No one noticed. But I did.
Back in 2008 Barack Obama said
“We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America”
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cqN4NIEtOY[/youtube]
Then when confronted Obama denied it:
O’Reilly: OK. I got a letter from Kathy LaMaster, Fresno, Calif. I said I would read one letter from the folks, all right?
Obama: All right.
O’Reilly: “Mr. President, why do you feel it’s necessary to fundamentally transform the nation that has afforded you so much opportunity and success?”
Obama: I don’t think we have to fundamentally transform the nation.
Yes, you do, you liar.
The Obama worshipping minions of Politifact couldn’t figure out what Obama meant by “fundamentally transform” the US.
We decided that we couldn’t put this statement to the Truth-O-Meter, since the definition of “fundamentally transform” is too vague.
So let’s help.
2. of, relating to, or affecting the foundation or basis:
“a fundamental revision.”
1. to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
2. to change in condition, nature, or character; convert.
3. to change into another substance; transmute.
By definition what Obama said was that he wanted to change the foundation of the country. This country is fundamentally a democratic republic and that is what Obama wants to change. The Obama sycophants at Politifact are so heavily burdened with bias that they were unwilling to be honest.
Let’s now jump ahead to Obama’s SOTU 2015:
Fifteen years into this new century, we have picked ourselves up, dusted ourselves off and begun again the work of remaking America.
There it was again. When he was sure everyone stopped paying attention he let it fly.
1. to make again or anew.
He said we needed to fundamentally transform America, then denied it, then said again that we need to do “remake” America.
For the life of me I cannot understand why anyone believes anything that liar says. One cannot ever forget that Obama was steeped in Alinskyism:
“A Marxist begins with his prime truth that all evils are caused by the exploitation of the proletariat by the capitalists. From this he logically proceeds to the revolution to end capitalism, then into the third stage of reorganization into a new social order of the dictatorship of the proletariat, and finally the last stage — the political paradise of communism.”
That pretty much sums it up. Any denials on the part of Obama or his water carriers will only offer concrete proof that this is absolutely accurate. (DrJohn’s Law)
“In five days, you can choose policies that invest in our middle class, and create new jobs, and grow this economy, so that everyone has a chance to succeed, not just the CEO, but the secretary and janitor, not just the factory owner, but the men and women on the factory floor.”
Ever stop and ask yourself what that means? Ever ask yourself what it means when everyone fares equally despite disparate investment in education and effort?
From each according to his abilities to each according to his needs. I’ve heard this somewhere before.
The election (twice) of Barack Obama could either be a learning experience or the beginning of the end of the US as a democratic republic.
DrJohn has been a health care professional for more than 30 years. In addition to clinical practice he has done extensive research and has published widely with over 70 original articles and abstracts in the peer-reviewed literature. DrJohn is well known in his field and has lectured on every continent except for Antarctica. He has been married to the same wonderful lady for over 30 years and has three kids- two sons, both of whom are attorneys and one daughter on her way into the field of education.
DrJohn was brought up with the concept that one can do well if one is prepared to work hard but nothing in life is guaranteed.
Except for liberals being foolish.
@Angel Artiste: I think you’re correct in that being a trait of lefties. Seems as if they have grown to expect that ‘society’ will have the responsibility to take care of them. They have clearly demonstrated that they can’t be relied on to ‘do the right thing’. An example look at the now revealed facts of the altering of scientific data that was historically recorded to ‘show that there is global warming’. And the really strange thing, lefties don’t see anything wrong with lying to make their case.
@Rich Wheeler:
where did you get that information?
Is that voluntary? I doubt anyone required it of you.
Greatest? I prefer that my wife love me, rather than have compassion for me. Maybe you should review a list of the virtues.
@Bill: #96
I’m a mutt American, because I have several nationalities in me.
@Rich Wheeler: Obviously, you’ve been to my blog, which has a picture of Ayn Rand and George Orwell. I don’t agree with either of them completely, but they have been prophetic in recognizing the evil intent of the left.
