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Obama Ignores The Iranian People - No Moral Outrage At This White House

Washington : DC : USA | 4 months ago  
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UPDATE: President Obama finally expressed his opposition to the violence perpetrated against the people of Iran today. OK? Happy now?

WASHINGTON DC - June 20, 2009 - While Republicans are furious that President Obama has failed to support the People of Iran, the Democrats are a little "disappointed," that's the word I'm hearing most often. The Iranian people continue to be threatened, beaten. and shot in the streets of Tehran over a corrupt election, without any show of support from the leader of the so-called "free world."

Obama never participated in any student unrest himself, so it's a little hard for him to show empathy over civil protest. Peaceful public protest is the steam valve between civilization and anarchy. That's how revolution and war begins, when people take to the streets and demand change. Obama apparently didn't take this History course at Harvard. If the people are ignored, it quickly turns to violent revolution and bloodshed, then total anarchy.

Obama does not know what it's like to have the police point a gun at him, or be dragged off and beat over the head, or kicked to the ground. He has not stood beside his friends while they were being beaten and killed. As far as we know, none of his friends have disappeared into any prison and never returned. None of his friends have gone missing. Obama is the policeman, pointing his boney finger of responsibility at everyone, while he stands on the backs of others who do the messy work of insuring civil rights.

He did not drive down to Selma, Alabama, or register voters under threat. He did not show up at any garbage worker's strike and watch the leader of the civil rights movement be gunned down. He did not have to travel at night through the South, trying to outrun the Ku Klux Klan. For Obama, it's been smooth sailing all the way from the beautiful island paradise of Oahu.

In 2008, the Hispanic population of Los Angeles, held a city-wide public protest over working conditions and the American businesses that profit from the exploitation of illegal aliens. The protest was peaceful until the Los Angeles Police Department began beating up the protestors.

The Hispanic population of Los Angeles was also a little "disappointed," if that's what the Democrats want to call it. Hispanic high school students walked out of classes at the same time. They were threatened and told they and their families would be deported if they did not return to class. No threat here in the free world. Everybody is free to protest whatever they feel like protesting. Who's first? C'mon step up to the plate, don't be shy.

Who feels like protesting the fact that the banks collapsed, they wiped out everybody's retirement accounts, stole the national treasury, and then tossed everybody out into the street and let the banks take the homes. Then they bailed out the banks. Who feels like protesting?

Obama just tossed the Katrina survivors out of their FEMA trailers. What sort of moral outrage is anybody expecting from this guy?

Immediately after his election, Obama flew to Santa Ana California and informed the very same population that were beat up by the LAPD, that their families would have stand in line like everybody else, to get into the United States. That went over big. People began ripping the Obama stickers off their cars. They were disappointed too from Obama's lack of empathy. He just dropped in by black helicopter escorted by 100 secret service, took a few well chosen questions, and left. And trust me, they were happy to see him leave. Nobody cried.

While Europeans who have the means to immigrate to the United States come here and buy homes and start businesses, the exploited Hispanic population will still have to run across the border in the middle of the night just to feed their families.

Obama was raised by his loving grandmother and sent off to study at Harvard, where he mastered the art of salesmanship. Empowered by his good looks and encouraged by adoring fans, he simply walked into a community center in South Chicago pretending to be one of them, and offered his services, like Superman cleverly disguised as a mild mannered reporter. People threw up their hands and said "An African American man with a Harvard education, he'll save everybody!" They just didn't bother to check his credentials. Nobody knew who he was, he just showed up like a stunt double.

He did not participate in any civil rights movements anywhere in the United States prior to that, or we would have seen his mugshot. He did not invest a thing that would be considered, revolutionary. While others like Jesse Jackson and Reverend Al Sharpton threw their entire lives into public service and public protest, Obama stood by and allowed by them pave the way for the first African American President. And after his election, he barely gave any public recognition at all to their sacrifice.

