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What many of us thought after the elections...
The following is from the website "Casual Sundays with Mr. Curry." A friend brought this article to my attention after the recent elections. I think the words, sadly, read very true today. Our country is in dire straits, and I do not see anything in the future that will save America. The only hope we have - ironically - is that things get so bad that more people wake up out of their "entitlement-me-me-me" stupor long enough to vote for an end to the dangerous path we are on.
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Well, It's official; I don't know anything.
I thought for sure that given such a clear choice, Americans would vote for love of country over revenge.
I was wrong.
I thought, that just as every presidential election in my lifetime, the bad economy would be hung around the incumbent's neck, sinking him.
I was wrong.
I thought that even those few Americans who were fortunate enough to still be fully employed (not counting those leeching off the public system) would be cognizant of how much pain their neighbors were in and elect someone who would at least try to make improvements.
I was wrong.
I thought that now that FINALLY some of the disturbing truths about our first black president had come to light, voters would reject a man so dangerously at odds with the American experience.
I was wrong.
I thought the 2010 elections and the Tea Party meant something.
I thought the enthusiasm on display at Romney/Ryan events, contrasted with the lack of same at Obama/Biden events meant something.
I thought Americans would never sell their liberty for the sake of trinkets like cell phones or even big shiny lies like 'free health care'.
I was wrong.
Never in a million years would I have supposed that America would support a president who left his (our) people to die at the hands of our enemies overseas without lifting a hand to help, then lie about what he watched in real time for over two weeks, then lie about the lie for another month.
I was wrong.
I thought Americans could tell a hawk from a handsaw.
I was wrong.
We were offered the clearest choice we've has since 1980, where we had malaise and a misery index on one hand and a shining city on a hill on the other. Back then, we chose the city on the hill. This time the choice was between a man who says 7.9% unemployment and $4.00 gas is the new normal and a guy whose entire career has been about fixing broken entities.
We chose to stay broken. And Broke.
Maybe I'm wrong about the ramifications of this choice. Maybe windmills will actually turn out to be a viable energy source. Maybe America diminished will be loved overseas. Maybe a nuclear Iran won't be a threat. Maybe Israel is over reacting. Maybe western civilization was always over rated. Maybe life under sharia is fun. Maybe when the rest of the world realizes that we have no intention of ever paying back that $16,000,000,000,000.00 (and counting) that we've borrowed from them, they won't devalue the dollar, causing hyper inflation here at home. Maybe China will just keep on giving us money and not demand our hearts, souls, national monuments and marriageable daughters as payment.
I've watched my candidate lose elections before but I've never felt the way I did last night when this one was called for Obama.
It wasn't bitterness or sadness or even disappointment. It took me a while to figure out what it was. Then it hit me; it was horror.
Pure, unadulterated horror.
Not because of Obama, but because of what it says about us, the American people, that we chose this.
It shouldn't have even been close. Faced with the choice between taking charge of our destiny and tackling our financial problems, we opted to get high and have sex. We re elected a guy who doesn't understand that a growing economy that creates more tax payers will bring in more revenue than higher taxes. A Commander in Chief who doesn't know our military still uses bayonets. A man who wants to control the economy without even knowing the difference between bankruptcy and liquidation. It was one thing to elect an unknown quantity, buying his line of 'Hope and Change'. It's something else to deliberately choose his failed policies over someone who has actually achieved success in life. I never dreamed America would do that.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, Hello Idiocracy!
Goodbye, recovery.
Goodbye, energy independence.
Goodbye, religious liberty.
Goodbye, liberty and justice for all.
Goodbye, America dream.
It profits a man nothing to lose his soul for the whole world but we threw ours away for cell phones and birth control pills.
In the twentieth century (the American Century), we stepped up to the plate three times and saved the rest of the world from fascism, nazism and communism. We were the cavalry, always riding to the rescue.
Now, we've gotten rid of our horses, spent all our money on windmills, alienated our allies, bowed to our enemies, cut ourselves off from our own natural resources thrown away our children's birthright and spent their inheritance.
And we did it on purpose.
When the wolf is at the door (and he's coming, yelling 'Allahu Akbar') we're going to find out that there is no one out there to come to our rescue.
On the bright side, maybe it'll all turn out great. After all, I don't know anything.
