Does Obama Really Believe His Own BS?

[ABikerSailor]

Woodrow Wilson didn't want to harm this country.

Cheney and Jr. tried to make it their own personal ATM, with Halliburton leading the way.

Sorry, but both fronts failed.

 

[Geaux4it]

Woodrow Wilson didn't want to harm this country.

Cheney and Jr. tried to make it their own personal ATM, with Halliburton leading the way.

Sorry, but both fronts failed.

Yep- Those bozo's are gone and our country is still waiting for Obama to do something..

Maybe Barney Frank could give some insight

-Geaux

 

[midcan5]

BS like all things in life is in the eye or rather the mind of the beholder. Like FDR, Eisenhower, LBJ and even parts of Clinton's policies, President Obama has had to fight the power that only wants power to manage America's resources and its people. You see that today, especially in state houses, where control of women and the voting public is the top priority of legislation. That while the election sell is jobs. Have any of the republicans who talk jobs created a single job? None with the exception of their cushy job of doing nothing.

The list in this link below is hardly BS. Obama’s Top 50 Accomplishments by Paul Glastris, Ryan Cooper, and Siyu Hu | The Washington Monthly


"It is just this lack of connection to a concern with truth - this indifference to how things really are - that I regard as of the essence of bullshit." Harry Frankfurt

 

[percysunshine]

BS like all things in life is in the eye or rather the mind of the beholder. Like FDR, Eisenhower, LBJ and even parts of Clinton's policies, President Obama has had to fight the power that only wants power to manage America's resources and its people. You see that today, especially in state houses, where control of women and the voting public is the top priority of legislation. That while the election sell is jobs. Have any of the republicans who talk jobs created a single job? None with the exception of their cushy job of doing nothing.

The list in this link below is hardly BS. Obama’s Top 50 Accomplishments by Paul Glastris, Ryan Cooper, and Siyu Hu | The Washington Monthly


"It is just this lack of connection to a concern with truth - this indifference to how things really are - that I regard as of the essence of bullshit." Harry Frankfurt

What a bunch of BS. BS is not some subjective reality. It is like a law of physics...say gravity or something. Spewing it very quickly, in large quantities, may make it appear legitimate, but it is still BS.

Percys law of BS;

Appearance of Legitimacy = Quantity of BS multiplied by the Velocity of BS squared.
(AL=QV^2)

 

[Geaux4it]

There's a culture shift happening right now, for which Obama leads. Back in the day, our parents would kick our ass for blaming our miscues on someone else. Now it's acceptable and taught to our youth. No accountability, therefore, I have been infringed. With that thinking, the reception of government handouts is reasoned.

-Geaux

 

[FJO]

Does the guy who had two autobiographies about himself before anyone knew who the hell he was believe his own bullshit?

Hmmmm.

I think I'm going to go with..... yes.

To be fair: He did not write either of them.

 

[midcan5]

Save this reply it can be re-used ad infinitum.

There's a culture shift happening right now, for which Obama leads. Back in the day, our parents would kick our ass for blaming our miscues on someone else. Now it's acceptable and taught to our youth. No accountability, therefore, I have been infringed. With that thinking, the reception of government handouts is reasoned.
-Geaux

In the mid fifties, "generosity was voted the most conspicuous American characteristic, followed by friendliness, understanding, piety, love of freedom, and progressivism. The American faults listed were petty: shallowness, egotism, extravagance, preoccupation with money, and selfishness." William Manchester, "The Glory and the Dream" quoting George Gallup's Institute of public opinion.

What a curious transformation has taken place in America since FDR and Eisenhower till Reagan. See long quote below. America now is the 'land of cruelty,' that pretends it is Christian, religious, and fair. Anyone who points out the disparities is criticized. Jesus would be a raving socialist in modern America. One can argue these issues forever so I'll take the liberty to quote quotes that touch on the topic and clearly show America has changed but not for the better, IMHO.