As far as Obama is concerned, nothing about his Presidency has any hallmark whatsoever. It's just business as usual. Oysbama's mindset is "If you work within the system long enough, everything will work out fine." Of course, we all know that working within the system leads to a lifetime of frustration, if not dissapointment and death. That is the mind of a bureaucrat. Everything can be resolved by working within the system. So said the Czar.

Obama shows no sympathy whatsoever for exploited people or civil unrest. Obama is a bureaucrat, in the finest tradition of all bureaucrats. He lives in the box and he does what other bureaucrats advise him to do. That's the whole point of his presidency. His election was carefully crafted by even more bureaucrats and set in motion by lobbyists who refused to identify themselves. While others that paved the way for his presidency invested everything, he invested nothing at all.

The United States is a police state, make no mistake about that. That was common knowledge among 60's radicals. Since there are no more 60's radicals, everyone has to start from scratch all over again. There hasn't been a nationwide civil protest here since the 1960's. When 60's radicals protested the Viet Nam war and the lack of human rights, they were also met by violent opposition and force. The Rodney King riots are about as close as we get to civil protest, things just break into total anarchy. All it takes is something to spark a riot, because we are a repressed and angry society now.

Although the United States Constitution allows for public protest, we have become so accustomed to being disbursed by gunfire and dragged off, and beaten by the police, everyone is afraid to show up.

No Iran, you're on your own. Not from this grandma's boy.

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Posted By slydog slydog | 4 months ago
Hey Sharon. The Canucks have been given shise by Iran for opening
their mouths in criticism!
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/06/18/iran-canada-foreign-affairs-meeting847.html
Posted By SusanMcCabe SusanMcCabe | 4 months ago
What a spurious article of made-up claims and suppositions. Obama is being the perfect statesman by not meddling in the family quarrels of other nations. The Iranian people are already petrified that we will invade or bomb them, and that is most of what is fueling their current rebellion. If we get involved, the Iranian government will pretend they're fighting United States influence as a reason to suppress their people. If we stay out of it, the world will watch and their actions will be tried in the public eye. Obama is a whole lot smarter than whoever wrote this article. Why on earth would we want to continue fomenting the strife and unrest we have encouraged the last eight years? Because it had such good results? Time for a change in the way we view the world. Other countries follow our example, not our dictates.
Posted By Changez Changez | 4 months ago
1) What exactly is he supposed to do?
2) Wouldn't you say the United States is in danger of becoming what you are saying but it can be prevented?
3) What's a peanut gallery?
Posted By Write4Life Write4Life | 4 months ago
Actually, I FULLY agree with you Shari- Although we cannot INVADE Iran - and their process will take its toll on its citizens - OBAMA has a place to come out with a STRONG voice against the SUPREME leader and his President. Obama needs to BACK OFF IRAN - they are no friend of ours.

Obama HAS ridden the coat tails of others into the white house and he is on a really high horse because of it. He seems to forget that oppression and intimidation of SUPREME LEADERS lead to the American Revloution - (or he did not learn that in his vast education)

Obama has an obligation as the leader of the United States - built on the fundementals of freedom - TO DENOUCE the murder of students in Iran and protestors for what is a dishonest and fixed election.

Obama is NO Statesman Susan - Obama is a man made puppet.
Posted By mcgabriel mcgabriel | 4 months ago
Wow people! seriously?! Bravo to whoever wrote this article .. i mean aside from some typos...it's so true and most people are blind to what is going on.
What exactly is he supposed to do? Well what is the leader of the free-world supposed to do? If we were in Iran's shoes .. there were no fare elections and our "president" was a communist fascist dictator who decided it would be okay for us to be shot by our police officers...wouldn't we want someone (maybe england or france or germany .. heck even canada) to help us out by joining together and taking out our president by force... if you say no.. YOU'RE LYING!

