The sense of mission derives in part from his experiences in the Third World. He saw brutal poverty while growing up in Singapore with his mother, an anthropologist, and his half-brothers and -sisters in Kenya still live hand to mouth at times.Obama "saw" brutal poverty in Singapore (Indonesia) and THAT gave him a "sense of mission"?? His half-brother and half-sister still live hand to mouth?? So one would think he would go back to Singapore (Indonesia) or to Kenya to fight poverty, but no, he's going "to tackle the quagmire of America’s inner cities." Here's the ironic quote:
Federal money alone won’t do it, he argues.What happened to THAT Obama who didn't think Federal money alone would solve the problems?? Then this next quote is another doozy:
Obama ... responds warily to the assumption that he himself will run for office. “If I go into politics it should grow out of work I’ve done on the local level, not because I’m some media creation.”Wow, talk about total hypocrisy.
“Obama “saw” brutal poverty in Singapore (Indonesia) and THAT gave him a “sense of mission”??”
We might have been better off had Obama grown up in Singapore. 17% of Singapore households are millionaires, compared to only 4% in the U.S. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-31/asian-millionaires-counter-lost-riches-in-europe-north-america.html
They know how to save their money and not rely on big government to shelter them from every little rain shower in life.