'Why the World Dislikes America' Yeah, so What?

Via RealClearWorld comes this article from the Hindu. India is a fairly pro-American nation, and it serves to reason that this article is written by a Russian. Some of its funnier parts are:

The American ideology produces a sublimated version, so to say, of human equality. It stresses that lineage, education, ethnicity and so on do not matter in making one a full-fledged member of the community or a citizen of the world. As the American Dream has it, anyone can get rich, become President…

Such democracy brings unexpected fruits — it makes ordinary Americans conceited, and totally unlike, say, Western Europeans in terms of culture and education.

So if I'm reading this correctly, it would be more...desirable... to have a system where ethnicity automatically puts a person into their place in life. Is it also better to tell children that they can't be anything but simple (stupid) workers?

It can be assumed that the pressure of mass culture that is eroding the traditional culture was the root cause of the tragedy of 9/11.

What?

And don't forget that our kindness to immigrants has helped us become a melting pot which makes us stronger. Or according to the article, a horrible, horrible mess:

The U.S. has been from the start a land of immigrants, be they first-generation or tenth-generation. A population gathered from every part of the world gives it economic dynamism but is also a problem that whips up global anti-Americanism.

If this is why some of the world dislikes us, I think that we're doing something right.

How Obama Has Failed in his First Term

I'm going to say this straight out: if the President does not pass his Health Care Plan soon, the rest of his time in office will be a lame duck. That said, this article is not just bashing Obama, but actual facts that you can look up yourself. If you want to lambaste him, or add to the list, do so in the comments, they are always welcome.

This list is primarily campaign promises that he failed to live up to.
What the President has failed to do (which he promised):

1. Prevent unemployment from breaking 8.0%.

The President assured the American public that if his Stimulus Plan was passed, unemployment would not rise above 8%. Unfortunately, that promise eventually turned out to be a failure, and the unemployment rate now stands at 9.5%.

2. Allow Americans to view new bills five days before going to vote.

If you remember, the President said that, with his election, there would be a new era of transparency in the government, allowing voters to read bills at least five days before they went to vote. Unfortunately, the transparency he must of been referring to was his own. The failure of this came when he rammed the Stimulus Bill through the Legislative Branch, putting the bill in print less than a day before it was to be voted on.

3. 'There is no Pork in the Stimulus Bill.'

Well, I don't even think I need to show you that this has been a failed promise. That's how badly this promise failed.

4. Gitmo will be closed as early as the first week of his Presidency.

CNN reported that the President planned to closed the much lamented (on the left) Guantanamo Bay prison. Guess what? Guantanamo is still open to this day because the President had no, snicker, exit strategy, i.e. he had no idea where to send the terrorists after the base was closed. Fail.

5. Lower racial tension in the United States.

The President assured voters that he would work very hard to bring people of different backgrounds together. While this is a noble cause, the President utterly failed when he stuck his nose into the arrest of Professor Henry Gates, saying that the officers acted "stupidly." This led to a crap-storm in the media, and the President later gave a pseudo-apology.

Ah, I'm getting bored with all of these broken promises, so maybe I'll continue this some other time.

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Newt Gingrich has not only endorsed "Dede" Scozzafava...

When the former Speaker of the House endorsed "Dede" Scozzafava's campaign in New York's special congressional election in New York's 23rd congressional district, he did not only endorse the positions of Scozzafava, who is as radical as them come in Republican clothing, he has endorsed everything Scozzafava has surrounded herself with, whether or not he meant to.

When Newt Gingrich endorsed Scozzafava, he endorsed some of the most radical positions one candidate could take in the United States of America, while I do not question Newt's Conservatism, I do question his wisdom and poor choice in judgement, as Mr.Gingrich is not standing for the Republican party, he is standing for Newt Gingrich.

Mr.Gingrich has now endorsed a candidate who is against the secret ballot in unionization elections, and supports increased unionization in the American business place.

Mr.Gingrich has now endorsed a candidate who is radical enough on abortion to receive a planned parenthood award, which she received with glee and joy.

Mr.Gingrich has now endorsed a candidate who has the support of the New York State United Teachers, an organization which opposes the supposed "education reforms" that Mr.Gingrich so believes in.

Mr.Gingrich has now endorsed a candidate who has been endorsed by the radical leftist Daily Kos political blog, a blog which is endorsing Scozzafava because she is the most liberal candidate.

Mr.Gingrich has now endorsed a candidate who has been endorsed by the ACORN associated "Working Families Party" several times, not to mention the "WISH list" has also endorsed Scozzafava, an organization devoted to electing "anti-life" Republican women to Congress.

Mr.Gingrich has now endorsed a candidate who supports the Obama stimulus package, something all 178 Republicans in the House of Representatives opposed.

