on July 5, 2010 at 7:12 PM
Ding!
baldilocks on July 5, 2010 at 7:13 PM
Dear Liar and His ilk remind me of people who believe in H.G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come. And only watch the 1936 movie adaptation.
rbj on July 5, 2010 at 7:20 PM
Cynical answer: Because Obama takes his cues from the Center for America Progress, a Soros outfit, and Soros is heavily invested in Petrobras, Brazil’s state petroleum company.
That answer also explains why O! gave Brazil tons o’ cash for deepwater exploration. Deeper than Deepwater Horizon, in fact.
dicentra63 on July 5, 2010 at 7:21 PM
No, I’m not going to convince you. Google it, look on You Tube etc. Find out all about his former girlfriends and not the one Bill Ayers made up. That won’t take long.
I live in a gay center of the state of Mass. It’s something I’m very familiar with. I’m not a member of the Christian right. I’m not even Christian or Muslim for that matter.
No Niks on July 5, 2010 at 7:21 PM
What strikes me about this post; most who follow politics closely have watched the Progressives follow a plan put in place some 40-50 years ago to infiltrate the network news medium, along with the public education system in order to control the message while shaping the public mood. This plan has been carried out to perfection and has reaped huge rewards for the Progressive movement. The plan grew as successes were reached. The Progressives took over Hollywood and much of the music industry, thus adding to the controlled message and public shaping. Places of higher education across our great nation became completely infiltrated with Progressives. So much more could be added.
Paranoid? Geez!
Keemo on July 5, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Before the election, he was perfectly comfy with $4/gal gas, and he proposed energy policy that would “necessarily make energy prices skyrocket.” He is on record, repeatedly, demanding we give up our “addiction” to oil and create a green energy industry like the one that’s helping bankrupt Spain.
After the election, his behavior fits perfectly with those goals – cap and tax, EPA run amok, the attempted oil drilling moratorium (which they are still trying to implement), invalidating permits at 122 refineries/plants just in Texas, just last week, regulatory attacks on the coal industry, and trying to shut down Yucca Mountain.
The rank and file of the Coast Guard and BP really are doing what they can in the Gulf. I know this from many personal testimonies of friends and family who are involved with the cleanup. The problem here is top-down, willfully obstructive regulation and purposeful deceit of the sort that Billy Nungesser is not afraid to talk about, but most others are. Jindal and others reference it in interviews, but won’t get into detail – probably afraid of making things worse, though how that could be I can’t imagine. Nor are reporters really pressing for much detail – quelle surprise!
Obama really could make these problems go away. He has not hesitated to use Executive Orders to clear his path for things he’s interested in getting done. The Democrat-controlled Congress could also clear some regulatory hurdles, as James Carville pointed out on AC360 the other night. They are choosing not to, and their behavior fits perfectly with goals they’ve been openly stating for years.
This isn’t paranoia. It’s reality.
Laura Curtis on July 5, 2010 at 7:24 PM
Maybe forget “incompetence” altogether and chalk it up to good old Chicago-style corruption.
It functions like incompetence but is fueled by malevolent motives.
dicentra63 on July 5, 2010 at 7:24 PM
…I was simply inquiring, I wasn’t challenging you or passing judgment.
I guess that is a start.
Congratulations.
OK! Don’t know how that is relevant, but thanks!
Inanemergencydial on July 5, 2010 at 7:27 PM
..just because you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you!
The War Planner on July 5, 2010 at 7:31 PM
..or, great bumper sticker:
Help! The Paranoids are after me!
The War Planner on July 5, 2010 at 7:32 PM
It really matters not a fig what the Pinnochio Presidente is!
What matters is what is going to be done to remedy it and is it going to be done before our country is totally given over to the idiots who just want someone else to pay their bills and give them homes, cars, cell phones, cigarettes and lap dances with no effort on their part. (Get me off this roof, New Orleanians!)
In another time some in the Demrat Party would have stood up and said NO, alas, not now! The geriatric hippies of the 60′s have finally gotten their chance to try their grand experiment and will do so regardless of what We The People who make America work think!
What matters is who will honor their oath of office and stop this enemy domestic and how!
The American public has been taught to trust in honesty and fair play. The boys from Chitown have no intention of playing this way they intend to win and force their agenda down our throats. It is how Obama has always won. It is what community organizers do. HE MUST BE STOPPED!
dhunter on July 5, 2010 at 7:34 PM
One alternative definition of a paranoid: ‘a radical realist‘.
CPT. Charles on July 5, 2010 at 7:36 PM
By the way…
… Does anyone actually know what kind of “behind the closed doors” damage all of Obowma’s Czars are doing?
