[High Praise! to Gunslinger’s Journal and Renew America]
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Think: Have we ever heard Obama speak lovingly of the U.S. or its people, with deep appreciation and genuine respect for our history, our customs, our sufferings and our blessings? Has he ever revealed that, like most patriotic Americans, he gets “goose bumps” when a band plays “The Star Spangled Banner,” or sheds a tear when he hears a beautiful rendition of “America the Beautiful?” Does his heart burst with pride when millions of American flags wave on a National holiday – or is he moved to sadness and reflection when someone plays “taps” on a trumpet? Has he ever felt the depth of our admiration of the military, as lovers of those who keep America free feel when soldiers march by? It is doubtful – because Obama did not grow up sharing our experiences or our values. He did not sit at the knee of a grandfather or uncle who showed his medals and told of the bravery of his fellow troops as they fought and tramped through foreign lands sacrificing for a cause greater than their own lives. He didn’t have grandparents who told stories of suffering and then coming to America, penniless, and the opportunities they had for building a business and life for their children.
Away from this country as a young child, Obama didn’t delight in being part of America and its greatness. He wasn’t singing our patriotic songs in kindergarten, or standing on the roadside for a holiday parade and eating a hot dog, or lighting sparklers around a campfire on July 4th as fireworks exploded over head, or placing flags on the gravesites of fallen and beloved American heroes.
Rather Obama was separated from all of these experiences. He doesn’t really understand us and what it means to be an American. He is void of the basic emotions that most feel regarding this country and is insensitive to the instinctive pride we have in our national heritage. His opinions were formed by those who either envied us or wanted him to devalue the United States and the traditions and patriotism that unite us.
Obama has never given a speech that is filled with calm, reassuring, complimentary, heartfelt statements about all the people in the U.S. Or one that inspires us to be better, grateful, and proud that, in a short time, our country became a leader, and a protector of so many. Quite the contrary, his speeches always degenerate into mocking, ridiculing tirades as he faults our achievements ,along with any of his critics, all for the sake of a laugh, or to bolster his ego. He uses his Office to threaten and create fear while demeaning and degrading anyone who opposes his policies and actions. Unlike a secure leader, who has noble self-esteem and not false confidence, Obama displays a cocky, haughty attitude and a dread of being critiqued.
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Yep, no doubt…we’d be better off with Putin.
JFK’s grave in Arlington has some of his famous quotes carved in stone. I can’t quite imagine anything Obama ever said to be worthy of wasting perfectly good stone on. For example “If you have a business, you didn’t build that”, or how about “I do think at some point you’ve made enough money”? On the other hand, his “I see there are many fallen heroes present” would be suitable on a grave stone, in a Mel Brooks kind of way.
Great piece! Thinking about borrowing it. Will link back here.
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It’s true — unless an American is a dependent (and therefore dependable supporter) or a supplier of money to the cause, he’s of no use and no interest to the man.
So, to be succinct, We’ve got a Humongous Douche’ Bag for A Leader and he’s just not anything like he told us he was.
In high school, we used to put bar-soap into towels and beat the living sh!t outta’ guys like this on ‘Friday Free Day’ in the guy’s shower-room.
[Shoot me, we were animals back then,1970/72]
Plus, tell me honestly you have never thought of doing ‘just that’, at least once since 1/21/2009 ?
Funny,… we never heard much from them once they got ‘initiated’…….
@6 – Amen. I have never met a man in my life in more dire need of a Code Red than Barack Obama.
Why?
“To train him, sir!”
This is why the Constitution requires the president be a natural born citizen, which Obama is not. The Founders knew the nation would be better served by presidents who have undivided loyalty… which Obama does not.
On another blog, a commenter put it as well as I have yet read or heard;
“There are two types of Americans: those who see the totality of our history and conclude, warts and all, that we are the greatest nation on earth.
Then there are those who look at the same data and conclude our nation is fatally flawed and must be “fundamentally transformed.”
Both sides are entitled to their worldview, but we are now learning the tragic consequences of putting that latter group in charge of the nation.” ata777
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The question was “Have you ever heard Obama speak lovingly of the U.S. or its people?”
The answer is, of course, YES.
Here is some of the text of the speech Obama delivered to the 1984 Democratic Convention:
“Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation, not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That we can tuck in our children at night and know they are fed and clothed and safe from harm. That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door…..”