Barack Obama, who did not close Guantanamo, prosecute corrupt bankers, or get American troops out of Afghanistan, delivered his second inaugural yesterday.
The address was a judicious combination of platitudes, deception, code words, and a large dose of bloviation at the end. To bloviate is to give long speeches with high-flying words, yet communicate little. The term was coined by President Harding, who was a master of the art.
Here is an exceptionally deceptive paragraph:
We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. Our brave men and women in uniform, tempered by the flames of battle, are unmatched in skill and courage. Our citizens, seared by the memory of those we have lost, know too well the price that is paid for liberty. The knowledge of their sacrifice will keep us forever vigilant against those who would do us harm. But we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friends, and we must carry those lessons into this time as well.
Translation: “I will pull the troops out of Afghanistan soon. Trust me. I was so busy over the last four years, it somehow escaped me.”
Let us continue.
Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.
Translation: “Social Security is not going belly-up. Trust me. Don’t trust Professor Kotlikoff’s estimate of a $222 trillion unfunded liabilities. What does he know? In any case, I won’t be in power when the government stiffs the geezers. In any case, I’m not dependent on either Social Security or Medicare. I’ll be just fine. So will Michelle. Don’t worry.”
Through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all society’s ills can be cured through government alone. Our celebration of initiative and enterprise; our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, these are constants in our character.
Translation: “We need people to tax. Keep working. Keep innovating. The IRS is on the job.”
But we have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action. For the American people can no more meet the demands of today’s world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias. No single person can train all the math and science teachers we’ll need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businesses to our shores. Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation, and one people.
Translation: “Government spending will rise. Taxes will rise. The deficit will rise. We will kick the can.”
This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience. A decade of war is now ending. An economic recovery has begun.
Translation: “After four years under my leadership, troops are still in Afghanistan, unemployment is at 7.8%, but things will get better. Trust me.”
America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it – so long as we seize it together.
Translation: “The IRS will seize your pay if you don’t fork it over.”
For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. We believe that America’s prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class. We know that America thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work; when the wages of honest labor liberate families from the brink of hardship. We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.
Translation: “The welfare state is just getting rolling. I will push for a hike in the minimum wage.”
We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our time. We must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government, revamp our tax code, reform our schools, and empower our citizens with the skills they need to work harder, learn more, reach higher. But while the means will change, our purpose endures: a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single American. That is what this moment requires. That is what will give real meaning to our creed.
Translation: “Boehner will buckle. Taxes will rise. And schools will get better. Trust me.”
We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity. We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future.
Translation: “We will kick the can in bipartisan unity.”
For we remember the lessons of our past, when twilight years were spent in poverty, and parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to turn. We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few. We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any time, may face a job loss, or a sudden illness, or a home swept away in a terrible storm. The commitments we make to each other – through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security – these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great.
Translation: “Uncle Sugar is alive and well. Get out your wallets.”
We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms. The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition; we must lead it. We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries – we must claim its promise. That’s how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure – our forests and waterways; our croplands and snowcapped peaks. That is how we will preserve our planet, commanded to our care by God. That’s what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once declared.
Translation: “Forget about the fact that world temperatures have not changed in a decade and a half. Who are you going to trust: me or the evidence? Coal, oil, and nuclear energy? Nonsense. The government will subsidize more Solyndras. It will subsidize wind farms. It will promote those sectors of the power industry that produce 3% of the power.”
We will defend our people and uphold our values through strength of arms and rule of law. We will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully – not because we are naïve about the dangers we face, but because engagement can more durably lift suspicion and fear. America will remain the anchor of strong alliances in every corner of the globe; and we will renew those institutions that extend our capacity to manage crisis abroad, for no one has a greater stake in a peaceful world than its most powerful nation. We will support democracy from Asia to Africa; from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice – not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes: tolerance and opportunity; human dignity and justice.
(For the rest of the translation, click the link.)
Obama, true to form, the continual snake oil salesman. Lots of words, and no truth in them. Look at the Libya situation,
four brave Americans, dead and basically now forgotten by Obama and his cronies. Should be interesting to hear Hillary testify. she has certainly had a lot of time to determine what she will say, to sound convincing. But true to form, she will give her 'all' to cover Obama's A**.
Then, we have the most recent 'terrorist attack' on the BP Oil facility, where more Americans were killed. What is Obama going to do about that? Don't hold your breath, for you cannot hold it that long.
Things are going to get tougher and rougher, but, I remember from my early Army days, when the going gets tough, the tough get going, Then, look out.
This makes very very dismal reading. It is unfortunate that the lemmings and all the people who wasted their time going to see this fraud place his hand on a "bible'? and lie to God and the people continues to lie and spin gobbeldy gook and the lemmings simply piddle in their pants and drool at the mouth. Shame on you ayatollah barack hussein (I wish i could use my middle name)(muslim) obama – you are on the road to successfully destroy America – The Moo and her kids must be very happy in their designer clothes.
