The Roots Of Obama's Rage

Regnery Publishing Inc ^ | 2010 | Dinesh D'Souza

[tarpit]

A very interesting read. Dinesh argues that what really motivates Barack Obama "is an inherited rage - an often masked, but profound rage that comes from his African father; an anti colonialist rage against Western dominance, and most especially against the wealth and power of the very nation Barack Obama now leads"

[SMARTY]

Right.

It’s funny but the people history calls ‘dreamers’ are usually either lazy crack pots or else dangerous megalomaniacs!!

Dreaming is wholesome AND necessary IN ITS PLACE, however, I am sticking to the idea that grown ADULTS who are preoccupied with ‘dreaming’ over and above doing, are really aberrated types.

[greyfox]

There was a book written in the 60s, which later became a movie, called “Black like me”. The author, John Griffin’s attempted to make himself black with medication, to experience the black condition first hand. The book was fairy revealing at the time but times change and his ecperiences, though real, are somewhat releavent to this day. However, I do believe attitudes have changed to some degree racism does persist to this day and always will to some extent with some people.

[greyfox]

There was a book written in the 60s, which later became a movie, called “Black like me”. The author, John Griffin’s attempted to make himself black with medication, to experience the black condition first hand. The book was fairly revealing at the time but times change and his ecperiences, though real, are somewhat relavent to this day. However, I do believe attitudes have changed to some degree racism does persist to this day and always will to some extent with some people. (Correcting typos)

[greyfox]

There was a book written in the 60s, which later became a movie, called “Black like me”. The author, John Griffin’s attempted to make himself black with medication, to experience the black condition first hand. The book was fairly revealing at the time but times change and his ecperiences, though real, are somewhat relavent to this day. However, I do believe attitudes have changed to some degree racism does persist to this day and always will to some extent with some people. (Correcting typos)

[lentulusgracchus]

The entire Weather Underground/December 4th Movement etc was populated with snob elitist rejectionsists who resented their own parents and the wealth that supported them - ie, Ayers and Dohrn, Boudin, Eva Rosahn, etc among others. Just read their family backgournds.

This is fairly typical of radicals -- "Che" Guevara, for instance, was no barriada kid. Other people don't follow slum dwellers.

[been_jammin_frankly]

Why is he president again? Speaking of Colonialism, the idea of EQUALITY has never been proven by science EVER. Why are we so old school? Everyday things we see are congruent with the scientific testing and statistics world wide.

The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it will regret that it did not heed the words said here.

[I_be_tc]

Later

[jrschmitz]

I just finished reading the book and it explains a lot about why people are so confused about Obama’s policies, decisions and philosophy. Frankly, he may be a more dangerous threat to our economy than any other macro economic factor.