September 30, 200916 yr Two paranoid ranters on the "coming" American military dictatorship. Both agree that it’s likely and both put the blame at Obama's feet. John Perry (Right): What happens if the generals Obama sent to win the Afghan war are told by this president (who now says, “I’m not interested in victory”) that they will be denied troops they must have to win? Do they follow orders they cannot carry out, consistent with their oath of duty? Do they resign en masse? Or do they soldier on, hoping the 2010 congressional elections will reverse the situation? Do they dare gamble the national survival on such political whims? Anyone who imagines that those thoughts are not weighing heavily on the intellect and conscience of America’s military leadership is lost in a fool’s fog. Will the day come when patriotic general and flag officers sit down with the president, or with those who control him, and work out the national equivalent of a “family intervention,” with some form of limited, shared responsibility? Imagine a bloodless coup to restore and defend the Constitution through an interim administration that would do the serious business of governing and defending the nation. Skilled, military-trained, nation-builders would replace accountability-challenged, radical-left commissars. Having bonded with his twin teleprompters, the president would be detailed for ceremonial speech-making. Unthinkable? Then think up an alternative, non-violent solution to the Obama problem. Just don’t shrug and say, “We can always worry about that later.” Link Gore Vidal (Left): Barack Obama is failing as President and the US is in danger of sliding into a military dictatorship, says Gore Vidal, the American essayist and intellectual. In an exclusive interview with The Times, Vidal, 83, reveals that he regrets switching his allegiance from Hillary Clinton to Mr Obama during last year’s campaign to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. Vidal added: “He loves quoting Lincoln and there’s a great Lincoln quote from a letter he wrote to one of his generals in the South after the Civil War. ’I am President of the United States. I have full overall power and never forget it, because I will exercise it’. That’s what Obama needs - a bit of Lincoln’s chill.” He also predicted Obama may be assassinated: “Just one lone gunman lurking in the shadows of the capital.” America has no intellectual class and is rotting away at a funereal pace, he believes. “We’ll have a military dictatorship soon, on the basis nobody else can hold everything together. Obama would have been better off focusing on educating the American people. His problem is being overeducated. He doesn’t realise how dim-witted and ignorant his audience is.” Link
September 30, 200916 yr From the "right" side: They can see the dismantling of defenses against missiles targeted at this nation by avowed enemies, even as America's troop strength is allowed to sag. They can?
September 30, 200916 yr So I read the first side. I'll try to get past the fact it came from Newsmax. What should I take from it? Do you believe a "coup" of any sort is any sort of remote possibility?
September 30, 200916 yr Author You don't find it ridiculous these fools actually think a coup is likely, Clyde? I mean, I'm no fan of Obama as you know, but even I have to come to his aide on this nonsense.
September 30, 200916 yr You don't find it ridiculous these fools actually think a coup is likely, Clyde? I mean, I'm no fan of Obama as you know, but even I have to come to his aide on this nonsense. Oh, gotcha. Heck yeah I think they're nutjobs. Both of them. I misunderstood your initial point.
September 30, 200916 yr Although I'm probably safe in saying that there are far fewer clowns than jokers, I agree with the premise of the thread title...
September 30, 200916 yr Although I'm probably safe in saying that there are far fewer clowns than jokers, I agree with the premise of the thread title... I guess it is ok to call someone a joker as long as you don't make them one in a picture. :sssh:
October 1, 200916 yr Author Although I'm probably safe in saying that there are far fewer clowns than jokers, I agree with the premise of the thread title...Boy, is that ever debatable!
October 1, 200916 yr Author I guess it is ok to call someone a joker as long as you don't make them one in a picture. :sssh:You mean this one? :sssh:
October 1, 200916 yr Author Oh, gotcha. Heck yeah I think they're nutjobs. Both of them. I misunderstood your initial point.No problem, I know most people expect me to take a hard line against Obama.
October 1, 200916 yr OOOH! you are going to get into trouble!!! If you did that on The Cats Domain message board, they would come to your house with guns and confiscate your labtop!:puke:
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