Barack Obama.
We all know who he is (I hope), and we all know at least a little about where he stands on such important issues as healthcare, the war in Iraq, abortion, gay marriage, taxes, et cetera.
What I want to know is this.
Where does America REALLY stand on Barack Obama?
Now please don't misunderstand me. I have the highest respect for President Obama, and as an enlistee in the United States Navy he is my most superior officer, my Commander In Chief. Basically, he holds more sway over my existence right now that my own mother and father.
I think he is a good man, as far as I've seen. I think he is possibly a bit inexperienced, a little wavery, and just a touch off-base.
There are quite a few times his policies have made me pause and say "Huh?". I read his book, Dreams From My Father, and enjoyed it very much. It gave me an insight into his early life and career that I otherwise wouldn't have had.
But the biggest thing about President Obama that bothers me is this.
He is the first President to appear on not one, not two, but EIGHT different television shows. (As credited by IMDB.com) After his election, and get this. The television show with the most repeat episodes featuring the President is Entertainment Tonight.
Not 60 Minutes.
Not even freakin' Larry King Live.
Entertainment Tonight.
In his entire eight year career, President Obama's predecessor had 113 tags on his respective IMDB page. President Obama is at 93, and hasn't even completed a year since being elected.
My (decidedly unlearned) opinion is that Barack Obama is a "celebrity official". He steps out of his limos wearing shades with his suit jacket thrown jauntily over one shoulder. His wife sports sneakers that would cost an average woman a quarter of her yearly salary.
And like most celebrities, he supports various important causes without any real idea about how to make them happen.1
Have a great day, and be safe wherever you are!
Kelly2
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Thank you K for filling me in on Barack... I like him, his wife and daughters alot. He has unenviable job, that no one would really want as the responsibility and the cost to his personal home life is great...
Our leaders need our prayers and fairness, not our condemnation about everything they do...They should not be entertainers but leaders....
I will read again now that I know you are keeping track of him and the family...
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First I want to say - Thank you- Thank you for committing your life for a just cause - defending our great country. Like you I do not know what is in the heart of our president and feel his biggest drawback is inexperience. Although he was not my choice for the job I feel that it is every Americans duty to stand behind him and hope that he does what he feels is right and keeps us (and our military personnel) safe. I hope he has the integrity that President Bush had. Being a better speaker does not make you a better decision maker. Time will tell. You are appreciated more than you know. Good luck to you.
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Thank you so much.
-K
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If you think Bush is a "brainless dumb ass", I respect your opinion, I think Obama is closet communist, all of this advisers and friends are old communists and revolutionaries, freaks from the old Weather Underground, and so I consider Obama a hard-ass commie...
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Communism
If you had done your research well, you'd know that the concept of communism was ideally a way of socializing institutions so that private interests wouldn't factor in and there wouldn't be a huge difference between classes. Marxism as a whole was a way of bringing down imperialism, unfair economic and social vantages, inequality and having things be regulated so businesses don't swoop in, privatise everything and make money off the people's bleeding backs.
Obama represents the very opposite of this.
Maybe you're talking about dictatorships? if so, then please phrase things right.
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No, I don't think President Bush was a "brainless dumbass". I think he was just like any other President- human. And honestly, as someone who went to public school for all but one year of her education, I have no clue what communism truly is. (Yay for the American school system.... we never learned about the Korean or Vietnam wars either.) Enlighten me?
Thanks for reading and commenting!
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Communism consists of many aspects, but the key factor of communism is that there is a single leader (as with a dictatorship for those such as Deadkid who would argue), and the country opperates as a community to support the growth and flourishing of the country as a whole, not just one or two big-shot companies or people. If you want to understand communism, look at Nazi Germany. They were a essentially a communist state. Also, look up the war that occured in Russia before Stalin took power, along with World War II era China.
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First off, all the modern presidents have been a little off touch, they're only human after all like the rest of us, and we can't elect Superman, because he wasn't born in the U.S. (bummer!)
They'll all always support causes and ideas, even if they don't really spiritually feel whole hearted about them, because, after all they are only politicians, and we can't elect Jesus because...well mayhaps I should leave that one alone.
Well, the U.S. president has always been a celebrity, world wide at that, so that's nothing new.
And I think it's a good idea that he gets on these different talk shows, because the hosts of these shows will ask him questions that we the the people want to know that these political analyst type hosts are much tooo afraid to ask, or just don't want to embarass him with because they are party supporters.
The only reason Bush pt. II wasn't on t.v. much is because his aids/staff most likely advised him against it, fearing the world would find out just what a brainless puppet dumbass he REALLY is (?)
And as far as Michelle Obama and her high fashion, come on now, that's pretty much a first lady thing dating back to the 50's.
Jackie Kennedy pretty much redesigned the entire White House to make it look snazzy
Do you really think it's un-ok for the president to dress "cool", I mean, not evrybody wants to look like old white money.
LOL, even old white money is getting tired of looking the part
One thing to keep in the minds perspective, things aways change as modern times evolve.
It's only natural that the president do so as well.
