pretty much it...
Posted on 04/07/2012 3:48:00 PM PDT by John Semmens
Gearing up for what promises to be a difficult campaign, President Obama laid into his critics saying “they want you to be on your own.” He contrasted this “social darwinism” approach to his “on us” philosophy.
“The idea that Americans want to be left alone to pursue happiness on their own is clearly out-of-step with the way most Americans think,” Obama maintained. “People only go to work because they have to, not because they want to. When they’re on the job they’re watching the clock waiting for the workday to end. They look forward to the weekend, not the workweek. So my opponents’ promise of more opportunity to earn a good life through hard work misses the boat.”
The president pointed to statistics indicating that the percentage of adults in the US workforce is the lowest it has been in decades as evidence that “the difficult transition to a leisure-based society is making headway. Under my leadership millions have been able to drop out of the workforce. These people now have more time to spend with their families, enjoy hobbies, watch TV, or do the many things they previously had to forgo because they had to get to a job and punch a time clock. ”
“The choice for voters this Fall will be whether they want to continue on the path I’ve laid out over the last three years or whether they want to turn back toward the dismal life of toil that my opponents offer,” Obama said. “The GOP says ‘you’re on your own.’ The Democratic Party says why struggle to pursue happiness. Let it be ‘on us.’ I’m confident that only a fool would choose to pay his own way when he could vote to live off another.”
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Thanks John. I think you captured the “spirit” of his philosophy.
“People only go to work because they have to, not because they want to. When they’re on the job they’re watching the clock waiting for the workday to end. They look forward to the weekend, not the workweek.”
The (so-called) president shares his own philosophy of work with his subjects.
pretty much it...
“they want you to be on your own.”
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Which equates to “they don’t want America turned into a SOCIALIST country run by ME as DICTATOR instead of being a Constitutional Republic where the individual is FREE from government domination.”
truth-in-jest alert. Love the title.
Remember back in 2009 when Obama told people not to go to Las Vegas. Seems this might get to be a great campaign issue for the king Obama. Here is a link to a 2010 story.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2442941/posts
“You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayer’s dime.” Barak Hussein Obama 2009..
Even though this is satire, this is, unfortunately, all too true today.
Sadly, I have come to the conclusion that most people will gladly give up their freedom in return for the right to mind their neighbor's business.
The president pointed to statistics indicating that the percentage of adults in the US workforce is the lowest it has been in decades as evidence that “the difficult transition to a leisure-based society is making headway. Under my leadership millions have been able to drop out of the workforce. These people now have more time to spend with their families, enjoy hobbies, watch TV, or do the many things they previously had to forgo because they had to get to a job and punch a time clock. ”
I got a good chuckle out of that one.
Good job, John.
I’m afraid I don’t qualify for reparations.
I know this is satire, but this is what many on the left want as a standard. There were many times I had to work weekends as part of the military. During emergencies such as hurricanes, it was 24/7 for several weeks.
Oh Good Gawd John! LMFAO! I just read this to a small group of friends and family, and it is so close to the truth they completely bought it and the air was filled with language that would make a sailor blush!
LOL! Outstanding!
‘Gearing up for what promises to be a difficult campaign, President Obama laid into his critics saying “they want you to be on your own.” He contrasted this “social darwinism” approach to his “on us” philosophy.
“The idea that Americans want to be left alone to pursue happiness on their own is clearly out-of-step with the way most Americans think,” Obama maintained. “People only go to work because they have to, not because they want to. When they’re on the job they’re watching the clock waiting for the workday to end. They look forward to the weekend, not the workweek. So my opponents’ promise of more opportunity to earn a good life through hard work misses the boat.”
The president pointed to statistics indicating that the percentage of adults in the US workforce is the lowest it has been in decades as evidence that “the difficult transition to a leisure-based society is making headway. Under my leadership millions have been able to drop out of the workforce. These people now have more time to spend with their families, enjoy hobbies, watch TV, or do the many things they previously had to forgo because they had to get to a job and punch a time clock. ”
“The choice for voters this Fall will be whether they want to continue on the path I’ve laid out over the last three years or whether they want to turn back toward the dismal life of toil that my opponents offer,” Obama said. “The GOP says ‘you’re on your own.’ The Democratic Party says why struggle to pursue happiness. Let it be ‘on us.’ I’m confident that only a fool would choose to pay his own way when he could vote to live off another.”’
Again brilliant and again too close to reality to be truly satire. I had a co-worker who used to complain that Americans should be more like Europeans because they did not work as much.
>> So my opponents’ promise of more opportunity to earn a good life through hard work misses the boat.
That, FRiend, was an excellent characterization of the idiot.
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