Obama Norte Dame Appearance
Like most males I have the ability to compartmentalize. Among the compartments I do not like to open any more are the many understandings I have about the rise to political domination of Communism and National Socialism and most recently the Bolivarian revolution. The following incident should be admired for its elegance, but is hardly unique. It fits the tried and true formula of successful despots. Here is quote from William Shirer’s The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich about the Catholic Trade Unions.
“For half a century May Day had been the traditional day of celebration for the German and European worker. To lull the workers and their leaders before it struck, the Nazi government (60 days in power) proclaimed May Day 1933, as a national holiday, officially named it the “Day of National Labor” and prepared to celebrate it as it had never been celebrated before. The trade union leaders were taken in by this surprise display of friendliness toward the working class by the Nazi’s and enthusiastically co-operated with the government and the party in making the day a success. Labor leaders were flown to Berlin from all parts of Germany, thousands of banners were unfurled acclaiming the Nazi regime’s solidarity with the worker, and out at Tempelhof Field Goebbels prepared to stage the greatest mass demonstration Germany had ever seen. Before the massive rally, Hitler himself received the workers’ delegates, declaring, ‘You will see how untrue and unjust is the statement that the revolution is directed against the German workers. On the contrary.’ Later in his speech to more than 100,000 workers at the field Hitler pronounced the motto, “Honor work and respect the worker!” and promised that May Day would be celebrated in honor of German labor ‘throughout the centuries’.
Late that night Goebbels, after describing in his most purple prose the tremendous enthusiasm of the workers for this May Day celebration which he had so brilliantly staged, added a curious sentence in his diary: ‘Tomorrow we shall occupy the trade-union buildings. There will be little resistance’.
That is what happened. On May 2 the trade-union headquarters throughout the country were occupied, union funds confiscated, the unions dissolved and the leaders arrested. Many were beaten and lodged in concentration camps”.
The drama of Barrack Obama’s appearance at Notre Dame and his speech were not a statement of personal position and a call to dialogue. What we saw was the too often repeated and predicable performance of an attractive, aspiring despot. Pay attention to what happens in Washington and at the U.N. and not what he says at Norte Dame.
That's easy; Obama didn't say anything worth paying attention to at Notre Dame.
An excellent account.
I don’t think Obama is going to attack the unions, but he probably will attack the Church at some point. He has split off the “good” Catholics (the ones who love him) from the “bad,” “divisive” Catholics (the ones who adhere to Catholic doctrine). I think he’ll probably whip up a little more anger against the latter group and then make his move. As usual, the bishops will be napping.