“He stands there at the front of the mob, in his shirt sleeves, swinging that government hammer, exhorting the crowd to use its votes and take what it wants.”

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July 18, 2012 10:19 am Robert Zimmerman

“He stands there at the front of the mob, in his shirt sleeves, swinging that government hammer, exhorting the crowd to use its votes and take what it wants.”

9 comments

wodun
July 18, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Its behind the paywall :(
Robert Zimmerman
July 18, 2012 at 4:13 pm
What is behind a paywall? The link certainly is not, as I can reach it and have paid them nothing.
JGL
July 18, 2012 at 7:15 pm
The article, I assume it references the vial socialist doctrine that the president spewed a few days ago, seems to be stuck behind a

subscription wall, when you click it it goes to other stories.

Keep in mind, this is a Chicago paper.
Robert Zimmerman
July 18, 2012 at 9:28 pm
How strange. I have not subscribed to the Chicago Tribune and can click on it and see the article with ease.

Try this link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-met-kass-0718-20120718,0,2313230.column

I accessed it from Real Clear Politics
JGL
July 19, 2012 at 9:09 am
Nope.

From my computer when I click on your new link it goes again to a ” become a digtital member” panel, you can see the article,

“who else Mr. president” under the panel but I click on the X “close” button on the top right corner (I don’t enter my email or other info on

things like that) and the panel disappears but a different story panel comes up. When I click on the Real Clear link I can access a story

titled “Obama thinks success comes from government” I will assume that is the article you intend to display.

Which article did you want to display?

It would be an interesting experiment to see if you try from another computer outside of your network whether you can access it, if not then

we can get parrinoid and assume that your computer is tagged by the Chicago paper because you are seen as “not on board” with the

program.

Or it could just be an some kind of anomaly.
Robert Zimmerman
July 19, 2012 at 10:07 am
Here’s a suggestion: block cookies for this website. That is what I have done. It might then allow you in. The article in question is not “Obama thinks sucess comes from government.” It is titled “Who else, Mr. President?”
JGL
July 19, 2012 at 10:26 am
Intrigue aside, let me comment on what the president said.

My observation about him from the beginning was his techniuqe. In his speech, much like B. Clinton, he states the obvious, says nothing,

does not share his philosophy at all, and through the power of his personality the “people” think they agree with him. Its a bait and switch

technique. He is very good at it, you must give the devil his due, he turns around the whole intent and purpose of being American. The

American people have long ago forgotten what reality is, we live many levels removed from it, so when he states ” you didn’t do that”, he

implys that the people live within the envelope that the government provides, and the people see this as being true enough.

I ask this question though: What came first, human beings or government?

If you believe that we live within the envelope that the government provides then you belive that government existed first.

While government does exist and it provides certain structures which people / busineses use to impliment their plans and ambitions

government is a manifestation of the human mind and our brand of that manifestation in America is based on concepts contained in the

Constitution and the Constitution recognizes the individual as being primary not government.

This seemingly simplistic argument may seem too simplistic but it is exactly where the argument must be defended from, the president uses a

line of logic that must be rejected, it is all socialist and communist all the time, he is a pide piper and does not have an American sensability

nor does he have an entrepanureal sensability, IMO he must be rejected with extreme prejudice this November.

If not then that is the end of the concept of American exceptionalism, this goal must be attained if we are to be “the same as”.

I do not want to be the same as.
wodun
July 19, 2012 at 1:29 pm
Wont let me get to it from my tablet but I went back later on my pc with no problems.
Robert Zimmerman
July 22, 2012 at 1:05 pm
Here’s different link to the article:

http://triblive.com/opinion/2235120-74/government-business-didn-else-obama-somebody-dad-george-john-kass

“He stands there at the front of the mob, in his shirt sleeves, swinging that government hammer, exhorting the crowd to use its votes and take what it wants.”

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