Interesting Quote

“If the policy of the government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court,” wrote Abraham Lincoln, “the people will have ceased to be their own rulers.”

From this article by Mark Steyn.

I got this in an email I think this sums up the currant administration.


Chilling Letter from Proctor & Gamble to Obama
Who would have thought, and yet many are thinking it.



By Lou Pritchett, Procter & Gamble

A LETTER FROM A PROCTER AND GAMBLE EXECUTIVE TO THE PRESIDENT* THE LAST SENTENCE IS THE MOST CHILLING
Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America's true living legends- an
Acclaimed author, dynamic teacher and one of the world's highest
Rated speakers. Successful corporate executives everywhere recognize him as the foremost leader in change management..



Lou changed the way America does business by creating an audacious concept that came to be known as "partnering."

Pritchett rose from soap salesman to Vice-President, Sales and Customer Development for Procter and Gamble and over the course of 36 years; made corporate history.

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA







Dear President Obama:

You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.

You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.

You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.

You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.

You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.

You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.

You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others.

You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail..

You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America' crowd and deliver this message abroad.

You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.

You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.

You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.

You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.

You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and corporations.

You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.


You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.

You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.

You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything You do.

You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaugh's, Hannitys, O'Reillys and Becks who offer opposing, Conservative points of view.

You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.

Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.

Lou Pritchett
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This letter was sent to the NY Times but they never acknowledged it.
Big surprise. Since it hit the Internet, however, it has had over 500,000 hits.

OMFG!!!!!!


You righties never letup. Try fact checking the above post? Sad that your party cannot resume control?

That crap is funny to those that love the U.S., never mind the president.


You damnn fools cannot reason your way out of a paper bag.

ononewheel wrote: You damnn fools cannot reason your way out of a paper bag.

That's not so constructive...you damn fool.

There's one way I see a re-election, and that has to do with a sad figure. The sad figure is 50%; set your other wheel on the ground, look around, and figure that one for yourself.

"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
Commonly quoted on many websites, this quotation is actually from Gerald Ford's August 12th, 1974 address to Congress."
Source:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson

Nautiquehunter wrote: You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you. You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American. You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail..

Buffalo, sorry I was not referring to your original post, but the open letter to Obama.

I highlighted a couple good ones from the letter and I might have changed some to be more true inside the quotes but I see that gives some here "pissy pants".

The first I am scared line is something about knowing nothing of you, then the rest of the letter goes on and on about how much he knows of Obama. WTF? There is probably more about Obama "out there" than any other president, and he has not completed his first term yet.

So when does one become "culturally" American? Was he culturally American enough to be a senator? I think he is just enough culturally BLACK enough to scare small minded folks.

Probably should have let the letter post go away like it apparently did when it was sent to NYT.    

Yeah. Ok. So explain then, if you would, was he culturally American enough to be a senator?

In the above letter "culturally" American enough means what? By definition I thought America was a melting pot of all cultures.

Wait I figured out your thinking. I think. One can be American, but only less than whole American, if the culture doesn't fit. No. I don't get it.   What the hell does culture have to do with being considered American enough?

If you think his race isn't an issue, you are flipping blind. I was sarcastic above. I know what " culturally " American enough means, and so do you.

I understand the hostility, 2008 was a bummer. Condolences.   

Here is a little explination about democrats and racism.macho sauce

Wow that was intelligent and insightful and he would be labeled as an Oreo by most blacks. Too bad so many people just dont get it?

ononewheel wrote: davidg wrote: Its like the courts in Wisconsin are now very activist in overruling the law that voters need id's to vote. A liberal activist judge (one man or woman) said the law is not valid, and that voters don't need id's to vote. For god sakes, we need id's to do everything in this country, but, not to vote!?!?! Is a prediction coming? Didn't you tell me a months ago Walker would be safe from recall. 930k signatures, 7% error rate. I knew mickey Mouse doesn't live here, and Adolf is dead and didn't sign the petition. He started a criminal defense fund you know. Jon Doe is knocking on his door.     Not trying to stir the pot, but are you closely following the Wisconsin politics?   There were two judges who have halted the law, but the GAB tells us to watch the news for instructions on voting. The supreme court might make a midnight move and decide the case and probably the election. By the way, none, none, were "activist liberals", that is just a talking point you repeat.   Neither were they "activist", those cases were brought before them, not them seeking to halt.

Prediction: Walker wins his recall election.

