Tag: Barack Obama

Post-America: What in the world will happen? – Re-blog Barry Rubin

AFTER THE FALL: WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU CONCLUDE THAT AMERICA IS (Temporarily or Permanently) KAPUT?
By Barry Rubin | January 7, 2013

If we reach the following highly unpleasant conclusion, what are the implications?

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American Flag
Half Mast at Sunset

The United States has taken a political turn which, at least for the next four years, will guarantee that it does not play the role of a great power mindful of and willing to protect its own true interests, to support its allies, and to combat its real foes. On the contrary, through inaction or active effort the leadership of America will take counterproductive actions that achieve the opposite result. And there are certain factors — radical ideological hegemony, a weak economy and growing debt, structural social changes, the weakness and disorganization of the opposition — that may make this situation regarding America’s international behavior and policies a long-term, partly irreversible condition. In other words, we don’t know if America is finished as the world’s leading power, but we do know that it will not have leadership and certainly not leadership in a good direction for a while and perhaps will never fully recover.

So what do those outside the United States do to face this situation? Continue reading “Post-America: What in the world will happen? – Re-blog Barry Rubin” →

Ron Radosh» Stanley Kurtz’s “Spreading the Wealth”

Peanut Gallery: In 2008, anyone who drew attention to Barack Obama’s radical roots and associations was ignored and considered a right-wing whacko. Well, the “chickens did come home to roost” and the whackos were proven right. America elected a Trojan Horse for the secular radical left.

So here we are in 2012. Is Stanley Kurtz just another radical right-wing whacko to be ignored? You be the judge – read Radosh’s review and then decide if it’s worth reading the book.

If Kurtz is right in his assessment… the “con” of the middle class is on and America – as we know it – is in serious trouble.

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If someone was to say that these people want nothing less than to destroy suburbs in America, you might think that this sounds too crazy to be any kind of real possibility. Yet this is their goal and their hope, motivated by the belief that the growth of the suburbs was not a result of the desire to spread out and lead a good life by people who wanted to realize the American dream, but instead was fueled by racism, greed, and a desire to benefit from exploiting poor minorities. Those making such arguments occupy what is called a “regionalist” movement, and they hope to attain their goal through programs like regional tax base sharing in which money previously held by suburban communities for the benefit of those who live in them will be taken and redistributed to nearby cities and poorer suburbs.

Please read the full review here:
Ron Radosh » The Book to Defeat Obama: Stanley Kurtz’s Spreading the Wealth.

Public Catholic Comment: Stop Slogan-Voting…. Pt 2 – “Who’s your Momma?”

“Money is the mother’s milk of politics.”

Jesse “Big Daddy” Unruh, 1966, Democrat, Speaker, California State Assembly

If “Big Daddy” Unruh is right – and he is – then the question we must ask politicians is: “Who’s your Momma?”

Rebecca Hamilton (Public Catholic) – “Stop Slogan-Voting…. Pt 2 – High Campaign Dollars = Government Puppet People” – gives us an insider’s understanding of how money works in politics and why we have no idea whom we are electing in the current money/consultant-driven political environment.

Barack Obama is her prime example. Please read her post FIRST, before going any further.
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The reason I find Rebecca Hamilton’s (Public Catholic) blog so compelling is that it rings true and helps me make some sense out of my own recent experience with public politics – and she does so from an authentic Christian perspective. This referenced post is no exception.

In this commentary, I’d like to offer a brief Case Study and some Lessons Learned from Hamilton’s insights.

CASE STUDY: SC Congressional District 7 – With the primaries behind us, my choice in November is now between a Chamber of Commerce clone of Forest Gump (R) and a Jim Clyburn clone of Sheila Jackson Lee (D). The candidates themselves would, of course, vehemently protest these caricatures – one thinks slower than Gump and the other is younger than Jackson Lee. But that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

My concern here is how the GOP ended up with Forest Gump. Continue reading “Public Catholic Comment: Stop Slogan-Voting…. Pt 2 – “Who’s your Momma?”” →