Turn the Other Cheek

Ever since Obama burst onto the national scene, Americans have been trying to figure out just who he is. During the presidential campaign, the American media essentially served as the propaganda arm for the Democrats, painting Obama as a blank slate while suppressing any information about him that might be regarded as critical or invasive. The beauty of a ‘blank slate’ is that anyone can write his own wish list on it and make-believe that it will be so. Now, that Obama has been in office for some time, people are beginning to learn just who this man is and, at the same time, growing increasingly concerned.

Perhaps the remarks made by the president at town hall event in Raleigh, NC on July 29th, 2008 gives us the best glimpse yet into our new president’s thinking on a whole range of matters. The following pertains specifically to the current health care debate (but could be applied to other areas as well):

“(we must) change how we reimburse (medical professionals); changes in the delivery system. So, what we're trying to do is we're trying to say, in all these systems, insurance companies, they should reimburse for preventive care. If a health system is making sure that a diabetic is taking their meds or monitoring their diet, they should get reimbursed for that, not just getting reimbursed for the $30,000 foot amputation after somebody gets into real medical trouble. So one thing to do is to change reimbursement so that the incomes of primary care physicians are more comparable with specialists.

What is the president telling us? (Again, the teleprompter must not have been working properly.) One thing: if I were a doctor, I would be outraged. What I’m hearing is that doctors in America are so corrupt, they would rather amputate a limb than do anything short of that because they could collect more money by amputating. Do you know any doctors like that? Does Obama? Surely it must be a crime to amputate when it’s not needed. Why does Obama not name names and pursue legal channels to ferret out abusers?

Obama doesn’t name names because there are no such doctors in America – and if there are, they are dealt with. Obama says such things because it is in his own best interest to target the medical establishment at this point in time – to rhetorically smear and destroy - so that he (government) can take it over and control it. It has been his MO from back in his community organizing days. He has done so consistently, first targeting (banks, oil, pharma, Wal-Mart and God knows what else) – then extorting money and/or favors. Now, as the most powerful man in the world, he is in a position to take anything he wants wholesale, using the very same tactics.

The latest presidential bull’s-eye is being painted on the American people as we speak; the ones that are showing up en masse at town hall events; those who might not share Obama’s ambition of dominating their world. The Megalomaniac-in-Chief in the White House has become a dangerous opponent. All he has to do now is to send out his goons, draw a little blood, and declare 'lock-down'. It’s hardly avoidable at this point, whether we throw the first punch or not. Either way, it’ll be portrayed as our fault. At a recent John Dingell town hall event, it was the Dems who brought in posters that showed Barrack Obama with a Hitler mustache (to make it seem that those protesting health care reform are fascistically inclined). Fortunately, it didn’t work and the ruse was exposed.

They can be expected to keep trying. I would remind you, good people, that once any of you throw the first punch (or punch back), it’s over. Keep showing up at the town halls, tea parties and rallies, but be prepared to turn the other cheek.