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  • The Fener Greek Patriarchate Universal or National?

    The Fener Greek Patriarchate Universal or National?

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    The basic mistake made when there is an unsolved problem or when a problem is left hanging, is going around the problem itself without trying to go down its essence and thus to the real answers. To put in other words the basic mistake is the inability to focus on the efforts to find the “right answers” to the “right questions”.

    One can find the traces of such mistakes during the process of finding a solution to the problems arising from The Fener Greek Patriarchate.

    These problems primarily arise from ecumenical claims and the demand that Turkey should recognize this claim.

    In the text of the Lausanne Treaty, which is regarded as the fundamental treaty of the Turkish Republic, there is no mention of the Patriarchate. In Lausanne, political and administrative privileges given to the Patriarchate during the Ottoman period were lifted and it was agreed that it only had spiritual authority. Other than that it is not stated in the text whether it has any authority outside the Turkish borders or any ecumenic title..

    Ecumenism is a problem which essentially concerns “church laws and tradition”. Therefore it is out of the question that the Turkish Republic accepts the ecumenism of the Fener Greek Patriarchate.

    What is more is that the claims of ecumenism “theologically” have a grave moral flaw:

    “Vatican, 1600 years later, had abandoned its principles of faith regarding that the churches except those in Rome, Antakya and Alexandria, which are defined in the Iznik Clerical Council in 325, could not be regarded as ecumenic.

    Thus, the claim that the Church in Istanbul was founded by St. Andrew, the first apostle of Jesus Christ, was accepted behind the scenes by Vatican, yet under the guarantee of “the infallibility of the Pope”.

    However, until November 30th 2008 it was claimed that the Fener Greek Patriarchate was promoted to a patriarchate from episcopacy due to the “a unified church a unified state” motto of the Eastern Roman Empire and for political reasons and that the St. Andrew myth was made up to justify this on religious grounds. However it was a widely known fact that there is no document indicating that St. Andrew had come to the city of Istanbul, since the city was not even founded in year 30.”[1]

    Moreover it a weird contradiction that the Fener Greek Patriarchate is defined and asserted as ecumenic only by those involved in power struggle in the region and not by Orthodox countries and communities. Barthelomeos is consistently defined as the leader of 300 million Orthodox. However it is quite interesting that those who grant him the title “Ecumenic” are not Orthodox themselves.”[2]

    Apart from the theological discussions, issues related to the contemporary practices and demands of the Patriarchate also need to be unraveled:

    Is the Fener Greek Patriarchate a national church or is it universal (ecumenic[3])?

    If it is so, than why are the main churches subordinate to the Patriarchate are led only by those of Greek origin? Why is the Fener Greek Patriarch, Jerusalem Patriarch, French Metropolitan Bishop etc. are only chosen from among those of Greek origin?

    What’s more; “Why is the Fener Greek Patriarch is regarded as a national church even above the church in Greece?”

    Why do some Greek Metropolitan Bishops force into the churches of those from different nationalities (eg. Bulgarian Church) and hold a sermon in Greek language?

    And other questions follow:

    Will only those of Greek origin benefit from the Heybeliada Clergy School, great efforts of which were shown in the establishment and which has become a source of political pressure on Turkey? Will the Fener Greek Patriarchate, which has authority over only 300 thousand people among 300 million Orthodox congregation, consider the Orthodox congregation, which is dispersed to a vast area and which is out of its control, as non-existent at the expense of creating duality in the Orthodox world?

    It does not seem possible for the Fener Greek Patriarchate – with its single-sided demands and fait accompli – to reach a common solution neither with the Orthodox world nor with Turkey unless reliable and logical answers are found to these questions.

    Sibel Keskin

    sibelkeskin@yahoo.com

    [1] Gozde Kilic Yasin, Global Religious Struggle, Cumhuriyet, July 14th, 2008.

    [2] Above-mentioned article.

    [3] The term ecumenic derives from the Greek word “oikoumeni“, which means universe, cosmos and world.

