Obama's Abstract Patriotism

Seriously. It is No-Shock-Barack. No-Drama-Obama. He has an even hand. He is not rash. He thinks.

Educated. Brilliant. Inspirational. Calm. America is lucky that he will be our next President.

McCain...bottom 1% of his naval academy. NOw he is too old.
I am a brain researcher, and I can tell you that there are serious changes that occur in an elderly brain that negatively affect a person's ability to make good decisions. The pre-frontal cortex rapidly deteriorates with old age, and the pre-frontal cortex is really important to our ability to resist out impulses. Teenagers don't have developed neo-cortexes, and this is why they often make poor choices. Sometimes they aren't able to stop their reflexive reactions. Would you give a teenager the RED BUTTON?

In spite of what a Red-Publican 'cons'ervatives would have you believe; you can be a conservative & anti-American [Not patriotic].

I consider the [sic] people, who say things like: not wearing an American flag pen that was made in communist China & not putting your right hand over your heart during the national anthem are signs of a person being anti- American or not being patriotic as peddler of Red-publican socialism.

YOU ARE LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO ATTACK OBAMA'S PATRIOTISM BECAUSE YOUR OLD ATTACKS HAVE BEEN COUNTERED.

Is It True About Obama?

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Is+It+True+About+Obama%3F&search_type=&aq=f

John McCain Said He Didn't Love His Country

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hVeWZjB8zM

P.S. This is how I question the Patriotism of the Repug-nant New World Order saleouts.

Iraq spends little on rebuilding despite huge surplus: US report

Wed Aug 6, 1:22 PM ET

Iraq is amassing a huge budget surplus of soaring oil export revenues, but is spending little on reconstruction, for which the United States is bearing the financial burden, a US government report said.

The Government Accounting Office report issued Tuesday said that, counting Baghdad's actual budget balance for 2005 to 2007, and the projected budget of 2008, the country would have amassed a surplus of up to 79.3 billion dollars out of revenues of up to 182.2 billion dollars.

Like I said: 'Cons'ervative Red-publican Socialism!!

Excellent article.
Brain changes are important but more important is what the individual started with. McCain starts as both a true patriot and a leader in Congress. Obama starts as a citizen of the world, an orator and a follower. Given that choice the Old Patriotic Leader trumps the Young Follower of Unclear Allegiance in my book. We will see what the other voters think in November.

Senator Obama's Patriotism - What it means to this Navy Veteran. I hope you consider the following article: Senator Obama's Patriotism - a Veteran's Perspective
It is found at:
http://zachjonesishome.wordpress.com/senator-obama%e2%80%99s-patriotism-a-veteran%e2%80%99s-perspective/

Calling Nobama a socialist is being kind. The man is a communist and America had better wake up otherwise we will end up in a gulug of our own construction.

Josh:

Sorry dude, Barack is a idiot and he has no business in charge of this nation.
Maybe you can explain how, just because his brain is younger, he is qualified? He has no managing experience, he has no leadership experience. He has never run a company, never been a Governor. He has never managed a budget, employed people.

As to McCain being at the bottom of the class? Your talking about the US Naval Academy? Do you have a clue how hard it is to enter the Academy? Do you know how hard completing it is? Does it matter he is taught to lead there? Patton was 46th out of 103. Hmmmm, could he lead men? Grant was a West Point graduate and President. He graduated a private. Umm, could Grant lead men? Do you suppose that maybe the military teaches leadership skills? Do you think Harvard Law teaches leadership? How does being a socialist liberal make him fit to lead?

He would be laughed out of industry if he applied for a CEO position and your telling me I am lucky he will be our next president?
I think your the one with the immature cortex. The standard for which people on the left judge their leaders is so low it is scary.

Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill.

The reason Obama isn't patriotic is his desire to rape us of our freedoms and plunge us into liberal fascist slavery the way FDR tried to do.

As an intellectual argument, Larrey Anderson, yours is one of the most helpful in this election cycle. To understand that bHo is after an imperative, after forced behavior following high taxation, that undermines the values of America is essential.

