8 Sep

Obama’s 9/9/09 Address to Congress Promises to Be One of The Greatest Speeches in the History of Mankind

Bold headlines are attention grabbers, and rarely does the substance of their supporting text prove them correct, but this is a rare moment when (albeit supported by my humble prose) the headline is true. Tomorrow night President Barack Obama will address Congress and the nation, and it will be one of the greatest speeches in the history of mankind.

Now, how do I know that? Have I seen the speech? Have I spent the 3-day weekend listening to Churchill, Roosevelt, Kennedy, and re-reading the Gettysburg Address? Was I there were Herodocus debated with Namenicus on the floor of the Roman Senate? No, of course not, but the sheer magnitude and audacity of President Obama means that his speech can be nothing shy of a choir of angels. Thankfully, his one of the greatest orators in modern history, and easily the most inspiring teleprompter-reader of the 21st Century.

Think about it. Just two days before the anniversary of the 911 attacks, President Obama will address every American. The war in Afghanistan that the attacks set in motion is in trouble. Commanders in the field want more troops. Democrats, members of Obama’s own party who control Congress, say they will vote against more troops, and instead want an immediate, unilateral withdrawal, as well as an abandonment of our NATO allies and our Afghan allies. Obama’s Admin and the Pentagon have both seen that support for this troubled war is under 50% among the American people, and they worry about increased opposition to the war from….his own party? The Obama Admin and the Pentagon called for Americans to support the war in Afghanistan, and in response his own party demanded a retreat, and anti-war groups have scheduled protests for the G20 Summit in 2wks. Rather than take this moment in history, just 48hrs before the anniversary of the attacks, to try and build political and popular support for a war that is failing, Obama will talk about healthcare instead. Man, that’s bold. He somehow has calculated that the support from his own party, from the American people, and from the world will come because of nothing more than the eloquence of his address on healthcare.

This speech also comes after the worst Labor Day holiday ever. More Americans are unemployed now than at any time before on a Labor Day. The economy is still in the tank despite trillions of dollars in spending. The American people are furious at the out of control spending (as demonstrated by the Town Hall meetings and so-called Tea Parties and-more importantly-as shown in every poll. Independents and moderates from both parties are no longer supporting Obama and the Democrats because of this completely out of control spending; spending that is already 3x more than all the money ever spent by the Federal government COMBINED…..spending that almost 2yrs after the crisis began still has yet to have an effect on the average American. But, President Obama won’t be talking about the Great Recession. He’s calculated that his speech on healthcare will be so good, so full of awe that the independent swing voters and moderates from both parties will ignore the $2trillion accounting error from last week, the 10% of Americans who are unemployed (15-25% in many states), and the huge decline in both gross domestic product and tax revenues. President Obama thinks that his speech will be so inspiring that those Americans who are disheartened will come back, will support he and the Democratic Party even as they add MORE spending with yet another government program: healthcare. He feels he doesn’t need to address Congress and the nation about The Great Recession. That’s confidence. His speech must be fantastic.

Let’s not forget about Iran either. Iran’s been building nuclear bomb factories for the past two decades. No international pressure has ever even deterred them-not even direct talks with the Bush Administration in Baghdad. President Obama offered them an open hand, carrots, and diplomacy, and he set a deadline of September 24th (less than 2wks from now). Over the weekend Iran said that the Obama Admin was lying about nuclear WMD evidence, and that they were willing to have talks, but that the nuclear issue was not to be part of that. Israel has openly said that they’re just waiting for the United States to realize that diplomacy has failed, and then they’re going to bomb Iran. Iran has said if that happens, they’ll retaliate against Israel by shooting missiles over American forces in Iraq and the Persian Gulf, and that Iran’s terrorist allies/proxies will attack the United States. President Obama’s not going to talk about this threat of regional-even world war. Nope. President Obama has decided he doesn’t need to address Congress, the nation, and the world about this threat. His healthcare speech will be so good that the Iranians will stop their belligerence on their own, and they will be inspired towards peace by his healthcare speech in a way that a speech mentioning this very serious threat could never do.

Add to this the healthcare problem itself. Contrary to straw man rhetorical arguments most Americans want healthcare reform. C’mon, everyone has had to fight with an insurance company, rolled their eyes at bills, and we all fear the coverage as much as the disease or injury. However, 2/3′s of the American people do not want a single-payer, government option. The reasons vary, but they don’t want it. The far left extremists of Obama’s party say screw the will of the people, they want a government option, and eventually want a fully socialist healthcare system. 83 House Democrats have said they simply will not vote for any healthcare reform unless it has a government option and can be the first step towards a socialist system. Contrary to that 52 moderate House Democrats will not vote on any healthcare bill that does include a single-payer, government option. Oh, and another 23 House Democrats….yeah, they’re not happy with the healthcare reform bill in any event, so they’re already going to vote against it. Again, Obama’s coolness is astounding as he has somehow envisioned hat his speech tomorrow night will be so good, so moving, so perfect that the Democrats in the House will come together and form a healthcare plan that they can all agree on. (What about Republicans? Who cares-they’re not in power to even oppose let alone support a plan)

I for one can’t wait to see the President’s speech tomorrow night. He’s a great speaker. His task seems impossible, but surely a man doesn’t call a joint session of Congress, ask every major network to cancel their prime time programming to cover his speech, and ask the American people to view it without expecting it to accomplish something. Moreover, there is no something anymore. At this point…it’s all or nothing, and he’s probably not giving the speech for nothing. He’s going for it all.