I thought for sure that given such a clear choice, Americans would vote for love of country over revenge.
I was wrong.
I thought, that just as every presidential election in my lifetime, the bad economy would be hung around the incumbent's neck, sinking him.
I was wrong.
I thought that even those few Americans who were fortunate enough to still be fully employed (not counting those leeching off the public system) would be cognizant of how much pain their neighbors were in and elect someone who would at least try to make improvements.
I was wrong.
I thought that now that FINALLY some of the disturbing truths about our first black president had come to light, voters would reject a man so dangerously at odds with the American experience.
I was wrong.
I thought the 2010 elections and the Tea Party meant something.
I thought the enthusiasm on display at Romney/Ryan events, contrasted with the lack of same at Obama/Biden events meant something.
I thought Americans would never sell their liberty for the sake of trinkets like cell phones or even big shiny lies like 'free health care'.
I was wrong.
Never in a million years would I have supposed that America would support a president who left his (our) people to die at the hands of our enemies overseas without lifting a hand to help, then lie about what he watched in real time for over two weeks, then lie about the lie for another month.
I was wrong.
I thought Americans could tell a hawk from a handsaw.
I was wrong.
We were offered the clearest choice we've has since 1980, where we had malaise and a misery index on one hand and a shining city on a hill on the other. Back then, we chose the city on the hill. This time the choice was between a man who says 7.9% unemployment and $4.00 gas is the new normal and a guy whose entire career has been about fixing broken entities.
We chose to stay broken. And Broke.
Maybe I'm wrong about the ramifications of this choice. Maybe windmills will actually turn out to be a viable energy source. Maybe America diminished will be loved overseas. Maybe a nuclear Iran won't be a threat. Maybe Israel is over reacting. Maybe western civilization was always over rated. Maybe life under sharia is fun. Maybe when the rest of the world realizes that we have no intention of ever paying back that $16,000,000,000,000.00 (and counting) that we've borrowed from them, they won't devalue the dollar, causing hyper inflation here at home. Maybe China will just keep on giving us money and not demand our hearts, souls, national monuments and marriageable daughters as payment.
I've watched my candidate lose elections before but I've never felt the way I did last night when this one was called for Obama.
It wasn't bitterness or sadness or even disappointment. It took me a while to figure out what it was. Then it hit me; it was horror.
Pure, unadulterated horror.
Not because of Obama, but because of what it says about us, the American people, that we chose this.
It shouldn't have even been close. Faced with the choice between taking charge of our destiny and tackling our financial problems, we opted to get high and have sex. We re elected a guy who doesn't understand that a growing economy that creates more tax payers will bring in more revenue than higher taxes. A Commander in Chief who doesn't know our military still uses bayonets. A man who wants to control the economy without even knowing the difference between bankruptcy and liquidation. It was one thing to elect an unknown quantity, buying his line of 'Hope and Change'. It's something else to deliberately choose his failed policies over someone who has actually achieved success in life. I never dreamed America would do that.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, Hello Idiocracy!
Goodbye, recovery.
Goodbye, energy independence.
Goodbye, religious liberty.
Goodbye, liberty and justice for all.
Goodbye, America dream.
It profits a man nothing to lose his soul for the whole world but we threw ours away for cell phones and birth control pills.
In the twentieth century (the American Century), we stepped up to the plate three times and saved the rest of the world from fascism, nazism and communism. We were the cavalry, always riding to the rescue.
Now, we've gotten rid of our horses, spent all our money on windmills, alienated our allies, bowed to our enemies, cut ourselves off from our own natural resources thrown away our children's birthright and spent their inheritance.
And we did it on purpose.
When the wolf is at the door (and he's coming, yelling 'Allahu Akbar') we're going to find out that there is no one out there to come to our rescue.
On the bright side, maybe it'll all turn out great. After all, I don't know anything.
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jman99 - Dec 02, 2012 2:11 PM
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But what does not jive in all of this is that any disability claim is based on previous income prior to the injury. There is no way a person who's take home was $1485 or so per month would end up with $1500.00 per month as a payout. to get that amount based on say 75% of take home, she would have been bringing home over $2000.00 per month. Most disability plans pay less.
jhayett - Dec 02, 2012 3:05 PM
jhayett - Dec 02, 2012 3:08 PM
ahemmer - Dec 02, 2012 3:18 PM
Carl Hicks writes: "Mr Curry was/is wrong about most everything, the guy isn't to bright is he?" At least Mr. Curry is brighter than someone who writes "to" when they need to use "too" in a sentence...
