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Granny
Lv 6
Granny asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

How much will Obama's Change cost the USA, morally, economically and politically?

Hope And Change:

Once upon a time, there was a charismatic and eloquent young

leader who decided his nation needed a change, and he was the one to

implement it.

The people were receptive and ready for a change.

He spoke passionately when denouncing the existing system, and the press

loved him.

Nobody questioned what he believed in or who his friends were.

He would help the poor and bring free medical care and education to

all.

He would bring justice and equality.

He said, 'I am for hope and change, and will bring you both.

'

Nobody bothered to ask about the change, so by the time the

executioner' s guns went silent, all guns had been confiscated.

When everyone was finally equal, they were equally poor, hungry,

and miserable. Their free education was worthless.

When the change was fully implemented, the country had been reduced to Third World status.

More than a million people fled in small boats and rafts.

The charismatic young leader was Fidel Castro; the nation, Cuba ..

The citizens of the United States would never fall for a charismatic, eloquent young leader who promises hope and change without asking,

'What change, and how much will it cost us?'

Would we?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Perhaps there are SOME out there who are beginning to get 'the picture'. The following is a narrative taken from Sunday Morning's televised 'Meet The Press'. and the author is employed by none other than the Washington Post!! Yeah......the Post of and Los Angeles Times fame!! Must say that I'm dually impressed...................

    From Sunday's Televised 'Meet the Press' Senator Obama was asked about his stance on the American Flag. Obama Explains National Anthem Stance

    Sun, 07 Sept. 2008 11:48:04 EST, General Bill Ginn' USAF (ret.) asked Obama to explain why he doesn't follow protocol when the National Anthem is played.

    The General also stated to the Senator that according to the United States Code,

    Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171... During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform are expected to stand at attention

    facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. At the very least, 'Stand and Face It'

    Senator Obama Live on Sunday states, 'As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking sides, Obama said. 'There are a lot of people in the world

    to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression. And the anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all. It should be swapped for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song 'I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing.' If that were our anthem, then I might salute it.'We should consider to reinvent our National Anthem as well as to redesign our Flag to better offer our enemies hope and love. It's my intention, if elected, to disarm to the level of acceptance to our Middle East Brethren. If we as a Nation of warring people, should conduct ourselves as the nations of Islam, whereas peace prevails. Perhaps a state or period of mutual concord between our governments. When I become President, I will seek a pact or agreement to end hostilities between those who have been at war or in a state of enmity, and a freedom from disquieting oppressive thoughts. We as a Nation have placed upon the nations of Islam an unfair injustice. My wife disrespects the Flag for many personal reasons. Together she and I have attended several flag burning ceremonies in the past, many years ago. She has her views and I have mine'. Of course now, I have found myself about to become the President of the and I have put aside my hatred. I will use my power to bring CHANGE to this Nation, and offer the people a new path of hope. My wife and I look forward to becoming our Country's First Family. Indeed, CHANGE is about to overwhelm the .

    WHAAAAAAAT the Hell !!!

    Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you heard it right. This could possibly be our next President.

    I, for one, am speechless.

  • 1 decade ago

    I hope we will never have to find out, but Obama's crowds have always reminded me supporters of Stalin, Hitler, Castro, and other small countries around the world led by dictatorship. It usually starts as an enthusiastic revolution, then the reality sets in, and sometimes the reality stays in for decades, destroying the country and its people. In the 1980s my cousin went to Cuba as an exchange student (from Europe) and she later described how terrible life there was and how poor the country was. She only survived there a few months and never wanted to go there again.

    I read an article yesterday in the Wall Street Journal that Obama's crowds are unprecedented in America. The author writes, "We associate them [the crowds] with the temper of Third World societies. We think of places like Argentina and Egypt and Iran, of multitudes brought together by their zeal for a Peron or a Nasser or a Khomeini. In these kinds of societies, the crowd comes forth to affirm its faith in a redeemer: a man who would set the world right." So I believe you are right - and more people associate him with something we may not want to have here. I hope the wise Americans will vote too, and the good will prevail :)

  • 5 years ago

    To tell you the truth it's probably better that way. Haha. Seriously I mean Obama has a great view on things, as our four fathers once said it's better to try change then hide in a corner. Now I don't remember which one but i live by that statement! Bad Karma? Whats the worse that could happen? War? Terrorist? Oh that's right it's already happening. I think Obamama could bring great change to America and hopefully help us out of this economic rut we are in. We've been trying to stay away from the word "resession" but really we need to face the facts it's going to happen! Just a thought haley

  • 1 decade ago

    how about Dave the Poet?

