{"id":4121,"date":"2012-02-02T16:02:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T21:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/?p=4121"},"modified":"2012-02-02T17:51:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T22:51:44","slug":"the-angry-mob-is-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/2012\/02\/the-angry-mob-is-rising.html","title":{"rendered":"The Angry Mob Is Rising"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Angry<\/a>As the 2012 election approaches, all the old anti-Obama crap is recirculating.\u00a0 The message is unchanged. He’s the most dangerous man in America. He’s trying to destroy us. He’s Marxist. He’s Muslim. He hangs with terrorists.\u00a0 He was born on Neptune. He wears magic underwear<\/a>. (Oh wait, that last one was Romney. Sorry)\u00a0 But you get the point.<\/p>\n

I was recently the recipient of one such email screed, and decided to take on the issue, as I’m wont to do from time to time.\u00a0 Yes, I’m sure I was just tilting at windmills, but the email chain was widely circulated, and I’m making that a little wider by publishing it here.\u00a0 Who knows, maybe someone reading it will at least reexamine their position before picking up their pitchfork. If so, it’s worth it. The complete chain is included below.<\/p>\n

The original email:<\/h3>\n

EVERYONE SHOULD READ AND PAY ATTENTION TO THIS, and pass it forward.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

HOW DO WE GET EVERY AMERICAN TO UNDERSTAND AND VOTE TO CURE THIS BLIGHT?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Subject: Wake up!
\nWHEN – he refused to disclose who donated money to his election campaign, as other candidates had done, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he received endorsements from people like Louis Farrakhan, Muramar Kaddafi and Hugo Chavez, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – it was pointed out that he was a total newcomer and had absolutely no experience at anything except community organizing, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he chose friends and acquaintances such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn who were revolutionary radicals, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – his voting record in the Illinois Senate and in the U.S. Senate came into question, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he refused to wear a flag lapel pin and did so only after a public outcry, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – people started treating him as a Messiah and children in schools were taught to sing his praises, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he stood with his hands over his groin area for the playing of the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he surrounded himself in the White House with advisors who were pro-gun control, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual marriage and wanting to curtail freedom of speech to silence the opposition, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he said he favors sex education in kindergarten, including homosexual indoctrination, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – his personal background was either scrubbed or hidden and nothing could be found about him, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – the place of his birth was called into question, and he refused to produce a birth certificate, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he had an association in Chicago with Tony Rezco – a man of questionable character and who is now in prison and had helped Obama to a sweet deal on the purchase of his home – people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – it became known that George Soros, a multi-billionaire Marxist, spent a ton of money to get him elected, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he started appointing White House Czars that were radicals, revolutionaries, and even avowed Marxist \/Communists, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he stood before the Nation and told us that his intentions were to “fundamentally transform this Nation” into something else, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – it became known that he had trained ACORN workers in Chicago and served as an attorney for ACORN, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he appointed cabinet members and several advisors who were tax cheats and socialists, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he appointed a Science Czar, John Holdren, who believes in forced abortions, mass sterilizations and seizing babies from teen mothers, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he appointed Cass Sunstein as Regulatory Czar who believes in “Explicit Consent,” harvesting human organs without family consent and allowing animals to be represented in court, while banning all hunting, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he appointed Kevin Jennings, a homosexual and organizer of a group called Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education Network as Safe School Czar and it became known that he had a history of bad advice to teenagers, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he appointed Mark Lloyd as Diversity Czar who believes in curtailing free speech, taking from one and giving to another to spread the wealth, who supports Hugo Chavez, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – Valerie Jarrett, an avowed Socialist, was selected as Obama’s Senior White House Advisor, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director, said Mao Tse Tung was her favorite philosopher and the person she turned to most for inspiration, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he appointed Carol Browner, a well known socialist as Global Warming Czar working on Cap and Trade as the nation’s largest tax, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he appointed Van Jones, an ex-con and avowed Communist as Green Energy Czar, who since had to resign when this was made known, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – Tom Daschle, Obama’s pick for Health and Human Services Secretary could not be confirmed because he was a tax cheat, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – as President of the United States , he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he traveled around the world criticizing America and never once talking of her greatness, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – his actions concerning the Middle East seemed to support the Palestinians over Israel , our long time ally, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he took American tax dollars to resettle thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to the United States , people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he upset the Europeans by removing plans for a missile defense system against the Russians, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he played politics in Afghanistan by not sending troops early-on when the Field Commanders said they were necessary to win, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he started spending us into a debt that was so big we could not pay it off, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he took a huge spending bill under the guise of stimulus and used it to pay off organizations, unions, and individuals that got him elected, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he took over insurance companies, car companies, banks, etc., people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he took away student loans from the banks and put it through the government, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he designed plans to take over the health care system and put it under government control, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he claimed he was a Christian during the election and tapes were later made public that showed Obama speaking to a Muslim group and ‘stating’ that he was raised a Muslim, was educated as a Muslim, and is still a Muslim, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he set into motion a plan to take over the control of all energy in the United States through Cap and Trade, people said it didn’t matter.<\/p>\n

