Note the pink ad along the bottom for a hair removal cream!
Obama has started taking some good action, most notably announcing his intent to shut down Guantanamo Bay.  The NY Times said one issue in shutting it down was finding new housing for the 250 odd prisoners.  I tell you, real estate worldwide  skyrocketed,  who knew caves were in such high demand?
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.“
- Thomas Jefferson
And so, the Democrats with their big government and nationalized healthcare aspirations, roll into the White House.
I’ve been readings Dreams From My Father, Barack Obama’s first book, and it’s this section on page 194 of my UK edition which summed up to me, why I don’t agree with this man. In this part, he’s reflecting on how to organize a poor black community on the outskirts of Chicago:
“Give the black man some tangible skills and a job. Teach that black child reading and arithmetic in a safe, well-funded school. With the basics taken care of, each of us could search for our own sense of self-worth.”
Is this guy kidding? Two points. First, BASICS are not safe, well funded schools - basics are parents taking care of the children they bring into the world, basics are food, water, and clothing, basics are every one’s right to live their lives as they see fit without persecution(assuming they don’t harm others in the process).
Secondly, “give a black man tangible skills and a job”; who decided it’s the government’s job to give away skills and a job? There’s a reason skills and a job are highly valued in societies around the world, it’s because they’re WORTHY of value. And everybody knows that items of value don’t come for free! Giving skills and jobs to people won’t improve their self worth - people WORKING hard to learn new skills and get jobs themselves will naturally create self worth!
Barack, we don’t need to finagle the government into forming an individuals self worth. Let us live without your idealistic big brother interference so the American people can truly be free.
In America, this is what we build with:
A Cat.
In the UK, they’re a little tight on space. So they use these:
Isn't it cute? It's called a Kanga.