Posted on 05/27/2009 8:02:59 AM PDT by Matt Philbin
To a man with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. To a community organizer, every citizen looks like a victim entitled to someone else’s money.
The Obama campaign and administration has proved that again and again. But both the president and his wife put a fine point on it with commencement addresses this month. (Joe Biden also gave one, but it’s a safe bet that nobody – Joe least of all – knew what he was talking about.) To the Obamas, grads should opt for the virtue of what Michelle has called “helping” careers, and eschew the vice and corruption of the private sector.
Just as the president famously said his ideal Supreme Court nominee would have “empathy,” and his May 26 speech nominating Sonya Sotomayor emphasized her “common touch and a sense of compassion,” the Obama’s make it clear that America doesn’t need strong minds and backs so much as shoulders to cry on.
Lost among controversy surrounding Obama’s Notre Dame address is what he said in the parts of the speech that weren’t verbal slight-of-hand on abortion. According to the president of the United States, the world those young Americans are entering is a mess thanks to free enterprise:
"This is the generation that must find a path back to prosperity and decide how we respond to a global economy that left millions behind even before this crisis hit – an economy where greed and short-term thinking were too often rewarded at the expense of fairness, and diligence, and an honest day’s work."
In that nightmare world, “The strong too often dominate the weak, and too many of those with wealth and with power find all manner of justification for their own privilege in the face of poverty and injustice.”
(Excerpt) Read more at businessandmedia.org ...
To a man with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. To a community organizer, every citizen looks like a victim entitled to someone else’s money ...
Tagable.
Suddenly, there was a 'need' for employment of droves of sociologists, and the government provided. The people who wrote the rules, wrote the books, and their own ticket as well--and all, eventually to our great cost.
You’re right - warmed over Marxism. When will we ever learn?
instead of a nail, a screw would be a more appropriate metaphor...
Great line - the feminization of the presidency...
Word up, Matt!
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