President Obama: The Myth and the Man

Oh, you have reminded me of how shocked I was to hear he won the Nobel Peace Prize. So may others were deserving and I now consider the prize a popularity trophy and nothing more.

Bp - You and Tevya said it all. There are too many "Jay's" in our country with their minds and eyes closed and their hands open. Socialism has never ever worked anywhere and there is no logical reason for it to work in the U.S.

Patti, it is most likely the "something for nothing" crowd that still worships this guy. Most everyone else now sees the tarnish on his halo.

It has always been shocking to me that he was re-elected. The only thing the man is good at is campaigning. He is harely qualified to hold any meanigful job, let alone president. He is obviously not qualified for this position, and the decisions he has made are destroying this country. Your hub was awesome!

Lately I've been pondering the words 'transparency in government' and how so many of us would have been so easily misled into misunderstanding the true intent of those words. Yet without it being said, we are being led to the understanding. It is the art of the politician to openly declare intent and have that intent not be understood until it is too late. My guess is it comes from studying Mao while still a child.

Is there a link to the Kansas speech available?

Keep in mind that we have yet to suffer many of the other hidden surprises buried in the thousands of pages of Obamacare. We are just starting to feel the pain.

The more I think about this the more I am convinced that is the intent of the current programs. Rather than providing the necessary tools such as education and job training to lift citizens out of poverty, the current plan is to drive more citizens into poverty. The logic is that when you feed them you own them. It is far more difficult to control a hard working independent minded individual that it is to control someone waiting for their next government handout.

Obamacare rules that forced millions of workers into part-time employment was a giant leap forward for those behind the plan. This part of Obamacare created thousands more below the poverty level. They too will have to join the ranks of those waiting for their food stamps to feed their families.

A large part of Obamacare has absolutely nothing to do with health care. The collateral damage from this plan is overwhelming. We may never recover from this carefully planned and orchestrated attack on the citizens of this country. By freely using the word "free," they just keep sucking in more victims who will eventually pay the price for taking this bait.

I guess your view of this would depend on if you are a parasite or a host. It could be good or bad depending on which side of the relationship you are. But I would assume that once the host dies so goes the parasite?

Glad to see you agree that socialism is a parasite. We are making progress.

Not true in all parasitic relationships, certain parasite/host relationships will continue throughout the lifetime of both and can be helpful to the survival of either the host or parasite without causing any discomfort.

Socialism always depends on capitalism for funding, and the relationship is no different from any other parasite feeding off the host, because sooner or later, the host is killed by the parasite.

Gawth - They just need to study. PERIOD!

Those who think strong central governments are nice need to study Germany of the 1930's and 1940's.

The very same obviously Will. Only Jay knows the real deal. LMAO We could add Ireland and a few others but Jay might choke on his own ridiculous bile.

"Like it or not, the wealthiest, most successful and safest nations in the world are all socialist."

You mean like Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain?

You're the hostess with the mostest for sure. Now I have a question. What sort of koolaid is Jay drinking? Europe is on the ropes. He must be one of those socialist know it alls like Oblabber Mouth. He has obviously OD'd on something and seems to blab along.

It was worth waiting to comment until Sheeple Jay trolled in here.

The Frog

Like it or not, the wealthiest, most successful and safest nations in the world are all socialist. It's typically the countries that have the least social programs that are the poorest. The US has always been socialist from the time the government was handing out cheap land to encourage settlers to move out west to today. It's delusional to think that we aren't socialist and that we can somehow be successful without an active central government, when every failed nation has either weak governments or greedy powerful governments that take all the wealth for themselves. Let's be grateful that we have a government that takes care of many of our needs and not wish to become like a third world country with an elite few and poor many. Something too many utopian Republicans are trying to turn us into.

I don't understand your use of the term Socialism, it seems we support many social programs, especially when we find ourselves in need. We cannot all be as successful as the next and this country has no guarantee that hard work equals anything, even though we love Horatio Alger so much.

A better quality of life than the one offered by the Bush Administration. The ability of an honest man to purchase a home for his family. The freedom to know that if I have a medical emergency that I will not be bankrupt for the rest of my life.....and this is only a few.

jhamann - Exactly what has this President accomplished that has impressed you so much? As to his putting forth a good effort, anywhere but in government it is results that count, and I haven't seen many positive results from this administration.

"Open your own eyes."

Can't think of a thing, can you?

Open your own eyes.

"Probably one of the most productive presidents in years, at least he is putting forth a good effort to fix some deep fundamental problems in this country that we find so easy to ignore."

Let's see the list of Obama accomplishments, other than the socialized medicine that the majority of Americans want repealed ASAP.

Probably one of the most productive presidents in years, at least he is putting forth a good effort to fix some deep fundamental problems in this country that we find so easy to ignore.

When Obama first ran for president, I kept waiting for the media to look into his past, but it never happened. He was a charming, well spoken, handsome young black man, and best of all, he was a liberal. That to the liberal media was a dream candidate and they were not about to spoil it with an investigation into who he really was and what he represents.

Just prior to the election, Obama said, “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” The far left was giddy with excitement at the prospect of trashing traditional America and replacing it with a socialist paradise. The rest of us were sick to our stomachs.

Excellent work, Pop. The best I've seen yet.

I stand and watch from the great white north and shake my head. I don't understand how or even why President Obama ever got re-elected. This has to be one of the best articles I've recently read about the man.

Breakfastpop ~ Anyone born before 1980, who isn't a welfare cheat, socialist, and communist as you so loudly speak ... already knows this fact. Intelligent, hard-working Americans who remember a different country do not forget this fact. The problem mainly lies with immigration. The longer we keep our borders open without strict policy on who is allowed to visit and work, or even become a citizen in this country, the more likely we turn into a socialist state. Aside from degenerate Americans who contribute little to our economy, many of the immigrants (not all) who turn to this country come from a socialist or communist environment and know nothing better, and so they turn to a President who speaks with familiarity. It is sad, but the truth. There are so many factors, which lead to the demoralization of the United States of America, and regrettably so. I could get into every aspect - loss of morality, loss of faith - loss of patriotism, loss of integrity - loss of identity, and so forth. We are a melting pot country torn from so many sides, and the foundations of which this country was built upon has slowly desecrated, and mainly under Obama's watch. I truly believe this man knows exactly what he is doing.

Thanks for your Hub. Z

Tevya, you are ;spot on! Please note that some of us knew about him all along. Howefer, there are too many Cossacks,,not Cossacks abut rather morons. Hohpefully, when his term is done the damage can be controlled. See you at the inn.

POP: The people yawned.... then fell asleep. If you listen to his words they are impressive; he was gifted with a speechwriters, and a teleprompter. Once he is not speaking through the teleprompter, he is very bad at answering questions. I believe he thinks he is above all of this, and owes Americans nothing. "Just do as I say" should be his mantra to the people. Most do this anyway. Those of us with inquiring minds want to know more; not just what he wants to tell us. He has managed to shut down those who want more answers. Too Bad. The only good news is that people are starting to awaken to his lies and the ACA will be his downfall. I feel a Republican Congress in 2014! Then let's see that lame duck quack his way to 2016. I'm off to the Inn. Save me a seat....

Yes we are a nation of yawners. I have never been able to figure out how Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. I enjoyed reading your thoughts on Obama.

As always well done!!!