Obama's Big Government Liberalism
The hypocrisy of hope and change
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This move, encouraged by the Obama administration, put the American taxpayer on the hook for an entire generation of irresponsible gambles made by another failed investment firm that should have gone out of business, but was instead acquired by Bank of America with $25 billion in taxpayer help—Merrill Lynch. (emphasis added)
This is just one of the many ways in which Obama reveals himself as a friend of big, well-connected business interests—that is, as an advocate of the corporate state.
Considering that Mitt Romney also favors having government as business’s ally, we can look forward to an election between two variations on this corporatist theme.
Sheldon Richman is senior fellow at The Future of Freedom Foundation in Fairfax, Va., author of Tethered Citizens: Time to Repeal the Welfare State, and editor of The Freeman magazine. This article originally appeared at The Future of Freedom Foundation.
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the definition of redundant: whenever Obama and hypocrisy are written in the same sentence.
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I thought that was "Obama" and "cunt."
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Woa! +1
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There's no diff between the R's and the D's other than the ideology. Both believe in using the government for social/economic engineering, and both know the exact best way to do that. Neither think the people are smart enough to do it for themselves, and at least in that they're probably correct, but neither is willing to let the losers who are their friends fail either.
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Of course, big-government mindset runs deep through both Teams... both view every American citizen as a group of three-year-olds, and it's Their Job to make sure we behave according to Their Whims.
It's enough to make ya puke, innit?
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"And that, Mr. President, is how close I came to having sex last night."
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What, that's how short his dick was from reaching his ass?
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alt text:
"That's called the Quart of Blood Technique. You do that, a quart of blood'll drop out a person's body."
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"It is true, the little people of this country are just this size."
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"To continue, if I may, Mr. President, with my bovine analogy, it is only required that one be viewing from the proper vantage point, for stimulus to be seen as having been efficacious."
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Although Mr. Obama has made a point of not accepting contributions from registered lobbyists, a review of campaign donations and White House visitor logs shows that special interests have had little trouble making themselves heard.
Also, Mr. Obama has made a point of accepting contributions from state and local lobbyists and family members of federal lobbyists.
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Off topic: Tell us what you really think, Nooge.
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I don't like Nugent, but it's a waste of time to have Secret Service goons pester him over his comments.
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Anything to take the focus off of their Columbian hooker fetish.
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OT: I wonder how many hookers Obama had while in Colombia.
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It's not just that; he made a fucking analogy. And really, someone compares Obama to Hitler at least a million times a day on the internet.
He can't take people talking bad about him because he's stuck in the 18 year old liberal mindset.
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"I'll tell you this right now: If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year," Nugent said.
Noted.
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Nuge is nuts. He rants against drugs, but didn't say a fucking word when we were lighting up during his concert. He took the money and ran.
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I blame (Dwight and Antoinette C.) Bush.
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You mean Obama will say one thing and then do the exact opposite? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!
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So what? I know numerous ordinary citizen/voters who think he's doing a glorious job (or would be if the Republicans would just STFU.)
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"... $17,900-a-plate fundraising dinner at the home of Dwight and Antoinette C. Bush, two heavy contributors to his reelection...."
Or, as it's known around here, 'free speech.'
I am shocked, SHOCKED I SAY!!!, at the implication that this exercise of free-speech rights could somehow influence or corrupt the recipient politician.
Sheldon sounds like that damned
DemocraticDemocrat Party all of a sudden.CitizenzUnited4Evah!
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This is what happens when people don't heed the advice of The Who.
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It's kind of hard to meet the new boss what with all the security personel and his busy schedule... Oh! You meant the advice from earlier in the song...
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