I'm not saying send a secret squad of black opps. guys to put a bullet inbetween his eyes... but the Iranian president needs to be taken out of power because no leader should have the authority to have their citizens shot for no reason at all!

Grow some cajones people! If I were hispanic/latino I'd be outraged at the fact that someone you put your trust in is abandoning ship and saying 'good luck' ... if I were african american or a true feminist I would be more worried about the dignity of my race of of my gender!

Ladies -- since when have we gracefully bowed out and LET a guy win? That's pathetic .. if his ego or 'whatever' is soo small then that's his problem...you (Hillary) were given a raw deal by the 'good ol' boys club' .. and don't forget it! As for you young African American .. you should've listened to Bill Cosby...family and education is important... you've obviously wasted thousands of dollars on that certificate if you believed for one second that Obama was your savior..that he was one of you! Obama has no idea what it's like to grow up worrying about the electric bill...

we are supposed to be a generation that can change the world.. but instead you're following the herd like a lamb to slaughter.. START THINKING FOR YOURSELF! and maybe you'll be able to tell when someone's telling you the truth!

Don't doubt for a second that if the country were about to be attacked Obama would flee to Fiji and enjoy his life hanging out on the beach while we would be left to fend for and defend ourselves..then the world would say.. what do you expect US to do!?
Posted By intrnationaljustice intrnationaljustice | 4 months ago
AN OPEN LETTER Dear Mr. President,
Please help to stop the torture of people in Democratic Europe!
Law enforcement officers, primarily police and security guards, have the ability to arrest people, especially dark-skinned people, in the name of law, regardless of their guilt. They can escort these people to a room, such as a dressing room, a vehicle or another place without public views nor security cameras. There they can beat, torture or even sexually assault these people.
When victims of such cases try to stand up for their rights and seek justice, the guilty officers have the excuse: violent resistance to the law; thus it is their duty to deal with them. Law enforcement often censor such cases so society never hears about them from the media. There have been numerous cases all over the Democratic and Humanitarian Europe (for more information 120–cases) contact Mr. Juan Fonseca, chief of Discrimination bureau in Stockholm and former member of Swedish Parliament (Cell # +46 733421988) or Amnesty International’s EU Office. Some cases are covered by the media; for example, in Swedish Channel 4 News showed a video taken with a mobile phone where European police officers are seen torturing refugees in “torture rooms.” In Stockholm, a central police station had pictures of non-Caucasian officers with “SS” written on them. There are many other similar cases happening, possibly now as you are reading this letter, and the guilty parties suffer no consequences. If this type of violence committed by law enforcement isn’t stopped, victims will continue to be damaged not just physically but mentally. This type of behaviour may result in even more violence when victims want to release their anger and aggression for this injustice. There have been numerous cases in France, Sweden and other countries where people have obtained weapons for shooting, explosions, and so on. There are even more cases in the US and around the world available online as evidence to back up this proposal in order to end these kinds of barbarian behaviors
A possible solution to stop this type of violence would be to require all law enforcement officers to carry a small digital video camera (with a few GBs of memory), attach it to their uniforms, and require them to tape their actions on duty. It is not an expensive technology when you compare it to the costs of court when dishonourable officers are sued by their victims. The cameras should be encrypted and not able to be stopped or viewed by officers. The footage should be collected from all officers and archived daily, when they finish their working day.
There should also be cameras placed in all law enforcement premises and officers should not be allowed to take arrested people to any "blind" places. Law enforcement communication should be recorded 24 hours a day by a higher level law enforcement unit. This unit should consist of a diverse group of people from as many different nationalities and races available in that country. The recorded materials should be publicly available for use in court.

