{"id":7211,"date":"2012-02-13T13:33:39","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T21:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/?p=7211"},"modified":"2012-02-13T13:36:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T21:36:50","slug":"barack-obama-in-the-footsteps-of-twentieth-century-despots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/barack-obama-in-the-footsteps-of-twentieth-century-despots\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama: In the Footsteps of Twentieth Century Despots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6995\" title=\"Obama_Marxist_01_210px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Obama_Marxist_01_210px.jpg\" alt=\"Obama Marxist Despot Communism\" hspace=\"9\" width=\"210\" height=\"195\" \/> by Steve McCann &#8211;<br \/>\nHow  many times will the American people have to be hit over the head before  they understand that Barack Obama is the most corrupt, dictatorial, and  ideologically driven president in American history?\u00a0 That his entire  being and psyche are devoted to transforming the country not only into a  socialist utopia, but into a nation permanently governed by a radical  oligarchy?<\/p>\n<p>This mindset has been on display since the beginning of Obama&#8217;s term, as detailed by David Limbaugh in his book, <em>Crimes Against Liberty<\/em>.<em> <\/em> Yet so many seem to not care or are deliberately oblivious to the  long-term implications of his actions, many of which mirror those of the  despots that ran roughshod over the last century.<\/p>\n<p>The  recent ruling by the Obama Department of Health and Human Services  forcing religious institutions to provide either directly or through  private insurance not only contraceptives, but abortion pills and  sterilization is not a matter of so-called women&#8217;s rights, but a means  of setting the precedent and foundation to force organized religion to  be subservient to the state. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The  passage of ObamaCare, from which this edict stems, has nothing to do  with healthcare; rather, it is a vehicle to ultimately control the  day-to-day activities of the American people through the dictates and  mandates emanating from an overarching bureaucracy.\u00a0 Once fully  implemented, individual liberty and freedom, the hallmarks of the  nation&#8217;s history, will be eradicated forever.<\/p>\n<p>Further,  the Obama regime has shown a callous disregard for the sanctity of  life, as no administration in the nation&#8217;s past has so aggressively  promoted abortion, and, through the rationing mechanism in ObamaCare,  the very real prospect of government-sponsored euthanasia.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing  reveals Obama&#8217;s dictatorial mindset more than his relationship with  Congress.\u00a0 His recent actions in unilaterally making appointments that  are subject to Senate approval while the Senate is still in session are  blatantly unconstitutional and done to marginalize Congress.\u00a0 His  appointment of innumerable &#8220;czars&#8221; is a means of bypassing Congress and  their oversight of the federal Cabinet departments.\u00a0 His Department of  Justice has been transformed into an advocacy group to enforce the  left-wing radical version of social justice while refusing to be  accountable to Congress.\u00a0 Obama has resorted to utilizing executive  orders and volumes of regulations from various agencies under his  command in order to put in place his radical policies and sidestep  Congress and thus the will of the people.<\/p>\n<p>In  furtherance of Obama&#8217;s transformative goals, he and his minions are in  the process of shackling the free market through unfettered government  control and influence.\u00a0 It is the aim of the Obama presidency to create a  so-called &#8220;government-business partnership&#8221; wherein the government  chooses the winners and losers based upon their allegiance to and  support of the regime.<\/p>\n<p>The  massive spending and debt incurred over the past three years are the  byproduct of Obama&#8217;s overarching objective to make certain that the  overwhelming majority of the populace becomes, by necessity, dependent  on the government, thus more subservient and easily controlled.\u00a0 Whether  the country becomes insolvent or the middle class ceases to exist is  immaterial.<\/p>\n<p>In  his public speeches and well-produced appearances, Barack Obama plays  the fictional role of someone who cares for the &#8220;little guy.&#8221;\u00a0 He is the  people&#8217;s avenger against those he defines as the enemy, be it the  wealthy, the corporations, deeply committed religious groups,  conservatives and the Tea Party movement, or those intransigent  ideologues in Congress who stand in the way of his nation-saving  agenda.\u00a0 In this quest for power, there are no lies or obfuscations too  egregious to tell or societal tensions too dangerous to create, as he  alone can save the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Barack Obama is following in the footsteps of the despots who dominated the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 If given another term in office, he, along with his  fellow-travelers in the administration, will be unencumbered in  attempting to complete the transformation of the United States.\u00a0  However, they will not accomplish their quest &#8212; just as those they  admire in the previous century did not.