Posted by
Tony Hubble on Wednesday, March 04, 2009 12:00:00 AM
It is a classic strategic ploy. Find a black hat. A villain if you will.
I actually wrote about this same strategy when it was being employed in Puerto Rico. This strategy led to the closure of Naval Station Roosevelt Roads and the loss of $300,000,000 to the local economy. And for what? Not even the Puerto Ricans living on the island of Vieques can figure out how they were duped. I was given a half page editorial in the San Juan Star a few years back for my letter to the editor regarding this hoodwink.
Here’s how it works. In order to avoid close scrutiny or to ensure the “masses” become a mob you can direct and manipulate, you have to identify a villain. Then you have to put the big black hat on him and point him out.
In Puerto Rico, the big bad villain was the US Navy for having the audacity to train the Armed Forces with live fire exercises on the small island of Vieques. These exercises had been conducted for over 40 years and in those 40 years the only civilian casualty was a DOD security guard who decided to step outside a fortified observation tower to have a smoke. He became the symbol for the poor downtrodden residents of the island whose economic and health situation was supposedly affected negatively by this big bad villain with the big ten gallon black hat; the US Navy. There is more to say about this situation, but the germane point is the strategy employed to get the Navy to shut down its operations which led to the base closure.
For the past 8 years it has been somewhat easy for the Dems. Bush was the bearer of the black hat. However that currency wont buy anything anymore. For one thing, the Dems have had both houses of congress since 2006 and now have the presidency. Since Obama won the election the Dow has taken a plunge. Investor confidence being what it is, this downward spiral began last year when the president was elected. It dives even deeper every time the president speaks or does anything related to the economy.
Not that he cares. To him, the stock market indicators are like opinion polls. Wanna know why that’s about the dumbest thing he’s said? Because money talks and bull***t walks. Easy to express an opinion, but buying stocks requires someone to part with their hard earned dollar. Even an economic novice such as myself can figure that out.
So in the midst of this economic crisis what does the administration and the Dems decide to waste time on? Finding a black hat. Who would that be? Rush Limbaugh boys and girls. A private citizen. A radio talk show host. A non-elected official. Guess what else? A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN. A SELF MADE MAN. And an unabashed patriot whose love for this country is above reproach.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19596.html
Obama started pointing him out at least a month ago when he told the nation that the Republicans in Congress should stop taking their cues from Rush. We should be so lucky! Had they been taking their cues from Rush these last 8 years the Dems would not be in power.
It is about the biggest insult to our collective intelligence you can imagine. Why is it working? You tell me. I have my own theories.