New Politics Aint' New

O'Bama Saddled Just like Clinton Was

Ever hear someone say, "it's all in how you see it?" or "perception is reality." This mantra of the information age really gets under my skin, and after you read this, I hope that it will get under yours. Reality isn't a perception, reality is. How you perceive it, doesn't make it, it merely is your observation of it, and that distinction is the difference between a truth and a lie. My fear is that this hellish lie will continue to gain momentum until we have all bought into such at our own peril. There comes a time when those who know the facts about reality have to say, "enough is enough." So when people talk about the way that President O'Bama is doing, doesn't it seem a tad trite to you? Especially when they compare him to Bill Clinton's Presidency, which is outrageously mythic and hardly even comparable on any scale, yet it is done in the name of perception.

When somebody tells you that it doesn't matter what you do, what matters is how it is perceived, they have said that being a thief, for example, is O.K. so long as it is perceived that you are "Robin Hood." The trouble with that is, Robin Hood took from the rich what they didn't need to give to the poor what they desperately needed, such is hardly thievery. Remember also that Robin Hood was clearly about tricking the recipients of his actions with mercy. So no matter how you cut it up, being a thief is about hurting somebody. Hurting somebody, no matter how you cut it up, is hurting them, it doesn't matter what the perception of that hurt is, what matters is the hurt. As we all know, Robin Hood, by the way, didn't hurt anybody, did he? Get it? Folks are saying that the economic stimulus package is going to hurt us, and yet, they aren't comparing it to the Clinton stimulus package that catapulted our economy off dead center and spiked it up again, it may just be precisely what is needed, one thing is for sure, President O'Bama hasn't hesitated to put a superbly crafted guidance counsel together to handle it.