“I think compassion is the greatest of all virtues”, I believe you said. The problem with this is that your compassion, as well as the “compassion” of fellow leftists has been hijacked and perverted by politicians who are either idiots or just evil. “The Great Society” was supposed to eliminate poverty through “compassionate” government handouts. Instead, over 50 years later, the level of poverty in this country has never been higher. The poor are now slaves to the government, incentivized not to be productive and self-reliant and lift themselves out of poverty. Poor mothers were incentivized not to have fathers for their children, giving rise to a generation of aimless, violent teenage boys. “Compassion” for the environment has led to a gigantic hoax to steal Americans’ incomes and freedoms by scaring them with tales of death and destruction. Now, the greatest healthcare system in human history is being destroyed before our eyes under the guise of “compassion” for the uninsured. Guess what, the number of uninsured hasn’t gone down. People can’t afford the new inflated premiums even with government subsidies. The only change has been that a criminally incompetent government now has greater control over our lives and one-sixth more of the US economy.
If you truly are “compassionate”, Mr. Wheeler, donate to private charities, such as Wounded Warrior or other worthwhile causes, like conservatives do by a large margin more than leftists.
When you hand over your “compassion” to the government, you are a hypocrite. It costs you nothing to absolve yourself of guilt and call yourself “compassionate”. Instead, you invite unintended consequences, incompetence, corruption, and evil intent. The “compassionate” left is the cause of most of the strife and misery our country is currently facing. All this just to allow leftists to feel good about themselves, take the moral high ground, and look down their noses at those racist, uncaring, and ignorant middle class conservatives who are left to foot the bill and feel the brunt of the misery for the left’s “compassion”.
@Smorgasbord: You’re a smorgasbord American. What’s your thoughts on the way certain Conservatives on here continuously denigrate gay Americans?
Angel Artiste Are you saying I should feel bad about taking the moral high ground?
@Rich Wheeler: #106
Before I was born, I wasn’t asked if I wanted to be gay, straight, transgender, or other. I also wasn’t asked what color, country, income level, IQ level, or anything else. I’m guessing that nobody else got to CHOOSE any of them.
The US Constitution, Bill Of Rights, and federal laws created since, do not mention marriage, so ANY kind of marriage is legal by federal law, unless laws have been added that I don’t know about.
The Constitution says that the states can create their own laws, as long as the laws don’t interfere with federal laws. If a state wants to ban gay marriage, they can.
@Rich Wheeler: Angel Artiste Are you saying I should feel bad about taking the moral high ground?
No, I’m saying you are a hypocrite for acting like you deserve the moral high ground, when in fact you are causing more misery. It costs you nothing to absolve yourself of guilt by giving all responsibility for “compassion” to an incompetent, corrupt government while pointing your accusing finger at the racist, uncaring conservatives who donate the large majority of charitable funds (as opposed to supposedly “compassionate” leftists) to private charities, including those that support minorities. They are putting their money where their compassion is, while you and your leftist compatriots are not. That is the epitome of hypocrisy.
@Rich Wheeler:
I’m wondering who has been denigrating gays? Am I one of those?
@Angel Artiste: I’d question if you have given as much in time and money to The Wounded Warriors as I have? ” Compassionate Conservatism” W called for it. A good goal.
Smorg I agree that very few choose to be gay.
Bill No
@Smorgasbord:
Smorg, I’m sorry to say that even though you are 100% correct, the federal courts see nothing wrong with themselves violating the constitution. The very principle of the United States is that it is a union of states that rule themselves except in matters that the Federal Constitution cover for the common good. Deciding who can marry who has no place in a federal court unless there is a situation that is covered by the constitution.
@Rich Wheeler: .
Rich, what is your thoughts on the way certain Socialists/liberals on here continuously denigrate Americans?
I don’t think I’ve seen anyone on this blog denigrating gays, have you?
@Rich Wheeler:
Do you also think your daddy can beat his daddy?
@Rich Wheeler: I don’t know how much you have given to Wounded Warriors, so I can’t say if it’s more than me. You did not respond to my primary point. Leftists think they are our moral superiors because they support “compassionate” government programs. However, government programs have proven to be utter failures in assisting the poor. Poverty has never been greater in this country. The money goes to grow government and increase politicians’ power. On the other hand, conservatives donate their own money to private charitable causes much more than “compassionate” leftists. In that regard, leftists are insufferable hypocrites. They are always willing to spend other people’s money on “compassionate” programs so that they can turn around and self-righteously denigrate those of us who realize the programs are detrimental to those they were intended to help and a waste of our tax money.
