Comments on: Change versus Change

By: heather

heather — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:23:07 +0000

carrying on with the ‘isolation’ theme: note that Obama did not include India in his 15 phone calls, thus, one would assume, signalling that the US will tilt towards that bastion of stability, Pakistan.

That is not good for America’s future as leader of the free world.

Also, apparently Obama-bots disapprove of Alberta’s oil sands project (ewww dirty!!), which will mean that Alberta will make deals with China.

In fact, the results of Obama’s American isolation may mean a healthier Canada, Australia and India… looking to the US for leadership is going to be a waste of time, I think. I don’t think, however, there is much hope for Europe, even with regard to Russia’s bellicosity.

By: Marko

Marko — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:21:57 +0000

Looking up old sources that might have informed the thinking of those who find themselves propelled into positions of power may indeed be instructive. I think in Obama’s case, however, it is quite a bit more instructive to listen to what many leaders elsewhere in the world are all saying, in a unified voice of appeal:

“The time is now for real change! Come, President Obama, and join us (because Bush wasn’t one of us, but you are), and let us remake the world! Let’s start by eliminating this economic crisis once and for all, and Restructure the world’s economy on a more ‘equitable’ basis.”

Hmmm. What was that Russian word for “restructuring?” Ah yes. Perestroika. Let’s see….. what mentioned-usually-only-on-page-F4 person can you think of who used that word a lot? That’s right. Gorbachev. He’s still in news? Yes. In fact, he just asked Obama to implement an American version of Perestroika.

The box in which we conservatives think is way smaller than the Big Stick of Reality with which we are about to be hit. The rest of the world sees our Constitution and its quaint, old theories about individual rights as an impediment to the worldwide change they want so badly that it hurts.

Now that an American president has been elected that will show little resistance to the Collective, their voices are rising in unison that “the Crisis is upon us! You must help save us all, President Obama!”

Messiah, indeed!

By: Gary Ogletree

Gary Ogletree — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:47:03 +0000

Before one can make changes wisely one must be able “to see reality as it is” (S.N. Goenka). A good starting point for Obama and crew might be an appreciation for the genius of our Consitution, a document resulting from decades of trial and error by a number of inspired men, grown very wise in that area, if seriously flawed in other areas. To learn that a fairly sharp woman like Whoopi Goldberg is ignorant of the 13th Amendment is not encouraging.

By: heather

heather — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:00:27 +0000

It seems that Obama is no longer interested in missile bases in Poland.

In my opinion, his most dangerous impulse is to be an isolationist. And withdrawing from the world is the best way I know how for the USA to lose its power.

On the one hand, the Euros will like – really like – American tourists; but on the other hand, there are definite downsides to slipping down the power scale. (eg, British Empire, 1950 to present).

I suspect that Mark Steyn is correct: that the USA has lost its guts.

By: A lost reader

A lost reader — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:02:33 +0000

Claudia, I wanted to read your Forbes column, but the link you provided seems to have been hijacked….Have a usable one? [Ed.Note: Sorry about that -- now fixed.]