Adolf Obama!

Yes, there was a choice. It's called NO. If GM had been allowed to go bankrupt they would already be on their way to recovery and we wouldn't be stuck with the huge bill. It's been proved over and over again with Amtrak. Bailing companies out doesn't work. The prisoners at Gitmo have a luxury stay in comparison with the prisoners in the US. I'd even venture to say it is probably the first time in their lives they are getting three meals a day. How many prisoners in Leavenworth Federal get to order out? How many of them get a free laptop? Greed is the word of the day. I don't blame Obama for it. The greed started before he took office. Can't blame Bush either. Shacks are selling for $100,000 plus these days. Obama deserves the criticism. The comparison with Hitler is accurate as Obama is leading us into fascism as Hitler did with Germany.

"....criticizing way too much on Obama." I disagree. He deserves plenty of criticism as do most if not all the other politicians in Washington. Just like irishidid said, Obama most certainly did have a choice in the matter. He could have and should have said, No! The auto makers may have asked for the bailout under Bush but Obama didn't try to stand in the way of it either so that makes him just as guilty as Bush as far as the bailouts go. Obama isn't going to straighten out the credit card industry or any other industry for that matter. The whole reason the credit card industry and all the other industries are in the mess they are in is because of the government and those industries being in bed together. And I'm glad Bush neglected to look at it. Why? Because it isn't his or Obama's or any other president's job to "look" into it or fix it. If we want the credit card industry to be fixed then we need to stop turning to the politicians to erase our every mistake and put a bandaid on our every booboo. We don't live in a nanny state for crying out loud! Well, I don't know, maybe we do now. Wanna know how to fix the problem with the credit card industry. It's simple. Pay off any credit card debt you have and stop getting the credit cards. We can solve the problem just like that without running to the government to fix it for us. We, the people of the United States can fix just about all of our problems in the same way. But, we've become so accustomed to running to our politicians or to someone else when we screw up that we've forgotten what it really means to stand on our own, independently. My father told me years ago when I was a teenager that, "with freedom comes responsibility." I didn't understand what he meant at the time but I do now, more than ever. If we are to be a free nation, like our founding fathers intended, we better wake up and buck up and start taking responsibility for that freedom. And we aren't. We better start realizing that being responsible for that freedom means that times may come when we have to take up arms to defend that freedom, that we need to take on the responsibility of knowing what the Constitution says about our rights and our freedoms, that we need to stay in constant touch with our Representatives and Senators and keep an ever diligent and watchful eye on what the government is doing and be willing to stand firm and let them know in no uncertain terms that we will not stand for them exploiting our rights, our freedoms, and all that is rightfully ours, for their own benefit, while doing it in the name of what is right for the nation. I'm not speaking in favor of any politician. I don't trust ANY of them. Now, as far as the comparisons with Hitler goes, I can understand why you wouldn't compare Obama and Hitler. I certainly don't believe Obama would commit to having millions of innocent people murdered. But, at the same time, I do agree with irishidid that the comparison between Obama and Hilter is accurate, but for a different reason. I study World War II and I've read quite a bit about Hitler. Hitler was a racist. He was a megalomaniac. He murdered millions of Jews and Communists because he believed they were greatly to blame for the sad state of Germany at the time. He also believed that Jews were subhuman and didn't deserve to walk the same earth as the Aryan race. He also murdered gypsies, and Germans who were born with physical and mental defects. Now, like I said, I don't believe Obama is capable of such atrocities as these. But, there is a very strong similarity between the situation in Germany before Hitler was elected and the situation in America before Obama was elected. Both countries were suffering great hardship and despair, Germany perhaps more so than America, but still, things were not looking good in both situations. Both economies were suffering. Both countries, in their own way were not too favorable in the eyes of the rest of the world. And, everyone was desperate for a leader who seemed to have all the answers. Both, Hitler and Obama were great orators. It could maybe even be argued that Hitler was the greatest orator to ever live. Remember the crowds in attendance during Obama's nomination and inauguration? Remember, how they were elated and cried and rejoiced because he had won? Remember how it seemed as though he had finally united a nation in despair? Well, that's very much how it happened when Hitler was elected. Let me finally rap this up. My point is not that Obama is just like Hitler. I don't believe he is. My point is that it is very dangerous to have such blind faith and trust in one human being. Hitler obviously didn't save Germany and Obama can't save America, nor is it his job. But, everyone seems to be relying on him to do just that. America better wake up, and fast, and realize that if we are to keep our freedoms, we need to take responsibility for those freedoms instead of giving that responsibility to someone else. Our founding fathers created the government to serve us not rule over us. And the only way they can rule over us is for us to give them that power.

Hitler hadn't killed anyone in his first 100 days either. What bigoted fool! Just because we disagree politically you accuse me of being in the Klan? Should I remind you that the Klan is a construct of the Democrat party? Do you know that all the prominent Klansmen in national politics today were Democrats when they were in the Klan? Take your stereotypical ignorance and take it somewhere where people are stupid enough to swallow your hate. Don't ever lie to anyone about being anything but the bigot you are.

Hey, in all seriousness, I've seen those old photos. The people Hitler killed kinda looked just like him. Only skinnier and without the Freddie stache.

