A young Barack Obama
They’ll Let Anybody Vote
I remember being at a party a few months before the election. I was in a side conversation when politics was brought up (not by me, I swear!). An early-twenty-something schoolteacher voiced his enthusiastic support for Obama. To this point the only topic this fellow seemed knowledgeable in was hard liquor (seriously — and indeed this party of mostly church-goers talked more about hard liquor than any other topic… astounding… but I digress).
So, intrigued, I prodded him for a few details of why he supported Obama. His faced turned uncomfortable, but he managed to mumble something about “feeling” Obama was a good choice and would “bring change”. Unsatisfied, I asked for which of Obama’s proposed changes he favored the most. Astoundingly (or not so), this schoolteacher — this young “learned” instructor of my community’s children — could not name even ONE THING Obama professed to change.
His ignorance is not without healthy company…
Electric Justice
A man kept having his McCain signs stolen… so he set up a camera and electrified the sign. [article link] Turns out a local neighborhood liberal had coerced his young son into crime… replacing local McCain signs with Obama signs. But this time he got “caught”. 
This is a wonderful, feel-good story. It’s beautiful… really. This man, an electrical engineer, used his skill to electrify his property and brought joy to the world. Joy in the form of pure, justice-honey. Mmmm. Poetry… a balancing of the universe… like the dawn’s light pouring over green hills.
She Said What?!
So What Does Change Really Mean?
Change Means Socialism
Mugshots for Change
Let me leave you with a collection of Obama supporter mugshots? Indeed, this is the kind of thing you’d probably never be able get from a conservative candidate. Behold the faces of change!
Some Obama supporters
I'm a Christ-follower, compelled by my faith toward reason, which points directly toward conservatism. This world's daily onslaught of lunacy offends my intellect and senses, so this is my venue to blow off steam.
sore loser….
you’ll be a sore loser when he drives this nation into the ground and it’s torn to shreds. We can’t keep going with turning America into a welfare state.
Greets, I had enjoyed the flash games on your website, but had to overlook the immature political rhetoric. Unlike you I feel that our best chance to survive and also to re-assume a role as a world leader will be under and motivated by the leadership of Barack Obama…sorry the rest of your life will
be whining about the changes…I am done here, the look of your site is so in-your-face BS I can no longer ignore it…
Scott
i suppose if that happened, we’d all be sore losers, but I think your dramatic response is better suited for a Will Smith movie……
This is a very biased view of voters. There are also an incredible amount of Republicans who just loved Palin, because she was a “hockey mom.” If that isn’t a joke, I don’t know what is.
I’m tired of hearing how Obama is a socialist or how the redistribution of wealth is the worst thing that could possibly happen; it’s not. Frankly, you talk about Christianity a lot, so it sort of disgusts me to see you disregarding the religion’s main message of helping those in need. Christianity is turning from a helping force into a political force; real issues are being passed by for gay marriage and abortion. Important issues? Sure. The most important issues? Far from it.
@John3Sobieski, @Scott
I think that if our nation turned into a welfare state, that would count as being driven into the ground.
Whether that happens and what he does in office will remain to be seen, although clearly in the eyes of the people on TV yesterday the man is divine.
@tahoeman
ok….say something then leave before you get a response…..”immature rhetoric”=taking a shot then running
at least the author has support instead of feelings based on POLITICAL rhetoric, emotional jargon, prophet gobbledygook
and you still maintain a blind obedience to President Obama without listing any specific ways he will “re-assume our role as a world leader”
so dont come here and disgrace yourself with immature political rhetoric
@nolan
Obama is a socialist
The definition of socialism: using democratic means to redistribute wealth.
“We need to spread the wealth around…” Barack Obama
While redistribution of wealth would not be the worse thing that could happen (though its pretty close) forcing people via taxes would be.
Giving to those in need should be voluntary and not broadcasted. It should also not be in a form that makes the people dependent and complacent which is what welfare does not matter how little or how much.
“The complacency of fools will destroy them” – Somewhere in the bible i think
Excellent post. We’ve elected a radical. I hope you keep ringing that bell. Our new president is perhaps the most radical man to sit behind that desk, and so many voted for him without considering that. Racism is not dead, it drove this election.
Today the President will repeal the Mexico City Policy. He’s in a hurry.
@tahoeman
Your comment was “immature” if anything… and a bit incoherent. Did you say that the US isn’t a world leader? Have you watched the news at all? You obviously haven’t been outside the country. And playing flash games don’t require you to read anything here… so I’m not sure what “in-your-face” means, except that if you’re that sensitive when presented an opposing viewpoint you should lock yourself in your house and grow a pair.
