“You bad man, you very bad man!”
Bookworm on Apr 05 2009 at 1:22 pm | Filed under: Barack Obama
If you’re a Seinfeld fan, you’ll recognize the above quotation as Bapu’s condemnation of Jerry, after Jerry’s well-intentioned bungling destroys his business and (in a later episode) causes Bapu to be deported. In both cases, we, the viewer, know that Jerry acted without malice.
Sometimes, though, bad men do act with malice, and Kim Priestap builds a convincing case that Barack Obama is using typical Chicago politic strong-arm tactics to get his way. It’s not leadership, it’s not vision, it’s bullying, pure and simple. And if you manage to become a powerful enough bully, then you, too, are a very bad man.
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Has everyone but me read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”? One of my sons read it in college, but that was the first I’d heard of it. I should have read it then, I suspect, but he was reading it in support of atheism, not in consideration of political systems. Oddly enough, this site quotes this portion of it entirely, and it’s impressive in this day and time. If you _haven’t_ read it, take a few minutes and read this excerpt:
(Oh yeah…it’s pretty much off topic!)
http://westernrifleshooters.blogspot.com/2009/04/franciscos-money-speech.html
This one is interesting as well – some (more) of the things the MSM doesn’t discuss…
http://www.examiner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m4d4-What-you-need-to-know-about-Binghamton-shootings
It’s been more than 40 years since I’ve read the book and thanks for the reminders.
I went ahead to wikipedia (again) and the summary is chilling.
I only vaguely remember feeling very stressed and anxious reading way back then in some part of my life that I considered youth and that friends at the time, who also read Atlas Shrugged, were talking about building a cabin in the woods, the importance of being self sufficient and never depending on the government to take care of your needs. It was good advice then and it’s good advice today.
Wondering if anyone in D.C. has read it lately or at all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged
Bookworm –
You have been saying for some time that Obama is a narcissist. It wasn’t that I didn’t believe you or didn’t see it myself. I did.
But I did not appreciate how much Obama is a narcissist until I read what Politico reported that he said to the bank CEOs in a meeting last week:
“Be careful how you make those statements, gentlemen. The public isn’t buying that. My administration,” the president added, “is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.”
That is astonishing. Breath-taking.
And it doesn’t even begin to address the fact that he is threatening people like a common street thug.
It’s just hard to take it all in.
Deana
Deana -
Isn’t it funny how he didn’t take credit for handing out those pitchforks and lighting the torches in the first place?
And then there’s “Don’t think we’re not keeping score, brother.”
Anyone that would have bothered to dig into Obama’s past would realize that he is a seriously damaged man.
Unpopular as the concept may be today, character counts! I’m afraid that it is likely to get much worse as the pressures of the position mount, his psyche succumbs to the nutcracker called reality, and his narcissism confronts the inevitable drop in his popularity. Houston, we have a problem!
Sometime ago in a thread I likened Obama to a wife beater..
..now with his big grin, on cue, Honey, I love you, but I’ll beat you into the dirt if you don’t do as I say.
The man is a Chicago thug, who lived 1/3 of his life as a muslim, another with a big question mark and the last third under the roof of Rev. Wright.
To reference the article #4 post “Don’t think we’re not keeping score, brother.”
The president should know that we are also keeping score and so far it’s a lot like his bowling – most of it in the gutter.
How long before his bluff is called? It doesn’t seem that our European allies, despite their admiration and adulation for Obama, are going to pony up to his demands for, among other things, more combat troops in Af-Pak. And I have no reason to believe the North Koreans, Russians or Chinese or Iranian mullahs are in any way intimidated by the new President. Chicago tactics might work on the pusillanimous at home but only until they say enough.
A bit off topic, but when using the words, Chicago, Ill. and thug it seemed like a natural to share it since it seems perfectly appropriate to ‘some’ to lend money at 400%.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ivwJCq5u9GFi0aIa8SEH9Yw_7
>>My administration,” the president added, “is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.” >>
I’m not sure that he has the direction of the pitchforks exactly right…
Sadie…that link says “that article not available”…(6:15 PM PDT)
Here it is with cut & paste from the Consumerist.
Check you gag and urge to choke responses before reading.
A House subcommittee wants to legalize payday loans with interest rates of up to 391%. Lobbyists from the payday industry bought Congress’ support by showering influential members, including Chairman Luiz Gutierrez, with campaign cash. The Congressman is now playing good cop, bad cop with the payday industry, which is pretending to oppose his generous gift of a bill.
“While they may not be JP Morgan Chase or Bank of America, they’re very powerful. Their influence should not be underestimated,” Gutierrez, the top Democrat on the Financial Services subcommittee in charge of consumer credit issues, said in an interview this week.
Indeed, the payday lending industry is strenuously resisting Gutierrez’s measure, which it says would devastate its business. The measure would cap the annual interest rate for a payday loan at 391 percent, ban so-called “rollovers” – where a borrower who can’t afford to pay off the loan essentially renews it and pays large fees – and prevent lenders from suing borrowers or docking their wages to collect the debt.
A newer player representing Internet payday lenders – a growing segment of the market – also ramped up its lobbying and political giving efforts. The Online Lenders Alliance, formed in 2005, nearly quintupled, to $480,000, its lobbying expenditures from 2007 and 2008. It contributed $108,400 to candidates in advance of the 2008 elections compared to about $2,000 in the 2006 contests. Gutierrez was among the top House recipients, getting $4,600, while the top Senate recipient was Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., a Banking Committee member who got $6,900.
After watching members of the military fall prey to exorbitant payday loans, Congress in 2006 capped the interest rates for military payday loans at 36%. Fifteen states have similar caps or outright bans.
Congressman Gutierrez is competing with Congressman Joe Baca to see who can author the biggest giveaway. Baca’s legislation would allow rollovers, higher fees for online banks, and would pre-empt state laws banning payday loans.
Someone—maybe Carolyn Maloney, who did an excellent job with the Credit Card Bill of Rights—needs to step up and punch the payday lending lobbyists in the face.
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Payday lenders thwart limits [AP]
>>Gutierrez was among the top House recipients, getting $4,600, while the top Senate recipient was Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., a Banking Committee member who got $6,900.>>
Man. That’s pretty cheap for “buying” a Senator. They should be embarrassed on that grounds alone.
Why do people do stupid stuff like that (payday loans with that kind of interest rate)? Should they be protected from their own stupidity?
From a California consumer sheet:
Consumers who must borrow money this way are usually in desperate debt. The high rates make it difficult for many borrowers to repay the loan, thus putting many consumers on a perpetual debt treadmill. Because they cannot repay the loan, they often extend the loan by paying the $17.50 per $100 fee several times over. Thus, many consumers end up paying far more in fees than what they borrowed. This kind of credit puts people in worse financial shape then when they started. For already desperate people, borrowing more money at triple-digit interest rates is like throwing gasoline on a fire.
This type of borrowing just reminds me of the mortgage debacle in another suit of clothing and it just shouldn’t exist – period. I don’t know how you protect people from their own stupidity – I only know that the less stupid end up paying for their mistakes in some fashion.
Whatever happened to Usury Laws and predatory lending?
>>I only know that the less stupid end up paying for their mistakes in some fashion.>>
You always pay for your education. Whether you go to college, or learn life’s lessons the hard way, you always pay – one way or the other.