Mainecoons
06-16-2014, 06:16 PM
http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/this-pretty-much-sums-it-up-14585/
http://content.gallup.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/vt4ptbywe0ctlgf10m5ttq.png
Now, this is nothing new. Presidential approval ratings go up and down, and Mr. Obama has had a long-term slide thanks to… oh, I don’t know… a total avalanche of foul-ups ranging from the Obamacare fiasco to the IRS targeting his enemies to the VA scandal to the intelligence community’s surveillance of the press, et cetera ad infinitum.But here’s the interesting thing– this poll about the President’s approval rating. It’s about his image– who he is as a person. Do Americans think he’s a trustworthy person with strong character? Nope. Not even close.
In fact, a majority of Americans personally view Mr. Obama unfavorably. Less than half think that he is honest.
Everywhere you look there are signs that the game is resetting. In Europe, the establishment parties have been voted out and politicians are in a panic. In many other parts of the world, all-out revolution is ensuing.
Around the globe, people’s apathy is turning into disgust… and that disgust into action.
Initially it unfolds in the voting booth, or even in the streets. Eventually, though, people will realize that putting different politicians in power only changes the players, it doesn’t change the game.
Long ago our ancestors learned the same lesson. After centuries of living under the feudal system, they discovered that it didn’t matter which monarch was in power. It was the system itself that needed to be reset.
Today, the world finally seems to be learning that it’s not about a single individual in power… but the entire institution itself that is rotten.
By virtue of its size and (at least for now) dominance, the US is the last to this party. But based on the data, it seems to me that we are in the early stages of this transition… a total reset in the way that society organizes and governs itself.
My Comment: Exactly. Obama is a symptom of the broken Federal Government. The Congress is equally broken. The bureaucracy is hopelessly entrenched, corrupt and incompetent. There needs to be wholesale cutting of the Federal government and sacking of much of the senior management of the bureaucracy. Frankly, the government needs a makeover specialist, someone who comes in, looks at everything and everyone, and starts hacking.
http://content.gallup.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/vt4ptbywe0ctlgf10m5ttq.png
Now, this is nothing new. Presidential approval ratings go up and down, and Mr. Obama has had a long-term slide thanks to… oh, I don’t know… a total avalanche of foul-ups ranging from the Obamacare fiasco to the IRS targeting his enemies to the VA scandal to the intelligence community’s surveillance of the press, et cetera ad infinitum.But here’s the interesting thing– this poll about the President’s approval rating. It’s about his image– who he is as a person. Do Americans think he’s a trustworthy person with strong character? Nope. Not even close.
In fact, a majority of Americans personally view Mr. Obama unfavorably. Less than half think that he is honest.
Everywhere you look there are signs that the game is resetting. In Europe, the establishment parties have been voted out and politicians are in a panic. In many other parts of the world, all-out revolution is ensuing.
Around the globe, people’s apathy is turning into disgust… and that disgust into action.
Initially it unfolds in the voting booth, or even in the streets. Eventually, though, people will realize that putting different politicians in power only changes the players, it doesn’t change the game.
Long ago our ancestors learned the same lesson. After centuries of living under the feudal system, they discovered that it didn’t matter which monarch was in power. It was the system itself that needed to be reset.
Today, the world finally seems to be learning that it’s not about a single individual in power… but the entire institution itself that is rotten.
By virtue of its size and (at least for now) dominance, the US is the last to this party. But based on the data, it seems to me that we are in the early stages of this transition… a total reset in the way that society organizes and governs itself.
My Comment: Exactly. Obama is a symptom of the broken Federal Government. The Congress is equally broken. The bureaucracy is hopelessly entrenched, corrupt and incompetent. There needs to be wholesale cutting of the Federal government and sacking of much of the senior management of the bureaucracy. Frankly, the government needs a makeover specialist, someone who comes in, looks at everything and everyone, and starts hacking.