Obama and the Media in One Image

Alert!! 'Armed Mob' Will be Buzzword Tonight

As I type this, I'm sitting in front of my t.v. with my laptop watching the coverage about Obama's upcoming town hall meeting in New Hampshire. What I've seen on PMSNBC is what prompted me to run for the laptop.

The camera panned crowds on both sides of the debate near the high school where BHO is set to speak in about an hour. In the anti-healtcare crowd, the camera picked up a fellow freedom fighter holding a sign that read "It's time to water the tree of liberty." Strapped to his thigh, in plain view, was his pistol.

Carlos Watson of PMSNBC went nuclear. "How can this man do this?" he asked the field reporter covering the event on a live feed.

"Evidently, the law here says that since he isn't concealing it, he can carry it. The gun is registered to the man, and he is on private property [The man was on a church's property and had permission to be there from the church.], so the law says he can do this." The field reporter must not have heard about THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

Ol' Carlos was just in total disbelief. He still wonders why he is allowed to remain there and why the Secret Service isn't asking him to leave. HEY CARLOS!!! THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!!!

Of course, following right on the heels of this, Carlos has a couple of Obama supporters in the studio to ask why the Secret Service hasn't swept the area. The two mushheads speculated that the man would most likely be escorted away from the area for security reasons. "Why can't they make him leave now?" the broad on the panel asked. BECAUSE HE'S NOT VIOLATING ANY LAWS, YOU TWIT!!!

I'm betting that tonight's news headlines will read "President Met With Armed Mob."

Go ahead; make my day!

Obamacare: Remember Terri Schiavo

While watching the nightly Fox News Channel programs cover the healthcare/mob/Pelosi/Hoyer/townhall debate, it dawned on me. There are people like Terri Schindler Schiavo who are icons of the dark side of Obamacare.

Terri Schiavo was the young Florida woman who went into a debilitative state after her heart stopped briefly in 1990. The heart stoppage was caused by a potassium deficiency brought on by a bout with bulimia. Terri's brain was deprived of oxygen, and she was of limited capabilities from that time.

A long legal battle was waged in the weeks before her death. Her husband, Michael, had insisted that Terri never wanted to live in such a state and petitioned to have her feeding tube removed and water withheld. Her family argued that Terri did respond to environmental stimuli and deserved to live. They begged Michael to sign Terri over to them, but to no avail. On March 18, 2005, Michael Schiavo won the right to remove Terri's feeding tube. She died 13 days later.

The issue of Terri Schiavo begs the question: What if this had occurred under the present administration? We can almost write the script.

Terri would be labeled an unproductive citizen of society. Government bureaucrats would order her medical care withheld as soon as she was accepted as a resident of the hospice. The euthanasia crowd would physically block her family from trying to save her.

Numerous accountants funded by George Soros would study the cost-effectiveness of Terri's care down to the last bed sheet used. When their reports were filed, her family's wishes and willingness to assume all responsibility for her care would matter not. Pro-death supporters would be on hand to verbally assault the family and call them fascists for wanting her to live. Their cries of "greedy family" would become the battle cry of the left.

The media would be on hand to make sure that all the pro-lifers were painted as a bunch of nuts with swastika tattoos. The SEIU and ACORN would be called upon to rough up those who dared speak out in defense of a brain-damaged woman who was being starved to death. CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, and NBC would have a 24/7 live feed to the White House and Supreme Court to be able to identify those protesting Terri's demise.

As the end draws near, a call is made to the White House. Obama, never one to let a good crisis go to waste, boards Air Force One and flies directly to Tampa. Surrounded by Secret Service, the faithful left genuflect and lay down palm leaves during his walk to the entrance of the hospice. He steps inside as members of the Black Panthers quickly block the entrance.

Minutes later, the press is called to the entrance of the hospice. They quickly jockey for position in the rush to get first coverage of the events about to unfold. As they wait, prayers and hymns can be heard from the pro-life crowd who had been ordered to stay three blocks away. Suddenly, the doors open.

Obama steps to the podium full of microphones with a look of sadness on his face. He begins to speak.

"Fellow Americans, WE WON!" he says as he breaks into a smile.

The media no longer restrains their glee as Dear Leader raises his hand to the heavens while clutching a copy of the legislation responsible for this whole chain of events.

