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Obama: I Don't Call it Socialism, I Call it Oppurtunity
http://www.huliq.com/obama-i-dont-call-it-socialism-i-call-it-oppurtunity ^ | October 20th, 2008

Posted on 10/22/2008 7:58:46 PM PDT by seastay

"Lately, [McCain] and Governor Palin have actually accused me of -- get this -- socialism," Obama said. "It's kind of hard to figure how Warren Buffett endorsed me, Colin Powell endorsed me, and John McCain thinks I'm socialist."


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KEYWORDS: 2008; antichrist; lp; obama; socialism
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To: seastay

This is just a little extra lesson in response to the ANNUIT COEPTIS image at the top of this post. – Origin and Meaning
of the Motto Above the Eye

Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson suggested “Annuit Coeptis” when he put together the final design of the Great Seal in June 1782.

He placed the motto at the top of the Seal’s reverse side, where its meaning is associated with the Eye of Providence in a triangle surrounded by light rays.

Thomson did not provide an exact translation of the motto, but he explained its symbolism: The Eye and the motto Annuit Coeptis “allude to the many signal interpositions of providence in favour of the American cause.”

“Signal” means unusual, notable, outstanding.
“Interposition” means intervention. (In this case, a divine intervention.)

Many leaders of the American Revolution felt that Providence had a hand in securing their Independence, particularly George Washington who often referred to the “smiles of Providence.”

“I salute you Gentlemen most Affectionately, and beg leave to remind you, that Liberty, Honor, and Safety are all at stake, and I trust Providence will smile upon our Efforts, and establish us once more, the Inhabitants of a free and happy Country.” (August 8, 1776)

“The many remarkable interpositions of the divine government. in the hours of our deepest distress and darkness, have been too luminous to suffer me to doubt the happy issue of the present contest.” (March 26, 1781)

“The Commander in Chief earnestly recommends that the troops not on duty should universally attend with that seriousness of Deportment and gratitude of Heart which the recognition of such reiterated and astonishing interpositions of Providence demand of us.” (October 20, 1781)
Translating ANNUIT COEPTIS

Annuit means to nod assent, to favor, to smile upon.
Coeptis means undertakings, endeavors, beginnings.

Annuit coeptis means “favors (lit., gives the nod to) undertakings.” The subject must be supplied. Who favors? The Eye (Providence) does.

The verb annuit can be either present tense or perfect tense, therefore an accurate translation of the motto is: “Providence favors our undertakings” or “Providence has favored our undertakings.” (The word “our” is supplied.)

(It has also been translated as: “He favors our undertakings” or “He has prospered our endeavors.”)

The meaning of this motto is better understood when seen in its original classical context.

Discover the source of Annuit Coeptis.

On June 20, 1782, Congress approved Thomson’s design for both sides of the Great Seal, whose official description states:

“A Pyramid unfinished. In the Zenith
an Eye in a triangle surrounded with a glory proper.
Over the Eye these words ‘Annuit Cœptis’.”

NOTE: “Coeptis” is interchangeable with “cœptis.” That “œ” is an example of a ligature where two letters are combined into a single character.

“Annuit” does not mean “to announce” (which is annuntio).

Annuit Coeptis reflects the mottoes suggested for the third committee’s reverse side
and Ben Franklin’s suggestion for the first committee’s reverse.


61 posted on 10/22/2008 8:41:25 PM PDT by Binstence (Live Freep or Die)
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To: weston
You've gotta love the language of the contemptuous left.

They won't increase taxes, they will merely “roll back” Bush's “irresponsible tax cuts”.

So, if I receive a pay raise from $100K to $125K, and my manager approaches me a few years later to inform me that starting in January, my new salary will be $100K, in libland it could be argued that I did not have my salary cut, the company merely “rolled back my pay raise”.

In Washington, when a pet entitlement like school lunch has been increasing at the annual rate of 6%, and Republicans propose that next year the program be increased by 4.5%, liberals scream about “draconian cuts” evoking visions of starving, malnourished rugrats.

62 posted on 10/22/2008 8:44:34 PM PDT by Chairman of the Bard
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To: seastay

Ask anyone with the slightest inkling of an interest in politics which party it is that’s in favor of socialization, and which it is that’s in favor of privatization and I’ll think they’ll be able to tell you which is which.


63 posted on 10/22/2008 8:44:55 PM PDT by eclecticEel (men who believe deeply in something, even wrong, usually triumph over men who believe in nothing)
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To: seastay

“It’s kind of hard to figure how Warren Buffett endorsed me, Colin Powell endorsed me, and John McCain thinks I’m socialist.”

Warren Buffet is a socialist! ROTLMFAO!!! Obama says he is not a socialist by holding up an endorsement from a socialist! What a maroooon!

Powell is a racist and an opportunist looking for a job.


