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Who they are

Some of us knew. And we told everybody. And then were shunned. And — as is evidenced by my Twitter interactions today — continue to be so. Though part of that has to do with being a dogged asshole and a pseudo-intellectual, most likely. A hausfrau who doesn’t know his place.

But still. The things I could have brought to the table in this, the Most Important Election of our Lifetimes (unless it’s Todd Akin, in which case, burn the which and tank the race), were at one time at least well-documented.

But enough about my dazzling prescience! Part of my charm is that I’m a very modest leper.

At any rate, here’s one of Obama’s political mentors, Valerie Jarrett, someone who we now know has enormous influence over the President’s decision making, in a 1996 speech. Now, not to get all Visigothy and such, but, well, listen up, those of you who are so blinded by Ivy League degrees, articulate cleanliness, and crisp pant creases: this is part of the early attempt at repackaging the communist vision for an American audience — a strategy that’s been going on since at least the 30s, but that really began to take organized shape with the linguistic turn of the 60s and the New Left radicals who saw in that turn a way to destabilize and uproot without physical revolution.

Four more years of this and we will have to decide: do we capitulate and concede the end game of a liberal fascist soft tyranny, which will structurally have been completed and institutionalized, and the mechanisms for enforcement, from an unreachable administrative state, put in place? Or do we find some other way to reassert our birthrights?

8 Replies to “Who they are”

  1. Pablo says:
    September 25, 2012 at 11:05 am

    There’s a very relevant comment in the first post linked. About the leprosy, that is. And the same one appears in the second post, which was 5 months later. Both comments were posted 13 months after the first posted.

    It’s almost like somebody has a thing…

  2. JHoward says:
    September 25, 2012 at 11:08 am

    Grove Parc and several other prominent failures were developed and managed by Obama’s close friends and political supporters. Those people profited from the subsidies even as many of Obama’s constituents suffered. Tenants lost their homes; surrounding neighborhoods were blighted.

    Some of the residents of Grove Parc say they are angry that Obama did not notice their plight. The development straddles the boundary of Obama’s state Senate district. Many of the tenants have been his constituents for more than a decade.

    “No one should have to live like this, and no one did anything about it,” said Cynthia Ashley, who has lived at Grove Parc since 1994.

    Obama’s campaign, in a written response to Globe questions, affirmed the candidate’s support of public-private partnerships as an alternative to public housing, saying that Obama has “consistently fought to make livable, affordable housing in mixed-income neighborhoods available to all.”

    The campaign did not respond to questions about whether Obama was aware of the problems with buildings in his district during his time as a state senator, nor did it comment on the roles played by people connected to the senator.

  3. mojo says:
    September 25, 2012 at 11:08 am

    “It takes a slum lord.”

  4. JHoward says:
    September 25, 2012 at 11:15 am

    Jarrett’s connections

  5. Pablo says:
    September 25, 2012 at 11:30 am

    ICYMI: More connections. Jarrett and Davis and Ayers, oh my!

  6. dicentra says:
    September 25, 2012 at 2:28 pm

    I don’t understand. Partly because the sound skipped out here and there, but partly because it just sounds like what some people did to save and renovate their neighborhood. Lots of it private effort, too.

    I must be losing it.

  7. B Moe says:
    September 26, 2012 at 4:50 am

    Interesting bit about the NFL refs:

    From a very early age, children exhibit an innate appreciation for equity and fairness. As a rather powerful illustration of the natural law, a young child without training or prompting will protest violations of the demands of simple justice: “It’s not fair.”

    To build character in our children and to strengthen their sense of fair play, we often play games. We teach our children that games have rules, which should be applied evenly to all, with wisdom and discretion, and with competence. Those who play by the rules should be rewarded. Those who do not should be penalized.

    The appeal of, some might say the obsession for, sports in our society reflects not merely a desire for recreation and release (which are legitimate human desires) but an internal need to see good human traits modeled. Against the sometimes random imposition of harms and garnishing of goods, sports at its ideal elevates quality above mediocrity, hard work above laziness, skill above chance, and even right above wrong.

    As with any human endeavor, our ideals fall short. But if a sports activity fails to comport with expectations of fair play on a regular basis, the pattern of inequity undermines our sense of integrity. When the rules are not faithfully applied, we are discouraged. If the rules are constantly flouted – or misapplied – we are demoralized. Indeed, if those who apply the rules lack proficiency and the outcome of the contest then is determined by incompetent application, the effect over time can undermine character, because the worst of human traits are then modeled.

    Seems also very relevant to our current economic woes.

    http://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2012/09/the-natural-law-and-fair-play-protesting-incompetent-officiating-in-the-nfl.html

  8. B Moe says:
    September 26, 2012 at 5:29 am

    And the above was intended to be aimed primarily at the crony capitalism in DC.

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