What Does It Take To Open Your Eyes..

[Varmit]

No, Diane he didn't.  he also said that he didn't want to be in the auto industry, what a liar he turned out to be. 
Look at the overall picture:

1) He wants to take power during economic turmoil, while promising hope for the nations future.
2) Wants to clamp down on big business
3) Blames all the problems on those who are successful, saying they're greedy and selfish and their wealth needs to be Robin
    Hooded Away form them and given to others not as fortunate
4) Proclaims that the evils of capitalism led to the current economic crisis, saying that the current system exploits                   the "economically  weak"
5) Gives speeches where, no matter the actual words or topics, people leap to their feet, yelling and screaming in praise.  He uses  specifically chosen words and catchy phrases to excite the masses, while offering no real solution
6) Accuses opponets of being right extremists who will increase the wealth gap to maintain control over the working class
7) Appeals largely to the young, ignorant, and impressionable popultation
8 ) Mandates that citizens have a requirement of civil service
9) Wants tighter gun control
10) Grew up in a country other than the one in which he wants to rule
11) Wants innovation to originate from government, rather the from the private sector

Hitler and obama both did and thought along the same lines.  There are a few difference though...

1) Favors merit over Equality
2) Favors competition over cooperation
3) Strong military
4) Realism over idealism
5) Against all inclusiveness
6) Nationalism over internationalism
7) Common sense over theory
8 ) Pragmatism over principle
9) Acknowledgement that the government and the Chruch need to have a relationship.

The scary part is that those views are held by obama, and not hitler.  So when I see our youth being trained in combat tatics, and when they are sent home with assignments to document how "green" their parents are, or when they are being indocrinated into a Socialist way of thinking, I tend to get a little worried and alot angry.  Should we wait until we are rounded up and placed in "ghettos" before we start looking at the overall picture, or should we just rely on what obama and the current adminstration "specifically" say?

[Diane Amberg]

Ghettos? We already did that once during WWII, not one of our better moments. I can't agree with most of what you are saying because  some of those things haven't happened yet and you talk as if they have. Some also sounds like politics. Democratic ways VS Republican ways. You are also generalizing again.
   Hitler wanted to produce a pure super race. He killed or imprisoned blacks, communists and anyone who disagreed with his politics, also Poles, the mentally retarded, the physically disabled, many Catholic priests and people of other religious faiths, not just Jews.  He allowed terrible medical experimentation on humans.  There is much more, but it just makes me sick to even think about it. I don't know how you can even remotely make a comparison of Pres. Obama and Hitler. Also, what does # 10 have to do with anything.

[Varmit]

What ones haven't yet???  How am I generalizing??

I know that Hitler did all you mentioned and more.  But look at his early speeches and policies.  It is not like he just woke up one day and was das Fureher.  He had to campaign, get the support of the german people. 

As far as #10, do we really have to rehash this one?

[Diane Amberg]

# 8 has not happened and #9 probably won't. "youth trained in combat tactics," that, to my knowledge, has nothing to do with Pres.O  and is one case...that is a generalization if you make it sound like it's happening all over the country.  Some of your others, 5, 6 ,and 7 are politics no matter which party is in charge, same thing, different words, right VS left.. Much of the rest is opinion that a good political scholar could argue in either direction. I don't think there is much action or "proof" either way. As for#10, you put it there, but no, it can stay buried as far as I'm concerned.

[Jo McDonald]

I would like to ask -----
Why can't the Obama supporters see outside the circle he is drawing in the sand.  What is so "wrong" with our beloved America that we need his "change"?  What do you want changed about our country? What other country do you want us to pattern ourselves after?  Why would any one in their right mind want the government to control every single act that we do?  Yes, health care is expensive..but let me tell you something, a LOT and I do mean A LOT  of those that do not have health insurance do so by choice.  There are many that choose to have big fancy homes - drive a big fancy car + any other vehicle that they so choose - have absolutely NO CLUE how to live within their means -- yet they stand up and clap like trained seals to every thing this ?? I can't think of any word that describes his total lack of comprehension of reality, when it is obvious that he sure as hell has NOT worked far a dime that he has rolling out of his pockets.
  Am I going to respect him?? Hell NO ** am I going to stand up or sit down and write things in his defense  Hell NO ** I am just wondering how much and how long is this total idolization and blindness going to last? 

