POLITICAL SATIRIST ANDY BOROWITZ: OBAMA DENIES ROLE in GOVERNMENT
by noel sheppard may, 2013
the rhetoric of conflict and reality of collusion: obama protesting the same government he and his “cronies” are in charge of
even comedians that have been almost universally squeamish
about telling jokes about barack obama have begun to do so with all the scandals now surrounding this white house
jumping on the bandwagon saturday was political satirist andy borowitz, who published a
piece deliciously titled “obama denies role in government”:
president obama used his weekly radio address on saturday to reassure the american people that
he has “played no role whatsoever” in the u.s. government over the past four years
“right now, many of you are angry at the government, and no one is angrier than i am,” he said. “quite frankly, i am glad that i have had no involvement in such an organization.”
borowitz joked that obama’s outrage increased when he became aware of something called the justice department.
“they sound like bad news,” the president said
in borowitz’s world, obama ended his address saying that he was going to implement a new zero tolerance policy on governing:
“if i find that any members ofmy administration have had any intimate knowledge of, or involvement in, the workings of the united states government, they will be dealt with accordingly,” he said
thomas sowell: “what socialism, fascism and other ideologies of the left have in common is an assumption that som every wisepeople – like themselves” …
… “need to take decisions out of the hands of lesser people, like the rest of us,” …
… “and impose hose decisions by government fiat”
“the left’s vision is not only a vision of the world,” …
fascist economics: designing dystopia the “big bargain” bought, our birthright (freedom) sold
… “but also a vision of themselves,as superiorbeingspursuing superiorends”
fascist economics: designing dystopia the “big bargain” bought, our birthright (freedom) sold
“only our ownawarenessof the huge stakes involved can save us from the rampaging presumptions of our betters,” …
… “whether they are called socialists or fascists”
“in the united states, however, this vision conflicts with a constitution that begins, “we the people”
“the self-flatteryof the vision of the left also gives its true believersa huge egostake in that vision,” …
… “which means that mere factsare unlikelyto make them reconsider,” …
… “regardlessof what evidencepiles up against the vision of the left,” …
… “and regardless of its disastrousconsequences”
“so long as we buytheir heady rhetoric, we are sellingour birthrightof freedom”
“american prosperity and american free enterprise are both highly unusualin the world, and we should not overlook the possibility that the two are connected“ thomas sowell
“of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the mostoppressive. it would be betterto live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. the robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own goodwill torment us withoutendfor they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” – c. s. lewis
it is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance– thomas sowell
“most people who read “the communist manifesto” probably have no idea that it was written by a couple of young menwho had never worked a day in their lives, and who nevertheless spoke boldly in the name of “the workers”. – thomas sowell
”we shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.” – f. a. hayek
fascist vs. free marketeconomics the battleof visions collective utopia (progress) vs private enterprise (profits)
civilization falls when government serves the special interest rather than citizens at large
“of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. it would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. the robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own goodwill torment us without end for they do so with the approvaloftheir own conscience“ – c. s. lewis
“remember, democracy neverlasts long. it soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. there is nevera democracy that did not commit suicide” – john adams
radical saul alinsky simply called the american middle class “the enemy”
(that would be you and me)
the left is a manichean creed, always pitting the children of light against the children of darkness.
psychologically that kind of light-against-dark worldview is considered to be a low-level defense mechanism.
it comes from people with fragile egos,
and it’s a defining feature of something called borderline personality disorder.
the basic rule for people with bpd is that they are constantly idealizing some of their relationships and demonizing all the others.
every now and then they flip, and change their current angels into demons.
it’s impossible to maintain stable relationships with them because eventually everyone is perceived as their enemy.