@Nolan
I couldn’t figure out whether you have a problem with me, or with Christianity in general. Politics affects many aspects of our lives, and our faith should affect everything about our lives, soooo the two then will doubtlessly intersect, right? Why is a simple conclusion so confusing for you? Have heart, many Christians are screwing this up, too.
Umm… have you lived in a socialist (or former socialist) country? Have you studied the long term effects and viability of it? No. Studies show that countries with comparable resources and economies have less poverty when the government puts LESS money into fighting it. That only seems contradictory for a few seconds.
I hate religion. Religion is what killed Christ. Any “religion” whose message agrees with forced secular-governmental wealth redistribution would truly disgust me — sounds more like atheism, really. I assure you that that is NOT the “main message” of Christ, even if the recent gospel of social justice has been encroaching on His gospel thanks to the upstart Emergents and the liberal Christians the cat dragged in with them.
That’s not to say don’t help the poor. Indeed, if I’m obeying Christ I will be helping the poor. But not all who help the poor are obeying Christ. And wealth re-distribution doesn’t help the poor.
I do speak about my faith what might seem like a lot, but shouldn’t it if it permeates my existence?
It seems a bit cowardly to criticize what others deem “most important” when you don’t offer up what you yourself think is most important.
@T.J. Mock
Well put, on both fronts.
@Mike Johnson
Yeah, this had popularity contest written all over it.
Obama’s repealing of the Mexico City Policy is terrible… but only if you don’t like babies being killed. The left is smiling.
I really think that the kind of change that can happen in an election like this is the kind brought on by people who want to believe it. Self-fulfilling prophecy. It’s sad, but with all the optimism going around, I think people are energized to do the kinds of things they should have been doing all along. I’m not saying that good feelings equal good outcomes, but he is doing some pretty smart things. I thought his community service days and website were a great idea. He’s wrong about a lot of things, but this isn’t one of them. He’s motivating people to do good. The Bush administration missed the mark on that one, and should have spent some of their billions of dollars on public relations.
@Rachel
We’ll see. I don’t see anyone *doing* anything different yet. Most of the people interviewed on TV seem to be energized by how much they no longer think they will *have* to do.
I did see Obama *saying* that people need to start doing more… but at the same time his team is pushing for mega-bailout bucks (just like the administration before him).
I have enjoyed reading all replies.
When it comes to the Mexico City executive order, it wasn’t a surprise for me. It makes me very sad for the responsibility tied to his knowing voters.
At least the Catholic Church noticed and has the strength to point out what it means…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090124/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_obama_2
“This deals a harsh blow not only to us Catholics but to all the people across the world who fight against the slaughter of innocents that is carried out with the abortion,” another top official with the Academy for Life, Monsignor Elio Sgreccia, told the ANSA news agency.
“Among the many good things that he could have done, Barack Obama instead chose the worst,” he was quoted as saying Saturday.
I am still amazed that it seams like the Catholic Church is one of the only Christian churches that is fully engaged in the abolition movement.
@Rachael
I do agree that Obama has brought the country to a very positive place (though I am afraid that the fall will be pretty hard when everyone wakes up and realizes that he is human like the rest of us, especially when the decisions end up to be much harder and more complicated than they look). I hope and pray that he is able to use this momentum to enact change that isn’t so strongly tied to the failures of the past.
The sad part for me is that on day 4 he “chose the worst”.
@Dave
Yeah… tell me about it. Is this for real? Have the Catholic leaders’ courage to speak the truth surpassed my own? My church’s? My larger Christian community’s?
Ditto. Like you said… no surprise – he said ahead of time that this would be his top priority. His record on these matters of Biblical conscience are as bad as it gets. May the Lord deal with anyone who helped (with money or vote) this come to pass, be it ever so severely.
I also find it interesting to read all the comments here. One thing I wanted to add to your point about charitable giving not being compulsory… this is a simple example, but I remember thinking as a little girl how it should be against the law to not be a Christian. I was so excited about my new faith as a 7-year-old that I wanted everyone to experience it. My father, in his wisdom, explained to me how forcing someone to believe in Christ makes it not real. He patiently taught me that forced love or worship is insincere. I think back to this childhood memory when I think about the idea wealth redistribution. How is it loving and charitable if each person is forced to give? God created us with our own hearts and minds so we could make choices that (hopefully) will glorify Him… because we *want* to, not because we have to.
I know that some people are blessed with big hearts that want to give more abundantly than others and there certainly is some satisfaction in the act of giving. But, ultimately, it isn’t man we are serving when we give, we are worshiping God and serving Christ. I think about this often in my role as a mother and wife. If I am serving my husband and son for the constant rewards, frankly, there are days that I would be disappointed. But, if I am serving my family knowing that it pleases God and is an act of worship, I find much more satisfaction in that.
