{"id":1598,"date":"2012-11-12T13:57:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T02:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2020-10-21T11:46:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T00:46:03","slug":"the-man-behind-the-mask-who-is-barack-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/?p=1598","title":{"rendered":"The Man Behind the Mask.  Who is Barack Obama?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/?attachment_id=1600\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1600\" title=\"Barack Obama - Man Behind the Mask - Banner\" src=\"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Barack-Obama-Man-Behind-the-Mask-Banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Barack-Obama-Man-Behind-the-Mask-Banner.jpg 640w, https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Barack-Obama-Man-Behind-the-Mask-Banner-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A week on from the much anticipated and hyped U.S. election result, I have noticed a pretty unanimous, recurring theme from friends and colleagues: relief.&nbsp; Relief that it&#8217;s over, but also great relief that Barack Obama won.&nbsp; Barack Obama is a charismatic and popular winner, but do you really know what he stands for?&nbsp; Who is Man Behind the Mask?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The man behind \u201cBarry\u201d Obama (his childhood name) is largely revealed by his own writings in his autobiography: \u201c<a title=\"Dreams from My Father\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dreams_from_My_Father\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dreams from My Father:<\/a> A Story of Race and Inheritance&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He is a very popular figure around the world: not only did he win a second term in the White House, but, more importantly, my own Facebook feed of friends (inc. Arab ones) went crazy with rejoicing on hearing this.<\/p>\n<p>The perhaps slightly, Inconvenient Truth that Obama, from <a title=\"First inauguration of Barack Obama\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2009<\/a>, and Democrat held Congress from <a title=\"Congress 2007: Democrats In Charge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/2100-502483_162-3629842.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2007<\/a>, have a woeful, economic record that is oft over-looked:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"U3 Unemployment Rate\" href=\"http:\/\/portalseven.com\/employment\/unemployment_rate.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official unemployment<\/a> still at GFC 7.8%, but <a title=\"Making 9 Million Jobless &quot;Vanish&quot;: How The Government Manipulates Unemployment Statistics\" href=\"http:\/\/danielamerman.com\/articles\/2012\/WorkC.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">real<\/a> (includes involuntary part-time and long-term unemployed) up at 19.9%<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"US debt ceiling\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:US_Public_Debt_Ceiling_1981-2010.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debt ceiling<\/a> from $6 trillion to $16 trillion<\/li>\n<li>3 massive <a title=\"3 Quantitative Easings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2012-09-13\/fed-plans-to-buy-40-billion-in-mortgage-securities-each-month.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quantitative Easings<\/a><\/li>\n<li>annual <a title=\"US annual Deficit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.davemanuel.com\/history-of-deficits-and-surpluses-in-the-united-states.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deficit<\/a> from $160 bil to $1 trill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The most positive spin you could put on Obama&#8217;s personal economic record is that it is en par with that of the one he inherited from George W. Bush.&nbsp; The <a title=\"President Obama: The Biggest Government Spender In World History\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/peterferrara\/2012\/06\/14\/president-obama-the-biggest-government-spender-in-world-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Democrat<\/a> lead Congress from 2007 started the deficits trend and thus their policies could be excluded from President Obama&#8217;s record.&nbsp; In addition, the significant <a title=\"How Do Obama and Bush Compare on Their Economic Policies\" href=\"http:\/\/useconomy.about.com\/od\/candidatesandtheeconomy\/a\/Obama-Bush-Economy.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">costs<\/a> associated with the GFC stimulus package and the War on Terror complicate the analysis.&nbsp; However, 4 years of presidency and <a title=\"Obama\u2019s Deficit Dodge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2012\/09\/obamas-deficit-dodge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no improvement<\/a> is hardly a good news story?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Barack Obama watching Homeland (allegedly)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/?attachment_id=1599\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1599\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1599\" title=\"Barack Obama Homeland\" src=\"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Barack_Obama__Homeland_and_all_the_presidents__programmes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Barack_Obama__Homeland_and_all_the_presidents__programmes.jpg 580w, https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Barack_Obama__Homeland_and_all_the_presidents__programmes-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His <a title=\"Obama's favourite TV show\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/blog\/inside-politics\/2012\/jul\/23\/homeland-obamas-favorite-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">favourite<\/a> TV show is <a title=\"Homeland\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1796960\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Homeland<\/a>, and for a very good reason, it is good.&nbsp; I watched 4 episodes myself last night.&nbsp; It is also very <a title=\"Homeland Muslin Jihadist cause\" href=\"http:\/\/www.debbieschlussel.com\/54878\/homeland-a-show-for-liberals-who-root-for-islamic-terrorists-blame-america-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sympathetic<\/a> to the Muslin Jihadist cause as it is anti American ignorance; the \u201cignorance\u201d being U.S. foreign policy.&nbsp; <a title=\"The War on Terror\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/issue\/245\/war-on-terror\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The War on Terror<\/a> is the central theme of both series 1 + 2.