  • OBAMA’S RECOMMENDATION TO ELDERLY

    OBAMA’S RECOMMENDATION TO ELDERLY

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    THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE ….. YOU MUST LISTEN TO THIS INTERVIEW ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALY IN THE HEALTH CARE PLAN OBAMA IS TRYING TO RUSH THROUGH.  I’m sending it to everyone in my addressbook and hope you will too! …  Jean Eaton <jeaneaton38@msn.com>

    On page 425 it says in black and white that EVERYONE on Social Security, (will include all Senior Citizens and SSI people) will go to MANDATORY counseling every 5 years to learn and to choose from ways to end your suffering (and your life).  Health care will be denied based on age.  500 Billion&n bsp;will be cut from Seniors healthcare.   The only w ay for that to happen is to drastically cut health care, the oldest and the sickest will be cut first.   Paying for your own care will not be an option.    “ON PAGE 425 OF OBAMA’S HEALTH CARE BILL, the Federal Government will require EVERYONE who is on Social Security to undergo a counseling session every 5 years with the objective being that they will explain to them just how to end their own life earlier. Yes…They are going to push SUICIDE to cut medicare spending!”

    Fred Thompson: Interviews


    (BE SURE TO CLICK ON THE ABOVE LINK( Fred Thompson: Interviews) TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW!)
  • Is Obama Recruiting Citizen Spies

    Is Obama Recruiting Citizen Spies

    Can the unthinkable actually be happening? Is the Obama Administration employing Stalinist tactics of thuggery and intimidation against average Americans who oppose ObamaCare?

    Consider the following incident.

    When Barack Hussein Obama rolled into town for his – by invitation only – town hall meeting in Bristol Virginia, average citizens, desperate to make their voices heard, gathered on sidewalks and curbs along the route of Obama’s motorcade holding homemade signs opposing ObamaCare.

    One of the peaceful citizen protesters sent this shocking eyewitness report to the Internet blog, TheGatewayPundit.com:

    “There were several vehicles following the limo that contained the secret service. The vehicles had all the windows rolled down, and back hatches open on the SUVs with the men holding their, I assume assault rifles, machine guns, drawn on everyone lining the streets. Needless to say, it took my breath away at the sight of them, and made my friends and I dizzy with fear…. I turned on a local talk radio program as we were leaving and all the calls were about witnessing the guns being pointed at them.”

    Of course, we don’t want to jump to any conclusions. There might have been a legitimate reason behind what appears to otherwise be an excessive show of force… we simply don’t know.

    But even if the intent of the Obama Administration was not to oppressively stifle 1st Amendment rights… the message that was left is nonetheless chilling.

    Rosslyn Smith with AmericanThinker.com put the incident in perspective:

    “Whatever it was, the message was poison. Only handpicked supporters were going to get into the carefully orchestrated media event at a Kroger deli that had Obama jetting in and out of the community. That all those who were left to peacefully demonstrate outside had been held at gunpoint is not going to be forgotten anytime soon by those in attendance.”

    Thuggery? … Veiled threat? … Paranoia on the part of Team Obama? … Legitimate and necessary safeguards to protect the life of the President against a real threat?

    We may never know.

    But there is one thing that we do know.  Proponents of ObamaCare are showing a detestable contempt for the American people.

    They don’t want to hear from you. They don’t want to hear what you have to say when it comes to the government takeover of the health care system and they don’t care what you have to say.

    Essentially, they are trying to tune you out.

    But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can make them listen… right here and right now.

    Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.

    Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.

    Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.

    Union Thuggery… Maoist Moms… Or Making Mountains Out Of Molehills?

    On Thursday, the left-wing Huffington Post published an article, “Unions To Take On Conservative Groups Health Care Town Hall.”

    “The nation’s largest federation of labor organizations has promised to directly engage with boisterous conservative protesters at Democratic town halls during the August recess.”

    “In a memo sent out on Thursday, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney outlined the blueprint for how the union conglomerate would step up recess activities on health care reform and other topics pertinent to the labor community. The document makes clear that Obama allies view the town hall forums as ground zero of the health care debate. … ‘The principal battleground in the campaign will be town hall meetings and other gatherings with members of Congress in their home districts,’ reads the memo.”

    “Directly engage?” … “ground zero?” … “principal battleground?”

    We can only hope that Sweeney is talking about pristine political activity.

    But there’s something else.

    A video posting by Linda Douglass, the communications director for the White House’s Health Reform Office, on the White House blog on Tuesday has people wondering….

    Is the Obama Administration recruiting Maoist Moms? Is Big Brother recruiting people to spy on their friends and neighbors?

    “There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.”

    Of course, what really makes Douglass’ posting downright scary is the fact that no one is spreading any “disinformation” when it comes to Obama’s so called “health care reform.”

