Figure 1 - From on high, the President surveys the world.
Posted on 06/12/2009 6:49:11 PM PDT by Kaslin
When President Obama returned from his first European trip, I observed that while over there he had been "acting the philosopher-king who hovers above the fray mediating" between America and the world.
Now that Obama has returned from his "Muslim world" pilgrimage, even the left agrees. "Obama's standing above the country, above — above the world. He's sort of God," Newsweek's Evan Thomas said to a concurring Chris Matthews, reflecting on Obama's lofty perception of himself as the great transcender.
Not that Obama considers himself divine. (He sees himself as merely messianic, or, at worst, apostolic.) But he does position himself as hovering above mere mortals, mere country, to gaze benignly on the darkling plain beneath him where ignorant armies clash by night, blind to the common humanity that only he can see.
Traveling the world, he brings the gospel of understanding and godly forbearance. We have all sinned against each other. We must now look beyond that and walk together to the sunny uplands of comity and understanding. He shall guide you. Thus:
(A) He told Iran that, on the one hand, America once helped overthrow an Iranian government, while on the other hand "Iran has played a role in acts of hostage-taking and violence against U.S. troops and civilians." (Played a role?!) We have both sinned; let us bury the past and begin anew.
(B) On religious tolerance, he gently referenced the Christians of Lebanon and Egypt, then lamented that the "divisions between Sunni and Shia have led to tragic violence" (note the use of the passive voice). He then criticized (in the active voice) Western religious intolerance for regulating the wearing of the hijab — after citing America for making it difficult for Muslims to give to charity.
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Humpty-Dumpty
Thank you, it's all that's left in me now and parody is better than hateful words to me.
Imagine cutting out one tassel and putting it on 17 times, flipping, rotating it and putting it on another frame 17 times to make them sway. Alternately compo siting those two frames to make them go up and down on a background where I made clouds and a bird move behind him.
It gives me comfort and peace, from myself to me.
15 tassels, not 17. I can’t even count anymore!!
You may be proven right. On the bright side, if we can somehow survive his scorched earth policy, Dems will become an endangered species. Have a good weekend.
I hold Mr. Krauthammer in absolutely the highest esteem but this is where I am far more cynical than he. Regarding this quote:
“For instance, in the United States, rules on charitable giving have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their religious obligation” — disgracefully giving the impression to a foreign audience not versed in our laws that there is active discrimination against Muslims, when the only restriction, applied to all donors regardless of religion, is on funding charities that serve as fronts for terror”.
Obama actually believes that Hammas and their likes, funded by organizations in the US which have been shut down by the US government for supporting terrorist activities, are being wrongly discriminated against for our barring such funding. He has demonstrated he is anti-Israel and believes Hammas and the PLO are legitimate political entities.
That is a great graphic pot. I am going to put it on my website.
Pray for America
Glad you like it bray. It’s a table graphic, you’ll have to do a view source and get the code.
I do not believe he will see the end of his first term. He will be forced out of office by scandal.
Figure 1 - From on high, the President surveys the world.
You're right. I think Rham Emanuel and David Axelrod are operating in a two-year window. Historically, the Democrats should lose congressional seats in 2010 and could lose the whole enchilada like 1994. So they're ramming through their biggest ticket items first with no regard to the deficit or to the economic destruction a folly like the carbon tax would bring. I think federal money is being looted in a variety of ways and squirreled away.
Emanuel learned from the Clinton's that while you are in power you can seed the bureaucracy with partisans who later cause all manner of mischief when Republicans return to control.
Emanuel and Axelrod aim to strengthen the shadow government. Obama is there to exact revenge on behalf of the human savages of the world.
Funny, back during redevelopment in the ‘60s, the activist groups said tearing down the blight in the inner cities was a racist way of busting up perfectly good minority neighborhoods. Crickets chirping while Obama dreams up something similar. Nice imagery with the “magic carpet”.
*snort* Krauthammer understands That One very well.
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