The President of the United States is slated to address the nation tomorrow evening. His specific aim is to talk about the oil leak crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. Do we really need for him to speak again? Has he not had enough tonal discharges on television already? I, for one, will not be sitting in front of the boob tube to listen to his shameless rhetoric.
First let's look at some of his past. Last year, after a police officer arrested a man breaking into his own home, the President admitted to not having all the facts. He then, in the same breath, said the police had acted "stupidly" (McPhee and Just, 2009). The President admits to not knowing all the facts, yet, states his opinion on the matter anyway.
Second, during his campaign, the President said he would sit down with dictators like the idiot in charge of Iran and negotiate with them without preconditions. Yet, the other day on his favorite television station, he said he would not sit down with the CEO of BP. Excuse me? He would sit down with someone who fails to recognize the Holocaust and wants to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, but, he won't sit down with someone who is trying to abate a leak that the CEO did not personally create? He said the CEO would only tell the President things the President would want to hear. The maniacal leader won't do the same?
Third, the President in the same interview said he wants action and to know the names of the people whose "asses" he would kick. This may be rhetoric some might want to hear, but not me. This is dangerous talk coming from the Executive branch of our Government. Our President can feel free to hold people accountable for their actions or inactions; he does not have the right kick their butts. He might have been using a metaphor - if he did, then it was not wisely chosen. Our Government should not be threatening its citizens - or the citizens of another country - with physical violence.
Fourth, the President said this crisis will go down as a defining moment in our history as 9/11 did. He said "In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11, I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come." This is dangerous talk. The Bush Administration eroded rights guaranteed under the Constitution with the passage of the Patriot Act. Are we to expect the same from the Obama Administration? His kick butt comment gives the answer. Don't forget about his White House Chief of Staff's position: "Don't let a good crisis go to waste."
Fifth, the Obama Administration is trying to tell a company (BP) what to do with its own money. Specifically, they do not want the company to pay out dividends already declared. Of course, the fear is that the company then won't have the money to pay for the clean-up if they pay the dividends. This company is not a U.S. company. Yet the Obama crowd thinks they have some right to tell them what to do within the workings of the company. This is dangerous. How far will this administration go with telling companies, or you or me for that matter, what to do with their money?
Lastly, he opened his mouth about the Arizona immigration law saying what could be the result of that law without even reading the law. He spread misnomers through his own innocent ignorance. Another fine example of misplaced rhetoric.
This President has shown a lack of leadership abilities while he's been in office. Of course, what do you expect when you look at his past? He was a community organizer, while that might have some aspect of leadership, a community organizer is not a leader. (Reading up on community organizer does not paint a very nice picture of the term coined by Saul Alinsky.) Other than that, he served in the Illinois state senate and only three years as a member of the Congress before the country elected him to lead this nation. He's good at campaigning. He's good at reading a prompter. Do these necessarily mean he's a good leader? His actions speak for themselves.
Mr. President, I have no desire to listen to your speech tomorrow.
Mike
McPhee, M and Sara Just. (2009). Obama: Police acted 'stupidly' in Gates case. Retrieved 14 Jun 2010 from http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=8148986&page=1
Collinson, S. (2010). Obama hopes for deal soon with BP on disaster claims. Retrieved 14 Jun 2010 from http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100614/wl_afp/usoilpollutionenvironment
Wikipedia. (n.d.). Barrack Obama. Retrieved 14 Jun 2010 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
Wikipedia. (n.d.). Community organizing. Retrieved 14 Jun 2010 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_organizing
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