"“Reagan,” writes Wilentz, “embodied a new fusion of deeply conservative politics with some of the rhetoric and even a bit of the spirit of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and of John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier.” But this embrace of progressive rhetoric and spirit did not actually reflect Reagan’s damaging policies, a fact Wilentz can’t help but document. A more accurate name for Wilentz’s book—and for the era—might be the Age of Cruelty. The reverence in which Americans of all political persuasion seem to hold Reagan today is absurd. As president, he created a phony—if romantic— picture of America’s past, a schoolboy’s ction of a country forged by individualism. From this ction came the dream that we could return to an earlier moral order in which citizens were supposedly freer. Of course, America was in part built by bold individualists, but it was also built by government investment in canals and railroads, in public water and urban sanitation systems, in highways, scientic research, free K–12 education, college subsidies, and a legal system that encouraged competition while protecting private property. If Reagan brought Americans optimism, it was optimism based on false hopes and misleading facts." Jeff Madrick, Harper's Magazine, May 2013

"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?' "The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'" Matthew 25:34

"President Eisenhower describes his administration's political philosophy as 'dynamic conservatism,' then as 'progressive, dynamic conservatism,' then as 'progressive moderation,' then as 'moderate progressivism,' and then as 'positive progressivism.'" William Manchester

Excellent read if you want to understand contemporary America on the right.

"A great transformation of American politics began during the years that Ronald Reagan was in the White House. This might not, at first, have appeared the likely outcome of his two administrations. Conservative activists (the same ones who would in later years celebrate Reagan as a saint) struggled during the 1980s with various disappointments: as president, Reagan did not end abortion, he met with Soviet leader Mikhail Corbachev, and he failed to eliminate the welfare state or even notably shrink government bureaucracies. And the enthusiasm within the business community that followed his election did not last long, as the economy sank into a deep recession, with unemployment rising to nearly 10 percent in 1982. As the manufacturing belt began to rust over, political conflicts between industrial companies desperately seeking subsidies and protection and those businesses that were able to thrive in global free markets grew more heated and intense. Tensions erupted between the owners of stock - newly confident and aggressive about using their financial power to compel management to do anything to raise returns - and career corporate executives. Today, the economic changes that began during the 1980s have an air of inevitability about them - the advent of globalization, the shift to a service economy. But at the time these transformations proved devastating to many of the manufacturing companies that had once most vociferously protested the New Deal.

And yet over the course of the decade the old skepticism toward business that had been born in the Great Depression and reawakened for a new generation in the Vietnam era finally began to disappear. The economic transformations of the decade would be interpreted through the framework of the free market vision. The 1970s campaigns to revive the image of capitalism among college students bore fruit in the 1980s. Universities created new centers for the study of business themes such as entrepreneurship. Students in Free Enterprise, a group started in 1975 to bring students together to "discuss what they might do to counteract the stultifying criticism of American business," thrived on small college campuses, funded by companies like Coors, Dow Chemical, and Walmart (as well as the Business Roundtable). The group organized battles of the bands, at which prizes would be doled out to the best pro-business rock anthems, helped silkscreen T-shirts with pro-capitalist messages, and created skits based on Milton Friedman's writings, which college students would perform in local elementary schools. In the workplace, the decline of the old manufacturing cities of [he North and Midwest and the rise of the sprawling suburbs of the Sunbelt metropolises marked the rise of a new economic culture, dominated by companies such as Walmart and Home Depot and Barnes & Noble." Kim Phillips-Fein ('Invisible Hands')

 

[zonly1]

Dee Dee Dee

Obama attempts 'scandal reduction surgery'​

By GLENN THRUSH and JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 5/16/13

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“The minute that I found out about it, then my main focus is to make sure we get the thing fixed,” Obama said in the Rose Garden, a splatter of rain falling on the president and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with whom he had just finished a long Oval Office huddle.

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Read more: Obama attempts 'scandal reduction surgery' - Glenn Thrush and Jennifer Epstein - POLITICO.com

only fixing benghazi, fast and furious, officer Terry dead, Eric withholder, irs tagging specific group, Petraus distractions......to distract to infinity...for war....honest journalism was flush down the collective turdlet after WW2 and know a 3rd has forgotten

 

[American_Jihad]

Lies, Democracy & Obama​

August 13, 2013 By Bruce Thornton

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The history of communist support and subversion by those living in Western democracies is obviously filled with such lies and liars. Marxism, with its promised future world of equality, peace, and justice, made lying a moral obligation. After all, there were so many “enemies of the people” hindering and resisting the inevitable communist utopia, and standing in the way of a “scientific” political and economic evolution. Of course it was noble to lie away “inconvenient truths” that gave ammunition to reactionaries and fascists who, out of irrational spite or selfishness, were fighting against the paradise to come. Thus a Walter Duranty or a Lincoln Steffens could eagerly lie about the millions starved to death or slaughtered in the Soviet gulags, for nothing, not even the truth, could be allowed to derail the locomotive of revolution steaming toward the perfect world.