@Angel ArtisteI don’t believe Conservatives give a higher percentage of their income to the less fortunate than Dems. I certainly don’t think they commit more of their time to help the poor and disabled.
One of my family’s causes is to help bring an end to the brutal treatment and slaughter of animals in factory farms. Our undercover investigators have gone into these slaughter houses and taken footage of the carnage,
Ag -gag laws introduced by Repubs. are trying to prevent this horrific filmage of the slaughter from being taken and shown to consumers,
Watch Farm To Fridge if you can stomach it.
Thanks A.A.
@Rich Wheeler:
I’m sure you don’t believe it, but it’s true. Study after study proves this.
http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/23/surprise-conservatives-are-more-generous-than-liberals/
Nothing in your response refutes that you are a “compassionate” hypocrite.
@Angel Artiste:
He usually doesn’t when he’s wrong. He tries to ignore it.
Rich: Official numbers for the last 40 or 50 years show that conservatives consistently give more in time and money to charitable causes. I’m surprised you would even pick that topic for discussion since it is clearly a loser for your side.
Do you get a lot of thank you notes from the cows that are killed by gunshot rather than by a sledge hammer? Also, you might not get as much recognition for this as you might like, I’m not sure what the chickens and cows methods of thanking you might be. One thing I’m sure of is that efforts of groups such as you’re a part of are making the situation worse. The US used to be covered in cow and chicken farms and American farmers were making a decent living. I’m sure some of them might not have lived in humane conditions, but actions of groups have now driven these businesses out of the country where we have absolutely no say in the treatment of the animals and a lot of chicken and cow farmers are now on welfare/food stamps buying their chickens from Mexico. You been to Mexico or the Philipines to make those people improve living conditions for animals? The conditions are now worse and the costs are higher. Good job.
I think it should be required viewing for all Dimocrats and their young children, don’t you? So they will grow up to be ‘do gooders’ also, don’t you?
@Redteam: I love being a do-gooder Thanks for the compliment.
The alternative of being a cold hearted asshole like you gives me no pleasure.
@Rich Wheeler:
Ooooo! Redteam! You must have really struck a chord with Wheeler. The true asshole is the high and mighty, holier than thou, “compassionate” hypocrite. No one will ever convince him he is not due for sainthood, while he and his ilk leave a trail of destruction behind them.
@Angel Artiste: A.A Long before you showed up R.T has shown himself to be a proud racist cracker. You wanna join him have at it. Your far right brand of hatred will hopefully die out when old timers like you pass on. Shouldn’t be too long.
@Redteam: #111
Could it be that our federal court system is being infiltrated, just like the USA tries to do with other countries to try to turn them into a more free type country? There will always be people who want more power than they should have. Our Liar-N-Chief is a good example.
@Rich Wheeler: “Your far right brand of hatred will hopefully die out when old timers like you pass on. Shouldn’t be too long.”
Again you prove that being a leftist means standing on your head and telling the world it is upside-down. All the hate is on your side. You are the one who is wishing me to die. Conservatives didn’t shoot three Muslims over a parking dispute in Chapel Hill. Almost all mass murders over the past 10 years have been conducted by hate-filled leftists or hate-filled Islamists (birds of a feather?). You leftists are also very skilled at projecting your hate on others so that you can feel guiltless, and go on being “compassionate”.
This sums it up:
@Rich Wheeler: oooooh Richie, getting a little sensitive? Maybe it should be your buddy in DC that you should be upset about. He is the first president ever to throw the Marine Corps under the bus. The ultimate embassassment of the US’s proudest Service. Send Obama a kiss and ask him to make it better.
@Rich Wheeler:
oh, but at least you’ve tried it. What were you a cold hearted asshole about that gave you no pleasure?
and Angel Artiste said: “No one will ever convince him he is not due for sainthood, while he and his ilk leave a trail of destruction behind them. ” And it’s already started with his buddy forcing the Marines to surrender in Yemen. I have a real childhood friend that served in the Corps and he said he has a tear in his eye. RW, are you applauding Obama? Do you realize he forced them to remove their uniforms and wear civilian clothes and give up their arms. Full Surrender ordered by our Idiot in Chief.
