A wife confronted her husband in bed with another woman. As the other woman hastily donned her clothes and beat a hasty retreat, the husband looked deep into his wife’s eyes and said, “What woman?” As in, “Who are you going to believe, me or the evidence of your own eyes?”
A parallel scenario is playing out in the media, with the White House denying that President Obama actually bowed to the Saudi King on his recent trip abroad.
Despite the widely circulated video of said event showing Obama kowtowing to some Arab dude, we are expected to believe the White House line that Obama didn’t bow. The word ‘bow’ has thus joined ranks with the word ‘is’ in terms of, well, a matter of definition. Context, if you will.
Like a small boy caught with a chocolate mustache summoning outrage, outrage on being accused of eating mom’s chocolate cake, so too, is the left in high dungeon over the temerity of some disgruntled fringe kooks daring to challenge the evidence of their own eyes. “He didn’t bow, he’s just a tall guy and had to bend over!”. Right.
Obama’s latest complete disregard of reality is not an isolated incident. Those of the liberal, oops, progressive persuasion are adept at crafting their own reality. And any challenge to their reality is met with immediate deflection and scorn for the one who is so utterly naive that they haven’t recognized that the rules, along with words, have changed. Evolved, as they say.
Language is now like the constitution. The ‘living’ Constitution, adopted by liberals to reflect the times rather than the meaning of the founders, now means what ever an activist judge says it means. And the new, improved language of the left now means whatever the liberals, oops, progressives, want it to mean.
To understand the ever changing rules, one is advised to keep a small notebook in order to keep track of the current reality. The word liberal has been replaced with progressive. The term investment has replaced the nasty old word taxes. Climate change has replaced global warming, which makes sense, since the earth is cooling, and ‘climate crisis’ sounds almost as scary as a ‘global warming crisis’.
Oh, and the word bow now means ‘A gesture of submission wherein the subservient one kneels and touches his forehead to the ground in front of the dominant one.’ And Obama most decidedly didn’t do that, as any moron can see.
The list goes on.
This progressive rearrangement of reality has a name. In medical terms, its called cognitive dissonance. But the ever changing rules now dictate that anyone who mentions that inconvenient fact is, de facto, a member of the vast right wing conspiracy. And membership in that group automatically nullifies any criticism. Got it?
Actually, in terms of disorders, cognitive dissonance is a cool one to have. Imagine, being able to rearrange reality to your own specifications. Pretty heady stuff! In the blink of an eye, world peace is achievable. With the utterance of an impassioned plea, the world is magically free of nukes. With a nod from Obama, the UN becomes the only policing body the world needs. No longer do we need to waste millions on defense. All threats to our country are now only in the minds of conservatives.
And lets not forget those terrorists. All of a sudden, with the offer of a hand in peace, they are rendered harmless. (Please add Kumbaya to your notebooks.)
One of the coolest changes is in the word sin. Please note, sin now reflects only a few limited actions performed by those who still, gasp, believe in God or reside on the right. For the rest of us, the only sin is any action or crime against Mother Nature. Whew. No more Hail Mary’s as long as you recycle.
Crime is another good one. Please note: crime now only refers to crimes against the environment or anything a Republican is accused of, as defined by those who know best. (Those who know best now means any government official).
All other crime, say, by actual criminals, is now classified as an involuntary act brought about by a hapless victim.
Obama promised us change. And by golly, we’ve gotten it. With a few adjustments here and there (don’t worry, others will pay for them) we are on the brink of achieving utopia. If only in the minds of the liberals, oops, progressives.
BFD, Bush held his hand.
I know the “Bow” controversy is a little old, but I have one more point to make.
If there is someone who still insist that Obama did not “Bow” have them do the following. Ask them to shake your hand in the exact same manner that Obama did. Instruct them to “bend over” (otherwise known as a Bow) to the same degree as Obama did, as well as putting their right leg back as he did in the photo.
If they still say this was not a “Bow”, then you know they are an idiot or just lying. At least you will have had the satisfaction of them “Bowing” down to you.
liberaldude,
Thanks for reminding us of the limitless ignorance and boundless stupidity of the left. First, holding hands in their culture is a sign of mutual friendship and a sign of being peers. It is also a sign of protection and guidence and even out reach for negotiation. Bowing is striaght up submission and nothing else. And when a head of state bows, it symbolized the submission of the state that he represents to the entity that he bows to.
Further, your argument, like virtually every other current liberal moronic argument basicly goes, “So what if Obama does X^10, Bush did 1/10x. So if Obama runs up a $6 Trillion deficit, it’s, so what Bush had a $162 B deficit. If Obama forces your most personal records, your medical records, into the hands of the government and out of your personal control, it becomes, “So what Bush had the NSA monitor phone calling patterns that connected to know terrorist.” I guess is Obama raped your dog and shat in you mothers birthday cake, you’d reply, “So what, Bush said something that made me mad.”
Fuggin idiot.
Bill C:
I could not have said it better myself. Liberals have blamed Bush for everything including Global Warming. What Obama has done in less than 90 days is so much worse than any one incident that Bush encountered. Too bad America was so duped by the MSM and Obama lies of prosperity that we now have total incompetence at every level of the Whitehouse administration!!
I have an Obamapologist friend and always preface any conversation with “reply without mentioning Bush” He never can….
That servile bow to the Saudi King is nothing.
He has to bow deeply because arab money has financed his presidential campaign and given him entry into Harvard Law School thru the Sutton family(frontmen for arabs) when he has no honors degree.
He bowed not because of stupidity, but to show his servility to his real masters.
You americans have just elected an arab puppet to be your president. Well done, guys.
Sigmundringeck,
Please be more specific in your blame. Skeptical, intelligent, well-reasoning individuals did not vote for Obama. Place the blame where it belongs; please thank the mindless dolts who allowed themselves to be deceived who voted for the Prince of All Things Hopey-Changey.
However, I do appreciate your acknowledgement of the fraud who calls himself Barack Hussein Obama.
Jeff V
The Americans who voted for Obama weren’t all mindless dolts. They were Americans who were taught that feelings are more important than facts.
Many were Americans who were not provided enough information to make an informed decision – Thank-you, old media.
Don’t allow the politics any more success in their class warfare campaign – we should concentrate on the things that unite us, not the things that divide us. We’re all Americans
If the White House is willing to LIE about something we have all seen with our own eyes, it makes me wonder how much they are lying about other matters that are not so readily apparent?
No Nancy, some of us are not Americans. Some of us are “citizens of the world.”
The very same people seem to be trying to turn us into the 3rd world.
Or at the very least, Europe.
Hard Right,
You’re right. My own sister is a ‘citizen of the world’ Aaargh
Every time I hear the term “progressive” I keep in mind that people can progress until they step straight off a cliff.