Big Barack is Watching!

When the Obama Administration was trying to establish its identity, it compared itself to other administrations. Obama followed the route into Washington proposed for Lincoln without mentioning that Lincoln sneaked into Washington to avoid assassination and the train was, like Obama, an elaborate ruse. After ten months we now have a track record to figure out what model an inexperienced, Marxist-loving President such as Obama might be using. Some have compared him to the Liberal icon, Kennedy. Kennedy was a tax-cutting, anticommunist that cheated on his wife. The first two are definite strikes and if Obama is stepping out in his wife, we may have the first presidential assassination of the century on our hands when Michelle finds out. Some compare him to FDR. He does have that whole welfare-state thing going on but if he cannot even stand up to Pelosi, how would he confront the likes of Hitler. Besides, BHO does not have the same pizzazz and since we are not allowed to use the middle name anyway, BO is not much better. I think the best model for understanding Obama and the Left in general comes from George Orwell in his novel, 1984. Although Orwell was not a President, his satirical story of a totalitarian state gave us the phrase “Big Brother is Watching” and it’s sad that a classical book making fun of communism has come to epitomize the governing party of our country. But here are the parallels:

In the novel, Oceana is just one of three super states in the world. Our world has more than three states but Liberals think it is too bad we are the only superpower. No other nation has been able to come to our level so Obama debases the country every chance he gets with his Apology-Abroad tours. Iran is building the bomb and North Korea is developing missiles with nukes so maybe we will have our three super states before Obama is finished.

The book describes a section of the government that revises history and historical records to match whatever Big Brother says. Oceana called this department Minitrue but today we know it as CBS, NBC, ABC, MSNBC and sometimes CNN. Minitrue incinerated the original documents in what they called a “memory hole”. I think MSNBC has one of those but Sandy Burger’s socks work great too, in a pinch. Whenever the Administration is called out on an inconvenient truth, they simply deny the charge with “No it’s not” and the Media dutifully twist history to match the party line. Whether it’s Carter's saying that most Obama opposition is racist or Barney Frank’s giving Fannie Mae a pass, a simple denial makes it all go away.

One of the obsessions of Big Brother was to revise the English language in what they called Newspeak. Bad was replaced with “ungood”, and criticism of Big Brother was banned. Today political correctness has attempted to limit public discourse. A man in the DC government got in trouble for admonishing his department heads to be niggardly. They claimed the word was too close to a racial slur and people in government often have small vocabularies, are incapable of looking up words and are too quick to jump to conclusions if the alleged offender is a white, Christian male. I am not sure government officials are capable of being frugal anyway, which is the actual meaning of niggardly. Racial politics also explains why the word “honk” is still allowed. By the way, I hope our modern Newspeak lets us keep the word “spade” because I am running out of words for that particular garden tool but I hear it may be changed to “unshovel” as spade (which is too closely associated to something black in cards) joins such forbidden words and phrases as “illegal alien”, “islamofacist”, “war on terror”, “In God We Trust”, “parental consent” and “Merry Christmas”.

Big Brother allows no dissent, admonishes its citizens to the glory of the state with slogans, encourages tattling on each other and punishes offenders with the status of “unperson” where you disappear from history. Today children are forced to sing songs in school, praises to the greatness of Obama. The White House asks children to write essays on how they can help Obama and be good comrades for the state while asking that “Fishy Emails” be reported. Offenders are given the dreaded status of “Racist” and Fox News is made into an “un-news organization”.

At times Big Brothers actions make no sense but the threat of becoming an “unperson” keeps Oceana in line. Today, due to fear of being called a racist, we allow an Islamic extremist to stay in the military even though he has publicly stated that nonbelievers should have their heads cut off and have hot oil poured down their throats. If a white Christian had said that about abortion doctors, how many seconds would have it taken for discharge papers to be delivered? Meanwhile, we continue to frisk old, white ladies at the airport. Heaven forbid one of them smuggles a crochet hook aboard the airplane and brandishes it at a flight attendant.


Paranoid of even subversive thoughts, Big Brother anoints the Thought Police. Today we call it Hate Crimes where the act alone is not worthy of punishment. Your thoughts and attitudes about the victim have to be punished as well. And the press happily reports racist statements from Rush Limbaugh that were never said. When the truth is revealed, Limbaugh still has to be punished because we all know he thought it even if he did not say it.


Oceana has no need of elections because Big Brother knows more than anyone else and is watching over all. Obama has ACORN to go around fixing the mistakes made by voters so people like Al Franken can be in the Senate. Activist judges thwart the will of the people and repeatedly force gay marriage on the country. Obama, like Big Brother, is in constant campaign mode with great speeches and slogans (and in the words of the great Joe Jonas: “Does a great speech always have to have a point?”) Obama knows more than us so our opposition to Obamacare is moot. His benevolence warrants our trust as we surrender our freedoms to his will.

Although Winston Smith, the hero of our story, ends back where he started, a little worse for the wear, I hope our experiment in American Democracy does not end so “ungoodly”. But next time you are tempted to recite the “Pledge of Allegiance” (with your hand over our groin, of course), wear a flag on your person, or pick up a gun to go hunting, just remember Big Barack is Watching!

Go Right, Young Man, Go Right!