They don’t even have to report to Congress.
… Or will we just wake up one day, and have it all sprung on us at once?
Seven Percent Solution on July 5, 2010 at 7:38 PM
Paranoid?
What did the Pinnochio regime have on McCain?
What did they go to McCain with and say, “this”, if you don’t lay off the liar.
“This” will happen to you or your country? What did they have to cause McCain to drop the fight, fight, fight?
Its’ how Pinnochio has always won, how he has had the skids greased its’ what he will try in Nov and in 2012!
Amnesty!
dhunter on July 5, 2010 at 7:40 PM
I don’t know if I believe he’s gay, maybe bi or just on the DL (although that would make him gayish at least). For what it’s worth, I don’t care if he’s gay or straight but given his agenda, some of his appointments (Kevin Jennings) are…interesting to say the least.
Some links to Hillbuzz…
Kathleen Parker’s thinly veiled assertion o is gay
Man’s Country
O didn’t have affair with vera baker
Kal Penn
Also, Larry Sinclair’s website is an interesting read.
Monica on July 5, 2010 at 7:42 PM
Well,sorry to day but the actions and results of those actions from the DOTUS bear out one reality.
LISTEN TO HIS WORDS….AMERICA MUST BE CUT DOWN TO SIZE.
PappyD61 on July 5, 2010 at 7:44 PM
Thank you.
Inanemergencydial on July 5, 2010 at 7:44 PM
Never has it been needed more than now …
Seven Percent Solution on July 5, 2010 at 7:47 PM
Seven Percent Solution on July 5, 2010 at 7:38 PM
This is very concerning indeed.
Following November, a very important task for the GOP will be to investigate every one of these creatures; thorough investigations including every person that had contact with every one of these so called czars. Hundreds (if not thousands) of investigations must take place in order to send the message down the road into the future. Those who broke the laws of our land must be held accountable just as you or I would be. No single person can be allowed to live above the law again if we are to be a government of the people.
Keemo on July 5, 2010 at 7:48 PM
Muslims bombing WTC!? That’s raving paranoid !
the_nile on July 5, 2010 at 7:49 PM
the_nile on July 5, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Amen to that!
Keemo on July 5, 2010 at 7:50 PM
raving paranoid today = “How did I not see the writing on the wall” tomorrow
Only the hand ringing bed wetters would discount the possibility…
winston on July 5, 2010 at 7:56 PM
If the Republicans can win back the Congress in November, it may be time to resurrect the infamous House UnAmerican Activities Committee. Whatever its excesses in an earlier era, this time we’ve got a whole nest of unAmericans right in the White House.
MrLynn on July 5, 2010 at 8:01 PM
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/alternateEconomist.jpg
True_King on July 5, 2010 at 8:04 PM
Shouldn’t these allegations be important to all U.S. citizens! No birth certificate produced for the citizens to view; millions spent sealing transcripts; special trips to Hawaii prior to taking office… Paranoid or simply doing our duty as citizens? Of the people, by the people, for the people… Are these just words?
Keemo on July 5, 2010 at 8:19 PM
You people are ALL paranoid. Our President is looking out for us. There have been so many Muslim radical illegals coming over our southern border and so many various automatic and sniper rifles coming over our northern border, he HAS to keep the economy bad to keep mall traffic low so they won’t launch their attacks.
CC
CapedConservative on July 5, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Lawrence Summers said that they were going to fundamentally change the economy. I’m with the paranoid crowd on this bunch of loons.
JAW on July 5, 2010 at 8:26 PM
You know darn well there’s going to be more scorn against me for saying BHO is gay than the other way around. Part of that attack would be to accuse someone of being a member of the Christian right.
I don’t believe you that you were innocently inquiring
information. I’ve been on forums for 12 years. I’ve seen and heard it all.
Usually, when I talk about BHO’s gayness the comments are deleted on MOST CONSERVATIVE websites excluding Free Republic. So, of course, I’m defensive.
No Niks on July 5, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Dude; I don’t even think these two answers exist on a continuum as you suggest. I believe they are both facts and not at opposite ends of the spectrum.
I think we need to look hard and act harder against these people, exceptionalism will not be buried, debt never killed anyone, but there is no quenching of the fact that the United States of America exists….and is exceptional. That fact lives in your heart, not in your bank account.
ted c on July 5, 2010 at 8:44 PM
No Niks on July 5, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Understand your position… You must also understand that these right thinking bloggers are out manned – out gunned – out spent by the left and must walk a fine line while trying to stay a-float and spreading the good word.
We are all climbing uphill in this battle, and need to stick together best as possible. No doubt we are in a righteous battle.
