As the author of the article, I wrote it. Sometimes the truth is rude, crude, and uncouth, but the truth is always appropriate.

The definition of snake oil salesman:

A product that has been proven to not live up to the vendor's marketing hype. The term comes from the 1800s in which elixirs and potions of all kinds, even ones that supposedly included the oils from snakes, were sold as a cure for everything that ailed a person.

Obama is a snake oil salesman when he:

- Tells us he cut taxes last year when he didn't. And if you add the hidden inflation tax caused by the Fed printing money... well he's completely wrong when he says it.

- Goes on for more than 15 minutes denouncing the "previous 8 years" then attempts to get us to believe he's for being above the name calling.

- Tells us that the Supreme Court decision will cause foreign companies to fund U.S. elections when the law specifically prohibits that.

- Saying that his administration excludes lobbyists when it simply does not do so.

- Misleading the American people about how many jobs his "stimulus" plan "created or saved"

I could go on, but you get the point. For more read any number of the State of the Union fact check articles that came out after the address. Here's one from ABC news:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/State_of_the_Union...

So since I've just proven that he is, in fact, a snake oil salesman, you calling my comment inappropriate reveals that you are a snake oil salesman too.

Thanks, I appreciate your comment!

-Marc

Blonduxo,

It's not at all outrageous to suggest there was some "organizing" going on with the text phone polls. I myself was part of that organization. Immediately after the debate all the Ron Paul sites and forums posted the text number for others to text in to vote for their man and many of us texted from our spouse's cell phones too. The blogs, the chat rooms, the forums all posted the number.

So it wasn't "cheating" but it most certainly was "organizing" in that way.

Enjoy,
Marc

Eric,

Nearly every time you write you prove you have no clue what you are talking about.

Point 1: Here's one of several articles I wrote being critical of Obama. This one is from March of 2009:

http://libertymaven.com/2009/03/06/obama-trades-i...

Point 2: Your second idiotic point above about Becky merely reinforces what everyone already knows about you. I don't even need to respond to it because I think it speaks for itself in so many ways about your character (or should I say lack thereof?).

-Marc

tedbohne,

After I wake up, what do I do then? Get "active" by posting comments on message boards telling people to wake up without giving them any useful information about what to do once they open their eyes?

I'd rather do my very best to promote and encourage anyone within earshot (eyeshot?) to work within the system we have to work toward change. My reasoning is not that I believe I'll see major change within my lifetime, but I see it as the least worst option amongst a list of horrible ones.

Thanks for the comments,
Marc

Moronic? It seems more moronic to suggest that the abuse of an existing system should be blamed on the system itself as you are doing. Capitalism doesn't *cause* corporatism. Corporatism may be an abuse of capitalism but that doesn't make capitalism a bad system.

Your logic is failing. An equivalent argument would be to say that "People don't kill people, guns kill people", which is as absurd as saying corporatism would never have been introduced without capitalism.

If our government/lawmakers were to concentrate on investigating fraud and defending contracts instead of bailing out, subsidizing, and worrying about maintaining their power, capitalism would work just fine.

No, it would not be perfect, but it's certainly better than what we have now and what is likely to only get worse in the future.

Term limits would help and making our lawmakers accountable for each and every vote would help as well. Unfortunately, it looks like it's going to get much worse, before it has a chance of getting better.

Thanks for the comment,
Marc

Mike is correct... it was a bit of a "rhetorical flourish" as Tom Woods has been known to say.

Lincoln started the "Cult of the Presidency" where we worship the Executive as Catholics worship the Pope. That is a very dangerous road and we've been on it since Lincoln with a few breaks in between (Harding, Coolidge, etc..).

So no, it's not ALL his fault, but it can be said that he started it.

Enjoy,
Marc

Is it just me or has the NRA done better with this kind of stuff in recent years? I guess it's just me...

The Constitution series is online only. Videos/segments are being released all this week. You can watch all of the released videos on one page here:
http://freedomwatchonfox.com/the-constitution-and...

Enjoy.

Sorry about the confusion. It is my fault. I mistakenly put in 2009 in the titles for the posts for 2010. I've fixed them now so confusion no more! I hope.

Enjoy,
Marc

I noticed that and contacted the show's producer. They are working on fixing it. I'll update it with the working one once they have it up.