When I speak with liberal friends about the way the Obama administration is moving further and further to the left, the argument remains the same, I say he is moving us closer to Socialism, they say that the Republicans were just saying that during the campaign as a scare tactic. Which begs the question, how much of the private sector is going to have to be taken over by the government before the liberals will admit that it is Socialism? When we are taking our cars to the Department of Motor Vehicles(DMV) for a tune-up after we get our yearly physical at Planned Parenthood and pick up our food rations from the new and improved state run Walmart, then will they admit it? Obviously that's an exaggeration, the Card Check legislation should pretty much "take care" of Walmart.
For those of you unfamiliar with Card Check, it basically provides that once a majority of employees fill out sign-up cards passed around by union organizers, the employer would then have to recognize and bargain with the union. And if both sides are unable to reach agreement in a short term, federal arbitrators would impose one. Wages, fringe benefits and work rules would all be imposed by the federal government. This could happen in any privately owned business. What's the definition of Socialism again?
According to an article by Stuart Varney in the Wall Street Journal, the Obama administration is refusing a major, yet unnamed, bank from returning TARP money, in an obvious attempt to control the bank. They did however apparently accept a measly $340 million in TARP money from 4 small banks in Louisiana. Why accept the smaller amount, but refuse the almost $1 Billion from the large bank? I guess they are not interested in controlling the small banks at this time. Give it time...
So lets see, thus far the Obama administration is controlling mortgage lenders, banks, auto manufacturers, and GE. Oh yes, GE received a $139 Billion bailout. G.E. subsidiaries include GE Energy infrastructure, NBC Studios, NBC Universal, CNBC, Bravo, Sci Fi Channel, Telemundo and Focus Features just to name a few. Of course, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt was named to Obama's Economic Advisory Board, obviously for his skills at running a major organization into the ground. It is very interesting when you start looking at how things are connected, isn't it?
It is no secret that The New York Times is having financial problems, being over $1 Billion in debt. I wonder if the Obama administration bailed out the Times, if Obama would fire Pinchy Sulzberger?
So, I am left with this question to my liberal friends. Why are you so afraid to call a spade a spade or in this instance, an Obama a Socialist? Obviously, he is proving with every passing day that the warnings by Republicans throughout the campaign were not merely scare tactics. Either you secretly want the United States to become a "socialist utopia," or you are too embarrassed to admit that you too were beguiled by the great teleprompter reader or you just do not care.
In any instance, please be honest, if you like what is happening in America then your job is done, however, if you can now see that perhaps you were mistaken, then please help us to minimize the damage being done. Go to the tea party rallies. Get informed, call and write your legislators when they try to pass legislation that threatens the liberty of individuals, entrepreneurs and business owners. If everyone believes that someone else will stand up for them, then very few people will be standing up. So get involved, do not leave it for someone else, we need to make sure that our government is working for us, not against us. We control the government in our "Land of Liberty," not the other way around.
COPYRIGHT 2009 STEPHEN RIGG
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ReplyDeleteI knew Barack Obama when he was a sophomore at Occidental College in Los Angeles in the Fall of 1980. He was definitely a Marxist socialist at that time.
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