Maybe that title is a bit too strong? i don't really care actually because i feel like a weight has been lifted from our shoulders. President Barack Hussein Obama (why should we be ashamed of his middle name???) some say anti-christ, some say muslim some say the end of America as we know it. That's just a load of bull and i'm tired of people saying things like that. anti- christ? no doubt that Bush fit the anti-christ description in 2004 than Obama does now. That muslim thing is beyond a lie and has no grounding to it. Tells us a lot about America and how we think right? Black guy with a funny name and an African dad- he must be an ARAB!!!! and as we all know, all Arabs are eeeeviiiiiiil- way to be ignorant America, i'm real proud of you...
End of America as we know it- i agree fully. It is the end of America as we know it. THANK YOU JESUS!!! Let's take a look in history- post WW2 era Europe finally stepped down from its world power status (the two world wars and casualties took a real toll on the economy). This left America and the USSR who fought to fill the void- the Cold War. And what's a war without weapons? With Europe out of the way and fear to fuel the fire. America started pouring into the expansion of their military during 'peace' times while Russia did the same. In the end though, Stalin's Communism folded under pressure and capitalism prevailed. Winning the title of world power solidified our attitudes on our role in the global community which basically went along the lines of 'this is our world and you are our minions.' even though we won our war, we just couldn't put our guns down and started strutting around with our nukes in hand bombing our way through problems.
September 11th, 2001- someone decided to fight back. A few Muslims run our own planes into our own crap and we start freaking out. For the first time the horror of war is brought to our home land. The crap we do to other smaller, ill-equip countries is done right in our backyards. Now don't get me wrong- i don't excuse what those people did on that day. It was a horrible tragedy and no matter what a country does, or is, there is no excuse to kill innocent people at any time but the message was still the same- 'America, freaking get off of your high horse, this is how the other half lives'. Quickly the world came to comfort us but we decided to respond with big sticks and bigger guns. Turning on anyone who wasn't for our askew cause.
Now, FINALLY, our deeds catch up with us. Our use of weapons and of war has made more enemies than friends, our economy is starting to buckle under all the accumulating pressure, and with the world that we have found ourselves in today it is time for us to start changing our tactics and think of different ways to be influenial. Anyone who thinks that talking with our fists is still the way to go is an idiot who refuses to look at the history as a whole.
Speaking about the economy, why do we rebuke socialism like it's pure evil? Capitalism isn't exactly our saving grace either. Remember the Gilded Age? you know, the time when the government had no real control over the economy (as close to a free market we got to). The time when American markets were ruled by Big businesses who shut out any kind of competition and worked their employees to the bone with little pay or benefits? The time when politicians didn't listen to the people but, instead, to these political machines so that they could keep their funding (hrm sounds like lobbyists)? Is that really the position we want to go back to? i don't know, but i'd rather have at least SOME government intervention than none- look at our own history please before condemning us to our own personal hell.
and about Obama's idea of raising taxes- while we're on the subject of the economy- yea, he wants to raise taxes but he also wants to lower taxes. It's already been proven that a flat tax doesn't work. In fact, it makes no sense to have a flat tax. A tax amount could be too high for the poor and too little for the rich. dont even bring up a cut on taxes all together because when the ppl are struggling they want the government to help relieve some of the pain a recession brings. yea he wants to redistribute the wealth but that is because a recognizable phenomena is happening right now where the gap between the rich and the poor is growing and the existing middle class is quickly fading away. Yes, this was an incident that happened during the Gilded age as well. Now how do you fix a growing gap? you help make the poor not as poor. How do you make the poor less poor? give them money. But where do you get that money? well from the rich. It's a simple fact of life. We can't make money pop out of nowhere. And if we want to fix our economy without adding more to this debt that we have accumulated we need to start circulating the wealth that we already have in order to help make more money in general. Plus, Obama is including more of the middle class into that plan so not as many ppl have raised taxes. everyone also seems to forget that there is also a tax cut for people under this line. Apparently everyone is happy with helping the poor until it means using our own money to do so. Well that doesn't sound very Christian. and honestly, do you really think he's going to drastically raise taxes for ppl that are just above that line? really?
If you don't agree with the changes that are going to take place, and feel like you can't possibly wait and see what's going to happen then fine, move to canada (like many ppl say) lets see how you function there. They are ten times more liberal and socialist than America would possibly be. In fact, move anywhere else decent to live in the world and you'll see that your best bet is to just sit your butt down in the old US of A and DEAL WITH IT. Like Obama said in his acceptance speech last night, America isn't going to be changed by him, it's going to be our jobs to change it. To be involved in our own politics; make it a personal responsibility to update ourselves on the issues circulating Washington. We don't elect a president to make all the decisions so we don't have to; we elect a president- and the ppl in all offices- for efficiency. So that our voice will be heard quicker and with more results. There's no need for whining and ppl complaining over how Obama is the end of America and all we stand for. All that noise is annoying and useless. If you have a problem with the government, do your research, talk to your governors, make movements with the people in your own communities and give yourself a united voice. THAT's how you solve the problem's in America- i mean how else do you think we got out of the Gilded Age?
Stop whining and start getting involved.
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