During WWII, servicemen across the Pacific would tune to a radio program that featured the seductive voice of Tokyo Rose. Rose was a Japanese American who had turned loyalties back to Japan and presented a radio program urging Americans to give up the fight and go home. The propaganda was mixed with music to entertain, which allured the servicemen to listen, along with that sexy voice. Fortunately for America (and for Japan) her message was for naught. Today, Republicans are plagued with a slew of “Liberal Roses”. Colin Powell talks about the Big Tent while endorsing Obama. Lindsey Graham backs Global Warming Legislation that would wreck the US Economy. The revolt of conservatives in the recent New-York Congressional election nearly elected a third-party candidate while the former Republican nominee endorsed the Democrat on dropping out.

Conventional wisdom says that we need to be open-minded enough to allow anybody in the party so that we can win elections. This wisdom has caused the Republican Party to drift left, blurring the lines between Republican and Democrat. This has not won more elections but stuck us with the most left-wing President in history and a Democratic Congress.

First, a party that stands for everything stands for nothing. President Bush (41) abandoned his no-tax pledge and lost big time to Clinton. Clinton adopted many of the Right’s ideas (NAFTA, lowering capital gains tax, and welfare reform) and got reelected. Bush (43) coined the bizarre phrase “compassionate conservatism”. Conservatism is compassionate by its very nature but what Bush used it for was a cover to raise Federal spending to unreal levels. The Republican Congress went along for the ride, splitting from Conservatives who wanted a smaller government. If the Liberals had not been so wacko on the war, Bush may have well lost the election, hovering around 50 percent approval most of the time. In the last election, Republicans put up the darling of the Liberal Media, McCain, the most liberal candidate ever offered by Republicans. Many conservatives stayed home and many independents decided to give Democrats a try thinking that they couldn’t be any worse. Surprise! The only bright spot in the fiasco was Palin and the only reason this anonymous politician from Alaska curried any appeal was because of her conservative credentials.

Like the seductive voice of Tokyo Rose, the Liberal Roses can seem to make sense. Slipping left may seem easy but is no more the rode to victory than that advocated by Tokyo. To you Liberal Roses who think we need to outflank the Democrats on the Left, tell me what is to be gained when you look at the issues of the day:

Abortion: American opinion is drifting against abortion. Even Liberals talk about how they hate abortion but think it is a private matter. Curious that wearing a seat belt or buying health insurance is not.

Global Warming: The overwhelming majority of the American people do not think that man is causing global warming. They are suspicious of this whole movement that is full of anti-capitalist Marxists and Lobbyists that want to deprive America of its wealth. Although you can see why the Obama administration loves them so much, Americans think giving up beef and leather is a bit much. And not to confuse the issue with facts, global temperatures over the last decade have been falling, cancelling out the warming from the previous century.

Health Care Reform: Americans do not want this monstrosity. It is being crammed down our throats by a party that knows no bounds to hubris. Greater expansion of the government is not popular no matter what Pelosi calls it or no matter how much lipstick is on it. And while Democrats have scared seniors every year into thinking that Republicans will cut their benefits, only Democrats have proposed cuts to Medicare and threaten death panels through rationed care.

Taxes: Obama campaigned on higher taxes for the wealthy but still had to offer lower taxes for anyone else. The tax cuts he enacted at the beginning of his term are probably what broke the fall in the economy but there are a myriad of new taxes that are being proposed to cancel out the effect. The damage done to the economies of Virginia and New Jersey have caused them to run from Liberal rule. Even California is talking about tax cuts to repair the damage done by Liberals.

Illegal Immigration: Ok, what part of illegal do you not understand? America is a country of immigrants, but we need legal, controlled immigration. Aside from the drugs many of them bring with them, the poor souls coming to flee oppression and corruption come here to eek out a living as a landscaper or maid only to fall victim to the corruption of the American system, fostered by the Democrats. They are rounded up in ACORN buses, told in Spanish how to vote, and whisked off to the poles with the promises of a few bucks for “doing the right thing.” To the ire of the American people, Democrats talk about undocumented immigrants and liken it to speeding. I wonder if they would be so forgiving if I engaged in undocumented bank withdrawals.

War on Terrorism: The war in Iraq has turned and the beleaguered enemy has retreated to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Americans are not so supportive of the war in Afghanistan because the goals have not been delineated by this Administration. While the President dithers about troop levels, soldiers are dying. I know the President recoils when accused of dithering but the UN approved General McChrystal’s plan weeks ago. When take longer than the UN to make up your mind, you are, by definition, dithering. Supporting the troops and winning this war is a winning strategy for the American electorate. It’s also another reason to seal the borders to illegal immigration. How many Americans and undocumented immigrants are going to be dead when a nuclear dirty bomb is brought across the Mexican border and detonated in Los Angeles?

Education Vouchers: This is extremely popular with impoverished minorities who are traditionally in the tank for Democrats. Educating minorities, really educating them (not just giving them an affirmative-action pat on the head as you pass them to the next grade) is key to truly ending poverty. Unfortunately, the poor and the uneducated (high school drop-outs) vote overwhelmingly Democrat. Liberals have no interest in allowing captive voters to escape. One of Obama’s first acts was to abolish such a program in D.C. that was causing people to become self-reliant and may have led to a rise in Republican voters. Breaking the backs of teachers’ unions will cause few Americans to shed many tears and all Americans would be better for it.

I believe that an articulate American (black, white, Hispanic, Asian, male or female) who believes in Conservatism and can explain it could capture the electorate and do great things for this country. With all due respect to you Liberal Roses out there, my advice to the Republican party is from a phrase adapted from John Wayne: “Go Right, young man, go Right!”