He learned marxism at his Mother's and Grandfather's knees, followed Muslim ways through his Mother's choice of two husbands, his birth and his adoptive fathers, and has imbibed anti-Americanism of every persuasion (the latest, "Africa first") his entire career. The one Americanism in which he is steeped is political-machine corruption of the Chicago type. This is a very frightening basis for his Hope for Change for Americans.

I have one disagreement with the essay -- that bHo's politics defeated "the Clinton machine". In this regard an intellectual argument will not do. The reason for his ascendence at this point is none other than massive amounts of corporation money from their leaders, lawyers, and lobbyists that put bHo in the public eye, kept him there, and helped him buy off the Dem Super Delegates and the MSM. Most of these funds did not come from the authoritarian leftists of the Dem Party. I hope true Conservatives -- not those following GWB and his government give-away to corporations -- will turn their attention to this GLARING FACT in this election cycle before we are all sold out to international corporations.

I will define patriotism again as I did in a previous post. Patriotism and true love of the United States is unselfish service done in annonymity, without the necessity of accolaydes being heaped upon you. Patriotism is quiet, shown by deeds, and not words or symbols. Being truly grateful to be a citizen of a country whose open government established by our founding fathers allow us to achieve any heights we want, and paying that gratitude forward to others not fortunate enough to be U.S. citizens. The realization we are a shining example to millions in the world, but continue to remain humble and giving.... to me, that is the true meaning of patriotism.

Ridiculing others by getting personal about their age, race, or how you choose to practice a religion is not patriotism. It is counter productive to the common goal of the continuance of our country as a free nation. We do not have to have the same philosophies on all of the important issues of the day, but we should go back to working out our differences, coming to a "meeting of the minds", as we did back when this country was still sane. We have to stand together, people. A house divided amongst itself cannot stand. don't let AQ win. And if we tear ourselves apart by fighting amongst ourselves, they surely will.

To Obama and his ilk, the logic is as follows:
Patriotism is love of country.
Love directs us to sacrifice for what we love.
Therefore patriotism directs us to sacrifice for our country/countrymen.
Such logic ignores what makes America uniquely worthy of our love.
America is the application of the idea that individuals are their own masters. In America, one has the right to pursue happiness without first getting permission from a lord.
That's the idea worth defending. That's the idea that inspires patriotism.
And that's why Obama has it completely wrong.

Patriotism is a hard concept to really get a handle on for the left. We on the right understand in our core. It is not the state (government) that we would be willing to risk all to defend. You see it was never the government that was the issue, it was us. Yes it was us, all of us as individuals. We were willing to band together to protect each others individual rights. The government that grew out of the Revolution and the Constitution was a reflection of that ideal.

It has never been about the government. That is why the oath to office of all the Armed Services and All Official Government Positions require that the oath giver Protect and Defend the Constitution. There is no mention of protecting the State (Government). This was not a mistake. The founders did not want any allegiance to government, rather an allegiance to the ideals that the governmnet was formed to protect as written in the U.S. Constitution.

It is because the left thinks that government or the state needs to be defended and protected rather than the ideals that this country was founded on that we have such a disconnect when discussing this with a left leaning individual. We lack the same vocabulary. The same words end up having very differnt meanings to each group.

If you want State(Group, Government) based patriotism move to Europe or Asia. The group is more importatnt than the individual there. If you want a brand of Patriotism based on mutual defense for the sake of protecting each others Individual Rights then the United States of America is the ONLY country that is based on that concept.

To be POTUS is to be the CEO of the largest thriving oldest enterprise on the planet. 'Community organizer' credentials and skin color just don't fill out the resume. (No 'GRAVITAS'.) Could BHO run GE or Coca-Cola on his feel good liberal ideology? Lightweight rookie Obama is an idealistic dreamer...patriotic to the global collective of international communism. ('People of the world...we are one.') He is a well indoctrinated thrall of the debunked theories of Karl Marx. A 'class struggle' utopian. Most avowed Marxists can't give a rational reasonable explanation as to their 'beliefs', only psycho-babble gobbledegook, passionate feelings, and moronic uninformed opinions. If you oppose them you're a mean spirited fascist...if you concur you can share a doobie and a trans-fat free granola bar...as you compare cool tatoos and infected piercings.('My body is my work of art.')
To indulge in the bliss of the amazing American standard of living...gainful employment is the primary requirement. No political bona-fides required. All the good stuff then falls in place. No central planning by benevolent government bureaus necessary. It's why the moonbat weenies fight the American ideology so vehemently. They'll live on a park bench with the homeless to symbolically show their solidarity with the downtrodden masses to assuage their white guilt and stick it to their parents. They're mostly unemployable mentally deranged mooches and a tragedy for their suffering families. Their brain dead hi-jinks are the inspiration for the thriving well attended Nar-Anon support groups. Denver '08 will be a hoot! Believe me!

