| Advice from an old Ukrainian Rabbi ![]() Also posted in Pajamas Media | Although the mainstream media won't report it as such, Obama's approval numbers are shrinking. Which means that elsewhere, certain numbers are growing - the unreported-by-the-MSM growing numbers of Americans who are kicking themselves for not having bothered to read the small print underneath the word "change." The small print was kind of blurry, while "change" was spelled in huge, pleasing letters on the signs they held at the rallies. The fierce urgency of now was in the air. Everybody was in such a hurry to bring about change; there was no time to ask "why" or "what kind of change." As objectivity faded into the sunset, their individual brains melted into a euphoric collective mush, swirling around the only remaining absolute - change. In the absence of other standards, the truth became a mere matter of taste, subject to change without notice. If it didn't change, it wasn't the truth. |
| So they won the election; now what? Three months later and almost a month into Obama's presidency, as the nation is beginning to rub its sore, swollen eyelids and finally trying to focus on reality, it looks in the mirror and, with a shock, notices a gigantic hammer and sickle tattooed on its forehead, which clearly wasn't there before. The bubbling euphoric pulp has solidified into a depressing pile of unpaid bills and warrants. The computer has turned into a shovel and the big-screen TV into a 1930s-style radio, with the disciplined voice of Dear Leader calling for unity and sacrifice in the face of mounting economic hardships. The only thing left unchanged is the Obama t-shirt with the magic word "change" on the chest. Being an immigrant from the former USSR - the land of equally redistributed misery - I used to cringe when Americans complained to me about the perceived misery and lack of opportunity under capitalism. I laughed at American homegrown agitators who were carping on behalf of "communities" about the lack of "economic justice." They sounded like ignorant, spoiled brats who hated their rich parents for giving them the car of the wrong color. The whiners either didn't realize how good they had it or they were being deliberately misleading. Either way their message was a fraud. I had witnessed the stagnation and the collapse of a centralized command economy that, in the absence of the markets, was fueled by the carrot and stick of coercion and stale motivational slogans. I had lived through the hyperinflation, when I had to pay a million rubles to a guy who fixed the rusty refrigerator in my kitchen. I had seen the old country plunge into the chaos of mass unemployment and crime, while it was being robbed to the bone by crooked unelected officials who profited from the corrupt scheme to merge socialism and capitalism - a half-baked brainchild of Clinton's economists who are now advising Obama. In other words, I had been at the end of this road and I didn't want to take it again. Like most other immigrants in America, I had discovered a treasure trove of opportunities and was able to provide a comfortable living for my family. I wasn't rich - but every time I would get into my GM car, turn on my HP computer, or watch a DVD from Netflix, I would give thanks for the perks that only an affluent capitalist society could provide. I didn't want any change - except, perhaps, towards fewer government regulations.
Opponents of capitalism will tell you that market demand is created, not by necessity, but by sneaky marketing campaigns that generate a false perception of necessity. The same experts have now implemented this perverted theory by running a multimillion-dollar, Madison-Avenue-style marketing campaign, whose goal was to sell to the generally well-off Americans the notion that they were living in misery, poverty, and hopelessness - thus creating a false perception of a need for change. And change is materializing fast. Every time the new president opens his mouth, the market plunges. The banking crisis, which Obama used to get in power, was nothing compared to the post-election economic meltdown. On February 10 alone, after Treasury Secretary Geithner proposed a new economic rescue plan, the Dow lost 5% of its value. The unemployment is soaring while consumer confidence is sinking. Obama's aggressive marketing of perceived mass poverty became a self-fulfilling prophecy. As the shadow of the New Deal is darkening the horizon and the heavy steps of the approaching depression are sending tremors throughout the world, the appeal of Obama's plan is no longer in the eyes of the beholder. This is where the goat comes in (in case you're still wondering about the title). Consider this old Jewish joke I heard back in Ukraine:
Obama's "change" is precisely the goat that Americans bought when they lost the appreciation of how good they had it. But the perception of misery is not set in stone; this self-inflicted disaster may as well serve as a remedy - an unpleasant but necessary shock therapy helping the misguided voters come to their senses and begin to appreciate what they had lost. And once they get rid of the socialist goat, they will hopefully regain confidence in their own system and continue to enjoy liberty and prosperity as they always did - with the head held high and without the silliness of feeling guilty about it. The trick is not to let the goat grow on you. Don't settle for socialism. Capitalism may be a self-regulating system, but it won't be able to heal itself if the socialization goes too far. Then it would be a whole different goat story. |
Laika the Space Dog
How about $1000.00 dollars for each year you fed the goat on time?


Commissarka Pinkie
That's why we need a fully funded government program to oversee the goat.DDR Kamerad
I DENOUNCE Comrade Red Square for his lack of faith in the New Order. The collapse of the Soviet Union proves nothing! Likewise the collapse of all her satellite states, and the


Comrade Guin, who is FIRST among the animals,
Obama's approval rates are irrelevant. Obama is just human and as such he is replaceable. He will play his part, but once that is done he will be removed and replaced with someone more fitting.Leninka
Give me the collective, or give me death!
Maybe we are missing a great chance to rid the world of those who would enslave animals through "pet" ownership. We could asign a "judas chimp" to those who would want a "pet". But what they wouldn't know is that the chimp would be programed to gain their trust. Then, when the time is right, the chimp would attak their friends and hopefully the "owner" aswell. Perhaps we could teach goats to kill and eat people also.
Change is good...no matter what the cost comrades!Comrade Whoopie
Comrade Red Square, I have a friend who also fled the old Soviet Union back when Reagan was President. He tells me that he and his wife came to America with 4 suitcases containing everything they owned. In 20 years, he's earned a Doctorate in Engineering, his wife is a research physician and they are multi-millionaires.Quote:
((On a more serious note: I'm still waiting for my World of Warcraft bailout. But seriously, I always thought that the Americans were smarter than that. Obama would fit perfectly into politics here in Europe. Lot's of words, but no message. Lot's of rambling, but no actual idea. Yes, I'm European and I think Obama is really the worst case scenario for the free world and any free market. $13? Wow, that's... one month subscription to WoW. Damn it! I want a WoW bailout as well! Oi! Obama! American aircraft bombed my hometown in WW2, where's my compensation for that?))Quote:


Natasha sans Boris
although I have tasted barbecued goat ribs and they were delicious ... much better than beetsIvan Betinov
On an additional note, you might want to get to know DDR Kamerade. You may find you share some common interests.Red Square
But for Him to develop interest in this book, the shovel-wielding masses must first restore the glorious railroad infrastructure to the condition in which it was in the 1950s, followed by a few hundred passengers suffocating in a long railroad tunnel because it wasn't designed for trains pulled by old, coal-fueled locomotives.
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