Posted on 07/10/2010 8:37:44 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Yep. YOU understand.
It has taken me a while to come to the conclusion this stuff we see is not completely due to incompetence.
I posted this a month or two ago in response to whether I though Barack Obama was deliberately trying to destroy the USA.
I agreed that I was of that opinion, and here is one of the reasons why:
Joseph McCarthy gave a speech on the Senate floor in 1951, and later wrote a book that expounded on and backed up his points that he made on the floor, called Americas Retreat from Victory.
Like many people, I was unwilling to attach any negative aspirations or actions to someone like George Catlett Marshall who was hailed as a war hero and one of the greatest men of the 20th century.
McCarthy was not so shy, and was willing not only to say what he thought publicly, but to back it up with documentation, which he did in his book mentioned above (A copy of which I purchased a couple of years ago)
It is a stunning book, but how it relates to this subject here is this: In his analysis, Joseph McCarthy made the point that if some of the things that were done by Marshall that helped the communists were simply the result of a poor analysis or choice on his part, someone with his intellect would be likely to choose correctly at least SOME of the time, as a matter of averages. And that rarely happened. Without fail, nearly every choice and action in which Marshall was part of, they all were to the advantage of both the Soviets and the Chicoms.
The same can be said of Obama, in my estimation. If the appalling cumulative negative bulk of his actions were due to his stupidity or inexperience, at least some of his actions would be helpful to our country, simply as a result of the laws of averages.
None are.
And that tells me something.
The problem is, you and I both know there are more than enough sources of energy on US soil (and elsewhere) but if it is rendered unavailable due to deliberate action on the part of governments around the world, then the shortage will be real.
That is precisely what we are seeing.
Deliberate action on the part of the governments. Sounds like conspiracy theory stuff, right?
But here we are. I still have trouble getting my head around this, but I have crossed the Rubicon.
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