For pyromancer 76:
Excellent catch. I was wondering if anyone would see the literary license I took in the denouement. But it is a fact that, towards the end, Hillary was pulling her hair out. (I would have been too.) "Change? Change? Change!!!" You could almost hear her screaming.

For Jane:
I had used the word "love" instead of "defend" in an early version of this piece. But love is an emotion and defense is an action. The founders talked about protecting the republic, not loving it, so I stuck with them. Great comment though.

For the liberals:
Once again, please address the argument. I said nothing (not one word) in this piece about McCain, who is, obviously, a weak candidate. I would love to see a reasoned critique of my writing from the left. That would be interesting, fun, and, most of all, refreshing.

Sacrifice is an imperative of citizenship? Think about that for a second. This is a terrifying statement coming from someone who would be commander-in-chief. Obama's amoral, and totalitarian, logic should make a rational person's skin crawl.

Larrey Anderson is a philosopher and writer living in Idaho. He can be reached at ldandersonbooks.com
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Makes a person's Skin Crawl, Indeed!

To Josh and people like him and to people that think like him. B.H.O. does make my skin crawl. You people just don't understand how much you are disliked. Hate does not come near to explain. I can't bring my self to write its name. B.H.O. Is as close as I can stomach. You people have been making my skin crawl ever since the 60's.

You think nothing will happen to you no matter what hateful thing you say or write. You people have been getting away with it for 40 years. You can tell any lie you want to, but a lot of people are just not listening anymore. Normal people. Your mask is slipping Josh. I doubt you even believe half of the stuff you write here in American Thinker. Basically it shows that you don't think. I think mature, reasoned person would admit that it is possible that B.H.O. might not be elected.

Take a glance through history and see. If you can't stomach any history I would suggest try to limit yourself to the writings of your fellow travelers. I'll call you a communist, because in our present day polite society it is no longer a cuss word. Read the histories that people like you, and think like you, have written. Don't take my word for it. Read what the soviets have written about their beloved Linen. Don't check the new stuff. Check the accolades given to Linen before the fall of the Soviet empire. Come and see! Consider you glorious benefactor, Charmin Mao. Consider all the wonderful changes called upon, the red apocalypse, the coming of the red horse as chronicled by Mao's little red book. All the much written about, "The New 5 Year Plans." keep all reports of the present 21st century facts out of your mind. Look at the 5 year plans from the 30's, the 50's and the 60's and tell me what you see. Come and see! Look at the posters of the great leader from that era. There are many great leaders to choose from. Sit down and listen to a person who lived in the part of the world where the new 5 year plan was implemented. There are many parts of the world to choose from. If he is alive, can you not see from his eyes, the wine cup of fury? His grim determination, like yours, to eliminate all who are like me, " Not Thinking Right." Control your personal fury and listen to him. Can you not feel the thunder of the 4 horsemen; their hoof beats running head long into the present that you so thoughtfully pray for. Josh it is still not to late for you. Not all Soviet era people are dead. If all my suggestions are impractical limit your self. Just try the writings of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. I say that he was right. But I want you to ignore the themes he puts forth about turning to G-D. Just listen to his words. Listen for the thunder of the 4 horsemen. All those things you desire, and your fellow travelers love will get here soon. And a little more close to home if you are so inclined, please look for a survivor of the Jim Jones era in San Francisco. Talk to her. I'm told there are more women than men. At some point you will see what you want to see. Don't rely on my poor pitiful writing and hunting and pecking on a key board. I'm just trying to help. Try to help your self though.