&nbsp; The collateral damage from a drone killing (innocent kids being killed) is the primary premise that justifies the actions of a U.S. marine turning on his own country, joining the <a title=\"Definition of JIHAD\" href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/jihad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jihad<\/a>, and trying to blow up his own Vice President.&nbsp; What\u2019s this got to do with the price of bread?&nbsp; Well, Obama\u2019s favourite TV show is actually insightful and corroborates what he wrote in his autobiography.&nbsp; He doesn\u2019t really like America; definitely not the <a title=\"American Dream\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_American_Dream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Dream<\/a> of the past 250 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a title=\"James Truslow Adams\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Truslow_Adams\">James Truslow Adams<\/a> in 1931 stated this Dream as: &#8220;life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement&#8221; regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.&nbsp; This Dream is individualistic, opportunistic and meritocratic.&nbsp; If forces of oppression cross paths with this philosophy then the Dream is voraciously defended.&nbsp; When <em><\/em>the U.S. invaded <a title=\"Why Did the United States Invade Afghanistan?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fff.org\/comment\/com1110l.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Afghanistan<\/a> to ostensibly oust the repressive Taliban regime, they cited its abuses against women as one of the reasons for the invasion.&nbsp; The U.S. defended the individual rights and freedoms of Afghans.&nbsp; However, this can be construed as interventionism and, as the U.S. is a Western power, colonialism.&nbsp; To Obama, this type of &#8220;interference&#8221; into foreign affairs classifies the U.S. as the last vestige of modern neocolonialism.&nbsp; Barack Obama\u2019s dream is his \u201cDream from My Father\u201d (Dreams from Barack Obama Sr.).&nbsp; He makes this very clear in his autobiography.&nbsp; This dream is to stop America from being the sole-remaining, interfering, global Superpower and instead empower the Developing World.&nbsp; Leveling the playing field is a good socialist dream, that, in a perfect, incorruptible, utopic world could easily and successfully be achieved.&nbsp; However, If you believe that governments run the lives of people <a title=\"ith Everette Hatcher \u201cFriedman Friday\u201d Quotes from Milton Friedman\" href=\"http:\/\/thedailyhatch.org\/2012\/09\/28\/friedman-friday-quotes-from-milton-friedman-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">better<\/a> than people run their own lives, then Obama\u2019s Dream and vision for the American future may also be yours?&nbsp; Do remember, though, that there is a price, and in Obama&#8217;s eyes a <a title=\"Obama, D\u2019Souza and Anti-Colonialism\" href=\"http:\/\/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/27\/obama-dsouza-and-anti-colonialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">colonial debt<\/a>, to be paid to achieve this aim.&nbsp; There will be a phenomenal redistribution of wealth from the Developed to the Developing World to balance the books.<\/p>\n<p>For a more detailed, and definitely perceptive, explanation of the Man Behind the Mask, Barack Obama, check out this Forbes, lead article by the novel writer and film director, <a title=\"Dinesh D\u2019Souza\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dineshdsouza.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dinesh D\u2019Souza<\/a>, from India.&nbsp; Discover the man behind the large persona who \u201crules\u201d the world:<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a title=\"How Obama Thinks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes\/2010\/0927\/politics-socialism-capitalism-private-enterprises-obama-business-problem_print.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Obama Thinks<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<address>Article By Dinesh D\u2019Souza<\/address>\n<div id=\"attachment_1607\" style=\"width: 623px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"How Obama Thinks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes\/2010\/0927\/politics-socialism-capitalism-private-enterprises-obama-business-problem_print.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1607\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1607\" title=\"How Obama Thinks\" src=\"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/How-Obama-Thinks1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"613\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/How-Obama-Thinks1.jpg 613w, https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/How-Obama-Thinks1-300x112.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a title=\"How Obama Thinks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes\/2010\/0927\/politics-socialism-capitalism-private-enterprises-obama-business-problem_print.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click this link<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<address>&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address>&nbsp;<\/address>\n<h2>Appendix<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to the above article, &#8220;How Obama Thinks&#8221;, which I believe sums up D&#8217;Souza&#8217;s position on Obama well, you can view his recent documentary movie which expands his ideas further.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;2016: Obama&#8217;s America&#8221; Trailer<\/h3>\n<address>Movie By Dinesh D\u2019Souza (released Aug, 2012)<\/address>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gRbqMGtvQD0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week on from the much anticipated and hyped U.S. election result, I have noticed a pretty unanimous, recurring theme from friends and colleagues: relief.&nbsp; Relief that it&#8217;s over, but also great relief that Barack Obama won.&nbsp; Barack Obama is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/?p=1598\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[245,208,242,247,241,244,250,246,249,248,243],"class_list":["post-1598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political-theory","tag-anti-america","tag-barack-obama","tag-biography","tag-dinesh-dsouza","tag-dreams-from-my-father","tag-homeland","tag-how-obama-thinks","tag-islam","tag-neocolonialism","tag-socialism","tag-u-s-election-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1598"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatereview.net\/ChewTheFat\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}