Obama to the nation: Onward civilian soldiers

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Obama to the nation: Onward civilian soldiers

Obama, an unfettered executive wielding a swollen state, began and ended his address by celebrating the armed forces. They are not ?consumed with personal ambition,? they ?work together? and ?focus on the mission at hand? and do not ?obsess over their differences.? Americans should emulate troops ?marching into battle,? who ?rise or fall as one unit.?

Well. The armed services? ethos, although noble, is not a template for civilian society, unless the aspiration is to extinguish politics. People marching in serried ranks, fused into a solid mass by the heat of martial ardor, proceeding in lock step, shoulder to shoulder, obedient to orders from a commanding officer ? this is a recurring dream of progressives eager to dispense with tiresome persuasion and untidy dissension in a free, tumultuous society.

Progressive presidents use martial language as a way of encouraging Americans to confuse civilian politics with military exertions, thereby circumventing an impediment to progressive aspirations ? the Constitution and the patience it demands. As a young professor, Woodrow Wilson had lamented that America?s political parties ?are like armies without officers.? The most theoretically inclined of progressive politicians, Wilson was the first president to criticize America?s founding. This he did thoroughly, rejecting the Madisonian system of checks and balances ? the separation of powers, a crucial component of limited government ? because it makes a government that cannot be wielded efficiently by a strong executive.

Read more here:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obama-follows-the-progressive-presidents-model-of-martial-language/2012/01/27/gIQAcobPWQ_story.html

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I didn't think of this when Obama was giving his little speech.  But it makes a hell of a lot of sense.

Wilson, Obama, sucks to be you!  That Constitution you hate is a bitch isn't it?   

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I didn't think of this when Obama was giving his little speech.  But it makes a hell of a lot of sense.

Wilson, Obama, sucks to be you!  That Constitution you hate is a bitch isn't it?   

I didn't either, but I agree, when I read the article it made a lot of sense.

Just look at the language that our Progressive presidents such as Wilson and FDR used to use.  They used the EXACT same kind of language to garner MORE Executive power and control over the American people, the Constitution be damned! 

Obama really is dangerous for this country with ideas such as this.  Look at what the legacy of Wilson and FDR have done to this country!  Look at the problems that we face.