WHEN – he finally completed his transformation of America into a Socialist State , people woke up— but it was too late.<\/p>\n

Add these up one by one and you get a phenomenal score that points to the fact that Barrack Hussein Obama is determined to turn America into a Marxist-Socialist society.\u00a0\u00a0 All of the items in the preceding paragraphs have been put into place. All can be documented very easily. Before you disavow this do an Internet search. The last paragraph alone is not yet cast in stone. You and I will write that paragraph.
\nWill it read as above or will it be a more happy ending for most of America ?<\/p>\n

Don’t just belittle the opposition. Search for the truth. We all need to pull together or watch the demise of a free democratic
\nsociety. Pray for Americans to seek the truth and take action for it will keep us FREE. Our biggest enemy is not China , Russia , North Korea or Iran . Our biggest enemy is a contingent of politicians in Washington , DC . The government will not help, so we need to do it ourselves.<\/p>\n

Question….will you delete this, or pass it on to others who don’t know about Obama’s actions and plans for the USA , so that they may know how to vote in November, 2012 and the ensuing years?<\/p>\n

It’s your decision. I believe it does matter. How about you?<\/p>\n

WHEN – November 2012 comes, it will matter who you vote for!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I replied:<\/h3>\n

This is America.\u00a0 It is a country where everyone has a right to ignorance, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, paranoia, and all manner of conspiratorial delusion.\u00a0 The author of this gem is taking full advantage of those rights.<\/p>\n

When the things listed here are true, you should be worried.\u00a0 But you should be more worried that there are people out there making decisions based on a belief that bunk like this is true.\u00a0 And unlike the crap below, that is <\/em>happening now.<\/p>\n

There are ample reasons to vote against Obama based on a disagreement with his policies and positions.\u00a0 However, the points below reflect only ad hominem attacks.\u00a0 They disparage the people. They take aim at the integrity and character of Obama and others, largely through innuendo and speculation.\u00a0 Ideally, most people outgrow this sort of behavior in middle school.\u00a0 But this is not an ideal world.<\/p>\n

The only valid point the author makes in this whole diatribe is, “Don’t just belittle the opposition. Search for the truth.”\u00a0 Do that. Just be careful not to mistake the loudest and angriest voices for those speaking truth.\u00a0 Sometimes truth is just a tad more subtle than that.<\/p>\n

Which generated this response:<\/h3>\n

I was so hoping to get a response like the last one in which you took the time to go through\u00a0point by point\u00a0and put it in perspective. I’m disappointed you didn’t do that this time, but did just what most Liberals do when they listen to the main stream media and can’t\u00a0disprove the truth. They label those that expose the truth as racist, ignorant, paranoid etc. If, as you say, this diatribe is bunk please show me where. You might want\u00a0to\u00a0“search out the truth” for yourself\u00a0so you can do that.
\nI would also like your opinion on just how Obama has made America any better since he has been in office. Thanks!
\nLooking forward to hearing from you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To which I replied:<\/h3>\n

If you want me to address your issues seriously, then you need to send me serious issues.\u00a0 These were not.\u00a0 This was the equivalent of the old bully’s chide, “Your mother wears Army boots.” And then having the bully demand you prove it’s not true.<\/p>\n

It’s been six years since Obama hit the national stage.\u00a0 The GOP has had control of the house for the last two, during which their explicit self-stated mission was to bring Obama down.\u00a0 If any of these charges were more substantive than character smears, do you seriously think there would not have been Congressional hearings to expose all this.\u00a0 Obama is a Muslim Marxist Kenyan?\u00a0 Are we still seriously arguing these things?<\/p>\n

If someone asserts the Earth is flat, the sky is green, and gravity makes things fall up, I could certainly provide research, data, and demonstrations those contentions were untrue.\u00a0 But I wouldn’t.\u00a0 It’s not worth my time.\u00a0 Anyone who holds true such readily demonstrable falsehoods is not looking for truth.\u00a0 They are looking for confirmation, either that they are right or that there is a conspiracy to keep the truth hidden.\u00a0 Nothing I might say or do is going to change that.<\/p>\n

There is an old adage that you should never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.<\/p>\n

Has Obama made the country any better?\u00a0 Ask the 16 million people who now have medical care.\u00a0 Ask the millions of unemployed who have continued to receive benefits so they can keep their homes and feed their families. Ask the employees of GM who still have jobs and are working for a thriving company. Ask the workers who have enjoyed additional thousands in their paychecks because of tax cuts.\u00a0 Ask the 1%ers who have garnered 88% of the income growth since 2009.\u00a0 Ask the Wall Street bankers who didn’t go to jail for tanking the economy.\u00a0 Ask the families of soldiers home from Iraq. Ask Mommar Quadaffi or Osama bin Laden.<\/p>\n