Possibly they give more because they have so much more to feel guilty about?
@Rich Wheeler:
There is nothing you can point to that shows me to be a racist. There is much to show that you PRETEND to be a proud Marine. I haven’t seen your condemnation of Obama for throwing them under the bus.
@Greg:
The only guilt I feel is that we let idiots such as Obozo order the Marines in Yemen to take off their uniforms and hand over their weapons to ISIS. That has never before happened to a U S Marine. I guess they’ll be adding another phrase to the Marine Hymn From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli to the embassy at Yemen where we surrendered to the En o Mee…..
You like that Richie? I guess I’d better copyright that.
Would you have ordered U.S. embassy personnel and their Marine guards to stand their ground and wait to be overrun by rebel forces? Maybe we should have airdropped Bill O’Reilly in, to take command of the situation.
It’s been reported that the Marines destroyed all weapons but their light arms, as ordered. You can also safely bet that sensitive equipment and documents were also rendered useless.
Sometimes an orderly evacuation is the right move. Of course, it deprives FOX News and the GOP of an exploitable Benghazi opportunity.
@Greg:
Why would you think that a president that would order the US Marine Corp to surrender to ISIS would order the destruction of valuable info for ISIS. It wouldn’t be consistent.
I would have assured them that reinforcements were on the way and within about 6 hours there wouldn’t have been a live SOB within 6 city blocks outside the embassy.
@Greg:
Orderly evacuation? As in ‘complete surrender’?
Rich Wheeler, why is our Resident Marine not commenting about The Surrender at Yemen?
@Redteam: It’s a bullshit story already retracted by Fox. Keep watching Meghan back track.
No weapons were taken by, or turned over to, the enemy. You’re a slacker swabbie and don’t know shit about U.S. Marines.
Semper Fi
BTW IT’S CORPS NOT CORP #129 ordered The Marines to surrender to ISIS–You are an idiot.
@Redteam, #129:
Nobody “surrendered to ISIS.”
When you abandon an embassy, you routinely destroy whatever you don’t want falling into unfriendly hands. That’s pretty much standard procedure.
And then do what? Invade Yemen, to protect an embassy mission to a foreign government that has ceased to exist? If there’s no government there to deal with, there’s nothing to be gained by guarding a building that’s serving no purpose. It only creates another setup for disaster.
@Rich Wheeler:
I didn’t drop the S, the computer did. Look at 123 and 124.
I heard that Obozo ordered the surrender then the alteration to the Hymn to fit the situation. Oh, sure, so all those highly pissed generals that know the facts are wrong? He throws your service under the bus and YOU defend him? Now, even I who don’t question people’s claimed service am beginning to wonder. I don’t believe a Marine would defend Obozo.
@Greg:
they didn’t abandon it, they ‘surrendered’ it. quite a difference.
Tell the world that I stood behind our brave young men and would never order them to surrender to the enemy.
@Greg:
The building is American property, the people inside were Americans, the military was the US Marine Corps.
Rich, you need to take the high ground, you know there is no defense of Obama for his capitulation to ISIS.
All of whom are still alive, and are not being held as hostages by fanatics. To hell with the property. It’s just dirt. In Yemen. A wise strategist chooses his battles.
@Greg:
by definition it is American Soil. But then you really don’t consider America worth defending, do you?
They would no longer be referred to as fanatics if we had a president that wasn’t a traitor. They would be known as ‘dead people’
Definitions are very nice, but a definition isn’t what determines the safety and security of U.S. personnel when the government of a host nation collapses and hostile rebels take control. Remember the Iran hostage crisis?
No thanks. We’ll pass this time, and fight on our own terms at a time of our own choosing. You might want to keep an eye on the sky.
There’s a lot more to be concerned about at the moment than hanging onto the embassy property in Yemen.
@Greg: Perhaps the question that needs to be asked and answered, Greg, is why did this take Obama by such surprise? Just a couple of months ago, he was bragging about the progress in Yemen. He has been negotiating with and supporting the very people that promoted the movement that just kicked our asses our of our own embassy.