This should be the greatest speech in the history of mankind.

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59 Responses to Obama’s 9/9/09 Address to Congress Promises to Be One of The Greatest Speeches in the History of Mankind

  1. MataHarley says: 51

    Yes, Aqua. Marge appears to be exactly who she claims to be.

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  2. MataHarley says: 52

    Different parts of Canada, Missy. However finding more than one liberal dupe in Canada, or the US for that matter, isn’t a tough task…

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  3. Terrence says: 53

    To our host, commentators and readers – I must apologize for feeding the brain-dead Canadian troll. As I said above – I am embarrassed and ashamed to be a Canadian when I read the drivel Marge dumped here. Responding to her uninformed nonsense only encouraged her to dump even more of it. However, the more she dumped, the more she exposed her MASSIVE ignorance. I guess some of my fellow Canadians really are stupid enough to think the health care systems are “free” up here.

    For the record, Canadians pay MASSIVELY more direct and indirect taxes than Americans do. The rate of income tax charged up here is obscene.

    Furthermore, everything we buy up here is more expensive than in the good ol’ USA – food, clothing, appliances, electronics, housing, utilities. automobiles, gasoline, etc, etc, are ALL taxed along the way, some are taxed at several stages of production, transportation, and distribution.

    Canadians line up for two to FIVE hours to cross the border in Washington to go SHOPPING – most everything is CHEAPER in Washington, even after paying 10 to 15 % more with the Canadian dollar. So, Canadians wait in line for HOURS to get into the USA to buy stuff.

    And moonbats like Marge think health care is FREE up here! Good grieve, what a brainwashed, brain dead useful idiot.

    BTW, I do not believe anything she wrote. If someone checked her ISP address and IT shows she is in BC, I will believe that, but nothing of what she dumped.

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  4. Tricky Dick says: 54

    He’ s blowing smoke up the ass of the MSM and they’re loving every minute of it. Meanwhile his new rules of engagement are getting our brave young marines killed in Afghanistan.

    Afghanistan: 4 US Marines Die After Walking Into Taliban Ambush…DENIED Artillery Support Because of Obama Administration’s New Rules of Engagement….

    http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/09/afghanistan-4-us-marines-die-after-walking-into-taliban-ambushdenied-artillery-support-because-of-ob.html

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  5. Maggie says: 55

    Just heard Rush Limbaugh reading the first page of democrat Max Baucus’s “funding bill” for ObamaCare …

    To paraphrase a line from 2001: A Space Odyssey

    “My God! It’s full of stars!”

    2009: An ObamaCare Odyssey

    “Good God! It’s full of taxes … repealings and penalties!”

    Yunz do know our Founding Fathers and Founding Patriots went to war over far less government oppression/taxation …

    This Marxist-democrat hijacked government is blatantly now inciting violence out of the American people.

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  6. Curt says: 56

    Terrence…her IP shows Vancouver Island, Nanaimo which I’m familiar with seeing as how my parents live on the island also. Having extended family up there I know the truth of what you are saying. My uncle who owns his own business always rails against the huge taxes he has to pay and every time I visit I am always shocked at the amount people have to pay taxwise. As far as healthcare my father just recently had to wait 4 months for an MRI. 4 freakin months! I was pissed but they live on a fixed income and they have no choice. It’s a rotten system they have up there and now they want us to have a version of it. Completely insane. I mean, where will the Canadians go to get there healthcare (seeing as how they have to come down here all the time for quality healthcare) if we go to that system too?

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  7. pizzaboy says: 57

    This guy kills me. I’ll bet he back on TV 9/12. Bull in a china shop lacks maturity and rushes to Act.

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  8. Terrence says: 58

    Thanks for the update, Curt.

    I am in British Columbia, too, in Vancouver.

    Another aspect of MRIs in Canada – it can indeed take several months for a human to get an MRI. However, if you take your dog or cat to a veterinarian and it is determined that an MRI well be helpful, it will take all of a FEW DAYS to get one.

    Guess which system, Human or pets, is not run by a government.

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  9. marc says: 59

    I can’t let this pass.I scan FA to get the latest news,etc.

    Here in Calgary,the people who wait in emergency wards should have ample amounts of time and a high threshold for pain.My brother had severe dog bites and it took 4 hours for stitching.

    I was injured in the oil patch-24 stitches on 2 fingers-that took over 5 hours of waiting.

    I need surgery for painful bone spurs on both feet.The set up from family doctor to the surgeon was going to be 9 months.2 months before surgery the specialist became a bureaucrat.A near rookie was going to do the surgery.I asked for the new bureaucrat to do it.He said it would be impossible.I cancelled the surgery and am now looking for surgical help in Denver.I’ll be getting half of the cost reimbursed,so i’m shopping around.

    Alberta has 3.5 million people with a 27 billion dollar budget.40% is for medicare.There are far to many bureaucrats and that is the major problem.

    People from Montana snuck in to the medicare rolls,and the bureaucracy couldn’t figure it out.Incompetance and some corruption is rife because some of the privleged escape the long queues for surgery.

    You want great care-pay for it and get out of the long something for nothing line-ups.

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