Does any of that make this a better country?\u00a0 Better for whom?\u00a0 And compared to what?\u00a0 That is question you must answer for yourself.<\/p>\n

This generated yet another response:<\/h3>\n

I am truly amazed that you get to determine what questions you decide are serious enough to answer or not. The truth is all those points made regarding the President are the truth. I will grant you some of the points by themselves\u00a0seem unimporant. However when you put them all together, you can get an idea of just who\u00a0Obama thinks he is and\u00a0why\u00a0he thinks he can stomp all over the Constitution to get his policies put into effect. You say you can’t do anything about any conspiracy to keep the truth hidden. I disagree. You could start by seriously checking out\u00a0sources other than the main stream media for your information. Our freedom and our rights are slowly and\u00a0oh so cleverly being stolen out from under us and it\u00a0is people like you who seem to be so blinded to the the truth of what is happening\u00a0to our country that\u00a0they are getting away with it. You have no idea of the evil that is permeating this land.
\nJust a couple of more things, Tim and then\u00a0I think we should agree to disagree.
\nNo one seems to be able to answer just why Obama didn’t pass the things he wanted to when he had control of both the House and the Senate. Any ideas?\u00a0(I am being very serious).
\nYour answer as to how\u00a0Obama has made America better on the surface looks ok. My question is\u00a0at what cost?\u00a0Obama has put us more in debt than any other president combined. The health care billed was passed even though 60% of the people didn’t want it. It was passed unread by anyone (even the President.) It was passed\u00a0after\u00a0meetings\u00a0being held\u00a0behind closed doors where who knows what\u00a0happened. (so much for the promised transparency),\u00a0and by\u00a0bribing congressmen and senators for their votes, (both\u00a0Republicans and Democrats.) Now that we know what is in it (some parts considered\u00a0unconstitutional) more of our rights are threatened, and is\u00a0putting us further into debt.
\nWho knows what\u00a0the effect of cutting benefits\u00a0from Seniors to pay for this will be. There are enough sources out there to check on that.
\nYou say millions of unemployed are receiving benefits so they can keep their homes and feed their children and that is wonderful for them. My question is what is being done for the millions who have lost their homes with no hope of getting them back? What plans are in the works for putting the millions of unemployed back to work? Obama had the chance to do something about it with the Keystone pipeline construction, but chose to appease\u00a0the environmental wackos for their votes in the upcoming election.\u00a0Because of the stimulus money bailouts, the Federal Government now controls the auto industry, the banking industry and the Green Energy businesses\u00a0that he supported are now going bankrupt.\u00a0Can you guess who is\u00a0being paid back first? It is not the American taxpayers.
\nI could go on, but you get the idea, Tim.\u00a0I’m not saying all of\u00a0this is all Obama’s fault. It is my opinion the whole Governmental system is corrupt, and if we (Republicans, Democrats, Independents, the Tea Party, Christians, Jews, Atheists,)\u00a0in short, Americans just stand by and let it happen, we deserve what we get. Everyone should be checking both sides of the issues and speaking up to questionable issues from both sides\u00a0that, if passed,\u00a0could change life as we know it.
\nSerious? You bet it is!!!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which finally resulted in this:<\/h3>\n

You are apparently easily amazed. I’m pretty sure I’d get fairly wide agreement that I absolutely get to decide what questions are important enough for me to spend my time addressing.\u00a0 Further, you then go on to completely justify why I chose correctly to not waste my time.\u00a0 You already believe you know the truth, and any notion that you’re seeking dialog, answers, and\/or explanations is disingenuous at best.<\/p>\n

And yes, we will clearly continue to disagree, but maybe not about quite what you think we disagree about.<\/p>\n

You see malice, conspiracy, and evil.\u00a0 I don’t..\u00a0 Obama is not evil or part of an evil plot, nor is he some sort of political Messiah. He’s a guy, doing a very tough job, in an environment pretty much designed to keep him from getting anything done.\u00a0 (So is every President for that matter.)\u00a0 It wasn’t that many years ago that even disagreeing with a wartime President was viewed as treasonous–ironically, by the same folks who now position Obama as an evil incarnate bent on the destruction of America.\u00a0 Doesn’t that make you wonder just a little about the cognitive dissonance of folks you’re following?\u00a0 Doesn’t it make you suspect that maybe they are really angling for something a little different than what’s claimed on the surface?<\/p>\n

Where we disagree is that you believe you are privy to some hidden truth, and it’s your mission to wake others up. While I believe you are being manipulated by a political machine that masquerades as a persecuted grassroots movement, and that machine is using you to further its own ends, not to help you and those like you.<\/p>\n

The Institute for Propaganda Analysis (IPA) was formed in New York in 1937. Its findings are considered seminal in the field and are still widely quoted in propaganda texts.\u00a0\u00a0 The IPA outlined 7 critical techniques<\/a> for effective propaganda.\u00a0 If you want to get a group of people fired up and headed off in the direction of your choosing, these are the things you need to do.<\/p>\n