As people who love Christ, Christians should be freely giving, serving and worshiping God in their acts of charity. Wealth redistribution takes away the good in giving.
@Tara
Very well spoken. That’s a great story about when you were young and what your dad said. Your point is solid… giving is good when God gets the glory.
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And for those who don’t know what we’re talking about with the Mexico City Policy there’s a news article here. [article link]
At least he’s not G.W. bush. but something seems wrong, i can feel somewhere we are screwed. maybe he will change this country, maybe he will not. and lets hope that he doesn’t destroy us all economically.(im scaring myself!)
You tell them Steve
@Pav
I’m guessing he didn’t get VDare’s endorsement.
Oh come now… surely YOU have a lot to say about our new president.
I honestly hope that Obama will make the US and the World a better place. Unfortunately, that hope is probably not very well placed. He is on the far left and will rule from that side, in all likelyhood. Even with my limited experience and by my dad’s stories of leftist loons, I can tell that ruling from the left would not help our country.
As for abortion, Obama is the anti-Christ to the unborn. Soon, he will sign into law the Freedom of Choice Act, which will take off any and all restrictions on abortion. To make matters worse, it may force all doctors, pro-choice or pro-life, to give abortions on demand.
You’re right, as a Catholic myself I can tell you that the Catholic religion is wholeheartedly against abortion and is in the fight to end it. Here is the Catholic stance direct from an online Catechism. http://ccc.scborromeo.org.master.com/texis/master/search/?sufs=0&q=abortion&s=SS
As for what the Catholics will do about the Freedom of Choice act, it is truely terrible that we have been forced into this position. The American Council of Bishops has decided that if the Catholic hospitals are forced to give abortions, then the hospitals will be closed. They cannot, in good conciense, permit murder to be performed in Catholic hospitals as a valid medical practice.
The Catholic leadership is entirely in the fight against abortion. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same about the grass roots. Catholics seem to have been secularized into just believing what they feel like believing. What they feel like believing is determined by pop culture, or so it seems to me. I have to give props to you Protestants, you fight with a fervor that seems to be sorely lacking here in the Catholic grass roots. Please pray that we will soon join you in the righteous fight.
What we need to watch out I think is that the country do not turn too much socialist like in some western european countries. There, the state is so generous, that for many people not working can be as interesting as having a full time-job. Consequences are people work for some others who just get lazy. And that is the danger of socialism, it is that people start to rely on the state and loss their ambitions. America was built on the will of people to develop their own businesses! We have to keep that
Olivia
the election was a catch-22, a no win situation. if obama was elcted, usa would go completely bankrupt, if mccain was elected, sarah palin would be in control of this country, and she can see Russia from her house (i guess ther are people stupidr than me in america). i dont know what obama is gonna do, but if he brings us outta this mess, ill be happy, and if he doesn’t, CANADA OR BUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and those mug-shots are funny 2.
Let’s see if Obama will fulfilled the promises he made when he was running for his election campaign.
I’ve enjoyed your games, and as it’s rare to find a website that has games that aren’t blocked at my work, I was pretty excited to find yours. However, your Obama rant has ruined your site for me. I won’t be back. Peace.
@Candace
Hmm… if you always hide from opinions other than your own you might just find you have to lock yourself in your house — no TV, no computer, no phone — so that your the opinion you are exposed to is your own.
Obama will not change anything, neither will any of the politicians.
The sight of you “Americans” regarding redistribution of wealth as something bad only shows how poor your soul is, since you believe the more money you have the better you are.
You see, while I believe my work has to be valued, I also KNOW I was given opportunities that other people, for different reasons, was not. Never forget about that.
As for what the rest of the world’s view on US, you’re just a bunch of idiots following another bunch of greedy idiots. With the only mention of the word terrorism, or whatever the word is to frighten you, your leaders will get you to vote or buy anything they want, and you people will continue to believe you are the greatest thing that ever happened to this world, and send your kids to get killed to some country that you don’t even know where it is, all with a proud smile in your faces…
And I guess after reading my post you will notice my english is not as good as yours, correct! I am American only not from US. Sure they will be comments regarding how poor and ignorany I am, and I wonder how many of you can speak 3 languages as I do.
I worked at a call center for US people and I could not believe how stupid you people are.
Whatever! I had to put up with your rant, so you put up with mine.
Why am I not surprised?
Hey all,
I’m very happy that Obama became the president. I have faith in him, I have faith in his ability and I think he is the change we need and I also belive that he can make things happen.
@Melisa
There are stupid people everywhere and also you can shut up about how greedy americans are because every year we spend billions on forein aid for other countries