WFB resident - Dec 02, 2012 3:23 PM
! What happens with this ? Like always this is how the PDLS's squash the truth . They
attack the people who see what happens . Then they make it so they lose their jobs
and force them to be quiet ! So later on the PDLS's stand up and say "See ! He took
his comment down . Or See he does not back up his comment !" All it proves in
reality is that normal people do not want to be singled out and possibly forced to lose
their jobs . Over what ? The media will just down play the truth to the point that
nothing is fixed . But it allows the PDLS's to decree "a win" !!
jman99 - Dec 02, 2012 4:13 PM
Why is it "creepy'? Is finding out the truth creepy to you.
I guess it must be.
MGarber - Dec 02, 2012 4:40 PM
When you start a sentence with "I thought ..." such as " "I thought Americans would never sell their liberty for the sake of trinkets...", it not really a fact.
OK, you probably actually had a thought; goody for you. But that doesnt make the thought a fact.
Peter123 - Dec 02, 2012 4:54 PM
I've made points about the claim that voting for President Obama was choosing to get a nuclear Iran. You've chosen to ignore that... to ignore the fact that the United States has leverage to pull with foreign states, but can't unilaterally make decisions for them.
Benghazi we've already discussed. Check Amy's blog post "A New Word" for details. Although the response from the administration was embarrassingly inconsistent, there weren't two weeks of inconsistency. And I'm not sure what you wanted done as it was happening. I guess what I'm saying is that it's terrible that it happened, but Mr. Curry's descriptions of it come from the Romney campaign talking points, not reality. There are congressional hearings. Hopefully that will tell us more about what happened.
On the trinkets, you're making unsupported claims about others' reasons. That's an opinion, not a fact. Are these more likely to continue now than under a Romney/Ryan administration? Yes. That doesn't make it the reason people voted for Obama.
I can't speak for others, but I voted for Obama because, among other things, the time for austerity in government is when the economy is going well. Then you can have a surplus without killing the economy (like we did in the late 1990s). The credit rating downgrade that you blame Mr. Obama for was directly ascribed by the ratings agencies to the gamesmanship (by the Republican House) associated with the debt ceiling negotiations, and I had no interest in rewarding the Republican Party for that. There are other reasons, too. Also reasons I didn't want to vote for Obama, but on many of those I didn't agree with Romney, either.
WFB, naturally I recognized you and Jim would see it that way. I know I'm not going to convince Jim of anything - he apparently hasn't noticed that I (and others) have made arguments in the past.
ahemmer - Dec 02, 2012 5:25 PM
Looks like Barry O. is really concerned about the so-called "fiscal cliff." Enough so that the Obama's are planning a $4 million dollar three week vacation to Hawaii...
See: http://www.hawaiireporter.com/residents-alerted-to-obamas-hawaiian-holiday-plans/123
A small blurb: "With the staff, special forces, local police presence and equipment, the President's visit adds up annually to at least a $4 million vacation courtesy of the Hawaii and federal taxpayers."
Ah, a president who is really concerned about the well-being and fiscal soundness of America...who cares about the middle class....what garbage!!! The narcissist-in-chief cares only about his own well-being. Screw the masses. And believe me, in the years to come, we will all be screwed. Just wait till Barry takes over our 401K's to share...
And to think that this clown actually got re-elected! Imagine for one moment if George W. Bush took a vacation like this at such an economically dismal time, with many out of work, and higher taxes, etc. looming on the horizon. Remember how Bush got chastised for even golfing during a war??? And eventually put down his clubs? Yet, Barry has out-golfed Bush during two wars and continues to golf...(press doesn't care, nor do the Dems - no big deal. The Dear Leader deserves a break after all his hard work!!! The hypocrisy is priceless.)