A similar form of ideological lie has compromised our understanding of Islam and the roots of Islamic terror. For nearly 2 decades now we have heard over and over that Islam is the “religion of peace,” that neo-jihadist violence is a “distortion” of Islamic theology, and that the violence, failures, and disorder rife throughout the Muslim world reflect stagnant economies, oppressive dictators, or the lingering effects of colonialism, imperialism, or even the Crusades. What is astonishing about this depiction of Islam is its complete contradiction of how the West consistently evaluated the religion of Allah for over 13 centuries, an evaluation based not just on the explicit doctrines of Islam and the records of its own historians, both of which celebrate and justify violence against the infidel, but on painful, first-hand experience of raids, invasions, plundering, and enslavement.

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This ideological lie persists because it serves the anti-Western, anti-American, and anti-Zionist dogmas and aims of progressive politics. It has shaped the thinking of many intellectuals and journalists, and has become an unthinking reflex for those like Obama whose world-view reflects the fashions of the left-wing university. Indeed, so pervasive has been this malign influence that even some who should have known better, like George Bush, unwittingly indulged some of these fantasies about the “religion of peace.” But the Obama administration has most severely compromised our foreign policy in the Middle East by indulging this delusion. The ideological lies most famously articulated by Edward Said have made him one of Obama’s “founding fathers,” as Dinesh D’Souza put it, his influence traceable throughout Obama’s foreign policies and statements, from his groveling Cairo speech, his appeasement of the mullahs, and his precipitate overthrows of Gadhafi in Libya and Mubarak in Egypt, to his lies about Benghazi, his attacks on Israel, and his designation of Nidal Hasan’s jihadist murders at Fort Hood as “workplace violence.”

Following Revel, we can say a healthy democracy is one in which truth is allowed to circulate freely and inform citizens so they can make the right decisions. But today institutionalized lies have more influence than the truth, with baleful effects visible all around us. This suggests that we are a sick culture, and our condition is worsening.

Lies, Democracy & Obama | FrontPage Magazine

 

[Missouri_Mike]

I wonder if his so called father was actually just the photographer for his mothers porn shoots.​

 

[American_Jihad]

I wonder if his so called father was actually just the photographer for his mothers porn shoots.​

His paw looks like bo diddley...

 

[American_Jihad]

252 Examples of Obama’s Lies, Lawbreaking & Corruption

August 21, 2013 By Tim Brown

The following is a contribution from Dan from Squirrel Hill. The original title of the article is “Obama supporters will go hysterical over this well sourced list of 252 examples of his lying, lawbreaking, corruption, cronyism, etc.” it’s lengthy, but is a ‘one-stop shop’ for all the dirty details on the Obama presidency.

Every President, every politician, and every human being tells lies and engages in acts of hypocrisy. But Barack Obama does these things to a far greater degree than anyone else that I have ever known of. His campaign promises were so much better sounding than anyone else’s – no lobbyists in his administration, waiting five days before signing all non-emergency bills so people would have time to read them, putting health care negotiations on C-SPAN, reading every bill line by line to make sure money isn’t being wasted, prosecution of Wall St. criminals, ending raids against medical marijuana in states where it’s legal, high levels of transparency. Obama’s promises of these wonderful things sounded inspiring and sincere. They sounded so much better than the promises of any other President. So when Obama broke these promises, it felt so much worse than when other Presidents broke their promises.

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252 Examples of Obama?s Lies, Lawbreaking & Corruption | FrontPage Magazine

 

[ABikerSailor]

252 Examples of Obama’s Lies, Lawbreaking & Corruption

August 21, 2013 By Tim Brown

The following is a contribution from Dan from Squirrel Hill. The original title of the article is “Obama supporters will go hysterical over this well sourced list of 252 examples of his lying, lawbreaking, corruption, cronyism, etc.” it’s lengthy, but is a ‘one-stop shop’ for all the dirty details on the Obama presidency.