64 posted on 10/22/2008 8:44:57 PM PDT by CodeToad
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To: seastay

Yeah, right. An opportunity to freeload, on my dime. That’s what I see.


65 posted on 10/22/2008 8:45:22 PM PDT by meyer (We are all Joe the Plumber)
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To: Army Air Corps

Your post should be Post of the Day.


66 posted on 10/22/2008 8:59:28 PM PDT by Yaelle (One candidate fought America's enemies and one candidate owes all he has to America's enemies)
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To: Chairman of the Bard

And doesn’t Obama say that he will NOT keep the Bush tax cuts? So our taxes go up first before his little scheme, anyway.


67 posted on 10/22/2008 9:01:06 PM PDT by Yaelle (One candidate fought America's enemies and one candidate owes all he has to America's enemies)
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To: seastay

Word smithing at its best! I would say stealing money from one to give it to another using the forceful coercion of the state is exactly “socialism”, not “opportunity”.

JoMa


68 posted on 10/22/2008 9:07:41 PM PDT by joma89
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To: Yaelle
You are too kind. That is the best distillation that I have for Marxism. As a young (and stupid) kid, I went through a Marxist phase. I read Marx and Engels, but rejected all that crap when I came to truly understand it. The whole system is a fraud that benefits only the oligarchy that inevitably comes to control it.
69 posted on 10/22/2008 9:09:58 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Chairman of the Bard
You've gotta love the language of the contemptuous left. They won't increase taxes, they will merely “roll back” Bush's “irresponsible tax cuts”.

So, if I receive a pay raise from $100K to $125K, and my manager approaches me a few years later to inform me that starting in January, my new salary will be $100K, in libland it could be argued that I did not have my salary cut, the company merely “rolled back my pay raise”.

so well put...deserved a BUMP

70 posted on 10/22/2008 9:20:03 PM PDT by weston (NO MORE TAXPAYER MONEY FOR ACORN!!)
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To: weston
Yep, plus he will not renew Bush tax cuts....so EVERY ONE will get a tax increase!!
Pelousy and Dingy Harry want to remove the tax break you get for contributing to your 401k. Add another 20%.
71 posted on 10/22/2008 9:24:08 PM PDT by wjcsux (0BAMA, That One, Piss be on him. Keep the change.)
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To: seastay
It's called stealing. IMHO, we'd be hard pressed to fined someone in DC who isn't socialist leaning. I think that is why MaCain seems hesitant about calling it socialism because he has voted for socialist programs. All that “compassionate conservatism” BS was socialism. Republicans have compromised with the left for so long they have no moral high ground. This presidential election, as in the last two, we get to pick socialism or socialism light.
72 posted on 10/22/2008 9:24:49 PM PDT by Razz Barry (Round'em up, send'em home.)
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To: kempster

“America knows it is called S-O-C-I-A-L-I-S-M.”
It is communism.


73 posted on 10/22/2008 9:37:23 PM PDT by devere
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To: seastay

Here’s a tack that might stick to the boy wonder:

Socialism is slavery. If I do not fully control the fruits of my labor I am a slave.

How’s that fit, Barry?


74 posted on 10/22/2008 9:38:02 PM PDT by IncPen (Pitchforks and torches.)
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To: seastay

We already ‘spread the wealth around’. It’s called a progressive tax rate.


75 posted on 10/22/2008 9:43:46 PM PDT by Swordfished
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To: Army Air Corps

I was pretty stupid about all that when I was young. I went away to school in France and one of my professors was a Communist. I expected him to be simple and poor, not a pick up artist in an expensive velour tracksuit with gold medallions around his neck. Living in Europe taught me so much about both freedom and socialism. I became a conservative only after my job there became redundant and I then got paid for 2 years at 80% to stay home.


76 posted on 10/22/2008 10:02:35 PM PDT by Yaelle (One candidate fought America's enemies and one candidate owes all he has to America's enemies)
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To: seastay
opportunity... just like affirmative action would take jobs from qualified persons... obambi wants to take money from the earners and give it to the slackers.

i'd call that an opportunity for another democrat backed government program.... country wide welfare for the masses

otherwise known as buying democrat votes with our money

77 posted on 10/22/2008 10:29:54 PM PDT by sten
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To: seastay
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78 posted on 10/22/2008 10:37:30 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: peggybac

Warren Buffet said he endorsed you so that the market would tank and he could reap mucho bucks from the downturn and coincidently avoid the rath of the moaists you’ve unleashed on the unsuspecting “joe plumbers.” My guess is that his vote is still only one vote.


79 posted on 10/23/2008 1:38:21 AM PDT by quickquiver (No, means N O.)
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To: Hildy

As Dennis Miller said of this election:

“For me it has nothing to do with the color of Barack Obama’s skin and everything to do with the thinness of it.”


80 posted on 10/23/2008 2:28:36 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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