Am I worried?? You bet your sweet bippies, I am.

[Diane Amberg]

Sweet Bippies?   Sounds like Laugh In!   Don't let our bantering back and forth upset you. We'll always have people who won't live within their means, unless we get rid of credit and credit cards and stop enticing young people with freebies and "low introductory rates."  Businesses will be happy to show you how you can afford to buy, over time, what they convinced you that you wanted. There is big money to be made by the credit card issuers. It's legal, it's just the way business is done. I saw it in my own family. Both my nieces have made some really dumb moves financially. But will they listen? Never! Pres. Bush wouldn't fix it and Pres. Obama can't either. You can't legislate against stupidity. Sadly, people do have the right to be wrong.
   A lot of what you hear on the media is political rhetoric, the worst I've ever heard. There is a real effort at "fear mongering" and I'm afraid it's working. The media has 24 hours a day to fill, plus the Internet, so they keep things stirred up all the time to keep the attention of viewers and listeners. Nothing is "wrong" with this country basically. We've had troubles before. But I'd like to jail more of those big time crooks who stole so much legally. Nobody wants Govt. to step in, but then we are at the mercy of people who try to influence peddle to get what they want. This country is underpinned by Capitalism, but that means big business has more influence than little business. It certainly does seem unfair, but it's legal . Certain segments are making big bucks over this, corporate lawyers for one. I have no idea if what the Pres. is trying to do will succeed or not, but I've never before heard people so wishing an American President would fail. This time the Democrats won. Last time the Repubs. did. But Pres. Bush was very unpopular by the end of his terms and I think that's the "Change" the campaign people were talking about.  The campaign people and the handlers for the upper echelon politicians stage everything you see on TV. The people clapping, the mix of people in the back ground, if they can control it, they will. Reagan did it, Clinton did it, both Bushes did it and Pres. Obama too. The whole process is very, very big business and now most of the winners and losers are friends again and trying to run the country, leaving very unhappy people behind. Remember, it's winning, ratings and winning again.
I do not trust Nancy Pelosi at all. She has her own interests at heart and could make it even tougher for the President. I don't want any more Fed. Govt. just for the sake of having it, but if some states tried to make it own their own, well, they couldn't. It seems both coasts help pay for the middle. Except now for CA, they have their own troubles.    You were talking about medical care. Around here if you don't pay, they can send a bill collector after you. The big public hospitals don't, but private ones can...kind of like public schools and private schools. As far as Govt. picking our pockets? Well then, anybody who gets a subsidy of any kind should give it back? I don't think the dairy farmers and others would agree. And the Govt. Commodities that are given out at the senior centers? That's been going on for many, many years, through many administrations. Shall we stop that now?  I'll never need them, but there are those who do and will.
Tomorrow will be a nice day and I'm going to sit out on my deck and enjoy the many freedoms I had, still have and will continue to have, probably for many years to come. I refuse to be afraid. I'll remember my friend Dave who fell in Viet Nam and the many others who have fallen before and since.

[Varmit]

We'll always have people who won't live within their means, unless we get rid of credit and credit cards and stop enticing young people with freebies and "low introductory rates."  Businesses will be happy to show you how you can afford to buy, over time, what they convinced you that you wanted. There is big money to be made by the credit card issuers. It's legal, it's just the way business is done. I saw it in my own family. Both my nieces have made some really dumb moves financially. But will they listen? Never! Pres. Bush wouldn't fix it and Pres. Obama can't either. You can't legislate against stupidity. Sadly, people do have the right to be wrong.

