we need to cut defense spending without jeopardizing our national security --- cutting the costs of defending israel will not jeopardize US national security.
On Feb 19, 7:33 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > ** ** > > February 18, 2013 **** > President Obama has set in motion forces that he can't handle**** > > Neil Snyder **** > > Barack Obama is a terrible president. That's obvious to everyone who isn't > chronically ignorant or incurably liberal. By "liberal" I don't mean the > classic definition of the word which has to do with being open-minded and > objective. I mean the modern version of liberal: self-centered, emotional, > illogical, and void of reason. Unfortunately, in 2012 ignoramuses and > liberals represented the majority of those who voted. I'm not worried about > offending them with my harsh words. My very existence offends them, and so > does yours if you don't buy into their worldview.**** > > From economic policy to energy policy to environmental policy to foreign > affairs to national security to border security to you name it, the > president failed the test, but we re-elected him anyway. Obama's > misadventures in the Oval Office are becoming the stuff of legend. Benghazi > and Fast and Furious are two of his more high profile blunders, but they > aren't the only ones. If George W. Bush had committed just one of those > offenses, the mainstream media would have demanded his head on a platter, > but they gave Obama a free pass. The nation as a whole became complicit in > the president's shenanigans because we didn't demand that he be held > accountable.**** > > President Obama has done one thing superbly well: he has demonstrated skill > par excellence on a national scale as a community organizer. He is second > to none when it comes to inciting, agitating, race baiting, stoking fears, > and motivating the masses. If you discount voter > fraud<http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/did-voter-fraud-swing-election/>, > more than anything else, those skills got him re-elected. But like a > snowball gathering momentum as it rolls down a hill, the forces that he has > unleashed will be impossible to stop without pain and suffering.**** > > For example, Occupy Wall Street's demands for social justice > dovetailed<http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-occupy-wall-street-we-are-t...>perfectly > with the president's fairness campaign. Was that coincidence or > was it by design? The answer should be obvious, but whatever the case may > be, the OWS crowd eventually ran amuck in cities across the fruited plain > until government officials finally took action to shut them down. **** > > That's the way it is with unruly mobs. Once agitators get them started, you > never know what will happen. But we do know this: President Obama is their > champion, and they are still among us waiting in the wings for another > opportunity to vent their frustrations. Will the next version of OWS be > more malevolent than the first? Only time will tell, but I wouldn't rule it > out.**** > > OWS types aren't alone. In the United States today, large and growing > numbers of people believe that their mere existence is their contribution > to society. They think that those of us who have worked hard all of our > lives owe them a > living<http://aworldofprogress.com/blog/2011/average-american-makes-near-pov...>, > and not just a living, but a very good living. The takers among us are easy > pickings for a man with exceptional community organizing skills, and as I > said, the forces that the president has unleashed will prove to be > impossible to control. If they explode, there will be hell to pay. **** > > Common sense is totally absent in their world. For instance, who would dare > to suggest that the 1% who paid almost > 40%<http://taxfoundation.org/blog/tax-rate-paid-top-1-double-national-ave...>of > federal income taxes in 2010 should pay more because it's "fair" even > though about > 50%<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jul/08/john-c...>of > our fellow citizens paid no federal income tax? The answer: Barack > Obama > and his merry band of malcontents. If George Orwell were alive today, he > would be scratching his head and thinking about a mind-bending plot for > another novel.**** > > Takers have no misgivings about attaching themselves permanently to the > government tit, and they feel no guilt or shame as they scream for more. > Obama knows them and their predilections all too well, and he takes > advantage of every opportunity to stoke the fires that burn within them. > The president's mother and his grandparents should have taught him the > basics -- things like if you play with matches, you will get burned -- > because the fire that he's igniting can easily turn into an inferno. If it > does, all of us will pay a very high price.**** > > In due course, simple mathematics will dictate that we can't afford to keep > able bodied men and women on the dole. Our current debt and deficit > situation is so dire that something has got to give. Judging by a recent > Gallup > poll<http://www.gallup.com/poll/160385/obama-rated-highest-foreign-affairs...>, > most Americans agree with me, but metaphorically speaking, it may take a > swift kick in a sensitive area to wake up our elected officials in > Washington. Be that as it may, the day is rapidly approaching when no one > can ignore our fiscal quagmire because the combination of Medicare, Social > Security, and defense spending plus interest on the debt and paying > freeloaders threatens to sink this nation.**** > > Reneging on our national debt is out of the question since global > pandemonium would ensue. Obamacare may help to reduce healthcare costs, but > when evidence mounts that those "death panels" that we have heard so much > about are real and that we are saving money by medicating patients and > allowing them to pass away peacefully rather than treating their maladies, > people will be hopping mad. Many of them will take to the streets to vent > their anger. If you think that it can't happen here, you haven't been > paying attention.**** > > Social Security is a special breed of cat because it involves seniors, a > powerful voting block, and it is regarded as a national promise that we > must not break. Besides, people actually paid in to Social Security as did > their employers so it's an annuity -- and not a very good one at that. Any > politician who thinks that he can safely tamper with Social Security isn't > playing with a full deck of cards. Even so, we can't solve our debt and > deficit problems unless we make adjustments in Social Security and > Medicare. It's the quintessential Catch 22.**** > > Similarly, we need to cut defense spending without jeopardizing our > national security, but defense reductions translate into job cuts and that > creates another set of problems. No matter what we do, people will not be > happy with the outcome, and many of them will vent their frustration in the > voting booth and possibly on the streets.**** > > This is the point: a perfect storm is brewing. I think we're heading for a > chaotic and violent period in this country the likes of which no one alive > today has ever witnessed. If I'm right, conditions will be ideal for > criminals to ply their craft, and President Obama is pushing for gun > control at precisely the wrong moment. **** > > I believe that what I have described is realistic and unfortunately > inevitable, and that brings me back to my back to the president. He has set > in motion forces that he can't handle, and all of us are going to suffer > the consequences so get ready for a wild ride.**** > > *Neil Snyder is the Ralph A. Beeton Professor Emeritus at the University of > Virginia. His blog, **SnyderTalk.com* <http://www.snydertalk.com/>*, is > posted daily.***** > > bumped**** > > *Page Printed from: > **http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/02/president_obama_has_set_i... > *<http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/02/president_obama_has_set_i...>at > February 19, 2013 - 11:20:11 AM CST > **** -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
