Socialism @ MindSay

I've finally concluded that this is the exact playbook of the administration: Rahm Emmanuel famously said to "never let a crisis go to waste."  Not only did he mean to use any inevitable emergencies to quickly whisk by the public's notice the things you wanted to do in more relaxed times but couldn't because they're insane to start with, but he also meant CREATE apparent emergencies during which the same actions can be taken without the public's notice.  Like the magician who tries to distract you with the pretty girl or the bird's flapping wings while he hides the ace of spades in his sleeve, Emmanuel and Obama are deft slight-of-hand guys who are pros.  Real pros.  

While we're good and scared of this supposed fatal development or that one (crashing economy, H1N1 "pandemic", a global warming Armageddon), he and his imps are busy taking over one sector after another of the economy.  Ooo--look!  A Fire over there!  (Quick, R.E., take that bank over!)  Oh!  Over there!  An earthquake that I inherited from Bush!  (Quick, R.E., let's shut down Fox).  Ahhh!  Carbon dioxide is killing the polar bears!  (Quick, R.E., Limit pay for executives!)  Oh no!  Get a flu shot!  (Quick, R.E., shove socialized medicine down their throats while they're at the doctor).  On and on until he achieves his goal: the entire subjugation of the country (the world?) to him and his minions.  Free enterprise taken over by socialism.  The gradual--and sometimes "punctuated"--growth of red colored takeover, Chicago-style.  

No, I think America just might be waking up to his schemes.  Let's hope so.  If we keep our eye on the ball, we just might not fall for any more "emergencies."  And I'm sure not about to "get from street" so he can assume control.  Not on your life.  We've got your number, BHO.  It's not going to work.  Magicians are not to be trusted. Least of all, you.

He just wanted to talk to the kids in elementary grades and give them a positive message about staying in school and working hard to achieve their goals.  Is that so bad?

Not on the surface, no.  Ordinarily, it would be fabulous to think that at some elementary school, kids were going to have a personal, in-the-flesh visit and a message from...the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES!  How cool is that?  He's someone who NO ONE can get a personal audience with unless they're pretty much a head of state, so this is great.

Bush did it, didn't he?  In fact, where was Bush the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001?  In a Sarasota elementary school reading a book to the kids.  So presidential visits to schools are not unheard of at all.

But Obama comes with certain, oh--how you say--"baggage"?  First, there's the "Wow factor" I've already mentioned.  He is POTUS, after all, so he carries with him a certain "gravitas", to recall that term of an earlier time.  All presidents do.  But BHO also brings with him a troublesome (to traditionalists) personal history and a kind of "cult following" that, while it's fading now, seems to catch people--especially kids--with their jaws open, ready to swallow whatever he tosses out.  He could tell some people to eat their own poop, and they would condemn themselves if they didn't comply.

So it's not the message he brings; it's that he is the one bringing it.  And I cannot feature that he would not do everything he thought he could to make sure his message of revolution/change/upheaval/"social and economic justice" would shine through to these kids.  

Just as I wouldn't want David Duke to address little kids--even if all he wanted to say was "Work hard, stay in school, and you can achieve what you want in life"--so, too, I'd rather not have Barack Obama swoop in and capture this audience.  He might give a simple message, but he might also want to do a bit of massaging, too--of young minds.

Sorry, I don't trust him.  He's already hired one communist and one other guy who thinks animals should be represented by lawyers against people.  Anyone who thinks that makes sense shouldn't be anywhere near other people's kids.