The President Obama Complaining, "They Talk About Me Like A Dog"
by: Delwyn Lounsbury
"Wag the Dog" is a euphemism for when a politician in trouble wages a war or does some other diversion to get the heat off his back. President Obama, it appears to me, is doing a "Wag the Mosque" as a smokescreen for a tanking deflation economy during his administration and to help his party's election chances in the November 2010 midterm elections. With only a couple months until the elections, they are in big trouble. Some pundits say the Democratic Party may lose control of both houses of congress.
Why else would President Obama suddenly take the moral high ground and come out in favor of building the Manhattan Muslim mosque 560 feet from the site of the 9/11/2001 World Trade Towers ground zero attack? He knew 70% of New Yorkers are against building the 51 Park Avenue Islamic place of worship at that particular site. It is like rubbing salt in our wounds. Is a "Wag the Dog" war with Iran next if he gets in trouble again?
The libertarian in me applauds liberty, freedom of religion, upholding zoning laws and the free market in any form. The realist in me knows this a big diversionary tactic. President Obama recently actually had the nerve to bash the state of Arizona over their newly passed Mexican border immigration law. A law closely matching Federal guidelines. The explosion in media coverage of both sides of this illegal alien issue was a wonder to behold. Isn't it the federal governments job to protect our borders? The Feds weren't doing the job. Arizona had to do act. That makes the second "wag" in two months.
Do see "Wag the Dog" (1997), directed by Barry Levinson. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Anne Heche. Funny. Priceless!
On 8/22/2010, MEET THE PRESS on CNBC, with David Gregory hosting, spent one half of the program on the mosque, Iraq and Iran. MEET THE PRESS and the President should be more concerned about rising unemployment, the tight money crisis, real estate problems and a deflation economy becoming the Greater Depression everyone fears.
Robert Prechter, President of Elliott Wave International, has written about a new study that is a marriage of sociology and economics in his book, "The Wave Principle of Human Social Behavior and the New Science of Socionomics" (1999). In the book he predicted a negative social mood change era evidenced by fear, xenophobia, pessimism, conservatism, thrift, saving and a general retrenchment. A waning instead of a waxing. He is also on record saying the Greater Depression started in 2000 with the dot com bust and may last into 2016. He also predicts a 90% drop in most asset prices and 30% plus unemployment rate. Finally, he says that world war three started 09/11/2001.
Xenophobia is the fear and loathing of strangers. Xenophobic trends increase as economies regress into deflation and peoples attitude turns sour. In deflationary downturns, people in general become afraid and therefore hateful of strangers. People are rabidly against the mosque. A recent poll asked the question: Is it appropriate to erect a Mosque and Islamic Community Center close to the 9/11 site? 37% said "yes", 62% said "no."
by: Delwyn Lounsbury
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"Wag the Dog" is a euphemism for when a politician in trouble wages a war or does some other diversion to get the heat off his back. President Obama, it appears to me, is doing a "Wag the Mosque" as a smokescreen for a tanking deflation economy during his administration and to help his party's election chances in the November 2010 midterm elections. With only a couple months until the elections, they are in big trouble. Some pundits say the Democratic Party may lose control of both houses of congress.
Why else would President Obama suddenly take the moral high ground and come out in favor of building the Manhattan Muslim mosque 560 feet from the site of the 9/11/2001 World Trade Towers ground zero attack? He knew 70% of New Yorkers are against building the 51 Park Avenue Islamic place of worship at that particular site. It is like rubbing salt in our wounds. Is a "Wag the Dog" war with Iran next if he gets in trouble again?
The libertarian in me applauds liberty, freedom of religion, upholding zoning laws and the free market in any form. The realist in me knows this a big diversionary tactic. President Obama recently actually had the nerve to bash the state of Arizona over their newly passed Mexican border immigration law. A law closely matching Federal guidelines. The explosion in media coverage of both sides of this illegal alien issue was a wonder to behold. Isn't it the federal governments job to protect our borders? The Feds weren't doing the job. Arizona had to do act. That makes the second "wag" in two months.
Do see "Wag the Dog" (1997), directed by Barry Levinson. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Anne Heche. Funny. Priceless!
On 8/22/2010, MEET THE PRESS on CNBC, with David Gregory hosting, spent one half of the program on the mosque, Iraq and Iran. MEET THE PRESS and the President should be more concerned about rising unemployment, the tight money crisis, real estate problems and a deflation economy becoming the Greater Depression everyone fears.
Robert Prechter, President of Elliott Wave International, has written about a new study that is a marriage of sociology and economics in his book, "The Wave Principle of Human Social Behavior and the New Science of Socionomics" (1999). In the book he predicted a negative social mood change era evidenced by fear, xenophobia, pessimism, conservatism, thrift, saving and a general retrenchment. A waning instead of a waxing. He is also on record saying the Greater Depression started in 2000 with the dot com bust and may last into 2016. He also predicts a 90% drop in most asset prices and 30% plus unemployment rate. Finally, he says that world war three started 09/11/2001.
Xenophobia is the fear and loathing of strangers. Xenophobic trends increase as economies regress into deflation and peoples attitude turns sour. In deflationary downturns, people in general become afraid and therefore hateful of strangers. People are rabidly against the mosque. A recent poll asked the question: Is it appropriate to erect a Mosque and Islamic Community Center close to the 9/11 site? 37% said "yes", 62% said "no."
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