Obama Nation: Clash of the Titans

If you get the chance, read "the Discourses of Epictetus" He was an Aristotelian Philosopher. His works are in the public domain, I have based my entire political philosophy on his works and the works of other Aristotelian Philosopher's.

That's the point

Obama is by far the greatest and most dangerous pollutant we face today.

Obama obviously wasn't exposed to great men or great leaders during his *education*.

"Marxist/Stalinist Studies" excludes classical though – er, any thought at all.

Obama=Criminal

Ahhh…..Plato and Aristo, if they were living today I would've totally became their devoted follower/stalker/groupie Wise men = Sexy

Brilliant.

I think you're giving Obama's classical education a little too much credit.

I'm sure if you asked him about Plato, he'd tell you it's that colorful modeling clay in a can.

I'm not even sure that the authors know how very correct they are with this carton: more so on the Plato – Obama association than the Aristotle – Reagan association (which has some flaws, namely religion, which is antithetical to reason).

Obama and his ilk are direct descendants of Plato, intellectually, via Kant — and Plato and Aristotle are directly opposed, as are their intellectual descendants. Aristotle is the father of Reason; Plato of Mysticism. Ayn Rand was a philosophical descendant of Aristotle's; Marx of Plato. Obama and his ilk are clearly descendants of Plato because they believe individual humans are too base and ignorant to rule themselves and therefore need an aristocracy to control us.

Too bad Plato has dominated the philosophical landscape of the World; if we ever want to survive and, far more importantly, thrive, as a species, the first thing we must do is reverse this trend; bury Plato and his descendants once and for all!!!!!

I hope someone asks Obama who his favorite philosopher is. I'd love to hear that answer if someone can sneak it past his "guardians" in the media.

And how can a guy with ears like that not hear the voice of the American people?

"And how can a guy with ears like that not hear the voice of the American people?"

ROFL!!!

I think his fave is Snoop Doggy Dogg

One of the great hoaxes of the century is posing Ronald Reagan as a "fiscal conservative." He lowered taxes while borrowing far more money than he trimmed from the budget, leaving the national debt larger than ever. The theory was that lower taxes would have such a powerful stimulating effect on the economy that net government revenue would rise, which turned out to be something of a Laughter Curve. Bill Clinton, whatever his moral proclivities, and Charleton Heston was correct that we wouldn't trust him with our daughters, did at least generate budget surpluses, and begin paying down the national debt. George W. Bush, a pale parody of Reagan, looked at the budget surplus and said "Let's give it back to the people." That would have been a GREAT idea, EXCEPT that "The People" were in hock for $5 trillion dollars of debt, bearing interest, and the main buyer of that debt was the People's Republic of China. Its like saying, let's take out a second mortgage, quit our jobs, and take an around the world cruise. Oh yeah, Cheney said, Reagan said, "deficits don't matter." So Georgie ran our debt UP to $10 trillion, and never blinked an eye. Then, when the economy tanked, since we hadn't been saving in good times for a rainy day, we had to spend on top of record debt. Bush said "We are all Keynesians now" for the simple reason that he was out of any other options. At least Obama has his eye on trying to deal with the deficit next year — Bush went for eight years without even noticing.

To blame a couple of men for the trillions in debt is like saying all crime is commited by only a few. People in this country have had their heads so far up their asses for the past forty years that ignorance should be right up there with cancer and heart disease. We have unwittingly and willingly allowed our "public servants"to rob us blind and then vote them back into office, we fools. We cry about debts, deficits and our poor lot in life but are unwillingly(save a few) to give up something to prevent or at least mitigate them. "I want my health care but I don't want to pay for it." is the latest whine, usually by people too stupid to do what's right for themselves. This is the greatest republic ever in recorded history but will be a mere footnote if we succumb to the whine and carp of agents of 'change'. Socialism is nothing but a pretext to communism. Look around the world and see how well that turned out.

He's certainly mobilized conservatives like no one on the right has done since Reagan.
He has brought the threat into clear focus.

Can't wait for my free Obamacare that's coming down the pike real soon. Gotta find me a doctor who makes house calls to a cardboard box down by the river, because that's where we'll be living once "The One" is done spending all our money.

ARE YOU MAD???

The Congress, although aware of the need to re-build the military, looked at the revenue picture, which was improving every day, and said, "We want some of that cash…"

And they haven't stopped looking at that revenue picture since…

This is Truth…

Nothing else need be said further…once Truth is uncovered, there is nothing further to pursue…

my thoughts exactly!

I am afraid you are very confused my friend. Democrats controlled Congress while he was President.

As too the tax Revenues increasing that is a fact. Revenues did increase in 1982 when the upper marginal rate decreased to 33% but the real kicker was the tax code of 1986. I was a young CPA in south Florida at the and I remember preparing returns for individuals return in 1988 who had a six figure tax liabilities that greatly increased from before their 85-86 returns. Reagan removed 90% of the tax loopholes from the code in that act (including passive losses, the capital gains exclusion, at risk real estate exclusion, etc. This is another factor why tax revenues rose. See the math works like this 28% of everything is more than 70% of nothing. Your comment regarding taxes at the time are greatly misinformed.

When you put the entire work together does that qualify as an epic discourse?

(sorry)

What exactly has he achieved? He has made the USA a laughing stock for the first time in decades, he bullied and bribed his way into a massive fraud of a health care bill…he has kept this country racially divided and is ramming us through to communism….so tell me again of his great achievements???

He quickly learned that mixing the red clay with the white clay made pink and the more red clay you mixed in the pinker it all became.

so why is BHO & Co. trying so very hard to make their relationship with the American taxpayer more than Platonic?

He's no Reagan, he's no Kennedy or Lincoln either, he's not even a president and not because of a lack of certificate either. What he is though is a SHAM.

Yes! Togas….of course….how could I forget about them?!

It makes my skin crawl to read the names Reagan, Aristotle, and Plato in the same dialog as the name Obama. Though I'm sure in his mind…

It is not religion but blind faith that is antithetical to reason including blind faith in reason.

Reason is a tool and the person utilizing that tool should be aware of the limitations and the presence of bias in its use.

http://joshcheshire.com/images/reagan_comic.jpg

Fighting fire with fire.

LoL, pretty funny comic. But seriously, who doesn't think Obama is a ton better than George Bush?

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