Comrade Obama

I've been pretty hard on Obama. Who knew I'd become a Hillary fan over the course of a couple of months? I've gone from thinking "Obama? Well, he's very inexperienced- not much of a real American because he was raised in foreign countries and went to prep schools- but hey- we can finally prove color is of no concern if someone is qualified" to "holy crap, this guy is a communist!" Oh, stop rolling your eyes. He has pictures of Che Guevara in his Houston campaign office- that is something we know as fact. It was addressed on the Houston news. Okay- cut him slack on that- maybe he didn't know? But now, we hear him tell a class of (wesleyan is evidently a liberal college) graduating seniors that they must forego the big house and the salary (that they could use to donate to charity and still have some left over for a nice life), and dedicate themselves to service. Hey- just like Obama! He made over a million a year- that's some life of service! Wish I had it- I should sign UP! The thing about "dedicating your life to service" is that it means you are stuck at a crappy non profit that pays about 20K a year, which makes you angry because out there is "THE MAN" and "BIG BUSINESS", and those two things then become your enemy. Ironically, THE MAN and BIG BUSINESS make our country run. THE MAN (who is always defined as WHITE) works 60 hours a week or more and worries about his company because people who are not as motivated or smart (maybe) as THE MAN receive a PAYCHECK from THE MAN. THE MAN lies awake some nights hoping he doesn't have to fire any of his workers, and that government regulations won't cripple his company, because THE MAN knows people depend on him. THE MAN donates money to charity, goes to worship, and tries to relax when he has spare time by playing sports or cards, or whatever. He can never go home and just FORGET that he is THE MAN. But the angry liberal grads who believe he should work for free always forget what makes the economy run is JOBS. And jobs come from THE MAN and BIG BUSINESS. I've worked with several real non-profits. When we needed money (constantly), we called the richest people we knew and, uniformly, they gave us money. MONEY they earned- not money they sat in a little cubible with others complainers wishing they could magically get. Obama, notoriously CHEAP with his own donations until he saw he might run, gave his cash to his racist church. A church that can afford to give millions in housing and support to its retired minister. That's a donation, but it's NO non-profit. I give about 10% of my pretax dollars to non-pofits. Not because I tithe, but because it makes me feel better. Many seniors at Wesleyan probably come from privilege. They may feel guilty, but they shouldn't. It would benefit society the MOST if these well educated young people went out and got real jobs, learned a profession, then hired OTHER people to work for them. But instead, the ones who listen to Obama, will join the miserable world of chronic complainers who hate the rich and hate business and hate success. What a shame. They could do so much more for the world by leading it rather than bitching about it. Look- if you really want to dig latrines with a bunch of high schoolers trying to get into college, go right ahead. But if you start a succesful company, you can make enough money to put infrastructure into those very places. Which is better?