Surveying the political landscape was enlightening; however,
what my survey revealed was not surprising under the current circumstances, but
what my analysis revealed was shocking. Clearly, this president has faced
serious complex problems at all levels starting with the horrible George W.
Bush legacy, which was economic collapse equivalent in severity to what FDR
faced in 1929. In addition, he faced an ongoing crisis created by anti-Americanism
in the Muslim world punctuated by the residue of the horrible events of 9/11,
which were war in Iraq and Iran and a hostile cadre of unrealistic Generals. The
military felt strongly that if they had unlimited resource: meaning men, equipment,
and bushel baskets of money to pay private contractors like Halliburton, they
could win. A couple of powerful bomb-bomb Senators aided by war machine industrialists
and abetted the Pentagon. The military was right; they could win, but they had
no idea of win what? None of this war expansion was possible without taking politically
unpalatable steps such as a draft of men and women into the military and
increases in taxes.
Add a well-entrenched foreign policy based on forcing small sovereign
governments to due business with us out of fear of being toppled, the
dependence on foreign oil supplies and competition for energy from China, the failed
war on drugs, and the wholesale out-sourcing of jobs to avoid taxes. The economic
elite were working furiously to move “all the money to the top and allow it to
trickle down”; thus, destroy the middle class by lowering wages accentuated by
the anti unionism. The old adage, “the power to tax is the power to destroy”
was applied by the conservative House of Representatives; they had the working
class in their sights. In addition, the Bush Administration (Karl Rove) had corrupted
the Supreme Court and Federal Court System by judicial appointments based on
politics.
Add to this something that was entirely new and politically
sinister; a well-funded and organized Republican Party attempt to make the Obama
Presidency fail even before he took office. This boggled my mind to I realize “flag waving American Citizens”, under the guise
of our well established political party system, were openly willing to commit
what is equivalent to an act of treason, which it to destroy democracy from
within for power.
Faced will all of this, our president forged ahead: we now
have the first ever Affordable Health Care in America, decreased our energy consumption,
increased solar power, and eliminated our dependence on foreign oil. The turmoil of the “Arab Spring” has been allowing
the people themselves turn their countries away from caliphates to democracy
without expensive bomb-bomb diplomacy. This is an example of a bold new form of
United States Diplomacy and moves us away for the diplomacy by military might
of realpolitik of Henry Kissinger. In spite of selfish opposition from our European
allies, our president has faced off a move by Putin to restart the cold war and
make Russia a world power—he is using business sanctions; thus, peacefully preventing
Russian invasion of the Ukraine. North Korea, with their atomic bombs, is isolated
to their own playground. Peace with Iran is on track for the first time since
1979. The war between Israel and Palestine is on track, as bloody as it currently
is, by making the Israelis responsible for dealing with their Arab neighbors without
the Arab nations fearing American might. The accolades could and should go on
and on.
Unbelievable! The Speaker of the House of Representative is
suing the President. Why, in God’s name Why? My analysis can come up with only
one reason. This President is doing such a good job he is making all Republican
policy look like what it is: terrible. Speaker Boehner is so afraid the American
People will realize this and if they do, the working class will rise up and end
of the Republican Party in America. All of this money and effort put into empty,
false accusations can only be intended to distract people’s attention away from
the many, many remarkable Obama accomplishments. Conservative web sites are
based on nothing but groundless hate: hate, hate, and hate without one reason. Yes,
his achievements are remarkable and they are numerous; count them and then hunt
for one “actual” failure—something that is not good for the American People.
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