Anyone who doesn't like Obama is in the clan. You know that don't you Ted? And Mr GoCubsGo, Hitler killed PLENTY of white people. You must be pretty ignorant to believe that "non-whites" were his target. His own "Master Race" didn't even look like him so your asinine claim that he killed those who didn't look like him is completely baseless.

One would think that a person who survived the holocaust would do everything in their power to fight any government official following in Hitler's footsteps. No, Obama hasn't brought on a holocaust, but that isn't the first thing Hitler did, is it. The first things he did was seize the means of production and tell the people who they should hate. Obama has seized control of the means of production of US cars and sent his hyenas in ACORN after the recipients of "bonuses" that he, himself authorized in the first place. Maybe I should have said, "hitler wannabe" instead.

There is a difference between a bail out and stealing an entire industry out from unders the investors and bond holders. The same bond holders (I might add) that Obama asked to take on the extra debt. Btw, most Conservatives were against Bush's bail out plans to, so you can't put that one on us either.

Oh Ted, here we go again. There is a difference between a bail out and stealing an entire industry out from unders the investors and bond holders. The same bond holders (I might add) that Obama asked to take on the extra debt. Weren't the Democrates blamed for all of the AIG bonuses, and weekends because they didn't put restrictions on the spending. Now they put restrictions on it, and republicans are upset. To bad, Bush bailed out the billionaires that got us in theis mess (and created the problem with the big three), and Obama had to get the country out of it. He is doing his job, and that is what we pay him to do. Btw, most Conservatives were against Bush's bail out plans to, so you can't put that one on us either. Don't even go there Ted. Who voted for him in 2000? CONSERVATIVES Who voted for him 2004? CONSERVATIVES. Who backed him up when ever he screwed up? CONSERVATIVES. Who is to blame for the monster known as George W. Bush? CONSERVATIVES. With out CONSERVATIVES, he never would have been able to bail out the banks. So YES you are to blame for this, and NEVER forget it.

Blah, Blah, Blah. When you grow a brain and can come up with an original thought, feel free to share it.

Then why is he seizing private companies and dictating how they will run? He stole the company, gave part of it to his buddies in the UAW and gave the investors and bond holders the shaft. There was a legal way for him to handle the problem at GM.. it's called Chapter 11. The same thing they are going through now. The only difference is Obama got his fascist, Marxist meathooks into it. He uses the tactics of the Mafia, mixed with every other two bit dictator you can name. Crime in the name of progress is still crime. If was illegal and Unconstitutional from the beginning. But I guess having Obama's butt in the big chair in the oval office is more important to you than either the law or the Consitution.

So why is he "allowing" Chapter 11 now? Because he can do it with full control of the proceedings... just like a dictator.

To me the comparison is accurate in the aspect of fascism. I certainly don't believe that Obama is going to start having people killed. Many companies have gone bankrupt over the years. I did a search on them and found there are quite a few that are still around today after recovering. They didn't get a bailout. All the bailout has done is put a burden on future generations. We all own a part of GM now. I'm not holding my breath waiting for that dividend check.

Actually there are lots of ways to compare Obama and Hitler in the way they acted when they first got power.

Admittedly it's largely a rant, but not without reason. Hitler seized control of industry early on in his adminstration... just as Obama has. Hitler demonized the leaders of industry in order to gain support for him stealing their property... just as Obama has. Obama has managed to create an unhealthy mixture of Socialism, Fascism and Communism. Socialism when he stole the ownership of GM out from under the investors and bond holders, then gave a large portion of it to the UAW. Fascism when he created a partnership between GM and the government. Communism when he set the US government up as the Central Power over the means of production. Furthermore, he did it all without an iota of authority to do so. The US Constitution granted The Central Committee (Obama, Pelosi and Reid) no more authority to perpetrate this theft than you or I have. He's a dictator, a thief and a two bit thug.

It's the classic Fascist scenario. The taxpayers make the "investment" and government officials collect the profits. But with Obama it's not just fascism, he has handed the UAW a boat load of interest in the companies too, which is socialism. He has also created a central power to run things.. which is communism. He's got the entire evil Trifecta.

...so many evil isms. A good dose of capital-ISM would really help straighten out the economy.

Absolutely. Obama has found a way to be both fascist and Marxist... not a common thing among dictators.

Give him time. Hitler wasn't a murderer in his first 100 days either. But he did seize control of the industries of Germany. ((I do admit to a modicum of good old fashioned rant here though).

Yup, but then again, no dictator took freedom from the people of their own nation without the consent of the people.

What authority does Obama have to steal GM out from under the stock holders and bond holders? If you agree with him stealing their assets, then I hope he robs you of your property too! You would deserve it!

So why shrug it off?

I don't really have an interest in politics. And because of that, I don't know as much about political stuff as I would know about something in my area of interest say like how solid state drives work differently than harddrives, and which solid state drives are the best to get for the price. I don't like being incorrect about my facts, and because I wouldn't put much effort into something I have no interest in, I'd rather leave it up to those who do have an interest in it and will make their best effort to be right. I could be a bystander, and that would be just about it.