And lest we not forget old Slick Willy eight years ago.
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All quite true. My point in writing this is not truly to criticize or comment on The President but to use him as an example of a problem I've seen in history going back as far as the printing press- Americans are obsessed with the idea of fame.
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I know.
Watching all these reality shows and celebrity stalker shows (well i dont actually watch them), it shows just how bored/lazy we are.
On the other side of the spectrum, there's nothing wrong with being well known (for good things), and with power and stature comes recognition...because the bored/lazy peoples are ever curious and wanting to know what the "haves" are doing in their privelidged lives
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Unfortunately I see far too may scenarios like this:
Young man likes a certain band's music.
Young man thinks they are cool until a member of said band makes an unfortunate quote regarding young man's deity compared to band's fame.
Young man happens to be not quite right in the head.
Young man reads Catcher in the Rye.
Young man goes to NYC and shoots John Lennon in front of his wife, then calmly reads his book until the cops come and arrest him, then pleads guilty without any fuss whatsoever, possibly in order to become famous.
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that kid who shot up a mall in Minnesota a while back to become famous,
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any of the people who spend countless amounts of time and money chasing shows like American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance around the country trying like hell to get in even though past winners of those shows have come and gone in popularity.
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If...
I don't know . Is it about being famous? or are all these people a result of a system that leaves so room for ventilation? So these people shoot, commit suicide, blow shit up, fuck, do drugs as a result of trying to 'unchain' themselves from everything.
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Well not all fanatics are maniacs.
You have to expect off balanced nutballs in all parts of humanity.
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Right on so much truth in your words the cult of personality is alive and well and living in America
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If I never log in again, The CIA Got Me! haha
Oh crap now that I've said that they're really gonna come take me away >_>
(Don't you have to smoke weed to be this paranoid?? I think I skipped a step somewhere.... lol....)
-K
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that is just the point he is the president but firstly he is a man and he has weaknesses and these are being exploited by the media ..he is not a god as some seem to think he should be ...however maybe you should look at the alternative Mary Palin the hockey mum shes right roarer and as far as the payouts to big business goes many of them are complaining cause the conditions whith which they get help is very strict specially cause they cant reward their directors or buy more lear jets ...sadly Bush left the country in a mess and much of its troubles will take a long time to clean up and we must negotiate with big business cause they have the capacity to help as much as we dont like em and yes the people who have become homeless need more attention but as i said Bush left the country in a mess its a big task and the whole country must get behind their president and a fight for that wonderful freedom you all enjoy and its quality.
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Very true. I think that the mess America has gotten ourselves into can't be fixed by one administration, but at the same time it can't be blamed on just one administration. Every President we've ever had has done things wrong, simply because as you put it they are men, not gods- but we treat them like gods. We build places of worship to the ones who are dead [Lincoln, Washington, Kennedy] and we act all surprised and shocked when one of the living ones does something wrong. I'm not saying that building memorials to great men is wrong. I'm saying that our attitude towards these men isn't right and that our culture and society has a lot of major flaws. This post isn't truly about President Obama; I'm merely using him as an example to show that even the most powerful man in America is swayed by and given his power by the media. Fame is America's drug, and that is very very scary.
Thank you =]
-K
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Michelle's sneakers cost a lot of money because they are an especially large size and you don't find them in ordinary stories.
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They're also designer.... and therefore $540 (the quote I got off the link below).
Converse are $40 and come in men's sizes, and don't look too different from the sneakers I had in mind when I wrote this.
http://www.nydailynews.com/l ifestyle/fashion/2009/05/01/2009-05-01_first_lady_michelle_o bama_kicks_in_own_foot_feat_for_fashionistas_lanvin.html
Thanks for reading and commenting!
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Since that link isn't working, google search "Michelle Obama sneakers". It should be the first thing that comes up. Sorry for the inconvenience!
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lol on Michelle's sneakers. President Lincoln's wife, Mary, had an obsession for gloves.
Abe fussed at Mary for spending so much money on gloves when the country was struggling with fighting the Civil War. When Mrs. Lincoln died, there were countless pairs of new gloves under her bed. 
lol
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So definitely not the first First Lady with her eye more on fashion than perhaps is warranted
-K
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dear beatlesgirl i condsider a good friend and would not want something so silly to come between us especially when i know you care so much for your fellow man as i do that is why i think we should let him at least have a go after all he is only human and just maybe he is trying to ensure that many of African Americans who go after him will get there through the pride of place he and his people have instilled in them by example sadly to do that he must become a quasie celebrity
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This is true, he does. But seeing my Commander in Chief on the Ellen Degeneres show dancing made me a little bit nervous- after all, this is the man who is going to decide where I'm stationed and which enemies I fight against. I'm just here to make a point: Is there something we should be thinking about that is being suppressed?
Whenever something is spoon-fed to the masses, like the insipid music that people listen to, I usually try to make people take a closer look at it. This is my first time doing so in a more widespread manner, simply because hey. This guy is the freakin President.