Ah, but the Obama Fan Club (media) will write glowing stories on how cute the Obama's are in Hawaii. How fun and cool they are. What they will neglect to report is the bumper sticker on Obama's limo - "Let Them Eat Cake."
jhayett - Dec 02, 2012 5:26 PM
Obama even knows that it was his entitlement mentality that got him reelected. You’re one of the few who does not. And what about the economic mess? How will Obama’s tax hikes and adding more to the record debt and deficits he created going to grow this economy to a 3+% rate? You do know we need 3% GDP+ growth to move us out from under this mess. From reading your opinions, maybe I should assume you don’t know any of this.
And the longer Obama keeps pushing his social and entitlement agenda, the longer millions and millions of Americans will suffer from the lack of jobs and growth. How you liberals keep ignoring those FACTS is beyond me.
jhayett - Dec 02, 2012 6:16 PM
Obama is the leader. Like you said some time ago (under that other name), that it was Bush's right to veto as pres. over the $350 billion stimulus Pelosi and co passed during Bush's last few months in office. Sorry Pete, no one to blame but Obama. He had full control of both house and senate when the debt and deficits were rising. Obama could have so easily worked out the deal the Repubs had, as they do again today, but Obama backed out each time and sent us off a cliff. The pres. is supposed to lead Peter. And from out in front. Not behind. What part of that do you not understand?
And to vote for Obama over nukes and Iran only underscored my facts that too many libs like you had no clue about Obama's failed policies both here and abroad. But you will feel the pending economic crisis even more over the next 4 years. Unless the Repub and a few pro-America senators start to stand up against our anti-American pres. you are so giddy over.
Carl Hicks - Dec 02, 2012 6:32 PM
ahemmer - Dec 02, 2012 6:47 PM
See: http://nation.foxnews.com/obama/2012/12/02/president-obama-honors-rosa-parks-anniversary-picture-himself
Gosh, it is just mind-boggling that so many idiots and selfish people voted this clown in for a second term. What are we in for? How much more damage can this country sustain at the hands of this socialist puppet?
WFB resident - Dec 02, 2012 6:48 PM
factually correct while the PDLS's were just throwing opinions !! lol...
ahemmer - Dec 02, 2012 6:53 PM
Besides, your comment missed the point of the entire article, but I didn't want to point that out in addition to your grammar-challenged comment. You just didn't seem to understand the blog. It was written tongue-in-cheek. You know, kind of sarcastic. Try re-reading and get back to us.
Or better yet, maybe you'll understand these words - they are a bit simpler than the post from Mr. Curry.
From Benjamin Franklin: "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."
Even more on target, from Mr. Franklin: "This will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins." Ah, the religion of ignorance - as demonstrated by the last election when the clueless voted themselves "things" forgetting what this country is all about. Sad.
Carl Hicks - Dec 02, 2012 6:53 PM
You sound like six year olds who didn't get what they wanted for xmas.
ExToDResident - Dec 02, 2012 7:02 PM
"Goodbye, recovery.
Goodbye, energy independence.
Goodbye, religious liberty.
Goodbye, liberty and justice for all.
Goodbye, America dream."
The
No need to substantiate anything, any speculation made by a conservative
automatically becomes "fact". Apparently for no other reason than a conservative
said so.
I have never seen such a spectacle the republicans and right-wing conservatives .
have become chicken little; running around screaming "the sky is falling".
jman99 - Dec 02, 2012 7:03 PM
factually correct while the PDLS's were just throwing opinions !! lol... "
The only thing Hayett was factually correct about was the source, and that's it.
None of the story itself has been proven as being "factually correct" and at this point is nothing more than hearsay.
jman99 - Dec 02, 2012 7:18 PM
actually it is the White house photographer Peter Souza
http://lightbox.time.com/2012/10/08/pete-souza-portrait-of-a-presidency/#1
who takes the shots. He follows the president around, every day of the presidency taking pictures.
This has been going on for 50 years ( or more )
http://www.pbs.org/programs/presidents-photographer/
As for sitting in the same seat that Parks sat in would have very special significance for him: it was one of the first actions taken to cause his presidency.
To see him sitting there, as POTUS, looking out the same window on the world and imagining what she must have seen and felt that day is most touching.
I would never expect you to understand such a thing because of who you are.
Carl Hicks - Dec 02, 2012 7:24 PM
Silly me I thought Mr Curry was being serious.