[UPDATE: I've been told about the story of Barbara Wagner and her dealings with the Oregon health system. It's a microcosm of what the left wants to implement nationwide. Thanks to Clay and Teresa for bringing it up!]

An American Tale 2009

As I was looking through my usual list of sites to find a subject that hasn't been beat to death, I stumbled across this wonderfully humorous (although frighteningly true) article on americanthinker.com. It's going to make my Monday a little easier to deal with!

The Feetus and the Fly - A Fable

Andrew Thomas
Once there was a kingdom populated by a proud and productive populace. But over time they grew restless and bored with their increasingly pampered lives. They began to feel guilty over their wealth, good fortune, and healthcare on demand. "We want change!" they cried. They crowned a new ruler, King Barama, a champion and secular savior of their venal desires.

Barama proved to be a powerful ruler who smote his enemies with an iron Chicagoland fist, but he lacked the moral fiber of the previous fumbling but well-meaning king. He was a very callous and hard-hearted fellow, demanding that the species of tiny creatures known as the Feetii be put to death on demand, no matter how much they looked or acted like humans. "They have no souls", was the specious rationale of the king and his followers.

The king then decreed that healthcare was too expensive, and had to be spread sparingly among the populace, including those who swam the moat and climbed over the castle walls. He declared that the selfish, greedy complaining pigs in the kingdom that pay all of the golden tribute to the king would pay more for less benefit. The old and infirm were told to move to a giant iceberg, which floated slowly out to sea. This pleased and amused three of the king's evil creatures, the giant AARP, the winged SEIU, and the rotten ACORN. They fed the remaining ancient ones into a wood chipper while the king danced and chortled with joy. He rewarded his obedient demons with gold from the royal coffers, funneled through a small house on Elysian Fields to avoid detection.

One day the king addressed his loyal followers. Suddenly, a small, insignificant housefly began to distract him as he spoke, and he instantly crushed it as he crushed all who opposed him. (Of course it was the annoying FOXNEWS fly that he truly dreamt of crushing.) To the king's stunned amazement, his crowd of loyal followers grew angry. "How dare you kill that innocent fly!", cried Ms. PETA. "It feels pain, you know!"

Then a voice was heard from the back of the throng. "What about us?" shouted a tiny, forlorn Feetus. "We feel pain when you crush our skulls with your deadly forceps! Your excuse has always been that we don't have souls, but the other creatures in the kingdom that you cherish and protect don't have souls, either!"

After a long silence, one of the king's loyal followers stepped forward. "There is no such thing as a soul", he simply said. Suddenly it all became clear to the incredulous Feetus. In the king's loyal followers' eyes, a Feetus was the moral equivalent of, nay, the moral inferior of a common housefly. After all, the Feetii would devour the king's resources and lay giant carbon footprints all over the kingdom if they were allowed to live. And it now made sense why the king would allow the giant AARP, the winged SEIU, and the rotten ACORN to feast on the remains of the aged, after their slow, agonizing deaths at the hands of a kingdom-run healthcare system. Since souls do not exist, all life is morally relative and can be degraded by sovereign decree.

Without warning, the Jabberwocky-like fire-breathing ABCNBCCBSMSNBC appeared. Carnal thrills ran up its legs, and it mated with the king. In the creature's heat of passion, a splendiferous magic spell was released. All of the Feetii were miraculously transformed into cute little puppies and kittens. From that moment on, none of the king's followers would dare to suggest that they be put to death, and everyone lived in peace and harmony ever after. King Barama and the ABCNBCCBSMSNBC got a room.

More Media Schmoozing

Break out the barf bags. Politico.com is saying that CBS (Communist Barack System) is poised to run a special on Sunday morning, Father's Day, titled "Barack Obama: An American Dad." This completes Barry's media trifecta.

The week before he left for the Middle East, it was NBC, which devoted four hours in prime time to its day at the White House.

ABC announced this week that it will air all its news broadcasts from within the White House next Wednesday, June 24.

As much as the MSM has been falling all over themselves, it comes just short of pornography. All we don't see of the capitulation is the act itself. Just try to picture what goes on after the cameras are off. San Francisco would be proud.

For CBS to dub Obama "An American Dad" is deceitful. "American" means defending this country and all it stands for. Barry definitely doesn't fit that criteria. If they had titled the piece "A Kenyan Dad", then I'd say that's accurate.

The media are all going to need drool buckets before long.