Quotations from Chairman Barack

Sunday, January 25th at 12:48PM EST

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There are some recent developments this month that really creep me out, and they do not receive the attention and scrutiny they deserve. One has to do with a new product, Pocket Obama, that is being sold at The History Company. When I first read this I thought it was some kind of cruel joke. Here is an excerpt –

Printed in a size that easily fits into pocket or purse, this book is an anthology of quotations borrowed from Barack Obama’s speeches and writings. It is an unofficial requirement for every citizen to own, to read, and to carry this book at all times.

What is really creepy is how close the sales pitch for “Pocket Obama” matches these words about Quotations from Chairman Mao. Here is an excerpt –

As its title implies, it is a collection of quotations excerpted from Mao Zedong’s past speeches and publications. The book’s phenomenal popularity may be due to the fact that it was essentially an unofficial requirement for every Chinese citizen to own, to read, and to carry it at all times…

The second troubling development is the announcement that Obama sets up national network to help policy agenda. An excerpt from this LA Times news story –

Organizing for America, the new group, will be a tool to press for policy. It reportedly will have an annual budget of $75 million, making it an unprecedented standing political army for a president.

There is absolutely no truth to any rumor that this new unprecedented standing political army will be issued brown shirts with black armbands. Perhaps the shirts they will be wearing are going to be royal blue.

Blogger Ken Robinson at the Signs of the Times website suggests an optimistic possibility for Organizing for America.

On one hand, he could utilize the technology to organize and encourage Americans to simply push the Obama agenda. This could prove to be a little Orwellian. Many ultra conservatives such as Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh have characterized Obama supporters as blindly following any edicts handed down by the Obama camp, and this new initiative won’t silence any arguments to the contrary.

Another avenue, which might seem more in line with the tone Obama’s press office has sought to portray is one of education and involvement. This would necessarily involve a two-way flow of information. Not only would information be sent by the Obama administration, but it would require individuals to organize, debate and funnel information back up the governmental chain.

When I envision a blue shirt Organizing for America member reaching into his pocket for his Pocket Obama copy when he encounters me I don’t get the impression of a two-way flow of information about to take place.

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The Little Blue Book is not $49.50 with only 10 sold, they're $49.50 for 10 copies.

Kenny Solomon (Diary) Sunday, January 25th at 12:59PM EST (link)

Pilgrim…… “When I envision a blue shirt Organizing for America member reaching into his pocket for his Pocket Obama copy when he encounters me I don’t get the impression of a two-way flow of information about to take place.”

My end of the conversation with a Blue-Shirt would be something on the order of “I sincerely ‘hope’ you have your universal healthcare coverage, because the ‘change’ you’re about to realize will require using the service.”

thanks Kenny for catching that error of mine. I'll try to fix it. n/t

pilgrim (Diary) Sunday, January 25th at 1:01PM EST (link)

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Here is another BHO quote

izoneguy (Diary) Sunday, January 25th at 12:59PM EST (link)

“An abortion a day keeps the left at bay”

The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.

Let's see.....

UpLateAgain (Diary) Sunday, January 25th at 1:09PM EST (link)

A Little Blue book of thoughts for the day and excepts from Obama’s speeches, little kids in classrooms being led by their teachers in singing the praises of the leader, Nationalizing the banks and private investment firms, government expanding its authority at the speed of sound, and a press in your pocket. There’s something about this whole thing that seems strangely familiar. I just can’t put my finger on it.

You never never never actually need a gun, until you need a gun, and then nothing else will do.

a lighter take on this subject at Protein Wisdom

pilgrim (Diary) Sunday, January 25th at 7:03PM EST (link)

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=14175

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Quotations from a Dead President . . .

Steve W (Diary) Sunday, January 25th at 8:13PM EST (link)

In contrast, to the (I’m sure) very interesting “anthology of quotations borrowed from Barack Obama’s speeches and writings” – I have a few quotes to share from a President who’s been dead for almost 200 years . . . .

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. . . .
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

And finally,

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.

The dead President? Thomas Jefferson (I’d say that HE knew something about those “documents” that PBO mentions in his speeches – but seems intent in destroying.

The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas-a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.
- Ronald Reagan