A Letter to the President of the Free World

The Best Advisor You Have is Yourself

When someone isn’t being entirely honest with you, or when they are holding back certain things that they plan on doing because they know how you’ll react when you find out—you can sense it. You sense that something is askew; that what you’re looking at is an incomplete picture. I have come to believe that that’s what I saw when analyzing Obama’s words—his platform. And it’s no question as to why I might draw this conclusion, as we see Czar after Czar being apointed by the President and given control over the various bailout endeavors and government takeovers of private companies. I’m not going to debate here, whether or not the term “Czar” is important, or if what they are doing is good or bad; I can leave that for another time. What I do question is whether or not this would have been “allowed” by those in support of the Czars, if, say, President Bush had done the same thing. I don’t say this to get into a partisan debate. I say this because it illustrates the hypocracy that seems to follow this administration: when the democrats and liberals do something, its right and morally just; but when the republicans do it, it’s yet another step further down the hole that they’ve already placed us in. And I don’t think it ends there, with just the Republicans; it’s anyone who disagrees with this new class of liberals and their methods.

So did Obama intentionally “hide” what he was about? I would say, “no.” Did he avoid directly addressing his more controversial intentions? Perhaps. What he did say was, “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” And I think that people are starting to see that what Obama meant by “change,” and what we took it to mean, aren’t turning out to be the same thing. I think that this is especially true for a great deal of those who voted for him.

The thing that I see in Obama is someone who knows that he’s right. And because he’s right, there’s nothing wrong with appointing a bunch of Czars, in order to avoid being mired by the normal system of checks and balances. After all, he’s trying to get rid of the “business as usual” in Washington. And since he’s right, these “little” indiscretions mean nothing, because what he is trying to do for the American people is bigger than this; it’s revolutionary. He’s making the changes that should have taken place a long time ago.

But then, what if you disagree with Obama’s perception of what “right” means? Then what? Does that stop him from apologizing on your behalf to dictators? No, it just means that you’re “misinformed”, “narrow minded”, or just plain “stupid”; or the liberals favorite, “you’re racist!” You see, Obama knows what he is doing; so don’t waste his time or slow him down with your silly little ideas. Look at how he discredits, and otherwise disparages, the Fox News station—the only ones questioning his motives—while enjoying a sweet, love affair with the so-called “mainstream media”. To them, he’s a hero.

Meanwhile, when President George W. Bush was in office, he was eviscerated by the mainstream media, and yet he said very little, if anything, to them in rebuttal. But Obama gets his feathers ruffled by a news channel that he refers to as “some little cable network station out there?” It seems that he doesn’t take too kindly to anyone who disagrees with him . . . because, of course, he’s right.

The thing to wonder is “how can you know what is right?” My arguments may sound very good to you. But if all you trust in is what I am saying, then the next guy can come along with an argument, just as convincing as mine, and confuse you; or even sway you the other direction. You have to find out for yourself. You have to decide. That is the great legacy that was given to us by the founding fathers. This government was to be our government. We were to be responsible for the governing of our lives; not a king, not some monarch—”We the people.”

I won’t tell you how to feel about President Obama. I won’t expect you to agree with all of my opinions. But I do expect you to listen to your gut. I do expect you to pay heed to that nagging voice inside and find out what it means. If there is something, anything, that doesn’t set well with you, get to the bottom of it. Don’t just fritter your decisions away through inaction. Do something. Find out. Get involved.

“We the people” isn’t just a privilege any more; it never was. It’s a responsibility.