Sleeping Dummies Are Awake

This is the most polarizing president I have ever seen, this Barry guy. I have never felt such dividedness by politics in my life. I didn’t like George Bush but no one hated me for it. And while I didn’t like him, I didn’t discuss him all day everyday.

Clearly the majority of Americans voted for this Barry guy. I’m fine with that. We live in a great country and I refuse to concede that it can be destroyed by one arrogant idiot with no experience in the space of four years. So as far as I’m concerned America is just as great as she ever was and will always be. But I digress.

With the majority of Americans that voted for this Barry guy, a sleeping giant awoke. Yes, that’s right. I’m afraid it’s time for me to call them as I see them. While there are many intelligent voters with shared love for our great country, on the right and on the left, who showed up at their respective polls to cast there votes last November, there were also among them the dormant dummies nudged awake by the idea of a black president.

Of course they were nudged awake by more than just an idea. There was also ACORN, the black panthers, and other aspects of the Obama machine. God help us, some of them even took their obtuse ideas to the internet with blogs and websites.

During my perusal of blogs these last few months I have read posts by bloggers who are being harassed by the liberals on the blogs and in real life. I’ve come to understand that dumb people can be as simple-minded and dangerous as your common criminal. Their fragile minds are crackable and volatile all at once. You never know what part of a conversation will set them off.

Case in point. Look at the irrational hatred of Sarah Palin. I won’t ask any left thinkers to explain their irregular passion of hostility towards someone they’ve never met. But I will say this. Cussing a total stranger is a slim step away from striking them as far as I’m concerned. Before I got married, during my dating days, I would break ties immediately with any man that would cuss me or any other woman (even if it was his ex). Abuse is abuse no matter its form. And one form of abuse does typically lead to another.

So, yes. The monster that now looms is as dumb as a bag of rocks and their voices are raping my ears and their writings are scratching my retina. On a rare occasion one or two of them will leave a comment.

All of this unrest simply because of this Barry guy. Why is it so? you might ask. Is it connected to race, history or what? Aside from Barry being just a jerk, I do have some thoughts on why it is so. But for now what you’ve just read is enough to chew on.

That’s my truth and I’m sticking with it.

Obama's Slips Are Finally Being Recorded

Wow. It looks like the honeymoon is really and truly over, FINALLY.

Obama's Fear Of Hardline Response to Iran's Unrest

Violent protests continued in Iran yesterday after Friday’s elections in which incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appears to have emerged as the winner against Mir Houssein Moussavi. So far seven have been killed during street riots sparked by demands for a recount.

And what does President Barack Hussein Obama have to say about it?

“I am deeply troubled by the violence…”

How many speech writers did he use to help him come up with that waffley, tepid quote.

The president also said he doesn’t want to “meddle” in the Iran dispute because he doesn’t want to appear to be taking sides against either opponent.

Rrriiiigghhhtttt. Since with his election America is losing her world-leader status by the minute.

Some blogger reactions to Prez-O’s cowardly response have cited as a comparison Ronald Reagan’s response to Poland and Russia's respective civil disputes during his time in office.

But in reality, there is no comparison. Prez-O just wants to be liked/loved by everyone on all sides, the likes of a truly incompetent novice in leadership.

Meanwhile, the people of Iran are living through fearful turmoil, trying to sustain their communication with the rest of the world.

My Message To The Liberals

Years ago, when I was a recent college graduate, working at my first job, I had a conversation with a good friend of mine, “Hannah.”

Hannah and I interned together at a political newspaper. Following the internship and graduation we each got apartments in our college city and went to work at different locations. We got together frequently on the weekends for barbecues and picnics, lamenting with our friends on ways to save the world.

Heh.

Yes, we were young and duly impressed with all the tragedy and sadness in the world. Once, during a lunch date, Hannah begins telling me about her volunteer work at the local YMCA where she tutored black children from the projects. I should note here that Hannah is white.

On this particular day, as she recounts her tutoring exchanges with several of the elementary school children, her eyes fill with tears. The period is the mid 1980s and Hannah is describing the prejudice and racism that her tutorees encounter daily with some of the public school teachers.

She looks up from her salad and says my name with earnest, “Maria. Tell me honestly. What more can someone like me do (to help make a difference)?”

I was 23 and unschooled in the art of withholding the truth or at least couching it in soft malarky. With nothing but my upbringing and my limited personal experience guiding my thoughts, I said, “Stay out of those black neighborhoods. Your presence there is insulting.”

Of course, when I saw the hurt look on Hannah’s face, I hastily cleaned up my blunt remarks with praises about her good intentions and her big heart. But I also went on to say that she would do more good wielding her wise influence over family and friends than being the a “big sister” for a few months to poor black children, who, in the wake of her gig’s end, might not see another volunteer for weeks, months or even years.

I realize now I might have well have said to Hannah in Tarzan-speak, “Me. Conservative. You. Liberal.”

I’m not saying that the less fortunate should not be helped. But teaching a man to fish comes to mind.

To you liberals out there, who insist on shoving your kindness down the throat of the little guy, I find your ideas demeaning. I always have. Every one has their pride. And please don’t insult me as you go into defense mode by talking about Third World countries or homeless babies or disabled people that could use a hand.

I am talking about able-bodied Americans looking for an assisted and/or free ride on the taxpayer’s dime.

Stop trying to assuage whatever guilt it is that haunts you. And don’t tell me you don’t have guilt. EVERYBODY has some form or other of guilt. EVERYBODY has guilty acts and/or thoughts to live with. Some of us live with it quietly while others have seizures with it, skewering the general public with their ideas and actions.

Hannah and I lost touch, but I really miss her friendship. If I had to guess, I would say that Hannah has grown up and adjusted her outlook on life. We were friends after all. Reasonable, rational. Not the kind to stay on the liberal path of life.

That’s my truth and I’m sticking with it.

Prez-O Calls For Group Hug With Speech In Cairo

I recently reconnected with a childhood friend who found me through Facebook. We are both pleased to have found one another because our friendship is akin to that of close siblings.

However.

After several phone conversations over the last few weeks we have both agreed to take politics off the table of our discussions. We agreed that no purpose can be served in talking at each other, sometimes loudly, or getting our blood pressure up, since neither of us could be talked out of our positions.

That said, I am oft-times stunned to speechlessness by Prez-O’s glaring inexperience. Me thinks he surely jests, yes?

President Barack Hussein Obama, who during the presidential race distanced himself from all things Muslim, including his own middle name, addressed a recent speech about peace and harmony to Muslims during a visit to Cairo.

Terrorists (a word he so thoughtfully omitted from his speech) do not share our way of thinking and they certainly don’t abide by any civilized rules set for peaceful co-existence.

Why this is rocket science for BHO and other liberals, is beyond me.

The only people responding to speeches about peace and harmony are those that are already living that kind of existence.

He referenced 9/11 in this group hug speech. He quoted Thomas Jefferson, made reference to the Koran, talked about Israel, talked about Palestine, talked about Al-queda. Covered a lot of topics, Barry did.

What’s crystallizing for me, is BHO fancies himself a wordsmith. And as such, is under the impression that he can spend his time in office simply co-writing and giving speeches. Not much of a doer, that one.

The ridiculous and frightening thing is this. If I can’t get a childhood friend, who knows and loves me like family, to stand on the same side of my politics, what would make this otherwise intelligent president of ours think that a cheering crowd of foreigners, historically antithetical to our way of thinking and living, believe that because of him they can now ally themselves with America?

An Aside: I stuttered through the writing of this post, experiencing long stretches of pauses between sentences and paragraph. Why? Because BHO leaves me flabbergasted.