if you are trying to figure out this President and why he does things. The cover story of this issue of FORBES has a twist that I never thought of specifically, but alluded to many many times on this board during the primary and the campaign.

We wonder why....

.....In 2009, he backs through the US Export-Import bank basically underwriting offshore drilling, IN BRAZIL FOR BRAZIL, not a drop to end up in the US.

.....The Obama administration has declared that even if banks want to repay the government loans they may not be allowed to do so.

.....He wants more stimulus even though so much of the original so called stimulus remains not used. This even though the top 10% of earners pay 70% of federal income taxes. The bottom 40% pay nothing.

.....A few months ago, he changed NASA, the space agency into a group that has a function of one thing.....improve relations with the Muslim world.

There is so much of what can only be called bizarre behavior that you search for a reason. Many say socialism, etc. The author comes up with a different reason and makes a compelling case for it. Using the President's own words in his autobiography (Dreams from my Father), a case is made for the influence of his father (who by the way had 4 wives and 8 children as a polygamist and was a chronic drunk driver).

The bottom line from my view is that the President is not a marxist or socialist in the traditional sense but something called a advocate of ANTICOLONISM !

This from the author...

" know a great deal about anticolonialism, because I am a native of Mumbai, India. I am part of the first Indian generation to be born after my country's independence from the British. Anticolonialism was the rallying cry of Third World politics for much of the second half of the 20th century. To most Americans, however, anticolonialism is an unfamiliar idea, so let me explain it.

Anticolonialism is the doctrine that rich countries of the West got rich by invading, occupying and looting poor countries of Asia, Africa and South America. As one of Obama's acknowledged intellectual influences, Frantz Fanon, wrote in The Wretched of the Earth, "The well-being and progress of Europe have been built up with the sweat and the dead bodies of Negroes, Arabs, Indians and the yellow races."

It is a great read whether you are for or against this President in trying to understand what often escapes reasoning.

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/09...s-problem.html

From Wikipedia on the author.."Dinesh D'Souza (born April 25, 1961) is an author and public speaker who once served as the Robert and Karen Rishwain Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.[1] He is currently the President of The King's College in New York City.[2]

I enjoyed the article Bucco. The author made some good points. They are points I've seen laid out step by step by Glenn Beck on several occassions. Beck was scorned and was racked over the coals for daring to point out these truths about Obama.

I think it is interesting that one of the first acts as POTUS, Obama ejected the priceless bronze bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office and sent it back to Britain. The bust is part of the British Government's art collection and was a gift on loan to the US and President Bush following the Sept. 11 attacks on the US as a symbol of a "strong transatlantic relationship."


From the Telegraph article I'm linking below, "Churchill has less happy connotations for Mr Obama than those American politicians who celebrate his wartime leadership. It was during Churchill's second premiership that Britain suppressed Kenya's Mau Mau rebellion. Among Kenyans allegedly tortured by the colonial regime included one Hussein Onyango Obama, the President's grandfather."




http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...o-Britain.html

Originally Posted by bkcunningham1

I enjoyed the article Bucco. The author made some good points. They are points I've seen laid out step by step by Glenn Beck on several occassions. Beck was scorned and was racked over the coals for daring to point out these truths about Obama.

I think it is interesting that one of the first acts as POTUS, Obama ejected the priceless bronze bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office and sent it back to Britain. The bust is part of the British Government's art collection and was a gift on loan to the US and President Bush following the Sept. 11 attacks on the US as a symbol of a "strong transatlantic relationship."


From the Telegraph article I'm linking below, "Churchill has less happy connotations for Mr Obama than those American politicians who celebrate his wartime leadership. It was during Churchill's second premiership that Britain suppressed Kenya's Mau Mau rebellion. Among Kenyans allegedly tortured by the colonial regime included one Hussein Onyango Obama, the President's grandfather."




http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...o-Britain.html

I have been maintaining since before he was even the candidate, against the cries of racism and personal attacks, that he may be a nice guy, but if you read his books, investigate his background, then what he will do is very predictable.

I don't want to sound like a smart man because I am not, but just about all he has done are things I said he would do. I also have been maintaining since he got the nomination in response to those that said "how much damage can he do" that his election creates the "perfect storm" with the current make up of congress, personalities etc !

Those who remain blind to this and will not lift a finger to investigate his background, as you and others have done, are going to look up one day and just keep says...what have we done.

Again, this does not make him a bad human being unless you count the disguises he uses...but he has no choice....this is ALL he knows...ALL he ever trained in, and now in his FIRST REAL responsible position, he will follow those values !

victims of their background.

How could it possibly be any other way??

btk