    Douglass says: “For the record, the President has consistently said that if you like your insurance plan, your doctor, or both, you will be able to keep them.”

    But what Obama says and what is spelled out (in black-and-white) in the so-called “health care reform” legislation making its way through Congress are diametrically opposed.

    To put it bluntly… Barack Hussein Obama is telling a whopper… a big one… and the response of the White House is to encourage their liberal shock-troops to report people who are telling the truth when it comes to ObamaCare?

    That’s the stuff that nightmares are made of.

    Are these incidents molehills or mountains… coincidences or well-thought-out attempts to suppress your 1st Amendment rights?

    We can at least say this; the proponents of ObamaCare are showing extreme – almost surreal – contempt for the American people.

    They don’t care what you want… they don’t care what you think.

    But you can force them to listen. You can flood the fax machines of our elected officials… it’s a message they cannot ignore.

    And now is the time to act because ObamaCare will radically change your live… it will radically change the lives of your children and grandchildren… speak up now or forever hold your peace.

    Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.

    Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.

    Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.

    Extreme Malice Directed Against The American People Or Depraved Indifference…?

    At this point there is no telling just how far the extreme-left will go in its quest to ram ObamaCare down the throats of the American people.

    But there can be no doubt that Obama and Nancy Pelosi and their minions are willing to play dirty.

    And we’re not talking about playing hard-ball with the political opposition… we’re talking about political hard-ball waged against average Americans… the people they are sworn to serve.

    No lie is too great… no tactic is too under-handed.

    In California, seven retirees who were deeply concerned about health care went to Senator Diane Feinstein’s West Los Angeles office wanting to speak with her.

    Instead of welcoming the seniors, Feinstein’s office called the police.

    Senior Citizens a threat? Right.

    Nancy Pelosi recently had this to say of hard-working American taxpaying citizens who have actually taken the time to speak out against ObamaCare.

    “They’re carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on healthcare.”

    Uh… Madame Speaker… we hate to break this to you… but if people were indeed carrying handmade signs with swastikas… it’s not because they were advocating the atrocities committed by the NAZIs… it’s because they were comparing the tactics of the proponents or ObamaCare to the tactics of the NAZIs.

    Perhaps, the analogy goes too far, but average citizens do have the right to express an opinion.

    Maybe this is one of those times that Pelosi should ask the question that good liberals typically ask when confronted by enemies of the United States… “What could we have done to make them so mad at us.”

    Or does Pelosi consider enemies of the United States to be her friends and patriotic Americans to be her enemies?

    But here’s the icing on the cake… elected officials are now actively attempting to cut the lines of communication with the American public.

    According to CNS News, some Members of Congress, are now holding their town hall meetings by telephone in an attempt to avoid “angry and persistent questioners.”

    And one Congressman, Brad Miller (D-NC), has cancelled town hall meetings altogether.

    Expect more Members of Congress to follow suit.

    They may not want to hear from you but you can do something to make them hear you loud and clear right now.

    Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.

    Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.

    Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.

    Alice In Obamaland: Spontaneous Opposition Is “Manufactured” and Rent-A-Mob Protests Are Spontaneous.

    Americans are starting to feel like Alice plummeting down the rabbit-hole.

    For the first time in a good long while, average Americans, many who have never been politically involved before (small business owners… mothers… retirees), are taking part in the political process and are desperately trying to make their views known to our elected officials in Washington.

    It’s a largely spontaneous movement – complete with homemade signs – and yet, some of these extremely liberal proponents of ObamaCare are actually pointing fingers at boogie men that don’t exist… claiming that public indignation has been “manufactured.”

    White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs:

    “[T]here are groups that spread out people across the country to get people to go [to] these things and to specifically generate videos that can be posted on the Internet so that people can watch.”

    “Manufactured” opposition…. “Groups that spread out people across the country?” It’s a fairy-tale… the latest liberal talking point.

    It’s also hugely ironic when you consider that the left has traditionally relied on “community activist groups” like ACORN, labor unions and “rent-a-mobs” for years.

    Bussing in protesters is Standard Operating Procedure for leftist organizations. Leftist organizations employee people full-time for the express purpose of rounding-up warm bodies.

    Liberal organizations (Greenpeace is just one example) maintain “training camps” for liberal activists.

    And Obama knows that… he was a “community organizer” for years.