I sincerely hope that you will kindly consider this matter not only as President but as someone who deeply cares about humanity. I hope you will further this idea by talking to your colleagues around the world because it would have positive effects for every country. The next generation would remember you not only as the 44th President but as someone who has done good for the entire world, making big changes for justice and human rights by stopping racism and discrimination all over the world.
With best wishes and a hope for a better world for us and our children.
Yours truly,
Rico Hendran
Post Restante
104 60 Stockholm,
Sweden
Posted By Ross1776 Ross1776 | 4 months ago
What a spin! And no one has even questioned why most of those signs which are being carried are written in English? It would appear that these demonstrations are being done for the English speaking countries, wouldn't it appear? And all those interviewed speaking fluent English in most respects.

The President doesn't even run that country, as a Muslim country the religious leaders do. And this has been in order to ratchet up the temperature of the American people in order that we beg Obama and America to intervene, so that at least those in Washington can claim that it was the people then who expanded again the Middle East War.

True propaganda piece....and as I said there are a host of govenment bloggers on this website. Literally dozens.
Posted By NDIrish5623 NDIrish5623 | 4 months ago
hey changez i have a suggestion for you.....consider becoming a bit more educated before u begin foaming at the mouth on this forum about issues you are completely and utterly oblivious about.....and in response to your ignorant question, "what is he supposed to do?", he is supposed to lead the United States of America in an admirable and upstanding way, and that means that he should stand by the oppressed people of Iran who have suffered dearly for what they believe in. This election was rigged, and everyone is conscious of that. Obama is clueless when it comes to leading a nation. He is the most liberal president we have ever had; hence, he's the antithesis of the great President Reagan. Bottom line, Obama is worthless, and you are arrogant. Good day.
Reply By Ross1776 Ross1776 | 4 months ago
Sort of like the rigged Bush election here, right? It appears you might get educated. Both parties have merged, or hadn't you noticed? Clinton and McCain are of like mind on Iran, and all of this is a display for the West to become involved. And who runs our media, by and large? Look that up, and maybe you might start questions rather than believing everything you hear and see in the media these days.
Posted By mcgabriel mcgabriel | 4 months ago
okay.. so this is obviously an issue we're all passionate about.. but where does our common ground come in? Do we all believe that the Iranian people deserve the same freedoms we have? Or do we truly stand on two different sides of the aisle... and think that they've made their bed and they therefore have to sleep in it?

Everyone deserves dignity and freedom of speech! No one deserves to be shut off from the world, beaten, tortured, frightened, murdered, coerced, etc.

To you Mr. Ross1776: If you have watched any of the videos you'd know not all the signs were in english .. and also I think it's important to point out that Iran isn't some remote island that's never had other human contact. Iran is one of the most advanced nations on the planet. Just because the women don't walk around in hotpants and a halter top, or the men are devout muslims, doesn't mean they don't speak english, or don't know how to use a cell phone or chat on facebook.

I think we all need to not only pray for the Iranian people, but pray that our country has the strength and courage to stand up to Iran's leaders and demand that they allow the UN (usually worthless) into the country to oversee a recount. If the 'supreme ruler' really did win fair and square then what is he so afraid of?

Perhaps members of both parties do share views on military action. Perhaps it is difficult to figure out who's really in charge. So isn't it that much more important for us to join together and put our differences aside in order to speak for those whose voices cannot be heard?

We are the UNITED states of America ... and I for one am grateful for the men and women who serve and protect our rights and sacrifice to protect our neighbors abroad as well!
Posted By brigidprimrose brigidprimrose | 4 months ago
Coming from across the Atlantic all I can say is WOW the people of the USA sure could teach us South Africans a lot on how to express our feelings about our leaders and such, instead we tend to sit back and do nothing except complain to our families.
Posted By JerrySatire JerrySatire | 4 months ago
About 50% of us don't vote and you want us to tell other countries what they should do? How about getting a tad more than 50% of the America people to vote before we tell other countries what they should do? Diplomacy, not bombs, is the key to world peace. If we can trade with Russia, China and Vietnam, we can at least talk with Iran. America can destroy Iran & North Korea 7 days a week, they cannot do that to us.
JerrySatire@aol.com www.Lampoon.net
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