My skin crawl, Josh try to look at it from my point of view. When you so eloquently wax philosophically on about B.H.O., what is it that people like me see?

"And I looked and beheld a pale limousine; and his name that sat in was B.H.O. and Hell followed with him. And Power was given to his fellow travelers over a forth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death and with beasts of the earth."

I can not look at any picture of him, I get a sick feeling in my stomach and my skin crawls. I hear the 4 horsemen thundering to me. I have faith that after you and your fellow travelers win all I have left will be the knowledge that, "that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they [were], should be fulfilled."

G-D Bless you Josh.

actually, obama doesn't understand much about anything, or how anything really works. what is worse, he doesn't understand how america works.

it becomes redundant at this stage to say he is clueless about the way the rest of the world works and as for the islamic jihadists...

obama is a product of very, very good script writers and pr people. the problem is we are dealing with reality here, not hollywood movies that are over in 3 hours and it doesn't matter if the premise for the movie (your life) made no sense.

This guy is a Marxist folks. The one thing you learn about the true believers is they never give up the cause. I have never seen any repudiation by Obama of the one belief system that seems to be a common thread in his past and in his personal associations. If you read enough about Marxists you will begin to understand that the ultimate cause of international totalitarian socialism is all that matters to them. That grandiose speech in Germany is a clue to those who understand but will be completely missed by the many graduates of our government schools. Marxism isn't so much a political philosophy but more in the nature of a secular religion. Marxists are under no obligation to tell the truth or conform to any standards of honorable conduct.

"Why should we bother to reply to Kautsky? He would reply to us, and we would have to reply to his reply. There is no end to that. It will be quite enough for us to announce that Kautsky is a traitor to the working class, and everyone will understand everything."

- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Therefore you will see all sorts of ancillary news coverage by the MSM (youth vs. age for example) that avoids this central issue. There are a lot of fellow travelers in the MSM. Utopian international collectivism is all that matters to them. Now I don't think that Obama will be able to move this country inexorably to a fully collectivist society but he could do a lot of damage. If you don't think Marxists can do a lot of damage you haven't read enough history. They don't believe in nation states for example so the national sovereignty of the USA will be a very low priority for an Obama administration. In fact it will drop off the Radar screen. This idea of the end of the nation state was the main point of contention between communists/Marxists and National Socialists for example. One way to move the U.S. away from a strong nation state is to under fund the U.S. military and to subject U.S. foreign policy to U.N approval. It can be done slowly enough so that the damage will not become apparent until after it is close to critical. The idea of a constitutional democratic republic is totally incompatible with collectivism. The left will do all it can to bury this idea. They have been working on it for a very long time.

Sorry Josh,

B.O., or O'Bummer if you prefer, is an effete, elitist lightweight.

He has no practical life experience relevant to running an enterprise as large as a small corporation, let alone the arguably largest and most complex bureaucracy on the planet, the U.S. Executive Branch. "Book learn'n" from Ivy League Schools might get you an entry level corporate position--not CEO.

The largest group of people he has ever been responsible for is apt to be his Senate Staff. Although there he is probably backstopped by a very strong chief of staff borrowed, no doubt from the Daly political crime syndicate of Chicago; just like David Axelrod, his campaign manager.

As for patriotism, I have not once heard BO affirm his willingness to support and defend our constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.

He has only recently adopted our flag as a backdrop and symbol in his campaign literature and photo-ops.

Heck, if he is the Black Liberation Theory and Marxist adherent I beleive him to be, he may even be a domestic enemy to our constitution. His good friends Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright certainly are.

It is great that the first responses to this article were from Obama supporters. They very aptly established the outlook and sensiblilty of their entire group. I especially loved the "brain researcher"--is that really what they call themselves? Clearly, we have a well established group in our country who have an extremely simplistic view of the world. In their world (the world of "brain researchers")we all work equally diligently to provide and output that can be equally distributed so that all can flourish. This brilliant thought is nurtured while they are showing up on Tuesday morning for a demonstration while the rest of us are working.
The truth is that the greatness of this country was achieved by freeing individuals to do their best and reap the rewards of their labors. That is the foundation of all that is America and the more that foundation is undermined, the more likely it is that the whole concept will tumble. Everything I hear from Mr. Obama points to his desire to not just undermine that foundation, but to destroy it entirely.