Reason: We The People are sick and tired of marching to the beat of the public worker unions (and their liberal elected sponsors) and having to pay ever higher property taxes to pay for lavish public union worker benefits, salaries, and pensions. In other words, the 85% are sick and tired of the 15% mandating how things will be done, and getting benefits that we, who are paying for those benefits, do not get ourselves.

Oh by the way, have you noticed that our children's test scores have stayed the same or gone down all while dramatcially increased spending on "education" has risen dramatically over the years? Now why is that?    

As far as voter id, regardless of the pissing match of whether its one judge or two....or three or four, why is it a bad thing? We need id to do everything in this country. I had to show an id to check into a hotel this afternoon. As determined as the left is to go back to the ways of the past, wouldn't id's be a good idea to keep out of staters from hi-jacking the elections?

By the way, did you read the article today on Fox News about the Democrats in northern Indiana that were officially charged with voter fraud from an incident during the 2008 (Obama) election? "The officials are accused of taking part in a scheme to fake signatures and names on the primary petitions needed to run for president".

These fakes signatures put Obama on the ballot in St. Joseph County Indiana. If they weren't there, would Obama have been officially able to be on the ballot in Indiana?? If Obama weren't able to run in Indiana, would he be president today??

Voter fraud potential? Naw!!!!!! Couldn't happen

Seth, I find it interesting that you cannot, or are unwilling to provide five uniquely cultural aspects of this country that have made us great. That says a lot in itself. My list would include individualism, liberty, the melting pot, can do spirit (different from " yes WE can" ), Land of opportunity. If asked to go on I could list many more. My point is I would run out of answers and never include "we have a a lot of white people". It is the ideas, not race. The Ploy of making racial allegations to shut down the sharing of ideas gets very old. It is used by those who's ideas cannot stand up on their own merit.

Why is it that many of the people that levy the "nebulous charges" against Obamma and are accused of racism are the same people that supported Herman Cain, and that the liberal side that couldn't trash Cain or Clarence Thomas fast enough are not accused of racism? Quite a double standard. People criticize Obamma for his background, not skin color. I don't know anything about that guy that Kevin posted, but certainly some of what he says about the Dems and civil rights in the 60's is true. And the beloved Robert Byrd, the conscience of the Senate was a KKK member. He got a complete free ride on that. I heard Chris Mathews, who worked for Tip O'Neil say that O'Neil's nick name for Byrd was "Sheets". People make mistakes and can change, but there is a huge double standard.

OverMyHead wrote: Seth, I find it interesting that you cannot, or are unwilling to provide five uniquely cultural aspects of this country that have made us great. That says a lot in itself. My list would include individualism, liberty, the melting pot, can do spirit (different from " yes WE can" ), Land of opportunity. If asked to go on I could list many more. My point is I would run out of answers and never include "we have a a lot of white people". It is the ideas, not race. The Ploy of making racial allegations to shut down the sharing of ideas gets very old. It is used by those who's ideas cannot stand up on their own merit.

Exactly why I didn't post a list.
There are simply too many cultural aspects I consider to be American, But you asked for UNIQUELY AMERICAN. It really wasn't on the top of my list to create that for you, given that I have been to many different countries, interacted with many, and likely lived a far different life than you have, sir, of course they might differ. Your given examples are well thought, but I disagree they are unique to America.


Nice try, at using the old tired racial allegations "cause I wanted to shut down sharing of ideas line". You are apparently in support of this letter, so explain it, and we'll go forward.


Tell us all, without responding with a question.

- Was he "culturally American enough" to be senator?
- What does "culturally American enough" mean?

- How "culturally American" do you need to be to be an Olympian? Or a soldier?


You cannot even do it. How can you use melting pot above, in your list, but then defend "not culturally American enough" when referring to a person with a known American birth certificate, a president, etc.

Hansel wrote: Changing gears here, it is Spring Break at UW-Madison, so if you wanted to stop by Seth now would be a great time!

We are currently in Florida for spring break. Well, I'm not yet, kids and wife are, and I leave on Friday. I'll be in touch.

ononewheel wrote:     Double standard? That would be comparing to equal things right? Apples to oranges my friend. Poor republicans, facing such an evil left media bias.    Obama/Biden Vs. Romney/Ryan.

The double standard is not just with the media, it's with Liberals/progressive in general. Show me a president besides Obamma that hasn't put his college grades out there. Obamma hasn't. I am not a birther, but I did find it odd that Obamma took 3 years years to put his birth certificate out there when he could have put the issue to rest immediately. What was the big deal? My kids have had to show their birth certificates just to get their first jobs and their driver's licenses.

There's plenty to criticize Obamma for, just like any president. But, pulling the race card is a hypocritical tactic of the left.