Obama: the wolf in sheep’s clothing has been sheared down to reveal the impostor beneath the image. I wanted to share this with readers. It’s a column written by Bay Buchanan, and it sums up perfectly the qualifications that are absolutely imperative to the one Americans elect as their new Commander in Chief.

Obama: Embarrassed by America
by Bay Buchanan

First there was the flag pin.  Barack Obama refused to wear it.  Then he refused to put hand to heart during the national anthem.  He sat in a pew while his pastor trashed America.  He explained to his rich pals in San Francisco that the hard working folks in Middle America “cling to guns or religion” because they are “bitter” over the tough economic times. 

Now Obama tells us that we shouldn’t worry about immigrants learning English; our focus should be on getting our children to learn Spanish.  He added, “It’s embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak English, they speak French, they speak German. And then we go over to Europe and all we can say is merci beaucoup.”

American soldiers are fighting, and dying in battles thousands of miles from their homes, American medical personnel are caring for refugees and orphans throughout the world, and the American people are more generous than any on earth, ready to help the sick and needy wherever they live, and Barack Obama is embarrassed because his countrymen don’t speak French?  Who is this guy?  Born in the greatest nation on earth and too embarrassed to wear a flag pin or honor our anthem with a simple gesture.  Uncomfortable with gun loving, Bible thumping, hard working, English speaking people who are at the heart of what is good about his country, but entirely at ease — for years — in a church with a pastor who preached hatred of America.

With his latest commentary on America Obama has now given us five separate and distinct occasions that demonstrate his contempt for this nation.  When following a script, he says the right things but when speaking extemporaneously he proves himself to be an elitist who is above the patriotism thing.  He does not appreciate that our language tightly knits us as a people and our shared traditions, values, history and heroes is our common culture, our identity, the core of want it means to be an American.

I learned young from my uncle Regis, a Word War II veteran, an American hero we called Uncle Peachie.   

In the Second World War Uncle Peachie found himself in North Africa.  They would fight all day in the desert and push forward as far as they could.  At night they would sleep wherever they found themselves.  He spent months in the desert, at age 19, learning first hand the horrors of war. When word came that they had won this front the troops headed to town to participate in a victory parade.  Preferring to watch rather than be in the parade Uncle Peachie found a second floor balcony and waited.  As the procession of jeeps, tanks and soldiers turned the corner and came his way Uncle Peachie set his eyes on Old Glory for the first time in months and was overwhelmed with emotion. The American flag, he told me sent a tingling sensation through his body from toes to head and, he told me, he has never seen an American flag since that day without this sensation repeating itself all over again.

My uncle came back from the war and with his Silver Star in hand traveled to the home of the buddy he left behind in Africa.  There he told the parents about the final days of their son’s life and gave them his medal.  He knew what it meant to be an American.

“Patriotism,” my brother Pat writes, “is a passionate attachment to one’s own country, its land, its people, its past, its heroes, literature, language, traditions, culture, and customs.” 

Patriotism is what my uncle felt and what Americans everywhere feel when they see the flag, hear the anthem, or see an American soldier.  They so love America that when  reminded that they are among the privileged few who to call America home their eyes fill and their hearts swell.   

It is this deep love for country that makes Americans willing to sacrifice and die for it.  It is an appreciation of our greatness that places an obligation upon us to fight, protect, and preserve this nation, as those who went before us did.  Being an American is so much more than being born here — it is unique experience, an unparalleled privilege, a gift from God. 

Our President needs to know this, in his mind and in his heart.  He must be so proud to be an American that we will all know that he will be committed to keeping this country the greatest on earth.  But to do that you have to believe it.  This is where Barack Obama comes up short.

The Democratic-controlled Congress, who by the way has an abysmal approval rating of 17.3%, passed legislation to bail out those folks who are facing foreclosure and to underpin Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Pelosi and Reid may need to have elbow splints after much mutual back patting.

We at Sensible Life believe in living, well, sensibly. That doesn’t me go out and get a mortgage way beyond your means of repayment. Yet, that’s what some have done and the banks have let them. One of the reason the banks got themselves into this bind is their practice of “No Doc” and/or “Low Doc” loans - so everyone can own a house. Why would they ever think of allowing loans to folks that can’t substantiate their income?

Back in 2001, the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates 11 times to ward off post a 9/11 recession (from 6.5% to 1.75%). Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, and Hawaii all posted record housing price increases.  As house values went up, so did mortgage equity lines of credit. Again, documentation requirements were rather shaky.

When the housing bubble burst in 2005-2006, interest rates were rising as were  costs of other goods. The sub-prime loans (mostly adjustable rates) were adjusted upward and people could no longer afford to make the payments on a house they couldn’t afford to begin with. Late summer 2007, the sub-prime lending market collapsed with 25 lenders declaring bankruptcy.

Fast forward to today where we, and our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, are going to bail out people who were living beyond their means. Don’t take this statement to mean that we aren’t supportive of those that may have been defrauded by the banking industry - the court system is the way to address that matter.

Once again, Government has decided that we’re not responsible to make our own decisions or address the realities of our own actions. No, we’re going to be bailing out all the mortgages that shouldn’t have been issued in the first place. Where’s the accountability for the bankers and brokers? What legacy are we leaving?

As election day draws closer with every passing day, Americans need to question those running for office as an investigator would interrogate a murderer. I don’t mean directly, and I don’t mean calling them on the phone, or e-mailing them. Sure, do it if you can, but I’m talking more about observing with dire scrutiny; reading between the lines without defensiveness for a party. There are wolves in each, and they are knocking at our door. Not questioning, not observing, and totally ignoring acts, words spoken, and the motives behind them may result in the murder of our nation and all it stands for. I encourage you to read the articles at the link below and find the wolves among the sheep.

http://www.crosswalk.com/news/commentary/11579314/

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/12804/?ck=1

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