Some Signs of the Times - Victor Davis Hanson's conclusions from what’s going on in the age of Obama

pajamasmedia.com ^ | September 30, 2009 | Victor Davis Hanson

[Tolik]

Victor Davis Hanson:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/victordavishanson/index:

The Past Is Not Quite Past [Victor Davis Hanson on Japan in 1941, Russia now, and more]

Chickens Roosting [Victor Davis Hanson on Iran's secret uranium-enrichment facility + NRO editorial]

Bitter Harvests to Come [Victor Davis Hanson on 0bama UN speech + Bolton and Krauthammer]

A Fishy Tale (Farmers vs. fish in California. Americans develop bad habit of avoiding tough choices)

Sleeping Through Speeches

Barack Obama, College Administrator

A Devolving, Depressing, and Debased Debate [Dems playing the race card...]

Dr. Barack and Mr. Obama - The backlash is sharp as voters learn that Obama is not the man they thought he was

The "Racism" Canard [Victor Davis Hanson on Carter, MSM charge: racists oppose Obama and Obamacare]

Deconstructing the "Whup Ass". Obama's & Jones’ lucrative anti-capitalist careers

From Preparedness to Appeasement

What We Are Learning About the Era of Obama

Obama and "Redistributive Change". His real agenda

Obama vs. Obama "The fault, dear Barack, is not in our stars, But in ourselves"

The Obama Administration : What Went Wrong

Our Road to Oceania

Bullying Israel-only country with which the U.S. has worse relations since Obama took office

Prairie-Fire Anger. Why Are People in Revolt?

Obama's Great Race to Change America

Obama’s Path Not Taken. What Might Have Happened

On Shearing Sheep (relentless hostility to small business)

The War Against the Producers

A Thug’s Primer - How to win liberal friends and oppress your people

The New Orwellianism

Our Historically Challenged President. A list of distortions

I No Longer Quite Believe ... [Victor Davis Hanson on Orwellian media & science, race relations]

President Palin’s First 100 Days. Imagine if Sarah Palin had Obama’s record

Confessions of a Contrarian [deconstructing Obama, the Left and more]

Thoughts About Depressed Americans

Bush Did It. What a difference an election makes [Brilliant Parody]

Our Battered American [gets angrier - Must Read Rant]

Just a partial list. Much more at the link:  http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/victordavishanson/index

[Tolik]

 

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[Tolik]

Some good comments, as always, in the comments section after the article

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/some-signs-of-the-times/

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

"1. Disconnect. There is little semblance between how one lives and how one envisions others should live. "

Or flying to Copenhagen at taxpayer expense to seal graft for Chicago cronies
while preaching about global warming and the need to tighten belts to others.
Frivolous waste of taxpayer money, not to mention the carbon footprint.

[rellimpank]

—as usual, VDH nails it-—

[Tolik]

Ahh, what a mere million between friends, when we learned a new word: trillions. Government waste, but I repeat myself.

[kabar]

VDH: Brilliant as always.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

It's tough being an oppressed minority.
You have to keep trying to prove you deserve first class.
ALL the time...
Frivolous and meaningless expenditure mean something different to them.

[milwguy]

VDH has forgotten more in his life than Obama ever learned. VDH’s knowledge of history and his ability to illustrate its relevance to the situation we find ourselves in today is unparalleled.

I would much rather read a Michael Ledeen when I want to know about the intracies of Iran, or a Thomas Sowell when I want a perspective on race, or a VDH when I want to see how the mistakes of the past are being repeated again today.

True knowledge is more than a 30 second sound bite on Fox News or CNN.

[rellimpank]

—yep—while I see a lot of VDH while wandering the internet, ,I sure do appreciate the pings from Tolik—

[Noumenon]

In the Ironies corner, add this:

Revolution. The revolution that the Obamunist wrecking crew are trying to achieve is not the one they're going to get. Same goes for 'change'.

[DuncanWaring]

Or flying to Copenhagen at taxpayer expense ...

In two separate airplanes.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

There is a form of conspicuous consumption that is driven by a pathological need
for self-esteem. Someone who felt snubbed at Princeton might have that,
along with a pathological need to prove their importance.

[DuncanWaring]

Nothing says “Not just the wife of the president” like “Not hitching a ride with the president”.

[GOPJ]

The chief difference between the support for the new Obamism among those in the gated community (tastefully gated) and the barrio was the level of vehemence and near anger in which it was expressed—far greater the more upscale the neighborhood.

This is so true. The rich want the middle classed taxed to the point where they can't "join the club"... Sick.

[Not gonna take it anymore]

Not a good look for her.

[Yardstick]

Bullseye city from VDH as usual.

[Tax-chick]

It’s a suit! An unflattering suit - too short, too tight, and a bad pattern - but a suit. And she’s wearing teal shoes with it ... how creative!

Michelle, if you’re only going to have a few pairs of shoes, you need a black pair, an off-white pair, and (for the truly extravagant) a navy blue pair.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

3. Top and bottom. Obama is the embodiment of the new Democratic Party that appeals to the very poor and the upscale, the one reliant on federal largess, the other making enough money not to care all that much about the taxes necessary to fund it. On almost every issue—environmentalism, social issues, larger government—there is a new alliance that simply downplays the ordeal of the larger middle class of all races and ethnicities, especially those who are self-employed and wedded to more traditional values. The hardware store owner, dentist, real estate salesperson, and farmer, are seen as the “boss” with capital to dispense to others, rather than the critical but harried entrepreneurs who get up each morning with no certainty of an income or benefits. The chief difference between the support for the new Obamism among those in the gated community (tastefully gated) and the barrio was the level of vehemence and near anger in which it was expressed—far greater the more upscale the neighborhood.

I have long said that the base of the Republican Party is the middle class, which needs political muscle to protect it from the pincher movement of the limosine liberal and the "poor" (in quotes since, like Americans generally, their main nutritional problem is how to hold their weight down).