THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume XII, Issue # 44, March 14, 2010
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
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OBAMA'S IDEOLOGY THREATENS AMERICA
By Alan Caruba
THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE HEAVY HAND OF SOCIALIST GOALS: OBAMA'S DRIVE TOWARD CENTRAL CONTROL
& DIRECTION OF THE ECONOMY BY AN ALL-POWERFUL LEFTWING GOVERNING ELITE -- OBAMA AS A TRUE BELIEVER IN
TOTALITARIAN SOCIALISM, AN IDEOLOGUE COMMITTED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT GOVERNMENT MUST CONTROL ALL
ASPECTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN'S LIFE & OWN THE FRUITS OF HIS LABORS & EARNINGS
FULL STORY:
During what can only be hoped will be the final struggle between the Socialist and Capitalist approach to healthcare, the
debate is focused on the cost of Obamacare, its impact on the nation’s economy, its legislative over-reach, and the fact
that it will ration healthcare.
If Obama wins, America loses. If Obamacare is implemented, the socalled “reforms” will ultimately end up killing people
who would otherwise have survived illness or injury. Beyond that, Obama’s efforts to control large segments of the
economy will pick up momentum.
An entire generation or more of Americans who did not live through the Cold War waged against the former Soviet
Union or saw the rise of Communism in China are unaware of the toll it took on humanity. In a 1997 book, The Black
Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression, published by Harvard University, it set the death tolls at 65 million
in China, 20 million in the Soviet Union, and so on. The total worldwide exceeded 100 million.
This week, Americans will see if their system of government works to represent their will. When it controls the provision
of healthcare, the government will literally have life and death authority over people.
Those who voted for Obama, giving him a fairly slim margin of victory, and those who instinctively sensed something
terribly wrong in the man, have now had their worst fears confirmed.
If our system of government works, it will reject Obamacare, because that is what America's governmental system was
designed to do. The United States Constitution is structured to slow down the passage of a really bad law and to create
obstacles to bringing it to a vote.
Only an administration with a totalitarian inclination would go to the lengths we’ve seen to pass a law that 75% of the
people reject.
Obama is driven entirely by ideology, and it’s the same one that motivated Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, and the other
dictators of the last century.
Ideologically, Obama is a Communist whose views were shaped by a Communist mentor in his youth. He is a true
believer in the economic and social views of Communism that government must control all aspects of the individual’s life
and own the fruits of his labors and earnings.
Over the years, the voters have elected Representatives and Senators who subscribe to Socialism, voting in this manner
since the introduction of Socialism to America during the era of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. U.S. House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi does not have to concern herself with the nearly 80 members of the Progressive Caucus. She has no Republican
votes. It’s the other Democrats who are giving her fits.
Beyond Obamacare, or socialized medicine, there are other issues that are directly affected by Obama's ideology, and, at
the top of the list, is the belief that the economy must be destroyed in order that a new set of governing principles be
imposed. It is astonishing how the power of the Chief Executive and a highly centralized government facilitates this.
No element of government rule is safe from Obama’s clique of Leftist “czars” installed to direct the various departments
of government. From attempting to seize large portions of land for federal control to threats to regulate carbon dioxide,
the heavy hand of Socialist goals can be seen.
The Obama administration moved swiftly to acquire control over General Motors Corporation and Chrysler LLC, instead
of allowing them to go through bankruptcy for restructuring. The administration's “stimulus” program not only isn’t
producing jobs, the number of jobless grows with every passing month.
Obama’s most troubling ideological threat to the nation is in the area of national security. In his book, Courting
Disaster, Marc Theissen documents “how Barack Obama has exposed [CIA] secrets to the enemy, unilaterally
disarmed us in the face of terror, and invited the next attack.” Another attack would be the opportunity to declare a
national emergency and impose martial law.
Regarding the CIA interrogation program that produced invaluable intelligence about the structure of al-Qa'ida as well
as the terrorist organization's plans for more attacks, Theissen notes that, “in his first forty-eight hours in office,
President Obama shut the program down.” That is not the act of a man whose very oath of office requires that he swear
to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States” and, by doing so, protect its citizens.
The President’s ideology and that of his Attorney General blinded both to the obvious idiocy of extending
constitutional rights to enemy combatants, men not even protected by the Geneva Convention rules of warfare. The
announcement that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would be tried in New York City produced instant and widespread
outrage.
Outrage has also been demonstrated by the thousand and more TEA Party (Taxed Enough Already) groups that have
sprung up around the nation. Their protests are being heard, despite the effort of the mainstream media to marginalize
them.
The best thing Barack Obama could do for his nation would be to submit his letter of resignation as President. He’s not
likely to do that because he is too busy trying to destroy America.
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Ideologies, & Special Interest Groups
American Government & the U.S. Presidency:
Presidential Politics & National Leadership
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
Social Welfare Policy -- The Modern Welfare State
Political Economy -- Philosophies, Systems, & Public Policies:
Government, the Economy, & Economic Prosperity
The American Political & Cultural Left:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, Marxists, & Other Leftists:
The Democratic Party, Academia, & the Mainstream Media
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY & POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES:
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Traditional Conservatism: Questions & Answers
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Manchester Liberalism & Social Darwinism
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Radical & Totalitarian Ideologies
Radicalism, Utopianism, & Totalitarianism
Alan Caruba writes a daily post at http://factsnotfantasy.blogspot.com. An author, commentator and business and
science writer, he is the Founder of The National Anxiety Center, a clearinghouse for information about media-driven
"scare campaigns" designed to influence public opinion and public policy.
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