Mr.Gingrich has now endorsed a candidate who is to the left of Congressman Castle of Delaware, Congressman Cao of Louisiana, and the former Connecticut Congressman Rob Simmons, all of which are amongst the most leftist Republicans elected to Congress.

Mr.Gingrich, you really expect our support when you attempt to gain the Republican nomination in 2012? When you will not even lend Conservatism and the Conservatives who espouse those views now? Doug Hoffman is the real Conservative Republican in this election, it is about hightime you realize that.

-- Tim K

Need more proof Hollywood is the scum of the earth?

Hollywood, the land of endless examples of what happens when you cast your lot with a bunch of deranged liberal lunatics, essentially you turn into an immoral piece of trash who supports a child rapist like Roman Polanski. Hollywood is a place where dreams are made true, literally. The trash Hollywood produces is becoming so bad, that more Americans are staying home and catching a good nights worth of sleep.

Hollywood and politics is another reason why to avoid a career in this vile town, as if you believe in freedom, life, the second amendment, capitalism, conservatism, or even that taxes should be low on the American populace, you should be prepared to have your career cut short, regardless of how talented an actor or actress you have become. Not to mention Hollywood is not like the rest of the Nation in terms of ideology, 40% of all actors and actresses are not Conservatives, you would be lucky to find just 10%.

Oh, and if you hate dictators and dictatorships, Hollywood is not the place for you. Hollywood celebrities are often visiting their dictator friends in Cuba and other South American hell holes, and if you oppose their environmentalist wacko views, you are a fascist, even though they are the ones rubbing elbows with the fascists.

Enough. Why the hell am I writing this article? We already know Hollywood is literally the scum of the earth, except for Spider man movies. The reason, is because of the news that has come out of Hollywood today, see Sean Penn's good pal, Hugo Chavez, is going to allow his American traitor/friend make a film in the authoritarian land.

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/lt_venezuela_people_sean_penn/2009/10/28/278546.html

President Hugo Chavez said he met privately with actor Sean Penn on Wednesday, and that the Oscar-winning celebrity may film a movie in Venezuela.

Penn may shoot a film based on a novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, which is set largely in the jungle along Venezuela's southern Orinoco river, Chavez said. He appeared to be referring to Carpentier's 1953 novel, "The Lost Steps," about an American anthropologist and composer's journey into the jungle region

If an American actor had done this during World War II, they would have been branded a traitor, yet today, they are praised for meeting with dictators who steal peoples lives, monies, and freedoms.

-- Tim K.

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Congressman Grayson Briefly Spent Time in Mental Hospital in 1980s

Former Keller Aide Explains Grayson's 2008 Win
Charles Nelson

Alan Grayson has swiftly become one of the most noticeable members of the 111th Congress. The Florida Democrat narrowly beat his Republican challenger, Ric Keller in the 2008 race for the Congressional seat. Grayson was notable in that he funded his own campaign with personal funds.

Congressman Grayson has described himself as a "proud progressive" and has been listed on MoveOn.org's list of the most influential members of the Democratic Party. Grayson first made waves in September by stating that the Republican response to the pending health care legislation was for people to "die quickly."

Grayson also called Fox News an enemy of the United States and called Linda Robertson, an aide to Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke and former Enron lobbyist a "K-Street whore." Grayson has not retracted the statements and is coming under intense scrutiny from conservative media sources.

With Grayson's erratic behavior has also been seen as a growing embarrassment to the Democratic establishment. New York Congressman Anthony Weiner was quoted by Politico as saying that his colleague was "one fry short of a happy meal." Other Democrats, including New Jersey Rep Bill Pascrell have criticized Grayson's outlandish behavior.

After Grayson's latest outburst became public, former Keller aide Johann Kipling told the Saint Petersburg Times that the 2008 Keller campaign had unearthed curious inconsistencies in Grayson's professional career.

Kipling's statements were chronicled in an interview set to be released on November 5. Kipling stated that while Grayson touted that he was a respected economist he had actually failed an economics course in his sophomore year. In addition, some of Grayson's senior papers were accused of widespread plagiarism.

In addition, Kipling stated that Grayson's campaign had a glaring omission. During 1988, when Grayson had just turned thirty and while working for the Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson law firm, he spent four days in the Psychiatric Institute of Washington. What the cause of this stay was is yet unclear, although testimony from co-workers suggests that Grayson was extremely combative with fellow employees, including slapping a female intern in the face. Grayson was released after PIW doctors declared him "not to be a threat to the public."

Asked why the Keller campaign did not release this information, Kipling stated that it was the decision of Keller himself. Keller was a four-term Congressman before the insurgent Grayson captured 52% of the vote in 2008.