Keemo on July 5, 2010 at 8:47 PM
ted c on July 5, 2010 at 8:44 PM
Very well stated indeed!
Keemo on July 5, 2010 at 8:48 PM
Count me in for a “raving paranoid.”
Which is the SANE way to see things. Anyone who can’t see it at this point is delusional.
Joy on July 5, 2010 at 8:52 PM
This was in the American thinker a couple of months ago. I linked to it in my post.
http://truthandcommonsense.com/2010/07/05/american-thinker-takes-on-the-analysis-of-obama-and-reminds-us-they-arent-alone-so-are-our-enemies/
He is unstable, his enemies know it and I’ll bet our own intel units know it.
Nothing good comes of this.
archer52 on July 5, 2010 at 8:55 PM
Agreed, Sorry No Niks, I didn’t even think about it from that angle. I enjoy your youtube contributions BTW.
Inanemergencydial on July 5, 2010 at 8:58 PM
OMT: to the author….
Michelle Obama, while speaking on foreign soil, admitted that Barack was the son of another country… Is this paranoia, or should we accept her at her word and demand to see just how this man qualifies for potus…
Keemo on July 5, 2010 at 9:05 PM
This article is B.S.!!
Paranoia is an unfounded distrust!!
There is ample strong evidence to support distrust of all things Obama!!!
On the other hand:
Obama thinking that people oppose him because of his race is the very definition of paranoia!! No evidence of this whatsoever.
landlines on July 5, 2010 at 9:10 PM
He’s been on a malevolent mission, against U.S. America and her allies, ever since he’s been able to rationalize his paranoias and other psychological ailments. The times and his background enabled this Pinocchio/Muenchhausen suit without an emperor to fool rubes, boobs into dupes, once.
He is driven by pure revenge and megalomaniacal narcissism.
If he can fool them again, they deserve complete destruction by him.
Schadenfreude on July 5, 2010 at 9:16 PM
BO said the other day that this country is headed in the right direction. THEREFORE, all he is doing is ON PURPOSE.
Dandapani on July 5, 2010 at 9:33 PM
Correct answer. Obama is a Maoist.
DSchoen on July 5, 2010 at 9:45 PM
Sounds like something found in the National Enquirer.
Ooops.
When they start coming door to door confiscating guns we’ll know the game is up.
BowHuntingTexas on July 5, 2010 at 9:50 PM
I think “socialism” isn’t the right way to categorize BO’s economic governance. Redistributionist, fine (and probably not even argued from BO’s handlers). . .but he doesn’t want to give to all as they need. He wants to give to some so that they continue to vote Democrats into office–he doesn’t give a rip about the poor from the red states. (See under Horizon, Deepwater) He is all about expanding government at the expense of those who can pay (the wealthy) while ensuring there is a good chunk of the population “bought” to keep his ball moving.
No, “socialist” is too kind of a word for his policies.
And we conservatives could probably do with using a new word anyhow.
johnny alpha on July 5, 2010 at 9:50 PM
SDB, great post as always. Glad to see you’re still in the game, when of a mind to.
AH_C on July 5, 2010 at 10:05 PM
“Just because you’re paranoid…doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you”
dont taze me bro on July 5, 2010 at 10:22 PM
Ironically, in Obama’s case, the paranoid answers make much more sense. As Rahm say, you can’t let a crisis go to waste and, the more damage this Gulf oil spill does, the more it will be remembered as a failure of BP and not Obama. Katrina was a failure of local government, yet it will be remembered as George Bush’s failure. The Gulf Oil Spill will be BP’s disaster, because the LSM will make sure of that, and Obama will get, yet another, free pass.
The same goes for the economy. Everyone knew, when Obama gave his answer to Charles Gibson about Capital Gains Taxes, that he had socialist tendencies. The fact that he’s still approaching the economy as a socialist, i.e. giving money to union employees and the states to keep union employees working, shouldn’t be a surprise. Anyone who understood free market capitalism, would know you have to provide employers with incentives to hire to get people working again. This administration just can’t figure that out.
Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean there’s no one after you. Just because this president inspires paradoid answers, doesn’t mean they’re wrong.
There is no one, in this administration, that is capable of putting the brakes on their socialist tendencies. There’s also no one in Congress that has the desire to do that. The only hope we have is Republicans controlling Congress, once again, and actually keeping their wits about them and not reading the mandate incorrectly.
bflat879 on July 5, 2010 at 10:23 PM
Many of us who are sane and educated have studied history and understand that the “paranoid” hypotheses are credible because human beings have done similar things and worse for even more outrageous reasons. Human beings are capable of unfathomable evil. Stereotypes are usually derived from experience.
obladioblada on July 5, 2010 at 10:34 PM
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