Feelin' Alright?

Has luck finally run out for this president? Keeping in mind that luck is 10% opportunity and 90% preparedness, that is the question the main stream media will be asking itself during the now fast approaching hurricane season and beyond. It’s becoming increasingly apparent that their reporting with regard to Barack Hussein Obama has been consistently skewed in favor of the ‘opportunity’ part while totally ignoring the bit about ‘preparedness’ (or competence).

Comparisons to Bush’s presidency have long since lost their edge. Obama has been at the helm long enough for us to have forgotten much of what it was that irked us so much about Bush. Increasingly we look back longingly to times when we could still afford much, including the luxury of bashing the Republican team with abandon.

We have not been bashing Obama. Is that because Obama has been perfect? Few would think so today. (God, the guy lied – and we fell for it!) It’s rather that we have finally come to acknowledge the close connection between our country and its leader. During the eight years of the Bush administration we were under the general impression that our country was strong; that it could easily withstand our joyous bashing of its leadership. Today, we feel as vulnerable as Obama looks. We’ve come to the conclusion that the two go hand in hand; that if Obama fails, the nation fails - we fail.

No, we refrain from bashing Obama because, in doing so, we basically weaken ourselves even more. And we cannot stand too much more self-flagellation. Hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes, of course, are natural phenomenon. Acts of God can’t be helped. It is our ability to respond effectively that is now in question. What about man-made contingency operations such as financial collapse, getting ill due to smoking or drinking Coke and eating too much fat? What about oil spills? Civil unrest? Insubordination? War? It hasn’t been looking so good all the way around. We seem to have run out of all the big ideas, including the biggest one of all: Yes we can!

Disaster appears to be lurking on every conceivable corner. Government is our life vest – or so we’ve been told. This vest has been shown to be severely deflated and barely functioning. What will we do should something really bad happen? Our anxiety is heightened with all this talk going ‘round about Manchurian candidates, Trojan Horses and such. Will we really be forced into having to take care of ourselves? Can we?

It’s best to tread lightly for now. It’s not because we particularly like the guy – the big ‘O’. It’s because we feel he’s all we’ve got. We’ve got to make what we’ve got work – at least for as long as it takes to replace him with a sturdier model.

Full Speed Ahead!

Lou, Lagnese – I’m curious. I know you two (John Batchelor Show commenters) – very likely being of somewhat stronger constitution than I - read the opposition blogs; you know, the ones that post proudly in support of anything (brand) Obama while despising the tea parties. I must admit, I have never been particularly tempted. Still, I’m wondering how these bloggers can justify Obama’s disastrous fiscal policies; his endless appeasement of rogue, suicidal regimes; his insistent clinging to the now discredited ‘global warming’ hoax, and so many adjunct policy forays (as into health, security, education, etc.) that any reasonable human being can plainly see are bound to fail? Is it stupidity? Ignorance? Is it to poke a stick in the eye of some political nemesis? Is it in pursuit of some improbable Utopian dream? Is it suicidal? Or does it stem merely from a desire to appear outrageous in the vain hope of ascending to Andy Warhol’s 15 minutes of fame?

No doubt, in comparison to what is now frequently termed the ‘lamestream media’ these left-wing blogging types are far more virulent. One can gather as much by their intemperate rhetoric as reflected on the signs their kindred of Cain often carry at street rallies, sit-ins and such. One gets a sense of it from their unfounded accusations hurled our way – unfounded, because none of it applies. It must come from somewhere, most likely from their own misdirected assessment of themselves.

Just wondering what we’re up against. Any chance of them turning – getting ‘religion’, so to speak? I just thought - if it were to get bad enough – can we expect them to flock to our side? Or is it a hopeless cause, trying to convert them?

There are all sorts of books slated to come out (or released already) detailing Obama’s roots; among them “The Manchurian President” by Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott. All are (or will be) selling tolerably well. But has it all come too late?

Understanding is not enough. The Tea Parties understand. Most of the citizenry understands; America understands. What of it? We ourselves here are essentially preaching to the choir. We argue the finer points amongst ourselves. But we convert no one – or, if we do, they too watch helplessly as health care passes; as our allies are dissed and dismissed; as Iran builds its bomb; as the oil slick spreads; as prices rise; as our sons and daughters turn against us.

I don’t see the ship turning. With the mist of the falls already surrounding us, our captain cries, “Full speed ahead!”