Josh has gotten some back-lash for what he said, obviously, but I want to just make one simple point regarding his remarks:

I have a severe distaste for explanations of behavior and decisions that completely remove responsibility from the person. To say old people's decisions are determined by the deteriorated mass of their PF cortex is asenine. Surely, brain damage and deterioration can have an effect, but unless there is some serious damaghe or disease at work, the person is still very responsible for their own decisions, and morality, experience, temperment, and character play the greater part in the absence of disease or clinical insanity.

Don't turn humans into machines. As someone with with a degree in psychology, I struggled with people who looked at the human mind as a machine and discounted the unscientific concept of the soul, the personality, and personal responsibility for one's actions.

If we are only chemical machines, there is no right and wrong, we are an accident, and nothing ultimately matters. Let's not reduce ourselves to such a pathetic state.

Gee, all Jack Kennedy required was that we ASK what we can do for our country. And then he provided a few options for our consideration.

The beauty of our system is that one can opt out and spend a lifetime on the sidelines and still enjoy all the advantages for which others have sacrificed. It's entirely the individual's choice. And while our leaders can encourage participation, they can't demand it (well, beyond the occasional conscription of young men). At least, not so far. Obama would like to change all that.

Josh (aka Brain Researcher???),

Good decisions, bad decisions, at least McCain is capable of making decisions and sticking with them. Obama is a political opportunist who will change his opinions with the wind if it's advantageous to do so. Given all of your techno med mumbo jumbo, you should know that you can't categorize everybody the same way and that you can't automatically pigeon hole McCain's brain power. In fact, on the campaign trail, it's been Obama without the teleprompter that sounds like the old man where McCain is pretty good at impromptu Q and A.

The reality is that the relaxed old guy with some experience is much less dangerous than the ambitious young socialist with none.

When will the Leftists in this country realize this country is predicated upon one, simple, overarching principle - individual imperative. We are a nation of individuals, that's what E Pluribus Unum means.

If Barack Obama wants to campaign, gopher it! The country is stronger when an individual from a group of previously suppressed individuals rises to make a strong attempt to grab the brass ring. He is entitled to his beliefs and opinions and has the individual right to publicly express those opinions and beliefs to the public at large.

However, his individual right to expand his beliefs upon me as an individual ends at the tip of my nose. I do not accept his prose, however well spoken it is delivered. To do so requires a willing suspension of disbelief and that is a sacrifice I am not willing to make.

I work as a brain researcher also. But I was surprised by Josh's re-articulation of the old "don't trust anybody over 30". It's the "prefrontal cortex" don't cha know.

And after all these years it appears there's now a scientific justification for teen agers to hate and ignore their parents. Their prefrontal cortex is to old...

Despite your fancy description of anatomy and pathology I just don't buy it. And wanting me to believe you because you're a "brain surgeon" doesn't convince me either.

In wordplay, one can confuse and argue many notions. But, forming a sensible pattern necessitates respect for some touchstone of reality. To me, it makes sense that patriotism must have something to do with being willing to defend, at risk, at least the territory of one's countrymen.

I do not accept, to be patriotic, that one should be willing to sacrifice (or to fail to enforce) the integrity of our country's borders merely to pursue abstract notions of "fairness." One may call easy willingness to surrender borders a form of social idealism, but meaning becomes diluted or lost when such easy willingness is called, in double-speak, "patriotism."

As I see easy willingness to surrender borders to be unpatriotic, I am not assuaged when one who wants to surrender borders wishes to feint towards a new definition whereby such willingness, by his terms, would be "patriotic." Not only am I not assuaged, I am insulted when such a magician of words then exclaims to me, "How dare you question my patriotism!" Well, sir, question your patriotism I certainly will!

Obama has not defended our borders, has not served in our military, has not been under fire, and has not even managed or run a business. I appreciate he wants, with fellow groupies, to change the world, but I distrust his appreciation of his limitations. In what way has he shown that he should be trusted to defend America?