Won’t read this – scrolled thru quickly to leave my comment. No one wants to make him prove his eligibility … the mere fact he spent millions to conseal his “records” is proof positive he hides his INELIGIBILTY! As Congress won’t IMPEACH for his fraud and deception, they SHOULD IMPEACH for his MISUSE OF EXECUTIVE POWER AND OUTRIGHT TYRANNICAL ACTIONS AGAINST OUR COUNTRY AND THE CONSTITUTION! Whatever he stated – whatever happened with this MOCKERY OF AN INAUGURAL . . . ALL FOUR OF HIS TAKING AN “OATH” WHICH IS AND WAS (2009) NOT CONSTITUTIONAL, I want no part of knowing nor did I turn on my TV since last Saturday! Won’t watch any news until the hoopla is over!!!
Please view the video below. Hope it comes through OK. It is a re-enactment of a gestapo-like, para-military aggressive raid on a small business called Mountain Pure, a water-bottling company. It also talks about Gibson Guitar Co. and Duncan Outdoors, Inc. This happened approx. 8 months ago and I never heard a word about it. The only one I heard about was Gibson Guitar. It is about 22 minutes long, so allow yourself enough time. It is scary!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFALonjLay0
Cherokee_warrior … have a question for you and Military: As obummamaniac continues to deceive and snubb his nose at the Military … did NOT allow their “votes” to count … could there be an uprising … a Military coop or a muntiny toward overpowering this fraud and imposter in order to save our Country preserving our Constitution and Constitutional Rights???
Thanks for your cogent analysis. I totally agree with you.
I stopped watching the news and, to be honest, all TV in 2008 when this clown-from-hell was elected the first time. When I turn on my computer, if a picture of Obama or any of his family shows up anywhere on my computer screen, I quickly do whatever is necessary to make it disappear. I wish the real Obama could be made to disappear.
I hope you're just a foot Doctor!
Inasmuch as the TeaParty Economist did not have the time or space to completely analyze the tribe, we need a news service that will publish the true translation, without the original, and drop it as leaflets on the menions of those blue, jacka.. states who voted for him. This expose as an inaugural speech reviews his first four years as a total attempt to dismantle the US government, and control the American people. The first half of this cursing at the American people is sufficient to pull hard evidence of his failed leadership in an open publishing of his deception, without the BO voters even knowing its not the real thing. The BO voters need to be educated, and if they could not understand his trash talk, a translation would probably be welcome. Does anyone remember Gipsey Rosealee from the momentuous World War II? Where there is a will, there is a way. All internet news services pool their funds, form a printing house to print a real newspaper, and drop it from the sky. Cute, huh?
What really made me sick was listening to the media swoon over the meaningless speech and the circus goings-on from beginning to end. Our Washington government is completly worthless as far as positively advancing our country.
Gary, your worth as a translator is next to nothing.
Go away, Shane.
Go away, Seymour
Why have we not been hearing all this hatred and belittling of our nations leaders for the last twenty plus years. I really don't see anything different except the awakening of the American people to the workings of a Government that has favored the wealthy and white-collared criminals for decades. Perhaps it is because Obama is a minority president, or is it because those who have prospered with the status quo are now being called out by the masses.
I beleive any change is good for this country, shake it up a little and see the roaches scatter. Only the true Americans will remain standing while the blaspheming vermin will fight to continue their relentless destruction of everything good for their personal fortune.
In other words; his same old BS ..
Narcissism is o’s middle name…. his mental illness is so very dangerous .. Enough said…
gary your worth is next to nothing
and you are a proctologist
I promise,your taxes won't go up one
penny. Social Security taxes just increased fro 4.2% to 6.2%. National debt up $5.6 trillion in Obama's first four years.
Well…BO DID call those killed at Bengazzi "not optimal"……..what does that tell ya?
Sooooooooooo……..you support "any change" including obama and his attempts at dismantling our constitution? You support his attempt at dictatorship? You know many of us in the middle class voted for OTHER "minority" candidates. Your racist card is a straw man at best. WE don't care WHAT color a person is running for president! It's about policies and ideals. BO is a communist born and raised and is now attempting to rid us of the 2nd amendment then the entire US Constitution. HE is the "white collared crimminal" here. HE and his cohorts are the "wealthy" here except the difference is they've become wealthy on OUR DIME!! Please move to N.Korea or Cuba? We will fight you on the battlefield to save our freedom and capitalist way of life. GET a CLUE….MARX is wrong!!! You think BO is "punishing the rich"?? NO…..actually he's punishing the middle class. Again….get a clue!
It's only going to get worse for you my friend. But that also means better for America!
Only you wouldn't understand. But then again, you are not in Afghanistan, coward Tea party members. Put your head back in the sand.