    But now that average Americans are now taking part in the political process, liberals have the audacity to claim that these protests are being “manufactured” and “engineered?”

    Who are they trying to fool?

    The hypocrisy is staggering.

    Of course the bottom line is that some of our elected officials just don’t want to listen.

    You can make them listen… right now.

    Unless, of course, you fear that exercising your 1st Amendment rights might be construed to be “manufactured opposition.”

    Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.

    Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.

    Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.

    Liberal Denial-Of-Reality Is The Disease. You Are The Cure.

    And just how far does liberal denial-of-reality on ObamaCare go? Just how deep is the rabbit-hole?

    Speaking on ObamaCare, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered this delusion to CNS News:

    “The American people favor what we’re doing by almost a 70 percent margin.”

    Not reading legislation is bad enough but it’s obvious Reid isn’t reading polls either.

    According to FOX News, a whopping 86% of Americans are satisfied with their current health care and according to Rasmussen, a majority of Americans now oppose ObamaCare and the number is rapidly climbing.

    And while we’re on the subject of denying reality, let’s take another look at Douglass’ posting to the White House blog mentioned earlier?

    “There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation.”

    “Rumors?” “Disinformation?”

    “End of life care” … “control of your finances” … “the eradication of your private insurance” … Those issues are specifically addressed in the 1019 page monster of a bill… legislation that Obama has – by his own admission – not read.

    Do you think that if Obama would actually read the legislation, the White House would change its tune?

    Don’t hold your breath waiting for that to happen.

    CNS News again:

    “Asked if the president would read the 1,000-plus health care bill, [White House Press Secretary Robert] Gibbs said ‘I assume the president will study the details of the proposal, and will be – he’s a highly informed individual.’”

    “The reporter followed, ‘But he won’t take time to read it front to back?’ Gibbs responded, ‘I don’t know what his vacation plans are currently.’”

    It’s the epitome of arrogance. ObamaCare will radically change our lives and our future and Obama won’t even take the time to read the legislation.

    Then to add insult to injury, the White House claims that provisions specifically addressed in the legislation – in black-and-white – aren’t actually there… just “rumors” and “disinformation.”

    So why, in the name of all that is holy, is the White House sending our a directive soliciting others to report those who are speaking the truth about this legislation.

    What does that sound like to you? I know what it sounds like to us.

    And it must be stopped.

    Use the hyperlink below and send Barack Obama and each and every member of the Republican and Democratic Leadership of the House and the Senate messages that have a powerful and real impact.

    Flood their fax machines. Tell them that Americans want no part of ObamaCare and that attempts to ignore or ridicule or marginalize or dismiss the majority of Americans who oppose the government takeover of health care will only make a bad situation worse and place their political futures in peril.

    Remind them that they work for the American people. Remind them that the American people are their employers, not their serfs. And finally, demand that they cease-and-desist their callous tactics and abandon ObamaCare once and for all.

    Floyd Brown

    ExposeObama.com

    P.S. Even if you can not join us in this effort right now, you can still help us expose Barack Hussein Obama by sending this e-mail to at least 10 of your friends.

  • Kathleen Kennedy Attacks the Pope for Obama

    Kathleen Kennedy Attacks the Pope for Obama

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    Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the former lieutenant governor of Maryland, has sparked controversy — and outrage — by writing that President Barack Obama reflects the views of American Catholics better than the Pope.

    In a column for Newsweek magazine’s Web site, Kennedy Townsend — eldest of Robert Kennedy’s 11 children — asserted: “Obama’s pragmatic approach to divisive policy . . . and his social-justice agenda reflect the views of American Catholic laity much more closely than those vocal bishops and pro-life activists.”

    She noted that while Obama and Pope Benedict XVI “disagree about reproductive freedoms and homosexuality,” American Catholics “know Obama’s on their side. In fact, Obama’s agenda is closer to their views than even the Pope’s.”

    Among the voices decrying Townsend’s column is Judie Brown, president and co-founder of the American Life League, a pro-life organization.

    Writing for CNSNews, she calls Townsend’s views “misguided” and states: “‘Reproductive freedoms,’ for those unfamiliar with the culture of death’s propaganda, is a code phrase for abortion on demand, sex instruction in schools, birth control for kids, and all manner of bizarre propositions that help the purveyors of smut to define the human person as an animal incapable of self-control . . .