I think Obama confuses an ideal of world-wide-empathy (his generation's variant on "free love") with an ideal of patriotism. Although I do not take his empathy to be very enlightened, I do share some of his abstract values, in principle.

That is, I think our tax money should not go towards financing student loans except in exchange for some form of national service. And, I think increasing taxes on carbon fuels is part of a solution for leading us towards energy independence. About such tactics, one may quibble and not necessarily be unpatriotic.

But, in my book, one may not conflate the tolerating or encouraging of disrespect for our borders with patriotism. Such "patriots" do not represent me, but those who want to harbor those who crash our borders. For them, up is down, illegal is legal, and sedition is patriotism. Enough of double-speak!

Larrey Anderson,

You do darn good work. Thank you. That line;

"I also believe that patriotism must, if it is to mean anything, involve the willingness to sacrifice - to give up something we value on behalf of a larger cause."

annoyed the hell out of me. Yet, I was unable to articulate why. You make the distinction that patriotism involves the willingness to defend individual freedoms explicitly stated in the U.S. Constitution, not willingness to give up something for some nebulous larger cause.

You further explain that such defense may involve personal sacrifice that is a matter of choice or chance, not imperative.

It might be argued that all-volunteer military service is a sacrifice because it is less lucrative than commercial employment. However, it is my observation that bad personal decisions in either sphere can have bad results, and good decisions good results. People in military service may leave with less money in pocket, but valuable decision-making experience that is hard to come by in private life.

This probably goes without saying, but the attacks on your article on this comment thread are based on nonsense, hence, lame.

Thanks again.

I don't know. Is The Obama talking about patriotism or socialism?
I read -
"sacrifice" (capitalism and private property)
"service to a larger cause" (state or collective).
It's a very thin line between.
Maybe I am OD'd on Cliff Kincaide's.

richB313 - Thank you for that matter of fact explanation of patriotism, and why the left don't understand it.

The founding fathers thought of everything, how did they intend us to handle this creeping infringement of our liberty?

Hey Josh,
You say Obama is educated & brilliant. You aren't serious, are you?

Obama has no clue about energy and proved it with his tire inflation and engine tuneup solution to the oil shortage. Somebody figured out that it will take 11,000 years for those efforts to save the oil Obama says will be saved. I can't wait that long, can you?

Even Paris Hilton described a better energy plan than Obama and the Democrats have.

That is because the Democrats are so much enamored of global warming, saving the planet and using it as an excuse to raise taxes and the misery index, they can't wait to control the government, energy, hellthcare and the independent radio.

Obama and the Democrats think we all have extra money laying around that we don't need, they just want to take it all and use it for our own good because they know best.

Josh, high taxes mean less freedom. If you want high taxes and less freedom, vote for Obama and the Democrats.

Or use your brain and vote for McCain!

Excellent article, Mr. Anderson. You have hit upon one of Obama more sinister ideas -- that patriotism requires some sort of forced sacrifice by the individual to the collective (the state). Mrs. Obama, who is less skilled in the art of obfuscation than her husband, encapsulated this plank of the Obama Doctrine thusly:

"Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed."

The phrase "Barack will never allow you..." says it all. She obviously feeds his delusions of grandeur with such gibberish.

"Sacrifice" and "service to a larger cause" are not the hallmarks of patriotism, they are those of nationalism. Big difference.

Nationalism is what is distilled from Nazism and Stalinism, the belief that the state is more powerful than any individual and thrives on the collective militaristic pride of the people rooted in ethnicity and culture. Obama probably learned that at the feet of those in his orbit, especially of those who espouse Black Nationalism.

Once the premise is redefined, it joins a long list of other euphemisms employed to the cause of destroying freedom and installing tyranny - all in the name of the 'national good'. Mr. Obama is paving the way for another screening of great and murderous failures of the past. Apparently, he believes, this time it will work the way the theorists said it would.

Beware of those who believe they have the answers that free men are too stupid to figure out for themselves.

