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I think this is the heart of the problem with the Left. They actually DO think that human nature has changed, or can be made to change. Enlightened leaders can solve problems on behalf of the masses. Those leaders will get it right ... this time.
A Christian worldview (which the Left does not have) would reinforce the idea that we all have a flawed nature, and our leaders cannot really make any better choices than we can ourselves.
The overweening confidence of people like Obama is frequently the cause of trouble.
The world doesn’t trust Obama any longer. They also question us if we don’t answer the following.
Paul Hollrah
While I’ve little interest in getting in the middle of the Obama birth
issue, Paul Hollrah over at UTFSM did so yesterday and believes the issue
can be resolved by Obama answering one simple question:
What passport did he use when he was shuttling between New York , Jakarta ,
and Karachi ? So how did a young man who arrived in New York in early June
1981, without the price of a hotel room in his pocket, suddenly come up with
the price of a round-the-world trip just a month later?
And once he was on a plane, shuttling between New York , Jakarta , and
Karachi , what passport was he offering when he passed through Customs and
Immigration?
The American people not only deserve to have answers to these questions,
they must have answers. It makes the debate over Obama’s citizenship a
rather short and simple one.
Q: Did he travel to Pakistan in 1981, at age 20?
A : Yes, by his own admission..
Q: What passport did he travel under?
A: There are only three possibilities
1) He traveled with a U.S. Passport,
2) He traveled with a British passport, or
3) He traveled with an Indonesia passport.
Q: Is it possible that Obama traveled with a U.S. Passport in 1981?
A: No. It is not possible. Pakistan was on the U.S. State Department’s “no
travel” list in 1981.
Conclusion:
When Obama went to Pakistan in 1981 he was traveling either with a British
passport or an Indonesian passport...
If he were traveling with a British passport that would provide proof he was
born in Kenya on August 4, 1961, not in Hawaii as he claims. And if he were
traveling with an Indonesian passport that would tend to prove he
relinquished whatever previous citizenship he held, British or American,
prior to being adopted by his Indonesian step-father in 1967.
Whatever the truth of the matter, the American people need to know how he
managed to become a “natural born” American citizen between 1981 and 2008..
Given the destructive nature of his plans for America, as illustrated by his
speech before Congress and the disastrous spending plan he has presented to
Congress, the sooner we learn the truth of all this, the better.
If you Don’t care if Your President is not a natural born Citizen and in
Violation of the Constitution, then Delete this and go into your cocoon.
If you do care, then forward this.
Right on. An insightful article. I see the rise in Piracy as a sign that things are not right in the world. The problem is—many see the world in a new way—there will be no more big wars because we have the UN, computers, and Starbucks. No, Russia’s invasion of Georgia proved that the old rules still apply. Fancy speeches at the UN and “sanctions” will not stop Russian T-90 tanks. The world is about to explode and we are still thinking that there is no danger. Look to see a major event happen soon—how well Obama handles it will be important. If he doesn’t do well or runs to the UN to give a speech—more events will happen until the world is on fire. That’s what I believe.
America’s error, on a national scale, was the error of the post-WWII generation.
In our nations, we each decided to support the general welfare with largesse, “welfare”, the end result of which created a dependency class.
At the national level, America did this as well to the other democracies, not just offering them “protection” under its nuclear umbrella, but providing for their “defense”, paying for their citizenry to have the protection of our military, instead of demanding that they provide for their own armies to defend themselves.
In the former case, what was created were generations of people who did not work, had little desire for education or self-improvement, and were just public charges. The ambitious among them became criminals.
In the latter case, what resulted were spoiled neo-socialist regimes which used their wealth not spent on defending their nations, into enlarging their own largesse, welfare programs. Had they not done so, the US could have been just another member of NATO, contributing an equal share to mutual defense.
Finally, the chickens are coming home to roost for all of us. Those nations of Europe who fed from the American teat for so long, are now weak before just about anyone who would oppress them, be it Russia or Islam. If it chose to, even the Turkish army could overrun the western half of Europe, even if it didn’t dare treat in the much more self reliant eastern Europe.
“Won’t let us join the EU, huh? How do you feel about western Europe joining the Sultanate?”
A cautionary tale on isolationism. The world gets into real trouble when we withdraw, and then we pay the price (big time) to try to sort it all out (see WWI, WWII)....
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Wars are caused by undefended wealth.
VDH for president.
Short....wars are NOT caused by the populous of people.
Everyday people just want to lives in the pursuit of happiness.
Ask any foreign citizen and he’ll tell you the same.
Political leaders of countries cause wars for various reasons of greed...not malice toward another individual
They just use the populace for war to arrive or get what they want.
VDH Bump.
Oh how I would love to see VDH and Steyn on the same
podium..
One of the few mistakes Hansen ever makes.
This president has no "best intentions".
He hates this country with a deep, seething, burning rage, kindled at adolescence by Frank Davis, stoked over two decades at the pulpit at Jeremiah Wright.
Pandering and appeasement encourage miscalculation.
