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A friend forwarded an email regarding comments made by Mychal Massie about his dislike for both the Obama’s. His distaste has significant impact because of his credentials as an influential black intellect, communicator and successful business owner. 

 

Professionally, he’s former chairman of the National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives-Project 21 – a conservative black think tank located in Washington, D.C. He was recognized as the 2008 Conservative Man of the Year by the Conservative Party of Suffolk County, N.Y. He is a nationally recognized political activist, pundit and columnist. He has appeared on Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, C-SPAN, NBC, Comcast Cable and talk-radio programming nationwide. A former self-employed business owner of more than 30 years, he’s also respected as the writer of “The Daily Rant“ and a talk show host in Los Angeles.”

 

Recently, on Twitter someone tweeted him, "I have to ask, why do you hate the Obama's?  It seems personal, not policy related.  You even dissed (disrespect) their Christmas family picture."

 

Mr. Massie’s reply was quite long and detailed, however, a couple of paragraphs clearly demonstrate the crux of his feelings toward the couple, as follows: 

 

“The truth is I do not like the Obamas, what they represent, their ideology, and I certainly do not like his policies and legislation.  I've made no secret of my contempt for the Obamas.  As I responded to the person who asked me the aforementioned question, I don't like them because they are committed to the fundamental change of my/our country into what can only be regarded as a Communist state.”

 

The summation succinctly closed his case, “Many in America wanted to be proud when the first person of color was elected president, but instead, they have been witness to a congenital liar, a woman who has been ashamed of America her entire life, failed policies, intimidation, and a commonality hitherto not witnessed in political leaders.  He and his wife view their life at our expense as an entitlement - while America 's people go homeless, hungry and unemployed.”

 

While Mr. Massie’s interpretation and description of the Obama’s ideology is quite well thought out, and certainly descriptive, there’s a high degree of probability that he gave them both far too much credit. Because it’s just as likely that the president's rationale is more in line with Saul Alinsky’s 12 Rules for Radicals than any deep-rooted Communist leanings. Such as the following examples:

 

RULE 1: “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” Power is derived from 2 main sources – money and people. “Have-Nots” must build power from flesh and blood. 

 

RULE 3: “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.” Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty. This happens all the time. Watch how many organizations under attack are blind-sided by seemingly irrelevant arguments that they are then forced to address.

 

RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. 

 

RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. 

 

RULE 8: “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.

 

RULE 9: “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.” Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist.

 

RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.

 

So, it’s just as likely that the Obama’s didn’t even bother to learn, assimilate and adhere to any sophisticated political philosophy, but took a far simpler route instead to gain and maintain control of their vaunted positions as head of state and spouse. Merely follow Saul Alinsky’s lead, outrun and confuse your enemies while keeping control of the mass of “have-not’s,” and you wind up a winner for certain.

 

Nonetheless, one has to admit that while the president may not be very good at his job, he often provides some very amusing grist for writer’s mills, such as this item from Breitbart this morning. “On Sunday, President Barack Obama released an anti-oil drilling environmental video shot aboard Air Force One–an aircraft that has a 53,611 gallon fuel capacity.”

 

And this one from wesley69, a Breitbart reader, “How he can claim credit for the latest economic rebound due to the rise of US oil production, yet be opposed to fossil fuels shows his total and complete hypocrisy.”

 

And that’s it for today folks.

 

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