    “One can easily tell that her thought process has little to do with Catholic identity and, in fact, is contrary to all that is Catholic. There is no other explanation for her inane claim that President Obama is somehow more in tune with American Catholics than the Pope.”

    Townsend goes on to say that the Church hierarchy “ignores women’s equality and gays’ cry for justice because to heed them would require that it admit error and acknowledge that the self-satisfied edifice constructed around sex and gender has been grievously wrong.”

    She also cites the Pope’s recent encyclical “Charity in Truth,” claiming it gives “moral credence to Obama’s message.”

    But Brown counters, “In fact, the encyclical’s message is something else entirely . . .

    “Without respect for the human person, it is impossible to bring about a just society, and in a just society, there is no room for heinous crimes such as abortion. This is the underlying theme of the entire encyclical, which Kennedy Townsend apparently overlooked entirely.”

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    Kennedy Townsend urges youth to get into politics

    By Steve Hinnefeld 331-4374 | shinnefeld@heraldt.com

    Kathleen Kennedy Townsend reflects on the level of
    individual involvement in politics Thursday before speaking
    at a dinner for Ivy Tech’s O’Bannon Institute for Community
    Service. Townsend is a former Maryland lieutenant governor
    and daughter of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy. David
    Snodgress | Herald-Times

    “It’s great that record numbers of young people are involved in community service through volunteer activities”, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend said.

    But it’s a shame that so many steer clear of another means of civic engagement: political activity and government service.

    “Government is where we make our most solemn common decisions,” she said. And when it’s attacked as unworthy, “that hurts our ability to build a strong community.”

    Townsend is the oldest child of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy and a niece of John F. Kennedy. She was in Bloomington Thursday to speak at a fundraiser dinner for the O’Bannon Institute for Community Service at Ivy Tech Community College.

    She was lieutenant governor of Maryland from 1995 to 2003 and counts as one of her primary achievements that she helped make community service a requirement for high school graduation.

    But she said it’s disappointing that students who boast of their volunteerism — planting trees, tutoring children, delivering meals to the elderly — often won’t dirty their hands with politics.

    “I think that’s a loss of talent and energy and vision,” she said.

    Townsend, a Democrat, attributed the nation’s turn against politics, in part, to strategy by some Republicans. She recalled when Ronald Reagan said government was the problem, not the solution.

    “If you’re good and bright and smart, why do you go to the place where the problem is?” she said.

    Her new book, “Failing America’s Faithful,” is based on a related theme, she said. It argues that churches have “shrunken God” through a narrow focus on sex and abortion.

    She tells how, in 1968, the television interviewer David Frost asked both her father and Reagan, “Why are we on Earth?” Reagan talked about freedom and individual salvation. Robert Kennedy talked about making life better for others.

    “There it is in a nutshell,” she said. “Do I care primarily about me? Or do we care about community?”

  • Saakashvili pays tribute to the Armenian Genocide victims

    Saakashvili pays tribute to the Armenian Genocide victims
    25.06.2009 16:25

    Accompanied by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Deputy Mayor of Yerevan Kamo Areyan and other officials, the President of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex.

    The Georgian delegation paid a tribute of respect to the victims of the Armenian genocide and laid a wreath at the memorial.

    President Saakashvili watered the fir tree he had planted at the Memory Alley during his visit to Armenia a few years ago.

    ! Reproduction on full or in part is prohibited without reference to Public Radio of Armenia
  • ‘New Economy’ and Barack Obama

    ‘New Economy’ and Barack Obama

    My friend went to hear Charles Krauthammer.  He listened with 25 others in a closed room.  What he says here, is NOT second-hand but first-hand.

    William Barden <wbarden1@twcny.rr.com>

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    Subj: Charles Krauthammer Speech/Comments on the ‘New

    Economy’ and Barack Obama

    To my friends & associates:

    Last Monday was a profound evening, hearing Dr. Charles Krauthammer speak to the Center for the American Experiment.  He is a brilliant intellectual, seasoned and articulate. He is forthright and careful in his analysis, and never resorts to emotions or personal insults. He is NOT a fear monger nor an extremist in his comments and views.  He is a fiscal conservative, and has a Pulitzer prize for writing.  He is a frequent contributor to Fox News and writes weekly for the Washington Post.  The entire room was held spellbound during his talk.  I have shared this with many of you and several have asked me to summarize his comments, as we are living in uncharted waters economically and internationally.  Even two Dems at my table agreed with everything he said! If you feel like forwarding this to those who are open minded and have not ‘drunk the Kool-Aid’, feel free.

