The promise was post-racial, bi-partisan, transparent, and the ubiquitous 'hope and change.'
1. But the truth was obvious for the get-go:
'The top congressional leaders from both parties gathered at the White House for a working discussion over the shape and size of President Barack Obamas economic stimulus plan. The meeting was designed to promote bipartisanship.
But Obama showed that in an ideological debate, hes not averse to using a jab.
Challenged by one Republican senator over the contents of the package, the new president, according to participants, replied: I won.'
Obama to GOP: ?I Won? - Washington Wire - WSJ
In some venues, and other times, it's done with gulags, psychiatric hospitals, and firing squads....
....the American iteration is like this:
2. "Obama administrations Culture of intimidation seen in Nevada ranch standoff
Critics say fight isnt first instance of feds overkill
3. Sending scores of armed agents along with helicopters and dogs to confront an elderly Nevada rancher over grazing fees may seem like overkill, but critics say its not inconsistent with the federal governments recent approach to environmental enforcement.
4. ...high-profile raids last year by armed federal agents on small-time gold miners in tiny Chicken, Alaska, and guitar makers at the Gibson Guitar facilities in Tennessee.
5. ...include more subtle threats, such as recent efforts by the Obama administration to raise grazing fees or pressure permit holders to transfer their water rights as a condition of renewal,...
6. ....Its issue after issue, threat after threat.....Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned Monday that its not over.
7. Examples of hostile behavior by federal agencies prompted an Oct. 29 oversight hearing by a House Natural Resources subcommittee on Threats, Intimidation and Bullying by Federal Land Managing Agencies.
8. ....a number of troubling cases in which federal land managing agencies have employed abusive tactics to extort rural families into giving up property rights or to bully farmers and ranchers into making concessions to which the federal agency had no legal right.
9. ....the federal governments behavior in this situation in particular, and with regard to management of the enormous federal estate in general, to be increasingly indefensible intimidating, destructive and cruel, said Heritage Foundation senior adviser Robert Gordon.
10. No cow justifies the atmosphere of intimidation, which currently exists, nor the limitation of constitutional rights that are sacred to all Nevadans.
'Culture of intimidation' seen in Nevada ranch standoff - Washington Times
"And we will have learned that when fascism comes to America, it will wear a broad smile and call itself progressive."
?When Fascism Comes to America . . .? | National Review Online
This approach truly represents the values of those who voted for this President.
1. But the truth was obvious for the get-go:
'The top congressional leaders from both parties gathered at the White House for a working discussion over the shape and size of President Barack Obamas economic stimulus plan. The meeting was designed to promote bipartisanship.
But Obama showed that in an ideological debate, hes not averse to using a jab.
Challenged by one Republican senator over the contents of the package, the new president, according to participants, replied: I won.'
Obama to GOP: ?I Won? - Washington Wire - WSJ
In some venues, and other times, it's done with gulags, psychiatric hospitals, and firing squads....
....the American iteration is like this:
2. "Obama administrations Culture of intimidation seen in Nevada ranch standoff
Critics say fight isnt first instance of feds overkill
3. Sending scores of armed agents along with helicopters and dogs to confront an elderly Nevada rancher over grazing fees may seem like overkill, but critics say its not inconsistent with the federal governments recent approach to environmental enforcement.
4. ...high-profile raids last year by armed federal agents on small-time gold miners in tiny Chicken, Alaska, and guitar makers at the Gibson Guitar facilities in Tennessee.
5. ...include more subtle threats, such as recent efforts by the Obama administration to raise grazing fees or pressure permit holders to transfer their water rights as a condition of renewal,...
6. ....Its issue after issue, threat after threat.....Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned Monday that its not over.
7. Examples of hostile behavior by federal agencies prompted an Oct. 29 oversight hearing by a House Natural Resources subcommittee on Threats, Intimidation and Bullying by Federal Land Managing Agencies.
8. ....a number of troubling cases in which federal land managing agencies have employed abusive tactics to extort rural families into giving up property rights or to bully farmers and ranchers into making concessions to which the federal agency had no legal right.
9. ....the federal governments behavior in this situation in particular, and with regard to management of the enormous federal estate in general, to be increasingly indefensible intimidating, destructive and cruel, said Heritage Foundation senior adviser Robert Gordon.
10. No cow justifies the atmosphere of intimidation, which currently exists, nor the limitation of constitutional rights that are sacred to all Nevadans.
'Culture of intimidation' seen in Nevada ranch standoff - Washington Times
"And we will have learned that when fascism comes to America, it will wear a broad smile and call itself progressive."
?When Fascism Comes to America . . .? | National Review Online
This approach truly represents the values of those who voted for this President.