\u00a0 They will succeed only in  initiating massive social upheaval and violence.<\/p>\n<p>I had to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/2010\/12\/saved_by_christmas.html\">survive a war<\/a> that was precipitated by leaders in various European countries who were  democratically elected. \u00a0Yet once in power, these power-crazed  ideologues began to systematically usurp and overthrow the rule of law  with the ultimate goal of becoming the government themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Their  lust for power led them to shred any written constitution or traditions  as they systematically imposed new regulations, laws, and executive  orders geared primarily to centralize authority in the government as  individual rights and liberties were extinguished.\u00a0 Legislatures were  abolished or marginalized; organized religion was forced to be  subservient to the state, and respect for the sanctity of life was  extinguished.\u00a0 The owners and managers of business and industry were  intimidated and compelled to be submissive and loyal to the state.\u00a0 By  the time the populace became aware of what was happening to their  respective countries, it was too late.<\/p>\n<p>The  citizens of Germany in the first four years of the 1930s would have  found it impossible to imagine what became of their country by 1945 or  to think it even remotely possible.\u00a0 Those in Italy in the 1920s,  promised so much by the Mussolini regime, eagerly voted the Fascists  into power only to end up with a society torn asunder and a nation lying  in ruins.\u00a0 The same results were played out in Russia, China, and many  countries in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The  history of the United States and its traditions of liberty and  individual freedom should be a bulwark against the successful emergence  of someone like Barack Obama and his cronies.\u00a0 Yet the majority of the  citizenry, the media, the opposition party, the members of Congress, and  the judiciary are not shouting from the highest hilltop and taking  action to stop the Obama regime&#8217;s unconstitutional acts and power-grabs.<\/p>\n<p>Has  this country enjoyed peace and prosperity so long that everyone is  jaded and preoccupied with themselves, or in a self-induced stupor,  either ignoring the situation or telling themselves that these  unconstitutional steps and power-grabs are minor?\u00a0 Is a pre-packaged  television image all that matters?\u00a0 Is it because Obama happens to have  black skin, and everyone is too intimidated by political correctness to  speak out?\u00a0 Are we as a society unwilling to say in the bluntest of  terms that a national leader is a liar and a fraud?\u00a0 Why are countless  members of the Ruling Class unwilling to learn from history, or is it  that their egos are such that they cannot admit a mistake, or do far too  many have a vested interest in the current state of affairs?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it is as it was in Germany, Italy, and Russia among many &#8212; a belief that the worst could never happen here.<\/p>\n<p>For  those of us who emigrated from those nations whose societies suffered  not only overwhelming destruction, but a devastating loss of freedom and  liberty, we can only warn our fellow citizens that the country is going  down a road that is becoming eerily familiar.\u00a0 It is not hyperbole to  say that we see someone in the White House whose character reflects the  worst and most dangerous traits to be found in a national leader, and we  are stunned that the majority of the American people do not understand  what is happening to the most successful society in the history of  mankind.\u00a0 We know that the only viable solution to avoid the stormclouds  gathering over the horizon is to relegate Barack Obama and his regime  to a footnote in the annals of American history.<\/p>\n<p>Either the citizens, on the 6<sup>th<\/sup> of November 2012, will choose to reverse course and return to the basic  tenets of freedom and liberty upon which the nation was founded, or the  people will choose to blindly follow Barack Obama on a path which will  eventuate in internal chaos and violence as well as subservience to  those countries who wish to see the end of America&#8217;s time on the world  stage.<\/p>\n<p>HT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/2012\/02\/barack_obama_in_the_footsteps_of_twentieth_century_despots.html\" target=\"_blank\">American Thinker<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Steve McCann &#8211; How many times will the American people have to be hit over the head before they understand that Barack Obama is the most corrupt, dictatorial, and ideologically driven president in American history?\u00a0 That his entire being and psyche are devoted to transforming the country not only into a socialist utopia, but &#8230; <a title=\"Barack Obama: In the Footsteps of Twentieth Century Despots\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/barack-obama-in-the-footsteps-of-twentieth-century-despots\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Barack Obama: In the Footsteps of Twentieth Century Despots\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":497,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65,142,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communism","category-leftist-tyranny","category-totalitarian-democrats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}