    A summary of his comments:

    1.  Mr. Obama is a very intellectual, charming individual.  He is not to be underestimated. He is a ‘cool customer’ who doesn’t show his emotions. It’s very hard to know what’s ‘behind the mask’.  Taking down the Clinton dynasty from a political neophyte was an amazing accomplishment.  The Clintons still do not understand what hit them.  Obama was in the perfect place at the perfect time.

    2.  Obama has political skills comparable to Reagan and Clinton.  He has a way of making you think he’s on your side, agreeing with your position, while doing the opposite.  Pay no attnention to what he SAYS; rather, watch what he DOES!

    3.  Obama has a ruthless quest for power.  He did not come to Washington to make something out of himself, but rather to change everything, including dismantling capitalism.  He can’t be straightforward on his ambitions, as the public would not go along.  He has a heavy hand, and wants to ‘level the playing field’ with income redistribution and punishment of the achievers of society.  He would like to model the USA to Great Britain or Canada .

    4.  His three main goals are to control ENERGY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, and NATIONAL HEALTHCARE by the Federal government  He doesn’t care about the auto or financial services industries, but got them as an early bonus.  The cap and trade will add costs to everything and stifle growth. Paying for FREE college education is his goal.  Most scary is his healthcare program, because if you make it FREE and add 46,000,000 people to a Medicare-type single-payer system, the costs will go through the roof.  The only way to control costs is with massive RATIONING of services, like in Canada .  God forbid.

    5.  He’s surrounded himself with mostly far-left academic types. No one around him has ever run even a candy store. But they’re going to try and run the auto, financial, banking and other industries. This obviously can’t work in the long run. Obama’s not a socialist; rather a far-left secular progressive bent on nothing short of revolution. He ran as a mo derate, but will govern from the hard left. Again, watch what he does, not what he says.

    6.  Obama doesn’t really see himself as President of the USA , more as a ruler over the world.  He sees himself above it all, trying to orchestrate and coordinate various countries and their agendas.  He sees moral equivalence in all cultures.  His apology tour in Germany and England was a prime example of how he sees America , as an imperialist nation that has been arrogant, rather than a great noble nation that has at times made errors.  This is the first President ever who has chastised our allies and appeased our enemies!

    7.  He’s now handing out goodies. He hopes that the bill (and pain) will not ‘come due’ until after he’s reelected in 2012.  He’d like to blame all problems on Bush from the past, and hopefully his successor in the future.  He has a huge ego, and Mr. Krauthammer believes he is a narcissist.

    8.  Republicans are in the wilderness for a while, but will emerge strong. We’re ‘pining’ for another Reagan, but there’ll never be another like him.  He believes Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Bobby Jindahl (except for his terrible speech in Feb.) are the future of the party. Newt Gingrich is brilliant, but has baggage. Sarah Palin is sincere and intelligent, but needs to really be seriously boning up on facts and information if she’s to be a serious candidate in the future. We need to return to the party of lower taxes, smaller government, personal responsibility, strong national defense, and states’ rights.

    9.  The current level of spending is irresponsible & outrageous. We’re spending trillions that we don’t

    have. This could lead to hyper inflation, depression or worse. No country has ever spent themselves into prosperity. The media is giving Obama, Reid and Pelosi a pass because they love their agenda. But eventually the bill will come due and people will realize the huge bailouts didn’t work, nor will the stimulus pkg. These were trillion-dollar payoffs to Obama’s allies, unions and the Congress to placate the left, so he can get support for #4 above.

    10.  The election was over in mid-September when Lehman Brothers failed. Fear and panic swept in, we had an unpopular President, and the war was grinding on indefinitely without a clear outcome. The people are in pain, and the mantra of ‘change’ caused people to act emotionally. Any Dem would have won this election; it was surprising is was as close as it was.

    11.  In 2012, if the unemployment rate is over 10%, Republicans will be swept back into power.  If it’s under 8%, the Dems continue to roll.  If it’s between 8-10%, it’ll be a dogfight. It’ll all be about the economy.

    I hope this gets you really thinking about what’s happening in Washington and Congress. There’s a left-wing revolution going on, according to Krauthammer, and he encourages us to keep the faith and join the loyal resistance. The work will be hard, but we’re right on most issues and can reclaim our country, before it’s far too late.