What needs to be fixed about it?  It is a legal business.  If people rack up a large credit debt it is their own fault.  If they are too stupid to read the fine print about that "low introductory rate" that is on them.  It is not up to the president to legislate, which is not only Unconstitutional its facist. 

   A lot of what you hear on the media is political rhetoric, the worst I've ever heard. There is a real effort at "fear mongering" and I'm afraid it's working.  Nothing is "wrong" with this country basically.

If there is nothing wrong then why does Nobama feel we need to "remake" america? 

. But I'd like to jail more of those big time crooks who stole so much legally. Nobody wants Govt. to step in, but then we are at the mercy of people who try to influence peddle to get what they want. This country is underpinned by Capitalism, but that means big business has more influence than little business. It certainly does seem unfair, but it's legal .

Jail them for stealing so much legaly...if it is legal it isn't stealing.  You want them to be jailed even though they didn't break any laws???  Excuse me Meine Furher, but this is still AMERICA, why don't you just throw out the Bill of Rights while you're at it. 
Big business has more influence than little business....well duh.  It is so completely fair.  Most big business started out the same way little business did and grew.   Nobody want gov't to step in....I sure as hell don't see the UNIONs telling the gov't to butt out.  Of course, that could be because they believe that they are too big to fail.

I have no idea if what the Pres. is trying to do will succeed or not, but I've never before heard people so wishing an American President would fail. This time the Democrats won. Last time the Repubs. did. But Pres. Bush was very unpopular by the end of his terms and I think that's the "Change" the campaign people were talking about.

Name one thing of his that has worked, it has been 5 months and he hasn't done a thing to imporve our economy.  Unless you count trampling on the Consititution..Bank bailouts and they're asking for more...Chrysler is "too big to fail" and they are still going bankrupt...increasing taxes in the form of Cap and Trade when folks are struggling to pay what they have now...increase in CAFE standards (which aren't going to a damn thing except make our highways even less safe) on an already failing Auto industry...was supposed to save or create 4 million jobs and unemployment rates are still rising...wants to close Gitmo and bring terrorists into the country...wants to impose a cap on what PRIVATE businesses pay their executives.
You can keep you freakin Change..

I do not trust Nancy Pelosi at all. She has her own interests at heart and could make it even tougher for the President. I don't want any more Fed. Govt. just for the sake of having it, but if some states tried to make it own their own, well, they couldn't. It seems both coasts help pay for the middle. Except now for CA, they have their own troubles.    You were talking about medical care. Around here if you don't pay, they can send a bill collector after you. The big public hospitals don't, but private ones can...kind of like public schools and private schools. As far as Govt. picking our pockets? Well then, anybody who gets a subsidy of any kind should give it back? I don't think the dairy farmers and others would agree. And the Govt. Commodities that are given out at the senior centers? That's been going on for many, many years, through many administrations. Shall we stop that now?  I'll never need them, but there are those who do and will.

What does increased federal gov't have to do with states making it on their own?  Yes, our taxes go into a collective effort.  But should the rest of the country have to "bailout" those states who mismanaged their budgets?  California has troubles...if they would stop paying for the health care, schooling of ILLEGAL immigrants they could save BILLIONS.  If they would stop funding things like the preservation of sea otter and swamp marsh mice habitat maybe they could pay their bills. 
If you don't pay, they SHOULD send a bill collector after you.  I don't know of a single hospital that is not willing to work with a person and set up a payment plan. 
Gov't subsidies should go away.  If businesses are failing then it is up to them to restructure and reorganize and adapt to a changing business envirovment.

[redcliffsw]

Amen to all that you have said there, Billy.
The founding fathers would be glad to know you.
Stay right in there.

[Wilma]

I have one thing to say here.  Gitmo hasn't been closed, has it?  And it won't be until Congress comes through with the money to do it, which they didn't.  I still trust the legislators to keep things in line.  They are not following blindly.

[Varmit]

obama has still stated that it will close in january, even after congress recently denied him the funds.