The answer is that Obama is a weak, confused fool that not only has no interest in national security but has no idea as to how to achieve or maintain it. He oozes weakness out of his very pores and groups all around the globe are taking great advantage of that weakness. Yemen is but one example and by no means the worst. Just one in a series.
That’s the problem; what the hell are “our terms”? We don’t appear to have any.
Nobody was taken by surprise. Everyone has expected Yemen to become a serious trouble spot for a long time now. Except for a single drone strike in 2002, all drone and airstrikes in Yemen have been carried out by the Obama administration. There have been 15 airstrikes and 104 drone strikes in Yemen since he took office. Apparently you figure we could invade everywhere and impose our will on everybody, all while cutting taxes and balancing the budget.
The right is now filled to capacity with political opportunists and marginal morons who wouldn’t have a clue how to handle things half as well themselves. They can’t even get themselves sufficiently organized do their own jobs properly when they have control of both Houses of Congress. They’re like a crew of blustering baboons that claim they could solve everything, if only they were given full control of the nation’s supply of hand grenades. I’d like to hear what their specific constructive suggestions are. Chest thumping and bluster and continuous condemnation of the person who actually has to decide how to respond to world events rather than expounding on what should have been done in retrospect isn’t really helpful to the nation.
@Greg: The Marines executed their mission perfectly. All embassy personnel out safely–no casualties civilian or military Weaponry destroyed. Walk in the park. Surrender–NUTS
ISIS will be eliminated with extreme prejudice. Even while traitors like RT sing their praises.
@Greg:
Well damn! Obama was ‘expecting’ this and still was not prepared? What the hell?
And Obama still got caught with his pants down? You’re sure not speaking highly of your anointed.
Why not 100 air strikes and 312 drone strikes if that was what was needed? The point of warfare is to make those bastards die for their actions, not to get Americans killed.
Had Obama not had his pants down, we wouldn’t be looking at the surrender of an embassy ‘in retrospect’.
@Rich Wheeler:
You’re joking? Right? Surrender was their mission? changing into civilian clothes and handing over their weapons was their mission? Abandoning American soil was their mission?
What? Russia is sending troops over there?
So you’re conceding defeat? name calling is your last resort? You might well be the only former Marine that supports Obama. I’ve not heard of any others. Was that you that he saluted with the styrofoam cup in his hand?
@Redteam: Handing over their weapons–to who? Surrendering?–why aren’t they prisoners? You drop your pants for Fox news.
You are a serial BULLSHITER RT.
You’re the one conceding defeat and that’s why you are a cowardly traitor.
Rich, when you were in the Corps, how many times was it your mission to surrender? and be escorted out of the country? Were you successful at that? Do you suppose Obama sent the Corps an order that he had worked out a deal where if the Marines surrendered they would be allowed to leave the Embassy and country without casualties and that was their ‘mission’? How often do you think that the Marines plan a mission that they consider it to be successful if they surrender and abandon their arms and leave? As I said, I have a childhood friend that served in the Corps and he has tears in his eyes today. Knowing that the President made a deal that required the Marines to surrender, abandon their post, leave in disgrace? Yep, we have a fine leader of our nation right now. Praise Allah. (we better get used to that)
@Rich Wheeler:
Once the president has ordered it, we may as well all agree. You think those Marines abandoned that embassy without a fight without being ordered to do so by the President? The Embassy is American soil. Marines that are ordered to defend American property will do so unless ordered not to do so. The only person that could give that order is this case was Zero.
@Rich Wheeler:
Do you really expect NBC the home of Brian Williams to tell the truth? They all crap in their pants when Zero tells them to. Fox tries to be neutral, but it’s hard when you’ve got such a Zero your’re talking about.
@Redteam:” Fox tries to be neutral” What world do you live in?
Marines surrendered to Isis— Did FOX actually say that? Or did you ad lib.
I only watch O’Reilly. Did he say that? Seriously.
@Rich Wheeler: Actually I read it in about 100 places on the internet. I haven’t watched O’Reilly yesterday or today. Nor Megan Kelly either. I have them recorded, I’ll check them out later and see what they have to say. In fact, I haven’t tuned to Fox since Monday or Tuesday. Got it all off internet. It’s all over the place.