Thank you =]
-K
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I made no comment you are a racist in fact I was trying to point out that what seems to be influencing decent caring Americans like yourselves is powerful multinational business interests that are not getting what they want from this president and many of these interests have their bias swayed by a subtle form of racism ...Kennedy to had just put together bills to help African Americans have more say and freedoms just before he was assassinated by powerful business interests ...I must admit i am still out on the fence about the Obama regime but I will not be influenced by the seemingly dark forces that always form when good presidents take office ...Beatlesgirl you are a good person and should always try reason out your position which I respect ..yes i have read your poetry and it has much compassion and well thought out please don't misunderstand me ..but dont be swayed by biased media reports or bias big business they are getting a canning at present by Obama and they don't like it ...folow what is in your heart on your fellow countrymen not what popular opinion tells you cause to many outside America it seems biased and uninformed
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Thank you. I'm sorry I jumped to conclusions, I'm a little sensitive to the whole racism subject. Being a white girl living in the South, people automatically lump me in with the ignorant idiots whose basic ideas on race are unspeakable to me.
Honestly I don't watch TV (other than the Simpsons) and I try my best to form my own opinions. This is entirely me. I avoid the media as much as possible for the simple reason that I think it's pretty much evil and manipulates every facet of American life. I want my opinions to be my own, not Fox's or ABC's.
Thanks for responding and setting me right. And thank you for your generous opinion of me despite that knee-jerk reaction.
-K
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As an outsider We saw Obama as being a new fresh hope for America his policies although different to most Americans to a fresh and more positive approach to both his people with compassion in health care and change of stance in world positions to conflict and therefore a more positive approach to Americas allies..it was amazing now that things seem to being right for him ...I feel subtletly but sure the the race card is being bought to the surface in questioning his ability to make mature descisions the racists seem to be having a field day and sadly the people are believing them ...He has improved his overseas image of America as being elitist isolationist and domineering show the true will of its people...I like many of my collegues believe he is a real hope for America and his policies reflect that be very careful who you believe as I am seeing an alarming form of racism surface and it is not nice ...regarding celebrety well all of the presidents have tried that pathway hes just more good at it...dont forget JFK and incidently JFK was assasinated by these same forces ..there is a distinct danger Obama may too be assasinated if the right element can make him unpopular enough history might repeat itself and cover up the real racist culprits who are also powerful business mogals
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also..
If you disagree, then please bring forward proof to show how many promises he's been keeping to the U.S. nation.
Yes, sure he makes America look good (despite the ruins already left by the government), but it is aesthetic bolloney. He could be doing so much more, the things he promises maybe. Instead, he's passing around absurd bills and bailing out businesses. Is that what JFK did?
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I think you should smoke more weed and do more research.
He's a sham president. His tactics are ridiculous. He's lying about a whole bunch and he's running the U.S. into the ground.
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I'd like to point out that I said nothing whatsoever about his race. You, on the other hand, did. And I am the racist?
If you read my poetry you would have seen a poem I wrote several months ago about how hearing a friend of mine called a "nigger" hurt me so deeply that I couldn't function for crying.
I am not racist.
I am deeply hurt that you would insinuate that I am.
The young man who commented beneath you, a dear friend of mine for four years now, can attest to that fact. He's Sudani. I've never treated him any differently than any of my other friends.
I don't care what color President Obama's skin may be, I don't care that his father is Kenyan, and I don't care for the idea you present that I do.
To tell you what I feel he has done for America, I feel he's made fame America's deity more and more since being elected. That was going to be tomorrow's journal, and still will be. I guess you get a sneak preview.
John Lennon was assassinated by a man many thought killed him to get fame.
A young man shot up a mall in Minnesota to become famous.
Columbine High School was terrorized by two depraved young men who wanted their names to be household words.
America is obsessed with fame, and now so is our President.
It has nothing to do with his race, it has to do with his age and his political history.
You hurt me very deeply by suggesting that my motives in writing that journal were racist.
Thank you for your time taken up by reading it and this message.
-K
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Yes. That's true but..
You left about that even though he might be hip, cool and black but also slick, manipulative and deceitful. He's lived up to barely any of the promises he's made during the campaign trail and he's pretty much following with the work Bush left.
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First of all hes not black. He's moloto. and it doesn't matter a damn bit what color his skin is. I agree on a lesser scale with deadkid. I'd like to see a list of things Obama promised and the things he's gotten done. I also agree that WAY to much emphasis has been put on fame. Our president is NOT a celebrity. He's not a TV star. He's not a "famous person." Yes his name should be house hold, he's the president. but that's all he should be. He should be the man that stands up to his advisors and does what the people want and what is right for them. NOT someone the people adore because he's cool... think about this... some of the most hated presidents were the most productive ones. and some of the most well liked were some of the worst. I find the fact that decent poloticions are hard to find these days appalling. Think about the political knowledge that was around when Washington was president... you know what was different?? MORALS. People didn't want just be known, they wanted to be known FOR SOMETHING GOOD. I'm glad that beatlesgirl put this up here and I'll be interested to read some more of her opinions. And thank you for serving our country<3
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btw. I apologize for my spelling and grammar mistakes and my rambling.
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