    I know it is late in the game

    and I have not officially declared this

    prior to today but I felt it was time to

    announce that: I am formally seeking the

    OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

    unto this nation

    I will stand

    one man

    torn to pieces

    over the ways

    of the world

    and I can change things.

    I meet all of the constitutional requirements

    save one to run for the highest office

    in the land.

    The reasons I have for making such a

    uncharacteristic statement are these:

    (this is my platform-for those in the know)

    I am the best man for the job

    (we have had enough of the socially elite ruling over the masses)

    I am a simple poet/artist/dreamer

    with a very good natured soul.

    I am wise enough to bring this world to peace,

    yet cool enough to make it happen.

    I'd sit and talk with the people of the world

    as my chosen family

    and no harm would ever threaten this planet again

    from any enemy, alien or domestic.

    No person,pet or thing would ever suffer the anquish of hunger

    and all would float lightly on sandals of hope

    and none will lug the boots of war to action again!

    The hope of the world rests in these hands

    and I will care for it with reverence and compassion.

    No one will be permitted to hate

    and all will speak freely

    the dreams of their heart.

    Rifles will rust and bombs will protect us

    from rocks in the heavens

    that threaten our planet.

    Children run free to follow their visions

    and women will teach us the way to be gentle

    The ovens will entice us to hot homemade cookies

    and snowfights will measure the strength of a faction

    Flowers will blanket the shores of resentment

    and oceans will pound them free from the bloodshed

    Our home will become haven to new world explorers

    and heartache will vanish and quick as the virus.

    I ask no support from those with a vendetta

    sandals and sparrows can come to my meetings.

    Peace is the answer, if not for ourselves

    those who lay waiting to share this new world

    If money and oil can blindside our reason

    reach for the stars and start with our sun

    The children, the children don't deserve what we're doing

    we must stop this madness before it's too late

    SO VOTE FOR DAVE ADAM Poet and dreamer

    it's time for a change

    I'm sick of this world (as it is..)

    Source(s):

    DAVEADAM FOR POTUS 08

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  • vbasic
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Wow. The story of Cuba and Castro should be a warning to all thinking of giving it all to Obama. Everyone should have a copy of what you wrote before they go vote. Even if McCain isn't perfect, he would be a good caretaker of the Nation and not bring a disastrous revolution we don't need.

    One hope is that the quiet hardworking people who don't go to rallies or who aren't interviewed by media will surprise everyone and sweep McCain into office.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Obama will change our government to Capitalistic to Socialistic. He far overestimates how much I want to work and give him my hard earned money to pay for the bums that don't like to work or have made bad decisions in their lives. Right now most voteres think they will be on the receiving end of the goodies. What they will find is that they will have higher payroll taxes. It started at over $250,000 in income and already is down to $125,000 in family income. Next it will be $30,000 in a family income will get a tax increase. If you think there is tension now, just wait. Obama will single handedly set back race relations to about 1965 whether he wins or loses. His rhetoric is always about race. Soon it will be about religion when he announces he is a Muslim.

  • 1 decade ago

    More than you or I want to loose.

    Freedom isn't Free a lot of people in over the course of over 200 years have fought and died for that Freedom to have it recklessly voted away in an election by uniformed voters, to risk Capitalism for Socialism or even Communism.

    Karl Marx believed that socialism represents the transition between capitalism and communism.

    Barack Hussein Obama said in his book 'Audacity of Hope', “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction what better place for the Muslins to control our country, than in the office of the President of USA.”

    May God protect the American People and the Free World from the Democrat Party and Barack Hussein Obama.

    God Bless America with McCain don't God Damn America with Obama.

    Semper Fi

  • Diana
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    It's going to cost the American people a lot more than they bargained for.

    Then when stuff starts going bad, which it will. I can hear them now. I didn't vote for him.

    My reply will simply be, well you moron you didn't vote against either, you just sat on you a%$ and did nothing.

    Come on Oprah, Tom Hanks, and all you others why don't you bail out AIG and Fannie Mac.. Go ahead you believe in him so much let go of some of your millions for health care, public housing, etc etc..

  • 1 decade ago

    He will cost us EVERYTHING, even the rats, and cockroaches we will end up having to catch to make soup to feed our families.

    Hitler almost did that to Germany, but America stopped him, Karl Marx almost did that to Russia (Soviet Union), but America stopped him, Herbert Hoover in 1932 almost did that...well, he did, but God, and love of country helped Americans to recover.

    I don't want America to have to recover from a Great Depression again, brought on by Obama's tax policies. We weren't the only ones who suffered the Great Depression, much of the world did, too.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    A Gold Star for you ! If every one voted did their home work and voted not by just the name they recognize or by popularity things could be different

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