Replies

I agree that the article is not all that great. First of all, the point was made a year ago by an African woman, L. E. Igenga.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/06/obama_the_african_colonial.html

She argues that Obama, Sr., was not simply anti-colonial but a typical African colonial who hates whitey for colonizing his country yet, instead of embracing traditional African culture goes for an imported Western ideology, Marxism.

Second, some of D’Souza’s points are more persuasive than others. Some of the phenomena associated with President Obama could be just as well explained by causes other than anti-colonialism.

As with all “this explains everything” theses, it doesn’t. This anti-colonialism, hatred of America as Big Meanie, is part of who Zero is, for sure. But a good bit of that is found in the faculty lounges he has inhabited—there’s a whole generation of Americans who hate America without ever having experienced colonialism.

So, it’s a good article, certainly worth pondering, but Ikenga’s is even more helpful. And for 2010, I agree that Cordevilla Ruling Class article is, so far, the best.

And for 2010, I agree that Cordevilla Ruling Class article is, so far, the best.

It was so good that it changed Rush's and my mental paradigm of current American politics.

Love your point about "this explains everything" theses. Excellent.

"So, it’s a good article, certainly worth pondering"

It is a little more than an article

It is the entire cover of Forbes Magazine, Sept 27,2010

yitbos