Sunday, July 13, 2014
Photo taken from reddit.com
“At no time was the Obama Administration
aware of what the Obama Administration was doing.” There is something
satirically poetic about this old meme of Jay Carney defending Obama one of the
many times under his former position as the Obama Administration’s Press
Secretary.
On multiple accounts under the current
administration, there have been sudden bursts of headlines of scandal-after-scandal,
followed by loud distractions of celebrities, sports and focuses on the growing
tensions in the Middle East. Mainstream media has been catching onto these
scandals slowly, but then give an incomplete accounting of them, as it seems as
if they simply stop reporting on the issues altogether until an alternative
media source picks them back up with updates. This gives the illusion that
mainstream media, from both sides of the table, are doing their jobs, when in
actuality they are just trying to appease the growing percentage of citizens
that are untrustworthy of the Obama administration and the federal government
as a whole.
Well, Mainstream Media, that is no
longer enough. It is nothing new to point out the fact that every mainstream
company is owned by the same six corporations, which means they are all bought
and paid for.[1]
In case you missed those stories, Obama
was unaware of the Fast and Furious scandal until the story broke through the
media. Obama was unaware of the Benghazi attack until the story broke through
the media. Obama was unaware of the IRS scandal until the story broke through
the media. Obama was unaware of the massive NSA surveillance on law-abiding
American citizens until the story broke through the media. And so on…. Did
Obama also mention that in some way, the responsibility of these scandals fall
on the back of former President George W. Bush?
By no means am I defending the G.W. Bush
Administration, as it had its own list of scandals for which it was
responsible; however, the growing “know nothing, blame Bush” attitude the Obama
Administration has had since day one is that of a spoiled five year-old—and
that, I’m afraid, is giving him too much credit.
C-SPAN recently covered Obama’s speech
on Thursday in Austin, TX where he criticized Republicans’ lawsuit against his
executive actions. In his speech, he began whitewashing and justifying his over
use of executive power. He even goes to the extent of quoting a scene in the
movie The Departed:
“There’s a scene in the movie
where…they’re on a steak out and…they lose they guy they’re tracking, and [Mark
Wahlberg] is upset and yelling at the [other] guy, and the guy says ‘Well who
are you?’ and Wahlberg says, ‘I’m the guy doing my job. You must be the other
guy.’”
Obama compared himself to Wahlberg and
said “Sometimes I feel like saying to [Congress], ‘I’m the guy doing my job,
you guys must be the other guy.’ So rather than wage another political stunt
that wastes time and tax payers’ money, I’ve got a better idea: do something.”
Again, Obama is responsible for nothing
that goes wrong under his administration or anything he does to over step his
boundaries as President. Congress isn’t acting, so therefore he must give
himself all the power to get the job done. But what job is he doing on this
immigration crisis? Absolutely nothing. He is allowing the entry of
unaccompanied minors to illegally cross the border while telling Border Patrol
agents to “stand down”, and threatening and intimidating any agents who speak
out to the media about it.[2]
“If you’re mad at me for helping people
on my own,” he continues, “let’s team up! Let’s pass some bills… It is lonely
me just doing stuff. I’d love it if the Republicans did stuff, too!”
First of all, what is the point in
passing more bills when the government does not even find it necessary to
follow whatever laws it passes itself? What good is that going to do? Since
when is more government mandating the obvious solution? It has clearly been
part of the problem. We have a President who refuses to follow laws, and here
he is declaring why he shouldn’t have to follow the laws already set to limit
his power while trying to impose more laws on you, me and anyone else who isn’t
him.
Second of all, this last quote was
suggesting that the only way Obama would work with Congress would be if
Congress were to get in alignment with him and do it his way. It is pointing
fingers directly at Republicans, and Republicans alone, when there is a whole
other party involved—Democrats. We have elected members of Congress on both
sides of the fence doing absolutely nothing while blaming the other.
Lastly, Obama declares: “So when folks
say they’re frustrated with Congress, let’s just be clear of what the problem
is.” Ok, Obama, I’ll take your challenge. I just stated half of the problem.
The other half is what you say afterward:
“I’m just telling the truth now. I don’t
have to run for office again, so I can just, you know, let ‘er rip!”
The second half to the problem is
demonstrated in Obama’s seemingly incoherent speech on how he can now tell the
truth, while he is failing to do so as he speaks, because he is no longer
running for office. This brings about the premise that when he was running for
office, he did not tell the truth.
And there you have it: The President admits
to being deceptive and asks with slurred speech to give him confidence in his
ability to “do his job”, which he has failed to do for the last five years.
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