Posted on 07/06/2010 9:20:42 AM PDT by Nachum
It appears the President of the United States can't contain his disdain for America's historical roots. On Independence Day, instead of stressing the awesome concepts of the Declaration of Independence, Obama managed to turn a BBQ into an opportunity to disparage our founders, foster class warfare and further division.
On July 4th the Commander-in-Chief invited the military to a White House cookout and then used the occasion to skewer the Founding Fathers. Rather than depicting America as "one nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all," once again Barack-the-great-divider separated America into factions and brought up a time in our history where, in his view, America lacked, "civil rights and voting rights, workers' rights and women's rights."
A casually dressed Obama, who couldn't make Memorial Day at Arlington Cemetery, appeared on the balcony high above the active-duty military and their families who were waving flags and wearing red, white and blue face paint. The President, with Michelle at his side, spoke to the group, saying that today may be Independence Day, but "Today we also celebrate all of you, the men and women of our armed forces, who defend this country we love."
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
To be fair, when Charles and Diana waved from that balcony there were literally a million people in line of sight waving back. That was a balcony moment if there ever was one.
At that time, what nation in the world had universal sufferage and full civil rights for all?
Yes, and yet the meme this weekend was that Michael Steele "needs to step down" for decrying the war in Afghanistan (which Barack has already announced a withdrawl date) and making Barack look bad.
Yet when Senator Barack denounced the Iraq war, General Petreus, and the American Way, people voted him INTO the White House. And from the White House, he continues to trash this nation's traditions.
He's a red diaper doper baby through and through. He has NO kind words for America except to say how great HE is as president.
And, more to the point -
what nation on earth had the structure and principles in place in order that those desirable achievements could have been implemented?
Our Founders are probably spinning in their graves over what this manchild and his fellow Leftists are doing to our country. They are destroying the gift that has been left behind by the Founders.
All of the sacrifices that have been made, all of the blood spilled in defense of this nation, squandered in a couple of generations. Our current crop of liberals are just looking to finish it off....
Good point.
The closest comparable event at the time would be I guess when the French had their revolution for Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.
Which of course in an eye-blink became the Terror.
The balcony baloney irks me no end. And then I realized why the attendees were all ACTIVE duty military: They’re the only citizens not allowed to talk back to him. I can’t view any of the YouTube links from this computer; it would be interesting to know if any of the crowd was recorded and what their verbal response was.
I’m not a Obama defender but in reading his remarks he said no such thing.From www.americanthinker.com:
...While America focused on Cedric the Entertainer, the U.S. Marine band, Sabrett® hot dogs, Obama's short-sleeved polo shirt, and the outstanding potato salad, the thing that was the most telling about the event were Obama's sentiments when he said the following:We celebrate the principles that are timeless, tenets first declared by men of property and wealth but which gave rise to what Lincoln called a new birth of freedom in America-civil rights and voting rights workers' rights and women's rights, and the rights of every American. And on this day that is uniquely American we are reminded that our Declaration, our example, made us a beacon to the world.Eerily comfortable on a balcony delivering a speech to the crowd below, Obama surreptitiously served up the founding fathers of this nation like shish kabob, disparaging them as merely "men of property and wealth."Then Obama, who identifies himself with a great president who freed slaves rather than made new ones, in an underhanded way elevated Abraham Lincoln above the evil white men who dared to own property and accumulate personal wealth with a simple qualifying "but."
For Obama, the "birth of freedom" at our nation's founding doesn't quite cut the hot dog mustard. Instead Barry relishes what followed: "civil rights, voting rights, workers' rights and women's rights," and hopefully soon, illegal immigrants' rights. Apparently, in the president's mind, "social justice" is what makes us "uniquely American."
Obama's words indicate a view that addendums to independence are far superior to the miracle of our nation's birth and the genius of the men who founded this nation...
I, too, threw up in my mouth a little.
"Phh. There's a f****** surprise."
Obama is a Marxist, and a fraud and unfit to serve. Hisaims are diametrically opposed to the fundamental moral and republican principles that our founders suffered, bled, and died to lay down. He is unfit so much as to tie one of their bootlaces.
I placed the following on my main page at my web site, http://www.jeffhead.com. It will remain there until this man is removed from office. He and his ilk need to know the srength of commitment that exists out here for the fundamental principles that undergird our constitution and Republic:
“Barack Hussein Obama, hear us, loyal Americans whose bloodlines run deep in this land, back to the founding & beyond, who have watered the ground of this nation & foreign soils to maintain our liberty & constitution: Molon Labe-Sic Semper Tyranus-De Oppresso Liber. Your Marxism shall not stand in this land, so help us God!” - Jeff Head, July 3, 2010
Obama is a Marxist, and a fraud and unfit to serve. Hisaims are diametrically opposed to the fundamental moral and republican principles that our founders suffered, bled, and died to lay down. He is unfit so much as to tie one of their bootlaces.
I placed the following on my main page at my web site, http://www.jeffhead.com. It will remain there until this man is removed from office. He and his ilk need to know the srength of commitment that exists out here for the fundamental principles that undergird our constitution and Republic:
“Barack Hussein Obama, hear us, loyal Americans whose bloodlines run deep in this land, back to the founding & beyond, who have watered the ground of this nation & foreign soils to maintain our liberty & constitution: Molon Labe-Sic Semper Tyranus-De Oppresso Liber. Your Marxism shall not stand in this land, so help us God!” - Jeff Head, July 3, 2010
Sorry to have to say it, but he makes the best case AGAINST affirmative action.
Will you please take JPII out of those photos?
It doesn’t belong.
IMHO.
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