Obama: The Mentality Of Force

I’ve been considering the Obama administration and it’s self-proclaimed priorities, and much of it seems to center on the fact that PresBo and his liberal allies in Congress know what is best for us, like a bizarre form of elected parenthood. They know what is best, and we should all just behave like good little children and do what we are told.

Don’t see it? Let me give you some examples.

Look at PresBo’s first major legislative action, the $787 “stimulus” bill. It had to be rushed through as quickly as possible, even though most of the money wasn’t scheduled to be spent in the first two years. It was criticized for a simple and fundamental reason: borrowing money to spend on pork projects wouldn’t do much to stem rising unemployment. It was unpopular with the voting public, and has only gotten more unpopular as time shows critics were right… unemployment rates are far higher today than PresBo predicted would happen WITHOUT the stimulus.

The philosophy there seemed to be that nobody except PresBo’s liberal crowd truly understood the situation, and the rest of us should just go along with it… or at least shut up.


Or look at PresBo’s second major initiative, Cap & Trade. That bill was approved by the House with barely enough votes to pass, and was also loudly criticized and unpopular with voters. It was supposedly designed to curb global warming… despite the fact that global temperatures have NOT risen over the past decade. New revelations from the ClimateGate (Warmaquiddick?) scandal indicate that there may well have been fraud and deceit practiced by supposed scientists who support global warming theory.

But again, PresBo and Congressional liberals continue to defend the Cap & Tax bill and urge the Senate to pass it. Once more the “we know what is best for you” mentality shines through… blissfully dismissing any doubts and promoting their agenda. Mommy has spoken. Now we should shut up and stay on our side of the car.

And let’s not forget PresBo’s first priority in social engineering: his ObamaCare legislation. Instead of working to fix targeted problems with the best health care system in the world, he wants to toss out the whole shebang and craft a socialist’s dream of a system to inflict on us. The majority of voters are opposed to it and don’t want THIS sort of plan to pass. There has been much evidence disclosed showing many problems that this new system will cause… and the voters realize it.

And if you don’t WANT to purchase health insurance, what happens? You either pay a fine or go to jail: the ultimate “Wait until your FATHER gets home” threat if I’ve ever heard one.

EVERY major initiative proposed so far by the Obama administration is similar in this way: they centralize power for the government to FORCE us to do something that we don’t want to do… but that is “for our own good.”

Many people, myself included, consider this great nation to be a bastion of individual liberty, and we can’t quite reconcile that with PresBo’s insistence on us letting government control every portion of our lives. We don’t WANT a government willing to force anything and everything on us against our wills. So far they’ve done that with a small handful of major initiatives… but what's next?

What ELSE will they decide is “for our own good” and attempt to shove down our throats?

Personally, I am highly uncomfortable with a Federal government that is so willing to dictate, demand, and force compliance with questionable and unpopular programs. Whatever happened to freedom and individualism? And why is this administration trying so hard to kill the very qualities that has made this country great?

In a free country, government should not have the power to FORCE society into their own idealistic mold… especially when that society doesn’t want to be so forced. That they have this power is our own fault for letting them get away with incremental expansions of their power, because the Constitution certainly doesn’t authorize them to do this kind of thing.

Will we correct this situation? It’s time, and past time, to let your Congressmen know that you will not tolerate turning this country into a budding socialist nation. It’s time to tell party leaders that we don’t WANT to be offered an endless parade of liberal candidates who will ignore our massive national debt and continue to spend like drunken sailors on leave. It’s time to stand up and make yourselves heard… because if you don’t do it now, you may not have another chance.

Act now, ladies and gentlemen, or go to your room and wait to be punished.