Is Obama Naïve?

Thursday, September 24, 2009

I don't think so. I think that he rather likes tyrants and dislikes America. I think he'd like to be more powerful, I think he is trying to get control over as much of our lives as he can, so that he can put an end to the annoying tumult of our public life. As when he said (about health care) to the Congress, "Okay, you've talked enough, now it's time to do the right thing (my thing)." And he's trying to end American power in the outside world. He's saying "I'm going to stop us, before we kill again."

There is nothing unusual about elitist hatred of freedom. Back in the 18th century, when book publishing really got going, British authors were infuriated that they had to submit to the judgment of a marketplace. They didn't want to be judged by people who were obviously inferior to them, and there was a great rage among the intelligentsia, including some very famous men. And in modern times, we can all name famous intellectuals who fawned all over Mussolini, Stalin, Fidel, and even Hitler.

American politics are very fractious, and always have been. Leaders are constantly frustrated, and some of them come to yearn for an end to our freedom. They think they know best, they just want to tell us what to do and have us shut up and do it. I think Obama is one of them. He's not naïve. It's different. He doesn't like the way things work here, he thinks he can do much better, and he's possessed of the belief that America has done a lot of terrible things in the world, and should be prevented from doing such things ever again. The two convictions mesh perfectly. It's The Best and the Brightest run amok.

Democratic leaders' envy of tyrants' power can be understood. But it can't be forgiven.

09/24 10:31 AM Share

At first I thought he was naive, but no longer. His actions are following a pattern that becomes more alarming by the day. (Keep in mind that his advisors deserve at least half the blame.)

Zero is systematically dismantling all the things America has been known for. Our manufacturing (or what’s left of it, anyway), banking, health care, small business, energy, and our military are all in danger, replaced by bailouts and entitlement spending. And all of this is funded by debt that our grandchildren will never pay off.

I’m convinced that our food supply is next, as evidenced by California farms being allowed to wither in favor of a small fish. This is why I’m trying to find some land, at least a quarter acre, to grow my own food.

We have not seen the worst of it yet.

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