Barack Obama is an American original. He has charmed the nation, and the world, with the most obscure and intellectually dishonest political speeches in American history.
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Yah, who can forget his vows to reduce the size of the government payroll, reduce spending, keep taxes low, never to start a war without an exit strategy, to let 'Market Forces" guide the economy, to have only the "Best and Brightist" working for him, to uphold the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, not to mention his famous vow to "Restore Honor and Dignity to the White House".

Just words uttered by those who don't believe what they say.

In the words of Obama's 20 year personal teacher and spiritual mentor...

GOD D@MN AMERICA!

I don't think so BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.

God bless our country.

God save us from this racist megalomaniac who has been studying how to hate our country with his mentors for 20 years.

@ Brian
"If we are only chemical machines, there is no right and wrong, we are an accident, and nothing ultimately matters. Let's not reduce ourselves to such a pathetic state."

Sir, you have just discovered the crux of the loony left. The far left actually believes in this moral relativity. There is no God, we ARE an accident of the cosmos, and nothing ultimately matters, thus no right and wrong. There is only what makes you "feel" good. Feel like doping up with whatever is your drug of choice? Feel free, we'll even have the government supply you with needles and a place to do so. Feel like molesting children? Go ahead, we'll make sure you recieve no punishment. Feel like lewd and lascivious behavior (think alleycats) in public places? Good, we're all for that too. If you think these ideas are far fetched, then look no further than San Francisco. Gee, who do we know from that area......?

Thanks, Mr. Anderson, for a clear and concise article.

The pundits are correct that it's an election about Obama -- for or against him. McCain isn't even trying to 'stir up the crowds' much less, get his audiences to faint in the aisles.
Neither are his opponents attacking him much, and not in detail (save for easy shots at his age) -- just trying to link him in as "Bush 3."

I'll take McCain's steady old hand any day, over Obama's proposed -- and ruinous on so many levels -- Changes to Believe In.

"Josh" (first comment here ^^), as a "brain researcher" (give-a-way that he is most likely a technician, if that), anyway, Josh makes the issue of "changes" in the brain matter as we humans age (or, as I'd refer to this issue: age-related organic changes in the central nervous system)...WHAT "JOSH" OMITS from his argument is the fact that Barack Obama is a user (or, former user, whichever) OF CRACK COCAINE, which is known (by "brain researchers" so-called, the real ones) TO CAUSE ORGANIC, NON-REVERSIBLE CHANGES TO THE BRAIN/CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. These changes don't reverse once the use of crack-cocaine is discontinued (thus, they're "non-reversible"). Even a moderate use of cocaine can and often causes some amount of "brain impairment" of the organic kind, but crack-cocaine is particularly devastating to the human central nervous system. Once impaired, the deleterious effects remain. I'd take an age-related slowdown (most of that is due to hormonal changes as we age unless there is actual organic degradation involved and that's not a common occurence with reasonably fit human beings, age or no) over a drug user any day, as to "brain changes."

Speaking of General Patton, no discussion about patriotism, sacrifice, and how they relate to the military would be complete without getting his input..."The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his." There are variants to it, but they all get the same point across.

As a final comment on this, is anybody concerned about Obama's intelligence? I keep hearing and reading about how old McCain is and that he graduated from Annapolis low in his class. But what about the mental acuity of the Messiah?

If his handlers aren't around or he's not reading some high words off of a teleprompter, he stutters and generally says things that are stupid.

I suppose I wouldn't expect the Obama zombies to see this but everybody else in all 57 states should notice.

I don't believe George Washington had any political experience when he was asked to be president, but I guess that's a bad example because he wasn't that great a president, was he?

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Anyone who tries to compare Obama to Washington is so far beyond the pale of idiocy as to be genetically akin to an ocelot.

Just for the record; Washington served three terms in the House of Burgess, was elected to the Continental Congress, served as Commander in Chief of American forces for 8 years (and during much of this time was a de facto military dictator of the US with the army functioning as the only organized governmental entity in the country), chosen to chair the Constitutional Convention - all before being almost unanimously elected president twice.

If you had the balls to use your name, you would be banned from commenting on this website. As it is, this is the last comment we will consciously put on this website. You sir, are an ignoramus - with bells on. And I suggest you find another site more conducive to your intellectual development; say, Romper Room or Sesame Street.

Rick Moran

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