Every President, every politician, and every human being tells lies and engages in acts of hypocrisy. But Barack Obama does these things to a far greater degree than anyone else that I have ever known of. His campaign promises were so much better sounding than anyone else’s – no lobbyists in his administration, waiting five days before signing all non-emergency bills so people would have time to read them, putting health care negotiations on C-SPAN, reading every bill line by line to make sure money isn’t being wasted, prosecution of Wall St. criminals, ending raids against medical marijuana in states where it’s legal, high levels of transparency. Obama’s promises of these wonderful things sounded inspiring and sincere. They sounded so much better than the promises of any other President. So when Obama broke these promises, it felt so much worse than when other Presidents broke their promises.

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252 Examples of Obama?s Lies, Lawbreaking & Corruption | FrontPage Magazine

Really? We have to believe something from a blog that you found to prove your point?

Bring me something real, like something from the news (and you can even use FAUX, but be prepared to link to something else).

 

[Geaux4it]

Adolf Obama is a complete failure. What a poor example to others. History will not treat him kindly.

An enemy of the United States sitting in the Oval Office

Who needed wars to overthrow the US?

-Geaux

 

[rdean]

"Obama derangement syndrome" and they have the nerve to talk about me? Hilarious!

 

[Melungeon]

I've always wondered if Presidents are mainly something simular to a actor.....Regan...Arnold, etc etc is prime examples that actors do get elected to high positions.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Adolf Obama is a complete failure. What a poor example to others. History will not treat him kindly.

An enemy of the United States sitting in the Oval Office

Who needed wars to overthrow the US?

-Geaux

Quick question.....................how is history going to treat the administration of Bush Jr. and Cheney?

I'm guessing that it's gonna be a lot worse than what they say about Obama.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Biker ****......fuck you ******

Actually, I'm a male, so I don't have a "****", and I'm a white boy who was born in Montana, so the word "******" doesn't fit either.

I see that your avi is your boyfriends penis. Kudos..................maybe if you take a road trip to Vermont, you can marry that anal pounding person you love so much that you had to be reminded (and show the rest of the board) how proud you are that you can take so many inches.

But.......................I guess that such a good GOP Christian conservative such as yourself would find fault with my posting about Obama vs. Jr. and Cheney, because you're most likely a rabid teabagger yourself.

Oh.........................I get the avi now........................you're a "teabagger" and wanted to show us all how much you can swallow.

 

[Geaux4it]

Adolf Obama is a complete failure. What a poor example to others. History will not treat him kindly.

An enemy of the United States sitting in the Oval Office

Who needed wars to overthrow the US?

-Geaux

Quick question.....................how is history going to treat the administration of Bush Jr. and Cheney?

I'm guessing that it's gonna be a lot worse than what they say about Obama.

I know different

-Geaux

 

[American_Jihad]

252 Examples of Obama’s Lies, Lawbreaking & Corruption

August 21, 2013 By Tim Brown

The following is a contribution from Dan from Squirrel Hill. The original title of the article is “Obama supporters will go hysterical over this well sourced list of 252 examples of his lying, lawbreaking, corruption, cronyism, etc.” it’s lengthy, but is a ‘one-stop shop’ for all the dirty details on the Obama presidency.

Every President, every politician, and every human being tells lies and engages in acts of hypocrisy. But Barack Obama does these things to a far greater degree than anyone else that I have ever known of. His campaign promises were so much better sounding than anyone else’s – no lobbyists in his administration, waiting five days before signing all non-emergency bills so people would have time to read them, putting health care negotiations on C-SPAN, reading every bill line by line to make sure money isn’t being wasted, prosecution of Wall St. criminals, ending raids against medical marijuana in states where it’s legal, high levels of transparency. Obama’s promises of these wonderful things sounded inspiring and sincere. They sounded so much better than the promises of any other President. So when Obama broke these promises, it felt so much worse than when other Presidents broke their promises.

...

252 Examples of Obama?s Lies, Lawbreaking & Corruption | FrontPage Magazine

Really? We have to believe something from a blog that you found to prove your point?

Bring me something real, like something from the news (and you can even use FAUX, but be prepared to link to something else).

The lame progressive/liberal press will never post anything bad about the obongo, everybody in the world knows it BUT YOU...

I'm not posting for you, bikieboiy...

He did say that “Obongo supporters will go hysterical over this well sourced list of 252 examples of his lying, lawbreaking, corruption, cronyism, etc.”